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Tuesday, January 9th, 2001

Strippers vs Escorts

Jeff writes: i read the piece on strippers vs escorts and i agree, it makes absolutely no sense that someone would go to a strip club and drop way more money to get dick teased than if he just paid someone for an hour's worth of work. the good thing about san fran is that a lot of the dancers provide services in and out of the clubs they work at and thus those are ther ones that make more $$$ than these square chicks that dont give extras and thus dont have as much at the end of the night. surprisingly there are some strip club patrons that say "now be a good girl and dont give extras, the best sex is in the mind" blah, blah, blah.....i say f--- those square ass marks. at least escorts are real about what they do while some dancers dont even want people to know what they do. if i had the choice between paying a dancer that does hj's or bj's or an escort that wont rip me off, than some wont that dosent to anything.....id be a punk if i chose the latter. sorry but that's how it is.

FearZeus writes: Luke, first I want to say that I'm glad I was informed about your site recently. I find it very appealing and informative. Now on to the topic of strippers vs. escorts. There are some of us guys that go to strip clubs for the fantasy of it. Some of us are married and we are not interested in actually, physically f---ing some hooker behind our wives or girlfirends back. We go there to escape....we go there with our friends and we drink and fantasize what it would be like to have sex with them. Lap dances provides the opportunity for you to get up and close with them. You get to smell and feel their toned, smooth, silky, cocoa butter skin. It helps you forget about your troubles and it makes you feel 18 all over again. We go home and we don't feel guilty about it....after all, we never even kissed them, let alone f---ing our brains out. So maybe $1,000 is way too much to spend for lap dances....but maybe for some it's worth paying to not have a guilty conscience.

AVN Awards Announced

Click over to AVN.com for a list of last night's winners. Read up on Adult Video News here.

Click here for pics from the show - http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293116109. http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293116697 And IA2000 images are here: http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293111223

I heard there were numerous people dissing Extreme Associates at the AVN Awards Tuesday night. Jenna Jameson hosted the show and dissed Extreme. Ed Powers and David Sturman also warned people to not believe everything they read on the internet.

AVN publisher Paul Fishbein said he was giving raises to everyone at the AVN now that the cancer (Gene Ross, Ken Wood) is out of the office. AVN legal analyst Mark Kernes won a Freedom Isn't Free award with Ed Powers.

This is the same Kernes who spat at a fellow journalist who wrote something unkind about him. See the story on Gene Ross.

I talked Tuesday afternoon with James DiGiorgio and Rob Spallone. Listen here.

IA 2000 Convention

XXX writes: About the convention.....not as racy as I'd thought it would be....the parties were all fun....I see you wrote a little about Python's party....they served susihi on naked women...reportedly $25,000 in damage to the hotel suite (although how that could be I have no idea) ...there was a sign up the next day (looked like it was posted by the hotel) stating Python parties for the 5th and 6th were cancelled. The Python people (Richard, Meir, Damien, David) were great to hang with...we all liked them.

Ron Levi's parties were wonderful...he is so not-LA in personality and presence...but still throws a great LA-style party.

Why Teen Porn?

Bryan writes: Luke, why has there been a glut of porn in the past 5 to 10 years featuring more and more 18 year olds,100's of manufactures and deviant acts,have we lost moral values as a nation were 18 year olds no longer want to be lawyer's,doctor's,scientist or business women,have men and women become so jaded the only thing we need each other for is a f---,everybody and their mother has a webcam broadcast from their home, the u.s. congress is slowly letting the nation decay morally, instead of taking control of the filth and violence they sit back and continue to vote on their annual pay raise, kid's are able to buy soft porn from tv "dream girls", "girls gone wild" and no one seems to care, another 5 to 10 years we'll all be sexed out mummified pervert's in a nation in decline, where in the hell are the parents of these 18 year old girl's, what kind of parent's would support a career in porn, some of the actreses parent's show up at the avn award's with their daughter's, some of the father's "! jenna j ameson's" to name a few said her father even watches her movie's, this is from her mouth on the howard stern show and also confirm's these people come from very disturbing household's, drug abuse, sex abuse that's why the majority grow up top be strippers, whores, porn bimbos and prostitutes...

