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Wednesday, August 23rd, 2000

Election Year

Louis Cypher writes: Dear Luke, Any thoughts REGARDING the upcoming ELECTION and its effects on the porn industry? Some people are painting bush as SATAN personified. My feelings exactly...PLEEEEEEEASE dont put him in the oval office. WHY dont we get decent candidates? BECAUSE there are none? I KNOW that THE TRUTH(?) is supposed to set us free, but THE TRUTH IS THIS election SUCKS as far as freedom of choice, either way were screwed. Louis Cypher P.S. Lynne, find anyone to marry yet? Im officially submitting my app. if your still interested

Luke: I'm a conservative Republican who will vote for Bush. I don't give a damn what happens to the porn industry. I suspect that neither candidate will be good for porn but neither will do great battle with it either.

l-keford.com Survivor

Rumdar writes: Luke.. I just got an idea. To cash in on the Survivor mania and liven up your website I think you should consider this suggestion: Gather all your contributors together online and every week vote one off. I am speaking about Chaim, Putative Marc, Helpful, Curious, Lynn, Pop Critic J.D, Nice Jewish Girl, Brandy Alexander, Goddess, Kendra Jade, Mr. Marcus, Gen. Schvantzkoph, Ogman, Dudley Moore (wow! what a crew!) and yours truly Rum. Hope I didn't leave anyone out but you know who you are. Since these people that I mentioned need you and your site for one twisted reason or another I can foresee an increase in prozac and possible suicides as a result. In this case when the last person is left online you should reward them with a dozen power bars and let everyone back on again. What do you think ? I'm off to a two person Survivor party.

Email Luke with your votes.

Luke: The obvious problem with this excellent idea is that Luke hates to give up free content from anyone, even pornographers and Nazis.

Marc: richard, the fat naked homosexual, won "survivor," so odds favor chaim amalek's obese gay alter ego cecil to prevail in the LF.com version.

Ari: Vote Lynn off! Lynn! As soon as I see a headline like "Lynn's Ramblings", I scroll down!

Alana Evans sets the Hemp world on fire

PR: This Tuesday marks the end of the CTA, contemporary tabacco accessories convention in Las Vegas. The convention also marks a nice moment in porn history. Alana Evans has just become the first Adult film star to cross over into the Hemp lifstyle scene. The convention was taken by surprise to see the tall natural blond signing autographes, taking pictures with fans (including Tommy Chong himself), and working the booth for Six Shooter Pipes.

Six Shooter, who signed the film star several months ago to do three shows including the CTA, next is the Cypress Hill Smokeout, followed by an international gig in Amsterdam for the Canabis Cup, said they were very happy with the results of having Alana as the spokeswoman. Alana is also featured in the new product catalog for Six Shooter and will be appering in a national ad to run in High Times Magazine and several other publications. Alanas next opportunity is for a clothing company endorsment to be announced upon confirmation. When asked what she thought of the merging of the Adult and the Hemp industry Alana stated; " I am very excited about being able to break into a new industry and I think we all can see that the two are made for eachother".

P.S. you should have two pictures attached to this email. One of Alana and Chong, the other is the new catalog cover for Six Shooter Pipes.

Sex.com Ruling

XXX: In a ruling received today, Judge Ware dimissed Gary Kremen's claim for conversion against Cohen, Sand Man, and Ocean Fund, but Kremen has leave to amend the pleading to add another tort claim. Judge Ware also dimissed Cohen's motion to dismiss Kremen's claims for declaratory relief.

Mark Kernes Undercover

AVN reporter Mark Kernes went undercover at an anti-porn conference held this past spring. Here's an excerpt from AVN.com:

He [Bruce Taylor] had no better things to say about adult retailers, charging that most if not all are involved with organized crime.

"Bookstores are only here for two purposes," he condemned. "They're not to show people First Amendment material. They either launder money from some other stores or your friends' activities, or you skim the money that you do make... If you look at the bottom line, they're just a little bit higher than break-even, so they pay a little bit of income tax, then they steal all the money that comes through the door. If you make money, you make it. If you don't make, you add some from someplace else."

Later, Taylor charged, "Here's John Gotti, who's had three trials that they couldn't convict him on. They finally convicted him of racketeering for ordering a hit on the guy he had in charge of being the muscle for the porn industry."

Janet LaRue [anti-porn activist]: "[W]e found out that the two guys listed on the application for licensing were not the owners of the businesses after all. The owner of the businesses was a guy named Eddie Wedelstedt. If you don't know who Eddie Wedelstedt is, he's the guy who took over Reuben Sturman's operation when Reuben went to prison. And so there was an organized crime element behind it, so it's very important, in the licensing of these businesses, that you get all the information you can about who's really behind the business."

Feds Raid Wedeltsetdt's Goalie Entertainment

Federal marshals over the weekend raided five Goalie Entertainment Warehouses.

For Mark Kernes important report at AVN.com, click here.

The feds confiscated millions of dollars of cash from Edward Wedelstedt's establishments, including two million dollars from his home. People usually do not have non-criminal reasons for storing two million dollars at their home.

FBI sources have described Wedelstedt to me as "deadly dangerous."

Wedelstedt has a long criminal history, and has been busted repeatedly for dealing in stolen property and income tax evasion.

Eddie W, as he's known to his friends, is a complex man. A member of the "old school" of pornographers that goes back to Reuben Sturman, he donates tens of thousands of dollars to various charities.

Wedelstedt gave a long rambling speech at the AVN Manufacturers Conference in Hawaii in March about his charitable foundations. Eventually he got so choked up he started crying and then walked off stage. It was like a James Brown ending at a concert.

XXX: "He was such a maniac at that AVN Conference, ranting and raving about his [charity] kids. The inane rambling of a maniac. I don't know if he was thanking people or what he was doing. Some long story. He's so thankful. He starts to cry and slobbering..."

