This sketch is funny and, for the most part, accurate. Color us surprised, SNL. You can really tell that Jason Sudeikis thoroughly researched his part, a spot-on representation of strip club DJs (Dave Grohl’s no slouch, either). And Helen Mirren is known for wearing stripper shoes on the red carpet.
Stripper Music Monday: Kate Hate
Philly is a weird place to work, especially my club. We get a huge range of customers—blue collar workers, frat dudes, white collar dudes on their way home from work. Old dudes, young dudes. Dudes of every color. So the girls have to keep up with the general population of the customers when it comes… Continue reading Stripper Music Monday: Kate Hate
Quote of the Week
Like those murdered, we’re not disposable, bad people – we have lives that matter and people that love us. No matter who we are or what we do to make ends meet, we don’t deserve to die – we deserve good lives. From SWOP-NYC and SWANK’s official statement on the Long Island murders. Read the… Continue reading Quote of the Week
Happy Birthday Valerie Solanas
If she were still alive, radical feminist author and prostitute Valerie Solanas would celebrate her 75th birthday today. Instead, she died of pneumonia at a seedy Tenderloin hotel while she was a streetwalker in the late ’80s. If you’re not familiar, Solanas was most famous for the attempted murder of Andy Warhol in 1968 after he both… Continue reading Happy Birthday Valerie Solanas
Sweatpants Boner Man, Widemouth Bass Man, and Other People Not to Be at the Strip Club
Paul Carr has been writing a series of reports from Las Vegas for the Huffington Post with his sobriety as the hook—what’s it like to be in Vegas sober, etc. His guide for part of the trip has been Ruth Fowler, fellow sober person, former stripper and author of the memoir No Man’s Land. For… Continue reading Sweatpants Boner Man, Widemouth Bass Man, and Other People Not to Be at the Strip Club