High-Five Friday, This & That Edition

This week's High-Fives:

1) Kitschy Kitschy Coo says it's 1956 and You Got Massage Oil On My Sander!

2) Bear Alley shows us Cartoon Censorship in 1939 (link sent to me by CR/LF of Red-Blooded Thing).

3) Kitsch-Slapped wants to know if you had fun with Jane West too.

4) Also at Kitsch-Slapped, beauty is a bitch in 1936.

5) Oh, and interested in $200 worth of free lingerie? Enter the contest.

High-Five Friday: Getting By With A Little Help From My Friends Edition

This week's High-Fives on this Friday, possible because you all send in good stuff.

1 From Gracie at Sex-Kitten: The real Little Dorrit: the inspiration for Dickens' classic novel was a single mother- turned-prostitute.

2 A report in a 1979 National Enquirer leads to an explanation of why "Women Born From 1905 to 1909 Had The Fewest Children."

3 CR/LF sent me a link to Dances of Port Said.

4 Sweat Shop Sissy sent this link to Slip of a Girl, who then sent it to me: Sex tips, from the year 1894.

5 John Coulthart (via BoingBoing) sent me a link to this signed bronze piece which has already been sold. However, there's another, and note how the satyr's head can be removed to see the rigid cock.

High-Five Fridays

This week's High-Five Fridays...

1) The Femmeinist Fuck Toy's guilty pleasures: 50s and 60s (sexist) movies.

2) Here's Looking Like You, Kid dishes on Sophia Loren's seduction in The Millionairess (1960).

3) Do you know who Jeri is? Pop Tarts wants to know.

4) Slip of a Girl is amused by this vintage lingerie ad.

5) Gracie shows us Wives Legal Rights, a Dell Purse Book, 1965.

High-Five Fridays On A Friday Evening

This week's High-Five Fridays...

1) Slip of a Girl is looking for more information about this photo -- help her if you can!

2) The Educational Alliance at 197 E. Broadway, New York, has a History of Jews, Sex and Politics on the Lower East Side Walking Tour on Sunday, September, 28, 2008, from 2:00-3:30 PM:

Discover the lurid secrets of sex and sexuality as you wind through the streets of the Jewish Lower East Side. Spanning from the 1880's to the 21st century, from synagogues to sex shops, the former shtetl will come alive with tales of Jewish prostitution, pornographers, birth control pioneers, undergarment peddlers, bath houses, burlesque performers, erotica, fetish and fashion.

3) CR/LF alerts us to the legal rukus over the photos from Marilyn's last sitting -- reminding us of intellectual property rights issues as he does so.

4) I may not technically be a museum, but I follow this stuff: MW2009 Call for Participation.

5) Feministing has a call for submissions: What Made You a Feminist? Might actually submit something... You?

High-Five Fridays, The Breast Edition

This week's High-Five Fridays...

1) Artist Lisa Melita's 21 Breast Salute for cancer.

2) The Top 50 Hottest Sci-Fi Girls. (Yes, they have breasts; I know sci-fi worlds can be confusing.)

3) An interview regarding the Ultimate Burlesque anthology, part of Burlesque Against Breast Cancer.

4) CR/LF points out The Joyful Bosom Affair, an art project where women paint with their breasts. I want to know, would you buy my boob-prints? Or would you collectors insist upon the originals? *wink*

5) Gracie becomes breast friends with a Cold Case. (A review -- with clips -- of one of my favorite episodes.)

High-Five Fridays

Settle in -- and have a cuppa -- as you enjoy this week's High-Fives. (If you need a new tea cup, how about the original white Blaue Blume Tea Cup with lovely lady legs? Also has tea pot & more.)

#1 A review of Love-Desire-Passion: Romantic Motifs in Art of the 15th to 19th Centuries, the exhibit at Prague's Clam-Gallasův palác: "Ultimately, this selective history of European painting shows that while love, desire and passion may be separate emotions, they are not inseparable."

#2 John Lattimer: Master Collector, not really "sex", but so fascinating & creepy it has to be mentioned. (Plus, there's lessons here for collectors of anything.)

#3 While you're at CQ, why not also read about collectors and pink elephants -- interesting look at the objects in the circle of collecting.

#4 Time to shop? Will at Hang Fire Books has a special going on -- all book listings in his eBay store (not the "Prints, Plates and Ephemera") are now open to offers -- even the pulps.

