Monday, November 20th, 2000

Sin City Signs Ava Vincent

Sin City is pleased to announce that we've signed Ava Vincent to an exclusive one year contract.

Vincent, formerly known as Jewel Valmont, will be working primarily with the most talented man in adult, uber-director Michael Raven, on several big budget productions currently slated to be shot in the coming months, starting with Beast, Raven's XXX retelling of the Beauty and the Beast fable set in the S&M underground of Los Angeles. Vincent has appeared in several Sin City projects in the past, among them Dare for director Nic Cramer, and Adrenaline and the soon to be released Underworld for Raven.

"I'm really excited to have Ava under contract," said Raven between meetings. "I've worked with her on a few films and she always turns in hot, intense performances. She does everything-facials, anal, lesbian and multiple partner scenes-and best of all, she can actually act! How many girls in this industry can you say that about?"

Vincent has been working in the adult industry for about two years, starting with gonzos and working her way up to features. This is her first experience as a contract girl. The professionally trained actress hopes to get roles that challenge her abundant talents and in the process increase the sexual heat of all of her performances, and the shows as a whole.

"I'm really excited about this. I'm looking forward to working with Michael on these projects, and I even hope to write a script that combines the psychological aspect of sex along with the physical," said Vincent.

Sadie Sexton Returns

Publisher John Grey writes: Luke- Long time no hear, want to be the first to invute you to my party that I will have at IA 2000 & CES, it will be at the top of the Paris just like at Exotic Dancer and should have another big surprise for you. Just wanted you to know that Sadie Sexton is back in the business, she was recently here in Houston and we shot her for my Houston Cover and she will also be returning to Houston for some video store signings and to host my XXMAS Party on Dec 18th at Ricks Cabaret, which you are invited to attend also, Luke. She has also just finished shooting some videos for K Beech-Midnight last week and will be returning to the road for Featuring under the direction of the Pure Talent Agency, which can be contacted at 727-796-9600

French Court Ruling Threatens Porno Industry

Manu from www.litererotica.com writes on YNOTmasters.com: Just read the news about a French court ruling today that says Yahoo USA must block French surfers from certain parts of their site. This is a HORRIBLE ruling and it basically assumes that one country has the right to impose its laws on companies doing business in another country.

The logical extension of this is that a web company in the U.S. would have to know and adehere to the laws of every country in the world, including countries where using the word "f---" may be a crime or where they hate America. It would also mean that the U.S. government could force any country in the world that allows nudity of girls that are 17 to block access to all adult sites to U.S. surfers in those countries. It's ridiculous and offensive to anyone who believes that a company has the right to operate under the laws and constitution of the country where it resides.

The proper way for the court to have handled this would have been to order French ISP's to block sites that the government doesn't like - this solution does not impose one countries laws on citizens of another country. This is going to be a BIG BIG issue in the future and the French Government has made a huge step in the wrong direction.

Chud writes: Manu fails to appreciate that Yahoo France, is a french company, in france. it is being held to account by the actions of it's parent, in contrivining french laws. This is *not* some brave new world of cross boarder censorship. Yahoo France can feel free to disolve itself at anytime and give up it's french domain name. (One mush have a french company registered in france to won a .fr domain.).

RJB Telcom Controversy

RB (Rich Botto) writes from the FTC besieged RJB Telcom:

"Look, it's common knowledge that I am not a fan of anonymous letters/posts etc (ask Nick over at Netpond about this), but I have to say that JW's two letters have been about as accurate as anything I have read. At least in regard to the events involving my company.

"Yes, RJB did receive donations to aid with legal fees during this FTC matter. Many of these donations did come from the "mid level" webmaster. In fact, the overall support from the smaller to mid level webmaster community has been overwhelming. When this first came down, I expected that there would be a rally amongst the larger companies...A circle the wagons mentality. That has not happened. We requested public and/or financial support from some and in almost all instances we've been ignored. In fact, many of them have gone the complete opposite direction and pulled traffic from us. People who we vigorously supported during their times of crisis have turned a blind eye. Meanwhile, we feel that we are fighting this battle for the entire industry. To say we have been disappointed would be the understatement of the century. As for the rest...I have no comment."

