The "Real" Thunderdome

Here is an overview of Thunderdome at the Albany Bulb. I like to refer to this as the "real" Thunderdome, and here's why: up in Sonoma County in a little, squalid suburb known as Rohnert Park, there exists a place that some people like to call Thunderdome. This place, basically just a house full of poor and stinky SSU students, has no real reason to have such a distinguished moniker. I think the people "living" there thought it pretty neat to name what is just your typical party-house Thunderome. They obviously have no reference point, and have never seen the M. Gibson vehicle Beyond Thunderdome. But when I think of it, there was a guy living at the place called Deli Platter, and another who was a dead ringer for Gareth Keenan from Office fame called "Luce". So what I'm saying is these people were already kind of loopy and self-absorbed. I have no idea how they came to call their home Thunderdome.
I think the bulb offers the most authentic Thunderdome, aside from the actual one in the film, of course. If you look closely, you will see pieces of OCD art in this picture. There is no Master Blaster governing this Thunderdome; just a few ragged bums and the occasional balding man bumping around in there putting his artwork up for none to see.