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  • THOMAS: It's the gift booth, right?

  • Or the accessories booth?

  • CHRISTOPHE: The leatherman booth.

  • THOMAS: It's a working elevator

  • here inside The Eagle.

  • Oh, wow.

  • Leathermen used to be the deepest, darkest mystery that

  • the gay subculture had.

  • The sex lives and drug intake of these tough homos made even

  • the rowdiest, straight Hell's Angels look like pussies.

  • They were like a gang of butt-fucking werewolves.

  • CHRISTOPHE: Splits your balls, your left and your right.

  • THOMAS: When AIDS came on the scene, the leathermen were

  • right on the firing line.

  • Today, catching one in full regalia outside the small

  • handful of leather clubs that remain is like spotting a

  • leprechaun.

  • Fearing that they may soon be totally extinct, I decided to

  • dive head first into their world.

  • The last of the great New York leather bars is The Eagle, so

  • I started my quest there.

  • Luckily, I soon met the best guy I could have hoped for.

  • Christophe Andre is a long-time leatherman.

  • And he was the winner of last year's Mr.

  • Eagle beauty pageant.

  • He also sells handcuffs and dildos in an

  • elevator at the bar.

  • CHRISTOPHE: So that's $287.74.

  • Do you want a bag for this?

  • Now what happens tonight is tonight we call Code on

  • Thursdays at The Eagle.

  • THOMAS: OK.

  • I think I saw that sign.

  • CHRISTOPHE: And basically what we try to encourage here is

  • for men to come in in leather gear, all leather gear, as

  • much as possible.

  • We encourage no running shoes.

  • We encourage no dress shoes or suits, ties, dress shirts,

  • polo shirts, and definitely no cologne.

  • THOMAS: Why?

  • CHRISTOPHE: Gay men do not like cologne.

  • THOMAS: No?

  • CHRISTOPHE: No, we like the natural smell of a man.

  • THOMAS: Is that enforced under punishment of expulsion if you

  • catch somebody with cologne who sneaks in?

  • They're out.

  • CHRISTOPHE: So the only thing that I will do for you is just

  • give you that leatherman look, a little crease.

  • Just kind of fold you up here a little bit.

  • THOMAS: Nice and flabby.

  • CHRISTOPHE: Make you look a little more relaxed.

  • THOMAS: Nice [INAUDIBLE].

  • CHRISTOPHE: There you go.

  • THOMAS: The leather scene supposedly started with guys

  • coming home from World War II who missed all the

  • freewheeling sex and bro-ing down the army provided.

  • As a result, a big military vibe runs

  • through the whole scene.

  • That baker hat they all wear was swiped from the Nazis, as

  • was a lot of other gear, like jack boots and riding crops.

  • On my first night in The Eagle, I saw a couple dressed

  • completely like biker cops.

  • CHRISTOPHE: I spoke to you guys about this before.

  • This is the current Mr. Eagle.

  • This is Rick Weber.

  • So he's Mr. Eagle, the year 2007.

  • This is Thomas from Vice magazine.

  • THOMAS: Pleasure to meet you.

  • RICK: Nice meeting you.

  • CHRISTOPHE: And the camera man.

  • This is Matthew.

  • This is Rick Weber.

  • [LAUGHTER]

  • THOMAS: Since grooming is so vital, a lot a leather bars

  • have their own house barbers.

  • This is Jake, The Eagle's barber.

  • The second he saw me he said, I can't wait to get rid of

  • that little Harry Potter thing you've got going.

  • He was hands down the scariest fag I'd never met.

  • So I said all right.

  • I have to hold this mic up to my mouth because it's loud as

  • shit in here.

  • So we're over in the barber's corner.

  • There's some pretty heavy guy on guy on harness with guys

  • around him action going on on a screen above the bar.

  • I've been watching, people have got wrist

  • and arm bands on.

  • And I'm going to ask Christophe in a little while

  • if this stuff about left and right arm is

  • really adhered to.

