Tuesday, March 28, 2000
Luke F-rd In 'The Scotsman'
From the Scottish paper 'The Scotsman,' an article on internet gossip. Here's an excerpt:
Drudge can afford to maintain his lofty indifference, meanwhile, because with Monica Lewinsky he broke one of the three biggest scoops in the history of internet reporting. The others, a story detailing a mass outbreak of AIDS in the Californian pornography industry and allegations that Beverley Hills 90210 creator Darren Star left the body of a naked teenage overdose victim in a New York hotel room in 1995, appeared on the adult gossip site l-keford.com. Although these tales raised enough attention and ire to provoke Marc Star, the producer’s pornographer brother, into physically attacking Ford at a porn convention, they remain a droplet when compared to the oceans of information pumping through the internet gossip scene.
“The Darren Star story is one of the few examples where the true potential of online gossip reporting has been explored,” says Kramer. “That started as a few lines in the newsgroups, expanded on to l-keford.com and then made it into the pages of the international press. But the fact remains that few of these so-called columnists have ever broken a real story except Matt Drudge, and even with the Lewinsky thing he was only leaking the fact that Newsweek had unearthed the tale and decided not to run it. Most of this stuff is either culled from the print media or is just a string of unverifiable rumours thrown against a wall to see which ones stick.
Lexington Steele Needs His Own Series
Emmett writes: "New" is right. Lexington Steele has increased the popularity and quality of porn. He should have had his own series two years ago! I don't know what is taking so long. He should call it "Buns of Steele". Another thing "New" hit right on the money is the f---ING MONSTER LAUGHING in "Little White Chicks... Big Black Monster Dick" series! That s--- can last about 15 to 20 minutes long! Who wants to hear a digitally altered laugh that long. It is so damn loud I can't even hear the porn starlet! She is moaning and talking while Jake Steed, Lex, etc; just laugh over everything they say. I think Jake makes the series. Jake needs to wake up. Nobody wants to hear that s---. All we care about is to hear the porn star. Not some dumb ass, Scooby Dooby Do, monster laugh!
Amused in Modesto writes: Am I the only one who notices how Emmett absolutely drools all over Lexington Steel? For the past three months it's always "Lexington this...Lexington that." Either he is Lexington Steel or he is in love with Lexington Steel. Control yourself Emmett it's embarrassing!
Sergio writes: There's any truth in the gossips that Amber Lynn is back to the biz, signed with Extreme and will do anal now? And do you have Extreme's website URL?
Luke: Yes it is true. Perhaps the URL is www.extremeassociates.com?
Lynne L-patin, ex-porner, writes: For Steve Neece: Thanks for your encouragement on my move. Oregon is the land of pot and anarchy, only I can't smoke pot and study, as marijuana screws up short term memory retention. There's great counterculture everywhere. The guy at Wal-Mart asks if I can do without a plastic bag.
Annie Sprinkle and I have spoken on the phone and have some mutual friends, but there's always been a big division between the east coast porn people and the west coast porn people, just as there is between New York's "legitimate" theatre and Hollywood. New York is "arty" and Los Angeles is "commercial." It's the difference between erotica and pornography, of course. Pornography stimulates to orgasm; erotica forces you to think first and supply your own arousal.
For Emmett: I'm sorry I've been too busy defending my dear friend Luke to address your genuine concerns about black porn. Perhaps Luke can steer you to the archives of the discussion we had last June/July over Adult Video News' relationship to black porn and their decision to skew the porn market away from the type of material Bud Lee, VCA and I produce.
Luke Gets Mail
Lynne writes: Dear Lukey: Brandy did a great job. It's called "attachment disorder" and my daughter has it. Apparently it can be caused during pregnancy by an extreme situation such as abuse, war.... There appears to be a chemical change in the brain. A psychologist at Vista Del Mar, a home for Jewish problem children where I lived for a year as a teen (and blew the rabbi) had studied it extensively and I saw an article in the L.A. Times so I called him to discuss it. Like Brandy said, knowing doesn't cure. But it is half way there. And you may not need or want a cure, just to be allowed to live with your personal idiosyncrasies.
All the women who are your friends have called XXX out on this one. In my letter to her I told her that no, you would not be hurt, shot, sued without the protection of your employer. Her final objection became....but he hurts the family by association. He makes me look awful. He must be crazy.
When we were outside the AVN awards, and all the beautiful women acknowledged you with love in their eyes.... Golly, Luke... Even if it is just part of your pathology, your buck-naked honesty and vulnerability are very charming and appreciated by those who are vulnerable in their buck nakedness..... Porn stars put their bodies out there for all to see, and you bare your soul. It doesn't go unnoticed.
