Friday, February 25, 2000
Bianca Trump writes on her website biancatrump.com: "I have returned from my worst trip ever ...to Jersey. The details will come later when I sue."
According to gossip, Trump was arrested.
Deepball writes on RAME: TOXXXIC ENTERTAINMENT just released the latest addition to the BUKKAKE craze. It's called BURIED ALIVE. 2 girls are buried in sand on a beach while a bunch of convicts, retards and rejects cum on the girls faces. The girls are HOUSTON and BRIDGETTE KERKOVE. Ron Jeremy narrates and explains that current industry standards do not allow for women to be shown being restrained during sexual performances on camera so having the women buried in the sand is the closest thing they can do to having a woman being restrained and be within the currently "self-imposed" industry guidelines as he calls it. He goes on to explain the history of BUKAKE and how he wanted to show an industry FIRST by showing a bukakke film that was true to the history of the Japanese art of bukkake. EXCUSE ME.....HELLO....HELLO. WHO CARES? I love facials as much or more than anybody else in this NG...but this is starting to get really old. A new trend comes along, everyone jumps on the bandwagon and nobody does a really good job at maximizing the moment. Who wants to see 50 losers with big bellies, no teeth, rings in their noses, unshaven shaggy beards, uncut unkept hair and zero personalities....stand over a woman covered in sand with her head sticking out while they yank on their dicks until the shoot piddily pop shots that when they land on the girl's face the cum disappears like the ink in those cheap trick pens with disappearing ink. My porn fascination goes back 25 years and I've been a fan of RON JEREMY since back in the day when he just to suck his own dick on camera. Personally I like the man. But whatever his connection with this film is....took him down a notch in my MALE PORN STAR HERO BOOK.
From the latest edition of XXXGen.com: RATED X - Blood Brothers Who's gonna clean up this mess? Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen get pornographic behind the green door in this hollywood look at the life of the infamous Mitchell brothers.
LIFE IN THE ZANE LANE On stage and off Matt Zane thrusts and grinds to a groove all his own. Go backstage as XXXGeneration Magazine adds music to the madness.
PROFILE - SIN CITY An insiders look into the world of adult entertainments biggest and most successful companies. ICE T Special music correspondant Inari Vachs gets up close and personal with ICE T in this XXXGeneration exclusive interview.
SLIPKNOT - DOPE - NAMM - CES COVERAGE What came first? The Sex? The Drugs? Or the rock'n'roll? XXXGeneration hits power chords with the bands that make the girls dance.
ALISHA KLASS Goddam! Can you say sexy! This girl walks the walk and talks the talk. Beautiful as she is nasty - Alisha shows she is all class.
JULI ASHTON Join Juli as she takes us on a tour of the Alexander Institute. Well we needed an excuse to get her naked!
Wednesdays With Rob
Goddess: Thank God that wasn't Gene's cock, Luke. Ouch!! You're goin' about it ALL WRONG! ALWAYS remember to cover your teeth with your lips when you suck cock, sweetie:) Keep that in mind for the next time.
Jim: A recurring event on your web site would seem to be that the first day you post pictures, you always mislabel them. Did I miss something and fail to hear that this is a running gag? Or, do you just simply f--- up each and every time you post pictures?
Luke: The prob with the pic ids is that first I cut and paste from my 1/12/00 pics, then change the number ids to align with the ones I've just uploaded. Then i go to my site, click on each pic, and go back and id correctly.
Delany Daniels writes: Inari Vachs will be on Ed Powers radio show [KLSX FM 97.1] Saturday, February 26th. She will be talking about her AVN award as well as her new writing gig with XXXgen magazine. She will be interviewing a different musician for the magazine every week. Her first interview happens today, with Ice-T.
Backstabbing James DiGiorgio?
