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Gay Strip Clubs, Glory Holes, and the Expressway Peep Booths
from Stewed Reunion (with Mike Recine) · #74
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
3 minRay discusses his limited experience with gay strip clubs and casual hookup anxieties, while Tim describes the old mob-run Expressway peep booths on Long Island with video booths for anonymous encounters.
- 37:52Tim's been to gay strip clubs a few times and finds them strange when sober.
- 38:19The appeal of bathroom glory holes compared to staring at dancers in thongs.
- 38:36The Expressway, a mob joint with peep booths in the back that used to be packed.
- 38:56How far the mob has fallen—from owning Vegas to running this grimy operation.
- 39:12Video booths on the other wing where gay men would hook up, a whole world he never entered.
- 39:37Tim avoided bathhouses and video booths partly out of paranoia about AIDS.
- 40:00Glory hole encounters versus Grindr hookups—a comparison of anonymity levels.