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No Slam Dancing, No Stage Diving, No Spikes An Oral History of the Legendary City Gardens

Amy Yates Wuelfing

How did a lifeless, concrete bunker in the inner city come to be a cornerstone of the underground music scene? How did a club stuck between nowhere foster an atmosphere of creativity and promote a vibrant music scene ready to explode? Simply: with dedication, drive and passion.

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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

This book served as a time capsule for indie music in the eighties and nineties, capturing a pre-internet era where the club was an essential oasis for misfits stuck between New York and Philadelphia.

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She is the coauthor of the new book, No Slam Dancing, No Stage Diving, No Spikes, An Oral History of the Legendary City Gardens.

— Episode: TDS Time Machine | Rock Stars - Pt. 1

Episode: TDS Time Machine | Rock Stars - Pt. 1

This book served as a time capsule for indie music in the eighties and nineties, capturing a pre-internet era where the club was an essential oasis for misfits stuck between New York and Philadelphia.

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She is the coauthor of the new book, No Slam Dancing, No Stage Diving, No Spikes, An Oral History of the Legendary City Gardens.

And the book is really a time capsule about indie music in the eighties and nineties.

And I think the fact that we all went there really stoked our creativity and we were suburban kids. We were stuck sort of in the middle of Philadelphia and New York.

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