bkshopr - 18 July 2008 01:29 PM

Someone recently sold a dozen for $50k. Not a bad investment for porn.

Was that sale made in the open?!?  I’m out of fingers and toes to count all the laws that probably broke.

bkshopr - 18 July 2008 01:29 PM

ipoplaya - 18 July 2008 11:52 AM

bkshopr - 18 July 2008 11:35 AM

Porn and pawn shops lined both sides of Colorado Blvd and one did survive till the present day but the city imposed a friendlier storefront ambiance with soft-core displays visible from the sidewalk.

So Le Sex Shoppe is still there?  Good for them… Crown City is a great pawn shop although it doesn’t have the dark and seedy feel you want from a good pawn.

Yes, I know that store. Crown City also has a sister company Crown Hardware that specializes in vintage hardwares. I go there a lot. The pawn shop today is called Ebay. When Traci Lord was underage in the Porn business Le Sex sold a lot of magazines featuring her. Those magazines are commanding several thousand dollars. Someone recently sold a dozen for $50k. Not a bad investment for porn.

Wonder if my vintage Playboy collection can fetch a similar value?!

EvaLSeraphim - 18 July 2008 01:47 PM

bkshopr - 18 July 2008 01:29 PM

Someone recently sold a dozen for $50k. Not a bad investment for porn.

Was that sale made in the open?!?  I’m out of fingers and toes to count all the laws that probably broke.

Le Sex in Pasadena sold porn before she was caught performing being under age. The porn industry in the 80’s was not aware of her under age status. She had a false ID. The magazines and porn flicks were legal at that time. Since this busts most Traci Lord porn and publications were destroyed (I think they are really in the cop’s garage). The remaining copies not confiscated are rare. Most porn depreciates quickly with age like a used car. Check on EBay and at any given time there are over several hundred listings for Traci Lord.

In the creative design business. Leaders reminiscent their growing up years are sitting in the helm of our fashion, design and music industries. They are the executive in their early 40’s. They are reintroducing their own by-gone era (80’s). Shoulder pads and jackets are all coming back and so is the music that we listen to on the radio. Debra Harry is hot again. The last 6 years was the revival of the 70’s and prior to that was the 60’s. We will be seeing more of the 80’s for the next few years.

Traci Lord was the porn icon of the 80’s where for the first time that porn was mass produced on Beta and VHS technology and targeted the general population instead of just the perv in raincoat at the local Pussycat theaters.
Wherehouse, Music plus, and many mom and pop video rental stores could easily out number Starbucks today had a back corner dedicated for the adult videos.

Those of you were born during the 80’s you may have to thank her for your existence. Executives today may be only 16 or 17 back then when she was busted in 1984 they never got to actually see her porn. 70’s and 80’s porn are re-mastered in DVD’s for this growing demand. This is the primary reason for such a high value for her “illegal” porn.

bkshopr - 18 July 2008 11:35 AM

Ten,

Do you remember Old Town Pasadena before it became the hang out place or you do not remenber because the carseat was blocking your view out the car window?


I applaud the City of Pasadena for their effort of redevelopment in forcing out the bad elements and recycling old structures. As a result property value went way up and it became a place where I want to live, play and hang out.

Excellent post BK!
Wholeheartedly agree with you.
I was too young to remember Old Town before it was re-vitalized.
My parents never took us there because they felt it was seedy.
Good idea, given all the reasons you mentioned.

You’re absolutely right about the indoor mall dying due to the emergence of shops, boutiques, and restaurants that now line Old Town.
I really like the open feel of Paseo Colorado.
They have some real nice shops there to like Sephora and Coach among others.
Parking is still a nightmare though.
Love the PF Changs there, great location.

