Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: 1977 New York gets the VH1 treatment and, oh my, wasn't it fun back then!
Will Hermes, Village Voice, 31 July 2007
OH YES, it was wicked cool: getting jacked at machete-point on the subway after a night of clubbing, and at bayonet-point outside of high school. See, NYC thugs had style in 1977, son! I mean, people broke store windows and stole shit during the '77 blackout—not like the boring 2003 one! And the garbage! Even the garbage festering on the sidewalks was funkier back then!
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