Sunday, January 16, 2000
Minneapolis Porn
Here is a magazine coverstory on the porn industry in Minneapolis:
http://www.pulsetc.com/coverstory.html
Frank writes: I mentioned the article to the "dancer" that is still living at my house. A day later she had a list of people I "had to talk with". Most were "actresses" doing solo or non-penetration shoots. The "with makeup nobody will recognize you (release form database?) and yes they do use clean sheets and have clean shoot settings. This afterall is Minnesota nice. I mentioned the HIV aspectand this is where Minnesota may shine. They don't know my range of knowlege here so planned discussions with those in the local industry may be productive since I learned a lot about it reading l-keford.com Thankfully Sharon Mitchell is not at the controls of HIV testing here in Minnesota. A couple of points here: Beyond the "with makeup no one will recognise you" shtick I found no evidence of cohercion though a number of people I talked to got nervous when I desribed the date investative details I know how to use. I won't use them but others may, especially if the person later becomes high-profile. Also, the girls are prettier here, or at least the best of the best. It has to due with the nordic population (lots of blonds) and the far lower sun radiationwith leads to smoother and less "leathery" skin. A side effect is less makeup and a more natural look. Oh, yes, clean sheets on every shoot are a basic right here.
I went by the world headquarters of porncity.com and it seemed remarkably unporn. A former bank, it had the biggest waisted space lobby I have ever seem. The walls are lined with portraits of people, a huge open space and nice decore. If you walked in there the last thing you would think was that it is a porn operation. It is less than a block away from the Horst institute http://www.aveda.com/home.htm so I have to assume that a lot of your "aromatheraphy" grads got poked online at http://www.porncity.net One the positive there seems no direct coercion. On the negative is that "with makeup no one will recognise you" shtick seems unethical and predatory on the niave. If I wanted to I could find virtually anyone who signed a release and publicise it. Thelocal porn industry is weak in informing people of this. That said, the Minnesota porn industry seems far ahead of the California counterpart.
AVN Scam
Barbie writes: As a REAL Internet Porn insider, I have to tell ya some of the comments about the AVN awards are right on the money. For those of us that have been in this side of the business from the beginning and have busted our asses to make VERY successful Business's, to have AVN come in (after being fully divorced for Steve Hearn in this affair) and basically pay homage to only a few of the big long time players and basically ignore the rest on the Internet porn industry is UNREAL. The nominations and the majority of winners show little understanding of WHO makes this side of the business go around and was a horribly POOR attempt to do the right thing for an industry they are just starting to get involved with. NOBODY who has been around knew who half of those nominees were..That's because what AVN thought it would do is kiss the asses of those they THOUGHT were the big Players and kiss the asses of companies from the main stream Biz that opened web sites in the last 6 months and I'll bet the majority of the latter don't get 5 thousand hits a MONTH. PURE BULLs---!! When companies like Web Quest, Hi Rise, Insite Investments and CEN don't win a thing and more importantly aren't even nominated something stinks BIGTIME!!! Look to ADULTDEX AWARDS in June...those will show who the REAL players are!!!
Ashlyn Gere Leaving Extreme
reports that Ashlyn Gere has left Rob Black's Extreme Associates. I'm not sure that their much hyped feature with Ashlyn, "Rubber", was ever made.
Ashlyn tells Gene: "Rubber was supposed to come first. Everything else was second but they were coming first. So I had one scene in Tommy's movie. I had one scene in Lizzy's [Borden] movie. But the big thing that was going to do this Extreme publicity-thing never got fulfilled. Needless to say, after two years of it I was tired of waiting. I know that a lot of the money's going into wrestling, so I couldn't understand why Rubber never got made."
MikeSouth.com writes: OK Luke I was gonna save this for my column but since it already broke I will give ya the scoop. The main reason Ashlyn bailed from Extreme is because Rob put himself up at the Venetian in Vegas while his "contract girls" had to stay at Barbary Coast or some other such place. You didnt see Ashlyn promoting Extreme at CES because Ashlyn basically said f--- you Rob and went home Jas was not happy with it either. For the rest of the story AND the real reason why Rob is paying off former girlfriend Nikki....Read next months XXXGen. Hey Rob...I'm about to save ya some money dude.
Galifrey@aol.com writes: Luke- Why is it porners continue to think they have a chance at "mainstream" career crossover? What delusions are they under? Do they think Traci Lords, famous due to illegalities, has paved the way? Or is it Ron Jeremy in a Kid Rock video? How sad to think people desire fame so much they're willing to drop trou and take giant cocks up their ass in the vain hope that it's a stepping stone, and eventually they'll get true fame. Is it worth it? Janine seemed frustrated, as you reported, because her cameo in "Private Parts" didn't lead to much. Well, duh! Porn is as porn does. A career black hole. Either accept it and commit to it, or don't go there in the first place. Besides, fame is a four letter word. Although it is intoxicating.
Mad Jack
Mad Jack writes from Las Vegas: It's Sunday and i just realized that the shows (CES & IA200) are finally over and I hadn't written one word about the happenings....(actually, Chuck Martino called me last night wondering why he hadn't seen anything from me on Luke lately). Let's just call it brain freeze, mind melt, or any of the other terms we use when we just plain f--- up!!! It took four days for the fog to lift but I'm now feeling as normal as can be...Speaking of Chuck Martino, when he wasn't trying to f--- ANYTHING with a pulse, he was hanging around with yours truly at the K-Beech booth watching Senneca shake her ass up on the dance stage they had set up. It turns out that Chuck is a pretty good guy since he overcame his little problem of a few months ago.. Considering our booth was right across from the bar, I never even once saw a drink in Chucks hand...His mind was, as usual, on getting his dick wet. And what a way to wet it but with Vivid contract girl, Sky. From what I understand, Chuck put the moves on her at the David Lee Roth concert at the Hard Rock and wound up in a cab with Shay Sweet's ol' man Jeff.
Jeff told me that on the ride back to the Venetian, Sky kept telling Chuck that she wasn't going to f--- him. From what I understand, she held her mud until they were back in the room but a short time later, she was asking Chuck to pound her in the ass. Chuck being the gentleman that he is, wanted to save that for the second date. Anyway, when he called last night, Sky was hanging at his house and they were on their way out to party. She had just returned from Vegas the night before and apparently received a page from the horn dog wanting a little Vegas deja vu. Chuck's known for taking new girls and making them overnight stars, but I think Sky's WAY out of his league. I have a feeling that even with 1,500 scenes under his belt, Sky's going to tear him up...Good luck bro...We keep getting older and they keep getting younger..Keep me posted...and Sky, when you're in Vegas next time, PLEASE give me a call. I've got Viagra!
