Aussielicious

Neil Curtis is an artist who is breaking with tradition in the medium of body painting and turning it into art. As he says in the trailer for this project, most people when you mention body painting associate it with female models so when it is on a male model they are more likely to see the actual project.

Part of this project is about taking away the symbols outer layers of what we use to represent ourselves to the rest of the world, the colour of our skin and our clothes. Whether we like it or not, race still does influence how people are treated and our clothes always have and always will influence people’s judgement of us. Are we dressed appropriately? Expensively? Cheaply? By stripping a model completely nude and taking away those clothes and then taking away skin colour by painting every inch of their body, we bring everyone down, or up, to an level playing field. Talking with the artist today online, he explained that the sideways format is intentional, again it stops people looking with preconceived ideas.

The first of these videos that I’m sharing with you is “the Boxer”. He also happens to most fit the image of the “hot” guy. He’s got a great body and a beautiful cock. Neil also tells me that the Boxer is straight. All of these models must be pretty comfortable in their own skin to be so completely revealed and exposed on video and for a straight boxer, a macho sport by anyone’s standards, to have another man using a roller to apply paint to every inch of your body, would be pretty challenging.The models also have to shave down their body as, as Niel says, hair and paint don’t go well together.

The matt finish on the paint once the model is painted is giving me some ideas on how to proceed with my own “tribal” series.

Replace Clothes With Paint: The Boxer from Neil Curtis on Vimeo.

Those talented folks at aussieBum have been slaving away creating new product to make sure all of you in the Northern Hemisphere aren’t short of new goodies to wear this northern Summer to show off your assets to their fullest. First up is a new range of underwear called Roger. It’s available in 5 different colours and is a new take on the “classic” undie from aB. For those of you planning on hitting the pool for some laps or the beach for some sun there are two new ranges available. The LowRider swimwear range is some sexy graphic swimwear (modeled by the luscious Andreas) and the Swish range is for the serious swimmer who follows the black line up and down the pool.

When I opened my Freedom exhibition in February, I also launched my book, Aussielicious Men. I’d always wanted to work towards a book and I’m really happy with the way it turned out. Yesterday I finally put together a video trailer to promote it using snippets of footage from different shoots over the years. Sadly I didn’t start shooting footage on photo shoots for a long time and I didn’t have any footage from any of the “Shrouded” exhibition shoots. I think this trailer gives a pretty good impression of the book.

You can order the book in both Hardcover and e-book versions. To order the hardback click here and to order the e-book click here. Enjoy the trailer!

Aussielicious Men Trailer from Brenton Parry on Vimeo.

This is an old video from a Burning Man in the distant past. I know I’ve said in the past that I won’t post photos or video of people nude that don’t know or agree to the footage or image being taken. Burning Man is one of those places that you kind of just assume if you are running around nude then there is going to be imagery taken of it, no matter who you are or what you look like. I fully assume that there are photos of me taken at Burning Man while doing the nude pub crawl bike ride that I didn’t agree to but I also wasn’t doing anything at all that I’d be ashamed of, so I don’t care.

I’ve heard of things like this happening on the playa and love the idea of it. I hope they had rigged up showers nearby to get the mud off afterwards.

Burning Man – Mud & Water from M Beare on Vimeo.

There are a bunch of people who are clearly blurring the lines between exhibitionism and nudism and to be honest I’m totally fine with that. There is a time for non sexual nudity but sometimes a bit of showing off or voyeurism is fine too as long as no one is going to be offended. I’m not quite sure where these guys sit on that scale from nudism to exhibitionism. The two men in this video both have vimeo pages here and here. These two obviously enjoy being nude together and being seen nude but there isn’t anything blatantly sexual going on. Perhaps making and posting videos of themselves and each other nude is enough for them. I personally wouldn’t mind seeing these guys walking around nude in town.

They have a few videos where they are both just walking through Thessaloniki in Greece at night. I’m not entirely sure of the legality of being nude in the streets of Greece but no one seems to be upset by the sight of two nude men going for a stroll so I’m figuring whatever laws they have against it aren’t policed too heavily, nor should they be. Keep it up guys.

