86 Kicks

Where's the Indian?

Let's take a break from all those 17th century Huguenots, Walloons, and Moravians and fast forward to the latish 20th century. 1986, to be precise: six years before Cardvark would introduced (and 11 before the entire subway system MetroCard friendly); 8 years before the first Starbucks would open in NYC, and 18 before the Red Sox would appear in another World Series. Can it really be 25 years since the "double suicides" of Donald Manes, the Howard Beach beating, and Rudy Giuliani and Alfonse D'Amato* going undercover as the Village people to make a $20 crack buy in Washington Heights?

If you were a subway rider in NYC back then, this film (remember film?) from 1986 is likely to bring back those sweet and desperate days. Read more about the making of it here. Who can recall the K train now? Or the notorious "CC Rider"?

(*The third man is Benjamin Baer, Chair of the U.S. Parole Commission.)