In case you’ve missed it, our friends over at Fleshbot recently held their first annual Fleshbot Awards in a stylish New York club called The Box, and from all Twitter reports it was an entertaining if a little bizarre night. Sasha Gray (not attending) shared crossover porn/mainstream honors with Levi Johnston (attending). Yes, the non son-in-law of the former governor of Alaska Sarah ‘Nailin’ Palin and future Playgirl pin-up was there to enjoy the smutty accolades along with the rest of the usual suspects. Sexiest advertising award went to American Apparel and sexiest TV Show went to True Blood, so make of all that what you will. Congratulations do go out to Joanna Angel who was there along with her sexy party girls and walked away with the Fan Choice Award for being this year’s Sexiest Female, although I’d hate to see what would happen if a site’s Supreme Commandress didn’t get a win. Here is a video. It’s almost like you got an invitation!
From the looks of the amount of Swag you girls already have rolling in for the big NYC release party on November 6th, you could outfit a small nation of sexed up literati. Not to take away anything from the genuinely brainy writers featured in this project, I do have to wonder sometimes if we’ve reached the point yet where calling nearly every female sex blogger an intellectual comes across about as condescending as calling an athlete articulate.
The 2010 NYC Sex Blogger Calendar is unique in bringing together several of NYC’s writers, filmmakers and sex educators with twelve outstanding photographers and incorporating the participation of the larger sex-positive commUNITY to our efforts to support Sex Work Awareness. Last year’s calendar made the Speak Up! media training for sex workers possible and with our commUNITY’s continued support, who knows what we can accomplish this year!
A while back, I wrote a post about how Blue Blood’s Amelia G was speaking on a panel at Vampire Con and then she and Blue Blood’s Forrest Black were setting up a location studio at the closing party. The pictures they shot that night are now up in a free Vampire Con portrait gallery, along with a write-up of the event written by Amelia G. I laughed out loud at the humorous part of the article where she talks about meeting Dennis Hof from HBO’s Cathouse show there. I watch Cathouse from time to time and it is about the goings-on at a swanky legal brothel called The Bunny Ranch in Nevada. It seems Dennis Hof brought a Transylvanian escort to Vampire Con and she was one of the many people photographed in the Blue Blood event studio that night.
Amelia G from Blue Blood will be speaking at Vampire-Con this weekend on a panel called Hot-Blooded: Vampires & Sexuality at 1pm at the Henry Fonda Theater. Sunday night, from approximately 8:30pm to 1am, Blue Blood’s Amelia G and Forrest Black will have a location studio set up on the roof at Vampirella’s Ball to photograph the most fabulous attendees. As a big fan of True Blood, Twilight, and Amelia G and Forrest Black’s photography, I will be looking forward to those pictures. (pic below is from the VampireCon, not Blue Blood)
It is no secret that I love the vampire genre. I received Honors at Wesleyan University for my thesis on vampire legends as a paradigm for aggressive human sexuality. And I would like the record to show that I will be speaking on exactly that topic this weekend at Vampire Con in Hollywood. I’ll be taking part in the panel programming Sunday afternoon, after the movie nights, and before Vampirella’s Ball (more on this in a moment.) I’m excited that Wendi Mirabella and Lotti Pharriss Knowles have put Vampire-Con together.
The panel I am on is called Hot-Blooded: Vampires & Sexuality and is at 1pm at the Henry Fonda Theater on Hollywood Blvd. It will be moderated by David J. Skal, Author of Hollywood Gothic and V Is For Vampire: The A-Z Guide Of Everything Undead. I’m especially excited that Pam Keesey, who I’m looking forward to catching up with will be on the panel. She is the editor of multiple anthologies of lesbian vampire tales, Women Who Run with the Werewolves: Tales of Blood, Lust, and Metamorphosis, and Vamps: An Illustrated History of the Femme Fatale. Pam Keesey has a very engaging personality, has published yours truly, and once gave me a tour of Forrest Ackerman’s memorabilia collection. Other panelists are Hal Bodner, author of Bite Club: A West Hollywood Vampire Tale, filmmaker Fred Olen Ray from The Lair, actress Celeste Yarnall, best known at a vamp convention for her role in The Velvet Vampire, but who has appeared in everything from Melrose Place to Star Trek, and best-selling author, comic book writer, and filmmaker Donald F. Glut who recently directed the Elizabeth Bathory-inspired movie Blood Scarab. And we’ll be talking about vampire sex.
