From the NY Mag, Fashion page - Latex: The Latest Diva Addiction

"While the pantsless trend of 2009 is still going strong, there seems to be another sexually charged trend taking place among American pop stars in 2010: latex clothing. While getups made of the slick material aren’t exactly new (think: Madonna, Grace Jones, Lil' Kim), the trend returns this year with the current crop of copycat-happy entertainers, including Lady Gaga, Beyonc, Rihanna, Ke$ha and, most recently, Christina Aguilera, all wearing the gear (Shakira and Ciara are next, trust us). And, because originality isn’t really the point anymore, most of the ladies are even wearing the exact same designer: Atsuko Kudo, a couture latex - and fetish - clothing designer from Japan who won the European Fetish Award for Best Fetish Design in 2008 and 2009. (Yeah, it was our first time learning about that award, too.)"

From the awesome cable channel Logo - New Now Next Blog - Devendra Banhart’s Video For “Foolin’” is Kinda Gay, Super Disturbing, And Totally NSFW!

"I want to put out a warning to you all before watching Devendra Banhart’s latest foray into weird video land (we all remember this Bollywood themed gem he made with his then girlfriend Natalie Portman) – if you’re not good with blood look away! Because there is definitely a lot of it…in all different kinds of places.

Oh! Also, there are a couple of S&M type scenes, so if you’re at work you might want to wait till your bosses grabs lunch! Unless they’re into that kind of thing, of course.

The video for “Foolin’”, off last year’s release What Will We Be, might just be a good old fashioned love story between Devendra (in many different states of scruff. I think I prefer him clean shaven, how about you?) and his, uh, friend. Maybe it’s the infective reggae vibe of the track but I really think these two will last. Don’t you?"

I love this even though it's no longer winter, a ad fora Mini with a guided tour by a Dominatrix -

It was a big week in the mainstream media for BDSM it seems!

This past week there was a pretty damn good episode of the TV series "Castle" called "The Mistress Always Spanks Twice" -

"When a half-naked woman is found covered in caramel sauce and hanging by bondage cuffs in a public park, Castle and Beckett’s investigation takes them into New York’s underground world of sexual domination. Naturally the case serves as sexy fodder for their already charged relationship banter."

The episode was good, it didn't paint those in the fetish lifestyle as the freak of the week & in my mind felt respective to those involved. The twist at the end even worked for me and the costume department were awesome in dressing the part for the actors involved.

- 'Whip Smart': Memoirs Of A Dominatrix is a new book out by Melissa Febos'

"new memoir, Whip Smart, details the four years she spent working as a dominatrix. Febos enacted fantasy sequences, spanked grown men and verbally humiliated them for $75 an hour in a dungeon located somewhere in midtown Manhattan.

Febos, who writes that she got started in sex work to pay for a drug habit, tells Terry Gross that working in a dungeon felt like "being in a womb."

"Pretty much all of the dungeons were outfitted with some sort of coat rack-related thing that had all sorts of floggers, riding crops," she says. "We had giant coils of rope in our utility closet — like thousands of feet that we would just cut off when you needed it. There were gas masks and cages and a big hanging Inquisition-style cage in the red room. And there were mirrors along all of the walls, and they were really vast — and with all of the walls and the ceilings painted, it had a very specific effect."

That effect, says Febos, was creating a fantasy world for her clients — and for herself.

"In the beginning, it did feel pretty powerful to act out those roles, but after a little while it wasn't my fantasy in most cases," she says. "In a lot of ways, [enacting the scenarios] felt more humiliating to me than it did to them."

Febos currently teaches writing at SUNY Purchase College and the Gotham Writers' Workshop. She received an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College."

NPR interviewed the former Pro-Domme & all in all I enjoyed the intereview even though it seems to have not set well with a number of lifestyle Domme's that I've heard from who also heard this interview

I'm not a 100% sure that this hot fetish ad campagin by Absolut would go over as well in the US as it does personally for me, I'm not a vodka drinker but I would not mind trying out for the ad!

The Sin & Tonic ad has implied FemDomme, corsets, boots & gloves, pony play, some freaky Exorcist style backward crab walking by a very limber model in a not so great black wig.

One of my very favorite blogs - 3xL - Lust Love Latex.com posted this originally -

Expirence Well Being with Rubber Yoga

"Rubber Yoga is a sensual form of yoga for latex lovers, offered by the German website RUBBERYOGA. They offer three different rubber yoga workshop there will take you through an energetic journey through your body, so your spirit can flourish.

