One of my first regular spots in NYC was the Slipper Room. I used to go there to see Seth Herzog’s stand up comedy show Sweet every week. But other than the occasional comedy show Slipper Room has mostly been home to a variety of Burlesque and Cabaret shows over the years.  I have attended a few of those, but never Metal Monday.

Metal Monday would be celebrating their one year anniversary next month, but unfortunately Slipper Room is closing down for a while.  Next month they are tearing down part of the building and adding a few extra floors.  I talked to a bar tender and he told me they could be closed down for 6 to 9 months, or knowing NYC and construction, even longer.  So for the foreseeable future Metal Monday is dead and I am glad I had a chance to check it out.

Metal Monday is a heavy metal themed burlesque show hosted by Mini Marilyn Manson impersonator and bad ass dude Nik Sin. It features a bunch of hot girls (and one dude) taking off their clothes to metal music.  It seems like a pretty good idea if you are into that sort of thing…

A quick rundown of the acts so you can figure out who is who.  Juliet J. dressed as a goth school girl, read some goth poetry, and sang about Black Sabbath. Victoria Privates did a sexy strip tease on a chair. Magician Albert Cadabra escaped from a straight jacket and made his penis magically appear. Velocity Chyaldd did an extremely NSFW routine involving blood, a knife and her vagina that I saw her do at Rated X on Halloween nearly 4 years ago. Anna Evans may have been the highlight of my night when she came out in a bikini made of raw meat. I talked to her immediately afterwards about letting me do a photo shoot of her covered in steaks. Coney Island legend and huge crush object of mine Insectavora did a pretty impressive fire act to end the night with an explosion. And last but not least my friend Arden Leigh jumped around in some crazy white undergarments.  Arden was the one who convinced me to come out because she was celebrating her signing her first book deal. Arden is a professional seductress, and that is not even a joke, and she may or may not be releasing a book about how to pick up chicks. Amazing.

Now while this was the last Metal Monday, Slipper Room isn’t closed yet, so you still have a chance to check it out in all it’s glory before they tear it down. If you want to go down there I have some recommendations. There are three more shows of Seth Herzog’s Sweet. His show is every Tuesday starting at 9pm. It’s only 5 dollars and you can from time to time see some amazing comedians. I will 100% be at at least one of those shows.  And on the last Sunday of the month (May 30th) my friend Kiki Valentine will be hosting one of the very last burlesque shows at the Slipper Room. Her show is called the Sunday Show and I have photographed it twice. It’s always crazy and always very NSFW. You should check it out.

And in the mean time, you should check out all the NSFW photos I shot at the last Metal Monday at the Slipper Room.

Ps. Just wanted to give a little shout out to Veronica Varlow who is a super babe and made me talk to her for like 2 hours after the show. Evidently she likes to make out with 15 year old girls or something; I wasn’t really paying attention. I was too busy staring at her um… dress made out of rubber.

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