“Cruising” Released to DVD

I was at a local BDSM club a few months back during a special presentation of pictures take at the Mine Shaft, a gay leather club in the famous meatpacking district of New York. (OK It was actually a year ago last February, I had to look it up.) He started it off by showing a clip of this film that was actually shot in the club, featuring real patrons of the club and scene. This film which takes a peak into the leather lifestyle at the time before AIDs has finally been released on DVD. You can find a review of it here and the IMDB info here.

From the review:

The film stars Al Pacino as a cop who goes undercover in the New York leather bar scene in order to solve a series of murders and ends up, well, becoming a little sexually confused.

Its director, William Friedkin, had already produced one of the seminal gay films of the ’70s with ‘The Boys in the Band’, but here he was dealing with a gay world where people didn’t just go to have drinks and polite chats; it was overtly, defiantly sexual. That was liberating in the mid-’80s as Britain definitely looked to America as a kind of paradise for gays, especially places like New York and San Francisco.

‘Cruising’ is carefully constructed and Friedkin visited some notorious clubs to do his research. Also, a lot of the people in the film are real gays, so in some ways it does have an authentic feel, similar to his previous ‘The French Connection’ (1971). It almost works as
a nostalgic look back to the golden age of pre-Aids New York, but there are a few too many muscle men dressed in PVC police uniforms and licking their truncheons in the background.

It is an interesting movie, and a part of our culture and history in the Lifestyle.

MV

The New Cell Block

Looks like the Cell Block’s Lair is reopening in Fayetteville. I haven’t been there myself yet, but the feedback I have gotten has been positive. Looks like they have remodeled and are re-opening on April 12th. They are also having a BDSM swap meet that night. Their website is a little sparse (and a little tacky by my standards, but hey so are a lot of websites, so I won’t hold that against them). Should be a fun time if you are in the area at that time (which I won’t be as esclave still won’t have moved down here by then, and I will have other commitments that weekend). If you have been there before, well you know where to make your post: in the comments.

MV

Something for the Rest of Us.

I ran across the news of a hotel with a difference.  I have heard of the BDSM hotels in the Netherlands, but here is a twist in England.

A new boutique hotel at a seaside resort in northwest England is to offer guests a sex toy minibar when it opens later this year, its owner said Monday.

The Vincent Hotel, in Southport, near Liverpool, will have “intimate seduction kits” in each of its 60 rooms from May, containing lubricating gel, massage oil, a vibrating ring and two condoms.

The kit will be in a sealed box alongside more traditional minibar items like nuts, chocolate and alcohol. Guests can request an extra special kit containing a whip, mask and bondage tape.

Is this something you would use? Let us know in the comments.

MV

Playtime

I love to write but sometimes I have a hard time getting my words out and i tend to second guess myself. Sir asked me to post for Him tonight so I attempted to write something that I have been thinking about. I hope you enjoy it.mvs1eslave

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She was so nervous about what was going to happen…but she was also extremely excited. This was only their second time. Their first time was quick and painful and a bit awkward. This time she didn’t think it would be quick but definitely painful.

He looked at her she shivered. He said strip and come here. She stripped down to her panties and came close to him. He grabbed her arm and smacked her and smacked her, twice. Not the gentle pat of a lover but the smack of a sadist putting his slave in her place. She melted. Her focus was on Him, just as he intended. He pushed her back onto the cross and turned her around reached up and fastened the cuffs onto her wrists and ankles put the blindfold over her eyes and then stood back. She waited and wondered. He moved behind her, she felt his breath on her neck. He growled that primal growl that makes her feel like his prey and then he pounced…pushing against her body and moving the cross.

She screamed…he moved away from her. Smack…his hand hitting her ass. Over and over again he hit her…harder and harder until her ass was nice and tender. Smack…not from his hand but from his paddle. She screamed. He put his hand against her shoulders and pushed her back against the cross and gave her a few more swaps from his paddle. He stopped and moved back to his toy bag. She caught her breath to adjust herself. The feeling from the delicious pain seeping through her body, warming her, exciting her. She breathed deeply as she felt his next toy…his flogger…not one but two. He hit her with both of them occasionally wrapping them. She screamed more, she came…unaware of anything but him. He pounced on her again…growling in her ear keeping her unbalanced and off guard.

She was weak when he finally finished with her. Gently he held her as he took the cuffs off of her wrist and ankles. He held her close as he walked back towards the couch to sit and cradle her on his lap. Someone came and put a blanket around both of them and she snuggled closer…loving him even more.

The Eulenspiegel Society

The Eulenspiegel Society(TES) is the oldest BDSM organization in the United States. Located in NYC, TES is nationally known for providing many educational classes and forums for those interested in our lifestyle. If you are located near the big apple, I suggest you check them out. From their site:

We support sexual liberation as a basic requirement of a truly free society. Our special concern is freedom for sexual minorities and particularly the rights of those whose sexuality embraces D/S or dominant/submissive fantasies and urges.

These rights have largely been denied through negative public attitudes, internalized to a great extent by those possessing such inclination themselves. We assert the following rights for all:

1. The right to pursue joy and happiness in one’s own evolving nature, as long as this doesn’t infringe upon the similar rights of others.

2. The right to define oneself, and not be defined by persons whose experiences have not provided them with the understanding to appreciate one’s mystique nor by those whose repressed urges may panic them into rigid hostility toward it.

3. The right freely to communicate and socialize with others of similar sexual orientation, and to explore together the deeper, positive meaning of our experiences.

4. The right to challenge established value systems which oppress by condemning and repressing sexual drives or practices of erotic minorities.

5. The right to publicize activities and views-freely, without fear of occupational or professional repercussion-thereby raising the consciousness of both the public and ourselves regarding sexual minorities and sexual freedom.

Gotta love that. They also have a list of resources for those living in other areas.

MV