Monday, July 31st, 2000
Today's Porn Nothing But Gimmicks
David Aaron Clark writes on RAME: Today's porn is NOTHING but gimmicks, for the most part, a "gimmick" being discernable from a "plot device." Bukkakes, gang-rapes -- er, ah, gang-bangs, 18-inch dicks, shows featuring nothing but nearly-illegal babes in pigtails and bobbie socks, porn actresses f---ing talk show hosts, fans f---ing performers on Mexican vacation packages, professional wrestlers beating up porn actors ... even gonzo, which at one point developed into a viable style, could really be considered at the outset nothing but a "gimmick." There's no doubt that today's porn industry is more gimmick-driven than ever before, as consumer attention span decreases and the actual meat (all puns intended) of the product becomes more and more specious.
I mean to say, a gimmick that DELIVERS is a great thing, but how many of these gimmicks really do, and which ones are nothing more than lame, rip-off shills? What are some other opinions here?
...one must commend T.T. Boy for being sharp and quick enough to score Miko pre-titjob. ASIAN STREET HOOKERS is in fact his series, and though the quality of individual scenes can vary wildly, I don't see anyone else of any competence devoted to putting out a regular series featuring Asian girls that's not either wildly incompetent (Don Fernando) or B-roll import crap (Typhoon, etc, etc). Yeah, Mark Arnold still goes after all the Asian girls he can, but the sheer horror of that same fake motel room set time after time coupled with the increasing egomaniacism that has made him dispense with ANY regular male performers besides himself makes his frequent forays a drag.
The interesting thing about T.T. is I've never talked to an Asian actress who DIDN'T like working with him. This is not saying that some don't exist; however, what sometimes seems brutal or overly macho to the Viewer At Home is often actually what turns a woman on, when done correctly and in a reasonably consensual situation. Of course, T.T. does tend to be a tad more romantic with Asians, as opposed to Caucasians...
...There's a rather adorable Black-Cuban 18-year-old who goes by "Mercedes" who supposedly was a (vaginal, at least) virgin until being deflowered by Mark Arnold in a no-doubt momentarily released DIRTY DEBS. I'm not a gyno and didn't test her for a hymen when she passed this way, but evidently Ed was convinced enough to pay a premium for the honor of psychologically scarring her for life.
Patrick Riley: I haven't seen your Mercedes yet however Ed analed supposed virgin Gia Regency in MDD #114; she went on to lose everything (if she really was a virgin) in other movies, notably Young, Dumb & Full Of Cum #4 where she was DP-ed. He also analed another supposed virgin, Asianna, in MDD #144 where in addition to taking her anal cherry he also pushed the head of his dick about an inch into her vagina. She just remained passive throughout.
Mike South Takes On Patrick Collins
A couple of months ago, Mike South bought the domain of his old boss/distributor PatrickCollins.com. Pat recently moved through others to get it back.
Mike writes: did I tell ya bout Patrick Collins? no well he seems to think its my fault that he f---ed up and didnt buy patrickcollins.com instead of being a man and calling me he put some "professional" association on me trying to get me to give it back...they write like lawyers but they are careful not to say they are lawyers they may be who knows he says I bought the name out of malice...I didnt lol I have called him 3 times and left messages but he isnt man enough to return my calls I did de-link it from my site its currently parked quote this? It didnt get but a handful of hits anyhow abso lutely bro if he wants it I'd be nice and give it to him provided he plays nice he may win it back in court or maybe not but he will spend a lotta money doing so lots more than it would cost him to be a man instead of a punk quote me k thanks bro Im disappointed in him actually I thought he'd be more of a man
MrMarcus.com Highlights
Louis Farrakhan writes on MrMarcus.com: My friend says Ron "Hedgehog" Jeremy is biracial. I mean, he's definately hung like a brutha, but is he really?
TotalK writes: from what I have heard he is jewish which means he is definitely not white, or human as the popular definition exists.
On 7/29/100 19:23 Curious wrote: > I hope you don't mind me asking, but what did you get Brad and Jennifer for their wedding gift Mr. Marcus
On 7/29/100 20:19 PornoPaul wrote: > Shut the f--- up you stupid bitch. This is not a f---ing celebrity gossip page. Go away!!!
On 7/29/100 22:14 Curious wrote: > Paul I demand an apology! You are very rude.
Black Caesar: hey curious you like a big black dick?just asking don't get offended
PornoPaul replies to Curious: Why should I apologize for your being a stupid bitch. Go the f--- away SKANK.
Regis Philbin: Ron is a sand nigger, middle easterner descent kike. Thats all. I wouldn't even insult a nigger by confusing him with a big nosed kike. Peace.
RonJaws writes: i would like to get in the business of adult films who do i contact?i have the right equipment to do any women i have seen and i want to get started..
Peter North writes: f--- you stupid ass nigger we need to lynch all niggers
FreshoutofPussy replies: don't get mad because i'm f---ing your sister and your momma
Mr Marcus writes: Dont know exactly where the interest lies, but what if there was a wrestling match with the Vivid Girls versus the Wicked Girls and see who puts the smack-down. Would that sell? maybe have them do a "f---" contest. Which group of girls puts the f----down, best. Celebrity Deathmatch in the works?!. I just noticed that they both have a group of girls with personality, charisma, athlethic ability, and well they can really take a dick. The Great f----Off. I'd buy it. One f---in video all the stars...no comp s---...just them out f---in each other...lol that s--- would be crazy. Anyways Kira..yep she's a cutie. Sexy lips...hell sexy period. Most girls in the business the new ones are hella sexy and they f--- alot...who can argue.
Blackdick writes: any white women on this site want some blackdick
Betty: HOW BIG? MORE THAN 12", OR PLEASE DON'T ANSWER, IF MORE THAN 12" I'M YOURS TONIGHT!! BETTY
FresoutofPussy: YOU better be a fine ass white girl.Asking for 12
The British newspaper The Guardian published 7/23/00 on Sunday this expose of Flashcash. Here are some excerpts:
Trading under the name Rhino Corporation, the three men and one woman have exploited Antigua's accommodating offshore company laws to put together a hardcore porn operation of such sophistication they have made themselves virtually untraceable. In two years, they have gone from minnows to major players in the burgeoning net porn industry, running their own lucrative stable of slickly produced, explicit pay sites as well as sponsoring sex sites run by smaller operators.
Since disappearing into the Edinburgh ether in 1998, the four have adopted the names Mark and Jason Rhino, DragonKing and Amber to conceal their real identities. Their vast incomes from the porn business are held in secret numbered Antiguan bank accounts, and they are understood to use Antiguan credit cards to conduct their day-to-day transactions. The authorities in this country have all but given up hope of tracking them down.
They have now taken the audacious step of offering advice via the internet for anyone who wants to follow their example. Their website not only outlines how the owners of Antiguan offshore corporations can mask their identities, move around assets under the noses of the tax authorities and render themselves almost immune from prosecution...
