scopOphilic_documentary_111 - scopOphilic1997 presents a new micro-messaging series: small, subtle, and often unintentional messages we send and receive verbally and non-verbally.
We hope you've enjoyed this series walking back in time. It was by no means comprehensive. And, there's def a few that didn't make it, yet. But, maybe it will continue going down the road.
Memories of places in the past (former gay-lgbtq+ bars/clubs) (L-R, T-B): The Saint Marks Baths (St Marks Street - East Village), Boy Bar (St Marks Street - East Village), Porno Bookshop (3rd Avenue - East Village - forgot name but it's referenced in David Levitt's book "The Lost Language Of Cranes"), & The Palladium (14th street - East Village)
As a special thanks for indulging in 10 days of old school LGBTQ+ nostalgia we present: Nightclub invites to the Palladium, Boy Bar, and MEAT (shown in image scopOphilic_documentary_104). The ticket is for an ACT UP Benefit in 1990 which featured Grace Jones. Grace was scheduled to perform 3 songs. She played for 2+ hours non-stop & most of it naked! Keith Haring was a member of ACT UP and approved the use of his image on the ticket before dying that year. Also shown is an invite for a Heritage Of Pride benefit with one of Keith's images from 1986. A business-card size pass for the Sunday night parties with the dance floor wall that Keith created. And, a Palladium drink ticket from that same mid-to-late 1980s period. Finally, an invite/comp postcard from Boy Bar on St Marks circa 1985. And, an invite from MEAT circa 1992. (Apologies for the censorship. I don't want tumblr to flag it.)