Luke's sources believe that the raid against Wedelstedt was aimed just at Wedelstedt and does not signal trouble for the entire industry.

Here's an excerpt from the report by AVN's legal affairs correspondent Mark Kernes:

The raids, which targeted Goalie warehouses in Denver, Memphis, Dallas, Austin, Los Angeles and the homes of two company principals, began at approximately 5 a.m. pacific time on Saturday, when federal agents allegedly called M&M Sales' Al Bloom at his home to come and open up the building at 9640 Owensmouth Avenue within the hour or they would break the doors in.

"It was a massive thing over the weekend while all the lawyers were in Canada at the First Amendment Lawyers [FALA] convention," noted prominent First Amendment attorney Paul Cambria, who has worked extensively for Goalie in the past. "We're sorting it out now. We'll have a meeting and decide what legal action we're going to take."

Unconfirmed reports say the impetus for the raid was an earlier action against certain video stores in Austin, Texas, reportedly owned by John Coyle. At that time, the reports said, marshals were looking for copies of the DarkSide Entertainment video Sugar Two, an early 1999 release which was recalled by its manufacturer in late April, 2000 after reports surfaced that one of the actresses in the video was underage.

Luke: Eddie W goes back to the days when porn will illegal and controlled by organized crime. Eddie W regards people like murderer Mike Thevis, and Robert DiBernardo, a former captain in the Gambino crime family, as friends and heroes.

Edward has a long memory for his friends and enemies. He stores grudges.

The feds have kept their eyes on Eddie W for 30 years. These latest busts go back to tax evasion by Eddie W in the early '90s.

Wedelstedt's Austin connection, John Coyle, has probably turned states evidence. He's probably fed info to the feds about Wedelstedt.

XXX: "I think that DarkSide title was just an excuse to get into Eddie's stuff. What they do is this. They get something they think is strong. Then they go in there and try to further substantiate it. They go on a basic fishing expedition and see what else they can find out."

Luke: "2257, the record keeping requirements?"

XXX: "No. Because he's a distributor, rather than a producer, he doesn't have to worry as much about that. But I believe that IRS agents were involved in the raids."

Luke: "He's been nailed before for tax evasion before. You'd think he'd clean up his act."

XXX: "You know what they say about old dogs."

Luke: Here's a copy of the search warrant filed by federal agents in the Central Districut Court of California. Number 00-1967M:

Items to be seized

1. Books, records (including computer stored records), receipts, notes, memoranda, correspondence, telephone address books and records, invoices, order forms, shipping and receiving receipts, ledgers, adding machine tapes, bank records, money orders, credit card records, cashier's checks and other financial records documenting the purchase, transportation, distribution, sale and payment for films, movies, videos, books, and magazines for display/sale and the receipt, collection, accounting and disposition of proceeds derived from the sale, rental, and/or display of films, movies, videos, books and magazines from January 1, 1990, through the present;

3. All copies of the video entitled SUGAR TWO;

4. Envelopes, letters, and other correspondence including, but not limited to, electronic mail and electronic m essages, offering to transmit through interstate or foreign commerce, including by United States mail or by computer, child pornography as defined in Title 18, United States Code, Section 2256 (8)

7. Address books, mailing lists, supplier lists, mailing address labels, and any and all documents and records pertaining to the preparation, purchase, and acquisition of names or lists of names to be used in connection with the purchase, sale, trade, or transmission, through interstate or foreign commerce, including by United States mail or by computer, of child pornography...

10. Large amounts of currency over $10,000, cashier's checks, money orders, bank drafts or other forms of negotiable instruments, gold, gold coins and other precious metals, derived from the criminal offenses described in this Affidavit, contained in any lock boxes, safes, briefcases, or other containers on the above listed premises;

12. Books, records (including computer stored records), receipts, notes, memoranda, correspondence, telephone address books, ledgers, adding machine tapes, bank records, money orders, credit card records, tax returns, cashier's checks and other financial records, including but not limited to, deed records, mortgage applications and notes, loan agreements, liens, title company data, rental/lease agreements, escrow agreements, financial statements, collateral records, life or property insurance policies, wills, trust agreements, and other data pertaining to the ownership or control of personal assets, liabilities, income and expenses of Edward J. Wedelstedt, Vivian Schough Wedelstedt, Robert Depiano, James Ray Greentree, James Edward Greentree, John Kenneth Coil, Leroy Moore, and Beverly Kay Vandusen...

16. All administrative complaints, orders, notices of violations or citations related in any way to the distribution, display, transportation, or sale of sexually explicit material including correspondence related to the alleged violation of statutes, regulations or ordinances;

Shay Sights Interview

Tuesday afternoon I talked to porn star Shay Sights, a new contract girl with Bobby Rinaldi's Wildlife Video.

Shay: "I just show my first big feature for them. And I did my first threesome with two guys. And it is called "Summer of Shay." I've seen the art work. It looks great. And the movie should be out in September."

Luke: "When did you get into the industry?"

Shay: "I've been dancing since 1992. I've been doing movies for 18-month. I'm from Canada and I was featuring up in Canada. And I kept bumping into Dyanna Lauren. And she gave me her number and took me into Vivid and World Modeling and the rest is history."

Luke: "How was your experience with World Modeling?"

Shay: "Ahhh, hmmm.... I'm not going to say anything on that end. I tend to work without other agents now. I find that I work hardest for myself. Because there aren't 300 of me. But if my pictures are in someone's book and someone calls and I get a job through one of the agents, I will always pay commission. And I am very honest. I just don't pay commission for jobs that I get.

"Are you a close friend of Jim South?"

Luke: "No. But because he's the most powerful agent, I ask about him."

Shay: "He is. And because he has so many people, it's really tough to keep a lot of people busy. The only way to get a lot of work with World Modeling is to sit in the office all day and I have a lot of stuff to do with my website...www.shaysights.com.

"Once you start shooting a lot, people start calling you, through word of mouth. Because all the photographers and directors, if you put out a good scene, you get referrals.

