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Swingin’ with Phil Varone

Phil Varone, the former beat-keeper for Skid Row and Saigon Kick, sure seems determined to solidify himself a career in adult entertainment. After launching his own Sex, Toys & Rock ‘n’ Roll adult novelty line and releasing Phil Varon’s Secret Sex Stash, a feature-length sex tape, the inked-up rocker now aims to introduce viewers to the swinging lifestyle.

With the recent launch of his second Swinging American Style DVD release, Vegas or Bust, Varone heads to Sin City and documents the lifestyle of real swingers, himself included, as they partner up again and again under the neon lights of the filthiest city in the USA, sexually speaking. Having joined “the lifestyle” while touring, Varone is an old hand at the anonymous couplings he documents here. Vegas or Bust introduces us to multiple couples and we follow as they board a party bus, hit up a masquerade ball, and let their freak flags fly sky high!

Calling Vegas “Mecca for swingers,” Varone seems confident his latest adults-only opus has a vital story to tell. “Because the city is a major tourist attraction,” he explained to AVN, “tons of swingers from all over the world visit Vegas and their focus is definitely on partying. The vibe is very laid back and it’s easy to get into the 24-hour-a-day action.”

I’d wager this isn’t the kind of treatment Dr. Drew had in store for Varone during the rocker’s stint on Celebrity Sex Rehab, but then, it doesn’t seem like Varone gives a shit. “Everyone is more relaxes in Vegas. We don’t know each other’s last names and keep everything anonymous. I’m one of the few that’s out in the open.” And, you know, you can’t get much more open than a Vivid Video release, can you?

Get Her Sticky and She Won’t Cry “Icky”

A study recently published by “peer-reviewed, open access journal” PlosOne.org, conducted by Charmaine Borg and Peter J. de Jong of the Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands has found that arousal trumps disgust when it comes to sex and that women are less likely to be turned off by something “icky” when their juices are flowing. What does that mean for the layman? Get your girl excited enough and she’s likely to try almost anything.

Quoting Sigmund Freud in its introduction – “A man, who will kiss a pretty girl’s mouth passionately, may perhaps be disgusted by the idea of using her tooth-brush.” – Borg and Jong laid the groundwork for their study, arguing that disgust has evolved to be a defense mechanism that guards the body from “external contamination”. Raising the question of Horny vs. Gross as a means to test the extent to which external stimuli (like a dick) may be rejected during sexual activity of varying degrees of, well, hotness, Borg and Jong investigated just how turned-off study participants were by blindly putting their hand in a container of lubricated condoms or split pea soup, and by being asked whether they’d bone an obese chick. When aroused, the guys responded with a rousing “Hell yeah!” When not aroused, they politely declined and elected the pea soup to be tactilely repulsive. The same rang true for females, too, as they, sexually aroused, accepted stimuli they would’ve otherwise rejected.

Still need a simpler, less nerdy version? If you’re trying to convince your girl to take it in the rear and she exhibits reluctance at every turn, spend a good amount of time warming her up and getting her blood flowing to all the right areas and then ask. She might just say yes! In any case, it’s better to take conversations in a kinky direction while you’re both aroused and not, say, eat pizza or watching football. (Unless she’s a cheese or touchdown fetishist, that is.)

Oh yeah, and this study also explains masturbator’s remorse, something we’ve all struggled with from time to time. Haven’t we?

A Week of Crimson

Whether you’re a devoted student of The Art of Blowjob or not, anyone into fellatio porn – so everyone, right? – knows who Camille Crimson is and knows that she gives mind-blowing oral pleasure to her beau, Mike, on the aforementioned website. What you might not know about this flame-haired beauty is that last week she took the reigns at Fleshbot. While you may have missed some horny happenings, the seemingly permanent nature of everything the Internet produces means everything the flaming redhead brought to Fleshbot during Camille Crimson Week is now archived for your tardy viewing.

