Wednesday, January 27th, 2009

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(San Francisco, CA) This week two premiere sites featuring fashion, fantasy and lifestyle have launched, VonGutenbergCouture.com and VonGutenberg.com/shop. VonGutenbergCouture.com offers high-end couture for men and women, corsets, lingerie, shoes and boots, masks, hats, goggles and other accessories from world renowned designers, Antiseptic and Xander, along with local Bay Area favorites—buy off the rack or have items designed to custom fit you and your lifestyle. VonGutenberg.com/shop offers VonGutenberg Magazine for individual sale or subscription, tickets to VonGutenberg-sponsored events, fantasy art, erotic books and more—there’s definitely something for every fetishist in your life.
 
And what would any site be without an affiliate program! This is one affiliate program that is unique and definitely puts its money where its mouth is—all the goods on both sites are tangible and have excellent payouts from 5 to 15 percent (depending on the item) with a minimum monthly payout of $50. Affiliates can track their statistics online 24 hours a day—it’s easy to navigate, the statistics are automatic and the affiliates have the tools to give them more control over their commissions and the ability to better convert traffic.
 
“I am very excited about the new sites and how efficient our system is for our affiliates,” Entrepreneur and owner of VonGutenbergCouture.com and VonGutenberg.com/shop, Erik Von Gutenberg. “Many sites have affiliate programs, but affiliates can be left in the dark about how to increase their traffic and what their actual payout is. Affiliates should sign up for our program as soon as possible to cash in on huge commissions.”

To subscribe to Von Gutenberg, find out about VonGutenberg-sponsored events and/or shop in the online store and more, go to www.vongutenberg.com/shop or for fantasy couture go to www.vongutenbergcouture.com  . For more information about Von Gutenberg Magazine, VonGutenbergCouture.com and/or VonGutenberg.com/shop, email Erik Von Gutenberg at evg@vongutenbergmedia.com. All press inquiries should be sent to Erika Icon/The Rub PR at the rubpr@gmail.com.

Von Gutenberg Magazine is proud to announce the event hotel for the upcoming Event March 11,12 and 13 in San Francisco!

The Marriott Courtyard on second street in San Francisco has special rates for attendees. you will be able to book with the 2 links below:

King Bedroom: $129/ Night
2 Queen Bed Room: $134/Night

Just click the bed category above and it will bring you directly to the booking page.

Information about Hotel:

COURTYARD SAN FRANCISCO DOWNTOWN
299 Second Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel: 415-947-0700

Welcome to the Courtyard Downtown San Francisco Hotel by Marriott, an urban Courtyard located just blocks from MOMA, the Moscone Center and the Embarcadero. We invite you to experience our Downtown San Francisco hotel which is right at home among the cafes and galleries of the eclectic SoMa (South of Market) district. Union Square, the Metreon Entertainment Complex and AT&T Park are also nearby. Our Downtown San Francisco Hotel Package offers the amenities of a luxury hotel such as valet parking, a Starbucks and Whispers Bar and Grill in the lobby, Jasmines Restaurant for breakfast, room service, event catering, indoor pool, and complete fitness room at a price that other luxury hotels cannot touch. Here to work? Enjoy the large work desk and free high-speed internet available in all rooms. Looking to host an event or meeting? Our experienced event staff and 11,400 feet of meeting space can help guarantee a successful event. Make reservations to stay at the Courtyard Downtown San Francisco on-line.

Book event tickets here:

http://www.vongutenberg.com/shop/Event-Tickets/

“The perfect dance partner”

Yay! New sex toys! It’s X-Mas again… or should I say “XXX”-Mas? We recently heard about two different vibrators that take pleasure to another level with their rollicking rhythms. One of them can be enjoyed anywhere, while the other can sit tight in your drawer until you get ready to really party. You game?

If you like to experiment with things from time to time, then these two should top your list. Et Voila:

1. Club Vibe Pleasure Remixed: This is a “wearable bullet,” which means that “discreet” is the word of the day. The actual bullet isn’t the popular metal-finish type, but one with a softer look and cover for your comfort. The vibrator pulses to the sound of your partners voice, or any other ambient sound, which means that you could even wear it to a concert if you were feeling particularly wild. Hook it up to your iPod for a different listening experience, too.

2. Freestyle Music Pleasure Liberated: This is the Queen Bee of Vibrators, which can hook up to your iPod or any other mp3 player via a wireless transmitter. You can also switch it to the manual mode (7 speeds), and it is rechargeable (with up to five hours of continuous play).

These are total next-generation sex toys. Not only do they look good, but they most definitely feel better than your average pleasure wand. And the price? Not bad, either. Take a peek, check them out!

In Love & Sex by Meieli Sawyer Detoni , on Thursday, January 28, 2010, 7:00 AM (PST)

Go here and check the article out and spread the word with facebook, digg it and twitter:

http://www.limelife.com/blog-entry/Sex-Toys-That-Remix-Your-Pleasure/32964.html

Von Gutenberg Magazine recommends the Edwardian Ball in San Francisco. Last Saturday was the yearly Edwardian Ball in San Francisco in the Regency Center on Van Ness. 2 night completely sold out everybody was dressed up and it was simply amazing to be there and watch the people play, dance and enjoy the performances.

