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This article originally appeared on VICE Germany.

From ravers sucking spaghetti off one another, to live alpacas strutting around the clubthere's hardly a part of Berlin nightlife that Jess Pastor hasn't caught on camera. Over the past seven years, the photographer has roamed Berlin's most hedonistic parties to document its "animals of the night," as he likes to call them. "In Berlin, people are really awake at night," he tells me.

Pastor started in 2010, by capturing the hazy after parties of the Berlin International Film Festival. Soon, his reputation got him and his camera access to the kind of events that traditionally ban photographylike parties in the King Size Bar (famously tiny and hard to get in) or the House of Red Doors at the Wilde Renate nightclub, which its organizers describe using the key words "sex, hedonism, escapism, and exuberance."

Jess Pastor's latest series, Wild Wolves, brings together his best photos showcasing the hedonistic glory of Berlin after dark. He tells me that what he likes about Berlin nights is that people there have almost no taboos. "You can smell the freedom from every corner," he says.

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The Rolling Stonesguitarist Ronnie Wood has revealed that he refused to undergochemotherapy after a recent cancer scare because he did not want to lose his hair.

The musician recentlyunderwent a five hour operation to have a growth in part of his lung removed.

Speaking to theMail on Sundays Event magazine, Wood said that the possibility ofchemotherapy had been discussed but that he decided against it.

Its more I wasnt going to lose my hair, he said. This hair wasnt going anywhere. I said, No way. And I just kept the faith it would be all right.

Wood also revealed he prepared to say goodbye to his family after the diagnosis. There was a week when everything hung in the balance and it could have been curtains time to say goodbye, he told the mag. You never know what is going to happen.

He revealed that hed been surprised that he hadnt fallen ill sooner after his life of hedonism.

I had this thought at the back of my mind after I gave up smoking a year ago: How can I have got through 50 years of chain-smoking and all the rest of my bad habits without something going on in there?' the guitarist said.

So I went along to see our good old doctor, Richard Dawood, because we [Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts] all have to be checked before we go on tour, and he asked me if I wanted him to go deeper and check my heart, lungs and blood. I said, Go for it.'

Wood told the mag that hes fine now, and will be going for regular check-ups.

He quit smoking before his twins were born in 2016 and is now sober after being in rehab eight times, and having treatment for alcoholism.

On what bandmate Keith Richards thinks of his sobriety, Wood said: He was more bothered Id quit the fags I took Champix [a nicotine inhibitor] for three weeks. That stuff is heavy duty. Makes me sick even to think of it now. I just stopped wanting the ciggies.

Wood is expected to join the band on their No Filter European dates in September.

The Rolling Stones upcoming No Filter European tour dates are below.

9 September Hamburg, Germany: Stadtpark 12 September Munich, Germany: Olympic Stadium 16 September Spielberg, Austria: Spielberg at Red Bull Ring 20 September Zurich, Switzerland: Letzigrund Stadium 23 September Lucca, Italy: Lucca Summer Festival-City Walls 27 September Barcelona, Spain: Olympic Stadium 30 September Amsterdam, Holland: Amsterdam ArenA 3 October Copenhagen, Denmark: Parken Stadium 9 October Dusseldorf, Germany: Esprit arena 12 October Stockholm, Sweden: Friends Arena 15 October Arnhem, Holland: GelreDome 19 October Paris, France: U Arena 22 October Paris, France: U Arena

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A NAKED News presenter has bared all from behind the scenes of a swingers party in Jamaica.

Outrageous Carli Bei stripped totally nude to visit the event Hedonism II in Negril this weekend.

She dared to quiz the sex experts on their favourite positions before they volunteered to show her how its done.

Her raunchy interview comes after the whole Naked News team got covered in whipped cream during a backstage game of Pieface on the show last week.

Before that the presenters were filmed snogging lads in the buff in a bid to raise money for charity.

The programme started in 1999 as an English speaking show and now has one based in Japan too.

It was reported to be attracting more than six million viewers at its height.

Current anchors include Whitney St-John, Isabella Rossini and Elise Laurenne.

The male version closed in 2007, six years after it was launched.

The channels Twitter page has more than 60,000 followers and the site even has a Naked at the Movies show for film fans.

