An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.

Turns out the group was enjoying a porron, a communal drinking vessel native to Spain.

They that handle the law knew me not

New to the scene is Crobar, a superclub with the space to hold just about every subculture in the New York pantheon. The music is as varied as the patrons...