  • They fetishized the living shit out of the

  • whole haircut process.

  • They've got an actual barber's chair in one

  • corner of the room.

  • All the products they use are these 1950s era old man

  • things, like pomade and talcum powder.

  • And they keep the chair facing the dick

  • porn to keep you hard.

  • The whole thing's a production.

  • Over the course of my shave, I was slapped in the head,

  • kissed on the neck, and gingerly humped.

  • All while Jake assured me that he was taking it easy on me.

  • I guess this is the leather equivalent of watching the big

  • game in a La-Z-Boy while being serviced by Hooters girls.

  • CHRISTOPHE: Look at you!

  • THOMAS: New person.

  • MALE SPEAKER: My god!

  • CHRISTOPHE: Look at you.

  • THOMAS: I'm now getting showered with adulation for

  • having sat through a haircut.

  • MALE SPEAKER: It's beautiful!

  • CHRISTOPHE: You're a new man.

  • MALE SPEAKER: Jake is a great barber.

  • CHRISTOPHE: Have you looked in a mirror?

  • This new hair will get you a lot of attention.

  • THOMAS: Oh, yeah?

  • CHRISTOPHE: Yeah, I think so.

  • THOMAS: Getting back to my question about the arm bands.

  • CHRISTOPHE: You know, flagging is not done as much anymore.

  • And it's something that you see very little

  • of now in New York.

  • You see, it started out, I believe, in San Francisco.

  • But you really don't see it as much in New York.

  • So anyone that wants to flag whatever

  • they're in the mood for.

  • So anything that's on the left pocket, or the arm, or the

  • wrist indicates usually that you're a top.

  • You're the dominant of the two.

  • THOMAS: You're giving it.

  • CHRISTOPHE: Right.

  • Anyone that has it on the right means they want to

  • receive it.

  • Some of them are very common sense.

  • Yellow, you kind of know what that means.

  • It's piss.

  • Red is fisting.

  • The light blue here is cocksucker or cock-suckee.

  • THOMAS: Can I ask what the other colors are?

  • CHRISTOPHE: OK, sure.

  • THOMAS: [INAUDIBLE].

  • What's after light blue, if it's cocksucker?

  • CHRISTOPHE: So we did these.

  • So that's fisting, piss, cocksucker.

  • There is the navy blue, which is just basic fucking.

  • Black is S&M. Pink--

  • what do you think pink might be?

  • THOMAS: Dresses?

  • I don't know, transvestites?

  • CHRISTOPHE: No, toys.

  • THOMAS: Toys!

  • OK, that makes sense.

  • CHRISTOPHE: Toys.

  • Brown--

  • I don't even think I want to even discuss brown.

  • THOMAS: That's fine.

  • CHRISTOPHE: Oh, we got a cab, yes!

  • And a big one.

  • Just the ones I like.

  • THOMAS: We went home and got a couple hours of sleep.

  • Then I had to go help Christophe move his bike for

  • the street sweeper.

  • So we're back in Christophe's apartment.

  • So far the leather community doesn't seem too bad.

  • Due to fair warning, I didn't venture into the upstairs

  • bathrooms, where supposedly a lot of the action is.

  • The one thing everybody bought and, like, one after the other

  • sliding in was the amyl nitrate poppers.

  • I think it's just, like, kind of a concentrated stimulant,

  • or something.

  • I thought it was supposed to relax your ass.

  • But he was saying that most commonly use it just right

  • before getting in the sack.

  • Or I don't know if they have a sack.

  • I'm really not sure what it does, actually.

  • We'll give that a shot when the mood is right.

  • Eager to see what that scene's all about.

  • We're back at Code night again.

  • I'm actually dressed to code tonight.

  • The shirt's a little blousie.

  • Now that we've been introduced to the scene, I think we'll

  • just cut back and enjoy the--

  • I don't know what it would be called, the fringe benefits?

  • It's not even that.

  • CHRISTOPHE: [LAUGHS].

