From: bth@ix.netcom.com(BTH) Subject: ASSC: AFTSD Editorial, 12/02/97 (1 of 2) Date: 3 Dec 1997 09:11:01 GMT AFTSD '97 Editorial HMS, Ca. Tuesday, 12/02/97 SC-4-10: A Decade of SF SC Perversity After spending considerable time trying to decide what I should contribute for "A Fail To Suck Day '97", it suddenly hit me... This year marked my tenth anniversary of patronizing the strip-clubs of San Francisco. In early Feb 87, I first stepped foot into the Market St. Cinema in SF, driven by the hope of seeing and possibly even meeting the legendary 80's porn star LISA DeLEEUW. Who would have thought that, ten years later, I would still be pervin' the SF SC scene? And since then, I've come away with such fond SC memories. So, as a way of celebrating AFTSD '97, I've decided to summarize the past decade of SF SC experiences in what I consider the ten most significant events and/or individuals that affected me during that period. This list is in roughly chronological order; some events and people may be cross-referenced due to the extemporaneous nature of my narrative... 1. Market St. Cinema Weekly Features Feb 87 - Dec 89 Tues., 3-Feb-87, marked a significant milestone in my perv life, as it was the first time I had ever entered a San Francisco strip- club... the Market St. Cinema (MSC). I had seen ads for SCs in the SF Chronicle sports page for a number of years previously and had vowed one day to visit the notorious Mitchell Brother's O'Farrell Theatre, but never had the motivation to drive all the way to SF to check it out. But on that day, I happened upon the ad that changed my mind... LISA DeLEEUW, one of my ATF porn stars from the early 80s, was appearing "Live, Nude On Stage" at the Market St. Cinema (whatever THAT was ;-)). I recall leaving work early to beat the usual Bay Area weeknight traffic to catch LISA during her scheduled 8pm show. And it was an evening I would never forget. There she was, the legendary LISA, the smart-talking (a la Mae West), freckled redhead with enormous natural boobs, dancing and performing live on stage, EXACTLY as the Chron had advertised! Then, much to my surprise, she was available backstage after her stage show to meet and greet her fans and take totally nude $5 Polaroid pictures!!! Needless to say, I was in porn-fan heaven. Following that experience, I couldn't wait to go back to the MSC to see and meet the next feature, a big-boobed feature dancer called EUROPE DICHAN. It was at this time that I realized that there was a difference between "porn star" and "big-boob circuit" features. And I decided that I wanted to stick to the porn stars... hey, they did movies... they were *really* famous. So during the next few years, I went to the MSC on almost a weekly basis and met several of my favorite porn stars of the time: SHANNA McCULLOUGH, NINA HARTLEY, TRINITY LOREN, SHARON MITCHELL, LOIS AYRES, BRITTANY MORGAN, LILI MARLENE, HYAPATIA LEE, SAMANTHA STRONG, KAREN (Oh, what a bush!) SUMMER, ERICA BOYER, KEISHA, AJA, SHARON KANE, PORSCHE LYNN, NINA DePONCA, JESSICA WYLDE, MEGAN LEIGH, BARBII, TAIJA RAE, ALICIA MONET, MIMI MIYAGI, BROOKE WATERS, SHAYLA LaVEAUX, SERENITY, ALEXIS DeVELL, TRIXY TYLER, LEENA and others. A significant event occurred in July '97, when I met and befriended, during my second visit to the Mitchell Bros. O'Farrell Theatre to see porn star features KRISTA LANE and ALEXA PARKS, ultra-pornfan Mr. K, who, like me, was in line for Polaroids, armed with an armful of magazines to be autographed. Mr. K and I remain friends to this day, although he stopped frequenting the SF SCs in '92. During my second year of frequenting MSC on a weekly basis, I began meeting other customers and dancers who, like me, would hang out in the star Polaroid/lobby area taking breaks, killing time, etc. Soon, Mr. K and I met and became acquaintences with MSC/Spectator photographers Miguel, CC, "Mouse", Chris Forgerson, as well as customers eetee, Steve, "The Bag Man", and dancers HEATHER, DOMINIQUE, CIRCE (yes, the same Circe who now waitresses at CP!), etc. We would meet on a regular basis and (much like the CP "office" is today) hang out, chat, socialize, etc. A certain camaraderie existed for several of us during that time, something that Circe and I still talk fondly about. 