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Monsters move in to SFO Airport

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Frankenstein

The newest offering from the SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport is an exhibition about monsters.

Not the kind that live under the bed, but the monsters made famous by Universal Pictures, which pretty much invented the monster movie genre in 1923 with the Hunchback of Notre Dame and the Phantom of the Opera, starring Lon Chaney in 1925.

Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi in the first talking vampire movie, followed in 1931, and within a year, fans were being frightened by Frankenstein, which was inspired by Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel. Later came The Mummy and a series of mummy movies, The Werewolf of London (1935) and The Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Revenge of the Creature prop head c. 1955_courtesy SFO Museum

One big fan of monster memorabilia is Metallica’s Kirk Hammett,
and its part of his collection of monster movie props, original artwork, themed novelty toys and other creature collectibles that are on display in SFO Terminal 2 through November 2015.

Some of Hammett’s custom-made monster guitars are on display too.

Guitars_Custom Monster_from the Kirk Hammett Collection_ courtesy SFO Museum

(Photos courtesy of SFO Museum)

Metallica to play at Santa Monica Airport

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Are you a fan of the metal band Metallica?

Metallica

Someone at Gibson Guitars is, and noticed that the band will be performing Thursday, November 4th, 2010 in a hangar at the Santa Monica Airport.

The show will be part of a launch party for a new video game called Call of Duty: Black Ops, made by the folks who make the popular Guitar Heroes game.  The event will be a fundraiser for The Call of Duty Endowment, which helps soldiers transition to civilian life.

But don’t just rush on over. There are no concert tickets for sale, but fans of the band can check the Metallica website to find out about winning a pass.

In the meantime, Metallica has posted this warning:

The Santa Monica airport is a fully functioning airport and pretty damn serious about their security. We were asked to relay to you that anyone attempting to sneak on to the grounds of the airport will be subjected to the long arm of the law . . . including possible arrest. So as much as we would love to have all you all join us there, if you do not win a ticket, probably best to sit this one out . . .