A view of the dilapidated Hollywood sign from Mulholland Drive before the restoration.
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Zolar X was the first California glam rock band, best known for their costume gimmick and speaking their own invented space language whenever they were in public.
Though Zolar X are often labeled glam rock, and they certainly share the androgyny and costume gimmicks associated with that genre, nonetheless, they have a lot of the scrappy DIY ethos and stripped down simplicity of very early Punk Rock. Though they played alongside Van Halen, Jobriath (the first openly gay recording artist on a major label), WASP, Stryper, Twisted Sister, and Quiet Riot, they were the biggest band in the Los Angeles scene to never get a record deal, though they frequently appeared on local LA tv. Most people coming up in the LA scene held them in awe.
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Sunset Strip - 1970s - Robert Landau
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Buckingham Nicks performing at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA.
© Willie Gibson
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Diana Ross during the filming of her TV special "An Evening with Diana Ross" at the Candy Factory disco in Beverly Hills, 1977
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Holiday Out Motel, Los Angeles CA (1978)
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In memoriam Joe Strummer (21 August 1952 -22 December 2002)
Joe Strummer , Los Angeles, California , USA , December 1987 .
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Henry Wessel, Pasadena, California, 1974
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AU where zé is a smooth criminal, panchito is a naive and lawful good detective with a good heart and a set of morals that he believes could never be corrupted or changed... that is until he's assigned to capture zé and things start changing (in the end panchito joins zé at the other side cause y'know acab) (donald is there somewhere doing god knows what in that story but maybe he's there idk i ran out of ideas) (can't believe i thought of all this for these two silly little birds)
Anon, did you know? Did you know you just sent me a Valvert prompt disguised as Disney birds? I literally screamed. Anyways, I got carried away so I hope you don't mind but I did a little more build up based on your idea. (Also the translations of the non-English dialogues are in the image descriptions).
So Zé is a criminal whose whole thing is not keeping the money. Most of it he gives to poor people who he knows are in debt, so they can sort themselves out and live better lives. His favorite target for thievering being any of Rocha Vaz's innumerous business (that for this AU's sake are responsible for dehousing a lot of people, mass firings and a bunch of other shady incidents).
Panchito and Donald are two investigators (officers?) hired to go after Zé, but after a particularly unsuccessful and humiliating ambush, Panchito becomes obssessed with taking José down.
Rosinha, after coming to terms with the fact that her father and his associates have no intention of addressing their companies' misconducts, decides to take matters into her own hands and partners up with Zé. This way they start their (mostly platonic) life of crime together.
Panchito and Zé go over years and years of chase, which you know, forms some kind of unusual bond. At some point José saves Panchito's life, risking his own freedom in the process. Panchito, in return, let's him go, defying everything he's ever believed to be true and right. Lots of angst, lots of existential crisis and at some point, they do come around to admitting that they care for each other, and maybe even something more.
That's it! Hope you liked it!!
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Norman Seeff. Diane Keaton. Los Angeles. 1975
I Am Collective Memories • Follow me, — says Visual Ratatosk
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