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20 years on: How cult film Kids inspired a generation of copycat youth culture
Larry Clark's masterpiece comes of age — Films, music videos, clothing brands, photo projects; the Kids influence still runs deep in contemporary culture.
Written by: Shelley Jones
For Thurston Moore, community is everything
Things I Learned Along The Way — Huck's Fiftieth Special collects lessons learned and creative advice from fifty of the most inspiring people we know. Each day we'll be sharing a new excerpt from the magazine. Today: How former Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore found craziness and creativity, but most importantly community, when he arrived in New York City at the height of punk.
Written by: Huck HQ / Shelley Jones
What to expect from Patti Smith's new book and some of her best hits
New book: M Train — The queen of the New York underground is back with another autobiographical book after her 2010 bestseller Just Kids.
Written by: Alex Taylor
Are New York’s eccentric street characters being pushed out?
Save NYC street culture — Filmmaker Nicolas Heller’s No Your City web series celebrates the city’s larger than life characters, who are being threatened by ongoing gentrification of the Big Apple.
Written by: Alex King
New Yorkers are fighting to save the soul of their city
Stop NYC eating its children — Gentrification is suffocating New York’s creative culture. We spoke to #SaveNYC campaign founder Jeremiah Moss to find out why it’s time to fight back.
Written by: Alex King
Is New York still a city of dreams?
No more rags to riches — Writer Alan Kaufman and artist Clayton Patterson discuss how their personal journeys of social advancement and creative expression no longer seem possible in today’s NYC.
Written by: Alex King
A battle is raging for the soul of New York City
We need to #SaveNYC — Gentrification is taking its toll on the city’s cultural fabric. Artist and photographer Clayton Patterson throws his weight behind the #SaveNYC campaign.
Written by: Alex King
Former DNA drummer Ikue Mori on life after No Wave
Beyond noise — As Kim Gordon released her memoir Girl in a Band, we unearth this piece from her’s and Bill Nace’s curated section in Huck 42 - The Improv Issue. Tokyo-transplant Ikue Mori surfed the rise of No Wave on New York’s Lower East Side in the late 1970s and continues to push at the boundaries of improvised music to this day.
Written by: Michael Fordham
What happened to the post-punk No Wave movement?
Evidence of life — No Wave burst out of New York’s underground in the late 70s and early 80s then faded from view, but its influence lives on - if you know where to look.
Written by: Byron Coley
What happened to the gritty old New York City?
Beating back gentrification and Taylor Swift — Video series New Wave New York asks the Big Apple's brightest young creatives for their beef with a city changing beyond recognition before their eyes.
Written by: Ricardo Miguel Vieira