JW writes:

Luke, I am writing you again to clear up a lot of the rumors and confusion that is going on with the RJB/FTC case. I wish to remain anonymous as I did in my first letter, as it would destroy my reputation and business should I not do so.

[Ron Levi from CE responds: "It seems to me the only rumors and confusion is being caused by JW himself. Who is this anonymous person, why doesn't he reveal himself since he has all this knowledge? I do not like responding to anonymous emails but these statements are so damaging I will make an exception."]

Again, I do not know every fact, but know more than enough to do more than just guess about things as most in this community seem to do.

[Ron Levi responds: "This is obviously not a true statement because he is not telling the truth, just spreading his own rumors."]

There have been many of us that have supported RJB during their undeserved crisis, both with kind words and legal fees. I am one of these people. However, I find it odd that there are players larger than I that have not even contributed in any way. It seems that the larger players have gone into a shell, treating RJB like they have some sort of disease. The list of supporters that I have seen and heard about looks like a "who's who" from the mid to small adult companies. I know several people that have very little funds that contributed to RJB's legal defense, while some of the biggest names in the business haven't even offered to help. What is really going on here? Perhaps they feel that they are next on the government's hit list? Maybe they think that RJB is blowing the whistle on their well-known billing scams? I hope they are.

Ron Levy is included in the non-supporters.

[Ron responds: "I have repeatedly tried to contact RB - I talked to him once on the phone and he didn't have time to talk. We went to Adultdex in hopes of talking to him, he did not show up. I have put in another call for him this morning, no response."]

I confirmed this. As I recently stated, Levy not only knew about this action but also is the most likely candidate to have caused this action. Levy has been quietly fighting with the FTC over several issues, and has been claiming all over the place that he has the FTC's blessings on all his sites. He has a "good relationship with someone in the FTC". He spoke openly at a workshop in May about working with the FTC to keep free memberships and on disclosure issues. He's been in bed with them for some time now trying to stay alive with "free" memberships and what better way to cure your own ills than to point the FTC in another direction? Most important thing to Levy is who has the biggest dick and who is #1 in market share.

[Ron responds: "I had no knowledge of this action until everyone else did, I learned it from the Netpond Board. Yes, we're currently working on our own investigation with the FTC. We're in compliance with the FTC's guidelines as per their website. I have no relationship with any person from the FTC. The FTC communicates with our FTC attorney, who then communicates with our Corporate Attorney who then communicates with our in house counsel. I hear what is going on with the FTC from our in house counsel.

"Again, we are in compliance with the FTC's guidelines for disclosure on our billing practices as per their website. We supplied the FTC all documentation they requested, I guess that means we were working with the FTC.

" I do not communicate with the FTC personally. We are able to stay within the FTC's guidelines with our Free Trial Membership.

"We compete with many Paysites, who needs to be #1, there is enough business for everyone. We have promoted more healthy competition than anyone in this industry, we introduced many content providers to the industry and sold our marketing software to many paysites that are our competitors."]

Luke, a few hours after I send you my original letter, Silverstein is fired as president of CE. That's right, fired. The "resignation" approach was pure bulls---. It was classic Levy damage control. Someone had to take the fall for Levy's ill-fated plot against RJB and Silverstein's inability to keep his big mouth shut. You don't need to be too brilliant to figure out that not only was my story true, but the fact Silverstein took the fall a few hours later confirms it. Silverstein was at adultdex looking for any small job he could get his hands on. That doesn't seem like the sign of an employee that resigned because he had another job lined up or wanted to move into another industry. Not many people just resign as a president of a company for no reason, with no backup. He was fired for revealing Levy's plan.

[Ron responds: "Jonathan and I had been trying to renegotiate his contract for about three months. We reached an impasse and mutually agreed to sever our relationship. It had nothing to do with the RJB situation. Jonathan will have no trouble getting employment in the AdultNet - he is in very high demand and has had many offers which he sifting through."]

Does anyone remember Xpics problems with the FTC? Someone ask David (of Xpics) who he felt was responsible for all of his problems? He swears to this day that Levy deflected the FTC in his direction, coincidentally at a time when Xpics was #1.

[Ron responds: "Xpics had their problems with the FTC way before we were ever contacted by the FTC."]

