How The Mighty Have Fallen: Tawny Roberts
Voyager7 writes on RAME: Lying low yesterday I slipped a twenty into the peep booth giving me about 100 minutes of 32 channel flipping. I happened upon one of Utah's representatives to the world of porn, Tawny Roberts, now supposedly a VCA contract girl. When Tawny broke into porn with her bf Ricki, she was a blond, lean and lanky sight for a PL to behold. Aside from an affliction of using whorish long black eyelashes, she aided and abetted many a fantasy... I saw Tawny in two scenes from the recently released video, The Sleaze Show. http://jadedvideo.com/yz_result.asp?PRODUCT_ID=66593
I must admit, she does look her usual stunning best dressed, walking around at times in a mid calf length tight black dress, cut way up "north" in the back, however, my heart sank when I saw..... She now has her bolt-ons. I have no idea, why a girl of her body type would want C+cupper bolt-ons. I could not tell where the incision was made to fill her up. The aerolia looked untouched. The under-utter area looked scarless, and the armpit area looked untouched as well, though not many shots were taken of this area. Also, a soft focus was being used, defeating clarity. The breasts looked hard, but not as canteloped as most actresses. They appeared to be too close to her armpit area, actually her armpit area now looked like its been enlarged. I did notice in the doggy position there was "side-wall damage" of her breasts when they hanged down.
Also, and I did not have the luxury in the peep booth of freeze frame, there appeared on her left teat outer sidewall, an indention, maybe the length of a small finger running alongside the teat. I have seen this in house-strippers at my area nudie-bars, when they get pumped up, something about the implant not spreading all the way out, (the girls saying they were told by their docktors to massage their breasts to spread out the inner'ds. I of course in the interest of science volunteered my masseuse abilities, but evidently the girls were put-off by my hands, missing parts of fingers and the scabs on my warts.... but I digress)
I also notice in this video, Ricki, her bf with the basketball tattoo on his ankle, as far as I could determine was not in the video, and if the two are still a pair, she is f---ing now the bottom of the porn-stud-muffin-barrel. Everyone's favorite janitor, Pat Myne (Riley TM), gets both her small cuntal and bungholio in this video. He was wearing a pink rubber (supposedly pink doesn't show up that well on video, huh?, not only does it show up, but the color is distracting). Then in another scene she is cuntalized by wanna-be-Alex-Sanders look alike, the ever creepie, Evan Stone. I could not imagine the humiliation of being a female and being touched in such a way by either Pat Myne or Evan Stone. They've paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
Peter writes: I think it was durning an interview with Alexa Rae that this came up. On her first boy/girl scene, she was told that her partner was going to be one of the best studs in the business. Imagine her surprise when it turned out that she was paired up with Dave Hardman. Her comment that if this was the best in the business, then she's in the wrong business, got a hearty laugh out of this porn viewer.
Snoop Dog
From www.simplyjimmyd.com: Did you read the Snoop Doggy Dogg interview by Xcitement Magazine's Cindi Loftus? I'm gonna invent a new word just for the Snoopster because the word 'ego' simply doesn't cut it. My new word to describe Snoop is 'mego' or maybe 'me-ego' you get the idea. This f---ing guy has gone through a serious transition common to many celebrities: believing what their own publicists say about them. Unless, of course, he's always been this impressed with himself. And Snoop is good! He doesn't wait for opportunties to stroke his own me-ego, this brother sucks his own dick even without obvious opportunities to do so.
Regan Starr Comments On The Max Hardcore Trial
Duc emails Regan Starr: "Hey Regan, What do you think about the Max Hardcore trial for obscenity? Much of it revolves around you saying, in Max Extreme 4, "I'm only 12 and a half years old'."
Regan Starr responds: "Hi, I know, I can't believe I am even mentioned, as Max should have clearly edited that out. I remember having alot of fun with Max, personally, we were friends and joked around together. I also remember playing I was young on film, in that scene, and him and his staff stopping the film, and saying that we were going to have to not say that because it was illegal to pretend that. I knew it was, and didn't want him to leave that in. I have done so many films where the bloopers were over looked in editing, because they were not appropriate for video, i.e. out of character mess-ups, and joking around when the script didn't call for it. I clearly didn't think Max, or his staff, would purposly put that bit in. I just hope he didn't wish I really was 12. I also hope that the video doesn't promote child pornography, as pedophilia, in any reference or act of, is totally wrong, and a sin against all humanity. I really feel sad for the people who think that it is hot, and especially those who reinact it for capital gain. Again, if I thought Max was seriously going to use that bit for the real take, I would never have been stupid enough to say it with a camera near by."
