Comments on: How Was The [Sex] Show?

By: jderusha

jderusha — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:12:01 +0000

You’ve unmasked me as well. I am polo. And that link earned me the 2006 Spamalot Award.

By: grote

grote — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:06:15 +0000

If so, it looks like maybe DeRusha's going to the AVN convention in Vegas!

By: msparber

msparber — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:59:15 +0000

Hey! Congratulations! Well-deserved!

Are you nominated for anything for polo’s link too?

By: jderusha

jderusha — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:41:59 +0000

Incidentally, I’ve been nominated for an Emmy award for the story Alexis linked here. I am your humble servant… yours in excellent journalism..

By: polo

polo — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:46:14 +0000

ooo nice zdjeciaerotyka latynoski

By: bud

bud — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:13:29 +0000

“passive /aggressive to the bone” ?

Great pun, Not2Sure!

By: alexis

alexis — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:54:09 +0000

On conventions in general, I had a booth at the Body Mind Life Expo a couple of years ago for my business, but it was horribly unsuccessful. The majority of the patrons arrived by the busload via various senior citizen activity groups, wielding free passes they no doubt procured at a previous convention. Definitely not my target market. However, the Canadian prescription drugs booth next to me was quite pleased with the turnout.

Alas, I figure there is no expo for my target market of professional, single men. Besides the bars I already frequent.

By: Not2Sure

Not2Sure — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:12:57 +0000

I don't think the readership of this web site was exactly the target demographic for this show either so our collective critical reaction is probably not unexpected. Too bad the show wasn't a month or two later. They could have had a Candy Girl book signing and everyone here would have been stumbling over each other to go.

I think the point was to get to people who unlike Alexis couldn't fathom dropping a bill on a booth girl at Sex World and so having it in a sterile, safe environment was sort of the point. Not sure if it was successful in its goals or not. They may have misjudged the amount of risque they needed to penetrate the market. *giggle*

Any workers of the local sex industry read/post here tell us whether they thought it will help their business?

Minneapolitans are so paradoxically uptight when it comes to sex. We have one of the highest per capita populations of adult entertainment licenses but get offended when people are caught in rather Dionysian circumstances. Passive/aggressive to the bone I guess. We're no Portland.

By: s4xton

s4xton — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:37:29 +0000

It’s an interesting point: Are some “conventions” becoming a thing of the past? I used to go to a number of them years ago, usually on my office’s dime, but now I can’t justify it. I get all the information I need to know about my potential new services, vendors and products other ways. Why would I pay for a bunch of people to give me the same information I can now get on the Internet and a couple free pens and lanyards?

…but they didn’t serve Dewer’s at the conventions I was at. Hrum.

By: garcia

garcia — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:35:39 +0000

All the reviews of this show have been negative, but what I'm wondering is if there's anything they could've done to make it exciting while staying within the boundries of what they can do.

I've been to a few offerings at the Convention Center including the 28th Bridal Spectacular and the Home Building/Remodeling Expo and found that there were always a lot of off-topic displays taking up the extra room available in the area.

With all the hype, huge ticket prices, and lame exhibitors, it's a wonder that *any* show that passes through the Convention Center is even mildly successful.