2. New Century Theatre Weekly Features May 89 - Oct 95 Rumors abounded at the MSC in early '89 that the owners of the MSC were opening a brand new SC that, like the MSC, would also feature weekly porn stars. The rumor was substantiated when ads were distributed announcing that German porno superstar ANGELA BARON would be the grand opening act at the New Century (NC) Theatre the week of May 4-10, 1989. Curious about the new club AND, not coincidentally, being a big fan of Ms. BARON, I couldn't wait to be in the audience during the New Century's first feature week. What I didn't expect was that ANGELA BARON put on the NASTIEST stage show I had seen to date on an SF stage. Now granted, I missed out seeing the Broadway so-called "Live Sex Shows", the MB's Ultra Room and MARILYN CHAMBERS' legendary Kopenhagen shows, and the notorious "Club Lily" in San Mateo during the late 70s/early 80s... so my previous experience with such "nasty" stage shows was definitely limited. But I think it's fair to say that ANGELA BARON's shows during the New Century's grand opening week were, for those of us who saw/felt it, some of the nastiest, high mileage feature shows EVER performed in SF... and particularly given the conservative political climate in SF at that time. The owners of the MSC and NC had divided the weekly features such that the adult film porn stars would headline at the NC, and the big-boobed circuit features would appear at the MSC... so, I, being a porn star fan, began frequenting the NC on a weekly basis beginning May '89. The porn stars I'd met at NC since then read like a "Who's Who" of the adult film industry: GINGER LYNN, CHRISTY CANYON, AMBER LYNN, SEKA, VERONICA HART, TORI WELLES, VANESSA DEL RIO, JAMIE SUMMERS, SELENA STEELE, MADISON, TERI WEIGEL, ANGELA SUMMERS, ASHLYN GERE, LACY ROSE (see #3 below), the late SAVANNAH, ISIS NILE, LISA ANN, SARAH JANE HAMILTON, KYLIE IRELAND, CHASEY LAIN, ALICIA RIO, the late KRISTI LYNN, SUNSET THOMAS, JEANNA FINE, DYANNA LAUREN, BRITTANY O'CONNELL, JULIANNE JAMES, the late ALEX JORDAN, TIFFANY MYNX, JANINE LINDEMULDER, BUNNY BLEU, VICTORIA PARIS, DIEDRE HOLLAND, KELLY O'DELL, CELESTE, HEATHER LERE and, believe it or not, a lot of others. A few of my favorite NC feature-related highlights included: o Meeting and befriending my ATF-ATF porn star VERONICA HART with whom I still remain friends o Very close encounter with members of the rock band Metallica while they were at the tiprail and Polaroid line to see/visit porn superstar SAVANNAH o Partying with ISIS NILE at the O'Farrell Sports Bar (Sep '94) when she went completely wild, buying several rounds of drinks for the house, then later going totally out of control on (and off) stage during her next star show and ultimately being pulled physically off stage by theatre security and fired on the spot by NC-owner Sam Conti Also during my time at NC, I did do a fair share of tiprail and stage-side ogling: blonde knockout NIKAYA, raven-tressed "Wild Child" TASHA, ultra-high-mileage brunette XANA, gym-chiseled body beautiful PILAR, nasty redhead JULIA and girl-next-door-cute CHERRY (see #4 below) were standouts during my pre-ASSC days. More often than not, I shared my NC experiences with yet another group of SC pervs I had met over the six-plus years I spent there: Marlboro Man, who I first met in '90, as we both stumbled into the NC lobby shaking our heads in unison over the "unbelievable" NIKAYA; The "infamous" Panty Guy (met in early '93) who, like me, carried a, uh, backpack into every SC we visited ;-); Dirty Dick, who I met sometime in '94, from whom I learned almost everything I know about how to HMS the tiprail ;-); Mr. D, who befriended every "magazine centerfold model-type" feature... he thought that porn stars were just too "nasty" for his tastes ;-); NC mgr/asst mgr/ticket-taker/hand- stamper/Polaroid-guy/bouncer Bob with whom I've shared some very "intimate" moments in the star's dressing room ;-). 