Happy 250th America!

Happy 250th America!

Today is the ineffable 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗥𝗼𝘁𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗿'𝘀 100th birthday. To celebrate one of the true pioneers of smutdom a good friend of Uncle Spicy's has brought over a portion of his personal collection of hand-drawn pictures by Rotsler to display in the Capri lobby. This is one of our favorites!

Uncle Spicy is very proud that his favorite nephew is part of what Lisa Petrucci coined The Degenerates Dream Team who worked on the just announced Melusine release of Michael Findlay's THE ULTIMATE DEGENERATE/A THOUSAND PLEASURES. You don't want to miss this one! vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/...

As we hear the sound of boots marching in the distance we find that Tanner James' off-the-rails YouTube channel 𝗨𝗻𝗯𝗼𝘅𝗲𝗱, 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗱 has been expurgated from the platform. But never fear true believers! Like a puking phoenix a new channel has already risen: youtu.be/41t1ipUA9W4?...

KRISTINE HELLER From Anthony Spinelli's 1977 CONFESSIONS. Kristine Heller passed away on June 30 1989 at only 39. While the mythology that's developed says she took her own life her obit says she died in hospital after a long illness. Whatever the reality was she left too early. youtu.be/meZZpJQ6WTI

Thursday December 17, 1998 was a sad day, the Capri that we're named after lost it's infamous sign for good. The theater had already been shuttered, and it would eventually be demolished. It's still an empty lot over a quarter century later.

Bambi Allen in Jim Bryan's GIVE 'EM WHAT THEY WANT (1971)

Bill Rotsler in Masque #15, 1964. What a life that guy led...

To celebrate Paul Lynde's 100th birthday(!) we're reposting a clip from the short-lived The Paul Lynde Show, in which Lynde visits a Pussycat Theatre, and of course runs into someone he knows! youtu.be/ebBUZshpi5c

Uncle Spicy has a strict rule against being too publicly political (bad for Bidness, so he says), but he whole-heartedly approved this "non" political post (it's not political because it's a Basic Truth).

Here's a selection of 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 tapes from Uncle Spicy's private collection. You know you rented at least one PS back in the day 😉

Just giving EMMANUELLE IN SOHO (1981) a watch and was delighted to see a painting of what appears to be a "tigon" (tiger/lion) on the wall of Emmanuelle's flat! And of course the film was produced/distributed by...Tigon!

𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 & 𝗣𝗔𝗨𝗟 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗢 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗘 We see Paul Marco and Criswell at around 00:30 in this clip of the 2nd Christopher Street West Parade in LA in June 1971, from the "documentary" KEYSTER. youtu.be/OEYA_nzkwFA

Never let it be said that we post only smut* *𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡

𝗘𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟭 We've got ours, now go get yours, while they last. And if you don't you need to turn in your vintage smut club card! This time we get 15 restored Serena loops with full commentary tracks from Serena herself. ultraflesharchives.myshopify.com/products/eff...

The West Village sex shop The Pleasure Chest has closed after 55 years. It was seen in Jerry Douglas' 1973 lavender classic THE BACK ROW, with George Payne "stalking" Casey Donovan (actually Casey was leading George...). An UES store is still open, but who wants to go to the UES to get sex toys!?!

EFFERVESCENT: The Serena Collection Vol. 1 special edition Blu-ray full announcement and pre-order coming at 7 AM PST June 1st! 50 "signature editions" will also be available! www.ultraflesharchives.com

A very brief video of Marilyn Chambers talking about how she first discovered the Mitchell Brothers. youtu.be/3WzepuHEmYg

For those that didn't hear the thundercrack yesterday, we are living in an era when a brand new album from The Cramps will be bestowed upon us unworthy earthlings in August. We've got ours per-ordered, do you? youtu.be/9K3cc9BMqmU?...

We really love that old lady sitting at the bar in The Peppermint Tree in San Francisco, having a drink and a smoke, and enjoying the topless dancer!

"I worry about our liberties being eaten away, lost by default... If we don't do something we will choke to death on our own wastes and our own stupidity. The world of the future started yesterday. It may already be too late, but we have only two alternatives: trying and extinction." - Bill Rotsler

Hey gang, how about a handful of Neola's handfuls for Thursday!

Flung up on the old YouTubes a couple of Uschi clips from Ed Wood's ONLY HOUSE IN TOWN. Uncle Spicy's favorite nephew worked on the OHIT commentary for the Severin HARD WOOD set a few years ago, and he's still in therapy because of that experience. youtu.be/9GNh-Mv1sfk?...

For Mother's Day After Dark, here's one of vintage erotica's favorite Moms interviewed by everybody's favorite sleaze master, Kay Parker and Al Goldstein. youtu.be/-F6JVrk3AmU

As us movie geeks wild out over the impending and long overdue reissue of Ken Russell's THE DEVILS, lemme steer you to a 2010 essay I wrote in the wake of its very brief appearance on iTunes, hashing out why WB was, well, hellbent on quashing it. projectorhasbeendrinking.blogspot.com/2010/06/sata...

