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Tuesday, August 10th, 1999

Manson LAPD Porno

Paul Krassner writes on www.gettingit.com that there's a porno celebrity connection to the Manson murders.

Back on August 8 and 9, Charles Manson and company executed Sharon Tate, wife of movie director Roman Polanski, and several other Hollywood residents in their homes in the Hollywood Hills. Krassner has long suspected that Manson and his murderers knew the victims before the killings took place though the LAPD has long denied this.

Private Investigator Hal Lipset told Krassner that the LAPD seized pornographic films and videotapes found in Polanski's loft and, additionally, certain LAPD officers were selling the tapes.

Krassner writes: "One police source told Lipset that there was seven hours worth of Polanski's homemade porn, and that it was worth a quarter of a million dollars. Lipset gave me a litany of those private porn flicks. There was Greg Bautzer, an attorney for Howard Hughes, with Jane Wyman, the ex-wife of then-California Governor Ronald Reagan. There was Cass Elliot in an orgy with Yul Brynner, Peter Sellers, and Warren Beatty. This trio, along with John Phillips, had offered a $25,000 reward for the capture of the killers. There was Sharon Tate with Dean Martin. There was Sharon with Steve McQueen. And there she was with two black bisexual men." (from www.gettingit.com)

The Other Woman

I appeared in this Thomas Paine feature for Adam & Eve in June of 1997. It starred Johnni Black, Vicca, Shanna McCullough, Natasha Love, Carolina and Michael J. Cox.

Metro Warns Investors About Luke F-rd

Luke F-rd has taken to posting about Metro's Mafia links on the Yahoo discussion board. Metro Monday replied thus (by Jennifer in Investor Relations):

On August 7th and 8th of 1999, Luke F-rd, author of www.l-keford.com admitted that much of his Internet postings regarding the adult entertainment industry are fictitious, mosting made up by him, and never intended as fact. This revelation was made during a local Los Angeles radio talk show debate between Ford and First Amendment attorney Paul Cambria of Buffalo, New York and Los Angeles, California, and confirmed by Ford during another pairing of the two later that day on a nationally syndicated radio program based in Los Angeles.

Ford claimed he meant no harm with his fictionalized accounts of actual people, places and events -- and that he only intended to entertain readers by presenting a "satirical" view of the adult entertainment industry. Cambria pointed out that nowhere on Ford's site does it indicate the writings are intended as a satire. Cambria blasted Ford for his reckless and irresponsible journalism tactics and for his seeming lack of concern for the people and companies he has targeted on his web site.

Metro Global Media is concerned that Ford's remarks concerning it may impact negatively on the market of its shares. Metro is also concerned that future inaccurate postings will impact negatively on its investors. Metro Global Media is fiilng reports with all major Internet search engine companies notifying them of Ford's conduct and asking them to refrain from posting any potentially illegal or inaccurate statements from Ford on Metro Global's buletin boards. Metro Global Media is also forwarding transcripts from both radio programs, as well as Internet postings written by Ford about the company, to its attorneys to review for possible legal action.

Since Ford has now unequivocally admitted that his writings contain statements that he has made up in total and/or that he has not bothered to check, verify or sustain much of what he claims, it follows that what he says should not be taken as factual. According to him, much of what he says is created to be entertainment rather than factual or informative. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer in Investor Relations at Metro Global Media, (401) 942-7876 or jennifer@metroemail.com

Albo Takes Luke For A Ride

I arrived at the Larry Flynt building on Wilshire and La Cienega Blvds at noon today and met Hustler Erotic Video Guide editor Mike Albo and his assistant Tim. I assumed they were going to offer me a job.

I skipped breakfast and felt ready to load up on a huge fancy lunch courtesy of Larry Flynt Publications.

Albo drove (I assume it was his car). He insisted that I sit in the front seat. We listened to a pop music station and did not speak.

I felt nervous and rather relieved that Albo did not punch me in the nose. He was dressed in black and seemed menacing. He smoked with the windows down but the air conditioner on.