RogReview.com Critique of the Max Extreme #4 Scene: "From the East Coast Video Show, Max and special correspondent Regan Star take a break from their diligent reporting on the events to enjoy each other's company. Regan is only so-so looking, but she is very willing to play Max's games and quite ready to take it any way he wants to give it to her. She lies in the middle of the bed, spreading her pussy while Max prepares to violate her. Way too much choke f---ing and slobber on her face for my taste, but Regan at least seems to be having a decent time. HOLD THE f---ING PHONE.."You can' tell anyone Max, cuz I'm only twelve and a half years old." God damn it, Max the f--- is that about? Sorry folks, this scene just ended on my end. The erotic content just fell from very little to none at all. Challenge the law all you want, but that s--- has no f---ing place in any tape you expect me to jerk off to. (Note, after this, I ff scanned, but did manage to catch Regan telling Max how her teacher f---ed her in a broom closet and how her uncle liked f---ing her.) Hey, be thankfully I gave up on this piece of s---m pedophile scene so I didn't have to rag on the use of the f---ing speculm. What a f---ing waste of thrity minutes of tape. Max, even you should be ashamed of this f---ing garbage."
Performers On The Road
Doc writes:
MIMI MIYAGI 10-07 thru 10-12 Crazy Horse San Francisco, CA
SAKI 10-09 thru 10-12 Stevi Secret's Nude Cabaret Phoenix, AZ
JEANNIE PEPPER 10-09 thru 10-09 Deja Vu Atlantic City, NJ
SINDEE COXX 10-09 thru 10-10 The Playpen Los Angeles, CA
ANNIE SPRINKLE 10-09 thru 10-09 Harvey Milk Institute San Francisco,
CA
NAKITA KASH 10-10 thru 10-12 Spearmint Rhino Oxnard, CA L.A.
LAMANN 10-10 thru 10-12 Lollipop's Daytona Beach, FL
HAVEN 10-10 thru 10-12 Spearmint Rhino Los Angeles, CA
ASHLYN GERE 10-10 thru 10-13 Club Alex's Stoughton, MA
TINA TOY 10-10 thru 10-12 Blue Zebra Adult Cabaret North Hollywood,
CA
RACQUEL DARRIAN 10-10 thru 10-12 Foxy Lady Brockton, MA
SUNRISE ADAMS 10-11 thru 10-12 Spearmint Rhino Van Nuys, CA
SINDEE COXX 10-11 thru 10-12 Players Gentlemen's Club Sun Valley,
CA
RON JEREMY 10-12 thru 10-12 Grand Opening Brookline, MA
CHEYENNE SILVER 10-14 thru 10-18 Admiral Theatre Chicago, IL
KELSEY HEART 10-14 thru 10-19 Club Elite Pittsburgh, PA
FELECIA 10-16 thru 10-19 Solid Platinum Lexington, KY
GINA LYNN 10-16 thru 10-19 The Scene Commack, NY
HAVEN 10-16 thru 10-19 Diamonds Dayton, OH
TINA TYLER 10-16 thru 10-19 Stevi Secret's Nude Cabaret Phoenix, AZ
ASHLYN GERE 10-16 thru 10-19 Oz Clearwater, FL
JENNA JAMESON 10-17 thru 10-19 Foxy Lady Providence, RI
SAMANTHA STERLYNG 10-17 thru 10-20 Carousel Club Hauppauge, NY
NAKITA KASH & LOLA 10-21 thru 10-26 Foxy Lady New Bedford, MA
ANGELA SUMMERS 10-24 thru 10-26 Tropical Lei City of Industry, CA
TINA TOY 10-31 thru 10-31 Imperial Theater Anaheim, CA
NAKITA KASH 11-07 thru 11-09 Blue Zebra Adult Cabaret North Hollywood,
CA
An overview of my BRIEF meeting with Nikita Denise
Doc writes: The meeting started having to wait until some fellow, she had met from her hangover, (She got in at 7:00AM from partying in South Beach) left the room. Once in, she only greeted me from a distance (No Hug, Kiss or Shake Of Hand) and requested to take care of business before we began when I had already done so with E2K management earlier in the day. She wasn't dressed for the occasion as I had requested (was in a pair of jeans, polo shirt and with no shoes on) but I did not let that disappoint me. As we went over what we would be doing for the next 6 hours is when I began to sense that she was all business to the last penny:
1. BBBJ = It was conditioned depending after she took a look at my
"Wilson" she thought it was OK even with a recent test.