Contrary to popular belief there are no women in porn, no self respecting god fearing women would do the things these women do on tape with or without the so-called education so many of these people claim to have,what real college educated person you know would scrap their education for porn just does'nt make sense, the money's just not their in porn as the industry would have you believe,there are no millionaires in porn except for the guy who own's avn magazine and that's because he's pimpimg the industry,i read video company's pay this man 5000 to 10,000 a week just to advertise in his stupid magazine a couple of more thousand's will get you favorable video rating's,geuss that's why vivid' crappy videos always get 5 stars, i believe these women get into porn because their lazy, low self esteem, revenge on men and disillusioned, their's no difference between these people and the street walking drugged out whore trash but one thing is for sure at least the steet walker's will tell you straight out i'm a whore,but porn whore's like to put themself's in a differnt category cause they take in the mouth, cunt and ass for vivid, wicked and vca what a joke, e-mailed my local u.s. senator on this topic and he assured me the repeblican congress is gonna be working overtime to clean up the internet, porn and mainsteam media, some of the thing's he's working on, raising performer's age from 18 to 21 or 23 so young naive girl's can consider other career choice's,hiv testing before every shoot up from every 30 day's,federal registration of all company's and talent to be maintaned and fiananced by the industry, stiff fines and some cases prison on the industry as a whole for federal violations, underage and other violation's, i think this is a good start for now let's see how long it takes the divided congress to act...

Porn Ace replies: Hey Bryan do you watch porn? If you do you got a hell of alot of nerve to be spouting off about "moral decay".Yeah I guess if porn was outlawed tomorrow every performer would immediately say "Well now that porn is gone I'll just sign up for law or med school..."Where the hell is your brain Bryan? I guess you've educated yourself stupid!" Only an idiot would look to Congress for "moral" guidance of any sort. You and your jerkoff senator who probably takes money indirectly from the porn industry and then weasels around trying to downplay it, can go screw each other in your pompous asses. Do you support the age where you can be in the military and die in action be raised to 21 or 23?? If not why not? Go move to Iran you big brother government, police state supporting jackbooted Communist Nazi!!

Why Do Men Like Blowjobs?

Goddess writes: for my column next month on ERA, i'm answering letters that i've received. several women have asked this question, but one lady wrote: "why do guys like blowjobs? what's the big deal?" i'm going to ask a couple guys to take a crack at this, would you care to enlighten us as to your feelings on the subject?

Luke answers: 1. Because it feels good.

2. Most importantly. A blowjob means a woman going down for a man. She's getting on her hands and knees to service him. It allows the man to feel powerful. It makes him feel good that she's willing to lower herself to serve him.

I particularly like blowjobs because I often lack energy and enthusiasm in the sack. While receiving a blowjob, I can simply lie back and be serviced, preferably while fondling the woman's breasts.

Lynne writes: Oh, Luke, if only you would accept that to attract a woman you have to want to please them! Lying there like a cold fish just doesn't cut it, unless you're a Vivid Girl....

Goddess replies: Cool, thanks, Luke. i found that rather interesting as a woman feels powerful GIVING head.

Fearzeus writes: If a woman has to ask, "Why men love blow jobs?" then it is safe to say that she has never been licked to orgasm. And if her man does not go down on her and make her see stars....well then she needs to find one who can make her body go into convulsions. Then and only then, will she understand the power of saliva and the tongue!!

I did this fun radio interview Tuesday morning.

Marc writes: great radio interview today, you're right ... who are these dudes?

Adult Expo - How Do They Look?

Shortstuff writes on BigDoggie.net: Cassidey (Vivid Girl): thin, jet-black hair, very fresh all-natural look. You could take her home to mom.

Kira (Vivid Girl): Looked good. Auburn hair, a little too much makeup (in the Vivid way), nice large soft breasts, very strong jawline. Body not toned, but definitely not fat. Nice tan, too.

Taylor Hayes (Vivid Girl): Guys, she looked just like all her pictures and movies. And that's good!

Dasha (Vivid Girl): First off, not my type. With that in mind: tall, thin, long blond hair. In very good shape. Those that like Julia Ann and Janine would like her.

Shasta: Can someone LOOK like rough sex? OK, I'm biased, this is my type. A very sturdy girl. Same short blond hair, full lips, arched brows; just like her photos. Looks like she might have put on a few pounds, but it still works on her. Guys who like a woman, not a toothpick, would go for her. (hey, I said I was biased). BTW, her breasts are very soft and she is a sweetheart to talk to. Told her I've read her reviews and she asked if they were good, flashed me her smile, then her card.

Terri Weigel: All I can say is, if you had a fantasy about your college roommate's mom, then go for it. All in all, her body is okay; good shape and tone for her age. I would say her hips are wider, butt's a little bigger and the blond hair looks fake and trashy, like a bad wig. Can't comment too much on her face as I didn't get that close.