Naked News airs six days a week, with 25-minute bulletins showing the women carrying out interviews and presenting the big news stories of the day completely starkers.

Earlier this month the presentersmesmerised viewers with their fancy moves doing an Irish jig.

One Reddit user pondered: Certainly the first time Ive sat through an entire hour of Irish dancing.

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Outrageous Naked News presenter Carli Bei strips totally NUDE to visit a swingers party in Jamaica - The Sun

Beginning in the summer of 2017 Dragon Theatre will be open late on select Friday nights to showcase some up and coming local talents and help make downtown Redwood City the peninsula's premiere destination for entertainment.

Admission for these shows is $17 in advance or $20 at the door and each ticket includes one beverage to enjoy during the show.

All shows are aged 21+. Doors open at 10-ish (if there's a show beforehand it might be closer to 10:15p) and shows start at 10:30p.

This series is sponsored in part by the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission.

We kicked off the series in July with "Michael Riley and Friends: A Night of Serious Comedy." We're following up this successful kick off with Michael's opener, Eric Rubin. Eric is bringing his new show, The Troubadour's Mustache: A One-Man Musical Comedy to downtown Redwood City in August. The show was written by Eric Rubin and was directed by Dan Griffiths.

Cue the music. A pouty Spanish troubadour needs, no DEMANDS, all of your attention. What follows is a fusion of looped sounds, beatbox, hip hop/freestyle, storytelling, improv, metal guitar riffs and Eric's awkward bird-like dancing.

In 2014, Eric waved bye-bye to the bureaucratic monotony of Washington, DC and embarked on a journey that would become the GREATEST journey ever journeyed upon. He created deep pools of sweat in a Burmese monastery. He chased that experience with a heaping glass of hedonism at the Thai paradise "The Sanctuary," where liver cleanses and acid tabs are consumed interchangeably. He fell for a Danish ice queen, an Austrian shamaness, and an especially cold bowl of coconut ice cream.

What happens when you unwind your personal narrative at 35? The voice of doubt, confusion, regret, and siren songs of lives we might have lived grow strong. Eric will strive to reassemble the puzzle pieces and slay the voices beneath the stage lights. Odd, yes. Strange, sure. Groundless, Maybe. Somehow universal? ...I'll get back to you...

"I don't understand WHAT this is? What's wrong with him? Is he 'all there?'" -Concerned audience member.

ABOUT ERIC RUBIN: As seen on SF Sketchfest, Tourettes without Regrettes, Sac Comedy Fest, Speechless Live, Pianofight, and more, Eric Rubin produces original works blending clown, musical comedy and storytelling. He has toured his work to three continents and has also used theater as a tool for youth empowerment and social change in schools, prisons, and with Colombian refugees in Latin America. You can learn more about Eric on his website http://ericrubin.net.

WHEN: Friday, August 18th. Doors open at around 10p, show starts at 10:30p.

WHERE: The Dragon Theatre in downtown Redwood City?

2120 Broadway Street at the intersection of Broadway and Theatre Way

HOW MUCH: $17 in advance, $20 at the door. Every ticket includes one beverage from the concessions bar. If you buy your tickets with Airswimming, the Dragon Theatre's current play, you can save $5 on the late night ticket price.

CONTACTING THE BOX OFFICE: Leave a voicemail at 650-493-2006 x 2 and your call will be returned within 2 business days. If you'd rather email, contact Josiah at tickets@dragonproductions.net. The Dragon Box Office is not staffed 7 days a week so there might be a delay in response. Buying tickets online at http://www.dragonproductions.net is the very best way to reserve a ticket in advance, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

TIX & MORE INFO: https://www.dragonproductions.net/activities/latenight.html

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Eric Rubin Brings The Troubadour's Mustache to Redwood City in August - Broadway World

We stay in the legendary Hotel Les Bains to get a glimpse of where the worlds glitterati go to bathe in excess, and what the establishment has to offer those seeking respite today.

They have condoms in the mini bar.

