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State Street Station - Rockford, Illinois - Dadio academic strip club critique
This entry was posted on 5/20/2010 1:22 AM and is filed under Strip club academic critique.
It took me a bit of a jaunt, but I found State Street Station farther down State Street than I had envisioned. It is tucked in a strip mall area not all that far from downtown Rockford. The first impression of the place was, I saw two giant geese walking across the parking lot of the auto shop next door. The strip club building has pink awnings, green siding, and the consummate strip club tinted windows. There is an old sign with blue light bulbs in lieu of neon. It reads: " Exotic Dancers."
If I did not know better, I would guess the building used to house a fish and chips restaurant or some such venue. Once inside the place is unapologetically..."strip bar." There is a silver, red, and black theme. The counter tops, chair upholstery, and lighting are red. The chairs have silver frameworks. And, the stairways going to the second floor are silver running board plating. On the ground floor, the girls dance on a counter top. There are pipe-bars and plenty of framing over head for them to grab on to.
There is a small bar on the ground level with a black top. When I got there early there was no cover charge. They open at 3:00 p.m. A Miller Lite cost me four and a half Bucks - about normal for a strip club.
After 8:00 p.m. they start dancing upstairs. At that point if you come in you will be hit for a three Buck cover charge and the bouncer will wand you. Upstairs they have another bar. They actually have a dance floor with a pole up there. And there is another dance area much like the smaller one on the ground floor. The ceiling upstairs is like the old black light construct from the 1970s. There are holes poked in it so green light dots shine through. They have a pool table with fluorescent green edging up there too.
Upstairs is certainly most intriguing. I kept thinking, "This seems like I am in a submarine. You can see down to the lower dance floor through glass barriers as you sit upstairs. But, the lap dance area is opposite the bar on the ground floor. I believe I remember one of the girls saying it would be the consummate 20 Bucks for a lap dance. I would be prepared to pay a cover to use the lap dance room if I were you.
The girls are pretty, but to an old fool like me, they are always pretty. Strip club culture is always about timing. The two times I was in the place the girls were not so chatty. But, keep in mind I did not plant myself there and shovel ones and twenties at the girls for hours on end either. Give up the dead Presidents and the chit-chat usually picks up a bit - we all should know this already without belaboring the point. My modest lifestyle and available funds, is what it is. Some times I get ignored.
Remember Illinois is not a nude or topless dancing state. So, the girls basically keep their costumes on - usually a bikini-type outfit.
Find State Street Station at 3515 East State Street, Rockford Illinois. Call (815) 398 - 8222 for more information. Or go to their Web site at www.stateststation.com .
Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
(each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan
Marine Sergeant Andy A. Stevens, 29, of Tomah, Wisconsin, was one of 10 Marines who died Thursday, December 1, 2005, from an improvised explosive device (homemade bomb - IED) outside Fallujah, Iraq. The Marines were inside an abandoned flour factory being used as a patrol base when the IED detonated. All 10 Marines were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Twentynine Palms, California. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, their unit was attached to the 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force. Sergeant Stevens was a "scout sniper" and was on foot patrol at the time of the incident. Stevens was assigned to a Regimental Combat Team when they were attacked at the mill in a village just outside Fallujah in the al Anbar province. The unit was helping secure the region with counterinsurgency operations throughout Fallujah and the surrounding area before the December 15 Iraqi elections. The unit also took gunfire along with the bomb blast. It was later determined the explosive device was made of four large artillery shells. Stevens joined the Marines in 1995, after graduating from Tomah High School. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel noted Andy was a pole vaulter on his high school track team. According to the 1995 Tomah school yearbook, Stevens also participated in football, basketball, and concert choir in high school. At the time of his death Sergeant Stevens was survived by his father, Al Stevens; mother, Kaye Olson; and, sister, Amy Pelle. Marine Sergeant Andy Stevens was the 51st Wisconsin military service person killed in Iraq since the spring of 2003.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
96,098 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
9,477 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,402 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1056 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
317 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
689 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
31,810 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
5,831 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
102 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
18 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
142 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
21 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
Wisconsin military service person special mention of the week, military casualty, and journalist casualty information sources: Committee to Protect Journalists; cnn.com; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; washingtonpost.com; thehighground.org; Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs; iraqbodycount.org; and, icasualties.org.
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