Vena Virago Hosts a Happening
When is the last time you went to an art gallery? Vena Virago, who in some circles is known as Margie Schnibbe, will open her […]
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Max Hardcore’s bumper sticker for a car I won’t drive
Other than chlamydia, my favorite piece of swag from January’s AVN convention is this Max Hardcore bumpersticker. Why do I bother writing about it two […]
Joanna Angel: a vase or two faces?
Somewhere north of her nipples and south of her neck, Joanna Angel noted, the swans turned to fish in the sunlight. Previously: All the Best […]
Even cowgirls like the glue
The artist responsible for this and other art-but-true works will be signing his new book at Burbank’s Hyaena Gallery (right across from True Romance‘s Safari […]
Sources: Nerdcore way of the future
If the future is to be apocalyptic, as scholars agree, at least there should be nudity in it, and for months at a time. 365 […]
Tasteful "Ambition"
Photographer Michael Grecco’s “Naked Ambition: an R-rated look at an X-rated industry”, is a coffeetable book that many would feel comfortable keeping on their coffee […]
Toys Kill (with help from porn)
Photographer Justice Howard and designer Jim Koch have put together Toys Kill, an exhibit featuring her photographs, many featuring interesting takes on the more glam […]
Pink is the new steve
Pink is a suggestive color, of course, and it’s no surprise that it is used in porn names (Jocelyn Pink, Pink Visual, 1 in the […]
It’s hard to be a pornsaint in the city
This collection of artful renderings of some of my personal favorite porn personalities has a daunting amount of theory behind it, which can either be […]
Samantha Sterlyng: My Ass, Rummy’s Face
Semi-retired porn star (because she lives in Maryland) Samantha Sterlyng created a video for a college Government class in which she projected slides of current […]
Sasha Grey’s Jezebel & June
“It’s like The Ring but less sexy!” – Student Film Intellectual Monthly Previously: Something is about to happen to Sasha Grey; A little more Ssha […]
Pornhounds
Lintz describes her former co-workers – Pornhounds – at an unnamed magazine
Porn Valley art panic
One features a crane, and the other features a telephone line to nowhere. How is one the “alt to alt”? I guess you can’t call […]
The Erotic (Kool-Aid Acid) Coloring Book
This coloring book, created in 1975 by Craig Berlin from what appear to be infrared surveillance photos, was purchased at a New York bookstore by […]
VCA embraces pixelation
In a move lauded by industry watchers, VCA has left behind the porn trope of placing stars or splotches on box art genitals (also the […]
Passages: Hentai turns back on porn screenwriting
Today I talked with former AVN coworker/current HentaiPR owner Wayne Hentai. One of his side projects recently has been writing porn scripts. I will not […]
Porned Alaska
Alaska, the graphic designer whose boxcover art is often the best part of many porn movies, has a new website featuring his porn work and […]