Playlist:

• New York, New York – Wendy Mae Chambers (album: Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones: Experimental Musical Instruments)
  
• New York Social Life (1977) – Laurie Anderson (album: New Music For Electronic and Recorded Media. Women In Electronic Music)
• Lesson No. 2 – Glenn Branca (album: The Ascension)
• Autumn In New York [Common Take – Lp] – Billie Holiday – (album: The Complete Billie Holiday)
• side a (excerpt) – Tony Schwartz (album: The New York Taxi Driver)
• New York Counterpoint (Part I) – Steve Reich (album: Works, 1965-1995)
• Flower – Sonic Youth (album: Bad Moon Rising)
• A Shot In The Dark – John Zorn  (album: Naked City)
• United Technology – Barbara Krüger (album: Just another asshole (compiled by glenn branca & barbara ess))
• Edges – Christian Wolff  (album: The New York School 3)
• The death of the composers was in 1962 – Tony Conrad with Faust (album: Outside the dream syndicate – disc 2)
• Crepuscule with Nellie – Thelonious Monk (album: Complete Blue Note Recordings)

Plus field recordings in the background by: The Sound of New York City.