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Monday, February 8, 1999

Rob Black fired (by phone from Brazil) Tiffany Mynx  from Extreme Associates last Wednesday, at midnight, 2/3. She was told to pack her stuff and leave immediately. Van Damage found out afterwards.

Tiff ("a lazy pothead," says a source) lived at Tom Byron's house along with Rob, Van, Iroc, Lizzy Borden and some other Extreme contract girls (now referred to by one smut scribe as "the dog pound.") Mynx and Van have lived together in a romantic relationship for about a year, the last few weeks at Tom Byron's house. Tiff is filing for divorce.

What finally drove Black to fire Mynx was that she allowed Tom Byron's dogs to run away while Rob and Tom were in Brazil. Under the influence of marijuana, Tiff did not even notice. Black appears to conduct business on a personal level, operating from his gut.

Jasmine St. Clair has supposedly long been jealous of Mynx, who was supposed to go to Brazil with the boys but claimed at the last minute she lost her passport. Jasmine had to go down instead, cancelling several strip club engagements to the chagrin of her manager Charley Frey.

"I have never been jealous of Tiffany Mynx," said Jasmine St. Clair Thursday morning, 2/11/99. "She was the one who tried to get me fired. And all along I thought she was my friend. I requested her in one of my scenes and I always liked her. Next time you print something Luke, you should check your facts.

"Call Rob's office and they can tell you exactly the truth about her and how she tried to have me fired once and all the nasty things she said about me behind my back. I was nothing but nice to her. We even exchanged Christmas presents. I never considered her to be an enemy.

"If I was so jealous of Tiffany, why would I give her Charley Frey's phone number for dance gigs? Why did I give her the phone number of Marina studios to make some extra money doing a photo shooot? I treated her like a sister. She was two-faced to me and several other female performers have had similar experiences with Miss Mynx.

"I don't know why you don't like me, Luke, and why you have it in for me. It's flattering. Keep talking about me."

Luke talked to Rob Black Wednesday afternoon, 2/10.

Luke: "Why did you fire Tiffany Mynx?"

Rob: "I don't know. I've laid down a new rule and I'm not talking to reporters because everyone keeps burning me and biting me on the ass. And I was the first person, company owner - distributor, to openly talk to you and now it is just a big whirlwind of bulls--- and I don't feel like being part of it anymore.

"I always thought that me and you had a cool relationship. Then I'm in Brazil and you're printing all this bulls--- without you even talking to me. So that hurt my feelings.

"We signed Chandler seven months ago, briefly, then she left. We've almost settled the lawsuit with Byron's former accountant [Mike Daniels]. Everyone is happy. I'm sitting in my office now looking at Lizzy Borden, Dave Pentacoff and Van Damage. We looked at a new building today [for Extreme Associates]."

Luke: "You guys all live together at Tommy's place."

Rob: "Yeah... It's ok... I've got a cold. I've had one for two weeks. I'm sitting here paying bills..."

Marcus Killus: "Rob Black whines like a bitch.With the way he fires ammo his armour is pretty thin. Considering the brutal manner in which he projects sex and his callous stupid racial remarks he should be armoured like an M1 Abrams. The very least a kelvar vest and helmet, cuz the brothers in CA don't play and I'll not be surprized if a gun aint shoved thru his teeth and the back of his head blown out. His bitchin about AVN awards was unfounded, didnt Extreme win three awards? As far as i see you did well,and im anti-avn.

"And i ain't bashin him (Rob).I'm a fan of Extreme. And as such, I kick it strong and true and say you've not lived up to the hype. The Pornographer was great entertainment (not as a sex flick so much) it gets 5 stars. It was the rats eye view of the gutter finally seeing that Regan dood was good, he's more gross, nastee, disgusting,than he's been described here in RAME. The famous bathroom it was great! Ive not seen any of the whack attack videos yet but i'm still waiting to see My absolut favorite Jessica Darlin at her best, i kinda wish she would go to Seymore Butts he would get the kind of footage of her that would equal her status.Van Damage is most cool, and ive allways liked Tom though it looks like he needs to stop "hitting the pipe." In The Pornographer he had the M.O of a serious crackhead.

"Rob just needs to quit squaling like a pig and roll with the punches like a good fighter. And as a young man reailize the age he lives in THE INFORMATION AGE. The casual fan like me is in possision of information with the quickness we have AVN beat even the radio and TV cuz we have access to more than a sound bite. We have Rog, Luke,IRC (in real time) Bionca Trump who is All that !!! and I'll defend her with violence if nessary cuz she has a semblance of honor left.

"Rob is being a bigger Ho than the women he uses lie jack rags and trashes. Allright heres the most important part ADVICE!!!!! Extreme needs SPIN !!!! Get a publicist and spin s--- as fast as it hits the fan and you dont hafta cry anymore cuz there was no one to defend your ass while you were in Brazil. You'll allways beat AVN to the mark even if you do damage control cuz you can post as soon as that hit the newsstands generate the hype to smash Vivid & Co and be a true friend of The Black Man."

Several months ago, Van lost the lease to his house. Rob Spallone now rents the place as a studio.

Some have said that Rob Black and Extreme Associates owes Van $100,000 but this figure seems greatly excessive. Perhaps the number has been confused by Rob's offer to Van to sign him to a five-year contract for about $100,000 a year.

