Refreshing Congeniality Flourishes in Gay Bar Punk Pioneers Emerge From
The Retriever, February 26, 1980, '.e 9 Refreshing congeniality flourishes in gay bar dative, and those with the inclination to By Tom DiMartino make their approbation concrete held up On a recent Sunday evening, The Blade, dollar bills, which the honored performer Karen and I visited the Masquerade Inter collected in his travels about the floor, and national Disco, on Boston Street, near Fells for which the benefactor received a kiss. Point. This is a gay bar, and is aptly named Tish and Mhogany did a well-executed - drag shows are featured ~ularly. It was version of "Enough is Enough", imitating the drag show that brought us here, and by Barbara and Donna Summer, and Shirley's happy coincidence, owner Connie Hoffer captial "You're So Vain" was dedicated to was also hosting a public party that night Terry. Kelly Stevenson, a long foxy blonde, in honor of her partner Terry's birthday. electrified the crowd with her dynamic Our two dollar cover took care of the show impression of Bette Midler's "Rose", with and an open buffet. "When A Man Loves A Woman," for The Masquerade is a very pleasant, tidy which he was called for an encore. club, with a small dance floor, pool tables, During the break, while the drag queens pinball machine, and an excellent sound were in the back room planning their next system. It's not a large place, but there are set, I had a short interview with them. The two opera~ing bars (a third was guys were pretty well shellacked by that abandoned).
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