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I noticed a huge increase of visits to my flickr "...

2008-10-16T15:06:00.000-04:00

I noticed a huge increase of visits to my flickr "After Dark" sets, and it is because of you and Mark Allen. I hope everyone enjoys them. I think it is important to remember not only the time period, but some of the people who were featured in these photos who didn't make the mainstream entertainment magazines. I'm glad there are others who can appreciate these archives.

OMG! I never knew about this magazine. Thanx for...

2008-10-14T23:44:00.000-04:00

OMG! I never knew about this magazine. Thanx for sharing.

This was before the age of every actor/model doing...

2008-10-14T19:37:00.000-04:00

This was before the age of every actor/model doing STEROIDS or shaving their hair.

Those guys were hot and manly.

I love muscle (natural) ... not Muscle Marys (steroid queens).

FunMe

Talk about bringing back memories! I used to see ...

2008-10-14T19:34:00.000-04:00

Talk about bringing back memories! I used to see After Dark in the newsstand at 57th and 7th as I waited for the M10 bus to go uptown to school, and many was the time that I just had to buy it because of the guy on the cover. I then had to make sure to keep it hidden in my book bag all day, in case one of my classmates would wonder why I was reading it. You have even put up some of the ones I remember well!

B O I N G !!!!!!

2008-10-14T18:22:00.000-04:00

B O I N G !!!!!!

I totally remember AfterDark, I was 17 years old a...

2008-10-14T15:08:00.000-04:00

I totally remember AfterDark, I was 17 years old and going to the M&M and Chester in Atlantic City...which at that time had 13 gay bars on one street, appropriately named NEW YORK AVENUE...they even had a Club Baths...which I was the towel boy for...1975...I couldn't wait to acquire the monthy issue of AD...what a pity it folded..

What a great mag this must have been- gorgeous hai...

2008-10-14T14:13:00.000-04:00

What a great mag this must have been- gorgeous hairy men abound! I also had to laugh when I spotted the bottle of Halston Z-14 in the pic next to the guy in the bikini. What a throwback!

I picked up about a dozen issues of After Dark fro...

2008-10-14T13:59:00.000-04:00

I picked up about a dozen issues of After Dark from a garage sale at my neighbor's place two months ago - it's a very cool look into the gay past!

Sadly, David-James (aka David) Carroll is also "la...

2008-10-14T11:59:00.000-04:00

Sadly, David-James (aka David) Carroll is also "late". He collapsed while recording the cast album of "Grand Hotel", his final Broadway show, and died at the recording studio. He was suffering from AIDS, and died of a pulmonary embolism in the studio's bathroom. Brent Barrett replaced him on the album (and in the show), although one recording of David's (the song "Love Can't Happen", recorded at a cabaret show he did) was included as a bonus track.

David was a wonderful actor with a gorgeous voice, and is missed terribly.

I have so many of these same issues. I bought stac...

2008-10-14T11:55:00.000-04:00

I have so many of these same issues. I bought stacks when I hit NYC in the early '90s from those street vendors in the WVill. I tore them up, saving the best parts: Maxwell Caulfield, Patrick Swayze, Lorenzo Lamas, etc. Oh, and Madonna's pretty.