Thepopsicle@aol.com writes on RAME: "Rob said that Tiffany should hawk herself out to anyone that would take her because she is "on thin ice." Tom Byron's former accountant sued Extreme for money borrowed from him. he should get his $50,000 back. Tom is still under Rob's spell. Rob said Tom is not going anywhere. He is an "employee" of Extreme. So much for owning your own product and making more money! Apparently Rob borrowed the money from his father to start Extreme and is now attempting to pay that back. Rob (Black) Zicari owns 100% of Extreme. It was never a partnership. Wake up Tom Byron! He is nothing without you. All I have is one question. Did he make more money this year or last year? Rob doesn't care about Tom. Rob is using him like a pimp."

The 2/99 AVN contains a damaging article on Stryc9's (who resembles Tricia Devereaux) departure from Extreme Associates. She claims that she and other Extreme contract girls (who earn about $2000 a month, aside from Jasmine) hadn't been paid in months, that she contracts STDs on Extreme sets adn that Extreme refused to pay for her medical bills. Rob Black says this is all BS.

Mike South: "I know Van Damage, Tommy Byron and Rob Black pretty well. I know Van is ex military, some say he was a Navy Seal, some say he was discharged for not following orders very well. I don't know about all that but I do know that Van is a horse. For that reason I don't see Rob Black telling Van in person that he and Tiff are fired. If he did maybe Rob is a bit ballsier than I think. Regardless Van is an even tempered fellow. Van
started in the biz with Greg Alves (VG Productions). Greg got the gig at
Elegant and brought Van along. When Greg left EA all the guys bagged on
him about being dishonest and all that, and they all thought Patrick was a
great guy. I always felt that Greg was 90% of the brains behind EA, that
was the main reason I was there. Van could get on his knees and go to Greg
and ask forgiveness and maybe end up at Metro. Greg would probably take
Van in too.

"Too bad Van and Tommy didn't see what I saw when Extreme was formed. I would never have joined, not that I was asked. I think Rob may have pegged me for smarter or something."

I've heard contrary reports about Saturday's "Houston 500," where 500 persons (450 men and 50 women) were supposed to bang porn star Houston. One source: "Drop a zero and you have a more accurate number of how many times she was f---ed. I was also at the Spantaneus bang and she really did get f---ed 500+ times and she liked it. The Houston 500 was bulls---."

From different sources, I've gathered that about 40 pros and about 60 amateurs took part, with the pros getting most of the action (mainly vaginal, but some anal). About three women also banged Houston, including Natasha Blake. The count was typically porn dishonest. Metro, who spent about $50,000 on the event, claims Houston got banged over 600 times. About 200 would be more like it. Most of the fluffers were black. John Holmes' blonde widow, Laurie aka Misty Dawn (while pushing her book about her late hubby, Porn King) fluffed about 100 guys who were generally not happy with her oral skills.

Houston seemed like an athlete before a big sporting event. She appeared mellow, perhaps on tranquilizers? Her skin was bright pink, like she'd just been burned in a tanning booth. Houston wore a tasteful black and white boustierre like the black-and-white checked victory flags. She wore a tiara in her hair and kept it on the whole time.

"Houston appeared enthusiastic," says a source. "After lunch, after doing 200 guys, she was still smiling. Jasmine St. Clair, at the last gangbang, was frowning after four guys. The big complaint against Metro was that they did not let the amateurs in. Just let the pros do it."

Robert Sterling, of www.konformist.com, writes to Luke: "I wanted to congratulate you on being the LA New Times cover story. Normally the writing in that rag is atrocious and repulsive, but the story on you was enjoyable. And the fact you were snuggling with lucious Raylene on the cover didn't hurt. I hope you copped a cheap feel at some point, I know I sure would have. (I have a soft spot - or perhaps a hard spot - for Hispanic chicks.)

"To top it off, I checked by my pal Richard Metzger's site  Disinfo (he's the dude who first told me about your kewl-ass site) and I see you were interviewed on The Infinity Factory. Welcome to an exclusive club. You're only 2 visits on the show behind me in the Infinity Sweepstakes.

"I was invited the last minute to cover Houston's gang bang. I was actually looking for you so I could say hi in person. Your sources aren't kidding about them exaggerating the numbers. 500 my ass, I blinked and the count increased by 30 at one point. Still, it was wild, and Houston DEFINITELY deserves a Lady Bing Trophy for good sportsmanship. I should be writing about it this week (I'll send you my piece when through.)

"Incidentally, there was one lucious Hispanic fluffer named Claudia de Corazon, and if they were giving out awards for best fluffer, she would've won by a mile. Angelic face, juicy body and GREAT technique. She let me suck on her nipples a little during lunch break (and some other guys too) and gave me her card: I think she has a future in the business, so be on the lookout.

"I spoke to Ron Jeremy as well. Boy, that was a bummer to have a hero of mine crushed. What a loser. He's not even a remotely likable guy. Sigh. Reality is painful sometimes.

"Just between you and me, deep down, admit it, you still love porn, despite all its sleaziness (or perhaps because of it.)"

IEG broadcast the gangbang live over the internet.

At one point Houston took a break, and while she was gone the counter advanced 25 "men."

Most of the males were in their 20s.

