Thursday, February 24, 2000
Credit Card Processing
Ken Martin of www.globill-systems.com writes on YNOT: It has been a while since I posted to this forum and I would like to add my two cents to the threads started by Ben, OZ and others. This post is very long but I hope it proves informative to some.
First of all, it is not our intention to be smug or to try and capitalize on Epoch's current problems. We admire Epoch for being one of the pioneer's of 3rd party billing and do sincerely hope they survive. Adult e-commerce really doesn't need any more black eyes at this point.
The current problems with maintaining merchant accounts, whether you are a third party billing company or individual webmaster, stems from the technological weaknesses in the credit card infrastructure (or lack thereof) and banking issues that have developed over the last two years.
Credit cards gained mass market acceptance in the 1950s with the introduction of Diner's Club cards. Visa and Mastercard soon followed and these systems of payment were all based on the "buyer phyically present" concept so that, if need be, signtatures and identification could be verified by the merchant. The entire system has changed remarkably little over the last 50 years.
Of course with the internet, the cardholder is definitely NOT physically present at the merchant's establishment and this leads to wide spread abuse from fraud. By fraud I am referring not only to people with stolen/fake cards but also from legitimate customers with real cards who charge back only because they know they can get away with it. In some cases, a bank will even phone the cardholder and encourage them to dispute a charge if the bank's security department suspects fraud. I have even had my bank phone me on a few occaisions when I made internet purchases. They told me my card has likely been compromised and that I can get my money back for the charges. I told them that I had in fact made the charges. But if I was a less honest person I could have easily received products and services for free. The internet merchant who receives these types of chargebacks is totally helpless as there is no sure-fire way to "prove" that the cardholder actually made the purchase. In these cases the internet merchant ALWAYS loses, to the tune of $25 or more per chargeback.
Of course the central weakness of using credit cards for e-commerce could be addressed by digital signatures. Over the last three years Visa/Mastercard tried to implement such a system. It is called SET (Secured Electronic Transactions) and was designed to put an end to the above mentioned abuses. Unfortunately, the system is so cumbersome and complicated that almost no US banks want to support it.
To make matters worse, many merchant banks dug a hole for themselves, especially with adult merchants, over the last two years. Up until last year, many US banks were still giving out merchant accounts like candy despite the aforementioned glaring weaknesses in the credit card network. Chargebacks went through the roof and adult merchants were especially hard hit. We already know of all the big names in the adult industry that have been killed by this.
So what did Visa and Mastercard do? You would think they would try to develop some system or program to help all these struggling merchants. Instead, they have recently tightened their regulations to extreme limits. For example, in case you were not aware, starting March 1, 2000, Mastercard has set an upper limit on chargeback tolerances of a scant 1% and they reserve the right in some cases to count credits as chargebacks! When there is a customer dispute (known in the industry as a ticket retrieval) they will no longer allow the merchant to credit the customer in order to avoid the chargeback. And the whopper is that they will fine the merchant $25,000 in the 3rd month, then $50,000 to $100,000 in subsequent months, REGARDLESS of the merchant's size. Visa will soon come out with their own tightened regulations.
Some webmasters think that all they have to do to get a merchant account is plunk down a $500 registration fee and then they are off to the races. Maybe so. But the whole trick is MAINTAINING that merchant account. Banks are under extreme pressure from Visa and Mastercard to keep chargebacks under control. They will terminate a merchant all too fast to minimize their risk and they will freeze your funds for a very looong time.
To make matters worse, your name, address and social security number will be placed on Visa/Mastercard's Terminated Merchant File list and all your future dreams of starting anew have also been dashed! No US bank will touch you when you get on that list. To top it all off, the things I have described above are really only the tip of the iceberg.
Okay, now that I have totally depressed everyone in the adult industry, is the situation completely dire? No. It is not completely dire as there are some things you can do to increase the odds of your survival. In a nutshell:
1) Give outstanding customer support
2) Do not try to "trap" customers with false advertising or hidden rebilling
3) Ensure that the customer will see a recognized name and number on his cc statment
4) Treat every chargeback you get as a major problem and try to figure out what caused each one
5) Pay VERY close attention to your chargeback/sales ratio every month; same with credits
6) Develop the best anti-fraud systems you can.
And I can go on but this post is already too long. We have of course done all of the above and much, much more. Our anti-fraud system for example took over two years to develop and does not rely solely on negative databases, which are largely ineffective. Even anti-fraud firms who claim to use statistical calibration of hundreds of data points are not as effective. The difference is that our systems have been specifically calibrated to detect fraud FOR THE ADULT INDUSTRY. Finally, we have diversified our banking relationships and have merchant accounts all over the world. There is a storm brewing on the horizon, for some it is already here, and only the prepared will survive. Good luck to all and I hope to see everyone intact once all the dust settles!
James DiGiorgio Shoot
Wednesday afternoon I stopped by Rob Spallone's shooting house in Sunland to watch auteur director James DiGiorgio shoot another scene for his sports-oriented VCA Xplicit gonzo.
Jim directed his two actors (Allyson Embers, a busty blond, and Lance Romance, husband of busty brunette Donita): "We're going to start out with you doing some situps. Can you do situps? Ok. And we'll get some tease out of it. Lance is going to enter here. Hi baby, how are you doing? How was your run? And really grin him on it. How far did you far go? How fast did you run? Not good enough. Blah, blah, blah. You don't even look like you've worked up a sweat. He'll say, look at me. I'm all wet. Yeah, it's raining out. Be hardcore with him. And at some point say, apparently you didn't get a good enough workout. Do me. And get right into it. Just like real life."