  • Enjoy some things.

  • Well, this is a collar.

  • You know, basically what a collar can

  • stand for, many things.

  • Someone gets collared, they're a boy, they're a slave.

  • It really identifies with being more submissive, a

  • bottom, maybe [INAUDIBLE] a submissive boy.

  • These are what we call a ball stretcher.

  • Your balls come through.

  • THOMAS: They go through that?

  • How much are those?

  • CHRISTOPHE: It's a range from $12 and up.

  • THOMAS: Can I try that one on?

  • I guess I'd have to figure out my size, wouldn't I?

  • CHRISTOPHE: Well, we start at one inch.

  • THOMAS: Oh, OK.

  • CHRISTOPHE: And they're not easy to get on.

  • Some guys can get them on really quickly.

  • Some guys you need to really struggle.

  • So it's a matter of just taking this like this.

  • And just kind of--

  • THOMAS: Dropping them in.

  • CHRISTOPHE: --popping them in.

  • As soon as you've got them in, you're able just to pull out

  • and push this up that way.

  • I may have to help you.

  • [INTERPOSING VOICES]

  • THOMAS: Oh, and now I'll drop in like that?

  • OK, and then you let go?

  • Wow!

  • Oh, that's funny.

  • CHRISTOPHE: It can hurt.

  • THOMAS: It's not bad, though.

  • Do you want a shot of my disgusting looking balls in

  • this thing?

  • MATTHEW: [INAUDIBLE]

  • new frontiers here.

  • THOMAS: I don't know if you can show that or not.

  • And so you just wear this around?

  • CHRISTOPHE: You can wear this around the entire day.

  • So let's say you're going to be--

  • you choose your pocket.

  • THOMAS: All right.

  • Christophe helped me get fully geared up.

  • And finally, I was ready to experience the leather world

  • as a leatherman.

  • First stop, the fabled upstairs bathroom.

  • I'll see how it turns out.

  • How do I get there?

  • CHRISTOPHE: That way.

  • THOMAS: [WHISTLES].

  • So it's an intense scene in that bathroom.

  • Jake had previously told me [INAUDIBLE] urinals, kind of

  • with a wall in between them.

  • And then once the wall stopped around here, like chest level,

  • it was chain-linked fence.

  • And you were standing across from people kind of pissing at

  • the same time.

  • What they didn't tell me is that pissing here usually may

  • mean having some guy go down on you while another guy's

  • getting butt-fucked right next to you.

  • But it's pretty Roman.

  • And it smelled genuinely unique.

  • I couldn't begin to describe the elements I assume are

  • going into that aroma.

  • Shit, piss, and tile cleaner being only three of many.

  • I decided to go up to the roof to cool off and get a

  • little fresh air.

  • We just came up to the roof, which is kind

  • of the cigar lounge.

  • And there's some dudes, like, maybe 10 yards that way.

  • When we got up here and walked down, one of them was going

  • down on the other.

  • And now they're just fucking.

  • [CHUCKLES].

  • It's kind of empty otherwise.

  • It's like a nice little smoker's lounge, or whatever,

  • cigar area.

  • And they're just totally going at it.

  • You know, I really had a lot of fun with the leathermen.

  • All the weird rules, the fancy clothes, the butt grabbing and

  • close contact and camaraderie.

  • It was like being in a secret club for tough guys.

  • At the same time, though, it never got me hard or made me

  • want to fuck any of the guys I was hanging out with.

  • So I guess there's this sort of disconnect there between me

  • and the folks who are really into it and get off on being

  • tied up, whipped.

  • In any case, dudes know how to party.

  • Ah!

  • [LAUGHS].

  • Oh, no, no.

  • [INAUDIBLE].

  • CHRISTOPHE: He's a wimp!

  • THOMAS: I've got sensitive nips.

  • There we go.

THOMAS: It's the gift booth, right?

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紐約市最後的皮匠 (Last of the NYC Leathermen)

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    Daniel Kreyszig 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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