From Canada's National Post: A Federal Court judge has upheld an immigration decision denying a Romanian woman a work permit to be a striptease dancer in Toronto because she does not possess the necessary skills to dance in the nude. Loredana Silion, 24, had experience as an exotic dancer in a nightclub in Brasov, but the job involved taking off only her top, not the rest of her garments.
John writes: Mr. Ford, My wife and I are involved with a new Midwest Adult internet company. www.realpeoplecams.com. We are Trying to give all our talent the entire story of the porn world. We are honest and upfront about the bad side of the industry. Do you have a list of the people who have taken there own lives or died as a result of drugs or alcohol. You would be the one person who would be honest about this.
Luke: Check here.
Sylvia Saint
I talked to Czech porn star Sylvia Saint Monday at IA2000.
Luke: "What's the difference between the industry in Los Angeles and the one in Europe?"
Sylvia: "There's a big difference. Everything here is more legal. Europe is more difficult, particularly my country, which for a long time was under communism. Now, since 1989, things are much better. We have more freedom. Europe is much more backward than the United States.
"I still live in Prague. I love it."
Luke: "How does your family feel about your porn career?"
Sylvia: "At the beginning, four years ago, it was very difficult to explain it. I sat down with my mom and told her everything, how and why... My mom is my best friend, so it is all right."
Luke: "What's the difference in working between LA and Europe?"
Sylvia: "In Europe, you travel too much. You fly from Prague to Paris and back. To Germany and back. To Italy and back. If you come to California, you just stay one place - LA. And you just drive car and you can work for many people.
"Working conditions depend on the type of production. Gonzos vs features... I prefer working in California.
"Three months ago, I shot for Private company's big movie for Penthouse.
"I plan to stay a couple of weeks in LA. Then I will do some movies for Private in Brazil and Venezuela."
Sylvia introduces me to her beefy manager - Oldrich Widman, also based in Prague.
Oldrich: "I exclusively represent Sylvia and I can get other girls too. We also do distribution (Dream Entertainment) throughout Czechoslavakia and a website business and a mail order company. I've been in the business since 1992."
Luke: "How come there are so many beautiful women that come out of the Czech Republic?"
Oldrich: "Come there and you'll see. How come you have so many ugly girls here? Big, fat, silicone... Unbelievable. That's why I have to run home again very fast. We went to a special event two days ago at a disco at the Rio and it was unbelievable. Eighty percent men and the rest were so ugly with big silicone breasts."
Sylvia: "In Europe there are much better girls."
Andy: "Did sylvia saint do modeling for magazines under the name jana a few years back? There was a blond who looked just like her who did a lot of layouts for barely legal type rags. she either did solos or lez stuff."
Oldrich: "Slavak girls, there is something natural... Hungarian girls are also beautiful, represented by our friend, the agent Jordan. Compared to Americans, I have no words. They have natural breasts."
Luke: "How would you compare porno here to Czech Republic?"
Oldrich: "Here it is a big industry. There it is just a small territory. Only 15 million people. We exclusively distribute Metro products..."
Luke: "Is pornography more accepted in Czechoslavakia?"
Oldrich: "More accepted. People are more open. Here, I sometimes feel that this is some type of game. They produce a lot of hard and dirty things and when you see the boxcovers, everything is soft, nice and pretty. Everything is covered but inside it is hard. In Czech, we do hard boxcovers."
Emett writes: "Oldrich comment about "why do we have so many ugly girls here: Big, fat, sillicone..." I would love to curse this guy out but I can't. Our women in porn are sillicone, fat, tattooed, pierced, you name it they got. Especially this thing with Houston about labia surgery. Almost all the porn stars are out of shape and are marred due to insecurity and the latest fad of piercing or what have you. Czech and Euro porn don't have this problem. Oldbitch (Oldrich) may piss a lot of Americans off, but the man is right."
I heard a lot of talk about Teri Weigel at the convention. She sported a new blonde hair color and was walking around topless, with pasties on her nipples on Monday at IA2000.
"The worst dye job," says one porner. "She drew a big crowd of people to her corner booth, shooting photos."
Gossip
I got several phone messages Friday night from Chuck Martino and Raylene who were partying at the Sky Bar on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood with Vivid girl Sky.
Bianca Trump writes on alt.sex.prostitution: "I still make movies and escort with or without a man. I am very open about who I am and intend on changing for no one. I made 8 videos in 99. I am off to LA in FEB. to do my first one for 2000 for Wicked."
CES & IA2000
At CES, I spoke with Barry Wood at the Evil Angel booth. He runs the porn distribution group "Video Wholesalers" out of Auckland, New Zealand.
Luke: "New Zealand employs 40 fulltime censors. So what is not allowed?"
Barry: "Degradation, demeaning, and dehumanizing..."
Luke: "Like spitting on her face?"
Barry: "Yeah. Cumming on the face. Well, it depends on how they do it. If it is a short one, it is ok. If it is a long one, you've got to cut it down. Most of the films we get in are pre-edited and then submitted to the Board [of Censorship]."
Luke: "On a typical Evil Angel tape, how much is cut out?"
Barry: "We normally get a slightly different version that John makes for it... A normally two hour and 20 minute tape ends up 2:10...
"We do TV commercials on various lines we carry. They carry them free because it brings in viewers...
"Porno has been legal for eight years in New Zealand. But we're headed for some major changes. I think we're going to follow along the lines of Australia [where internet hardcore is illegal]. Our censorship board is also going to change to the Australian system."
Luke: "What's the sentiment of the general population?"
Barry: "Like most countries, the people who watch this stuff don't say anything about it until it is too late. So, there's really no public opinion against anything until afterwards."
Luke: "So what about prostitution? Legal or illegal?"
Barry: "It is a grey area. It's basically illegal but it's allowed to go on. I'm hoping that they may legalize that."
Luke: "So you bring porn stars down to New Zealand to do signings?"
Barry: "Yeah and dancing... We have a total population three-and-a-half million people..."
I also talked on Sunday with Priest from PST, aka Kevin, a computer programmer.
Priest: "CES is very surreal. Unlike you, I am a fan of this industry. I don't agree with all the stuff they create, but I like the majority of it. I expected it to be very elite. It would be difficult to meet people, to talk to people, that nobody would give me the time of day. And I found the complete opposite. People were willing to talk to me, to listen to me... I found myself hanging out with people I never thought I would hang out with...