Houston, the veteran blonde, absorbed dozens of ejaculations, mainly on her chest and stomach.

"Houston was cool," says German porn stud Oliver. "She had a great body and was great fun. I had two blasts on her. Claudia, this sexy Mexican babe, fluffed me."

AIM's Sharon Mitchell and Dr. Steven York were on hand to ensure safe sex practices. "About twenty five were not allowed to participate because they did not have up to date PCR DNA tests," said Mitchell."We medicated Houston and all the fluffers with antibiotics so they could not contract or give any STDs.

"The Houston 500 went great. Everyone was tested and all the girls were medicated. They all used condoms. It was well organized. I was happy for the business because the gangbang was so responsible. Over 300 guys participated."

Hustler's new entertainment editor, Tim Kinneally, was surrounded by porn chicks. He's taking a gentler line on the industry than the cynical Evan Wright, who's now with IEG.

Axel Braun writes: "Over the past 13 years I've been working with my father, Lasse Braun, on a number of projects in the adult business, before parting from him and starting on my own in 1997. Since then I've written, produced, directed, shot and edit features that got released through VCA (Sexcape, The Book of Lust) and In-X-Cess (Fleshlight). My latest productions, soon to be released through my own newborn production-distribution company (Oxygen Pictures), is called The G-Spot Chronicles. With this Vignette-style series, I prove something I've been researching for years: every woman ejaculates. While admitting without a doubt the enormous amount of things my father taught me about life and the X-rated business, this is something that I myself taught him (with no results whatsoever). So, since I read on your profile on him that he claims to be the guru of the G-Spot, I sadly have to tell you that he is a total fraud. As you can easily understand, the split between us was not very amicable, but that is not the point. The point is that it is not up to women to be capable to ejaculate through the stimulation of the G-Spot, but it is something that men have to learn how to do. And my dear dad doesn't know how to. Well, Luke, I'll be glad to invite you on the set of my next installment of "The G-Spot Chronicles" so that I can show you some REAL squirting, with no tricks."

A pro-Lasse Braun source rejoins: "I know Lasse very well and am very familiar with his research (not personally!). This Axel Braun is not Lasse's son. He's Lasse's daughter's ex-boyfriend! Cashing in on the name Lasse Braun, he's gotten contracts all over town. Lasse is currently working on getting an injunction on Axel to prevent him from using the name Braun. Lasse's name is trademarked. They did have a falling out (partially from Lasse's daughter ending the relationship). Lasse is angry at him for using the name. Apparently, he was a terrible PA and that's where the falling out came from. Granted, Lasse is difficult to work for sometimes, but if you're used to his style, he's very loyal to his actors and crew."

You can supposedly buy sex with these porn stars at www.nicisgirls.com: "Marylin Star, $1,500 per hour, $4,000 per evening, $4,500 per day of travel. Nici Sterling, $1,500 per hour, $5,000 per evening or day of travel. Brandi Sinclair, $1,500 per hour, $4,000 per evening, $4,500 per day of travel. Kobe Tai...Alex Dane. Alicia Rio. Anna Malle. Brittany Andrews. Brittany O'Connell. Cheyenne. C.J. Bennet. Davia Ardell. Jeanna Fine. Julia Parton. Leanna Hart. Melanie Stone. Minka. Missy [she totally denies this]. Misty Rain. Mocha. Nici Sterling. Tabitha Stevens. Tammi Ann."

Many of the girls listed at the site deny doing escort work and deny working for the site, including Wicked contract girl Missy. Nicisgirls.com is not run by porn star Nici Sterling. This elusive web "Nici" apparently wants to be the next Heidi Fleiss. But given the number of porn chicks listed on the site as available for escort, but who completely deny it, nicisgirls looks like a scam.

I asked Nici Sterling's husband Wylde Oscar if his wife did escort work. He said no, because it was illegal. I asked Nici via email. She replied: "Come on Luke, give it a rest. With your current industry reputation I can only say "no coment"." Nici also denies persistent rumors about her starring in a sex video with a dog.

Email: "Ron Jeremy and Misty Rain pressed the flesh at the Glamourcon at Wyndham Hotel near LAX Sunday, 2/7/99. The porn girls sat at the table next to Patricia Ford and Kira Reed, and the porners were virtually ignored. Patricia's table was swamped most of the day, although the event itself was less than packed. Ron Jeremy was a popular one (with the guys in the crowd, of course, who knew who he was). I talked to him briefly, and he was his normal self---curt but not rude. One suggestion: Ron---please update your wardrobe a little! Black slacks with an untucked black iron-on t-shirt and dress shoes? Ugh!

"Other semi-notables to show: Pandora Peaks, Julie Strain, scads of Playboy playmates, and Brande Whatever-her-name-is---Hugh Hefner's new girlfriend! Boy, talk about a table no one would go near! She literally had to give away stuff to get people to talk to her. I felt sorry for her. And Hef never showed (at least not before 2:00, when I left), despite being publicized for an appearance noon to 3:00."

You can buy rape videos here: "Want a video of a REAL RAPE? This is no joke, they actually raped a girl and made this video. She is about 20 yr. old, a very loud screamer, and cries like a baby. In the beginning of this bootleg sex video the girl is a willing participant but quickly realizes she is way over her head. She pleads for mercy and asks begs the men to stop the tape. The men tie her up and have their way with her, including shoving a BASEBALL BAT into her small pussy, pouring hot wax in her pussy and mouth! The tape is about an hour long, although I seriously doubt you could stand to watch it that long."