Later, Jim takes a break from videotaping to philosophize: "I shoot these guys in boy - girl scenes and they've having wood problems... Then you get two guys together and they're doing a girl and they're both rock hard? Why is that? Because they're gay."
Allyson: "It's not gay... Now if they were jacking each other off and helping each other get hard, that would be gay."
Later, during another break in the filming (Jim smokes a fag), Lance romances jacks off in a room full of guys, keep a firm stiff woodie.
Jim: "Once a guy's had a dick in his mouth, he's gay. I don't give a f--- if he f---s women once in a while. Once you've sucked cock, you're gay."
Luke: "What if you did it when you were nine years old? As an experiment."
Jim: "Nobody experiments with sucking cock. It's gay."
Luke: "What if you didn't like it? And I didn't really suck it. It was just in my mouth."
Jim is stumped: "Hmm... Anytime after puberty, then it is definitely gay. If it is prepuberty, maybe we can let it slide."
Duke aka Sydney Glassberg had his deposition Wednesday for his civil court case against Rob Spallone.
Rob reports on what Duke testified to: "I beat him so bad and then I dragged him outside and left him in the street. He got up. Walked out of my office, went home. Went to the police and the police never even contacted me. Now they're going to subpoena the police he said he went to..."
From porngossip.com: I recently saw 3 movies that jim DiGiorgio shot and edited ,give me a f---ing break this guy could not edit s---.He is so old and fat he cant even bend over to shoot any more, anything this fat f--- pot head shoot's is garbage. Word is his partner wants him out at blue light pictures because he is never there and the quailty of his work has gone up in smoke. Jim DiGorgio should quit smoking dope because he is a f---ing retard. how can you stop payment on a certified check. To enlighten jim this is how it works you go to a bank, present the check to the teller, they then verify that the money is in the checking account and if it is a hold is placed on those funds. Lay off that weed you smoke and start working with check's instead of cash .oop's forgot drug dealers dont take checks.
Dave Hardman Rapes Kid Vegas
Dave Hardman left this message: "This is a true story man, you've got to print it for me. The reason Kid Vegas is so f---ed up and psychotic is that he was raped by his stepfather as a child, over and over again, about ten times a week. And the reason I know all this is that I actually am his stepfather."
Anthony writes: Well maybe Kid Vegas is a little sharper than I've presumed. He didn't resort to the stupid racist name calling that Eveready and Potter sank to. I just wish his videos were about getting off & not some abstact pseudo-porn for people who want to just get wasted.
East Coast "I cant get no Mother f---in Respect" Anthony writes:
Dear Luke F-rd, Why does everything on your site have some reference to being White (Aryan Nation)...Black (Nigger/Nigga)..Jewish....Christian...Etc. Jesus Cunt Christ Almighty, There are only 2 types of people in this world, either your Cool, or your an Asshole. Why must you help Propagate all this Class/Rascist Bulls---? You could have a pretty interesting site if you kept it Informative, Funny & Entertaining.
In regards to the Tony Eveready.. Kid Vegas fight, I talked to Tony today & he made it clear that it was a simple issue of Kid Vegas mouthing off about him behind his back, so he dealt with him. THIS IS NOT A BLACK AGAINST WHITE ISSUE, so why do you let this whole thing become a springboard for total Racist crap to be put on your sight?
I was also at Multimedia pictures yesterday (Shooting that psycho, "Johnny Toxic") When you called up, (right after Gene Ross), asking for some kind of comment. The only comment I could hear was that of the most Respected & venerable Mr. Jim Powers, Laughing out loud & saying, "This whole thing is just f---ing ridiculous". They are far to busy over there to have the time to deal with Idle Gossip & untrue Fabrications made up by certain individuals on the fringes of porn. I know from personal experience that all the people at Multimedia pictures, (from the owners on down to the secretary) are honest, hard working, American taxpaying citizens whom maintain the utmost in professionalism in this crafty business we call Porn.
As far as Kid Vegas goes, I was shooting him at American Bukkaki last week & he can be a real Funny, & Wacky guy. Maybe he was just making some kind of wisecrack & things were misinterpreted. Who knows? And I was standing right next to Dave Hardman today at approximately 4:00 P.M. when he called your number stating that he knows for a fact that Kid Vegas was being Butt f---ed by his step-father when he was a child because Dave Hardman said, & I quote, "And I should know, because I'm his step-father". Now that is some funny s---! That's the kind of stuff you should be putting on your web sight. Dave knows when a joke is a joke, & that things have gotten completely out of hand with viscous accusations being slung at 3rd parties that have nothing to do with this whole situation.
Luke, have fun with this s---, keep the public informed with, light, stupid, crazy, wacky, funny gossip. Don't help start more f---ing Race Riots and all that s--- via your web sight by giving White supremacist's a platform to spew their stupid moronic philosophy's on a pure white race. White Americans are retarded enough without completely becoming some inbred, backwards, people, through the process of Purification!
And one last note for the inbred, backwards, Aryan guy. Take the K.K.K flag out of your Ass & wake up! This is 21st Century America, a country that long ago should have gotten past its white & Black issues. A country that is now being overrun by Foreigners, who are laughing at us, Stupid, Lazy, Spoiled Americans while they get subsidized for everything from Home Loans, Business loans, rent, food, medical, etc. by the American Taxpayers dollars. So why don't you recognize the 100+ years of Propaganda That White should hate Black & while you concentrate all your energies in that direction, the God Damned Foreigners are walking right in the front door & taking over America!
