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ViagraMan

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the owner of the harmony back in those days was a middle aged man with black hair. you would see him from time to time. i believe he was a musician by trade. i believe his last name was anthony. his name is on the tip of my tongue. i was led to believe he had a hit music record that they frequently played there. i don’t remember the name of it, but i can hum it and every once in awile i hear it on the radio. of course, my days at the harmony flash back whenever this occurs. perhaps one of you can fill in all the fuzz here.

one of the most bizarre things i ever saw happen occurred during one of my visits at the harmony. there was a customer, a rather short guy, a bit pudgy and always jolly who would always sit in the first row by the edge of the opening of the stage. he was a clown of sorts, who obviously was having a good time. in a sea of faceless guys from week to week, he was one who you remembered, particularly because of his jolly nature. he would talk to the girls from his seat on the stage as they danced by. i just pray that he is not one of you.

one day he was conversing with this girl for awhile from his seat. the girl was standing near him at the edge of the stage. all of a sudden, she opens her legs wide, and out comes a stream of pee. the pee traverses the air directly into the mouth of this jolly guy, perhaps three to five feet away. after she finished, the crowd burst into applause, he wiped his lips in a manner that signified a great meal and took his appropriate bows.

it was great times being able to feel so much good tit and skin. many of the girls would press and move their leg between yours while all this was happening. i went thru perhaps three or so years almost every saturday afternoon at this place.

at some point, the heat was on to close this place. the authorities were showing up ever more frequently. one day i came there and was told that the fire department regulations did not permit people to stand around as before. you had to take a seat. it has alway been by believe that this was the origin of the term lap dance, as the girls would work the customers from their seats. it just didn’t seem the same though anymore. i soon stopped going and didn’t return for about another ten years. a new location and a new owner. still though a pretty good bargain to be had. and a story to be told, but not for another ten years or so. sorry.
 
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greyfox

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Originally posted by ViagraMan
i believe his last name was anthony. his name is on the tip of my tongue... don’t remember the name of it, but i can hum it and every once in awile i hear ....
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Bob Anthony crooning,,,,,,,,,,,An-ge-laaaaah your an an-gel to meeee......

Don't remember ginger ale being served at the fountain,but I think Susaye London could get pretty good distance on milk squirts.She had a jolly regular who I think was named Richie.I also believe there was a girl (Tammy?) with an amputated leg and a prosthesis who had appeared eponymously in the film "Long Jean Silver".

It's amazing what a a far cry from the slightly surreal carnivalesque atmosphere of the Melody, and the circus motifs at Show World , the pretentious "upscale gentleman's cabarets" of today are.
 
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celtic knight

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Do any of you long Ilanders remember the Pink Fox in Medford. A private club (pay $5 a day) byob and pay for it again upon service. DATY served up at the stage area -- and all kinds of roaming. Bathlroom used for extras. This was before aids. I wouldn't do some of the group activities that were permitted.The place lasted about 5 years.
 
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Harmony Memories

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The Harmony

The Harmony was my second home as a teenager, and into adulthood. It was originally called the Melody, and it was on the north side of 48th between Bway and 8th. This location was torn down in 1987, and replaced with a hotel. I first went there in 1980, after spotting a photo taken there of porno star Bambi Woods onstage. For a few years, dining was allowed, and I would say about half the ladies would allow it. At this location, they would book a big porno star every week, so I got to see most of the famous ladies of that era : Seka, Desiree Cousteau, Kandi Barbour, Susan Nero, Sam Fox, etc. Mardi Gras was all day on weekends, but oddly enough, for several years, it was only from noon to about 5 on weekdays; meaning that they missed the after work crowd. During Mardi Gras, about 20 ladies would work in 45 minute shifts, then another set would come out. There were some beautiful ladies there (my fave Melody girl was Susaye London, who also did porn in the early 80's. Wonder whatever happened to her ?)

The owner was a former Big Band singer named Bob Anthony, who was a friend of Sinatra's. He married a house girl named Dominique, and when he died, she took over the biz. The actually had to rename the place from the Melody to the Harmony when it was discovered that one of the co-owners was a NY District Attorney !

The place was great, in that you could sample so many ladies, for almost no money. I went to all their incarnations : 48th, Street-, then when that closed the 2 different locations that they had on 17th Street, Church Street, and 22nd St. Still miss that place; damn Rudy was determined to shut them down.
 
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Harmony Memories

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Harmony Pt 2

Viagra Man - I wonder if that guy you mentioned in your post who got drenched was Frenchy. He was a fat guy with a beard, I believe was from Canada. Usually wore a fur hat. He was a fixture in the front row at the Melody, and he probably got there when the doors opened to stake his seat. He would sit in the front, and eat out all the ladies who offered dining.
 
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calcio9

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Bankers and Brokers

Anyone remember this bar? It was on the fourth or fifth floor of an office building around Park Row downtown. The girls were nude and sat around the bar waiting to be taken to the back room. I never heard of another bar like it in NYC ever again.
 
