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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
For Gay Nostalgia or Gay History Buffs,
This review is from: Gay Day: The Golden Age of the Christopher Street Parade 1974-1983 (Hardcover)
Having been a young gay man in New York during the era covered in these photos, I found myself a bit bemused by this book. A large number of the photos are of skinny lads with their shirts off or grimacing drag queens, whereas my own memories are of more varied crowds. The photos themselves are very much alike, and soon begin to blur one into the other. The photographer was not blessed with an artistic or selective eye. Nevertheless, the photos are a historical record, if a partial one.
The picture captions, however, are nothing short of awful. Written by the gay poet and Beatnik icon, Allan Ginsberg, they read like the giddy outpourings of a junior high school glue sniffer. The publisher has seen fit to print each caption twice, once in type and once in Ginsberg's handwriting - a dubious bonus. They have no real relation to the pictures, which might have been made more interesting with some focused comment. The cover has been tarted up with art work that suggests Day-Glo flower stickers.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Gay Day: The Golden Age of the Christopher Street Parade 1974-1983 (Hardcover)
not much to say- a bunch of pics from back in the day- the hot pants and hair and moustaches are interesting to view-
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Gay Day: The Golden Age of the Christopher Street Parade 1974-1983 by William Burroughs (Hardcover - May 2, 2006)
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