Luke: Then on 7/30, the Guardian followed up: A huge internet pornography empire set up by a group of Edinburgh University graduates who boasted of their ability to evade the law has been closed down by the authorities in Antigua.
A week after The Observer revealed how they were exploiting Antigua's offshore banking regime to rake in a fortune from a stable of slickly produced hardcore sex sites, the founders of the Rhino Corporation have been deported as undesirables by the Caribbean island's government, which is now moving to forfeit the company's considerable, ill-gotten assets.
For almost three years, the three men and one woman behind Rhino stayed one step ahead of the law...
The Observer can now reveal their real identities. Amber is Rebecca Thomas from Henley-on-Thames; Jason Rhino is Jason Freeman, from Amersham; and Mark Rhino is Mark Corti, from London.
...the fourth member, DragonKing, an American national called Vincent Head. He has now been returned to the United States where he faces prosecution for criminal offences carried out in New York. In the wake of The Observer's disclosures last week, it emerged that he was wanted by the US authorities on felony charges and was the subject of an extradition warrant.
Mutt writes on Netpond: If the newspaper has it right, it looks like the Antiguan government is now running FlashCash and letting the money roll in. Somehow I doubt they're going to be paying webmasters. lotta morals to this story. Excellent screenplay material here, needs a murder and some crooked politicians and it's ready to shoot.
Jason Rhino from Flashcash.com: Don't believe everything you read in the papers! All Flashcash sites are up and running, all clicks are being counted, etc. We are not in jail. We have broken no laws, and we have spoken to the authorities and they told us they had no reason to suspect us of doing anything wrong.
Anne Marie from SeekingXXX.com writes on Netpond: I noticed that TeenClicks.Net is based in the UK too, so the same laws that effected Rhino Corp. apply to this program. So besides not paying and not answering emails they are possibly in violation of the UK obcenity laws. Well, just one more reason not to continue promoting this program.
My FlashCash stats and the sites are working too. However, I suspect this will change once the US based host receives a court order courtesy of the Antigua government lawyers. It may take a few hours or a few days, but unless the Rhino crew can sort this out and get a stay the sites will come down.
JohnW from Sexinc.com writes on Netpond: In response to; "Anyone know if it was Antigua that StarNet moved to after having their office in Vancouver raided? It appears the climate there is a little hot for this industry now."
Anne Marie, Starnet always had (and still do have) their gaming servers set up in Antigua. All that was running out of Vancouver was their marketing (still is) and software production (still is). The porno side of the biz was sold off in the spring (that's us; Chisel Media) and Starnet finally moved their head offices to Antigua last winter.
As far as the on-line gaming biz goes, Antigua will always be a safe bet (pun intended) and as far as the porno biz goes, Vancouver IS where it's at (Chisel Media, Net Pond, SEG, Street-Light, Adult Cyberspace, etc). Still, it sucks when you hear about your fellow smut peddlers getting hassled by the authorities(believe me, we know the feeling). I hope the best for them, they're a good bunch.
Jeff from SunupMedia.com: RE: Flashcash... We have done business with them for over a year on two levels: 1. They purchase content from us....their checks ALWAYS arrive when they say and they have always cleared with NO PROBLEM. 2. We use the flashcash program on one of our free sites and have found their stats to be up to date and accurate and payment comes ontime, every month, without fail. Lots of programs could learn a lot from flashcash.
Dravyk writes on Netpond: Reading the articles about Flash Cash .... First, damn do those articles have a ton of holes and inaccuracies in them!! .... where is that $300 flat program URL at? hehe But what really pisses me totally the f**k off, is that slant to the point of out and out lies.
Not only are they a "porn gang" instead of a corporation, but get this s---, and I quote: "10 hardcore sites, whose titles ranged from 'Wives Exposed' to 'Dirty Teens', a site run by Thomas that specialised in material involving young girls." Don't you just love the f**king bulls--- spin they put on the teen site to make is sound like Child Porn??! ...
I'm generally a pacifist, but I'd really love to beat the living s--- out of the writer and the editors at that so-called "paper" ... or just sue them for every pence they have. :-)))
Ryan from Talkporn.com writes on Netpond: Interesting article there on the flashcash boys and girl ;) 90% of it sounds like a bunch of horses---. I have no doubt in my mind that checks will still continue to come on time and every cent owed will be paid. I dont think flashcash will be going anywhere! For me they are one of the best converting and paying sponsors that I use!
Dragon King from Flashcash.com writes on Netpond: Hi All` Popping in to let everyone know that it's business as usual at Flash Cash. I'm in N.Y. right now visiting my moms who took ill. I'll be here for a month or more taking care and making sure she's ok. If anyone needs anything or would like to get together for a drink or something drop me a line.. My temp e-mail is dragonking@hushmail.com
Joe Elkind Falls In Love With Farrah
Joe Elkind from CENcash just spent two weeks in Los Angeles moving his servers and other hosting infrastructure from LA to Phoenix. Joe threw a huge party ten days ago at the Woodland Hills home of strip club king Michael J. Peter.
Renting a Lear jet, Joe moved all his equipment Thursday morning, July 20th, from Cavecreek hosting on Mid-Wilshire Blvd to Phoenix.
In addition to partying and conducting business, Elkind also found love in Los Angeles - in the person of tall busty blonde porn star Farrah. They met at a bar on Sunset Blvd.
Elkind's publishing a new webmaster magazine Klixxx for which I'll contribute a column. Klixxx will go out to a highly targeted list of thousands of webmasters who use JoeE's programs.
While in LA, JoeE did business with all the major players including Ron Levi at Cybererotica.com, Rob Gould from Babenet, Hustler and others.
Farrah's now hanging out with JoeE at his headquarters in Fort Lauderdale. She normally resides in Tampa Bay.
"I'm recovering from my boob job," said Farrah Monday morning. "I got them bigger. They look good though. They're now DD.
"He didn't know me and I didn't know him when we first me. We just ran into each other at a normal bar, not a strip bar."
Farrah has three more movies to do for Kevin Beech to finish off her contract.
Farrah: "I went to the show [AVN Expo] and was looking for a contract. But I didn't sign. It was my first year there. I just looked around and gave the word out.
"I'm going down to Pure Platinum to dance. I miss it. It's been a year. I featured in between but there's nothing like dancing. All the attention."
Mona's Saturday Night Bukkake
Stefanie from Homegrownvideo.com writes: Hi Luke, Well, thanks to a bunch of guys chickening out, Mona's bukkake did not go as planned. Can I just say- I'm real tired of guys bitching and complaining about how hard it is to get in the porn industry, then we open a door and they puss out. Come on, guys, either stop whining or prove yourselves when the chance is provided.
