Wednesday,
May 30th, 2001
Vivid's New Girl - Penthouse Pet Chloe Jones
I hear that Chloe Jones is the new Vivid girl. Chloe was a Playboy BOL model, then she did Penthouse in 4/98. She was a Pet. Chloe Jones has been the spotlight girl on the escorting site NicisGirls.com for months.
Madelyn Knight's listed as available for escorting on the BodyMiracle.com site and Eros-NY.com.
XXX writes: " What I think is interesting is that you have never reported on her job as a NY Madam. Actually ex-NY Madam. Well, there's a little story about her recent departure from that end of the business."
Stunningcurves.com interviewed Madelyn Knight a couple of years ago. Here's an excerpt:
Kevin: What is your opinion of the gossip sites that are now online?
Madelyn: They should at least find out the facts first. Like Luke F-rd had written, that I had children and I've never had children. I'm not to keen on having children. I don't have the time or the patience at this time in my life. He also wrote, that I was hooking. That was quite offensive. Not that it is wrong, but it’s not my personal thing. Other girls may do it, that’s fine for them.
Ben Wallace Interview
I interviewed the author of "The Prodigy and the Playmate" in the June issue of Philadelphia magazine via email Wednesday morning.
* Did you just swallow everything that Mark Yagalla told you. Did you fact check his allegations?
BW answers: I can't talk about who I did and didn't talk to other than to say I spoke to more than thirty people for the story, as well as relying on court documents and other public and non-public records. And that everything in the article was fact-checked.
* I've encountered considerable skepticism in the escorting business about the veracity of parts of your article. Particularly the allegation that Nici set Mark Yagalla up with Jenna Jameson. Both Nici and Jenna deny this. How are you so sure?
BW writes: Nici has denied so many things to me that she later admitted that, frankly, I don't find her to be at all credible. I also find it interesting how adamantly Nici denies the Jenna aspect while not denying anything else in the article; one wonders if she feels a special obligation to Jenna for some reason.
* What was your overall impression of the sex industry from your time researching it and dealing with it for this article?
BW writes: It's so diverse that it's hard to make generalizations, but I was surprised to learn that people in the biz think there's some meaningful distinction between having sex on camera for money and having sex in a hotel room for money. I'm still trying to puzzle that one out.
* Did your research diminish the way you view Playboy Playmates and Playboy?
BW writes: I'm not a regular reader of Playboy, but I did have an image of it as somehow "wholesome," and learning how many Playmates turn tricks did chip away at that image. And I was surprised to learn the extent to which Hugh Hefner's public image differs from his private life.
Glamourcon For Meeting Playboy Playmates
One way to set up "dates" with Playboy Playmates is to attend the Glamourcon conventions. Tell them that you read in the June issue of Philadelphia magazine that they're available for escorting.
Nyphil writes on BigDoggie.net: Glamourcon is a convention where you can meet lots of Playboy playmates for autographs and pictures. I went to the one in New Jersey a couple of years ago and met about 30 playmates. There's one coming up at the end of July in Illinois and another one in L.A. in November. Go to Glamourcon.com for more info.
Wedding Bells For Shanna McCullough?
Angry God writes: Wedding bells for Shanna? Rumor has it that porn Legend Shanna McCullough has fallen in love with a well known Director/Producer! Having had the pleasure to meet Ms. McCullough many times over the years, I can attest to the fact that not only is she one of the best actresses the adult business has ever seen, but one of the nicest and classiest as well. If the rumor is true, I want to wish her all the best, because she deserves all the happiness in the world!
Gloria Leonard Picks Up Her Balls And Goes Home?
Vkluj writes: Once again Gloria (Ms. Mensa) Leonard has packed up and headed to paradise. The last time she did it because she wasn't getting any respect.Is the pattern here, if things aren't done my way, I'll pick up my ball and go home? Who is the whiner here? When she's pointing a finger at others there's 3 more pointing back at her. Perhaps rather than being an industry activist, she should do the one thing she could do really well, ACT ! She still looks good enough to do some non-sex roles.
Gloria Leonard responds: How silly to think that after twenty-six years of defending this industry in one capacity or another (former President of the Adult Film Association of America; on the Board of Directors/Administrative Director of the Adult Video Association; President of the Free Speech Coalition) that I would "pick up my ball and go home" because things weren't going my way. While I thank you for the compliment about my acting ability, I guess it wouldn't occur to you that my life does NOT revolve around the adult industry, 24/7. I have personally, at different times in history, given more of my life over to countless causes (civil rights, the Vietnam war, abortion issues, marijuana legalization and of course, First Amendment violations) than just about anyone else you now or will ever know. Not that I need to defend myself against another speculator, but I happen to have a grown daughter and delightful granddaughter here in Hawaii and at this stage in my life, family feels more important to me than anything else. Hard to believe, I suppose, for someone as cynical as you. It's time for new blood to take over the reigns, don't ya' think? I'm weary of being a foot soldier in this small ragtag army of well-spoken, intelligent, savvy representatives of the adult biz. What part of retirement don't you understand?
Vkluj writes: I was fully expecting Gloria to "spew some deadly venom" in my general direction in her response to my comments concerning her move back to paradise but she didn't. She was actually civil and not once did she refer to me as a "limp dick" Was this due to the fact that I was an ignorant industry outsider or because I said she still looked good enough to do some acting? I do understand retirement,but if she does return to some acting tell her to give us some leg shots !
Why l-keford.com Was Not Updated For Two Days
Beginning just before sundown Sunday night, and lasting until an hour after sundown Tuesday night, was the Jewish festival of Shuvout aka the Feast of Weeks. We Jews observe the giving of the Torah from God to Moses 3200 years ago at Mount Sinai.
During these two holy days, there is no permitted use of TV, radio, computer, telephone, car, pen, pencil, etc... Instead we pray, eat, sleep and repeat the cycle.
Around 6:30PM, Sunday, I showered, dressed in my nice black suit with a white shirt and a black tie, and walked to 30 minutes synagogue. We prayed the afternoon and evening service. I met up with a new acquaintance from my Tuesday evening Bible class and walked back to his home for a big dairy Shuvuot meal. As a vegetarian, I particularly appreciate Shuvuot.