Sick and Tired of the Bulls--- writes: Okay, does anyone know how James DiGiorgio got his start in the porn industry? He was stand-up comic who met this other editor and was looking for work. This editor worked to get him hired as an editorial assistant at a prominent company and James was taught everything he knows by this editor who was employed there at the time. Then, he was offered the main editing position by the management when they fired the other editor - the one who had helped him get this job in the first place. He took it. He had been led on that the other editor was leaving so the position would be vacant (so he said), but he never spoke to that other ousted editor for a long time.
Then he rose above the company, and started his own editing bay, right? What do you think happened when the editor that taught him everything (INCLUDING how to run the editing equipment) called him to see if he had any freelance work... he didn't help out one bit. He is definitely not the person that that editor remembers - he used to be super nice and willing to pitch in and help and learn, now he seems a bit too big for his britches - is he even that good? I don't think so. I hated to even bring all this useless crap up - but I have watched this editor suffer alot in this industry, and the least that I can do is get this little bit of information out there. I know this is not even written particularly juicy, I could be alot more nasty in the way I am writing this - just feeling guilty for even doing this - but I need to - every time I see James' name anywhere, I just want to spit for the way he has trampled all over this editor.
Hymie writes: Tell me, Is there even just one person who exists in pornoland who wouldn't f--- his best friend and send him down the river? And what's with all the male tough-guy posturing? It's like reading about a bunch of kids walking around in adult bodies. A little sensitivity training is overdue in the valley.
I talked to James DiGiorgio Friday afternoon.
Jim: "So Madison Primo rears her ugly head and decides to write a lot of s--- about me. She was the editor at Sin City prior to me taking her job."
Luke: "Did she teach you everything you know?"
Jim: "She taught me everything, absolutely everything. I didn't know anything when I worked for FOX and Propaganda Films and that French company, when I worked on AVIDs and D-Vision...
"She asked me if I wanted to freelance at night. If you want the real story..."
Luke: "Why the hell would I want the real story?"
Jim: "Call David Sturman, Mickey Blank, Gigi Appleton, Marc Snyder, Buck Adams..."
Luke: "So you learned at Madison Primo's feet but you don't want to acknowledge it?"
Jim: "Oh yeah, I learned at her f---ing feet. She didn't know nothing... You want to know why she got fired? Number one - she f---ed up a whole bunch of shows that got permanently rejected from Playboy that Sin City wanted to sell... Number two. They had a hard time selling foreign because she didn't know anything. She taught herself to edit... She didn't know anything about video. She mixed the audio tracks on all those movies and the audio was all f---ed up and nobody could use it. And then the movies were a done deal. Sin City lost a lot of money.
"She got caught editing a show for Kenny Gallo on Sin City's time, while she was getting a pay check... And she got caught. And they considered that stealing.
"When Mickey talked to me about letting her go, I said, 'She got me the job. You guys do what you have to do. I'm not even going to discuss with you what my position might be...'
"She has called me a couple of times to see if I could get her some work and I haven't had any work for her. She's edited for Vivid and Leisure Time and I believe that everybody has fired her... She's a large lesbian.
"I trampled her? She f---ed herself so big it is unbelievable...
"Then you've got some other things on your site that were obviously written by Bo or his people. I've got a few words for that cocksucker. Yogi Berra - It ain't over till it's over, pal. Notice he's not saying anything about Rob. He's scared to death of Rob. Is bo brasco stealing zoe's web site now? i noticed a banner for www(no dot)zoe.com.
"John Gotti does Zoe's site. He told me that Bo [John Kenney] wanted to make a deal with him and John called me up and asked what did I think. And I said, 'I think he's a lying cocksucking piece of s---. And if you do business with him, all he'll do is f--- you.' So he didn't do the site. Now it looks like he's stolen the site by doing his normal www no dot thing.
Luke in Israeli Newspaper Maariv
Here's the link. The paper is in Hebrew, which reads rights to left. Can anyone translate for me?
