Checking in on live in-person kink events in our ânewâ normal, slightly less locked-down world

Having taught at and attended (I do endeavor to do all I can to research effectively for you, my gentle reader), I can speak on the ins-and-outs of suburban âmunches,â local make-shift lifestyler meet-ups, and balls-to-the-wall (in more ways than one) long weekend kink conventionsâŠand the wonderful folks I have met who populate them. As of the More...

Wise John: A Wonderful World
Wise John A Wonderful World (Wise John) A tentative jazzy piano floats behind the delicate voice of Wise John as he opens his album, A Wonderful World with âWonât Somebody Let This Caged Bird Fly?â Although More...

Echo Us: The Windsong Spires
Echo Us The Windsong Spires (Echo Us) With sweeping keys, high fluty-sounds, and echo-y vocals, Echo Us presents âWe Seek the Descending Levers,â the opener of The Windsong Spires. This one gets a good head More...

THE SEX FILES: What Might Have Gotten Past You: A Couple of Weeks in Sex
Here are a few naughty, fun stories (and one cautionary tale) that may have got by you when you werenât looking. Trying to get back to whatever the new normal may be, God knows we are all very much involved in More...

Patrick Ames: The Virtualistics
Patrick Ames The Virtualistics (Patrick Ames) Patrick Ames set himself up with an interesting challenge, certainly informed by our times, for The Virtualistics. Ames writing the eight songs here, saw a good More...

Mike Gale:Â Twin Spirit
Mike Gale Twin Spirit (Baboo Records) A plucky, circa-1920âs piano and effected restricted-speaker vocal inform âDonât Mind The Weather,â the opener of Mike Galeâs new Twin Spirit. It follows with More...

How to Decide on a Mattress Together as a Couple
When you choose the best mattress as a couple, you can guarantee that you both will have the best nightâs sleep possible. However, it can also be challenging to decide on a mattress together, especially when it More...

Rickâs Cabaret New York is Open With No Restrictions
Photo courtesy of Rickâs Cabaret Thereâs no keeping a good gentlemanâs club downâŠpandemic or not! With New York State curfews and capacity limits lifted two weeks ago, our friends and supremely sexy spot, More...

Dennis DeYoung: 26 East, Vol.2. Â
Dennis DeYoung 26 East, Vol.2. (FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL) 26 East, Vol.2. marks former Styx frontman/vocalist/keyboardist/songwriter Dennis DeYoungâs retirement. Thinking he was done with his âVol.1â released More...

Ad Vanderveen: Release
Ad Vanderveen Release (Songsense) We are in the hands of a well-reasoned production from the get-go on Amsterdam-based folk artist Ad Vanderveenâs new ten song, Release. Vanderveen produces here with Pete Fisher, More...