Shortly before midnight, we returned to shul where we took in lectures until dawn. I enjoyed walking the streets late at night as they were filled with my fellow Jews celebrating the holy day. We were out in mass and I felt part of a big and powerful community.
I was back at shul at 11AM for more prayers, then a meal at the home of a friendly rabbi. Again, I wore my nice black suit with a crisp white shirt and tie.
I enjoy walking the streets of my Jewish neighborhood because they are filled with Orthodox Jews dressed in their best clothes walking to and from shul and the homes of fellow Torah Jews. I feel like I fit in and belong. I feel a part of a four thousand year old tradition. We have certain rituals and beliefs and foods and sacred texts and mores in common. And a common language and a common home in Israel.
While searching for the rabbi's home, I passed two middle aged women dressed casually.
"What holiday is this?" they asked. "We're Jewish but we don't know what's going on."
So we explained to them about Shuvout and they seemed embarrassed and ignorant. I felt like I belonged to a superior way of life. While the rest of the world went about its workaday ways on a typical Monday, I observed a holy day with a holy people.
With lots of discussion and singing, my Monday lunch lasted until 5PM. Then came a nap until dinner at friends at 7:30PM. These were Australian Jews I'd never met. But I had in common with them cricket and rugby league and Torah. And this lasted till midnight.
I usually find dinner parties boring but I love having meals with my Jewish friends in the community. When you add in the special prayers and rituals and foods, it makes the occassion more sacred and meaningful. What you're doing becomes holy and it connects to four thousand years of a tradition that's empirically provable to be the most superior way of life.
Jews have more influence than any other group even though we're the tiniest of people. It's all because the Torah way of life is superior to all other ways of life. Torah Jews are better educated, more affluent, more successful, have better marriages and better family life, with less drug use and alcoholism and domestic violence than other people.
For the first time ever last week, I turned down a journalist who wanted to interview me. Why did I avoid this opportunity for more attention? Because the journalist wrote for Jewish publications and I don't want to be embarrassed before my people.
I was up at 7AM and in shul at 7:45AM. Talmud class lasted until 8:45AM when morning prayers began. I lugged my Kiddushin Talmudic tractate into shul and learned that when a soldier wins a battle, and finds beautiful captive women, he can only take one of them captive. He can not secure an extra one for his father or son.
Then he must bring his one into his house, shave her head and let her mourn her parents for 30 days. After that, he can marry her and have relations.
After prayers was lunch, nap, more prayers, a Torah lecture, more prayers, the blessing of the new moon and then home to the secular week.
My prosaic recapitulation of my past 48 hours fails to capture the meaning it holds for me. One thing that hinders my communication to you is that much of my previous two days has been holy and holy things can't always be explicated and fleshed out for the general public, particularly not on a site like this.
But it is on holy days like Shuvuot and the Sabbath that I truly live. During these times, I operate on a higher plane. I take much greater care with my actions and speech. For instance, with this site, I don't really care much if I publish something about a porner that hurts her feelings. That's just my job. But in my sacred life, I care very much if I say or do something that hurts someone's feelings. For one thing, I'm likely to run into that person again as I live within a close knit Jewish community. And when you hurt your fellow community members, they will likely either hurt you directly or hurt you indirectly through gossip and slander.
Ideally, I would be highly concerned about everybody's feelings, because I do view all people as precious as they are all made in the image of God. But the way life works for most of us is that we have a core of people who are particularly valuable and we take infinitely greater care with them. And if we develop a solid rapport with this community, we can often transfer that level of regard for others to the people we interact with on a less intense level.
While life would be much easier for me if I were to make my Jewish home within the less intense and more modern Reform and Conservative wings of Judaism, I find them unfullfilling. Orthodox, with its greater demands, places me daily in the company of people also striving to fulfill the ancient teachings.
If I were Reform or Conservative, I'd go to shul once a week. By striving to be Orthodox, I'm in shul twice a day. Thus, I develop more intense and deeper relationships with my fellow Jews.
Also, in Orthodoxy, the rules are laid out more specifically and less flexibly. Men and women, for instance, have very different roles. This is good for someone like myself who has so little sense of inner identity. But when I step into my orthodox shul, I know exactly what I have to do and where to do it. And no woman can do what is my duty to do.
Liberal forms of Judaism and Christianity are finding that the men are dropping out because they no longer have unique duties. Men don't like to compete with women, and if women are allowed to fulfill the religious obligations traditionally encumbent upon men, then men will stop doing the religion.
On Saturday at my shul, a female high school graduate was scheduled to address the entire congregation, something unusual for an Orthodox shul. A friend of mine who's a rabbi was offended by this notion of a girl speaking to the congregation. And I did not particularly care for it either. So my friend and I walked out before her speech and went to another shul.
This was a happy clappy shul and a woman got up to speak there too. So we had to walk out again. We huddled in the hallway and learned Ethics of the Fathers, a famous Mishnaic tract. And we watched some cute women walk in and out. In Orthodox life, married women cover their hair, so that makes it easier to tell who's available.
Dianna writes: And there we have it, folks: the mystery as to why Jews have influence over and above their ratio to society-at-large! Being tiny, they are driven to compensate. Small penis, big corporation...
Maxwell writes: Hi Luke- I've got to ask you something, your kidding and being sarcastic about your statement of, "Torah Jews are better educated, more affluent, more successful, have better marriages and better family life, with less drug use and alcoholism and domestic violence than other people."????? How long 'have you been Jewish"? I've been Jewish for all my life and that has to be the most absurd statement I've ever heard.
Luke says: I am deadly serious. Let me quote from chapter four of the book "Why The Jews: The Reason For Antisemitism" by Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin. The chapter is entitled "The Higher Quality of Jewish Life as a Cause of Antisemitism":
"In nearly every society in which the Jews have lived for the past two thousand years, they have been better educated, more sober, more charitable with one another, commmitted far fewer violent crimes, and had a considerably more stably family life than their non-Jewish neighbors. These characteristics of Jewish life have been completely independent of Jews' affluence or poverty."
