Wednesday,
November 29th, 2000
Roger Pipe Interviews Samantha Sterlyng
Here's an excerpt:
RP: Are there things you won’t do on camera?
SS: Yeah I don't do anal and I can't really do interracial guys because of their dick size.
RP: How do you feel about working with/without condoms?
SS: I think that the idea of condoms is good, but I personally don't like them. I think that they take the natural sex lubrication out of it and I end up using more sticky lube...yuck
Roger Pipe's December Pipeline
Here's an excerpt: Word is that Luke F-rd may be looking for a new sponsor for his site. For the last few years, www.l-keford.com has been one of the most talked about sites on the web. Loved by some, hated by others, the frank, unfiltered news has made it a favorite among porn fans and a news outlet that the porn powers that be love to hate. Sin City was rumored to be a player, but I'm thinking that AVN might like to put a nice leash around the neck of the dog that keeps biting them in the ass.
Paul Fishbein's Conflicts Of Interest
Frank writes: Hello Luke, Just wanted to comment on the "AVN Hall of Fame" induction of Earl Miller. What does he have to do with the adult video industry? He's been a nudie photographer for a long time, big deal. I heard Paul Fishbein has a piece of the "Earl Miller Collection" website that has its banners all over AVN and the Tod Hunter sites. Definite conflict of interest. I also heard he's part of an online video content deal with Rodney Moore- I wonder if Rodney's reviews have improved and how many awards he'll win this year.
Ron Miller On Tera Patrick Show
Ron Miller, founder of Erotica LA, appeared on the Tera Patrick Show last night but he would not say anything nasty about AVN.
Adult Video News has hated Miller in the past and there was no love lost between them. But a few weeks ago Miller sold Erotica LA To AVN.
Darren Roberts and Bryn Pryor hated Miller and tried (in the fall of 1999) to get Gene Ross to do a hatchet job on him. This was after AVN dropped from sponsoring the Erotica LA Halloween Ball because of a financial dispute. For months afterwards at AVN, whenever you heard the name "Ron Miller," you'd always hear the word "thief" used in the same sentence.
Gene Ross sez: "Somebody then better advise Mr. Miller that both Bryn Pryor and Darren Roberts approached me last year about doing an editorial "hatchet job" on Miller with Roberts calling Miller "a thief". For the record, I never did the piece even though Pryor insisted I "was the guy who could do it." Hey, it's a good thing they didn't do the hatchet job in light of present circumstances."
THE AVN 4 write Luke: "from inside AVN...it's not that hard to get another e-mail account...let's just tell you Luke, that AVN is about to go down the tubes...we've got taped and written proof of bribery and threats..."
Vivid Holds Company Party Tonight At The Willturn Theater On Wilshire
Vivid holds its big company holiday party tonight at the Willturn Theater on Wilshire Blvd, between Fairfax and La Brea Blvds. I believe the Googoo Dolls will perform.
Jenna Breaks Up With Fiance Justin Sterling
I hear that Jenna Jameson has broken up with her boyfriend Justin Sterling.
A man with mainstream filmmaking abilities, Justin Sterling aka Teddy Fine used to hide out in the adult industry.
He would work as a PA but he often alluded to having tons of money. People thought he was full of it but they were wrong. He is loaded. A real shame they broke up, because Jenna and Justin were just the coolest couple, say sources.
I hear that Jenna Jameson will host the AVN Awards in January.
Luke Apologizes To XXX
On September 26, 1999, I published a story entitled 'XXX Bestiality'. I linked to the story several pictures of a slender blonde woman with a dog. The face of the woman in the pictures was not visible. Within the context of the story, I inferred that the woman in the pictures was XXX.
Since the posting of the story, XXX has consistently denied that the female in the pictures was her. I have discovered nothing refuting Ms. Lake's claim. I admittedly published the article and pictures in order to drive traffic to my website. In fact, my investigation leads to the conclusion that it is not her. Accordingly, I retract any and all inference that the woman in the pictures is or might be XXX.
I now regret publishing the story. I wish that I had never seen the pictures and video in question. I realize that there is nothing I can do to alleviate the anguish and extreme emotional pain she has endured since my initial posting. I sincerely apologize to XXX for such emotional distress. It is my hope that this apology, combined with the significant financial compensation she will receive from my settling the defamation lawsuit she filed against me, will allow her to regain her good name and reputation.
Retired porn star Rebecca Bardoux writes: Luke, Hi, Luke hope all is well! I just got done reading the nominees for the AVN Awards, and it has really put a downer on my day. Looking at the Hall of Fame Inductees I see a few of the girls that I came in with, or slightly before. Now, I was just wondering what makes one eligible for getting into the Hall of Fame. I guess for the years I never got any awards and a lot of nom's, it would be great just to be in the Hall of Fame.