Driving carefully and responsibly, Albo said to Tim, "did you tell him that Larry [Flynt Jr] is going to meet us there?"

Tim: "No I forgot."

Albo took Wilshire to Fairfax Blvd and took a right towards the Ten Freeway. I feel like jumping out of the car.

I break the silence. "Where are we going?"

Mike: "To a restaurant."

Five minutes later, I break the silence again as we drove east on the Ten: "Which restaurant?"

Mike: "Don't worry about it. Just a restaurant. Don't be so nervous Luke."

I'm getting nervous.

Albo exited on the 60 to Pomona and got off on Whittier Blvd. I've never been here before. Everything seems to be in Spanish.

Mike pulls off on to a side street. "We'll park on the street," he says.

Relieved, I get out and step away from the car. By the time I turn around, the car is driving down the street. I've been ditched.

I checked my pockets and to my horror found that I had not brought my wallet. I have no money.

I walk to Whittier Blvd and see a sign saying that I am in Boyle Heights. Everyone is speaking Spanish and most of the signs are in Spanish.

I ask a waitress to call me a taxi and eventually get home at 1:15 PM after a $47 taxi ride (including my $2 tip). The taxi driver could not speak English but I signalled him which way to go.

A few months ago, Mike Albo threw porn star Kendra Jade out of the building for being my friend.

Director James DiGiorgio writes: "Luke Brasco: I swear you're becoming more of a retard every day. I'm sending you copies of The Godfather 1 and 2, and Goodfellas. Please pay special attention to the parts when characters get whacked, and avoid those kind of situations. Here's some advice while you're waiting for the movies to arrive. First, don't EVER get into the front seat of a car, when there's some guy alone in the back. Look for this piece of Clemenza dialogue from GF1-- "Hello, Carlo."-- and you'll see what I mean. Also, why the f--- would you meet them there? Only a retard would do that. When the meeting was set, you say where, and meet them there. And you make sure you have some people who know where 'where' is. I'm very disappointed. You've learned nothing."

NJG writes: "How come when I just heard about the shooting in L.A. I thought it was you:)? I am serious, but it is funny I thought that."

"Professor Albo truly pissed off," writes XY. "Luke, I think you should take Mike Albo up on his offer for a drug test...only make sure it's random. For his convenience, it will only be during business hours (that way he doesn't have to worry about you showing up at 3 AM). And make sure someone is in there with him so he can't fake the test. I'm sure he wouldn't mind that."

From Gene Ross

Seduced and Abandoned in East LA: The Luke F-rd Saga Continues

When it rains, it pours. After Luke F-rd's drubbing Saturday night, Hustler's Mike Albo extended a lunch invitation to Ford Tuesday afternoon which resulted in Ford allegedly being abandoned in an East L.A. neighborhood.

Albo: "As far as I know, he's still in East LA somewhere. My assistant and I met him in front of the building [LFP]. He [Ford] got in the car. First he gets in the back seat. I go, no, sit in the front. He's like, no. He switches places. He's nervous as hell. We drive down Fairfax and get on the freeway and just start heading east. We're on the freeway for about 15-20 minutes, past downtown. We get off on Whittier Blvd. This whole time I'm not talking to him. Nobody's saying anything to him. Finally, he goes where are we going? We're going to a restaurant. Then there's more silence. I'm not exactly sure where I'm taking him at this point. We get off at Whittier. I see this dumpy f---ing restaurant in a really bad neighborhood. I pull around the side, and go there's no parking here, we're going to have to park on the street. We drum down this little side street, my assistant bends over, he's pretending tying his shoe. Luke, at this point, is so f---ing nervous, that he just jumps out of the car and closes the door. As soon as he does that, I hit the automatic door lock and take off. I'm looking in the rearview mirror and I'm seeing this horrified, perplexed, why are you doing this look. This was one of those places where there was graffiti everywhere. He was wearing these little pressed jeans and all preppied up. I love a guy like that."

Ford reports on his site that the aborted lunch cost him $49 in cab fares to get back from Boyle Heights.

