February 25th, 2010 / 3:09 pm
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Kevin Sampsell Week (5): Unedited Cover

The original cover for A Common Pornography included “Hank,” a harness compatible silicone flesh-tone (Caucasian, wtf!) dildo resting in its intended vector on a retro 70s wool lounge chair. Sampsell, who gave up minimalism when they said “negate the wieners,” propagated his living quarters with various intra-orifice objects, though he prefers to name them after country singers. “Johnny Cash,” a real doll who looks strikingly like, well, Johnny Cash, is not pictured, but lies supine on the floor outside of the camera’s frame. Thanks to Sampsell, Cash’s plastic sphincter is now a “ring of fire.” Jonathan Ames, as his blurb will tell you, calls the book “heartbreaking”; what he fails to mention is that the heart is not the only thing being broken — so if Sampsell should sit down with a grimace for his next interview, please note that it is not any qualms of the mind which cause such facial strain, but rather tribulations of a more bodily, self-inflicted sort.

22 Comments

  1. Jimmy Chen

      satirical post, i respect kevin sampsell

  2. Jimmy Chen

      satirical post, i respect kevin sampsell

  3. KevinS

      I was waiting for Jimmy to throw his hat (or his dildo) into this. Hahahaha.

  4. KevinS

      I was waiting for Jimmy to throw his hat (or his dildo) into this. Hahahaha.

  5. Jhon Baker

      Simply fantastic.

  6. Jhon Baker

      Simply fantastic.

  7. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      I think this piece honors his sensibility

  8. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      I think this piece honors his sensibility

  9. .

      Good work.

  10. .

      Good work.

  11. bryan

      haha, this is great.

  12. bryan

      haha, this is great.

  13. Paul

      impressive

  14. Paul

      impressive

  15. Sean

      Jimmy you be funny. I thought one more Sampsell post i was gonna drown, but this one threw me a buoy.

  16. Sean

      Jimmy you be funny. I thought one more Sampsell post i was gonna drown, but this one threw me a buoy.

  17. MoGa

      looks like a thumbs up

  18. MoGa

      looks like a thumbs up

  19. mykle

      giant penises are always funny.

  20. mykle

      giant penises are always funny.

  21. Aaron

      meaty

  22. Aaron

      meaty