This is not a big secret among the players. Nor is it a secret that Levy is a predator. Ask anyone who does or has done business with that animal.

[Ron responds: "I see, because I have been in this industry since the beginning and have helped numerous folks into this business I am now a 'predator' and an 'animal'. JW, too bad you're such a coward that you remain anonymous but at the same time poison the minds around the industry with your lies."]

Is it surprising that the usually vocal Levy has not stated a word in support of RJB? Not to me.

[Ron responds: "I have tried to contact RB and have not been successful in doing so. I await his phone call. If he called me he would get all the support he needs from us, but without communication, it's tough to help him."]

I know someone that knows one of the players that attended a dinner at Adultdex recently. JB of CEN was overheard cracking jokes about RJB and stating that they were going down and not going to survive. I tend to know otherwise. I wouldn't be surprised if you hear some very promising news from them regarding the FTC very shortly. I believe RJB will survive this and feel horrible that such a well run, above board business could be so wrongly accused. Perhaps JB should not be cracking jokes and CEN and Levy should not be pointing fingers at others, as their companies are two of the shadiest scammers in the business. Once again, good luck RJB.

The Mouse In Your Pocket

[Ron responds about the JB allegation: "I have no knowledge of this but doubt that JB would make a joke about a serious matter like this."]

A Source from CENCash.com replies to JW:

Thats total bulls---. We have and always will support RJB. Perhaps this Julie Winters should get her facts straight. I was instrumental in pushing Epoch to turn back on the checks for RJB and continue to send them mounds of traffic. Was in epoch's office asking for there help. Find it funny how this Julie Winters wants to remain anonymous. In addition I spoke with Ron Levy and he is willing to support RJB 100%. I too shall remain anonymous as I never get into dirty laundry.

Luke says:

Among most of my sources, Ron Levi of Cybererotica has an impeccable reputation for honesty. He's treated me with integrity. My sources and I find it impossible to believe that Levi fingered anyone to the FTC. He's laying low right now because he has his own FTC investigation to deal with. Other major porners are laying low for similar reasons.

Ron Levi and Johnathan Silverstein deny that Silverstein's departure from Levi's employment has anything to do with JW's letter of 11/6/00.

Levi and Silverstein attended Adultdex last week to meet with RB and straighten out miscommunications. But RB and his brother Robert were tied up with their FTC litigation and were unable to make the show and meet with them.

Johnathan Silverstein writes:

Luke,

The only "pure bulls---" I see here is this anon JW person. To me, JW seems more like like an outsider (who wants SO BAD to be an insider) than someone with "top 10 player" status. This letter is pretty much the same as the last one - just with more he said/she said conspiracy crap and accusations!

Re-reading BOTH letters, I came across what seems to be totally consistent - a lot of BS propaganda and character assassination based NOT on what the author (JW) KNOWS, but rather what you're supposed to believe are the authors "reliable sources" - case and point:

"I know several people...", "I have seen and heard about...", "I confirmed this.", "I know someone that knows one of the players that...", "I have also been told of a disturbing quote that was relayed to me by 3 different people (who heard it first hand).", AND MY FAVORITE - "Jonathan Silverstein, President of Cybererotica (and former crony of Seth Warshevsky) was overheard at an "adult internet function" as saying..."

Re-read the letters and judge for yourself!

As far as me looking to take "any small job I can get my hands on" at Adultdex, that's just laughable! Most people were disappointed with the turnout at Adultdex, but I wasn't! I had meetings with people everyday throughout the show and got some business done - so for me it was a huge success!

On another note, 5 minutes after I posted about my departure from CE, my email box was full with offers AND just for JW's information - between Adultdex and those emails, I ended up with over 40 that I'm reviewing right now! To further that, only a handful were actually job offers - the rest comprised of people that want to retain my services as (A) a Consultant, and (B) people that have offered me equity in their company(s) or (C) full partnerships!

Outspoken webmaster Brad Shaw writes:

Luke, I have no comment on the rumors. I will sit back and wait for the rumors to separate themselves from the truth as I have had nothing but positive dealings with Jonathan and Ron Levy over the years.