JMT writes: Oh, OK, somebody else made the same unsupported assertion that you did, so it must be true. All this time you spend hanging around with the jews is really honing your advocacy skills.
Luke answers: Ok pal, just go read the book The Slave by Isaac Bashevis Singer and you will see the gargantuan difference in quality of life between God's chosen people and the dumb goyim.
Jewish Masterpiece Theater
Patrick Riley writes on RAME: Another movie with a sex scene(s) was
Sunshine, a Jewish Masterpiece theater. The redhead in the lead Kara
Understand that this happens in around the turn of the century so she's dressed in a dress to the floor, probably a corset, probably tie-string drawers, probably at least one petticoat, and probably boots. The guy forces her back on the couch/day bed, fumbles with her dress, fumbles with his doubtless-hard-to-get-out-of pants, goes "uhh, uhh" while making some thrusting motion and we watch her face, and it's all over. Talk about premature ejaculation! In real life in the time taken he couldn't have even found her pussy, let alone taken off her drawers and found the hole. Sheesh.
We have a later sex scene with an ugly Russian broad against a tree. Although here we do see pussy, the time is just not long enough to be credible. This director probably has sex during the commercials and doesn't miss a minute of the show he's watching. Hell, he only misses one commercial!
Pavery writes on RAME: The US is a country terrified of sex, equating it with crime of all sorts, disease and other evils. The left approaches the anti-sex impulse by declaring this and that public or social health issue as its reason for intrusionary behavior. The right merely rants mindlessly about the evil of sex and its association with crime (which is made much easier by criminalizing a lot of sex). In the end, we inherit our disposition towards sex very much from the British Isles I think, and perhaps you can see some similarities there.
The great irony (or delusional condition) is that the public thinks the US to be very liberal in matters of sex, or at least that is my impression. What actually seems to be the case is that sex is divorced from lustiness, erotic feelings, and tenderness to become a rather mechanical, uninteresting activity. One of the things that most astonishes me about porno movies are their almost perfect presentation of sex as a boring and mechanical contortion accompanied by the most ludicrous moaning and whatnot. The anti-sex forces could not ask for a better weapon than most porno movies.
Anonymous writes on RAME: Those who make pornographic movies aren't acting, though, under orders from anti-sex forces. They are limited in showing certain things by the law, but they would be breaking no laws by putting, say, romance in hardcore films.
The issue, therefore, is a complex one.
Simply put, though:
1) Buying a movie with hardcore sex scenes, as opposed to one that does not, has an additional cost. Such movies are sold in special stores, closed to persons other than adults. They have less efficient distribution, it is harder to find reviews of them, and so on. Hence, a movie that is similar to a normal movie, but with, say, one or two sex scenes, still carries the full additional cost associated with being a 'hardcore' movie.
So it is, in a sense, more efficient to watch a hardcore movie with 11 sex scenes, and then another time watch a regular movie, than to watch two movies with 5 and 6 sex scenes.
And of course, if one _is_ watching a normal movie that just happens to have a hardcore sex scene, one is not doing it in order to then lose track of the interesting plot for a few minutes while taking a break. Again, the cost, the segregation and stigma, of a hardcore movie means it is worthwhile to get one as an aid to arousal - but if one just wants to watch a movie, one might as well let the sex scene be softcore.
Another big extra cost of a porn movie, of course, is the pool of actors to choose from. Very few women are willing to be recorded for posterity engaging in sexual intercourse, or to have sex relations with a man they do not love, let alone to do both at once. I know there are hundreds of times as many skilled and talented actors and actresses as there are those who have successful Hollywood careers, but they are still a small group, just as people willing to be porn stars are, and so the overlap is small indeed.
So the cost of that hardcore movie also extends to its quality, even if not as much now as in the past.
2) The anti-sex inclination of our society affects relations between real people as well. And AIDS has indeed created a legitimate reason for changing behavior. So men who are economically marginalized, who cannot support a household on a steady income, do not have outlets, because unlike men, few women consider casual sex worth the trouble.
Much pornography here reflects a degree of resentment and hostility towards women. Feminists have exaggerated this to assume an intent to rape and murder, which, in fact, is not a typical characteristic of porn consumers, and is not catered to by porn either.
But the emphasis on anals, DPs, and facials in porn is not without significance. The character of the hostility they respond to is that women are regarded as hypocritical, as putting on airs, as haughty and aristocratic in outlook; so there is the desire to see them pulled down a peg, to see them forced to admit that they, too, have these 'dirty' sexual desires, to stop being in a position to shame men as though they were naughty children.
Men are more aggressive than women, so they do not feel comfortable in a situation where they do not dominate; and it is the men on the bottom of the ladder who don't have a real woman to come home to.
Essentially, point (2) explains the character of typical porn, and point (1) explains why it is difficult for the industry to address a wider variety of markets, why the efforts towards making "couples" porn are so limited and tentative.
July Issue Of Hustler Reveals Playmate
Dave writes: Yesterday I was my local newsstand and was struck by the cover of the new (July) issue of Hustler. There they were touting very revealing photos of a Playmate. Curiosity killed the cat, but it keeps us journalists going, so I leafed through it. There I found a photo of Miss April 2001 Katie Lohmann in all of her gynecological glory, complete with a piercing. who, according to the copy, was Hustler's "Hometown Honey" or something like that in January 1999 under the name of Pamela. The article also took pains to point out, in their view, how Playboy had taken the eroticism out of Katie/Pamela and made her into just another bleached blonde bunny devoid of personality. This isn't really a morality post Hustler isn't my cup of tea, but to each his own. I personally don't agree with Hustler's tirade; even if she is yet another blonde, I found Katie to be an above average Playmate, overall and in terms of sex appeal. But doesn't Playboy have a rule about potential Playmates posing nude for other outlets before they reach OFM? And has anyone else seen this issue of Hustler or the January ¹99 issue that featured Katie?