#5 On September 5th, EROTICA, the exhibition, opens to the public in Uptown Sedona at the Community Exhibition Gallery (in the Art Barn) at the Sedona Arts Center.

High-Five Friday

1) In New Wives' Tales, Jackie Wullschlager reviews books on the lives of famous wives & lovers, including the kinky relationship between Simone de Beauvoir & Jean-Paul Sartre. (Get ready to put on your Amazon wish lists.)

2) Brenda's Babes won $20,000 for her pin up collection. (I didn't enter because I didn't want to video my home.) Via Dinosaurs & Robots.

3) Gracie Passette interviewed Shon Richards on XXBN's Cult of Gracie and it rocked! You can listen/download here.

4)The Things Women Go Through to Attract Men..., by Cheryl Saban.

5) The New York Times reviews the J, Paul Getty Museum show, Grecian Taste and Roman Spirit: The Society of Dilettanti, "a quirky, fascinating show" which "examines the culture of connoisseurship in a men’s club in 18th-century London, revealing the unlikely origins of both classical archaeology and the Greek Revival style." (Sometimes I hate living in the Midwest; I miss shows like this.)

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Belated High-Five Friday

High-Five Friday is late due to a secret, clandestine meeting of FF. This is all I can say for now... But the high-fives are still due, so here we go:

1) Dutch Delftware Dildo, anyone? Combines the quaint and the cunt.

And I swear I had that bookmarked for a high-five before I discovered that...

2) Audacia Ray had posted about my Earl Kemp needlepoint. Thanks!

3) John Coulthart sent an update on Kafka's Porn Stash -- I could paraphrase him, but he says it so well:

We seem to have much ado about very little here. The latest teacup storm:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/aug/15/franzkafka.germany

The pictures in question are mostly drawings as far as I can gather. Some of them rather well-known:

"a picture of a baby emerging from a sliced-open leg."

...which is one of Beardsley's Lucian illustrations:

http://www.wunderkabinett.co.uk/damndata/index.php?/archives/1038-A-Bizarre-Birth.html

Ah well.

4) The Harry Mohney's Erotic Heritage Museum may not be news to many of you, and this news story is older too, but I love this part too much not to high-five it:

It's important to preserve such collections, said Jerry Zientara, a librarian for the institute who also teaches "erotology" -- the study of the depiction of the acts of love and sex -- because they're part of our history.

"Erotic history is the same as any kind of history," he said. "It's just like art history, but the subject matter goes further. Because it's sexual, a lot of people aren't interested in preserving it. How often does someone's uncle die and when the Playboys are found, they go to the Dumpster?"

5) Lastly, the lovely Curvaceous Dee sent me a link to this wonderful erotic ivory chess set, by Russian Mammoth (image shown below). I thank her for the link; but would have preferred she'd have sent me the chess set. *wink*

High-Five Friday

1) From Cult of Gracie's Carnival of the Liberals post:

Allen at The Whited Sepulchre says, "Brent Rinehart's Comic Book - I need a copy".

(See also Ethan Persoff's George Wallace asks: Is Brent Rinehart an EP.TC Reader? -- or just a natural born stylistic plagiarist?)

2) The Headless Werewolf reviews All The Colors Of The Dark (1972).

3) The Dean at Collectors Quest discusses the common points in collecting -- no matter what it is -- in Collecting: _______Fill In The Blank. Most quote-worthy is Steve Silberberg's comment:

No, I can’t explain the desire to collect barf bags, only that iit makes me feel like a man.

4) Playboy.com on the sexiest girls at Comic-Con International 2008.

5) Jason asks Remember When Andy Dick was Funny?

High-Five Fridays is still on hiatus -- but I'm still playing & you can too.

This Week In SPS & High-Five Friday

I've been out in the big blue room, buying or at least hoping to add to my collections; so I've not been online much. I'm not sure if it's greed which makes me stay away, or if it's just a momentum issue & I resist a change to once again sitting in front of the screen... Well, that and I may have an announcement regarding a project next week or so :knock wood:

But in any case, here are a few things I managed to spot this week...

1) Peter at Beauty In Darkness discusses BDSM in mainstream movies -- I'm less interested in Wanted; but revel in the dish on The Mask of Fu Manchu.

2) Derek dishes on museums & their care for collections (or not).