Taylor Wayne: Again, I saw her dance froma distance, so I can't comment on close-ups. But what I did see... Damn! In past years she has looked past her prime. If anything, to me she looked better than when she was doing movies on a regular basis back in the day.

Chloe: Except for the hair (which was curled and permed and a ruddy-brown with highlights) this girl never changes. Still slim, a very natural smile and great personality.

Allysin Chaynes: She is still sporting the prep-school girl look, and it still works. Looks better this year than last. In 2000 I was afraid a gentle breeze was going to blow her across the room. Although she still a little waif of a girl, she's looking very naturally thin.

Nikki Tyler: So incredibly cool to talk to. She chatted with me for about 15-20 minutes, just like last year, while still taking photos. Guys were getting a little pissed 'cause she'd just sign, smile, pose and we'd go back to talking. Her breasts were perfect, skin smooth but not as tan as I've seen her. Still has that swimmer's body: meaty thighs, nice round butt. But that's all good.

Tera Patrick: She was signing with Nikki and they were both cool. Tera and Nikki don't seem to take themselves that seriously. At the very least, they were still laughing at the end of a long, overheated day surrounded by perverts. Tera looked great. Just like her pics and movies. Maybe not as thin in the middle, but you have to be looking real close and it wouldn't spoil anyone's fun or fantasy.

Jessica Darlin': One of my favs, but at last year's show I have to say she looked dumpy. That's all in the past now, baby. She looks like she's lost weight and toned up a little. Not muscular by any means, just getting in shape. Her butt, arms and thighs are tighter. My only complaint: she was wearing horrible ruby red lipstick that just looked like a hooker. Bad JuJu.

Julie Meadows: Another fav. She's gorgeous; high cheekbones, wide smile with dimples and feline eyes. Her body was slim but breasts looked bigger. I don't know if she's lost weight or bumped them up. I had the luck of being behind an asolute freak in line who overstayed his welcome in the clinch for the photo. She flashed this panic look when he didn't let go and kept talking to her. After that, anyone close to normal was a breath of fresh air to her. She's sweet.

Houston: This is what happens when pornstars age. I apologize ahead of time if i perhaps offend. She looks like a plastic surgeon's medical brochure. Freckled skin, no tan, unnaturally high cheekbones. Her breasts looked red as if from chafing against the bodice she was wearing. She also had 4"+ wide tattoo on her right bicep of a heart with vine leaves around it and "John" in the middle. Don't ever remember seeing that. Personality-wise, she was ok nice with a little bit of a bitchy edge to it.

Gauge: My god this girl is cute. I swear she looks 15-16. As she was signing, one of the Evil Angel guys came up and told her one distributor wouldn't buy her films because he didn't believe she was over 18. I saw her at the Key Club in LA about a month ago as well, and both times she looked great. And tiny!! She's shorter than me! I'd say 5' or under. And what a treat = when I got my pics back, i found she'd pulled her dress up to give the camera a little peek at her breast. What a nice surprise! [Hey, maybe she likes me? *snort!* Right!]. I will warn you, though, she's talks like she just got out of the trailer park.

Lacy: I didn't realize that this tall, long-legged black beauty was anything but. Here I was expecting a 6' tall girl only to find she's liek 5'5"-5'7". She looked like absolute perfection. I was telling a friend from Video Team on New Years that she has the perfect all-natural chest and body and he confessed that they aren't all that natural. I don't care, this girl is perfect. A true spinner.

Bunny Luv: She didn't leave much of an impression. Body was nice; personality non-existant. And crooked teeth. I know that seems like a small thing, but it sticks in my head.

Lovette: This one threw me. I have to confess that Lovette has never done anything for me in the past. Ever. Now I can't get her out of my head. She confessed that she's over a year sober from everything [you go girl!]. She's been working out and it shows. She's starting to get that personal trainer physique, but she's still working on the six-pack, if you get my meaning. I went back twice just to talk to her. She ended asking my advice and help on some of her business so we should be touch. [Help, Cheetah, what do I do?!] She's dancing at Flesh in San Bernadino in March.

AOL Sues CEN For Spam

America Online Inc. is suing the operators of a Web-based pornography company over millions of unsolicited e-mails with sexual content that the company has allegedly sent to AOL members since May 1999.

In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia, AOL charged Cyber Entertainment Network with illegally using its computer systems to send millions of sexual-oriented messages touting the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based company's adult Web sites to AOL members. That was done in violation of AOL's antispam policies and member service agreements, the suit alleges. The messages are being sent "indiscriminately to AOL members without regard to whether the member has any desire to view the adult material, or whether the member account is accessible to children," according to the lawsuit.

