Monday,
February 12th, 2001
Luke Gets Mail
Devoto writes: Luke, I have just read your site, and I see ALL sorts of threats that you will be sued for libel. One even states that the group of people responsible for suing message boards and sites similar to yours, now OWN the sites they have sued in the past. This sounds understandable to me, HOWEVER, do they realize that if they sue you, and gain ownership of your site, that I will NO LONGER CONTRIBUTE?!!?!?! How do they expect to make money off your site if I dont contribute? The readership will dwindle to one or two lawyers that ONLY read the site as a means of chasing the modern day ambulance! Luke, you have my support, and my COPY, so rest easy my Jew friend! They MAY get your site, BUT they will never get your readers!
Email: Luke- My name is Jay Cummings AKA SANDY BUNZ. I have started a production company FlashPoint Productions. "CHERRY BOWL FUN" and "CHERRY BOWL FUN 2" are due to be out in about two or three weeks. I recall reading in your site about banks not accepting adult website business. Can you refer me to that subjects pages.
Jason writes: Mr Marcus thanks for the great reply I even told all my porn buddies. Please keep me informed on any new videos coming out you do with HOT looking women in the industry. Will you be attending the LA Erotica show in July maybe I could get an autograph for my collection I already have Peter North, The Hedge Hog and Randy West along with many female stars you would be an excellent addition to my collection of Adult entertainment autographs.
Lee Noga writes Luke: Honey, Could I get you to make a post on your board inviting webmasters to do an audio soundoff over at the new http://www.ontheropes.com [old site sucked, we ditched and rebuilt], and webmasters like hearing other webmaster bitch out loud...
Anti-Vivid Demonstration
Black male performer MandingoX writes: Mr. Ford:
Thank you for helping me expose smiling white devil Steve Hirsh and Vivid Video's vulgar display of bigotry and cowardice. This morning's march on Vivid was postponed due to our recent bad weather. We have, however, received tremendous support and are taking this opportunity to organize ourselves for a more efficient and powerful protest. The past few days have been spent on the phone with various media groups in the hopes of acquiring coverage, both mainstream and adult. I am pleased to announce that we have secured Fox News, Hard Copy, The LA Weekly, BET, and AVN. We are also in discussions with ABC's John Stossel for a possible Discrimination in the Adult Industry expose. Steve Hirsh may feel he has appeased us with his condescending, irresponsible, and ludicrous "apology" but he is mistaken and will now suffer the consequences of being a hate monger, a white devil.
Mandingo
P.S. In their pathetic "apology," Vivid Video claims to have placed the Diviant box stickers "inadvertently" over BLACK performer Mr. Marcus. Oddly enough, it seems these stickers were "inadvertently" kept from covering the holy Vivid logo as well.
Whatagal writes: I hope the Vivid protestors have secured the proper permit for a demonstration - it would be a shame to lose all that potential media coverage if the police broke it up due to a lack of permit.
Persia Simone writes Gene Ross: "Like many sistas, I used to be good “friends” with Chris Mann at Video Team. Chris used to tell me how his best friend in the biz was that white devil Steve Hirsch. In my book, if someone is friends with the devil, he’s as good as a devil hisself. That’s why I’m writing to urge all my sistas in the industry not only to boycott Vivid, but also to boycott Chris Mann’s horny honky ass. No more brown sugar for that cracker! Oh yeah, see you all Monday at Vivid. Fight the Power! Persia Simone."
Tkat writes: A march on Vivid cancelled because of bad weather? In LA? There are some serious commitments there? You gotta be kiddin ! Then that Persia chick calling some guy a cracker? Seems to me you cannot overcome racism by also being a bigot. If your going to fight the fight have the stones to get the job done and be pure of heart (a protest rain delay- unreal).
Porn Gossip
XXX says: "Luke, you've done a good job screwing with people like AVN publisher Paul Fishbein and Vivid Video owner Steve Hirsch. But Eddie Wedelstedt is a different breed. He comes from a different generation. When he said in Cancun, Mexico, at the AVN Manufacturers Conference, that he wanted to have you rubbed out, I am 100% sure that he meant it. Just don't push him, man.
"You've got to watch the anonymous baloney that you post. Vivid, Goalie, and other companies' lawyers are downloading your site every day looking for libel. You can't publish unverified bulls---. They'll go after your host and you won't have anywhere to post anymore. That's what happened to Webmastersorg.com.
