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5/1/08-Just announced! Bachelor Pad Magazine is proud to be sponsoring the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend's Opening Night Party at the Ghost Bar at the Palms Casino in beautiful Las Vegas. See you there!

4/20/08-Tanks to everyone who made this year's Cocktails and Cheesecake Party sucha  huge success. A full list of "Thank You's" can be found here. Photos from the event can be found over at Java's Bachelor Pad. Plus, check out the the Photos section here to see who's been reading Bachelor Pad Magazine!
 

4/4/08-Great press for the upcoming Cocktails and Cheesecake Party!
 

VEGASinsight: Your bachelor pad is not as hot as Java’s — or his party If there seems to be a mysterious increase in the number of hot rods, beehives and pomade use next weekend in Las Vegas, that must mean it’s time for yet another edition of Viva Las Vegas, the big rockabilly weekender that essentially takes over the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino from April 10 to 13. It’s year 11 for this annual fete, which features a car show, burlesque competition, art show and dozens of rockabilly, R&B and roots rock bands from across the globe performing live at the property’s showrooms and lounges. As with any convention, sometimes the peripheral events are just as – if not more – interesting as the main show. Such is the case with the second Cocktails & Cheesecake Party being thrown by Java’s Bachelor Pad at the newly-whitewashed Art Bar (1511 S. Main St.). Happening on Friday, April 11 at 7 p.m., the Cocktails & Cheesecake Party will feature burlesque performers including Kalani Kokonuts, Ava Garter, Betsey Bosen, Bunny Bravo and Ravenna Black, music spun by DJ GooGoo Muck, and all sorts of other swinging action. Cover for the event is only $5 and hosts include Gigi Valiant, Kay O’Hara and Java himself. If you miss this, you are one cat with low hep quotient. Check out the 2006 event photos and more by clicking here. ***** Las Vegas Weekly: Actual cheesecake not included Just in time for the annual Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend (April 10-13 at the Gold Coast), the second Cocktails & Cheesecake party will take place on April 11 at the Art Bar in conjunction with the Vegas launch of Bachelor Pad Magazine. Celebrating all things relevant to the culture of the atomic age, the event will be hosted by Java, the man behind the “Bachelor Pad Empire,” the mag’s first centerfold, and current and past winners of the coveted Bachelor Pad website “Cheesecake Queen” title (note: not a reference to a down-home, small-town baking contest winner). The night will be filled with music by Goo Goo Muck, burlesque performances and autograph and photo opportunities with some of the ladies that grace the mag’s retro-themed pages. Scheduled to perform are Betsey Bosen, Siren of the South Veronica Lashe, Bunny Bravo, Nymphette of Burlesque Lolita Haze, Kalani Kokonuts, Ravenna Black (recently featured on ABC’s Wife Swap) and a grand finale by Bachelor Pad pin-up Ava Garter. Doors open at 7 p.m., the cover is only $5, and bowling shirts and garter belts are encouraged, though preferably not together.

 

3/17/08--Read exclusive Hi-Fi Highlights (courtesy of BPM writer Jeff Berkwits) here: March Hi-Fi Highlights.

3/6/08--Issue 3 is here!

2/15/08--Issue 3 is in the hands of the printers! Expect the new issue mid-March!

2/12/08--JBP Cocktails & Cheesecake Party return to Las Vegas. Read the press release here.

12/4/07--Issue 2 is now out! Here's a recap of everything we've done since the publication of issue 1.

• Bachelor Pad Magazine is being sold “candy butcher” style at several burlesque shows around the county including L.A.’s “Monday Night Tease,” Syrens of the South shows, and the holiday show “Jesus Christ! A Holiday Burlesque Revue.”
• We are featured as one of the top gifts on the Burlesque Podcast's Holiday Gift Guide.
• We have sent of a big box of magazines to Pin-Up Angels, a group in Seattle sending care packages to troops overseas.
• We recently sponsored the 4th Annual Doll Drive put on by Hell’s Belles CC / Cretins MC benefitting Violence Intervention Program and Music is Revolution

10/17/07--Another review is in! This time from the blog Life on Lavender Hill:
 

Bachelor Pad Magazine, a review The ever-gracious host, Java (Jason Croft), was kind enough to send me a *free* copy of the premiere issue of his Bachelor Pad Magazine, and I promised to post up a review, so here you go: It's a natural, next-progression of the well-known web site, Java's Bachelor Pad, popular among the modern loungers. Full of eye-candy, cheesecake and full-color photography, it's enough to give you a toothache! While I find it's 5x7 (editor's note: the magazine is actually 5.5" x 8") size aesthetically pleasing, and the color bright and bold, the articles in the first issue are a little lean. There are quite a few of them, and most look to be regular column-types, so I'm optimistic for future issues. Overall, if you're into this sort of thing, it's not to be missed. So, now that the Holidays are in clear range, I recommend that you get yourself over to the web site and order up a Gift Sub for your favorite Cad, Lounge Lizard, Gigolo or whichever person in YOUR life most likely to dig a magazine full of pin up girls in Technicolor! ***ETA: I've just had confirmation from Java himself the next issue will be chock-full of writing! Not that anyone will notice, with all the gorgeous girls, but some of us are still geeks for the written word!***

 

10/5/07--People love Bachelor Pad Magazine! Here's a review from Bookgasm:
 

Bachelor Pad Magazine #1 Author: Bruce Grossman bachelor pad 1 reviewThe debut issue of the digest-sized Bachelor Pad Magazine promises three things: booze, babes and burly-q. It fulfills all those promises real quick. Picking up from what was started in the sadly defunct Kutie magazine, this is a throwback to the men’s periodicals of yore – the type that are now sold for ridiculous prices, offering nothing but promises and very little follow-through. But Bachelor Pad knows who its audience is right away: guys who wish that Vegas were still Vegas from the good ol’ days of the Rat Pack. If you’re looking for nudity, you’re grabbing the wrong magazine. This is all about the tease, with cheesecake models with a retro vibe and a ton of cheesecake, featuring a dead-on ringer for Bettie Page by the name of Berni Dexter. You also have Kay O’Hara, their debut centerfold who’s a drop-dead blonde bombshell. Finishing it up are little costume shots of Betty Bosen as a maid we would all love to employ. If this were the only thing going for the magazine, you wouldn’t feel gypped, since for the small cover price of $4, you get more then your money’s worth. But there are plenty of little articles peppered throughout, with some very funny party tips from Penny Starr, who explains the rights and wrongs of throwing a proper function. They also have an Ann Landers type for the retro-loving crowd and a nice little piece about the types of men who are part of burlesque dancers’ lives. It’s funny and probably totally on target. There is, of course the film column that tells you the films that portray the cool side of Vegas. (Sadly, VEGAS VACATION did not make the cut.) Also included is a advice column for budding models by their cover girl Heidi Van Horne, with some accompanying photos that will make you wish that she were your neighbor. The magazine is just a fun little read, not taking itself too seriously and not making you feel like some pervert flipping through it. So for those who have outgrown the Maxim/FHM thing and feel Playboy is way too snooty and out-of-touch, then Bachelor Pad is the cure for your cheesecake needs. I can’t wait for issue two. It comes out quarterly with a price of $16 – not a bad deal at all, since you probably would have wasted that money on a CD you would grow tired of. –Bruce Grossman