Maybe, I was a bigger performer in my head then in reality. This will not make any difference in respect to my career, as I am no longer doing movies, or dancing. In fact I'll be getting married soon to a wonderful man that has had nothing to do with the business. I still feel bad about this, Not that I did the movies to get in to the Hall of Fame, but I enjoyed what I did, and so did my fans, and during my time I was always professional and well liked, and all directors knew I would always give my best with a great attitude. You can be honest Luke as well as your readers, do I have a reason to be hurt.
Wayne writes: Dear Luke: I vacationed with Becky and a bunch of other guests in Mexico a couple of years ago and she is one nice classy lady!!! Her job was sort of a one like a cruise directors does co ordinating events I sort of lost track of her due circumstances beyond my control. Could you forward this message to her!!! CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR UPCOMING MARRIAGE
AVN Nominations
Steph Dunn from AdultDvdTalk.com writes: Generally, I don't like to publicize my opinions on the adult video industry because every time I do someone threatens to sue me or accuses me of slander. But when I saw the AVN award nominations this morning I was flabbergasted. I cannot judge any of the video or star nominations, as I don't watch VHS tapes. I can, however, comment on the DVD nominations. Consumers often joke about AVN reviewers not actually watching the movies they review. But shouldn't the most promoted awards in the industry be taken more seriously? AVN nominated Diva X: Brittany for Best Interactive DVD. I couldn't get most of the segments of the DVD to work (and I have two different players for testing purposes.) A consumer reviewer describes this disc as 'poor, sloppy and rushed', going on to say that 'the execution is flawed' when discussing the interactive portion of the disc. He was being nice.
Now let's move on to the nominations for Best Classic DVD. AVN nominated NuTech's Debbie Does Dallas. Maybe they should include some kind of criteria for these nominations. Yes, Debbie Does Dallas is a great movie. The DVD, however, does not do the movie justice. The audio is horrendous. One reviewer commented, "Most of the movie sounds like it was recorded in the shower." The DVD has no extras whatsoever.
Ironically, AVN also nominated The Dinner Party for Best Classic DVD. The irony is that Adam and Eve is remastering this disc due to problems with the original. To quote an Adam and Eve representative (as posted on the Adult DVD Talk forum), "The current DVD does not do the title justice. Ultimate fans have been asking for a new DVD for quite some time." A reviewer says, "It's criminal: A featureless DVD with a really poor transfer of one of the best adult films of the 1990s.... It's so bad that I actually stopped and recalibrated my home theater system to make sure there wasn't something wrong with my equipment!" Most consumers express this sentiment with more colorful language.
I realize it's difficult to wade through thousands of movies to make these nominations. But there are people working very hard on their DVDs. They deserve to be rewarded. Maybe the DVD nominations are not as important as the video categories? Hopefully, someone just made a few typos.
Gene Ross sez: "In a nominations' list that's distinguished by its record number of typos, the biggest one AVN made was by putting one person in charge of sorting out the DVDs. The people in that industry are getting royally f---ed in the fast shuffle."
Luke says: Isn't the person in charge of DVDs Bryn Pryor aka Mark Logan?
Adult Video News Publisher Paul Fishbein Answers The Tough Questions
Luke says: Evidence is mounting from various sources that the following stories are not to be discounted.
Here are some highlights from my December 7, 1998 interview with AVN publisher Paul Fishbein:
Luke asks: Speaking of Sexpose, it was all over the industry that you
were sleeping with Kylie Ireland, that’s how she got the editor’s
title?
Paul: "Ok, next. This is ridiculous."
Luke asks: Do you get blow jobs from porn girls?
Paul: "No."
Luke: "You don't date porn girls?"
Paul: "No, I am married. When I was single? No."
Luke: "Have you ever had a sexual relationship with a porn girl?"
Paul: "Why are we talking about this? Why is this part of this
interview? Why does anybody want to know about my personal life. The
answer is no and I don't want to talk about it. Did you ask Russ those
questions? And Rob Black?"
Luke: "Yes."
Paul: "And what did Russ say? Leave my personal life out of it,
right?"
Luke: "Yes, he thought it was a legit question and he said absolutely
never."
Paul: "It's not... The whole world thinks that this business and
this office is one big orgy."
Luke: "Ok, give me the denial and we'll move on."
Paul: "If you spent a couple of weeks here and saw what was going
on, you would realize that it is just a business. Girls do come in here.