Life is to f---ing short for all this cunty Bickering & Squabbling! Stay Happy........Stay High.............For someday we shall all Die!
Email: Michele Raven wants Kid Vegas to either shut his f---ing mouth or bring his bitch ass and his black belt and meet Tony to back up the bulls--- that is coming out of his mouth. I tried to get the message across person to person put his bitch ass hung up the phone. Quit lying about the s--- that went down, those of us that were there know what really happened. You had a chance to be a man but you pussyed out.
Luke Gets Mail
Lorenza writes: Read with interest your comments regarding lesbian/bisexual activity in todays porn. I personally do not understand it at all and find the fast forward button the greatest invention since the telephone. I also know for a fact that many, many men are incredibly aroused by these scenes.
Why escapes me - unless it is because it is considered on the edge of decadence and they have always been told that it is wrong, just as gay sex has been drilled into us that it is also wrong. If society accepts lesbian activity, why are they so intolerant of gay activity.
Why not include gay sexual activity in all of these films and videos - after all the most beautiful men are making gay films. And many of these men are not gay but do it for the money - if you can make $5000 making a gay film, why settle for $240 to make a straight film? The women also receive a great deal of money for doing the girl/girl scenes. Maybe it is easier work and they feel more in control in a girl/girl scene.
Many of these women are married and their husbands hang around on the sets watching them. I believe the correct terminology here would be "pimping." Susan Faludi's book "Stiffed" addressed alot of the issues involved here. A novel that Nick East has published also makes some statements regarding the changing issues in porn. He was also interviewed in detail in the Faludi book.
Jill Kelly, in her new video series, makes some outright anti-male statements at the end of the video. She is a well-known bisexual, planning to get married again, but is this all a cover? If you follow her career, you will notice that the majority of her straight scenes are done with Eric Price - a known gay porno actor who opted to do straight films.
Personally, I think all of the women doing the lesbian scenes have had some major issues with men and it has become simply a way for them to show the male actors - we do not need you! Also, the industry realizes that it has hit a jackpot, so have saturated the market with girl/girl crap. Young people just becoming sexually active who see these films are led to believe that this is the real world. This is good and there is something wrong with you if you do not like it. We are simply being brainwashed by the porn industry. Didn't mean to bore you with a diatribe but the entire issue infuriates me.
Lorenza PS Could you explain to me the sudden flood of anal sex in the porn industry? It enrages me that the Playboy channel openly lauds it and even gives instructions. What they are forgetting to tell women is the long term effects of anal sex. These women who engage in anal sex now, will later find their rectums hanging out when they are 50 year old women.
John: Read about Brittany Andrews taking the part of the next Bond gal in Sean Michaels Rocks that Ass 8, for a gal who did no interracial for years and even said she wouldn't, she now is ripe and ready for all the dark meat around.
Goddess writes: Luke, when you interviewed for the "Millionaire" show, did they ask you if you had ever been sued? Seriously, did they ask you any questions at all about whether you had a criminal record or if you had ever been arrested? And did they ask you what religion you were raised in?
Luke: No questions about suits or criminal record or arrests. Yes to the religion I was raised in.
NYCity Pornboy writes: I agree with Pornstar XXX. JenTeal is a snaggletooth bith that acts like she's doing you a favor for f---ing her. She lies still like a beached whale and has a look of contempt whenever she's being poked by a dick. Pron directors must be desperate to cast a nasty bitch lie JenTeal in anything. Let's rally to drum her and her fat ass out of the business.
Laura writes: Lorenza wonders why porn is saturated with girl/girl scenes. Well there is no mystery to it, the answer is very simple, men and even many women are turned on by it and there is nothing wrong with that. If this "infuriates" her than don't watch it. One has to wonder why a person who is obviously uncomfortable with porn would bother watching. Also in response to NYCpornboy's vicious attack on Jenteal, he is obviously a sexually frustrated man who actually wishes he could have sex with her.
Porner Dianna Roth writes:
Lori Michaels: "
Perhaps she would like to watch one of my movies. She doesn't need to know about the tattoos -- the VCA movie is credited to Dianna to save Russ embarrassment over my fascination with you. I have copies -- set it up.
lori> So Luke , do you really not like porn? Tell me the truth.
Luke: Lori, my feelings go the spectrum from love to hate
>He doesn't like it but his penis does
Dianna: True What pornography does your penis like, Luke? What did it like at 14? Are you still uncomfortable discussing your sexuality with me? Your personal asceticism denies you so much. Because I want to know, what does makes your penis hard? What did? If anything? If you aren't just copping to some form of sexuality so no one will realize how extremely unusual your variance truly is. But more unusual than mine? It is hard to belive that you could have any more extreme sexual needs than I. I can't imagine you could shock me with anything. I'm jaded, and I no longer care about the psychosocial development of the masses. But you are a challenge. The thought of your hard penis, even in jest, is exciting, especially since it is off-limits and apparently very quirky.
>I like being a contrarian.
Dianna: You think you are the first boy who got upset when he couldn't control his dick? When his glands started affecting his rational behavior? It is sad that no one was around to let you feel comfortable with all these changes. You like being obnoxious just for the sake of being obnoxious, eh? You need to rebel against all the bulls--- you were brought up with, you needed to rebel for all the normal Freudian reasons as a teen and as young man full of testosterone, you need to rebel because you're too smart for the masses. Because you're so smart, you've found that people can't out argue you even when you've knowingly taken a specious position. I could have so much fun demolishing your arguments. (Wait a minutes -- men don't like that. Sorry.)
"until [anti-porn crusader] Luke F-rd started pissing and moaning."
