By some strange coincidence, a week or so ago, just after hearing that Harvey Weinstein had been arrested and charged with rape, I was listening to an old podcast about the evolution of Times Square, and his name came up in connection to a strip club called the Melody Burlesk, later to be known as […]
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Exploring Harvey Weinstein’s roots as a flesh trade landlord in pre-Disney Times Square
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Uncategorized Also tagged #metoo, Bob Weinstein, Broadway, Bruce Jay Friedman, buffalo, Corky Burger, Dominique, Drew Friedman, Frederick Cincotti, Gilbert Gottfried, Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast, Harvey Weinstein, Holliday Inn, Josh Alan Friedman, Madeline Droege, Mardi Gras, Melody Burlesk, Melody Burlesque, Midnight Blue, Miramax, New York, New York City, podcasts, porn, prostitution, Rialto Report, Rudy Giuliani, Screw, Stir Crazy, strip clubs, stripping, Tales of Times Square, The Sunshine Boys, Times Square, vaudeville 34 Comments
Wasting time with Tim Carey, Tila Tequila and Charlie Brooker
I wanted to write tonight about Chris Lee, the family-values touting Republican Congressman from New York who resigned today, after getting busted for soliciting sex on Craigslist, and the very real possibility that a similar fate may await John Boehner, but I got sucked into watching videos instead. I hate to admit it, but I’m […]