Here's an excerpt from a 2/24/00 Cyber Club chat with Kristi Cline:
stewmungous: You did some nude and sexual internet work prior to becoming
a PM. Anything you now regret? Did it ever come up while audition for
PM?
kristicline: Actually I do regret it very much. kristicline: It was
one of those young and stupid things that everyone experiences. kristicline:I
can say that it is one of those things that I definitely learned from.
kristicline: It did come up and they just said that it was okay as long
as I wasnt doing it anymore.
Paul writes: To make it easier to remember which of Hef's seven peroxided sins is which, I've created the following:
Dalene Curtis : 'Sporty Sin' (probably the thinnest of the seven /
the Buffy replacement)
Tiffany Holliday : 'Voluptuous Sin' (definitely the biggest of the seven)
Michelle Winchester : 'Seductress/Business Sin' (more dressed like work
environment)
Kimberley Stanfield : 'Bikini Beach Sin' (aka Miss July 2001)
Regina Lauren : 'Dance Club Sin' (note the colorful stamps on her hand
:) )
Tina Jordan : 'Intellectual Sin' (looks like the brains of the outfit/dresses
like a sexy librarian)
Stephanie Heinrich : 'Girl Next Door Sin' (aka Cyber Club girl of the
month)
Porn star Sydney Moon writes about her ideal porno: Hmm, I haven't given this much thought but it is an interesting question. Many porn movies directed by women have more of that touchy-feely thing going on, the kind of sex women are supposed to want. I am not really into those myself. I like higher production value (like Vivid stuff) but stuff that still shows all of the explicit close-ups we all know and love. I don't care for films that have a storyline or dialogue, since it just requires fast forwarding. I guess I like high-quality gonzo films, with a theme that sort of ties it all together. I like nice sets and creative costuming. I like it to look as though each person is truly enjoying what they are doing. I like it when they at least try to find good-looking guys for the male roles. I love Andrew Blake movies but I don't whack off to them. Porns are a means to an end. Blake films meant to be enjoyed purely for their aesthetic value-that's just my opinion.
BTW, I got "Dreams" yesterday and I watched my segment. I think it looked pretty good, I guess it was filmed a long time ago because my hair was a lot shorter than it is now. But the song that they were playing was called something like "everyday, ordinary, average tramp", and in part of it it said "she had an average face". I don't mind being called a tramp....but average is not cool! :)
Director Michael Raven writes: Since I directed "Dreams" for Vivid, I felt I should comment on the song that was used during the Sydney Moon segment. The song was written as ironic humor. The line "everyday, ordinary, average tramp" was intended to be ironic, nothing more. It should be obvious to anyone watching her segment that Ms. Moon is ANYTHING but average or ordinary. I found her to be a beautiful and vivacious young woman with a great attitude and a tremendous amount of patience considering that we subjected her to trashcans of water being dumped on her no less than 4 different times. Sydney, watch the scene again, thinking of it in that way and I think you will see the irony as it was intended. You are certainly not an "everyday, ordinary, average tramp". That was the whole point of the song.
XXX writes: Whats been going on with the NY area porn biz that the NY'ers don't want their West coast "business" partners to be made aware of? Is everyone being kept happy..($$??)...are certain west coasters being played? Are some playing tricks behind the backs of others? What's funny is that it's the west coasters own dirty tricks being played back at them behind their own backs. Set the rules..break the rules?.............WHO really rules? Just one simple example out into the light....What are Tricia Devereaux's connections? That one is going to ring someone's bell....but of course they'd only have to be expecting a simple and courteous hanging up of the telephone in response. Ouch....so cold...is that how things really work around porntown? Shut up or shut out? Ship out and shut up?
Porner writes Luke: You have a death wish? What is your motivation or intention on this particular subject? Why the morbid curiosity - or what exactly is it you are trying to a.Prove or b.Accomplish? Is this just an attack on your part, or is there some problem you are trying to solve? disclose? And indeed, if 'disclose', I think it is futile only because it is no secret, eh? It would be like yelling about Vegas being 'connected' - these associations are not unknown as well as obviously not unaccepted. Now, let me give my take.....trying to impress someone? redeem yourself? make a stand that is blatantly supportable by your peers in order to justify your infatuations - I mean 'involvements' with this business? this is a ploy on your part to disguise your integrations so that you may continue to dwell within it, is it not? tsk tsk tsk. I personally realize that you are not independantly digging anything up, simply spouting rhetoric from various sources of info readily available already - so, does that not make it pretty empty 'anything', just to (hopefully) boost yourself a couple of pegs in order to maintain 'both-sides-of-the-fence' - (your girl and your temple vs. your place of unmatched standing within our dirty little circle). Anyone with even the slightest bit of non-knowledge can figure the game-plan out, and conclude that it is nothing more than a smoke-screen for dummies and quite insulting of yourself to both sides, as well as to all of us you are trying to dupe. I warned that you would be forced eventually to make a choice - So, THIS is how you chose - not even a choice at all, Luke - this menial little romp does not count. This is not choosing. This is squirming. This is trying to convince everyone to let you have your cake and eat it too. Nope. Nice try, but it doesn't fly.
Nici Of Nicisgirls.com Denies Introducing Mark Yagalla To Jenna Jameson
Nici from Nicisgirls.com writes: Luke, I did not introduce Jenna Jameson to Mark Yagalla. Did Ben Wallace print that? I talked to him briefly one time to clear up the rumor I had heard that I had set Jenna up with Mark. I told him that I do not even know Jenna and that Mark told me he met her years ago when she was a nobody, before she had even signed with Wicked. Mark never suggested that he paid Jenna for her time, just that they met at a club in Miami and became friends. That is such bulls--- that Ben would even print that. I/she should f---ing sue his ass!
XXX writes: "Nici doesn't even know Jenna? How come Jenna's the first face you seen on her website [Nicisworld.com]?"
A source within the escorting world says: Ben Wallace's story is a bulls--- story. It's a great read but it is bulls---. Yagalla and Wallice are reaching, stretching the facts. They know they have no exposure. The police and the feds already have what they want from Yagalla. I guarantee you that Yagalla never booked Jenna through Nici.
