STARZ are shooting a new drama series called HIGHTOWN (original title PTOWN) about a mystery murder set in #PTOWN. Most of the filming has been in FREEPORT, LONG ISLAND as evidently according to the producers it looks more like P Town than P Town itself! Yesterday they forsook Freetown and created a Faux Parade in … Continue reading
Even though I have summered in PTown Massachusetts for the past 24 years the locals will always consider me a washashore. It’s a real word by the way: Meriam Webster defines it to bring (something) onto the shore by waves, then quickly adds like ‘debris!’ Provincetown was settled by the Brits back in the 17th … Continue reading
Martin Scorcese’s profile on Fran Lebowitz is no ordinary documentary. After 90 minutes of essentially listening to this quick-witted brilliant observationist with her razor sharp tongue spend forth on some of her favorite bugbears, we actually learn very little about the woman behind all these rapidly fired opinions. By filming her in conversation in her … Continue reading
Martin Scorcese’s profile on Fran Lebowitz is no ordinary documentary. After 90 minutes of essentially listening to this quick-witted brilliant observationist with her razor sharp tongue spend forth on some of her favorite bugbears, we actually learn very little about the woman behind all these rapidly fired opinions. By filming her in conversation in … Continue reading
Even though gay men euphorically referred to public lavatories that they frequented for clandestine sex as ‘tearooms’ the practice of ‘cottaging’ was, and still is, considered a shameful act by most gay men. It was often a last resort for men who could not express their sexuality …..think George Michael caught in a Police sting … Continue reading