"That's why AdultNetsurprise.com and YNOTmasters.com are the best webmaster resources. They're very guarded about who can use their chat board. They make people register to get the privilege to post. A guy from outside the industry who comes in and starts posting about people inside the industry is very dangerous. It's not good for the business and it is not good for the webmaster advertising on the webmaster resource center."
What's Going On At Cybererotica?
Various sources over the past few days told me that Cybererotica.com was headed for a bumpy ride. Monday morning, Cybererotica's owner Ron Levi told me that everything is fine at the company.
I've heard that Ron Levi, the owner of Cybererotica (CE) aka Voice Media, recently paid over one million dollars in credit card fines. I hear that some major players flew out to Los Angeles today to meet with Levi and company.
Ron Levi called me Monday at 10:15AM:
Ron: "Luke, it is amazing that you could not wait until talking to me. I do not check my email every day. We did not lose our merchant account. All webmasters payouts will go out as scheduled. Goodbye."
Levi hung up. He sounded angry with me.
I hear that there will be big meetings at Voice Media today, Tuesday and Wednesday before a dramatic announcement Thursday.
I've heard speculation that Levi may part ways with his business partner Paul Lesser, the former Hustler advertising manager.
I hear there's a battle on between Voice Media's principle players.
Ron Levi told two webmasters Monday morning that it is "BS" that Cybererotica is closing shop.
Until now, Ron Levi has avoided the problems that befell RJBTelcom and CEN, the two other biggest adult operations on the web. IGallery's parent company New Frontier (NOOF on Nasdaq) sustained a $25 million legal judgment last year. And Vivid Video is backing off its plans from the Spring of 2000 to go public.
Ron's peers have been full of talk that Levi's operation will eventually encounter the same obstacles that hit his competitors over the past few months. But so far, CE has not been sued by anybody significant, not the Federal Trade Commission nor AOL.
Most of l-keford.com's banner advertising goes to www.Cybererotica/money.html programs.
The most active webmaster posting board on the net, Netpond, is not up today. I hear they received attorneys' letters threatening them over anonymous posts. One such threat may have come from IGallery.
AlienX@SinCityFilms.com writes Luke: "It is terribly shameful to know that IGALLERY is attacking it's own industry, and attempting to block freedom of speech. This is in regards to the crushing of a growing adult webmaster community known as webmastersorg.com, and now possibly NETPOND. Regardless of the dialer discussions on certain boards they should have been addressed rather than brutally silenced. I have no respect for IGALLERY and in no way will I ever support NOOF (Which was a nothing shell company to begin with). Today I will be removing all IGALLERY feeds from the Sin City Membership site. This sorta behavior of larger organizations should be intolerable in our community, especially during times when we should not be attacking one another but readying our selves for greater threats should they come."
Frank writes: "Yo Luke, Your netpond story sure sounds a lot like the webmastersorg.com story. Just FYI, Hooper from ConversionCash & Holly from Igallery were responsible for shutting down webmastersorg.com b/c of slander & libel complaints... Hooper & Holly now own it, how ironic. Rumor has it that those two are also responsible for shutting down Netpond. Sounds like they're out for blood against message board owners that they don't control."
Hooper from ConversionCash.com writes: Hi Luke, A little bird told me that you were writing about our recent acquisition of webmastersorg.com, if so i'd be happy to answer any questions you may have regarding the process that led to our ownership.
As you may know, dusty's board was a bit out of control with regards to anonymous posting, impersonations and false news reports. Both of the "never ending stories" were excessively personally abusive. While I and several of the other targets of those stories had discussed possible legal action, however we decided that much like any public figure we had placed ourselves in the spotlight and accordingly should expect to be attacked on a personal level.
NONE of the allegations represented on the former webmastersorg.com message board however are true whether personal or professional in nature. Additionally, neither myself nor Holly Moss of igallery ever posted on that disgusting board to my knowledge.
For myself and igallery the message board crossed the line between free speech and inciting libel when fake news releases were posted about igallery and when accusations of thievery and dishonesty abounded regarding conversioncash.com, our webmaster affiliate program (which by the way has been paying on time every week since it's launch.)
Our attorneys contacted the owner and let him know that we felt he was no longer just an innocent bystander, but that his actions and words were actually encouraging this libelous behavior. The same day as our attorney's contacted the former owner, he shut the board down. I believe that he felt that we were correct and that he did not feel like enduring a painful and expensive legal battle.
