Cultural Guides

On Cosmic Dust, DIY Culture & New York Fucking City

I first went to Jean Francois Vallée’s tiny Greenwich Village apartment in New York City when I was seventeen. It was a six minute walk from Cafe Wha? and The Bitter End, two legendary venues I’d heard of and felt a thrill to even be near. Every single thing in New York felt full of significance and enigmatic meaning and possibility lurked around every corner…