They come to talk to editors and to drop off tapes, to say hello or
whatever."
Luke: "I think it is a legitimate question to ask. If I were in
your position, I would find it very tempting to have sex with porn girls."
Paul: "Then, if you are in that position, if you have a substantial
position as a journalist, then you lose your credibility. Because anything
you say good about that person is not because they really did a good
job but because they're having sex with you."
Luke: Roxanne Hall at a recent industry party complained to people that
Chloe gets all the breaks because she’s "sleeping with Paul
Fishbein." Were you aware of that comment?
Paul: "Chloe is friends with a lot of people with here at the office.
I've never heard that comment. I don't know Roxanne Hall. I guess every
girl that ever got good press, I slept with."
Luke: Word on the street has it that Alisha Klass has been sleeping
with you. Is that payback for all the great reviews Seymore gets?
Paul: "Yeah, well, she's a really sweet girl and really pretty.
She's been here a bunch of times but no... Oh, she got a cover, I see."
Paul thought these personal questions ludicrous, ridiculous and obnoxious.
He alternated between shrugging them off and categorically denying any
truth to them.
Luke: "Would it bother you if your journalists were sleeping with
porno girls?"
Paul: "Yeah. And I'd have to deal with it."
Franky tells Luke: You need to hammer on these allegations. It will drive Fishbein nuts. He loves to present that upstanding mask. But put a few wines into him and he will spill all. He loves to confess.
He's confessed to cheating on his first wife, to having an affair with Dick Miller's (Richard Mailer's) secretary at the time at Intropics Video.
Remember that Dick Miller is the Prague pimp these days. Fishbein loves to stay with Dick Miller in Prague. That whole thing with Chris English and Chuck Zane was right on the nose.
It's an understood that Dick Miller offers an open invitation to anyone in the vicinity of Prague to come stay with him and sample the goodies.
This was whole area for fruitful discussion between Paul, Darren Roberts and Hal Roseman of Rose Travel in Philadelphia, which lines up all the travel for AVN. The three traveled to Prague, right after Cannes, to visit Dick Miller. And they were openly talking about what was going to go down, and it wasn't study of sacred text, let me tell you.
Paul Fishbein was seen openly groping Sky, a Vivid girl at the time, at the casinos at the January 1999 CES. Paul was hanging out with his business partner Stuart Franks.
A few weeks later, Paul told a journalist about Sky, "She's to be discounted. You can't trust her. She's crazy."
Luke: "Does Paul like to take girls to the Airtel Hotel?"
Franky replies: Let's put it this way. They were observed driving off somewhere and the Airtel, of course, is the local rendezvous point for a lot of the industry muckety mucks who want their little break in the day.
You asked yesterday what is it that Bryn Pryor could have on Paul Fishbein. After all, it appears that Pryor took the fall for bringing stolen computers into AVN. Pryor spent jail time. Why would Fishbein keep him on the payroll unless there was some secret deal?
Bryn and Paul are good buddies. Bryn introduced Chloe to Paul. I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't some videotape of this whole thing.
So there are two points of job security for Pryor - Chloe and computers.
Lloyd says: Extreme did extremely well in the AVN nominations. Did Rob Black's black rose bullying tactics have some kind of an effect?
Luke talked his deep throat Ken.
Ken: I hope you're just calling to say hi, because I have no dirt.
Luke: I just wanted to say hi. And by the way, did Paul Fishbein ever get together with Jill Kelly?
Ken: No. In fact there was a misunderstanding between the two of them that they did not like each other. He thought she didn't like him and she thought he didn't like her.
Luke: Oh, how convenient. What a great story.
Ken: They're barely friendly. They don't even know each other.
To be perfectly honest with you, I don't think Paul has had any affairs with porn girls. He's almost never been single. I don't think he likes porn girls. He likes smart girls. If he did have affairs with porn girls, it would surprise me majorly.
I've seen Paul with Chloe and I did not get any sense that they had ever hooked up. I just saw two friendly people. As for Bryn and Chloe, yeah, they did get together.
Chloe thinks Paul Fishbein is nice but she also thinks he's kinda square. Paul is too vanilla for Chloe. Bryn Pryor is certainly not vanilla. He's deeply twisted.
Pryor (Mark Logan) has these yearly orgies with these invitation cards that look like a wedding invitation.
Chloe used to live with Zane publicist guitarist Ty Longley and she's reported to have said one night, "I can't believe I just f---ed the publisher of Adult Video News."
Contacted 11/29/00, Longley denied the story.
Luke: "Did Shane ever have a fling with Paul Fishbein?"
Ken: No.
