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Tubs Hell

I just finished reading Joseph Couture's Bathhouse Payback [September, 2002] and stopped laughing long enough to compose this letter.

Ever since the closure of our local bathhouse (which by the way was the only nearby place to get The Guide), we tramp (literally) to Toronto, not a far drive from home.

The place Couture describes perfectly is now the local "sauna." I laughed so hard I peed my pants reading the story, from the description of the dour doorman, to the general stench which permeates the place­ he did forget the slimy sauna though, where if you slip there is always an old gent willing to give you a hand!

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A good lesson to all us hotties who cruise the cubicles: the bathhouse gods do have a hell when the rules of engagement are broken... and its right here in [our hometown].

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Guide Goes Fast

I always try to get the magazine, but it never seems to be around. This issue I would like especially is the gay pride around the world issue. Some local gay establishments have complimentary copies, but the book store that carries it always seems to run out or puts it out late.

I would like to know where in the Seattle area I can get The Guide on time.

philophilos@hotmail.com
Seattle, Washington

You can read our 'Gay Pride Worldwide' piece on the Web (and back print issue are available for $5 each). You can get The Guide reliably every month by subscribing.

Buzz Cuts Downunder

I read the article on your web site about shaving and buzzcuts [Taking It All Off, March 2000].

My name is Deano and I have been working weekends at the Barracks Bar in Sydney as the Buzzcut Barber for over a bit over a year now. All the fun takes place in the dark back corner of the bar where a red leather barbers chair sits under a single red spotlight atop a three foot high platform. It's a free service for any willing takers (although tips are greatly appreciated, of course). Running from 11pm to 3am and averaging about 8 to 10 guys a night, I operate along the lines of an old fashioned barber service complete with hot towel and wet rub after. Head, neck, chest and back massages are all part of the fun too.

Whilst I'm not a barber by day I do a good job of it and enjoy the energy of the hot hunks of meat that come sit in the chair and have me work on them. Aside from the buzzcut service itself the true reason behind it is the erotic spectacle for the patrons of the bar to watch from within the bar. Naturally, I don't wear a shirt whilst I work, and it's a hot job so I need to cool down by dousing myself in plenty of water and keeping wet. I cop a lot of flak for letting my leather pants of jeans slip down my arse while I'm working and having half my arse crack hanging out but it's hard to hold the clippers, their head and keep your trousers pulled fully up at the same time. Also, for the sake not getting hair all over my guys' shirts, I make them take their shirt off, too.

decadeano@yahoo.com.au
Sydney, Australia

Just for the Articles...

I get your magazine each month and look forward to getting it. There's a lot of good reading in it. I pick it up at the Wet Sauna in Bowen Hills, near Brisbane.

D. R.
Logan Central, Queensland
Australia

Wants Philly Info

In the September 2002 issue you had a article on Philadelphia. Is there a way you could me e-mail that article since it no longer is on your web site.

MacKenzie
mackenzie_langille@hotmail.com

Travel articles are archived on-line at www.guidemag.com. In the 'US & Canada' navigation bar, simply pull down 'Pennsylvania/Philadelphia' to read the September 2002 travel feature on the City of Brotherly Love.