That evening, at the same venue, from 8:30pm to 1am, there will be Vampirella’s Ball. The music will be provided by DJ Xian and DJ Gary Calamar, music supervisor of HBO’s True Blood and KCRW radio DJ. Vampire Con describes the appropriate attire saying, “Costumes are thoroughly encouraged – Vampires, Victorian, Edwardian, Steampunk, Bohemian, Tribal, Gypsy.”
Forrest Black and I will have a location studio set up to photograph people involved in the event, revelers who most exemplify the themes of the event, and our close personal friends (i.e. not everyone, but photographic subjects best for doing press coverage on Vampire Con.) If we know you from online, please come find us on the roof Sunday night (or at my panel during the day) and say hello and where we know you from. I’m looking forward to running into tons of cool people at this event. Our favorite photos from the evening will of course appear here on BlueBlood.net.
Someday I hope to be able to make it to more of these kinds of parties because this sounds like a great night. There are so many people I’d love to meet. If any of you go, please take some pictures and send them to us! We lover everything April Flores does and we here at APN wish her the best night, along with all the artists and creative types that will be out for this. It sounds like SO much fun.
I am thrilled to announce that "The April Flores Toy Exhibit" will be at La Luz de Jesus Gallery May 13th!!! This show uses plaster molds of my toy as a canvas for my favorite artists to paint in their style. La Luz has been one of my favorite gallerys for many years now and it’s truly amazing that the show will be at this gallery. If you are in the LA area, please come out!
Here is the press release with all the details! Hope to see you there!
TOPCO SALES SPONSORS APRIL FLORES EXHIBIT
April Flores’ Love Toy is Canvas for Eight World-Renown Artists in Single Night Gallery Show
Topco Sales presents a unique, one-night-only exhibit featuring limited edition artist renditions of leading Big Beautiful Women (BBW) star April Flores’ Voluptuous CyberSkin Love Toy. Eight, world-renown, Los Angeles-based artists are designing one-of-a-kind creations, using plaster molds of the April Flores toy as their canvas. Participating artists include Axis, Carlos Batts, COOP, Jim Mahfood, Kime Buzzelli, Kozy & Dan, Misha, and Small Paul. The exhibit will take place on May 13th at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, and will be curated by Carlos Batts.
"Creative interpretations of the female anatomy are fundamental to art," explains Carlos Batts, Curator. "Specifically, this project was inspired by the irony of Jeff Koons’ work and the playfulness of the Dunny movement, as well as by April herself. In this exhibit, April provides the blank canvas on which each artist has the opportunity to express his or her vision."
April Flores has starred in numerous films and has been featured in countless magazines. Voted one of Fleshbot’s Crush Objects, she has a massive and rabid following within the BBW fan community. She is the first BBW star to be molded by Topco Sales.
"When Topco Sales molded April to make her toy, we knew we were breaking new ground. Partnering with her and C. Batts FLY to present this exhibit seems like a natural next step," says Desiree Duffie, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for Topco Sales. "This show provides an inspired arena in which to play with such provocative issues as beauty, sexuality, intimacy, pleasure toys and more. I can’t wait to see each artist’s work."
April Flores’ popularity, visibility, and name recognition ensure hearty demand for a piece of her. The eight April Flores pieces will be unveiled for the first time, and made available for sale, on the evening of the event. Each artist will invoke his or her signature style in designing a one-of-a-kind creation.
Axis is a provocative graphic illustrator and graffiti artist known for his bold images.
Carlos Batts is an accomplished film director, producer, and artist, who claims April Flores as his muse.
Known for smoking devils and outrageous monsters adorning everything from t-shirts to skate boards and album covers, COOP is an integral part of subversive LA art scene.
Jim Mahfood is a prolific comic book artist and member of the prestigious new Artsprojekt.
Kim Buzzelli combines fashion, music and witchcraft to design evocative paintings, illustrations and installations.
The mad-scientist pairing of Kozy & Dan results in unforgettable graphic designs, hip clothing and the Bunnyfish.