I had planned on taking you to the Rose City Dinner; know how much you love those early bird, senior specials. (Smiley)

ipoplaya - 18 July 2008 02:13 PM

bkshopr - 18 July 2008 01:29 PM

ipoplaya - 18 July 2008 11:52 AM

bkshopr - 18 July 2008 11:35 AM

Porn and pawn shops lined both sides of Colorado Blvd and one did survive till the present day but the city imposed a friendlier storefront ambiance with soft-core displays visible from the sidewalk.

So Le Sex Shoppe is still there?  Good for them… Crown City is a great pawn shop although it doesn’t have the dark and seedy feel you want from a good pawn.

Yes, I know that store. Crown City also has a sister company Crown Hardware that specializes in vintage hardwares. I go there a lot. The pawn shop today is called Ebay. When Traci Lord was underage in the Porn business Le Sex sold a lot of magazines featuring her. Those magazines are commanding several thousand dollars. Someone recently sold a dozen for $50k. Not a bad investment for porn.

Wonder if my vintage Playboy collection can fetch a similar value?!

Sorry! I checked on Ebay the vintage issues are about $12-$15. Then it is worth nothing if you can’t turn the pages.

tenmagnet - 18 July 2008 03:26 PM

bkshopr - 18 July 2008 11:35 AM

Ten,

Do you remember Old Town Pasadena before it became the hang out place or you do not remenber because the carseat was blocking your view out the car window?


I applaud the City of Pasadena for their effort of redevelopment in forcing out the bad elements and recycling old structures. As a result property value went way up and it became a place where I want to live, play and hang out.

Excellent post BK!
Wholeheartedly agree with you.
I was too young to remember Old Town before it was re-vitalized.
My parents never took us there because they felt it was seedy.
Good idea, given all the reasons you mentioned.

You’re absolutely right about the indoor mall dying due to the emergence of shops, boutiques, and restaurants that now line Old Town.
I really like the open feel of Paseo Colorado.
They have some real nice shops there to like Sephora and Coach among others.
Parking is still a nightmare though.
Love the PF Changs there, great location.

I had planned on taking you to the Rose City Dinner; know how much you love those early bird, senior specials. (Smiley)

I hope there is a handicap ramp. Don’t forget to bring your 10 girlfriends I have only seen about 7-8 of them since your avatar is cropped. My magnifying glass is falling apart trying to see what you look like.

How about some profiling exercise? How old do you think I am since you think I would qualify for the early bird specials?

bkshopr - 18 July 2008 03:30 PM

Sorry! I checked on Ebay the vintage issues are about $12-$15. Then it is worth nothing if you can’t turn the pages.

Good one BK,
Ipop considered his collection to be the equivalent of a “sure thing.”

bkshopr - 18 July 2008 03:35 PM

How about some profiling exercise? How old do you think I am since you think I would qualify for the early bird specials?

I’ll go with turn of the Century.

Did you help bring down the Monarchy?

Rasputin!  Genius!

*skek looking for any excuse to post his 500th post*

tenmagnet - 18 July 2008 03:56 PM

bkshopr - 18 July 2008 03:35 PM

How about some profiling exercise? How old do you think I am since you think I would qualify for the early bird specials?

I’ll go with turn of the Century.

Did you help bring down the Monarchy?

I think you are the heir to my throne because your avatar looks just like my photo but in color my son.

skek - 18 July 2008 04:16 PM

Rasputin!  Genius!

*skek looking for any excuse to post his 500th post*

Congratulations skekster.  IR2 is hot on your tail in the high 400’s.  You had better get your posting volume up or he will most assuredly overtake…

ipoplaya - 18 July 2008 05:37 PM

skek - 18 July 2008 04:16 PM

Rasputin!  Genius!

*skek looking for any excuse to post his 500th post*

Congratulations skekster.  IR2 is hot on your tail in the high 400’s.  You had better get your posting volume up or he will most assuredly overtake…

No kidding.  Believe it or not, at one point ten and I were tied.  Now he’s like 150 ahead of me…

skek - 18 July 2008 06:05 PM

ipoplaya - 18 July 2008 05:37 PM

skek - 18 July 2008 04:16 PM

Rasputin!  Genius!