The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It succeeded the Victorian period and is sometimes extended to include the period up to the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, the start of World War I in 1914, or even the end of the war in 1918.

Perhaps because of the King’s fondness for travel, the period was marked by an enthusiasm for the art and fashions of continental Europe.

• The Edwardian Period on Wikipedia
• La Belle Époque Edwardian Fashion History
• The Ladies of Reenacting – The Edwardian Era

Here you can visit their website and enjoy the pictures and more information: http://www.edwardianball.com/

Photos here below from Erik von Gutenberg

Erik von Gutenberg in association with Mister S Leather and Madame S is inviting again for another weekend of Fashion, Fantasy and Fun!

3 Nights, 3 locations, 3 times fashion, fantasy and fun!

The first evening will be a VON GUTENBERG Fantasy Night, Meet, Greet & Play at Mission Control. A great night to dress up for Performances, Dance & Play. Live Model Casting for the Von Gutenberg Magazine with DJ Xris Smack from NYC.

The second night you will experience Burlesque Superstar Ava Garter in a VON GUTENBERG Fantasy & Burlesque Night. Local Hubbahubba Revue will spice the night up with the hottest Burlesque talent in and outside the Bay Area. DNA lounge is the perfect place and DJ Netik will spice the crowd up.

Saturday night is the Von Gutenberg Grande Fantasy Ball with Fetish Superstar and Performer Jewell Marceau.  She will be followed by a spectacular fashion show from Emilie Jerard Fashion. Dress to Impress is the way to go for that night with your finest Outfit! Live Model Casting with VON GUTENBERG Magazine and a play area upstairs. This night DJ Shatter and DJ Xris Smack from NYC will be spinning from house to trance to industrial.

March 11,12 & 13, 2010 door every night at 9pm
Locations:

Thursday Night: Mission Control, 2519 Mission, San Francisco, CA 94110

Friday Night: DNA lounge, 375 11^th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Saturday Night: Glas Kat Club, 520 4^th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107

 • General Admission 3 day pass: $95 thru 2/28/2010, $105 thereafter
 • General Admission single days: Thursday: $35; Friday $35; Saturday $45

Event Hotel: Courtyard Mariott San Francisco Downtown with special discount!

Dress Code Strictly Enforced!

Tickets are available at www.vongutenbergfetishball.com , and may also be purchased at the following retail locations:

Los Angeles
Stockroom/Syren Retail Boutique
2807 W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026

San Francisco
Stormy Leather Retail Boutique
1158 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

San Francisco
Mister S & Madame S Retail Boutique
385 8^th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

San Francisco
Darkgarden Corsetry
321 Linden Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

New York
The Baroness
530-B East 13th Street, New York, NY 10009

SKIN TWO posted about the new Von Gutenberg Magazine! See also below

The first issue of Von Gutenberg magazine is out now, marking a continued resurgence of the fetish scene in the Bay Area. The magazine’s publisher, Erik von Gutenberg, is promoter of the Von Gutenberg Fetish Balls in San Francisco – they have effectively taken over from the well established San Francisco Fetish Ball.

The first issue of Von Gutenberg has pictorials of Ava Garter, Anastasia Pierce and Penthouse Pet of the Year, Heather Vandeven, who graces the cover.  Fashion spreads include the unique and utterly extravagant Antiseptic, alternative brand Emile Jerard and Japanese latex designer Atsuko Kudo.

Photographer Justice Howard brings classic fairytales to life in a four-page layout. Fantasy events around the US and overseas receive coverage. And, not to be missed are columns by sexologist Midori and Nurse Laurel of MedicalToys.com.

The first issue is jam-packed and will definitely be a collector’s item. These photos give you an idea of the 130-page glossy production.

Von Gutenberg retails for $19 / Euro 16.53 and is published quarterly. To buy your issue or subscribe to Von Gutenberg and find out about their events, go to the Von Gutenberg site, www.vongutenberg.com.

In 1988, noted playwright Billy Aronson had an absurd idea. What if someone took the basic plot of the celebrated Giacomo Puccini opera, La Bohème, and updated it to a modern, hip new audience? About a year later, Aronson started putting out calls for collaborators. It wasn’t long before a good friend, new project developer extraordinaire Ira Weitzman, introduced him to an ambitious, relatively obscure young composer with somewhat wild eyes and an even wilder hairdo. That young composer’s name was Jonathan Larson. Incredibly, the young Mr. Larson had lived a “Bohemian life” himself in the legendary hipster area of New York City called SoHo – and he at first suggested, and eventually ended up pleading, with Billy Aronson to allow him to use the original La Bohème concept and truly make it his semi-autobiographical Magnum Opus. Billy Aronson agreed to step aside from the collaboration – but with the agreement that if the project ever actually did make it to the “Big Stage”, in any of the gargantuan New York Theatre wing’s legendary venues, they would equally share in the spoils of their success.