Miller said he was unhappy about the editorializing done by Luke F-rd in a write up of the Halloween show on Ford's site last week.

Miller: "If you read the whole thing, I told him [Ford]. I said I sat down with Paul [Fishbein and Darren [Roberts]. We had a very nice meeting amongst us. It was brief, we all shook hands. We all agreed that we need to work and concentrate our efforts for the good of the entire industry. I have nothing ill to say about AVN, never have and can't foresee that I ever will. I do business one way. AVN, in my opinion, is a real hands-on company. They have always been right on top of everything. By the same token, that's how I run Erotica L.A. My idea of doing things may differ from someone else's. AVN does a real good job with everything they do from the magazine, to the awards show, to the very difficult task they took on trying to, in my opinion, save VSDA for the adult industry. I can't comment on how it worked out. I was there, I supported it by attending which is the best I could do. The consensus of opinion is that we need to co-exist without intermingling the companies."

Every Broadway show generally gets an off-Broadway tryout. Before Luke F-rd and attorney Paul Cambria squared off for their nearly three-hour debate on the Ed Powers show [KLSX, 97.1 FM] Saturday night, they did a "tryout" stint on the Wayne Resnick show earlier that evening on KFI, 640 AM. It might sound like the beating of a dead horse, by now, but here are some of the highlights. (From www.geneross.com)

Host Resnick introduced Ford as "troublemaker extraordinaire."

"You report what's going on in the world of adult entertainment," Resnick said, "and you piss everybody off." Ford said he's "the most hated man in pornography". Resnick observed that Ford "doesn't necessarily go way, way out of his way to make sure that it's all true, all the time."

"That's absolutely correct," Ford agreed. "I love to run baloney in there."

S. Andrew Roberts writes: "I won two hours of free first amendment consultation, with Paul Cambria, by making the highest bid at last year's Night Of Stars silent auction. Do you think I should donate my free time to Luke?"

Gene sez: "I think they forgot to tell you that a free, four-hour debate with Cambria is included in that package."

Ben "Bugsy" Siegel writes: Well, now you're just lying, Genie. I read your original post on the Sheen story. And I read what you ran after the New York Post column ran. They were different. The only similarity involved was your unattributed word-for-word parroting of "Page Six." And you're lying about attributing the SF Chronicle and Examiner. You copy them word-for-word. When you parrot like that, you have to put it in quotes. Instead, you present the writing as your own. Try paraphrasing instead of plagiarism. But you're no more a journalist than Luke F-rd with his goofy rantings. You're more like a press secretary. Not that it matters all that much. You just put out what people tell you. People you think are powerful, that is. BTW, I don't write news stories for the Chron. Or the LA Times, for that matter. And my pieces seldom get edited. And, surprisingly enough, my name isn't really Ben Siegel. Have a ball.

Gene sez: "Sticks and stones are breaking my bones. And, oh my God!! You're cc'ing Luke F-rd on these communiques!! I'm ruined!!! Before, Bugsy, I just thought you were blind. Apparently we can now add deaf and dumb to the equation. What part of this don't you understand. I interviewed Charles L'Amour and wrote the Sheen story a day BEFORE the New York Post story. I asked Charlese to corroborate some of her comments by having her attorney fax me certain info. That, not being forthcoming, I wrote the story using "XXX" in place of Sheen's name to stay off the hook until this story could be verified through additional media, which it was, later that evening. Of course my story was different than the New York Post's, that's because I got it straight from the horse's mouth. On the other issue, any time another news source is employed, the body copy of that attribution reads "According to," the "... paper says," etc., etc. And their are quotes put in when required. Nobody is passing this stuff off as their own. Perhaps if I use bold letters where the "according to's" are, you'll rest much easier, knowing you've saved the world from the oppressive rule of despotic press secretaries. Which, by the way, thanks for the compliment. I have been both a news reporter and P.R. executive for many years before getting into this line of work. And I seriously doubt that you're any form of journalist by the tone of your letters. True professionals in that field don't have time to service the vitriol you're obviously burdened with. And it's obvious, by your tone, that you hate the adult business, too. I suggest a good anti-depressant and a course in remedial reading to cure what ills. (www.geneross.com)

Bugsy Siegel: "You are truly a dolt. Repeating a lie doesn't make it true. And calling you a press secretary is not a compliment. I like firing them. As for "hating the adult business," there is no possible way you got that from anything I wrote. Fact is, some of my favorite f---s are porn stars. The adult business deserves better than a hack like yourself. BTW, since this takes me 45 seconds to write, I'm not spending a lot of time on you and your alleged "journalism." And no, I'm not a reporter."

