Thursday, October 26th, 2000
Josh Kun (who is he?) writes a column called "Frequencies" for SFBG.com (what's that?). His latest is about my favorite topic - me. Here's an excerpt:
Luke F-rd HAS been attending a new Orthodox synagogue. A few Saturdays ago, some of his new friends invited him over for a Sukkot dinner. "It was grand," Ford recently wrote. "But would these people who I yearn to fit in with still talk to me if they knew about LF.com?"
LF.com is l-keford.com, the heavily hit porn culture Web site Ford runs that contains everything from porn-star bios and daily industry gossip to Ford's ranty, wanna-be-scholarly essays on porn racism, come shots, and porn feminism, along with excerpts from his book, History of X: 100 Years of Sex in Film. In porn circles, he's infamous as a loose-cannon chatterbox – the Matt Drudge of gang bangs, the Arianna Huffington of double penetration ("porn's biggest yenta," according to the Village Voice) – and is best known for two controversial postings: listing the real names of more than 300 porn stars and announcing the HIV status of a major porn figure.
Ford has written of that outing as "a mitzvah." From what I can tell by scrolling through more than 400 pages of text on his voluminous site, it's been the only time when Ford's split personality – the profiteering porn junkie who studies the Talmud, rests on Sabbath, keeps kosher, tacks "Live in truth, Don't lie, God sees all" to his mirror, and even gets shrunk by an Orthodox therapist – wasn't involved in a destructive psychological war of spiritual and moral contradiction. The story of the Web's most influential pornophile is nearly unbelievable: the son of an Australian Christian evangelist, Ford converted to Orthodox Judaism in 1993 – a "porn-again Jew" in Fordspeak – under the theological influence of right-wing Jewish talk-radio demagogue Dennis Prager.
As a result, Ford's site is not really a porn site at all. It's a daily chronicle of how devout Judaism and devout pornology play themselves out in one man's endless public arguments with himself. The basic premise: how can someone devote his professional life to an industry he believes is, in Ford's own words, "profoundly destructive and hence immoral ... another form of rebellion against God."
Professor Jay Gertzman writes Luke: Luke: thanks for the URL of josh kun's interesting article. One of the original aspects of your website is that it is intensely personal, but without being self-indulgent or self-aggrandizing. It's risky to make judgements about ongoing works, whether they are sets of novels, films, or websites, as being "self-hating" (or cathartic or whatever) because they are works in progress. Roth was self-hating, and delusionary, as kun says. But his needs and inadequacies paralyzed him from the time of his boyhood; during which time he was neglected by his parents and lived on the street. He risked a lot--but only for security, not in any struggle for self-discovery. So I do not see you as a Roth. Your attitude toward porn is complex; I don't think I ahve a handle on it but re porn, who does? The sanctimonious--like Joe Lieberman, and his friends Bill Bennett and Tipper Gore.
I'm spending a lot of time in archives in New York--tryint to understand what the bookshops of TimesSquare were like in the years before, and during, the transition of the area from a "honky tonk" place (during the 40s and 50s) to a mobbed up combat zone by the mid-sixties. The Roth decision was important in this process, and so was Miller v California and the development of the RICO statutes in the early 70s. I want to find out the differences between the Jewish middlemen who had the bookstores in the 50s, and the mob figures who had the bookshops-peep shows-prostitution and money laundering operations by 1970. It won't be easy. Believe it or not, it is hard to find decent photos, esp. b/c the newspaper archives are now controlled by companies who charge $200 per shot.
JMT writes: This guy apparently had great difficulty thinking up something to write about this week.
P.S. Have you seen NakedNews.com? Possibly the most triumphant expression of human ingenuity since the moon landings. At last, the vast untapped potential of the internet is realized.
Lee Noga Resigns From Luke F-rd Show
My cohost Lee Noga resigned Thursday afternoon from my Tuesday internet radio show. I will miss her. Ribald Poet's email this afternoon snapped her breaking point.
Who should replace Lee, if anybody can? Email Luke
Concerned writes: Sorry to hear about Ms. Noga's abrupt departure from your show. Now you know how Paul Fishbein feels.
Here are a few humble suggestions for replacement hosts:
Brandy Alexandre - Always opinionated and passionate.
Lynne L-patin - Always opinionated (about Luke F-rd) and passionate (about Luke F-rd).
Heather Barron - She owes you big time for all the hits you generate for her site.
Goddess - Gene's leaving porn so she'll have to suck up to you or Meni now.
NJG - Is she still alive?
Ribald Poet - After all, he f---ed things up for you.
Chaim - If you can disguise your voice, Luke. ;-)
Gene Ross - Wait 4 weeks. Rob Black will fire his ass and he'll be crawling to you.
Do your readers have any other suggestions?
The Luke F-rd Show - It's Terrific!
Chaim Amalek writes: Well, she's right of course. (Lesbians, since they think like men, generally are a sensible lot in many ways and make top quality businessmen and prison wardens.) Now what will YOU do? What will happen to YOU? I say you get off your enervated ass and try to grope your way to a real show on a real radio station. You can do it. There must be someone on the LA radio dial interested in the freak value of Luke Unchained. I even have a motto for your show: The Luke F-rd Show - It's Terrific!
As an aside, I understand that the Talliban rulers of Afganistan are constructing a city to be inhabited by lesbians and other women who want fail to understand their place in a well ordered society.
Luke replies: How can I get off my ass when I am not feeling well? My throat hurts and my head aches and my tummy's upset. I've been sick for five weeks, sort, on and off. It ain't easy being sleazy. Sometimes the paradox between orthodox pornography and Orthodox Judaism is just too awesome to deal with. I wish someone would give me money and look after me and mommy me so I don't have to work and could just lie around and think about my feelings.
Chaim replies: PERFECT! Don't you see how completely your moral corruption and physical decay mirror each other AND the decline of society? All of which makes you an even more compelling personality for popular culture.
Luke replies: Perfect, schmerfect. I was born with all the advantages - a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant. Then I had to go become a Jew. And now I walk around with the stain, with a sense of shame greater than being black and homo.
Mutt writes on Netpond: Lee probably quit because Luke's fans, the raincoaters, don't like the webmaster stuff. They're not interested in Kevin Blatt they wanna hear about which pornstar had a positive HIV test and hear that Jenna's a bitch or whatever. Luke should diversify his empire into sections - one where he trades in the human misery of adult webmastering and the other where he trades in the human misery of video porners. The two worlds really don't have much to do with one another.
Watto writes: luke , i fond your site when i was trying to find a textbook on one f those textbook fer less money websies , you were quoted in an interview , so I checked you out . I visit almost everyday , as a normal everday college person I find your site interesting to say the least . one question what th hell is a rain coater and how does this porno thing affect your new jewish life ( I grew up in a very jewish community just curious .
Luke replies: That question "how does this porno thing affect your new jewish life" is really something that I should get around to writing about.
Journalist Noah Schachman from Wired.com writes: everybody that commented thought (a) it was a good, fuuny piece and (b) are a kooky, complex character.
Luke On Lovebytes
I was on the Bob Berkowitz show Lovebytes on Eyada.com Entertainment channel Thursday night to discuss the breakup of Jeff Miller and Kevin Blatt as well as Monday's New York Times article on the porn industry. Sometimes love bites. The show is archived at Eyada.com. Kevin Blatt called in and talked for 20 minutes.
