Pinched: Sex, Love and Countercultures Festival in Amsterdam

Posted at 12:26 PM Jun 30, 2008

On Saturday, June 21st academics, performers, and thinking perverts gathered in Amsterdam at Paradiso to discuss sexuality and porn, as well as to dance, mingle, and watch terrific performances at the culminating event in the Pinched festival.

Naked City TV got the inside scoop from Marije Janssen, the festival's organizer. This episode also features a taste of what some of the more boobtastic performances were like, including Annie Sprinkle's famous Bosom Ballet and the messy antics of The Drag King Fem Show.

--Audacia Ray

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Drag King Fem Show: Gender Fucking Zombie Burlesque

Posted at 2:52 PM Jun 25, 2008

I first became acquainted with the Drag King Fem Show at the Berlin Porn Film Festival in October 2007, when they were performing as a duo. Wendy Delorme (the blonde) & Louise Deville (the reanimated corpse in this video) did some performances then that left quite an impression. Though they appear at first glance to be your standard issue burlesque girls, they aren't afraid of a little on stage piss, food, and cock sucking.

This video shows a performance they did as their finale at the Pinched Festival. True to the title of this post, it involves zombie action, burlesque, gender play, and a little sacrilege for good measure. Drag King Fem Show makes me want to run away to Paris (where they are based) and make crazy pornographic performance art.

--Audacia Ray

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Xaviera Hollander on Being the Happy Hooker

Posted at 10:41 AM Jun 24, 2008

Xaviera Hollander just hosted a big 65th birthday bash for herself at her Bed & Breakfast in Amsterdam, and in this episode of Naked City TV she reflects on how Amsterdam's red light district is changing, plus her perceptions of the sex industry and the ways that the Happy Hooker brand has unexpectedly grown.

If you're near Philadelphia this week, Robert Dunlap's documentary on Xaviera is premiering at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival. It's called Xaviera Hollander, the Happy Hooker: Portrait of a Sexual Revolutionary and it debuts on June 27th - and the lady in question will be in attendance. There's a trailer for the doc after the jump.

--Audacia Ray

...read on

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Christen Clifford: (What I Know About) My Parents' Sex Life

Posted at 11:24 AM Jun 16, 2008

From nursing homes to granny porn, from her father's Viagra prescription to her mother's racy letters: award-winning solo performer Christen Clifford takes you on a journey through senior sexuality. (What I Know About) My Parents' Sex Life a.k.a. Fuck Me Like It's 1945 is Christen's second solo theater piece about family life and sexuality. It's something of a follow up piece to her BabyLove, which is enjoying an extended run at The Green Room (45 Bleecker Street) through July 27th.

Naked City TV got a sneak peek at the new piece last week and got to watch Christen do her first full run through of My Parents' Sex Life in front of an audience.

Christen is doing four performances of the piece at PS 122 (150 First Avenue):
Thursday June 19 @ 9pm
Saturday June 21 @ 9pm
Sunday June 22 @ 4pm
Wednesday June 25 @ 9pm

--Audacia Ray

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Eric Kroll: Collecting and Photographing Fetish

Posted at 12:05 PM Jun 09, 2008

Fetish photographer Eric Kroll is nothing short of a legend. His 1994 Taschen book "Fetish Girls" sold 200,000 copies and got a lot of people curious about the world of fetish erotica. But Eric isn't just a photographer, he's also a self-proclaimed obsessive collector. His collection of the erotic photography of Weegee and Elmer Batters is on display next to his own work at the Anna Kustera Gallery in Chelsea through July 3rd.

Naked City TV got a peek at the pieces on display in Chelsea, where Eric revealed what compels him to collect certain images. The photographer also spins a few tales about both his work and the stuff he collects, and talks about how he feels about explicit porn.

Last but not least: the lovely lady you see cavorting in the background is Molly D'Amour, a performer and model from Los Angeles.

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Babeland Brooklyn Before Opening Day

Posted at 11:18 AM Jun 02, 2008

Over the past ten years, women-owned sex toy boutique Babeland has been a staple of the sex positive scene in New York. The SoHo location of the store has been named "Best Customer Service" by Zagats due to their intense attention to detail and commitment to making people feel at ease with their sexuality. This week, Babeland is opening up their third location - in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Naked City TV got a personal tour from co-founder Claire Cavanah, who helps us to imagine how the construction site will become home to a new sex positive mecca in Park Slope.

Babeland Brooklyn officially opens its doors at noon on Tuesday, June 3rd. It's located at 462 Bergen Street, between 5th and Flatbush Avenues. They'll be hosting their an official grand opening part on Sunday, June 15th - the first 50 people to walk through the door on that day get free Babeland silver bullets!

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Michele Capozzi: Tour Guide to NYC's Underground

Posted at 11:03 PM May 26, 2008

Now in his early 60s, Italian-born Michele Capozzi has spent the last 30 years exploring the sexy parts of New York. Since he's all about sharing, he's also made a living off of showing people around. After hours clubs, private BDSM parties, dinners with porn stars - Michele has seen (and done) it all.

In this episode of Naked City TV, Michele ruminates on the ways sex in New York has changed since he moved here in 1978. We also get a peek at a piece of Manhattan not many people know about, the boat basin off the Upper West Side - which is where Michele calls home.

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GrappleDen: Underground Erotic Wrestling Club

Posted at 4:04 PM May 19, 2008

Grappling -or wrestling, to the eyes of commoners- is both an art and a sport, though it gets its share of bad press and mockery. Female wrestling in particular gets the short end of the stick. Lady wrestlers like the Doom Maidens, who train other female wrestlers, harness the power of their sexuality and athleticism to do fetish wrestling and mixed (man vs woman) matches. The niche they fill has an interesting balance of sexy and sporty, without being wholly in one camp or the other.

Naked City paid a visit to the GrappleDen party in Hell's Kitchen, where a mix of competitive, exhibition, fetish, and just plain fun wrestling matches take place one Wednesday night every month. They may have silly (and skin-baring) costume themes, but their training and enthusiasm for grappling is real.

--Audacia Ray

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Inside Fred Harper's Painting Studio

Posted at 2:23 PM May 12, 2008

Fred Harper's pop surrealist paintings burst off the canvas with a blast of color, machinery, and sex. Naked City TV paid a visit to his studio in Williamsburg to get a sneak peek of the work he'll be presenting at his upcoming show at Last Rites Gallery.

Cyberdine: Fred Harper & Christopher Conte
Opening Reception: Saturday, 5/17/08, 7:00pm-10:00pm.
Show runs May 17th thru June 29th
Location: Last Rites Gallery, 511 W. 33rd Street, between 10th & 11th Avenues (3 blocks from Penn Station), 3rd floor, New York, NY 10001

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Bondage Bed Design in Williamsburg

Posted at 7:12 PM May 05, 2008

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Furniture designer Sullivan Walsh crafts one of a kind pieces out of his studio in Williamsburg. He is also a bondage enthusiast. You can see where this is going, right?

After spending some time looking at bondage furniture online, he decided that the only way to get a classy, discreet piece of furniture that met his bondage needs was to make one himself.

In this episode of Naked City, we visit the workshop where all the magic happens.

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