Sunday, December 30, 2007

Ohmigod!

Reading The Economist's feature on the rise and fall of the shopping mall (article), I realised that I was shopping this summer in Glendale Galleria. This mall inspired Frank Zappa's then-teenage daughter, Moon Unit, to the song Valley Girl.



It's where I saw the iPhone for real for the first time. Total space cadet!



Toño and his cousin Celeste at the Galleria.

5 comments:

Mickle in NZ said...

What a coincedence. I heard "Valley Girls" on public radio here in New Zealand this afternoon. Was on a radio show we have after Christmas and through January every year - when NZ is on holiday. The show specialises in really bad songs. Last year it finished every day with a diffrent version of "Stairway to Heaven". This year they're doing the same with "Ghost Riders in the Sky" - we got it played by a concert musican today on Cello!

Happy New Year to you both

Mickle in NZ said...

English is my only language, and i can't even get that right - should read "coincidence"

Unknown said...

Lovely photo there. Now since I'm a bit out of it, where would the Galleria be located?

Mr. Urs said...

Michelle: Well, my favourite version of "Stairway to Heaven" is by Zappa. It was actually the first Zappa record I bought.

Expat: the Galleria is in Glendale, California

Mickle in NZ said...

Gomad - Thank you, thank you. Have just watched the Zappa version, filmed at a concert in Cleveland in 1988. Brilliant!