"I was back at my hotel room looking at some pictures I have on my laptop. And to be honest, those pictures changed for me. All of a sudden, I was hanging out with those people and I couldn't look at them in a sexual way anymore."
Luke: "It's harder to jerk off to women that you know."
Priest: "Absolutely. When you know that they have a husband that you just met and that they have a normal life. Suddenly the fantasy element is gone, shattered.
"I found this convention incredible...and after some of the parties, I couldn't do it. I could never live this lifestyle. The last few days have been so insane. I've barely slept. I'm going to go back to Massachusetts and live a normal life and have this memory. I felt like I entered Sodom and Gomorrah for a weekend. I want to come back next year."
I chat with black girl Kenya at (distributor) VIP's booth. In porn for eight months, she appears in about 30 scenes.
Kenya: "I'm signed up with Jim South. He's got so many girls. So if somebody looks for me or for black girls, he usually gives me a call. I can't complain."
Luke: "How have you found the reality of the industry compared to what you thought it would be like?"
Kenya: "It's nothing like what I thought it would be. I thought it was going to be a whole bunch of drugged out people making smut movies but it is a business. It's work and if you get a bad name, you'll be out of a work. I've learned how to market through this business. I've always worked 9-5. So, to actually be marketing and you're the product, is a different angle.
"I want to do this as long as I can, as long as the looks hold up. And then I want to get into the fashion industry. I graduated from Florida State with a degree in Fashion & Design. But don't print that. Shhh. We're all supposed to be smiley and bubbly. You'll let my secret out."
She laughs.
Luke: "What do you think of all the black productions that are hoe this, hoe that?"
Kenya: "I don't care for it and I try to stay out of those. But if it happens... Because when you do a shoot and you ask the name, and it could be this or it could be that, or they don't really know or they don't want to tell you... So I have ended up in a couple of those... But I try to stay away from the crack hos from South Central... We're all beautiful. We're all different colors and we should all be admired for who we are... But if someone fantasizes about getting a crack ho in an alley... If that's want they want, and they pay me enough, I'll do it."
She laughs hard.
I talk with slender blonde Alana who says she's happy she's no longer exclusive with Extreme Associates. She resumed a relationship with them.
Alana is getting a divorce from Alan, her black husband, and has a new white boyfriend Christian.
Alana: "I have a non-exclusive contract with All Good Video. So they shoot movie every time they shoot but I can still work for other people. I have done so much work for Annabolic and they are the most amazing people in this business along with Eli of All Good Video."
AVN Awards
After David Sturman's acceptance of the first Reuben Sturman award, AVN's way of recognizing special achievement in the porn industry, Paul Fishbein remembered pornographers who'd died in the past year. "Bob Vosse, Bruce Walker, Stanley Fleishman, Paul Wisner, Kim Kataine, Albert Sanchez, David Chandler, Lou Peraino and Rene Bond."
Paul: "A lot of you know about us giving Howard Stern a special achievement award. And how he would not come this evening.
"We wanted to give it to Howard Stern for a couple of reasons. One, because it is great publicity. Two, he's really done a lot for this industry. A lot of the girls have gotten tremendous publicity. He has really treated this industry like a regular industry. He's getting this business a lot of positive press. And in his own FSC battles, I thought it appropriate to give this award.
"But, he wouldn't come this evening, despite my urgings and four AM telephone calls. He sent somebody named Beetlejuice to pick up his award."
Beetlejuice gave a rant about bitches and hos.
Fishbein was not amused. He came over to the mike and said, "Alisha Klass, we need you."
Fishbein wanted him off. The band started playing.
writes: "For a guy who didn't want to accept it, Howard Stern certainly gave the fact he was getting an AVN Special Achievement Award a lot of play on his radio show. On at least two occasions late last year, Stern had portions of his show assigned to venting over the fact he was being given an award at the same show that dishes out "Best Anal Sex Scene" acknowledgments. On one of those occasions, Stern had AVN publisher Paul Fishbein on the air to talk about it. Playing the situation like a coy, uncommitted high school prom queen, Stern said enough to feed speculation that he might be inclined to come to Las Vegas in person, but when push actually came to shove, Stern sent one of his minions, Beetlejuice, to pick up the award, instead."
On Monday, Howard played a segment of Beetlejuice's incoherent acceptance speech on behalf of Howard Stern. The ramble about hos and bitches came after AVN publisher Paul Fishbein's eloquent speech on why he chose to honor Howard Stern. Then Paul said that Howard had chosen to not come to the awards show, but in his stead sent someone named Beatlejuice. Fishbein shrugged and raised his hands, to express 'what are you going to do?'
Then out on stage came this four foot black man. A box had to be brought out so he could reach the mike. Then he rambled obscenely. Many people laughed, including the AVN backstage crew, but Fishbein just did not see the humor in it. Paul takes things very literally, and did not enjoy the joke Stern was playing on him.
From : Stern acknowledged that Beetlejuice, whom he refers to as "the Dennis Rodman of dwarfs," was fed his acceptance speech from offstage via an earphone. Stern explained that Beetlejuice "can't retain a speech - he can't remember anything."
"The porn industry as their own version of the Academy Awards," Stern told his audience Monday. "It's the goofiest thing you ever saw."
Stern thought nominees in certain categories were particularly amusing and singled out the Best Ethnic-Themed series. He read the nominees on the air. "The list goes on and on and on. Come on, they must have nominated every film that was made," Robin Quivers commented.
Stern recalled his conversations last year with AVN's Fishbein. "I said I'm not accepting any award at some sex show," Stern recalled. "They were offering you the moon," Quivers added. "They were going to give you a suite, limo, bodyguards..." ()
Xtrovert writes: "Luke, There's a sentiment that's popular here in Canada these days.....it's that Americans have no sense of irony. Your report about Howard Stern's joke on Mr. Fishbein is typical: "Then out on stage came this four foot black man. A box had to be brought out so he could reach the mike. Then he rambled obscenely. Many people laughed, including the AVN backstage crew, but Fishbein just did not see the humor in it. Paul takes things very literally, and did not enjoy the joke Stern was playing on him."
"Fishbein, like most Americans, just doesn't "get it" when it comes to sly, back-handed humour. The ridiculous reaction some months ago to your outrageous "allegations" about top-dog porners wearing chiffon gowns, etc. is yet another example of America's poor grasp of irony. It's a joke, people! Duh! And then there's that XXX guy - a classic Americanski. Not one funny bone in that guys whole body. Everything is sooooo serious, sooooo literal. Dumb f---s! Oh well, who needs to laugh when you're bombing the s--- out of some third world country or eastern european backwoods dictatorship.....eh?"
