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unusual facts about Workingman's Institute and Memorial Hall


Workingman's Institute and Memorial Hall

This building has also been used in filming scenes for television and radio, which have included Restoration for the BBC (2004), Ghost Stories for ITV Wales, and the movies Very Annie Mary (2001) and Flick (2008).


Anthem of the Sun

The making of Anthem of the Sun, Aoxomoxoa, Workingman's Dead, and American Beauty are described by former members and associates of the Grateful Dead in the 1997 Classic Albums documentary Anthem to Beauty.

Filmworks XVI: Workingman's Death

Filmworks XVI: Workingman's Death features a score by John Zorn for a documentary film by Michael Glawogger.

The album was released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 2005 and contains music that Zorn wrote and recorded for, Workingman's Death (2005), a documentary detailing hazardous employment undertaken in Ukraine, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and China.

Joe Perkins

This may have been in part an inspiration to Jerry Garcia to write the song "Eep Hour" and may also have been at least a partial inspiration for The Grateful Dead song "Cumberland Blues".

Michael Glawogger

Like fellow Austrian director Ulrich Seidl, with whom he collaborated several times, Glawogger is mainly known for his documentary films such as Megacities (1998), Workingman's Death (2005) and Whores' Glory (2011).

Workingman's Dead

The album was voted by readers of Rolling Stone as the best album of 1970, in front of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's Déjà Vu and Van Morrison's Moondance.


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