I didn't know Tony Stella, but of course I knew of Tony Stella. He designed and shaped the visual narrative of the first release I had a not insignificant contribution to, VS's Lost Picture Show. And he did it in such a transparent way that the average punter had no idea. That's something special.

Ted Turner passed away about 25 miles east of where I currently find myself, at his so-called plantation Avalon. I may or may not have crossed paths with him once or twice back in the late '90s, that era is such a blur I honestly can't say for sure, but there does seem to be a residue of a memory...

We're tentatively excited about THE DEVILS announcement, but we're holding off allowing ourselves to go full giddy-mode until we hear Mark Kermode's blessing. Has anyone found out how he was involved, and if he's weighed in yet?

Recently did a 2 hour interview about projects of the past and of the future. The 2nd half focuses on Ultra Flesh Archives. We do this because it needs to be done and your support is appreciated. www.youtube.com/live/LA67zR4...

EFFERVESCENT: The Serena Collection Vol. 1 is coming (full announcement soon) - be sure to pick up WILDHEART: The Leslie Winston Collection and Endless EXXXstasy Vol. 1 while you wait. Support the restoration and preservation of x-rated 8mm films! www.ultraflesharchives.com

As you may have heard, adult film legend Tiffany Clark passed away this past week. There is a GFM campaign to help defer the funeral and other family expenses organized by her husband. www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-c...

Hot on the heels of their release of Wildheart, a showcase for Leslie Winston, the first volume in the Endless Exxxstasy series is a sheer smorgasbord of smut, ranging from anonymous thrill seekers to genuine stars! #ultraflesharchives #endlessexxxasy apollotwin.com/2026/05/01/e...

Constance Money in PANTY RAID as found on UFA's new ENDLESS EXXXSTASY Volume 1. As expected, it looks fabulous! @ultraflesharchives.bsky.social

OMG, what on earth is this incredible thing!?!? First big surprise from the latest UFA brown-bag special, we can't wait to see what else is lurking in it's crevices.

Well lookie what Mr Postman eased into our box today! ENDLESS EXXXSTASY Volume 1, from @ultraflesharchives.bsky.social Very excited to get this spinning, and pleasantly surprised to find we know one of the actors in the lineup! And we of course appreciate UFA's concern for our carnal safety 😀

𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗳𝘁: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 Can't wait to see this doc which is premiering at Tribeca in June. In addition to getting the story told, sometimes co-conspirator Adam Baran is an Associate Producer, as well as interviewee, which is worth the ticket price in itself! tribecafilm.com/films/minesh...

Random trading cards included in every copy of Endless EXXXstasy Vol. 1 - will you be lucky enough to get Lisa Cintrice's card? Order your copy now! www.ultraflesharchives.com

After intensive research and a thorough investigation we can now confirm the first magazine Bill Mumy finds in Ken Swofford's footlocker-o-smut in BLESS THE BEASTS AND THE CHILDREN (1971) was the August 1970 issue of Adam Film World, with a scene from George Lucas' first film THX-1138 on the cover!

We totally missed Marilyn's birthday yesterday! Well, anyway, here's The Lady Herself in an interview from 2000. youtu.be/7uLsXkuSWeE

This is the earliest published 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗥𝗼𝘁𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗿 illustration, not in a Fantasy/Sci-Fi journal, I've come across so far. From the September 1960 Progressive Architecture magazine, illustrating an op-ed by NY Congressman John Lindsay.

How many of you have ever had the Turkey Club from the Brooklyn Diner on 57th St in NYC? It's honestly either incredibly brave or incredibly ignorant of them to even have this on the menu! We're guessing they have no idea...IYKYK

We dusted off this old article and thought a few of you might find it somewhat interesting... caprishowworld.com/archives/3846

Coleman Francis, Frank Millen, and Tricky Dick. From THE DIRTIEST GAME IN THE WORLD.

We just had a major flashback to a late night sometime in the waning years of the last century in Jumbo's Clown Room (with Art Garfunkel's sound guy and his cousin). Which has made us curious which of you have also breached the threshold of that infamous establishment? And are willing to admit it.

Here's the pops of Frankie Graham, the guy who just gave the CBS 60 Minutes Easter Sermon (wtf?!), hanging out in an adult bookstore, you know, back in the day.

Nothing says Happy Easter better than a few snaps of Delilah Jones! OK, perhaps a lot of things may be more appropriate, but this is Delilah Jones!

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Thanks to Tom DeSimone's flagrant disregard for licensing, as well as the miracle of modern technology, we just played the entire soundtrack of CONFESSIONS OF A MALE GROUPIE on the juke box at a dive bar in my hometown.

The ROCKY HORROR SHOW celebrated its 50th three years ago, and the ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW its 50th last year. But the true birth of Rocky Horror was 50 years ago tonight, led by the late Sal Piro and that initial gang of mifits, with the first midnight screening at NYC's Waverly Theatre.