Brett Ratner Hearts "Big Penis"
We don't traffic in much gossip at Fleshbot—we leave that to our colleagues to the
east and west—but Page Six
just informed us that the biggest celeb to show up for LA's launch of
Taschen's "Big Penis Book" was dreamy A-list Hollywood director/producer and noted
gay sex expert Brett Ratner, who purchased
five copies. Which tells us one of three interesting things: (1) Brett is a size queen; (2)
Chad Hunt doesn't bring out the crowds like he used to (though he probably does better than
some people), and/or (3) the Post is making a subtle critique of Ratner's bearish heft or a subtle compliment on Ratner's hefty wang. Let the speculation and rumormongering begin! (NYPost.com)
rabbit rabbit
Did you know that July is National Bikini Month? (We actually thought that was every month, but we promise to make our two-piece swimwear posts extra special for the next 30 days or so.) As we learned back in May, pretty much every day is a reason to celebrate something—whether it's National Ice Cream Day (July 18), National Lollipop Day (July 20), or National Chocolate Day (July 7). Some days even give you more than one reason to set off fireworks, like July 4th, which is both U.S. Independence Day and Independence From Meat Day. ("Where The Boys Aren't, Volume 232"). That doesn't even cover Canadian Independence Day, Restless Leg Syndrome Education and Awareness Week (July 18-25), Be Nice To New Jersey Week (aka "Give A Guido A Blowjob Before July 7" Week), something called Wood Wagon Day (July 21; don't ask), and Freedom From Fear of Public Speaking Day. You know, the day when you picture everyone you know naked. (It's July 2.)
There's even more where that came from below, but whatever day it is be sure to visit Fleshbot, where it's always July 23. (aka "Too Hot To Handle" Day!)
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Malcolm McLaren Brings Porn Back To Times Square
Malcolm McLaren has shocked the world — or at least the media — with his recently announced plan to spend the summer
screening dirty movies in Times Square. Which sounds awesome, except for the fact that all the nudity and naughty bits have been completely edited out of the clips in question. We're sure there's some deep artistic meaning to the whole thing—but we'll probably just spend the summer at home in the AC watching real porn. You know, like we generally do. (nydailynews.com)
Reading For Filth: All-Naked Edition!
It's Thursday! Which means it's almost Friday! Which is practically the weekend! And this weekend is extra special because the next "Reading for Filth" event well be held on Saturday, June 28 in NYC: in addition to readings by some of the most talented porn writers you'll ever
wank to hear, the press release promises that"Audience members may also check their clothing and go bare if they so choose." Try and stop us. (No, really:
try and stop us.) And as an added bonus, we're told that scenes from
William Friedkin's controversial film "Cruising" were shot in the very loft space where the reading is being held! Of course, the promoters also insist that Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of "Cruising"'s release, and we think
that ain't right. But as Roz Russell once said: who
cares, Edith? Isn't naked literature enough? (Press release via
Joe.My.God; additional info at
Time Out New York)
you are there
We'll admit it: We are not always good gays. We don't own anything by A&F. We've been known to forsake Pride parades for poker night. And someone in this office claims never to have bought a Madonna album—not even a measly cassette single! Yes, we are Bad Gays Indeed. But we're determined to do better, starting by trying to become more familiar with Broadway fare like plays and musicals and ... uh, whatever else those theater queens theatrical aficionados of our acquaintance are always going on about. Unsurprisingly, you can thank last weekend's Broadway Bares event for our change of heart: who'd have thought guys who spend six nights and a couple of afternoons each week singing and dancing and sweating like maniacs would look so amazingly hot with no clothes on? (Our only complaint is that despite the title, there ain't a bear in sight. Except maybe Nathan Lane, but we're not sure he counts.)
· Broadway Bares 18: Wonderland (photos by Tomas Vrzala @ vrzala.com)
· Broadway Bares (broadwaycares.org)
More hot naked Broadway action with a bunch of jokes we don't get (except the Sean Cody one) after the jump.
