COOL MACHINE BY COLSON WHITEHEAD REVIEW – FINAL PART OF THE HARLEM TRILOGY IS FREEWHEELING FUN
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According to Culture | The Guardian, The grit and grandeur of 80s New York drive this rollicking story of an underground wheeler-dealer In the summer of 1977 a bolt of lightning struck a substation on the Hudson River, knocking out power across New York…
The available RSS description adds: Two nights of darkness sparked a wave of looting as Harlem and Bronx teenagers swiped high-end items from the downtown stores.
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The grit and grandeur of 80s New York drive this rollicking story of an underground wheeler-dealer In the summer of 1977 a bolt of lightning struck a substation on the Hudson River, knocking out power across New York… Two nights of darkness sparked a wave of looting as Harlem and Bronx teenagers swiped high-end items from the downtown stores.
They took speaker systems and turntables to experiment with at home. They taught themselves how to scratch and mix, and sang self-styled scat lyrics into stolen microphones. Hip-hop, according to urban legend, was the child of a lightning strike and a robbing spree.
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- Culture | The Guardian: The grit and grandeur of 80s New York drive this rollicking story of an underground wheeler-dealer In the summer of 1977 a bolt of lightning struck a substation on the Hudson River, knocking out power across New York…
- Culture | The Guardian: Two nights of darkness sparked a wave of looting as Harlem and Bronx teenagers swiped high-end items from the downtown stores.
- Culture | The Guardian: They took speaker systems and turntables to experiment with at home.
- Culture | The Guardian: They taught themselves how to scratch and mix, and sang self-styled scat lyrics into stolen microphones.
- Culture | The Guardian: Hip-hop, according to urban legend, was the child of a lightning strike and a robbing spree.
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- Topic: CULTURE — the feed headline centres on COOL, MACHINE, COLSON, WHITEHEAD, REVIEW.
- Original feed: Culture | The Guardian.
- Published: 21 Jul 2026, 07:00 UK.
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