Tag Archives: strip clubs

Exploring Harvey Weinstein’s roots as a flesh trade landlord in pre-Disney Times Square

By Mark | June 6, 2018

By some strange coincidence, a week or so ago, just after hearing that Harvey Weinstein had been arrested and charged with rape, I was listening to an old podcast about the evolution of Times Square, and his name came up in connection to a strip club called the Melody Burlesk, later to be known as […]

Posted in Art and Culture, History, Uncategorized | Also tagged #metoo, Bob Weinstein, Broadway, Bruce Jay Friedman, buffalo, Corky Burger, Dominique, Drew Friedman, Frederick Cincotti, Gilbert Gottfried, Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast, Groucho Marx, Harvey Weinstein, Holliday Inn, Josh Alan Friedman, Madeline Droege, Mardi Gras, Melody Burlesk, Melody Burlesque, Midnight Blue, Miramax, New York, New York City, podcasts, porn, prostitution, Rialto Report, Rudy Giuliani, Screw, Stir Crazy, stripping, Tales of Times Square, The Sunshine Boys, Times Square, vaudeville | 29 Comments

I wouldn’t have thought it possible, but Deja Vu has found a way to make Melonfest even classier

By Mark | August 17, 2015

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Deja Vu, Eat the Pink, holidays, Melonfest | 13 Comments

Talking horror with Josh Malerman while blindfolded, going inside our local all-girl moped gang with Autumn Rae, and singing about Merona skirts …on episode 18 of The Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | June 3, 2015

After a week off, The Saturday Six Pack was back on AM 1700 this past weekend, and, while I have a few regrets, I feel pretty comfortable saying that, all things considered, it was a solid outing. We learned a lot. We laughed a lot. And we even sang an impromptu song about Merona dresses, […]

Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1840s, Alternatives for Girls, Autumn Rae, biker gangs, Bird Box, Derrick Evans, Femme Pedals, gang season, genius man, German, girl gangs, girls and science, GITMO, horror, horror movies, How to Pick Up Topless Dancers, I Built It Myself, Jim Cherewick, Josh Malerman, leather, Matt Siegfried, Merona, mopeds, NoNos, novels, Pete Larson, poop mountain, railroad, Shorts Brewing, Soft Parade, strippers, Target, The High Strung, Universal Studios, wrenching, Ypsilitist | 8 Comments

Is this something that a lot of local waitresses are expected to participate in?

By Mark | December 15, 2014

I know it’s highly unlikely, but it occurred to me as I was walking by our local strip club this evening that it’s at least conceivable that their big, upcoming event was the result of a grassroots campaign waged by local waitresses, who, perhaps jealous of the attention given to “sexy librarians” and “sexy nurses,” […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Deja Vu, fetishes, nude waitresses, waitress | 10 Comments

I wonder if they mean “cleaner” in the sense that Winston Wolf’s a cleaner, or if they just mean someone with a jizz rag

By Mark | October 24, 2013

Regardless, I think I’m going to call, as I’ve been looking for an excuse to engage with Deja Vu management since that time, about three years ago, when they discouraged me over the phone from bringing my parents and kids into the city for their annual “Melonfest” event… I wish I had the manager on […]