Brandy Alexandre writes: I found it ironic that Howard Stern wouldn't come to the AVN Awards to accept his Reuben "I refused to do my time and ran away from prison" Sturman Award, calling it "some sex show." And then sends some misanthrope to offend everyone just to make it clear what he thinks of the industry.
Just what does he think the Howard Stern Show is? He's been riding on the back of the porn industry for years--and not treating the girls too kindly, I might add--and now he thinks he's too good to come and say thanks. I've been too good to on the Howard Stern Show for years now, and I remind you I have been asked. After that kind of dissing to the people who have actually helped him develop the popular personna he is today (the guy who rubs "elbows" with all the pornchix), I'll be damned if I ever will stoop to doing the Stern show. I hope the media whores of the industry will take the same stand. (I know that will never happen. But I can dream, can't I?) Who would Howard Stern be if he couldn't get pornchix to come bare their sillycones? Ask me again Howard. Test me. I dare you. If I can beat back the Leeza Gibbons posse I can certainly beat back you.
Did Andrew Blake Direct Movies For Playboy TV?
Diesel wrote on RAME: I am talking specifically about those "Fantasies" segments which often featured porno actresses like Kari Foxx and Jamie Summers. Some of those segments were shot in the same style as he did in his movies SECRETS and HOUSE OF DREAMS. Anybody know? I also thought Blake had something to do with this series but I pulled out a copy of one episode I made many years ago and the following credits were listed at the end: Produced by Sherwood Price Conceived and Written by Paul Nevitt and Sherwood Price All the other credits were for costume and make-up ect. I'm not sure but perhaps Blake used another name for his softcore work. I'm almost certain I read that Blake and Playboy parted ways partly because the people at Playboy placed a limit on how explicit Blake could be, and I always assumed that refered to this series, now I don't know. The episode I pulled out was from 1987. I recognized Playmates Rebekka Armstrong and Barbara Edwards, Playboy model Sandra Wild, and another model I think is Kari Foxx.
Joe Bosco's Before And After
Joebosco.com contains a section on porn stars and celebrities before and after their breast jobs. Joe writes about Bianca Trump: "Bianca is, unfortunately, all too typical an example of many of the whining ladies of porn. They jump into the business expecting to make a lot of money, then blow everything they've earned by making various imbecilic decisions (don't even get me started on the drug thing), then bitch at length to anyone who will listen about how the biz ruined them. Bianca has stated on Luke F-rd's site that she initially went under the knife because she felt "pressure" to enhance her appearance to get work. Now, of course, she regrets her decision, partly because she's had some medical problems as a result of her implants. While I sympathize with her condition, I have a s--- load of difficulty buying into the line of reasoning that blames the porn industry and its minions for her decisions. As you can see, she had perfectly nice tits Before getting them blown up and her contention that she wouldn't have gotten any work without the enhancements is clearly a large crock of s---. If that's true, then perhaps she can explain how someone like Debbie Diamond has managed to make several hundred videos using only what Mother Nature gave her. Like they say, you reap what you sew, so be careful what the hell you plant."
Bianca replies: Joe basco should have read the whole post before speaking. For starters he has no idea if I had nice natural boobs or not, I NEVER made a video or magazine without a boob job. And secondly, no one ever said I wouldn't get any work if I didn't get the enhancment....DUHHHH what was said was I was offered a large contract if I did it. And lastly I never "blamed" the industry. I blame myself. I simply pointed out that they took advantage of my nieveness. Gees after all these years ya think someone would finally get it right.
Marilyn Star To Wed
According to the vancouversun.com: A B.C.-born porn star on the lam from insider trading charges in the U.S. will marry a Vancouver businessman on St. Valentine's Day, sources close to the groom say. Kathryn Gannon, a.k.a. Marylin Star, who is sought by U.S. securities regulators for allegedly trading stock on the basis of illicit pillow talk with a New York investment banker, is scheduled to marry Michael Gilley at 2 p.m. on Feb. 14.
Internet Gossip
Frank writes: Update: The XPics info was close. Gary Shuster, Brian's brother and general counsel, is married and never dated Shawna Edwards. That was Xpics VP Gary Horn, who left Xpics last September...just before it all hit the fan. Saw Horn at the Miami IA show on a cruise and very chummy with Fantasyman. Don't know ....yet.... what they are up to. Heard in Miami that Horn was being courted by Ralph Amato, fonder and chief honcho at BoysToys.com. They are opening their multimillion dollar gentleman's club in San Fran's financial district this month.
When Xpics suspended their affiliate program, they redirected most of the traffic to Greg Dumas at Igallery! Coincidence....I think not. XPics and Dumas shared the same lawyers.
Greg Dumas from IGallery writes: We had a close relationship with Xpics because they were our top webmaster for Barely 18 video upsells. Due to that relationship, they came to us right away when they decided to sell their webmaster database. We paid them a fair price for it and never did anything beyond that. They also sold the same database to Python, 3i (It's Live), and some others.
Serge writes: I'm much more concerned with timing of: DMR debacle with Visa, Epoch's problems with bank, those are not exactly small guys, they used to process for 80% of the industry.... any idea who is next?
RawAlex replies: Serge, the problems with Epoch and DMR are more indications of the "better programs" moving to more secure situations... getting their own houses in order. Also, more programs are obtaining their OWN accounts, and processing with companies such as Jettis. They are bringing the customer service issues in house and doing a better job of it. The situations are not surprises to anyone, they are obvious and slow evolutions that everyone needs to be paying attention to. Only good things will happen when the major programs sit in stable situations, able to pay good money for solid traffic.
Spallone's Shooting House
Director James DiGiorgio writes: "Luke, once again you listen to some prick who hears something out of context, f---s it up, tells you about it, and oyu print it. Rob has one porn-partner in this venture and that's me. yeah, we went out and got some start-up money from some angels, and we might hire some of the technical expertise that already exists in this business...but the house...it's me and Rob. Rob came up with the idea over a year ago. since then we've been planning...searching for the right location, talking to girls who'll live there, consulting with internet people...marketing people...and in those talks, names like AVN and Babenet might have come up (as service providers)...as well as names like Hustler On-line (LFP), and numerous others. Just cause you're talking with people about services...asking for some help and advice, and maybe even thinking of contracting with some of them for services, doesnt mean they're in bed with you...but then, what would you know about having anyone in bed with you."