2. BBBJCT = was not possible.
3. Facials = was not possible.
4. DFK = was not possible.
5. Greek = Claims she has only done it twice and each time it was
$1K extra but she did not felt on providing it today anyway. 6. Videotaping
= $500.00 extra and she would tell me what to film.
I told her that when I book a meeting for the amount of time, all is included in the package but she told me that it does not work for her that way and that she is aware that the ladies don't offer Greek and that does that do ask for extra (In what planet is this lady living and whom she has been talking to?).
The bottom line is that I did not went thru with the meeting and I let the management of Exotica 2000 know that they have lost all of my trust (I can see why Naughty Kathy left them) after two back to back disappointing meetings. I guess there isn't any agency I can truly recommend or trust nowadays!
As for you fellows, I am sorry to have mislead you as for Nikita Denise's alleged stellar performances and personality but I personally did not felt or sensed it would had been any different had I agreed. I also don't think that for $2K/Hr one deserves the type of treatment and coldness that I received. For you guys out there that have seen her, I truly can't understand what you enjoyed and if it was TRULY worth the $2K. I can do say that her voice is awesome and her body and face are phenomenal but that is not worth $2K nor wasn't what I was seeking.
Your 1st PSE Meeting With Ebony Goddess Sierra AND MY RETIREMENT FROM TER
Doc writes on www.theeroticreview.com: Nothing but good things have been said of Sierra here by very reputable hobbyists such as SCORE and MfSD. They both claim that she is a sweeatheart and does provide a GFE/PSE meeting type (I have personally spoken to her and she indeed sounds that way).
Since it is your first time, I suggest you let her take the initiative letting her initiate you in the PSE world. If you have any suggestions, prior to starting the meeting, let her know what you like and dislike and viceversa. Always show your gentle manners and security of yourself. Don't go nervous into the meeting because your "Wilson" will not stand up for the moment. Several newcomers that have spoken to me were too nervous that they walked in the door, paid their donations and walked out (Pornstars have also told me this), others have popped the instant a lubed HJ touched their "Wilson" and they are gone embarrased and many others simply don't make it to the plate.
I suggest you get some delay cream or Viagra (For the delay premature pop that I was told it does since I have never used it) so you, at least are certain that you will last a little bit longer. Last but not least, go well groomed, shaved, don't wear too much perfume (Women are allergic to certain male perfumes), bring her a bottle of Merlot Wine to share with you and always show you are in control and not nervous. REEEEELAX buddy and enjoy.......... Seth A/K/A The Doctor
PS. A FINAL NOTE GUYS.... This is my last post on TER. TER Management and I are in dissagreement and it was decided that I no longer Moderate the PSE board. I personally decided to retire from their board for good under my own terms after the decision taken. Thanks for all of my supporters, friends and enemies that I acquired on TER. May GOD Bless You All....Happy Hobbying
Scott Phillips Ready To War
Brisbane webmaster Scott Phillips writes on Oprano.com: I'm in Bali at the moment overseeing my business interests here. What I assume is al qaida simultaneously detonated 5 bombs here last night. At least 80 dead so far, hundreds injured. Mostly Australians and Americans. I worked my way to the blast scene outside Sari club in Kuta (I was about 1.5 km away at the time), it looks to me to be a taxi bomb, very unsophisticated from the amount of damage. Single building blown out on the ground floor, top floor burn out. Neighbouring buildings bent like they were made of plastic. There were literally body parts and bodies everywhere. Fires burning out of control in the affected places are finally out now.
