Dancer names
FONDL
We've often talked about all the silly names that dancers use in clubs. But it seems to me that I've been running into an increasing nuumber of young waitresses, grocery store checkout girls, and sales clerks who are named what we think of as stripper names. Does that mean that eventually all the girls in Walmart will be named Angel and Mercedes etc. while strippers will be using Mary, Judy, Nancy etc? How will we know what's real?
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My most recent strippers were Magic (with a "c"!), Sweetie, Cinnamon, Destiny, Jamaica, Aspin, China and Treasure. Well, that come to mind, anyway. All pretty strippery.
I haven't noticed the "normal name" trend, though I tend to go to ethnic clubs, that might be why.
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I think that about half of my favorite dancers are using fakes names and of those, I probably know half of their real names. I have only had a problem with one real name "Erna". I can see why why she changed it. The other half are using their real names. Which makes it easier for me when talking to one dancer about another. I don't have to remember who is who?
The most interesting new stage name belongs to one of my favorite dancers. Pebbles. If I were casting for a "Flintstones Movie". I would cast her. She would be perfect for the part. MY ATF used her mothers maiden name as a stage name. While sounding kind of manly, It set her apart from the other female names and it was refreshing. She was the most popular dancer in the club. If she would have used her real name , she still would have been the most popular dancer in the club
Worst name ever "Queen" by a black dancer that was last seen at the Oasis Good Time Emporium in Atlanta a while ago.
I once knew a woman who was a loan officer in a bank named Nikki Sinn.
One of my favorites is a Sugar, which is a good thing, because her real name, which I heard the one time at the local convenience store during the period she was out of the business, was Chastity. She was supposedly named after Sonny and Cher's daughter, which has to be seriously ironic.
One name I don't get, which is obviously fake, is Phoenix. Is that supposed to be the mythological bird that rose out of its ashes, or the city in Arizona, which various people have told me is a wasteland, or at the least is not a tourist mecca?
Incidently the supposed anonymity provided by stripper names is (or at least used to be) a frequent topic of dicussion on the Pink site. I once made the mistake of pointing out that if they thought using a fake name protected their identy, they were kidding themselves. Needless to say I got slammed - they don't want to hear truth that contradicts their conventional wisdom there. And the truth is that anyone who really wants to know all about some girl can easily find out, I can think of many different ways. And in fact I did so once when a girl challenged me that I couldn't. Actually I found out so much about her that I never told her that I had done so, she would have freaked out. But I was surprised how easy it was.
Maybe Phoenix's dad was a Pontiac dealer.
I'm surprised one poster said that around half the ones he knows use their real name, that's unheard of in my experience (they may tell you on the side but to use it on stage? I don't think I've ever encountered that.)
I'm also curious how to find out so much information on one of them so easily, do you have to be a P.I. or something? (or pay out the wazoo?) Just asking…
Like musicians and prolific music critics, strippers – excuse me, "performance artists" – often adopt a stage name to spare their families undo shame. But truth in advertising is Lollipop's goal, and some overlooked names may be more appropriate. Here is full disclosure.
Cars
Good stripper names: Mercedes, Sable, Lexus, Sierra, Lotus
Bad stripper names: Explorer, Thing, Outback, Gremlin, Duster, Demon, Titan, Hummer, Willys, Packard, Woodie, Cutlass, Rolls, Escort, Ram, Probe
Colors
Good Stripper names: Magenta, Violet, Lavender, Cyan, Amber
Bad stripper names: Puce, Oyster, Salmon, Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna, Deep Ochre, Goldenrod, Peacock, Cozy Melon, Manly Tan, Nimbus White, Wattle, Van Dyke Brown
Hummer sounds like a damn good name to me.
http://www.lollipop.com/article.php3?con…
1. Beverly Sills, the famous opera star, started performing with name Bubbles Silverman at age Four. Her birth name was Belle Miriam Silverman.
2. Talked to a dancer who had recently switched from "Payton" to "Jordan". I asked her why. She said that Jordan was her real name, and she just got tired of using a fake name.
3. The other day I was in a BIG Gentleman's Club with dozens of strippers with names like Lexus, Hollywood, Domino, Gigi, etc. I saw a girl sitting quietly on a bench near the bar. Pulled out a $5 bill and said, "Hi - how about a hug - and what is your name?" She said, "Jane". I wasn't quick-witted enough to ask if it was real or fake. But she had a very pleasant "Jane" demeanor - along with lovely face & figure. Within five minutes I gave her another $50, and felt it was the best money I spent all night. Just for pleasant conversation. Moral of the story? NONE. But I really liked Jane.