Has anyone read this? I just started and all I can say is that it is f***ing awesome. Would love to get some thoughts from any one that finished it.

They had a doc that premiered at Sundance this last year. It was very, very good. Did not know there was a book this is an instant grab for sure

Haha I’m the opposite. I had no idea there was a documentary! Can’t wait to check it out

i LOVE this book

made me discover my favourite band of all time. (the walkmen)

also kinda bummed me out because it felt like something that'll never happen again with the internet and s***

read it in june 2020 when I was in lockdown

have you listened to hamilton’s solo stuff?

haven’t dug into it yet but I really need to!

If it makes you feel better after I read MMITB I went and read Please Kill Me which is the same style of book but about the punk/new wave scene of the 70s-80s

Everyone in Meet Me spent the entire book talking about how NY will never be the same as it was in the 2000s and it’s boring and safe now but in Please Kill Me (published in ‘96) dudes were saying NY will never be the same as it was in the 70s and it’s boring and safe now

jonathan firecracker story was so sad

just moved to nyc and wish some strokes vibes were still going on or maybe I haven't found it yet

for real. even sadder when you read about stewart's mental illness and death after :(

googled him after and when I found he commited suicide was super upsetting

oh s*** Hamilton Leithauser was in this band? i just assumed you were talking about him and looked it up lol

i really like his solo stuff i gotta check this band out

it’s happening right this very second i’ve been trying to put ktt on in misc

walkmen are one of my fav bands ever and hamilton is a big reason why (he just kills it vocally on every track of theirs)

lisbon and heaven are closer to his solo stuff (love both those records to shred) but my favourite is by far bows + arrows.

The song Evergreen is legit!

thank you these r my friends and living in nyc, i always felt like the rock scene was completely dead till now

the chill bedroom s*** is dated, i feel like there’s a new sound coming out of the les that’s a lot more hyperactive and i truly think we’re gonna start seeing ppl imitate in next few years

Geese are a pretty sick new band from nyc

Just remember ppl were saying it was all fake af back then as well. The strokes really were a bunch of larping rich kids (who made GOAT music) and white ppl in New York were just goofing around at that point

Just find the ppl who are making art and engage them and you’ll get that NYC experience, whatever it is

Imma have to get a copy of this