Walk on the Wild Side NYC

Alice Cohen (The Vels, Die Monster Die, Shag Motor Pony, Karen Young)

"The [music] business is completely different now, they don't send you to the Bahamas anymore with a budget of $80,000"

Aug 25 • 

Jesse Rifkin

5

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July 2025

Pat Noecker (Liars, N0 Things, These Are Powers, RAFT)

"It’s like in Star Trek: The Next Generation when the Borg comes through and just wipes out everything in its path - that’s what the property market did…

Jul 17 • 

Jesse Rifkin

3

1

June 2025

Joe Schick (Blue Rock Studios: Dylan, NY Dolls, Bette Midler, Ed Sanders, etc.)

"I always thought that Dylan pretended to write 'When I Paint My Masterpiece' in the studio to really freak Leon [Russell] out."

Jun 17 • 

Jesse Rifkin

9

3

May 2025

Jonathan Galkin (DFA Records)

"Almost everyone on the label was from somewhere else, whether that was New Jersey or California, and all of these disparate origins and collective…

May 23 • 

Jesse Rifkin

10

1

April 2025

Matthew Shipp

"I never envisioned myself becoming part of a big [dance] club scene, because I was a 'serious jazz musician,' and that was my life. But it happened…

Apr 18 • 

Jesse Rifkin

5

March 2025

Dennis Young (Liquid Liquid)

"I never thought we were dance [music]. I always thought we were like a semi-punk alternative group, with some world music influences. We didn't hit…

Mar 28 • 

Jesse Rifkin

8

6

February 2025

DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid

"I’ll bet you, if you find any culture anywhere in the last 80 to 100 years, half the battle is the artist struggling to deal with the financial…

Feb 17 • 

Jesse Rifkin

11

3

January 2025

Justin Strauss

"Every club was packed every night of the week - Limelight, Tunnel, Palladium, Area. I don't know where all these people came from."

Jan 28 • 

Jesse Rifkin

15

Angela Jaeger: I Feel Famous

"I guess everybody's afraid of the word 'nostalgia,' but I don't really think it's a nostalgic thing, because these diaries were written in the moment."

Jan 2 • 

Jesse Rifkin

7

December 2024

Bruce Tantum (Time Out New York, DJ Mag)

"There was a good chunk of the ‘80s where, unless I was going to Danceteria or Area or one of those clubs, I very rarely would travel more than ten…

Dec 19, 2024 • 

Jesse Rifkin

7

November 2024

Julia Gorton & Rick Brown: Beat It!

"It’s this DIY thing that we did without money, without knowledge, without a clear idea of what we're doing. When I look back at it, I think, How did we…

Nov 19, 2024 • 

Jesse Rifkin

12

1

Genji Siraisi (Giant Step, Groove Collective, Repercussions, MOMENTNYC)

"It wasn't just hip hop and jazz...what was happening [at Giant Step] was also mixing in Latin stuff, mixing in house music. It was all being mixed…

Nov 1, 2024 • 

Jesse Rifkin

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