Grand Royal Discovery

No, I'm not drifing away from the central theme of Playing With Fire, but occassionally I'm going to post non-food related items (trust me, there's like five articles in the works right now). But these short blurbs let me post something for your reading enjoyment amid the carnival of disaster that has been taking place where I work (preventing me from posting anyting in a timely manner the last week or so).

The bleak door you see in front of you is the only artifact left of G-Son Studios in Atwater Village. I live only two miles from this sacred edifice, never realizing it was the headquarters of Grand Royal, where the Beastie Boys recorded most all of their works.

Living in LA, a studio is as common as a traffic light, but most of us probably assumed they recorded in New York, and if they did produce anything in LA, the last place you would think to look is Atwater Village. Surprise!

Although no longer in business, this stands as a reminder that some great things happened behind this door, 3218 1/2 Glendale Boulevard.