Great Alaskan Bush RATED: Before Change A+, Then F Now D
Grand Ave So of Indian School $8.50/$10.50 door charge.
Many years ago I stopped in and didn't’t find anything that interested me - just the wild sexy dances but no intimacy. Then a reviewer recommended some dancers and that he had great experiences here. For fun, I thought I’d check them out again and try and find the dancers. See my  report on my experiences meeting the dancers he recommended. After two visits it was one of my favorite places for a number of reasons: Attitude, Sensuality, Friendliness, no pressure for tips and no hostess to limit time spend with a dancer. The dancers negotiate their own fees ($20-$40) which they keep just paying a nightly stage fee so there isn't’t the big tip hassle compared to other places where they have to reply mostly on tips. They have total control in time spend with you. Some spend much more time with me for the cost than at any other club. These were the dancers that were the warm spirits that very much liked my non-sexual but intimate touch and massage.

This is the only place I don’t have to sit down and be bored by the stage dances and wait for dancers to come to my nest! Remember that I’m weird, since I haven’t the slightest interest in gyrating nude bodies but only good touch and sharing non-sexual intimacy with dancers. At the Bush, you can stand around and happy, friendly, outgoing, enthusiastic dancers constantly approach you for dances. They were seductive approaches by using body language and contact instead of the phony high-pressure approach at places like Dream Palace. Here they encouraged good touch from the beginning and often took (note past tense is important) you by the hand to nice large couch areas for nude, high touch, non-sexual lap dances.

Second, the dancers seemed to really care about and support each other. While this is true at some other clubs I got this feeling even more here. I related part of that in my experience with another reviewer’s suggested dancers in a later section.

I also had fun with my social interaction experiments! For example one night, I basically treated each of seven dancers exactly the same and it was very interested the vastly different reactions. In 5 out of 7 in one visit, they reacted very favorably to my touch and non-sexual intimacy. They literally melted in my arms instead of just a mechanical sexy lap dance.

...Wow. Sky, Simone, Tammy, Tiffany, Latina, Laura, Velvet, Cathy, Heidi and Michelle were very warm, beautiful inner spirits, that I seek as much as any other dancers I’ve met. Latina deserves special mention. She loved exactly what I enjoy - Slow, loving, tender touch. She also has my ideal body type. Not too small but not overweight and a beautiful face that enjoys being tenderly stroked and a spirit that wants to share nurturing intimacy. She very much enjoys men and even the typical groping touch she isn't’t upset with but often tries to slow men down and shows them more tender nice touch. She could be a great benefit to wives if they would send their husbands to her for some "intimacy training" that most men confuse with just sex. I am also somewhat attracted to attractive black women like Latina. Once I dated a very nice black woman and we went out with her sister who also was dating a white man. We called ourselves the Zebra gang. I think race issues are so stupid. Sometimes I wish all races would just intermarry so in a few generations we’d all be brown and race would no longer be an issue. Just as with dancers, I’m much more attracted to a warm spirit than body parts- but preferences in type of body is also natural as long as not too focused just on a persons breast size etc. It should be the same with race. Now if I could just find a Latina or Tammy or some of the other warm spirits in real life for this old man to have a real relationship with!

Oh yes... and we also have Allen in the men’s room! Something about "hey dude you don’t have to pay that much for bush. If you see a girl you want, let me know and I will set you up. I’m your man." His slurring and homeboy accent was a bit hard to understand but that’s what I made of his pitch to me! I’m also very offended when they empty all the towel racks so you have to tip some jerk just to dry your hands.

In summary this WAS one of the best places for both the typical male that wants friendly interaction with very sexy nude women (no sex of course), or those seeking more good non-sexual intimacy and good touch with some really wonderful caring spirits. A huge variety of dancers were available anxious to meet you and fees are among the most reasonable for the time spend of any other club.

FLASH: BIG CHANGES. AS OF AUGUST 27, 1996 NO MORE GOOD TOUCH LAP DANCING. BIG CRACKDOWN... ALL HAS CHANGED...WILL BE JUST A TEASE CLUB IN THE FUTURE
BUT SEE 1998 UPDATE AT END
Since the club went far further than any other club on what was permitted (naked lap dancing) I wondered how long it would be before the city enforced the Phoenix strip club ordinance. But I understand that was not the problem. I understand the owner had to sell for financial reasons and the new owners are going from one extreme to the other extreme of virtually no touch. Too bad it was a place for wholesome good interaction while it lasted. Many customers seem to have gone to other clubs or to more full service sex workers if they are looking for more than tease or fantasy. One or our readers who was a regular said the crackdown was due to lots of sexual activity, such as blow jobs for $20 and drug and alcohol use by dancers was rampant in the dressing area. The place needed to be cleaned up before it got into serious problems with the city. The problem is it went from the too loose extreme to too restrictive.

Another reviewers update 11/96:
"You are being proved right on Alaska Bush. It is definitely less fun now (many of the previously mentioned dancers have quit). They even have a camera mounted in the center to monitor what happens in the booths. (That really makes things enjoyable!)."

2/21/97 Update
I visited again to see what it was like now that a new owner couple had bought it from Jack who had all sorts of problems.

