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A Drink with Kink

Peter Acworth might be best known as the man who brought human sexuality’s darkest desires to a hundred-year-old castle in the middle of San Francisco’s Mission district with Kink dot com, but he’s really just a local bar owner at heart. Well, he is now that The Armory Club has opened in the same building that houses Sex & Submission and Bound Gang Bangs, among other now infamous Kink sites.

Calling itself “a social escape from the normalcy of everyday life,” The Armory Club offers creative, handcrafted cocktails, award-winning locally brewed beer, and “an exciting wine list” all in a ballroom modeled on Kink’s legendary Upper Floor. With pressed tin ceilings, a lit onyx bar, and cast-iron fireplace, the club is a natural progression for Acworth, whose personal touch has made Kink one of the most consistently engaging American porn studios of recent years. “For me, the Armory Club is just an extension of the Kink lifestyle,” Acworth told AVN. “We may produce fetish material, but we’re also a member of the community… We’re as much an ethos as we are a company.”

Having officially opened its doors on September 18th, The Armory Club, while housed in the profoundly imposing Armory castle, welcomes all patrons 21 and over and promises that while there’s nothing inherently sexual about the club, don’t be surprised if you waltz in to find the likes of Bobbi Starr, Lorelai Lee, or James Deen knocking back a Whistle Pig rye after a hard day in the torture chamber.

Celebrating 2012’s Urban X Winners

The annual Urban X Awards celebrates the best and brightest “ethnic” performers, producers, directors, and releases of 2012 and the list of this year’s winners is truly a who’s-who of African American, Latin, and Asian porn. (Well, the made-in-America kind anyway.)

Although Mr. Pink’s favorite ebony fuck-goddess (and the co-host of this year’s awards), Nyomi Banxxx, failed to score any trophies, plenty of other ace performers went home very happy. Skin Diamond not only walked away with Female Performer of the Year, Leilani Leeane won Rising Star Female (a well deserved award if ever there was one), and Jada Stevens proved an invaluable white girl by scoring Interracial Star of the Year for her multitude of black-in-white anal and DP scenes. As for the guys, Prince Yahshua proved himself fully recovered from a nasty on-set injury that seemed certain to prematurely end his career just two short years ago by being crowned Male Performer of the Year and Best Anal Sex Scene (with Kagney Linn Karter for Prince the Penetrator).

Japanese-American superstar, Asa Akira, took home another two trophies to add to her quickly growing collection – she already won seven AVNs this year alone – this time winning Best Asian Series for Asa Akira is Insatiable and Best Asian Release for said series’ second installment, which also scored director Mason a Best Director: Gonzo award.

The real winners, however, are the fans and… HOLY SHIT! Is that Gianna Michaels? Where the hell has she been? I thought she retired! Screw the Urban X winners, Gianna Michael’s back, baby!

Bold, Busty, and Free!

Now that we’ve all had time to digest our barbecue and lose our hangovers, we, the Americans can look back on another day of national celebration with pride. Fourth of July, Independence Day 2012 was another in a long line of fun and freedom-filled parties across the nation. Here’s a few happenings that reminded us of what makes our great nation great and what freedom has enabled Americans to achieve.

Miley Cyrus tweeted this flirty photo of herself decked out in celebratory red, white, and blue garb:

Playboy magnate Hugh Hefner also took to Twitter and showed his followers what it’s like to celebrate the 4th in true “American Dream” style. Hef’s pictured here with ex-fiancee and reignited flame Crystal Harris enjoying a game of backgammon at the Playboy Mansion:

San Diegans saw their fireworks display end rather abruptly as soon as it began when the entire cache of explosives blew at the same time, turning what would have been a 17-minute display into 15 short, awe-inspiring seconds of ka-boom:

But it was over at Naughty America that the most dazzling display of national pride occurred, with Lisa Ann, Jessica Jaymes, and Nicole Aniston wearing their stars and stripes loudly and proudly in support of the country that has welcomed them (and their fantastic racks) into a $13 billion dollar industry that’s all about freedom, making them superstars just for doing what comes naturally and freely expressing their sexualities.

Ah, America! You’re so great!

Urban X Award nominees announced

Racial divisions haven’t disappeared from our society and they likely never will, and while the porn industry sees a wealth of interracial hardcore movies made every year, race is nonetheless a touchy subject even in a business where everyone fucking everyone else is par for the course. While I haven’t come across any major complaints regarding possible racial discrimination at the annual AVN, XRCO or XBIZ awards, the existence of the Urban X Awards proves that there’s still reason to celebrate the contributions of African-Americans, Latinos y Latinas, and performers, directors, and producers of non-Caucasian ethnicities.

Due to be held July 21st at Beyond the Stars Palace in Glendale, CA, this years Urban X Awards is set to be an evening filled with rivalry and revelry as the best and brightest ethnic talents in porn compete for the dozens of fan-voted Urban X trophies. Nominees were announced just a few days ago and, not surprisingly, saw many of Mr. Pink’s favorite performers recognized by a significant industry body – for once.

Nabbing five nominations is this year’s returning host, Nyomi Banxxx. One of the most sorely undervalued and underused women in porn, Ms. Banxxx is up for Best Couple Sex Scene twice (A Touch of Seduction with Flash Brown, The Black Mother Fuckers with Prince Yashua), Orgasmic Oralist, MILF Performer of the Year, and the most prized award, Female Performer of the Year, which she took home last year.

Also up for five awards is the Japanese-American London Keyes, while Asa Akira and Misty Stone have nabbed four nominations each. The woman to watch, however, a woman likely to be the next crossover superstar, Skin Diamond, who is probably right now celebrating her six nominations for Best 3 Way Sex Scene (with Bella Moretti and Mr. Marcus in Hitchhikers 2), Best Anal Sex Scene (with fellow rising starlet, Leilani Leeane in Mike Adriano’s Black Anal Addiction), Best Couple Sex Scene (Black Diamonds with Sean Michaels and Porn’s Top Black Models 3 with Lex Steele himself), as well as Orgasmic Oralist and Female Performer of the Year.

With Skin Diamond and Nyomi Banxxx both impressing with their incredible oral and anal skills, in the immortal words of ELO’s Jeff Lynne, they’re “headin’ for a showdown!” To find out who’ll come out on top we’ll have to wait until July 26th, but in the meantime, there’s a ton of excellent ethnic and interracial porn right at your fingertips. Mr. Pink delivers!