Luke: "Were you ever aware of Paul pursuing Shane?"
Ken: I plead the Fifth.
Luke: "What about Paul and Taylor Hayes?"
Ken: I plead the Fifth.
I do know that according to the Clinton standards of what sex is, there has been no sexual activity between Paul and Taylor and Paul and Shane. I guarantee that. Even Bill Clinton could say there was no anything.
10/13/99
Paul Fishbein Caught In Prague Love Nest?
For the second time in five months, Adult Video News (AVN) publisher Paul Fishbein has quashed Gene Ross's reportage on Chuck Zane. And according to European porn shooter Chris English, the reason may well be that Zane's Prague buddy Dick Miller aka Richard Mailor supplied Fishbein with prostitutes.
Fishbein denies the charges and promises a full report on Wednesday's .
English may shoot for Rob Black. Based in Sweden, he has numerous contacts with the East European porn world.
Chris seeks work and can be contacted at: chrisenglish1@yahoo.com.
Chris can work in Prague, Hungary, Germany, France, Italy, and Sweden.
Meanwhile, Luke's learned that the sources who were putting the fear of God into the atheistic Fishbein, Vivid and VCA last December, were probably paid off to keep silent, thus keeping Luke from blowing the corruption story wide open.
Porner: "One of the reasons that Paul Fishbein might be covering up for Chuck Zane is that Fishbein has been going over to Prague, staying at Dick Miller's, and Dick Miller (Richard Mailor) has been supplying him with girls. And Chris knows that because when he was in Prague, he saw the pictures."
Chris: "Dick Miller brings his friends over there all the time to get laid. He has little honeys in and out of that apartment..."
Luke talked to English, who lives in Sweden, by phone Wednesday morning.
Chris: "I just want to tell the truth. I want to work. I'm not concerned about politics."
Luke: "Who's this Dick Miller?"
Chris: "I believe he's known as Richard Mailor. He's been retired from porn for a while and he's the guy who got Chuck fixed up in the business [of East European porn?]. He started his business in Dick's front room. They're very very good friends."
Luke: "And Dick brings big shots through and supplies them with hookers?"
Chris laughs: "Well, that's what it boils down to, yes. A lot of their business associates are buttered by Chuck in contact with Dick. Whoever could be useful to him, they basically go over there and get as much pussy as they can handle. It's all done very nicely however, it's not brash hookers. They're very sweet girls and they never ask for money. Dick sticks money in their pocket on the way out the door."
Luke: "Who are the types who come by? You've mentioned Paul Fishbein. Who else?"
Chris: "Honestly I don't know. I wasn't really concerned. Paul Fishbein was definitely one of them. He went with my own footage from the Barcelona shoot which I gave to Chuck in Cannes and he [Paul] took it back to Prague with him. As a favor for Chuck [Zane]."
Luke: "And Dick has photos of Paul with some of these honeys?"
Chris: "Not in compromising positions as you put on your site. But photos of Paul in Prague with these women. Everybody who goes through Dick's door doesn't come out again unless they've been laid. Even myself. I like Dick."
Luke: "So what are the photos of Paul of?"
Chris: "Just friendly tourist pictures of Paul hanging out with people I don't know, and by himself in the streets of Prague and in Dick's apartment."
Ken Wood Suspects AVN Has Ties To Organized Crime
I did this email interview with former Adult Video News managing editor Ken Wood (and I suspect the IRS is reading this):
>* Did you see or suspect any criminal activity at AVN while you were there?
Ken: Yes, I believe I did. I have no evidence to support that claim.
>* Any ties to organized crime or money laundering?
Ken: Yes, to the first. I believe there were. I have no evidence to support that claim.
>* What do you know about Paul's business partner in Philly? How active is >he?
As far as I know, Stuart Franks is a legitimate professional printer, and to my knowledge has no direct involvement in any illegal activity. He's primarily active during the trade shows.
>* Did AVN suppress any important news stories?
In my belief, quite often. I cannot support that claim with direct evidence.
>* Were you ever instructed to slant your coverage, either negative or >positive?
Yes, I believe I was. Again, I can't support that.
>* Did Paul Fishbein have sex with any porn stars?
Not to my knowledge. Not any specific porn stars, at least.
>* Did any AVNers boff any porners? Did you?
I have never had a sexual relationship with anybody in the porn industry. The only one that I would have even considered f---ing still works at AVN. As for other AVN staff, I always heard rumors, but you know how those are. So I can't say that they did for sure.
>* What about Paul Fishbein and those women of easy virtue in Prague? Any >truth to the story from Chris English?
