Remember the earnest post of a couple weeks back wherein I raged against the machine that had tagged me as a flagrant “nostalgia blogger”? Yeah, well, here’s yet another post that only plays right into their hands. What can I do? I’m intrigued by this stuff.
Quibbles aside, here’s an interesting little snippet I happened upon this evening whilst searching for some archival Iggy Pop footage. Evidently shot on New Year’s Day in 1995, this video follows three hirsute hepcats as they walk around the East Village of that bygone age, checking out local landmarks like Two Boots Pizza, the Gas Station and The Toy Tower on Avenue B.
Two Boots is still around (albeit in a different location), but the Gas Station and the Toy Tower are both long gone.
It’s a compelling-but-still-frustrating little clip in as much as I’d have rather they wasted less time and shot more material. Ah well, what can ya do? Enjoy the video...
For more about the Toy Tower, might I recommend…
The Tower to Tumble? and The Horrors on Avenue B
For more about the Gas Station, check out…
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