And yes... it is true... DGM Entertainment now owns webmastersorg.com which should be up later today via the domain name and is currently available at http://209.217.134.204/wmorg/index.php
I believe that the moral of the story is that we as a community are tolerant of a certain amount of name calling and finger pointing, but that when it crosses the personal line and begins infringing upon our business reputations we will no longer tolerate this utter lack of professionalism.
The other moral is "Don't f--- with people who have better attorney's and more money that you, because even if you win, you'll be broke in the end".
Alien writes: "I stand corrected about webmastersorg.com and the "One Pissed Alien Letter". Thanks Hooper for the details. What a hellish day.... So Luke when you makin boards LOL:)?"
Bob Jones writes: Luke, with the warning about Cybererotica (I'm withholding a conclusion until more information is available) a question I've been asking a number of ways comes again to the foreground: How much money is there, really, in internet adult?
The common conception seems to be that this is a very high margin business. But the major players, the large webmaster payment rings, all seem to be in either legal or financial trouble. How high, really, are the margins in this industry after the credit card fines, legal bills, content fees, hosting fees, and advertising costs are added up? Is anyone, anyone at all, making high margins and high revenues for long periods of time and not in legal trouble? I've seen a lot of these folks brag about their incomes, but it appears to be mostly bulls---.
I think it would be really helpful for you audience if you could write an article running down the structure of the industry, its major players, and their status.
The impression I get is that the industry is structured into:
1) A small number of major payout programs;
2) A large number of free websites dependent on the major payout programs;
3) A large number of independent pay sites without payouts; and
4) Service providers, including Financial processors, content providers and hosting services.
It's obvious that there's a lot of money going into this industry, but where does it end up?
My theory:
Major Payout Programs --- Moderate margins, high revenues, low survivability. Linked networks of pay sites with a wide network of free sites, but also including the adultcheck-type structure.
Many provide own hosting, or branch into hosting for others. Content largely purchased.
Examples: Listing these is not worth the money to make their frivolous lawsuits go away.
Free Websites --- High margins, low revenues, low survivability. Advertising revenue from the pay sites or adultcheck structure. Pay for hosting. Content may be purchased, but is mostly provided by their advertiser or pilfered from newsgroups, other sites, etc.
Independent Sites --- Moderate margins, moderate revenues, moderate survivability. Individual (or closely related) pay sites that may advertise on free sites. Little content purchased, mostly self-generated or pilfered. Many provide own hosting, but pay high rates on connection fees. Examples: Independent specialty sites, video company/star sites, sites related to magazines or pre-internet providers with name recognition.
Service providers --- Low margins, high revenues, high survivability.
At bottom, is this industry anything besides multi-level marketing of entertainment, with legal problems thrown in?
Webmasters Never Ending Story
You better read this quick before it goes off line for libel:
http://webmastersorg.com/story.html?
He turned the corner, where, to his amazement he saw... A guy wearing a lobster suit and slapping his tube steak. Nuby noticed the Lobster was mopping up the spurts of cum with hundred dollar bills. He watched in relief as the women stopped chasing him and started groveling in front of the Lobster boy [allegedly Brad Shaw]. "What's going on?" exclaimed Nuby. The Lobster boy replied, "I am a Player and you are a worthless piece of s--- Nobody. Let me give you some pointers in the fine art of ass kissing...
"Whenever your sponsors open a new site, always go WOOOHOOO! on the boards. If anyone says anything bad about a sponsor, you MUST jump to their defense and say 'You f---ing anons are just jealous!' You must talk reverently their 100% recurring programs, $75 a signup days, and 25 cent raw programs. After all, it's like pulling money outta your ass, right, Nuby?" Nuby became excited. "And if I do all this, will my ass become grotesquely huge like yours?" The Lobster boy thought for a minute, "Well, not as big as mine. I AM the biggest ass in the biz. But yours will be close. Eventually your ass will develop huge flaps that hang over the edge of the chair when you sit. But I digress... See the Maxcash booth over there? You'll notice two distinct lines have formed. One is for Complainers and one is for Ass Kissers. You should always stand in the Ass Kisser line if you know what's good for you. Let me introduce you to a few more Players...
"Who is that kindly old shemale snoozing in the La-Z-Boy?" Lobster Boy smiled. "That's not a shemale, that's Dusty - But I can see where the tits would mislead you."
