Since we're drawn to words here at Fleshbot almost as much as we're turned on by a good sense of humor (looking at naked boobs all day is really just an excuse to write funny things about them, honest!), we were immediately intrigued by the title of Chicago artist K Leo's online portfolio. Finally, an art nude photographer who didn't take himself quite so seriously! Which isn't to say that the photos on display at Mirth And Beauty aren't professional or anything—on the contrary, they're among the most technically accomplished (and sexiest) art nudes we've come across lately. And while K Leo's definition of mirth may not include things like naked babes in clown makeup, there's still more than enough beauty in his work to make us smile. When one of your subjects is a Chicago burlesque performer named Kitten Kaboodle, it's hard not to.

• Mirth And Beauty: Artistic nudes and emotive portraiture by K Leo (mirthandbeauty.com, via Indie Nudes)
• Thumbnail star: Arwag)

The Gong Show Returns: Bring On The Naked Freaks!

It's not often we stumble across a story about a stripper who is old enough to be our grandmother, but to find two in one day—well, that just makes us think of our own aging relatives and that always kills the mood. It also makes us wonder if we'll still be blogging when we're 80, because the side-by-side tales of two strippers still shaking their goods for audiences past the age of 75 teaches us that if you find a job you're really good at, you might be stuck there for awhile. Maybe they've stopped doing acrobatic pole maneuvers—but if you strutted your stuff for Frank Sinatra and banged Elvis before he was bloated, you can pretty much call your own shots.

· Stripper to appear at Edinburgh Fringe (timesonline.co.uk, via nerve.com)
· Stripper, 80, still taking her clothes off (cnn.com — thanks B)

A Night At Madame Du Sketchy's

Porn Valley (Adjacent) Dispatch: Kylie Ireland Makes A Burlesque Of Her Porn Career

Many of us can't keep a job; sitting here at the tentacle bar of the China Star 2, we wonder how many of these ironically-bandannaed fry cooks will be here next week. But Kylie Ireland has been a porn star since the last century (she won AVN's Best New Starlet award in 1994) and this weekend she will bump and grind her way into your heart in her very first burlesque show.

Meet Cherry Bomb: Burlesque "Badass"

Exploring The "Demimonde" With Molly Crabapple

Do you ever find yourself longing for a simpler time — a time when breasts were real, pubic hair was full, and bras were pointy? Well, hop in your hotrod and head over to Dragstrip Groupies, a fantastic free site full of sexy video clips from the fifties, sixties, and seventies. We're not really sure where the dragstrip fits in to all of this — we did mention all that full pubic hair, right? — but honestly, we were too distracted by the boobs to care.

· Dragstrip Groupies (prettydirty.net/dragstripgroupies)

Previously: Sexploitation Clip Of The Week: "The Weird Lovemakers", 8-Track Porno: Is It Smut Or Is It Memorex?, God Bless Lili St. Cyr!, Betty Weider: Queen Of The Fitness Babes, Sleaze From The 70s: "Malabimba - The Malicious Whore"

"The Lovely Mistresses" Calendar Party: Mission Accomplished!

Not only is our wall already overflowing with 2008 calendars, our own social calendar is filling up with parties to celebrate these 2008 calendars. OK, so this isn't really a trend yet, but if we can find a way to get invited to more shindigs like the one for "The Lovely Mistresses of George W. Bush"—most of whom just happen to be super sexy burlesque queens—then our holidays are going to be much, much jollier. Video go-getter Nick McGlynn was at Madame X in Manhattan this past Saturday and surveyed the collateral damage.

· "The Lovely Mistresses of George W. Bush" 2008 Calendar (thingstolookat.com)