Thursday,
December 28th, 2000
Larry Fields Improves
Fat Dog exec Larry Fields has taken a turn for the best, after a severe flu played havoc with his heart transplant.
Internet Entertainment Group Bites The Dust?
Seth Warshavsky's company IEG is but a shell of its former self. Less than a year ago, Warshavky planned to go public.
From King5.com:
But along with many Internet companies that have fallen on tough times, so too has Warshavsky's IEG. Now, some employees like Mubarak Walker say they have left the company because their paychecks bounced. "We would go down to the bank and be told there wasn't enough to cash our checks in their account," he said.
Washington State authorities confirm they have an open investigation into IEG. Warshavsky, meanwhile, told KING 5 Wednesday: "We will be issuing checks as soon as we get settlements with the bank, which should be any day."
This week the company has relocated into a smaller office on Queen Anne Hill. According to Warshavsky, the company, which once employed 100 people now has about 15 workers left.
What happened? There were allegations that the company double-billed customers on their credit cards, allegations Warshavsky insists were unfounded. But he acknowledged that "banks have not been willing to deal with us because of the bad press that we got."
Frank writes: luke- so you got some s--- about ieg.. well how about this. We have their feeds and they are all down, as are their own sites.. I called up and they said they "moved" and the feeds should be back up soon, but they can't give me a date!! can you believe that!! usually when feeds are down, they are up within 24 hours, I never head anyone say they can't give me a date!!!! they are going down big time.. thats what sucks about having content on your site you don't own..
AOL Sues Cyber Entertainment NetworK Over Spam
AOL has filed a $150 million suit against Netvision Audiotext dba Cyber Entertainment Network in the United States district court for the Eastern district of Virginia, Alexandria division. (Civil Action 99-1186-A)
Persons named in the suit include CEN owners John J. Bennett Jr, and Joseph Elkind, as well as Robert L. Atkinson, James Cattanach, Tim Perkins, Tracy Rizzutello, Kyle Vernon and others.
I interviewed CEN part-owner Joe Elkind Thursday afternoon. Listen here.
Brad Shaw writes on Netpond: JoeE has been muzzled, what a puss. Your threats to sue me will do nothing to shut me up. There is no sense to talk into me, I have been the same since I walked into this business 3.5 years ago. You see, I have to look in the mirror, I hear you had all the mirrors removed from your house.
JoeE writes on Netpond: Brad Shaw. As for your comment in message #124783, you once again show your ignorance. I sit on the board of the GIA and I have never met you, talked to you or did business with you. Yet you refer to all of us (with one exception) as scum What’s your problem? Why try to tarnish an organization with unfounded personal attacks? All of the members of the GIA have committed enormous resources of both time and/or money to the overall future of this industry. I think that’s more than anyone could say for your contribution.
In fact I ran into one of your best employees(ex-employees) at CEN Holiday party(not meni) and she is with a strong company now! Get with it Brad!
Brad replies: "Ahh yes JoeE, I recall when you first met her, was up in your suite Adultdex last year. You stuck your tongue down her throat while she was telling you thanks for inviting us up to your suite. You are always such a class act and a ladies man. Good luck with the hookers on this trip, sucks to be ripped off 2 times in a row!"
JoeE writes to Brad: "Your screwed now. The GIA (your own people ) are going to shut you up for GOOD! Lawsuit on the way and then my fist in your arse in Vegas for fun. I am not threatening you.. You like pain;-)))) Why don't you explain what you are talking about to everyone! Brad Shaw's WEBMASTERS will be paid double by CENCASH for 2 months when they switch.... Oh! You don't have any but I will keep you in business cause Stallion's having a baby! Brad- Shave much....;-) .. The reason you cry..You suck at business and are a failure in life... Go away! Nobody wants your s---..."
Brad replies: "JoeE, kiss my fat ass. I like you away from business, but when it comes to business good thing you have a good parner to run things. I do not need, you, or any organization you are alligned with. I am sure the feds will be attending you meeting and taking notes. You can pay my webmasters $1000 a sign-up and I doubt they would switch. As for a business failure, if this is failure, let me fail;-) I guess since I do not snort $$$$$ up my nose I can make less and still be happy. Stop by our booth, stick your fist up my ass, and win a free week stay at Betty Ford."
