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The Body Shop Gentlemen's Club - Rockford, Illinois - Dadio academic strip club critique
This entry was posted on 5/26/2010 2:40 AM and is filed under Strip club academic critique.
I am not going to apologize for liking places that some critics might find a bit gritty. After all, whose definitions and standpoints are we using here? - mine. I like The Body Shop Gentlemen's Club in Rockford. The whole presentation reminds me of when I lived in old East Dallas, Texas. The Body Shop is in the older part of Rockford. There is a mix of industry and residential. The buildings are older and well worn, but that is part of the charm.
If you get there at 2:00 p.m when they open, you most likely will not be charged a cover. If you arrive in the evening time, there will be a cover but you will get a couple of drink tickets for the bar so you break even anyway. They have a small kitchen and the offerings are not so expensive. I got a basket of nachos and cheese with all the fix'ns for three Bucks. After you use up your drink tickets, a Miller Lite will run you about four and a half Bucks - pretty standard for a strip club.
Remember I use the term "strip club" colloquially. Illinois is not a nude or topless dancing state. So, the girls basically keep their costumes on - usually a bikini-type outfit. The one thing I did notice about this place is no matter when I pop in, there has been throngs of dancers. One slow Monday evening there was nine dancers to three guys. On a weekend night, it takes on a regular club atmosphere with both men and women patronizing the place and mingling with the staff and dancers. For as busy as the place can get, their men's bathroom is neat and tidy.
They have a rather cozy bar area. The dance stage is around the corner from the bar, but there is a video screen on the wall on the bathroom end to watch the dancers. The dance stage room has a lower seating area and an upper level. The D.J. booth is in the upper area. The stage is rather small, but they manage to fit five dance poles on it - there is frequently three girls dancing on stage at once. There is a big guy I will call "Incredulous In-Charge-Dude" who peruses the place with a microphone chatting up the crowd.
On busy nights, you can expect to be patted down upon your arrival, but the routine is not threatening. There will be security perusing the place on busy weekend nights as well. As crowded as it gets on a Friday night, I saw no problems with the crowd.
There is a tiny lap-dance room with a curtain just off the bar area. The girls will charge the consummate 20 Bucks per song for a private dance. It is interesting to me that on a busy night there is not so much private dancing going on, but rather more interaction between the dancers and the crowd. That speaks to a more regular night club timbre.
All three times I have been there everyone has been nice. The bartenders are cute, polite, and quick. Incredulous In-Charge-Dude thanked me for stopping in.
Find The Body Shop Gentlemen's Club at 1019 Broadway in Rockford, Illinois. Take 7th Street south from downtown. Turn right on Broadway - it is there on the left. Call (815) 963 - 3900 for more information.
Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
(each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan
Marine Lance Corporal Adam J. VanAlstine, 21, of Superior, Wisconsin , died Saturday, February 25, 2006, from an improvised explosive device in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. He was assigned to Company I, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, out of Twentynine Palms, California. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward). The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned Lance Corporal VanAlstine was the first military service person from Douglas County (which is on the shores of Lake Superior) to die in combat in more than three decades. The Journal Sentinel went on to say his father died when Adam was young, and his mother passed away a few years ago. The Journal Sentinel also noted Adam started boxing at Horton's Gym in Duluth when he was 13 years old. Wisconsin 2005 Senate Joint Resolution 81 noted Adam "fervently loved to box." The Resolution also noted VanAlstine started at the 106-pound weight class and worked himself up to 150 pounds around the time he graduated from Superior High School in 2003. Adam was only 15 days from ending his combat duty in Iraq when he was killed. He had arrived in Iraq in September of 2005 and was due to return home in April of 2006. At the time of his death Adam was survived by sisters, Julie Goodell, Jennifer VanAlstine, and Dawn Meyers, and a brother, Michael Garrity. Marine Lance Corporal Adam VanAlstine was the 52nd military service member from Wisconsin to be killed in Iraq since the spring of 2003.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
96,264 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
9,481 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,402 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1060 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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