Brandy On Jenna Jameson
Brandy Alexandre writes about Jenna Jameson: I find it amusing the way people like Bianca Trump, and now Jenna Jameson frame their "flames." As has been pointed out, they use their own greatest fears to attack those around because they presume their targets fear the same things they do. BT is afraid of getting old according to her flame material, and now we can see that Jenna is afraid of being a nobody. I have no career, and am not looking to restart one, so, indeed, it is non-existent. I don't know anything about her except what I have seen on tabloid shows she's approved covering a few minutes of her 15 minute allotment, and her own account of the incident at hand. I've drawn a conclusion based on nothing but the evidence. If Jenna was nice to everyone, she would not have reacted the way she did when this girl gave her a "dirty look" which she thought demanded and classless comment. She's trying to do spin control, but her comments are in Luke's archive forever. She apparently didn't want to fight the when the girl could fight back, but you would certainly have to reach down a long way to find someone lower than she who would take a swing at someone who couldn't fight back, and brag about doing physical harm and damage with her ring. To do nothing is not "cowering," it's just taking the high road and not letting people push your buttons. So what if someone "disrespects" you in your opinion, physically violent responses tell a LOT about Jenna Jameson without having to have ever shared airspace.
XXX writes Brandy: To be honest, I do not personally know anyone who is or was a porno actor or actress--all that I "know" are stereotypes, and whatever Luke F-rd posts, which may or may not be accurate (although it is certainly entertaining). The story that was posted about Jenna's fight with the latino or Hawaiian woman in Las Vegas shows an utter lack of class. I don't think she understands what kind of conclusions about her character people draw when they read an account of that event. I think she now realizes she looked pretty bad, and she is back-pedalling like mad to create a new version of what happened. It is an extreme social disadvantage to not be able to understand how one is perceived. (This is true in all businesses and social situations.) My guess is that with age or maturity, she will get a better appreciation for how she is perceived.
Bianca replies: On BA's comments about Jenna and I................blah blaah blah blah .Can't she get me off her mind for even one day? I am glad I am getting older. Not only am I wiser, I look better than ever. I am like a fine wine!
Jenna Jameson writes: The business can percieve me any way it wants to, I don't care... All I know is that I fought some chick and that's all, big friggen deal... Stop stewin over me! I understand you have nothing else to do, but iIm way to busy for this... Whatever your name is... JJ Thanx, Luke!
IA2000
Spheros writes on RAME about IA2000: For the past several years, the ia2000 Convention has taken place immediately after CES. It was held this year at the Venetian. ia2000 is the worldwide gathering of the Adult internet business. It's estimated that there are now about 60-80,000 sex-oriented Web sites. According to a new book, "Obscene Profits: The Entrepreneurs of Pornography in the Cyber Age", the porn industry is an increasingly significant sector of the economy, grossing at least 10 billion dollars in the US, more than is spent on sports events and live music combined. ia2000 is not open to the general public, and so is much less crowded. Exhibitors this year included Wicked Interactive, Vivid, Porn City.Net, Private, Pleasure Productions, Flynt Digital, and many others. There was a lot of skin on display, flashing, and three Japanese maidens from Geishahouse.com dressed in schoolgirl outfits doing obscene things with a banana. Many of the porn stars, such as Asia Carrera, Stephanie Swift and Sammantha Style stayed over from CES to push corporate or individual web sites to the international crowd. Since the crowds were sparse, it was quite a feast if you had your still or video camera. A nice change from the mob scene at CES. The show is run by AVN and the fall ia2000 will be held at New Orleans. Site is www.ia2000.com.
Porn Star Bios
Nick Adams writes on RAME about good places to find porn star bios: Excalibur has more bios than any place else I've ever seen. But 90 percent of the bios tend to be "this sultry blonde strumpet has big, delicious melons and loves to get nasty on film." They make up for not having any actual information by padding with four or five paragraphs of describing what she looks like and how she f---s. (Both pretty subjective and I've yet to see an Excalibur bio that says, "She's a bit chubby and looks fatally bored in her sex scenes." They will occasionally say, someone can't act. Their photo galleries are at best a handful of small, low quality pics. And I never find any clips for the videos I'm interested in. But I tend to look up older vids since I don't need to look up the new ones. That may be the reason. Their filmographies consist of the movies they sell, not all the movies made by an actress. That being said, Excalibur is a great onine video store but not a great choice for info. It's worth the membership fee if you plan to buy videos from them since you get the money back off your first order. But I wouldn't pay for access just to get the bio and movie lists.
Unfortunately, I can't suggest anyone better. I write bios, movie lists, reviews and a porn news column for Porn Stars Uncensored. The bios and movie lists are more comprehensive than Excalibur's and I make an effort to talk to the people I'm bioing when possible. But I've only been working at this for about a year and a half and only have a couple of hundred performers profiled. PSU is primarily a photo and video clip site. I started adding the text content after I went to work there about a year ago. And, while the movie reviews and porn news column is in the free area. The bios and movie lists are in the members area. Give me another year to work on it and I'll be saying PSU is the best place to go for info.But right now, I've got to admit we're still primarily a picture and video site, so if you don't get into that as well as the info, the membership fee is a bit high.
Luke F-rd has a good bio area with some original interviews and a lot of RAME content. Again, he has a lot fewer bios than Excalibur, but it's free. Some of his sources may be questionable, but that's true of anyone who writes about porn. And Luke doesn't have movie lists at all. My suggestion for movie lists would be to pick up a copy of Patrick Riley's star index. It'll cost you around the same as a membership to Excalibur but you get the book instead of a video. For bios, Adam Film World does a couple of nice bio issues each year which contain almost exactly the same info as Excalibur's bios.
Tricia Devereaux
AJB writes on RAME about her possible return: So, let's imagine a given HIV positive pornstar can reasonably hope for, let's say, 7(?) years of life remaining if they stay away from any source of re-infection, live a low-stress / good diet lifestyle, take a cocktail of anti-HIV drugs, doesn't shoot drugs, etc. Now, if a straight male pornstar is allowed to get back into the business and perform with HIV positive girls, his risk is most likely a lot LESS than the girl; generally it's less likely a guy will catch HIV from a woman (it's just a matter of how the plumbing works). In a statistical sense, the male pornstar is maybe (I'm guessing) shaving a few weeks or months off his life expectancy. The female pornstar, if she works with HIV positive guys, is MORE likely to get re-infected but with enough HIV killing lubricants, condoms, no internal cumshots, etc. she's possibly (again, I'm guessing) shaving a year or so off her life expectancy. Mind you, if they make enough cash from performing in "safer" porn, they may be able to afford the best drug cocktails and thus extend their life expectancy above average.