Quasarman - The Return
From Quasarmanrants.com: "I can see that I've missed a great deal since last week. I'm pleased to see that Tod Hunter has been chosen as Gene's successor. I'm sorry I missed out on the HIV debate between Farrel Timlake and Mark Kernes. I discovered that my wife is performing at House Of Blues on the 30th [vocalist for the band Voodoo Circus. The band also includes Jimmy Monroe from Vivid and Danny from Metro]. Presently I am seeking anyone with a reliable antidote to the venom of the Brown Recluse spider and I am hoping for some color to return to my urine. I'll provide a full update of the XXXtreme vacation in Mexico as soon as the vision returns to my right eye. Check back soon."
AVNGossip.com
As first reported on Stunningcurves.com, AVN has registered a new website domain name - AVNGossip.com. It will be the likely home for Gene Ross's successor Tod Hunter, a very different personality from Gene.
Weighing in at 210 pounds, Gene Ross is a tall muscular intimidating man (with whipcord thighs and steely blue eyes) in his 50s. I never felt the least compunction about laying into him in the roughest ways possible. Tod is a slight slender tender soul who very few persons, if any, will want to rough up. He's not the intimidating person that Gene is, nor does his shadow fall as far across the industry. AVN's admitting that by not creating TodHunter.com as his new home.
Tod's written for three years for AVN and is a good team player. He makes no waves, creates no controversy and no headaches for AVN publisher Paul Fishbein. Expect his site to be safe and industry friendly, similar to Tod's media column.
Three years after the launch of l-keford.com, this remains the only internet site that will dish the dangerous goods on this dangerous industry. Too bad.
Paul Fishbein, Nikki Fritz of AVNLive.com and a Penthouse Pet went on the Howard Stern Show today.
GeneRoss.com summarizes: "You're like a big dude in porno," Stern said. "All the porno stars have to kiss your ass don't they?"
"I wouldn't say they have to kiss my ass," Fishbein replied.
"The porno industry has been accused of being run by the mob. Why hasn't the mob just beaten you up and taken over your magazine," Stern wanted to know.
"There is no mob," said Fishbein. "I've never seen the mob in 18 years of doing AVN. Never." Stern asked Fishbein if he was in the mob. "You've never been approached about someone buying your magazine from you?" Stern asked. "I've been approached by someone buying the magazine but they weren't in the mob," Fishbein said.
Luke says: Perhaps Paul should read my profiles on Edward Wedelstedt, Kenneth Guarino and the role of the Mafia in porn. To say that there is no mob in porn is wishful blindness.
TodHunter.com Owned By Brewery
Robert writes: Luke, www.TodHunter.com belongs to a distillary company. Unless they are buying it or maybe it's just a commentary on how Mr. Hunter will have to be drunk in order to tell the sanitized stories of the porn industry.
Kevin Blatt, Jeff Miller, Cokeheads and Prostitutes
Luke says: Could somebody please confirm or deny these important allegations about Joe Elkind and cocaine use, and Kevin Blatt and whore use.
Jeff Miller from SunUp Media writes: Gene and Luke:
This will be the last comment made by SunUp Media, SunDown Media, and myself in regards to Mr. Kevin Blatt.
As you can see, now Kevin has moved to personal attacks. I have no more time for Kevin Blatt, I have a business to run. Apparently since Kevin is once again out of work, he has much more time than I do to attempt to publically humiliate me. Of course, he had the same amount of time on his hands when he was employed here. I say attempt, because anyone that has met Kevin does not take anything he says seriously.
Kevin's actions and history speak for themselves. After this e-mail, we will have no further comment on Kevin Blatt.
There are three items that do require our final comment as Kevin's delusions have affected others.
1. Kevin was not the co-founder of SunDown Media Group, Inc. We hired him, the company was already founded. The company was founded as a joint venture by SunUp Media Group and an Australian firm.
2. My comment about Joe Elkind being a cokehead: The statement that I made in regards to Joe Elkind was made in a private conversation via ICQ with Kevin. He was the one that forwarded it to Luke, thus making it public. The only knowledge that I have of Joe Elkind's drug use comes from Kevin Blatt himself. In a conversation regarding the legality of truecelebs, Kevin asked me if Joe could be sent to jail. I told him that under the law, it was possible but highly unlikely. Kevin responded that if their was no jail possibility that Joe would not care, as long as he still made money and had his coke and his pornstars.
3. Kevin and prostitutes. Kevin can deny it all he wants. My partner in AU is a bit upset about being called a liar. Kevin was pushing him several times during the evening to buy him a prostitute. Dennis refused to do it. In fact, they were supposed to meet the next day for lunch before Dennis headed back to LAX to catch his flight home. Dennis was so annoyed by Kevin's constant pushing for the prostitute, that he left early the next morning and cancelled lunch.
As for Kevins comments about friends and money. Big words coming from someone who really does not have either. Kevin has no money, and his list of friends is much shorter than he is aware. I, on the other hand, after building a tremendously successful business from nothing, have quite a bit of both. I am not ashamed of my wealth and standing in the industry. I have a wonderful personal life, a wife who is phenomenal, a fantastic son, a new daughter on the way, and more blessings than any one man deserves. Kevin has none of that, except in his delusional mind.
Enough said. Kevin Blatt and professionalism are only heard in the same sentence when they come from Kevin's mouth. The people that know Kevin, know this. The people that don't yet know Kevin, will learn this. Enough of the "woe is me, Kevin Blatt" saga. The yawns from the crowd are deafening.
Jeff Miller SunUp Media Group, Inc.
Luke says: We had a great fight Tuesday night on Luke F-rd Live between net porners Kevin Blatt and Jeff Miller (30 mins in). Listen here.
Big Dawg writes on Netpond: Hmmm...Coke and ho's...This board is wonderful for "exposing" the awful things people are doing...*laughs* I am thinking that we should have a "s---" board somewhere...Then people who have nothing better to do with their time could go and cause s---, start s---, make-up s---,lie about s--- and generally try to diss each other. Then this board can go back to business...Or a reasonable facsimile of business... Then again...It's always fun to watch as people belittle themselves when they verbally attack each other. Reminds me of my 3 year olds montesorri(sp?) school. "He said this, so I told his friend about that!" "Oh yeah?!?! Well I heard that so and so said something about that other kid, so I went and told her what some other girls told me that he said about you" All these "big men" in this industry with "big money" and yet not one of them can rise above the s---talking and conduct business like a businessman and not like 18 year olds with $100 hockey-card collections. Pity. On these boards, boys, people form opinions about you and the businesses you represent based on what you type. In my humble opinion, at the end of the day, you s---talkers like end up looking like fools.
Kevin Blatt responds: Dennis is a liar, I can prove everything he says is a complete distortion of the truth. I have credible witnesses who if need be will step in and make Jeff cry like the bitch he is.
Witnesses to my "letter of Intent" dated early June saying that the letter serves as a contract ( legally binding) until the proper paperwork is signed in " A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME"
Luke is 5 months reasonable to be working for free? Does anyone else out there see where this is stupid.
As for calling Joe a Crack head, he is not a crackhead, Jeff wanted to get some exit traffic from him and when he wouldn't do business he had to resort to calling him a criminal and "crack Head" I think it is sad that with every comment he makes he wishes me well and says I should drop it.
Luke I will NEVER take s--- from someone when I know it is 100% slanderous. The reason I sent the private ICQ was because on your show he said "I Never called Joe a crackhead"
When I produced the document all of sudden he admits it was a private ICQ So which is it Jeff? Am I a liar or are you?