I don't know who Chris English is or what his story is, but I was aware of Paul taking several trips to the Bohemian hamlet with friends.
>* How much pull did advertisers have with editorial content? How did they >exercise their pull? What was communicated to you from the business end of >the AVN operation?
I believe they had much more "pull" than was appropriate for a supposedly neutral magazine. Influence was always exercised through Paul Fishbein's office directly. When people didn't get what they wanted through Bryn Pryor and subsequently through me, they went to Paul and he ordered us to do things a certain way as a result.
>* Did Paul's close friendship with Steve Hirsch influence editorial content >and reviews?
In my belief, absolutely. If a particular Vivid release didn't get a favorable review from and AVN freelancer or editor, it would get reviewed by somebody who, in the publisher's opinion, would give it a better review. This was my observation, and I have no direct evidence to support it.
>* Did Paul's friendships in general influence editorial or reviews?
Not so much as his business relationships.
>* Does Paul do secret deals with various porn companies? Does he have >financial interests in other porn companies?
No comment.
>* How many companies does Paul have a financial interest in?
If I could count that high, I'd have Alan Greenspan's job.
>* Paul seems particularly close with VCA?
To my knowledge, Paul hates Russell Hampshire. I think I remember something about some anti-Semitic conspiracy in porn that Russell was supposedly party to. I didn't buy it. I just think Russell refused to kiss Paul's ass and Paul always knew that Russell was more powerful than he. Two ingredients for a healthy hateful relationship.
>* What was the morale like at AVN?
Pathetic. I was ordered by Paul and Darren Roberts to "do something" about editorial morale when I took over. I suggested no-brainer solutions like raises and private office space to begin with, both of which were quickly and uncerimoniously rejected. I pissed them off when I took the entire editorial staff to lunch at The Olive Garden in Chatsworth without permission. I had nine or ten friends for about 60 minutes. It took weeks to get reimbursed, by the way.
>* What were the major cliches?
Pass.
>* How could a magazine with so many journalists and so much money, in such >an interesting industry, be so boring?
A stock car on the track in Daytona isn't very interesting when you have it in neutral.
>* Did you see any evidence of OC in porno?
You're talking to somebody who comes from a legal family. Evidence is too strong a word.
>* How did Bryn Pryor treat Paul like s---?
Verbal abuse, mainly. Telling him how he should run his company. Actually, in retrospect, Bryn was right 90% of the time. It was just his style that I found tasteless.
>* Have you ever seen Paul Fishbein tell a lie?
I believe I have.
>* Who were the two people who communicated with me at AVN?
Oh, come now, you don't REALLY expect me to answer that, do you?
>* What do you think of the AVN Awards?
Read generossextreme.com
Ken Wood tells Gene Ross: "When people say that Darren was supposed to be this plant by Russ Hampshire to control AVN and VCA's interests, I always shook my head and said to think Russ Hampshire would even want to employ such a seemingly retarded moron who fails every business venture he goes into, doesn't make sense to me. In fact, I heard a rumor, and I believe this more closely than the others, that Russ cleverly recommended him to Paul as a means of getting rid of him.
"Every single person in editorial hated his guts and didn't want to deal with him unless absolutely necessary.
"It is my belief that several awards over the years have been fixed to suit certain political purposes of the publisher. However I have no evidence to support that claim. It's just my belief. And I had certain reasons to believe that. At the 2000 AVN Awards in Vegas, after the first six were presented, several editors and I exchanged glances, like, what's going on here. None of us voted for that. I was so fed up, I got up from my table, went over to where Bryn Pryor was sitting. I looked right across the table at him and mouthed the words, 'this is f---in' fixed.' He sort of smiled and shook his head slowly, as if to say, 'what, our awards show fixed?' I just walked away.
"All I can say is that with certain awards, the editors and I would be flabbergasted. If the entire editorial staff pretty much unanimously voted for something other than what won, that means every freelancer and then some would have to have voted for the one video that won. The chances that every freelancer is going to vote for that video and none of the editors is damn near impossible. That's like a Hail Mary situation.