Evan@GotJoins.com (Xpays.com) writes on Netpond: "JoeE, The mission of the GIA is quite crystalized now, after these several months of organizational and developmental structures. The GIA is a trade association that can benefit the whole industry. NaySayers will also benefit from our efforts and the GIA well-funded & is now open for new members & contributors, as the bylaws and structure are now in place. The GIA's legal representation is now up to speed on the business of the adult internet AND it is wise to not be reactive, but proactive with FTC legal representation etc.. With a new republican regime taking over in washington, it is equivalent to burying one's entrepreneurial head in the sand - IE., NO VISION. Webmasters and businessmen with a vision should attend the meeting. We will get deep into the bylaws and intent of the GIA at this meeting. If you wish to seclude yourself from the battle- there are plenty of us who are passionate about securing our business for the future- no matter how varying our businesses are."
Brad Shaw writes on Netpond: "Someone asked me today "Brad why are you stirring things up so much?" My answer was, 2 things.... 1. Someone has to keep people in check, there are no superheroes in this business. I have yet to see someone wearing red tights at a show other than my lobster. 2. A show is not complete without a few threats of bodily harm, I simply thrive off of that."
Old School writes on Netpond: First, where can more information on GIA be found Mission statement etc.
In any industry, but more so in the adult internet industry (where by the very nature of the internet, business is more fragmented than perhaps any other industry) it is very challenging for the leading companies and individuals to unite for any reason. (Ask Mark Tirra or any of the many others who have not as successfully tried to bring webpublishers together about the challenges)
Given a common enemy of possible lost revenues and paranoia that arises from a new political administration in the USA it could be thought that webpublishers would look to form some sort of action committee. Immature pissing back and forth and possible hidden agendas stand in the way (that and the I'll give you a secret decoder ring if you attend our meeting atmosphere).
Does anyone know the facts on the story AOL is entering into litigation against CEN for spam? Considering the professionalism of some of the posts here today (Hookers and fists up the ass) it is less than encouraging to join any organization being promoted.
Just Reading writes on Netpond: Everyone is just feelin that Holiday Spirit today. Thats beautiful. Thats what this time of year is all about. I have never been more proud to sell porn. I want to thank you all for the happiness and joy you have spread over the last few days. For the love you all give and spread so effortlessly and the joy you each bring into each others lives here at Netpond. I want to thank everyone for the outstanding professionalism you exhibit on the boards...
for forgetting about your differences...
forgetting about who is a loser...
forgetting about who is a schizophrenic forgetting about who is a cocksucker...
forgetting about who married a whore...
forgetting about who cant hold a job...
forgetting about who does the most cocaine...
forgetting about who smokes the most crack...
forgetting about who strikes out with hookers... (ok that one is a little
tough to forget) :-)
and embracing the holiday spririt to its fullest and just being friends.
Tension Running High At Extreme?
Esad writes: luke, it will be very tense inside Extreme HQ today. Film at 11:00! "He without money to pay their bills should watch what they say."
Luke says: I called Extreme today and talked to Gene Ross. All seemed normal. Gene said there was a technical glitch that kept him from updating his site. Other than that, it was business as usual.
I've heard that Kendra Jade is owed $1300 by Extreme. Gene knew nothing about that.
XXX says: Esad is probably someone at AVN. Gene hasn't written anything controversial in two weeks. He's constantly making excuses. One day it is because you printed he was going to do it. Another day because he has boxes of stuff to go through. But that shouldn't stop him from taking pokes, his little satires. My guess is that is all done.
I think the pressure came from buyers. The three biggest buyers are Metro, IVD and GVA. Well, if AVN went to them, they might put pressure on Rob Black to shut up. Rob would like everyone to believe that his stuff is like Evil Angel. That distributors will pay a premium price to get it. But his material isn't like that. Rob Black and company have no juice. AVN has juice.
And all these big things that Gene thought were going to rock the world, they don't really care.
Luke: If they don't care, then they wouldn't try to silence Gene. They do care which why they put the kabosh on Gene.
Long silence.
XXX: Yeah, you're right. Maybe Paul Fishbein called in favors, perhaps to Rob's dad Dominic. I think he's been told to shut up. I wonder what his job will be there if it is not to go after Paul Fishbein. If Gene doesn't print anything next week, in the run up to the AVN show, then that is what happened.
Here are some excerpts from Tuesday's Luke F-rd Live.
