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==References to Los Angeles in Frank Zappa's work== | ==References to Los Angeles in Frank Zappa's work== | ||
| + | * ''[[Hitch Hike]]'': ''"But my next stop just might be L.A."'' | ||
* The ''[[Freak Out! Hot Spots]]''. | * The ''[[Freak Out! Hot Spots]]''. | ||
* ''[[The Idiot Bastard Son]]'': ''"The mother's a hooker, somewhere in L.A."'' | * ''[[The Idiot Bastard Son]]'': ''"The mother's a hooker, somewhere in L.A."'' | ||
Revision as of 13:18, 31 July 2026
Los Angeles is a city in Southern California, Los Angeles is the second-largest city in the United States of America, after New York.
The Los Angeles music scene of the late 1960s included The Mothers of Invention as well as the Doors,[1] Sonny & Cher, Nancy Sinatra, the Byrds, and the Monkees.[2]
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References to Los Angeles in Frank Zappa's work
- Hitch Hike: "But my next stop just might be L.A."
- The Freak Out! Hot Spots.
- The Idiot Bastard Son: "The mother's a hooker, somewhere in L.A."
- Tuna Fish Promenade (Mix Outtake): "The cost of the tickets back to L.A."
- Just Another Band From L.A., with Billy The Mountain in particular being filled with references to locations in L.A.
- Magdalena: "Daughter of the smog-filled winds of Los Angeles"
- Debra Kadabra: Witch goddess of Lankershim Boulevard (...) Just across East L.A."
- Fembot in A Wet T-Shirt Nite: "And it's the charming Mary from Canoga Park" (a neighborhood in L.A., in the San Fernando Valley)
- Valley Girl: About girls from the San Fernando Valley: "On Ventura, there she goes"
- Jezebel Boy: "Now this is what happens in Los Angeles."
Frank Zappa concerts held in Los Angeles
People born in Los Angeles
- Diane Baker
- Busdriver
- John Cage
- Cheech & Chong
- Ry Cooder
- Eric Dolphy
- Wild Man Fischer
- Pamela Miller
- Tyler, The Creator
- Mark Volman
- Burt Ward
- Ahmet Zappa
See also
- 7885 Woodrow Wilson Drive (Zappa's home between 1968 and 1993, location of the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen and The Vault)
- Ash Grove
- Bido Lido's
- Blue Grotto
- Bolic Sound
- Canter's Deli
- Carl's House
- Chez
- Colonial West Model
- Cosmo Alley
- El Monte Legion Stadium
- Gee Gee's
- Glenoaks
- Haunted House
- Hollywood (Barney's Beanery, Canters Fairfax Restaurant, Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood Police Station, Hollywood Ranch Market, Sunset Boulevard)
- IT's Boss
- Kendun Recorders
- KPFK
- Lankershim Boulevard
- The Log Cabin
- Los Angeles Free Press
- Los Angeles Free Press Advertisements
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Lumpy Gravy (The Restaurant)
- Omnibus
- Pandora's Box
- Pauley Pavilion
- P.J.'s
- Paramount Recording Studios
- Playa del Rey
- Reseda
- Royce Hall
- San Fernando Valley (Ventura)
- Santa Monica
- Santa Monica Boulevard
- Sea Witch
- Shrine Exposition Hall
- Stripcombers
- Tropicana Motel
- The Troubadour
- TTG Recording Studios
- UCLA
- Ventura
- The Village Recording Studios
- Vito's Studio & Store
- Wallich's Music City
- Whitney Recording Studio
- Wild Thing
- The World Church