Out popped Miami Serge [Birbrair] in a red speedo who said... "I ruled the world once upon a time, I lied, they cried and if I talk about High Society I would have died".
Porn Welfare
Ian writes: Hi Luke. What a good idea from Michael, to establish some kind of welfare scheme for ex-porn performers down on their luck. In England, we have a 'Society for the relief of distressed gentlefolk' (!) as well as one for retired, impoverished actors and actresses (its name temporarily escapes me). These schemes must have seemed at first as strange as Michael's suggestion. His idea of website contributions (from site owners and surfers) sounds plausible, and might be supplemented by fundraising campaigns targeting sympathetic rich people (fundraising professionals would know how to do it) . Principal areas of difficulty would appear to be relate to who should organize the scheme, look after the funding, and decide on disbursements. The involvement of a large accounting firm sounds sensible, but more important would be finding blameless, disinterested and energetic organizers. As the industry's focus, AVN perhaps should get itself involved. Unfortunately, porn's bad reputation creates a difficulty with public acceptance, which would be valuable. It would probably be useful, initially, to research the history of the nearest-equivalent organisations abroad (including, for instance, the one mentioned above, for impoverished ex-actors and actresses). Perhaps some silicon billionaire might be persuaded to kickstart the scheme by financing a few rest homes for early beneficiaries.
Kevin and Darren Blatt Lose Friend
Kevin Blatt writes on YNOTmasters.com: I have just received some horrible news. My best friend in Cleveland was found dead on Sat. The cause of death I heard was a suicide, he hung himself. I am very distraught at this time as you can imagine, Darren (D$) and myself were extremely close to Mackay Gazdak. He will be missed terribly. I will be unavailable for the remainder of the day should any webmasters need me please email webmaster@sextoynetwork.com with any questions or support you may need. Please pray for my friends family that they might find peace in all of this, it truly is the worst day of my life.
From PCFormat.co.uk:
The company in question is Cyber Entertainment Network, one of the Internet's biggest porn site operators. AOL's lawsuit charges CEN and its affiliates with subjecting AOL subscribers - all 27 million of them - to a huge and ongoing spam campaign.
The key words in that last sentence, by the way, were "and its affiliates". This is the first time anyone has tried to hold an adult site operator responsible for the naughty behaviour of sites it does not own. CEN's affiliates are paid to channel traffic on to CEN's porn empire, and, inevitably, some of them resort to the unimaginative but cheap tactic of bulk e-mailing to drive up the numbers. It's this activity that AOL wants to attack, arguing that the HTML code CEN uses to credit these affiliates implicates it in their activities.
AOL's suit asks for an immediate injunction, and $25,000 for every day CEN's affiliates spammed AOL users - a figure which would rapidly climb into the millions. If successful, AOL's suit could have beneficial effects on the on-line porn business as a whole, forcing CEN's contemporaries to kick their own affiliate networks into line, and perhaps resulting in a lot less unwelcome e-mail for all of us.
Flynt Jettisons Parts of 'Cambria List'
From Inside.com:
Even as adult video companies warily eye George W. Bush and the Ashcroft Justice Department, Hustler honcho Larry Flynt has indicated to his staff that their film productions will maintain the same level of hard-core material as they did during the relatively freewheeling days of the Clinton Administration.
Flynt, along with several other porn-company owners, had been mulling a list of guidelines -- the so-called Cambria List, drafted by Hustler's legal advisor Paul J. Cambria Jr. -- that advised the industry to curb some of its most extreme offerings, mainly in the areas of female degradation (e.g., rape scenes) and bizarre sex acts (e.g., urination outside of a natural setting).
Last week, however, Flynt circulated a revised version of the list, indicating with check marks which guidelines were to be followed and leaving the other items unmarked, thereby approving them.
According to Mark Kulkis, director of sales for Hustler Video, two of the filmed sexploits that Flynt said will continue are interracial scenes and ''facials.'' Most of the acts that Flynt declared off-limits -- among them, male-on-male penetration, intercourse involving transsexuals and two penises in or near the same mouth -- were already proscribed in the Hustler catalog.
Read Luke F-rd's interview with attorney Paul Cambria.
Realist Closes
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In the days before shock jocks and cyberspace, when abortion was illegal and smoking in public places legal, an irreverent journal called The Realist made its debut, championing the concerns of an emerging counterculture. Now, after more than 40 years as granddaddy of the alternative press, it has ceased publication with an issue mailed out to subscribers last month labeled "Spring 2001."
