Vinapu kindly provided the answer in the second post.
I am not aware of any rule which says people can't wear underwear on stage, or essentially the same clothing they wear on the beach. This doesn't matter when dealing with a mafia extortion racket.
About 100metres down the road, you regularly see ladies OUTSIDE their bars in skimpy underwear. But they probably paid the tea money in brown notes.
I bet you can find bars with cocks on show and other bars with naked ladies.
Agreed. And I won't be paying gogo prices to watch what I can see on the street for free.
The boy drinks in the Jomtien host bars vary between 140 & 160, with 150 as the norm.
The boys get 50 or 60 baht per drink.
In many of the bars, that's all they get from the bar, so they can come & go as they please.
I agree the prices at Pikkys are on the high side.
I usually tip 200, or more if there for several drinks.