Archive - Walk on the Wild Side NYC

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 •

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 •

April 2025

"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 •

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 •

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 •

January 2025

"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 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

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 •

October 2024

Greg Tate, 10/14/57-12/7/21

"People try to act like the music stopped at a certain point, because it stopped for the young white rebels at a time. But that’s when BRC and hip-hop…

Oct 15, 2024 •

Antonio Ocasio (Tribal Winds)

"To me, and I might be alone in this, house music is anything you play at a house party. If you play the Rolling Stones’ 'Sympathy for the…

Oct 2, 2024 •

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