As latex clings to your body like a second skin, it warms you and flatters your silhouette. You feel free and safe at the same time. With gentle and graceful movements, you will allow your energies to flow though the body with a meditative pleasure in mind. Sensual energies are pursued in terms of content to move the energies, but on a moral level as this is a purely non-sex experience.

RUBBERYOGA combines methods from the traditional Hatha and Kundalini yoga with the TAO yoga methods to refine the energy cycle in our body. And since in both yoga, and qigong exercises are integrated, the program speaks to both men and women.

RUBBERYOGA website also explains that rubber yoga is so rewarding becource the rubber smooths and tightens your body. After a two-hour session of rubber yoga, your skin feels silky smooth and you will be carried away by a warm feeling of well being.

I’m not much of a yoga guy myself, so please let me know you think about this."

I have to agree, should there be a chance to catch a class like this I would be one of the first to sign up!! Now to find that ballet class that would be okay with me taking their class in a set of thigh hi ballet heels..

I just love finding kink in the mainstream and even though I'm not a crazed fan I do dig a lot of what Lady GaGa is doing musically & visually with her video's. Found this off of Logo TV's twitter feed!

"So, a new video for Lady Gaga’s “Teeth” is rampaging its hot gay man-fangs all over the internets. You can watch it here or here.

Word has it this is just a promotional video (maybe not the real thing) but supposedly Gaga approves, and it’s got “Haus of Gaga” imprints all over it. And it’s gay, sordid, slutty, full of rubber, leather and hot man action. What about that doesn’t scream Gaga????

As JustOut blog puts it: “This video is promotional, but according to director Sergio Ceron is Gaga-funded and approved. Doesn’t that make you think of a political ad? “I’m Lady Gaga, and I approve of this incredible display of gayness.”

The story is something like… A hunky dude (possibly an aspiring dentist/torturer/hot perv model) has captured a gay vampire, and then wants to either f**k him or torment him or… Just dance goofily around him a lot. And his phone keeps ringing but he’s totally ignoring the Pope and Lady Gaga’s calls.

All I know is now I have some way more festive ideas on how to spend my Friday night. Thanks, Lady Gay-Gay!!!"

A cavalcade of photos from the video -

The video -

I love this strip!!

From the 3xl blog as wel as Deviant Art - Two sites that I adore!

For those local to Charlotte or in driving distance, once again Single Cell is celebrating Feb 14th in the best possible of ways with Purgatory - St Valentine's Day Massacre @ Amos SouthEnd!

If you have never been I highly recommed checking it out, imagine a fetish party where almost a 1000 people came to play and look shiny! I'll be in the VIP room and would love to connect with people here!

PURGATORY 42 Valentines Day Massacre

PURGATORY 42 "St. Valentine's Day Massacre"
(That's Right...Purgatory *ON* Valentines Day!!)

Saturday, February 14th, 2009 (Valentines Day!)
@ Amos Southend- Charlotte, NC, USA

Featuring Music By:
Onesiktr1k (Purgatory Resident/Filth On Demand)
DJ Koji (Charlotte NC)
DJ Karma (Charlotte NC)

Shocking & Erotic Performances By:

The Purgatory Fetish Performers

Playboy TV's Oni & Jody (Agoraphobia: Atlanta GA)

The Bombshell & Mr Red (Charlotte NC)

10 Fully Interactive VIP Fetish Play Areas: Featuring:
The Purgatory Dungeon Crew
Dr. Spankenstein
Rope Suspension by Black Garden
The Human Red Carpet
Violet Wand Electro Torture
Sensual Soft-Play (for those who like it tender!)
and many more!

Also Featuring:
The Beautiful Purgatory Dancers
Huge Vendors Area
Giveaways from Screen Gems Pictures & Underworld 3!
Giveaways from Graveyard Girls. net
Custom Vampire Fangs by FX Artist: Greyson Wolf
Lighting/Video FX by: EyeDialogue
World Class Photographers
3 Fully Stocked Bars
And Much Much More!

Tickets:
General Admission: $20
All Access VIP: $25 (in advance)

18 & Up (Valid ID Required)
Doors Open At: 8:00pm (eastern)

Advance VIP Tickets & More Info At:
www. Purgatory-TheShow. com