Food and Cell Phone Theft

By Danzine, Teresa

COMPLAINT UNO:

What's up with food and cellular phones on the rack? Unless it's a crowded house, or the bar is understaffed, can I swallow the idea that a customer has a plate of food inches away from my Couch St. Most of the rack munchers are too busy eating to watch and I end up dancing on the other side of the stage. Either way, that = NO MONEY FOR ME. Same goes for cellular phones. Man, that is just rude. Doing business via phone in a tittibar already throws my mind, and it's worse if I'm trying to perform while the guy yakking is at crotch level. Tell those boys to try that at home, and see what happens...

COMPLAINT DOS:

In the 2nd week of March I got my personal use only, most bitchen, black satin, Christian Dior push up bra, stolen from me at the Kasbah. That bites. And I know a couple of dancers who came home with fewer outfits after working a shift at the Calico Cat. The victims are justifiably mad, and the word is that someone is gonna kick somebody's ass if they find their dress on the bitch. I'm all for mauling the thief. I like dancing in Portland because it has smaller clubs, and that allows some trust and respect to be established among the dancers. Including their belongings. What's messed up is that if you haven't been ripped off yet, you can bet the farm that you will. "It's a part of the job" is a bullshit, lame excuse. To the few (yet significant) thieves out there-don't think this doesn't come around. You just copped yourself some bad karma. The $$ is outside of the dressing room, where the customers are.

Danzine was a progressive program running for nearly 9 years, starting out as a 'zine and eventually including needle exchange programs, a thrift shop, and international distribution of their printed 'zine. Founded by Teresa Dulce, Danzine continues to be an inspiration in spite of its sad closure in 2003.