Nothing is guaranteed in the world of live theatre, and especially so when any discussion of Musicals begin in earnest. Four years later, the work originated at the New York Theatre Workshop as a piece of Reader’s Theatre. From the initial read-through, the quirky, kinky little project had a limited three week run within the Workshop’s Studio Theatre system. For the next three years, Jonathan Larson and his production team cajoled, nurtured, beat, kicked and hammered out a modern take on Puccini’s masterpiece. Their efforts were finally rewarded with an agreement to produce “the new Bohemian musical” through the renowned Nederlander Group.

Little did anyone know that the twisted little musical – rife with open references to latex, cross-dressing, sadomasochism and (sadly) the scourge of the late last millennium: AIDS – would run for over twelve years and become the seventh longest-running show in Broadway history.

Speaking of tragedy, the show’s wonder kid composer, Jonathan Larson, was destined to never see a single Broadway performance of his magnificent show. Just before what would have surely been the most exciting time of his short life, Mr. Larson was making a tea in his modest kitchen at 3:00 am in the morning when he suddenly collapsed. He never regained consciousness, and died, early in the morning on a cold kitchen floor, on January 26th, 1996 – the very evening of the first preview performance of his musical. Jonathan Larson had succumbed to an aortic aneurysm, and he was just 36 years of age.

His show, however, continues to live on. What at first many thought would be a dated and era-constrained modern musical has become a rallying cry for an entire new generation of “new Bohemians”. In every major city in North America and in a good percentage of the ancient old cultural capitals of Europe, you are assured to see more than a few solid black or red T-Shirts proudly expounding the new Bohemian mantras: “No Day But Today” and “Forget Regret or Life is Yours to Miss.” Unless you’ve been living under a bridge somewhere for the past fourteen years, the name of Mr. Larson’s odd little ode to Puccini should, by now, be obvious. We are discussing the triumph that is Jonathan Larson’s RENT.

RENT ended its historic run at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City on September 7, 2008. The central “villain” of the piece – the AIDS pandemic of the early and mid 1990′s – isn’t quite viewed today with the same sense of panic, desperation and despair. The treatment for the disease has developed to the point where those infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS could theoretically live fairly lengthy, longer lives. Make no mistake however: while treatment has advanced leaps and bounds since Jonathan Larson’s late days,  AIDS is still very much a death sentence.

In an off and ironic kind of way, the continued existence of RENT continues to breathe, thrive and induce appreciative hysteria in theatre-goers in several cities across the continent despite the sombre overtones of the show’s central malady. The Broadway Touring production – featuring original and revered cast members Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp and Gwen Stewart - has been performing in front of sold-out, rabid and excessively vocal ”Rent-Heads” since the final performance at the original New York venue. Mr. Pascal, Mr. Rapp and Miss Stewart have all gone on to steady, enjoyable careers (within the show and apart from it), but there can be no denying the magic that begins the very moment the character of Mark (Anthony Rapp) walks across the stage, starting the proceedings to the strains of a guitar being tuned, is infectious and encompassing. For three-plus hours, audiences are able to turn back the clock to 1996 (none of the original cast appear to have aged a day) and join in the celebration that is a single year in the life of a small collective of down-on-their-luck friends, trying to eek out a living through illness, rampant drug abuse, urban development and shattered relationships in New York’s grungy Alphabet City.

A film version of the show, featuring nearly all of the original Broadway cast, was premiered to luke-warm reviews in 2005 while the Broadway version was still rockin’ and rollin’ enthusiasts in any number of theatres in any number of cities. RENT made a star of the incomparable Idina Menzel (who originated the role of the rubber-catsuit clad Maureen before moving on to much greater acclaim as the misunderstood witch Elphaba in the musical Wicked). The show also spawned the successful careers of Jesse L. Martin (Law and Order) and the powerfully talented Taye Diggs (Chicago). The show’s most recognizable song – Seasons of Love - has been recorded by no less an empresario than Stevie Wonder and still remains the veritable anthem for the downtrodden whose sole asset during those individual darkest times appears to be “hope”.

RENT does, despite the opinions of some of the critics fourteen years ago, remain topical, and timeless. There is no question that a central part of the show’s appeal (beside the music, of course) has to be the underlying raw sensual tension created in the sets and, especially, in the costumery. Sure, there have been other stage productions before that utilized an element of fetish and/or SM as a by-product of the story. As far back as the mid-1960′s, an original production of  Oh! Calcutta! featured an entire scene that revolved around a bound and gagged servent girl about to tied to a whipping post and summarily flogged for an imaginary transgression; and simply because it suited the “curiosity” of the narrator of that particular show. A fantastic little piece written by the late Paul Bartel called Eating Raoul (based on his cult film of the same name) ran successfully “off Broadway” for a number of months. That show, starring the talented but sadly nearly forgotten Adrian Zmed (of television’s TJ Hooker fame), even featured a Dominatrix named Donna as a pivotal character in the show’s plot. A few years back, a show called Urinetown had a musical number that involved a trussed-up and securely gagged damsel in distress struggling against her restraints to the strains of an uncomfortable little tune simply called Snuff That Girl.