Krassner's favorite piece in The Realist is also what critics say was the publication's most outrageous: "The Parts Left Out of the Kennedy Book," which appeared in 1967 at the journal's peak circulation of 100,000.
It claimed to be material removed from William Manchester's JFK biography, including a section describing Lyndon Johnson committing a sex act on the slain president's corpse.
"The Realist has had a tradition of never labeling an article as satire or journalism because I never wanted to deprive the reader of the satisfaction of discerning for themselves whether something was true or a satirical extension of the truth," Krassner said.
He co-founded the Yippies in 1967 and in the late 1970s served briefly as editor of Hustler magazine -- a job offer he says was too absurd to refuse.
And Krassner is working on two novels: one about a porn film made for senior citizens, the other involving a comedian who is tried for murder.
Rumdar writes: Luke.... I used to read The Realist in the late sixties (still have a couple of copies). Even marched in an anti war demonstration with Krassner, Phil Ochs, Allen Ginsberg and a cast of thousands. This is the umpteenth time the Realist has folded (and returned). While Krassner and The Realist were right for the sixties these days it seemed embarrassingly dated.
Titus Moody R.I.P.
Hank Rose writes: Luke: How could you have left out, skipped or overlooked news of the recent passing of loveable Titus Moody? Have you not turned your site over to the wolves to use as a stomping ground for their endless petty blood feuds? What happened to the real news? Titus was a real people aberration in this industry, but a legend in his own time nonetheless. He will be missed.
There are actually a small percentage of good people who populate this industry who deserve equal copy with the trendy malcontents and in vogue misanthropes on occasion. Titus was a man without a carnal country in a raunch realm where each erotic ego is an island in itself. He was a lost soul from nowhere who became a whimsical porn pioneer in Hollywood way before both average and beautiful people discovered it and either made it pedestrian or tainted it with their ugly personalities.
It is the end of an era. Porn has become fast food where it was once a rare delicacy in the Golden Age. It has lost it soul and traded in the heat of plot and characterization for the vanity of nude beauty pageants and robotic hardbody sex. No wonder why Paul Thomas is known as a snob. He has right to be. For if you were not a porn star back in the beginning, you are not larger than life and never will be.
Today you are sex TV and Internet streaming video. The movie screen of Titus Moody's life was 40 feet tall and larger than life. As each old school vet falls to pasture and by the wayside, it becomes more and more evident than all good taste and pop culture has died with the second millennium. What's new is not best. And what's old is missed. Titus never had the chance to grow old because of the same kind of cutthroat rogues and scoundrels you glorify on these pages. But now Titus belongs to the ages. And the ageless. May he rest in peace.
Hank Rose writes Gene Ross: "Looks like you're beating Mr. Ford at his own game. His site is filled with anonymous fans and quasi pop culture psychopaths while the real insiders in blowbiz are flocking here in droves. How else would Luke miss a precious story like the passing of Hall Of Famer, Titus Moody? Beats me. He was a hell of a nice guy. Unfortunately one of the many unlucky souls that were friendly hosts to porn parasite J.C. who wound up dead before their time. I cut all ties with him so the bad karma wouldn't rub off. If you do your homework, it's eerie to say the least. I won't mention the rest. Ask Margold for the complete list.
"By the way, remember that nice 3 Stooges relative that I secretly sent into your office as my ghostwriter reviewer to prove that I could do your job but you couldn't do mine? Well, I wound up marrying her. It's not true what they say about Jewish girls. They just need a nice Italian sausage to tame them. I only wish I had more of my share in my fledgling career. We've been in bed controlling this industry since the 50s. We might as well share the spotlight in front of the camera as well."
Tina Tyler Week
Steph at AdultDVDTalk.com writes: February 14 - February 21 is officially Tina Week at Adult DVD Talk, a celebration of the DVD release of Tina Tyler's Favorites. We're kicking off Tina Week on V Day with a live chat with Tina and Faron of Odyssey Group Video (the producers of Tina's DVDs.) Chat begins at 7pm PT in the Adult DVD Talk chat room.
Every day of Tina Week will feature a new screenshot from Tina Tyler's Favorites. Check in daily for hot stills of Alexandra Silk, Stephanie Swift, Rebecca Lord, Tina Tyler (of course) and more natural beauties. Plus we're auctioning off toys used in the movies, including Tina's favorite dildo, on http://www.EroticBid.com. All toy auction proceeds will go to AIM Healthcare.
