Are Strip Clubs the Reason Bad Mainstream Rock is a Chart Staple? An Interview With Stripper Tweets

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Bubbles Burbujas photo by Wendy Lee Williamson, via strippertweets.tumblr.com
​Last week's chart column focused on the persistent album-chart presence of rock bands like Shinedown and Theory of a Deadman, and the numbers caused me to get pinged by Bubbles Burbujas, a dancer who also runs the site Stripper Tweets. "Shinedown and Hollywood Undead = club staples, ugh. THAT IS THE CHART LONGEVITY SECRET," she told me. Intrigued, I tracked her down on IM for further elaboration. What transpired was a friendly chat about about the persistent popularity of Weezer, rock's status as "the music of the titty bar for 30 years," and whether or not you can give a lapdance to Animal Collective.

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