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spice world (1997)

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Watching someone go through their Saturn Return and seeing them slowly make the textbook mistake of thinking a complete reset of all things familiar is going to magically help them emerge a new person they want to be when in reality they're just going to wind up even more lost and full of regret for what they destroyed is sorta frustrating but also at the same time, what can you really do. If someone wants to repeat an obvious cycle of things they've already experienced and becoming the person that causes them pain, c'est la vie --- When the road is full of rubble, all you can really do is keep your side of the street clean. You'll sometimes glance across and want to help but it's not your job to fix it all.

#thought dump

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U S A _ 🇺🇸 :(

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Tems, 2022 BET awards

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When we were in Los Angeles last month we stayed at what was formerly known as the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel a few nights, seen here, also sung about in the Warren Zevon song Desperados Under the Eaves:

I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel I was staring in my empty coffee cup I was thinking that the gypsy wasn’t lyin’ All the salty margaritas in Los Angeles I’m gonna drink ‘em up

It’s now an apartment complex, but it’s still got the look and feel of what’s conveyed in the photographs here. Our host told us this factoid and also mentioned that Woody Allen lived there too. So, of course I looked up all of the information I could about the place’s intersection with rock and roll history. Here’s what I found:

According to Zevon’s son, Zevon had originally been banished to the Tropicana Hotel after a fight with his wife. When he couldn’t afford the deluxe accommodations anymore, he moved to the Hollywood Hawaiian where the liner notes of Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings say he “spent several weeks stepping over the junkies who blocked his doorway and sharing stories with the winos camped out on the corner of Yucca and Gower.”

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Princess Grace Apartments (formerly the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel), 1801 Yucca St. Catered to Brit rockers of the '70s, including Pink Floyd, the Kinks and others. During a 1971 tour break here, Fleetwood Mac guitarist Jeremy Spencer told band members he was just nipping out for some cigs. They didn’t see him again for two years - he’d joined a religious cult.

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Woody Allen lived during his first LA gig

We had some great nights there and there’s a beautiful old-Hollywood feel in the neighborhood. Thanks, Dave!

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I live down the street and learning something new about what I thought was just a crazy looking apartment complex is so amazing

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Lykke Li (polaroid) © Chloé Le Drezen

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Black LGBT legends. Thank you for your courage. Thank you for paving the way. Your influence lives on. Rest peacefully. Happy Pride Month. ❤️

From left to right: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Bessie Smith, Josephine Baker, Alvin Ailey, Bayard Rustin, Langston Hughes, Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, and Marsha P. Johnson.

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Marsha P. Johnson within the crowd at a New York Gay Pride (1982)

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pride month starts tomorrow, but don’t let that distract from continuing to protest and donate in support of black lives matter. here are some black lgbt funds to donate to if you are able:

center for black equity

homeless black trans woman fund

miss major’s monthly fundraising circle

pay black trans women

marsha p johnson institute

google doc full of organizations and funds

also, i know many pride events have been cancelled due to covid-19, but if you are going in public to protest or to another event, please be careful and wear a mask. covid is still going on through all this