3) John shows us À Rebours (Against Nature) by Joris-Karl Huymans (1884) -- with illustrations by Arthur Zaidenberg. Enough to send me back to searching. And whining when I can't afford it.

4) Bloomberg shows us what's going on at the Museum of Sex. (I now know more about deer than I wanted to.)

5) Orhan Kahn's Death of Retail Price isn't really "sex history", but if you adults need a dose of crazy, you'll be soaking in it.

High-Five Fridays is still on hiatus; but I'm still playing.

High-Five Fridays #24

High-Five Fridays is still on hiatus; but I'm still playing.

1) Book collectors will enjoy this tantalizing review of Books: A Memoir, by Larry McMurtry. Here's a snippet:

A purpose of this memoir, Mr. McMurtry writes, is to “raise ghosts” of booksellers past, in the same way that Booked Up has become an “anthology” of their wares. In 1950, when Fourth Avenue was bookstore row, Manhattan had 175 bookstores. The online business that replaced them, Mr. McMurtry laments, is precise and efficient but lacks the human contact and serendipity of poring through shelves of dust in search of treasure.

2) An interview with David Farley, who wants to expose you to Napoleon's penis.

3) The debate on "the sensuality of children" continues in the Australian art world: one side, the other. Personally, I think concerned people need to take a real look at the definition of "sensual" and discover that it's not necessarily erotic; but I am glad to see this covered as a conversation.

4) The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Transgender (GLBT) Historical Society announced plans to open a new exhibit in the Castro district later this year -- if it can raise enough money. (Hint Hint) Kudos to Out in America for giving it press; a hand slap for not including an actual link to the historical society.

5) Thanks to Mark at Dinosaurs & Robots for noticing what goes on here.

High-Five Fridays #23

High-Five Fridays is still on hiatus; but I'm still playing.

1) Ethan Persoff posted about "me" -- well, this blog, anyway -- and I'm so tickled.

2) More for those who find the brainy sexy: Our Fair Kari.

3) You may have see this elsewhere, but still... Finding books which hide the private Polaroid porn is cool. (Via Sex Is A Red-Blooded Thing who added his 2-cents.)

4) Reflecting on the Good Old Days: A Reality Check, a review of Otto L. Bettmann's The Good Old Days – They Were Terrible! (I wonder if there's a chapter on sex?)

5) Think you know your Casanova?

In the classic eighteenth-century sense, Casanova is a poor example of a libertine in that he had so little interest in conquest or coercion. He was no Valmont or de Sade. He is outclassed ten to one by his fictional alter ego Don Giovanni with his catalogue of 1800 conquests. Casanova's is not a compulsion or sex addiction. Indeed, he might not register at all as having a "Casanova" complex in the sense in which the term is used today. Rather, he enjoyed the game of love and seduction, a sport or art of unsurpassed fashionability in the generation that preceded the French Revolution. He narrates affairs, rather than one-night stands. Romantically, he was indefatigable.

High-Five Fridays #22

High-Five Fridays is still on hiatus; but I'm still playing.

1) The Headless Werewolf finds Vampirella in his comics haul.

2) Slip of a Girl talks about sex history & lingerie as family heirlooms.

3) Dark Roasted Blend shows us lovely ladies of yesteryear.

4) Found In Mom's Basement shows us the amazing vintage ad shown at the left. I have only one question: Is it always illegal to kill stupid advertising guys?

5) A huge high-five to Will (of Hang Fire Books), for helping me get Pop Tart a belated birthday gift. I selected the Sunshine Biscuit ephemera (found in a first edition of the Kinsey report) with the a wacky signed note from Verce of Hexperience. Absolutely love it! So thanks -- and next time I'll have to buy something *wink*

High-Five Fridays #21

High-Five Fridays is still on hiatus; but I'm still playing.

1) The 25 Most Disturbing Sex Toys Ever: What the smut collector of the future must-have.

2) Thanks to KKC showing us Pop Culture Safari's tribute to Mike Shayne covers, I discovered some lovely film noir movie posters, from whence the poster of Gun Crazy (shown here) came.

3) How those vintage & retro amateur nude photos are taken.

4) A compilation of nude Bond women links.

5) BoingBoing covers the AIDES (a European HIV/AIDS NGO founded in 1984) safe sex posters.