Webmastersorg.com Shuts Down
A dynamic webmaster posting board has closed down - Webmastersorg.com. I checked the board and found this from last week:
From: Kit Winter | Block address |
To: bullshippers@yahoo.com
CC: jay@dynamichosting.com
Subject: webmastersorg.com
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 17:19:11 -0800
Dear Mr. or Ms. Ridge:
As you are aware, your web site www.webmastersorg.com hosts a chat board targeted at the webmaster community. This chat board boasts that it does not log IP addresses, does not require registration before posting, and in fact encourages anonymous posting.
Beginning at least last Friday, and continuing through at least this morning, a party or parties currently unknown to us has been posting what purport to be "Official IGallery Announcements" on your message board and "signing" these postings as "Horny Holly", a reference to our sales and marketing manager Holly Moss. These postings falsely state that IGallery intends to begin sending traffic originating in the United States to "dialer" programs, as in the following example:
Official IGallery Announcement
Many webmasters have expressed concern about non-US surfers being redirected to a dialer page. We understood by this that they did not think it fair that non-US surfers were redirected, but not US surfers. So, in keeping with our policy of fairness to webmasters, we have begun implementing our US dialer program as well. Beginning on Monday, February 5th, California, New York and Florida surfers will also be redirected to a dialer page. It was never our intent to be discriminatory by only redirecting non-US surfers. I hope that this will serve to remind you that IGallery is continually thinking of ways to maintain a fair program for all.
Thank you, Horny Holly
Interactive Gallery Inc.
818-742-2548 x3024 or 1-800-711-1551
In light of recent actions by the Federal Trade Commission against "dialer" programs, these postings are defamatory and are calculated to interfere with IGallery's actual and prospective contractual relationships. More seriously, such impersonation is a criminal violation of 18 USC section 1343 as well as of other state and federal statutes, and does not fall within the Safe Harbor provisions of the Communications Decency Act.
You are hereby instructed (i) to remove the false postings on www.webmastersorg.com that purport to be "Official IGallery Announcements" immediately upon receipt of this e-mail; (ii) to post an immediate retraction on webmastersorg.com stating that the postings at issue were not, in fact, Official IGallery Announcements, nor were they endorsed, approved, or in any way connected with IGallery; and (iii) to implement such measures as may be necessary to prevent similar occurrences in the future. If you fail to comply with this request, IGallery will take immediate measures to remedy this situation and prevent the publication of further defamatory statements.
Nothing contained herein or omitted herefrom is intended to be, or may be construed as, a waiver of IGallery' rights, remedies, or assertions of fact, all of which are expressly reserved.
DynamicHosting: By this email, you are requested to remove webmastersorg.com from your DNS tables for violation of your acceptable use policy until the offending material is removed.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. S. Christopher Winter General Counsel Interactive Gallery, Inc. 15233 Ventura Blvd., Suite 300 Sherman Oaks, CA, 91403 Tel: 818-742-2548 Fax: 818-783-4632
Luke Gets Mail
Lynne writes: I have always been socially marginalized, by my misfortune to have grown up in a dysfunctional family, by my intellect, by porn; you also, have been in similar positions, and you probably have a stronger craving for "normalcy" than both.
I don't recognize you as aberrant just because you are socially marginalized -- some of the most interesting people fall into that category, nor do I find it aberrant that you do not fit into a religious community, or that you disobey Jewish laws and teachings (as long you make an effort not to offend my ethical principles, which are far more exacting). I admire a man who sticks to his commitments in a destructive and dangerous environment far more than one who never exposes himself to temptation.
When you chose to become an Orthodox Jew, you deliberately marginalized yourself....not in an immoral way, but definitely a step outside the mainstream of American Society. Jews are a persecuted, maligned people. You chose that. You chose porn. Your self-image is complicated...you crave and pursue love and approval, yet you deliberately marginalize yourself.... Now that we all know I love you....it is a good thing...savor it, roll in it....it is endless...you cannot use it up...you cannot destroy it....