Fleshbot (a hugely popular adult blog for those not in the know) granted Ms. Crimson editorial privileges and tasked her with writing a slate of columns geared towards giving Fleshbot readers exclusive insights into her incredibly fertile sexual mind. Camille herself phrased it quite concisely in her open address: “I hope you’ll all stick with me this week so I can share my take on porn and share a bit of what I find engaging, inspiring and, most of all, incredibly hot.” Camille went on to share some of her favorite porn such as an Hitachi-aided hardcore scene and squirting compilation from Pornographic Love, erotic fiction from Guy New York and Daisy Danger, photographer/writer/model/K-Pop enthusiast Katie West, and, of course, some of her own work.

Not limiting herself to merely peddling her favorite porn, Camille also shared her views on some far tougher subjects. In ‘The Feminism of Giving Blowjobs’ she says “By continuing to create and [sic] open dialogue about the many different ways of experiencing pleasure, I am trying to validate any consensual way that anyone finds joy, which is especially important in women’s sexuality.” Writing about her attitude to mainstream porn she criticizes it for its apparent lack of aesthetic beauty, saying “the performers look fine, but it’s never done with beauty in mind.” The undeniably skilled queen of the sensual blowjob also gave some lessons on giving and receiving penile oral pleasure, instructing guys to keep themselves clean and healthy for their ladies who, in turn, have to awaken their passion and creativity, and open lines of communication with their partner.

Before she shuffled back off to her day job – a steady supply of content for the fantastic (and Mr. Pink approved) The Art of Blowjob – Camille had just enough time to answer some questions from readers and fans, and to give away free memberships to both of her sites (Dolorem being the second) as well as to Pornographic Love, one of her favorites. So, odds are that you didn’t win one of Camille’s prizes and probably didn’t even have your question answered – yo, that’s me! – but you can always go back and relive the incredible wealth of pleasure pointers and teasing tidbits Camille impressed upon her Fleshbot audience thanks to the miracle of modern technology. Kinda makes the fact that nobody raises their eyes above iPhone-level in public anymore, well, not so likely to turn you into a luddite Hulk with a rage-on… if you know what I mean.

A Deeper, Darker Shade of Grey

Two weeks ago, I blogged about the latest literary sensation to cause shock waves throughout the entertainment world, Fifty Shades of Grey, and things have only become more interesting since then, especially in the adult industry. In the first of two major Fifty Shades porn-related tie-ins, Eldorado Trading Company and Pipedream Products have joined forces to offer readers and retail customers, offering a 30% discount to Eldorado’s successful Fetish Fantasy line of lingerie and sexual aids and allowing Fifty Shades fans a chance to indulge in some fan-fic role-play of their own. Eldorado is providing adult retailers with a plan for assembling the ultimate in kinky Fifty Shades of Grey in-store advertisements. So sayeth Briana Honz, Pipedream’s merchandiser, “The Fetish Fantasy line and its offshoot brands cover all the bases for fetish enthusiasts,” plying them with such naughty novelties as hand-cuffs, various varieties of rope, breathable ball gags, Love Masks, and the aforementioned lingerie line. Eldorado and Pipedream have done their part, now we’ll just have to see if retailers pick up on the offer and extend it to their customers.

In more explicit adult-related news, Smash Pictures has announced the casting of Allie Haze and Ryan Driller in their forthcoming parody film, 50 Shades Darker XXX, based on the second of the three Fifty Shades novels and directed by Jim Powers. With Haze’s recent departure from the Vivid Entertainment stable and Driller’s continued success in parody roles – his turn as Clark Kent/Superman in Axel Braun’s Superman XXX: A Porn Parody scored him an AVN Best Actor nomination this year – the pair were clearly the best choices for their respective roles, beating out all other hopefuls who turned up to Smash’s open audition just a few days ago.

Whether the Fifty Shades Darker parody will beat out the other adult effort, Adult Source Media’s already announced and as-yet-untitled hardcore parody of the first book of the best-selling trilogy, remains to be seen. So too, though, does the longevity of this recent pop-culture phenomenon. Flash-in-the-pan or a genuine advancement of BDSM culture? Does author EL James (no periods for this literary genius) have the legal right to halt production of porn movies parodying her best-seller, which in turn has its origins in copyright-infringing Twilight fan-fiction? You be the judge! (And jury and sexy, sexy executioner! Ooh!)