...But the AOL lawsuit charges that each person in Cyber Entertainment's team of webmasters sent out between 6,000 and 37.5 million bulk e-mails to AOL members via the online giant's network. The unsolicited messages caused members to flood AOL with thousands of complaints, with as many as 250,000 recorded in a single day, according to the lawsuit. Read On

The Barons Adult DVD

The Baron writes on the Extreme Associates message board: I work at an adult DVD site online and we've always tried to stock Extreme products (thebaron.net). We've found that our customers enjoy the product line. But we're a bit disappointed with Extreme's lack of DVD production. You're losing an entire market by not putting some of your titles out on DVD. We only post this here because we get tons of emails asking us when your product will be out on DVD and we have no control over the release of DVD. Yes, there is time involved.....but not that much We've been involved with putting VHS onto DVD and are familiar with the process.

That aside, we are VERY PLEASED to see your comments about AVN. We've, sadly, watched AVN over time to see what titles might be good sellers. However, we've let our customers down by following most of the AVN reviews. Like you said in the article, alot of the reviews and awards are bogus and "paid for". It takes ballz to point out the pussies that are in this industry and you guys didnt back down. We think our sales speak as a review of good titles and we stock our movies accordingly, regardless of the awards.

l-keford.com's Featured Whore Of The Day - Annie Ander Sinn

From NVBrothels.com: At 6'2" Annie Ander Sinn is one of the tallest women in the adult film industry. Since she started working in 1997, Annie has done more than 30 movies and modeled in several adult magazines. Several of her movies are related to fetishes or bondage. She has won numerous awards including Miss Nude Tall World International, Miss Nude Netherlands, and 1999 Performer of The Year. She may be best known for her appearance on Howard Stern's Who Wants to Be a Vaginal Millionaire in February 2000. The game show winners got to have sex with Annie in a porno movie. Annie has featured at the Bunnyranch a few times this year.

Ryan Conner Available In Washington DC

Hi Everyone,

Ryan will be in the DC metro area from Jan. 29th to Feb. 1st. She is available for 4, 12, 24-hour engagements and limited 1-hour bookings. For 1-hour bookings, priority will be given to repeat clients. Her rates are as follows:

1-hour = $1000
4-hour = $3000
12-hour = $5000
24-hour = $7000

Please email us at ryanconner1@yahoo.com to pre-book. For her security we ask several pertinent information. We do a criminal background check on first time clients for her saftey. We ensure that your information is complete private. Please provide us via email the following information:

Name:
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Luke Gets Mail

Enjoy writes: I was thinking of a porno I saw a few years ago called 'The Show', Christy Canyon and Steven St. Croix were also in it. There was one woman in it also that i have NEVER seen anything on-her name was Krista Maize. Do you have any info?

Jill writes: Dear Mr. Ford:

Have you ever known a sex industry woman who felt shame about her sexual activities?

I'll bet you haven't. Neither have I. And neither has anyone in your audience. PROBABLY BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ANY.

All the experts say that female sex workers may sometimes feel shame about the state of their interpersonal relationships, but never guilt or shame about sex. That's why all your silly, shallow moralizing is totally off the mark.

Why didn't you already know this? Because you're a patriarchal male with no understanding of women. Should that surprise anyone?

Lee writes: Well I just want to state my views on Kendra Jade. I have a few videos with her. My first one I got was "Too Hot For Porno" where Kendra and her slutty stepmom f--- some dude. Anyway I thought Kendra looked soo good. And thats the only movie I have with her with her lil boobies, and blond hair. Than I got The Sopornos 2. And she looks like s---. I mean she went to TOTALLY HOT to TOTALLY NOT. DO u all agree with me. I think Kendra probably would be a HUGE SUPERSTAR today if she didn't go and f--- her self up beyond repair. To bad so sad.

Ian writes: Hi Luke, One of your correspondents happened to mention Davia Ardell as someone with obviously enhanced breasts. That reminded me of a short movie clip - about 10 seconds - that I downloaded from the net about 12 months ago. It shows a large-breasted girl in what I understand is a cowgirl position, gyrating on top of a man. He reaches up to squeeze one of her breasts and she responds with a coy smile and a little squeal-cum-whimper. I found the loop strangely appealing and have often replayed it. The only clue to the identity of the girl was the name attached to the movie clip - Davia - and that meant nothing to me. Now, however, I have downloaded pics from the net confirming that the girl in the movie pic and Davia Ardell are one and the same. Mystery solved, and all thanks to your column.