And when did I ever say anything about truecelebs? It was you who said Joe is going down hard and I better keep clear of him for our business sake.
Jeff, Joe E has more class in his little finger than you have in your entirely flabby fat body. Maybe when you can see your dick again, you should think about getting laid, maybe I can arrange for Dennis to get you a whore.....hahahahahahaha
I have witnesses to that crap Luke, I made a joke to Dennis telling HIM I was going to buy him a hooker in front of D$, Adam, and Sabrina Daily. Purely a joke, and you use that as leverage Jeff. Get a life.
More importantly get a better bridge of teeth, there is more porcelain in your fat mouth than in my bathroom. Of course that may all shatter when you start shivering from fear when I forward all the private email of s--- you said about my friends in the business.
You are a pathetic excuse for a man, and one who sits behind his desk all day thinking up ways to "get people in court and make money." There are other ways Jeff, like actually working.
Ian writes: "Hi Luke, You said: "Oh wretched man that I am, who will deliver me from this burden of sin?" You take things too seriously. All it meant when you perked up at the sight/sound of Kevin Blatt and Jeff Miller abusing one another was that you find gossip enlivening. What would be immoral would be your instigating or inflaming the confrontation - and I don't see that you did that. It's like enjoying gossip columns, even though the circumstances of individual stories may well not feel very funny to the protagonists. You don't think rabbis enjoy gossip? Think again."
San Diego Party Girl writes: "Oh gross! KB is a scum with bad breath and losing his hair! He hits on me all the time so I could totally see him hiring prostitutes! His bro is way cool but kevin, yuck. All I ever hear him do is talk talk talk talk talk talk talk KB this KB that, KBpoops, and nothing ever happens but i wish he would stop hitting on me! KB if you are listening, I would not f--- you if you were the last man on earth ok!"
Kevin Blatt responds: "San Diego Party girl is who? Hahahahahaha Receding hair I can fix but bad breath........maybe I should quit smoking. Funny thing is no girls I know in SD know who Luke F-rd is......hmmmmmmm."
Kevin Blatt called Luke Thursday afternoon.
Kevin: "I vehemently deny ever mentioning TrueCelebs.com [a celebrity site administered by JoeE and CEN]. I swear on my mother's life and my father's life and my life... The comment he made to me was that your buddy JoeE is in a lot of trouble. He stole pictures from Rolling Stone of Brittany Spears and all these major companies and they are going after him and he's going down hard. That's what he [Jeff Miller] said. And I said, JoeE is my friend.
"Then he said to me in the same breath, do you think you could get some exit traffic from him? I'm going to throw our s--- up on his exit console after he talks s--- about our friend JoeE?
"He loves to keep this thing going. He thinks he's making a name for himself.
"Thirty people get laid off from Flying Crocodile and I'm the headline today. Just remember Luke everything I said about Flying Crocodile... About it being more corporate, and the drugs and all that s---. Compare that to yesterday's source [on FCI], put them together and tell me that I am a liar? So am I a liar or is Jeff a liar? I was right about Flying Crocodile and I'm right about Jeff Miller. KB is two for two."
KMan (Keith Gatehouse) phoned from Florida, reentering the internet porn world after two weeks of girlfriend issues.
KMan says: "Here's the deal. Kevin Blatt is full of integrity. I've known him from day one. JoeE. I've had problems with him businesswise in the past with some shady practices. Way back, when he first started. He has now rectified those and I now consider him full of integrity. And I am making more money with his fricking programs.
"Ron Levi. He even admits he is a pothead. I'm guessing that 50% of the high rollers, big six, all do drugs. Nobody cares. Nobody cares if JoeE does a line now and then. I don't know. I've never seen him do it. If he says he didn't, he didn't. Same with Andy Edmond. I've never seen him do it. Don't know and don't care. They're honest. f---ing Bill Clinton smokes weed and gets blowjobs from fat chicks under his desk and he runs our country.
"Jeff Miller is an extortionist. He says that he saw one of his images on my website, three years ago. And he sent me a letter of intent saying to take it down. He said, I'm not going to prosecute you if you buy two of my $2000 CDs. Basically, he's got s--- content and s--- business ethics and no integrity and he extorts people to buy his s--- content.
"Personally, I'd like to bust his f---ing hat rack. The guy's a moron and a flake and I can't believe they even let him own a dot-com domain.
"The Blatt brothers. I've known them since they were completely broke. They'd come over to the house and talk... They've never hurt anybody or f---ed anyone over. Who accused Kevin of using prostitutes?"
Luke: "Jeff Miller."
KMan: "I challenge both Kevin Blatt and Jeff Miller to take a lie detector test. I will pay for it. To see who is lying. Has Jeff Miller never f---ed a prostitute? I doubt it. Jeff Miller's never done drugs? I doubt it.
"Luke F-rd can sit in there and watch it and see that it is an unbiased test. They are full of s---. Why don't they put their balls with their mouth is? Put their integrity on the table. If they've got a problem, I will be more than happy to spring for it to solve their problem. So they can stop acting like a bunch of kids.
"And if my friend Kevin Blatt comes out as a liar, I will have to eat my words.
"I've had people who worked for me go through polygraph tests because I don't trust anybody. After getting f---ed over by Ron Levi and all them, you just can't trust anyone. Now see what they will say.
"Come on. Ninety five percent of people in our business have paid for sex at one point.
"I know Jeff Miller is a flake. Me and Kevin have been friends for a while. Every time I'd see Kevin, I'd say, 'Are you still working for that Sundowner faggot?' And he'd say, yeah. And I'd say, 'Your boss is f---ing fag and I'd like to f---ing bust him in his eye.' And he'd say, 'Man, that's wrong.' Now I find out that Kevin has seen the light.
"I had somebody I didn't know who went to one of Jeff's seminars. This guy gives seminars. What kind of f---ing moron gives seminars? And Jeff was talking smack about me, even used my name and my domain name. 'Oh yeah, a f---ing webmaster, KMan, stole my images and this is what I did...'"
Luke: "Did you hear about the CEN controversy on Netpond ten days ago? It seems that CEN was redirecting traffic to dialers and Karas and Vivid."
KMan: "I saw that myself. I didn't see it on Netpond. But I noticed the other day that the backup console to TrueCelebs.com... I'm making a bonus $5000 every month off that site. I just found out that there is some lawsuit going on with that but s---, as long as I am getting paid. If he [JoeE] goes to jail, he goes to jail. Because I don't know what he's doing is legal or not. I put my faith in them. They've got their own lawyers. I will advertise with them until they're told to take it down.
"But I did notice the exit console was going out to Karas and it had a different account number. I thought about it and said, my sites do the same thing. That's one of the reasons he can pay $35 a signup because the people who don't sign up, he gets an occasional signup to Karas. It's got to equate somehow.
"Some people might not be as nice about that. Some people are stingy about their exit traffic. I don't care, with $35 per signup... If I send him $200 worth of backout traffic a month, if that keeps them afloat, by all means. You've got to weigh the scale. You send your traffic to TrueCelebs.com and they're not backing out anyway. I'm sending them blind TGP traffic, which is s---, to TrueCelebs.com and I'm converting 1/190. That's phenomenal."
Brad Shaw writes on Netpond: "Nothing wrong with GHB, I brew it in 55 gallon drums and consume it with my old college beer bong nightly before going to bed."
Brad writes Luke: "Luke, nice how you took my joking comment about GHB off Netpond and took it our of context. I want to let it be known, the only drugs I do are lobsters. Seriously, I am only of about 4 porners who have never done any form of illegal drug."
