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I bet that was wild. I was always a fan of that era of music from the city. But then I spent 2018-2023 teaching a hip hop history course at Xavier university (two or three sessions a semester and two semesters a year) and I spent about three weeks just setting up the historical backdrop of the Bronx, although I was born in the 80s and it was all really history to me. I’d feature different readings and recordings each semester and show the kids videos from the era and occasionally changed it up, so I read and checked out a lot of material. All this to say, that time and place has become absolutely mythical in my mind. I’d love to hear your stories!
You probably know more about the history than I do, but I do have some crazy stories. I remember being with my friend in Times Square (a real hell hole back then, pre Disneyfication). We were trying to buy fake IDs so we could drink in bars. We were in a seedy place playing pinball. I suddenly had this weird sense of danger and told my friend we should leave. He laughed at me and told me he would meet me down the block after he was done with his game. I left, and he got robbed at knifepoint INSIDE the store. Luckily he just lost money.
Scorsese's Taxi Driver really captured the city I remember back then.
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