*skek looking for any excuse to post his 500th post*

Congratulations skekster.  IR2 is hot on your tail in the high 400’s.  You had better get your posting volume up or he will most assuredly overtake…

No kidding.  Believe it or not, at one point ten and I were tied.  Now he’s like 150 ahead of me…

Yeah, but at least there’s some variety in yours. 300+ of Ten’s are just variations of the same exact post

ipoplaya - 18 July 2008 10:14 AM

I was an Old Town regular… I used to shoot some stick at Q’s as well.  Also down at Jake’s, which is definitely not a meet-the-ladies kind of joint, but a great place to drink with the fellas.  I got bounced out of the 35er on one glorious occassion.  Equator, no idea if its still around, was a great place to hang and meet people.  Good coffee too.  Still like to dine on the patio at Cafe Santorini when I am in the area although its been a couple of years…

Whoa IPO, more parallel stuff for us.  When were you rockin Old Town?  I have very fond memories of that area...In the summer of ‘99 my wife and I started dating, and since she lived in Alhambra and I in Manhattan Beach, of course I was the one trekkin to the 626.  Spent a lot of time in Old Town during our “dating” phase until 2001. As a matter of fact, very first date was Cheesecake Factory followed by a walk up to Q’s....Small world.  Looks like we both scored big in Old Town....

There is the golden ticket, Ten...Just head back up to old town pas, and in a few short years you too might be livin the dream with a wife and toddlers just like me and IPO....

CK - 18 July 2008 10:26 PM

ipoplaya - 18 July 2008 10:14 AM

I was an Old Town regular… I used to shoot some stick at Q’s as well.  Also down at Jake’s, which is definitely not a meet-the-ladies kind of joint, but a great place to drink with the fellas.  I got bounced out of the 35er on one glorious occassion.  Equator, no idea if its still around, was a great place to hang and meet people.  Good coffee too.  Still like to dine on the patio at Cafe Santorini when I am in the area although its been a couple of years…

Whoa IPO, more parallel stuff for us.  When were you rockin Old Town?  I have very fond memories of that area...In the summer of ‘99 my wife and I started dating, and since she lived in Alhambra and I in Manhattan Beach, of course I was the one trekkin to the 626.  Spent a lot of time in Old Town during our “dating” phase until 2001. As a matter of fact, very first date was Cheesecake Factory followed by a walk up to Q’s....Small world.  Looks like we both scored big in Old Town....

There is the golden ticket, Ten...Just head back up to old town pas, and in a few short years you too might be livin the dream with a wife and toddlers just like me and IPO....

IPO chuckles at the thought of little Ten Jr. with his A&F;onezie and Axe enhanced baby smell...

My swingin’ single years trolling OTP were ‘94-’96 brutha CK.  I met my wife at Moose’s in March ‘98 and we did a lot of our early dating around OTP too… She lived in Glendora and by then I was a west sider like you living in Santa Monica.  That was a serious pain in the butt drive.  No good and easy way to get from West LA to San Gabriel Valley.  Well worth the trouble for sure looking back on it!

The 35er was the bar you could get served at in high school back in the day. OTP was Skid Row. I recall pausing at the display of the Venus Adult Theater anytime I was in the vicinity on Colorado. This was the apex of the KROQ era in the early 80s. Richad Blade and Swedish Eagle DJing big house parties in Arcadia/Pas/San Marino/So Pas, with the ritual of the PPD helicopter flying overhead to break them up and 300 people giving the one fingered salute. Also the era of legendary punk shows at Perkins Palace. Pasadena at that time was still a good family place, but the schools were on their last legs. My graduating class had the youngest kids of the generation of JPL/Caltech-types that lived there and sent their kids to the public schools. We also had MGM where we were segregated from students whose IQ fell below a certain level from elementary school through HS graduation. Not sure if this exists anymore, or if they’d have enough students in today’s PUSD to fill the classes. A plus was early exposure to diversity (largely African American). Major racial violence from the school bus to parking lot after school not to mention the pickup hoops scene at Farnsworth park, where Stacy Augmon was a regular. I could tell the lily guys from San Marino/La Canada/Newport when I got to USC as they would freeeze up encountering “locals” which you inevitably did there.