I got close enough to see bodies before some little javanese soldier started jabbing my chest with his assault rifle. The mightclub is one of those Aussie/US sailor oriented drink yourself stupid places with hookers waiting for you when you are drunk. There was another bomb about 5Km away outside the US embassy, no reports of injuries at this stage, and another at Sanur. Rumors are flying around here - one of which is that they blew up the 2000 year old uluwatu temple (next to where I have my home here) which is the most sacred hindu temple in Bali. Another is that there was another bomb in Ubud, which is the ancient royal capital in the mountains. I don't know if any of this is true.
To me, this can only be one of 3 groups. Laksar Jihad, Al Qaida, or free aceh. I can rule out free aceh, and say it has to be al qaida or laksar jihad, probably both. Bali is the only significant non-moslem part of Indonesia. The only part that has always been free of violence. The message is clear. They (terrorists) are trying to start a religious war in a peaceful place. The local banjars are PISSED, and local banjars have their own private militias in these parts of the world. I've personally been on the wrong end of a local banjar - and nearly got lynched for my trouble. The bali economy is 100% dependant on tourism, and it got crushed overnight. I would say 80% of the dead are Australians. Deliberately targeted. It's an Australian nightclub, no indos go there. Seems like a retaliation for our support of the US in Iraq. The f---ing toweleheads misread our resolve as bad as they misread US resolve after 9/11.
If it gets to be a *real* war, I'm signing up. I love Bali, its a beautiful peaceful place, alive with art, culture, history, and contrasts. I can live a lifestyle better than most billionaires in the western world. These motherf---ers just f---ed up the whole economy for years. The people to suffer here are the 3 million ordinary people who are dependent on tourist dollars for their livelihood. Osama and his cronies just expanded his war to not just against the US, but against anyone that isn't moslem. Read his press release last week urging us all to become moslem.
I just found out my favorite hooker is missing.
The Good Ol' Days Of Live NY Sex Show
Taliesin writes on RAME: The Special Holiday Issue of Hustler magazine (on sale now in the US) has a feature article on Show World and the good old days of live sex shows in Times Square. The article is written by Bill Landis and Michelle Clifford, with photos by Annie Sprinkle (including, I'm happy to say, a pic of me with Sheri St. Claire). Annie, Sharon Mitchell, Kitten Natividad, Jamie Gillis and I are quoted in the article, giving our reminiscences about what it was like working in (or around) New York's live sex theaters. I worked as consultant for Show World, never officially as a live sex performer, though I did get on stage a few times with a few different ladies (just for fun). I wrote scripts for the performers, sort of performance art pieces, and started an acting class that met once a week. This was in the mid 1980s. I had a lot of fun working with the performers, helping them to improve their stage presence and their acting skills. We put on some creative shows, more than just f---ing and sucking. It was a very good experience.
Gauge Controversy
GeneRossExtreme.com has covered it in depth.
David writes on RAME: Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of gauge she's a totally hot performer and i wish her the best of luck in her return to porn. her life has been really f---ed up, but after you read her journal entry at the following link you'll realize that she's her own worst enemy... http://www.xxxgauge.com/myjournal.php
Does anyone care to speculate as to who the "professional athlete" is?
Ft10245 writes on RAME: The only stupidity invloved would be if you actually believed that story. You have the porn star who dates a pro athlete and not just any pro athlete but one with major endorsement deals that is one of the most well known in his sport. He is the perfect gentleman and waits weeks to sleep with her. The only things missing are maybe a wicked witch and a yellow brick road. She did leave herself a nice out when she said "if" I get a chance to show it on my site. If not I am sure she can adapt it into a 30 minute short for Cinemax.
AVN Reports Hung Jury In Max Hardcore Obscenity Case
AVN reports: After nearly 10 hours of deliberation, the jury of 12 Los Angeles residents split 6-6 and failed to reach a verdict in the trial of adult video producer Max Hardcore on the one remaining charge against him — Distribution Of Obscenity, Sec. 311.2(a) of the California Penal Code.
The city will be forced to lay its cards on the table on that score by October 30, which is the date set for the pre-trial hearing which must precede the second trial, and the city will have until November 12 to actually bring Hardcore back into court if it intends to do so.