"I've done about 35 XXX videos and I do a lot of fetish stuff too. For some reason, they really like me in the bondage industry. And lots of spanking..."

Luke: "When did you get your breast job?"

Shay: "Five years ago. It really hurt."

Luke: "Are you glad you got the implants?"

Shay: "Yeah. I feature dance and it definitely helps... I was a 36c, and now a 38DD. I was busty but it was more to share the shape. I wanted to go for that perky look."

Luke: "How has your view of men changed from working in the sex industry?"

Shay: "I don't know. I seem to be pretty good at separating sex from relationships. I'm a romantic at heart. My relationships veer more towards romance and my work veers more towards hard sex."

Luke: "I see lots of photos of dogs on your site."

Shay: "I have two dogs now. Dyanna Lauren had me adopt another chihuaha."

Luke: "How did the reality of the video business compare to how you thought it'd be like?"

Shay: "I don't think I had any expectations. I was nervous. But it's been everything I wanted it to be. And I've had a great time so far. I have't had any bad experiences yet. But I've been pretty happy and I think I make a lot of people happy. I hope I do.

"I think this business has a lot of people who try to take advantage, but as long as you can recognize that, you're going to be ok. And if you can't do that, they're are a lot of people who are willing to manage you.

"It's real easy to let people push you around. There are certain days when you feel, I can't shoot that day. And you let people push you into it. I haven't made any huge mistakes... I always stick to my rate... I haven't gone for the old 'let's see how good you are before I hire you.' I've heard a lot of sad stories."

Luke: "How did your family react?"

Shay: "On one side they are supportive. They're not ecstatic. But now that I've been doing it long enough they see that I invest my money and that I am buying a house... And the other side is a little disappointed... But you've got to do what makes you happy in life."

Luke: "Does working in this industry make you happy?"

Shay: "It does. I am my own boss. I go to shoots and come home and I can't believe I got paid. I don't work with anyone I am not comfortable working with. I insist on condoms. Except with Miles Long, the first person I did guy-girl with. He's my DJ on the road."

Kyle Phillips - John Bone

Kyle Phillips writes: Attention Luke: This is in response to phone calls I have received regarding a letter that was sent to you with my name on it. First of all, whatever letter was sent to you was not written by myself and had inaccurate information along with some accurate facts. I am the real Kyle Phillips and I indeed did do a BJ scene @ John Bowen's studio on July 1, 2000 with a female performer. Today is Wednesday August 23, 2000 and I still have a bounced check in my hands along with 2 bank fees withdrawn from my account for NSF charges. Victor Salazar was the producer who supposedly was working for Gabriel and John Bowen was the cameraman. I never made any bad statements about John and have never had any problem with him or heard female horror stories. The big problem I do have, is why I came and did my job very well but yet 53 days later I still have no money to show for it.

These idiots are going to make thousands of money using my dick yet they can't have the maturity to pay me correctly the 1st time or at least have the balls to call me back and issue an apology and pay me my original amount plus the NSF charges I incurred because of their games. I have worked in this business for 6 years and have done 300 - 400 scenes but have been lucky and have never been burned for money. I am very pissed off that I am still unpaid. I still don't know who the real culprit is, John told me his check as cameraman bounced and that Gabriel was the person funding this movie. I heard from hearsay that John went down face to face and demanded cash for his bounced check and got it. Why if it's my dick in the movie am I still unpaid and will be the last one to get my money. Please post this letter immediately to inform people of what really happened and to remove my name from bad statements about John.

From GeneRoss.com: Bone, hotter than an engorged penis, said today that we was tired of his name being dragged around and that Phillips swears up and down to him on a stack of bibles that he never talked to Ford, doesn't know him, doesn't own a lap tap, never e-mailed him, and that the whole story was made up by Ford while he was in Texas. Zounds!

Bone: "I just the saw this story for the first time so I called Kyle Phillips, and I read it to him. He categorically denies that he wrote it or had anything to do with it. He wants to show me an airplane ticket from Texas to prove that he had nothing to do with it. I guess they don't have the world wide web in Texas. I told him to be a man and retract the story and do something about it. He told me he wasn't doing that. He said, 'Why should I waste my time when I don't give a f---.'

Bone: "This e-mail says he's [Phillips] a respected professional. He's a limp-dicked, wimp that worked for me once and couldn't get his dick hard and has never worked for me since. I've been on sets with him where he sat around with his f---ing wet weenie, whacking it, incapable of working. But I don't know about him being a professional. I think he's a parody. (GeneRoss.com)

Katja Kean Retires

I hear that Sin City contract girl Katja Kean is retiring from porn.

Sin City will soon sign a Japanese-American girl. And they'd love to sign an attractive black girl.

Rumors From Bruce

Bruce writes: Read Gene Ross..it contains a post purported to be from Meridian (below)

Meridian writes: "Hi Gene! I've never written to a website before... but I was told there was a story on another site about a car crash I was supposedly involved in? Never happened. But now I'm afraid to drive...! Maybe it was a prophecy? Anyway, I've been busy finishing my newest production for Wicked called, "Between the Lines"... it's kind of a true story about a book I've been writing, (...that's what I really want to do!) I think it's pretty good, so I hope that everyone on that side of the water likes it Love, Meridian P.S I read your column whenever I can tear the computer away!"

Some comments from "Bruce"

#1 She is not finishing her movie she's been back in the Czech republic for a couple of weeks unless you call a 011-420 area code the USA.

#2 She cannot write English nearly well enough to write that post,certainly not unless she's improved 1000% in the past 12 months.

#3 She definitely was in a car crash in Prague as she called her agent to explain why she couldn't make some still photo shoots she was being booked for,my photographer happened to be in the room while this occurred and heard her agent take the call. Unless she was telling fibs to her agent ?