But, none of those efforts compare in any way to RENT. The tragic moments of Jonathan Larson’s masterpiece feature a high-stepping and plucky little transvestite named Angel, who gamely struts, leaps, sings and incessanty thumps on a ten-gallon plastic pickle tub (her “drum”) at every opportunity. Those familiar with the show are well aware of Angel’s fate – but the moment her tragic destiny is revealed to the audience never fails to illicit torrents of tears from the appreciative crowds gathered to take in the ritual and fetish pageantry that is the pure embodiment of the entire piece itself. Fetishism – 1996 style to be sure but certainly more than relevant in 2010 – is the timeless glue that will forever be the lock-and-stock appeal of RENT as it heads into its fifteenth year of existence. It is worth the price of a ticket alone to see all of the costume designs: from Maureen’s (now) infamous latex catsuit, complete with latex kitty-kat ears, to Angel’s interpretation of “Pussy Galore”, complete with knee-high pink PVC platform Go-Go boots that are a perfect match for her PVC mini-dress. The show’s main female character, Mimi Marquez, early on in the show implores the tortured Roger (Adam Pascal) to “take her out” by stripping off a cumbersome housecoat to reveal what appears to be a painted-on, light-blue “latex” pair of pants accented with a lycra leopard print short tank top and matching high-heeled boots. Her dangerous-girl look is completed with a form-fitting black latex shrug that surely looks as if it will rip itself to pieces the moment she starts to dance, gyrate and “howl at the moon like a cat in heat” as she tries to entice and seduce the love-lorn Roger. The costumes are more than just provocative and sexy: they’re an integral representation of the very attitude that those living a Bohemian existence need to flaunt in order to give their fragile lives a sense of “belonging”, and indeed, a sense of “family”. Similar shows that tried to rely heavily on suggestive costumes, such as the prostitution musical The Life, have come and quickly gone. RENT  is, and forever shall be, regarded as simply timeless – and revolutionary.

RENT  is scheduled to end its current Broadway Tour run in Sacramento, California, in February, 2010. It is doubtful, however, that the show – by far the best marriage of modern musical theatre, fetishism and simple, pure human frailty ever written – will go quietly into the night, let alone the musical theatre history books. RENT  is, now and forever, timeless. The message will continue to resonant to audiences and fans years from now: Forget regret, or Life is yours to miss.

(Photos courtesy of Joan Marcus and the Broadway Touring Production of RENT.) 

Erik von Gutenberg recommends the new Corsetry Offering from Von Gutenberg Couture!

We strive to offer the highest quality with best customer service and have teamed up with a top corset manufacturer “made in the USA” to offer exactly that, best quality to affordable prices!

We offer the corset Dutchess already for $239 and you will find the color and fabric choices on the website. You can choose between the finest silk or PVC or leather.

www.vongutenbergcouture.com Enjoy!

Erik von Gutenberg reommends the Ultimate Afterparty from the NYC tribe. It was again an amazing event in Las Vegas and the tribe organized an event which wins more fans than any other party during AVN in Las Vegas. Xris SMack was the super DJ again who played into the early morning hours. Xris was amazing and the crowd loved it.

Here the link for you for next year:

www.theultimateafterparty.com

Here some impressions from AVN in Las Vegas in January 2010.

Enjoy! smiles

Erik von Gutenberg looked into the German News. The German Spiegel reports about Lady Gaga and Rihanna and is sharing these pictures with us.

Source: http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,669545,00.html

Erik von Gutenberg recommends Rihanna. She already had fetish clothes on, as early as 2007 at a Toronto concert! She simply rocks and looks awesome!

Rihanna (born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian recording artist and model. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers. She subsequently signed a contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for then-label head Jay-Z.

In 2005, Rihanna released her debut studio album, Music of the Sun, which peaked in the top ten of the Billboard 200 chart and features the Billboard Hot 100 hit single “Pon de Replay”. Less than a year later, she released her second studio album, A Girl Like Me (2006), which peaked within the top five of the Billboard albums chart, and produced her first US number one hit single, “SOS”, as well as Billboard Hot 100 top ten entries “Unfaithful” and “Break It Off”. Rihanna’s third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), peaking at number two on the Billboard 200, featured five top ten hits including three US number one hit singles—”Umbrella”,  ”Take a Bow” and “Disturbia” —and the worldwide hit “Don’t Stop the Music” . The album was nominated for nine Grammy Awards, winning Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for “Umbrella,” which features Jay-Z. Her fourth studio album, Rated R, was released in November 2009.

