by Alan Markowitz with Thomas Stevens Alan Markowitz owns Flight Club, Penthouse and All Stars in Detroit. For that reason alone his self-published book is worth reading. On the other hand, the repetition and self-aggrandizement in this book makes it tough sledding at times. The book combines autobiography with some glimpses of strip club owner politics in Detroit since the 1980s. Add to that Alan's stories about the two times that he's been shot, once by a dancer and once by an off-duty Inkster cop, and the contract that his partner in BTs took out on him and the ensuing trial in federal court, and there's enough meat in here to keep you turning the pages.
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I've read Alan's autobiography. He has a very good opinion of himself, an opinion that is not shared by many dancers in his clubs.
Not terribly surprising that dancers don't like their pimp. I've met him, he's OK.
I have always felt that there needs to be a comprehensive history of the strip club phenomenon since it grew out of burlesque sometime in the 1970s. This book is clearly not it, but might be a good place to start the research. I really ought to quit writing about the Civil War and become a stripper historian. What good is a freakin PhD if you can't research fun stuff? Hmmm. Maybe I can apply for a $10,000 research grant in $1 bills . . ..
VM,
Never met him. Wish I knew what he looks like in person, cuz his photos make him look like a real sleaze. Reminds me of a leisure suit wearin' 70's cheap porn actor
Motorhead, he looks like a real sleaze in person, with his pimp mustache. Leisure Suit Larry.
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