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Luke Gets Mail Helpful writes Luke: I notice that the "E! True Hollywood Story" series has been nominated for an Emmy. Will you be attending the ceremony as E!'s guest? Do you have an acceptance speech prepared? Steve writes: Regarding your coverage about Extreme Associates and their shady business practices- here's something along those lines. I know an 'adult video performer' who taped a scene for Tom Zupko. She was not happy with the results and she did not sign the model's release and she was assured that the tape would be destroyed. Well, lo and behold, the scene was released by Extreme Associates. She is upset and her first impulse is to sue, as there is no model's release for the scene; but she is afraid of the repercussions and possible retaliation from Extreme. Should she come forward and expose this situation? Have you ever heard of a similar story? Or of a performer attempting to prevent the release of a scene? Porn star Ruby writes: Luke, I wont write anything for the site if you leave. I'm comfortable writing to you. I'm writing a book and I need help with that. I also feel that the guilt that society makes you feel about what you do, fucks up your game. Nothing worth doing is ever easy, they still verbally and figuratively stone prostitutes ( obviously true, see Bryan Sullivans' comments, " no, he's not threatened by a woman with sexual prowess. I hope any daughter he has grows up to be a proud whore!!! Just like dear old dad, see number 3 in his little definition.) All the hypocrisy makes my stomach turn. A woman has the right to fuck as viciously and frequently as any man!!! Maybe you need to read something like, "Conversations with God, book 1,2,and, 3." I love those books, they centered my personal beliefs, and I read them when I'm feeling real down in the dumps, and I don't feel judged. They shoot prostitutes, don't they?, Ruby. Luke says: I will ask my rabbi what I can write on. Ruby replies: Ask him about the old concubine rule. Tell him your non-Jewish friend wants to know. Ian writes: Hi Luke, You've abandoned your site before (or said you were going to) and changed your mind. Let's hope you change it again, or that your present declared intention is simply a ploy to generate some abuse and some congratulations, all of which will swell the contents of your site. Seriously, though, you've achieved something with l-keford.com (who's your competition? not Gene Ross, that's for sure. His site is unreadable.) If you abandon it, you'll certainly be welcomed by your synagogue again, and individuals there will shake your hand and talk again. Many, however, will only be patronising you, because you'll no longer be a person of substance. You do like being someone of substance, don't you? And what will you do then? You could write a best seller, but that would have to be about porn, which you're supposedly trying to get away from. You'll get some menial, possibly clerical, job, and find yourself pestered (and patronised) by the media, who will see a story in you. And you'll probably lose the good friends you have made in the industry (I'm sure you have made some) because who wants to remain friends with someone who is so obviously rejecting what you do for a living. You'll have to make new friends; put down new roots. It would be a sort of martyrdom - but perhaps that's what attracts you to it. Don't do it. I, for one, will miss reading you and your band of regular contributors. Max writes: I guess its really hard for someone to get involved in the businsess aspect of porn. My idea of paying whatever amount 10-20k for a shoot and then marketing it to distributors was way off. I'd prob be stuck with the damn tape! I suppose the only way for someone to get involved in the business would be to take a job doing sales? Working for Vivid or AVN... One of your photos a while ago was of a Jewish girl (wearing sunglasses) who was a member of the marketing team at AVN.. Any way for you to discuss how she made it into the adult business? That would be interesting to know. I'd appreciate your honesty. And by the way, from one Jew to another (I'm not Orthadox but I'm Convervative) I'd like to thank you for introducing me to the 'underworld of pornography' Your website has been most helpful. That was a nice Mitzvah! Mike South writes an amateur filmmaker: Luke forwarded your email to me. I can possibly help. first thing you need to do is send me a VHS screener of what you have to sell. DO NOT send me masters. It is also very important that you have 2 forms of ID and a model release for everyone involved. You don't have to send me those but if you dont have them no need to bother with sending me a screener. After I see what you have I can help you set your expectations realistically. Paul Cowan writes: Luke, I'm glad you're getting out; you're old enough to have a job. Bravo has bought Give Me Your Soul for twenty screenings over the next two years; when it screened last Fall on CBC it got more than twice the audience of the next highest rated show in its slot (same numbers for CBC's second screening). I've just finished my next film - this on the mine disaster - and I'll be hitting the festival circuit soon. Kti writes: Dear Luke: You are the only one who might be able to answer this for me. My favorite actress of all time was Chanel Price (tall blonde from the '80's). But, it si hard to find any info. about her. I'd REALLY appreciate any and