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Jake
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Hi! I've been doing gloriousnoise.com since 2001.
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Hell with it, I'm just going to post the whole thing here via screencap and alt text. It's Kaleb Horton, man, his writing always deserves the second read, especially since it could have just easily been lost forever like so much else. Read it, share it.
A look at forgotten Hollywood landmarks By Kaleb Horton Let's say you come in from down south, and you're looking for an unsung movie landmark. So you fly in to LAX, rent a car, blow right past Hollywood, leave Los Angeles county heading north, go over the Grapevine, gape at the monumental hills and, wow, there really is a Smokey Bear Road, then you turn off the air conditioner when the sign tells you. Once you come down the grade too fast and see the world's loneliest Denny's, you're well on your way to what you're looking for – the middle of nowhere. You're going to Kern County to find the spot where Alfred Hitchcock filmed one of the greatest scenes in movie history, the crop duster sequence from "North by Northwest." It takes place in Indiana, of course, but the Indiana road sign and the imported corn field can't deceive this Bakersfield native. The parched and desolate heat of the scene feels too much like Kern County. The scene people know off-hand — Cary Grant running from an airplane — isn't why "North by Northwest" is a classic. The film's greatness, as was often the case for Hitchcock, lies in its build-up, its suspense, its mood. The plane moment is almost anticlimax. It is those five minutes before Grant's desperate escape that constitute a mathematically perfect suspense scene. So expert is Hitchcock's hand that he creates suspense, a slow burning dread, with no camera tricks and no music in broad daylight. Grant's character is a prototypical James Bond. His perfect suit, fast wit, high-alcohol tolerance and effortless charisma have got him out of every predicament so far. In the city, among people, he has powers. Take him away from people, put him nowhere, and he's just like us — totally helpless. He has no powers: His suit is no good out here; his million-dollar tailoring and perfect haircut is just vanity now. No amount of pretending can provide escape. Here, is the one place where he can die, and he gets by on the grace of God. All he can do is wait for what's coming. So when you seek the lost landmark of this scene, you're looking for an idea as much as a place. You're on Highway 99 now, going 30 miles north of Bakersfield, looking for an unassuming patch of dirt that carries spiritual weight. The scene was filmed neart Garces Highway to the west of Delano. You'll think there's a handy exit for it. There's not. You'll probably get lost in Delano, counting on a connection. You're at once a million miles from Hollywood and a hundred miles away. It's lonely. The horizon sprawls forever like there's nothing past it. There are broken down trucks on the side of the road, plumes of smoke from faraway fires. You'll find Garces eventually. You'll pass a bar called Rosy's Place, abandoned houses, an oil field, a prison, a cemetery, a sign that says "we clean headstones," and a whole lot of gold-on-brown punctuated by an occasional trailer or car going faster than you. You're looking for where Garces meets Corcoran Road. That's where this "North by Northwest" scene was filmed. You'll get a vague idea where it is but you'll never be exactly sure, since there's little impetus for clear signage 10 miles from a prison. Maybe Corcoran Road is unlabeled. Besides, that Indiana sign and the prop cornfield haven't been there in 56 years. If you're anything like me, you'll lose the light and call it a day, unsatisfied with the route you took. You return to I-5 northbound. From the 5, you'll meet Route 46, and go through a place called Lost Hills, then back in to the location from Corcoran Road instead. That's how Hitchcock probably did it. More intuitive. Still in the middle of nowhere, but on your way to Corcoran Road, you're right next to another Hollywood landmark: Blackwells Corner, James Dean's last stop. It's a glorified Texaco, and gas is 50 cents a gallon more than it should be. They sell Jelly Bellys and '50s kitsch artifacts — plates with Marilyn Monroe's face on them, and so forth. They really figured out how to cash in on death. You don't want to stop here. But I stopped. I asked the kid at the Blackwells Corner counter how to get to Corcoran Road. He gave me a look that said "there's no reason to go there," and then wearily told me where to go anyway. I was about 8 miles from the destination. Going there is a meditative experience. You're not just going to the middle of nowhere. You're going to the perfect nowhere. Going alone, in the hypnotic heat of the Central Calfiornia Valley, you might even forget what year it is. There is no reason to believe the road would be so well preserved for half a century, intimately tied to the career of an actor born in Bristol 111 years ago, but it has been. There's an abandoned house. A barn with a cross on it. But almost nothing has changed in 56 years. At some point new lines were added on the road. There's overgrowth where there didn't used to be overgrowth. A couple discarded Budweiser cans from who knows when, but mostly it's identical. This is the same sleepy loneliness that Alfred Hitchcock used to make great art in 1959. And that may sound dull, but tranquility is the point. You stand on that dirt and there's no distraction from what's in your soul. It's an inner destination, not an outer one. I told my grandma about it when I got back to Bakersfield. She told me her Uncle Harold thought it was the prettiest road in America. And she showed me a picture of a Corcoran grade school class posing in the dirt with Grant and Hitchcock. It's just a field trip picture. The kids are fidgeting, many with arms folded, some shielding their eyes from the sun, all with obedient smiles. They'd all be in their sixties now, but they'd remember where this road is. It emphasized the ugliness of James Dean's last stop becoming a place to sell T-shirts. It's about what we preserve, and what we don't, and what we remember, and what we don't. It's easy to find shrines to morbidity and hard to find meaningful places. For those, you have to go looking.
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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robertloerzel.bsky.social
It's that time of year again — the time to play "Thanksgiving Prayer" by William S. Burroughs. youtu.be/sLSveRGmpIE...
William S. Burroughs - A Thanksgiving Prayer
YouTube video by williamburroughsVEVO
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November 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
gloriousnoise.bsky.social
Sephora’s feeling horny.
Foreskin that feels as good as it looks.
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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billboard.com
Taylor Swift Fans Score Win in Lawsuit Over Ticketmaster’s Eras Tour ‘Disaster’
Taylor Swift Fans Score Win in Lawsuit Over Ticketmaster’s Eras Tour ‘Disaster’
Taylor Swift fans have scored a win in their lawsuit against Ticketmaster over the platform's botched sale of Eras Tour tickets, a judge ruled.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
gloriousnoise.bsky.social
@carynrose.bsky.social I went to a couple Beatlefests in Chicago in the late 80s and people were still booing Yoko during Let It Be. But! There were also people countering the boos and hisses with cheers. I was just a dopey kid and had no concept of feminism yet but I knew it was dumb to boo Yoko!
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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dansinker.com
for real, come to Chicago, go to this.
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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robertloerzel.bsky.social
An excerpt from the new @illinoispress.bsky.social book by Bloodshot Records cofounder @millerscave.bsky.social:
chicagomag.com Chicago mag @chicagomag.com · 2d
"So it came to pass that Eric Babcock, Nan Warshaw, and I started a record label. We each ponied up $2,000 from our wretched day jobs or savings accounts and — poof — we were a label." buff.ly/AHgr57O
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
gloriousnoise.bsky.social
A movie that takes place where you’re from.