Naked walk with Michalis Gymnisths in thessaloniki Γυμνός με τον Μιχαλη στην Θεσσαλονικη from John Mask on Vimeo.

I’ve got my grumpy pants on tonight as you can tell from the previous post. I’ve just had a long day at work and I didn’t make it to circus class because I was stuck in the office. So in an attempt to brighten the mood this is a video of porn star and general HUNG gentleman Rafael Alencar trying on different pairs of swimwear. He’s surprisingly modest given what he does on camera generally, but you see plenty of his mighty meat swinging around while he’s getting in and out of the swimwear. Enjoy.

Choosing the right Swim Suit from Rafael Alencar on Vimeo.

On Sunday night I had a mate over for dinner and we were having a good catch up. This friend is a very VERY practical man. He’s lovely but usually errs on the side of caution and sensibility. Don’t get me wrong, he’s taken some risks in his career but they are very calculated risks.

On Sunday night I told him about an idea that I’d had for quite a large adventure that would mean some big changes. I was expecting him to tell me I was insane, that it was a lovely idea but a bit unrealistic. No. Apparently even one of the most practical and sensible people I know thinks it’s a fantastic idea and that it “needs to happen” in his words.

I’m not going to say what it is, but the idea has been germinating for a while now and won’t go away. So why am I posting a fan-made lyric video to a Kylie song that most of you won’t have heard? Because the song is all about taking risks. The name of the song is Jump and it’s from the line “Run to the future and jump!” Maybe it’s time. There are a million reasons not to do what I’m thinking of doing but none of them are real reasons.

You know your country is operating with a very different Parliament when your leader and opposition leader both reiterate time and time again that they are opposed to marriage equality, but then your closest neighbouring country passes marriage equality into law and not only is there a standing ovation within the Parliament but the gallery of witnesses all burst into song to celebrate.

Sadly Australia is being left further and further behind with a religious opposition leader and a Prime Minister who is so worried about losing her position she refuses to do something right, just because it’s right regardless of the consequences. Please take the time to watch this fantastic, humorous and accepting speech by MP Maurice Williamson in the lead up to the vote in NZ. He apparently has a drought breaking huge gay rainbow over his electorate!

Alex Minsky is causing quite a stir around the blogs with his sexy good looks, beautiful body and ridiculous amount of tattoos. He lost his leg in Afghanistan and was keeping the rest of his body looking hot in an L.A. gym when Tom Cullis noticed him and scouted him for a Rufskin campaign. Now Alex appears in this behind the scenes video for a Rock Bottom Underwear commercial shot by Justin Monroe.

When you shoot with Mr Monroe, you know the shoot isn’t going to be one of those “stand there and look hot” kind of shoots. This one is no different, balloons, sparkly eye masks and Alex not wearing much. Yum. Alex clearly has a sense of humour with a tattoo in his armpit which had to really hurt and another one above his groin saying “don’t laugh”.

Rock Bottom Underwear – Behind the Scenes from Justin Monroe Photography on Vimeo.

I’m not talking about the food product here. Do you like ginger hair? Red headed kids back when I was at school got bullied a little bit about it but not badly, no more than any other kid does for whatever someone decided was worth bullying over. When I was living in London a decade ago I went to a club on New Year’s Eve with some friends and there was this big muscly guy not far away and I couldn’t stop staring. He was like a friendly Tom of Finland looking guy in an Abercrombie T-Shirt. I was pointing him out to a friend and the lights flashed up a bit and my friend said “ooh no, he’s a ginger.” Apparently that was an instant disqualification in my friend’s eyes. I did feel like in Britain, gingers got a harder deal than they do here.

Gingers is a new short film exploring the world of the ginger. More specifically the gay ginger, from Ireland to Brazil. If you go to Gingers Film Tumblr you can also make a donation to the project and see the full short film. Some of the guys in this trailer are bloody sexy I have to say. Yum!

GINGERS / teaser from Antonio da Silva Films on Vimeo.