JCJoe: "Overheard this somewhat amusing and shallow conversation
recently between a feature porn star dancer and another porn star who
visited her after her set while they were sitting at the bar. The
feature said that she was finishing up her dance circuit and was
scheduled to resume films the following month. The other porn star said
and I quote "Oh, what WOOD are you going to be working with?"
I mention this story only because for the first time it made me realize
how detached many of the women in the porn circuit are from most of the
male performers they might "spark" on the screen with. It was DOUBLY interesting to me when the feature said the name of the WOOD (initial A.S.) and the other girl said and again I quote "If you can get past all that grimy head of hair, you'll survive. For myself, give me shorter hair and better WOOD." Laughter followed. The two women left the bar then. BUT for a brief minute or two I was treated to the REAL inner circle of talk between two of the sexiest women in porn." (RAME)

Director James DiGiorgio says Luke should not feel down by the hiding he took from Publisher's Weekly (the bible of the book trade) on his book A History of X: "Luke: f--- this effete faggot from PW! I'm sure the snob quotient at PW is nearly off the scale, and the reviewer copped a 'tude from the moment he/she began thumbing through your book. No gay film info in your book? Maybe you were targeting a narrower audience (hetero), that also happens to be a larger audience. (I wonder if when they review a Harlequin romance, they chastize the author for not including a gay, love-interest, sub-plot?) And as for offensive generalizations? Oh, well, so sorry if (in the case the reviewer mentioned) it happens to be the absolute truth, regardless of what your analysis of it might be. I wonder if the reviewer would call an author to task if they wrote a book called "One Hundred Years of Pizza," and mentioned that the Pizza business is overwhelmingly populated by Italians, although they only represent a 2% share of the population? Maybe you shouldn't have taken on a century of sex on film, and instead, put out ten books, a decade at a time; you know, a more Pat Rileyish approach. Hey, I'd love to see some PW reviews of Riley's books! Anyone have them? And Luke, quit with the snivveling, martyr s---, agreeing with the reviwer. f--- him! Stand up for your s---! Great artists are always misunderstood. And although you fall short of "great artist" status, you still should be standing up for it. Haven't we taught you anything? Why don't you write about what you actually know about? Like you personal exploits in the jiz-biz. I'm sure the past-century-retrospective has already been done; a more contemporary examination of the porn world would probably be far more interesting and unique (plus there'd have to be a chapter or so on me..and Rob [Spallone, talent agent]...)."

Email: "I see no mention of a so-called landmark film of 1956
called "Smart Alec". Years ago, Playboy pointed to this film as the
granddaddy of modern porn, but I see no reference to it in any of your
writings. Can you elaborate on "Smart Alec"s influence (if any) on the
development of porn? What are the elements of "Smart Alec" that make it a
bench mark film, at least according to Playboy?"

Pat Riley: Smart Aleck is a smoker or loop with Candy Barr in the motel screwing some guy. It's mentioned on pg 194 of Holliday's Only The Best and in addition to his sources is available somewhere on almost every
collection of early smokers. I must have seen it at least a dozen
times.

Why don't you ask Playboy why they think it's a "bench mark film"? The
only reason I can think of is that it's probably the first time you
have a named actress.

In my view calling Smart Aleck or any of the smokers a "film" is
another little bit of fast-footwork by the porn industry and its
sycophants (although of course the current industry doesn't really
care) to boost and at the same time obscure the heritage of the
industry. These are nothing more than the equivalent of a soap opera
episode without the story. You wouldn't say that As The World Turns of
2/5/99 was a "film" would you, even if you ignore the medium?

The porn industry that appeared in the seventies was a descendent of
the sexploitation movies of the sixties and fifties that grew up in
response to Hollywood's refusal to touch the more risky themes
especially those concerning sex. The raincoater loop/smoker industry
started (probably) just after the invention of the film camera and
continued in parallel with the feature porn industry with lots of
crossover of performers until the late eighties when the raincoater
loop/smoker industry started coming out of the closet. Today the
feature porn industry is ossified and emasculated and cowers in the
corner waiting for death while some of the raincoater loop/smokers
have taken on some feature film attributes.

Janine and other Vivid girls signed at the Hustler Hollywood club Friday night. A report: "I was impressed by the non-sleaze factor. Clean, tidy, bright. I approached my time there as a sociologist, watching the people react to the porn stars. Mostly guys in late 20s. There was a long line. I managed to find an area right near the couch where the girls were sitting.

"They say the camera doesn't lie, but that's not really true. There are nuances in facial tone that is missed in photographes. For instance, if I recall those pics you snapped at the Hustler party of Janine, she didn't look bad. But, seeing her live I noticed a saddness, a hardness in demeanor. Though she is smiling and playing the game, I felt she would rather be somewhere else, maybe in another occupation. Who knows.

"After about twenty minutes, I went outside for a smoke, near the entrance of the coffeebar. After a few minutes, I glanced over to my left, and there was Larry Flynt. He looked ghastly white, yet from his side he looked reverential. Sort of reminded me of a US President. I felt sorry for him; I felt that he was in a great deal of physical pain. He stayed for about 15 min, some people approached him to say hello. I gather he must have just gotten out of the hospital."