Maariv's New York correspondent writes me: "Just writing to let you know the story came out today and I'm very pleased with it. I think you would be too. You can find yourself in today's Maariv, with a small preview on the front page, and the full story inside the main weekend supplement, pages 26-30 and 86. I believe you can get the paper in most of L.A's news stands.... Thanks again, and have a good weekend. Shabat Sahlom, Ranan Shaked."
Luke's Christian Roots Are Showing
Chaim Amalek writes: Luke, there has been a great deal of confusion on your web site as to what the jewish religion expects of its adherents, especially from certain persons who, while jewish by birth, appear not ever to have been educated in the basics of the faith.
Simply put, in Judaism, no one really gives a crap about what is in your heart. You could be a closet Dahmer for all anyone knows, and still be a good jew. IF you behave yourself. And that is all that counts. WHAT YOU DO. Not what you say you think you should do. Not expressions of your tender feelings. Not any of the morally onanistic material you write about yourself. It is simply what you do.
Passing on scurilous accusations concerning the sexual habits of women who you know are not in the psychologically strongest of positions is not in accord with basic jewish law. Yes, it is odd that an apostate jew such as myself finds himself in the position of explaining this to you, but you seem, in your conduct, never to have surrendered that most Christian of notions - that so long as your heart is in the right place, your conduct will be forgiven. Maybe in Christianity, but certainly not under Judaism.
On a more positive note, your effort to resexualize the secular jews of the west on non-monetary terms is brilliant. I wish I had thought of it myself. You should execute the proof of concept in California, as you have at hand both the target population, and the performers who could make it happen. (My efforts to create a series of videos to do this here in New York have not born any fruit.) But remember, you have to make it both literate and really, really dirty to appeal to these porn-addled folks, without delving into areas that would (quite rightly) attract the interest of the authorities. Some possibilities:
WOW - The Women of Wigs [Orthodox married women must cover their hair in public]
Chained Heat - What Happens to Women when he WON'T Grant the Divorce? [In Judaism, only the man can grant a divorce]
"Get" Chava Love - About a tough jewish chick who is hired to make recalcitrant jewish men grant their wives the divorce they seek. Jewish S&M with a spiritual angle.
PELegesh-1212 - All about concubinage
Josh the Carpenter
Shulamit's Big Date in Israel, the Land of Milking Honeys
Kosher Salami - Annie Sprinkle (a young, hetero version of her) explores jewish food and compares it to what goyim eat, finding that only kosher meat will do.
Remember, it is what you do, not what you think, that counts. So get busy! A Gut Yontif [Happy Sabbath] to all in l-kefordLand
Lynne replies: Compartmentalizing one's self into feelings and deeds is a lot of work. So is training the heart to be pure and letting actions evolve from serious consideration. Ultimately whatever is inside is going to become evident through the nature of the actions. Even a sociopath can only keep his hidden evil from affecting his behavior for so long.
Good behavior doesn't just flow innately from a person regardless of what crap they have in their hearts. Luke ruminates out loud, in public, about the decisions behind his deeds. He wears his morality on his sleeve, because public intimacy makes up for his inability to maintain private intimacy in his life. He could confine his explorations of personal morality to Jewish study groups, but I, for one, would miss it. I enjoy his farfetched, cockeyed excuses for outrageous behavior. Luke shares his thought processes with us and somethimes they're a real hoot!
"Passing on scurrilous accusations concerning the sexual habits of women who you know are not in the psychologically strongest of positions is not in accord with basic Jewish law."
It's not in accord with any moral system I've ever heard of, yet guys who don't develop their emotional maturity past adolescence do it all the time. "Locker Room Talk," it's called. l-keford.com could become the equivalent of the bathroom wall at Porno Central, but I think Luke has more serious journalistic ambitions than that.
At least Luke is an equal opportunity scurrilous accuser, upsetting men as well as women. He forgets that a gossip is even lower on the ethical scale than a pornographer and that hurting others' feelings is a pretty piss poor excuse for making a living.
No matter how psychologically strong a woman might be, scurrilous accusations concerning her sexual habits are upsetting and unwarranted in polite society and considered inappropriate long before there were porn videos and internets websites.
