Graydancer's Ropecast

Graydancer interviews John Baku, founder of Fetlife, on social media, kink, rope, and the difference between kinksters and the kink community. Also a review of SpankFestival and a preview of the upcoming St. Louis GRUE 2!

Special thanks to Leon of Monkeyfetish for the picture from Spankfestival. See full-size either in your podcast viewer, or here.

Graydancer shares some long-overdue interviews with performers, teachers, and ropesters from both the Beyond Leather and Shibaricon events. Also, learn more about the upcoming St. Louis GRUE and how you can be part of it!

Dig the new Ropecast Opening as well, and let Graydancer know what you think. For those of you who are brave enough, there's also the hot and raw (and not in a good way) interview with John Baku. The sound quality sucks on that, folks, so listen at your own risk! A much better interview is coming next week!

Graydancer presents an interview with Arisue Go of Jugoya.com. A pre-eminent rigger working in the industry for over 30 years, Arisue-San talks about kinbaku, his work, and the correct way to bind demons and other monsters.

Special thanks to the DemonSix Group, Master K, Kogure, and Noe (Noe100 on fetlife, look her up!) for making this interview possible.

Graydancer talks with Master K, author of The Beauty of Kinbaku, about what exactly makes a simple rope tie into a transcendent experience and work of art.

Graydancer urges you to vote early & often at the Bondage Awards, where he is nominated for Best Rigger, Best Writer, and for best Free Site with the Ropecast. If he gets in the top 3, there will be a special celebratory vidcast featuring Foxy Veronica's Peach Pies, and if he makes number 1, he has committed to taking the Ropecast back to a weekly format!

Wondering if he rates? Well, you can always check out his Gallery, with things like the new Scientist Project, for some examples of quality free bondage!

Back from Beat Me In St. Louis, Graydancer shares some of the joys shared with people like Lily & A'ja, T-One, Jonn Ireland, Lee Harrington, Rita Seagrave (also featured on Hogtied this month!), and more. Learn about rope versions of gangbangs, specifically the "knot bang" and the "cable." Got ideas of your own? Email graydancer@gmail.com and share them!

Lew Rubens and Graydancer then talk bondage as the lovely Mai (pictured here) struggles in the Puppetry Suspension developed by Lew.

Got an iPod 5G? Want to record some material for the ropecast? Graydancer will give away a Griffin iTalk recorder to whoever gives him the best reason to! Email your voice, your pics, and your reasons to graydancer@gmail.com

Other links from the Podcast:

1. Toolworks Chicago: home of the Thunderous Flogger of Doom
2. Exotic Rhythms Bellydance
3. Jerry Norris - Brass tooling, tattoos, and more.

Graydancer explores the Steampunk aesthetic as it relates to kink and kinky people. Interviews with:

1. Dr. Clockwork, and his Electrical and Medical Oddities
2. TechDragon, seamstress extraordinaire from AltKilt.com
3. Alyska, photographer and jewelry maker from PointyKitty.net

Also a useability survey and lots of URLs read out in their entirety.

There seems to have been a problem with the last episode not downloading, so this is an attempt to resolve the issue. Sorry for the difficulty.

If you ever have trouble downloading a podcast, please let me know as soon as you can, by emailing graydancer@gmail.com. Thanks!

This episode: the secret to staying kinky in a fiscal depression, aka: buy quality, you never regret it! Recommended products include:

Rope:

1. Hemp from Twisted Monk, proud sponsor of the Ropecast.
   
2. Jute from Kinkyropes (special "volumizer" sale through Easter!)
3. MFP from Rainbow Rope

Porn:

1. David Lawrence's new book "reBound"
2. Kink on Demand shoots from Kink.com
3. Visiting Graydancer's site or gallery for free nekkidness!

Conferences

1. Shibaricon - Early Bird Registration Extended!
2. Maybe a GRUE near you?
3. KinkForAll
4. Sex 2.0

If you want to do Graydancer a favor, you could do worse than nominate him for either Best Rigger or Best Writer at the Bondage Awards. You can vote once a day, so do it often!

And our main event: an in-depth interview at the Crucible Rope Academy with Maria Shadoes of BoundToLoveIt.com!

Next podcast is STEAMPUNK, so send your comments to graydancer@gmail.com

Listener feedback on the advantages of being a rope switch when learning how to rig, and thoughts on types of rope to use. Talking about Dark Odyssey (with special thanks to native guide Naiia, who was often naked as native guides should be) he mentions some of the presenters and friends there:

• Lochai & K
• Barbara Carellas
• Dossie Easton
• 10
• Steve Morgan
• Calico (his super-awesome demo bottom)
• Tristan Taormino & C
• Sarah Sloane
• Ayem Willing
• MOLLENA!! (whom he has a bit of a crush on, as well as devious, devious plans...)

Extreme Restraints toys are reviewed: the deluxe adjustable nipple clamps (pictured above), the circular nipple clamps, and the ones every rope top should have in their bag (but not for the reason you think!): the Nipplettes Vibrating Nipple Clamps! Also, a review of the tres chic Extreme Anal Jewelry. Feb. 20th was Lolita Wolf's birthday, and to celebrate, Michael the Artist is donating all proceeds from his two stores (Zazzle and Spreadshirt) to the NCSF! A great way to buy rope schwag for a good cause and make Lolita happy. Speaking of making Lolita happy, the main feature of this ropecast is the interview with the Leather Yenta herself, including the actual entry of Graydancer into her 100 Divas Spanking List!

In this episode:

1. Birthday wishes in advance to Lolita Wolf! (you'd know exactly when if you had a NYC Sex Blogger's Calendar, now on sale for $10)
   
2. A rave review of Graydancer's performance at the Fire Ball!
   
3. listener mail about e-book formats for his novel Nawashi (wanna convert it to your preferred format? Go ahead!)
4. How to find play partners at Shibaricon and other events
5.  Interview with Tara and Joey from the New Orleans Bondage & Leather Enthusiasts . Check out the performance gallery as well!
   

And as a preview for our upcoming Steampunk Episode: the lovely Madolan at the Fire Ball!