Bill writes: "luke with all the pissing, waring, and wasting of money by some big adult net players i don't think they need worry about the government coming after them with porn laws or any kind of witch hunt. they'll do themselves in just fine by their own stupidity."
Kevin Blatt comments: "The smartest words I have heard come from this industry in a long time."
Sky Racer writes: KB = integrity? ROTFLMAO I have never met anyone with less! I have heard him say one thing to his "friends" and then turn and say another thing completely oppostite 20 minutes later to another "friend"!!! I don't know Miller so I cant' say anything about him. All I do know is KB is nobody's friend cept KB and he will slice you and dice you for his own gain. The fool can't even keep a job! KB consulting? consulting on what?? How to be a total failure by age 35? ROTFLMAO!!! You know what they say Luke "Those who cannot do, consult!"
Jeff Miller from Sunup Media writes: Jeff Miller writes: "Hi Luke and Gene: As I stated in my last email to you, we have no further comment about Kevin Blatt. His demeanor and actions speak for themselves. However, again, we feel it important to clarify mis-statements and untruths made by Kevin Blatt about our companies.
1. The letter of intent: The letter of intent required Kevin to work full time. He never did. There was not one week that Kevin worked a full work week. In addition, as I have stated, Kevin was never available to finalize the paperwork. He was required to come to the office in Temecula at least once a week, in 5 months he only came to the office on 4 or 5 occasions.
2. Kevin's claim that he worked for "free": Kevin did not work for free. First, Kevin really didn't work. He stated to us on three occasions that he purposely did nothing for 5 months because he didn't yet have his contract. In addition Kevin was paid a 4 digit weekly salary from day 1 until October 23rd. He was also provided full medical benefits.
3. Joe Elkind: I stand 100% behind my last e-mail. I do not agree with Joe Elkind's business ethics but I have many friends who are friends of his. I have met him on one occasion for 5 minutes. All knowledge I have of Joe Elkind is from Kevin Blatt, as I stated in my last e-mail. The conversation re: truecelebs is exactly as I have stated.
4. Prostitutes: Dennis is not a liar. He is one of the most ethical business people we have ever been associated with. He is one person that can be taken at his word, period.
5. My "litigious" ways: As I stated on your show, we have filed 3 lawsuits to protect the illegal use of our copyrighted images in 5 years. Of the more than 500 people that have used our images illegally, 3 have been sued. The rest have been let off the hook. Mr. Blatt thinks I am litigious yet all he keeps saying is how his lawyer is watching and listening. If Mr. Blatt feels that we have slandered or libeled him in any way, then I strongly encourage Mr. Blatt's attorney to find his way to the courthouse and proceed with legal action against us.
This entire incident began when Kevin e-mailed Dennis the other night THREATENING to make negative public comments about us and our company. His exact quote is: "I would prefer to handle the situation at hand like an adult so I would like to hear how you will make this as comfortable as possible for me. Let me know how the story ends. Me riding off into the sunset whistling, or a quiet storm reflecting negatively upon you?" We will not be extorted by Mr. Kevin Blatt, or anyone else.
Thanks again Luke and Gene. Jeff Miller, SunUp Media Group, Inc.
Kevin Blatt responds: Gene& Luke, How many more times will it be the last comment made by SunUp? Like I said he thinks because he doesn't have to pay anything to have his name put on your websites that it's actually making him more money.
I am reading a book on Power called the "48 Laws of Power" by Robert Greene I am exercising one of the Laws right now by not commenting any further, I 'll only say this......
If Jeff wants to continue his talk of extortion and lies on my behalf ,I challenge him to a Polygraph test at the IA2000 in January. I will have whoever wants to sit in be there to see for themselves that I am 100% telling the truth.
Gene I will prove that Jeff Miller is nothing more than the "Pinocchio of Porn" Where as I am the Geppetto pulling his strings.... Jeff you up for the challenge? Bring Dennis too, I'd love to show my integrity in front of the biggest forum possible, I d love to see both of you guys squirm.
Hurry up and buy those books on how to fool the tests now you have two months to believe your own bulls---. :-)) How about Howard Stern? Oh I forgot he doesn't know you....... 'Nuff Said
Ribald Poet writes: Say Luke, I enjoy your Netcast (Luke F-rd Live) for the most part, but ya gotta do me (and various others, I'm sure) a really BIG FAVOR, ok? You have to *insist* that Lee Noga either 1) finds a competent doctor that specializes in "ego reduction" surgery (these kind of MD's are normally referred to as psychiatrists, btw) OR 2) Ms. Noga at the very least *promises* to check her ego at the door before co-hosting the Luke F-rd Show.
Psssst, memo to Lee Noga: It's called the Luke F-rd SHOW! (I, like I'm sure the majority of the people that actually take the time to listen to the show out here in Cyberworld, was "lured" into giving the show a "hear-see" because of good ol' Luke; I wouldn't have known who the hell Lee Noga was if ya parachuted me in on top of a football field of lesbians lickin' themselves and I f---in' tripped over her!)
Now, don't get me wrong... I'm not saying Ms. Noga doesn't contribute some interesting tidbits from time to time and I'm not here to bash the woman (hell, our mutual interest in PUSSY alone makes her OK in my book) but.... unfortunately, Ms. Noga appears to suffer from an all-too-common malady that afflicts many in the Big Tent of Porndom. That malady, you ask? Why it's ECCESSIVE EGO, of course.
A coupla shows back, good ol' James Digiorgio calls in (Jimmy D is *always* an interesting character/participant in Porndom, imo) and Luke & Jimmy D start to show signs of getting on a very interesting "roll" on the show that who knows where the INSIGHTS could've lead to, and then Ms. Noga's gotta chime in--- 'cause she wasn't currently involved in the discussion, and of course her EGO wouldn't allow just sitting back & *listening* for awhile! --- anyway, Lee Noga jumps in and proceeds to give good-guy Jimmy D the "bums rush" and moments later... almost as if Ms. Noga was some kind of Lesbian Wizard of Jizz, *POOF*...smoke...*POOF* again, Jimmy D is vanquished! Finito! f---in' outta there!
[Rumdar adds: What can I say other than I agree 100%. I have not been back since then. You and Jimmy D should do a show.... It was totally annoying to have her cut him off.]
Thanks Ms. Noga, we out here that actually take the time out of our
busy schedules to actually LISTEN to the Luke F-rd Show really appreciate
when you bums rush an actual guy that shoots pornography, so you can
rush to put on YOUR AGENDA... which from what I can discern from listening
to 4 Luke F-rd Shows (in their entirety, btw) is little more than the
same 2-5 Webguys (Bradshaw, KB, Andy Edmonds, the guy from XPAYS & the
guy from Sunxxx/xxx, coupla others) squabbling at eachother ad nauseam
'bout who is the biggest backstabber, biggest low-life, biggest druggie/alcoholic,
biggest f----up, biggest payer for sex cuz they could never get any
trim on their own, etc. etc. etc....
Hell, guys like Jimmy D can provide real INSIGHT into the pornography world, not just mindless bickering between Webgeeks for chrissakes... ... and btw, while I realize the show is supposedly for Webmasters (see how long a show like THAT exclusively will hold an audience... good luck!) what Webmasters deal in is the product of smut, PORNOGRAPHY. People that actually *create* smut shouldn't be given the quick boot out the ol' door, got it?