"Yes, it is odd that an apostate Jew such as myself finds himself in the position of explaining this to you, but you seem, in your conduct, never to have surrendered that most Christian of notions - that so long as your heart is in the right place, your conduct will be forgiven. Maybe in Christianity, but certainly not under Judaism."
Does this mean that if Luke F-rd, one of his imperfect creations,
makes a mistake and does something stupid, his Jewish God will hold
it against him forever? That Jewish God cares only about surface appearance
and expects eternal perfection from the poor slobs He abandoned here?
Lukey, if your God ever fails to forgive you for a well-intentioned
action that misfires, ask Him to take it up with me. I feel guilty
-- constantly trying to encourage you to think about doing the least
hurtful thing before you act.
XXXGen.com Laundering Money?
XXX writes about Luke's sponsor: "My source who is highly place in the gov says that money coming out of Island sanctuaries like Caymans and wherever the hell it was CV says Fantastic is based is [British Virgin Islands] is almost certainly being laundered."
CV (Craig Vasiloff) says XXX is full of it.
Luke Visits Museum Of Tolerance
Suzie writes Luke: You have such a great disguise. So angelic, so deceptive. Gene must have so in love with you. I found it highly curious that such a pretty boy could so antagonize a heroic guy like Russ [Hampshire]. Russ hadn't been afraid of anything for years.
Luke: I went to the Museum of Tolerance Thursday night on Pico Blvd in West Los Angeles and saw a very important Orthodox rabbi who's played a big role in my life. He shook my hand and mentioned that he saw the article on me in the Forward. I cringed, embarrassed that he now knew that I write on porn.
I was in a room full of lawyers and started talking to one about my libel suits. She said, "I don't believe that someone who looks as sweet as you could ever act with malice." Hence not be convicted of libel against a public figure.
Sadie Mae writes: If Dave Hardman been buttf---ing Kid Vegas for years, don't that make him a FAGGOT? Don't that explain why he had to act like such a s---head to that lady producer?"
According to Rob Spallone, Lynne L-patin's Casino Productions gave Dave Hardman the largest paycheck he'll ever have in his life, not to mention she's still got him listed in the credits for having helped her direct and produce a quality movie as her husband lay near death.
Angelic: You are...but a contrarian....everyone thinks you're God's little angel and you know better, you imperfect little s---.. When you were a toddler they told you you were "God's special child." What a horrible burden! I'm sure that, if the pheromones were right, I could fall in love at first sight with a (Jewish) German Shepherd. But you are so beautiful...you deserve a Vivid Girl Squared (I haven't perfected my algebra yet...) Cover the mirrors -- you'll look too closely and fall in!
"I cringed, embarrassed that he now knew that I write on porn." It isn't "that" you write on porn; it is "what" you write on porn. Please don't be embarrassed! You are so brave! Just STICK TO YOUR ETHICS!!!!!
Decide what you think is exploitative about porn and what is healing and healthy about porn and support that which is positive for human growth. Are there not any Jewish explorers in the field of human sexology? Jews are allowed to search for whatever sexual expressions will best enhance the marital bond, to provide a solid nest for children. Don't ever be embarrassed that you are smarter or braver than the common person --- I just might have to SMACK you, and that would break my heart. Russ afraid of anything for years....worried that Luke would hurt Lynne, but not fearful...because Luke respects Russ.
Jill Kelly, Julian Push Back Wedding
XXX writes: "Jill Kelly and Julian have pushed back the pending nuptuals. Julian isnt contributing financially and she wants his ass to work. Jills Wired Pink is about to be UNWIRED. Personal porn and her have parted ways...they owe her a lot of money. and the cameras are being yanked from her house. 25K is what I hear they owe. Im also hearing that during the webcasts on Jills site that Julian has consistantly had wood problems...I dunno how true that is but Its certainly a buzz.
"Jewel DeNyle and Peter North have split up. My sources say she knew he was bi all along."
