Brought to you by the letters B, D, S and M, the beat goes on at the 7th Annual DomCon L.A. — five days of control, domination and other kinks that'll make your panties twinkle like Arcturus, the brightest star in the constellation Bootes. What to expect: America's top dominatrices, models for every fetish except the Zuni fetish doll that attacked Karen Black in Trilogy of Terror, photographers, performing artists, educators and other like-minded mentors of the lifestyle. Casual whippings mix with important seminars on CPR and urethral sounds (one of which is “OW!”), the Napoleon Hill-meets-Tony Robbins stylings of “Empower Your BDSM Life with the Power of Attracting Abundance,” and the “Creative Humiliation” symposium, which is taught not by Conan O'Brien but instead by Princess Kali of Boston. Special guests include DomCon producer Mistress Cyan, endless Ladies and Goddesses and Princesses, and occasional Art of Bleeding nurse and pornographer Aiden Starr. And yes — there will be condoms at DomCon.

May 12-16, 2010

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