Wednesday, December 8, 1999
Extreme Brasil
XXX, a source in Brasil, writes: "Here's the scoop, now confirmed: Luciano AND Earl Slate [of Extreme Associates] f---ed the HIV-Pos girl w/o condom [in Brazil in January]. They took turns. Personally, I hope they both die. I don't f---ing care. [Both Earl and Luciano have tested HIV negative since.] Another story, supposedly a secret but I DON'T f---ING CARE: Jill Kelly and Julian will marry in July. Jill will only do lesbian scenes from now on."
Lysa from Astal Ocean writes: Hi.(for print) Not "a secret" at all. Jill Kelly and Julian will be married in July 2000. She is not yet retiring but will be working on her Perfect Pink line, mostly behind the camera but certainly in scenes with her betrothed and Deven, Tabitha, etc. The only secret is, where is the wedding? Nowhere yet, Jill and I are actually working together to find the perfect place. She has good taste. On a personal note, the two of them are like peas in a pod. They treat each other well, have a nice, mature relationship and work professionally together (both in movies and on the website) like few couples can. [on a Lysa personal note, they really are nice people to be around and they seem to really, really be soulmates-lucky them]
Earl Slate says the "story is absolute bulls---. Everybody wore a condom for every scene. And we never had sex except for scenes. You just can't print hearsay Luke. You have no proof for this, it's just somebody pranking you."
Later Earl admitted that he might have had sex off camera, but he insisted that condoms were always used. But the "Extreme Brasil" videotape shows several sex scenes without condoms.
Earl: "I told Rob Black that we must shoot condom. I don't know who your source is Luke, but I highly suggest this rumor does not go anywhere because a lot of people could be several injured because of this. I've been tested for HIV every month for the last three years.
"Luke, don't even speculate about this on your website. Because..."
Kianna Bradley in the background: "It already is up there..."
Earl: "There's going to be a lot of lawsuits going on about something like that... I want the story taken off immediately. You can't print an allegation without having proof, especially when it can endanger a person's career. I don't need any kind of publicity like that because a lot of times people don't read what you wrote. They just see Luciano and Earl f---ed a girl in the ass without a rubber and came out positive.
"So I want you to take that off immediately. And I want you to put a retracting statement that says it was a mistake. The person who called, it was a prank call, and you know for a fact that everybody who was there wore a condom during every single sex act ever performed."
Luke: "Even off camera?"
Earl: "Even off camera.
"This is a very serious business Luke, and I've always been straight with you. This is a very severe allegation and it is not documented true. It's hearsay. Call Rob Black or Tom Byron or Van Damage who were there for everything that happened and everybody wore a condom for everything that happened."
Luke: The story is out there. Aside from my report, it has been talked about on PST and elsewhere. Let's deal with it. As Earl and Luciano have tested HIV negative since Brazil, the odds are microscopic that they may have been infected, especially as it is very difficult for a man to catch HIV from a woman.
XXX writes: "There's only ONE girl, tested HIV Pos at least one year BEFORE the filming. And listen: I told you they f---ED the HIV-Pos girl condomless, but I didn't say they GOT the virus from this f---. They could be lucky. Or maybe not. I don't give a s--- anyway. They [Luciano and Earl Slate] acted like morons, like big s---, and f---ed our AIDETIC girls condomless anyway. I don't care if they live or die."
XYZ: "I've seen the video, "Extreme Brazil" and it sure doesn't look like they are always using condoms. It's just those guys f---ing a bunch of whores. I wonder how they got them tested?"
Earl and Luciano both used needle injections into their dicks to maintain erections during the arduous Extreme Associates shoot in Brazil.
Kianna Bradley (Earl's ex-wife and current girlfriend) talks to Earl Slate. I can hear her say: "I need to talk to him. I need to tell him that this could really hurt my career."
Earl discourages her. "Are you typing right now Luke?"
Luke: "Yes, I am typing what you are saying."
Earl: "Hold on, Kianna wants to talk to you."
Kianna: "Luke. Listen. I don't know what is going on and I really don't want to know because it would probably freak me out. But this could really hurt my career."
Luke feels terrible as Earl and Kianna have always been decent and friendly to him.
Earl discourages Kianna from saying too much.