KB [Kevin Blatt] did join in on our show Saturday! I was a little weirded out, because I've known KB for a long time, and it's always a little odd to see people you know when they have their cocks out and at full attention. Sorta odd. But he did a fantastic job, he blew on Mona and Drew's faces like a pro! And I must say, ladies- KB is on the well-endowed side. All the times he's mentioned how big his cock is, I guess he wasn't just talking s---. Oh dear, I know saying this is going to make his ego be too big for the room, but KB really did a good job as a sex performer.
Tom Sweet, Well, I'm afraid you and Steve may have had your part in KB's corruption, for sure. Due to his admiration for Steve's ability to pop huge loads, and his awe of Farrell's agility and creativity during his "flying anal" scene in "Sex 4 Life", I think poor KB felt the need to leave his own mark (hahehah, i'm funny) on the porn video industry. Either that, or simply because he's a horny bastard and was smart enough to not say no when a cute porn chick offered to suck his dick. So what's the truth, KB? You're being awfully quiet, I must say....
Anyway, the show still turned out awesome! Instead of a bukkake, we had an over 3 hour group grope. Mona and www.homegrownvideo.com girls Drew and Gina got freaky with each other and four different studs. They switched positions and partners dozens of times, so the show was filled with fun variety. Our live shows have a chat room, so I talked to all the viewers during the show, and gave their sexual requests to the performers to fulfil. Our members were very happy with the quality of the streaming, and the fact that the show was long and had audio, unlike what you find on most adult websites. Mona had a lot of fun and still took 3 facials, but she does want to have her bukkake fantasy come true. We'll probably try again soon!
Kevin Blatt writes on Netpond: Yes I shot my very first video ever! It was a blast, no pun intended! I took one for the team for a very special edition of the D-Moneyshow.com you will be able to see some of the footage real soon on http://www.d-moneyshow.com. There simply was no rhyme or reason to it, they needed cock, and I had some extra on hand to help out. We will be taking webmasters behind the scenes of the making of Mona's Bukkakke on this week's edition of the d-moneyshow. Tune in,see KB's Cock, then sign up for sdcash.com the best converting sites on the web!! oh and Steve Sweet, there's a new cock in town, and his name is....Kraven Moorehead!( stage name) Although I am awful fond of KBLOADS what do you think people?
How was I acting like a pornstar? was I immature, self centered, and did I have a low esteem problem? Did I f--- 620 people? That is acting like a porn star, I my friend, am a a woodsman...... I had to shoe myself in for a "Big Woody" at this year's Players Ball, I can't get based on Nepotism......shucks. This was the only way!
Mona writes on Netpond: I want to thank the Homegrown video guys and gals for hosting my event, and for being a great crew, a lot of fun, and truly, good friends. The "bukkake" was NOT going as planned - with a near 100% "flake factor" from the guys who had confirmed to cum..er - come. One of the girls there , Drew, jumped in with me, doing much more than she had originally intended to take part in, Farrell "got nekkid" and KB Ynot pulled a surprise out of his zipper right at the end, which was very appreciated. And I'm glad you had fun, KB! :)
My hubby wants to thank all the guys as well... he really doesn't like performing in large group environments, and said his hat is off to the great guys who DID, because he didn't have to take his pants off. :) We are still recovering from the after party - Farrell, Dmoney, and KB - you are all bad influences (but in the best way) - thank goodness for aspirin! Stefanie, Farrell, and Moffit - Spike, Norm, and Kumai - thank you all very very much. We are looking forward to the next event, and a wonderful continuing relationship with Homegrown and XS Content. Now... I need to go find all the guys who didn't show, line them up against a wall, and take a baseball bat to 'em!
The Agony Of Bukkake Defeat
Helpful consoles: I am heartbroken to hear that poor Mona did not have her bukkake dream fulfilled on Saturday night. My sincere condolences go out to you and your husband. I know it's hard, but try to cheer up, Mona! Your are still young and will no doubt have many more opportunities for multiple strangers to jerk off on to your face again. Monday morning quarterbacking
I would have to say that Homegrown made these three fatal errors in their bukkake planning:
1) They held it on the same night as FSC's Night of Two Dozen Stars.
2) Religious Jew bukkake fans were prevented from attending the San Diego fete because it was held during the ending hours of the Holy Sabbath.
3) Most bukkake fans have a hard time tearing themselves away from the TV set on Saturdays between 8:00 pm -9:00 pm when "Cops" is on. To be successful in your next bukkake attempt you must give the lazy bukkake fans what they really desire … convenience.
Consider renting an ambulance with a rolling stretcher for the next bukkake. Place Mona on the stretcher and then drive her on a predetermined bukkake route. Roll her up to the door. Ring the doorbell. The bukkake fan answers the door and squirts on her face. Roll along to the next stop. Efficiency and simplicity in action! Now, Mona, I know what you are thinking - Won't those glistening strands of precious, liquefied DNA just roll off my face while lying on a stretcher? Relax. Just get one of those large funnel collars that they put on German Shepherds to stop them from biting their stitches. Use my idiot-proof plan and bukkake glory will finally be yours. You are welcome!
Luke Is Wrong
Luke: I estimated fewer than 200 attendees at the Free Speech Coalition Dinner Dance but official sources indicate otherwise.
Greg Zeboray writes: Luke, your source(s) are wrong. Phil Berman told me that in excess of 551 (paid) wrist bands were distributed at the "Night Of The Stars" (and 40 press wrist bands). This figure represents only those who paid and were in attendance. It does not include the press and those who bought tickets but were unable to attend. Personally, I thought the event was very well done and the attendance seemed as good to me as the previous five or six I've been to. I think the entire FSC organization should be proud of Saturday night! Hell, I even got to (again) see my all-time favorite car - the original Batmobile :) If only they would sell it to me.
Free Speech Coalition president Gloria Leonard writes Luke: There's a numerical process you may have heard of; it's called "counting" - the Tent Pavilion, where the awards ceremony took place, was set up with 500 chairs, all of which were filled in addition to at least another fifty people standing in the back and along the sides. Your mathematical inability is only matched by your so-called "journalistic" style. The upside to your lack of numerical knowledge lies in what some lucky schmuck might have in paying you someday - giving you only $200 and telling you it's really $600!
BrandyAlx1: Did the event really bomb or are you just being mean to
the FSC (who deserves it)?
BrandyAlx1: My hair salon is usually pretty busy on Night of the Stars
night, and I got my hair cut Saturday afternoon, forgetting it was NOTS
night until I left. The place was pretty quiet, and thei makeup artist
there that Steve Hirsch hired last year, and I think several times before,
didn't even know it was happening.
Luke: The consensus of the media observers I talked to at the event was that it was a bomb. FSCers like Gloria Leonard and others say the opposite. Important porners not in attendance included Russ and Betty Hampshire, Lenny Friedlander, John Stagliano and Patrick Collins.
