Slog - Comments on Booze and Boys http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys Hmm... gay porn. Now all I need is a drink... So there I was, sitting in—well, let's just say I was sitting in a bar, one of Seattle's better drinking establishments. I don't want to say which bar for fear of bringing the wrath of the Washington State Liquor Control Board down on the bar's owner. The bar, which may or may not be near my office, offers wireless Interent access to patrons. So after my drinking buddies abandoned me yesterday, I got out my laptop and checked my email. A friend in Chicago emailed me a link to... Copyright 2008 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:00:22 -0800 Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:44:21 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by please
Please don't give the Liquor Control Board any ideas.

I wish our politicians took a sharper eye to the archaic rules of the LCB...

]]> please http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482200 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482200 Sex Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:08:36 -0800 Comment by rocktober This is a Freudian Slip where I can get involved!

MAKER'S MART
Wholesale Prices in a Warehouse of Bourbon

"I'll hang out in the parking lot smoking a cigarette while you go in Dan? Ok? Here's a twenty."

]]> rocktober http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482203 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482203 Sex Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:15:33 -0800 Comment by Geni I have yet to discern the actual useful purpose of the Liquor Control Board. Most states do just fine without such an entity, and it's kind of horrifying that such a powerful creature exists with utterly faceless members. Do YOU know who's on the LCB? Is it a hotbed of the Talibornagain, the New American Puritan Party? Who knows. I know I have no idea who the members are or what their ideological biases are. What I do know is that it is a bizarrely archaic idea to think that a state bureaucracy of that sort is of any use in preventing alcohol abuse. All they are is a way for the bluenoses to shut down establishments they don't like.

As an aside, Dan, you could use a copy editor. There's a Maker's Mart-load of typos in this post. Then again, maybe the Maker's Mark has something to do with that.

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482205 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482205 Sex Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:22:29 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I don't think "they was hard to think of anything else" is a typo, given the context.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482207 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482207 Sex Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:27:02 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Corrected Mart/Mark.

And once more, with feeling: Posts aren't copy edited before they go up on Slog. This is a blog, people,, not a newspaper. I find typos every day on Andrew Sullivan, Americablog, Kos, Atrios, The New York Times' blogs, WaPo blogs, etc. And if I'm spotting them, there are more that I'm missing. Because I'm not, duh, a copy editor.

So while we appreciate a heads-up when there's an error, and we quickly make corrections, the self-righteousness with which some folks point out misspellings and grammatical errors is a bit misplaced. Again, it's a blog—fast, immediate, in-the-moment. It's not a labored over piece in the paper, copy edited and signed off on by numerous editors—and yet where you will still find the occasional misspelling.

There. I feel better.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482209 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482209 Sex Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:27:30 -0800 Comment by Colin Jeez Dan, you obviously don't frequent the same gay bars as I, or you'd see porn on the jumbo screen on a regular basis.

]]> Colin http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482210 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482210 Sex Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:28:53 -0800 Comment by Explorer >>Do I even need to mention that it’s NSFW? Unless, of course, you work at The Stranger.)
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The first part of that clip actually looks like it was shot at The Stranger's headquarters.

]]> Explorer http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482211 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482211 Sex Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:30:01 -0800 Comment by COMTE Geni,

Not to get too technical, but the WSLCB is a very OLD manifestation of American Puritanism, seeing as it's been in existence since the repeal of Prohibition. And you can blame the State's restaurant lobby as much for its perpetuation as anything else. Up until just a few years ago, the only two places to buy hard liquor in WA were either in a State Liquor Store, or - ta da! - a restaurant.

It was a win-win for the State, which not only got to impose taxes, but a hefty markup to boot (by suppressing free-market competition and thus artificially setting prices), and for the restauranteers, who effectively locked out any competitor that didn't primarily sell food from making money off booze sales.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482237 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482237 Sex Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:03:08 -0800 Comment by COMTE Oh, and Dan - just remember to keep that laptop at least four feet away from your lap.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482242 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482242 Sex Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:04:05 -0800 Comment by Geni Damn, Dan, I thought I was being funny, not self-righteous. (I WAS a copy editor, though, so I think I have a thinner skin than some.)

Comte, that's a good point. I'd forgotten how much stake the restaurant lobby has in keeping the LCB dominant.

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482245 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482245 Sex Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:10:27 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Sorry, Geni. It just pops up all the time, and I lost my patience. (sp?)

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482246 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482246 Sex Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:11:39 -0800 Comment by charles FF 2.0 has inline spell check... wheeeeeeeee

]]> charles http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482257 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482257 Sex Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:20:57 -0800 Comment by robotslave Dan, I guess you've never been in a bar with TVs and cable— and a staff that puts on the public access channel late at night. I've seen plenty of porn in bars, displayed a lot more prominently than on a little laptop screen.


I confess I'm not a fan of the big cocks wobbling around on screen, but then, it didn't put me off my beer, either, so I'm not sure what the problem is.