Lynne writes: So Jewish singles events in New York are seventy-five percent men and only twenty-five percent women? Hey, it occurred to me last night that, in the past twelve months, I have only been out to the movies once with a guy -- and that was a matinee I caught with our friend Curious when we got together last summer to tussle it out over who was more deserving of Luke's affection ( I won, I think.)

I've never dated a Jewish man, but that's because I've never had the opportunity. Still, I hesitate even considering a move to New York...not only have I been there and hated it, but even New York City wouldn't be big enough to contain the egos of both Chaim Amalek and myself.

Porn ace writes: Damn Luke reading about these dirtbags that were involved in pushing this disgusting kiddie porn made me sick.Unf---ing believeable!Was it anything for a $tinking buck for these $ick f---$ or what? I'm just wondering if Lynne L-patin regrets working for these creeps back in the 70's and now realizes that this kind of child pornography is untolerable? Does she really think that it is OK for 12 olds (and perhaps younger) to be having sex?

Lynne replies: I do not remember any commercial gay kiddie porn coming from Parliament News. Most porn, like most people, is heterosexual, and kiddie porn was a very small part of their merchandise mix.The "powers that be" who made and distributed the female kiddie porn were not themselves pedophiles, and the material was actually printed before I came to work for them in 1977 (I remember it being on sale in Los Angeles area bookstores).

In 1975, local law enforcement came 'round to the various pornographers' offices and politely told them to stop making kiddie porn and bestiality "or else" and it stopped. One of the first jobs I performed for Parliament was the shredding of thousands of 8x10's of nudist photos featuring underage models. Everything at Parliament was always extremely "professional." No one snickered or gloated at the office. No joking... I don't think anyone ever thought that making porn with seven-year-olds was any more awful than making porn with twenty-three year olds....that pedophiles are any more perverted or sick than the dweebs who look at porn in general.

Traci Lords aside, mothers and fathers make the decision to allow their kids to be exploited by pornographers. Sometimes those fathers are pedophiles themselves, and other times it's one or both after the money. I just have a hard time ranking exploitation on a scale of "not really very evil" to "extremely diabolically evil." Is it more exploitative to take pictures of a seven-year-old girl naked on a bearskin rug than it is to put her to work in a rug factory? Is either a beneficial choice for the child?

Until very recently children were exploited in all sorts of ways in this country and in Western Europe, being sent out to work at 10 or 12, starving in the streets... We forget that children in other parts of the world are still starving to death on a daily basis. Most poor people in this country are children. We spend less on our public schools every year... Kiddie porn and violent abuse provoke reactions, but children suffer in silence, deprived of love and decent standards of living, and we gas up our SUV's and turn our heads...

Cindi writes: Dear Luke, First let me say I hope you had (or are having) a good time at the conventions and the AVN Awards. I'm really sorry I couldn't be there, as I heard some people were asking for me. The "red eye" plane flight and the time change really kills me, and I've already done it twice recently. Every time I get home from a trip I end up with a cold for three weeks. The last time I came home with an ear and throat infection that had me laid up at home for 3 days (i NEVER call in sick). So I sat this trip out.

Anyway the reason I am writing is because I was just thinking about a movie I saw, that was probably produced in the early 70's called "The Abductors". A group of men kidnap some babes and tie them up and ... It was the HOTTEST movie I have ever seen, and it was not X-rated. It didn't even really have any explicit sex in it, it was all alluded to. Sometimes, NOT seeing everything is sexy. I'd like to check out some other sex inducing mainstream movies. It's not so easy to get a date to watch an X-rated movie, but just think, you could "trick" your date into laying on the couch with you to watch some artsy R rated movie, and then before you know it, things get wild, on and off screen. So Luke, I was wondering if you can think of any mainstream movies that made you very hot.

Luke replies: I did not go to the AVN Expo... Some suggestions for erotic mainstream flicks: Belle de Jour, The Big Easy, Body Heat, Dirty Dancing, Emmanuelle, Goldfinger, Henry & June, The Hunger, Last Tango In Paris, Nine 1/2 Weeks, An Officer and a Gentleman. See the book "The 50 Most Erotic Films Of All Time" by Maitland McDonagh.

Lynne writes: No, I don't regret working for "those creeps" in the seventies, though I do find pedophilia inappropriate behavior, and hebephilia (a lust for youth, i.e., teenyboppers) inappropriate as well. Nor would I want to ignore the reality of childhood sexuality -- children playing explorative sexual games with one another is normal and common. Adults playing sexual games with children or teenagers is not, but at fourteen I initiated sex and felt plenty ready for it. I have a hard time drawing the line for other people.