Kianna says to Earl: "I'm sorry but Luke is my friend. He called me just to make sure I was ok when we were broke up...and not to write anything on his site. People f---ing mislead him."
XYZ: "I've seen the Extreme Brasil tape and it sure doesn't look like Earl is wearing a condom. It's a lame tape. They're just f---ing a bunch of Brasilian whores. The tape stinks. Extreme thinks they're the s--- and they're just a bunch of f---ing idiots.
"A friend sent me the tape and he told me the same thing. It's just those guys f---ing a bunch of whores. And I'm really surprised. I wonder how they got them tested. You can see, man. There's a whole bunch of s--- going on that is condomless. And they show them going to a Brasilian porn store with Rob Black. And they all think they're tough guys. And they're looking at animal videos on the shelf. Oh, is this s--- legal? Blah, blah, blah. The whole tape was long and boring. And the girls aren't pretty and a couple of them look like they are f---ing disease ridden.
"Earl is an idiot to tell you that they did everything with condoms when the tape is for sale."
Jim Gunn writes: "Nice work Luke. I only saw that cover not the actual movie but I think I shot much better looking girls than they did on my last trip to Brazil."
The Truth Is Out There
British journalist Anthony Haden-Guest writes in the December issue of the British edition of GQ magazine on page 52, under the headline: "Luke F-rd. The truth is out there...but only if you are over 18."
On top of the headline is a picture of my website, including a picture of me holding my gun. The text of Haden-Guest's article says:
Luke F-rd's father is a Christian evangelist. He himself is a convert to Orthodox Judiasm. For a career he runs l-keford.com, a gossip column on the Net which goes, with Byzantine detail, into the porno world - who is HIV positive, which producer has written bad cheques (and to whom), and who is trying to persuade which porno performer to do precisely which athletic stunt with who. His parents are not impressed.
"They're thoroughly ashamed. Aghast. Appalled. Disgusted. I've got a letter from my father which says I'm going to come to a very bitter end and wind up in hell unless I change my direction. My mother and my sister are just as appalled."
l-keford.com has published some strong stuff. He posted a story that one porno star was HIV-positive, posted a recantation and then made a new posting which said he had been right all the time. And it hasn't just been porno people either. He has published lists of gay movie stars (it's a long list). And some hackers recently blasted Ford's systems, causing thousands of dollars damage.
Does he have any idea who they were? "I don't. I've made so many enemies that it's hard to keep track."
According to Ford, porn plays only a tiny part in his social life. "I don't mention that I write on pornography when I mix generally," he says. "I spend most of my spare time within Judaism. I'm a religious Jew so I'm quite happy with my religion and that is where I spend most of my time. I regard the pornography industry, like most people, as kind of being unclean and a source of contagion. And I generally keep myself very much at arm's length from it."
But hasn't he actually been involved in porn himself?
"I made one pornographic film," he admits. "And I have appeared in about ten, always in non-sex roles. But, yes, it is a contradiction. I do not live up to the ideals of my religion. I do a lot of things that contradict each other and appear paradoxical. I've kind of made peace with that."
And yet there was one major contradiction, in particular?
"Right! I was getting a blow job, but it wasn't on screen. I was standing in front of the camera and she was blowing me. I was moving her back and forth, but you can't actually see my little fellow." Charming.
Traci Lords Wins Lawsuit
LOS ANGELES –– (AP) Former porn star Traci Lords has won a nearly $130,000 judgment against Caballero, a distributor of adult videos who sold her only legal pornographic movie without permission.
Lords made dozens of X-rated movies as a teenager between age 15 and 17.
The movie in question, "Traci, I Love You," was her only legal film, made in Cannes, France, days after she turned 18. Her other films are illegal in the United States due to her age.
The verdict came against Caballero Control Corp., which two years ago was selling the movie and a video culling of clips from the movie to which she believed she owned the rights. A federal jury found that Caballero violated Lords' rights and awarded her $128,753 in damages for the movies. The jury further found that the use of Lords' name and likeness on the video box were worth $750.
Now let's see if Traci is ever able to collect this money.