all info. and/or gossip that you might have on her career, background, or present status. Kenneth writes: Luke, I love your site, not only the gossip, but the articles on porn stars and various subjects. The Jewish people need righteous Jews like you to keep us from becoming cynical, weary Hellenists. But if you must leave porn, please don't leave Judaism. Take my advice; Find a nice, non-religious Jewish female and bring her back as one of the ba'al; t'suvah (pardon my terrible phonetics), one who returns to the tribe.. Luke, sound like a real Mensh. Please stay a MOT (member of the tribe) Dossman writes: "I guarantee you that will not leave your site. You enjoy it way too much. Plus it's a great way to continually feed your ego and intrinsic self-hatred. Porn and Hollywood go together like peanut butter and jelly. You are an asset to porn. The hypocritical people who say smut is wrong are convinced of that, however we all know people won't stop fucking, and when they do, there will be somebody to film it, then people can buy it, 99% men, who will then proceed to beat off to it, and it will never end." L-ke F-rd Dot Com Will Not Die Dear Readers: I have been touched by the outpouring of support from you all in recent days, and especially your importunations that I not give up the site. Fear not -while I am leaving l-keford.com, it is not leaving the web. Nor will most of the kinds of original writings that you have read here. You see, over the years, much of what has appeared under my name has actually been the work of others (e.g., Mr. Chaim Amalek) who have promised to continue working for the site's new owners, provided that they are compensated in ways that my devotion to the Oral Law of God's Torah never permitted. Thus unfettered and remunerated, you should expect L-ke F-rd Dot com to be even better than ever. As for the skinny on porn stars, again, there are others who can submit that to the site, and there are writers at the ready who will rework the facts to simulate my pen. So none of you will be out his daily "dose" of l-kefordiana. But as for me, the time has come to make a clean break with the moral sewage I have been wallowing in. May God bless each and every one of you, regardless of your race, creed, or national origin, in all of your legitimate endeavors. -L-ke F-rd Fred writes: A few questions. a) How much are moral leaders paid on the open market nowadays? b) What are your qualifications to be the moral leader? I suppose that the LF advisory board could still be useful by writing testimonials: "Such stunning morality I have never seen. And not only that--he provides fashion advice too!" Curious "Beyond doubt, above average!" Fred "He has helped me immensely--I am no longer a fallen woman! (Frankly, I stopped falling a long time ago.)" Lynne "Not only am I now moral, but I lost 50 lbs, and now Ruby the hooker wants my body!" Chaim "I've seen the light! Now would you please turn it off and return to bed!" Rumdar "Forest Lawn is now begging to get me back now that I have been following Luke the moral leader!" Brandy Gary Condit writes: Note to our "Moral Leader": I am paraphrasing the Bible here. All of our moral leaders have clodhoppers of clay. Do the legions of skeletons in your closet in any way reduce your moral leadership? Homegrown Video Says Goodbye To Luke Farrell Timlake writes: Luke, I will be sorry to see you go, but you need to follow your heart, instincts, and all that other jive your therapist's and your religion help you confront. Seeing that you are leaving the embrace of one misogynistic institution for another, I know that you will not find adjusting too difficult. I wish you well and hope that you will not forsake your iconoclasm for even God's sake. Remember, all the piety and faith of Job was still not enough for God, who would rather have someone in contest with the limits and practicality of their faith rather than having brainless cogs prostrating themselves. If you cannot be an orthodox Jew and a porn journalist at the same time, that is too bad, but that is what it is which is called the price of friendship, of love, of belonging. This industry has needed you to play foil so as too illuminate its true character, good, bad, and indifferent. After all, you fought evil with evil, like all the great cinema heroes do. Your exit should be announced with a Schwarzeneggeresque line like "I guess you're all fucked" right before you put your last bullet-tin out into the recoiling soon to be corpse of your site. I hope you find what you are looking for. Only just, as I have found what I was looking for on your site. A place to commiserate and joust publicly with my peers, platform my beliefs, sell my goods, your site has provided all. At www.homegrownvideo.com we launch a twenty-one cum shot salute to you, the so-called enemy of the industry. We wish you well and hope that those who lose the bet to you will honor their words on the bets. It will help as you are making the transition to your new occupation whatever that might be. Black Woman Loves Porn Lorenza writes: Hey Luke I'm a young black woman who freely admits to being a porn fan. And I don't mean the pseudo plot-driven flicks aimed at female audiences. I'm attracted to the porn films with well established themes and natural looking attractive male and female stars who look like they enjoy all that hardcore sex they're getting. I acknowledge and get off watching porn folks of all ethnicities, yet brown hued