Newseater - Adult Edition

Foot massagers! Motörhead shirts! Wearable bongs! If these don’t say “erotic” to you, you probably still need porn stars for stimulation.

All right. Erotica L.A. had those, too, in its three-day consumer fleshly bazaar at the L.A. Convention Center. But for those of us with more refined libidos, there was also a booth selling Egyptian cotton sheets. And if you need to ask how those are erotic, you’ve never jerked off to Lemmy Kilmister.

But discounmt travel agencies and car detailing booths weren’t all Erotica L.A. had to offer; there were also dozens of porn stars either signing at stripped-down booths (by comparison with the Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas in January) or roaming the aisles.

Those who say the porn business is dying need only have looked at the long lines stretching in front of a vaguely-military Belladonna to be assured that, no, only the DVD and massive booth-renting business is dying - porn is fine.

Capping Saturday’s festivities was the third annual F.A.M.E. Awards, hosted by Jesse Jane and Randy Spears. The adorable Bree Olson won Best Rookie. Other people won other things, and we took their pictures, but we admit we didn’t watch the ceremony. We were too busy trying to buy sheets.

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· Erotica L.A. (erotica-la.com)

Original post by Gram Ponante

With six months recovery time after AVN’s Las Vegas convention, porn fans are once again ready for the in-person charms of Tera Patrick, Sunny Lane, Stormy Daniels, Belladonna, and Joanna Angel among dozens of other porn luminaries at next weekend’s Erotica L.A., a three-day fan event—accessible by public transportation!—at the L.A. Convention Center. Culminating in the FAME Awards and the lively Sexopolis afterparty, Erotica L.A. is like the Vegas show with better air and an escape route. (erotica-la.com + sexopolishollywood.com)

Original post by Gram Ponante

Via a series of mini-interviews with several of porn’s shining lights (including current Fleshbot crush object Gianna Michaels in the opening seconds of the clip, even!) at Erotica LA a few weeks ago, TV Guide’s John Henson proved that pornstars are just like everyone else when it comes to their television viewing habits, even if they probably go through more anti-bacterial hand sanitizer in their day jobs than the rest of us do. (Also: Do you think Belladonna would say yes if we asked her to come over one Saturday morning to watch cartoons at our place? Just wondering.)

· “What Do Porn Stars Watch On TV?” (YouTube - thanks Nick)

Previously: Erotica LA 2007, Fleshbot Facials Archive

Original post by FLESHBOT

As you know, our exhaustive coverage of Erotica L.A. last weekend was comprehensive and thought-provoking without seeming to be about another event entirely. (Don’t worry: we’ll use “resounding success” and “overwhelming” when Gawker Media holds its shareholders meeting in July.)

Join us after the gap for some final thoughts (and pictures!) from Erotica L.A., starting our engines with erotic photographer Holly “Cha Cha” Randall. - GP

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I asked Hailey Young if she bought her own costumes and she said that she was given money to do it. “I will buy that flimsy top right now for five American dollars,” I said. God Damn It! Why don’t I ever bring five dollars??

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The crowd around these women was too big. I felt like (the movie version of) Adso of Melk. “I never knew, nor ever learned, her name.”

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The following conversation never happened:

Evan: You like my new tattoo?
Tera: I don’t know; the top of your head seems like the undiscovered country.

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Which one is the stripper and which one is her makeup artist? I’ll just say that Althea is on the cover of this month’s “Private Dancer” magazine and I wanted to be the pole. Did that sound dirty? Sorry if that sounded dirty.

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I thought Sasha Grey was the Best Dressed at this year’s Erotica L.A., but she put a little effort into it. Ava Rose looks this good when she rolls out of bed (actually she looks a little better than this when she rolls out of bed). Did that sound dirty, too? I don’t care anymore.

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Randy Spears is a cool dude. He was one of the only men signing at Erotica L.A., and Los Angeles‘ erotic convention-attending women swooned over him.

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Finally, Jenna Jameson and Belladonna, together again.

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· See also: Erotica L.A. in review (gramponante.com)

Previously: Popshots Archive

Original post by Fleshbot

· Michelle Marsh will have to get back to you soon, because she has quite a lot on her hands right now. (hollywoodtuna.com + egotastic.com)

· LAist was not impressed by Erotica LA. What was the problem? Too many pornstars or not enough shoulder stink? (laist.com)

· What’s the weirdest part of this story? That male and female inmates are housed side-by-side, that they were able cut a hole in their cell walls so they could “join” each other, or that prisoners apparently have unlimited access to pancake batter? That last bit doesn’t make it as kinky as it should be, either. (newsday.com)

· We don’t care what you’re selling, there’s no such thing as a gratuitous bikini model. (copyranter.blogspot.com)

· Carrie Underwood and Kevin Eubanks are the world’s sexiest vegetarians, but we still don’t understand how could anyone turn down a piece of hot beef. (chron.com)

· Internet speeds in the US lag far behind other industrialized nations. It’s hard to sleep at night knowing our porn should be arriving faster than it is. (xbiz.com)

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Previously: Morning Wood Archives/Wet Spots Archives

Original post by Dashiell