I was inspired by the list of city-themed movies and books that UW urbanism professor Daniel Friedman checked off in in his city arts lecture last night.

So, I came up with a list of my own:

1. A fantastic city blog called The 42.
2. This B-52s gig from 1978



3. This New Yorker article from 2004



4. William Gibson's 1996 novel, Idoru.





5. Chess Records, 1947-1955
6. Sonic Youth's 1983 album, Confusion is Sex



7. The Jam (and some Style Council) 1977-1982



8. Kareem Adbul Jabbar's autobiography.
9. Jean Luc Goddard's 1966 movie, Masculine/Feminine



10. And this Mumblecore movie by Barry Jenkins starring Wyatt Cenac.