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A Day Without Gay

Did punk rock homophobia push Darby Crash over the edge? - a documentary in production poses that question I was completely surprised to hear that the campy Hollywood restaurant, El Coyote - where so many of us punk rockers hung out and had our first restaurant cocktails without being carded - was the target of a boycott. Seems that the restaurant's owner donated money through her (Mormon) church to support California's Proposition 8, the bill seen as hateful legislation banning gay marriage. Being a couple thousand miles away from LA, I learned about this by reading it on the internet, so it must be true. I do find it terribly ironic that El Coyote, a haven for hipsters - gay and straight alike, underground anti-hero icons and the truly famous (the late Sharon Tate; current matinee idol George Clooney) - would have an owner who didn't think first about her business! Its weirdly un-Republican (and I am presuming she is a Republican, being a Mormon and supporting Pro...