PUNK DISCO BOHEMIAN, DISCO and HISTORICAL FICTION
In writing Punk Disco Bohemian , I hoped to reawaken an interest in the varied, rich and transgressive culture, literature and music of the 1970s, when disco took over the bar scene, especially the gay bar scene. Disco featured four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines and exciting, sometimes symphonic arrangements (as in the case of Barry White) using electric piano, electric guitar and synthesizers. It spread a carefree and joyously raucous mood across the country that epitomized the gay lifestyle as well as colorful Provincetown, which was a miniature cosmos of the scene in the 70s. The following excerpt from Punk Disco Bohemian takes place in the Back Room, a prominent, mostly gay male club on Commercial Street, and highlights the music and styles of the era: "One Saturday night, shortly before New Orleans, Maggie and I ran into one of her exes in the Back Room. Tall, lean Jess with jet curly hair danced with his hips like a female, but his glance fell with equal ease o