isn't captain beefheart from palmdale? i've driven through palmdale/lancaster a couple times. went to your county fair last year.
Yeah he's from Lancaster and Frank Zappa is from Palmdale. My middle school social studies teacher told me that Frank Zappa lived in a shed behind her house that she was renting out.
Are those weird antique and junk stores still there in Littlerock and Pearblossom along Hwy 138? I remember passing those all the time whenever the family would drive to San Bernardino/Colton to visit extended family. Always wanted to stop there, but the folks always wanted to make good time.
From what i remember as a kid most of them are still there. I have no idea how they stay in business though, it's so empty. I haven't been to any of them for the same reasons as you but friends say Charlie Browns is a good place to go to and buy all the things you wanted when you were nine and your parents said "next time."