Mark your calendars, the Exotic Erotic Ball is coming (heh heh!) on October 24th. Unlike any other party in the world, the 2009 "Ball" is back at The Cow Palace after a one year hiatus at Treasure Island and it is gearing up to be another over-the-top blowout. This year is special for EEB, a serious big-time anniversary (30 years, thus XXX). Wondering if you should be there? Here are 10 reasons why we say “hell yes you should!”

10. It’s the week before Halloween. Kudos to the producers for showing good sense with the October 24 date. For the young and single, it kicks off a week of revelry. For those with kids, it won’t interfere with next weekend’s trick or treat-ing.

9. It’s back at the Cow Palace. Where it belongs. Tons of parking, lots of seats, big bathrooms, and … no shuttles. Every Ball held at the Cow Palace has been off the hook.

8. It’s the Best Talent Lineup in their History. Lil Kim, Missing Persons, DJ Skribble, Super Geek League, Tila Tequila, CR Gruve, LZ Love, and the return of The Impotent Sea Snakes (holy sh*t) – and all this on top of buskers, bonkers, and burlesque babes, with sybians, sexy syborg’s, a penis painter and a human petting zoo!!? WTF!?

7. Flesh. Lots of it. Some of it perfectly proportioned, properly adorned, and some of it very much …um, not. But there’s lots of it, that’s for sure.

6. Fetish. Flogging for flowers and fun with fishnets; leather corsets and love beads; bondage and ball gags; getting worked up, gotta go now.

5. Fashion. Costumes and outfits like you’ve never seen anywhere. More colors and textures than your best acid trip, with lots of form-fitting fabric, and slinky lingerie. Almost everyone is looking their hottest, and a few might be turning heads for other reasons.

4. Freedom. This show has always been about Personal Freedom, and Freedom of Expression. And here’s a place where you can support these causes without having to simultaneously salute a flag.

3. Fantasy. Voyeurism, exhibitionism, and every “ism” in between. Singles mingle, couples swingle, and even those who only watch get plenty of seductive and salacious thoughts to bring on home. It’s healthy.

2. Make-up Sex. Last year, the show left the Cow Palace for Treasure Island and now it eagerly returns home. The Cow Palace building and the Ball – a love affair revisited. Gives you goose bumps, don’t it?

1. It’s a True Milestone – a Legacy. No matter how you slice or dice it, thirty years is a milestone, an achievement, and a triumph. In a world full of Ponzi schemes and steroids, positive legacies are in short order. Well, here’s a big sexy party full of fun-loving souls that’s really and truly pulled it off, and wants you to be a part of it.

What’s your gig? Maybe you need to remember seduction and conquest. Maybe you need to resuscitate some love and respect for your fellow man, woman, or both. Maybe you need to re-appreciate freedom of expression in its purest form. Or maybe you could just use a dose of sexiness surrounded by so much sheer size and scope as to shock you and thus liberate you from your daily monotony. Well, you’ve found the place for that, too.

For full info and tickets (and some crazy pics from previous balls! - again, heh heh!) go to www.exoticeroticball.com