Dianna: AVN = porn? You can see why I'm having problems with algebra. I never thought of you as a pissing, moaning anti-porn crusader, just a virtual James Bond with enormous respect for the truth even though he rarely takes anything seriously. Why is there a debate as to whether the industry is better or worse for your presence? I can remember when Paul Wisner made the same complaint about Adult Video News and the Adult Video Association. When you go out to skewer a sacred cow, Luke, do you keep Kosher?
Wallaby Hunting
Lord Peter Luther Christian writes: Dear Mr. Ford: What is your planned itinerary in Australia? We Christians have a fun-filled retreat planned in historic Port Arthur that you are invited to. Each day, after Vespers, we will have ourselves a wallaby hunt. There is nothing quite as good for the constitution as the manly act of hunting marsupial and eating the result at a late communal dinner. You will find it to be a welcome break from your endless hours in front of a laptop, grinding out meaningless talmudic-like commentary on a pointless, Christ-less enterprise. Won't you join us? If you tell us when you are arriving, someone will be there to greet you and provide you with appropriate transportation. We promise to keep your days with us as full as our bellies.
Luke: I am leaving for Brisbane March 15 and returning April 13.
Rumdar writes: Luke...Have a great time in Australia. If I were you I would stop off in Bali and head straight for the Monkey Planet for some great massages. Mention my name. Have dinner at Mama's. Don't forget the "special shake" at Midnight Oil before you go to the Sari Club to pick up Scandinavian girls. Aussies I have learned don't boff other Aussies when they are traveling (most of the time)..One more thing. When are you going to change that picture of yourself on your web site? It used to be very cool. Like you were introspective and intelligent. But it has been on so long it is beginning to appear as though you have an Excedrin headache. Think about it.
False Flag
Chaim Amalek writes: Luke, I do not know if this is one of your stunts or the act of a Chaim Amalek wannabee (and there are many in the world), but I did not post any review of your book on the Amazon site. For one thing, I do not live in Atlanta (no place for any jew or thinking white man), and I am pretty sure that the review appearing under my name was published previously under another person's name. Rest assured, that in the interest of quality control, the "Chaim Amalek" brand of social commentary appears only on your web site and various difficult-to-crack government databases.
And speaking of crack, new l-keford.com contributor Laura is kidding herself if she thinks that she is going to gain much career-wise in New York City by working in porn, even at her level. Consider who you work for - perhaps the folks at "Juggs" Magazine, up the street from me, or the morbidly fat jewish pornographer Al Goldstein at Screw. No matter - this is not the sort of thing that the hard-headed jews at Goldman Sachs over on Broad Street want to see when contemplating working on an IPO. Especially when girl investment bankers have a say. And what are you going to tell your family? Think of the shanda that you bring down upon your loved ones! Luke, you need to set this woman straight, even if she turns out to be a shiksa. Rav Chaim Amalek, the Manhanttanisher Goan [(U) and (K)]
Traci Lords Seeks Divorce
From the Daily Breeze: Traci Lords, a former teen porn star turned mainstream actress, has filed for divorce from her actor husband Ryan Riel Grainger, according to court papers. The 31-year-old actress from north Redondo Beach cited irreconcilable differences in seeking an end to the couple's marriage. The couple were married June 26, and have been living apart since Jan. 5, the divorce papers say. Lords filed the petition Friday in Torrance Superior Court acting as her own attorney. The papers say the couple have no mi nor children.
Zap writes: I was watching "Battle of the Stars" the other day, and I was quite surprised at how funny Traci was when she was doing her imitations of various porn stars - It was a total hoot ! I wonder why she hasn't been able to display this clever sense of humour in any of her *straight* films, with the possible exception of the John Waters films that she has been in, "Cry Baby" especially, where she is a real riot .... Also, has anyone else noticed that the babe who used to play "Janice" on "Friends" looks very similar to Christy Canyon.
Dick Fitzwell On Mr. Chris
EMail: Hello Mr Ford, Dick Fitzwell here. I read a new contributor to your website today, a Mr Chris. Mr. Chris is a web porn entrepreneur by the name of Chris XXX who goes by the name of MoneyMan on the Net. I mostly know him as a domain speculator and he does have a pretty nice collection if I remember. I had no idea he was now producing and starring in his own gonzo porn series. He is or was married to a retired B list porn star named Mona Lisa if my memory serves me correct.
Here's what I most remember about Chris XXX aka MoneyMan. He used to be a frequent contributor to YNOT the adult webmaster hangout. One day a rather sad story hit the press. The oldest and largest non-profit childrens cancer charity in Great Britain had neglected to renew their domain name with Internic, I forget what the name of the organisation is but apparently it had value to the domain speculator Mr. Chris who regularly mines those domains that have fallen into that limbo also known as ON HOLD at Internic. The adult webmaster community was aghast when it learned that MoneyMan Chris had taken this domain from the charity. They were even more abhorred when MoneyMan under heavy criticism and flame attacks refused to give back the domain. People swore they would never have anything to do with him again. He publically never did back down and I have no idea what he did with the cancer charity's domain name. He rarely returned to YNOT afterwards. If Chris contests this story please contact YNOT and their archives will prove the story true and once we have the domain name of the cancer charity we can all see what MoneyMan ever did with it.