Chasidim vs Jews of Porn
Chaim Amalek writes Luke: Check out the current Newsweek.com, just out. There is an interesting article on yeshiva boys who defect from the world of Mea Shearim style orthodox fanaticism. The spooky thing is that communities of this sort are growing very quickly in the United States, too. There are kids in Brooklyn who are unable to speak english, as their parents communicate with them and educate them in yiddish, so as to prevent them from interacting with the english-speaking secular world. At some point the staggeringly fecund jews of the Hassidic world will take over, and then a civil war - a very brief civil war - will errupt between the hypersecularized jews of Hollywood (including the JOP) and the Hassidim, with the latter the inevitable victors. Perhaps this will usher in a thousand years of righteous rule, culminating in the arrival of King Messiah, and the Judgement of Nations. Or maybe not.
Tomas Santiago writes: Dear Mr. Ford, I am curious as to why you referred to my original letter as "fake". (I only just now saw it published). It would seem that fake is a term better suited to things like the photo of "Lynne L-patin" sitting in the 4-runner with her dog, in which the editing was so poor that the canine changeling's feet have been cut off. (He appears to be floating on thin air!) Not to mention the dimestore novelty teeth. I have been directly and indirectly involved in this industry for...a while, and as we both know the whole damn thing is "fake". Certainly in an environment where the level of multiple personality disorder's per capita is so high that Eve could shop for additional faces, I might be afforded the courtesy of an additional persona without being referred to as fake. Just a thought.
Luke woke up this morning after a passionate night and turned over in his bed to blonde Swedish porn star Linda Thoren and announced, "I'm Thor."
"You're Thor," replied Linda. "I'm so thor I can hardly pith."
Later, Luke got this letter from "Tomas Gabriel Santiago," a name similar to that of the ex-boyfriend of blonde Sin City girl Linda Thoren.
The letter is a FAKE but I'll publish it anyway:
Dear Mr. Ford,
I read in a recent chat transcript where Linda Thor stated that there was "no drama" in the breakup of our relationship. Perhaps this is true for her, although there were aspects which held more than enough for me. I dont want to sound as though Im filled with bitterness or resentment, it's certainly not her fault that we are seperated, it was simply the pressures surrounding her many lives which finally began to manifest themselves. If these could only have been resolved then I would have happily taken my place at her feet. Of course we have had "tiffs" before, but these were easily resolved. My complete capitulation, and perhaps some public humiliation, would restore our relationship, however there were signs that this time things were different.
At first these were so subtle that they were easily overlooked...small things like: She would come home and forget to mention that she had unprotected sex with five or six people that day, and so I might want to brush my teeth after we made love, or that a recent sexual partner had been diagnosed with aids, and I might be battling another fatal disease. But as things worsened her distraction became intolerable, she would come home and go straight to bed, without bothering to denegrate me at all, and in public I made decisions openly and blatantly, without eliciting so much as a cross word. Now I admit that after ten years I should have absolutely no pride, god knows she has done her best, but these slights were more than I could stand. Honestly, how could I hold my head up when attending social functions since everyone knew what was going on? I could never look the other "boys" in the eye again. But enough excuses, we are seperated because I did the unthinkable, I voiced my displeasure. An unpardonable sin, and rightly so. After all, the guidelines for our relationship were set long ago, and these trivial issues were not worth mentioning compared to "all she has done for me". My fault entirely. I hope this didnt bore you, what with all the weighty matters being discussed here, I just wanted to set the record straight. Of course there was drama, and if there had been none, she would have invented some.
Tomas Gabriel Santiago
P.S. I can only pray that the sarcasm is not too subtle for the intended audience.
Linda Thoren tells Luke: "Luke: Hehe, not ONE word is true. Tomas and me talk by phone everyday. I hope you understand that the letter is a fake. But it was kind of funny to read it. I have saved it for Tomas...he is gonna have real fun reading it..."