I also noticed that Ms. Noga has no problem setting aside ample time on the Luke F-rd SHOW for things she personally has a vested interested in (the streaming audio stuff) Hey Lee, you want to make money & pump something that's gonna make you some coin, fine& dandy. Just don't do it at the EXPENSE of other potentially interesting things on the show, ok?
Now.... what REALLY pissed me off and what actually compelled me to fire off this missive (which I hope Luke throws up on his site cuz I'd be interested in seeing how many other Luke F-rd readers would agree with me) IS---- when Luke was talking to Kevin from Stunningcurves.com ----uh, that's a Website, Lee... just so ya know ---- anyway, when Luke was having a *very interesting* conversation with Kevin and they were covering a number of interesting topics from such porn players as AVN, Vivid, Ross, etc., Ms. Noga started to most annoyingly & stupidly playing that damn condescending music from her idiotic stuffed animals. (it wasn't funny, Ms. Noga... and your condescending demeanor was BEYOND irritating, as it disrupted an informative conversation.
Do we really need to hear KB & Fisher (?) piss at eachother for 2 f---ing hours? But then again, you weren't involved in this conversation and your EGO wouldn't allow you just to lay-low, would it?)
Ya know, I'm a guy that actually has kicked a number of other guy's asses from time to time for various deserved reasons (trust me, they were all deserved!) I'm 6'3, 220 and a stronger than average guy... but by nature, I'm easy-going. I don't pick fights and I've never, ever, EVER have hit a woman. Just not my nature, as I ADORE women. HOWEVER, I must concede, when Lee Noga started playing that f---in' music and disrupting Luke & Kevin's conversation, I had an almost uncontrollable primal urge to absolutely RING Lee Noga's neck! For I *despise* condescension, and she was, with her dopey music playing, exhibiting such... not to mention interrupting the most interesting part of the Luke F-rd Show.
So, in lieu of ringing Lee Noga's neck, I humbly offer up this missive
to you, Luke. In addition, I, like Chaim (tee-hee), hope that Luke F-rd
endeavors to persevere to get his OWN freakin' show... sans a Lee Noga
type... so that Lucas of Porndom could really get to "strut his stuff"
in a better format that could display his multi---albeit conflicted---
talented personality. Or, as Chaim infers, perhaps Luke could just grow
some hair on those lily-white BALLS of his (ya see, it's real hard to
tan your balls!) and proceed to put Ms. Noga in her rightful place on
the Luke F-rd Show. *SIGH*... I won't be holding my breath, however.
With all the sincerity I can currently muster, Ribald Poet (aka Kewl Teddy aka Conjuror88)
Luke says: Funny thing is, Lee gets similar emails complaining about me dragging things off topic etc. Lee and I each have our own core audience that sometimes gets frustrated with the other host. But I couldn't do the show without her.
Helpful writes: I disagree. Lee Noga provides the professionalism that The Luke F-rd Show so sorely needed. Remember when Luke used to play Debbie Friedman CDs and talk to idiots like Curious for two hours? BTW when are we ever going to see a photo of Ms. Noga?
Luke says: Curious surfers should point their browsers to OnThe Ropes.com.
Lee Noga writes: To all you Luke F-rd addicts that listen to the Luke F-rd show that cannot tell ego from business, come on the show and express yourself, I may let you play with my toys. If it were not for the webmasters, there would be NO Luke F-rd show.
If you want all industry gossip, please send a check to Luke and buy him his own show freeing him of any performance expectations. If you all supported his show, he would not have a webmaster co-host, so check your ego's at the door, we have to deliver to the people paying for the broadcast, and it ain't you mofo's, so kiss my "Barney"....
Webmasters support the show and the last thing they want to hear is about dribe and dribble not easily classified by the best of forensics, so the show is geared more to webmasters due to your pathetic support. The last thing they want to hear is the nonsense that many make a career from but forget to make money at.
Jennatalia writes: Dear Ms. Noga, I am a big Jenna Jameson fan who heard of you for the first time about two months ago when you interviewed her. I really enjoyed the way you made Jenna let down her guard and open up on the show. She can be a tough interview and you really put her at ease UNLIKE your cohost.
Ford seemed to do everything possible to get the conversation back on to him just like some jealous child, which brings up the point of my letter. Why do you even bother with that moron? I myself am also a Catholic lesbian and am often offend by his website's anti-Catholic messages (i.e., Jack Chick comics) and general homophobic tone. I wish you would dump Luke and go solo. Jennatalia.
Ribald Poet replies: Hey Ms. Noga... 1) I am not a Luke F-rd *addict*
and 2) I'd be more than happy to "ring up" the show, but it isn't in
my constitutional makeup (like it is in Luke, apparently) to get "bossed
'round" by a female wannabe male
3) I'd have no desire whatsoever to play with your toys, but feel free to spontaneously mouth my LONGFELLOW, for I am the Ribald Poet, doncha know? and
4) yeah, ok, so the webmasters foot the bill... *whoop-de-doo!*, does this absolve you of being courteous and showing common manners to your co-host and your current guest on the show? Your Barney shtick was obnoxiously repugnant. Last I looked, Kevin Moore was a pretty damn-well respected WEBMASTER in the porno field. and
5) Instead of as you so kindly suggested, could I send *you* a check instead of Luke if you promised to be quiet for awhile? :) and
6) is "delivering for the people that pay for the broadcast" manifesting itself in the close to 2 hours of "pissing contests" that your beloved Webgeeks engage in week after week?.... are any webmasters actually LEARNING anything constructive pertaining to their businesses other than so & so does such & such and hide your girlfriends & be prepared if you hire KB to keep extra "hooker-cash" on hand? Hell Lee, to be frank about it, the only time the show IS somewhat entertaining is when Luke is mixing it up and Luke has his hands on the steering wheel. Not trying to be rough or nothing Lee, but stop backseat driving good ol' Luke there, wouldya please? Luke can deliver to your webmaster audience AND be entertaining at the same time. s---, what a novel concept, eh?... and
7) as to lesbian Jennatalia's unkind remarks toward Luke and her misguided perceptions concerning his purported anti-Catholic & homophobic messages.... LIGHTEN UP, for cryin' out loud, wouldya please? Go sip some wine, take a valium, lick your girlfriend & pretend it's Jenna, grab a shower & go nighty-night.
Flying Crocodile Inc Fires 30 People
Flying Crocodile Inc (parent company of YNOT and SexTracker) fired 30 people Wednesday.
According to a source, FCI is over two million dollars behind on their bills every month.
FCI tells Luke: "Flying Crocodile, Inc has finished with it's first phase of corporate expansion to support our current products: SexTracker, SexList, XXX Counter, SexSpaces Free Hosting, SexTracker Hosting, and SexAdNetwork. The second phase of our corporate growth is set to commence in January of 2001 with scores of new products and services, hence the company is spending some time house cleaning after the biggest and longest company expansion in the adult Internet's history. We did let some staff go to assign our efforts to planning our new growth phase at the behest of our customers expectations for more and better new services. FCI staff of course remains committed to all our customers and current products as we ever have."
Globiz writes on Netpond: "That stuff from FCI sounds like double talk corporate bulls---...and I also wonder that if they are expanding with all these new things, why they would lay off all those people. And I also remember how, at one time, there were people singing the praises of MoneyTree all over and now you NEVER hear about it. Hmm....."
XXX tells Luke: Remember how a few months ago, some anonymous source told you about how much FCI is behind in its bills. And how they're not making their XXX counter payments to Joe Holler. Well, they still haven't made this month's either. So I guess they're still balancing that checkbook. Doing internal audits?