Luke Bashes AVN

Every few weeks Luke has to run a whacky few sentences implying that Gene Ross, Paul Fishbein and AVN push porn girls to get breast implants (for which I have no evidence). Today's update: XY writes: "Years ago, Gene Ross printed in his AVN gossip column that a particular starlet had retired and gone home. Which was not true. She had gone home for a short time, but had not retired. When she returned to L.A., she was getting no calls because people thought she'd retired. She made the rounds and was told "Get implants or get out". To pay her mounting bills, she got implants. Remind Gene of this next time when he busts your balls on you reporting things that aren't true.

---------------A quote from a porn girl: "There's no one we feel sorrier for than Asia (Carrera), and no one we care less about it."

------- >From Karpis: Alan Miles is one dumb f---ing idiot. Luke, he thinks you are a plant. The dumb motherf---er doesn't even recognize the ones right under his own nose the whole time. What a f---ing genius.

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Geneross.com "Where nothing's off the record...other than names of certain people (like Charlie Sheen and any plastic surgeon that doesn't pay for an ad)."

JD writes: OK, what's the deal with you and Asia Carrera? Over the past month or so, there have been multiple mentions of her, mostly in the form of vague swipes (the anonymous porn girl today, the vaguely attributed remark from a porn chat about how many porn girls were glad that Carerra wasn't at the AVN show last month). Do you have a specific gripe? Are you trying to provoke a reaction from her? Or is this just more free-floating rage on your part?

Luke: "I have nothing against Asia. It's just comments I've picked up."

JD: BTW, as for your current situation re. the porn industry: Calm down. The fear you're showing now is even more likely to enrage them than the absolute contempt you demonstrated through your "satire." Truth is, if you don't show fear, they'll think you know something they don't, and thus will approach you with caution. Act like a scared rabbit, and they'll run you down like the dogs they are.

As per Woodstock: It was widely rumored -- though, to my knowledge, never verified -- at the event that by late Saturday some of the more enterprising frat boys had co-opted the more exhibitionistic women into putting on sex shows. One story had two women doing Howard Stern-style lesbian sex shows while one or more guys passed a hat, while another alleged "pussy shows" near the Extreme Sports arena. I didn't see either, although I did inadvertantly meet the two women alleged to have done the lez shows (they were trying to get backstage without a pass when I went by).

The NYSP, btw, made a point of noting even at the end that the number of *reported* sexual assaults at Woodstock was still lower than would be expected for a city of 225,000 over a three-day weekend. I'm not sure whether to feel good or bad about that. As far as porn having an impact on the sexual behavior at Woodstock, it's worth noting that a number of rock stars have well-publicized porn connections (see the story in the current Rolling Stone -- the one featuring you). On the other hand, it's worth wondering whether that had as great an impact as the amount of public drunkenness, and the ongoing sexual objectification by the ppv cameras and the between-band MCs, who not only encouraged women to bare their breasts, but who made jokes about what a "treat" this was for "guys who haven't been getting any." (In case you're wondering, yes, I was at Woodstock, covering it for the daily paper I work at. I also covered the '94 version, which was nowhere near as sexist or disturbing.)

Cat writes Luke: Luke: I'm confused. I understood that you'd converted to Judaism, yet your "warning" page bears the notice "By entering our site, you are stating that viewing adult images is legal in your state/province and that Jesus Christ is Lord". It is my understanding that Jews view Jesus as a prophet, not as the son of God (or "Lord"). Are you re-converting, or did you just "forget"?