3. LACY ROSE May 93 - Sep 95 ....which brings me to the best friend I had in the porn business... the incomparable LACY ROSE. In early '93, while watching the video "Bubble Butts Vol. 11", I couldn't help noticing a VERY enthusiastic, sexually wild new actress named LACY ADAMS. A month later I saw the highly acclaimed 35mm "Black Orchid" and was captivated by an actress in the VERY sensual, erotic "water fountain" scene, then realized that it was indeed the same actress... but now she was called LACY ROSE. When the "Next Week" marquee at NC displayed "LACEY ROSE" (sic) featuring the week of May 20-26, I was VERY excited about meeting her. I saw the 8pm show her first night and afterwards went upstairs to her dressing room to meet her and do Polaroids (I was the only one in line) and have her autograph the video boxes for "Bubble Butts" and "Black Orchid". She seemed genuinely surprised that I even KNEW who she was, explaining that the NC was her very first feature gig! (I later found out that the NC was the first feature club for several porn stars). She told me that she had been a house dancer at a club in LA and decided to try video work but had done only a few videos prior to being booked as a feature in SF. She told me that I was her very first fan in the industry, a fact that she never downplayed throughout her video career. During that week, LACY exhibited an unprecedented fun-loving exuberance and friendly nature towards everyone (NC dancers, management and staff, customers) and she quickly endeared herself as one of NC's all-time favorite features. Needless to say, I saw her often during her weeklong engagement and wound up hanging out with her at the O'Farrell Sports Bar after her final show. She and I danced the night away (I'd never seen anyone dance to the jukebox at the OFSB before or since) and late that night she was dancing ON the pool table... that was SOOO LACY ;-). Because of her wild, wanton behavior during her video performances, LACY's porn career really took off. She even made national news in '94, "captured" by tabloid press (National Enquirer, etc.) and footage (Hard Copy, etc), nasty dancing with O.J.'s friend Al Cowling at an LA club shortly after the infamous Ford Bronco incident. Meanwhile, we kept in touch via mail correspondence and I saw her during other SF/NC visits, as well as at the '93 VSDA, '94 and '95 CES in Las Vegas. During the '95 CES, LACY told me that she was retiring from the industry and that this convention would be her final public appearance... and that thought really affected me; she was, after all, my favorite current porn star. And after massive partying at Bally's during the four days of CES, I assumed I would never see LACY again. So I was caught totally by surprise when in Aug 95, LACY called me out of the blue and said she was returning to the New Century later in the month(!) and invited me to hang out with her during the week (her longtime roadie couldn't make the trip, so she asked if I would like to keep her company and be her, uh, "roadie" ;-)). Needless to say I jumped at the opportunity. ....and it was a week I will never forget. The first night during her engagement, we had a nice, long talk about the past and present. So many things had happened during her three-year adult film career and she said she wanted to take this opportunity in SF to spend time together and really become friends (woah...). We spent the entire week together... this time *I* was the one taking the Polaroids after her shows. One afternoon, we became tourists and went to Fisherman's Wharf - she was a total riot at the Wax Museum... publicly flashing me while I "flashed" her ;-). She even brought me as her guest to a porno shoot... her good friends and pro-am videographers "Dick and Jane" were in SF during the weekend, shooting scenes for a few videos, so I wound up on the set for "Dick and Jane Go To San Francisco" and a few scenes of "Dick and Jane Go To Hong Kong". I even got to handle the "close-up" lighting for one of the scenes, heh heh. A few months after that SF visit I spoke with her on the phone, and she told me that she had, alas, retired "for real" this time, but that we'll forever remain friends. LACY ROSE... truly one of a