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Len Barot, publisher of Bold Strokes Books, writes as radclyffe and L.L. Raand
When I came out at 18, I was a freshman in college. I had heard there was a gay bar for women on Albany's Central Avenue called the Hudson Arms. I walked past that bar half a dozen times before I had the courage to go inside. When I did, I found a working-class community of lesbians who were somewhat suspicious at first of those of us who braved the trip from the college campus on a Friday night. They weren't sure we were lesbians because we didn't know the rules and we didn't look the part. (Ki-ki they called us.) The bar patrons were very different from us in their appearance, their comportment, and their ideology. Over the course of my three years at SUNY-Albany, I became a frequent patron of the bar. These women were my community, despite our social and class differences. Ultimately, we came together around the quintessential lesbian activity—softball. I would not give up that experience, despite my fears and the challenges, for anything in the world. When I recently moved back to upstate New York, one of the first things I did was try to find the bar to show my partner. Sadly, it is gone, but the memories of my first lesbian home have not diminished in my heart.
The scariest part was figuring out how to get a drink. There was a thick throng around the bar itself. I had to let go of my individual self and become part of the mob, like finding myself in the middle of an indigenous ritual that I had to follow along convincingly with or else be killed. Somehow, I managed to order and pay for a Budweiser. I spent the rest of the night peeling the label off it and watching, watching, watching.
Susie Bright, author, Big Sex Little Death
The first gay barroom I ever stepped into was my Aunt Molly's place, the Bacchanal , on Solano Avenue, near Berkeley. She took me inside before it opened to clean it up and do a little carpentry work—I must've been 11 at the time. I had no idea what "gay" was, let alone the nature of the establishment I was mopping down. We listened to Marlene Dietrich records while I dusted and oiled the wooden bar, which was quite glorious.
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1974: Year when the UPC (universal product code) was scanned the first time. It happened on this date, and the item was a pack of gum. June 26, 1963: John F. Kennedy speaks the famous words "Ich bin ein Berliner" on a visit to West Berlin.
A 1963 Volkswagen 23-window microbus with all the trimmings is the top seller thus far in the Barrett-Jackson Orange Country collector-car auction. (Photo: Bob Golfen) There are always plenty of surprises at a Barrett-Jackson auction, and when you team
It happened to no less than former first lady Laura Bush. In November 1963, two days after she turned 17, the then Laura Welch was driving on a highway on the outskirts of Midland, Texas. Unaware of a stop sign at an approaching intersection,
problems of the current structure, which was built in 1963. In 2004, council kicked in $40 million for the project, but little has happened since. An expanded project is in tune with what a modern library should be, according to Ald. Gael MacLeod.
I never had anything but handmade sex during college, but as a freshman at Georgetown in 1963, I went to my first gay bar, the Georgetown Bar & Grill. It was only gay on every other Thursday for two hours. There were communal tables and pitchers of
What happened to muscle cars? - 1963 Ford Falcon
Before the movie fast and the furious came out, these buzzing, christmas light, NOS equipped little annoying cars (usually some import) were found in small numbers. I hate these stupid cars, it makes driving anywhere a pain since these idiots think that they are in the third fast and furious flick. I noticed that these "euro" styling is not only on imports, but also on mustangs, camaros, and the most painful of all firebirds. What happened to the muscle car of yesteryear? Remember seeing a Mustang pull up next to you and as you glanced over you swore you were in some drag race starting line after seeing that ‘stangs engine boasting a supercharger and half the engine sticking out the top of the hood. I used to love to hear these cars ROAR down the road…now I see Mustangs and other muscle car types being downgraded to euro crap and when they drive off, a loud farting sound is what they make. Why don’t we bring back muscle cars and lose the euro trash? (no offense to europeans)
Muscle cars have and will always have the distinction of being in a class all their own. Who cares about the namby/pamby limpwristed versions? You bring up a good point. Not only do the original muscle cars have great visual appeal, but their performances on the road excelled above and beyond most anything available today. Yeah, gas is expensive, but damnit, why can’t companies use some slight modifications and avoid these "styles" you refer to? Heck, SUVs and Gargantua vehicles are still being spat out, why not make a "comeback" for the muscle cars of not-so-long ago? Fashion trends and music seem to recirculate, hopefully this might find its way into the automobile industry. Great question.
A lot of them have been wrecked from being raced, more of them are sitting in junk yards waiting for someone with the time and money to restore them, others are sitting in garages and sheds collecting dust. I wish there were more around. I found most of them as hot wheels for my son so he’d know what a real car was since by the time he’s older they’ll probably be gone.
I have a 1972 Buick GS convertible, and I have a lot of friends who have muscle cars and are not euro-styling them. As a matter of fact i am about 85% of the way to restoring mine to stock. It even has an AC Delco radio, the original 8 track, and a 3 speed column shift! ("three on the tree") Only problem is that I will be about 35k into it when I’m done.
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