Jackson writes Luke: whatever happened to... Gloria Leonard, Marlene Willoughby, Janey Robbins, Cris Cassidy, Holly McCall, Lisa Thatcher, Sue Nero, Jennifer Welles, and so many of the "old timers" wh o could be making good money and renewing their popularity with an industry that is increasing it's "mature" market? What's teh deal?
Luke: Gloria has presided over the Free Speech Coalition the past two years and over sales for the American version of Private.
Nita writes: Luke~ With all your trials and tribulations as of late... I thought you'd enjoy this quick story. I had just finished reading l-keford FOR THE day and I was lounging on my leather couch...totally naked, printed pages of the l-keford report surrounded me like Octobers' fallen leaves. I threw the last page to the ground when she walked in. My girlfriend, Tawney is a tall, leggy blonde that closely resembles Cameron Diaz. She noticed I was all alone, reading off line juicy news...or should I say news that makes me juicy. (SORRY NOT YOURS THAT DAY, LUKE) I closed my eyes full knowing that she was approaching me, the next thing I felt were goosebumps along the inside of my thighs from her soft hands and dark wine long fingernails running up and down my body. I was just about to open my eyes when I felt her hair caress my shoulders and her kiss upon my lips. slowly she parted my lips with her lucious tounge. MMMMMM, I love this women - Luke. I mean, I know i have a thing for you but, I .,.. well, you know what I mean. Anyway-- to make a long story short...I eventually fell to my knees and I was looking up at her when there came a knock at the door. Do you want me to tell you who it was?? *evil grin*
OH BABY...ISN'T IT OBVIOUS?? it WAS Gene Ross.
Laura writes: I logged onto the AVN site and from there I discovered Gene Ross' site and noticed all the references to Luke F-rd. Intrigued by all the fuss and controversy over you in the porn world I just had to see for myself what your site and you were all about. That was over the summer and I've been hooked ever since.
I have dated Jewish men but I don't confine myself to Jewish men. I have dated many non-Jews.
Goddess writes: Gawd, Luke, when you use the word "homo," I seriously hope you mean, as in "Homo sapiens, " cause if not, you need a digeridoo shoved up your butt.
Fischel Teitelbaum Update
Fischel writes Luke: I hope all is well with you, and that the landsmen of the Australian Kehilot [community] are treating you with the cavode [honor] that you deserve, and not as a ger [stranger]. I hear that the beaches down under are nude, is that true! (Fischel is blushing!)
[Luke: Some of the women on regular beaches go topless.]
Last night I was watching television show in which Oscars given out. The women all dress to show everyting they got and no one criticises that. So why should showing women with a few less square inches of cloth be such a big deal? I think you are in a good business, no different morally from the rest of Hollywood. You only live once they say, and there probably is no porn in gehena [hell] either.
All is well with me. I am studying C++ and Java at Brooklyn tech, and the adult internet business by studying your web site (much better than your book I am sorry to say) and going to special classes. Last week I went to an evening class given by this woman, fiftyish, blonde shiksa who makes dirty movies. Her name is Candiasis Royal, and she smiled at Fishcel. Funny class, lots of men, few women!
I hope you have lots of fun and return full of energy to start getting ready for pesach. It is never too soon to start hunting for chometz [grains forbidden by Jewish Law to own or eat over the Passover holiday].
Charles writes: Dear Luke, My alias is Charles. We have never met and maybe we never will. But certainly I would like to do so.
It's been awhile since I have visited your website and I must say that it is as interesting as ever. I have been a fan of your work for the past three or so years. Your history of X has been the most enlightening and inspirational (in its candidness) work about the porn industry that I have ever seen. Watching your website grow and evolve over the years does my heart good. I completely admire your audacity and respect your opinionated reporting. When I come to your website I'm not looking for the New York Times. So I don't hold you to those standards as it seems others so pretentiously do, based on the critical feedback I've often read. Your website is personal, straight-forward and most of all, fun.
I have learned so much about the porn industry through your untiring efforts and you should be commended for your tenacity and drive to document this world that has so long been in the shadows of mainstream society. In fact, you were the primary inspiration for me to approach 80's asian pornstar Jade East with the idea of a video documentary for my public access tv show "Video Verite" (no longer in production at this time). By having the opportunity to talk with her at length I gained the insight of porn actress as very real human being and not the naked Barbie Doll of my fantasies. I am sorry to say that her manager talked her out of the project just before shooting was to begin, and I admit my own flaws as a producer probably contributed to this end but one day I hope to achieve such a goal.
