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KICKING OFF SUMMER WITH A BANG — AND CRASH: STUDIO SERVITU’S JE M’EN FOUS
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN LIP SERVICE WEB MAGAZINE Do you sometimes really want to smash the living hell out of your computer with a badass 20 lb sledgehammer? Would love to stomp your printer until it’s nothing but chards on the floor? Feel like throwing plates and glass as hard as…
Continue ReadingSPRING IN LA’S CREATIVE UNDERGROUND
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN LIP SERVICE WEB MAGAZINE Let’s face facts. It’s often a pain in the ass to live an independent artists’ existence. Sacrifices, though, usually balance out with the perks, at least enough for otherwise-mainly-rational adults to stay out of the cubicles and keep at it. Sometimes, those perks…
Continue ReadingSINGING WITH PORN STARS: LA’S NAUGHTIEST INSTITUTION
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN LIP SERVICE WEB MAGAZINE Let me tell you a little LA Story … Once upon a naughty time, a few adult performers stopped by a little, local hole-in-the-wall joint to unwind after work. It happened to be karaoke night, and they had a great time singing and…
Continue ReadingSUMMER OF SIN: EXXXOTICA AND STUDIO SERVITU
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN LIP SERVICE WEB MAGAZINE There’s something about summer, the anticipation of the rising temperatures, which makes the sin funk in Los Angeles all the more fabulously ripe. This month, we’ve got a hugely exciting event coming up, which I really must blather about like a giddy schoolgirl…
Continue ReadingSEX IN THE CROSSHAIRS: THE DANGEROUS STATE OF SMUT
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN LIP SERVICE WEB MAGAZINE In recent months, the professional world of sin and debauchery has seen major challenges from its not-so-naughty counterparts in the mainstream. As our culture moves toward a more free-wheeling online Wild West of sex, the aspiring censors of all things fun have lined…
Continue ReadingTHE DEGENERATE ART OF NICK KUSHNER: PROFILE AND INTERVIEW
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN LIP SERVICE WEB MAGAZINE This month, I’ve got a lovely treat for you fabulous degenerates. I don’t often put my culture cap on when writing these monthly dispatches from the world of sin and debauchery, but the buzz in the creative underbelly of Los Angeles is offering…
Continue ReadingA NIGHT OF FIRSTS: NICK KUSHNER EXHIBITION AT STUDIO SERVITU
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN LIP SERVICE WEB MAGAZINE Every event has its own special alchemy, the planned enhanced by the immediacy of the crowd. This past Saturday at Studio Servitù, the night was all about firsts, the intrigue and excitement of the new.
Continue ReadingTHE STEAMPUNK ART OF JOHN HARRIS: PROFILE AND INTERVIEW
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN LIP SERVICE WEB MAGAZINE Every so often, we at the ‘zine like to give our stage over to an artist whose work we love, to share their brainchildren and thoughts with all of you. Similarly, the designers and stylists at Lip Service also like to give a…
Continue ReadingTHIS NIGHT GOES TO 11: THE STARS ARE MALIGNED AT STUDIO SERVITU
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN LIP SERVICE WEB MAGAZINE Sometimes, you just have to go to 11. This, of course, is Standard Operating Procedure at Studio Servitù. One knows there is no predicting what awaits inside. The only way to go into a Servitù event is ready to be dazzled and debauched…
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