Pop Pilgrims 2011

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Cleveland: The Superman house

  The Man Of Steel was born in a Jewish neighborhood in a city pejoratively nicknamed “The Mistake By The Lake.” 

  August 5, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Cleveland: The Shawshank Redemption prison

  The giant Ohio State Reformatory is home to Andy Dufresne and a bunch of ghosts

  August 3, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Cleveland: A Christmas Story house

  "You'll shoot your eye out!" 

  August 1, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Chicago: The Ferris Bueller high school 

  John Hughes wrote a “love letter” to Chicago with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, which includes a scene at his old high school. 

  July 29, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Chicago: The Wilco towers

  When looking for a photo for its much-ballyhooed 2002 album, Wilco found a building whose uniqueness matched the band’s. 

  July 27, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Chicago: The Blues Brothers bridge

  The raucous musical comedy sparked a filmmaking boom in Chicago that continues 30 years later 

  July 25, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 New York: The Paul’s Boutique corner

  A city that’s provided the setting for more than a few album covers also gave the Beastie Boys a spot for respectability

  July 22, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 New York: The Ghostbusters firehouse

  Described in the film as a “demilitarized zone,” the neighborhood around this Tribeca landmark is now one of the fanciest in town.

  July 20, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 New York: The Royal Tenenbaums house

  The A.V. Club visited the house on Convent Avenue in the summer of its 16th year.

  July 18, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 DC: The Exorcist stairs

  Guaranteed to kill (you and) the demon inside of you after a quick tumble!

  July 15, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Baltimore: The Wire locations, part two

  Our pilgrimage for The Wire continues, with stops at Hamsterdam and an infamous corner store.

  July 13, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Baltimore: The Wire locations, part one

  Bodymore, Murderland

  July 11, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Philadelphia: The John Coltrane House

  We visit jazz legend John Coltrane's now abandoned home in Philadelphia.

  July 8, 2011 | 12:01am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Philadelphia: The Blob movie theater

  The Blob went on the attack here, and the Colonial Theater decided to throw a party every year to commemorate it.

  July 6, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Philadelphia: The Rocky stairs

  People of all ages and all races recreate Rocky’s famous training scene at the Philadelphia Museum Of Art all day, every day, no matter the weather.

  July 4, 2011 | 11:59pm -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Eugene: The cafeteria from Animal House

  We don’t recommend you do your own impression of a zit at the Erb Memorial Union Fish Bowl. Actually, we don’t recommend you repeat anything from Animal House at the University Of Oregon, a.k.a. Faber College.

  June 27, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Seattle: Fantagraphics Comics 

  One of the best comics publishers around operates out of a nondescript house on the north side of town.

  June 24, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Seattle: The diner from Twin Peaks, Twede's Cafe

  You'd never recognize the interior of the Double R Diner 20 years later, but people still come here for coffee and cherry pie.

  June 22, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Seattle: Kurt Cobain Park

  There's no memorial to Kurt Cobain, so fans have made one next to the house where he took his life.

  June 20, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Austin: We're gonna need you to go ahead and visit the Office Space building

  A visit to one of the most stifling work environments ever put to film.

  June 17, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Austin: The Texas Chain Saw... family restaurant?

  I'll have the chopped person.

  June 15, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Austin: We visit fictional Dillon, TX, home of Friday Night Lights

  Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.

  June 13, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 New Orleans: Preservation Hall - Keeping the history of jazz alive

  "To have a haven where you can still come and experience it the way it was, that's pretty special."

  June 10, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 New Orleans: We visit locations from David "The Wire" Simon's jazz-heavy HBO series Treme

  June 8, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 New Orleans: St. Louis Cemetery - Set of Easy Rider's acid freak-out

  June 6, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Memphis: Sun Studio - Home to Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis

  Bob Dylan made a pop pilgrimage here.

  June 3, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Memphis: Arcade Restaurant - Set of Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train

  The A.V. Club's travel show visits the center of Jim Jarmusch's Memphis while on a hunt for a hitchhiking Elvis ghost.

  June 1, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 Memphis: Ardent Studios - Home to Big Star, The Replacements, Isaac Hayes, and more

  Everyone knows Sun Studio and Stax Records, but we start our week in Memphis at Ardent Studios, home base for Big Star and where many famous albums were recorded.

  May 31, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 San Francisco: City Lights Books, birthplace of a literary revolution

  The SF staple that launched the Beats continues its grand tradition.

  May 25, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Pop Pilgrims 2011 San Francisco: Jimmy Stewart's Vertigo apartment

  One iconic location from Hitchcock's suspenseful classic.

  May 23, 2011 | 12:00am -