AIM and the FSC are competing and fighting. AIM now offers its own health insurance plan. AIM's Sharon Mitchell read the following and found it hilarious.

Greg Zeboray, FSC insurance coordinator: "I strongly recommend the
Venice 10 Minute center for talent HIV testing. It is the original HIV testing
center (for the industry), and the price - $ 85.00 (for PCR-DNA), as well as the turn around time, is the same as that other facility [AIM] in Sherman
Oaks. At one time, virtually all talent used Venice 10 minute, and hopefully
they will once again. Alana has always been very well liked, and should
someone receive a test result which is anything other than normal, I am
confident Alana is who they will want to depend on. The phone is
310-839-1439 (#03 to go direct), and the address is 9708 Venice Blvd. in
Culver City (between Robertson & Hughes, and 1 1/2 miles east of the 405
freeway)."

A source on the competition between AIM, and the Venice Ten Minute
clinic: "Sharon stole them [porn talent] for PAW, and later, AIM. When
Sharon was getting the PCR-DNA test lined up, she kept telling the Venice
10 minute that they would be included, and as soon as she had the contract
with the lab, Sharon cut Venice off. Let them hanging out in the wind. They
did not (at the time) go out and do their own deal because they counted on
Sharon's word. Maybe you should call Alana yourself - ask her how she
feels about AIM and Sharon. You figured Sharon won because N.H.
[North Hollywood] quit doing the pcr dna test, but sometimes the worst
enemy is the one you ignore."

Mitchell: "I've known Greg Zeboray for two years. When I read that, I thought 'how weird!' None of that applies at all. It's not even true.

"Ohmigod... I have to tell you how Greg introduced us to our laboratory Quest Nichols. Greg is upset that AIM now offers a great Blue Cross Health Insurance plan. I deal all the time with Alana at the Venice Ten Minute center. I work with Dr. Boris all the time. I have a letter from Greg saying that he was going to go on an anti-AIM smear campaign because we offered insurance to people."

Voyager7 watched David Aaron Clark's ASIANATRIX and found it unfullfilling:

"1) The asian girls in this video were all of the hardcore-streetwalker-wanna-be-punk variety. Asian woman are among
some of the most beautiful in the world, why show the hardcore wearing
wannabe-combat boots with blue scraggly hair?

2) People like Lucky Luciano [Extreme contract boy] should be given no speaking-parts and never seen from the waist up. Talk about someone who acts and looks like he's been caught in the headlights of an oncoming car....

3) Biggest rant. A pervasive, ugly theme running through virtually
all of Extreme's videos (and I lay this on the shoulders of beluved
robbie black) is their god-awful videography. What the f--- is wrong with just providing a sex scene shot in a clear, focused high quality and professional manner. Cut the breakaway shots of the wannabe-grainy-8mm-1960's-home-movie-look. Cut the very harsh "white light" scenes, the scrunged-up slo-mo shots, I could go
on.....

4) At the end I saw Luke F-rd's name in the credits. I take it he
played the dom with the ever-present strap-on? :-) Actually, she
was the best looking of all the girls but she was sorta a stone-cold
figure. I know, that was her role as a dom... but still even doms can
display some passion.......

5) When you have a woman displaying an engorged clit hood, lift the
hood for us PL's, we wanna see that her sparkplug is gapped
properly....... Since we are talking "geography" here as well,,,, if
the girls wannabe on camera displaying their shaved look, have them
shave the day of the shoot, some of these girls were displaying 1-3
day stubble.

I provide a service, "Voyager: Shaver-of-the-Stars", and would be
happy to professionally prep the girls for ya's alls shoots!
Also for Valentines day, I will toss in for free a careful analysis of
the girl's labia, hood and sparkplug and the methods by which they
should be displayed on camera........

6) If one tauts themselves as a "nasty" company, then, show the
nasty! That short-haired girl "lucky" did in the art gallery, had a
very, very tight looking asshole from her cowgirl shots. Then all of a
sudden we see her taking "lucky" full tilt and they've evidently been
ass f---ing for sometime to reach that point of "togetherness", no
insertion shot whatsoever. Insertion, when well done, is usually the
best part of any f--- sequence.

7) Let's not have anymore Annabel Chong videos. Never the bestest of
lookers, she has facially aged and her "bukkake" shot was a tad on the
lame side. (But then again, I had just seen a few days earlier Tyff's
"bukkake" from Cocksmoker's #3.... a girl needs to be in a "possessed"
state when performing such a scene, ala Tyff, Annabel had that
"I'm looking to make sure my parole officer doesn't catch me doing
this," look in her eye while performing..... sigh) Can one tell the parolee's to refrain from whacking off for at least a few hours prior to a cumshot so they can get some volume up? What was with the beer drenching?

8) Truth in advertising.... The last special scene featuring "gapes"
and the "cumswapping", prodded on by robbie black, was better than the
previous "feature", however, we were told we were to be treated to two
"pacific rim" girls. The older (40'ish) "rocket" oriental girl (great
role player, but too old for the camera, I know, she prolly works
cheap) and some LA amerikan overweight trailer trash. Sorry, but even
some midwestern-hay-seed like myself knew that trailer-girl was not
oriental. Though I thought the scene was pretty good, there were no
real "gapes", which I could care less about, BUTTTT, the cum swapping,
which is quite dear-to-my-heart was non-existent. What we were
treated to was lil non-open mouth kisses between the girls who just
happened to have cum on their faces. If you want a cum swap scene had
me a camera and give me Morgan Fairlane and Chloe and I'll show robbie
black, a cum swap scene....