Sin City Scoop
Sin City writes: I thought you might be interested in some gossip about Chuck Martino. He's been seen with Jeanie Rivers a lot lately, as in inseparable. Is it love? Also, Michael Raven appeared on CNN Showbiz Today a week ago in a piece on runaway mainstream productions and the number of mainstream tech and crew people who are coming over to adult because work is drying up in mainstream. Zoe and our new contract girl Kameryn may appear on the Jenny Jones Show to be taped next week. The theme is girls who have sexy jobs like dancer, stripper, adult star, who are reunited with a former boyfriend who doesn't know what they do for a living.
Helpful in Modesto writes: Lori Michaels is right! Porn needs more kissing. I couldn't put my finger on what was missing from American Bukkake # 6, but that's it! If each one of those portly parolees would have lovingly kissed those lucky young ladies before spewing their loads on those lovely faces it would have greatly improved the eroticism. Jim Powers the people have spoken.
Marco writes Luke: Hi there. Your friend NJG turned me on to your site. As a former consumer of porn, I find the underlying scuttlebut and information far more interesting than the porn itself. I get tired of so many industry people going on national media, trying to tell the world that porn is just a normal business, except that people f--- on film. It is quite the opposite, as you expose.
Gentile Rich writes: I caught the JPEGs [of Serial Killer Jenteal] that you put up on the website, culled from the "VICE" pages that I sent you... I should tell you that some of that stuff is already pretty old. I'm not sure how far back it goes... But I think the Jenteal and Tia Bella pics for the "Serial Killer" clothing ads,-- DO go back a ways. I don't think that "Serial Killer" was the first to hire pornstars, for their ads. And I'm sure that they won't be the last.
While surfing the 'Net awhile ago... I ran across a clothing website. And one of the girls, looked awfully familiar. I grabbed the JPEG. And when I saw the name of the image file: "Jasmine"... I made the connection: Jasmine St. Clair! After following a few links, I found more clothing ads that she'd done. If memory serves... The web address, was: http://www.chaser.net I'm not sure that I agree with your pornography=violence, re: these ads... But I look forward to the debate, that it may create. I can't help but think that the numerous mentions of Jenteal's name in your last entry, was no accident... It reminded me of the way Shark documentarians used to often "chum" the water, in the hopes that they'd get something exciting to film! ;-> I just picked up the latest issue of "VICE", this past week. There's not much of interest in it, for you... The only thing that came to mind... Was a sort-of "non" interview with SCREW magazine's, Al Goldstein. He was interviewed in the tradition of Tom Green; or Howard Stern's "Stuttering John"... By a well-known Vancouver-based troublemaker, that answers to the name: "Narduar the Human Serviette"! What that means, I really don't know. In other words,-- he was very confrontational. With nothing really of interest, said; by either side.
Of more interest to your readership, perhaps... Is that "VICE" magazine now has a competent website. 2 of the 3 principal editors recently moved their offices to NYC, from Montreal. And the website's not bad. It's got their recent back issues archived... So if anyone wanted to read the story on "Annabel Chong Gets Banged" or the "Madeline (Madelyn Knight) meets the Rappers" stories... They're both on there! Judging by the issue that I picked up, this week. The most popular article from the last issue, was: "The VICE Guide To Eating Pussy"... A real page-turner! And would be of interest to the PsT folks, should they think of inviting Lori Michaels over for tea! The web address, is: http://www.viceland.com
Lights Camera Viagra!
Originally featured in: Men's Fitness February, 2000
Written by: Michael Szymanski
Nearly 10,000 X-rated videos were released in 1999. When you multiply by the average number of erections per title (and factor in the exponential jump for the gay market), that translates into an impressive amount of below-the-waist blood flow. In the old days, film crews and female stars would have to spend hours of downtime waiting for the uptime of their male stars. Now, the cameras never stop, and “fluffers” are applying for unemployment.