Tony Everready
Tony Everready writes: luke this is tony eveready i read the story thanx for printing it.but u left out our convo on the rape part cause i'll go so far as to give u the girl stephanies pager #.right now porsha is mad at kendra cause she moved out today cause of all porsha's lies and s---.porsha owes her now $1000.00 plus the 1650 she owes me.tonite porsha did amatuer nite at deja vu and who did she ask to come root for her (me)the bad guy.kendra even said why she want me to come if i'm so evil.i went up there told her i got better s--- to do and left.all this took place since me and you last spoke tonite.not to mention her saying why was i gonna help kendra move since she talked so much s--- about me.but porsha was lying and just didn't want me to help kendra cause she feels like f--- a person once she can't leach anymore.
than to top things off i had to go to the clinic today after all this mess got startedto pick up a copy of her test and give it to devin.really i did it so devin gets paid for his movie not for porsha,but the irony is now she'll get a 900.00 check but she was supposed to be responsible and fax it.bet she don't call me or kendra to pay us a penny of what she owes.she also has a shoot for new sensations on wendsday and her test expired on the 2nd.has she updated it yet?nope!who does that reflect on me cause i took her there.anyways luke im outta here and as i said call me first next time.i'm in this business to stay and her lil lies and s--- will not f--- with my career only she will i can back things i say with witnesses and so forth but she can't she's a big joke but she won't get her laughs off me.
i'm living my life and doing fine she keeps popping in creating a problem she always needs me i don't need her nor do i bug her she calls me,she ask for my help and what not.at the house on grimes kendra heard me tell her many times to go about her business and stop calling me.and as kendra would always say she's still gonna call you and try to f--- with u cause thats porsha.shes the co-dependant not i.ask a few people who know us both who really be trippng.anybody who knows me knows i'm out handling biz or home.also how does a crackhead loan somebody 1650 they're always broke.i pay 300+for a rental car each week plus 600 rent and unless i've just finished paying bills always keep money.i only smoke weed and hash also i drink,but thats it.she is the coke and speed snorter.also i drug test for probation randomly so all i can do is smoke weed cause they have a hard time tracing that.coke speed heroin all show up though.so again i can prove her a lie.and dont stick up for my self i've had more fites over her at stripper parties i've even broke my hand protecting her.
as to gangsta of porn rob black started that cause he wanted to do a movie about that.my gang s--- is past life i'm from my turf for life,so i'll represent till i'm set in the dirt.but i don't play hard or look for trouble i prefer to make money doing something that feels good.but if people disrespect me like rob black tried before than yes i get evil. but nobody in the biz who never dissed me has had aproblem with me.i keep it real long as the next person does too.porsha wants to be fake so f--- her she won't slander me and just walk.plus i'm suppose to do the morning on 92.3 the beat friday with dr.dre and ed lover watch how i clown around about her but without saying a single lie.so check it out from 6-10 am friday.
Arnold writes: I have never sent you mail before but todays column was just too much to take. I have never seen such ignorance as I have between these two colored people Tony and Porsha. Why are you giving them a public forum to display their gross stupidity. Yes we expect blacks to be uneducated and somewhat drug addicted but these two are the best example of why whites must at all costs avoid any contact with the mud people. I am sure you won't print my opinion but you know I am accurate.
Truinga writes: You know Luke, I realize that you can't control some minimum wage, barely employable nit-wit like Arnold from e-mailing you but its so sad that he can't see that ignorance has no color. Oh well.
Tony called Luke Monday night to say: "Porsha is sitting over there steaming mad because Kendra is moving out. And then she had the nerve to ask would I come by and drop something off to her. Come on Luke, I'm a rapist. Yes, there was a girl [Stephanie] who said I raped her. You know what it was? She got scared because she was friends with Porsha. They used to dance together at Z Island on Sepulveda. She thought Porsha would get mad because me and her were f---ing and it wasn't part of the scene. It was me, her and Van Damage f---ing. And she called Porsha and said that, and was crying. Porsha called back to the hotel and I had to get on the other line, and she said, yeah, I said, because I thought you would be mad because he was f---ing me... And Porsha was like, I don't care. I know Tony. That's him.
"I made up her name Victoria Marie Yukon. And she was supposedly born in Texas. But she was really born Barbara Vasquez in Havana, Cuba. She came to the United States at age two.
"When the police came looking for her, I was on a shoot in Acton, doing one of the White Trash Whore videos. And they [police] went to Notorious looking for her. I was due to shoot for Notorious that day. So I got a bunch of 9-1-1 pages from her, and 9-1-1 pages from Notorious... The homicide detectives were just here looking for you and Porsha. What have you done? Someone had told the police that they had seen her doing porno so they went around the porno companies looking for her. Somebody apparently told them that she deals with Tony Everready... You can find her with him.