My travel partner declares this as I enter our room at Les Bains on my return from a lunch engagement in nearby Saint-Denis. Though amusing, its not surprising, given the hotels past as a watering hole for the best and brightest of many an era. The building began life 132 years ago as a restaurant and bathhouse for the bohmes of the belle poque, frequented by the likes of Marcel Proust. It later reincarnated to become the hotbed of 1970s Parisian hedonism: Les Bains Douche, a nightclub with as the name suggests its own pool, that was ornamented by regulars such as Yves Saint Laurent, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Bowie and Grace Jones. Although Les Bains Douche closed its shutters for the last time in 2010, filmmaker Jean-Pierre Marois, whose family has owned the property at 7 Rue du Bourg LAbb since the 1960s, enlisted architect Vincent Bastie and architects and interior designers Tristan Auer and Denis Montel to create the latest reimagining of the fabled Parisian landmark.

Couched in historic Le Marais in Pariss third arrondissement, Les Bains is an imposing Haussmann-era building designed by Eugne Ewald in 1885, and has retained elements of its legacy as the pleasure dome of multiple eras. Bacchus the Greek god of wine and intoxication still rears his head above the entrance archway, and is embossed on everything from the bed linen to the slippers, the towels, and, yes, the condom wrappers. There are plenty more not-so-subtle reminders that pleasure is to be had throughout the property, and staff do an admirable job of leaving you to enjoy all of it by yourself. The corridor leading to the 39 guestrooms is clad with a replica of the black-and-gold carpet immortalised in a photograph of the great singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg scribbling lyrics in his bathtub. The black doors and corridor walls offer a stark contrast to the bright and airy rooms they lead to, a third of which contain hammams.

References to the hotels rich history do not end here. The rooms have an unapologetically retro vibe. Grey carpeting is juxtaposed against rust-coloured banquette sofas, an homage to Warhols Factory in New York. Guests can warm up for a party using the Marshall speaker that is available in every room. The mini fridge is covered in a black and white check motif, an aesthetically pleasing touch that references the bathhouse tiles of the Philippe Starck-designed Les Bains Douche; and in proffering a complete liquor range its also pivotal in helping to unleash your inner Mick Jagger because, of course, all you need before and after a night of revelry in Les Bains basement club is a bed with superior linen, some booze, good tunes ... and protection.

Should you be more high-brow than high-throttle, you can spend time reading on your rooms Haussmann balcony; we cannot forget that Frances finest thinkers once frequented this establishment, so it stands to reason that books are available in each room for the intelligentsia of our time. Or simply lounge around in the hammam bathtubs if the personal steam rooms are not to your liking luxuriating in the heated bathroom floors and a generous selection of Le Labo amenities. While away the rest of the day in the hotel swimming pool and resurface for a drink at the bar. It is, ultimately, a hotel you do not wish to leave.

For those who have the great fortune of living in the City of Light, or perhaps the lesser fortune of staying elsewhere, there remain a host of delights. On entering the hotel, restaurant La Salle--Manger creates a dramatic first impression. Crimson lacquer coats the ceiling and the sheen is such that the Lalique bar and tables and the black-and-white floor tiles are all flawlessly reflected (breakfast is served in the restaurant until 3pm and dinner until midnight). There are two courtyards that can accommodate those who wish to dine outdoors or bask in the sun with a drink. Alternatively, those wishing to imbibe in a more intimate space can sequester themselves in the Honesty Bar, a chinois-inspired room with stained glass windows and leather chairs.

It would be remiss not to visit La Boutique Les Bains, which, like the rest of the hotel, is a dream to look at, an experimental gift shop that knows its cooler than you. The stripped-down, wood-beamed space offers exclusive Les Bains collaborations that include coffee beans from Parisian micro roaster Belleville Brlerie, swimwear, and La Planche Roulettes skateboards.

However, the main attraction will always be the club, with its legends of the hedonism of yore. Marois was astute enough to include a club in the new space, preserving some elements of the original, such as the voluminous Phillippe Starck-designed white and light blue speckled mosaic bathtub. Taking the stairs down to the basement, one enters the storied cave that once saw Carla Bruni partying before her Dior-donning days as First Lady, when everyone from Basquiat and Warhol to Linda Evangelista and Jack Nicholson cavorted in the steamy pulsing darkness.

The club only opens its doors to the citys glitterati on weekends, but if youre there, why not take a room to conclude your night of intemperance with appropriate sybaritic indulgence?

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Eden-ism in Les Bains - Prestige Online