Read the transcript of Luke F-rd Live's chat room
Mike South: "Extreme videos are crap. They've got this guy from Danzig doing the music. Well, now we know why Danzig sucks."
Luke: "Is Extreme paying their bills?"
Mike: "I hear that they are a big reason that Lou Peraino had to sell out [to Ray Pistol who also bought their video production company Arrow]."
Luke: "Mike, did Paul Fishbein ask you to replace Gene Ross [in October]?"
Mike: "Yes he did. We had a discussion about that. I was considering an offer. We were in negotiations... But Tod Hunter decided he wanted the site after all so it became a moot point. Which was good because I was not so sure that I wanted to move to LA and do that full thing anyway."
Jim: "How many girls are you bringing to Las Vegas?"
Mike: "I'm bringing Felicia Fox and I'm flying two other girls out there."
Jim: "You look like the ultimate pimp. You're always walking around with girls on your arm."
Mike: "I learned a long time ago in this business that you show up to the shows with chicks. That's how you get your foot in the door. That's how you get the photographers to take pictures of you and people to ask you what you're doing... If I don't show up with chicks on my arm, I'm just another schmuck out there."
Luke: "I'm only in porn to do outreach to these lost girls. They've never had anyone show them true caring and concern."
Jim: "That would be you? Look at the caring and affection I showed Lynne L-patin and look what I got for it."
Luke: "Mike, how come you can't relate to women your own age?"
Mike: "When I go out with a woman my age, what does she want to talk about? Her ex husband, her kids, where they went on vacation. I take out a girl who's 19... I take her to Long Horn Steakhouse... Put it on the charge card. She thinks she's gone someplace great to eat. She's had a good time. She and I have a lot more in common.
"And if I do take her to bed and take the panties off, there's not a forest down there that hasn't seen a razor in years. I have more in common with young people."
Luke: "It says in the book of Proverbs that beauty is fleeting and charm is deceptive. But a woman who fears the Lord, she should be praised.
"Mike, how come you can't sustain a relationship with a single video company but you always have to be promiscious?"
Mike: "I maintained a relationship with XPlor for three years. After that I was with Elegant Angel as long as Greg Alves.
"Jim, you're a way better filmmaker than Bud Lee."
Jim: "Thank you."
Mike: "You've earned it."
Luke: "How? By making pornography?"
Mike: "You can learn how to shoot by shooting porn. Videography, photography, it is all about controlling light..."
Jim: "Something that the people at Extreme have failed to learn how to do."
Luke: "Mike, which mainstream filmmaker has most influenced your directing style?"
Mike: "Allen Funt."
Luke: "Which pornographer most influenced you?"
Mike: "Ugly George."
Luke: "See his website www.UglyGeorge.com."
Mike: "Our quality is more important that mainstream filmmakers when they drop it to videotape. We come under much more scrutiny even though most of the companies in this business put out s---."
Jim: "Mike's making me feel way better about myself."
Mike: "We take more pride in our duplication... It's got to be grade A tape... It's got to be duped at slow speed. I want the stuff color corrected. I want the duplicating machines calibrated so the colors don't shift. Because when that s--- happens, they blame you and me."
Jim: "If I get a bad copy of Goodfellas, I'm not blaming Martin Scorsese. I'm blaming the guy who sold me the copy of Goodfellas, who also had nothing to do with it. But when it comes to porno, they blame the director."
Mike: "In mainstream, the story is more central than the visuals. You don't really care. But if I drop a frame in the middle of that pop shot or the tape f---s up, our fans will go nuts."
Then we talked to porn star Dynamite.
Luke: "How did your appearance on the Howard Stern Show affect your life?"
Dynamite: "It didn't affect my life aside from getting me much publicity."
Jim: "VCA recorded her gangbang for her 21st birthday (21 guys including High Pitched Eric from the Howard Stern Show). And they did very well with it. It's not very pleasant to watch Dynamite having sex with High Pitched Eric but it's funny."
Luke: "What was it like to interact with High Pitched Eric?"
Dynamite: "He was a nice kid."
Jim: "He was retarded. I thought we were all going to hell after that thing because I thought the guy was a Mongoloid."
Dynamite: "I don't think so."
Jim: "When directors dress you up in school girl outfits so you look like a 12-year old coming home from school, and then you end up having sex with some guy who looks like he could be your father, how does that make you feel?"