GeneRoss.com writes: "Having been to every Night of the Stars celebration since it's inception - from the days Tianna was trying to get into the business and Patrick Collins was holding her suitcase, to the time that the John Stallion 100 video shoot "death march" gossip was on the tip of everyone's tongue, to when the late Cal Jammer was the interview de jour - nothing surpassed Saturday evening's rendition for venue and class."
Amused writes: Those FSCers are just using "gang bang math" to pump their attendance figures for the Night of Breast Implant Scars gala. Confused? At a gang bang each stroke is considered a distinct and separate sexual act for the ending tally. At an FSC event each time a person gets up and sits in a different chair he is considered a distinct and separate paid attendee. Got it?
BTW Let me say that Sharon Mitchell looked absolutely stunning in your FSC photos. She is the only porner who gets better looking with age. Wow!
GeneRoss.com: "XXX then presented the Positive Image Award to Sean Michaels. Shane, Juli Ashton and XXX were past winners of this newly-created award, [Gloria] Leonard noted. Lake said the award was designated for those who have stood up [in more ways than one] for the cause of the industry. "Sean Michaels has made it a long way," noted Lake who said that Michaels was the first male to win the award. Michaels also winning the award proves that color means nothing in the business," Lake added. "We all bleed red. He shows the world that men can be sweet, kind, we're not all f---ing bitches and he makes passionate love to each and every one of the girls that he has a sex scene with. I know personally."
Curious writes: Gene Ross reports at the FSC ego stroke-a-thon that "XXX then presented the Positive Image award to Sean Michaels." How does one qualify to win this award? Is it a community service award? Is it a fashion/style award? Is it a token black award? Also, Luke, was Mr. Marcus in attendance? He's the real man with the Positive Image. His message board daily shines the light of truth into the dark shadows of racism. Marcus, you were robbed!
Meni writes Luke: dude, why do you copy and paste from other sites? just wondering, don't want you to get sued, and your boss to go broke. you got "more suits than Jacoby and Myers" name the band, and win $1 as for gimmicks, don't wanna sound mean but a bukakke with a 4 is not interesting to me catch my drift tonto? hee hee
Flashman calls Luke and leaves this message: "Hi Luke, I'm back in Las Vegas. It's Flashman. I hope you had a good time upstairs. You can print this. You looked like Hugh Grant. You were a gentleman to me.Even though people have sad some negative things about you, I think your reporting is fair. There's a place for people who can also look for the bad in the adult business. You had a very pleasant Australian Mel Gibsonesque personality. Even though there were some people who didn't care for you, there were many who did.
Luke: "Flashman, you were a gentleman. You dressed nicely and I appreciate you getting me inside."
Jay Moyes writes: Dear Luke, While it's hard for me to take your site seriously, I had to take notice of this morning's article on The Spectator and Yank magazine. As a former employee of Kat Sunlove and one that assisted in repairing and installing some of the racks, I may have some input for the case.
First off, it's no secret that the sex racks are the target of constant vandilism. The Spectator itself has a reward for anyone caught attacking it's newsracks. Vandals have damaged, and even stolen entire newsracks belonging to The Spectator for over 10 years.
Second, it's also no secret that paper carriers moonlight. While my work was only for The Spectator, there was another carrier that also delivered The Sun, and other sex trade newspapers. If it's one individual responsible, that person may be trying to protect their territory. I'd speculate that a feud may be occuring, completely oblivious to Kat and the Spectator crew.
This just doesn't seem like something Kat, or Layne would do, or ask of their staff.
Luke: I've talked to people who've worked there (at The Spectator) who do believe that it is the kind of thing that Kat and company would do. And other people close to her say absolutely not. It would be totally out of character.
I wonder how long it will take AVN.com to cover this story? I think they will do it most reluctantly because they hate to publish damaging negative stuff regarding their darling Free Speech Coalition.
I've been publishing for several days about the Australian Porn Mafia, a group of powerful down under men who are widely regarded by many of their peers as highly unethical.
The two leaders of this supposed mafia are former partners, Scott Phillips of PinkBits and Greg Lasrado of Filthycash.com. Steve Easton of APIC (copyright enforcement agency) allegedly can't stand them.
Scott and Greg receive stern support from the Netpond chatroom. One of the principle owners of Netpond, Prophet8, is a former partner of Phillips.
According to my internet porn sources: Phillips and Lasrado own a bunch of offshore companies based in places like Hong Kong and Samoa. So when called on the carpet for copyright violation, they will sometimes hem and haw and say, we own so many companies all around the world, we don't know where the documentation is.
XXX: What we have going here with Brooklyn resident Mike Frutcher of zulu.org and his connections to Lasrado is a crime syndicate who operate primarily in the porn world. They rip off porners, both producers and consumers, to attrack surfers to their sites (often with stolen content).
Scott is a friend and ex-business partner of Serge Birbrair, who's intervened with Phillips on behalf of people hurt by Scott.
Serge: yes, this is true. I never forget when I had to intervene on behalf of webmaster hurt by Scott. When we delivered him to the hospital, his penis was missing, nuts were squashed, left ancle was removed and so was right half of the brain. Thanks to the wonders of modern medecine the guy is fine now and runs a huge public Internet company.
Serge writes Luke: " nope....I don't recall anything like it. I intervened once on behalf of... NiteLifer, you know him, ;-)) with Jeff aka KB. Come think of it, we might help clear misunderstanding once between Jeff and Scott also ;-))"
Phillips sets forth his view of things below.
According to my internet porn sources: Phillips of PinkBits is known for among other things, repeatedly and fraudulently billing people's credit cards. Say someone signs up for a month for one of Scott's sites. What will often happen is that they will find that they've been billed for two years of (bogus) approved membership.
According to my internet porn sources: Scott Phillips also made a habit of stealing content. Most of his content for his site Amateuravenue.com was stolen from Sunup Media Group. Scott will tell people complaining his theft. "I am my ISP's largest customer. They're not going to do a damn thing. We're down here in Asutralia. You can't touch us. So f--- off." And when you contact Scott's ISP, you get the runaround.
Scott replies: Sunup media doesnt think I stole content, why publish such garbage?
Jeff Miller from SunUp Media writes on Netpond: "I would just like to confirm that ScottPB and I did resolve our differences in August or September of 98. HOWEVER, part of the deal was supposed to have been the purchase of a beer by Scott, for me, at the orlando IA2000 show. I never got my beer, and as such, consider this matter to not yet be 100% resolved."
Luke: Once you get inside the sites of Phillips and Lasrado, it is all leased content. There's rarely if ever any original content. The copyright infringement occurs on their free tours.
Scott Phillips replies: "Yo luke, this is complete rubbish I'm serious, we spend a fortune on content and yes, we had a dispute with Jeff which we resolved by admitting fault and buying every bit of content he had. He thought it was fair, and so did I. And this, is ridiculous... I have NOTHING TO DO IN BUSINESS WITH GREG LASRADO, his companies and mine are separate, nonrelated entities. We are simply friends."
Luke: What is your connection to Filthycash.com?