What’s brought about this unprecedented proficiency? Medical science. Whether they’re taken orally, shoved inside the urethra or injected into the base of the penis, new drugs are making it easier for adult-video actors to maintain themselves on the set. Indeed, there’s little excuse for a performer not to get wood anymore.
Porn stars, however, are hardly the poster boys for erectile dysfunction, and porn sets are hardly doctors’ offices (the abundance of skimpy nurses’ uniforms notwithstanding). “There’s a distinct element of danger,” says Beverly Hills urologist Vito Imbasciani, M.D., whose patient roster includes the occasional video actor. “If any of this is misused or done incorrectly, it could result in a trip to the emergency room.”
Three types of tumescence triggers, all of which require prescriptions, are being utilized. The most popular is Viagra. Another, Muse, is a penile suppository: An applicator propels a tiny pellet an inch into the urethra, where it’s rubbed until the capsule breaks. Finally, for those who aren’t afraid of needles, the Caverject or Edex injection pretty much guarantees a stiffy in 10 to 15 minutes.
The use of such pharmaceuticals on porn shoots is ever increasing, industry insiders say. It’s common, in fact, for performers to pool their money and make Viagra runs to Tijuana. Some actors admit they lie to their doctors to get their prescriptions; others say their doctors are more than willing to cooperate. “It was simple,” notes Bobby Vitale, the indefatigable star of 101 Nurses. “I told my doctor I had to have sex with 101 girls over a four-day period for work, and he gave it to me.”
Serenity On German TV
Peter Hayes writes: I saw hardcore actress Serenity on German TV last night. The seven year porno veteran was showing German TV around her dildo factory in downtown Las Vegas. The lady herself stated that "I know what I'm talking about...... Some products have sharp edges or are not comfortable in my pussy." She said beneath a German overdub. She was later shown getting some of the dildos out of the press to show that she is not above doing reserved for her Mexican workforce... The show didn't find enough to interest them that much and the show moved and quicky on to the sex and whipping of a new high-gloss version of The Story of O directed by French director Eric Rochat.
Jim writes Luke: Why is your column so nice today? I mean the lead story is so NICE. Are you OK where is your meanness at today. Or is it a nice day.
Houston's Labia Surgery
Kevin Blatt from HoustonChannel.com writes: I am writing you to tell you about Houston's appearance this coming Monday on the Howard Stern Show. Houston will be talking to Howard about her upcoming Labiaplasty, and Breast augmentation. Labiaplasty is a common surgery performed on women with oversized labia. The surgery will be broadcast on Tax Day, April 15 live from Beverly Hills!! The url to see it is www.karasxxx.com. Houston will also be talking about her friend, Brad whom she took to prom in New York, and wil be delivering a nice gift to Howard to celebrate his new TV show " Son of a Beach". Anyone who knows anything about Howard Stern knows that with her last appearance, Howard made "Bukakke" a household name and til this day continues to say bukakke almost on a daily basis. I think it is safe to say Luke, that Houston's Labia will be on the tip of everyone's tongue next week!!! Rumor has it that someone has already offered BIG MONEY for the scrap labia, we will keep you posted on whether sombody really wants a piece of the pie!!
Emmett: Houston's vaginal still looks perfect in my eyes. Any normal guy would suck on Houston's labia until their lip is covered with blisters. Labia's come in all shapes and sizes. Houston's maybe more defined but that is what adds the extra spice to it. By getting her labia trimmed, she loses her unique physique. I hope she changes her mind. When people try to get surgery to look like others, they lose their individuality; the stuff that makes a person truly special. I hope she changes her mind.