"They made her come in and they questioned her [about the murder of 'Lazy' aka Mashad, the father of her youngest child, aged two. She also a four year old son.]. Then they told her to not go nowhere because there was going to be a grand jury convened. And depending on that, whether they would indict her... They asked me a million and one questions and I told them that I didn't know s---. But I know the whole motherf---in' story.
"At first she told me, 'Oh, I set him up because he always used to beat me up. But when her brother was dying, he got on her case. 'You ain't s--- because Tony takes care of you. You've messed it up with him. Lazy took care of you and you f---ed around on him and set him up.' Another time she told me, 'Oh, I had to set him up because of the gangwar going on. We were in Culver City... Mexicans told me that if I didn't set him up, they were going to get my family. I didn't have no choice.
"And I was like, 'How could you set him up and sit there and have his baby?' And she said, 'Oh, I didn't get an abortion because then he would've gotten suspicious and wouldn't have come around or anything.
"I was renting a room from Rob Spallone's house on [4330] Grimes St. And she came to me, wanting to live with me. But I had to pay all the rent. Then she wanted to start doing movies and asked for me to pay for her to get her hair done, her nails, her HIV test... That's how the bill got up to $1650 she owed me.
"Porsha is always trying to play people for everything she wants. Then when she doesn't get what she wants, she tries to f--- people up.
"Yes, there was a crack pipe found in my room one time when I was staying in a hotel. The neighbors heard me and her arguing and so the front desk called the police. They came down and looked at her. I told her that she had to go because the room was in my name. So she decided to tell the police that I beat her up. But there was no evidence to corroborate her story. So she made a private arrest. But the case got dismissed.
"She only put $2000 down on the Four-Runner and I put $2000 down. She told Silver that she put $4000 down, trying to piss Silver off. When they were in the car, Porsha would tell Silver, 'Silver, you can't ride in the front seat because I bought the car.'
"When I told Kendra tonight that Porsha wanted me to come by, Kendra just started laughing.
"Detective Lumbreras is always bugging me, asking if I know anything. He's a homocide detective with the Pacific Division Gang Unit.
"Kendra fixed Porsha up to go feature dancing with this one agency. And Porsha asked me if I would be her roadie. I said I'd do it if I didn't have any shoots for any of the top companies like Anabolic, Hustler...
"Do me a favor Luke, and next time, will you check with me before you print a story about me? It's hard enough for me as it is. By managing girls and getting them work, all the time I get, 'Oh, Tony is a pimp.' When I'm not doing anything different from Scotty Schwartz or one of them.
"Before me and Silver got together, you never heard me get loud. Then me and Silver started arguing all the time because she'd do stupid s---. Then me and Porsha started getting into it. They made me look bad. They'd be at the house fighting with each other and they'd call Extreme. If that was a regular job, I would've lost it. Some producers, like Jim Lane, don't want to hire Porsha because she trips out on sets."
Steve, the head of sales at Legend, at one time lived in the Rob Spallone managed house on Grimes Street with Kendra Jade and Tony Everready. He writes: "Porsha would also call the house about every 12 minutes till tony everready either picked up the phone or we (kendra, shelle, or i) would tell her he wasn't home. this went on all day and all night. no matter if it was 3 a.m. or 12 noon that phone was ringing. talk about stalking."
Luke asked Steve, "Have you ever seen Tony rape any bitches?"
Steve: "No, no. I've seen Tony f--- some bitches. I lived up there on Grimes for six months. It's definitely the other way around. Porsha stalks Tony. You've been to that house. It's a mile up into the hills and Porsha ain't got no car. She walked up the hill. And I'd find her at the house constantly and Tony wasn't even there. And Tony didn't have a car. And he never told me, 'Hey Steve, run me to Culver City to pick up Porsha.' The only thing Tony ever asked me to do for him was to run him down to Rite Aid to pick up an 18-pack of Miller [beer]. If the guy is beating her up, she must like it, because she was at the house. And he didn't pick her up nor send no limo for her either.
"And the night he was supposedly killing himself was bulls---. He was out with me and Rob and Kendra and Leah at the Rainbow [grill on Sunset Blvd, a favorite hangout for porners including Ron Jeremy]."
Luke: "And Tony wasn't trying to kill himself that night?"