"I suggested [to AVN publisher Paul Fishbein] that it would be a good idea for her [Jenna Jameson] to be on AVN's January 2000 cover. I thought in my wild editorial imagination, if you're going to have a Millennium cover, you should have the biggest adult star of all time on it. Jenna said she would love to do it but wasn't sure that Paul would go for it. I asked her why. She said, 'Paul's been kinda pissed at me for a couple of years.' I said what for? She said, 'Well, one time he picked myself and a friend up In New York to drive us down to ECVS. We were all going to drive down together. Paul was apparently insulted because we didn't talk to him enough on the drive down.' I looked at her, you got to be kidding me. She said, no, 'he hasn't talked to me for a long time because he felt slighted by myself and my friends because we didn't talk to him.' I said, look, I'll try and lobby for you to get on the cover because I think that would make a good cover. When it came time to talk to Paul, about it, I brought it up. He said, no, absolutely not. I put forward my case like I did to Jenna and he said, no, absolutely not. 'She treated me like s--- a couple of years back.' I said, ECVS? He said, ah-hah. I said, look, let's be professionals about this. Considering who can be on that cover, who better than, blah.blah.blah. He said, 'f--- Jenna Jameson!' And that was the final word on the subject. I walked out. I remember his facial expression. That was one of the five golden, platinum, diamond moments with Paul that I remember clearly. He was quite vehement, quite angry about it." (From Gene Ross)
Arch Stanton writes on RAME: "I can't help remembering a few years
back when FishFace deployed a few troops here on rame to denounce and
fight Luke F-rd and to defend the legitimacy of the
Which porn company paid $100,000 to sponsor January's AVN Expo?
The Day Vivid Fired Nikki Tyler
Gene Ross writes: "It was at the summer VSDA Show, the first one to be held in Los Angeles, that AVN publisher Paul Fishbein approached me on the convention floor. "I have a hot scoop for your gossip column, but you didn't hear it from me," Fishbein said conspiratorially and he proceeded to relay how Vivid was letting Tyler go because her ass-ets were evidently too copious for personal tastes. I reported such in my pre-Internet gossip column in AVN, carefully crafting tact in my words. Tact or no tact, however, Steve Hirsch went f---in' ballistic and called Fishbein who proceeded to sell me out by telling Hirsch he had no idea where I got such a notion about Tyler. And, over the next couple of days, damage control ensued with Fishbein publicly dressing me down in front of AVN employees for my journalistic indiscretions. The final make-good arrangement came when both an upset Tyler and boyfriend Bobby Vitale came into my office escorted by Fishbein and I had to apologize to her both verbally and by way of an interview."
Luke says: To the best of my knowledge, Steve Hirsch used to boff Nikki Tyler behind Bobby Vitale's back.
Gene Ross On Luke F-rd Live
I need more guests for my radio show. Industry persons, particularly porn stars, should email me to schedule appearances on Luke F-rd Live.
Gene Ross spent the first hour with us. (Listen to the show)
He said that AVN publisher Paul Fishbein had promised him (back in Philadelphia around 1991) a percentage ownership in AVN which Gene never received.
Gene: "Mark Kernes is an intelligent guy who has no idea what a deadline is. The most exasperating thing in dealing with him is to get him to turn something in on time. Mark Kernes just does not understand what a calendar is."
Luke: "Do you think he's qualified to be AVN's legal analyst?"
Gene: "Being a court reporter [Mark's former profession] doesn't exactly qualify you to be a legal analyst."
Jim: "But he wears suspenders."
Gene: "He's got the Clarence Darrow look going."
Luke: "I was blown away by Mark Kernes analysis of the Seymore Butts vs Sunshine case. He thought Seymore Butts won it while everybody else thought that Sunshine won it."
Gene: "I had some out and out arguments with Kernes over that. We both read the same opinion. I had minimal legal training, but it seemed clear from the judge's ruling that Sunshine won. So we had him interview Seymore's attorney and I interviewed Sunshine's attorney. And if you'd compared the comments of both, you'd be confused too."
Jim: "Is Seymore Butts [Adam Glasser] allowed to continue being Seymore Butts?"
Gene: "No. Sunshine put the name in commerce, therefore they own the name."
Luke: "Is it a common practice at Adult Video News to use stolen property?"
Gene: "Well, if you can get it at a good price.
"If Bryn Pryor worked on CalTrans [as a prisoner picking up trash beside freeways], he's in good company. Tom Byron, Bobby Hollander, Marc Wallice all worked for CalTrans."
Luke: "Why would Paul Fishbein keep Bryn Pryor on his employment, after that conviction for dealing in stolen property, unless Pryor had taken a fall for higherups at AVN?"
Gene: "Now you're thinking like Columbo [TV detective]."
Gene: "There was a rumor that Darren Roberts, when he came to work at AVN, said he was going to eliminate my job. Paul denied it. This was a story told to me by Paul's former office manager."
Luke: "Did you get the sense there that Roberts was out to get you?"
Gene: "Nobody gets me. I deal with such things one of two ways. I either deal with it intellectually or physically."
Jim: "Do you own a piece of AVN?"
Gene: "No, although I was promised it. But my discussions with Paul Fishbein about it, we seem to have different recollections.