Joestem: "1. Why no "live" sound with Suzi and the DP? [Because Rob Black was screaming during the shot as described in Asian Fever, LFP's new asian porno mag. No one was willing to tell Rob to shut up.]

2. You call that "BUKKAKE"? 4 or 5 c-shots? Come on. Do the real thing -- at least 20 to 100 c-shots! That's the 2nd "American Bukkake" scene I've seen -- and they are an embarrasment to the USA! If the Japanese can unload 100 or 200 times on a face, why can't we?

3. Stop "playing nasty". There's plenty of rough stuff out there (check out
Rocco Sifferedi's latest). You guys at Extreme are far too much into
"play-acting", rather than genuine nasty.

Elastin2: "With all the chat about [strip clubs] Hawaii Theatre and Tropical Lei's mileage going down, I decide to head down to Spearmint Rhino [strip club] in the City of Industry [Southern California] for the first time. Got there around 1:30 or so and noticed there was a good sized crowd already. All but a couple seats were already taken. I was impressed with the look of the club..kinda smallish compared to Hawaii Theatre or Deja Vu Noho, but classy.  Jenna Jameson, hardbodied blonde and young, did a matinee. Once again..the guys in there consider her a goddess..but not me. Her act was  lame. She has good moves but most features do a little somthing more. Such as questions and answers from the crowd or burning candles on themselves. Her big thing was rolling up posters of herself, sticking them in her pussy and said she will throw them to the guys who make the most noise. There were about four young Korean guys who screamed. I guess Jenna is prejudiced because not one of the posters were thrown their way. Jenna was not friendly. She was accompanied by a huge bodyguard. Guys waited in line to get autographs & pics with jenna. She charged about $20 per pic."

Lattara: "British Conservative Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Tom Spencer was found carrying cannabis, cocaine and gay pornography at
Heathrow airport when re-entering the country from Amsterdam two weeks
ago.

"He paid a fine and the story did not leak out for several days.
However, eventually the details did reach the press and it transpired
that the former leader of the British Conservative group in the
European Parliament was in an open marriage and his wife knew he was
secretly bisexual.

"The Guardian newspaper (among others) reported that Spencer had come
clean about an affair with "American porn star Cole Tucker", the star
of the porn he was attempting to smuggle into the country." (RAME)

From Keri Windsor: Allure (www.allure-la.com) has recently signed VCA contract stars Vicca & Nikita for representation for appearances and parties and is negotiating with Sunset Thomas and Wicked Films Contract Girl "Missy" to join the Adult Film Star ranks of Allure.

"With Vicca and Nikita, Allure now includes the following adult film stars for entertainment: Vicca, Nikita, Shayla LaVeaux, Johnni Black, Alexandra Silk, Lauren Montgomery, Keri Windsor, Mikki Taylor, Raquel DeVine and
Jessica Jewel.

"Our company provides entertainment for bachelor parties and strippers and is NOT an escort agency. We have been in business for just under a year and want to become the least expensive and most respected way to get a porn star into your home. We are featured on Playboy TV's "Night Calls" and "Helmet Cam" show as they are profiling our "Naked Maid Service" for the month of February. We pay the girls whatever they set their rate at and we collect from the client, not the girls. The girls pay us nothing for our services. We have links from our site to any entertainers that have their own sites."

After nearly three years in retirement, Domonique Simone has signed a
contract with Heatwave Entertainment for a series of videos. A two time winner of Black Adult Entertainers Awards and a veteran of over 250 videos, she has spent most of this time out on the road, dancing. (RAME)

XRCO (X-rated Critics Organization) holds its awards banquet March 4th. This is an industry only function.

Max Hardcore ate at Tony Romas restaurant on La Cienega Blvd Saturday night. He was overheard loudly explaining how he works his employees. He holds meetings with his employees where he tells them, "move it, move it, move it... With workers, three hours later, they're back to standing around doing nothing. The basic motivation of employees is to stand around daydreaming."

Real2reel: "Max Hardcore hates women. I have never seen, and I never plan to see one of his videos. The reason why is because of what I have read about him. I have read in review after review that he verbally and (at times) physically abuses the girls. The guy looks like what he is (a nasty prick). Men who abuse women like he does usually hate their mothers, and he should not be allowed to work in the porno industry. I have also read that he never gets fully erect. A woman like Jasmine Aloha who knows karate should kick his ass." (RAME)

Max Hardcore: "Since 1990, I've produced over 300 movies and contributed to countless more, consisting of over eleven hundred scenes. Love it or hate it, I make straight-ahead, no-nonsense, piston pumping porno and I make no apologies for that. Am I pushy? You bet! I like to get things done, and sometimes it takes a little ass-kicking to get people to pull in the same direction.

