AIRBRUSH BY MASTER ERIK AT LADY THORN'S SM FLEA---SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2008

Lady Thorn's SM Flea is coming soon to SF Citadel, AND..one of those vendors will be yours truly, doing airbrushing at SPECIAL DISCOUNTED SM FLEA RATES!!

*T-shirts (regular price: 25.00-50) ONLY 15.00! (10 select ideas available)

*Leather Vests (regular price: 85.00-250.00) ONLY 20.00!

*Leather Jackets (regular price: 100.00-300.00) ONLY 35.00!

AND for the first 2 hours of Fandango, AIRBRUSH TEMPORARY TATTOOS (regular price: 25.00- ) ONLY 10.00!!

This will be My first time setting up vendor booth at SM Flea...hope it goes well!

"The Headbangers Ball" Is Coming to SF Citadel!!!

SF Citadel presents "Headbangers Ball",

Themed Open Play Party
Hosted by Master Erik

SF Citadel
1277 Mission Street; San Francisco, CA
415-626-1746
www.sfcitadel.org
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008
8pm - 1am

Admission $25

FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK...WE SALUTE YOU!!

Join the party people at SF Citadel as we pay tribute to the days when rock-n-roll superstars dominated music videos, concert tours, and many of our fashion styles from the 70's and 80's. The dress theme? Come "rockered out"--be a red-hot rebel rocker, a sexy groping groupie, a randy roadie, a perverted punk rocker, nasty band manager, the ultimate arena band fan, or flashy record producer in your leather, studs, spandex, scarves, short skirts, lots of makeup...and let's not forget BIG ROCKER HAIR!!! Your sexiest fetish attire will also work just fine (after all, rockers love leather, right?). Prizes awarded for best Male & Female Costume. This is an Open Play Party, so everyone's invited to join the fun.

Your VIP Backstage Pass at the front door allows you to indulge your tastebuds on metalhead munchies and watch music videos on the big screen in the Rocker's Lounge, while DJ Mystic Moods mixes rock classics from the 70's-80's with today's dungeon sounds. Wanna really show you got what it takes to go platinum? Step up to the mic and be a contestant in the AIR GUITAR CONTEST for some fabulous prizes!! Keep a tuned ear open for ROCK TRIVIAL PURSUIT questions throughout the night to increase your winnings! PLUS..SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT!!

Then, if you really want to "pump up the volume", come on downstairs to the dungeon and "earn your autographs", where 2000+ square feet of kinkster's paradise awaits you. We provide the ambiance, you provide the energy!

Be a "front-row seat Volunteer" and get free admission. Email to sfcitadelvolunteers@gmail.com


COME ON FEEL THE NOIZE...& GET WILD-WILD-WILD!!

**PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CROSSPOST**

Pride Parade 2008: Casting Call!!

Are you getting as excited as I am about the Pride Parade approaching?
I hope so, because this year's contingent promises to provide even
more pageantry than last years!

Picture if you will, the SF Citadel contingent making its turn onto
Market St, the sounds of thousands of cheering spectators lining both
sides of the street greeting our arrival as We march by...

...what will they see? They'll see:

* flag bearers hoisting the Rainbow Pride flag & Leather Pride flag,
flanking a couple of airbrushed ladies carrying the SF Citadel banner

* our big, beautiful "Citadel family" clad in Our finest fetishwear
(with comfortable shoes, of course!), smiling & waving at them

* the marksman-like skills of singletails being snapped, & the beauty
of Florentine floggers whipping 'round & 'round

* a row of proud male & female submissives & their Dom/mes (or
marching partners) on collar & leash

* the elegance of a stable of manned ponycarts pulled by trained human
ponies

Doesn't that just sound incredible? Wanna make this happen? Then now's
the time to raise your hands & be a part of the magic, the colour, &
the comraderie that comes with marching with SF Citadel in Pride
Parade 2008!!

We'll need:

--2 males to hoist the Rainbow & Leather Pride flags
--2 airbrushed/liquid latexed females to carry the SF Citadel banner
(must be willing to be painted from the stomach up)
--singletail people
--people with Florentine flogging skills
--male & female submissives willing to march in collar & leash

In order for this to happen, We need to have trained Contingent
Monitors (CM) for safety reasons: We need 2 CM's for every 25
marchers---if We don't have enough CM's, We can't march! Please make
sure this doesn't happen & attend one of the Safety/Contingent Monitor
Training classes upcoming. There's additional classes added for next week, so ATTEND
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!

AND...Let's not forget the FLOAT! Although it'll be smaller scale
compared to last years, it promises to be just as spectacular. If
building the float interests you, be sure to come out to SF Citadel on
Tuesday, 6/24 at 7:30pm for the Float Decorating Meeting.

LET'S MAKE THIS A YEAR TO REMEMBER, PEOPLE!!!

Good weather means...I'm back in business!!

Now that the great Spring & Summer weather is back, yours truly is firing up the air compressor & creating custom masterpieces for whatever the need may be!

