“In his book Status and Culture, W. David Marx argues that authentic culture is created in subcultural fringes before being co-opted by capital as mass culture.”

“Patrick Kho, author of subculture newsletter The Chow, describes attending a recent surge of young, grass-roots cultural life: daytime discos in Prince Edward warehouses, indie zine fairs in the basement of Chungking Mansions, underground techno under a bridge in Kwun Tong and cybernetic art in Tai Ping Shan.”