Dynamite: "I like it.
"If you've got a certain look, why not run with it while you can. Besides, I can go from looking really young to looking my age."
Luke: "So you don't feel stereotyped and typecast in these roles?"
Dynamite: "Not at all. A lot of women would kill to look younger than they really are.
"Me and Kendra [Jade] are getting along again."
Jim: "You're real good friends?"
Dynamite: "We talk."
Luke: "What was it like to work at the Bunny Ranch?"
Dynamite: "It was an interesting experience to say the least."
Luke: "'Interesting' is usually a euphemism that people use to hide stronger feelings."
Dynamite: "It was ok but it wasn't everything that I thought it would be."
Luke: "What did you think it was going to be?"
Dynamite: "I thought it was going to be better. I thought the money was going to be better. I thought it would be much bigger than it is."
Jim: "Were you doing $20 blowjobs up there?"
Dynamite: "Hell no. I could do that right here and I wouldn't have to spend money on a plane ticket out to Nevada."
Dynamite's website is DynamitesPlace.com.
Dynamite plans to start feature dancing in the next six months.
Dynamite: "I got a nurse costume, a cop costume, a schoolgirl, a sailor, a french maid..."
Jim: "I shot Dynamite in a movie with Bobbi Bliss. Bobbi Bliss is notorious known as the premier fellatio giver in the business. In the scene, I had Bobbi giving her lessons on deep throating. And Dynamite kept gagging... So she's still got a gag reflex. But I've set her up with this hypnotist...who's going to cure her of her gag reflex."
RAMER's Panic - The Sky Is Falling
The premier newsgroup to discuss the pornography industry, rec.arts.movies.erotica, is in a panic over the nomination of John Ashcroft to be America's new Attorney General. So far there have been 40 posts on the matter.
RAME's resident sociologist Tim Evanson writes: Big Business may not be in bed as much as you think. The "New York Times" ran a major story in the last two weeks about how a group of religious investors has approached AT&T to divest itself of its porn holdings. The investors represent HUGE pension funds -- some of the largest investors in the country. They are all shareholders in AT&T. They won a meeting with AT&T's CEO and top staff, and have said that if AT&T won't take action then they will seek a resolution at the annual shareholders' meeting.
I do think that AOL-Time Warner (to use your example, although I think it applies to most major companies involved in porn) will divest before they face a boycott. They understand that porn is a hot-button issue with the public. They understand that porn is NOT an essential business concern of theirs, and they will likely divest that part of their business in order to avoid boycotts and public pressure.
America is facing a major cultural schism, much as it did in the 1960s.... As porn sheds its raincoater image and goes upscale, there are stronger and stronger zoning laws based on the raincoater image of porn stores. As the family values crusade hits television, more and more porn stars cross over into legitimate movie, song, and TV work -- in front of and behind the cameras. I have a sneaking suspicion that this is a real cultural crisis, one that's going to rupture publicly within the next 10 to 15 years. When it does, it'll be a big dust-up.
Noseman writes: Ashcroft himself doesn't have to do anything. He will appoint US district attorneys from lists submitted by the Christian Coalition and/or other right-wingers. These DAs will proceed to bring action against video stores which will be difficult to defend. I am very pessimistic about porn's immediate future.
New Interviews On MrWebReview.com
MrWebReview.com writes: Just added three new interviews with Monique, Lexi and dale Jordan. Here's a snippet from Lexi's:
L: Well first off I am gonna buy a computer and start building my website. I was a computer nerd in high school so I am gonna build it myself. I then want to take the money from that and since I write scripts and have written features & gonzos I want to shoot my own stuff, finance it myself and have someone distribute it. Also I feel that black women need a voice in this industry and I would like to actually represent them. Myself and Diana (DeVoe) want to be the PR person for them, getting them on E and like Howard Stern. Things that we don’t get on the usual basis. I am not separation or anything but I feel that it’s harder for us being Black female entertainers, and even though I haven’t been in the industry for a long time, I know there are things that I can warn a new girl coming in about that will save them a lot of grief.
Heather Barron - The Bard Of Burbank
Amused writes: Culture fans rejoice! The porner / poetess, Heather Barron , has released a new poem on her site titled "Romantic Words." Many of the Burbank escort's fans worried that her masterpiece, "Florescent Pussy ," was her poetic swan song, but thankfully it appears to only have been the beginning of her literary creative genius. So sit back with a nice cup of coffee, put on some romantic music, and furiously whack your carrot as you read ...