CARS, TRUCKS & MOTORCYCLES
HELMETS
LEATHER VESTS, CHAPS & JACKETS
DENIMWEAR
T-SHIRTS & SWEATSHIRTS
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
WATERCRAFT
SURFBOARDS & SKATEBOARDS
WALL MURALS
SIGNS & BANNERS
WINDOW DISPLAYS & STOREFRONTS
FACEPAINTING, AIRBRUSH TATTOOS, & BODY ART

...and MUCH, MUCH MORE!!! All this at the Bay Area's best rates! Plenty of satisfied references available.

Got an idea for something? Contact Me at:

airbrush_by_master_erik@yahoo.com

Kink-e-Zine Staff Positions Now OPEN!!

LGBT Talk Columnist

“LGBT Talk” covers news, events, and articles pertinent to the LGBT communities of the San Francisco Bay Area and abroad. As an LGBT Talk Columnist, you bring the flavour of the community to Kink-e-Zine readers on a monthly basis. This position requires great writing skills with special attention to grammar and minimal error, the ability to make deadlines and maintain contact with other Staff members, and in some instances, the ability to conduct live interviews and transfer verbal information to text information effectively without losing character. It’d be beneficial to have LGBT Talk Columnists actively involved in the LGBT BDSM/Kink/Leather/Fetish communities.

Position reports to the LGBT Talk Editor and Chief Editor

Please submit a sample of your writing skills along with a brief outline of your experience for consideration to publisher@kink-e-zine.com

Deadline for position: 5/28/08


Style Columnist

“Style” covers all that is style in the BDSM/Kink/Leather/Fetish communities. Goth/Kink dance clubs and parties, TNG events and workshops, clothing/fashion, music--basically you are the “IN person” of Kink-e-Zine; the one who knows what’s hot & what’s not in the San Francisco Bay Area scene and gives the reviews! This position requires great descriptive writing skills with special attention to grammar and minimal error, the ability to make deadlines and maintain contact with other Staff members, and in some instances, the ability to conduct live interviews and transfer verbal information to text information effectively without losing character. It’d be beneficial to have Style Columnists actively involved in the BDSM/Kink/Leather/Fetish communities, especially club venues.

Position reports to the Style Editor and Chief Editor

Please submit a sample of your writing skills along with a brief outline of your experience for consideration to publisher@kink-e-zine.com

Deadline for position: 5/28/08


Advertising / Marketing Consultant

The Advertising / Marketing Consultant is by far one of the most important positions of Kink-e-Zine, for it is this position that promotes the publication and generates interest in paid advertising from businesses, organizations and event coordinators. The ideal person has an unlimited territory to work with to produce positive results, and has no qualms about closing deals and oppourtunities for the betterment of Kink-e-Zine. Effective communication skills, a background in Advertising / Marketing / Sales / Public Relations is preferred, as well as excellent record-keeping skills, and the ability to make deadlines and maintain contact with other Staff members as needed. At the present time, this will be the only paid Kink-e-Zine Staff position, with compensation paid on a commission basis from advertising sales.

Position reports to the Publisher

Please submit a brief outline of your experience for consideration
to publisher@kink-e-zine.com

Deadline for position: 5/28/08

Another Fun Quiz! Thanks Flame!

Tell me about yourself people
YOU'RE READING MY JOURNAL, I want to know 40 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine ... You're here, so I want to know you better!

BE HONEST! COPY FROM HERE THEN SEND DIRECTLY TO ME IN A COMMENT THEN, REPOST THE EMPTY QUESTIONS.

1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A.
2) What was your dream growing up?
A.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A.
6) What was the last book you read?
A.
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A.
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A.
9) Worst Habit?
A.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A.
11) What is your favorite sport?
A.
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A.
16) Do you have any pets?
A.
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A.
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A.
19) Are you monogamous, or non-manogamous?
A.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A.
22) What color eyes do you have?
A.
23) Ever been arrested?
A.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A.
25) If you won $10,000,000 today, what would you do with it?
A.
27) What's your favorite place to hang at, outside of your home?
A.
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A.
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A.
30) Do you swear a lot?
A.
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A.
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A.
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A.
35) Do you believe in God or a higher power?
A.
36.) Do you like to be touched?
A.
37.) What is your top trouble spot for bodily aches and pains?
A.
38.) What do you like to talk about?
A.
39.) Describe a great evening or outing.
A.
40) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A.

"The State of Kink-e-Zine",

By Master Erik, Publisher

We, at Kink-e-Zine, have seen this publication grow immense leaps and bounds since its first issue was launched September 2007, to coincide with Folsom Street Fair Weekend. The feedback we've received from the San Francisco BDSM, Leather, Kink and Fetish communities has been nothing short of supportive...and for that, we thank you very much!

Now, we're embarking on a new year, and despite only being 5 months old in active circulation, we're already aiming higher! In coming months, watch for Kink-e-Zine's new streamlined, polished look with new formats. We hope you'll like it as much as we do!