Jim writes about scrap labia: I've heard this sort of thing talked about. I don't think it is at all "common". YET. Because if it was you'd see it in women's magazines and hear about it from plastic surgeons. Not that cases like this are helping... how "oversized" does labia have to be to make someone think this is a good idea? It's another abomination. They're trying to get women to feel like yet another part of their body is screwed up and requires surgery to make it socially acceptable, that otherwise they should feel deformed or damaged. I think it's hideous - in all the zillions of women I've seen I don't think even the most "oversized" was out of range and required surgery. You sure as hell don't hear them talking about too-pendulous scrotums, too-bulbous of cock-heads, or anything else where men would go pay to get their genitals cut up. Once again Stern hops to the top of my least-liked list, for propogating these stupid ideas.
Brian: I really don't see what the problem is with labia surgery. If a woman feels uncomfortable about a part of her body, why shouldn't she get it "fixed". If you were a woman, would you want to walk around with a bulge in her bikini bottom? Emmet wrote that labia surgery will make women "lose their individuality". Since when is a womans individuality defined by her vagina? I giant mole or birthmark on ones face may make one unique, but it can also be a social hinderance by turning off the opposite sex. I also took exception to Jim who wrote, "Once again Stern hops to the top of my least-liked list, for propogating these stupid ideas." Mr. Stern was not promoting the idea that woman should have the surgery, he was merely exploring a topic that he thought his listeners would find interesting. Stern did not give any arguments for or against the surgery.
Porn at the Grammys
Dave Roberts writes: Hi luke old buddy you really seem to get sued a lot lately. As always my offer stands to assist you in anyway I can. But thats not why I am writing the firm I work for represents some Jewish CPA'S so we got an invite to the grammys last night and to Kid rocks party afterwards and I am not one to spread judgement, but do you know Ron Jeremy if so you may want to give him a call and ask him what he was doing with Andy Lace last night.(she did look rather hot) They were posing pretty hard for everybody and it looked like true love to me. And a couple of the other porn girls there did not look to be pleased with the happy couple. Just think luke this could be the one mixed couple to spread racial harmony throughout the adult business.
Andy Lace writes: Well I guess it had to happen you finally printed a true story about me and I just wanted to say thanks. Ron Jeremy is a good friend and we had a lot of fun last night he is one in a million and I love him to death. We met a a lot of fun people and the parties were great. And I am sure that Ron would agree with me that if we can help bring racial harmony to the adult entertainment world by showing we can all get along no matter what color then I am proud to do that.
Chupa writes on RAME: Which porno babes did you spot at the Grammys? For sure Raylene, maybe Stephie Swift and possibly Kobe Tai, ALL of whom are hotter and sexier than Jenna! PLUS, Shirley Manson from Garbage has GOT to do a "College Coed" video with that outfit she was wearing!
Emmett writes: Their definitely was porn at the Grammy's! Did you see Jennifer Lopez wearing that shower curtain! Man, she might as well had worn nothing at the Grammy's. I notice that a legion of Latin women in our society and high profile media, dress very slutty. This is not being prejudice but is a fact. Majority of Latin women dress like sluts. I guess that is why so many of them have a lot of babies. They dress too damn sexy!
Frank writes: Hey Emmett do you always have to write stupids things to show your intelligence? First of all Jennifer Lopez does not have to make her living by sucking cock and pussy.Are you also aware of the largest growing group of single mothers are among white teenagers? Also most of the woman in porn are white. I think that reason is most woman will do anything for money and you can just about degrade them anyway and they will come back for more.
>What "open declaration of belief" >can a pornstar profess (declare openly or confess one's faith >in--Webster's)? Hmmm ... that's an interesting twist.
Nick Adams writes on RAME: If it's someone like Anna Malle or Nina
Hartley, I could argue that porn is an outgrowth of their lifestyle.
There are peformers out there who could make a professino of belief
in swinging or free love.
But I see your point.
On the other hand the question of making sacrifices or being able to change careers easily is actually an argument in favor of porn as a profession.
The decision to perform in porn requires massive sacrifices on the part of the peformers. It's not just respectability they're kissing off. A lot of times you lose family and friends. Hell, I only *write* porn and it's cost me. I think Roger Jacobs, Luke F-rd and Patrick Riley would agree. If you're open about what you do, you have to sacrifice. I've attended quite a few family functions where the subject of what I do for a living had to be danced around.