Mr. Chris replies: Most of the details in the 'gossip' about me are true! successful web entrepreneur, lots of great domains, married to Mona, refused to back down, yadda yadda.... / proud of it / The big last paragraph at the bottom about how I "had taken this domain from the charity" was a bit inaccurate. I'll give Dick the benefit of the doubt despite his attempt to 'challenge' me. I did not "take" anything that was not legally available. I purchased a domain name of a historical celebrity completely unaware that a charity had owned the name before me. This historical celebrity's name was UNtrademarked and appeared just as valuable to me as others of the same type would be like billclinton.com, adolfhitler,com, alberteinstein.com, thepope.com whatever. The domain was mariecurie.com (discovered radium / nobel winner). There are MULTIPLE universities, charities, books, products that use "Marie Curie" in the name. The charity which once held the registration on mariecurie.com chose not to pay for it, and I bought it. Some blasted me in chat rooms, and did voodoo chants against my good fortune, others congratulated me on a having good eye. Others vowed never to do business with me. How many people vowed never to read l-keford.com again - but are secretly reading every word twice a day? The "hatchet" was buried a long time ago with many of the people initially upset. After all - we are all in the business of making $. No tabloid worthy gossip here...
Meni writes: Luke, its about time you mention one of the classiest guys in the biz. Chris is a stand up guy, we talk everyday, hell I wasn't even in his program and he's cool with me. He even registered my name menitroupakis.com Feature more of Chris, he shoots a ton of new talent, and maybe me someday.
Mr Chris writes: By the way, this stupid gossip your printing about me is well over a year old. I have much more interesting skeletons in my closet than this. Ive been a successful web porn entrepreneur since '95 and in that time have had hundreds of chat room 'fights'. If your gonna print them all - its gonna get old fast, as you'll just be talking about OLD news.. If you want to read up on me from a "CURRENT" chat room, I'd suggest goin to the netpond board (not YNOT). I had a bunch of big legal news discussed in the last 24 hrs. look on today's board, and yesterday's archives: http://www.condomproject.com/msgboard/ hit ctrl-F and search for MoneyMan To make a very long story very short, I had a nice domain stolen from me yesterday (PURVERT.COM) and was able to call down the big dogs to get my problem fixed almost immediately.
Porno On Swedish Cable
Chicken Swede writes: As previously mentioned last week porno on cable in swedish homes is a hype. A documentary, "Shocking Truth", has been shown in the swedish parliament, "Riksdagen" to give these guys responsible for our wellbeing a flavor of what the swedish people (subscribers to TV1000 and CANAL+) can view at midnight three-four times a week. I haven't seen the documentary myself, but I have seen stills from it showing Mila beeing f---ed by 5-6 men wearing masks. "Shocking Truth"by the way. Isn't that actually a Rob Black video?
Anyway said Mr Black was interviewed in a swedish newspaper where he said that his dealing with porno has made him loose interest in sex, and also that he had lost all limits. The only thing he did not use in videos were corps and animals (so far?). He was photographed with his new hair-do, skateboard hat and beard. A sight for sore eyes. Now they are discussion legislation against porno in Sweden, and I think if this will happen (censorship etc) it's all thanks to Rob Black. Something to consider for Max Hardcore et cons. In the end it will jump up and chew theire asses off. So much for pushing the envelope further and further. An interesting fact is that the reason why the documentary ever was made is that the filmmakers (a woman) best friends 15 year old daughter told them about her first sexual experience. "The initial intercourse was OK but it heart when he tried to enter in the back". The two women were totally shocked that a fifteen year old boy thought that anal sex was the thing to do the first time. They started to interview teenagers and found out that the boys were very influenced by the films that they could watch on cable TV when their parents were asleep. The story will continue......
Luke F-rd's Dating Service
Nancy (lauralogic@hotmail.com) writes Luke: Do you really think I am going to write which companies I work for to you? I dont think that would be such a great idea considering the fact that these sorts of things would probably be frowned upon by my bosses (who pay my bills, so unless you start payin my rent Im not talkin!) This wont surprise you a bit- I know lots of the higher ups (who i see on a regular basis and therefore dont want to offend)here read your site! Not that Id even have anything bad to say, the place is filled with goodlookin/smart/hip girls and goodlookin boys, so the porn world can rest easy that we're all not ogres. Its all very boring in internet land. On second thought, I dont think they'd like my talking to you even, which of course excites me PLENTY! Ya know, my job is the least interesting thing about me!
I wasnt prepared for my letter being posted on your site, BUT! Considering the amount of emails I got this morning from all sorts of eligible men who are interested in meeting an 'intelligent, sassy blah blah blah' thing like me, im a little more amped about it! So, as a fan and someone who is watching you closely (and taking notes on how you did what you did...and be successful at it) id love if you'd give me the lowdown on your job. U can count on my discretion as I dont run any gossip columns! Hmm, thats all I guess. Humbly yours, nancy the naughty jew who ironically does not like jewish men.
Luke: Nancy, do you think we could make some porno that would encourage members of different ethnic groups to mate with their own? Something to eroticize Jews to Jews?
Chaim Amalek writes: Luke, I found myself with a few hours to spare today while in D.C., and chose to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (not for the first time). I could not help but think of all the jews that were never born due to the program of german national socialism.
The german national socialists are gone, but there remain here among our own kind those who, again, are responsible for the nonexistence of countless millions of jews here in the west. Who are these people? Well, here is a hint: they often announce their hatred for their kinsmen on your web site. Consider the plaintive cry, several days ago, of an apparently perfectly presentable jewish man, seeking to meet a liberal secular jewess, this Nancy-person. How does she respond? Well, after coyly declining to identify her employers (as if that makes a difference, and as if we do not already know), she states that "ironically [she] does not like jewish men."