#4 It appears obvious that this post was written by the Wicked pictures publicity department how is it possible that someone who calls himself a 'real' journalist and constantly calls you a phony journalist can simply take publicity copy and call it a email from a performer. Its really interesting that he is also running this puff piece today...

Meridian's Toys

Wicked's Daniel Metcalf posts: "Meridian has two toys available in the Wicked Essensual Elements toy line from California Exotic Novelties. Meridian's Royal Metallics Platinum and Meridian's Royal Metallics Gold are high-quality vibrators that deliver sophisticated elegance with a distinctly refined style. Features include powerful multi-speed stimulators for the discriminating woman. California Exotic Novelties is proud to present the Wicked Essensual Elements signature series of Fantasy Adult Toys. Each product was carefully selected and designed by our resident sexperts, the Wicked Girls. The collaboration of California Exotic Novelties sophisticated research department and the Wicked Girls' special expertise has reinvented the feel of sensual erotica. Get Wicked. And get in touch."

As Meridian brought up the subject earlier today in a posting, Metcalf fills in the details about her feature Between The Lines, directed by Richard Mailer. It stars Meridian, Camilla, Jessica, Aneta, Jan Jonas, Julian St. Jox, George, Peter Rain, Sandra Russo, Minka, Nancy Lee, and Jakub. Plot-wise, it goes like this: Bored Czech housewife Meridian daydreams of life in a better world. Her days are spent in a shoddy apartment, with an even shoddier husband. She flees from her mundane existence by turning to her ancient keyboard and composing lush romances laced with lust and desire... In her elegiac vignettes, Romans enjoy a festive orgy in honor of their new emperor...an army deserter is lured back into action by Meridian and Sandra Russo via a sizzling three-way in the rain... and, in her final fantasy, Meridian transforms her husband into a dashing prince from her country's ancient past. Her world enriched by her literary musings, Meridian concludes her cinematic story-within-a-story by observing, "Without fantasy... there is no life!"

Bruce: This is obvious the source of the first post as well.... You shouldn't let him get away with it. Its misleading press release style journalism.

Another rumour from "Bruce" Are their signs of a early marriage breakup in the recent union between one of the USA's biggest glossy magazines and Europes biggest porn producer? It seems the Americans PET hate is there seems to be too much PRIVACY. Does this mean that the above Euro companies recent flight of talent to the main competitor of their US partner has left them with some egg on their face?

From GeneRoss.com: Wicked's Daniel Metcalf posts: "Hi Gene, I'd like to set the record straight over some misleading information that's been posted on another site. It's regarding the recent email you received from our Czech contract starlet Meridian. Despite what's being claimed on the other site, the simple truth is that the email you posted was, indeed, written by Meridian. It was then translated and sent to you from the Czech Republic by the director of MERIDIAN MAKES A MOVIE and BETWEEN THE LINES, Richard Mailer. While on that subject, its also claimed on the other site that "She is not finishing her movie -- she's been back in the Czech republic for a couple of weeks." In point of fact, she is indeed finishing BETWEEN THE LINES there."

Bruce replies to Luke: "Nice to be proven right on this... I knew she didn't write it now they are saying it was 'translated" I guess the facts got lost in the translation huh? :-) Also looks like they forgot to deny the car accident this time...hehehe.

"Anyhow I've got some more dirt coming on Wicked soon but the biggest story you should be looking into is the Vivid website sponsorship controvesy. I hear they are getting swamped with chargebacks."

Luke F-rd Live

Listen to my Tuesday show here.

Kevin Blatt announced on my show that 60 Minutes will be doing a 15-minute segment on the adult internet will be attend his brother's Players Ball.

Kevin: "Talking about some of the technology driving our business and coming to the forefront in mainstream as well as lifestyles...[of porners]."

Herr Man called. "Hi, I represent the trans gendered community on the web. Our community is very sensitive to gender roles and how they mutate in society. I cannot help but note that even though this is captioned as "The Luke F-rd Show," you Luke F-rd seem to be playing a very submissive role relative to the lesbian woman [cohost Lee Noga]."

Luke: "I am generally attracted to very strong women and I frequently find myself playing the more subservient, the more traditionally female role."

Herr Man: "And do the women you see appreciate this?"

Luke: "They like that I am emotionally open but they're disturbed that I cry so easily and they think I am a bit of wimp and they wish that I made a helluva lot more money."

Lee: "The brother of my lover of 15 years was transgender and completed the whole operation, and lived for two years as a woman... He ended up committing suicide."

Herr Man: "It's a profoundly sad story and one that I've heard before... But it can't happen to me because I happen to have both genders on me at the moment. I opted for this because I was very confused and I did not know which way I wanted to go. I'm part of that generation which just can't decide which way to go... So I opted for both and frankly I'm loving it."

Luke: "Herr Man, which party will you vote for?"

Herr Man: "Socialist Workers of course."

Lee: "Do you have a website?"

Herr Man: "No... There are other things to do with one's life than sit in front of a computer..."

Lee: "Who do you date?"

Herr Man: "Depends on how I dress up that evening. I can go either way."

Lee: "Do you encounter discrimination?"

Herr Man: "Frankly, that is the reason why I became far left wing because of the enormous amount of transgender phobia in American society. Sorry, I'm about to cry..."

Lee: "Do you frequent adult websites?"

Herr Man: "No, they're very depressing. They're onanistic. They're socially atomizing. They're for people who are unwilling to put the time in to achieve true connection with other human beings. I think they're socially isolating. I recognize that they are very profitable to those who run them but I don't think they're beneficial to those who frequent them."

Luke: "What about l-keford.com? Is it the kind of caring community where you'd fit right in?"

Herr Man: "I've never presented myself to l-keford.com but I'm disturbed by some of the things that I see there. There's a lack of respect for human beings that really troubles me. Much of the output on that website consists of people attacking other people.

"They're not aware that we are not here to see through each other but to see each other through, as my teacher Mr LaRouche likes to say at our party meetings. He's part of our transgender community.