All Yagalla wanted to do through Wallace was glamorize himself. And it worked. And now Jenna has to defend herself from bulls--- charges. The only reason that Nici even talked to this Wallace guy was to make him understand that she had never booked Jenna Jameson. But Wallace ran that allegation regardless. It's a sensational story. It makes you want to read it. But I hope that people won't believe it. He trashed a lot of people for no reason. The Tishara Cousino and Sandy Bentley escorting angle is common knowledge.
Mark Yagalla is pissed right now and everything from him is just sour grapes. He will say whatever it takes to get into print and f--- with Nici. And that's wrong.
Nici did not set him up with two girls a week. Maybe six girls total. Yes she sent him at least one Playmate of the year and she did set him up with Tishara Cousino. And she talked about setting Mark up with another Playmate of the year. Obviously Mark gave Ben Wallace all the information in the story.
XXX says: I saw this segment on E! from five years ago at the Cannes Film Festival. And it features an interview with Jenna Jameson, after she'd just signed with Wicked and before she had extensive plastic surgery. She looked country bumpkin. She was cute, 'I can't believe all these people are screaming my name. Who am I?' She was shocked by all the attention.
YYY writes: Luke, Please tell me you didn't let Nici just spout off about the Philadelphia magazine story under the cover of anonymity. If that long, inaccurate Nici-defending rant is from Nici herself, you shouldn't let her refer to herself in the third person, thereby giving her quote more authority.
Luke says: How could one ever question the journalistic integrity of l-keford.com? Seriously, most of the rant above did not come from Nici. It actually came from one of her competitors. The escorting community seems to have closed ranks against this story.
Osty writes: The picture on London-Exotics website from Jenna (--Andrea) is the same one they use in Vegas over and over for an escorting service. During the big conventions every second cab has Jennas picture on top. Jenna has only a good laugh about that. Everyone who knows her knows she does not escorting. For what reason should she ? Money ?? She canceled offers from studios other girls wouldnt even dream about. For clubjenna shes does only G/G or boy/girl with her fiance...and besides that she escorts. haha. Thats ridiculous.
FearZeus writes: Ms. Barron, I understand your point in what's the major difference between f---ing on film or escorting. I'm sure you believe that the difference is minimal. Well let me ask you a question: Is having sex with Peter North, Bobby Vitale, Rocco, Jon Dough , etc., the same as having sex with a big, old, smelly, sweaty, slimy, disgusting fat pig?? The point of being a superstar is that although they f--- on film.....they are not f---ing YOU!!! It's part of the fantasy!!! What's the big deal about a porn star if you can f--- her for $1,000-$1,500?? Do you think Pamela Anderson, Jennifer Lopez, or Carmen Electra would be a big deal in men's fantasies if you could sleep with them at any moment with money?? Yes, they are not porn stars.....but they are not pure angels either. But I can't call Pamela or Carmen or Lopez and ask, "How much do you charge for an hour of "companionship"? If you want to make as much money as possible and leave....then be a normal shmo like every girl that escorts. If you want to be a celebrity and an icon of mammoth proportions...then you HAVE to be unattainable to the average Joe. No offense, it's just the way it is.
Heather Barron responds: Not all regular men in America are pigs. And I personally don't go ga ga over any of the porn star actors that you mentioned. Ron Jeremy doesn't look like a Ken doll and he's had a pretty impressive career. I hear he's doing comedy. Are any of the above actors branching out? What other talents do they have?
Listen, Carmen Electra isn't a rocket scientist. And Pam Anderson can't act. Chances are they do or have done exchanges but they are not running ads on Big Doggie. But you never know. Just because it's not publicized, doesn't mean it's not happening. Marla Maples and Donald Trump = prime example of what is almost acceptable as Mistress and married man but if we called it escort and John, Americans would have had a cow. If you want to talk fantasy, check out Anna Nicole's life and her web site. The lure photos still haven't changed in over a year but she's still richer than any of the other women you mentioned. Anna Nicole doesn't have to do the Stern show. So back to your "having sex with porn men" as ideal theory....Having sex with established older men is where it's at. How long have you been in LA?
And back on that accessibility thing...Brittany Andrews escorts. I don't think she's any less desirable because she's attainable. In fact, I think she's hotter because she is. Her fans love her because they imagine themselves with her. And they know they can call and book her one day. They might never actually do it but that fantasy just might keep them buying her videos for years to come. If you want to make as much money as possible and leave....then be a normal shmo like every girl that escorts.
If you want to be a celebrity and an icon of mammoth proportions...then you HAVE to be unattainable to the average Joe. No offense, it's just the way it is.
So are you saying nuns are sexy? Are you saying BBW's with pimples can place themselves on a pedestal with a sign saying "Celibate" and command a sea of men sending in applications to get a date? Let's face it, the women you mentioned are hot. Attainable or non-attainable, they look good and know how to use what they have. On Howard Stern, adamantly straight men are willing to take bubble baths with other men to stand in the sheer presence of Miss Electra for 5 minutes. She's a superstar for the reason you mentioned and because her time commands money and media attention.
On eternal wealth...Not all celebrities are as "wealthy" as you might think them to be. Not all can effectively manage their own money (ie: Tony Braxton). I hear Dennis Rodman is quite a spender and look at Dana Plato. In the end, she had nothing to show from Different Strokes. As we've all learned in Money Management 101, it's all in what's going out the door not what's coming in.
Keep this in mind. There was a time when every guy would have given his right leg to bang or court Tracy Lords. Now she's low profile and off the "hot list". Porno is an industry of disposable talent. Anyone who's lasted over 5 years is a legend.
Meni writes: Luke, Ray is a little bit off, Jenna never escorted for approximately 20K, I DID. That's how I met JimmyD. He pimped me out at the 1999 CES. And I do speak Greek, hee hee.