Scott: "No connection whatsoever, direct or indirect. I am close friends with its owner, and it is an excellent program btw and very successful. I run http://www.adwealth.com and http://www.mostcash.com. We pay per click and per signup, filthycash pays recurrings. We don't regard each other as competitors."
Luke: What is your connection to the WTFRC company?
Scott: "Nothing, it belongs to a guy called Joe Nirta. I had dinner with him a few times, but havent seen him in a few years now."
Scott writes on Netpond: Luke, some of your facts are wrong.
1) I have nothing to do with the content stealing company wtfrc, which belongs to a scumbag called Joe Nirta
2) I've never been accused of double billing, despite using the same merchant account for five years. Call Sophie Kozaris, head of electronic payments at the National Australia Bank in Melbourne and ask her what she thinks of our business practices.
3) I've never recieved cease and desist letters over content, ever. Whenever we accidentally have used somebody elses pic we admit fault publically immediately and spend a truckload of money buying content off the wronged party. In early 1996 I stole content, when virutally everyone did. I had a dispute with Steve Easton, he convinced me that he was right and I was wrong, s I bought content from then on. Just after that I met Ron Levi for the first time and he made me realise that doing things the *right* way was the only way.
4) Jeff I owe you a beer :-)))) And despite all the s--- people starts about Australians, nobody wants to come out and say that we have ripped webmasters off. So where are all the webmasters Scott Phillips has ripped off since 1996?
Luke: According to sources, Lasrado was involved in a big search engine scandal 18 months ago, hundreds of thousands of legitimate webpages were copied and resubmitted to search engines using porn links. So you'd type in for "child's playground" and you'd be sent to a porn site. Type in soccer and you'd go to porn. Lasrado was investigated by the FTC but some other guy took the fall for him.
I've heard Phillips and Lasrado called the most unethical people in the industry for their willfull copyright infringement and fraudulent billing practices. Lasrado's Filthycash.com operation has received cease and desist letters from numerous content providers including Color Climax in Amsterdam, Tom Sweets of Sweetpartners.com (Tom and Steve Sweets used to perform in front of the camera) and Jeff Miller from Sunup Media Group.
Phillips and Lasrado's company WTFRC purchased a bunch of content from Adult Legal then they returned it all on their credit cards.
Melissa@filthycash.com runs Lasrado's webmaster partnership program. She formerly worked with IBill, a credit card processing company that works extensively with Lasrado and other Aussie porners.
Melissa appeared last week on Webmasterlive.com. And she was asked about APIC's (copyright enforcement agency) concerns with Lasrado's operations. And Melissa skirted the issue. I can't talk about it. We'll have a major announcement next week which was baloney.
A check of FilthyCash.com's sites, particulary their free tours, shows that most of the content is stolen (from Sweetpartners.com, SunUp Media Group, Color Climax, Penthouse and elsewhere). For instance, go to www.taboobizarre.com and you'll find that most of the images on that front page are stolen from Sweetpartners (not including the photo of the girl and the donkey).
A check of Intergal's site, justwild.com, also reveals much of the same stolen content.
A few weeks ago, IBill stopped processing FilthyCash.com's sites because of copyright violation. Greg Lasrado then intervened with the violated content provider and made a deal. The promised cash, however, has yet to come through.
Lasrado's operation typically reacts to cease and desist letters and the like with "f--- you. We're in Australia. You can't touch us." They feel that because they're in Australia, they're not touchable. Not true.
Porners who's copyrights have been infringed can contact APIC (which protects copyrights) who can then work with companies like IBill to cut off devious porners from credit card billing.
Backdoor Bruce writes: "Scott Phillips showed up on the doorstep of a friend of mines house at 2 am drunk and abused him over a dispute over clicks. Then again this guy did rip him off and steal substantial business from him so I carn't say I blame him.
"Greg moors his boat on the Gold Coast. One thing I know for sure is they are both richer then anyone in the Porn Video business. You know I would estimate some of the major Net porners (not saying which ones ..but a few) have a net worth of over US$100 million. Show me anyone in the Porn video biz who's made that much? You couldn't sell Vivid,VCA and Wicked for that much combined."
Jeff Miller operates the SunUpMedia Group, a mainly porn oriented company that does content, hosting and site design. Miller is partnered with Kevin Blatt's Sundown Media who's partnered with an Australian company.
Jeff writes on Netpond: "I really do not like to do this, but I figure I will give these guys one final chance, and I know they read this board so... Greg L., Mick, Melissa, anyone at filthycash.... I have sent 3 emails over the last week asking you to contact me in regards to your illegal use of my images. I suggest you do so. DO NOT make me shut you down to get this resolved. If you continue to ignore me, you will leave me no choice. PLEASE don't make me go that route, just answer the e-mail or ICQ me 394543 If I dont hear from you by tomorrow, I will have no choice."
Apicsucks.com writes on Netpond: "Relax there Jeffy! Contact Steve Sweet. He'll tell you that all stolen content on FilthyCash sites are just bureacratic mix-ups and oversights. Greg's a great guy mate. Don't accuse him of something you cannot prove you silly twit. And that goes for the lot of you! Greg paid for every image on his servers. Except for the stolen ones."
Jeff: "Oh, I am relaxed their APS...those that know me can tell you that I am always relaxed, except for those times that I am not. I am sure Greg is a great guy, it's never personal, I love Aussies, that's why I have a partner there, and an office there! If I wasn't relaxed we would have just shut him down at ibill until he responded..my post here is to give him the benefit of the doubt!"
Andy: "People are advised to steer clear of snail's archives, a huge site of porn pix. i tried to sign up using the 900 # registration and the bastard never gave me access or answered any emails asking for my account. so i disputed the charge with the phone company. snail's was a good site, but not answering 3-4 emails requesting your damn access account is uncool. so maybe this will shame them into action."
Serpico, a brave representative of the devious IEG (owned by Seth Warshavsky) posted to Netpond: "Hey you guys I know your frustration and I am sorry for what has happened around here. I am just simply trying to do my job and generate new traffic. Everytime I post here someone says something smart assed and I understand why. So I am not pissed. I wish there was no bad rap fro [ieg] and I apoligize on behalf of the company for whatever that is worth. I will also only buy sign ups pre-paid to make sure everyone does actually get paid. Once again I am sorry for how things have been!"
Personalporn.com tried to settle its suit with Sweetpartners.com by offering two Harley Davidson motorcycles. The offer was declined.
Pat worked extensively with Greg Lasrado but they split up.
Luke: I bounced a couple of false and fraudulent rumors about Scott Phillips off his friend Serge Birbrair. Serge replied thus:
LF: I heard Scott Phillips is now in jail?
Serge: oh yeah? I never heard about jails with internet access, he posted this morning on Netpond ;-)))
LF:> And is an alcoholic?