As for the RJB situation, I am 100% behind RJB in their situation with the FTC. Our traffic is still pointed to RJB's sites as it has been for 2.5 years. In my opinion after reading the FTC'c complaints it is obvious it was more a matter of being number one and volume that led the FTC to look into the operations of RJB. There are few people in our business who I would vouch for, RB is one of them.

I will say I am very disappointed in some of the larger companies not coming to RJB's aid. But it can not be too surprising since a couple of these same guys would double bill their own mothers credit card if that's what it took to be number #1. I have a feeling they are so desperate to be number one that a few of them are pleased to see RJB encounter these troubles. Do not let anyone fool you, in our business friends are few and far between. People are out for themselves and the greed with catch up with these guys.

Alien from SinCityFilms.com posts this Rashi-like commentary to JW's controversial letter:

Please Note that this is RJB's initial encounter with the FTC. The FTC seems to always introduce itself in the mannor that it has with RJB. Nothing New here. Asset freezing?? Why of course! It is there hallmark of love and preservation.

You can bet the FTC is in Cybererotica and advises what it would like implemented, Cybererotica does not want the FTC to crunch them and they avoid this crunch by having open relations with the FTC. This is highly advisable to any Minor league player.

When I launch SinCity for the bigger picture rest assured I will try and talk with the FTC just to make sure everything is good with them. It ought to be standard procedure.

RECENTLY: I have noted that Cybererotica now ensures that every subscriber reads a terms and conditions page before actual sign-up. This was just implemented, and I am sure it was implemented because the FTC advised it.

When XPICS was really in deep they got $2 million in relief. The big guys are like big brothers and if they see a brother really hurting they will help him but not until it is dire, even though they may not want to. RJB is not in deep and if they can pull themselves through it with the FTC by themselves, they will recieve no help. The bigger guys will do something if it appears to be a FTC Fatality which to date does not exhist. You can bet that Levy will not put up the money though. Levy is business, knows business and indeed likes being #1. But we all have our own unique personalities now don't we??

It might be safe to think that the Bigger players did not like what RJB was doing with dialers.

The "scams" will be revealed obviously, and I am sure are already known to the FTC. The FTC will stop what it wants to stop. The dialers. Besure to understand Cybererotica did not do dialers. RJB did, and RJB must have known he was taking a risk. You can bet that Ron knew RJB was going down from his open relations with the FTC before it happened. It's not a conspiracy to figure out and you can bet Ron was told not to say s--- to no one about the date RJB would get tackled by the FTC.

I personally do not support the use of dialers and it is a viable form of fraud and they enable access to explicit matter without legal verification of age. Ron is not the bad guy here, if your big and he is, your gonna be very aware of what the authorities want. He listens and does not f--- with them. Smart. Plain and simple. Thats what ya do if your Ron or any big player. You think for a second RJB called the FTC himself to make sure everything was okay on his networks with the Trade Commission?

Silverstein been doing adult web for a very long time. Some leave the business because it is time to find other fun and other things to do.

"He was fired for revealing Levy's plan."

What plan is that? The knowledge that RJB was gonna be hit with the FTC?? Once again Levy just came accros the information, through dialogue with the FTC. Why the f--- is that a plan? Levy couldnt stop the FTC, Levy couldnt do s--- about it except keep quiet. When will people face that?

I f---en knew RJB was gonna get hit week's before it happened just because of what they were doing and my sources. The dialers were completely new and undealt with by the government and RJB was the biggest of em for that.

I have been telling David they, Dialer's will be bad news and we had to avoid there use. David the smart man he is, know's when something is bad and it did not take more than a small explanation for him to see why.

The dialer; though looks like a good idea is one of the most f---ed things to do when it comes adult entertainment online. It is no small matter when it comes to children getting access to hardcore subject matter with our government. That is literally the fastest way to extinguish an adult company. I would not be to surprised if the DOJ step's in on RJB with proof that underage netizens were accessing hardcore content through the dialer service coupled with a few dozen families who say there children have been "poisoned" by adult pornography. That would sink RJB into rubble and is a possible scenario once the FTC finds all the treasures RJB has stored.

I personally hope that does not happen. RJB is not bad I think they just made a mistake in judgement of what they were doing. It happens sometimes, it happens to all of us. If you run a yellow light your taking a chance to get pulled over. People seeing you get pulled over will laugh. We are talking about one hell of a speeding ticket here however.