"Romantic Words" by Heather Barron
When you enter, she inhales the cologne that sprayed on your neck.
She is mezmorized by the flowers, the compliments and the chocolates.
She remember the men she has been with.
Who weren't men.
And you become special.
You pry her up with your words of encouragement.
You elevate her to a new place.
And she escapes into you.
Whatagal writes: Any poetry reads so much better when the spelling is correct! Heather, get thee to a dictionary.
Luke: I'm unfamiliar with Heather's rhyme scheme.
Helpful replies: Heather's a unique poetess who blends valley speak with pseudo-intellectual drivel for a delightful blend of tripe.
Adult DVD Talk Interviews Zana
Adult DVD Talk, http://www.adultdvdtalk.com just posted an interview with Zana, a brand new starlet with a very fresh outlook. Zana talks candidly about everything from how she got into dancing to her first adult movie scene with Jonathan Morgan to her supportive husband. Here are some excerpts:
What made you decide to get into adult movies? & How did your husband react?
My husband and I have always had an extremely active and interesting sex life. Eventually we got into swinging. First couples, then singles, and then groups, and everything went well for the most part, but we always ended up having some sort of trouble with the people that we would meet. There were always plenty of woman willing to show up to our "parties," but finding able, well-endowed men was quite a problem for me. I cannot begin to tell you about all of the trouble I have had trying to find men that can just enjoy mindless f---ing, without all of the details attached. If it wasn't erection or small-penis problems, then it was somebody getting insecure and upset about something and not being able or willing to perform. Not to mention, that most men out there, once they do get "up and running" aren't good for more than one or two, and they usually don't last too long either. After way too many months of trying to find healthy, attractive, safe and capable people to have group sex with, it became clear that I was "getting the shaft," without ever really GETTING THE SHAFT ( or maybe I was just getting the "short-end-of-the-stick," either way), and my husband was still being forced to do all of the "work." It was time to call the professionals.
We finally figured that the only place that we were going to meet other people who knew how to f--- and were good at it was in adult movies. And, by the way, I love my new job!! Did you tell your family? I have not told the rest of my family what I am doing yet, but since I figure that they will find out eventually anyway, I thought I might send them all a copy of my first movie when it comes out, as a sort-of delayed Christmas present.
Read the rest of the interview at http://www.adultdvdtalk.com
Kendra Jade Stars In Ass Clowns
Tony writes: This may sound a little crazy and a bit blasphemous but KJ in ASSCLOWNS is the performance of the year, hands down. Fast forward through the hard core and watch some really stunning acting. No irony, no bull.
Luke Gets Mail
Shane writes: So I need to make some money QUICK! Was thinking of auctioning my lovely, slightly worn, girl-next-door, born-again virgin white cotton string bikini panties on your site (ebay won't have me)! Spice things up a bit for a good cause?
Luke says: No way, I respect you too much.
Shane writes: You know dear Luke that I would NEVER do something like that or I would have done something like that (or worse)long ago for far lesser things. The notion of it (Shane, the troubled-by-her-ex-boyfriend's-internet-porn-habit girl suddenly VERY willing to sell off her panties for a buck) just amused me at that moment I wrote you. Your friends all told me how tongue-in-cheek l-keford.com is so I was having some fun. I also thought it would be amusing if Shane suddenly wanted to break into the porn biz thru LF.com just to try to win her ex back. To give her some sexual credibility in his eyes. But these are just things I laugh about with my friends. And I certainly don't want my ex back, you must know that. I am quite relieved he is gone.
Helpful writes: Used panty sales may work in Canada, but in the USA it is so passe! Now auctioning off her labia is another story.
Shane writes: Luke, Well I see you are Not going to answer any of my other questions, so I give up. And you certainly don't want to know much about me. It's the footwear, isn't it? And I don't have implants! I knew it! Real girls will never get the attention that the porn girls get... we just lack that special ...stuff. (Lots and lots of petroleum by-products: silicone boobs, 6 inch heels, pleather (it's really vinyl, folks, don't be fooled) bikinis and thongs and halters and pants, spandex EVERYTHING. White cotton panties just don't do it.