"One final question for Lee. Do you pick up any gaydar from Luke? Any pings?"

Lee: "No."

Herr Man: "Good."

Sin City contract girl Zoe called in.

Lee: "How do you separate your work from your personal life?"

Zoe: "Fairly easy. I'm not a porn star 24/7. I don't film that often, only once every two months. It appeases my desire to be an exhibitionist."

Lee: "Has your work caused you problems with past relationships?"

Zoe: "Yes, I think it is very hard for someone not in the industry to put up with this."

Zoe plans to keep performing before the cameras for another seven years.

Lee: "I talked to Max Hardcore and he told me more than I needed to know. Max has an animalistic style. I asked him, is this like a rape thing for you? And he said yes."

Zoe: "The dance industry has gone down... There are a lot more hookers... But a house dancer can make $400-$1000 for an hour show."

Luke: "In chat, this guy writes: Strippers, as a group, are among the least mentally healthy to be found in our great land."

Zoe: "I would say that a majority are [mentally unhealthy]. Not everybody who gets into the adult business, but a lot, has had something happen in their past that makes them do what they do. They're trying to get power back."

Luke: "Has working in the sex business affected your view of men?"

Zoe: "More in a good way. Before I started dancing, I used to think that guys who watched porn and went to strip clubs were perverts and bad people. Though there are some weirdos out there, the majority of them are very nice."

Luke: "How many times have people come up to you in a strip club and given you a Bible?"

Zoe: "Only three times."

Lee: "I've been with my girlfriend since I was 29. We're complete opposites. We have nothing in common.

"To me, hetero marriage is a legal form of prostitution. In our lifestyle, if you come home, it's because you chose to, not because you had to. We don't have that institution as our ball and anchor, where it's going to be a mess to separate assets, divorcing the kids... The only thing we have to operate our relationship on is that it has to be genuine. And as soon as it is not genuine, we get out of it. We can end our relationship faster than some hetero people because we don't have those issues..."

Curious writes Luke: Do you feel this new professionalism that infects your new radio show is good career wise? I hate to say it, but staying on topic and relevant is ... well ... unnerving. Not one Debbie Friedman song? I'm missing the slipshod Netpond.com format. sigh

ps You really do need to upgrade your phone though. That freebie football shaped one you got with your Sports Illustrated subscription in 1994 is not cutting it.

Marc: luke--i'm with curious about the show (which i listened to last night while nodding off to sleep but kept being woken up by thunder outside). that southern belle who doesn't think $15,000 is much money (obviously she's not a writer) kinda cramps your style, the dude at the controls sounds like one of those mulletheads who submits amateur home videos to playboy tv. granted, this accentuates your nebbish qualities, good for your future prospects within the faith. so, heck, don't change a thing.

Goddess writes: caught some of your show on the other night, and i hate to be the one to suggest this, but you need a sidekick---preferably a funny, *more relaxed* sidekick.....

Lynne writes: Luke, darling, you appear to be the straight man (no pun intended) and Curious and I are the team who provide the comic relief. Next radio show he and I must be there, to make things silly, and to play off one another, and make you look good. Not that you don't look so fabulously good already, but witty conversation seems not to be your forte.

And I wanna see the wallaby porn! Or the kangaroo porn...Lukey...I like the big ones!

Herr Man writes: Dear Luke: Thank you so very much for letting me explain myself to your world. The transgendered community is all too isolated, and has long felt the need to break out of the gender straight-jackets of the bipolar male/female; hetero/straight bidichotomy. You helped us all.

Lee writes: The feedback is funny about the show on your site. What we are noticing is the paradox between the webmaster world and your readership. Webmasters don't care for the readership/surfer from your site, and your following does not care for the webmaster side (LOL). They kinda collide dead center in chat room.

I thought the show was great, the feedback I got, was they like you better as a lesbian :-) They liked to see you loosen up and let that naughty personality shine thru!

Net Gossip

Ice Cream Social Coordinator for Flying Crocodile Incorporated writes on PornCity BB: As for our ability to afford chocolate sprinkles, yes we can afford chocolate sprinkles...lots of them. You're still not invited to the party because you are mean, and probably very bitter. I like nice people, you don't seem very nice.

And DonAL, really, you shouldn't believe everything you read on Luke F-rd. I mean, someone you pissed off could write Luke that you have a penchant for barnyard animals and there it would be for everyone to read (if you were gossip worthy)! That would suck. That's kind of what happened to us...so no, as much as you might like to think we are in dire financial straights, it's not true. Everyone is paid in full, and happy.

Worst Section of the Video Store

Patrick Riley writes on RAME: Which sections do I pass by?

The disgusting old ugly women section (otherwise known as "Mature Porn")--Oh, I usually scan it to see if one of the droids hasn't misclassified a young girl movie.

The European section. The ones in German with defecation and pissing as the main interest especially. Are there any good looking German girls? Well, I suppose Nastassia Kinski is German so I answered my own question. Re-phrased: are there any good looking German porno women?

The all-girl section which amusingly is in the same back room with B&D, Gay, Tranny, Bi, and Pregnant.

The Evil Angel section except that I scan it for any new Silvera movies.

David Clark writes on RAME: Browse through the LA WEEKLY escort ads and you'll find unblurred pictures advertising girls who evidently are exact clones of Jasmine St. Clair, Shay Sweet, Tera Patrick, etc. Though some L.A. porn stars do openly escort, few would advertise the fact so openly -- esp. an Asian!

Nellie Pierce's scene in PORNODROME was shot shortly before the video came out -- last January, actually. It was shot down in San Diego, where she's in near-complete retirement, having indeed had a kid -- the scene is okay, but she's nowhere near as hot as she used to be. Becoming a mother deflated her breasts, and she doesn't really strike me as into "it" anymore, having already had her porn fling.

Sky Interview

Tuesday afternoon I interviewed ex-Vivid girl Sky by telephone.

