|
I went to Ballys once thinking I might need to "shape up" I walked in with 2 goth girls and another all black-wearing dredded hair guy like myself, wearing black jeans and nice thick leather jackets to our knees, definitely out of place, but our girls wanted to see the aerobics classes or other aerobic workout classes.
During their attempt to show us around the establishment, I noticed the men, many of them, first a group of them running on the big oval running track that circles the buildings on the second floor... the trucked by giggling like schoolgirls except they looked more like Al Borland, yep, bears, a pack of them... all "getting in shape?" I doubt it, this was a meeting place, a common ground, a sociably acceptable club where these freaks could meet and browse.
After the swarms of bears... she insisted to show us the shower area etc... I told her "nah, no need we wont be showering here," not to mention we were dressed in full gear, all black lots of leather, chain wallets black hair dye the full works... but of course, the girls we were with pushed on, aventurous and quite loaded as well as curious and defying.
We reached the showers and changing area and sauna, I never felt so sexually harrassed in my life, these guys were basically barking like prisoners in a jail halls when a new "girl hits the block"...
They were like slithering man-whores in this smoky room much like the visions one has when reading the Casino entry to Thompson's Fear And Loathing. I swear I thought for one minute one of them was going to pop me with a towel, I looked like I just got off tour and these guys were standing around cackling like homo hyemas with their towels barely hanging on their hairy bear hips and Johnsons swinging, mind you this is near the North Hollywood spa, so no doubt its damn near a male brothel more than it is a gym.
Needless to say, I walked out within minutes with my blach clad crew and we went to Club Perversion and drank Heinekens over good herbs and Electronic Industrial Mixes and Different rooms with different grooves. I believe that was the night I met Cevin Key from Skinny puppy, Actually I take it back, because that was a Skinny Puppy release party I believe the day after, not sure, I would have to dig up my passes. It would co inside with "The Process" release date,... I hate not knowing time frames, usually I judge it by cd release or gigs, time lost its meaning years ago... but the herbs have taken a toll I suppose, although my memory is fairly accurate.
Personally I think if theres a next terrorist attack on the US they should target those places.
Zombies, all of them...
|