High-Five Fridays #19

High-Five Fridays is still on hiatus; but I'm still playing.

1) 'Tis the season: Feminist buttons circa 1968 - 1972.

2) From her collection of "sex toys that maybe should have never been..." (I've seen plenty of ads for this one; but do not have any of the actual vibes.)

3) The 60's Aren't Dead, even if Bo Diddley and Alton Kelley are.

4) The true tale of browsing a book collection during an orgy, discovering first editions splattered with the former owner's blood. Da-y-mn. (Via Hang Fire Books.)

5) Comstockery in the 21st Century:

If we can thank Anthony Comstock, founder of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice and famed censor, for nothing else, there is this: much of what we know about the sexual subcultures of 19th-century New York is thanks to the efforts of Comstock. Much of the Society's intelligence on the moral depravity of the time came from the personal efforts of Comstock, who went to the fleshpots of the city himself to observe the offenses to common decency and recorded them in meticulous detail to be included in the Society's reports.

High-Five Fridays #17

High-Five Fridays seems to be on hiatus; but I'm still playing.

1) Dude, Hans of AMEA, World Museum of Erotic Art has started the cool ArtCrazed.com. Now before you moan, "Oh, not another social site," let me point out the obvious: It's about art, people! Finally, you get to sit at the cool kids' table and hang out with the artistic crowd. You can hook-up with me here. Do it. You'll be one of the cool kids.

2) From The Frisky: Virgin Sacrifice: Father/Daughter Dance. It may not be "old", but it is definitely old school.

3) In honor of Loni's marriage (and because you don't like posts without naughty images), enjoy Anderson and Jan Smithers with what could be, if you peer close enough, camel toe... But at least it's breasts in little WKRP tees. (Classic TV now on video too.)



4) Kudos to Yvonne K. Fulbright at FOX (surprise!) for stating the following disclaimer at the top of her article, 7 Ways to Tell If You Are Addicted to Porn: "Author’s note: This is not an article on whether or not erotica is morally wrong. It is not an article on whether porn use is an addiction (I'll get to those great debates at another time)." At least she makes some distinctions between a problem behavior and the entire genre.

5) Why are you walking that way? Is that an erotic cane, or are you just happy to see me?

Also, I don't do these things; but as a favor to Crazy Crafty Cat Chick, I'll do the following "hit list". I'll tag no one, because I know how such things can get you killed...

Dhanosh

Marketing Myself

Brawny Hunk

Motorparasi

Nicksplat

Annette

Super Hero Extraordinare

Everyday should be Christmas

The Gadget Guru tech

Available Light

Dad's Dish

What Goes Under the Sun

One Quart Low

Stephan Miller

Mental Poo

Search for Blogging

Renatodoxaguia

Angel Baby

The Sleeping Turtle Art Gallery

Hanna

JollyJo

Olga the traveling bra

Concept is addict

Postarelibero

Nokhathai

Momreviews

Into the Rabbit Hole

Smile! Tomorrow could be a lot worse!

Wicked Whispers

Anand's blog

Catatonic Kid: A Mind Boiling Over

Discorax's House of Woot

Blogging from the Bog

Shiv's Brain

Secret Spiritual Dance

Sisters of a Different Order.

OMYWORD! Did I say that?

Letters from Exile.

~From the Myst~

I-Ching Online.

The World According to Me

Rantings & Ramblings

Crazy Crafty Cat Chick.

The BearTwins Mom

Gracefully Abnormal

Silent Porn Star

High-Five Fridays #16

1) Discovering more about those social gatherings of ninteen-ought-eight -- and don't miss the cute song lyrics on this card from 1912: I’ve Got to Go and Get Myself a Girl Like You. (It's a hoot!)

2) One of the largest collections of vintage erotica.

3) Amanda at SWOP East shares a good link, saying:

The MET has a display of superhero fashion. This is notable since most superhero clothing takes a lot of cues from BDSM attire -- whether publicly acknowledged or not.

4) Why the Leather Archives and Museum is important.

5) A review of The Forgery of Venus, a fictional work.

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High-Five Fridays #15

1) Jane Jakeman reminds us that sometimes romanticizing history is erotic fun, in her review of The Aviary Gate, by Katie Hickman.

2) The Urban Woo links here -- thank you, too!

