Burlesque performer Jonny Porkpie wrote the pulp tome (we covered Christa Faust's "The Money Shot" last year) and the book will be feted at the fetid Bleecker Street Theatre on November 21 and 28 with a stage presentation of "Corpse"'s plot performed by burlesque hoofers Dirty Martini, Jo Boobs, Madame Rosebud, and Clams Casino, as well as the book's cover models, Nasty Canasta and GiGi LaFemme.

When is the last time you saw one of your favorite storybooks enacted on stage? And was there almost-nudity in "Shrek On Ice"? No there wasn't.

· Lurid Lunch (pinchbottom.com)
· "The Corpse Wore Pasties" (hardcasecrime.com)

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Carmen Electra (taxidrivermovie.com)
Carmen Electra (taxidrivermovie.com)
Carmen Electra (taxidrivermovie.com)

Based in Melbourne, Prior travels to international burlesque shows and photographs the dancers on and offstage, capturing the joy of performance as well as the athleticism involved in keeping those pasties from launching into the crowd.

His new book "Titzen Blitzen!" is an available-light travelogue through London's week-long Burlesque Festival, which drew an international roster of dancers. Sado vamps to naughty maids play to crowds that range from elegant to rowdy, which says a lot about burlesque's place as a living art form, as a "body type"-neutral treat, and as a mirror of class structure.

And that's all well and good, but I liked the women.

Prior's site also contains a wealth of studio shots of burlesque performers without those awkward nipple-obscuring impediments.

· Michael Prior (michaelprior.com)

We just love Molly Crabapple and Dr Sketchy's Anti Art School. Because really, what's better than hot, scantily clad women dancing around? Hot, scantily clad women dancing around for art.

· Check out more on Amber Ray here. (amberray.net)

Okay, maybe it wasn't so much a lesson as a demonstration—but we think it's taught us all something very valuable: Ryan is both hot and talented. And we're pretty sure she could put someone's eye out with those tassels (which makes her even hotter, in our book).

· Josie Jacobs (josiejacobs.com)
· My Night With Ryan Keely (popporn.com)

· NYC Burlesque Pasties (burlesquepasties.blogspot.com, via Violet Blue)

· Lucy Fur Presents + Studio Lucio (lucyfurpresents.com + studiolucio.com, via Otomano)

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· "Sarah Palin Burlesque Routine" (YouTube)

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Tastie Pastie Covers Those Nipples Good (tastiepasties.com)
Though they don't really advertise their product as such, Seattle-based Tastie Pastie consistently makes pasties that are rather large. So if you've got big aerolas or feel a little shy about revealing the boobage in general, they're a good source. Their designs, like the pictured hula girl pasties, tend to the whismical and seem to largely be inspired by sales at craft stores. Not that that's a bad thing.

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Booby Bling: Pasties for A Heavy Metal Festival (boobybling.com)
Most pasties make boobies a little more glamorous and a little more mysterious: Are those nipples puffy? Are they big and dark? But somehow Booby Bling's pasties don't foster that same sense of wonderment. Instead, they conjure up images of drunk groupies vying for attention of long haired guitar players. This is not good. Also, they kind of look like they're really supposed to be patches that belong on stonewashed denim jackets and not boobs; we're not sure this is such a good thing either.

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Gothfox Does the Pastie Tradition Proud (gothfox.com)
No pastie roundup would be complete without some tried and true designs ... and Gothfox delivers these classic-style pasties pretty damn well. Most of their pasties are small and circular; many have tassles, and the fabrics are shiny and pretty. Plenty girly and perfect for pretty much any aspiring burlesque star!

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Sabina's Boobs Glitter for Titmore & Asspley (myspace.com/crystaltassels)
The cleverly (?) named Titmore & Asspley specializes in pasties with crystals; although they use crystals for other accessories in their line too, like high heels and lingerie, bejeweled boobies are their specialty. At the moment T&A only has a MySpace page insted of a full-fledged website, but it's still got some pastie-sporting models of note including Sabina (pictured) and longtime Fleshbot fave Maisumi Max. There's also some pretty aggressive language about their designs being copyrighted, which made us wonder how many ways you can design a pastie ... and how many people out there make a habit of stealing pastie designs. But what do we know? We're not the experts.

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Inside Pastie Making - Do It Yourself
Confessions of a Pastie Maker is a look inside the process of pasty making from someone who knows. And How to Make Your Own Pasties is, as the name suggests, a great tutorial (with pictures!) of how to make your own. So what are you waiting for?

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

· The Gong Show with Dave Attell (comedycentral.com)
Previously: Blast From The (TV) Past: The Popsicle Twins

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· "The World's Worst Stripper" (break.com)
· Sandy Kane on MySpace (myspace.com)
· Sandy Kane on the street (Flickr)

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· Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School (drsketchy.com)

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