Rihanna has sold over 12 million records, worldwide in her four-year career span and has received several accolades, including the 2007 World Music Awards  for World’s Best-Selling Pop Female Artist and Female Entertainer of the Year, as well as the 2008 American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist and Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist. Rihanna has attained five Hot 100 number one singles, becoming the first of two female artists, joint with Beyoncé, with the most number ones attained within the 2000s. She also serves as one of Barbados’ honorary cultural ambassadors

Her official website: http://www.rihannanow.com/

Source: http://www.hollywoodbackwash.com/rihanna-in-fetish-clothes-at-toronto-concert/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihanna

Erik von Gutenberg recommends this article from Asylum.

There’s a new fetish every day, but only a few make it to the Bigs. For every plushy or WAM fetish that breaks from the pack, there’s a thousand formicophilias that never make the cut. Never fear — we’re going to show you the kinks to watch in 2010. The rules:

I. If there’s no Internet presence, it’s just fail. Is there such a thing as an explosion fetish? Of course there is. (See: Bay, Michael.) But until it has a video channel of its own on YouTube and some sexologist gives it a fancy name like explode-o-philia, don’t waste our time.

II. If it’s been featured on an episode of “CSI,” it’s not sex anymore. Your mom’s doing it with her book club.

III. Anything Japanese is automatically a fetish. Doesn’t matter what. Bullet trains? Fetish. Flower arranging? Fetish. Sarariman manga? Hello Kitty action figures? Super-tiny hotel rooms? Fetish, fetish, fetish. That country is just twisted.

1. Tentacle Porn
Just what it sounds like, tentacle porn involves tentacled creatures — squids, octopi, the occasional E.T. — getting it on with human beings, usually women.

Coming from (where else?) Japan, where it’s been around literally for centuries, Shokushu hentai is perfect for anyone who wants a little Lovecraft in his love craft

2. E-Stim
No, it’s not getting NSFW email from that hookup you regret. It’s the use of electrodes to run current to various parts of your body.

The clunky E-stim appliances look like they were developed from ’80s technology and produce stimulations that range from a “light tingle to deep internal throbbing.” (Like Merlin says in “Excalibur”: “A dream to some. To others, a nightmare!”)

3. Agalmatophilia
The classiest — that is, the dullest — of fetishes, agalmatophilia is a sexual desire for mannequins, dolls or other inanimate representations of the human form. In some cases, it can cross over into robot fetishism, a subject we have covered extensively.

Agalmatophilia has not yet been officially recognized as a syndrome, but we’re banking on 2010 being a big year for this versatile kink.

4. Emetophilia
Sexual fascination with vomit and vomiting. The act of actually vomiting on another person is called a Roman shower, which sounds so much less disgusting than it actually is.

But now that urine has gone mainstream, making it into seemingly every other Penthouse pictorial, this bodily function seems like the logical next step for a renaissance.

5. Somnophilia
Either a genuine fetish or a cunning viral marketing campaign by Tempur-Pedic, somnophilia is a fetish “in which sexual arousal and/or orgasm are stimulated by intruding on and awakening a sleeping person with erotic caresses.”

Sometimes called “sleepy sex,” this fetish has scores of Web sites we can’t link to devoted to pictures and videos of “sleeping models” giving lackadaisical HJs.

“Sleeping Beauty” is the classic M/F example of this fetish; the reverse, “Napping Slob With Chips and Dip After Six Hours of Sunday ESPN,” isn’t nearly as popular

Source: http://www.asylum.com/2010/01/15/5-new-fetishes-tentacle-estim-agalmatophilia-emetophilia-somnophilia/

Erik von Gutenberg recommends Lady Gaga! She is simply stunning!

Decadent dance pop diva-in-training Lady Gaga took over Joe Louis Arena Tuesday night with the same might and will with which she’s hijacked pop music over the last year-plus. The 23-year-old born Stefani Germanotta came armed with an array of hits and a daring 100-minute performance art spectacle, fit for a gallery space but blown up to arena proportions. The show drew from a host of influences from across the pop culture landscape, but the end product was thoroughly Gaga.

Her Monster’s Ball outing — originally set for the Fox Theatre but moved to the Joe in a last-minute switch due to production concerns — was like Madonna’s Blond Ambition tour filtered through Kanye West’s Glow in the Dark outing, as directed by Andy Warhol. The stage was set on an angled ramp and was entirely framed by a white border, so as to resemble a piece of art come to life.

Gaga was joined intermittently by as many as 10 backup dancers but often appeared alone, and proved she could carry a stage whether singing, dancing or playing piano while standing atop its bench. She gleefully toyed with the performer/ audience dynamic, alternately begging for the audience’s approval and acting as though she didn’t need it. At one point, she lay down in the corner of the stage and compared herself to Tinker Bell, the fairy from “Peter Pan.” “Tinker Bell will die if you don’t clap for her. Do you want me to DIE?” she asked the crowd of 8,000 strong. “Scream for me!” (Later, her use for her fans seemed to run out as she mock-killed the audience using a fake machine gun.)