3) William of Hang Fire Books reviews Stalags, a documentary on the bizarre phenomenon of Israeli-produced, concentration camp fetish-porn paperbacks. As he says, "Gross? Yes. But completely fascinating."

4) The Telegraph lists the 50 best cult books.

5) Via Cult of Gracie's post-show notes, I discovered the classic painting The Swing, by Jean-Honore Fragonard (shown at left) depicts more than petticoats: "This picture became an immediate success, not merely for its technical excellence, but for the scandal behind it. The young nobleman is not only getting an interesting view up the lady's skirt, but she is being pushed into this position by her priest-lover, shown in the rear."

Find out how to give your High-Five Fridays here!

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Visiting fellow High-Fivers is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your High-Fives in others comments (please note if NWS).

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High-Five Fridays #13

1) I keep forgetting to point out Tijuana Bible dot Org, so here's a general all 'round high-fiver for ya.

2) While I caution Rachel, the Pop Feminist, from complete acceptance of the rumors that Charles Lutwidge Dodgson aka Lewis Carroll was a pedophile; I do applaud her efforts in exploring Disney's Alice in Wonderland from a feminist point of view.

3) More props to Hang Fire Books for his Will-ingness to share the risque business card and tips on how to deal with paperback spine issues.

4) The Realist Archive Project is cool, and has earned Official Honoree status in the 2008 Webby Awards.

5) Via Being Amber Rhea, we learn more about mermaids in The Mermaid, by Heinz Insu Fenkl:

Regardless of where we begin our interpretation of the mermaid, or which analytic path we take, we are brought back, again and again, to the ancient Great Goddess, the archetype behind the figure of Mary, who in Christian culture is usually split into the virginal Madonna and the holy prostitute. The mermaid ultimately signifies the fundamental mystery of female sexuality, particularly for men who, because they cannot comprehend it, are simultaneously drawn to it and terrified by it. That is why the mermaid becomes so easily conflated with the siren and her irresistible call that leads men to their doom.

Find out how to give your High-Five Fridays here!

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Visiting fellow High-Fivers is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your High-Fives in others comments (please note if NWS).

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High-Five Fridays #12

#1 Stripping Matryoshka dolls, via Sex is a Red-Blooded Thing.

#2 Meet The Greatest Tarts in New York History (#8 is my favorite).

#3 For those who need names for their SPS scorecard, I give you Nick van der Kolk of Love & Radio. It's a bit of foreshadowing, so feel free to study ahead of the rest of the class.

#4 Speaking of radio, Gracie's going to be on XBN: Sex Worker Rights Broadcast Network on Saturday.

#5 J.C. Etheredge brings comic book heroes out of the closet:

When I was a little boy, I had a minor obsession with superheroes. I wanted Superman and his bulge to rescue me, I wanted Batman to make me his Boy Wonder, and I wanted Wonder Woman... well, I wanted to be Wonder Woman.

Find out how to give your High-Five Fridays here!

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High-Five Fridays #11

#1 A high-five to Deanna for admitting to obsessive researching -- not only so relate-able, but interesting enough to drive me to searching too. Now I too must know who Mariposa is! I'll give a high-five to any and all who have real information.

#2 Slip of a Girl was interviewed regarding her lingerie ephemera collection over at Marty's Ephemera Blog. (Marty himself was recently interviewed at Collectors' Quest.)

#3 More retro (1960's) men pondering the nude human form: Russell Baker On Nudity over at Sex is a Red-Blooded Thing.

#4 Curt Purcell of The Groovy Age of Horror wrote Formula, Convention, and Cliche: Repetition in Genre Fiction, an excellent primer for educating the uninitiated into the joys of genre fiction (which is the bulk of pulp, don't cha know).

#5 Schadenfreudian Therapy posts I'm a Dirty Pearl -- exposing the saucier side of Pearl Bailey & her Naughty But Nice LP.

Lastly, a bonus #6 high-five to Will at Hang Fire Books (a regular here now, hmm?) for his Google Reader idea -- and trying to walk me through it. I'll get it yet, by crackie!

Find out how to give your High-Five Fridays here!

The purpose of this meme is to give high-fives to 5 people, posts, blogs and/or websites you've admired during the week. I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 5 high-fives on Friday. Trackbacks, pings, linky widgets, comment links accepted!

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High-Five Fridays #10

1) Your A lawyer called; are you collecting what you aren't supposed to have?

