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Esoterotica is a revolving cast of poets, writers, and storytellers based out of New Orleans exploring what it is to be sensual, sexual, creative, and connected. Erotica is defined in the dictionary as "literature or art designed to arouse sexual desire." We do not think this is enough. To us, erotica explores an integral part of the human experience, the pleasures of the senses. It combines the two binders of humanity, written language and sexual experience. We encourage you to enjoy this e ...
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s “Kinky Fucks” for May 12th, 2021. If you’ve never been to an Esoterotica event—you may not know that we are some kinky fucks. Our Provocateurs get into all sorts of... let’s say less than usual sexual practices. And we do love them for it. If you’re interested in knowing more, you’ll need to ask them yourselves. And I highl…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s “On Fire” for April 28th, 2021. For good reasons, the concept of passion being a flame goes back centuries. Fire is a ruiner and a method of cleansing. It can provide the warmth we need to survive the night. It can burn our whole fucking house down. A vital fire, neglected, can smother into nothing. And embers, hidden and f…
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Greetings, denizens of Esoterotica Land and welcome to Esoterotica’s “Soft” for April 14th, 2021. My name is Mike Marina, subbing in for Shadow Angelina this evening. Tonight our provocateurs will explore the theme and idea of soft—gentle quiet—for in this loud raucous world, sometimes what we need is a contrast. Often Esoterotica’s provocateurs ar…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s "Gods and Monsters" for March 31st, 2021. When the Provocateurs of Esoterotica contemplate this particular theme, we never quite know what will happen. What we do know is that the delving into power exchange, the conventionally accepted ideas of what constitutes a god or a monster, the excavation of what is both divine and …
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s "Dirty Deeds and Messy Minds" for March 17th, 2021. Sometimes life is messy; and tonight we are going to let that messy open it’s dirty wings and let go. Messy and dirty are deceptively complicated words and we each define them differently. From the heart-ravaging to the filthy perfection our 6 Provocateurs have taken this …
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s "Introductions" for March 3rd, 2021. Introductions happen all the time. And we have treated them as perfunctory, transactional, commonplace. But in the wake of a year where so many of our typical introductions have been stifled- a serious perspective and gratitude has come into play for many of us. How we are introduced can…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s "All on a Mardi Gras Day" for February 17th, 2021. Mardi Gras is one of the most misunderstood holidays in America. Most of the country views it as nothing more than a drunken street party of the most epic scale. And it is that. But that’s not nearly a full description. Those of us who are lovers and children of the Crescen…
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In honor of our tenth year performing original erotica in New Orleans, we present to you “Sexiest Selections: In Four Acts.” Each year Esoterotica’s “Sexiest Selections” celebrates our favorite pieces from the previous year in a series of beautifully curated shows. This year is no different, even though everything is. The pieces that make it into “…
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In honor of our tenth year performing original erotica in New Orleans, we present to you “Sexiest Selections: In Four Acts.” Each year Esoterotica’s “Sexiest Selections” celebrates our favorite pieces from the previous year in a series of beautifully curated shows. This year is no different, even though everything is. The pieces that make it into “…
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In honor of our tenth year performing original erotica in New Orleans, we present to you “Sexiest Selections: In Four Acts.” Each year Esoterotica’s “Sexiest Selections” celebrates our favorite pieces from the previous year in a series of beautifully curated shows. This year is no different, even though everything is. The pieces that make it into “…
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In honor of our tenth year performing original erotica in New Orleans, we present to you “Sexiest Selections: In Four Acts.” Each year Esoterotica’s “Sexiest Selections” celebrates our favorite pieces from the previous year in a series of beautifully curated shows. This year is no different, even though everything is. The pieces that make it into “…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s “Sumptuous Feast” for December 23, 2020. In this final episode in the bizarre, unprecedented, staggering, and yet somehow beautiful year of 2020 we, the Provocateurs of Esoterotica have come together in this virtual space to celebrate abundance and decadence, the richness of life, of connection, and of ourselves. We are gra…
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On December 23rd, 2020, join the Provocateurs of Esoterotica with our theme "Sumptuous Feast." On that night we will be bringing you a sample of our many and varied appetites for decadence and abundance just in time for this year's end. For now an amuse-bouche of what we have to offer with our dear Panzachual. In the meantime, like share and subscr…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s Desirous Dreams, December 9, 2020. In dreaming and working to make those dreams a reality, we have arrived on the stage of our true lives. It is where we question ourselves, pulling at threads of who we are. We all need our ability to cerebrally create and wander, to daydream, now more than ever. And to share those dreams w…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s "Pervertibles & Paraphilia" for November 25th, 2020. Human sexuality and arousal is literally all over the place and heavily dependent on our psychological and social norms. The subversion of those norms call to us over and over. The word "paraphilia" came into use in 1903 and describes the "experiencing of intense sexual a…
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Welcome to "Sensual Evolution" for November 11th, 2020. Sensuality and sexuality grow and evolve as we do... and sometimes in the most amusing ways. This week we offer a short and sweet show, and after the exertion that the last week has been for us Americans, that seems just about what we need. Featuring: Just Shannon Ollie Andy Reynolds Music: "R…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s "Myths and Lore" for October 28, 2020. For all of the measures and milestones, horrors and triumphs that humanity has faced, what does not change is our desire to talk about it. Our species has sought to understand itself through the art of storytelling since we began communicating. And many of those stories endure and echo…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s "True Confessions" for October 14, 2020. Esoterotica specializes in telling true stories, but each night that we have braved “True Confessions” we encourage each other to go deeper, be braver, and hold ourselves accountable. Beyond the enticing religious connotations or the fraught legal ones, have you ever really thought o…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s "Sacred Sluts" for September 30, 2020. We all have those moments, those situations, those lovers whose time with us help to define and refine what desires we will end up discovering, opening us to to not only pleasure, but who we want to become. This self-discovery through a shared act makes the act itself sacred. Who could…