She needn’t have worried about the level of audience love. Gaga’s fans — or “monsters,” as she calls them — provided her with plenty of adoration, as many came dressed in their finest Gaga attire. In a dazzling show of devotion, fans came dressed in leather, glitter, sparkles, face paint, short skirts and body suits, a level of mimicry that recalled fans at early Madonna concerts.

Of course few outfits were as daring as Gaga’s, who dressed in a series of leather ensembles that somehow always seemed to accentuate her backside. She switched between bodysuits, fetish wear and tops made out of mirror balls, and came out in a light-up suit during the opener, “Dance in the Dark,” that resembled something out of “Tron.”

Gaga’s persona is a complex commentary on the crossroads of fame and celebrity, though there’s a genuine authenticity at play that keeps her from venturing into parody. Her refreshingly imperfect vocals were a reminder that she was singing into a live microphone throughout the show, and though the concert was tightly choreographed, there was always the danger that it could careen at any given moment into uncharted territory.

She worked Detroit and her trip to the Garden Bowl Monday night into her often R-rated stage banter, and made a plea for “gay marriage in 2010!” during “Boys Boys Boys.” The show’s boldest moment came during “Paparazzi,” when Gaga’s hair was tied to two rings that slid along a track attached to a pole, held up by two of her backup dancers. Not quite sure what it meant, but it was impossible to look away from.

That’s Gaga’s greatest strength: Her ability to make you stop and stare. Now that she’s proven she can captivate audiences at the arena level this early in her career, the question is, where does she go from here? Can she get any bigger? The answer is uncertain, but just try looking away as she figures it out.

Source: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100113/ENT04/1130392/1424/ENT04/Lady-Gaga-sparkles-in-monster-Detroit-show#ixzz0ceLXHl9F

VON GUTENBERG MAGAZINE recommends Velda Lauder!

Erik von Gutenberg recommends Hell again in Los Angeles in the IVAR nightclub at 6356 Hollywood Blvd, start at 9pm!

Von Gutenberg Magazine recommends the Fetish Factory Party in Florida at Memorial Day Weekend!

Memorial Day Weekend will be a pervy marathon of fetish fun with three different themed nights at three venues. FF hosts three full-scale, high-production events on back-to-back nights – plus one kink-under-the-sun fetish pool party on Sunday for a total of 4 events. All this takes place over the long Memorial Day Weekend: May 28-29-30, 2010.

Advance discount tickets are now on sale in-store & online. Buying your tickets in advance will offer you a significant discount when compared to the door price so save some money and get yours in advance.

We strive to make our event affordable and price our tickets & hotel-deal significantly lower than any other fetish weekend event in the world. This is one of the main reasons our party has been so successful over the years. You don’t have to be rich to attend, you just need a naughty mind.

If you have been to our incredible Anniversary events in the past, you know what this is all about. Our landmark 15-Year celebration will be no exception! FF will deliver the top-shelf production & entertainment that you’ve come to expect. We have already confirmed world-class performers Masuimi Max, Rebecca’s Rubber Room and Empress Stah with more still TBA. Plus, FF events have a playful party vibe that is like no other in the world!

The party may still be several months out, but hotel rooms are already being booked. Last year, we promised & delivered a total hotel takeover AND we sold out the entire host hotel 2 months in advance. Anyone who stayed there will tell you it’s the place to be for the weekend. Don’t even think about staying anywhere else! We will sell the hotel out again in advance, so be sure to book early – or better yet, book now!

Visit the hotel’s special webpage for our event to book now at our special $99/night rate. Up to two can share a room with no additional charge. This is a 4-star hotel and the regular retail rate of this room is $200+ per night. Our special rate offers you a 50% savings over retail.

Amazingly, we have already sold out 1/3 of the hotel. At this rate, we expect the hotel to be completely sold out by sometime in February, so we advise that you book your room ASAP in order to avoid being shut out.

Let FF do the driving!
Fetish Factory has also innovated simplicity for its guests providing comfortable, air conditioned tour bus transportation to/from all events. The hotel even offers FREE pickup and drop-off to the FLL airport! Now you don’t have to bother with the hassle of renting a car or the fear of getting lost in an unfamiliar place. Also, enjoy free stretch limo service to & from the hotel to the Fetish Factory store over the weekend.

Erik von Gutenberg recommends PES!

The hottest spot in Las Vegas isn’t on the strip. It doesn’t have dancers, magicians, white tigers, or Elvis impersonators. The hottest spot in Las Vegas doesn’t have one single video poker machine, but if you take your sex seriously you will have certainly hit the jackpot when you visit “The Studio.”

“The Studio” is an erotic boutique catering to a wide variety of sexual lifestyles, and preferences. Fetish, S&M, light bondage, latex and leather apparel, and P.E.S.’s own specialty, Erotic Electro Stimulation products, are all tastefully represented in an atmosphere perfectly suited for couples or singles to frolic within their sexual fantasies. Adding to their line of unique electro stimulation products, P.E.S. now brings the The Studio Accessories to their clients, offering a whole new dimension to the fetish shopper.

