Mr. Fleshlight
Photo credit: Jack Davies
"Between the airport and his office, he began to redesign the product in his mind. 'I knew that it would have to be portable; it had to be small; it had to be able to fit easily into the hand so that it could facilitate the use of the product. I thought, Guys are into tools. And what I had settled on was a flashlight, so I decided to call it Fleshlight.'"
[Vice]
O HAI
Call Me
The Strip, Las Vegas, NV / Photo credit: Susannah Breslin
The Future of Porn
This is interesting. A gay porn production company digitally removes condoms in post-production.
"'With this movie I really wanted to capture the essence of that time, when life seemed more carefree and spontaneous. In keeping with this concept, I felt that condoms need to be addressed. I wanted to give the impression of a pre-condom movie, but use condoms as we do in every scene we film. I found a way to film the movie safely and effectively, while giving the experience that I had intended and using the hottest modern stars.'"
Sacred Spaces
What's on Your Mind?
That's Forniphilia
"The interview is in Russian, but you don’t need Google Translate to see what everyone’s so offended by. It’s the accompanying photograph of Zhukova sitting atop a black woman chair by provocative ’60s pop artist Allen Jones. Jones’ forniphilic chairs were a source of controversy during the height of their popularity in the ’60s, though it’s Buro who have amped up the cringe factor by selecting one of the few pieces that uses a woman of color."
[Styleite]
Tiny Idea
I'm intrigued by Kevin Rose's Tiny, an in-development blogging platform that would enable readers to see what the writer was doing as they were writing the piece you're reading.
In particular, it prompted me to consider how sex bloggers, erotic authors, or other producers of perverted text-based content might use the platform. For example, what if the female author of an erotic blog was nude while writing?
You would see her blurred naked form in the background, in real-time, as she worked to create her piece. So much for the gap between words and that which they seek to represent. In this case, the text and its author would coexist.
Leaving Las Vegas
Airport, Las Vegas, NV / Photo credit: Susannah Breslin
Musical Guest
Machine Gun Kelly opened the 2014 AVN Awards Show last weekend. He made his entrance as a dead body on a stretcher. His posse was led by a little person in a white coat, and he was surrounded a dozen gyrating girls in g-strings.
The Woodsman's Dilemma
Nice Shoes
Gun Show
Gun show, Las Vegas, NV / Photo credit: Susannah Breslin
Target
Target, Boulder City, NV / Photo credit: Susannah Breslin
Heads Up
Heads, Las Vegas, NV / Photo credit: Susannah Breslin
Don't Shoot
Shooting range, Boulder City, NV / Photo credit: Susannah Breslin
Gunfighter
Gunfighter, Boulder City, NV / Photo credit: Susannah Breslin
Las Vegas
SHOT Show, Las Vegas, NV / Photo credit: Susannah Breslin
What's Coming
Guns, East Dundee, IL / Photo credit: Susannah Breslin