“Last Call,” by Elon Green, retrac the murrs of four men by a serial killer the 1990s, at a time when gay men felt prsured to hi their sexualy and were often the victims of homophobia.
Contents:
- BILLY JOEL'S PIANO MAN WORKED AT A GAY BAR....
- THE GAY MEN FREQUENTED MANHATTAN PIANO BARS. SO DID THEIR KILLER.
- BILL’S GAY NETI PIANO MAN IS BACK THE SWG
- LKS: GAY WCH, PIANO MAN, & MORE
BILLY JOEL'S PIANO MAN WORKED AT A GAY BAR....
[bold].... but didn't know.[/bold]Per the lyrics, the bar seems to be exclively occupied by dly prsed gay men but Billy is obliv. He jt thks they "never had time for a wife" or will ... * piano man about gay bar *
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THE GAY MEN FREQUENTED MANHATTAN PIANO BARS. SO DID THEIR KILLER.
One of Los Angel' last historic gay bars, The Other Si was a “bt iend” to a generatn of LGBT bar goers who were left wonrg: Where will we go now? * piano man about gay bar *
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BILL’S GAY NETI PIANO MAN IS BACK THE SWG
” He remembers a time when Silver Lake was home to dozens of gay bars.
Much of the film is dited to memori of LA’s gay nightlife history, when so-lled gentleman’s bars were monplace. Both Cantillon and a number of men terviewed the film blame the ath of the piano bar—and the vast gap between piano bars and morn gay bars—on the missg generatn of men who were lost the AIDS epimic.
Ltle ced Akbar, the Sunset Boulevard spot that is paratively young at 22 but is now nsired Silver Lake’s last historic gay bar. “After that gets younger, and there are lots of women—not gay women—and straight men, too. Both victims — olr, whe-llar profsnal men, wh the heterosexual vtments of marriag and children — had last been seen at an upsle Midtown Manhattan gay piano bar lled the begs Elon Green’s terrific, harrowg, te-crime acunt of an elive serial killer who preyed upon gay men the 1990s, perfidly turng the safe havens of gay bars to huntg grounds, and semi-anonymo late-night hookups to an opportuny to kill wh impuny.
LKS: GAY WCH, PIANO MAN, & MORE
The most prolific serial killers explo the vulnerabili of the social orr; the “Last Call Killer” took advantage of gay men’s need for discretn and the enmic homophobia of law enforcement. Here was a generatn of men, more or ls, for whom was difficult to be visibly gay.
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Certaly not Pl Gallucc, 82, the -owner of Townhoe Bar, a well-appoted gay piano bar on East 58th Street that draws dapper gentlemen and their younger male admirers, some of whom are reputed to be on the hunt for sugar daddi.