WHO IS DAVID AT XPICS? I was 5 Years at XPICS I NEVER KNEW A DAVID. Mario? Brian? Blaine? Kevin? John? George? Me? I am not David. I am Alien. The XPICS issue was warranted when the FTC came down. I know what it was, why and how it was fixed. Was it all that bad?? No. Think Brian, when talking about the FTC does not crack a smile when it is mentioned? Hind site is often funny no matter how dire. Predator is harsh... I suppose Business men and Predator are synominous. The will to win is not the trait of a predator.

You can bet there would be jokes. I laughed when the FTC came to XPICS while outside having a smoke. No surprise. Of course RJB will survive the FTC....

Joe Musacha writes:

Mr. Ford-

I have a "good friend' who works at a company which supplies dialers to the adult market. I know exactly what went on, and I would like to set the record straight.

I would like to correct for the record some of the "facts" that Alien from SinCityFilms.com wrote in commentary to JW's controversial letter.

First off, Alien writes: "It might be safe to think that the Bigger players did not like what RJB was doing with dialers." Cybererotica and nearly every other major player were using USA dialers. They have all since been pulled. In fact, Cybererotica used the words "free" all over their dialer solicitation, something RJB NEVER did. To imply that the dialer is "free" was a much more misleading tactic to the consumer when compared to RJB's tactics, and Cybererotica is 100% guilty of this.

[Ron Levi from CE responds: "We have never used USA dialers."]

One or two of the bigger players were smart, they only used the dialer on credit card rejects, or used the dialer on foreign traffic. This kept it a bit more discreet. But most of the big boys did not do it this way, and if the FTC wanted to f--- them all, they could tommorow. No doubt about that.

The fact is that RJB was the biggest, and this FTC crackdown is more about CC and debit card fraud than anything else. The dialer charges were thrown in there at the last moment once the Verity International case hit the street. Verity was the company controlling the USA to Madagascar route, which was being used for most of the USA outbound traffic dialer minutes. Verity has since been sued by the FTC, and the case is in court and yet to be decided. This case will largely determine the future of dialers working from the USA. Once the s--- hit the fan with Verity, the FTC saw they had an opening in attacking RJB on the dialer issue.

And they most certainly did. The facts remain: Cybererotica used dialers, from at least 2 different major dialer companies. Alien should get the facts straight and don't simply blame the dialers for this mess. The dialer is an easy scapegoat for the industry's problems. Just read the complaint against RJB, perhaps only 15% of the complaint is dialer related.

One last thing about the dialers. Other countries, such as the major European countries and Japan allow dialers to be used. They are regulated by various governing agencies, (kind of like 900 #'s) and a totally legal and viable form of payment. Obviously, the FTC has no jurisdiction over using foreign dialers on your website. And wait for the Verity case to be resolved before determing that USA dialers are deemed fraud.

Ron Levi from CE responds: "We have never used USA dialers."

RB (Rich Botto) from RJB Telcom writes at noon Monday: "Have to catch a flight...Haven't had much time over the last 3 weeks to speak with anyone...Also want to make it clear that we contacted a few people about the legal relief, but that much of it came from a grass roots movement amongst the community. We owe a great deal of thanks to those people. Don't have much time to elaborate.

"One more quick item...Joe Musacha's points about the dialer in regard to our case is the most accurate account to date. For anyone who actually read the complaint, that should be crystal clear."

Why Would Taylor St. Claire Take The Low Road?

Spanking Hank writes on RAME: Among the few surprises that porn has held for me this year has been the emergence of Taylor St. Claire as a bonafide slut. Not only is she doing guys in a big way, she's doing several simultaneously (In Days of Whore) and has appeared in a Great AMerican Cocksucking Championship video.

Not that I mind seeing beautiful women do such things, but to me, especially in Taylor's case, it begs the question: Why did she choose porn's "low road" instead of the "high road"? With her looks, she could easily have been a contract girl for one of the major companies, insisted on condoms only, chosen her partners, worked with only one at a time.

In addition, she's not just getting started in the business and so doesn't have to start low and do some things she'd rather not while working her way up, as so many girls do. Given the choice -- and the question assumes she had one -- why would a girl go the low-road, multiple parolee route over the I'll-sign-with-Wicked route?

