2008 Woodie Awards
Minus the City - Good Vibrations
Erin Bergman & Kimmy Cunningham
Issue date: 10/25/07 Section: Commentary
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While lying on the couch early on Sunday afternoon, we decided that instead of gossiping in our pajamas, we should probably do something productive. As Case Library was simply not going to cut it, we decided there only one alternative: "Adult World". This establishment, located on 319 Oriskany Blvd in Yorkville past the Sangertown Mall, serves as one of the sole retailers of pornography, novelty items and sex toys in the area. Our journey to the store has been an idea we've thrown around over the past few weeks, and boy was it worth the drive.
Despite the fact that we write a sex column, neither of us had ever actually ventured into a real, live sex store. We'll be the first to admit, we were skeptical when we arrived at the windowless warehouse with a sign on the slightly uninviting door that read, "STOP! You must be 18 to enter." However, our fears immediately diminished when we stepped inside and were greeted by Jesse, the man at the counter who is a self-described, "lonely, sweetheart of a hippie." We explained that we were doing research for a column, upon which he replied, "Hey, no judgments here." After convincing him that we were in fact writing an article, Jesse offered to give us a detailed tour of the store. We obviously accepted.
Considering the only thing we knew about sex store merchandise was the infamous Debbie Does Dallas, we figured the porn section would be a great place to start. We saw your basic, Ass Good As It Gets, The Young and Breastless and Willy Wanker in her Chocolate Factory. However we were introduced to some less traditional titles such as, Chocolate Cum 2 and, our personal favorite, My Granny is a Tranny. The latter certainly raised our eyebrows, at which Jesse explained that transsexual porn is gaining popularity. "I can see how people might find it morally reprehensible," he said, "but lesbian porn just gets boring." It was at this point that we first noticed a lone, fifty-year-old man shuffle to a mysterious room behind a curtain. As we stared at Jesse in complete confusion, he explained that customers can view two minutes of a movie for one dollar in one of the back rooms. "It smells like ass in there," he explained, "thank God I don't have to clean it." Needless to say, we skipped this portion of the tour.
Despite the fact that we write a sex column, neither of us had ever actually ventured into a real, live sex store. We'll be the first to admit, we were skeptical when we arrived at the windowless warehouse with a sign on the slightly uninviting door that read, "STOP! You must be 18 to enter." However, our fears immediately diminished when we stepped inside and were greeted by Jesse, the man at the counter who is a self-described, "lonely, sweetheart of a hippie." We explained that we were doing research for a column, upon which he replied, "Hey, no judgments here." After convincing him that we were in fact writing an article, Jesse offered to give us a detailed tour of the store. We obviously accepted.
Considering the only thing we knew about sex store merchandise was the infamous Debbie Does Dallas, we figured the porn section would be a great place to start. We saw your basic, Ass Good As It Gets, The Young and Breastless and Willy Wanker in her Chocolate Factory. However we were introduced to some less traditional titles such as, Chocolate Cum 2 and, our personal favorite, My Granny is a Tranny. The latter certainly raised our eyebrows, at which Jesse explained that transsexual porn is gaining popularity. "I can see how people might find it morally reprehensible," he said, "but lesbian porn just gets boring." It was at this point that we first noticed a lone, fifty-year-old man shuffle to a mysterious room behind a curtain. As we stared at Jesse in complete confusion, he explained that customers can view two minutes of a movie for one dollar in one of the back rooms. "It smells like ass in there," he explained, "thank God I don't have to clean it." Needless to say, we skipped this portion of the tour.
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