kind. 4. CHERRY/DANIKA Dec 92 - Jun 95 In late '92, a cute, fresh-faced 18-yr old brunette (so young she still had a slight trace of baby fat) started working at NC by the stage name CHERRY. One of the things that immediately struck me about her... she was the first dancer I'd ever seen who danced the entire eight-plus minutes of Zepplin's "Stairway To Heaven". Since I was almost exclusively a fan of the weekly porn features, I spent virtually no time talking with house dancers but I would occasionally sit by the tiprail for some of my favorites (I am, after all, a perv-voyeur at heart). And CHERRY was clearly my favorite during that time. I think it was a combination of her innocent baby face and her respectful, almost shy, demeanor. And, believe it or not, I continued to tip her stage for over six months without ever talking with her (other than "Thank you" when she'd finish her stage sets)!!! That is, until May '93, when she came by and I FINALLY said "hi" and introduced myself. Stunned, she took a seat next to me and after we began talking, it was clear that we had a lot in common. She said she had resisted "bothering" me because she knew I was there to meet the porn stars and respected my "space"... I knew then that we would become close. So the next few weeks, she and I began chatting as if we were long lost friends... that is until I returned from the '93 VSDA to find out from my perv friend "The Panty Guy" that CHERRY had been fired by the NC because of an altercation that occurred between her and house dancer ESME with the feature CHRISTY CANYON. Seems that CHRISTY, who was perennially late for every one of her star shows and harbored one of the biggest egos of any porn star I had ever met, had gotten into a verbal war backstage with ESME and CHERRY over their (and other dancers') unstable and rescheduled dance times. So CHRISTY, out of spite, later told NC owner Conti to fire the two "bitch dancers" or else she would quit NC immediately. Needless to say, CHRISTY CANYON instantly shot to the top of my "Least Favorite Porn Star" list. A month later however, The Panty Guy called with some really good news... CHERRY had resurfaced at the MSC by the name DANIKA! Suddenly I became a regular of the MSC(!) and over the course of next two years, DANIKA and I established a very close friendship/relationship. In mid-1995, she quit dancing and left the Bay Area to re-establish family ties in her hometown (out of state). In the fall of that year, I spent a fun-filled week visiting her, meeting her familiy and friends. We tried to remain in touch, but time and distance do, unfortunately, have an effect... 5. Dr. X Sep 93 - Present I first met porn industry's most prolific production set/magazine photographer and "road manager of the stars", Dr. X, when he was the roadie for KELLY O'DELL during her feature gig at NC in Sep 93. I met him again a few months later during TIFFANY MYNX's appearance at NC. During the week with TIFFANY, Dr. X and I began hanging out between shows and talking... we really hit it off, ultimately becoming long distant (LA-to-Bay Area) friends. At the time, Dr. X was a contributing photographer for several porn periodicals (Adult Video News, High Society, Adam, Adam Film World Guide, Bay Area's Spectator Magazine, etc), so thru him, I became VERY familiar with the LA adult video "scene". Dr. X was very much responsible for several of my fondest porn- related activities from '93 to '95: My entry into the ULTRA-exclusive XRCO (X-Rated Critics Organization) Adult Film Awards Show; backstage press passes into the FOXE (Fans Of X-Rated Entertainment) Awards Shows; invitations to LA porn parties (TAMMI ANN's birthday party was a major highlight) and video shoots; becoming KYLIE IRELAND's escort at the FOXE Awards; KRISTI LYNN's "chauffeur" during her NC feature gig; videographer for ALICIA RIO during her week at MSC; exclusive photo shoot in my and Dirty Dick's Sheraton Universal hotel room of four of the hottest actresses in the biz (JENNA JAMESON, LISA ANN, JULI ASHTON, BRITTANY ANDREWS) during the '95 Night of the Stars Free Speech benefit in Hollywood. < To be continued >