"I was promised a piece of it when we were still in Philadelphia and that was one of the inducements to come out here [Los Angeles]. When such was not forthcoming, Paul dutifully told me that I had misunderstood what the whole conversation was about."
Luke: "What do you think the likelihood is that you misunderstood?"
Gene: "Zero. Because as sure as hell I am not going to leave a whole life behind to move out to California over a vague recollection, over semantics."
Jim: "Was it a handshake deal?"
Gene: "Not in a physical handshake. It was an agreement in principle."
Luke: "How many times did you bring this up to Paul?"
Gene: "I only had to do it once and the point was made quite clear to me that I was mistaken. I am not the type of person who whines or complains. I solve the problem on either a physical or intellectual plane. To me, living well is the best revenge and I'm living pretty well over here."
Gary Kremen (GKremen@aol.com), who just won back the domain name Sex.com, joined us for the last 15 minutes of the show.
Katja, Jessica Drake, Sylvia, Zoe, Shay, Kamiko, Teens
Chaim Amalek writes: Luke, not to belabor the point, but your internet show is literally the dullest thing I have ever spent two hours listening to outside of a shul.
The truth is that other than a few dozen (at most!) netgeeks, no one cares about chargebacks, AVN office politics (OK, maybe a few more morons care about that) or any of the other topics you hit on your show. It's like listening to a radio show that is centered on the petty bickering of a group of elderly jews at some distant shul one has never been to. And you cover the same ground week after week after week. Unless you are a member, why would you be interested?
Then there is the depressing lack of female input to your show. Porn is inherently depressing because it is a very poor substitute for actual female companionship. A show that similarly is utterly lacking in female input merely serves to remind even the least self-aware among your listeners that he is a loser for caring about the subject matter of your show. Really, your show is both depressing and boring. This is NOT good practice for a real show (i.e., something on the radio dial or cable) because it does not have the breadth of interesting topics necessary to engage an audience. At the very least, if you are going to do a porn-related show, you simply MUST have female talent on MOST (if not ALL) OF THE TIME with you. NO NORMAL HUMAN BEING wants to spend two hours listening to a bunch of pencil neck geek male porn businessmen talk about ANYTHING. You can do better.
Here are some ideas: DROP the male sidekick. You need a woman there, preferably heterosexual or at least one who can fake it. If you cannot get a hooker (excuse me, a pornstar) to do it, how about NJG, Persian Kitty (tell her she will both be anonymous and famous at the same time), Japster (fat chance of that, I know), or hell, any random woman in your life. Anything would be more interesting than what you have going. Or try for some non-porn male guests, like Marc, or even the gentile J.D. (and by the way, they remember his father at Frenchman Flat). Pretend you had a real show and two hours of REAL airtime to fill. What would you fill it with?
Rumdar writes: Luke.. Proof that you have been (somewhat) blacklisted by your industry is listening to your show every week. The Luke F-rd Show featuring Jimmy D. with special guest Gene Ross. Week, after week, after week. You can't even find to some senile old porn hag to interview (didn't Gene mention Zsa Zsa Gabor)? I think she is available. Hey, I would phone in some caustic comments (as I'm sure others would) if I could find the goddamned thing. It is easier contacting a WW II Japanese soldier cowering in a cave on Guam than finding The Luke F-rd Show featuring Jimmy D. with special guest Gene Ross on my computer.
Pat Riley Denies Calling Jim Gunn A Racist
Pat Riley replies to Mike Paul on RAME: How has this suddenly turned into me claiming that Jim Gunn is a racist? I never used the term nor do I have any knowledge of Jim Gunn's views on the relative superiority of the different racial groups. He was simply used as an example (a very minor part thereof) of a director/producer who seemed to have less than his fair share of black girls in his movies.
Wait on...for whatever you're waiting for.
>Well, OK, it smells. Do we have Jake or Jim or Max saying "I won't hire >Blacks"? Maybe the famous "marketing" problem, where White women sell >and non-White ones don't?
Ah, yes, the marketing problem. That's probably the reason (I'm serious) but doesn't that still effect employment opportunities for black females? Isn't one of your main complaints about black males being turned down by some white female the effect it has on their (the black males) income? Does it really matter why they don't get the job (males or females)? In cases where the role is non-race sensitive, which means almost all gonzo and wall to wall as well as much of the plotted porn shouldn't the company (or girl or guy if they're the motivating factor) be FORCED to accept a number of blacks?