This is all guess work but my point is that HIV+ performers aren't necessarily dooming themselves to die vastly quicker than they would have otherwise. There's so many variables involved it's hard to predict anything with accuracy. In the end, this will all be decided by the marketplace -- for better, or more likely, worse. If enough consumers buy a tape with HIV+ performers, you just know there'll be more of that product. My sense of what's been discussed in RAME is that most viewers are hopelessly turned off by the thought of watching terminally ill people f---ing. But I suspect that there's also true fans who feel sympathy for Tricia Devereaux or others AND there might be some viewers who get off on the danger & novelty of HIV positive sex play. Or the porn producers may just decide to put out the scenes and not bother telling the public, most of whom couldn't tell Tricia D from Inari V from Chasey L; only learned fans would be outraged. My bet is that HIV positive performers will pop up once in a while but it's never going to be common. And I hope Tricia was paid far above average money for doing this scene.
Brandy Alexandre writes: This is the ignorance that brings in so many new HIV cases of female-to-male transmission. Because of the risk of someone believing this, I feel I must, as a matter of public health and safety, make this quick reply. The male "plumbing" thing really only applies to bladder infections. Women get them more often because the length of the urethra is so short it's a quit trip for bacteria to enter the bladder. For the guys there's 3 or four inches, and the urethra is usually squeezed shut during an erection. The bacteria actually has to reach the bladder to cause an infection. A quick pee afterward and the threat is highly diminished, but men *do* get bladder infections.
When it comes to STDs, however, if you consider the size of the HIV virus against the size of ordinary bacterial STDs, HIV is much smaller and doesn't have to really go anyplace except the quickest route to the bloodstream. Needless to say if a guy can pick up syphilis or gonorrhea from one dip of the wick, he can certainly pick up HIV. Not to mention the microtears that occur on the penis just from the act of having sex are a pretty good entry point. You can make the argument that you need a high dose of virus for an infection, and screwing a chick just isn't high dose unless she's full blown or something. But since there are so many conflicting studies on the issue, who really wants to risk it?
Problems In Pornography
Chaim Amalek writes: PROBLEMS IN PORNOGRAPHY - VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
Topic: Problems in Pornography Metrics
Dear Sir: Every professional organization that reaches a certain level of social importance seeks, at one level or another, to recognize and honor those of its members who have achieved far more than the norm. Often, particularly in creative fields, this cause much contentious debate, as equally learned elders disagree amongst themselves as to standards by which excellence is defined, let alone the application of those standards to the work at hand.
Porn is no exception. Who among us really knows which anal scene of the year was the best amongst all anal scenes, or which breast implants were the most life-like (I assume AVN had an award for that)? The problem is that the standards are just to nebulous to be applied with any satisfying rationality to the world of porn.
Fortunately, pornography, by its very limited nature, lends itself to quantification of quality in a manner that other fields do not. You see, virtually all porn is used to help men masturbate. It is not used by couples to enhance the love within their relationships (except very,very rarely), it is not used to retard the spread of disease, nor to prevent rape. No, porn is bought simply to assist men in shooting sperm into thin air.
And the better the porn, the better the quantity and quality of sperm ejaculated forth. Now, it just so happens that every sperm bank in the country has the technical means of measuring both quantity and quality, and they use porn to assist men in masturbation as well. Why not have them keep records to enable correlations to be drawn between nominated videos and the sperm they bring forth? That way, the winners of the various awards would be chosen scientifically, without the intrusion of personal bias. And the consumers of porn would, using something akin to the cosmological principle of porn, have a truely accurate guide to the various offerings in their local porn emporium. Luke F-rd, M.S. (Masturbation Studies)
PS I have REALLY gotta start banging some of the porn chicks I write about. Especially the ones with the foreign-sounding names.
PPS I, Luke F-rd, am thinking of starting an on-line school of commercial sex studies. This will be a degree-granting institution, the first of its kind. Please let me know if you are interested, and the maximum amount of money you would pay to receive a degree from such an institution, and the least that you would expect in return.
Adult CES
James Hibberd, editor of New Times Phoenix, writes about the adult CES. Here's an excerpt from his column:
Director Andrew Blake is looking forward to being able to charge fans directly to download his products. Blake, whose relatively high-budget stylistics and use of immaculate-looking models have made him one of porn's most famous directors, stands imperially at a booth for his Studio A Entertainment production company.
"Unless we end up under some fascist dictator," he says, "soon we will be able to send a whole movie over the Internet."
Blake is dressed entirely in black and wears expensive-looking wire-frame glasses. He keeps wiping his hands with a pre-moistened towelette.
"There has been an evolution into a slicker medium," he says, "with slicker-looking women. A lot of people have tried to imitate me, and that's elevated the medium. I'm looking forward to producers like me being able to have a direct link between the product and the buyer."
Luke's New Direction
Chaim Amalek writes: Luke, I have been thinking about the new approach that you have been taking to the masturbation industry. Gone is the porner-irritating gadfly who could be counted as the voice of fearlessness in a world of industry shills. Instead, we have a new Luke who, while certainly not an industry shill, is certainly friendlier to those who pay his way.
You probably think that I am going to condemn you for this shift. Far from it! Life is short, and each of us has to get through it one way or another. Better to enjoy yourself than make grief for yourself over something that, in the end, just is not very important. I mean, it isn't as though your beat was something over which millions of people require good, unbiased information in order to make reasoned decisions on life and death matters. No - you cover the masturbation industry. You are part of a beat that helps people decide which images are best suited to squirting sperm into empty space, far distant from any woman's womb. Ultimately, while this industry might be harmful to the tiny number of people who choose to make porn (much as mining coal is harmful to coal miners), what you can do really has no long range social impact.
So, given that the old Luke wasn't about to change anything of importance anyway, what's wrong with kicking back and writing in a manner that will bring you more money and, one hopes, sex with better looking women than you would ever rank on your own by trolling amongst the HHOLAs (Hebrew Honeys of LA)? NOTHING!! I say you should enjoy yourself. Write whatever maximizes your wealth, happiness, and social prospects, so long as you do not hurt anyone, and enjoy yourself! (And would not Reb. Nachman of Breslau want you to anyway?)
