Edited by Audacia Ray

Write a Verse for the Wet Spots: Contest Winner!

I'm happy to announce the winning verse for the first Naked City contest, in which readers were charged with the task of writing a new verse to the Wet Spots song Public Service Announcement, which is about the things that you should not put in your ass. Here's the winning verse!

never put a cell phone in your rear, dear
the reception in there isn't very clear
never put a cell phone in your end, friend
your text messages will be much, much harder to send
the vibrations might be kind of fun
but how are you going to call 911?
so never, never, never, never, never, never, never put a cell phone in your bum!

The Wet Spots will be incorporating this verse into the song at their performance at the Zipper Factory this Sunday, July 27th at 8 pm. Here's all you need to know about the show:

AN EVENING WITH THE WET SPOTS
Starring Cass King and John Woods
Sunday, July 27 at 8 p.m.
Tickets: $20
Canadian bisexual, polyamorous husband-and-wife musical comedy duo The Wet Spots bring their critically acclaimed show to the Zipper Factory after a smashing run at the Sydney Opera House. Prepare for a lively affair, featuring songs, monologue, sing-a-longs and spankings. The Wet Spots' mixture of lyrical wit and lusty subject matter reclaims the original meaning of adult entertainment. The Sydney Morning Herald calls them "Burt Bacharach on Amyl Nitrate" and the Vancouver Sun suggests "To call the show burlesque would be too mild but the seamless harmonizing and sophisticated showmanship of this pair keep it from being merely raunchy". They first came to public attention when their YouTube video Do You Take It (In the Ass?) was downloaded more than three million times, and their live show has won critical acclaim across four continents. The duo has also been endorsed by progressive sex educators such as Susie Bright (Best American Erotica) who describes the Wet Spots as "Savage Love meets Schoolhouse Rock", and Dr. Carol Queen (Good Vibrations Guide to Sex) who says: "These guys are musically adept, hilarious and super-cute... They are a pair of the best sex educators currently working in the Americas."

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Naked City Contest: Write a Verse for the Wet Spots!

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The Wet Spots are a fantastic duo from Canada. From their website:

Picture a husband and wife team from the golden age of comedy. Now picture them singing sweetly about threesomes and taking it in the ass.

Internationally acclaimed cabaret duo The Wet Spots (Cass King and John Woods) write the most elegant songs about sex that you will ever hear.

The duo will be doing their first full-length public performance in NYC at the Zipper Factory on Sunday, July 27th at 8 pm and they've joined forces with Naked City for a contest!

Starting today, creative types are invited to write a new verse to a Wet Spots song called Public Service Announcement, which is about things that you should not put in your ass - a YouTube video is below so you can study up on the rhyme pattern.

The winning verse and entertaining runners-up, as judged by me and the Wet Spots, will be published here on Naked City on July 24th, and the winning verse will be used in the song at the Zipper Factory show, plus immortalized in a Naked City TV video of the performance.

The winner also receives two tickets to the July 27th Wet Spots show plus a bag of swag - a copy of my book Naked on the Internet, a dvd of my porno directorial debut The Bi Apple, and a Sex Nerds Know How to Do It tee shirt, plus some other sexy goodies.

The deadline for all entries is 11.59 pm on Tuesday, July 22nd.

You can leave your verse in the comments on this post, or email it to nakedcity@villagevoicemedia.com.

Have at it!

--Audacia Ray

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ISIS asks: What If Ur Undies Had the Last Word?

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Since its inception in 2001 Bay area non-profit Internet Sexuality Information Service (affectionately known as ISIS) has consistently created interesting and useful sexual health campaigns using emerging technologies. In a world where non-profits attempt to look hip and often fail miserably, ISIS has kept up with what's happening. They are both earnest and successful in engaging the communities who need them most.

One of their most highly publicized campaigns is inSPOT, an ecard notification system for people who have recently learned that they have contracted a sexually transmitted infection (STI) and may have passed it on to their sex partners. inSPOT helps folks who may be very anxious about having The Talk get in touch anonymously and alert their partners to a possible exposure.

In the past year, ISIS has jumped whole-heartedly into the new media game, but they've been very conscious of the fact that "user generated content" doesn't mean having an army of pliable marketers who will work for free at their disposal. Enter the contest. During the fall and winter the organization hosted a video-making contest (with cash prizes!) called Fresh Focus, which encouraged youth to make short online videos with one of two themes in mind: "Share your sex ed experience so far. Show us how and why it sucked or rocked" or "Redesign how sex ed could be delivered. Imagine that anything is possible". The finalists participated in a panel discussion at the Sex::Tech Focus on Youth conference in January.

And now ISIS has a new contest (with a scholarship prize) - design a pair of panties or boxers with a safer sex reminder on them. After all, your underwear is the last line of defense between you and some ill-advised, unprotected action. As an added, extra-cool bonus, the video about the contest (below) was made by one of the Fresh Focus finalists. Contest rules and guidelines are on the aptly-named site Undies Contest - submission deadline is May 15.

--Audacia Ray

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