Poverty breeds exploitation: most of the commercial kiddy porn on the international scene in the 1970's came from Mexico or India (where girls frequently are married off at puberty). The "Moppets" and "Lollitots" domestic publications followed years of legal nudist publications featuring models of all ages, so there was some precedence for legal non-interference, and the pictures themselves were relatively tame. Isn't it scary, though, that so many mothers in our culture were actually willing to sell their daughters' privacy for a few hundred dollars? I remember seeing a news story on the magazines at the time which interviewed some of the mothers..."I'm broke and I needed to pay the rent...."

Along with infanticide and female "circumcision," kiddie porn is just one of the effects caused by the devaluation of women.

Porn Ace replies: Now Lynne. Well I don't buy that "kiddie porn is just one of the effects caused by the devaluation of women".How do you explain exploited young boys then? How about just plain exploitive EVIL conduct against the most defenseless by creeps with hearts of ice? It's not that complicated, people behaving in a diabolical fashion for money or to satisfy their sick desires.What was the atmosphere in the office back then Lynne? Joking around? Serious? Just making a buck? Didn't someone just once say something like "Good God what are we doing here?!" Was there ANYTHING like that? Or maybe "What you are worried about these kids? To hell with em f--- em!!!"

AVN Expo Packed

Cha: The AVN Expo was packed!
Cha: It was too packed. Elbow to elbow
Cha: pretty standard fare, though. all the big names were there.

DavidLace.com Staff Walk

XXX reports: Luke, Some fresh news from Las Vegas. All of the staff photographers and photoshop editors for webcontent provider Davidlace.com walked out after a weekend of taking s--- from David. Its a well known fact in the adult business that davidlace provides some of the better still images for websites on the market, but its because he underpays the models and his staff. Most people don't work for him for more then 4 months before leaving usually with David owing them a lot of money. There are many models who attempt to sue and he currently is being sued by a model he flew out from Las Vegas. Some of his ex-staff work for other adult companies or they start their own. Matrixcontent.com was started by an ex-davidlace employee who was ripped off by David.

David Lace also flew 16yr old looking Gauge (Mojo's ex) in from Tennessee for this weekends show. She was signing his is booth at the show wearing a small davidlace.com t-shirt during the day. In the evening she was an anal sex toy for the two German owners of coolspot.de the company who partnered with davidlace on the $40,000 booth and who developed the database driven website that allows webmasters to download content as soon as they purchase it.

The Germans have a not so secret fetish for young looking(or just young) girls who can take a dick in the ass. Gauge provides her asshole (and everything other orifice ) for $800 per hour. The Germans usually rent her 3 to 4 hours at a time.

David Lace runs ads in several magazines thoughout the US. His main ad is the Atlanta magazine Xcitement. Its a full page ad where he claims "Make $500 to $2000 per day, Free Accomodations and Meals". The Davidlace studio/office is two blocks away from Danni.com in Culver City. David goes to priceline.com to find $100 plane tickets from ATL to LAX, then has them stay in two small rooms in the back of the studio in Culver City. Meals are usually pizza or take out. David sleeps in his office. Everyone uses the same nasty bathroom. Most girls get half day shoots (4 hours for $300) and very few girls full day shoots (8 hours for $600). Most shoots are solo girl, but for another $100 David expects you to suck or f--- someone. Girls flown in usually go home with about $1200. They were promised to make much more. During a halfday shoot David has around 8 different "sets" made up. One might be a bedroom, one might be a cheerleader outfit. Within the halfday shoot David expected his photographers(who quit this weekend) to get all 8 sets with 200 to 300 images per set. The davidlace.com website lists most "sets" at around $250. Photographers were paid $200 per halfday. Some of the more popular "sets" might be sold to 100 different websites.

All of Davids staff went to help out with the show. After refusing to pay them most drive or flew back to LA Sunday night. The only person still working for him is his ex-wife to performs house keeping duties for $200 a week.

Norman from MatrixContent.com writes Luke: Great article! It's about time he get what he deserves. You the man.

