Friday night firestarter: is underground culture in NYC still alive or is it just a zombie we forced back from the dead, the way PDT forced speakeasies to be a thing again?

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Honey, it’s been dead a long time. But then again, I’m someone who used to frequent Save the Robots. That NYC is long gone. Anything that tries to position itself as “underground” now doesn’t come close

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Milk & Honey started the speakeasy revival thing seven years before PDT. Save the Robots was an establishment with a liquor license. Underground would mean something not-quite-legal, often in a dank warehouse or loft that would have been found on the Nonsense list. Despite far fewer listings, the list is still alive, Google it and you will find some gems

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still alive in Brooklyn but small. Just went to a hardcore, gabber party this Sat in a warehouse 😎

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Incredible... how’d you find?

If you can easily find it, it's not underground

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