Serge: oh sure, he has a karate school in Brisbane, Australia. Have you ever heard about karate-guru-alcoholics-anonymous? ;-))) Scott was in my house several times, I never seen him TOUCHING drugs/alcohol, whoever supplied you with s--- supplied you with....s--- ;-))))) Serge
P.S. I'm sending him a copy for: 1) good laugh 2) alert him that smear campaign is coming ;-0)))
Scott Phillips writes: Luke, I'm not in jail ;-) BTW do you still need hosting? We could probably accommodate you in return for a link to our clickthru program
Luke writes: Dear Scott:
Is it true that Australian internet porners, if not all Australians, tend to be shifty, dishonest, sleazy, unethical and devious? If so, is this a result of the human stain of our convict heritage?
Serge: I'm more than positive that ALL AUSTRALIANS are tend to be shifty, dishonest, sleazy, unethical and devious, and it's only matter of time 'till the entire Australian Olympics Committee be exposed as the one in Utah, USA was, the one that gave bribes. I'm not sure if this Utah, USA behavior can be traced back to pilgrims...maybe it was something in the turkey Indians presented them with....
Luke: Are either Scott Phillips or Greg Lasrado Jewish?
Serge: To the best of my knowledge, Greg is an American Indian by birth and Scott has his blood line traced all the way to British Royalty.
Gentlemen, I apologize for my premature departure and inability to partake any longer in this discussion, but I just received the phone call and my presence is required at Republican Party National Convention in Philadelphia. I'm boarding my royal cruiser in 10 mins and depart to introduce the next president of USA- Mr. Dick Bush rumor has it that Dick is standing for ...Penis and Bush for...Vagina, but I can't either confirm nor deny those rumors.
Luke: Dear Scott, could we do a telephone interview?
Scott writes: Sure, if you give me some indication of what the accusations are. I'm basically semi-retired at this stage of my career, like the General I make more money being out of the limelight. Greg and I are best friends but no longer do any business together.
Greg got me started in business many years ago, he gave me a chance when nobody else would. We ran internet service providers and a chain of computer shops together, dabbled in property development and ram manufacture and other things until we started pinkbits, which was very successful.
We went our separate ways a few years ago, and Greg with my help started his own net porn business which is now more successful than mine. We are close friends and share ideas, but we never do business together, as we both enjoy having a friend with no hidden business agenda. Greg is the most talented businessman I have ever met, he fully deserves his success. I am semi-retired now, I train and teach kung fu an average of six hours a day and have very little interest in the adult web aside from the money.
I didn't read the article in the Age myself, but I was told about it.
Bruce: Ask about Kristen Holden. He ripped off everyone including Scotty and Andy from Sex Tracker.
Scott: He is a slimy little weasel motherf---er spoilt mammas boy who balled his eyes out in my office crying like a baby when I confronted him with his theft. A short list of people he has ripped off include; Simon Atherton, John Atherton, Prophet_8, Cyrus, Greg Lasrado, Webfather and many others.
His father actually repaid me the 20 K he ripped us for, which Kristen used to fly first class to IA2000 and stay in the penthouse at the bellagio.
The little bastard couldn't lie straight in bed and better not come anywhere near me, ever.
My good friend and tough bastard Simon Atherton had the right way to deal with scum like this.
Blue Adept on Netpond: I *REALLY* must agree with the comments on Kristen Holden. That f--- ripped me off too! Add SplitInfinity to the list of people that Kristen Holden screwed.
Jeff Miller: Put me down for $5000 for the Holden ripoff pool! After getting ripped by him for the 5k, it convinced us to hire designers and bring them in house which has been very beneficial for us.
>Is it true that Australian internet porners, if not all Australians, tend to >be shifty, dishonest, sleazy, unethical and devious?
Scott: Not at all.
>If so, is this a result of the human stain of our convict heritage?
Scott: I think there is a strong anti-authoratarian tradition resulting from our convict days, most Australians simply do not like people telling them what to do. Australians like Americans telling us what to do even less.
Its not a bug, its a feature. Australian internet porners are among the world leaders, with unparralelled reputations for paying webmasters ON TIME and IN FULL, with unblemished reputations for integrity in an industry full of scammers.
We are very proud of our reputations for looking after webmasters (our customers) , who are all we really care about. For myself, this correlates to a complete lack of caring for what happens to the surfer. I live on the bottom of the world, I made my first five million dollars before I even met an American face to face, why should I care if I force a surfer (who we call a wanker) though an endless series of exit consoles and blind links? Our loyalty is to the webmasters who help us make our money, our commitment is to innovation to make more money off surfers so we can pay higher prices for clicks than our competitors.
And there isn't a person on the internet who can say Scott Phillips has ripped them off. Thats something I am very proud of, personally.
>What do you think of Steve Easton and APIC
Scott: I know Steve, I like him and I understand his position. He has a different paragidm to adult webmasters. Luke, Steve doesn't hate me, I am a member of APIC/webposse and have helped him numerous times. Your info is wrong, he must be referring to Greg.
>Do you buy his denunciation of me that I published yesterday?
Scott: I havent read it yet, but I don't think I would agree with it, I like your style of jounalism.
>Do you think that l-keford.com rivals The Times of London and the New York >Times for responsible journalism?
Scott: My penis is itchy, can you lick it please?
Luke: Are you Jewish?
Scott: I'm half jewish on my fathers side, so no.
How I got into the industry is a long story I'm retired because I am rich and an extra few million wouldn't make the slightest difference My direction in life is to complete the system of kung fu I study, which I should do this year. After that I want to settle down to a quiet life of mastering my art and teaching my students. How very exiting ;-(
Luke: Is www.gregandmelissa.com about Greg Lasrado and his wife?
Serge writes on Netpond: well, I don't think I can be silent any longer. you, Scott Phillips, single handly responcible for whipping the entire industry in one of the american towns. There are were 2 sign makers in Cliffside Park, NJ. One of the sign makers went belly up (he competed with me) and you sending me check for $250,000 and thus putting us into the internet orbit left entire city without sign makers!!!!! You gotta be ashamed of yourself, Mr. Phillips, because of you all business in Cliffside Park, NJ should travel to neigbourghing town for signs, which inadvertantly caused bigger gasoline consumption and oil rise prices around the world. shame, shame, shame!!!!!!!!
K-Man writes: ScottPB -- you guys got alot of bawllz f---ing with him, hes the OVERLORD of the AUSSIE UNDERWORLD!! hahaha that is ridiculous! Scott is a lil teddie bear who gives great head! err I mean does great business! Anyone who says otherwise can expect receiving a dead fish/rose in the mail ya jaggoffs, perhaps an Australian Bow-tie ? ! hehehahaha j/k!!
Hits writes on Netpond: Luke F-rd is always an interesting read. He seems to pick a 'target' and then moves onto the next one when the previous target dries up. Luke, look in the backyard of the country you live in. There are far more interesting stories.
