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“The Pleasure of Play” Tom of Finland Exhibition Is Open Until 8.23.15
Finnish artist Touko Laaksonen, better known to most of the world as Tom of Finland, is at the center of a new exhibit at Artists Space in SoHo running now through August 23. If you live in New York or you will be in the area you should NOT miss this!The Pleasure of Play is the most comprehensive Tom of Finland survey exhibition to date, spanning six decades to include more than 180 drawings, 1930s childhood paper dolls, the full set of 1940s gouaches along with triptychs, individual drawings, storyboards and over 300 reference pages.
Touko Laaksonen, aka Tom of Finland (1920, Kaarina – 1991, Helsinki), was a child of grammar school teachers and grew up in rural Finland. At the age of 19 he enrolled in a distance learning advertising course. Soon drafted, he joined the Finnish Army in its fight against the Soviet invasion. After the war he stayed in Helsinki, studying classical piano at the renowned Sibelius Academy. While at the Academy, Tom of Finland worked as freelance graphic designer, later becoming senior art director at the Helsinki office of the global advertising agency McCann Erickson.
While living life as an adman in Helsinki, his global career as an iconic gay figure was jumpstarted in 1950s Los Angeles, through his ongoing contributions to Bob Mizer’s publication Physique Pictorial. From the 1960s onwards, he frequently published his now well-known comic series with the Danish publishing house DFT, COQ International and the Swedish Revolt Press, and later through his own Tom of Finland Company.
In 1978, Tom of Finland had his first New York exhibition at Stompers, a boots store in the West Village. His first gallery exhibition was at Feyway Studios, San Francisco, where Tom of Finland was befriended by Robert Mapplethorpe, who in 1980 helped him get his first major New York exhibition at Robert Samuel Gallery.
During his 17 years at McCann, a job he quit in 1973, Tom of Finland started traveling extensively throughout Europe. On his many trips, particularly to London, Hamburg and Berlin, he would take his drawings to sell or to gift to men that he met in the local gay scene, thus proliferating his work while establishing an underground distribution network, and with it a network of friends and admirers.
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Production Run Shout Outs
We had an amazing production run last week. I’m still recovering from that… early mornings, long days, late nights… Non-stop hard work from everyone… my crew Darius Union and Jeff Park along with Titanmen VP Keith Webb, my stars Jesse Jackman, Nick Prescott, Dallas Steele and a very special visit by Dirk Caber.
We also had a super-special new performer who you’re going to love, and we’ll tell you about him soon.
But I wanted to give a few personal shout outs.
Dirk… You and I apparently met in 2008 when I was working for another studio and I tried to talk you into becoming a porn star. I guess at the time you didn’t think I was serious, but while I don’t remember this interaction, I clearly knew class when I saw it. I’ve been working in porn for well over a decade.. more than ¼ of my life and you’ve shown me just how great porn stars can be. 100% reliable, fun, funny, supportive of your scene partners, you always show up in peak shape, never complain even when I’m putting you through all sorts of challenges. Your scenes are always a joy. So are you. Thanks so much for agreeing to just… show up without much notice and spend a whole day running around in the 110° heat, diving into the pool for 20 takes, burning your feet while doing push ups in the gravel and just smiling thought it all. You’re also a good friend and part of the family.
Jesse… you and I have always kinda been Titanmen frat brothers because we started the same week. I’ve lost track of how many scenes we’ve done together and I’ve SO enjoyed watching you go from slightly nervous porn newbie jerking off François Sagat underwater at midnight to one of the biggest gay porn stars ever. People will remember you for generations as one of the big guys and I’m so proud that I’ve had the luck to be the one yelling “action” for about half of those scenes. Sorry we put you through so much this weekend (especially waking up at 4AM to run in the desert) although it seems you had as much fun as we did.
Dallas… that scene… you know the one… is going to be a Titanmen classic that I’ll brag about directing for years, but without you and your experience, it would never have come across as well as it did. What could have been a torturous project shooting 45 pages of dialogue ended up being a fantastic single-take joy that took about 30 minutes and we all ended in semi tears with how you and Jesse let down the curtains and showed us what you’re both made of.
Nick… When you called and said your flight was delayed 18 hours and you wouldn’t arrive until 6 hours after we’d planned to start shooting… I should have been in a panic. We usually like to have guys arrive the evening before, have 12 hours to relax and settle and sleep and be ready for a long day of shooting. But I knew you’d walk off the plane, onto the set and be ready to go. I knew you’d be able to join a total newbie in his first scene, make that magic happen and finish the scene in under no time. And I was right. You’re more dependable than my bike and I sit on that and ride 100MPH on the L.A. Freeway. I mean 65. I go 65. You can’t prove a thing.
Darius… your experience directing and film making is an inspiration to me and everyone on set. Even when I’m quietly losing my shit on the inside and getting frustrated, you just ground me back and help me keep going. It’s because I have such a great right hand man that we’ve been able to kick things up a notch. I can’t wait for people to see what we’re doing.