Gilles writes: A few weeks ago, you had a message from Heather Barron asking if it wasn't Jenna's picture for that girl Andrea at the www.londonexotics.com. Jenna even reply that it wasn't her and if anybody were seeing some infringement of her picture on the Web, to let her know at ClubJenna. A guy answered at your site and said to Jenna to check it out again,that the second Andrea picture was hers,but it was still there. Finally, I took time to e-mail her at ClubJenna more than a week ago, and the picture is still there. I'm sure she's not escorting for them but they sure use her picture. Maybe she don't care.
Porn star Ruby writes from the Moonlight Bunny Ranch: Luke, I tried working for the internet pimps, "Adult Star Fantasy", what a f---ing joke!!! He promised all kinds of money, when all he wants you to do is find him other girls doing porno!! I will never work for an internet pimp again or even book on the internet!! I can't deal with, " whatever 's behind the hotel room door is yours". He set me up with a booking that was a patheticly low price considering I got f---ed for 4 hrs. straight, not a bad thing, but not for that price. I have to see somebody first, that's why I will always be up at the ranch. So if anyone says they can book me over the net, it's bulls---!!! A pimp, is a pimp, is a pimp!!! Plus, they put you in a hotel room for a week, so the first guy you do knows exactly where you are all week, and that you'll have a load of money too!! Real Safe huh! Ruby
P.S. I don't think , L.A. needs another Heidi, she got busted because she made some stupid mistakes, and I'm sure the others' will too! I want to help legalize prostitution in California and own the first legal house. The schools could use the tax money.
Luke says: I've talked to a source at Adult Star Fantasy and my source seemed mystified by the attack from Ruby. ASF booked her for some jobs, then dropped her when she didn't give ASF the required cut.
ASF source says: "Ruby did a couple of jobs for us. And then she owed us money and never sent it to us, never called us, nothing. So we just stopped booking her. There was never a falling out that I knew of."
A source within the escorting world says: I know that Dennis Hof, owner of the Moonlight Bunny Ranch, gets on everybody's ass if they're escorting outside of the Bunny Ranch. To Hof, if it is not legal, it is illegal period. Maybe Dennis had something to do with Ruby's disaffection.
Ruby writes: Luke, I kept the commission, because I didn't feel like he did anything for me, besides that one booking. I could've been more brutal in my assessment, but I wasn't. It's just my personal experience, and I'm free to do whatever I want when I'm not at the ranch. I just don't feel safe, working that way, others might, that's fine. That's why I book independently for feature entertaining as well, remember the agents work for you, not the other way around. And if your not getting good service, DON'T PAY THEM!!!
AVN's Absurd Statistics
GeneRossExtreme.com says: "The only self-interested statements in this instance are AVN's. The figures they quote constantly, and the ones that are repeated blindly by the mass media including the New York Times Magazine, are theirs and theirs alone. There's no substantiation to any of the absurd tallies quoted fast and often by AVN. Someone should ask to see the math, in which case AVN should be able to produce, company, by company, including distributors and retailers, a breakdown of sales and rental figures to put the debate to an end once and for all. But they can't. It would an immense file but I seriously doubt you'll ever see it. Certainly in the years I worked there, I never saw it or even a hint at one."
Ian writes: Hi Luke, I don't think AVN should be blamed for not being able to substantiate the broad statistics on the porn industry that it quotes. It's not a trade association, is it? Just a trade magazine, run for profit, not for the sake of the industry. Estimating industry trade statistics is not easy. In an earlier incarnation I used often to try to find out production/sales statistics for particular industries, and it was the devil's own job to work out something reliable. Even government statisticians (in the UK) have to rely on guesstimates for a large part of industry, where figures supplied by industry members are simply neither reliable nor comprehensive. I suppose it would be possible for major industry figures to supply information if they chose to do so, but that would leave all sorts of minor and unofficial operators who ought not to be left out if one is concerned with reasonably estimating orders of magnitude, but for whom proper information is simply not available, nor ever could be. I understand that the '$10bn' guesstimate has been made by an independent body. If it has no axe to grind (i.e. if it does not gain by exaggerating its estimate), and is normally a responsible estimating body, it would seem reasonble to accept the figure unless one has a good technical reason for disagreeing with it.
FTC vs Internet Pornographers
XXX writes: The FTC is STILL including RJB Telcom's name in its fraud speeches [in the footnotes].
Okay, so the FTC was on Ron levi's case on April 17... and the commission *finalizes* their agreement with him TODAY, that's just under six weeks. OTOH, RJBT announces in Feb or March (I don't remember) that THEY have settled with FTC... but... no decision. What's the hold up on the commission approval?
Luke says: As I understand it, Ron Levi's case with the FTC began some months to a year before RJBT's. And that RJBT's case is marching towards approval from the FTC Commission. And that RJBT's settlement with the FTC has the full approval of the FTC's staff and is working its way to the commission level.
Raquel Divine - Worth Every Penny
From BigDoggie.net: I think her rate through exotica-2000 is 1.5K... and worth every penny... Raquel is the sweetest lady to spend time with, and the nastiest lady to "get to know". Tied for my all time top pornstar encounter (with Ryan Conner), she is not to be missed. She'll rock your world!
I've posted some explicit pictures of our encounter (with Raquel's blessing) on her yahoo fan club, "Sex Goddess Raquel Devine"... check them out and you'll see why I say what I say! I had such a great time, I started the yahoo club!
Heywood writes Luke: The Playmate escort thread at www.bigdoggie.net has produced a couple of names. Ome guy says he spent a weekend with Playmate of the Year Stacey Sanches for $12K, while another avers that an hour with famed Special Editions model Alley Baggett set him back $10K.
Luke Turned 35 Monday
The Jewish holy day of Shuvuot, where we celebrate God giving us the Torah, began Sunday night. Like all Jewish holidays, one follows a schedule of pray, eat, sleep, pray, eat, sleep. It wasn't until I woke up from my Monday afternoon nap at 7:30 PM and looked at my schedule to see whose house I was due to eat at tonight, that I saw that it was my birthday.
I celebrated with special friends.
Heather Barron writes: The birthday picture was priceless. You are damn entertaining and have an amazing ability to poke fun at thyself. Happy Bday Lukey!
Luke confesses: I didn't make up the picture, Curious did.