I am surprised you have not written a story on a MAJOR american porn company based in California that the FTC yet AGAIN has brought legal action against. In my short life in adult internet (5 years), this is the SECOND time I have heard of this company, the people running it getting whacked by the FTC. And they have admitted publicly fraudulent credit card practices, and agreed to buy banner space on Yahoo telling customers they have ripped off how to get credited back for charges they never even authorized.
I have read Luke F-rd's ramblings on the Aussie Mafia. It is laughable compared to some of the US based adult sites who have been charged, sealed, delivered, and admitting to all out credit card fraud when it comes to their billing practices.
What about mainstream?? I went to this freakin money tree site. You click on a tree until you hit the jackpot. Some monkey told me I won free subscriptions to several magazines. Well, I thought that was cool. I was ready to get my free magazines until I read the fine print. I would get the magazines free for a year, and then they would turn into payed subscriptions billed to my credit card unless I cancelled a year from the date I signed up. WTF! Like I am gonna remember a year from now some animated monkey told me the terms and conditions? Gimme a break!! Now THERE is a story! Lucky I read the fine print...
FreeXXX writes on Netpond: Scott Phillips must be one powerful dude if he can get the prices of gasoline up around the world. Is he the reason why gas is almost $2 a gallon? All I can say is that I have been paid every penny I was owed by Scott over a period of many years. In my books he is right up there with Maxcash, Brad, Cybererotic and Serge and Pornoman!
BigRed@aol.com writes on Netpond: Hey Luke: Is it true that COHEN (Sex.com) sued your ass and now you are scheduled for a deposition? Think about it....TWO ASSHOLES in the same room! I would pay to see this deposition.
Luke's Rankings Down
I used my Netscape browser (upper right "What's Related" button) to check on my rankings. l-keford.com is in the top 16,234 most trafficked sites on the web (a few weeks ago, I was in the top 6100, ahead of AVN.com).
AVN.com is in the top 11,427 sites. Its top link in the Netscape browser is to l-keford.com, then IAFD. GeneRoss.com, whose top link in the Netscape browser is to l-keford.com, ranks in the top 100,000 sites.
Stunningcurves.com - 1277050.
AINews.com - 139146
Talkingblue.com - 90730
Luke Gets Mail
Scott writes: . i have a question that i can't seem to find an answer to and thought i would try you. i recently purchased a new Keisha video, Sodomania Orgies #25, primarily for her DP scene. The video is OK, but not great. What was hugely disappointing and surprising was the scenes in which she gets fisted. The video over her pussy when it's getting fisted is blacked out, in other words, censored. I was shocked by this. The video was legit from a reputable mail order house. What would be the reason for the censoring of the fisted scenes when none of the other scenes, including anal, were blacked out? Are their fisting laws in video i don't know about?
Kevin Moore from Stunning Curves writes: To respond to Scott he brings up a very good point. The censoring is not the work of Elegant Angel, but rather the work of distributors concerned about the taboo nature of fisting. Scott is right, there are no laws on the books about fisting.
I actually did an interview with Keisha which is located here: http://www.stunningcurves.com/interview_keisha.shtml
In the interview she talks about saying, "It's the video distributors that carry the Elegant Angel product. Because if something does come down they are responsible for distributing it."
Dain writes: I have a question regarding standard video formats for shooting a mega-low budget pro/am tape. I am an adult webmaster preparing to shoot some scenes for Tia Son's (aka Kitty Yung) website EdibleFantasies.com. I am curious to know what cameras are used for pro/am adult productions. We are currently going with a Sony Hi-8 video camera. But if we want to sell it to a major distributor will this be acceptable quality?
Michael writes: I'm a big fan of blowjob videos. The Shut Up And Blow Me Series is my favorite. I'm aiso a big fan of Bobbi Bliss. She is one of the best blowjob givers,deep throaters of all time. Possibly the best ever. she gives incredible sloppy wet blowjobs(the kind Janet Jacme gave at her peak.) You should include Bobbi Bliss in your profile of female stars. I hope you put her in soon. Could you do a profile of deep throat actresses. Here are some of my favorite blowjob queens. Bobbi Bliss,Linda Lovelace,Debi Diamond,Bionca(in her later days.)Cara Lott(underrated),Jeanna Fine,Dominique Simone,J.R.Carrington,Tifanny Mynx,Porsche Lynn,Kristy Lynn,Lynn LeMay(see Cock Smokers#1),Janet Jacme and Ashlee Renee. I hope you take my profile idea seriously.
Ken writes: I figure if anyone knows it will be you. Have Steven St. Croix and Dyanna Lauren broken up? In her latest post to her web site, Dyanna talks about being single but hasn't taken down references to Steven in her bio. If you know, please share with me. Im a bit of a gossip hound. It would be too bad if they have. Like Hollywood couples it seems like a rare matchup that stays the course. So you tend to root for a matchup to work and for people to find real love with one another.
XXX: XXX's not producing any more movies. Instead she's pouring all her financial resources into suing you for libel. Legal bill so far runs about $20,000.
Stern/Ford Schadenfreude Effect
Chaim writes: Be aware of the "Stern Effect". Lots of people identified with Howard Stern only for so long as they could convince themselves that he was some sort of loser with a tiny penis, a nagging wife he would never be rid of, had an "italian-catholic" mother, and not much more money than the average joe. All false, of course. As it became clear that he was a multimillionaire jew with great media power, the zeitgeist began to turn against him.
In a much smaller way, the same may well be true for you. Some of your fans may identify with you because you appear to be broke, an outcast, luckless in love, and it makes them feel better about their own lives. Some of the women in your life (and we all know who) may secretly harbor fantasies of your marrying and even procreating (!) with them, as improbable and contrary to natural law as we know this to be. I doubt that they truly are rooting for you. My advice is to say less and less about this relationship on your web site; entertain the masses with tales of your jewish singles night (s---, it is easier to get the Pope to divulge the third secret of Fatima than it is to get you to talk about that) or publish endless discussions of the problems web masters have in using credit cards. If you are serious about this relationship, you will keep it hidden from the masses, much as you have gone dark on your relationship with...
Marc: chaim, i don't know. in doing my research, i checked out the NJG-related archives. at the time i suspected that she was, in fact, a sure thing for luke. (who i was simply reading at the time and not in direct contact with.) six months since this saga has ended, it seems like such a misanthropic excuse for an affair--but was it ever meant to be, given that the carcass was on display for all to read? i really don't care if he shares PJG information with the audience or not, so long as i personally am kept abreast of what's going on. seeing as how the chance of running into another LF.com reader on the street are fairly limited, i think anything he shares with us privately will remain confidential.
Chaim writes Marc: any idea what the tone of the book will be? Serious? Funny? Full of ironic detachment? How much jew stuff do you think it will have?