folks hold my attention the most. With that said, why does my local video store skip on the black themed porn films? Their xxxtra special side room just for the proud and horny holds a good supply of straight and gay films, but when it comes to ethnic themed videos there is only two shelves each for black, asian and latin specific videos. A Whore Is A Whore, But, Of Course, Whore! Bryan Sullivan writes: Whore - 1] A prostitute 2] A person considered sexually promiscuous 3] A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain. Now that the definition of the word whore is clear, let's discourse on whores: Whores are alright in my book. They come in all different races, shapes, and sizes. I can pay one to...while I shout disparaging remarks... The majority of whores love to be humiliated also. Just ask Rob Black and Christopher Alexander, two of the humblest gents in America? The competition loves to make a scapegoat of Rob Black and Christopher Alexander whenever mainstream media sexposes the industry. I see them not as scapegoats but as pioneers in their field. This industry wasn't built on Blockbuster Video-style product. So I don't know what the hoopla over Rough Sex and Slap Happy was about! These are whores NOT Suzy Homemakers, therefore they must be punished! Anabolic and Extreme recognizes this. Thus giving the consumer what he/she wants to see, whores being treated like a low-life. If that means biting, punching slapping, or dunking heads in a toilet, then they do it. Maybe one day we'll be able to see in pornos, an 18-year-old whore getting bamboo thrashed til her ass is black and blue, afterwards a bucket of warm salt water is tossed on her welts. Or we might even be able to see in a future porno the first death by sexecution. I know Rob and Chris are vehemently working day and night to one day make these acts acceptable. Moreover, the cleanest pig in a pen is still a pig, no matter how you try to package it. This is also true for porno. Especially VCA, VIDEO TEAM, VIVID, and WICKED PICTURES. Don't fool yourselves into thinking that your WHORES aren't WHORES. They're even BIGGER WHORES than STREET WHORES, at least STREET WHORES try to be discreet as possible. By ducking and dodging and only working at night. You PORN WHORES put yourselves on front street by performing on tape for all the world to see. But I don't care! Thanks for ruining yourself for my viewing pleasure. I have $10,000 tax-free dollars for the PORN WHORE who isn't the definition of a WHORE. Payable in cash. These People Need You Jesse James writes: Luke, Continue to run this pathetic site. These people need you. These are people who could not make in MainStream entertainment. They are either failures, lazy, or sold out for a few shekels. Their existence is a few others writing about them on this website. Thank god for technology or no one would know of these dregs of society. You can give some respect to the few who use this industry for what it is and make money and save. The ones who shove it up their nose and live beyond their means, they will burn out and live unhappy for the rest of their existence on this planet. They say it's fun, they give the appearance of being happy, but they know the truth. They are surrounded by people they do not trust and will fuck them as soon as they give them the chance. They are lonely, isolated, and will never have a normal life. I hope they do not continue to procreate and bring innocent children to a life of misery. So Luke, continue to make money from this world you have chosen and do not let these people get to you. Steve writes: luke, I think you'll be happier in the end if you kick it to the curb and leave the porn racket. You're too much the walking contradiction and while it may be amusing to others its gotta be eating away at you--no shit, the longer you think about what to do the more anxiety will emerge... this site has been an extention of your interest; however, there are so many fucking things to become impassioned with, and you'll have an audience whose numbers will rival the degenerates that check out your site (me included). Take a deep breath and do it--believe me, I am one of the schmutz-lovers but have a life that has put me in touch with some very well known people, with whom I've garnered lots of respect and the psychic payback is huge. Get the fuck out of Dodge and do something carries no inner conflict with you.....you can't be frum [religious] and do this.... Amalek18: But Luke, if you sell that, your name will FOREVER be linked
(figuratively and literally) to porn on the internet. Luzdedos1: lol,
it is already anyway and will forever be so Luzdedos1: It will be devoted to Jewish ethics Confessions Of A Rootless, Cosmopolitan Jew Chaim writes: Thanks - very interesting. I have long wanted to explore Christianity, and this is a timely reminder to do so. Luke says to Amalek: Hasn't my devotion to Torah ever caused you a moment's pause that perhaps you should reexamine Torah Judaism? Chaim replies: But Luke, according to the Rabbenim, you are not even jewish. And most of your tales of involvement in the jewish world are framed by rejection, so why would that appeal to me? Luke says: It would give you the endless opportunity to replay getting rejected by dead mommy. Chaim replies: Your problem is that you have too much free time on your hands with which to have morbid self indulgent thoughts like that one.
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