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LA Erotic Film Festival: The Afterparty
 
After a weekend of such incendiary adult films as "Give Piece of Ass a Chance" and "Spiders in Love: An Arachnogasmic Musical" premiering at this year's XFanz LA Erotic Film Festival, it seemed only logical to bring to you the excitement and decadence of the festival afterparty. The Knitting Factory in Hollywood was packed Saturday night with industry folks, Mutaytor performers, and Cirque Berzerk dudes, not to mention a brief appearance by Mr. Ron Jeremy. After all, what kind of LA party is it without him? Check out more pics and vids (mildly NSFW) after the jump.
 Bondage/suspension demonstration
Bondage/suspension demo (cont'd)
 
The Knitting Factory
 
Mutaytors on stilts
 
Hot girls performing with chairs!
 
Industry people I didn't recognize (email me if you do!)
 
Ron looking out of it with my friend Chris
 
Needle and feather demonstration
 
Still shot of the suspension demonstration shown above
 
Chris and the Cirque Berzerk dudes
 
Another shot of the Mutaytor crew
 
Cirque Berserk dude on the ribbons
 
Masked partygoers
 
Chris with another porn star
All photos by Ali Miller for LAist
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