This year marked my 17th South by Southwest music festival. Despite the Mardi-Gras style crowds, traffic clusterfuck, and corporate sponsorship that swallowed Austin, it was a fabulous week. Here’s the stripper-relevant artists and music I saw.
Tag: Strippers
Stripper Music Monday: Lords of Acid
Played in strip clubs more than AC/DC, Kid Rock, and Prince combined, the songs of Lords of Acid are a peeler staple. I’m not a particular fan, but a new Lords of Acid record is definitely stripper news. That being said, I have very little desire to search out any of the tracks here, so.… Continue reading Stripper Music Monday: Lords of Acid
The Week in Links: March 11
The Rev Lia Scholl tells ministers how to relate to sex workers while reporter Nicole Greenfield examines the problems with the gospel of “Hookers for Jesus.” On Charlie Sheen’s partners: “A woman’s active embrace of the fame monster or participation in the sex industry, we seem to say, means that she compromises her right not… Continue reading The Week in Links: March 11
The Week in Links: March 4
Studies are being conducted to evaluate whether some lubes might increase risk of HIV transmission. Louisiana currently requires citizens convicted of having oral or anal sex in exchange for money register as sex offenders. But the law is now being challenged. (Deon Haywood, who is quoted in the linked article, spoke on this very same… Continue reading The Week in Links: March 4
How To Get Dressed: Liquid Latex
Angry Stripper tweeted asking about liquid latex removal, and I’m here for her. She was working at one of the Houston clubs covered by a pastie law, meaning that dancers have to cover their nipples. Liquid latex is the material of choice for this in a lot of places, I assume because it’s considered to… Continue reading How To Get Dressed: Liquid Latex