We want to be THE publication serving our awesome community, providing insightful articles, informative interviews with many of the pillars of our community, entertaining blogs, humor and fiction/erotica, and much more..and soon, not just more communities will be kept abreast of who we are and what we do, but more regions! With that being said, in 2008 Kink-e-Zine will be bringing news of the San Francisco Bay Area Kink scene to the Western US, and soon after, we will become a NATIONAL publication! Contacts and media news sharing have already been made over the past couple of months with BDSM communities across the US, who want to know about us, and want us to know about them.

Does this mean that we'll be focusing less on "home" and more of the rest of the US? Not at all---we want the rest of the US to see just why our community is the most vibrant, most innovative and most well-known BDSM community in the world!

I've been asked what would Kink-e-Zine do if other e-zines began popping up across the Bay Area--would if affect our circulation/coverage? The way I look at it is this: the Greater San Francisco Bay Area is home to a huge population of kinksters, many BDSM organizations from the North Bay to the South Bay, the East Bay and San Francisco, a couple of dungeons, a fetish sex club, and numerous other perverted playgrounds---why not? As the original SF Bay Area Kink-e-Zine, to be imitated can only be taken one way...as the ultimate flattery!

Nationally? It's a big step indeed...and we never would possibly imagine it to be a step we could handle if it wasn't for the incredible Staff we have who finds no task too big for them to handle, as well as the community we have right here at home whom we honor, respect, admire, and are proud to call ours!

Many changes will be in store with Kink-e-Zine over the next few months, but none of them will change who we are, and who we always will be...a publication OF the community, BY the community, and FOR the community!

Thank you!

www.kink-e-zine.com

GET REAL!!! (cover your ears...this is a doozy of a "squirrel rant!")

I posted this in response to SF Citadel's recent admission increase from...Heaven forbid...$20 to $25!! And believe it or not, fellow readers, there were actually a handful of people within the community who are GRIPING about a FIVE DOLLAR INCREASE!!! And it's not like it happens all the time, people---this is the first increase at the door for SF Citadel in FOUR YEARS!! That means, it's the first time SF Citadel has raised rates since the place first opened it's doors in 2003!!!

MY opinion on all this shit???

Waaaaaah! Waaaaah! Waaaaaah! Five friggin' dollars??? Are you serious??? Someone crying about FIVE DOLLARS??? OK...time for Me to drop a big shitbomb on that...

What is F-I-V-E DOLLARS?? It's:

(a) less than the cost of 2 gallons of gasoline at any gas station in the Bay Area
(b) less than a round-trip BART ticket from SF to the East Bay
(c) less than the average hamburger value meal at most fast-food restaurants (unless you're ordering from Dollar menus)
(d) less than the cost of buying a large box of condoms
(e) less than the cost of buying a grande latte & a baked good at Starbucks
(f) about the cost of bridge toll into SF
(g) about the cost of a pack of cigarettes

...and so on & so on &...GIMME A FUCKIN' BREAK!!! I'm not clairvoyant, but here's My vision of this: the odds are v-e-r-y high that not only do the uber-whiners in mention hardly ever came out to SF Citadel in the first place BEFORE the $5 dollar increase, hereby not giving them much of the proverbial pot to piss in about it anyway, but they probably:

(a) don't volunteer (see definition for "dumbass!"),
(b) think Phil & August are doing this as a concerted "get-richer than they're already rich" ploy (see definition for "dumber than dumbass!"), (c) just like to find shit to stir whenever it comes down to SF Citadel behind the protection of their computers & n-e-v-e-r face-to-face (see definitions for "reasons to have a lobotomy!")
(d) have probably never been to any other BDSM dungeons, where the average cost of admission is $10-$25 more than SF Citadel's new rates...I've been to dungeons across the US, Canada & Europe, where the average price to even smell the sweat inside the damn door is around $45-$60....EVERY FUCKIN' ORDINARY OPEN PLAY PARTY NIGHT!!!

...& the worst offense, (e) they're probably b-e-y-o-n-d financially comfortable, & $5 dollars doesn't mean shit to them, but it's just all about the principle, you know!

Everything I named has increased at one time or another, some more than others recently, but you know what? We still do it because it's a part of our lives. Is SF Citadel a part of our lifes? Damn right it is! It is a COMMUNITY dungeon, & WE ARE THE DAMN COMMUNITY!! If you just don't like the increase, either (a) start contacting the Volunteer Coordinator & start Volunteering for just ONE HOUR A PARTY so you can play for FREE, or (b) build your own damn dungeon, & find out for yourself just how much time, effort & money it takes...all 3 of which, Phil & August unselfishly sacrifice of themselves for each & every one of us....even the ones who don't really deserve it!

I feel better just having the oppourtunity to get it off My chest!

STOP BITING THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU, PEOPLE!!! JUST LEAVE....PLEASE!!....JUST L-E-A-V-E!!!