Marc: i hope it'd be all of the above. i can imagine bickering with LF already, because he's (a) quite protective of himself and his work; (b) not particularly concerned with contemporary trends; (c) wary of agents, managers, outside collaborators and the like. i'm pleased to have cracked his inner circle, but nobody said it was gonna be easy. i'd vote for plenty of jewish stuff, myself, mostly because i'm not particularly interested in porn, save for the cheap titilation factor (not to be underestimated, mind). but the interaction of porn people with society at large--viewed through an ethical periscope--is quite important. i would hope the story of LF.com is able to communicate lots of ideas about judaism and related issues of how showbusiness thinking has corrupted the religion's relevance in secular america.
and i'd hope this would be presented with enough levity to create a book that could be a sensation on the cultural studies book store circuit, somewhere between the annie sprinkle book and the mitchell brothers biography. anyway, there is still no agent or publisher involved. there might never be--we shall see. what's apparent is that matt drudge now has the best-selling non-fiction book on amazon.com and it doesn't even come out for another 10 weeks or so. (his collaborator is julia phillips, the pariah authoress of you'll never eat lunch in this town again.) of course, a sense of ironic detachment is paramount.
i think through luke's exploits we have the ideal turn-of-the-century tale on several levels, that touches on pretty much every socio-cultural phenomeon of the past two or three years--including terminal bachelorhood--in a way that no one else has managed. but here i'm sounding like a real flak, which is exactly what LF wants to avoid. can you find us a publisher?
Chaim Amalek, Left-Wing Bleeding Heart Jew for Civil Rights
Luke writes: Why do i have universally good relations with all blacks in the industry but bad relations with most of my fellow Jews?
Chaim: Because jews are a pushy, irritating, grasping race, with sharp elbows and even sharper business practices to match. Really, it is bred into the genes (which you happen not to possess). Now the negro, on the other hand, is - assuming he is not sticking you up with a gun or raping your wife, sister, or girlfriend - much more mellow. Being more secure in his sexuality (on account of his giant-sized penis), there is much less anger within him. Give him a white man's smile and some white women, and he is as happy as a german in Paris. In other words, you are viewed as a potential competitor by the Juden, but not so viewed by by the colored.
PS Before anyone attacks me as racist, he should know that I marched in Selma and joined with Levinson in all the Marches the colored and the jews had down south during the civil rights era; also, I used to be a communist. And I am jewish and therefore not white. So I cannot be racist or an antisemite.
Rumdar writes: Luke, Chaim could have answered your question a bit more simply. I have noticed that you are very careful not to insult porno blacks in your column. If you were any nicer in your interview with Tony XXX we would have thought you were queer. That is because you do not want some pissed off black goon bashing your face into pulp, which he will do in a moment's notice.
On the other hand you are smart enough to realize Jews do not fight they litigate. So you tear them to pieces every chance you get. Does Chaim still remember some of those great protest songs from the early sixties...Phil Ochs...I Ain't Marching Anymore? The good old days. All that liberal pussy and no AIDS.
Luke, your life, especially the love life is the entire column. The porn is filler. I believe your true fans skip over it like I do to catch the latest update from the regulars...NJG, Chaim, Marc..you know, the usual suspects.
Johnathan writes: 1. Some Jews will see you as Christian, not because you're a convert but because your morality sometimes comes off as New Testament in its tone of denial of the flesh. Jews, as you know, don't deny the pleasures or appeals of the flesh. You often include material about sex in love, but you're definitely of two minds on the issue. Sometimes, you sound like Paul and Paul's attitudes about the impurity of thought don't sit at all well with Old Testament folk who know that you may be able to control your actions but you can't suppress desire.
2. Other Jews must be uncomfortable with the way you openly discuss your qualms. Jews have a long history of recognizing that life is a series of compromises. Our long cultural history - which you're only becoming a part of over time - has trained us to make our way in a hostile world.
Very few Jews would choose to be in the rag trade, for example, but it's a living. By the same token, being in porn may not be the choice closest to God, but it is a living and no one should turn their nose up at that simple fact. If it puts food on the table and gets the kids through college, then that is something.
Jews believe strongly that we all have dirt somewhere on our hands. No one is perfect. As you know, the Jewish word for sin really means that you've missed the mark and you sin in that context in an awesome variety of ways, including unintentional and unknowing.
A pornographer is a low person on the totem pole of respect in the Jewish community, so it's not surprising that they don't like being reminded of their status and of the moral questions they have learned each day to duck. It's their living. They have unclean hands to most Jews, but they make their choices and we're all dirty in some way.
3. Don't discount the tribal reason. Again, I'm not talking about the Jewish "tribe" but about the pornographer tribe. These guys have to share a certain something, especially if they're at equivalent ranks in the industry. They form their own subculture or tribe that is further marked by their Jewishness. You don't belong to the pornographer tribe. You only touch them through their own connection to the Jewish tribe.
To put this in context, you wouldn't feel comfortable with a tribe of plastic surgeons either. They would speak a language and share attitudes that would seem foreign. If you felt you should belong, you would be wrong.
I Come for the Porn, But I Stay for the Gemutlichkeit
"Does Chaim still remember some of those great protest songs from the early sixties...Phil Ochs...I Ain't Marching Anymore? The good old days."
Well, actually, I was of the beatnik era, when Maynard G. Krebs was the sex-idol all the girls wanted, and all the guys wanted to be like. Not many people know it, but I was one of the original Hootenanny Singers. It was not until I was blacklisted for an earlier youthful indescretion (I once dated a jewish girl whose father was, as they used to say, "a liberal in a hurry") that my days in the public eye came to an abrupt end. (Oh scoundrel time!)
"Luke, your life, especially the love life is the entire column. The porn is filler."
I think there is more truth to this than you realize, Luke. Sure the porn pays the bills, but most of it is as dull as the eyes of a stripper on heroin. Besides, other sites have way better pictures than yours. No, I visit your site for its political content, and especially to learn what the jews are up to. Truth is, when I want some real slammin' action, I go to MrMarcus.com - the man all of us wish we were.
PS If you could genetically merge the best of Mr. Marcus and the jewesses Cindy Margolies or Madaline Allbryte (take THAT you foul NSA computer!), you would create a race of Jegros so superior that the world would simply HAVE to wipe out. See that article on Argentine ants in today's NY Times.
NYTimes.com: In a quirk of evolution and genetics, Argentine ants are overwhelming native California ants while forming what scientists believe may be the biggest ant colony in the world, stretching more than 600 miles from San Diego to north of San Francisco.
The ants in this so-called supercolony are so similar to each other genetically that different colonies do not fight with one another the way they do in their homeland. As a result, they are using a united family front to win territory from native ants.
In Argentina, where they are known as sugar ants, different nests of the fiercely territorial ants fight with one another, competing for food and space. An ant that wanders into the territory of another colony just 50 yards away will quickly be torn apart by workers who recognize the peculiar odor of a rival. But in California, scientists found that they could take a worker from San Diego and put it in a colony from San Francisco and it would be welcomed like a kissing cousin.