But that attitude and work ethic has paid off. Max Hardcore is
singularly unique in the world of porn, and has universal appeal. I've
been instrumental in launching the careers of many current porn stars,
including Lovette, Davia Ardell, Tiffany Mynx, J.R. Carrington, and
many others. My work and style is imitated by almost all the top
producers in the world today. We were also the first to shoot overseas,
and do so regularly. We find and shoot the freshest girls, and get them
to do things few else seem capable of getting out of them.

I also produce several magazines including ANAL LUST, rubber goods,
assorted merchandise, and an unbelievable stand-alone website at
www.maxhardcore.com. My site is not "www.landmine.com," like so many of those other sites with little to offer, but plenty of ways to take your
hard-earned money. My products are distributed in every potential
market in the world and remain a best-seller.

We shoot our scenes with two or three super high quality digital video
cameras, with bright lights, and a plan of action. The finished product
is DVD ready, and we will start releasing those soon.

Hopefully you will continue to find my movies entertaining, and
therapeutic - or at least provide you with the grist of seemingly
endless discussion.

For my part I will endeavor to improve, and continue to make a first
class product. To find out more about Max Hardcore, check out my website at www.maxhardcore.com. It's cheap, easy to use, and contains thousands of photographs and video clips. The site is new and is improving
rapidly. The best is yet to come.

Lysa Stone, former Sin City PR gal now a sales rep for Astral Ocean, writes on RAME to Pat Riley:

May I first begin on a positive note by thanking you for the decent review on
Lil'Women Vestal Virgins #4, from Eurotique Entertainment in Guide #7.
However, I take exception to several things.

You state in the review that "I've stayed away from this series in the past
because of what I consider to be deceptive trade practices by this company in advertising tapes as 'previously banned in America' (there hasn't been any
banning of anything since the 60's)"

Mr. Riley, if I were to make you a copy of the European version of this tape, rest assured, it would be illegal to have this tape in your home. There
are a few sexual acts depicted on video that are indeed "banned" in the U.S.

Astral Ocean/Eurotique prides itself on quality videos both for sale in your
local video store and through our mail order catalog. For you to say such a
damaging statement in a book is akin to libel.

This is a matter of personal opinion here but your reviews have such a smarmy attitude to them, I can't find a single movie in this book that makes me, as a consumer, want to rent or buy anything. It comes across like you loathe pornography. You're sarcastic, rude, and downright mean. Here's a perfect example: "...and noticing Jill's [Kelly] deterioration into an old whore in just a few years". You may dislike someone, but "old whore"? Rude and
unneccesary.

May I ask why you continue to review movies if you just don't like them? I
believe in fair reviews but your overall negativity is sure to turn a
consumer off at first glance.

Pat Riley replies: 1) Other than child porn there are no "banned" sexual acts in the USA.
2) Even if there was child porn (US level: under 18) on the European
tape, you're not selling the European version of the tape so it (the
tape you're advertising) never contained a "banned" act and therefore
was never "banned".
3) The US progressed from no specific US law against child porn to a
provision of the US code specifically "banning" it in around 1976 (I'd
have to do a lot of work to search out the exact date of passage but
it was well before your tape). The "previously banned" that figures
heavily in your advertising implies that there has been a relaxation
of the legal situation. In fact the reverse is true.

Try a counter suit for consumer fraud and false advertising. If you
pride yourself so much on your work how about making the effort to put
in credits to the movie and to subtitle foreign movies. In this
particular case a poster on this NG said the tape was a re-issue of a
previous European release. What's the name of that release and why
wouldn't you disclose the fact on the box or in the tape? Is there
some reason you can't comply with the requirements of S2257 of the US
code (date of production, etc)? Is there some reason you can't
identify movies that show explicit penetration as such in your catalog
or rather point out those that don't? What does "Finally Legal" mean
in the heading on pg 11 of your catalog? Oh, I could go on...

You must be confusing me with the industry shills at AVN. Unlike them
I do not view my purpose in life as the promotion of the movies of the
porn industry, nor of the industry itself. Paraphrasing myself: Every
movie maker must be as good a Spielberg, every girl must be as pretty
as a supermodel, every plot must be erotic and interesting, every sex
act must be believable and passionate, every tape must have broadcast
quality reproduction... If not I'll tell you about it.

Morgan: "Patrick, do you stand by your books description of Christy Canyon as 'Not too pleasant brunette ... and an attitude'?"

Patrick Riley: "Absolutely. Has she suddenly shrunk in size and become sweet and submissive?"

Taksan: "Patrick's been making me sick with his anti hardcore whining of late as well..... Besides most reviewers take the time to balance their reviews to suit the current trends of the moment Patrick does nothing like this...he just cans everything that doesn't conform to his pro condom/Vivid anti-anal and in my opinion anti-porn stance.... Pat has no business reviewing porn and should join a Christian/Feminist group."

Riley: "If you care to do a little research, like reading any of my books or
looking at the huge number of postings I've made to this NG over the
years you'll find that I'm not pro-condom at all. Probably only Torris
on this NG is more anti-condom than I.

In that same research, you will also see that my views on the VVW
(Vivid, VCA, Wicked) combo are decidedly negative to the point that
one of them even complained to my publisher.

My position on anal is more nuanced. At a time when anal was a
relative rarity I reviewed every one of the Rosebud movies even giving
some of them a very rare MUST SEE. Today the proliferation of
premiseless, passionless, punishing anal sex has become boring and
uninteresting.