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art
ArtFagCity interviews art provocateur and S&M savant Nayland Blake, who discourses on everything from art history to queer history to racial and gender politics and more. (In fact, he's so smart and so dreamy that he'd probably even know how to help us hook up our laptops to the snazzy new inkjet printer in the utility closet Fleshbot media room—but sadly, like HP online support, he ain't telling.) Blake's latest project is the current show at New York's Monya Rowe Gallery called "The Guys We Would Fuck", in which he's selected a group of artists who will be submitting pictures of (surprise!) guys they would, in theory, fuck; gallery and online visitors can then create their own 'zines of their favorites. All of which sounds really sexy in a Tiger Beat sort of way. Now if only Mr. Blake could help us find someone to help us with that printer ...
· The Guys We Would Fuck: An Interview With Nayland Blake (artfagcity.com)
· Monya Rowe Gallery (monyarowegallery.com)
Fleshbot Calendar Helps Keep Your Life Sexy
Planning something kinky this weekend? Maybe a trip to your favorite strip club, followed by a flogging party or two? Or maybe you're just hoping to ogle a pornstar up close? Check out the
Fleshbot Events Calendar and see if something strikes your fancy ... though in the case of a flogging party hopefully you'll get more than just your fancy struck. (And remember to submit your own events to calendar [at] fleshbot [dot] com so everyone can join the fun.)
Spencer Tunick: Still With The Naked People
People do all kinds of funny things in their heads—math problems, hot
mechanic fantasies, hearing strange voices—but what we love most of all is when they rationalize their burning desire to get buck naked in the service of art.
Spencer Tunick is a master at encouraging grandmothers and other typically unassailable types to show off the goods, and now he's taken his gift for blarney to the source:
Ireland's Blarney Castle. No sign of Bono yet, which is probably a good thing. (news.bbc.co.uk)
The Exxxotica Miami Show has been so successful that the folks behind it are planning to expand with
the first Exxxotica New York show, a "three day erotic event" coming this September. The theme is "Sexiness in the City," which makes perfect sense except that the show is actually taking place in
New Jersey. Go Giants! (exxxoticany.com)
movies
100 years in the future, when sex is illegal and the Grand Canyon is a ghetto, a group of astronauts embark on a mission that ultimately leads to self-discovery (with a fair amount of naked flesh thrown in for good measure). This labor of love sci-fi comedy exploitation film combines snippets of dozens of public domain B movies—as well as, horrifyingly, a U.S. government syphilis primer—to tell a story that stars everyone from Mamie Van Doren and Basil Rathbone to Fleshbot Crush Object
TM Puma Swede. "Sex Galaxy" premiers at Hollywood's New Beverly Cinema June 26; check out the trailer after the gap.
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Strippers And Expos And Jenna ... Oh My!
Are you easily bored? Do you crave adventure, intrigue and dangerous excitement? Well, you probably won't find any of those things on the
Fleshbot Calendar this weekend, but you probably can find some naked strippers or a pornstar or two. Or maybe just some fellow
pervs business associates to talk shop with. Or you can always start planning ahead for the hot summer months to come. You can't live solely on online "entertainment," can you? (OK, maybe you can.) Remember, if there's an event you'd like to see featured, send the info to calendar [at] fleshbot [dot] com.
If you don't have any plans for the weekend yet, you might want to consider
partying with Jenna Jameson: after all, what could be more fun than heading down to Florida, putting on some lingerie, drinking champagne, and hanging out with the world's most famous porn star? (Okay, we can think of a few things, but we'll take what we can get.) (nationalledger.com)
you are there
Foot massagers! Motörhead shirts! Wearable bongs! If these don't say "erotic" to you, you probably still need porn stars for stimulation.
All right. Erotica L.A. had those, too, in its three-day consumer fleshly bazaar at the L.A. Convention Center. But for those of us with more refined libidos, there was also a booth selling Egyptian cotton sheets. And if you need to ask how those are erotic, you've never jerked off to Lemmy Kilmister.
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