Concealed within the guise of an ordinary office complex, passers-by pay little heed to the unobtrusive “all business” facade, unaware that within lies an erotic experience visiting enthusiasts are likely to never forget. A cross between department store and disco tech, “The Studio” stands light years apart from the average adult book store. Enchanting euphonies from cool jazz to classic “Doors” emanate from every corner of the room. Hypnotic colored lights pierce the dimly lit antechamber embellishing exotically attired mannequins and eye catching focal displays. Wisps of smoke dance upon lightly scented air while neon indigo radiates from display cases flaunting the finest in erotic implementation, artfully orchestrated as if exquisite jewelry. Patrons are awe struck as they ingest row upon row of the unusually vast selection adorning every wall.”The Studio” presents a romantically sexy, slightly sinful, somewhat kinky aura that can wet the sexual pallet of even the staunchest of puritans. “If this were nothing more than a sex shop, it would win hands down”. The Monks Playboy Online October 1998.

“The Studio” emerged as a result of the instant popularity of P.E.S. products. P.E.S. was originally administrated out of a modest home using a P.O. Box for correspondence. But, people took to the products so whole heartedly that they would fly into Las Vegas from all over the world and plunge into the post office mistaking it for the actual business address. P.E.S. realized the need for a centralized location where they could satisfy the sexually curious and exhibit their products in the manner in which they deserved, but P.E.S. had their own ideas of what the setting for their products should encompass. They didn’t envision it as another adult sex shop, but a place where people could look, feel and truly experience the art of erotic Electro Stimulation first hand.

“The Studio’s” concept is formulated upon the principals of High Impact Libido Imagery, or, exciting the senses of sight, sound, smell and touch to create an ambience designed to stimulate the imagination and fantasy, as well as entice visitors into feeling comfortable in exploring their most heated sexual desires. P.E.S. complements their Erotic Electro Stimulation devices with an extensive variety of mild to wild erotic paraphernalia, devising a unique state-of-the-art, functional fetish arena, capable of arousing the deepest-rooted sexual urge.
At first P.E.S. opened their studio to a few choice clients by appointment only to ensure that they were given the proper attention and made to feel comfortable in asking sensitive questions about their sexual fantasies. But, like P.E.S. before it, “The Studio” became an instant success. The growing numbers of curious advocates forced them to open the doors to the general public. Since its beginnings, “The Studio” has undergone two major renovations and has doubled in size to meet the needs of its ever increasing clientele. Today, single men, single women and couples of all types,
sexual orientations and income levels have experienced “The Studio.”

Here the link for PES: www.peselectro.com

Erik von Gutenberg recommends kinky salon!

Shimmy & shake your way into the new year
with our special events in honor of all things
ornithological! It’s time to show off your plumage,
strut your stuff &brush up on those mating dances.
Spread your wings and tickle your tail feather,
it’s time to get your fowl on at Kinky Salon!

Featuring that night:

Delilah Burlesque
The New eccentrics
DJ Boenobo

Dresscode:

Feathers and Sequins, Birds of Paradise, Parrots, Penguins, Turkeys, Lovebirds, Ravens, Robins, Flightless Dodos, Woodpeckers, Cocks & Chickens!

www.kinkysalon.com

Von Gutenberg Magazine is recommending Hubba Hubba, the Bat Area Number 1 Burlesque show! The uptown is the leading live show club in Oakland and offers everything you want! Hubba Hubba is performing in the East Bay in Oakland as well as in San Francisco.

HI THERE, FRIENDS!

January’s roaring into high gear, and Hubba Hubba Revue is ready! MONDAY, Jan. 11th, everybody’s favorite BURLESQUE & Variety show brings you another smokin’ hot show guaranteed to warm-up your Winter!

MONDAY, JAN. 11th, We’ve Got…

ELECTRIKAT!
Room for Cream!
KissMeKate!
Delilah!
Miss Lida Fire!
Zip the What-Is-It?!
–special full guest-set by dance troupe
DEBALICIOUS!

and of course those lobveable drunks/MC’s,
Kingfish & Eddie!

all for just FIVE BUCKS!

Doors 9PM, Show 10:15PM
21 & Up w/ID

THE UPTOWN CLUB
1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland
(just 1 block from 19th Street BART!)

www.uptownnightclub.com
www.hubbahubbarevue.com

Erik von Gutenberg recommends Sabina Kelley. An international pin up model and burlesque star!

She specializes in Pinup, Fashion, Glamour, Fetish, Swimsuit, and Lingerie style shoots. Sabina:

I’ve been modeling professionally for 7 years and I’ve worked with some of the best photographers in the world including David LaChapelle and famous Pinup photographer Bunny Yeager. When I’m not modeling, I’m dancing. I’ve been dancing since I was 2 years old, and am trained in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, and pointe. I went from a small town ballerina to a big time Las Vegas Showgirl. I was a Showgirl at Ballys Hotel in Jubilee for 2 and a half years, and I’m currently a burlesque dancer that travels the world performing.