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calcio9

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Mik

Wow, I remember Mick - I had just moved to NY and she was wroking at the time out of a brownstone on maybe W 49th. I do remember it actaully had a red lantern on the outside. She then moved downtown (around or above a Portuguese restaurant). She was my main girl for one whole year - one of the best ever
 
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ViagraMan

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bingo i believe for jjhunsecker. i do believe frenchy was his name. i would never had remembered it unless you wrote it down. he did have a beard and i do believe a fur hat.

and i would never have remembered long jean silver unless greyfox had mentioned her.

by the time i got back into this after being gone for about 10 years, i visited mostly either at the 22nd street location or the church street location - “always remember to go to church on sunday” was their motto. my first time back was at neither of these places but at another location. perhaps it is the 17th street location that was mentioned. it was in a commercial district with surrounding retail stores (not like the 22nd street location). it was on the second floor, with plenty of sofas around. within a short time they had moved, since i think i went there but once or twice.

as for the porn stars at the original harmony, or as you point out melody, i have already mentioned that seka was my favorite. i do remember three of my favorite regulars. once was blond, straight neck length with bangs i think, perhaps 5’ 5” with white skin that was great to the touch. she had great tits, not too big but perky and great to the touch. although this could describe many a girl, anybody have a name. there was a a shorter blond, great skin with a bigger chest (though not big), who was very energetic. she was very popular with the all the guys. there was an italian looking girl, great boobs, on the skinnier side, olive skin, brown hair. she was the first one i dined with there. dining there wasn’t my big thing. i liked a lower profile. even if you mentioned name, i’m not sure i would remember them at this point.

it might be worth talking about the recent past, the last ten years that the harmony was open. i have a few questions for you all to answer that i will present on my next posts.
 
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crowe

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It's the early eighties. There's fabulous blond woman in her thirties, built like wet dream, she lives at 500 East 77th street.

Anyone remember her. The only reason I know is that I used to live two floors below her and later, hung out with her, she told me she was a paper broker.

The reason I'm asking? Nineteen years later I'm hanging out at Julies and telling her where I used to live and Julie tells me how she knew this -- you guessed it. Same woman. She said she moved to Phoenix with her Lez Lover and they got themselves a kid.

Anyone. Please. I need to know what it was like.

Crowe
 
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Thorn

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Originally posted by mcheck57
The Harmony( Melody) was great. I first saw an ad in the Daily News. A famous stripper was headlining. When I walked in I was amazed with what was happening. I was hooked. This was 1980. Seka appeared there. One of the regulars, Trish Ambrose, made some movies. It was heaven at the Melody. The guy who announced the girls for Mardi Gras was a pisser.
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It was Tish Ambrose, actually. I have reason to recall. :)

So also use to appear frequently at "Show World". We had a weird acquainting that took place there. Of of the strangest ways I ever got introduced to somebody in my whole life.
 
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gman8888

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Brooklyn Anyone??

Hi,

Anyone remember the various apartments in Brooklyn in the 70's run by Lauren?

Or the other Brooklyn apartments in Sheephead Bay and Canarsie? I do recall a very young girl with long hair who called herself Farrah ( a look-alike). Also Lauren had a very popular girl named Cheryl on Coyle Street in SB who worked without break close to 14 hours a day always with a line-up waiting in the waiting room for her. Prices in those days were $35 a half and $50 an hour incall.

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stanley

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Another midtown bldg.

Does anyone remember Gigis place on 123 e 54 st , late 80's/early 90's. They advertised in New York Magazine as "European Aromatics" She always had fresh faced NY girls and moonlighting types, and some visiting Europeans,who gave you a bath, a rubtown on a table and then extras (60+60).

There were a few other places in the same building, including a duplex that had an exercise bicycle in one of the bedrooms.
 
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rajah

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ViagraMan, I remember both of the women at the Melody/Harmony discussed in detail in your earlier post. They both made porn movies too. The one with the clit was Vera Knotty. Even more than for the clit, she was notable for labia that must have been six inches long or even more. Her shtick was to tie them in knots, like you would tie your shoes.

The long-range marksman peeing specialist was Annie Sprinkle. Believe it or not, I ran into her just lately in, would you believe, a Vassar alumnae magazine. Not that she was a Vassar girl, I don't guess, but last year she published, along with a certain Professor Gabrielle Cody of Vassar, a book called "Hardcore From the Heart." Only in New York, kids, only in New York. (Or maybe only in Poughkeepsie.)
 
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RY200S

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Is this the same GiGi who had a first floor apartment in the 50's between 6th & 7th. She advertized as Holistic Massage?

The massage tables had a wooden frame with massage pad on top. The top had a hinge, so the lady could climb inside and close a latch in case of a raid.

I have many fond memories of this place. Always started with a bath. I remember Claire (Phillipino/Hispanic), Cindy--huge busted black lady, Christy--pretty Latina, Donna--German, Morgan--British (again big bust), Barbara--Russian, Alex--from Long island.

I hung out with several of the ladies at a bar/ restaurant after hours, including GiGi--(whose real name I won't reveal---she is Austrian)

I saw some of the ladies privately & had "relationships" with 3 of them.

One even took me with her daughter to Easter Mass to meet her Mother. I spend many nights with her at her sister's home in Long Island.
 
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stanley

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Gigi's

That may be the same place. Sometime in the early 90's the E54th st place closed and I lost touch. A year or so later I saw an new ad in NY Mag for European Aromatics. Gigi was so happy to hear from me and directed me to go to a bldg on w55th(?) st
between 6th and 7th. The apartment had a medical sign on the door and various medical and anatomy charts on the wall, but a similar style to the old place-bath and massage and +++.

The only problem was they treated me like shit. Gigi was working the place using call forwarding. The bath was rushed and lukewarm. They gave me this tiny room with paint peeling
, and the girl hit me up for a tip in the middle of the session (this had never happened in the old place).

I never went back.
 
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rajah

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ViagraMan and other demonstrated veterans of Overture who have expressed interest in where it is now, if you turn on your email buttons I will advise same. (Hope this post complies with 10+ Commandment No. 12, which I have had trouble with.)
 
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rajah

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ViagraMan, some while back you promised us:

"my memorable meeting with diane will be a later story. "

Lots of Diane fans here, any time you're ready I'm sure we are.
 
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