Farrell Timlake Supports The Players Ball
Farrell Timlake from HomegrownVideo.com writes: I was a sponsor and partner in the very first Player's Ball that D$ ever through. We promised and delivered on the Long Beach Dub All Stars, formerly known as Sublime. South Park superstar Trey Parker was my guest and even his jaded self was amazed at the phantasmagoric level of hedonism that we produced. A precedent was set for creating a mainstream press friendly event that created positive spin. The party was a major success and everyone involved knows that D$ was a huge reason for its success. He stretched the dollar to the maximum and made nothing but an excellent time for all and a reputation that continues to grow. The party is a success because it brings the business together for a night of fun. The whole pimp and ho thing was a goof from the beginning. If you don't get the joke then you are probably the type of person who only has fun when he can complain that others are having a good time. What kind of promoter and marketer does not promote and market themselves? To criticize D$ for doing his job is asinine.
Of the musical acts, I know for a fact that they are not picked on whether or not they are the flavor-of-the-week hit, but more importantly whether they are going to entertain the diverse generations of the adult webmaster community. D$ is conscientious to provide a range of music throughout the evening to accommodate the audience.
Posting anonymous sour grapes posts is pretty spinelessly pathetic. Especially when you have no idea what you are talking about. You are obviously cursed with an extreme case of frustration. I suggest you smoke some weed and hallucinate what it is like to be in someone else's shoes and have to look at you being so hateful and negative. Then I hope that love, spirit, and a sense of camaraderie prevails and that you see that growth in business comes from building relationships and not tearing them down.
As Farrell, from www.homegrownvideo.com , www.homegrowncash.com, and www.homegrowncontent.com where we stand up for doing things with integrity, like making great amateur xxx content for 19 years, and building bridges not burning them, I say this to you. Please forgive me my opinion and give thought to it just the same.
Johnny Scorpio Interviews Luke F-rd
Former Screw writer Johnny Scorpio, now residing in Alaska, writes:
Q: You said once that your site was ranked no. 6000 in popularity out of the entire internet. Is that good? How many visitors does lf.com avg. daily?
LF: Yes, it is good. LF.com averages 7000 unique IPs during the week, and 5500 on weekends.
Q: You sometimes complain that you are bored doing the site and want to move on to another endeavor. Is this your current attitude?
LF: Yes.
Q: You make about 50,000 dollars a yr. on lf.com?
LF: I should but my sponsor went broke about six months ago, and I've been struggling to make up the income by finding individual sponsors. I earned $40k before tax in the year 2000.
Q: Who pays you?
LF: It used to be one company out of Toronto, Canada. Fantastic Online. Now it is individual sponsors like Cybererotica, Sin City, Homegrown Video...
Q: Who are some of your favorite contributors to your site?
LF: Chaim Amalek, Fred Nek, Marc Putative, Rumdar, Curious, Goddess, Bob Jones.
Q: Are you more hated than liked in the porn industry? Do you have more enemies than friends in porn?
LF: Yes I am more hated than liked, and I have more enemies than friends.
Q: You once posted pics of yourself w/ a handgun. Did you get death threats?
LF: Yes.
Q: Why don't you script your own porn video? How come you don't pick up extra work as a script writer when you have all the contacts in the porn world?
LF: I think it is immoral to make pornography, ergo, I will not make pornography.
Q: Who are some of your favorite porn people that you have met?
LF: Rob Spallone, James DiGiorgio, David Sturman, Paul Fishbein...
Q: Who are some porn people who you consider to be not very nice?
LF: Many, many, but I won't name them.
Q: Curiously, you are anti-porn; you think porn is harmful. If you had your way, would porn be illegal?0
LF: I'm not sure.
Q: What is the story with Paul Fishbein and AVN mag, which you exposed? What are you accusing Fishbein of?
LF: I'm accusing him of running a trade magazine with typical trade magazine practices. I.e., of being in the pocket of his biggest advertisers like Vivid.
Q: Is drug use rampant among people in the X-rated biz? Are many directors and performers very into drugs? What kind of drugs are they doing?
LF: Cocaine, Ecstasy are popular. And yes drugs are popular with pornographers.
Q: Kid Vegas, who occasionally posts on your site, seems like a real wild man. Can you describe this character?
LF: A loud mouthed kid with some contacts who write some very funny lines for him.
Q: Did Lynn L-patin (a contributor to your site and a former porn video producer/director) fall in love w/ you?
LF: Yes.
Q: Whatever happened to Nice Jewish Girl, who used to be a regular contributor to the site, and a very good friend of yours?
LF: I still hear from her. She's still in San Francisco and in love with some English guy.
Q: Were you and Nice Jewish Girl lovers?
LF: Never.
Q: As of this interview, are you still looking for a nice Jewish girl to marry?