Cindi writes: Luke, Just glad to see your site finally updated. Was afraid you were sick or in jail. Glad you are okay, and had a "God" weekend.
Porn star Ruby writes: Luke, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! I love older men! Call you when I get home.
Luke asks: What would be the special way for a porn star to say "Happy Birthday" to yours truly?
Ruby replies: Luke, I'd give you some helping handiwork, we'll see how things develop. I do barter, you know!
Gloria Leonard writes: Happy Belated Birthday, Luke! And though I tend to somewhat agree with you on your assessment of the lives of Talmudic Jews, you must know that many are quite kinky. Years ago, I knew a hooker who specialized in the "payiss" business and she told me some wild stories about not only how kinky they were, but how much they paid her (a lot). But we are also acquainted with the foibles of Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart - doesn't matter what religion you are, dicks can be pricks when it comes to sex.
Real Men
Dianna Roth writes: One day I was bored with l-keford.com so I visted dennisprager.net, where Luke gives a further dose of twisted morality to the unwary. I found this piece by Lisa Conrad Cohen (as originally posted on DennisPrager.com) on Luke's posting for May 23 and, in honor of Luke's thirty-fifth birthday, I'd like to give him my comments as gifts, tokens of his developing maturity.
Lisa:1. Watch how a man treats his mother.......because that's how he will treat you.
Dianna: He posts his mother's website address on his porno site...he will probably sell your used panties if you accidentally leave them at his hovel.
Lisa: 2. You don't need to know what he has in his bank account......but is he financially stable (doesn't have collection agencies after him, in debt up to his ears, pays his bills on time)?
Dianna: He's totally stable...has no debts, but has no income either. A perfect zero.
Lisa: 3. A first date could be going out for coffee. It doesn't have to be an expensive dinner. Why waste someone’s money and time if you know right away it's not going to work out.
Dianna: It could be Soupplantation, with a coupon. Why not offer to pay for the date, or at least bring the coupon? That way, you haven't wasted the guy's money, and you've got a good idea as to how he accepts women who are responsible for themselves.
Lisa: 4. You might not like something about him on the first date. Give him another chance. People are sometimes nervous and not exactly themselves on a first date......as long as the guy doesn't seem like a serial killer).
Dianna: He might not like something about you on the first date, in which case he's allowed to ignore you forever after. Forget him -- he's an asshole. But you should give him another chance if you're unsure, because men deserve a second chance, but women deserve nada.
Lisa: 5. Ladies, you don't need to sleep with him right away. A man will have more respect for you if you wait to get to know one another better. Become FRIENDS first and talk about your interests in life (family, views on children, religion, long term goals). I've always believed that a nice courtship leads to love and lots of romance, but most of all RESPECT....His probation period should be at least 2 months. (whether you're 21 or 40 and seeing him every weekend or everyday) Believe me it works.
Dianna: Does a man who doesn't pressure a woman for sex for two months or more have tremendous self discipline and deserve? Or is he really gay?
Lisa: 6. If he doesn't call you after the first date, don't pursue him. He may be busy with business or a personal matter. If he wants to see you again, he'll call eventually otherwise lose his number. Men who are interested love to pursue.
Dianna: See Number 4. Women should accept imperfections; men should expect perfection. Never give a woman a second chance.
Lisa: 7. Ladies, DON'T talk about ex-boyfriends on the first date. It's boring and unimportant and it makes you seem like you're holding on to the past. Be interested in what he has to say. Men like to be the center of attention.
Dianna: Even if, once they're examined by mental health professionals, they're thought of as mentally ill on account of it.
Lisa: 8. Watch how a man treats his animals. If they are nurturing and gentle and kind that's a good man....as long as he doesn't treat his animal better than he treats you. If that's the case, run fast.
Dianna: Some men that have better relations with their animals than with women make movies about it. In Luke having no pets, we want to see if he treats his animal videos well or if he scatters them all over the hovel willy-nilly, like he does his women.
Lisa: 9. Remember the old movies when the man courts the woman before they consummate the relationship. Let him court you and treat you like a delicate flower. He should put you on a pedestal.
Dianna: Then ask you to go-go dance naked in stiletto heels. First the pedestal, then the naked go-go dancing. I say, handcuff them quick!
Lisa: 10. If the man is over 40 and has never been married, chances are he's either gay or a confirmed bachelor. A lot of men are notorious for long committed relationships but won't pop the question. Reasons are immaturity or he doesn't want the responsibility of a family. That's not a real man. Unless he tells you upfront. Finally, going out on a first date is kind of like an interview without being so businesslike. Keep interviewing until the right one comes along. But remember nobody's perfect....not even you.
Dianna: A man who, like Luke F-rd, is thirty-five years old today, has five years before he has to face the sorry truth: that chances are he's either gay or a confirmed bachelor. Fortunately nobody's perfect, including Luke. Luke is notorious for popping off obnoxious questions (except on his radio show, where it's actually expected) and for not wanting to pop the weasel; Reasons are immaturity; he doesn't want the responsibility of a family, or even himself. However, because he has always told me the truth upfront, no matter how it embarrasses him, I conclude that Luke is a real man, at least in his dealings with me. If dating is like journalism, a first date is kind of like an interview designated "Not For Publication." Keep interviewing until you get the whole story, if it takes two months or two years.
I looked up NARTH and Dr. Socarides. Personally, I dislike dividing sexuality into two extremes, hetero and homo, as if one were positive, normal, and good and the other negative, abnormal and bad. Many people have elements of both in themselves. Some people restrict themselves to fantasies about their own sex but never act on them; others have occasional homosexual contact but live most of their lives as heterosexuals. Most people are happy fantasizing about and interacting with the opposite sex. The distribution curve must be funny-looking.
I don't think the moral issue is whether one is heterosexual or homosexual; I think it is an issue of how one treats one's sex partners and one's self. Disrespecting one's self because one is attracted to same sex partners or has same sex fantasies is dangerous, leading to stupid, risky choices. One ends up in a fisting sling in the back room at a bar for lack of self esteem.