FCI and Joe Holler respond in a joint statement: "Andrew Edmond and Joe Holler have, and will continue to have an excellent working relationship. There are no financial problems between the two groups. Joe will be at the Chicago Webmaster Convention this weekend to verify this."
XXX tells Luke Wednesday night: "They [FCI] sent 32 people to that IA2000 tradeshow in New Orleans, spending $250,000. Did you see $250,000 worth of SexTracker promotion at that tradeshow? They blew the money.
"According to Internet.com, according to the net's Nielsen ratings, FCI was the seventh largest advertiser on the net (as of June, 2000). They are now 22nd.
"Andy Edmond screwed things up. He's drugged out."
Luke: "He's still using drugs?"
XXX: "Oh God, yeah. In a big way. Cocaine, meth... That's what I hear. At the June Cybernet Expo tradeshow in New Orleans, he had drugs there. It's no big deal, unless it affects the business. I've never seen the man use drugs in front of me, but I know. You know.
"He's not expanding any more. He purchased YNOT and that got him into financial trouble. But YNOT is making money. XXX Counter is making money. Sexlist is making a bit of money because he has to pay Eric and Mark Marjie who owned it. It's the other FCI properties which are losing money. They banked on Moneytree growing to be the number one reseller on the net. But they got caught with their dick down a couple of times, directing traffic to dialers. They didn't update, so signups dropped considerably. People no longer use Moneytree. FCI's executive staff don't understand the internet.
"Here's a classic point. They put up a XXX Counter logo that was too tall so you had to scroll to just see an advertising banner. You don't make people to scroll to click on banners if you want to make money. So, to get the logo shrunk down so you could see the banner, it took eight weeks and seven signatures. It had to go through channels. That's the kind of crap that Andy let that place become.
"Moneytree used to be a big moneymaker. But conversions dropped. People make more money using other people's programs. And they started redirecting traffic, throwing consoles on and not paying webmasters for the returned traffic on the consoles... And the word got out and Moneytree went downhill. And their latest one is redirecting overseas traffic to dialers without letting the webmasters know.
"You haven't seen Andy post on any of the boards because he got his ass reamed. People inside FCI told him to shut up. When he shows up on the boards, people just attack because he's an egotistical son of a bitch.
"Andy got XXX Counter for no money. His purchases would be ok except that he is late on payments. Andy should've left when he was forced out in June... He resigned when Ross Perkins asked 'Where the f--- is all the money?' They went from cash rich to cash poor. He decided to build a company before the company needed it. He expanded too quick, went too corporate.
"Andy got nervous about it all, and then over the weekend, he talked Ross into letting him back in. But the damage has been done. There's no turning back. There are plenty of people in this business who won't do business with anyone who does business with SexTracker.
"Then you've got to look at the thing that happened with Yishai's [Crescent] sites. He was their biggest sponsor. Then the FTC cracked down on Crescent.
"They are so far behind on bills, two-and-a-half million dollars a month behind... That includes the servers, bandwidth, the whole ball of wax. They're payroll is ridiculous. They also gave Shawn Boday a helluva deal to come back. It's the stupidest thing he's ever done. He sold out. That's going to hurt his reputation.
"Ross Perkins is the cofounder of SexTracker, which flies under the umbrella of Flying Crocodile which Andy Edmond founded. Ross owns half of SexTracker. Shawn Boday also owns a percentage."
Jay Kopita, FCI PR guy says: "Luke F-rd is on the fringe of the adult industry. You've got to take him with a grain of salt."
Luke says: I found an interesting snow job on FCI by Randy Barrett at ZDnet. Here's an excerpt:
Edmond, unmarried with no children, says the site attracts about 6 million unique visitors per month. Those visits fuel one of the most successful and ambitious adult site companies on the Net - a business he claims generates $50 million to $60 million in revenue per year. In an industry still largely populated by small - some literally mom-and-pop - shops, Edmond has big plans to dominate.
"A lot of people we view as competitors have no intention of staying in this business," he says. "No one else is in the position to be a consolidator."
Others in the online adult business agree that Flying Crocodile is the company most likely to go on a gobbling binge. The reason is twofold: Edmond's intense focus in an industry that is constantly at war with itself and his well-disciplined, 135-employee corporate machine, which he started in 1997 with $15,000 out of his own pocket.
Luke says: I posted a response to the article and ZDNet totally edited it. Be careful about posting there. You will never know how your words will come out.
CyberErotica Club Pix Asian Frenzy FF5 Homegrown Video
Wicked Web Problems
Wade writes on Netpond: Mark from Wicked, no offense but wicked has one of the best opportunites to make huge amounts of money on the net and I see hardly anyone sending them traffic. I have tried your program myself and it performed very poorly on search engine traffic looking for wicked content like Jenna and your other stars. There is HUGE demand for pornstars ecspecially Jenna. She is one of the most downloaded and searched for women on the net.
You and your webmasters could be making a killing with that content. Instead you offer no form of trial membership, s---ty ccbill partnership program and ugly sites. I say this as advice cos I can see the potential, look at where vivid is now. I noticed about 2 weeks ago that video secrets has a jenna product out called jenna vision, I told RB about this and now its on the front page of karas xxx. Max cash is gonna gobble up all the Jenna traffic if you arent careful! $42 a signup for Jenna traffic VS 50% on poor conversions, who do you think im going to send it to? Hell vivid converts my jenna traffic better than your jenna site! Now that says something!
Farrell Timlake from Homegrown Video writes on Netpond: If it weren't for the kind and cool folks at Video Secrets, Wicked would still be in the cave facing the wall watching for the dim flickering of meaning. Having a lot of money and resources does not a good content provider or money program make...witness the debacle of Hustler's efforts...I can only say because I have been fighting from the same trenches for so long... however, at least they are smart enough not to sell all their content off like the rest of my video industry-side peers did. But of course, I am still bragging about how Steve Hirsch of Vivid called us the "Vivid of Amateur". So I guess my head is so big that it is time for me to consider transatlantic flight by the balloon of my ego.
MikeAI writes on Netpond: Just got back in from NY. I had a FANTASTIC time - Joe and RB are great hosts. 2 fantastic games - jets MNF was AWESOME!!! Mets game last night - 2 rows from Trump, Joe was talking smack to him! Nothing beating hanging out with good friends JohnIp, MikeFold, RB and Joe - and of course the amazing Jennifer from Klixx...
Brad Shaw writes on Netpond: Speaking of lawyers, was looking through AVN today and came across some of our images being used in print [an ad by Xpays], without our permission. How stupid can some people be.
Jeff Miller writes on YNOTmasters.com: The bigger issue of course is that of Federal copyright infringement. The celeb is hardly ever the actual owner of their images. The ownership of an image is most often either the photographer, or the person who hired the photographer to do the work. So in the case of celeb sites, you have two issues. 1. The commercial misappropriation of the models likeness; and 2. The infringement of the copyrights of the owner of the images. The CI issue is far more damaging. In California for example, penalties for missapropriation are $750 per incidence of publication, plus legal fees and POSSIBLY punitive's. Under Federal law, damages range from $500 to $150,000 per image, plus legal fees, discourgement of profits, etc. The difference bewteen an award of $500 and an award of $150,000 is the willfulness of the infringement. If the actions of the infringer are deemed to be willful, then their can also be criminal action taken as willful CI is a federal felony.
Of course, none of this addresses the even bigger criminal picture. If the site does not have legal rights to publish the images, and they are infringing on the rights of the copyright holder, guess what they dont have? They don't have proof of age in their possession as required by 18 U.S.C 2257, a federal crime.
