I wrote an article which gives an overview on SC's, bordellos, and the like 1776-present, but I come up short on when lapdances and such began. I've only had discretionary income for the past six years, so to the oldtimers who got lappers back when...
I'd appreciate the help.
wikipedia saves the day again! "In 1980, San Francisco's Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre changed its policy so that customers could have dancers come to sit naked on their laps for a $1 tip. The practice quickly spread.[2] It suited club owners, because it brought in more customers and it meant they had to pay less to the dancers. Sitting on customers' laps evolved into lap dancing. "
I am curious to know when the champagne room bullshit started.
I think it was around 1990.
Although I appreciate how's link, the article is somewhat lacking-looking for more input.
The Champagne Room at the Columbia Platinum Plus opened about 7 years ago.I have only been in it once for about 20 minutes. My ATF's best friend was doing a gig in there and the customer invited us in.When they wanted to be alone we left.Then it turned into a comical night mare. Dancer and customer got into it. Dancer came out. ATF went in for damage control.She came out and said that she had to drive her friend home. She gave me a cell number and said to call her in 30 minutes to see if she could return. I made the call. I guy answered. I hung up.Found out the next day that she had accidentally given me her friends BF's number.
Champagne Rooms are way over priced.I had a fav that reported to me 2 months ago that she did a gig. The dumb ass spent $1100. She made $650. He did NOT get laid. I know her limits.I get the same action in the couch room for the price of 2 for $20.$20-40 will get you a HJ. I have gotten BBBJ's for $60. FS for $100-150.
Stay out of them...
I wonder if he paid cash or credit? Credit card fees on that alone would have been a rip off. I know several clubs that charge an extra 15-25% extra if you pay using credit card.
Here is a link to a thread from 3 years ago on the history of lap dancing:
In it, I posted links to a couple of old Usenet articles from eyewitnesses to the beginnings of lap dancing at the Melody in NYC:
All of this covers much of the same ground as the Wikipedia article. BTW, looking back at TUSCL threads from those days makes me miss how we used to have actual in-depth discussions with a lot of give-and-take and respectful disagreement. sniff
Thanks for those links Chandler. I enjoyed reading.
To see tuscl what it was like in Dec. 2001 try using archive.org
I am surprised tuscl does not have a wikipedia article on itself.
en.wikipedia.org
As it is wiki, you will still need to research further. But there is some basic background in that article.