Todd Solondz's Latest Film

From DarkHorizons.com: Todd Solondz's Untitled: The main 'protagonist' in "Happiness" was a paedophile, so now Todd Solondz has decided to deal with subject matter a little less dangerous in his next film about a group of people in high school/college which basically involves a whole lot of sex - and edgy sex at that (the kind you find in more European films than American ones). The film recently ran a test screening which had the cut running over two hours and almost certain to garner an NC-17 rating, thus a lot of the more explicit stuff will likely be cut. There's a few naughty things that are definitely worth not spoiling as they're key to great scenes in the film. However there are other scenes which, if they get in, will cause a lot of talk. There's a good chance the following scenes will make the cut but be shortened and watch out as there's MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD - so highlight to read, and overconservative parents keep the kids away. Remember this is just a small sample of what you'll see - there is lots more in it. Thanks to 'The Protector' for their help:

. Selma Blair (who plays a student) and a black male writing teacher go at it against a wall with her starting off the scene telling herself "Don't be racist" whilst ending it screaming "F*ck me ni**er" repeatedly.

. A scene involving a clothed James Van Der Beek ("Dawson's Creek") pumping hard into a guy from behind.

. A scene where one guy goes down on another and the result ends up on his cheek.

. A quite long sex scene involving a girl & a guy with cerebral palsy.

. At least two jokes about Columbine and another event very loosely related to it.

Luke On Lovebytes At 8PM

I appeared on the Bob Berkowitz show Lovebytes on Eyada.com at 8PM PST Monday discussing Weirdest Porn Stories 2000. I got a call this afternoon from Bob asking me to fire up the troops here at l-keford.com to email him (BobBerkowitz@Eyada.com) and call the show (1-877-Eyada99).

Listen to Luke on Lovebytes Luke again

XXX writes: watching on the realvideo feed makes bob berkowitz come in smoother ... he's not much to look at (proof that men of a certain age shouldn't be dressed in t-shirts ... as if anyone else is watching ...)

interesting article in latest esquire ("desire" issue, feb. 2001) profiles gregory dark and his new job directing teenage girl pop vids. between this and the talk piece by martin amis (did you see it?) the major mags are teetering toward LF.com territory. this contrasts the "boogie nights" and "people vs. larry flynt"-inspired fodder of 3-4 years ago, which was much more "porn-is-the-next-rock-n-roll" schtick. however it is you explain what you do, these articles come fairly close on the moralistic tip. (how's it going with your slate.com diary?)

Gregory Dark was asked to tailor a video for a 14-year-old singer named leslie carter (sister of one of the backstreet boys) in order to make her look thinner--this decision being engineered by the artist's mom! (shades of katie june); in general it makes dark out to be a swell guy, a bit of a lech, but still someone who understands how to capitalize on the show business dreams of young girls, whether they be traci lords or britney spears. of course, britney spears is strutting around the telly tonight on the american music awards with her usual skimpy sluttiness--this is a timely discussion to have with berkowitz, just how much porn ideals have permeated the mainstream and how anyone with an ethical code should keep their children far away from it ...

Rumdar writes: Gentleman.. May I make a suggestion? Forget Luke and Bob. Let's hit on Jewish Producer Jamye Waxman. Jamye... So far this is about as interesting as watching paint dry...Now I know why the White House let him go. Or was it CNN?. Who cares. He should have been executed... Jayme..You career is a dead end. Consider moving to NYC and marrying Chaim or Houston to link up with me...

With two bores like Luke and Bob rattling on (music for insomniacs) I submit that Jamye is by far the most interesting chat we will find tonight. Come on guys..Ignore the Bores....Let's talk to Jamye.

Jamye.. I am loosing consciousness listening to these two bozos. Won't you return my E and keep me awake. You can do better than this. By the way. Do you think Luke is Gay? Everyone else does... Oy! How about Backgrounds from Community Colleges??

Marc writes: i take back what i said about the deejays from anchorage and st. marten ... the deejay "talent" on eyada is even more dubious, based on their promos. really, how did berkowitz end up working there? (i know, i know, it's probably a good easy buck at night after writing all day ... i'd do it too. still ...) well, i *tried* to liven it up. i think you should interview the hot producer for LF.com ... in general, nice show.

Rumdar writes: Forget shiksas Kendra Van and Kendra USA. It would be nice if Luke arranged an introduction between Chaim and officious, attractive, bespeckled (horny?) Nice Jewish Producer Jamye. Seems like a natural. A match made in Manhattan as it were..All alone in New York with nothing but her vibrator to keep her company. She could be cuddling up to the corpulent one. Come on Luke, don't keep cupid waiting.

