Courtesy of Justine D.
Now that we are living in a landscape fueled by the 24/7 flow of digital content from every corner of the globe, the recent past seems very long ago. The rapid-fire pace dictated by extremely online culture is mirrored by the sweeping transformation of the American landscape, where once-battered cities like New York are being gentrified at a dizzying rate.
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In retrospect, the turn of the millennium seems positively quaint, with its dial-up modems, payphones, film cameras, and fax machines in wide use—but the seeds of our present era were being spread far and wide. New York in the 00s was a crossroads between two realms: the past and the future squaring off against one another—perhaps best illustrated by the explosion of rock ‘n’ roll that emerged this decade.
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In her vibrant oral history, Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001–2011, author Lizzy Goodman takes us back to the last era of underdog New York, when bands like The Strokes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem, Interpol, and Vampire Weekend brought rock ‘n’ roll back to the forefront. Goodman recently teamed up with Hala Matar to curate Meet Me in the Bathroom: The Art Show, a group exhibition organized by UTA Artist Space and The Hole. Now, in an exclusive conversation for Document Journal,Luke Jenner of The Rapture and DJ Justine D. take us back to this transformative era in New York nightlife.
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Courtesy of Justine D.