A bisexual nature is something to be appreciated. An enjoyment of the beauty of one's own sex is nothing of which to be ashamed. Exploration of one's fantasies in an open, honest, non-exploitative manner shouldn't lead to guilt. Could I love a man knowing he fantasizes about other men? Could he love me knowing that I fantasize about other men? I would hope so.
Fantasies can take strange forms, but one doesn't usually act them out. Yes, of course I could love a man who has loving fantasies about others. I could even love a man who wants to share my lingerie. I have more problem loving men who obsess over televised professional sports than I do with men who have crushes on male athletes, though I avoid the former and most of the latter seem to prefer loving other men.
I know you are mother-deprived; it has never occurred to me that you might also be father-deprived, but I guess you are that, too. Hmmmm...I shall have to do some thinking.
Dianna writes: Happy Birthday Eve, Luke:
You love the idea of an external framework for every little behavior, because you are so empty inside and can't seem to figure it out for yourself. Some of us are able to internalize an ethical structure more easily than others. I find even the idea of accepting an externally imposed ethical position on everything stifling. But I have an innate sense of right and wrong that you seem to lack.
I suppose when one's father sets himself up as a paradigm of morality and is so flawed, it would be hard to know how to decide what is right and what is wrong. Easier to do what one is supposed to, even if one doesn't feel it.
Your search for guidelines of ethical behavior reminds me of the search of an android for a soul. It must be a similar emptiness. It makes me sad to see it. I sympathize and find you vulnerable. You can so easily make the wrong choices.
If the girl in the hospital cant find someone to pick her up because it is her own behavior that put her there, perhaps her community is practicing tough love...perhaps they're tired of the drama and enabling or drugs or plastic surgery... When I was discharged from the hospital last, I was offered a free cab ride to my car should I not be able to find someone to pick me up. I guess she must have been perceived as extra fragile. I hated having to try to arrange getting home in my condition. I empathize with her regardless of her reason for being in the hospital. Thank you for picking up that girl.
First Official Black Entertainment Online Awards
Hi, my name is Marcus Starks of www.modern-men.com and I would like to welcome you the first ever Black Adult Entertainment Online Awards. This is the first year of the history making awards which is sure to continue for many years to come. The awards covers both the Internet and Movie side of the adult buisness for ethinics. These awards are created to pay homage to the professionals in the ethinic community in the adult entertainment buisness, many of those that aren't recognized at all by the major awards. Most importantly these awards were created to show everyone inside and outsite the industry that ethinic minorities have come of age and should not be ignored of the hard work they have done. What makes this award so unique is that the only the real people are able to vote, the fans. People from any where in the world will be able to vote online thus making it a first of it's kind.
Luke Gets Mail
MHJ writes: There goes Dr. Pierce again. Perhaps we should address the issue of "Aryan" society corrupting Jews -- with dangerous nonsense such as "Messianic Judaism" and the false hypocritical "morality" of Fundamentalist Christianity, for example. Pierce talks about the involvement of Jews in pornography but nowhere mentions that the VAST majority of porners are NOT Jewish. Maybe so many Jews are pawnbrokers because they have sense enough to figure out ways to make money off moronic little s---s like Pierce's flock. Incidentally, the Jewish peddlers of old were NOT the forerunners of modern banking (most of which is controlled by Gentiles, by the way), but rather were the forerunners of the modern department store concept. And then there is the patently absurd comment about white slavery being legal in Israel. WHAT? I suppose Pierce also thinks that those poor dear "oppressed" Palestineans (don't get me started on the Palestinian incubus) are somehow "Aryan" like he is. The late, truly great, Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of Israel's radical right-wing Koch Party, was absolutely right: we (Jews) MUST defend ourselves at all costs -- even if it means striking first. The Jewish Defense League, which Kahane also founded, exists because people like Dr. Pierce exist. Perhaps one day people like Pierce will no longer exist. We'd like, of course, to see them vanish because they come to their senses and realize they are wrong, but if they were to disappear by other means it would not be any loss, either.
Tony writes: what is the drug of chouce w/ porn stars thes days heroin or cocaine or both. the stars especially the young ones seem to be drugged out, I know that cocaine is very available to all people in the adult profession, I'm wondering how much heroin is going around.. Is heroin the choice of drug for the girls in this decade of porn????Or do you see more abstinence from drugs??
Luke says: I suspect cocaine and ecstasy.
Tony replies: i read on your site a while ago that you saw tricia deveroux shooting heoin was that you that sa her or somebody else and what about savannah also heroin user the only reason i want to know is because i don't understand how these woman such as kristi myst and others get used by men so bad and degraded, if ity were me i would need something more then coke to kill the mental anguish of making the films that are intirely gratifying to men and not woman unless they are dykes.
Here is a picture of Sydney Steele (left) and Jessica Drake from Cannes two weeks ago.
Sergio writes: Dude, the picture links at the COMPLETELINDALOVELACE.COM is ALL WRONG! The correct links should be something like http://www.completelindalovelace.com/assets/images/picturegallery/image019.jpg
The current links are http://www.completelindalovelace.com/html/Picture%20Gallery.htm, and that's a programming error so amateur that not even the most inane webmaster would commit!
PM writes: Hi Luke: Cool site, I like it for your acerbic bios on the stars. Not that I am overly morbid but I am curious to know how some porn celebrities faded or bowed out of the industry. One who should by rights be long gone is Candy Samples, who was aged in the 70's. Any idea what happened to her (I don't see a bio for her on your site)?
Student Research
Jeff Engler from Hastings High School writes: Dear Mr. Ford, I am a high school senior in New York working on a project that discusses sexual repression through the American adult film industry. I hope to focus my thesis on the reasons why pornography is so much more popular in the States than in other parts of the world (Europe in particular). My impetus for this project came from an article I read in the New York Times Magazine, in which you are cited as the major pornography gossip, so I figured you would be the best place to start. I would really appreciate your sending me any statistics on pornography-use worldwide or articles that discuss sexual repression that you might have. Also, if you or anybody else at l-keford.com has any thoughts on the topic of sexual repression, I would love to include them in my project. Thank you very much for your help.