(Schrader’s parents were, according to family legend, neighbors of my great-grandmother…who went to see “Taxi Driver” on opening weekend because Paul was such a nice boy.)
Paul Schrader’s “Hardcore” (1979).
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
gloriousnoise.bsky.social
Just finished reading Pattie Boyd’s autobiography. Interesting story but Jesus Christ she stayed with Eric Clapton waaaaaay too long. What a fucking asshole he was. Just the worst. George Harrison doesn’t come out unscathed either but he was never as bad as fucking Clapton.
Pattie Boyd’s autobiography.
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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suesswassersee.bsky.social
This made me want spaghettios with meatballs
parkermolloy.com Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 2d
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
In the lawsuit, Garza alleges Bally said Campbell's makes "highly processed food" for "poor people" and made several derogatory comments about Indian employees, calling them "idiots." "We have s--t for f**king poor people. Who buys our s--t? | don't buy Campbell's products barely anymore. It's not healthy now that I know what the f—'s in it," part of the recording said. "Bioengineered meat -- I don't wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3-D printer."
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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robertloerzel.bsky.social
By me:
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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danielwbrody.bsky.social
2 box sets that expanded my musical horizons:

Rhino Records' Loud, Fast, and Out of Control, which made me take 50s rock as seriously as rock from later decades.

The Anthology of American Folk Music, which got my ears used to pre-rock-era recordings.