As to balancing my reviews to suit the current trends, do you mean I
should upgrade my reviews of the trash of today to evaluate them as
equivalent to a good movie of the past? Sorry, that's precisely what I
won't do. Sex and human interest have changed little over the years
and consistency of reviews is extremely important so that the reader
can decide on a reasonably objective basis which movie might interest
him.

"Guide To Porn Movies For Christians And Feminists" by Patrick Riley.
Wonder if there's a market?

Torris: "Riley is a consumer oriented reviewer. You all are so used
to the compromised reviews bought and paid for in AVN and by Rog
Reviews to noitce the difference. Riley's reason for reviewing porn
isn't to sell porn but to give awareness on the abundance of puffed up
s--- that awaits the viewer to be separated from his rental dollar.
Sorry you can't co-opt him b/c he has no desire to work his way into
the Pornadelphia inner sanctum. I respect Riley immensely for his
integrity and willing to stand up to the simpering harangues of
promotional flacks such as yourself."

Akprodman: "I've been seeing a similarity in the world of computers and pornography. It's called homogeniality. Its called lowest common denominator. Its called market forces.

"Pre 1980, the computer world was open to everyone. If you knew a little about electronics and computers, you could get a business going. There was a computer for every need. If one company's wares didn't suit, you could probably find someone else's that did.

"Boom. IBM sees that it is losing market share and needs to get into the micro market. That was the beginning of the end of creativity.

"Fast forward to 1987: new technology brings a slight rebirth. There are now several major computers being sold again. Each has slightly different
strengths. Atari did music, Amiga did graphics, Mac did desktop
publishing. And IBMers looked and said "so what--is it PC compatible?--then I don't care." And slowly IBMers got a pale imitation of the strengths of Atari, Amiga, and Mac.

And slowly but surely PCers put most of the competition out of business. Now there is really only one computer left: PC and Mac just a tiny blip on the radar--economically speaking. Everybody who is out there in the PC world is making money. But not much money. When a dozen companies are making the same exact product with name the only distinguishing point, how much money can one company make?

Does that last sentence sound familiar? There are a dozen porno companies
making virutally identical movies with virtually identical stars, sets, and
<using the term loosely> scripts. Its like there is a rule book out there:
thou must start with a blow job, thou must start with vaginal and proceed to anal, thou must have end with a facial. It seems like amazing creativity if someone comes on her breasts!

And the sad thing is: this is the way we like it. They wouldn't be making
this stuff if we weren't buying it. But why do we buy it? Because there isn't an alternative. When we don't know what we want, we go for the safe and secure option. Well, the PC isn't great but its what everyone else is using. Well, this video may not be inventive but it will sell a few copies. Why do we like McDonalds? Because its safe and you know what you're going to get. The people that are trying to do something different get slammed by this newsgroup. But I applaud them because the at least are trying something different.

Vivid makes movies with high production values (relatively speaking--I've
never seen a jib shot in other porno). I enjoy the editing style of Rob Black.
Private finds nice looking girls and dresses and makes them up nicely.
And due to the sad nature of the adult video store in town (there's only one with 4 branches), that's all I can really comment on directly.

But as Bill Gates is quick to point out, all it takes is a good idea (with
good marketing) to change the face of the industry. I think that's coming and I think its called direct sales. There are at least two people around here that
are porno hobbiests. Yes, well all of us are hobbiests or we wouldn't be
here. I have bought a lot of equipment to produce video. I was sick of what is out there and I know I can do better. I'm not asking you to believe me until you see what I've done (unlike someone else). Video equipment is so cheap now that anyone can put stuff out at quality that is as high or higher than the pros.

So many of us dislike what we see in porn today. Oh, I don't like this and
you don't like that. That's because the market isn't responding to what we want. And it won't because it can't. If they only sell a few thousand copies, they have to make sure all of those copies will sell. If its a specialty video,
you might not be able to sell it to a mass audience. "It doesn't have anal, I
won't buy it!"

"The future lies with the Proles." That's me. That's you. We have to make
decisions with our wallets. Buy more of the same, old, poor quality, cheap
crap or spend a little money for a higher quality product. That option may
not be here yet. But it's coming.

Atanimir: Despite talk of a grand comeback as an "A list" star at this year's Probie Awards, Brenden Knight has abruptly quit the business in disgust and
disappointment. He announced this on the ATKOL gay forums last week after defending fellow pornstar Talvin DeMachio in his then-ongoing flame war with a disappointed escorting client, which has since been smoothed over with hard-to-believe explanations about mistaken identity. No mention from Knight about how wrong he was in defending the indefensible.

Brenden Knight was the consummate blond bottom, and the fact he is a former Marine added much luster to his allure. He appeared in a total of 11 videos, always in a supporting role. His final video was "Manwatch".

Mr. Knight cancelled his AOL account and took down his escorting website, claiming he is out of the porn and escorting business for good, now that he has found "legitimate" employment. Uberagent Peter Scott claims he knows nothing about this, even though Knight got his start in the industry working in Scott's office.

My take on this is that Knight was very badly hurt by someone in the
industry, and ran up the white flag of unconditional surrender in his quick
exit from any public role as porn performer, Atkol poster, or Las Vegas
escort.

We can only hope that this lonely and confused young man will finally find
the peace and validation he obviously hungers for.