Also this explains why I like what you do so much. It is very documentarian in nature and execution and that is the heart of journalism. The fact that you bring forth such emotional responses in those who dare contact you is a testament to the power of your work. Certainly it moves me and I'm just some poor schlub wannabe trying to catch a break in the Hollywood industry. I understand how difficult it is write on a consistent basis. It can be emotionally draining and psychologically devastating at times but you persist against all odds and that, too, is to be commended. I find it fascinating that you get emotionally naked before your audience in direct contrast to the porn world you delve into that flaunts the physical act but keeps the psychological excesses tightly under wraps (except when someone writes to you to comment). So whatever demons, muses or spectors motivate you to push forward as you do may not be the ravaging, rapacious spirits that so many seem to make of it. I'm no psychologist by any stretch, but if you can come to terms with whatever negative influences seem to cause turmoil within your head and heart then more power to you. But in the meantime, let them work out your angst in print. I, for one, wish you well.
Alan Watts writes: You guys are totally, hopelessly lost without me, so I have decided to come back, on a very temporary basis. First, to Luke: I KICKED YOUR ASS ALL THE WAY TO AUSTRALIA AND NOW I'M GOING TO KICK IT ALL THE WAY BACK, BOY! HOW DARE YOU INSULT YOUR MOM, YOU f---ING JACKASS!
The reason you guys, mostly the ladies, have had such terrible trouble making sense of Luke's mental disabilities lately is that you all exist in a DRUG CULTURE. You're all on something, coke, whatever, so Luke's bizarreness seems perfectly appropriate to you, since he's just like all your other drug-addict associates.
But his behavior isn't normal. He has "blank spots." His emotional responses are not appropriate to his behavior, and are not "socialized" in a normal way. If we said Luke's behavior is due to cocaine, then everyone would understand perfectly. No need for theories, he's a drug user, DO YOU READ ME, BOYS AND GIRLS? And he may well be on drugs, for all we know. However, let me give Luke the benefit of the doubt, and allow me to point out Luke's mental deficiencies one by one, since they are actually a bit subtle IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESSES LIKE LUKE'S.
1. Luke's inappropriate emotional responses. Everything is funny to him. He adopts a mocking tone with regard to everything. Even death threats were funny to Luke until someone punched him. Only then did he get a gun. It wasn't REAL to him prior to the physical attack. Luke responds cooly to stressors that would make it unable for any normal person to function in daily life. He continues to inflict massive stress on himself daily by attacking and shaming his enemies, and then he just laughs it all off as part of the act. He probably doesn't lose a wink of sleep, he's pathologically cool under fire, in fact, massive stress probably even makes him feel normal. That's right, he needs the stress to feel normal.
2. Luke's complete lack of a sense of normal shame, in regard to himself, as well as everyone else. He posts things on the Web that any person with judgment would keep to himself, including information that is highly damaging to himself personally and professionally, and to his loved ones. It's a wonder the people at FANTASTIC have anything to do with him, considering his poor judgment. Those who are left holding Luke's hand will be surprised when he inevitably jumps off the cliff of poor judgment, and it is always just a matter of time until he does it again. Eventually, it will be fatal for all concerned.
3. Luke has blank spots in his psyche. He truly has no feelings. He is genuinely a sociopath. I have corresponded with Luke for 6 months and can attest to the reality that he is emotionally blind. Consider the attack on XXX: why did he do it? It just doesn't make any sense, except that he occasionally needs to kick the industry in the ribs to remind them he's there. So what if it means shaming another person horribly? He thinks it's funny and fair sport to use the WWW to humiliate people. Why can't everyone see he's just a bully?
4. Luke is a poor judge of consequences. The world isn't really REAL to him. The XXX case was the very first time he has ever been sued. He didn't KNOW it could happen until it did, just like the punch in the face. Now that he has been sued, he still laughs it off by continuing to insult XXX and print bestiality articles and jokes that he believes justify what he did. He still doesn't get it, in other words, it's still not real, it's a sick joke. He isn't big enough to admit it was all a horrible mistake. No, he's digging in to defend what he did even though the rest of us can clearly see that it was absolutely indefensible, without question. AND HE WOULD DO IT TO EVERYONE OF YOU AS WELL, AND WHEN YOUR TURN COMES, HE WILL!
Those of you who continue to deal with Luke will eventually have your regrets. Your association is based entirely on a desire to get some free publicity, your 5 minutes of fame. Luke is an entirely cardboard character, a caricature, not a man, and you are defending something you do not understand. IT'S CALLED MENTAL ILLNESS.
NOW GET YOUR ASS, HOME, BOY, SO IT CAN GET THE KICKING IT DESERVES! MAY XXX'S VICTORY DEMORALIZE AND SOBER YOU UP TO THE REALITIES OF YOUR ILLNESS AND INSPIRE YOU TO GET THE HELP YOU SO DESPERATELY NEED!
