Sure, the music and editing will make you feel like you're on a bad trip, but this footage of a very 1980s New York City—or as the author put it, "No York City—is interesting never-the-less.

From the film's YouTube page:

A five minute film by Rick Liss.
A portrait of New York City circa early 1980s.
Which was an extremely fertile time creatively in New York City. This is a record of the city at that time.
Music principally by Laurie Anderson

[Bowery Boogie]