Very grateful for those collections.
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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ashmont.bsky.social
In what has become a holiday tradition, I post this piece every year around this time, to help get everyone in the mood for the holiday. I wrote it a few years after my Mom died around Thanksgiving in 1999. open.substack.com/pub/rovingwo...
Faster Than You Can Say Second Wife
A Family Thanksgiving Story
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November 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
gloriousnoise.bsky.social
If the answer isn’t “Space Dunk Oreos” then this research is flawed.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 2d
As you prepare for your holiday feast, here's something to consider. Research suggests there are certain foods that can help boost our moods and make us happier in the long-run. n.pr/4pt2Cp5
What foods make you happiest? It's not what you think
As you prepare for your holiday feast, here's something to consider. Research suggests there are certain foods that can help boost our moods and make us happier in the long-run.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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catrandall.bsky.social
GREEN ACRES flashback to how Oliver met Lisa during WWII features a mention of Stalag 13 and a “chap named Hogan,” also Lisa is a Hungarian underground sergeant who can see the English subtitles when they speak Hungarian.
November 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Alex Chilton Live at Cabaret Metro 1987-12-19 https://archive.org/details/ajc01740_alexchilton1987-12-19
Alex Chilton Live at Cabaret Metro 1987-12-19 : Alex Chilton : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Alex ChiltonCabaret MetroChicago, IL1987-12-19Master recording generously loaned from the Aadam Jacobs Audio ArchiveMastering: .WAV > iZotope RX11 declick...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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This tape existing as a bootleg is why I fucking hate Apple Records so much - yes, it’s not professional sound, but wouldn’t you rather Apple cleaned it up and sold this to you instead of a fucking mug with a yellow submarine on it bsky.app/profile/live...
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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nedraggett.bsky.social
I gotta say -- reading Emma Anderson's post here on Mani, combined with so many of the comments in response -- that I've rarely seen such a remarkable outpouring of honest, earnest affection and praise, on top of so many other posts these past couple of days. He truly was one of the good ones.
Emma Anderson
Absolutely gutted to hear about Mani's passing. I am not normally one to wheel out anecdotes at these times but I'll make an exception for Mani. In 1993, The Stone Roses, with whom I'd been...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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bourgwick.bsky.social
oh, alas, i've been informed that there was another velvet underground of paducah, kentucky, and this was almost certainly them.
teen band also called the Velvet Underground
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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djmikev.bsky.social
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue - Lifted (live '25)

Tonight's Trombone Shorty show was tons of fun! Great energy from the band. We were first row balcony, and I captured a few videos. Live music is the best!

#TromboneShorty #MusicSky #ConcertSky #NOLA #Lifted

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxYi...
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue - Lifted - Detroit Music Hall - 11/21/25
YouTube video by MVP Presents
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November 22, 2025 at 5:47 AM
gloriousnoise.bsky.social
As foretold.
moryan.bsky.social Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 5d
everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust
kiaspeaks.us kia speaks @kiaspeaks.us · 5d
My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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paranoiacs.bsky.social
Thanks so much to GQ for publishing my liner notes for the new Replacements 'Let It Be' boxset, out on Friday. Extra special thanks to Jessica Hopper, Patterson Hood and Brian Paulson for their extraordinary insights. What an absolute joy this project has been to work on. www.gq.com/story/when-t...
When The Replacements' Courage Was at its Peak
On their 1984 album ‘Let It Be,’ the Minneapolis indie-rock wastrels spewed a message of working-class passion and outsider solidarity into the world's answering machine.
www.gq.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Producer John Leckie speaks to MOJO about the making of The Stone Roses’ seminal debut album.
Inside The Making Of The Stone Roses’ Debut Album: “Of course, John and Ian hated the record…”
www.mojo4music.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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digistrategist.bsky.social
This Week's Playlist is of course all about Mani. Here is a collection of my favorites, which mostly aren't the obvious choices.
open.spotify.com/playlist/2Ca...
This Weekend's Playlist: Mani in the Middle
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November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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mickpuck.bsky.social
It is magnificent!
pjrobichaud.bsky.social Paul Robichaud @pjrobichaud.bsky.social · 5d
If your working week has felt like a visit to the Mad Hatter’s tea party, you might enjoy Jonny Miller’s 1966 adaptation of ‘Alice in Wonderland.’ For me, this version captures the weirdness of Carroll’s vision better than any other, with a mind-blowing soundtrack by Ravi Shankar.
Alice in Wonderland 1966
YouTube video by Peculiar Pictures
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM