Call me Madam

Today is International Whores' Day, dear reader, as you undoubtedly already know... It has been celebrated annually since 1976. In German, it is known as Hurentag (Whore's Day). In Spanish-speaking countries, it is the Día Internacional de la Trabajadora Sexual, the International Day of the Sex Worker. In Amsterdam, a statue (above) called "Belle" was erected [outside the Oude Kerk in the Red-light District, directly opposite the hotel we usually stay in when we're there; of course] by way of a tribute.

To mark this auspicious day, here's some whores...

Avenue D - Do I Look Like a Slut?

John Sex - Hustle With My Muscle

Murat Boz - Aşkı Bulamam Ben

Don't forget your PPE.

Hustle with my Muscle

As it is Monday, there's a habit of mine I just can't change... Today's tacky music frenzy is rather tinged with sleaze however, as the world needs a reminder of the dramatic presence that was... John Sex!!

John Sex - Hustle With My Muscle

John Sex - Rock Your Body

In his/her book On Edge, C.Carr describes the impact of this fabulous individual:

"The pompadour deserves a place on the history of great ideas. No one realised this until John Sex sharpened his hair, exaggerating the outlandish essence of a sex god. It crests a foot above his forehead like a wave about to crash...

"This was Las Vegas from another planet, Sex working through songs of either awesome schmaltz or vulgarity - from the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme to the X-rated Hustle with my Muscle. He dropped the electric Liberace coat, asked us to applaud it, and danced loose as a go-go boy in front of his three-woman back-up group, The Bodacious Ta-Tas.

"This teen dream is a freak, delighting in his sexiness and everyone else's: "I've got it and it's alright. She's got it and it's alright. Sex appeal!"

John Sex (born John McLaughlin, 8th April 1956 – 24th October 1990)