Palookaville was a concert venue in Santa Cruz, CA opened by Michael Horne. It was later closed in 2001. Many excellent shows were booked there by Michael Horne and Poco Marshall.
Palooka is an Americanslang originating in the 1920s meaning a second-rate prize fighter or, more generally, a stupid or clumsy person. The word palookaville is an extension of this slang to refer to a place where such people may have come from or may reside. Further detail on origins of the word can be found at World Wide Words.
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