Back then I never thought of Pasadena as a place to live when I was older. I was desperate to get out of inland hell and live at the beach. I couldn’t imagine OTP offering better enticements than when I lived in Manhattan/Hermosa. In those days we never left the South Bay except for rare ventures to the Westside (anyone recall The Pink in SM, Gotham City in Venice?). 12th St bar in Manhattan Beach in 1989-90 was the height of hedonism and debauchery. I’ll never forget Reggae Sundays at Sunsets,. To be able to walk from the bar to the beach and then home was priceless.

It looks like when Al Ehringer of Gladstone’s fame got the original redevelopment agency funds that enabled the construction of Rose City Diner he laid the cornerstone for making OTP a destination. I had no idea it was this popular.

ipoplaya - 18 July 2008 05:37 PM

skek - 18 July 2008 04:16 PM

Rasputin!  Genius!

*skek looking for any excuse to post his 500th post*

Congratulations skekster.  IR2 is hot on your tail in the high 400’s.  You had better get your posting volume up or he will most assuredly overtake…

I’ve got a different target: I’m shooting for top thank you/post ratio, but it’ll be difficult to catch bk (at over 1:2)! 
(Long-term service translates into worthwhile business.)

I’ll try and help, IR2. 

I’ve noticed that ever since the secret of how to post double thank-yous got out, the value of a “thank you” has been devalued almost as fast as the dollar.  Still, BK’s ratio is crazy good.  IR2’s is pretty impressive, too.

OK, so spill it !  How do you “double thanks”?

Boston2theBay - 19 July 2008 10:48 AM

The 35er was the bar you could get served at in high school back in the day. OTP was Skid Row. I recall pausing at the display of the Venus Adult Theater anytime I was in the vicinity on Colorado. This was the apex of the KROQ era in the early 80s. Richad Blade and Swedish Eagle DJing big house parties in Arcadia/Pas/San Marino/So Pas, with the ritual of the PPD helicopter flying overhead to break them up and 300 people giving the one fingered salute. Also the era of legendary punk shows at Perkins Palace. Pasadena at that time was still a good family place, but the schools were on their last legs. My graduating class had the youngest kids of the generation of JPL/Caltech-types that lived there and sent their kids to the public schools. We also had MGM where we were segregated from students whose IQ fell below a certain level from elementary school through HS graduation. Not sure if this exists anymore, or if they’d have enough students in today’s PUSD to fill the classes. A plus was early exposure to diversity (largely African American). Major racial violence from the school bus to parking lot after school not to mention the pickup hoops scene at Farnsworth park, where Stacy Augmon was a regular. I could tell the lily guys from San Marino/La Canada/Newport when I got to USC as they would freeeze up encountering “locals” which you inevitably did there.

Back then I never thought of Pasadena as a place to live when I was older. I was desperate to get out of inland hell and live at the beach. I couldn’t imagine OTP offering better enticements than when I lived in Manhattan/Hermosa. In those days we never left the South Bay except for rare ventures to the Westside (anyone recall The Pink in SM, Gotham City in Venice?). 12th St bar in Manhattan Beach in 1989-90 was the height of hedonism and debauchery. I’ll never forget Reggae Sundays at Sunsets,. To be able to walk from the bar to the beach and then home was priceless.

It looks like when Al Ehringer of Gladstone’s fame got the original redevelopment agency funds that enabled the construction of Rose City Diner he laid the cornerstone for making OTP a destination. I had no idea it was this popular.

There’s no life east of Manhattan Avenue.