Remember how, a few days ago, we were reminiscing about the peep shows and glory holes of the old Michigan Avenue Bookstore, and how upset I was that I couldn’t find any photographic evidence of its existence online? Well, all of my bitching and complaining apparently paid off. I just received the following photograph (circa […]
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Photographic evidence of the old Michigan Ave porn shop
Posted in History, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1982, Barry LaRue, Michigan Avenue, porn, Ypsi history | 32 Comments
Reminiscing about cleaning the glory holes and peep shows of the old Michigan Avenue porn shop
Back when I used to have the radio show, I would occasionally get messages from a listener in Colorado. For the purposes of this post, we’ll call him Jeff… Well, Jeff, in one of our conversations, let it be known that he’d not only spent a good part of the ‘70s in Ypsilanti, but that […]
Posted in History, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 16mm, 1972, 1976, 8mm, adult films, Alibi Bar, amyl nitrate, Art 1 and 2, Bill Clinton, Bimbo’s, blue collar, chronic masturbation, Cleveland, College Pharmacy, commissions, customer service, deep throat, Doc Johnson, Eruption, escort services, factories, General Tom Thumb, glory holes, Green Room, Hungry Charlie’s, independent retail, John Holmes, Kroger, Larry’s Tropical Fish, Martha Washington Theater, masturbation, Michigan Avenue, mopping, oral history, peep shows, porn, prostitution, quarters, Reuben Sturman, Ron Braverman, semen, sex toys, Spaghetti Bender, Swedish Erotica, The Deuce, The Saturday Six Pack, The Velvet Touch | 27 Comments