Luke, such women are resposible for the dissolution of the Jewish Race (the existence of which DNA testing reaffirms). Yes, jewesses like her are driving jewish men into the more welcoming arms of her taller, blonder, and just plain prettier Nordic competitors, who increasingly reap the benefits of jewish sperm and jewish resources. Eichman himself, were he alive today, could not devise a more fiendishly clever means of destroying the jewish race. (By the way, and as a very VERY strange aside, I met Adolf Eichman's grand-niece here in Manhattan a few years ago. Perhaps some day I will tell you about it. Easily the strangest evening I ever spent in New York.)
So, Nancy-person, you should either proclaim that you no longer are jewish, go lesbian, or start dating guys like that nice jewish boy who asked Luke to fix the two of you up. Otherwise, you are guilty of racial treason to the jewish people. -Luke F-rd
PS "Your" idea of a line of videos to address the Nancy-person problem is sound. Today more than ever, the Jews need "Chava - She Wolf of West End Avenue."
PPS Re the tale of sexual awakening that you published today, ARE YOU f---ING NUTS? Luke, I am beginning to suspect that you are not the proper vessel for my wisdom and understanding of future history. Perhaps you should go on that Kangaroo Kill with the boys down under and rediscover your Christian roots.
Jew Porn by Dianna Roth
Nancy's idea is great! I would love to make movies with Jewish characters in them -- it would be great fun to have plots or sub plots based around Jewish romance. I haven't had a romance with a Jew since I was a teenager, living in a home for Jewish problem children, so I concede I'm probably not the best person for the project. Not that I have any objections to having relationships with Jews (I did blow that rabbi), but a Jew has never asked me out to a movie, let alone stuck around for breakfast. I think I scare them. You don't really count, Luke -- your relationship to Judaism borders on nutty and I don't think a porn movie based on our relationship would go over very well. Still, if anyone has a fetish for hot Jewish pussy (my deceased husband always said Jewish girls were the best cocksuckers), why not exploit it?
Sex and the British
Our man in London, Peter Hayes, writes: It is good to see that Britain's only full time massage parlour (local spelling) tester, George McCoy, has finally got himself on the Internet. He is the author of the book The British Massage Parlour Guide (selling at ten UK pounds) and makes a great play of going down and testing out the facilities FOR HIMSELF.
George once made a healthy living selling records and tapes by mail order, but the CD revolution somehow passed him by: "I spent twenty years building up a business and then spent two years watching it all fall apart," he told a Channel Five Television (UK) documentary on the sex industry, "after that I thought I'd spend the rest of my working life doing something pleasant."
He sees his works as an important service and states that "the Manchester Evening News (his local paprer) has forty telephone numbers, how does the customer know which ones of those are any good?" His all time favourite is a city centre parlour in Leeds with Jacuzzi and luxurious surroundings. Like most middle class British men he marks highly for cleanliness and politeness.
However unmarried George, who is grey haired and in his mid fifties, admits that he was not the man he once was: "I can only really stand one massage (sic) a day nowadays..." Given the legal situation in the UK he can not give out any specific information other than basic entrance charges and nationality/size/age of the ladies in question. His rating goes from one to five stars and not all bookstores stock the guide for obvious reasons. Most of his sales come from sex shops and mail order. This are a selection of this findings:
"In Derby, the ladies dress in different thematic costumes from week to week. Outfits have included dressing as French Maids, Schoolgirls, Nurses, Policewomen, with Caribbean wrap-around dresses, with Chinese Silk dresses, as Catwomen, Bunny girls, even during Euro `96 as Footballers.
"In Swansea they have an apartment located over the parlour for private extended, sometimes even overnight, massage sessions.
"In Stoke-on-Trent you will find a chipmunk in the waiting room, though he is in a cage as opposed to the parrot in Edinburgh.
"In Manchester and Somerset there are parlours where they have pairs of identical twins working. Have a massage from either of these pairs together and you will not know whether you are coming or going
"In London, Ilford, Glasgow & Leeds there are parlours with a veritable United Nations of masseuses with ladies from as many as six or seven different countries, from Europe, the Far East, Africa & the Americas working at each different establishment.
"In Shrewsbury there is a lady working who looks remarkably like Princess Di. So if you would like a massage from the nation's favourite princess, this is probably your best bet."
Peter writes: So I am your London correspondent am I!? Well I'll send you my day rates in a separate e-mail. I'll take an a cheque in dollars. I thought I was filling in time as two of my regular journo gigs have gone down the plug hole. Thought I'd make a change from pornographers shouting at each other. So you are going back to Oz for a month - are you running the column from there or will it be all tumbleweed and old copy?
Luke: I will be updating from Australia.
Peter: Your stuff about the Private ship made me laugh. A journo friend of mine wanted to go on board, but didn't like the idea of having to cough up his beer money. He pulled the old "write your own guest list" trick. In this you say you are bringing some famous people to a party/event/whatever and then include yourself at the bottom of the list. When you turn on the night you say that your famous friends are coming later. My friend used the names of the band Oasis - and Private leaked this to the press!
Been spending a little time using the excellent Go Search Express (Beta version 4.5 - www.go.com/Webdir) to find out a few lingering questions out about the private video library of the ex-East German leader Erich Honecker; which contained (at least) a couple of porn films. Previous research by me indicates that one of the films was the (1976 - It - Adalberto Albertini) film Black Emanuelle - while the titles of the hardcore cassette(s) have so far eluded me. I have a suspicion that it was an illegal copy of a series of short films and therefore had no official title. However I am confident that it was explicit and is now held in the national archives. Future generations will thank them for it.