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Sky: "Today I am doing a movie with Lou Diamond Phillips called Knight Club. I'm the bartender he hires to work in his club. Yes I have dialogue. I'm in it for about 15 minutes.

"I just did an interview for the E! Channel. They shot the pilot at my house. It looks like it will be a weekly show. They will follow the lives of five different porn stars and I'm one of them.

"I hired this guy Mike Price from Silvercash.com to do my site. He totally ripped me off. Vivid gave him all my content. Every picture. And he's totally built another site with my name... And he's making money of it. He's screwed me over so bad. I thought he was going to do my site so I kept giving him pictures. But he's scanning them and using them for another site."

Sky emails Luke: "luke, mike just read what you posted and is now threatening me with a LAWSUIT... because i told you what he told me on the phone..."

I talked to Mike Price Tuesday afternoon.

Mike: "We're a totally legitimate company. Silvercash.com is a click-thru program. We do millions of dollars worth of business with all the big guys like Cybererotica. I've been a friend of Sky for a long time... She just doesn't understand how the internet works.

"Everything she says is a total lie. It's complete slander. It's not fair to me or my company... I received no pictures from Vivid."

Dangerman: "Where I'm from friends don't threathen friends with lawsuits. Very professional."

Sky tells Luke on the phone: "The site I'm putting up right now with my roommate is Skysvibe.com. It will be up by Friday.

"I owe Vivid one more movie. I called [Vivid owner] Steven Hirsch this morning and left a message for him. Because I don't want any bad blood with them.

"I just got a recording studio... I play drums... And the other band I play in, Green Jello... Remember that song, 'Little pig, little pig, let me in'?"

Luke: "No."

Sky: "Green Jello is playing Friday night in Anaheim.

"And I am back at Shane's World. I have a contract to do my own series. It's called 'Sky's Day Off.' Because my days off are kookier than the days I work.

"We just shot our first movie and it is way way rad and nothing like anyone else has seen. It is totally totally kooky. It is a porno the way I see it. So it is totally kooky. But I can still do scenes and movies for other people."

Luke: "So why did you choose to leave Vivid?"

Sky: "Because Marci Hirsch [Steve's sister and production supervisor] is a bitch. I could deal with Steve because Steve offered me my own series called "The Sky's The Limit." And for more money and Marci was just a bitch. She doesn't want me to resign at all. She was such a bitch to me in Vegas... I signed the first day [at the Vivid booth at the AVN Expo in Las Vegas in July] and I did not come back the second and third day. And she cancelled my hotel room and my flight home. She completely yelled at me in front of everybody and embarrassed me.

"I went to go get a cup of copy and she said, 'You can't leave unless we say so.' And I said, 'People working over here told me that I could.' And she's like, 'You have to take someone with you.' And I say, 'What do you mean? Two people are with me.' She's always on top of me. She hates me. She tries to find any reason she can to hate me.

"I totally love Steven Hirsch and Marci just hates me. I don't have anything against anybody there. She just hates me. And I can't have any fun either."

Luke: "Why does she hate you?"

Sky: "She hates everybody. She hates herself with good reason."

Luke: "Was it something you did in the past?"

Sky: "I used to live in Orange County, so I was late to shoots... But now that I live in the Valley, I'm on time everywhere. I'm doing really well. I'm breaking more into the mainstream.

"My hair is long and blond. I have extensions again.

"I just got with this company Furcko. They make bong bags and pipe bags and lighters for weed. I got an endorsement with them. They just took some killer pictures of me."

Sky Sky Sky

Luke: "You must like the way your career is headed?"

Sky: "It gives me a lot more freedom and I can have more fun and I can actually have fun sex. As opposed to Vivid where they're telling you every move to do."

Luke: "It's more scripted."

Sky: "When it comes to real movies, I would love scripts. But when it comes to porno, I'm gonzo. My acting is cool. It's just that when you have feature [porn] movies, the sex is not as good as gonzo. It's a different category."

Mike Price: "Silvercash.com is a click-thru program trades traffic with some of the biggest companies on the internet - CEN, Cybererotica, Vivid... We're totally legit. We do millions of dollars of business with these guys and never have a problem. And now someone's claiming that I'm ripping them off.

"Sky and I were good friends and then she just got kind of weird on me lately. I was going to build her website. We've been trying for a long time to collect pictures for her website... We got a few here and there. Then our friendship went sour. She wanted me to send back her pictures. I delivered some by hand to her. I Fedexed some to her. I had one of her domains which was transferred to me so I could put her website on my server. I transferred it back to her this morning. None of her sites ever did any traffic. She had the MileSkyClub.com on my server, doing about 30 hits a day."

MrMarcus.com Stomps On Jenna Jameson

We are honored to have you on this board answering our questions! Well,.......most of us anyway,just ignore the dumb ones: Thanks again <

On: 8/22/100 23:34 RAME Stomper wrote: Yeah, and we all know it's the real Jenna. She wouldn't be too busy binge drinking, snorting coke, etc. like she usually does. No, she'd rather be here since she couldn't even stand being around blacks in real life. By the way, it's a good thing you're not one of the dumb ones.

Amateur Orgy Goer Seeks Advice

I'm about to appear in an amateur orgy vid with about 6 girls and 10 men. Does anyone have any tips? This is my experience of a lifetime! I don't want to blow it in the first 2 secs! Please help - i'mreally quite anxious! (but horny!)

Rob: My advice is if you think your going to cum just think about all the people who love and respect you and how they would feel if they knew you were doing a pornographic video. That should slow you down.

Vivid Bestiality Parody

Chud writes: I can't believe such a large company would create badwill with consumers by marketing such a rip-off mis-sold site. Bad mistake. Associated their brand with a ripp off venture can only server to hurt them.