On another note: What do you hope to accomplish with that statement? Do you want to scare off agnostics and atheists, make a grand statement on behalf of the Religious Right, or in the future use it as some sort of testament against those who brave the warning and enter your site anyway? (By the way: The warning is a moot point, since you have that page set to automatically redirect readers to the page that follows. In other words, if readers aren't real quick on the draw, they'll enter your site whether they want to or not.) Get it together, guy. You're looking like a REAL FRUIT LOOP!

Luke: I'm confused. I never wanted to be a porno journalist. I wish I could've stayed home in Cooranbong, Australia, and been a lumberjack.

Grond: "Your legal troubles interest me not at all. Get back to actually reporting, or at least dishing about the industry. Your site has become self-serving and booooo-ring."

Ben writes: I was reading your little bio and noticed max say a lollipop was the only thing he ever took up his ass. I own a video entitled sorority suck-offs which has a scene with max hardcore and a dark haired girl and while she is blowing him she cleary lubes up her fingers with spit and slides them into his ass with ease. Rebecca Lord does offer escort services. All you have to do is email her about doing a private video shoot and explain what you are interested in and she will send back a reply with prices and hotel preferences.

Porno Rapes Women

NiceJewishGirl writes: Luke you and I have argued over sexism, but I think you are appalled about women being raped here at Woodstock, and fisted. In the past women only had to just be worried about just rape and forced sodomy, which is in itself is completely degrading and horrible, but now forced anal and forced fisting, both of which can irreparably damage women is on the rise. And yes, I do blame porn videos for this behaviour. They are bringing it to an audience of teen boys, who think it is funny to abuse women in this way. And these boys and men are completely unrestrained in their behaviour, out of control. My heart goes out to any woman having to endure these sex crimes. It is not funny, it is not just juvenile, it is showing a blatant disregard for women. It is endangering the lives of young women and women in general everywhere. From what I understand that is the appeal of Rob Black and Max Hardcore, right? The biggest sellers of porn. Aren't they proud? Don't they feel good about themselves? You know what, the sick part is that they probably do.

Luke: Much of the experimenting that I have done in my private sex life has been prompted by pornography, including the time I fisted a woman.

I.M. Fletcher writes: I finished reading the transcripts and, man, you took some serious bashing, particularly at the hands of Powers and Cambria. Regardless of this, I can't help but sense that you're finding yourself at the crossroads. What are you going to do? Are you going to keep it going w/porn? You keep saying you're burnt on the subject, can't say as I blame you. So then, Hollywood gossip or continuing to write books/essays/etc.? In either scenario, I'll be keeping my eye on l-keford.com.

Briefly to NJG: I, too, am appalled about the women who were victims of rape during Woodstock '99. My question to you is: How much blame do you place on Stupid Drunken Obnoxious f---ing Frat Boys? Me, I place most of the blame on them. Then, I blame the concert promoters for having as little security as they did. For planting the idea of fisting in the grand scheme of things sexual, I think the first mention we know of is the case of Caligula(the real guy, not the Guccione porn flick)... It is widely known that Rob Black and Max Hardcore were tight buds with Cali, and were supportive of his idea to branch out into things digital when torturing his subjects, so in this case, you're right NJG, they are to blame.

Paul Cambria Rides A Bike

I debated attorney Paul Cambria Saturday night and I've been thinking about it eversince. Cambria likes to ride bikes. Isn't a big shiny motorbike an obvious phallic symbol? He's saying that what he really wants to do is hop on a big hard cock? After all he represents the sexually amorphous shock rocker Marilyn Manson.

Aren't bikers notoriously homosexuals, drug dealers and members of organized crime?

Think about it. Seymore Butts attorney Al Gelbard likes to ride bikes as does Doc Johnsons's Ron Braverman. And what does Doc Johnson specialize in? Creating long hard dick dildos.

I've heard about innocent children who start riding bikes and the next thing you know they're listening to rock n'roll, imbibing drugs and practicing satanism.