]]> robotslave http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482259 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482259 Sex Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:22:47 -0800 Comment by brandon Hey, I saw that pr0n clip too, I think it was featured on the Fleshbot gay porn blog. Not bad IMHO, but if your into twink porn I much preferred Eurocreme's british boys in "Skater Boy", complete with non-british teeth. As for the tape on the nipples, it sounds like an idea for a cheesy halloween costume.

Brandon

P.S Why doesn't the stranger do porn reviews (kept well within what ever limits there may be of course)? Seems like it would go well next to Savage Love.

]]> brandon http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482262 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482262 Sex Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:35:55 -0800 Comment by Pervy Perv This is how dumb the liquor control board is. They recently "liberalized" the rules about videos. Now, it's OK to show a cock, BUT NOT A HARD COCK!!!! I don't know what the deal is on boobies and vaginas, because I don't go to the kind of bars that would show straight porn, but I'm sure it's a similar arrangement.

Speaking of smut, here's the great thing about Oregon. If you go to an adult arcade, you get a little room to watch your movie in. That little room has a door that goes all the way to the floor, and has a lock. If you want to have a friend in with you, no one freaks out. They even have "buddy booths" where you can see who is in the room next to you via an LCD-ish sort of screen (only if they want to see you too, of course) No one bothers you, as long as you keep plugging the machine.

It's just much more civilized.

]]> Pervy Perv http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482293 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482293 Sex Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:32:52 -0800 Comment by Rottin' in Denmark I used to work for the liquor control board when I was 16, and though I don't know who the higher-ups are, the agents who go around checking mini-marts and dive joints are mostly former cops who don't give a particular shit about the moral/puritannical/whatever stuff. They're just trying to get enough overtime to upgrade from a Sebring to a Stratus.
The only thing I was shocked by was how many of them were cheating on their wives. But maybe that's just cops...

]]> Rottin' in Denmark http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482312 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482312 Sex Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:23:35 -0800 Comment by jonny jonny

]]> jonny http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482319 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482319 Sex Fri, 27 Oct 2006 01:40:28 -0800 Comment by Amy Dials Havana has wireless.... And we are nice folk...10th and pike, right across from Cafe Vita coffee, come on down...

]]> Amy Dials http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482337 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482337 Sex Fri, 27 Oct 2006 03:32:52 -0800 Comment by Amy Dials And did I mention the happy hour? $2.00 beer (stella, alaskan amber, pilsner, and oly on tap) plus $3.00 well drinks and a buck off anything else.... And wireless, and we are nice... Did I mention we are nice?

]]> Amy Dials http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482339 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482339 Sex Fri, 27 Oct 2006 03:38:18 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage They are nice. And they give you chips. Or nuts. And you can get pizza...

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482379 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482379 Sex Fri, 27 Oct 2006 07:52:57 -0800 Comment by Investigatory Journalist @ 16:
I drive a Dodge Stratus! Do you have any idea what that means?!

]]> Investigatory Journalist http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482391 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482391 Sex Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:48:40 -0800 Comment by Gomez It's a neat idea, Dan, though you have to remember that coffeehouses have welcomed wi-fiers and said venues have gotten fed up with 'squatting,' or wi-fiers who buy a cheap drink and then camp out for hours without buying anything else, who take up all their seats. Victrola and Joe Bar are examples.

A proliferation of this could lead to the same issue in bars.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482395 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482395 Sex Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:58:11 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Well, bars loved smokers who sat all day, nursing drinks and smoking... People are likelier to go into a bar that has a few people in it than they are to go into an empty bar.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482423 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482423 Sex Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:24:47 -0800 Comment by SOUNDS LIKE SETTEE-EM Speaking of inane Liquor Control Board dictates: When Thumper's closed this past Saturday after its final day of business, someone asked the owners afterward "what did you do with all of the remaining open liquor?" Liquor Control Board said all of it must be poured down the drain...!!! There seemed to be the unexpressed threat: "...and we'll be watching you." So much for sumptuary laws and the troglodytes who enforce them.

]]> SOUNDS LIKE SETTEE-EM http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482461 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c482461 Sex Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:36:18 -0800 Comment by Shayne Tribble Veteran actor William Franklyn, known for voicing the 1960s Schweppes TV adverts, dies aged 81...

]]> Shayne Tribble http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c490723 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c490723 Sex Sun, 12 Nov 2006 06:49:41 -0800 Comment by Tre Dougherty Madonna says she may adopt another child from abroad following her proposed adoption of a Malawian boy...

]]> Tre Dougherty http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c490785 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c490785 Sex Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:44:08 -0800 Comment by Tre Dougherty Madonna says she may adopt another child from abroad following her proposed adoption of a Malawian boy...

]]> Tre Dougherty http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c490791 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/booze_and_boys#c490791 Sex Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:44:21 -0800