Luke Gets Mail
Helpful in Modesto writes: I've noticed that you have been lamenting a lot lately about your severe lack of carnal activity and quite frankly I have no sympathy for you. You have known about and chosen not to participate in both the Candy Apples and Sabrina Johnson Gang Bang tapings. You know doubt have knowledge of all the various Hollywood bukkake shoots as they occur and yet you shy away. You stroll around the CES show with a digital camera and the credentials of an industry recognized (vilified?) website and you fail to pull at least one publicity hungry porn starlet onto the proverbial "casting couch"? Luke! You live in a garden and yet you starve? WAKE UP!
PS: Remember. The Cleopatra 1000 and the Million Man Gang Bang are coming up in February. God helps those who help themselves. 'Nuff said.
Christopher writes: I do have a question, though, regarding your sponsor XXXGen Magazine. Is this a magazine like Adult Video News...some glorified glossy of the down and dirty porn industry, or is it, like I hope, a well-done hardcore publication with penetration and cum-shots? Please give the info...the magazine looks promising.
Luke: It's a glorified glossy with no penetration or cum shots. Its Maxim goes Playboy. XXXGen.com is a consumer publication unlike AVN, which is oriented towards the industry.
Emmett writes: "I would like to press on about Ms. Jameson comment about them being "Hawaiian, going to their table, and then the terrorists threats", but frankly I don't care anymore. All that matter is that she assualted them first. It wasn't self defense. End of Story. Let's move on.
"John Paul the II was making sense then he lost me in his ensuing paragraphs. I always wondered what new low can porn reach for this century and now I know. Mr. Ford can you imagine porn companies that are soley for HIV positive performers? Why stop their? Why not people who have Hepatitis A-C? Yes, I would love to see Brooke Ashley and Tricia Devereaux perform again, but their time has passed. They should concentrate on maintaining their health and amend their relationship with their familes. I don't know...something of the like! But to allow this to happen, we're saying it's okay to have a fatal and non-curable STD, you can still do porn. What will John Stagliano do next? Go to hospitals and recruite HIV patients and people dying of AIDS? If porn is reaching this level then I should quit watching before it sucks me in. We have to draw the line somewhere don't we?
"What is this thing about smelling porn stars vaginas? First of all human bodies must leave an aroma. Whether it is strong or weak. If Chuck Martino did not smell anything (whether good or bad) then he must have a cold. Second, I would hate for Mr. Ford create a negative section on his site for porn starlets about the aroma of their vagina. Mr. Ford could forget about interveiws with them for rest of his life. Besides, vaginas were made to be plowed not to be sniffed. It would be funny to read for a little bit donedone but then it would be to hurtful for the starlets thus Mr. Ford as well.
"Exteme got rid of Tiffany Mynx, Chandler, Strc-9, Iroc, Monique, Alana, and now Ashlyn Gere (She quit due to the demands that were not met in her contract)! What the f--- is Extreme doing?! The Magnificent 6 is now 7. Extreme may do well in sales but not in loyalty and fulfilling their contracts. If Extreme couldn't keep mainstream, porn star, living legend, Ashlyn Gere, then it's only a matter of time before Jasmine St. Clair will be out the door. Keep your pen waiting Mr. Ford, because when Jasmine leaves I know sparks will fly!
"When a porn star recieves an AVN award does their salary increase like those actors and actresses at the oscars? I always thought the award just increases their notoriety. And if that is the case then the AVN awards seems like a waste of time to me. If not then how much more money does the porn star make after the award?"
Luke: "It makes little if any difference."
Goddess writes: I always find this high class talk about women's pussys smelling rather humorous. It leaves me with the feeling that you guys actually think you are ODOR FREE. Ha, ha, ha, wait till I pull myself back up on the chair.
KZZY radio writes: "Luke, what is the "technical" name in porn when they repeatedly dub in the same parts over and over?"
Luke: "Looping."
Reynon Munoz writes from Belgium: Hi there, Quite impressive web page. I write you from Belgium, Europe and came across your page surfing in the Internet's porno sites. You seem to be a controversial individual in the porno industry. I think that it is important to take porno out of the coat. I am not talking about promoting porno, but people interested in it should be provided with good, updated, quality information about what they like.
What struck me about your page is your whole family story. I am myself a writer. I have finished a novel and I am working in the edition (200 copies) that normally will be ready in middle February. My family does not understand that I have refused several jobs to go forward with the literature & journalism. After all, I do what I want to do. I have no money but I am happy. Now I have gone through a lot of culpability and feel better. I don't know how did you went through that of if you even cared. Maybe you are just an egocentric, arrogant, selfish bastard. Anyway, bollocks are needed to expose your personal life & feelings this way. I do not know if you will ever read this message but I just want to try THE QUESTION: Is it possible to meet a porno star and f--- her or that is only a wankers dream? My favorite is Debbie Diamond. She is so wild!
Luke: It is as difficult to f---, unless you have money, porno stars as other women.
Twotwo writes: "Check out the sight www.fitness-pets.com! She has a view photo spreads for a guy named Michael Scott. Scott has a sight devoted to fitness centerfolds but seems to be branching out into porn. Rebecca Wild..."
Lord Peter Luther Christian writes: Dear Mr. Ford: Wonderful news! It is now widely reported that Jane Fonda has become a born-again Christian. Yes, the same Jane Fonda who thirty years ago stood on an anti-aircraft gun is today a witness of the redemptive power of Jesus. I got a feeling that Jesus is coming for you, Luke. He wants you to witness to the sodomites of pornography: the men who make it, the women in bondage to it, and even the accursed Onanists who are enthralled to it. You, Luke, will rejoin the body of Christ - a born again Jew for Jesus. Won't you open your heart to the one universal community that offers to open its heart to you?
Lynne "I'd rather be banned to Siberia with Luke F-rd than live in Eden without him, because he is learned and interesting and we can discourse forever " L-patin writes that she is having a bad hair day. As in having the cops in my hair before ten a.m. I'm in the computer to answer the nice man who sent me a nice photo. Here are the thoughts I sent him as to my sexuality and "partying" or "swinging":
"I wonder if it is some kind of new syndrome: to be fearful of personal sex in private but comfortable with sex on the set, even bukkake? Anyway, if there WERE gossip in something, Luke would love it, and he does live so vicariously.
"Friday I had a really rotten day but today is much better. Yesterday I had to call the police at 8 in the morning to come out and explain to the man next door that he is not allowed to yell anonymous vague threats through his window at me concerning the behavior of my dog. (Thank you for allowing me some hysteria.)