To show the leaders eclectic tastes another tape featured the wonderdog Lassie! Hardcore porn was strictly "verboten" during the DDR post-war years and no one dare trade in them for fear of the secret police the Stassi. East Germans used to get there jollies by watching the slightly more open West German TV. Although pointing your ariel at the West German signals was seen as a sight of disloyalty! Today most of the sex shops in the former East are run by middle age women and run on the cornershop model. Contrary to what you write in your "subjects" section hardcore porn is not allowed on German cable, although the situation gets regularly reviewed.
Mainstream Porn - Millenium
Nick Adams writes on RAME: On Fx tonight, the Millenium rerun had another porn reference. Watts was attempting to break into a German sceintist's computer and couldn't crack the password. When he asked a hacker for help, the hacker told him over the phone that the doctor had been logging into porn sites like made from his work station and suggested looking through this office for his cache of print magazines. Once Watts found the magazines (including a number of old dog-eared copies from the 80s, the hacker suggested, "A lot of those girls earned one name status ... kinda like Madonna ... I bet he used one of their names for a passsword. So Watts tried a few namss as the hacker commented: Ginger ... nice Tracy ... jailbait Seka ... whoa, blast from the past and finally ... Christy because the doctor had a fanclub membership letter in his cache. :> That one worked. So, if any of you are doing security work and don't want your boss finding out .... :>
Barry Evans RIP
Peter Hayes writes: Been channel hoping here in the UK and watching parts of some truly dreadful soft sex comedies on Bravo (available here on satellite and cable).
While most were made on film and feature trained character actors many were nothing short of desperate. One of the most popular was the "Confession of..." series with Robin Askwith. Some of these have even been shown on Channel 5 (UK) so tame do they look today. (The prime notable feature of these being that co-star Antony Booth. His barrister daughter, Cherrie, is married to the British Prime Minister Tony Blair.)
The star of some these rip-off "confessions" films was Barry Evans, a freshfaced man with a slim build with a gentle manner. Quite why he chose to star in films such as "Confessions of a Taxi Driver" and "Confessions of Sex Therapist" I don't know. Desperation is my best guess. He had made his name is TV series such as "Mind Your Language" (which he played a language teacher) and played a young doctor in "Doctor In The House" - both of which played to primetime audiences. He even has a profile on the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com) outlining his few outings on film.
In 1997 I was shocked to find that he had died while doing a fill-in job as a taxi driver (ironic given his film role). I have tried to find out more about the case, but facts about his later life are scarce. Press interest lasted only a couple of days. What is known is that he was found dead at his cottage in Leicestershire and foul play was initially suspected - a youth was even charged with his murder. These charges were later dropped. An empty bottle of whisky and a packet of asprins was found by his side. His blood alcohol level was three times over the legal limit for driving. The coroner recorded an open verdict - although IMDB still quotes homicide. There was no suicide note.
It later emerged that Evans was adopted and having been given up at only four months. He lived his life without knowing anything about his real parents. Whether he had left show business of his own volition (circa 1994) is an open question, some say he was tired of rejection, others that he was still looking for acting jobs. While hardly a major star, his face was well known and he had a likeable quality to him. He always looked younger than his actual age. Whether the confessions series - in which he acted profesionaly and in good grace despite having to disrobe - end his acting career we can only guess at... RIP Barry Evans 1943 - 1977.
PornStarTrading.com
Session Start: Thu Feb 24 17:55:26 2000
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<JimGunn> You want a "crazy" trip, I got a suggestion for you..pick up the phone, call 911-1212 and scream "I killed her, I killed her" into the receiver several times and then hang up..
<JimGunn> Meni me too, I'm laying low lately. Not going out too much, just shooting in the day soemtimes and saving my dough for some upcoming adventures.
<DelaneyDaniels> going out last night kicked my butt
<DelaneyDaniels> I'm a homebody
<DelaneyDaniels> XXXGen is hosting a big ass party here next week, bikini contest, boxer contest, radio stations coming down to cover it, I'm gonna have to rest for a week after
<l-keford1> does xxxgen have links to oc?
<l-keford1> back to CV my source who is highly place in the gov says that money coming out of Island sabctuaries like Caymans and wherever the hell it was CV says Fantastic is based is almost certainly being laundered
<DelaneyDaniels> I met a guy last night that won last year an AVN award for best music
<mega-man> Has anyone seen "American Pie"? I was shocked! I never thought it was possible for a man to poke a whole in apple pie, whip his dick out, and start f---ing hit on a kitchen table! Has anything like that ever been in porn tapes?
<CraigV> Mike South is full of s---
<l-keford1> i'd luv to discuss oc with u all but i have to go study torah
<MikeSouth> hey CV are you buying Houstons labia?
<l-keford1> cv, are u sicilian?
<DotCom-> what do doctors do with the foreskin they get from doing circumcisions?
<DotCom-> they sell it to gay guys as chewing gum
<MikeSouth> comeon CV I ask
<MikeSouth> I have yet to post anything about ya I havent asked
<CraigV> no you don't Mike
<MikeSouth> hell i have yet to post anything
<CraigV> and all your s--- is so full of s---
<MikeSouth> contray to popular belief nobody outside here that reads my site knows ya
<JimGunn> MikeSouth, it's hard to tel who is more iresponsible in their half-assed atttempts at gossip, you or Bo's silly new site
<CraigV> nobody reads your site
<MikeSouth> now jim have you read my site...tell me whta is innaccurate
<CraigV> still waiting for that copy of the 10,000 check you got
<JimGunn> MikeSouth, I just see whatcha mention here sometimes, like when you made up some s--- about me
<MikeSouth> why would I send you a copy of a check?
