Clowns, feet, cigarettes, and latex are fair game for fetishists

The one porn video I own that always gets a comment, and usually an incredulous stare, is The Sex Lives of Clowns. "What?" people ask, followed by "Why do you have that?" As to the latter-it was in the bargain bin at Hustler Hollywood once, and I was curious.

To answer the first question, I approached Ouchy the Clown: "People who are bored with traditional doms choose me." Who else? "People who enjoy a good belly laugh, are scared to death of clowns, or who appreciate the weird." If you fall into those categories, you can hire Ouchy for hot-wax play, straight-razor shaving, or making you laugh until you cry-literally, if that's your thing. "For some it's just the unexpected things a weird adult clown comes up with during play that makes them laugh and surprises them," he says.(Click here for more)

SG on DVD! If it were for rent, it'd be somewhere between special interest and the swinging doors.

"I don't know how to explain it; It's not dancing... 'cause we all kinda suck at dancing." - Reagan (Suicide Girl). We were having a hard time deciding how to start this feature. The Suicide Girls themselves are rather difficult to describe; their live show, moreso.

And we're of the school that says, when describing a DVD, it helps to understand the subject matter portrayed in said DVD. Crazy us. So maybe we should just leave the subject matter at that: like dancing, but not quite. (Click here for more)

Sex plaza in Mexico gives new meaning to strip mall - Cultural taboos are tested in a new era of freedom

MEXICO CITY - Which of these landmarks doesn't belong in Mexico City's historic center?
a. The Palace of Fine Arts
b. The Cathedral
c. The new sex plaza with 80,000 square feet of strip clubs, adult-movie theaters and boutiques stocked with sex toys

The angry buzz is that a blatant sex beacon has no place in the heart of this centuries-old city, setting the stage for a showdown over this month's opening of the first sex mall in Latin America. (Click here for more)

Notes from the Sexual Underground

Lisa Vandever isn't like most people working the sexual underground. For one thing, she came to her role as co-founder and director of the CineKink Film Festival from the world of legit indies.

Also, Vandever isn't trying to sell you anything. Tickets to Cinekink-which kicks off this coming Tuesday with a party at Remote Lounge before heading to Anthology Film Archives through that Saturday, with an awards ceremony on Sunday evening at a yet undisclosed location-are cheap. (Click here for more)

Hester Nash curates one of the largest collections of porno-bilia on the Net

There's something sexy about a girl caught off guard. That's one of the reasons that my favorite pinup artist is Gil Elvgren. Many of his paintings from the '40s, '50s, and '60s feature a woman doing an ordinary task - barbecuing, watering the lawn, shopping-when all of a sudden, her skirt is pulled up, revealing stockings and garters, and maybe offering a peek at panties.

A taste of vintage erotica
photo: Courtesy of RetroRaunch.com

The woman looks shocked but never horrified, and there is always a bit of smile in the O of her perfectly painted lips. The scenes are charming and campy; that the artist had to create the pretense of why we're suddenly seeing up some girl's skirt is, well, sweet. It's simultaneously voyeuristic and innocent, since the setup implies that as a viewer, I just saw something I wasn't supposed to. Except for an occasional look at bare breasts, there's very little nudity. Yet Elvgren's images are really sexy to me, in spite of and because of their old-fashioned naughtiness. (Click here for more)

THE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH SEX SHOW SPICES UP TORONTO OCTOBER 21 - 23, 2005

From Friday, October 21st, 2005 to Sunday, October 23rd, 2005, the Automotive Building at Exhibition Place will heat up with the sixth annual Everything To Do With Sex Show (ETDWSS).

The show aims to spearhead a new openness and appreciation for romance, sensuality, sexuality and self-improvement by featuring seminars and exhibitors in a fun and non-threatening environment. (Click here for more)

The lobby walls of the Rosslyn Spectrum are dripping blood, strings of scarlet fabric oozing down to the floor, giving audiences a shivery indication of what is to come. And Synetic Theater's fever-dream vision of the Dracula legend delivers -- and then some -- in an erotic and highly charged production directed by Paata Tsikurishvili, with sensuous choreography by Irina Tsikurishvili.

The palette of the piece is stark black with slashes of white, with blood splashes of red that startle and enervate. The music varies from the sacred to the operatic, but it is always thundering to match the overall high drama of the play. (Click here for more)

What's a South Florida grandma to do with 4,000 pieces of erotic art? Flaunt it!

Naomi Wilzig's foray into collecting erotic art began as a favor to her son.

The 70-year-old grandmother had collected fine antiques for decades. And when her son requested that she select a few naughtier baubles for his apartment,

Wilzig responded by purchasing a Japanese pillow book or shunga -- 25 brilliantly colored pictures depicting the more carnal of delights. (Click here for more)

DominationWeb is a new dating site for the BDSM/Fetish community. It uses the latest technologies to provide its members with an easy-to-use, fast and safe environment for meeting like-minded people.

The majority of the members are from the UK. There are currently more than 2,000 members. (Click here for more)

KEY CLUB Hosts the 9th Annual Halloween Masquerade Ball Presented by Club Make-Up and Fetish Ball on Saturday, October 29, 2005

Club Make-Up and Fetish Ball present the 9th Annual Halloween Masquerade Ball on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005 at Key Club. The night will feature performances by the Make-Up All Stars with special guests and a sexy fashion show featuring corsets by Puimond Progressive Corset Design.

The Plush VIP room will be hosted by Showtime’s new series “Masters of Horror.” Doors for the event open at 9:00 PM and tickets are $15.00. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Key Club box office at 310-274-5800 or by visiting www.ticketmaster.com. (Click here for more)