I have a method of screening dancers that at least eliminates some of those that aren't interested in good touch. I stand off the bar area leading into the main lounge and if a dancer approaches me I nicely start doing a neck massage and many just melt into my arms. Others back away and I quickly stop any touch and nicely decline their request for a table dance.

Remember I am only looking at it from my own perspective of seeking places that can offer men good wholesome non-sexual intimacy and good touch. I am motivated by all the letters I continue to get from men that have thanked me for these types of reviews since its what they seek also.

I’ve been surprised by the number of young men who write that have hardly ever had any good physical intimacy (non-sexual) with women who are lonely for that more than just sex. Many have had good experiences with the dancers I’ve recommended in my reports over the years. It has been a genuinely therapeutic benefit and good loving human touch which so many want but have to settle for just the tease and titillation in our society and at many clubs.

If you like to just stare at cunts this will be more your place than mine The clubs new rules prohibits wholesome touch and only seeks to treat dancers as sex objects for men's viewing pleasure.

On the positive side, Tabatha (jokingly kidnapped me when I came in the door), Sia (tall larger black) and Tawny (slim) are very much my type of warm touch dancers who bend the rules a bit. I wish I knew nice women like these that were more full sex workers, and would share more intimacy even without sex with clients outside the club.

Savanna was sharp but wilder. Tiffany (from earlier review) moved to New Hampshire but still works here sometimes and is nice but mostly follows the no touch rules.

I had my worst experience with Donna who has been dancing here 9 years and seems to care less about any touch, although she said she enjoyed my neck/back massage. The worst part was I was only massaging her back while she was dancing, totally non-sexually and was only topless not even nude, when some dude came over and told me be careful where I touch since I'm on camera. I was doing far less with her than most of the others who wanted more of my touch. I was doing totally just non-sexual on the back massage, yet it violated the clubs no touch policy, which just as obviously is only selectively enforced.

It is a very nice club to meet dancers and I love it for its relaxed, friendly, and no tip pressure attitude. Some of the dancers are very nice, but for my interest their policies are far more restrictive now than other clubs and I recommend it mostly just for tease and titillation. The intimacy is nothing like what is available at say Eves or Body Shop yet still are within the law, unlike the old Alaskan Bush before 8/27/96 which was too open, but now too strict. Too bad since it does have a great atmosphere and could be a very good club for those seeking more non-sexual good touch intimacy.

7/12/97 Update
Still the same. Lots of cold plastic bodies but cameras and big bouncers enforce virtually no touch policy.

1/15/98 Update   Better! 
One of our good reviewers mentioned things might be getting better at the Bush..... Last time I went in July it was totally no touch.

I pulled into the parking lot at 1 am Thurs night and the lot was virtually full. This is a good sign since back in the no touch days business seemed to be way down. Well, reviewer was right..... It's now probably what it should be. I had wonderful intimacy experiences with all three dancers that I met. Port??? (attractive African American here 7 months from FL), Ashley and especially Kayla (who wants me to meet her Shaman massage friend turns out trained by Ina Gregory (laughing wind) who I know well and we have lots of people that go to her and Liberated Christians groups). She even had heard of me!

I saw no bouncers watching us. You can't touch breasts, butts or genitals (at least directly) but in my view I got more intimacy for the dollar than at any other club and all three responded to my touch and massage very very nicely. Also the bartendress Tanya greeting me knowing me from some of the other clubs. Kayla told me they had a meeting Thurs afternoon however and something about apparently a court order to enforce more strictly the new nude club ordinance. And they are supposed to be very careful how they let customer touch since they expect lots of vice cops to be visiting to be sure the rules are followed. But at least it seems they backed away from the total non-touch policy of the new owners in August 1996.

1/22/98 Update.  Dave visited for  a couple hours and had nude dances with 11 gorgeous young dancers.  9 of the 11 reacted wonderfully to my intimacy.  It was a fun experiment to meet different personalities etc and get such positive reactions to my high touch (within the limits allowed) intimacy.

March 98 Update
My favorite dancers  are Kaylal, Sia (very tall Afrio-American), & Tabatha  who are  good examples of "erotic intimacy" in her dance with high touch, within the limits.  We sort of did a beautiful dance together. Michelle, from Brazil is very attractive and enjoys good very deep massage.

I really appreciate the low tip pressure here and the $20 dance fee which offers much more than at any other club.   The reason for this and why they have 30-40 dancers every night with lots more wanting to be hired is they have the fairest compensation method.  The dancers pay a set stage fee (about $50 I believe).  They then KEEP ALL THEIR DANCE FEES.  This is so much different from other clubs where the dancer only gets a tiny part of the dance fee and has to rely on tips for most of her income.

The cameras are watching and some are more spooked than others.  The fact is if any man touches the dancers in the wrong areas, the dancer is fined $50 and can be fired. The video tapes off  all the action are reviewed.  It is the responsibility of the dancer to be sure no non-allowed touch takes place.  She is the one that gets in trouble not the customer.   See latest crackdown in Los Angles Strip Clubs  and how they now define TOUCH AS PROSTITUTION  which is very restrictive and we hope is never tried in Phoenix.

August 1998 Update: Big bouncers enforce virtually no touch policy, don't get anywhere near breasts or butts or they will make you sit on your hands!   Far too uptight with the constant concern of dancers of camera's where they can be fined or fired if any "near" breast or butt touch.