Greg Geelan replies on YNOT: It is true that there is a "loophole" in regard to publishing images without consent for news reporting - permission does not need to be obtained from the copyright holder before publication. However, and I have not looked into this exact issue in a while, it is my understanding the entity publishing the material must qualify as a news organization in order to fit within this loophole. A site cannot simply include a disclaimer indicating "all images shown on this site are only published for their value as news items and for no other purpose." The site itself must be deemed a news periodical, not a run-of-the-mill porn site, REGARDLESS of what the disclaimer says. Such a disclaimer would carry as little weight as a disclaimer on a child porn site that says "all images on this site are to be viewed not in a sexual context but as a form of art". Call it whatever you want, its still child porn, and its still unlicensed and illegitimate celebrity content unless the site itself is in fact a news source.
Can YNOTNews show mainstream movie clips with impunity from copyright infringement laws? I don't know. It certainly is a news source, but does an entity have to be registered with some body or organization in order to cloak itself from legal liability as a news source? I don't know the answer to that, and until I do, you won't see YNOTNews showing movie clips without permission.
I confess that I have not personally surfed the CEN celeb sites. The primary reason being that I am opposed to the entire concept of celeb sites and don't care to investigate, because most of the celeb banners I come across are misleading and I know they are illegitimate. Assuming for argument's sake that the CEN site(s) are in fact showing what are considered to be legitimate celeb images (permission received from copyright holders, not misleading surfers by claiming some unnamed model is actually a celebrity, not pasting a celeb's head onto a nude body), the question is, can a porn site be considered a legitimate news source?
Admittedly based solely on the smell test, I'd have to say no. I would LOVE to receive confirmation from someone at CEN that 1) they have permission to use all images; or 2) their sites are in fact considered news sources and that the images are strictly used in that vein.
Hell, we all know how much traffic celeb sites get. If in fact there are legitimate celeb sites out there that operate completely within all applicable laws, why don't these site owners speak up and confirm that they operate legitimately? If we're convinced that these sites are truely legitimate, all of us who won't touch these sites with a ten foot pole right now may do an about face, at least as to the sites that convince us that they are legit, thus earning that site still more money.
So, to all the celeb site owners who claim to be 100% legit, do you want to make more money? If so, please confirm that you are legit.
Letha Weapons Sighting
Stiff writes: Someone inquired about the inactivity of LETHA WEAPONS....saw her on a segment of THE JENNY JONES SHOW....she's blonde w/big, round, enhanced (some more) titties on a very slender frame, but she looks good, all things considered. The subject matter of the show is FROM GEEK TO CHIC.
Luke Gets Mail
Mr Marcus writes: That piece by "bitkicker" is funny as hell (opps disregard the hell part, I know you) he should continue to submit it. Is that possible? Parolee Smackdown , yep he needs to keep it going very funny s---. Pretty acurate too. Alright Luke stay well.
Derek writes: Luke... We haven't spoken in quite awhile, since I shot Queen of Nasty with no budget for Mila and DangerBoy... But I had to get back into mainstream TV for the bucks... I just completed a feature and two TV shows as Director of Photography and invested the proceeds into the most up-to-date prduction gear money can buy. two Emmy's and some Academy Award experience later... We are making our production company available at cut-rate costs to the industry... But we will not do GONZO... So if you know of anyone who wants TOP SHELF production... please have them give me a call... DEREK Ultimate Definition 310.274.2023.
Greg writes: Re: Luke Kills Breakup Story. Luke: Not only is your new non-reporting policy bogus, its the worst of both worlds! You tell us you've got something, but can't say what it is? B-O-G-U-S! This isn't going to fly with even the most loyal of your readers. You've got to rethink your policy! No more of this " ...I know something you don't know ..." song and dance Luke! You're teasing us! We need info! Don't Blue Ball your readers!!!!!!!!!!
Porno vs Mainstream
>I think I heard a few months ago that income from adult sales and >rentals is now greater than that of mainstream sales and rentals. Has >anyone else heard this? If this is true porn is now incredibly >mainstream but still so unaccepted and taboo (esp in the USA).
Pat Riley writes on RAME: Sounds like the dreaming of AVN. Just do a reality check. Blockbuster doesn't have any porn. How many Blockbuster stores are there versus all-porn stores? Are Blockbuster stores mostly large stores? (Nod head.) Blockbuster accounts for 75%+ of the rental market (even if you didn't know this, the size and number of the stores would give you a hint) and then there's the other non-porn chain, Hollywood Video. Pretty big stores, eh? Now let's look at your typical mom-and-pop that does rent porn. Many of them are holes in the wall. How big is the porn area? Somewhere between a quarter and a tenth of the store area in my neck of the woods.
Masturbation Party Planner
The holidays are fast approaching and the Porn Valley will soon be celebrating with various festivities. As a service to the adult industry l-keford.com provides this helpful link to planning a masturbation party. Click here: Masturbation Party Planner
Free Boob Scans Of Your Favorite Porn Starlets
Breast implant technology meets digital imaging technology here. Some of your favorite porn stars have graciously smashed their saline stuffed globes onto a flat bed scanner for all their drooling fans' enjoyment. Click here: Boob Scan by Kim Chambers
Howard Stern's Porn Stars
Noah writes: Luke, Don't you think Howard having pornstars on his show is getting a little lame? It was cool a couple times but now it's like he has one on every month. The only porn chick who's been cool recently was Alisha Klass. She's so f---ing hot, I want to f--- her ass so hard. Another great interview was when Howard made Bianca Trump cry. He kept calling her Bianca the Whore. f---ing funny as hell! Also, what do you think are Chloe's best movies. Her and Alisha Klass are the only pornstars who matter right now. They're f---ing filthy little sluts and I love it!
Porners Get On Your Knees
Porners. You do not need a $200 an hour psychiatrist to solve your problems. You do not need a pipe full of crack to mend your broken soul. You do not need a suitcase pimp to guide your miserable life. All you need to do for problem solving, soul mending, and life guidance is to surrender unto God and pray. Jack T. Chick will instruct you now. Click here: Secret Of Prayer
Super Quick Review
Pat Riley writes on RAME: OK Torris, your Christmas came early this year. You'll want to watch this one. Kaylynn does a condom-free anal and Kurious does her first (also condom-free) anal. No faking.
For voyager, there's no yellow/orange cast to the movie but no prominent clits nor glove-soft leather boots either.
For Becky, no ugly old biddies and no condoms but the interracial is not particularly noteworthy.
SUPER QUICK 2000--Kick Ass Pictures Producer/Director: Beau Damascus Featuring: Kaylynn, Gauge, Alana Evans, Kasorn Swan, Kurious, Kelli Sparks, Brandon Iron, John Strong, Mojo, Derrick King, Arnold Schwartzpecke
This is one of those juvenile comic book superhero features the industry thinks that we might find amusing. Well, given the immaturity of the audience these days they might be right and at least it's a step up from watching the girl get abused in an Anabolic/Diabolic or Max movie. Next up: {Sesame Street} with explicit sex! I can't wait.
There are two other claims to fame for the movie: Kaylynn does a condom-free anal and Kurious does her first (also condom-free) anal. Also of note is the excessive but probably intentional drool during the oral portions of the sex scenes and the fact that Kaylynn's anal looks particularly painful and the cum shot is in her eye and also looks non-pleasant, the latter "notes" being only of interest to the die-hard raincoater. Nevertheless, overall I'm not classifying it as a raincoater movie.
