Palmdale
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Palmdale is a city in the Antelope Valley in northern Los Angeles County in California, close to the Mojave Desert. Between 1956 and 1958, Frank Zappa lived in Lancaster, going to the Antelope Valley High School, not very far from Palmdale. Another village closeby was Sun Village.
References to Palmdale in Frank Zappa's work
- Billy The Mountain:
- "However, we can assure parents in the Southern California area that a recent marcotics crack-down in Torrance, Hawthorne, Lomita, Westchester, Playa Del Rey, Santa Monica, Tujunga, Sunland, San Fernando, Pacoima, Sylmar, Newhall, Canoga Park, Palmdale, Glendale, Irwindale, Rolling Hills, Granada Hills, Shadow Hills, Cheviot Hills, will provide the secret evidence the Palmdale Grand Jury has needed to seek a criminal indictment, and pave the way for stiffer legislation, increased federal aid, and avert a crippling strike of Bartenders and Veterinarians throughout the INLAND EMPIRE."
- Village Of The Sun: "Do any of you know where Palmdale is?" (...) I went to high school in Lancaster, which is not very far from Palmdale" (...) Out in back of Palmdale, where the turkey farmers run. (...) Little Mary and Teddy and Thelma too, now, where Palmdale Boulevard, wo cuts on through.