Chaim Amalek writes Luke: Good to see that you are having a real vacation at last. In that spirit, do not read the following until you return to LA, as it concerns weighty issues.
The following article is from today's New York Times (controlled by a culturally jewish family) and was penned by the secular jewess Devorah Sontag. March 28, 2000 As Pope Exits, Israel Resumes Its Usual Discord By DEBORAH SONTAG ERUSALEM, March 27 -- And so Pope John Paul II flew away and took his positive glow with him. This is how the morning after looked in Israel: diminished prospects for peace with Syria, the opening of a politically explosive criminal investigation of a leading rabbi and five separate Parliament votes of no confidence in the government.
(snip) Mr. Barak also has an opportunity to tackle intense political disharmony within his governing coalition. The ultra-Orthodox Shas party, his most balky coalition partner, loses a lot of its potential power if a deal with Syria and a national referendum on a deal are not imminent. Mr. Barak needs Shas as his ally going into a national vote on his peace efforts. Shas's value, relative to the trouble it causes, momentarily decreases if such a vote is not on the immediate horizon.
That might explain why political chaos did not immediately follow this morning's decision by the attorney general to open a criminal investigation of Shas's spiritual leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. The Torah sages who guide Shas's 17-member delegation in Parliament, the third-largest, decided tonight not to bolt the government -- for now. But thousands of Shas supporters gathered outside Rabbi Yosef's home in Jerusalem. The rabbi addressed them from behind bars covering a window, leading them in singing, "Please, O Lord, redeem us."
Rabbi Yosef, who is seen as a political kingmaker, has always been known for his strong opinions in his sermons, but it was his harsh criticism of a government official that led to the investigation. In a recent sermon, which was broadcast to his followers, he issued a blistering attack, including a curse, on the leftist education minister, Yossi Sarid.
(THIS IS WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING)
In the sermon he described Mr. Sarid as Satan, said his name and memory should be obliterated and said that just as God "extirpated Amalek," the biblical tribe that attacked the Israelites after their exodus from Egypt, "so may he extirpate" Mr. Sarid. "Vengeance will be visited upon him," the rabbi said, "just as vengeance was visited upon Haman," the ancient Persian enemy of the Jews whose death by hanging is celebrated in the festival of Purim. Rabbi Yosef will be investigated on charges of "praising or encouraging violence that could lead to death or injury," as well as insulting a public employee and slander.
[Pay special attention to the following!]
In explaining his decision to open the investigation, the attorney general, Elyakim Rubinstein, noted that he had declined to do last year after the rabbi insulted Supreme Court judges. Among other things, Rabbi Yosef had said that the judges "fornicated with impure," or menstruating, women, which is proscribed in a strict interpretation of Jewish law. "This is a sensitive issue," the attorney general said, "primarily because we exhibit self-restraint in using a criminal tool in a case of expression because of the special status of the freedom of speech. "Naturally the status of Rabbi Ovadia as a leading Torah scholar and as the spiritual leader and political decision-maker of a large political party also did not make the decision any easier, to say the least."
But Mr. Rubenstein said the rabbi's statements could be heard by his followers as an incitement to violence against Mr. Sarid, whether he intended them that way or not. "What is the meaning of the vengeance that is to be visited upon Sarid, heaven forbid?" Mr. Rubinstein asked.
Given the political sensitivity, the police asked Mr. Rubenstein to delay announcing his decision until after the pope left. They have increased security around the attorney general. "He made the right decision," said Mr. Sarid, who has been feuding with Shas over the reorganization of their large, debt-ridden religious school system.
Eli Yishai, Shas's leader, decried the investigation as racist and anti-religious, since it singled out the leader of a movement representing ultra-Orthodox Sephardic Jews of Middle Eastern origin. He noted that the rabbi had clarified his sermon and specifically instructed his followers not to resort to violence.
Chaim writes: Luke, as secular judaism vanishes due to the excessive education of its women (such being the mortal enemy of procreation), the world of Judaism will come to look more and more like Ovadia Yosef. What role do you see for yourself in such a world? Will you be called upon to join Mossad and help it hunt down Amalek, even after he has done so many favors for the jews in general, and for you in particular? (And all because of an unfortunate phonetic resemblance between his name and a tribe spoken ill of in the holy torah.) Will you be called upon to hunt down those men who have had sex with ritually impure women, and perhaps be expected to stone the women who are the source of their impurity?
Luke: Only time will tell. ---Luke F-rd (the hardest working man
on l-keford.com)