I once heard a study where they showed men pictures of their partners and asked them to rate them (with a number) on how attractive they were. They then showed the same men scads of pictures of BEAUTIFUL women, from actresses to models to porn stars, and then asked to rate their partners again. The number rating of their partners fell considerably! The researcher went on to say that never before in history have men had such free access to imagery of women, let alone knock-outs. If you were a caveman you probably were thrilled to find any female! Furry body, dirt and nits aside, she was one HOTTIE! (Last call at the Caveman Bar, boys!) Remember folks, Cavewomen DID not look like Betty or Wilma, with slim, yet busty figures clad in shoulderless fur mini dresses!
In all fairness, the study was never repeated with women rating men as far as I know, so it's entirely possibly we want all of you to look like Brad Pitt or someone (not my type, folks).
Luke says: I love dogs and i like cats!
Helpful writes: Shane, The above statement is more intimate and sharing than I have ever seen Luke give in the year and a half that I've been a reader. Congratulations!
I recently saw a feature on HBO about women who married death row inmates. It was amazing. These women all seemed perfectly normal and in the case of Lyle Menedez's wife, quite pretty. I am wondering since Canada has no death penalty, hence no death row, that this might explain Luke's surge in interest from lonely women from the Great White North? Perhaps Luke's lonely, solitary existence in a shelter no bigger than a cell gives him this appeal.
Shane, have you ever corresponded with an incarcerated felon in either Canada or the USA before? Be honest.
Shane replies: First off I think we are just sick of the cold weather and talking with anyone in Cali is almost like a vacation, and secondly, he was featured in a National Film Board of Canada documentary on the CBC, thus probably the most likely reason he has a surge of interest from these parts. And ultimately in that documentary, didn't Luke come across as a really sweet, cute, likeable guy who is struggling with his faith and career choice, bringing out the mothering instinct in all of us? I'm sure we all want to bring Luke home, cook him a nice hot meal and take him away from ALL OF THAT. Heck, you are ALL invited over!
And honestly, yes, I have written and visited someone in prison. But it doesn't really count in the way you are looking for, he was a friend of my ex-husbands and they were friends for many years prior to his prison sentence. I was a writer at the time and I wrote about his case for The Rocket magazine in Seattle. Along with 4 others incarcerated, (ironically enough some on charges of firebombing porn video stores) his was quite a high profile case in terms of the nature of the crimes and politics surrounding it. But aside from that, no I have not had any contact with men behind bars. Does Luke count?
Leah Stephenson
ANONIMITY1 writes: Thanks for your post on Leah Stephenson's exit from the sewer of the Porno world. I've been reading your site for 2 years and besides your apologies and information about Judaism, That was the most positive thing ever written on your site. If anyone should be helpful and supportive about people getting out of porn, it should be you.
I told Max Hardcore that if Scotty Schwartz really wanted to be a good savior of porn chicks, he would lead them out, and keep them out of porno. I try to lead actresses into mainstream... and they wont go!!! They (and me) are addicted to the money, property, and prestige that porno brings with little or no effort. And, I become an extreme hypocrite for cursing them (like myself) for not challenging themselves (and myself) with a change for the better.
you see, change takes effort, and the hedonism of the porno world is addictive and destructive, easy and persuasive, taunting and seductive, damaging and permanent. The only good path in porno is the road out. The money made in adult, should curb the poverty of it's purveyors long and strong enough that they never have to turn back once they leave. But name me more than 5 porn performers that have amassed wealth and security from their blue performance exploits without the crossover to producer (hence performer $$$).
I saw a male performer drive out to a location, to pick up his vivid check instead of it being mailed to him. Sound normal? On that same day he received an award for best working dick with 20 years of service. Didn't he trust the biggest company in Adult to send him his check in the mail? Did he need the duckets immediately to get his car out of impound? Or to pay his rent? Get his cell phone turned back on?
All reasons that people use to justify porn performances. Money gives freedom of choice to pursue more positive avenues of energy and lifestyle. But, to all, if money is the answer, why hasn't it fixed you yet? You have had plenty of big paydays that haven't soothed the pain of your bad childhood, rape, molested youth, or incest that you never went to therapy over. Why would this new $400 - $3000 check fill that void now?
In our culture, Information costs money, and education charges a tuition, vocational uniforms are deducted from the much needed first paycheck. What is your next carreer change gonna cost you? What is your exit Plan? Plan for your future or you wont have one. Like a boy scout... "Be Prepared!" And, don't cry victim to me about needing the money, I know people who feed families of 10 for a month with the money you make in a one hour performance!!!