The company is in a far weaker position than an individual who can at least plead personal revulsion which even if you don't agree with, would be seen as something within that guy/girl's right of choice. For the company it's just money. Something akin to hotels in the South circa 1950's being forced to accept blacks even though they lost some of their white customers.
It's of course why white women sell and black girls don't that interests me. (I couldn't give a rat's ass if I never saw another black male in a porno movie.)
Let's explore a moment:
There are black guys who know they have no hope whatsoever of screwing a white girl in real life so their vicarious thrill is in seeing a black guy (them) screwing a white girl. For some there's an element of retaliation against the stuck-up white bitch.
For the white hard-line raincoater, there's nothing more degrading than for a white girl to be screwed by a black guy. I mean she must be a total slut, available to anyone, right? Even Mr Couch Potato Raincoater. And if you add in the freak show huge dicks, well, that'll serve those bitches right. Let's not see any smiles on their faces when Lex is shoving his salami up their nearly-bursting asshole.
And then there's the negative for the white guy who's not particularly misogynistic: black girls are not members of his preferred mating group. He can't see himself dating one or even screwing one. This has some support from the past (dating myself again) when the powers that were (teachers, parents, etc) were quite happy to have bare-breasted, skimpy-loincloth-equipped black natives cavorting in their natural habitat watched on film by teenage males as part of their social studies class but the same powers that were would have a collective conniption should there be so much as a white girl's tit exposed to the same group. Black females were seen as asexual despite obvious evidence to the contrary.
Do a reasonable proportion of black females have jobs in sleazy raincoater porn? That's the question, not whether someone was "racist". The only point in communicating with the company concerned would be to find out if they have a particular reason why black girls don't appear. "They didn't come a knocking" or "They want too much money" would be possible reasons but their validity would be suspect. "We cater to a white misogynist audience and they just want to see white girls getting abused" would be more honest but something I doubt they'd say.
I personally don't care, from an erotic standpoint, if any black girls ever appear in Anabolic/Diabolic or Max or even Jim Gunn's movies but I'd love to see you with your self-righteous anti-racist stance re-focus your efforts on attacking the companies. I think it would be devastating to Anabolic/Diabolic for them to have to add a black girl in each of their Gang Bang Girl series and anything that's bad for Anabolic/Diabolic is good for me. Same with Max although in his case I think it's a personal thing.
OH, and to Torris: Zina Foxx is about as black as Mariah Kane, less probably. Sirena appeared in two Max movies in 1997 in both cases being screwed by someone other than Max. No Anabolic for either of them. Kenya and Monique each appeared in one Anabolic; Cinna Bunz in two. This is hardly "highlighting" and with those three you've just about exhausted the black female participation in Anabolic.
Interviews in the porn world are intended, in most cases, to present a screen persona, thus the "I really love older men" or "I'm a freshman at Harvard" (I kid you not). Call it a plot of sorts. Of course most of porn is pretty bad at creating that credible screen persona and some of the real persona comes through such as Jenna Jameson's recent statement to the effect that when she's screwing she's thinking about that big fat check she's going to receive for doing the scene.
> Mr. Riley also seems to think that >orthodontia is a better investment than body art or plastic surgery. Why? >Because he happens to have a thing for nice teeth?
Actually it's because so many porn girls have such bad teeth. If they were as good as their natural breasts then I wouldn't even comment.
Banner Ads
Jamie writes: Hey Luke - great site. It is very funny and I have kind of become addicted to it. It is kind of like watching a car wreck as you drive by. I am in the internet industry and I realize the need to realize revenue from your site. Banner ads are a neccessary component of that. I wanted to let you know that the banner ads make it imposssible for me to read your site at work now. I am sure you understand. It is a shame. I still check it out occasionally but my daily catch up is a thing of the past.
Luke says: You can read my site anywhere by going to www.l-keford.com/text.htm and skip the banner ads.
Mondo Family Films
Ian writes: Hi Luke, I was interested to read about the demise of Mondo Family Films, but only because one of its performers was Keki D'aire. I was bowled over by her performance in a film called 'The Show', a softcore version of which appeared on UK cable tv a year or so ago (funnily enough, it's on again tonight.) Afterwards I looked for pictures of her and references to her on the net, and found her on the Mondo Family Films site, which yielded a few pictures. You just may remember that I told you of my interest in the young lady several months ago, and you were kind enough to direct me to a photo of her that was on your site.
Brother Terry writes: Luke, Just saw that you posted an announcement of the demise of Mondo Family Films. This is ridiculous! Col.Rob and I are working hard to make our little company a success. Whoever this aptly named "Pooper" is, he has his facts dead wrong. While there certainly have been some bumps on the road to success, we are still going strong. Mondo Lives!