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1970s new york city

HBO’s ‘The Deuce’ Paid Tribute to Nan Goldin and Her Iconic Photography

By Helen Holmes
Kopf. c. 1976. USA. Directed by Maria Lassnig.

Newly Found Films Reveal a Powerful Feminist Creative Moment in 1970s New York

By Margaret Carrigan
Television

How Television Made ‘Marquee Moon,’ the Best Punk Guitar Album Ever

By Ron Hart
Juan Wauters while on tour in Uruguay.

Juan Wauters and The Ramones: A Love Story

By Jack D’Isidoro
Hilly Kristal, owner of CBGB's in front of his famous music club November 29, 1993

What ‘Vinyl’ Got Wrong This Week: Writing Too Lazy for Wikipedia

By Tim Sommer
Gram Parsons.

What ‘Vinyl’ Got Wrong This Week: L’Affaire d’Gram Parsons

By Tim Sommer
Two girls in a band at CBGB's in March of 1977

Meryl Meisler’s New York: Disco Glamour and Suburban Sass

By Amanda Manning
Record executive

What ‘Vinyl’ Got Wrong This Week: The Grimace Effect

By Tim Sommer
jack ruby

What ‘Vinyl’ Got Wrong This Week: Punk Music, Jimmy Kimmel-ized

By Tim Sommer
The New York Dolls in their dressing room at Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7th December 1973. L-R Arthur Kane (back left against wall), David Johansen (centre, raising middle finger), Johnny Thunders (part obscured behind Johansen), Sylvain Sylvain (leaning against wall in front of Rolling Stones poster), Jerry Nolan (lying back, wearing red t-shirt). (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns)

A NY Doll Goes From Rags to Riches, and Back to Rags With a Clothing Line

By Peter Gerstenzang
Slade appearing on Top of the Pops.

What ‘Vinyl’ Got Wrong This Week: The Greatness of Slade and Status Quo

By Tim Sommer
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