Steve: "Of course not. If he was, he was doing it by video games. He was in his room, and me and Rob were busting his balls, shut the f---ing game off and let's go get some food and some cocktails. He had some new helicopter army game with the footpedals and all that s---, and he was in there playing the games. If he was going to commit suicide, it was by Playstation. And we went out and ate pizza and cocktails and went home. We actually skipped out on the bill and made Kendra pay.
"The only thing drugwise in our house was f---ing Tums [an antacid].
"Tony always had girls. I'd come home sometimes and he'd have four girls in his bed. The guy's name is "Everready" for a reason.
"Rob [Spallone] used to throw Porsha out because Tony was nowhere to be found. And a couple of times I'd be in the office with Rob and Porsha would wander in to bum a cigarette. And Rob didn't even know she was in there. He was like, 'What are you doing in here?" And she'd say, 'I'm waiting for Tony.' And he'd say, 'Get the f--- out!'
"I had no idea how she'd even get up there. It would be dark and Tony wouldn't be home and me and Shelle and Kendra would pull up and Porsha would pop up from out of the bushes. 'Have you seen Tony?' What the f---?
"The last time I saw her, I had to pee so bad... I came up the hill and I didn't even make it. I pulled right in the driveway and started pissing on the hedge and Porsha jumped out from behind the hedges. And I said, 'Holy s---.' It was unbelievable."
Steve says that the "American Bukkake" series from JM Productions is "doing outrageous numbers. I've got guys who normally order ten of a number who order a hundred. We're selling way over 4000 pieces."
Bukkake refers to an originally Japanese type video where large groups of men ejaculate on a woman's face.
XXX: "I saw Alyssa Allure at CES hanging with Tony Everready. And supposedly that Tony is Alyssa's dope dealer. She gets her crack or heroin or whatever from him. Who knows? It wouldn't surprise me if he has access to all that."
Tony denies dealing drugs.
Gossip
Brazilian sex magazine editor "Mussum" has been banned from Porn Star Trading. He writes me: "Got into an argument with that BITCH Jen Teal, and the kiss ass Mastrick banned me. f--- PST. I won't set foot there anymore anyway. I have my pride. You can also say that PST is where pornstars gather to talk about how their fans are assholes and stuff. And pity those fools who make fan clubs. Those moronic Vivid Girls are 1) lousy f---s 2) money hungry and 3) laught at their fans behind their backs.
"Since Stagliano's debut, Vivid's sales [in Brazil] went into a severe freefall. Save for the prizes they BOUGHT from AVN, no one gives a s--- about Vivid sex scenes and girls who refuse to take dick. Vivid = lame. We're still laughing at the guy [in Brazil] who bougth the next batch of Vivid movies. It's been like 2 years, and he hasn't put ONE SINGLE TITLE in the market."
Brandy Alexandre writes: So, PsT banned another insider? What have I been telling you about that place all along? I read the log bc_stinger sent you and it appears he bashed Kascha and they didn't do anything, and what he said about her was a little stronger than what he started to say about BT. It appears that no one can have an honest opinion about a porn who visits the chat because they want to protect and coddle them to get them to return. This is because they want other people to come to their chat to hobnob with porn stars. But, since they only think with the "lower brain," they actively kick and ban anyone who comes by who may not be a fan nor ass-kisser of all the stars there. The stars, on the other hand, are allowed to bag every porn star and fan they've ever met and even those they haven't. It's truly sad. Will they ever figure it out?
Pat Riley writes on RAME: You actually saw Buttman Confidential? Somehow I can't summon up the will to watch three hours of Stagliano babbling about his personal problems in between taking hits off a crack pipe (or some sort of drug paraphernalia). Of course I'm only basing this on AVN and Screw's reviews and comments here. It could be that everyone has missed the half-dozen cute teenagers having romantic sex with their boyfriends but since Stagliano's tastes run to big-butted strong-willed women like Kristi Lynn and Danyel Cheeks, I doubt it.
On Sunday, December 19th at 11:00 a.m., Luke speaks before the Center for Inquiry-West at 5519 Grosvenor Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90066. Free.