Playboy Uncensored

Felix Miata writes on RAME: That's right. Evolution finally caught them. Real cocksucking, tongues actually probing pussies, and dicks in both pussies and assholes. Movie title: "Betting on Flesh", from Metro. Condoms included, pops not.

Porn Star Survivor

Fred Sherman writes: Hey Luke, remember I'm the executive producer of PornStarSurvivor.com, not sex survivor. We have a bunch of beautiful black women involved in our project including Monique, Misty McKnight, Crystal Knight and Midori. We would also hope Mr. Marcus would come by to referee topless football and entertain the girls bewteen competitions.

Becky Carols writes: Luke, tell that cumdump John that Mr. Marcus wasn't the only guy beating girls up in "Rough Sex". There were also several white guys doing the same including Micky G. These guys were playing a roll and none of the girls except one complained about it. I get the feeling that John is the same piece of s--- causing trouble on Mr. Marcus' message board.

Ron Berry writes: Luke, I see in your column that many are looking to hear why Zoë and Kendra did not show up at the SexSurvivor camp.

In case anyone does not know XXXeZone is the web company that manages XXXZoe.com, KendraJade.com, as well as the up coming TYManagement.com - the management firm that represents both gals.

Both gals were excited when they first got involved with the whole survivor thing. Kendra herself flew back to do a Stern show with Michael of the survivor thing himself. The Survivor group wanted complete access to the stars website for all people who were members of the survivor site for free. Of coarse we had issue with this, and that's when Tabetha Yang of TY Management started negotiating new terms to the contract. Finally everyone was happy.

The deal was that the gals would check in just prior to the event and a check would be given to Tabetha to hold for the talent. When all showed up as scheduled, East-West Productions had excuses as to why no check was there, but that it would be available 3 days later. Tabetha was not about to let the gals start working with out the payment in advance for their time, so they backed out. They all smelled something fishy, and now with checks bouncing to hosting companies, people not getting paid, etc, it is now apparent that Both Tabetha, Zoë, and Kendra made the right choice to not go forward when East-West breached their contract.

Taylor Wane At Glamourcon

French photographer Laurien writes: Howdy Luke, Just thought you might be able to use some interesting shots of Taylor Wane at the Glamourcon. Feel free to use them if you wish. Also thought you might like to take a sneak preview of the new poster we shot for her new feature she's doing for the CES. We photographed her with a live 8 foot long, 40 pound, rare albino python snake. Certainly one of the most difficult and expensive shoots I've ever done. Take care, Laurien.

Taylor Wayne with Hugh Hefner Taylor with Hugh Hefner Taylor Wane with snake

Becky Carols writes: I've seen several video clips of Taylor doing that fat, hairy, pig Ron Jeremy. It doesn't get any lower than that.

How Does Samantha Sterlyng Feel About Jews?

John Finberg writes: Luke I got a call earlier today that informed me that i may want to check your site out a bit too. When I got on it i noticed the proclamationf rom Samantha Sterlyng. Her husband has had detectives and police to their residence over this matter and the emails and phone messages were played for a detective at Van Nuys police. A copy of the case number is available while I await the results from the hate crime unit investigating the incident. Please note the final sentence in the following email the one that I recieved when i came home from a trip to San Francisco. Tell me if there is not a deep routed feeling of Jew Hating there.

Luke asks: Who called the cops on who?

John replies: I made the first contact with the police. I recieved about 3 emails and 4 voice mails all between 11 and 12 midnight the night of the 22nd of Oct all saying similarly the same thing the email said but a bit more threatening. I called and they put me through right away. I forwarded all emails and played them the phone messages. They took all the info and followed up on their own investigation Since then I have watched them go to her house and deal with the husband in the manner they normally do to make sure there is nothing that goes on again. The case is still pending but there will be closure rather soon

Samantha writes: ACTUALLY, LONG BEFORE WE EVEN WENT ON STAGE LAST NIGHT, I KNEW THAT I NEVER WANTED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH YOU EVER AGAIN. I SAID THANK YOU WHEN YOU GOT IN THE VAN AND IF YOU WOULD HAVE TAKEN YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS LONG ENOUGH TO REALIZE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO FEEL REAL STUPID. I ALREADY HAVE TALKED TO MARK AND MATT AND I KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. NO ONE EVEN REALLY LIKES YOU. THEY ALL TALK s--- TO YOU, AND NONE OF THE GIRLS LIKE YOU. THEY ONLY TOLERATE YOU BECAUSE YOU THREATEN NOT TO USE THE GIRLS. f--- YOU, YOUR JUST WE WORTHLESS PIECE OF JEWISH s---. I HOPE YOU ROT IN HELL WHERE ALL OF YOUR PEOPLE BELONG!

