Chicago Adult Entertainment: The Boobs and Sally Rand (7-19-1933)

The audience didn’t really see much of Rand’s body.  But the whole premise was pretty daring for 1933.  Now Judge Joseph B. David was hearing a petition to stop the performances.
Attorney Jay J. McCarthy represented the plaintiff.  He called Rand’s act “lewd and lascivious.”  She was a threat to public morality.  Such entertainment didn’t belong at a wholesome, family-friendly place like the World’s Fair.
Judge David didn’t agree.  He refused to summon Rand to his court.  And he wasn’t interested in seeing her act, for any reason.  “I’ve never been down there and I don’t want to go,” he said.  “I go where there’s a good glass of beer.”
McCarthy pleaded that Chicago’s youth were being corrupted.  But Judge David cut him off.  There was no need to over-react.  “Lots of people in this community would like to put pants on horses,” the judge declared.  Rand was dancing–she wasn’t running a house of prostitution

See the full article from “ChicagoNow (blog)”

Chicago Adult Entertainment: More great jobs at

Lucky 9 p.m. (HBO) Ever wonder what happens to lottery winners after those deer-in-the-headlights photo ops with the oversize checks? In this 2010 documentary, a Grand Jury Prize nominee at Sundance, Spellbound director Jeffrey Blitz profiles a handful of these fortunate souls to see how their lives have changed since that fateful day. Their stories can be heartwarming, eccentric and hopeful, but theres at least one cautionary tale that fits squarely into the be careful what you wish for category.
The Client List 9 p.m.(LIFE) Jennifer Love Hewitt stars as a woman who, after falling on tough times, turns to prostitution to support her family. The reality of her situation comes into focus when she is arrested and forced to make a difficult choice between going to jail or revealing the names of her prominent clients. Based on a true story, this 2010 cable drama vividly pits the effects of a tough economy against a mothers desire to provide for her family.

See the full article from “Worcester Telegram”

Chicago Strip Clubs: Following Christ at a Porn Convention

I’m careful not to look closely at the tables, but signs above various booths advertise “Best adult entertainment,” and tables display body jewelry, sex toys, and DVDs. A lawyer’s booth encourages customers to “know the law when you set up your adult website,” and a techy booth sign reads, “How to set up your own adult website.” Obviously, the Internet plays a big role in this industry: In the U.S. alone, Internet porn generates $2.84 billion per year — and the worldwide industry is worth $4.9 billion. The whole industry is larger than the revenues of the top technology companies combined: Microsoft, Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo!, Apple, Netflix, and EarthLink.
The center looks relatively empty. I realize how much we, the only females who aren’t exhibitors, stand out. Women stand in front of display tables, a few already posing with customers who want a free photo op with porn stars. A few women are flanked by men, maybe bodyguards or boyfriends. In one corner we spot a van advertising a Chicago strip club named after a certain body part.

See the full article from “ChristianityToday.com (blog)”

Chicago Strip Clubs: Scott Lee Cohen Facilitates Hooker Karma

So I sort of like Scott Lee Cohen. I like him because he’s an honestly terrible candidate. Most politicians…you have this initial impression of their pristine qualifications, their dedication to public service and you don’t know the skeletons that hang in their closet – the gay lovers, the dead strippers, the cocaine parties with the Mineral Management Services – until it’s too late. With Scott Lee Cohen, it’s all out there for you to ingest and, if I know anything about the public, love. His chubby little nugget of a kid bawls on a Chicago public access television news conference and your heart melts. He’s a gift.
He’s also a gift to the Villa Park police department who, after hearing from the Trib that Scott’s hooker ex-girlfriend was giving happy endings at a Glenview tanning salon, were able to bust up a whole tanning salon prostitution operation:

See the full article from “ChicagoNow (blog)”

Chicago Strip Clubs: Blackhawks GM not trading Sharp, no clue on cap solution

So GM Stan Bowman took the rare step — OK, rare for an executive who’s said goodbye to more players this offseason than the bouncer at a Tampa strip club — in giving his versatile center a reassurance that he won’t be Byfuglien’d.
”I saw Sharpy in the office [Monday]; he stopped by,” Bowman said before the premiere of the Hawks’ Stanley Cup DVD at Navy Pier. ”I told him he can relax. He’s not going anywhere. He’s a big part of this. He means a lot to us on the ice and off the ice.”
No kidding. For all the afterglow of the Stanley Cup championship, the loss of Kris Versteeg(notes) and Dustin Byfuglien(notes) and Patrick Sharp would have been like a “Mortal Kombat” three-hit combo to the fan base’s jaw. Jettisoning all three players may have been an economic necessity, but there’s no way the fans wouldn’t have seen blood on the hands of Blackhawks management due to their own mismanagement.

