Liz Langley

A couple of years ago I had the honor of meeting Ken Russell when he and his wife Lisi came to the  Florida Film Festival  for a screening of  Crimes of Passion , written by my pal, Orlando's own  Barry Sandler . At the time I was a blogger for  Fairvilla Megastore , the local treasure / adult boutique on Orange Blossom Trail and thought that, considering Mr. Russell's exceptional gift for bringing wild, hysterical, bizarre, alarming, jaw-dropping, tingling-in-all-the-right-places-especially-your-brain sexual imagery to the screen, he'd be the perfect person to comment on some of the adult novelties I blogged about. In fact his first full biography is called Phallic Frenzy: Ken Russell and his Films . So when I got to meet the great director - a genius, as   Martin Scorsese and Ben Kingsley will tell you  - I casually threw out "You should come to my store," thinking I would get the celebrity brush off, i.e., that he'd say "Oh, that's nice, but we

As some of you know I worked very hard throughout 2010 and a good chunk of 2011 to write a book,  Crazy Little Thing: Why Love and Sex Drive Us Mad . It's about the extremes we sometimes go to in love, how it makes us all feel crazy, some people who had   really  crazy times with it and some of the chemical and psychological reasons that love makes LSD look like Ovaltine.      I was honored to have the book debut at Bluestockings Bookstore  in Manhattan and then another event at the Chat Lounge on Broome St. the next night and now I finally get to celebrate on my home turf here in Orlando.       RhodeHaus productions has put a party together for me at  SIP, 724 Virginia Drive, Orlando, 7-10pm, no cover. Sam Singhaus will be DJ-ing and performing so you know the music will be the best.        If you've already pre-ordered a book and bring it with I'll be happy to sign it and I'll also have some copies available to buy (at the $20 book cover price). You can also ord

There's something about not getting a chance to celebrate your birthday (which I didn't) that seems to mean you get to celebrate a dozen or so other things that happen after  your birthday, like this one - I didn't realize until I was browsing SeXis this weekend that I had four stories in their  Top 25 stories for October , including one on  The Scar Project , photographer David Jay's fantastic portraits of breast cancer survivors,  SexCult: Spectrophilia  about sex with ghosts,  SexCult: Is He a Sex Addict or Isn't He?  about Phil Varone going on Dr. Drew's show for sex addiction...and then coming out with a line of porn products, among other things, and finally  Sex While Sky Diving Totally Worth Getting Fired For  about...well, you can figure that out.        You can check these out and all the other excellent SeXis writers at  Top 25 Most Popular Sex Articles in October  and, as always, enjoy!

There are so many things coming up  that it was tough to chose what to talk about on  What's Hot in Central Florida  today on WMFE 90.7 FM at 4:32 pm (you can check out the podcast if you miss it) but I think I got some great ones in there. On Saturday there's  PURE Reflections: Beauty Reimagined , an international showcase of dancers from PURE (Public Urban Ritual Experiment) dance troupes everywhere, exploring issues of body image through dance. Sunday afternoon promises  Hanging of the Greens  ensemble harp concert at the Broadway United Methodist Church downtown and on Sunday night  Will's Pub 's Sick of it Sunday will feature Black Flag karaoke - where you can shout out the lyrics of your favorite  Black Flag  songs backed by a live band.        I have to give a special mention to Michael Wanzie's  A Christmas Carol , opening Saturday night at the Footlights Theater  featuring everyone's favorite female impersonators rocking the Dickens classic as Carol

D'oh! I missed posting on What's Hot in Central Florida on WMFE, 90.7 FM  earlier today but there are still some great events to be attended in Orlando this weekend, like the  Southern Pinball Festival  that's running all weekend at the Maitland Civic Center with games of all kinds from all eras, set on freeplay with your ticket purchase! There's also  A Woman Scorned: The Hannya Mask Project  at Twelve21 Gallery, celebrating the Hannya Mask of the Japanese Noh theater which represents a jealous or vengeful woman whose anger has turned her into a demon - but who still has traces of humanity left (I know her...wait, I've been her!). That opens Saturday, Nov. 19 - more details on the above link and at  Ascension Custom Dermagraphics .      By the time I post this  Southern Culture on the Skids  will almost have started playing at The Social, which is too bad because I LOVE that band!!!!! And I hope lots and lots and lots of you get to go see them. My apologies for

Kurt Vonnegut was born on this day, 11/11, only in 1922 and while it's not actually a Central Florida event it's still a noteworthy one. I'd tell everyone to read Welcome to the Monkey House  this weekend, but then you'd miss the fun stuff coming up in  What's Hot in Central Florida on WMFE, 90.7 FM at 4:32 pm  which includes, not one, but TWO parades! There's the  Veteran's Day Parade  in downtown Orlando on Saturday and also the rescheduling of  Come Out With Pride's Pride Day events  which got rained out a couple of weeks ago. AND Peter Murphy (or, as I once referred to him after I'd had a few, Purty Meefur) is going to be at  Firestone tonight, so the reading assignment will have to wait.      One assignment that won't wait, though....my birthday is on Sunday. I'd recommend cake and champagne but you celebrate as you see fit. XOXOX!!

Listen for me on  WMFE  every Friday at 4:32 pm for What's Hot in Central Florida where I hand-pick some of the best stuff to do in town this weekend! Fishbone fans are going to be thrilled this weekend with TWO opportunities to see the legendary band, the first at  Enzian , which will be showing the documentary "Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone," and later the band will play downtown at  The Social.       Playfest! The Harriest Lake Festival of New Plays  will be going on all weekend at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater - there's a packed schedule and some of the events are free.      Finally the 25th Annual AIA (American Indian Association) Orlando Powwow  is going to be at the Central Florida Fairgrounds this weekend with Native American music, dance and food. There was a call on their website for "former Powwow princesses," who will be honored at a ceremony starting at 3:45 pm. The whole event sound like a great chance to explore a lot of a

OMG!!! It's a tumor with a face!!!! A man who came to doctors complaining of pain in his testicles. They took THIS ultrasound photograph. You can click on the link to my Sex Feed item about this breath-taking spectacle  - and then click on a link within that link to read even MORE about the story. All that's really important is that this image haunts your dreams.   I know it's really hard to care about anything after that but just in case, here are some more from this week: Lesbian couple voted homecoming king and queen. Nice . DSK alleged assault to be parodied by porn company. Ew. Sexual Harraasment claims could cloud Cain's presidential chances. Ew.  and a few from the archives: Some Women Complain About Premature Ejaculation...Theirs Hypersexuality: fun or a rabies symptom? CDC recommends boys get HPV vaccine Mooning Queen Elizabeth Indian girls named "Unwanted" get renaming ceremony