The second season of The Voice Australia has just started this week and a new judge/mentor/coach on the show this year is Ricky Martin. Ricky is replacing Keith Urban who went off to referee Nicky Minaj and Mariah Carey in a crazy-contest on American Idol. Ricky has always been sexy to me but seeing him on the show is making me melt. Sure, like all the other coaches he’s throwing out platitudes about journeys and gifts and beauty, but the way he speaks, gently and articulately, makes me melt. I know he has a long time partner and two gorgeous boys, but he makes me happy in my pants. It also doesn’t hurt that he is sexy as hell and has great style and fabulous hair. How did anyone believe he was straight?

Ricky Martin from Irene ~RMWFC~ on Vimeo.

I just watched this video and it made me smile. I’m not entirely sure I get what it’s trying to achieve, whether it is just a simple exercise to make people remember the good things in life or if there is more to it. I’m taking it at face value. I’m issuing another challenge. It doesn’t take any effort, no photos, no videos, just remembering. Like this video, I want you to remember something that you’ve seen, done or heard, a smell, a song, some food, an experience that even years later, makes you smile. You can share it with myself and other blog readers in the comments if you like, or you can just remember it yourself and bring that smile back.

Surprisingly, mine isn’t something that happened with friends or my family, it wasn’t naked on a beach, it was when I was alone. I’d been living in London for a year or so and had just done my first winter over there and was craving some sunshine. With budget airline options in Europe I took myself off to Nice in France for a long weekend of sunshine. I’m always at my happiest when I’ve been in the sun. Stupidly I went for a three hour walk with no sunscreen on my first morning and got very sunburnt but that didn’t stop me enjoying the rest of the weekend. One evening I was walking around from the beach towards the harbour and as the path went around the headland the footpath widened  a lot and had a round sunken area with some seating around it. It was early evening and the sun was setting with that magical glow and beautiful colours. In the middle of the round sunken area sat an old battered portable stereo playing some beautiful music and around it were about 5 couples of various ages, mostly older in their 50′s and 60′s all dancing a tango or something.

The whole combination of a stunning setting with the colourful sky over a vast Mediterranean Sea, an unexpected show of very natural joy and affection of old couples dancing together and feeling warm and content made me just stop and soak it up for about 20 minutes. To this day, 10 years later, it makes me smile.

Your secret from Jean-Sebastien Monzani on Vimeo.

In ANOTHER new release of underwear from aussieBum, they’ve brought back the amazing Andreas who seems to have the tables turned in a strip club. God knows I’D prefer to see Andreas stripping than the girls even though they are beautiful women. The flash range comes in briefs, jock straps and a thong style of underwear. I’m not a huge fan of a man in a thong or g-string but you know what? Andreas would look fantastic in just about anything but even better in nothing.

Let me at it. It has been a few years since I’ve done any pole dancing but I could (and would love to) show Andreas a few moves around his a pole.

This Friday night a mate of mine is hosting one of our semi-regular nude drinks nights. We were thinking that instead of everyone just standing and sitting around drinking and chatting we might play some games so that people who don’t know each other might get chatting and laughing quicker.
Beer pong is definitely on the cards and already organised but I’m taking suggestions on fun, easy games for a bunch of naked men to play. They can be cheeky but we aren’t looking to start an orgy here. I suggested “Suck N Blow” as in the video below but not sure if that’s too much? I’ll happily take suggestions too on penalties for mistakes made in any games.

Suck & Blow Uncensored from QuinnCJaxon on Vimeo.

On Saturday night, Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras celebrated the 35th anniversary of the parade. 35 years ago, the first brave souls marched up Oxford Street demanding rights for the LGBT community. They were arrested by the police and sadly it seems that not much has changed. After the parade, a celebration of how far we’ve allegedly come, this 18 year old man was brutally thrown around by a police officer despite being half the policeman’s size and being compliant. You can hear his skull hit the ground and see the blood from the initial throw-down by the same policeman.

Thank goodness for camera phones and social media. Without them this story would have been buried by the media as whining by “the gays” and swept under the carpet by homophobic police. This video has been shared tens of thousands of times on facebook and there is going to be an inquiry into the incident and another alleged case of similar police heavy handedness. Both incidents the victims, according to many witness reports, were doing nothing wrong.

There were lots of police brought in for the night’s parade from areas of Western Sydney not known for their accepting attitudes towards diversity and homosexuality and this police officer is from a particularly rough area. I hope he gets the treatment he deserves.