00:02fire island has really been in a renaissance for every generation non-stop my great aunt went out
00:09there in 1930. i walked over there in 1956. it was the summer of 1976. 1984. what are you doing
00:20this
00:20summer we're back on fire island this time seven layers deep into the pines cherry grove's sexier
00:29sister i think one of the great mysteries about fire island is where and how stuff happens a lot
00:35of it is obviously word of mouth i know there are like telegram channels there are obstacles that
00:40you don't even know exist like houses collapsing you couldn't smoke on the dance floor you couldn't
00:47drink on the dance floor the dance floor was for dancing the sex was for upstairs in the balcony
00:52and in the middle of the night the police raided the dj booth i've been to the meat rack
00:58i'm a gay man of a certain age yes i was in the meat rack she's like do you think
01:03they're gonna
01:03like me and i'm like you're joan rivers while all of these things are true like the money and the
01:10drugs and the beauty all of that is true and it's a really great place for gay people
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