Jeff… Every day I have someone contact me and ask if they can be my production assistant. I always tell them that the one I have is exactly what I need. You started with us not that long ago with very little experience and very little knowledge about how things were done. You didn’t even know what I meant when I said “I need three 1Ks placed at thirds with 201s and 224s with fill boxes spacing them,” but now… you know exactly what I mean and just make it happen. And your irritating laugh that always comes at inappropriate times keeps everyone in a good mood. So don’t stop. And don’t get bothered by the fact that I don’t laugh. That’s my secret… I’m always angry.
Keith… I’m still a bit amazed that of all the very able people for this job… you chose me. I can’t thank you enough for that. Or the support, the cheerleading and advocating for me. For making me take the job when I told you I didn’t think I could do it. These last few years have been so much fun, so much stress, so much work and I wake up every day with a smile on my face because it’s been worth every second.
I should also add that most porn studios provide food for performers in the form of bags of chips, string cheese, “peanut butter” that’s 80% hydrogenated palm oil… Maybe if they’re lucky, some sandwich meat and wonder bread. You make us BBQ short ribs, Carne Asada, Banana pudding from scratch and an endless list of gourmet meals. I know you enjoy cooking and setting up huge banquet spreads like that but it’s a lot of work that you don’t really have to do and you do for the guys and it makes the shoots go faster, better and stay fun when they’re all fed well and in good moods. I’m really looking forward to what we do next.
New Guy… We’ll introduce you to the world soon. They’re going to like you as much as the rest of us do already.
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The Sexiest Pictures From Up Your Alley 2015
Last Sunday July the 26th 2015 San Francisco’s annual Up Your Alley Festival kicked off and it was a sight to be seen! Check out some of our favorite pictures from the afternoon below. The festival is produced by Folsom Street Events and states that “Up Your Alley® is only for real players – and not for the faint of heart – where leather daddies rule the streets of San Francisco’s South of Market district. Of course, if rubber, sportswear, biker gear, skinheads, punks, or any variety of built, hairy men turns you on, then we’ve got it. You won’t find a filthier event in the States. If you’re into it, there’s a scene for you. So, don’t get left out.” All these photos below are accredited to their owners, to see more click them and check out their Instagram and Twitter accounts.
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Sexy Asian Guys Bring In Crowds At Food Vendors In Taiwan
One of the first examples of the recent trend was 26-year-old Yi Tin Chen, dubbed “Tawian’s hottest bean curd seller.”
Long lines of women wanting to sneak a peek at Chen, who also works as a promotional model, formed at the Taipei-based tofu shop Chuan Tong Zhi Zui Dou Hua Tang.
Although many accused the shirtless worker of being placed at the store as a publicity stunt, his modeling agency denied it.
Another example of the trend is Wang Xianghong, whose toned and chiseled body was recently photographed at a fruit and vegetable store on Qiangjiang Road in Taipei’s Beitou district. His undeniably ripped six-pack has customers (mainly female) drooling as they shop for fresh produce.
Wang, who is 20 years old and 6 feet tall, says he often works shirtless for his own convenience.
Wang works at the market four days out of the week and admits that some of the older women, or “aunties,” make comments on his body and purposely move closer to him while selecting their vegetables.
Read More At NextShark.com
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Shirtless Military Men Walk To Raise Awareness For PTSD
Last Weekend over fifty buff and gorgeous marines in San Diego walked down Pacific Beach wearing only their silkies (which double as running shorts and underwear), 22 kg packs, and their smiles. The marines walked to raise awareness of ptsd, which drives 22 vets a day to kill themselves. We honor their cause and thank them for their service (and these hot pictures). In their own words “We want all civilians to know that the best way to support your loved ones who are dealing with demons from combat, is to facilitate communication between your loved one and the men he served with in combat. If you can do that, you could save their life.”
Follow their organization efforts on their website Here.
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Ford, Jed and Trenton. A Blast-from-the-past Random Cell Phone Video
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Just for fun… here’s a cute “fluffing out take” from the three-way with Trenton Ducati, Ford Andrews & Jed Athens in Stud Finder. Watch the full scene here at Titanmen.
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Gay Comic Geek reviews Arcade on Route 9
I’ve talked about how Arcade On Route 9 is one of the most favorite movies in the Titanmen vaults before. Now our buddy Gay Comic Geek gives us his fun, insightful and just plan hot reviews.
You can see more of his reviews at his Mancast channel and you can see Arcade on Route 9 at Titanmen.
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Deep End: Titanmen Classics
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Dive into the Deep End of the pool with TitanMen. Summer is hot, and getting even hotter with this hardcore poolside romp with some of the hottest TitanMen of all time! Join TitanMen exclusives David Anthony, Hunter Marx, Dario Beck, Jessy Ares, JR Matthews and more for a deep dive into the hottest hardcore action you’ll see all summer.
6 scenes, 14 men and over 2 hours of classic TitanMen sucking, rimming, and ass pounding action. Shot in 16:9 widescreen and directed by Brian Mills and Paul Wilde this is one collection of porn you can’t afford to miss, so dive in headfirst!
Click Here to download the whole movie at Titanmen.
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Luke Adams Fluffing David Anthony: Random Cell Phone Clip of the Day.
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We’re getting a few more clips from the up-coming movie featuring David Anthony and Luke Adams along with Casey Williams and Caleb King. We don’t have a title or a synopsis yet, but David told us the movie has an actual story.