2) Of Plenary Indulgence and the sex lives of popes. ...Can popes give themselves Plenary Indulgences?

3) Great Moments in Long Beach Sex History: Read it; there could be a quiz!

4) Booty Babe Art -- what else can I say? Oh yeah, found via Val Gryphin.

5) David Haden's Pornography in Britain: industries, markets, audiences, 1954 – 1992.

Find out how to give your High-Five Fridays here!

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High-Five Fridays #9

1 Thoughts on illustrator Dave Stevens and his passing. (Via No Smoking in the Skull Cave.)

2 Eliot Spitzer's news recalls more political sex scandals.

3 The Candy Pitch celebrates Spitzer with a dose of Blaze Starr.

4 If I could get me to Boston, I'd attend The Great Boston Burlesque Exposition and Vintage Fashion Fair.

5 Have you been to Java's Bachelor Pad recently?

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High-Five Friday #8

1 & 2 See what's at Mike Cade's sexy album covers and compare to Maxim's list of the sexiest album covers. Then argue like the perverted erotica lover you are.

3 Francesco D'Isa at Lucrezia: "A widely exhibited artist, Francesco uses various methods to present evocative female portraits that challenge conventional concepts of beauty, eroticism and femininity."

4 Gloria Brame's coverage of sex & arts is always worth the time.

5 The California Literary Review discusses the Erotic Art of Ancient Pompeii.

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High-Five Fridays #7

1) Angela brings us Dietrich Singing Seeger.

2) Art Frahm's panty falling art, via Slip of a Girl.

3) Geocached panty stash?

4) Nude photos of Edwidge French, anyone?

5) Info on "Living Pictures" or "Tableau Vivant" (plus a frilly knickers video!)

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High-Five Fridays #6

#1 Stinky LuLu for cool movie news & views.

#2 I mentioned the excellent post DeeDee made about Sean Young & James Woods, but there's interesting legal talk about it all now, so check that out.

#3 A high-five "thanks" to Violet Blue for the mention/link.

#4 Peaches and Dreams show us the softer side of Napoleon.

#5 William at Hang Fire books shows us Marilyn Chambers' Love Oil.

Find out how to give your High-Five Fridays here!

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High-Five Fridays #5

With all my posting this week, you'd think I'd have no high-fives to give -- but then you'd be wrong.


1) A high-five to Sexactu.com for linking to me. The site is in French, but a quick online translation later I decide they liked me *wink* Lots of things to see, so language isn't necessarily a barrier to enjoyment.

2) The one time when spooning isn't so sexy... cute though, and worth a high-five.

3) A high-five and a grin for vintage ads luring artists with nude models.

4) Retrofap, which, as the title suggests, is entirely made for fappin'. (So I can't technically give them a high-five... Maybe a fap-five?)

5) No Smoking In The Skull Cave (discovered via Kitschy Kitschy Coo) is a new find that I spent quite a bit of time exploring today. Worth a high-five followed by a down-low... We saucy girl bloggers have secret handshakes.

Find out how to give your High-Five Fridays here!

The purpose of this meme is to give high-fives to 5 people, posts, blogs and/or websites you've admired during the week. I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 5 high-fives on Friday. Trackbacks, pings, linky widgets, comment links accepted!

Visiting fellow High-Fivers is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your High-Fives in others comments (please note if NWS).

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High-Five Fridays #4

If you think collecting erotica is hot, try creating it. Secondhand Rose and Shon Richards discuss masturbation as a part of the creative process in writing.

Curvaceous Dee has put a dirty spin on a classic with Hey Dude.

While we're talking creativity, here's a Mardi Gras haiku from Turkey Necks -- I would have just linked direct-like, but at the time of this posting I only got server errors and 404's when going for the permlink &/or comments. So here is my favorite:

sorority girls
so drunk and, briefly, topless
make their fathers proud.

Lucrezia magazine has an interview with Raphael Perez -- yes, there are art nudes to view. *wink*

And, I would be remiss, if I didn't high-five Mark Frauenfelder of Boing Boing for honoring SPS (for the second time!). This time he noted my Turtles card post -- and added some info too. (No, I won't tell you what it is; you're supposed to visit the mighty Boing Boing! And don't skip the comments either or you'll miss a connection to the Masons.)

Find out how to give your High-Five Fridays here!