Sid Vicious Snuff Film

Punk rocker Sid Vicious’s girlfriend Nancy Spungeon was killed in a > snuff video, claims actor Rockets Redglare, whose numerous movie > credits include Oliver Stone’s Talk Radio, Martin Scorses’s After > Hours, Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise and Down by Law--plus a > porno with Sharon Mitchell.

Poster: Rockets Redglare has been talking about this FOR YEARS. Always saying he knew who REALLY killed Nancy but he couldn't tell. I guess he still can't since he didn't say who the murderer was - only that it was "filmed." It sounds like a would-be actor/hanger-on/east village junkie trying to grab one more bit of that 15 minutes.

Luke's Masturbation Diary

Johnson writes: New feature for your website...... It may even deserve a website all its own..... It's called THE BATTLE FOR MIGHTY RISER. It's Luke F-rd's daily masturbation diary published worldwide on the WWW. Nothing fancy....... Just record your daily fantasies for all to see......and have a healthy laugh. Too shy? Too discreet to name names? Then a simple tick mark will do for each day of the week! (For added laughs, you might even plot your tick marks on a curve against the Dow Jones ups and downs for the week!)

If anything more interesting than jerking off is occurring, then by all means share with us too! The way you put it in your Mission Statement, a mightly battle is waging inside you......... It's the classic battle between good and evil. Think of it as Star Wars on your back. Why do this?????? The journal will show you aren't afraid to expose yourself anymore than you expose your subjects. Who knows, Luke, someday things may really get out of hand, and if you're lucky, you'll be caught up in a really juicy scandal yourself! Hopefully, on that fateful day, if you aren't already a celibrity by then, it will be big enough to make you one! But, just as an extra insurance policy, when that day finally does come, everyone will fondly remember as that really neat guy who published his daily masturbation fantasies on the Web. What's not to love about that? And just think........ You'll be an instant hit with the likes of Howard Stern et al on the talk show circuit. They'll all wish they had thought of it themselves..... If nothing else, it's more grist for the mill, don't you agree?

Ford Cambria Debate

Ultradamno writes on RAME: "The old saying "Give 'em enough rope and they'll hang themselves" leaps immediately to mind. :~) Plus, I think Mike Albo had a point when he said in the Rolling Stone article about Ford that although people in porn hate him they are very self-involved and love reading their names on his site (I'm paraphrasing here, but that was the gist of his comments). I don't understand why Ford doesn't create a satire section or some other earmarking device to indicate when he's riffing for humorous effect on his site. He says outright on the transcript of the radio debate that he doesn't want to be sued and if that's the case this would seem a logical way out which doesn't prevent him from saying anything he likes."

During the debate, Ed Powers told Luke: "Do you see where that's even less humorous that you don't have a test and that you are accusing people who are tested and accusing people who are using condoms, even in a jest, that they have a disease when you yourself are not being responsible enough to skirt the industry the way you do and not have a test. I find that offensive. Personally I find that offensive..."

MDL: What does Mr. Powers object to? The accusations or the lack of a test? If it is Mr. Powers' contention that everyone that does or may do talent have a current test, then that's just goofy. This would presumably include not only boyfriends, but grips, camera guys, directors, PR people, fans -- the list would be almost endless. If Mr. Ford is doing porn girls without a condoms he is dumber than he looks. However, I find it amusing that a guy that has used the same sheets in a hundred movies could be offended by anything.

Nick Adams writes on RAME: >If it is Mr. Powers' contention that everyone that does or may do talent >have a current test, then that's just goofy.

Or common courtesy. If you intend to have sex with someone and expect *them* to have a current test, you should have a current test. Otherwise, their test is meaningless. The idea that performers should have valid tests but that their off-screen partners don't need to be tested is the kind of flawed thinking that allows HIV to enter the industry from the outside.

And, it is about good manners. Requiring someone else to meet standards you're not willing to be held to is just a classless thing to do. It leaves the implication that you think you're somehow superior to the person you're about to have sex with. Such a person is basically saying: "May I see your test? Why no, I don't have one myself, but I'm not a wanton *slut like you.* I'm just a normal guy who likes to hang out with..