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Storytelling is one of the most sacred acts that humans can engage in. It has the capacity to elevate our minds while making us excruciatingly relatable to one another across hundreds or thousands of years. Every culture engages in the weaving of tales, from valor to heartbreak, from simple pleasures to moments of heart-stopping bravery. The crosse…
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Rest in Power, King. Wakanda. Forever. Welcome to Esoterotica’s, Fan Service, All Nerdrotica, September 2, 2020. One of the most fantastic things about growing up is finding the people who share your passions and interests, who geek out like you geek out, who you can discuss backstories and timelines and theories on characters that helped keep you …
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s “Healing” for August 19, 2020. Healing is the ultimate in choice. And with that in mind, we want to begin this show with a trigger warning. TW: to face the worst that we have been through, be it acute or gradual—acknowledging and working to rid ourselves of coping mechanisms patch-worked together that no longer serve us—we …
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On August 19, 2020 join the Provocateurs of Esoterotica with our theme, "Healing." "Healing" will be a night dedicated to one of the most empowering, vulnerable, and sexy things we can possibly do for ourselves. And when we share that, transcendence becomes possible. To entice a few memories, we have pulled from the vault two tastes of years past f…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s "Subversions, All Kink and Fetish Erotica" for August 5th, 2020. Subversion: The undermining of the power and authority of an established system or institution. Yes. Please. Kink: A sharp twist or curve in something that is otherwise straight. A quirk of character or behavior. A stiffness in the neck or back. A person’s unu…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s, Unthemed and Unabashed, July 22, 2020. I don’t know about you but when all of this started, I had no idea it would go on this long. We are so glad to still be able to stay connected to our friends, fellow writers, and our audience, providing stimulation and comfort in such times as these. If you’ve listened to any of our p…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s "Homecoming" for July 8, 2020. It has been four and a half months since the Provocateurs and audience of Esoterotica have been together in our home at the AllWays Lounge on Saint Claude Ave in New Orleans. And I confidently speak for all of us when I say, we miss it desperately. In an effort to ...soothe that ache, tonight …
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s, "Tarot: The Spread" for June 22, 2020. We humans have been trying for thousands of years to understand ourselves and our place in the cosmos. Some think we have been using tarot for divination toward that end since sometime in the late 18th century, but it’s probably been much longer than that. Tarot and similar tools have…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s, Let’s Make A Mess, June 9, 2020. Humans are complicated: our feelings, our love, our connections. We make a mess of everything. And yet, in spite of and because of all our nonsense, we have the capacity for such indelible beauty. Tonight is a love letter to that capacity. So... are you ready? Have you turned your lights do…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s "Future of Sex" for May 25, 2020. Tonight we bring you a double feature of longing, boldness, and desire. A quick trip into what will or could be... Featuring Roux B Shears, Just Shannon, and the fischer Pete. Music: "Surge and Swell" by Pictures of the Floating World. Feel free to drop a tip in the digital hat. The money w…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s "Former Fervor" for May 13, 2020. Tonight we dive deep into our past, rattle old cages, and shake the memories loose. For nearly 9 years Esoterotica’s live show has been taking place every other Wednesday at the AllWays Lounge in New Orleans. In that time we have had well over 100 different poets, storytellers, musicians, a…
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On May 13, 2020 join the Provocateurs of Esoterotica with our theme, "Former Fervor." That night we will be digging through nearly nine years of performances to find the gems, the broken hearts, oh the places we have been. To entice a few memories we have pulled from the vault two tastes of years past from Aimé SansSavant and Shadow Angelina. In th…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s "New Orleans; Bigger and Easier" for April 29, 2020. Tonight we engage in our most enduring passion, fiercest adoration, and certainly the most tumultuous love affair- our relationship to this incomparable place where we make our home. We invite you to join us, whether you are a local, a long distance lover, even if you’ve …
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On April 29, 2020 join the Provocateurs of Esoterotica with our theme, "New Orleans: Bigger and Easier." For now we would like to offer you two different tastes of our adoration. Here is "City Thoughts" by Andy Reynolds and "Beloved" by Shadow Angelina. Please like, share, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow us on Spot…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s "Unsung Heroes" for April 15, 2020. It has been a month since New Orleans went into quarantine. Only 7 weeks since Mardi Gras−which feels both a lifetime ago and only a few days gone. And that’s one of the things about the past, how strange and beautiful the human perspective can be when looking retrospectively. Which bring…
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Welcome to Esoterotica’s, Fatuous and Fervent, April 1, 2020. In this, the second quarantine installment of our biweekly show every other Wednesday at the AllWays Lounge in New Orleans, Louisiana, we invite you to listen in on our offerings on the confessional, the fantastical, the bewildering lines between true and false on this surrealist of Apri…
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***Re-mastered*** Esoterotica has had to cancel its live show for March 18, 2020, at the AllWays Lounge in New Orleans, Into The Dark, due to global pandemic. If this is your first time experiencing us, welcome. We want to remind you that our connections to one another are the most important thing we have in the face of all of this. And our connect…
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