LF: Yes. [Rumdar writes: Buddy... You are going to support a Nice Jewish Girl, two perfect kids (think Harvard), a couple of vehicles (think SUVs) and a 10,000 square foot house in a gated community on 40K?]
Q: Haven't you enjoyed the celebrity you've gotten running your own web site?
LF: Yes.
Q: Who are the directors who make good quality porn?
LF: Dunno.
Q: Why do you post the racist writings of Dr. William Pierce?
LF: I find him interesting and provocative, just like many of the slimeballs whose musings I post. Porn is slimy but interesting at times and provocative.
Q: Is Luke F-rd going on to bigger and better things? Is it going to be in print journalism, the web, radio or TV?
LF: I hope so. But I don't know where.
Q: If you had to choose another subject besides porn, what would it be?
LF: The media.
Q: Is it a primary conflict in your life trying to separate your porn concerns from your personal and religious life?
LF: Yes, it is the primary concern.
Q: Do you like the Aussie rockers AC/DC?
LF: Not particularly. I prefer classical music.
Epoch vs Lloyds
Ian writes: In refuting a number of accusations against it, a representative of Epoch recently included the following: "Epoch was not "shut down" by Lloyd's of London -- Epoch has never had a bank account at Lloyd's. The truth is, although a syndicate which purportedly somehow includes Lloyd's has refused to pay for millions and millions of dollars of transactions sent to them, Epoch long ago absorbed the more than $15 million loss and has, nonetheless, paid its webmasters for those transactions. " I don't know if anyone else has pointed out that NO ONE has bank accounts at Lloyds of London because Lloyds of London is not a bank, but a world-famous English institution providing insurance against all manner of risks. There used to be a Lloyds Bank (totally unrelated to Lloyds of London), though since merging with the Trustee Savings Bank it is now 'Lloyds TSB'. If there is anything in the story, it could have to do with insurance against loss. However, there was a later reference to the problem relating to 'merchant ban king', which would point towards Lloyds TSB.
Ian writes: Hi Luke. In the past you have quoted homegrownvideo.com as a wonderful porn site, and Farrell Timberlake has appeared on your site a number of times saying the same thing. I'd just like to say that I tried out Homegrown Video's 5-day free offer, cancelling after just an hour because I couldn't get anything to work! On the rebound I joined blacksonblondes.com, and have had a very good time there. I would really like to have given Homegrown Video a proper go, but obviously it requires some plug-in which my 3 year-old PowerMac doesn't have, and which I was unable to get from the site itself.
K-Man writes: HomeGrown converts outta this world of of BLIND TGP traffic, heh, so trade in your 14.4 and try again tough-guy.
Farrell Timlake writes: I want to thank K-Man for pointing out what any webmaster who really knows what's up knows and that is that www.Homgegrownvideo.com is an incredible site. Also, WWW.Homegrowncash.com is one of the top converting sponsor programs on the net. Ask the thousands of webmasters making cash off of even their crappiest traffic. Not only do we have the largest exclusive windows media collections on the web, exclusive live shows, exclusive pics, exclusive everything, but we also have extensive FAQ and superior tech assistance to help people.
We have a lot of high band and broadband streaming on our site and yes, older browsers and s---ty connections are not ideal, but we have plenty of streams that do not require a plug in. Generally all our content is optimized for multiple viewing conditions. Macs do have more trouble with windows media, but we can and do help people with problems quickly, personally, and personably. Check out the customer letters at http://www.homegrowncontent.com/pornocopia/ (for free, of course) for proof of our level of service and satisfaction. We print the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Overwhelmingly, the feedback to our site is incredibly positive. In fact, we don't have many problems, because we turn problems around so quickly with solutions. Our content may be pure authentic amateur xxx, but our business ethic is highly professional and absolutely service conscious.
One can easily see the pride we take in our service and the history of our product speaks for itself. Homegrown is the longest running adult video series in the world, bar none. Ian, if you had a tough time, you ought to email our tech support and we will turn your situation around to the best of our ability. Indeed, I could go on all day about why we are one the best websites around, but I am not here to spam, just to defend the good name of Homegrown Video, a morally responsible, fiscally frugal, continually indelible company of highest standards and a company for which there is no known comparison.
Farrell, from www.homegrownvideo.com, www.homegrowncash.com, and www.homegrowncontent.com, where from our site members, to our traffic payees, to our webmasters leasing our content, there is a song of rejoicing and thankfulness for a job well done.