Sunday, 1 August 2010

xNovel 2: Bestiality Covers!


We're very close to 100,000 visits since I added a counter to the blog in September of 2008. I figured I needed to do something special for the occasion. But what to do?

I don't actually have any hard data on the subject, but from looking over the Live Traffic Feed from time to time, it's pretty clear to me that Penetrating Insights has a handful of posts that far surpass the others in popularity; these very popular posts include the Chikan post, the Mai Lin post, and the xNovel post.

A few months ago, I looked over the xNovel post and noticed that I had promised a sequel concentrating solely on bestiality-themed novel covers. This had, in fact, never happened (no one ever asked about it, by the way). I looked for the files but couldn't find them, so I made a mental note at the time to keep an eye out for it - until I just found them today, about an hour (or three) ago.

So now, without taking much more time to consider whether it is wise to post about such things, I present the 30+ covers I withheld a year and a half ago when I did the original post on xNovel (plus a few more the site has posted since then). You may be interested to know that xNovel is still up (if "comatose") and their collection of adult paperbacks now stands at 1695 titles.

Most of the bestiality books I found there focused on either dogs or horses, although you get the 'odd' pony, ape, donkey, lion, wolves or pig thrown in as well. Barns and farms figure prominently, it's not rocket science as to why.

Dogs -










Horses -







A dog and a horse -



A dog, a horse and a pig -


Or none of the above -








Something about the next few covers makes me wonder if they might have been aimed at female readers -





Sex-Crazed Stallion (author unknown) is a genuinely pretty whacked-out read by the way.

Now, actual genitals-exposed sexual zoophilia is never depicted on these covers. I think that probably would've been illegal. So the implication of animal-loving is frequently limited to an animal-themed pun in the title and an animal's appearance on the cover.

My favourite of these cover appearances - ubiquitous at Liverpool Library Press, it would seem - being the German Shepherd with its tongue hanging out...








In some cases, the title alone alludes to the subject and it's humans-only on the cover - one assumes for the more sensitive markets that were OK with the words "ANIMALS" or "BEASTIALITY" appearing on the cover of a stroke-book, just so long as there were no actual beasts or animals present.



Let's not forget the incest and S&M/B&D themes which were so prevalent in the original xNovel post. They of course appear here as well, only with animals added into the mix!









In case the curious burrow in the background isn't clear enough for you, this one's gone and had the poor woman literally spell it out for you on the cover.


And finally, here's those tighty-whiteys again.


Hope you enjoyed!

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

August Shows Announced!


No No Zero continues to disrupt square brain patterns in the flesh with some newfound August gross-out gigs. To wit, on Thursday the 19th we shall be at The Shop under Parts & Labour (1566 Queen West), along with Toronto's own Sphinxs (mentioned here previously) and Milwaukee's dangerously degenerate Drugs Dragons.

[er, we're not playing The Shop anymore, sorry!]

The following week, on Friday the 27th, we are going to plunge a psychic steak knife into your mental process at Double Double Land (209 Augusta), celebrating the release of the final issue of Jesjit Gill's fantastic Free Drawings zine, along with Ghostlight, DJ Michael Comeau, and possibly others to come...

Saturday, 24 July 2010

Four Corners!


This show was a blast, the best thing in ages. I think it's fair to say most people at Steelworkers Hall last night had a great time. My ears are still ringing. Bands were fun, sound was great, even the lights were out of sight (each band had lighting colour-coded with the great poster design by Ryan Halpenny). We were green obscene.




Thanks are owed to Corey of The Ancestors for putting it on, and here's hoping this is just the start of the Four Corners phenomenon. Tons of great pictures at Ivy Lovell's blog (I particularly loved this one); here's some taken by this blog's roving reporter.







The finale of all four bands (Teenanger, Ancestors, No No Zero, Anagram) playing The Stooges' "Ann" was way trippy and I loved the venue too (lots of neat stuff on the walls). More noise please!