Chaim replies: I am up for this. But who is this Jamye, and why does she have so odd a moniker? I am thinking that this could go like that "Blind Date" show on MTV, with AMALEK taking her to his favorite haunts: The Second Avenue Deli, Yonah Shimmmel's Sheetery on Houston, a lecture at the 92nd Street Y, and finally back to his apartment on the Upper West Side. Many many mysteries would be revealed there.

But first, are you certain that this woman is in fact a woman? Second, is she a man-hating dyke? Ever since I got to know some real honest-to-God, man-hating liberal dykes, my sexual interest in them has plummeted. I mean, if I had to choose between having dinner with some nice gay men from the entertainment industry and a few ball-busting dykes from the Clinton Department of Justice, I would pick the former. Much easier on the digestion, agreed?

Marc writes: found this on google; page for natural contours ... "I love your vibrators, they are so quiet that I have no problem using them when my roommate is home!!!" - Jayme [Waxman], Producer, lovebytes www.eyada.com

Ben writes: Luke. Hey, it's the guy who commented on your documentary aired in Canada awhile back. I'm also a huge Traci Lords fan, and since you're indirectly familiar with the industry, I'm just wondering what you think of this comment I recently posted on a board: "No one knew Traci was underage? Or maybe perhaps "everyone" in the porn industry knew she was underage? Think about the dynamics of this. Let's suppose in mid '85, people began suspecting (..eg, Bill Margold..) she already had a handful of films under her belt. Do you think people in the industry would admit to hiring an "underage" porn-actress and risk the legal shockwaves? Taking into account her popularity/value...maybe this was just a case keeping it "hush hush" and sweeping everything under the carpet. It was needed to preserve some order...." Any comments Luke? PS, BTW, have you ever met her? Any immediate impressions?

Luke: I'm sure that some porners suspected that Traci was underage but this is not a group that is overly morally sensitive, especially when there is money to be made. I've never met her. I am not impressed by the way she lies about her porn past, i.e., that she was under the influence of drugs at the time and not responsible for her behavior. She was a cunning young lady who knew exactly what she was doing.

Lynne writes: Funny to think of porn as being the exploitee rather than exploiter, but I have to back Luke one hundred percent here. I never met Traci either, but my late husband, Bruce Walker, met her on the set of a movie she made for Excalibur Films. He said, "She walked around flaunting those tits as if she'd just gotten them." Of course, it turned out that she HAD just gotten them....

Her ID (we had a three foot blow-up of "her" driver's license on a door in the Parliament News art department) was genuine. After she confessed her scam, the adult industry was angry and felt cheated by Traci -- no one had a clue that she was not entitled to the perfectly legitimate ID she presented to producers. From the perspective of having been a sexually-active fourteen-year-old who first girlie-modeled at eighteen, I can assure you there's no need to assume exploitation is required to get a young girl to strip and spread; sixteen is, of course, the legal age of consent in many other countries. And from the perspective of being a forty-five year old producer, it gets harder and harder to guess at the ages of people in their late teens/early twenties as I age.

One of my jobs at Parliament News was to examine every magazine prepared for reprinting, and one of my responsibilities was to ensure that there were no photos of Traci or any of her body parts in them. Not only did I become overly familiar with every portion of that bitch's anatomy, I grew to hate her with a passion...

NYPost.com reports: THE cast of "Melrose Place" didn't like scenes in the swimming pool, Traci Lords recalls in Entertainment Weekly. The crew didn't put chlorine in the pool for fear it might turn some of the stars' bleached blonde tresses green. As if that weren't risky enough, Lords said there was a certain actress - she won't reveal who - who "used to think it was funny to go in the pool and [urinate] if someone she didn't like had to go in the next day."

The Cold Hearted Logic Of The Oral Law Offers Nothing To The Jewish Spinster

Luke says: No way. Jews should only date and marry Jews so that they can build Jewish homes. This is not racism - this is religion. To build a Judaic home, you need a Jewish spouse. One's religion should be more important than one's love life.

Chaim Amalek replies: OK, but what do you say to the jewish spinster whose eggs are nearing their expiration date with no jewish man in sight? Is she not better off marrying a gentile now so that she can have children, rather than die barren? What solace do you exponents of the so-called oral law have to offer her? And what about the jewish man, who cannot attract a reproductively viable jewess with whom to mate? Does torah insist that he die without issue, rather than dare cross his blood-lines with a shiksa?

Lynne writes: My cousin's husband is a Catholic who converted to Judaism, so I don't understand why interfaith marriage is such an issue. If you love someone enough to marry them, you love them enough to accept their religion. I can see two people who love one another fighting over who will convert, in which case perhaps a coin toss is in order?