<CraigV> i doubted your web dollars - you said you were gonna send me a copy of the check
<MikeSouth> what I mention in here is generally not anything I write on my site
<JimGunn> I mean Luke and Gene are now rock solid paragons of conventional journalistic principles as opposed to you self-serving upstarts!
<CraigV> yeah - you usually just talk bulls--- in here
<MikeSouth> no I doubt that but I don't actually care if you doubt the web dollars or not
<MikeSouth> Im happy
<MikeSouth> nah for good gossip I link em to Luke
<CraigV> k - Mike - so admit you were lying
<Trey_Away> MikeSouth, why would you write about something you dont know about? That just makes you look like a dumbass
<MikeSouth> CV no lies to it....Im kickin ass and Im way happy with it
<RogCityRockers> I need to stop writing news and start writing gossip, so much more fun
<CraigV> Mike a dumbass? You think?
<MikeSouth> what was It I wrote about that I dont know about trey?
<JimGunnFoodRun> Please Rog, we got enough gossip mongers
<MikeSouth> its a riot rog
<CraigV> what is you write about that you have ANY knowledge of Mike?
<RogCityRockers> I dont know though, the NEWS is funny enough
<MikeSouth> everything I write about I have knowledge of
<MikeSouth> and I have knowledge of many things I dont write about
<CraigV> then ya better start writing about f---ing your cousin cause that's all the knowledge you have
<RogCityRockers> jeez, where is the love
<Trey_Away> i love you rog
<Trey_Away> luke is licking his lips right now hahahahah
<MikeSouth> trey you have yet to point out what I was wrong about
<MikeSouth> ya shane is married BFD she IS pregnant
<CraigV> Mike get a f---ing life
<Trey_Away> my whole thing is, if you have some allegations, back the f---ing s--- up
<MikeSouth> ya Julian couldnt get wood at a live sex shoot in spain...BFD he couldnt get wood
<MikeSouth> f--- off CV
<DelaneyDaniels> for 3 f---in minutes
<DelaneyDaniels> in front of 50,000 people
<CraigV> bend over Mikey - I'll drive ya home
<DelaneyDaniels> you couldn't get wood in a room with 3 people
<CraigV> Boy, that's creative Mike . No wonder I canned ya
<MikeSouth> you didnt "can" me
<MikeSouth> I have the paperwork says I resign
<MikeSouth> I haver none that says otherwise
<CraigV> LOL - glad YOU do!
<CraigV> I have paperwork that says I'm queen of england
<CraigV> see - you piss me off to Rog - but I like you
<NOTQueenofEngland> Thats a switch CV, most people dont get pissed at me, they just dont like me
<NOTQueenofEngland> Even when you bag on my wife :-)
<CraigV> I never bagged your wife
<CraigV> *MikeSouth* I've been real quiet about things like Kevin and whatnot
<LondonCalling> which is fair. My real wife would just kick everyone ass
<CraigV> <MikeSouth> I can smear CV pretty good too if I want
<CraigV> yer funny Mike
<LondonCalling> If you guys are gonna smear each other peanut butter and s---, I'm leaving.
<CraigV> i gotta go too - so you can talk behind my back all ya want Mikey
<XTacyAVS> ithis industry never ceases to amaze me
<LondonCalling> I mean I like you both and you're good looking men, but come on, some of us have to eat
<MikeSouth> Oh CV i will say it to ya
<CraigV> laters all - bulls--- Mike - you ONLY talk behind peoples backs
<CraigV> see ya
<Trey_Away> later craig
<CraigV> have fun Mike
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<MikeSouth> hhhehe so CV has a woody for me
<MikeSouth> <CraigV> don't make a mistake mikey
<Trey_Away> MikeSouth, you are a backstabber, plain and simple
<DotCom-> all done but the cleanup after all that mudsling
<DelaneyDaniels> still talking about someone that isn't even here
<MikeSouth> <CraigV> i never threaten
<MikeSouth> <MikeSouth> cool
<MikeSouth> <CraigV> i do make promises however
<MikeSouth> <CraigV> have a nice evening
<MikeSouth> gee CV seems a little on the rag
<LondonCalling> Fight night on PST
<Trey_Away> MikeSouth, knock the s--- off dude
<SiliconVyDude> what was that all about?
<DotCom-> this is almost better than the presidential debates
<MikeSouth> what s--- trey?
<Professor> where's Keyes when you need him?
<MikeSouth> he drew first blood
<Trey_Away> no mike you did
<DelaneyDaniels> mommy, he started it
<Meni> stop.. in the name of love
<Meni> before you make me ucm
<Trey_Away> back the s--- you say, then maybe people will believe you
<Trey_Away> stop threatening my wife
<Trey_Away> i dont take to kind to that
<Trey_Away> and i will f--- you up
<Trey_Away> that i promise
<Trey_Away> end of subject
<Meni> who are you talking to?
<MikeSouth> trey I am not threatening yer wife
<Trey_Away> f--- you mike, you did so
<MikeSouth> and when did I draw first blood on CV?
<MikeSouth> <CraigV> Mike South is full of s---
<MikeSouth> and I hadnt said a word
<JimGunn> Just an expression..as they say, theres no supporting players in porn
<DelaneyDaniels> I think it should be porn chick
<DelaneyDaniels> unless you have actually reached porn star status
<RogCityRockers> Its nicer than saying porn slut
<xxxtrinity> none taken, i'm a porn chickie is all
<xxxtrinity> just a new cummer :)
<DelaneyDaniels> I'm a semi
retired porn chick