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If you’re lucky, there exists some hallowed place that embodies the elusive aura of your obsession. And when you finally complete that precious pilgrimage, the joy can drive you a little crazy.
For some, it’s the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, where one can get a crash course in rock history. You can absorb as much rocking, soulful, countrified, gospel-electric and all-out hand-clapping energy as you want.
Of course, this might be a challenge, as there’s 150,000 square feet of memorabilia, interactive and video presentations, movies, an awe-inspiring entrance plaza, costumes and riveting reading material. Todd Mesek, the Hall’s head publicity guy, says there are some 15,000 artifacts, both on display and in storage.
You might think that the point of the museum is just to display cool stuff. But the Hall’s museum staff members consider themselves educators telling an important story about how our history impacts our present, how it molds our understanding of civil rights and war and the struggles of women and the thrill of creating something breathlessly new, over and over.
There’s a dizzying amount of stuff to get through in one day. So you might want to plan for more time. Here are some highlights.
– The Exhibition Hall houses an impressive collection of guitars, like Bob Dylan’s acoustic Washburn from 1989 and Kurt Cobain’s custom Fender played on Nirvana’s “In Utero.”
– In the Teen Idol room you’ll find David Cassidy’s jumpsuit, Tiffany’s jeans jacket from the “I Think We’re Alone Now” video, and the embarrassing suits worn by Gunnar and Matthew Nelson of Nelson from the “After The Rain” video.
– Other get-ups: Macy Gray’s “My New Album Drops Sept 18” dress; Tom Petty’s Mad Hatter chapeau from the “Don’t Come Around Here No More” video; the kimono Bjork wore on the cover of her “Homogenic” album; Madonna’s leather bondage outfit from the “Human Nature” video; Bruce Springsteen’s tight blue jeans with the red ball cap from “Born In The USA.”
– The Hall of Fame exhibit is dominated by an awesome sky-high display of three screens that look like they’re on the bridge of the Enterprise showing old musical favorites.
5 must-sees at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
– The loud, flashy “Gwen” and “Moby” signs from the tacky “East Side” video, hanging in the entrance hallway: A nice welcome.
– The huge lit “W” standing for “Weezer” hanging above the gift shop: Also stands for “wow!”
– Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen’s T-shirt … with one arm hole sewn up.
– David Byrne’s big-shouldered suit from the movie “Stop Making Sense”: You may ask yourself–do I look like a linebacker accountant?
– B-52’s member Cindy Wilson’s birdcage wig: La Cage Au Follicles!
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