I am a heavily tattooed model and known very much for being the spokesmodel for tattoo conventions worldwide, and for being on the cover of numerous tattoo magazines. While some people love my tattoos there are people who would rather hire me without them. As of right now, I have two full sleeves. So I can wear long sleeves and make it look like I have no tattoos.

I also write my own Pinup article for each issue of Car Kulture Deluxe Magazine called “Pin Down Pinup”. If you want to learn more about the Pinup scene, my thoughts and opinions check out the magazine at www.CKDeluxeMag.com. If you have a suggestion or questions for me for my layout feel free to send me an email.

If your interested in Booking Sabina, for either Modeling or Burlesque, please go to her website and you can contact her:

http://www.switchbladestilettos.com/index.php

Von Gutenberg Magazine recommends Jo Weldon.

My high school band director used to be in a burlesque band, playing sax for the famous Candy Barr at Jack Ruby’s bar, The Carousel. I took the torch, touring with the Burlesque-A-Pades.

Eventually, I would cross paths with Jo Weldon, aka Jo Boobs. Jo Weldon is one of the pioneers of neo-burlesque. She opened a school in New York City called the New York School of Burlesque for those who want to learn the art of taking your clothes off in a spectacular manner.

For those who are too far away to take burlesque classes, she has three DVDs that will guide you to finding your voice. She also has a book coming out next year titled The Burlesque Handbook.

What drew you to burlesque and how long have you been performing?
When I was a kid I loved images of burlesque performers from the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s, I loved the glamourous outlaw energy of the women. I did my first strip performance at Rocky Horror during the preshow, in front of my entire high school – I thought of it simply as entertainment. They were a bit nonplussed, but they already knew I was, ah, colorful, so it didn’t ruin my reputation or anything.

I was also inspired by Yoko Ono and Patti Smith. Since high school I’ve been performing in poetry readings, strip joints, fetish clubs and, as of the 1990s, via Bambi the Mermaid, the New York burlesque scene and the international scene of which it’s a part.

What was Bambi’s role in this?
Bambi took me to Coney Island and the Blue Angel because she knew I had done fetish and burlesque numbers in strip joints and fetish clubs, and at the time I had gotten rid of all my old costumes and fans and was taking a break because I didn’t like traveling alone and was only doing the local fetish club gigs. I was so excited – I said, “Oh my god, I do that!!!”

How long did you work in a strip club and while there, what was your favorite band to dance to?
I worked in strip clubs through the ’80s and part of the ’90s, so my musical preferences changed a lot, from punk to hair-band metal to alternative. But everybody loved dancing to Prince and AC/DC.

How did the School of Burlesque develop?
People asked me to teach, and in order to really bring them what they wanted I need additional teachers. So it developed by request and demand, essentially.

How many students do you have right now?
I haven’t been able to figure that out, but there are often dozens of students in classes a week, which is why we have to annex space outside of the slipper room and bring in new teachers and classes all the time. I feel very lucky that people are interested in this.

There seems to be a huge percentage of those who become successful performers. What do attribute this to?
I attribute it to the communities they develop and the way they work together, absolutely. I see them meet each other in class and start performing and producing shows together. They bring it into new venues and develop new audiences. I’m constantly inspired by how hard they work and how much talent and joy they bring to it.

What’s inside the upcoming Burlesque Handbook?
A guide on how to do burlesque, ranging from classic burlesque striptease moves to the basis of performance art style burlesque. The foreword is by Margaret Cho. The book isn’t a coffee table book; it’s black and white and red. It will feature my photography as well.

What are you currently reading?
I’m trying to read old romance novels from the ’70s, but they’re not as romantic as I remember! Other than that, a lot of my friends are publishing, so I’m reading their books. Most recently I’ve loved Jonny Porkpie’s murder mystery, The Corpse Wore Pasties; Lily Burana’s book, I Love a Man in a Uniform; Nancy Balbirer’s Take Your Shirt Off and Cry; and Rakesh Satyal’s Blue Boy.

What are you currently listening to?
The Pixies. They seem to be everywhere right now! I love my friend Deb’s band Devi, and featured their music on my most recent DVD. Also, I’m swooning over Storm Large – I’m a vigantic fan of hers.

What inspires you?
History, the future, and the present incredible community of geniuses that is New York’s downtown performance scene. Including you!

Check out Jo’s YouTube channel.
You can check out classes at http://www.schoolofburlesque.com
She is performing in Key West, Fla. on January 15 at the Bourbon Street Pub for THE BOYS OF BURLESQUE & THE LADIES THAT LOVE THEM! Tickets available at http://www.keystix.com

Source: http://www.digitalcity.com/2009/12/31/burlesque-scholar-joe-weldon-reveals-her-passion/ by Corn Mo