Luke Links

Click here: Olympic Drag Queen Controversy

Rob: Check out the author's comments on his book. He's a bigger egomaniac than you! Click here: Amazon.com: buying info: Holy Bible : New King James Version, Black Leather Flex

Greg Lasrado Leaves FilthyCash.com

Greg Lasrado, who's appeared frequently on my site and in other media over the past few weeks, is leaving his FilthyCash.com operation for marriage and mainstream ventures.

Lasrado may be the richest of Brisbane, Australia's internet pornographers - a powerful group that include Dean Shannon (General) of Intergal, Scott Phillips of PinkBits and the spammer Jon Atherton.

Lasrado writes: Luke Sorry to inform you that after 7 years in this business i am moving on. My old business partners Guy Mckenzie, Yohan Lewis and Chris Madden will be running filthycash from now on. i am going back to basics so if there is anyone out there that is interested in selling me working sites with webmaster programs etc. I am willing to buy a few. I have enjoyed the business and and am just simply down sizing due to the fact that i am getting married and also getting into mainstream business. www.gregandmelissa.com feel free to spam me with deals etc so that i can have a small business going asap. please remember all mail and info good or bad please direct to guy@filthycash.com or yohan@filthycash.com regards greg lasrado If people want financial partners i am also open to this. Simply i dont want to work in the industy any more although still would like to help a few people get ahead. I have plenty of traffic etc that can help anyones business.

Musings on Porn Format, Delivery Systems

Lynne writes: I've always thought some variation of on-line delivery system would be perfect for porn. Getting porno out of the theaters and into the privacy of one's own home via videotape made an amazing difference in the ability to enjoy the product; being able to order tapes over the Internet has expanded the market exponentially. With proximity to a retail store no longer necessary, and, as previously pointed out, having to undergo the scrutiny of clerks at the corner video parlor no longer an essential part of the porn watching experience, people are really able to enjoy themselves privately, just as it should be.

Public masturbation, Pee Wee Herman aside, is an oxymoron -- self pleasuring is a private thing. Bringing in an audience makes the act something else, akin to British "wanker's circles." Watch any solo girl tape and you will see that masturbation for the camera has nothing in common with masturbation towards one's own private orgasm.

The big turning point in the on-line porn delivery system will be when both technology and home design finally blend together, so that one can watch porn wherever it is one masturbates, i.e., a monitor in the living room or bedroom that allows comfortable positioning. I personally need to be lying down on my stomach, obviating sitting at the computer. Guys have it a little easier, but jerking off to a computer screen in one's home office doesn't seem to be the ultimate in pleasurable sexual experience.

The ability to download pornography scene by scene (or loop by loop, to use the antiquated phrase), is an exciting thought. I am reminded of record albums and compact discs in this regard, especially those from the early sixties, which consisted of both sides of the hit single and eight more tracks of dreck. I've always liked compilations and "greatest hits" albums/discs for this very reason, and enjoy the same theme in porn: eight scenes of a girl I like rather than the scenario described, of a tape with one hottie and half a dozen not to my taste.

There are marketing and logistical reasons why tapes are released with an assortment of performers on them, but being able to dial up specific scenes individually makes a lot of sense from the viewer's perspective, which, in turn, makes it profitable for the provider. I think a lot of us tend to obsess on a specific performer at any given time, and if I am on, say, a Stephanie Swift jag, I would totally want to be able to watch her in scene after scene without having to rent a dozen tapes and search my way through people who don't appeal to find someone who does. (Oh boy, being a civilian is gonna be fun! I can actually comment on the product without fear of repercussion!)

Is the Old Testament Applicable to Jewish Life Today?

Maybe yes, maybe no. I subscribe to E-Skeptic, where there is currently a debate going as to whether we should honor Deuteronomy's laws about stoning our children to death when they are disobedient, and I know of at least one Pennsylvanian mother seriously considering the issue as I write. I learned in Arkansas, land of pork products, while cloistered in a motel room with my late husband for three months, why Jews need to stay away from pork. And I learned last night why Jews should avoid shellfish, especially oysters sauteed in butter. Even the Labrador turns up her nose at that one!

Luke Gets Mail

Ogman writes: Hi, Luke & Co. I have been reading, with renewed interest, since my last tirade on the quasi-philosophical rantings of one, Ms. Jade (whom should be aware of such childlike tendencies) and have come across several things I would like to address, ramblingly:

Gen. Schvantzkoph: A myriad of plausible points from a Capitalist's POV, unfortunately inapplicable to anyone else: the fact that no one spends $100M, or even $1M, on a "pornogaphic film" is f---ing sad and indicative of unethical business practices and deep-seated sociopathy. The General's technical knowledge comes as no surprise, given "newmedia"'s predilection for such (RE: Gates, Case, etc.).

The question, raised, is whether adult's-rights advocates should accept the role of guinea pigs, as broadband, supply-on-demand, content is no longer "visionary" -- even for mainstream venues.

Related, I never suffer cringes asking anyone anything (aside from things like, "Did YOU do that?" -- often followed by, "Dude, WHY did you DO that?!"). Perhaps you would not suffer such indignities, nor be so inclined to "FF through 75%" of all "porn" movies, if the movement was to make such a product superior in its quality. To wit, if I, for one, make something "hard to use", it will be used; it may not be accepted by the mass-public, but it will be used and it will be used well. Very well, in fact, sir.

S. Neece: Homosexuality is absolutely NOT an issue of neurology: it is an issue of societal influence and social reproach. Homosexuality is simply a preference for relations with the same sex: people who have sex with members of their own gender are NOT homosexual, regardless of their "role" in said relations; only those who have a desire to actively involve themselves, emotionally, physically, sexually, et.al., with members of the same sex, are actually homosexual. The prefix, itself, is indicative of such.

Homosexuality, thusly, is almost never an actual sexuality/sexual identifier because homosexuality, clinically and intellectually, is nearly always practiced as sexual differentiation and not preferential, sexual, coupling (ie, the Americanism, "bisexuality"). The entire idea that someone is definitively homosexual, based upon (psychologically) disconnected, sexual events with members of the same sex, is almost entirely an Americanism. Please read on...

