“Pop Pilgrims” is a new video series from The Onion’s AV Club where they are traveling the country visiting pop culture landmarks – sites tied to tv shows, films, songs, books, etc. and then posting videos from their adventures. They visit one city each week and stop at three different pop-culture sites within the city. We are on our 5th city and have 7 more to go! Watch one and join our travels!
We started in Los Angeles and visited:
The diner from Reservoir Dogs – http://www.avclub.com/articles/los-angeles-dining-with-reservoir-dogs,56355/
United Methodist Church from The Graduate and Wayne’s World – http://www.avclub.com/articles/los-angeles-the-graduate-church,56223/
Then we went to San Francisco:
Jimmy Stewart’s Vertigo apartment –
924 Gilman St. – like a West Coast CBGB, only more punk –
City Lights Books, birthplace of a literary revolution –
After SF, Memphis was our next stop:
Ardent Studios, home to Big Star, the Replacements – http://www.avclub.com/articles/memphis-ardent-studios-home-to-big-star-the-replac,56742/
Arcade Restaurant featured in Mystery Train – http://www.avclub.com/articles/memphis-arcade-restaurant-set-of-jim-jarmuschs-mys,56842/
Sun Studio home to Elvis, Johnny Cash and more – http://www.avclub.com/articles/memphis-sun-studio-home-to-elvis-presley-johnny-ca,56984/
What’s a pop-culture road-trip without New Orleans?
St. Louis Cemetary – Set of Easy Rider’s acid freak-out – http://www.avclub.com/articles/new-orleans-st-louis-cemetery-set-of-easy-riders-a,57033/
Preservation Hall, keeping the history of jazz alive – http://www.avclub.com/articles/new-orleans-preservation-hall-keeping-the-history,57302/
This week, we’re in Austin and we still have 7 more cities to go!
Dillon, TX home of Friday Night Lights – http://www.avclub.com/articles/austin-we-visit-fictional-dillon-tx-home-of-friday,57324/
The Texas Chain Saw... family restaurant – http://www.avclub.com/articles/austin-the-texas-chain-saw-family-restaurant,57325/
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