See the full article from “Yahoo! Sports (blog)”

Chicago Strip Clubs: LeBron Caps Descent Into Tabloid Hell

The new guy at work comes in bitching about the 0-2 curveball the closer hung the night before and you know he can’t be all bad. At the water cooler, on the subway, at the bar, the guys who really care about sports have always had a special bond.
Irrational? Yes. Dorky. At times. But it sure beat those dizzy broads waiting breathlessly for the latest dish on Sandy and that bad boy Jesse James.
Now? What’s the difference?
Lindsay Lohan is taking her talents to jail. LeBron James is taking his talents to South Beach.
Bristol and Levi got engaged without telling Sarah. LeBron and Miami eloped without telling Cleveland.
Tiger paramour Joslyn James works a stripper pole and it’s a bigger story than what’s-his-name winning the U.S. Open. (Graeme McDowell.)

See the full article from “MyFox Chicago”

Chicago Strip Clubs: Strip Clubs, Booze and the First Amendment

Strip Clubs, Booze and the First Amendment
Strip clubs in Virginia can sell beer and wine, but not mixed alcoholic beverages. Does that seem fair to you? It does to the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, which decided the law “passes constitutional muster” as a moderate, and permissible restriction of the club owners’ First Amendment free speech rights.
What do strip clubs have to do with freedom of speech? Well, as the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the 1981 case of Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim, that while not exactly a form of political speech, “nude dancing is not without its First Amendment protection from official regulation.”
But in the case of Virginia’s law, the 4th Circuit Court applied the “standard of intermediate scrutiny applicable to policies aimed at the harmful secondary effects of sexually oriented entertainment,” to find that, “The public interest served by the policy is substantial, the restriction on the clubs mild and the burden on First Amendment values slight.”

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Chicago Adult Entertainment: Review: Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane by Andrew Graham-Dixon

It’s hard to understate the drama of Caravaggio’s short life. When he was a boy, Milan was hit by an outbreak of the bubonic plague, in which victims would die horribly within four days of contracting the disease. As a young man, he went to Rome where he lived a vagabond life, moving house 10 times in his first three years in the city. In order to succeed as a painter, the young Caravaggio had to find powerful patrons. This he did, but his innovative flair often made life a struggle: five times in the course of his career patrons rejected the paintings he had done for them and he was forced to revise the works into a more acceptable form.
Caravaggio made his subjects human, even though the scenes he painted were biblical or from myth. His Death of the Virgin, showing the Virgin Mary surrounded by a crowd of mourners, was rejected by the Carmelite fathers “because he had painted, in the person of the Madonna, the portrait of a courtesan whom he loved — and had done so very exactly, without religious devotion”, according to an early biographer, Giulio Mancini.

See the full article from “Irish Independent”

Chicago Strip Clubs: NFP Sunday Blitz

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ICONVince Young is primed to have a big year for offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger and the Titans.
Things I didn’t used to know
*Whatever happened in that nudie bar aside, Vince Young has had a really, really good offseason and is primed for a big year. In fact, Titans offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger tells me of Young’s hundreds of passes in OTAs and minicamp, he threw only two interceptions. That’s really impressive.

See the full article from “National Football Post”

Chicago Adult Entertainment: Three arrested at Villa Park tanning parlor

Three arrested at Villa Park tanning parlor
Three people are facing prostitution-related charges after police conducted an undercover sting on Paradise Spray Tan in Villa Park.
About two weeks ago, police received complaints from local business owners about the tanning salon, 51 E. Park Blvd., according to a news release from police.
Detectives conducted surveillance on the business and also interviewed a male patron. They then conducted an undercover sting operation that resulted in three people being charged.
Jessica Minatelli, 44, was charged with keeping a house of prostitution and violation of the massage licensing act. Yvette Cager, 44, and Shanna Abear, 25, were both charged with prostitution and violation of the massage licensing act.
The charges are misdemeanors punishable by up to one year in jail and fines of up to $2,500.

See the full article from “Chicago Daily Herald”