Pico Boulevard in The Media
The music video for the 1991 single "Unfinished Sympathy" by band Massive Attack features singer Shara Nelson walking along West Pico Boulevard in an unbroken camera shot.
The artist Fatlip walks along Pico Boulevard in the music video What's Up Fatlip? and mentions it in the song.
The 1947 song "Pico and Sepulveda" by Felix Figueroa & His Orchestra (actually Freddy Martin & His Orchestra) was frequently featured on Dr. Demento's syndicated radio show.
In his poem "Hot," Charles Bukowski abandons his mail truck in the intersection of Pico and Western because it stalls and won't start, and he desperately has to get home on time because his girlfriend leaves whenever he's late.
Act five of the This American Life episode 110: Mapping features Jonathan Gold's process of eating at every restaurant on Pico Boulevard.
"South of Pico" is a feature film that focuses on events in the neighborhoods referenced in its title.
The rapper Kool Keith mentions Pico Blvd. in the song "Baddest MC" on the album Matthew.
A shootout in James Cameron's 1984 film The Terminator takes place in Tech Noir, a fictional nightclub on Pico.
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