There is no porn-performer scholarship fund. Corporate Head Hunters don't scour the trailer parks of America, or porno sets, to find their next CEO. But, maybe they should... I've met allot of people with great "Potential" in Adult, only they (and I) waste their energy in a negative fashion. Where is your resume? Do you search for job ops online? Can you hack it in the working world without taking a morning break to puff on your "non-adictive", "non-habit forming" weed? I have decided on this day to make as much of an effort to get out of porno, as I do to pursue my selfish endeavors inside the pleasure addict abyss of the sleaze biz!!!
Of course I can't let anyone know my intentions, denial and misery loves company, not opposition. And, I (unlike most) will not use my exit desire to hurt anyone, or myself, burn bridges, or cheat people. Porno for me served it's purpose, and now I want out... hopefully my gang of pornography will let me out without jumping me out like Regan Senter (AND EVERYONE ELSE!!!) jumps them in.
Signed: ANONIMITY1 (Look it up if you want to know who I am. It means, "when I'm not me")
Curious writes: That post from "ANONIMITY1" was the most compelling thing I have read on your site all year. Please forward him Nina Hartley's phone number immediately.
Gillles writes: Hi Luke.Who's right? When we read something like this post from Leah,it seems right and probably goes in the same direction as what you think about porn. But, reading some interviews from mostly female performers,some seem very smart and don't come from an abuse childhood and don't have a druggy background. It (seems) more and more of them are able to cross-over to mainstream even though Jenna and Janine had failed recently. With all those encounters you made over the years with those girls, you can't probably denied that some of them simply use the system and will goes out unhurt and relatively at easy financially and in a good position to start their real dreams?
Luke says: After I cut and pasted in the above comments, I returned to work filling my sites with banner ads to bolster my meager income. And I listened to Mozart's 23rd piano concert.
For two seconds, I took my eye off my computer screen and glanced outside into the unusually clear Los Angeles afternoon. I watched a plane glide past during a particularly sublime part of the music and I reflected how my life was passing by. And was this how I wanted to spend it? Pasting in banner ads for websites that I believe destroy the soul? I think not.
The contrast between Mozart and pornography is particularly wrenching.
Logan Looks To Enter Industry
A Las Vegas 22-year brunette stripper wants to enter the industry. Logan (skylar2000@earthlink.net) writes me: I dance at the Crazy Horse Too in Las Vegas. My goal is to act in adult films! I am very open minded and willing to do what it takes to get known! I'm submitting a few pics to you! I'm 22 yrs old and do take care of myself physically and mentally!
Luke recommends Jim South, of WorldModeling.com. He's the biggest and most influential agent.
JRob writes Luke: Um . . . . is Logan (skylar2000@earthlink.net) aware that your stated position is that NO ONE should enter the adult film industry? That's like writing Louis Farrakahn to ask how to join the Jewish Defense League.
Helpful writes: If Logan, the Vegas Stripper, really wants to make a name for herself in porn all she needs is a little determination and 104 chop sticks. Good luck.
Wednesday afternoon Luke interviewed Logan by phone. Listen here.
Logan: "I've been dancing for two years now. I started in Florida, then Chicago with Crazy Horse Too. Then I came to Las Vegas. And I've been wanting to get into the adult industry and acting. I'm a very open minded person and very affectionate."
Luke: "How do you enjoy being a dancer?"
Logan: "I enjoy the feeling of turning guys on and getting them hot."
Luke: "Doesn't it make you despise them that they are so easily manipulated?"
Logan: "No. I like to be in control. And I like to get off myself too."
Luke: "How did you like getting breast implants?"
Logan: "It went well. They look good and feel good. There have been no complications."
Luke: "What attracts you to doing adult films?"
Logan: "Since I began dancing, it's become more of an interest to me. I would like to act... I'm a very sexual person. With my looks and my body and everything, it helps very much. And I want to be famous."
Luke: "Well, this is a way that you will certainly come to a lot of people's attention.
"Yes, please stay in touch with me as your career progresses... I feel a personal stake in your success, even though I dislike the industry."
Logan replies: "Thanks for this forward as well. I'm assuming, it's for me? You bet I will keep ya updated. Anytime you need clothes on shots, or interviews, I'm game! I know you're not a big fan of the industry, but I appreciate you're help anyhow! Who knows. maybe I can make it better? Talk soon, hopefully..."