Brandon is the title superhero who gained his super powers (basically speediness) because he was hit by a laser cannon while trapped in an elevator due to the inattention of his assistants Kaylynn and an uncredited male who looks like a cross between John Strong and Roy L. Shaft and given the condom free anal is probably Mr. Kaylynn. They screw including an anal ending in a facial. She's looking very attractive and her tits look bigger than normal. Like Shauna Grant, they probably vary in size depending on the time of the month.
Brandon is taken off to the hospital where he wakes up covered in bandages and being attended to by Doctor Kurious. She notices his big hard-on and after some fooling around they screw ending in a facial.
Now off on his hunt for villains he encounters an evil doer (Kelli Sparks with blonde hair--see {Filthy First Timers #20}) with a whip who's intent on...well, we don't know what except that they fight and he strips her naked and is about to vanquish her with sex when in comes "Doctor Death" (Derrick, a black guy) who says that she's his. Eventually the two agree to share her sexually so they do a three way with no anal ending in a belly cum shot and a facial.
In his next assignment, Brandon turns up as the SWAT team are surrounding a house in which the mayor's daughter, Gauge, is being held hostage by two bad guys one of whom is Mojo. Brandon vanquishes the non-Mojo guy and then Gauge says that she's not a hostage but just wants to screw Mojo. Huh? Anyway, Mojo screws her including an anal and Brandon joins in for some oral only. Brandon gives her a facial but Mojo seems to prematurely ejaculate on her crotch/belly/thigh and then continue finally joining Brandon in a perhaps-facial. I suspect some editing out of sequence here.
We now meet super villain Mega Doom, played by John Strong, and his two associates Alana and Kasorn (looking like she may have had further tit work) and after some posturing about taking over the world or similar nonsense, they do a three way including an anal of Alana only ending in a facial.
Later Strong kidnaps Kurious from the parking lot and takes her back to his lair where we see her tied up on the floor. After some more plot development (!) concerning Strong's demands to the president and his world destruction fantasies, he and his assistant, Arnold, release Kurious and they both share her in a three way including an anal (no DP) ending in facials. The anal is quite clearly her (no trickery) and they try to gape her but her anus closes like a trap. Body-wise she's also looking very attractive and she either has her acne under control or the make-up is very good. Well, Brandon saves her but Strong gets away, hinting at a sequel.
No condoms were used. Date of production: 7/1/00.
Would You Marry A Porn Star?
Brandy Alexandre writes on RAME: Are men who know nothing about porn dynamics ever going to be able to tell the difference between work and pleasure. I would think porn stars of "modern" porn would be more acceptable as mates because they are more obviously NOT enjoying what's happening to them.
Kid Ace writes Luke: you know Luke i really must laugh sometimes....brandy alexandre says in todays notes that "any shallow loser who judges people on their occupation i wouldnt date in the first place"....lets think about this...during a nice family dinner..."everyone this is brandy..she sucks cock and gets f---ed in the ass for a living..would you please pass the salt"....give me a break brandy..you make a living, and from what i understand not a very good one, having sex with people you dont even know...now tell me what is so prestigious about licking ass for a living...in a few short years when your strung out and chugging cock on sunset blvd for $10 think about how stupid you sound....im outtie like ron jeremy's fat stomach....peace, eastside baby!!
Michael writes: Would I marry a porn star? Hell NO!!!!!! I'll marry a retard first, at least they are clean. Don't know where these porn whores or stars, whatever, get this attitude that they are a role model or doing the right thing. Guys that marry them are just a lost and sick as the whores. Most of husbands eventually turn to pimping them anyway, What else can they do? Kid Ace is right.
Blowjob Climaxes
Ferrari writes: Having viewed several hundred facial scenes in recent years, it has come to my attention that very few men can climax without assistance from their own hand. Are they just not interested in the women, or is it the fact that there is a male cameraman right there?
Porn HIV Controversy
Paul Philpott, Editor of Rethinking AIDS, writes: Farrell:
Isn't it true that there is very little "AIDS" in the heterosexual porn industry? Have you made this point to your colleagues? And if you take away hard narcotics users and rectal insemination recipients, is there any "AIDS" at all? What are you seeing?
It seems that the main issue in your response below has to to with your critic saying that you (and the people like me, you have convinced you of this view) are endangering your fellows in the porn industry.
I have a very fundamental question for critics of ours who take this tact: If you have genuinely concluded that there is no deadly STD, that all the HIV hype is a bunch of jive, and that instead NARCOTICS and even the "anti-HIV" drugs are instead to blame for the "AIDS" that we're now all scared of, don't you have a moral obligation to state this as clearly as possible? I have never understood this tact.
Pres. Mbeki gets this all the time from the corporate media and corporate scientists: Mbeki's wasting time asking questions! He's costing lives!
Well, if he seriously concludes that HIV is a dud, that his people with "AIDS" are suffering from a lack of food and clean water, as opposed to a lack of condom and toxic cancer drugs packaged as "anti-HIV" drugs, then isn't he **OBLIGATED** to act on his convictions?
If you *believe* that the theater is on fire, don't you have a moral obligation to shout, "Fire!", even if you turn out to be wrong? The law certainly clears you of issuing a false alarm, if you genuinely believed the alarm was warranted. But in our case, we are the ones who see that there is no fire, and that people are being stampeded to death for no good reason! As you say, the reasons for porn actors to use condoms have nothing to do with HIV.
Michael Conrad writes: Hello Luke,
Here's the answer to your question "What's your Ph.D. in?" and more. I Have a Ph.D. in biochemistry. I have had 13 publications, mostly in the biochemistry of mutagenesis. My two most recent publications are in the field of HIV research.
I have enjoyed your column. It's full of news, political commentary, philosophy (don't forget Chaim, the Jewish intellectual), your striking reporting of adult film industry, and of course all that gossip.
Meanwhile I don't like seeing the doubts about HIV in the press and on the web. There have also been statements doubting the importance of the HIV virus in AIDS and the use of HIV testing in your column. After seeing it one more time Tuesday, I wrote you a letter (l-keford, Oct 25).
My letter was extremely generous and unemotional toward the positions of Duesberg and Mullis. Both of these men (and especially Mullis) are now considered outside the mainstream of scientific thought about HIV. Most people in the field think that Mullis has taken advantage of his Nobel prize to spread completely wrong ideas on HIV and AIDS. There is much ill feeling toward him and his ideas are not taken seriously.
Farrell Timlake writes Luke: All I know is that I am cautious and have been proactively using condoms personally in my vids for years. I have never had a std of any kind (knock on wood. get it?) and I am as deathly afraid of getting herpes as I am of getting HIV, or clap or a yeast infection or any of the umpty ump other things the adult industry ignores compared to HIV.
I urge everyone to form their own opinion and act according to the way that makes them feel safe enough within thier accepted level of risk.
I have never ever told anyone on my sets that they had to go condomless for whatever stupid reason, like sales would drop in Europe or whatever.
My views are my own and based on my assessment of as many contrasting viewpoints as possible. I urge everyone to get as much information as they can on every std that they possibly can, be it bacterial, viral, fungal, whatever.
No one has ever contracted HIV or any other std on a "HOMEGROWN SET".
No performer has ever been asked to do anything beyond their personal limitations, regardless of reviewers like Mark Kernes saying we did not have enough anal scenes or facials or whatever. See http://www.virusmyth.com/aids/group.htm.