Misha is equally famous for her Large Eye, Japanese-inspired takes on famous figures and her brilliantly detailed tattoo art.
New Wave rocker and artist Small Paul has left his mark on countless celebrities as a highly sought after tattoo artist.
"Celebrating my phenomenal new Voluptuous CyberSkin Toy with all these amazing artists in the flourishing LA art scene is a dream come true," states April Flores. "I am so excited and honored by this event and, I promise, the unveiling of the pieces is going to be a must-see!"
The newly released April Flores’ Voluptuous CyberSkin Toy, in the Wildfire Celebrity Series, is molded directly from Ms. Flores’ private parts. CyberSkin replicates the look and feel of human flesh more closely than any other product on the market. It is waterproof, phthalate free, and manufactured by Topco Sales.
The unique April Flores Toy Exhibit will take place on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009, from 7-to-9 p.m. It is open to the public. No reservations are necessary. The La Luz de Jesus Gallery is located at 4633 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.
We got the notice on this a little too late to get our papers in order this year, but this will definitely be on my travel wish list come next January. The Amsterdam Alternative Erotica Film Festival just ran, from January 15th through the 18th, in Roetersstraat Amsterdam. This is the second one that they have done, annually, and the event is growing very quickly. The list of screenings and panels is very impressive and looks like a great time with some really unique and creative things to see and experience. Lots of artist/director talks, performances, and as always, too many hot looking after parties for one weekend. Check out the site, it’s got a lot of little video interviews from the event. Maybe we’ll see you there next year.
The first Dutch film festival entirely dedicated to alternative, artistic and radical erotica, returns! Big-screen sexuality coming from a myriad of different angles and artistic perspectives, to celebrate a positive appreciation of the erotic in all of its richness and diversity.
April Flores, AKA FattyD, is always up to something fun and delicious and she’ll be celebrating the release of her sexy new video by acclaimed visual artist Carlos Batts on November 16th November 30th, in Hollywood, California. They were even nice enough to put our blurb on the party announcement! Wish we could go. Maybe we need to send some of our Hollywood ‘people’ over there to have fun for us by proxy. Friends and industry peeps should be sure to RSVP for the party in time, and even if you are not able to go, be sure to check out the sexy video. April has a great playful sexual vibe and we’re really looking forward to seeing her and her friends in this new release.
Speaking of Burning Angel news, Forrest Black from Blue Blood, was cool enough to drop us this cute shot of himself with Joanna over at the Burning Angel Porny Monster video release party in Los Angeles. He said he had a pleasant time and the video might be fun as well. You can read a bit more about it on BlueBlood.net.
Congratulations to our AltPorn video compatriots, looks like you guys did a little better this year. Jack the Zipper won Best Director (Non-Feature) for Blacklight Beauty, which also by some rare twist actually tied with VCA’s Neu Wave Hookers for Best All Sex Release. Joanna’s Angels 2: Alt Throttle managed to win Best Sex Comedy. I hope they knew it was a comedy when they were making it. Special shout out goes to our friend Buck Angel for taking home the Transsexual Performer of the Year, although I think they might need to split that out into FTM and MTF at some point. Oh yes, and my personal favorite category, Most Outrageous Sex Scene, went to Girlvert 11 for it’s “Meat Is Murder” scene featuring Ashley Blue, Amber Wild & Steve French. For those of you that might want to check out these titles, Best Retail Website – Rentals went to WantedList.com and Best Retail Website – Sales was given to AdultDVDEmpire.com.
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Topco Sales presents a unique, one-night-only exhibit featuring limited edition artist renditions of leading Big Beautiful Women (BBW) star April Flores’ Voluptuous CyberSkin Love Toy. Eight, world-renown, Los Angeles-based artists are designing one-of-a-kind creations, using plaster molds of the April Flores toy as their canvas. Participating artists include Axis, Carlos Batts, COOP, Jim Mahfood, Kime Buzzelli, Kozy & Dan, Misha, and Small Paul. The exhibit will take place on May 13th at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, and will be curated by Carlos Batts.
April Flores has starred in numerous films and has been featured in countless magazines. Voted one of Fleshbot’s Crush Objects, she has a massive and rabid following within the BBW fan community. She is the first BBW star to be molded by Topco Sales.
