by Dr. Susan Block

Max to the MAXiMUS II gathers together Greater Bonoboville friends, fans, lovers and dogs – singing, barking, toasting and taking calls from all over the world – for this sparkling sequel celebration of My Beloved Captain Max, aka Pr. Maximillian R. Lobkowicz di Filangieri (11/8/1943 – 5/13/2025), his amazing life, death and Free Speech legacy.

Held on Max’s Birthday Eve, declared “Free Speech Day” on the first Max to the MAXiMUS, and the 12^th anniversary of The Bonobo Way, we also celebrate the Blue Tsunami that Max would’ve cheered and our recent Big Win  in a small Arcadia (actually, Alhambra) courtroom for Freedom of Speech and expression. They say you can’t fight City Hall, but we did, and we won (for now)!

So, check out the FB Livestreams! Yes, Zuck the Meta Cuck is still obsessed with banning me, so we livestreamed on Villa Bonobo, and please give us some grace, as these livestreams are pretty low-tech, unedited (one day we will polish them into REMEMBERING MAX chapters), so you might have to crank up the sound or turn it down. To make it easier to find your way through two three-hour livestreams, here’s a handy dandy timestamp guide…

MAXiMUS II LiVESTREAM 1

https://www.facebook.com/villabonoboville/videos/2190945778445320

00:06:29 I welcome Greater Bonoboville in-studio and online to Max to the MAXiMUS II.

00:13:31 Christina Caamano sings the Star-Spangled Banner her way for Free Speech Day.

00:16:55 Mindy Look rolls up onto my Broadcast Bed and remembers Max from the DTLA Speakeasies of the early 2000s.

00:25:53 Cinematography Director Mars FX, who came aboard in 2004, remembers those wild “Underground LA” days.

00:28:44 Brian Redfern joins the Block Party, remembering Max from the Inglewood 20-teens.

 

00:31:38  Presenting the pillowcase of MAXISMs (Max’s maxims) as “Free Speech Woman,” I ask my guests to close their eyes and pull one out. Mindy gets “Have More Pleasure Sex,”  and Brian picks “Free Speech is Worth Fighting For.”

00:33:30 Manny of GasMaskGirl, winner of “Best Fantasy Feature Film” at the Indiewood Film Festival for “Neon Dream,” picks The Goal is the Journey,” chatting with me about his journey from fetish to filmmaking.

00:42:30 Artist/Domme Sheree Rose picks “The Ideal is the Enemy of the Real,” and talks with me about Max, her beloved Bob Flanagan and her upcoming film – made by her son – “Domme Mom.”

00:57:30 Just as I’m preparing the LOVE BLOCK pinot noir for the Toasts, Harry passes me a note that “Barry’s Accordion Died.”  Oh no!  The accordionist, Barry Fisher, is also Max’s old lawyer – and attorney emeritus on the case we just won. He also helped me win against the LAPD in the early 2000s. Barry can do many things, but he can’t resuscitate his accordion.

01:04:28 Christina heroically sings “Por una Cabeza” (a Tango) a Cappella, accompanied by Brian on drums. Barry prompts me to stick a rose between my teeth and mime castanets.

01:09:11 How do you stream live with a dead accordion?

01:19:33 Dead or LIVE, its time for the TOASTS. As Christina sings “Lomir Alle,” a Yiddish toasting song, Barry improvises on my great grandmother’s 1926 Steinway piano. First I toast the Spirit of Max, then the Bonoboville staff, the guests, the live audience, the winning Legal Team (us!), the wise Judge and even the “other side” who lost so poetically, as the crowd drinks merrily along. L’Chaim! To life! To MAX!

01:23:34 Dr. Susan Block Institute therapist Coralyn Jewel calls in from Florida, remembering Max’s welcoming spirit at the 2022 Bonoboville Reunion.

01:26:02 Mistress Tara talks about her BDSM conference in Athens, Greece and running for President against Trump, as I chime in about my Vice Presidential run with the late great Frank Moore whom Max adored. It’s slightly ironic that Ms. Tara (a gun owner) picks “Shoot MaxCam Not Guns!” out of my MAXISM bag.

01:43:01 “Bella Ciao,” an Italian anti-fascist song from WWII that Max knew and loved – is sung by Christina as I attempt to march-dance along and Barry tickles my Steinway. The accordion may have died, but my 100-year-old piano has been resurrected!

01:45:52 Barry and I talk about Max, “Bella Ciao” and free speech.

01:48:35 Handsome Hollywood Jake joins the Block Party and the Captain’s Cake is served.

01:50:22 Jake picks a MAXISM: “Either You Believe Their Story or They Believe Your Story.”

01:53:17 Hugo Alarcon – whom we haven’t seen since DTLA in the 2010s when he brought Ed Furlong, Monica Keena, Danny de la Paz and many more to DrSuzy-Tv – remembers Max with great fondness.

01:58:58 My oldest LA friend (since 1985 on KIEV radio) Janelle Hopkins picks “Be Bonobo: Save the Humans” out of the MAXISM bag and remembers Max at Spago with Dr. Toni Grant, Wolfgang Puck, Kenny Loggins and me.

02:08:25 Chauffeur to the stars and sultans, Tammie Parrot, picks “It’s Anarchy or the Monarchy” out of my MAXISMs.

02:20:00 Artist Ky Jenson appears on the Live Stream to show her beautiful painting of Captain Max and me in Bonoboville Gardens.

02:25:15 Bonoboville photographer Jux Lii presents me with exquisite custom reproductions of his photos of Max and me.

02:41:41  Jake picks “Pray to ALL the Gods & Goddesses… Just in Case” out of my MAXISM bag.

02:46:18 Ikkor the Wolf streams in from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee to remember Max.

02:54:25 Dr. Mars join us on the live stream to honor Captain Max and Free Speech Day.

03:01:06 I make another toast to Ana for her delicious food and Miguel for the beautiful Max to the MAXiMUS II set filled with images of Max and Xmas lights.

03:05:56 I wind up the stream, thinking that’s it for the evening, filled with the Spirit of Max to the MAXiMUS and surrounded by Bonobo Love.

 

MAXiMUS II LiVESTREAM 2

https://www.facebook.com/villabonoboville/videos/2576245632884728

00:00:10 Shortly after we cut the stream, wouldn’t you know but our old friend from the DTLA Speakeasy 2010s, “Naughty Realtor” Fawnia Hsu, joins me along with Ana, Mindy, Miguel, Tammie, Jux, Janelle, the two Brians, Mar and Chico.

00:01:50 We all rock out, cry a little and laugh a lot to the Ballad of Captain Max.

00:09:42 Fellow Yalie Michael Blum (Yale SOM ‘95) – who used to see Capt’n Max and me at reunions and Sex Week at Yale – toasts Max with his own Ouzo and talks politics and PR.

00:52:58  I reflect upon my Great Love and Max to the MAXiMUS II.

00:55:45  Wrapping up the second stream, remembering my beloved Captain Max, honoring Free Speech, following The Bonobo Way and celebrating Bonoboville’s Big Legal Win, I sign off as always, “Make love to someone you love tonight, even if that someone is you. I love you.”

I really do.

MAX to the MAXiMUS II PHOTO GALLERY

© November 14, 2026,  Susan Block, Ph.D., aka “Dr. Suzy,” is a world renowned LA sexologist, author of The Bonobo Way: The Evolution of Peace through Pleasure, seen on HBO and many other channels. For information, call 626-461-5950.