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'''Laurel Canyon''' is a canyon neighborhood in [[Los Angeles]], not far from Mulholland Drive and an important transit corridor between West Hollywood and the [[San Fernando Valley]].
  
Los Angeles, California
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==Frank Zappa==
  
'''Laurel Canyon''' is a canyon neighborhood of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], and like Topanga Canyon very oriented to the central thoroughfare, Laurel Canyon Boulevard. There are many side roads that branch off the main canyon, but most of them are not through streets, reinforcing the neighborhood as self-contained. It was first settled in the 1920s, and became a part of Los Angeles in 1923. Unlike other canyon neighborhoods, Laurel Canyon has houses lining one side of the main street most of the way up to Mulholland Drive. Some of the main side streets are Mount Olympus, Kirkwood, Wonderland, and Lookout Mountain Avenue.
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Between 1966 and 1967, Zappa lived at Kirkwood Drive in [[Laurel Canyon]] in [[Los Angeles]], where [[Gail Zappa]] moved in with him. <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1966.html</ref>. After a stay in [[New York]] (1967-1968), <ref>https://www.donlope.net/fz/notes/1967.html</ref>.Zappa moved to [[The Log Cabin]], also in the Laurel Canyon (May-September 1968). Afterwards, he moved to [[7885 Woodrow Wilson Drive]].  
  
It is an important transit corridor between West Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley, specifically Studio City. The division between the two can roughly be defined by the intersection of Laurel Canyon & Mulholland Drive. As of the first few months of 2005, the first section of the road on the Hollywood side had been partially washed away in a rainstorm, and traffic was still being redirected to a normally quiet residential side street going along the main drive.
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In ''[[Data For Sensitive or Critical-sensitive Position]]'' Zappa named Laurel Canyon his ''"favorite place"''. Interviewed for ''Discoscene'' (February 1968), he also named ''Laurel Canyon'' the place he would like to live. <ref>https://www.afka.net/Articles/1968-02_Discoscene.htm</ref>.
  
==References==
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==References to Laurel Canyon in Frank Zappa's work==
  
Mentioned in [[Plastic People]]: ''"And there's this guy from the C.I.A. and he's creeping around Laurel Canyon".''  
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* ''[[Plastic People]]'': ''"And there's this guy from the C.I.A. and he's creeping around Laurel Canyon".''
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* ''[[Telephone Conversation]]'': ''"If he didn't get ya in Laurel Canyon, he won't get you here."''
  
Mentioned in [[Telephone Conversation]]: ''"If he didn't get ya in Laurel Canyon, he won't get you here."''
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==References==
 
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In ''[[Data For Sensitive or Critical-sensitive Position]]'' Zappa named Laurel Canyon as his ''"favorite place"''.
 
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
  
[[wikipedia:Laurel Canyon| Wikipedia article about Laurel Canyon]]
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* [[wikipedia:Laurel Canyon]]
  
 
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[[Category:Geography]]
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[[Category:Zappa Household]]

Latest revision as of 11:50, 6 August 2026

Laurel Canyon is a canyon neighborhood in Los Angeles, not far from Mulholland Drive and an important transit corridor between West Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley.

Frank Zappa

Between 1966 and 1967, Zappa lived at Kirkwood Drive in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles, where Gail Zappa moved in with him. [1]. After a stay in New York (1967-1968), [2].Zappa moved to The Log Cabin, also in the Laurel Canyon (May-September 1968). Afterwards, he moved to 7885 Woodrow Wilson Drive.

In Data For Sensitive or Critical-sensitive Position Zappa named Laurel Canyon his "favorite place". Interviewed for Discoscene (February 1968), he also named Laurel Canyon the place he would like to live. [3].

References to Laurel Canyon in Frank Zappa's work

  • Plastic People: "And there's this guy from the C.I.A. and he's creeping around Laurel Canyon".
  • Telephone Conversation: "If he didn't get ya in Laurel Canyon, he won't get you here."

References

See also