Luke confesses: I've been spending altogether too much time thinking about Logan's fresh full breasts and pretty face. When I should be concentrating on securing for myself a woman of honor, a nice Jewish girl with whom I can have kids and make a Judaic home.
Is there anything more tantalizing than helping a beautiful young woman? I feel like Steve Hirsch and Paul Fishbein, and all I've done is what's above. I've helped another young beauty enter the hell of the porn industry. And running through my head the whole time have been lustful thoughts. Explicit desires about where Logan should plant that pert mouth.
Dear boys and girls, see what I mean about porn corrupting? Before seeing Logan naked, I was a virtuous man intent on exposing the iniquity of pornography. Now I'm in its thrall. I want to do a Paul Fishbein.
I listened to this interesting lecture on what a religious Jew can and can not do in the corporate world. Can a religous Jew provide the name and phone number of World Modeling to a non-Jewish woman who wants to enter porno? Listen and find out.
Ye Women Who Would Love Luke, Attend!
Lynne writes: Luke will never marry as long as he operates l-keford.com, for what one woman could give him the constant adulation he receives from the thousands, or the dozens, or at least the three or four who read his site? And because he is an attractive, intelligent and single, therefore sought after, man, he must work hard to ensure the retention of his single status through tactics such as sleeping on the floor, emphasizing the extreme sides of his personality (smut vs. synagogue) and, yes, leading women on....
It is, however, all an act. Luke can only love a woman as long as she generates inches...and not dick inches, but column inches, yet the woman he would marry would never participate in his site, nor would she allow him to encourage other women for the sake of copy...
He shall forever remain our conflicted cyberlover, devout and celibate in the material world, bestowing upon us an occasional "emoticon" to spark our love into flame again and elicit sexually explict e-mail (for publication only) in return.
Thanks Luke
Meni writes: luke cuz of your inaccurate spelling i regg www.jade-marcella.com her f---in' name is marcela
Lynne writes: From the extent of Shane's boyfriend's pornography fixation (a better word, I think, than addiction), I daresay that any woman he chose for companionship would have received the same treatment she did during the relationship. I hope her self-esteem bounds back knowing she did nothing wrong, nor was there anything she could have done differently to change his behavior. He sure didn't seem to need Shane for sex, and I'll bet she's a good-lookin' woman, too.
If this X had, in addition to having a fixation on porn, satisfied you sexually, Shane, would his porn consumption have been a problem? Men are often fixated on strange things, like Nascar, monster trucks, killing animals for sport, football, Judaism, porn. We try to give them space for it because we love them. Bruce and I watched tons of porn for years but it enhanced our sex lives. With X, his fixation could have been stamp collecting and he still wouldn't have wanted you or any woman.
Farrell Timlake writes: Luke, I beseech you, though I know you give only limited voice to this issue, to publish this letter. I commit it to your careful and discerning eye to perceive it as really one of the most interesting aspects of porn; that is, why haven't all the performers dropped dead from so-called AIDS, the catholic disease of seemingly miraculous opportunistic infection. Surely, there is room between religious zealotry and pussy purveyor cattiness to do a little public service in the form of a health message?
Without deliberation, your North Korean comrades will hail and applaud your exposure of such a vile capitalistic plot to exterminate the peoples of color and those that have been subdued by the imperialist pharmacies of addiction, as well as those who are enslaved by the flesh peddlers.
Just another reminder, Christine's interview about HIV on 20/20 is about to air. Also, I hope you were able to catch the highly critical article of the drug companies involvement with the FDA in the Los Angeles times. This issue is pressing to the surface like a great roiling boil, a puss filled pestilence of falsehoods that will only find cure in the healing light of truth.
I just watched "The Insider" last night, many interesting observations on the objectivity and manipulations of media. When I throw the bones, I foresee this being the next great revelation of corporate evil. Watch, wait, and see. Porn, by its nature, and the fact that so much raw data has been amassed from the testing of its performers, may just find itself in the eye of a hurricane. While you may not think this an issue of biblical proportions, it certainly is epic. I once again entreat you to publish this information. I thank you, Quaserman, and Jeremy S. for the unfettered intellect that brings the questions to mind then dares to share them. Shalom.