"It is events like this that make me not thrilled about men, plus I don't find it very sexy to be on guard when I am unsure of how to fight back.
"So the answer to the question "Wanna get together and f---?" is "If the world leaves me alone for a few days so I can be relaxed and sober." And since going to the IMAX to see Fantasia with a friend and NOT having sex is not an option in the real world...."
A couple of days ago, Lynne wrote to me: The Sabbath approaches... You are allowed to use technology on the Sabbath for emotional succor, to help your friends.
Did you know it is legal to threaten your neighbors as long as you do it from your own property and as long as you aren't specific about what you will do to them? You can yell, "I'm going to get you if you don't turn off that stereo/paint your house white/convert to Islam" or, in my case, teach that dog to shut up no matter what!
I had to call the police within two hours of my return home, and again at 8:30 this morning. I am rattled. Was writing a letter to VCA. Had to stop to attend to threatening neighbors. They don't understand that the dog can hear them muttering "that bitch" and will react, and that dogs get to bark at all appropriate stimuli when on duty. In other words, their right to peace and quiet ends where my right to protect myself against rape and pillage begins, and NOT the other way around, even if they are men.
The dog can hear me say "woof" as far away as I can hear her respond, and since her hearing is better than mine, means she can hear me a lot further. I sit at the window and watch her and she only barks at appropriate stimuli, including weird neighbors and pedestrians who react suspiciously.
She has a new playmate -- a baby pit bull. Which reminds me to call Spallone and find out what is happening with his Rottweiler. I ate an entire box of sugar packets, packet by packet, Sunday night when I got home. It was all I had. After driving home from Vegas, I had to deal with a neighbor shining his light at me, onto my property, at my dog. He intimidated the dog into a cowering ball on her own property, yet she kept barking until I got to her. The Rapture couldn't come too soon for me.
Dear Luke: What a wonderful job you have done lately in keeping track of the ripples in that "cesspool called porn." Just don't get the idea that you're the one I'm after -- it's the large white charger you've ridden in on, baby.
SCOTTY & THE HOME INVASION Scotty needs a good dog. Tobi would have created a fuss until I could get to the phone and call 911. For that matter, Tobi would have caused enough fuss for me to have made a decision about opening the door, because she wouldn't have alerted to a roommate with no key. Maybe he could borrow Rob's Rottweiler.
EAU DE VAGINA My deceased husband always said that one way you can tell you are in love with a woman is that her vagina smells like such a wonderful perfume you want to bury your face in it. Scent is such an important part of our mammalian heritage. If you're going to spend the rest of your life sleeping with someone, they need to smell right. Bruce really liked women.
f---ING IS NEVER EASY As far as how easy it is to get laid: I know most of your readers find this hard to believe, but a young guy who saw me at a shoot actually wanted to f--- me, or "party," as it's called. Being that I am celibate for safety's sake, rather than because I'm nuts like Luke, I still get really horny, so I consented to at least consider it. Then come logistics. His schedule, my schedule, geography. Meeting half way means getting a room. I don't want to f--- a stranger bad enough to drive for hours, and I'm not so hot on having a casual f--- that I'd encourage him to do it, either. What if he doesn't smell right? What if he thinks I should be "plowed instead of sniffed?"
I'd rather pick up Luke, go to lunch with Barbara Spallone, drive back down the 405 to see Fantasia, drop Luke off and drive home (a full eight hour day) and have NO sex than bust my butt trying to have sex with either a porn star or a civilian (i.e., a non-porno person) for a one night stand for free. Of course, that is because I have had my fill of both. Luke, what's your excuse again? So you guys should all take heart, because even if Debbie Diamond or the girl in accounting can't f--- you (or me), it doesn't mean she doesn't want to f--- you, and isn't knowing she'd like to f--- you pretty damn cool in itself? If you don't ask, you never get anywhere, and since she's a girl and not supposed to ask...
Jeremy Steele writes: Hey Luke, I know you like to shovel the s--- and share it.. but I would like to ask you to also help share something important and positively informative... I would like to mention that the FOO FIGHTERS did a benefit concert here in Hollywood on Friday for the organization that I've done volunteer work since around the time when I first got into the porno biz in 96...
The organization is called Alive & Well, an alternative AIDS information org formally known as HEAL (which I've mentioned before.. see my profile).. It's really f---in' wonderful to see how it has progressed from being a one woman operation to one that is supported by nobel prize winning scientists like Kerry Mullis and Walter Gilbert.. columnists like Celia Farber of Spin magazine, and now, the f---in FOO FIGHTERS! AWESOME! ALL the money from the sold out concert at the Palace on Friday the 14th went to Alive & Well... and so when the like's of John Decker and Tony Tedeschi attack me like I'm some kind of dangerous idiot, without ever reading it for themselves, the information I share and the videos i've given out free of charge to industry people to decide for themselves, Let it be known how this org has grown.. and go ahead and laugh in all these peoples faces who support it as well... It's too bad people in our industry don't even care enough for themselves to bother to look or read the alternative info that is out there.. It's only in our interest to know what is out there besides what the big money making gov't regulated aids special interest groups are repetively telling us. By the way.. The concert was f---in' awesome... very fun...
Will Jarvis aka Taliesin writes on RAME: Just a brief message for
those interested about the Ed Powers show last night (Saturday Jan.
15 on KLSX 97.1 FM). I was one of the guests. Other guests were Sharon
Mitchell, Keki D'Aire and Bridgette Powerz. Adult webmistress Rachel
Worth -- my good friend -- even put in an appearance. I met Bridgette
and Keki for the first time on the show and they are two of the nicest
women in the biz. The radio audience was wonderful and all of us had
a great time. I'll have more about the the Ed Powers Bedtime Stories
show on my websites, including pictures, (and yes the ladies did take
their clothes off) soon, but I wanted this to be my public "Thank
You" to Ed for having me as a guest on his show to promote my new
book "Porn 101: Eroticism, Pornography and the First Amendment". Porn
101 is available in stores and through my websites. Also, I wanted
to be the first to let you know that though Ed's show is currently
on only in Los Angeles and Detroit, it may soon be going national.
I really admire Ed's success. Whoever thought a porn star could have
his own radio show? Or that porn stars would be making appearances
in mainstream movies and on TV shows? (Jenna Jameson, for example,
was recently on Nash Bridges.) Things certainly are changing for the
better in pornland.