My memories of the scene don't go back 25 years, but they do go back 20. I remember Adonis, approximately where Sphinx is today. And Green Carnation, in Soi 6, where the boys line up to have their turn French-kissing the early 20's version of me...just because they wanted to!
Tawan was, as said, on Suriwong, upstairs. A very narrow, and not very memorable place. Twilight was my first off ever. The boy was 16, if I recall -- it was much more common to find underage kids in the bars back then. As I was only 20, maybe it wasn't so disgraceful (I would never touch a below-19 these days).
The fuck show at Barbeiry was raw and bare-back, and I remember one time the bottom reaching over to French kiss several members of the audience as he was being pummeled from behind.
As for expense, I think the price of a good time has gone up surprisingly little since then. I remember tipping 500 baht for short time, even back then. Factoring in inflation and exchange rate fluctuations, I think the boys today are relatively less well-compensated than they were back then.
Twilight was the only bar on "Soi Twilight" when I first went there...and it was pretty raunchy (and young). I remember Stockholm when it was on Soi Langsuan -- not Soi Suan Plu (was it also on Suan Plu before that?).
Tulip bar in Soi Saladaeng was still around -- reportedly the first "off" bar in Bangkok, dating back to 1969. Before that, you had only freelancers in places like the Sea Hag on Charoenkrung (or so I'm told).
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