Steve Neece writes Luke: I was tickled a while back at Jenna jameson's honesty when she said she thought of a big check floating down from the sky during her sex scenes.Her honesty is to be commended.Why does Becky Carols use use a womans name when its obviously a guy.Is he a frustrated drag queen? A wannabe sex change? What gives? Speaking of honesty, have you read Jasmins St. Claire's farewell to the porn industry on Gene Ross' site? As I long suspected, she seemed to hate everyone she worked with and especially the sex.I just hope she doesn't pull some of the stuff in wrestling that she did in porn or she could be very sorry.

As for your recent story of alleged anti semitism regarding a performer and significant other,I am surprised there isn't much more among the talent.The women especially tend to be of working class gentile background as are a significant number of male performers.Considering the business practices of the generally Jewish management I could see a lot of resentment,especially from people likely to have been raised around anti semitism.Is a lot of the Religious Rights hostility to porn an unspoken anti semitism?

Chaim Amalek writes: "Regarding the "Samantha" - jew porner contretemps -("f--- YOU, YOUR JUST WE WORTHLESS PIECE OF JEWISH s---. I HOPE YOU ROT IN HELL WHERE ALL OF YOUR PEOPLE BELONG!") I think Steve Neece is on the money. Luke, if the only contact you had with Jews was with the jews who ran porn and you were one of the "help" would you be an antisemite? Be honest now."

Hocky writes: "I think Steve Neece hit it pretty close to the mark about anti-semitism and racism in porn being because of stars coming from similar white-bread backgrounds. But to take it one step further, we aren't dealing with highly educated people here. I think a lot of the bigotry is based on pure ignorance. While you don't often hear flat out condemnation of Jews or blacks, you get a lot of that "Well, you know how those people are..." type of comments. And when they get called on it, most porn people don't have the smarts to exert proper damage control, and often end up sounding a whole hell of a lot dumber."

Older Porn Stars

Shaggy writes: In response to the question about older porn stars. I met Annette Haven about six years ago (non porn setting). While I didn't mention that I recognized her, she seemed like a very nice lady (and exceptionally bright). She's also one of the few stars from the golden era that keeps a mailing address for her fans. Another older star not mentioned, who is very approachable, is Kay Parker. A classy lady who is open about her past and friendly with fans.

AVN Phone Spam

I've received five phone calls in the past week on my answering service from the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo soliciting me to sign up for the January Expo. Annoying.

DragonKing writes on Netpond: Here's how f---ING REDUNDANT this industry has become.... AVN Magazine prints a groundbreaking story of how Antigua pummeled Porn Lords and put them out of business. This happened over 4 months ago and as falsely written the first f---ing time. A mere cut and paste of what some rougue wanna be somebody reporter (ala Luke) penned down. Are they that hard up for content?? Geezzz........... Even TV Guide has fresh content.. Shame on you AVN staff.. Remind me to Bitch Slap one of you the next time we meet at a convention...Lovingly of course!! :)~

Get Circumsized And Save The World

Asef writes: There was an interesting programme on the BBC's science strand, Horizon, this week. I'm surprised none of your other correspondents picked up on it. Anyway it was news to me - In Africa they've found a huge disparity between the rates of HIV infection between circumcised and uncircumcised tribes in Kenya. 7% v 20%. Apparently HIV is more easily passed through the inside of the foreskin, which does not have a protective coating (the name of which escapes me).

Since condom use is somewhat taboo in various African cultures, fathers are having the operation performed on their children (against the wishes of tribal elders). An American pressure group called NOCIRC are lobbying against the practice but perhaps this could be Africa's saviour? What are your thoughts on the matter?