The thing that moved me most of all, (aside from [Corporate Restaurant's Name Deleted]), was Lynne's post:

Most certainly one of the more well-educated and literate of the adult-advocates, Lynne's recent derision into total, f---ing Gen-X, cynicism is reflective of her wisdom and indicative of a psychology with which most of us can identify. Should one make a poster of "Gen-X Mentality", Lynne L-patin would flag.

I felt that Lynne's post, no matter how well-couched, literarily, betokens the need for acceptance, both from her peers and detractors. A "member" of the current generation of ne'er-do-wells, I found it hard to read her prose without considering the possible implications: was this satire of "our" own disillusioned, totally, butt-f---ing stupid, generation -- set adrift on a grand and commercially-intense submarine -- or an actual musing from an elder statesperson (I f---ing hate the didactic), bearing her truss and kicking high-heels through the muddy puddles she must tread because we are all too busy being self-involved to throw a coat before her?

I felt no closure. Perhaps, I thought, it was time to drop my own veil and dispense what meager "knowledge" such a dissident could lend:

Perhaps Crowley, Koons, and Barney have left me dispelled; perhaps mine own, limited but for my age, knowledge and appreciation of the Fine and Good had sullied my Faculties. Perhaps, even, Pierce and Byron, King and Barker, Jourgensen and Biafra, had lead me astray... perhaps my own pandering to what I believe to be "intellectual" ( obviously my own, driving need to be accepted by those I consider my peers ) had overcompensated for the fact that I was borne unto a world of s---. After all, my personality dictated that I was trying too hard.

I have often wondered, if at all, one would consider such a prosaic, and revealing, sendoff something of a prize or insult, lest it be only wasted. I have been aware, for far too long, of the intellectual's ability to crouch meaning in the simple pattern of speech one can pour. In all factuality, I excel in such overly-complicated matters and such places me at odds with the current, gun-toting populace, for whom I bear such an antipathy, and, often, actively seek to eliminate from my small crowd of well-wishers.

I cannot say that I have ever seen your work; I understand that you are covered in tattoos and have no desire to shave your bodily hair. Ew. The very fact that you have had a career in the adult entertainment industry, for the past 25 years, almost demands that you exist, somewhere, iconographically, in my mind. You must respect my decision to deride.

One should not feel lonely; one should revel!: the burden of society is that it attempts to place, upon one, the responsibility of one's own actions, while neglecting its own. In fact, it is by this very action that society negates its role in the development of one's life. Social activism has been relegated to those with the most firepower, those with the "most right" to feel disenfranchised. On this day, I mourn the loss of two great friends I have never known.

John writes: Fallen Angel in the news!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read Gene Ross and hear about lavish productions with big talent and great locations.... HMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!! When are those he distributed for getting paid!!!!!!!!!!!

Laura writes: Chaim you worthless old fart, if lesbianism were a choice most women would choose that over having to deal with men, being that they are such assholes. So its clear that its biological. You and many other men like to convince yourselves that "real" lesbians can only be ugly and unable to get men because the idea that a beautiful, sexy woman isn't interested in men is threatening. Luke I'm glad you posted that "Time" magazine article, it shows even many hetero women these days have little need for a man. Why is it so hard for Dennis Prager to accept that single women can be happy without a man? And why does he so threatened by independent women?

Favorite Sex Films

JJM writes: Luke: As porn video turns 25 years old, a bunch of old hosebag pornstars and their minions select their favorite pics. These people take themselves so seriously...you'd think they made Star Wars of The Godfather from the reverent tone of their writing. It's unintentionally hilarious. Kepp on rockin' in the free world, JJM

Porn Stars Pick Favorite Flicks A Poll by Annie Sprinkle http://www.theposition.com/thescene/cinemasex/00/08/21/cinemasex/default.htm

Luke: Here's an excerpt:

Taliesin aka Will Jarvis: Favorite sex film: Angel On Fire. "The first XXX film I saw. It's the story of a misogynistic man who is hit by a truck after abusing his girlfriend. An angel denies him entry into heaven, transforms him into a woman, and sends him back to earth to learn the error of his ways; he does. The story is empowering for women and educational for men, and proves that porn can be, and is, a positive force in our society."

Veronica Monet: Favorite sex film: How To Female Ejaculate. Released in 1992 by Blush Entertainment in San Francisco, California. This instructional/erotic video is narrated by the founder of Blush Entertainment, Fanny Fatale, and stars Carol Queen, Shannon Bell and Baja. I was fortunate enough to be present on the set the day of shooting and I got to witness all the orgasms and female ejaculating first hand. I was amazed by Doctor Shannon Bell in particular. From that day forward I've referred to her as "the Olympic ejaculator." She has the ability to come while fingering herself while standing or kneeling. Bell's ability to spray female ejaculate several feet with uncanny precision completely caught me by surprise.

Gloria Leonard: Favorite sex film: The Devil and Miss Jones and The Opening of Misty Beethoven. My favorite porn movies awakened something in me that might otherwise have stayed hidden forever. I have tremendous respect for Gerry Damiano because he looked into the soul of so many women with The Devil and Miss Jones. As a preacher's daughter I was consumed with conflicting thoughts. That movie helped me to understand what I was. Misty Beethoven and Gloria Leonard's performance helped my full sexuality to surface. These two films were made by people who understood the human spirit. I remain today a devoted Christian and never shy away from my beliefs, even though I have been brutally derided at times by people in the industry for my beliefs. But I believe that sex, porn and human sexuality are not anti-religious, not against a person's belief in God, and certainly enhance our being. Misty Beethoven and the Devil and Miss Jones dealt with those issues and clearly showed the public that sex and porn were not evil. Today anti-religious sentiments pervade the industry. But these two movies were about respect, even though respect is not on the surface with the scripts. Simply they had the elements needed to make good movies that happen to have a lot of sex in them.