XXXInsider writes: "Luke, I have a question for you and some of your readers to ponder over and hopefully provide some answers. ---Why does Houston do some of the things that she does? She has quite possibly the most gorgeous body and face of any woman in the industry, she comes across as intelligent in interviews, and seems to have somewhat of a good head on her shoulders, yet she does things like gangbangs and bukkakes that, quite frankly, it seems that only less attractive, more dysfunctional women in the industry do. She should be up in the ranks of Jenna, Jill, or Chasey, with more money coming her way from "cleaner" things. Is there something in her past that perhaps makes her act this way?"
Vivid girl Lori Michaels, of www.lorilive.com, writes: I want to do something for new years. I'm going to have a new years party on line. I'm going to turn on the web cam at 10 pm central while I'm in the shower. Of course when I get out I'll have to shave on camera. I'll then stay naked and party till new years with the fans. I've told the fans that I'll try any new toys that they want to send. (on camera on the free side) I'd like to see how many people I can get on my irc chat. Maybe set a record or something. Do you think you could help get the word out so us non drinkers/partiers could have a fun time at home.
Pat Riley writes on RAME: Vivid used to put the outtakes at the end of their tapes and they may still do (it's a long time). I remember one with Lori Michaels where in the outtakes the director Toni English asks her if she had a real orgasm at the end of the scene. Lori replied, "No, just acting." Similarly in one of Janine's tapes you had the girls stopping their g/g every few seconds for more director's instructions, "You get between her legs" and "Hold the dildo in your other hand" etc. Oh, yeah, makes you want to replay the tape!
Similarly there were a lot of outtakes at the end of Brigette Kerkove's gang bang for Elegant Angel--all the gang bangs if I remember correctly--which went on for about twenty minutes and showed the total lack of spontaneity. One even felt a little sorry for the guys all lining up to take their turn especially as she apparently pooped during the DP part. They didn't show anything gross; just someone saying that she'd been eating Mexican food and her protesting that she'd had an enema.
Louie Scorbick writes: Luke - Your site's getting better and better! The last week has been especially high quality. Didn't know you actually directed a Porno -- the contradictions of Mr. Ford continue to astound me -- but am very impressed that the articles are now coming to you, rather then you having to go out and get them. A true sign of a journalist who's "made it".
My question is this: Why has Porn forsaken New York City so much??? This is the city of sleaze, think 42nd St thirty years ago, yet no Porn conventions are held here (that I know of) and very rare publicity tours go on here. I did meet luscious goddess Dyanna Lauren once at a DVD signing at the Virgin Megastore last year, but she only had a handful of fans on hand (maybe 50). She was very sweet, but looked tired. Her breasts are somewhat scary in person. She would be so much more beautiful with natural breasts. But I can't expect logic from a woman who dates Steven St. Croix. Still, only 50 people for perhaps the most beautiful woman in porn, IHMO? This in a city of 9 million? Whatsup wit dat? Would love to hear your thoughts on New York and it's role in the porn world.
Also: I'd like to offer an essay to your site (I've done freelance journalism for many publications) on "90's Porn as Gen-X irony" -- the detachment and lack of sensation that permeates our online culture as reflected by the increasingly lack of feeling in pornos. No shame, no eroticism, just bumping genitals. The vacant looks on today's porn stars (take John Dough, TT Boy, Jenna Jameson, etc.) is absolutely terrifying, in not just what it says for those acting in the films (complete Stepford-Wife like emotional shut-down) but for those consumers buying the product. Where once culture sought illicit fun cum revolutionary empowerment (the 70's) or wild free expression as response to conservative mores in their porn consumption (the 80's), now it has all been stripped away to "who cares? Let's get off" boredom of the 1990s.
Luke: Porno production lost out to the San Fernando Valley in the late 1980s due to LA's better weather, cheaper real estate, and more attractive women willing to disrobe and fornicate.
BrandyAlx1: I got an email from a guy who wanted me to give up "kamikaze.org" because he just started a business called Kamikaze Enterprises and all the "kamikaze" domains were taken. I hadn't thought about giving up the domain before, even if I chose something different, but now that I think of it I'm never likely to drop it. I told the guy that he would benefit way too much from my hit rate (hovering around 40,000 a month for content that doesn't change much). I'm usually a generous person, but I don't think I would want to hand over something like simply as a goodwill gesture. http://kamikaze.org stays!