The Hardest Working Men in Showbusiness

After the blowout event at The Center for Sex and Culture last Friday, there is no question who the hardest working men in the sex machine business are: It's the folks from thethrillhammer.com and The Monkey Rocker, of course.

The event was put together by Ruby Tulips, a super-bright sex worker activist. She envisioned an event that was literary and still allowed the audience to really see what the hell a sex machine was.

At this point, Allen Stein of the 'hammer has a literal traveling road show of sex machines ...and this guy does not miss a party. Artist Greg Larson had his two pedal powered machines on display, the duo from Bonkum were inflating mattresses and setting up their wares. Dan and Jan of Monkey Rocker bust in with a giant cardboard box, bust out their machine, and begin answering questions from the floor. Me....? I'm the guy who wrote and shot the book about it all and am thankful for having a chance to spend time in their world.

I finish my slideshow and talk to some folks in the audience who come up to say hello. WTF?! There's a naked guy walking thru the audience. Easily in his 50's. Wow...this really is a liberated crowd... and then we have Carol Queen, the legendary San Francisco sexual icon, making an announcement for next weeks big annual Masturbate-a- thon 2006? And here is a film maker from London, buying a copy of Sex Machines and telling me she flew here to cover the 'thon! Talking with Dan and Jan of Monkey Rocker, they plan on driving all night tonite, following the Thrill Hammer Humvee up to Portland for Portland's own version of the Masturbate-a-thon...like the whole idea of the 'thon started up there or something!
And I thought Sex Machines was an edgy topic...