The purpose of this meme is to give high-fives to 5 people, posts, blogs and/or websites you've admired during the week. I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 5 high-fives on Friday. Trackbacks, pings, linky widgets, comment links accepted!

Visiting fellow High-Fivers is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your High-Fives in others comments (please note if NWS).

Find more High-Five Friday folks here!

High-Five Fridays #3

#1 Mommy Has A Headache -- and Minority Porn.

#2 Cinema Retro celebrates the films of the 60's and 70's. (No special pointy party hats required.)

#3 CR/LF has been absent at his blog, Sex Is A Red-Blooded Thing, but appears to be back -- click through and give him the inspiration to keep posting (comments wouldn't hurt either).

#4 Figleaf's Real Adult Sex is on the sidebar, but I'm just giving it another shout-out in case you've resisted... Don't make me get out the hose.

#5 Jason brings us news from Royal Daulton, which is where the image below is from. Now why didn't I think of that?


(I'd have called the figurine series "Poke-Ye-Women" as there'd be so many & you'd want to collect them all -- and get them little panties.)

Find out how to give your High-Five Fridays here!

The purpose of this meme is to give high-fives to 5 people, posts, blogs and/or websites you've admired during the week. I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 5 high-fives on Friday. Trackbacks, pings, linky widgets, comment links accepted!

Visiting fellow High-Fivers is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your High-Fives in others comments (please note if NWS).

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High-Five Fridays #2

High-Five Fridays provide the chance to not only be nice, but for me to catch-up on missed posts I should have made during the week. Here's what you almost missed this week...

#1 Sam introduces us to Bernard Natan, "The most important pornographer you've never heard of."

#2 Vintage Pulchritude has lovely vintage erotica. My only complaint is that of the typical collector -- where's the information on the object/photo? But if you just like to look, never mind my collecting concerns and enjoy the antique art nudes.

#3 I'm not just a smut collector -- or even just a collector; I'm many things. But another area of collecting I'm into is religious items; I think any smut collector has to note, but not necessarily like, the connections between sexuality and spirituality, especially when it comes to organized religion. It's like the other side of the coin, I guess. So this anti-Christianity antique postcard is very interesting.

In my best Monty Python imitation I say, "And now for something completely different..."

I direct you to Gracie Passette's political post, #4, Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right; Or Do They?; I'm utterly surprised there are no comments as she's dared to go completely non-pc. Related, #5, Girl With Pen's Deborah Siegel wonders Do More MEN Think Us Ready for Madame President?

Find out how to give your High-Five Fridays here!

The purpose of this meme is to give high-fives to 5 people, posts, blogs and/or websites you've admired during the week. I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 5 high-fives on Friday. Trackbacks, pings, linky widgets, comment links accepted!

Visiting fellow High-Fivers is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your High-Fives in others comments (please note if NWS).

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High-Five Fridays #1 (On A Saturday)

The Marketing Whore decided to start a Friday meme late on a Friday, so blame her for a Friday post on a Saturday. *wink* Anyway, it's a groovy way for me to point to a few folks who had great posts this week which I didn't manage to mention here (especially as I don't comment 'round the blogosphere as I should could). So where we go.



#1 Celebrate Cary Grant's birthday at Band of Thebes.

#2 Pal (is is too soon to call him that?) William Smith, has started his series, Bookseller’s Gazette at Bookshop Blog, because, "I was thinking how much magazine articles, tv and radio notices, blog posts, etc. drive the used and rare book trade. I decided to start collecting these references in one place so alert booksellers could take advantage of potential spikes in demand." Excellent.

#3 Bless/curse $pread Magazine for publishing a historical article, Hos in History, From Marilyn Monroe to Rudolph Valentino, in their latest issue, forcing me to get off the pot and subscribe already.

#4 Groovy Age of Horror reviewed Crimson Orgy before it hit the streets.

#5 Fabulon dishes All That Heaven Allows, starring Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, and Agnes Moorehead. (That's where the pic below is from.)


You're not done! Find out how to give your High-Five Fridays here!

The purpose of this meme is to give high-fives to 5 people, posts, blogs and/or websites you've admired during the week. I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 5 high-fives on Friday. Trackbacks, pings, linky widgets, comment links accepted!

Visiting fellow High-Fivers is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your High-Fives in others comments (please note if NWS).

Find more High-Five Friday folks here!