Edmonton Journal
Saturday, February 26, 2005
Page: D4
Section: Ed
Byline: Olivia Cheng
Source: Freelance

The Standard, 6111 104th St.

You'd think a party featuring the incredibly successful franchise of "Girls Gone Wild" would draw hundreds of fame-hungry porn star potentials like moths to a flame.

The Standard is one of the city's busiest bars and usually attracts legions of wickedly wild girls who practically bust out of their tops anyway.

Which makes it strange that the "official" GGW parties two weeks ago was surprisingly disappointing, with the crowd breaking down to about 90 per cent dick, 10 per cent chick.

Maybe girls were scared off when the fire department showed up to check on the crowd size. Or maybe the usual clientele was overwhelmed by the hopeful hordes clutching Mardi Gras beads.

Whatever, plenty of dejected dudes stomped out by night's end complaining about the lame event and higher-than-usual $10 cover charge, grumbling things like: "What a rip off!", "It's a weenie fest in there!" and "There's no girls going wild!"

Au contraire on that last point. Yes, it looked like a gay club inside with the strangely disproportionate number of guys dancing to the top 40 tunes, but all a fella had to do to catch the limited action was follow the GGW cameramen.

Within minutes of arriving, I watch two girls in matching white tank tops and runners climb atop a stage, pull out their breasts, and knead them like they're milking the hell out of their 15 seconds of fame.

Not to be outdone, another unzips her fly and beckons the camera by wiggling her perky butt at the lens.

Beyond the cheeky display, I spot a second cameraman cruising the main bar along one side of the room. He stops to film a pretty brunette who lifts her white top and jumps up and down to get the jiggle factor going.

Each time a girl flaunted herself, guys who barely look old enough to rent adult flicks flocked over to gawk, whistle, and offer up strands of beads.

Overall, this party was more whack than wild -- especially compared to a regular night.

Usually, the cavernous club is packed with shoulder to shoulder traffic of gorgeous girls decked out in the latest Forever XXI fashions. Whether they flirt with guys turned out in fitted jeans and slick shirts, guzzle highballs at any one of the three main bars or groove to the thumping music on the multi-level dance floor, Standard girls can usually be counted on to provide a bountiful buffet of eye candy.

Besides, if you're still bummed over GGW's lacking live action strip-a-thon, you can re-live the dirty deeds when the highlights come out on DVD.
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