Brandy Alexandre is a great person to talk to about the ease of changing careers. It's difficult to go from porn into anything else. People who sell junk bonds to finance their coke habits will hesitate before hiring an ex- porn star. That time of image-sensitivity is what kept Jenna off the Grammys and started the thread. :>
But, again, I see your point. Our definitions of professional differ. To me, somebody who's worked at their craft and is in it for the long haul qualiies. To that end, Anna Malle is a professional. Girls who come in, make a handful of movies and disappear aren't.
I consider a career to be a subset of your profession. I consider writing to be my profession. Within that profession, my career has changed many times over the past 15 years. I've been a reporter, an editor, a reviewer, a freelancer, etc. At one point, I *owned* a mainstream weekly newspaper. Switching from being a copy editor for a daily newspaper to writing porn full time is a change in careers. The profession is still writing.
When I try to apply that analogy to acting, it doesn't work, though, unless you count stripping, escorting and porn as subsets of a career in adult entertainment. If you do that, you can broaden it to things like doing hair and makeup, directing, producing etc., since a lot of performers have done that sort of stuff as well. Jordan Lee, for example, helped produce the Psychosexx series and worked as a production manager on a couple of other flicks. So once you start working in adult entertainment, you either get out in a couple of years before anybody really knows who you are or you stay in the business in one capacity or another for the long haul. The second group, in my mind, are professionals at what they do. You're right, though. That doesn't fit Webster's definition.
>Curiously, the secondary definition for professional is "playing sports >for pay".
Nick: That blows my second argument. That the difference between a pro and an amateur is getting paid. :>
David Austin writes: Sharon A. Abbott, "Motivations for Pursuing an Acting Career in Pornography," in Ronald Weitzer, ed., _Sex for Sale: Prostitution, Pornography and the Sex Industry_ (Routledge, 2000) 17-34, notes: 270-273 which recently came forth.
In summarizing her interviews with performers, Abbott reports, "Although the industry is dependent on fans for survival, many of the respondents reported a fairly negative image of the imagined viewer. Comments about viewers ranged from 'lonely' and 'hard-up' to 'stupid' and 'disgusting'. Ironically, then, actresses and actors are motivated in part to receive recognition from a group they know little about and often disparage. In addition, they reported little pride in the products they produce." (29)
New Age Jews
From NewYorkmag.com:
Shmuley isn't asking that non-Jews convert; he is merely inviting them to put on a yarmulke and telling them it fits. And in a broad sense, his thesis squares with what much of America has been saying for years, that a lot of Jewish culture has entered the culture at large.
But more is at work here than the influence of Seinfeld and the ascendancy of bagels over doughnuts. In 1994, the nation's Reform synagogues began offering Taste of Judaism, a program that teaches the bare bones of the religion to Jews and Gentiles alike. At B'Nai Israel synagogue in Jackson, Tennessee, 90 percent of Rabbi Geoffrey Dennis's 200-plus participants were non-Jews. "Many of them said they just felt a mysterious affinity to Judaism," Dennis told me. "Many of them were aware that Jews make wonderful marriage partners."
Makor, which opened on the Upper West Side in October, was conceived
as a community center and matchmaking operation for Jews, but it has
quickly drawn a crowd that's as much as one-quarter Gentile. But the
most visible emblem of Judaism's new crossover appeal is the Kabbalah
Center. Scorned by almost all Rabbis, it's nevertheless become a household
word because of its popularity with showbiz Jews like Sandra Bernhard
and Roseanne, as well as its most famous scholar, Madonna. Deepak
Chopra referred to himself as a "Hin-Jew" when he spoke at Park East
Synagogue last fall. And in October, Michael Jackson made public his
affinity for Judaism when he emerged from exile to attend Sukkoth
services at Carlebach Shul on West 79th Street, the guest of his good
friend . . . Rabbi Shmuley Boteach.