Snoop Dog
From WSJ: THE MACY'S PARADE: So outraged was Brian O'Connor by the news that Macy's stores in the West are carrying a clothing line by gansta rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg, he logged onto the Macy's Web site. There he sent an e-mail suggesting that since the department store was marketing the clothing line, it should use the rapster's music for customers who call in and are put on hold. And just for help, he sent a few stanzas, which he bowdlerized by including dashes in the four-letter words. We tried this too and got the same answer as Mr. O'Connor: "We're sorry, the text entered may contain language that is inappropriate for macys.com. Please check your message for possible profanity." We'll let Mr. O'Connor have the last word on what he calls a "delicious irony": that while "the expurgated version of Mr. Dogg's lyrics are too objectionable to be received by the Macy's server, Mr. Dogg's unexpurgated lyrics, the very essence of his celebrity, are the basis for Macy's launching a marketing campaign and signing Mr. Dogg to a lucrative contract!"
Cindi Loftus from Xcitement magazine writes:
Snoop Dog! WOW! This is the first cover in Xcitement’s
ten year history that has a MAN on it. Or as I like to say, there
is a Brotha on the cova!
Snoop has a new record company, a new staff of artists, a newly released
compilation CD, a soon to be released solo album, a second X rated
music video, a clothing line, and a car designed in his honor. Do
ya think the guy’s a little busy? Well while we were doing this interview
with Snoop he was multitasking, talking on two other phones and still
kept his polite and funny demeanor. The more I learn about this guy,
the more I like him! Below is an exclusive interview with Snoop, a
review of his new video, and a review of his new CD. Come on down
to the Dog Pound!
Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp
Starring Snoop Dogg, Chelsea Blue
Snoop’s bitches: India, Nikki Fairchild, Shyla Stylez, Dee, Ice D’Angelo, Jada, Mia Smiles, Holly Hollywood, Hunney Bunny, Kiwi, Cashmere, Flick Shagwell, Sabrine Maui, Monique, Sin-Nye, Ashley Long, Nyomi Arman, Taylor St. Claire, Sky Jolie, Promise, Spice, Brittney Skye
Snoop’s Apprentices: Mr Marcus, Darren James, Brian Pumper, Manuel Ferrara, Jason Zupala, Billy Banks, John West, Billy D., Domenico, Chaze, Leo, Home Knight, Rage, Marly Romano, Tony Everready, Steve Hatcher, Valentino, Mark Ashley
Directed by Snoop Scorsese.
“You gotta break these hos” raps Snoop and his homies. Snoop talks to a reporter (excellently acted by Chelsea Blue) while his friend does three hot babes. A nice juicy blow job three on one, then some pussy and ass reaming. These girls are definitely nasty. The reporter however is not too thrilled with Snoop’s perspective on life and tells him so.
Next up is the car wash scene. Very pretty girls end up washing each other instead of the car. If you like hot girls with lots of toys, here’s your scene.
The third scene has four girls in a chain event with a particularly beautiful Asian chick. We’ve got double dildo action; a couple of strap ons and some real sweaty, screaming orgasms. Girls just wanna have fun!
We go back to the car wash. The girls are joined by a dude in full out clown makeup and costume who does the three girls proud. My guess is that Snoop had a good friend who really wanted to be in this movie, but he didn’t want his pastor and/or wife to know about it. Why else would a clown just show up at the mansion in the hills? Just stopped by to clown around? A good time was had by all.
Then we have two guys and three lucky ladies going at it. Time for another song. You like “doing it” too. Snoop is looking hot in his suit and braids. There are lots of sexy girls and guys dancing and grinding on each other. This turns into a whole lotta players doing a circle jerk with one girl. The whole party turns into an orgy. The same girl then takes on all the guys, getting f---ed by them one at a time in a row. Bareback. She takes all cummers!
Saving the best for last is the nighttime orgy at the pool. Our reporter gets a little hot and bothered watching all the action. As Snoop takes a big ole hit off his doobie, he glances at the reporter touching herself and says smugly to himself “Another Bitch broke, mission accomplished!” As the crescendo of moans rises so does the heat of the scene, and the reporter begins to finger f--- herself. This is the most involved orgy, with the most people screwing you’ll ever see. This is the most sex I have ever seen going on in one scene. This sexual escapade goes on for at least 15 minutes! The next rap is “I never had no pussy like this, never had my dick sucked like this before!” Rocking music, fabulous hot sex, long varied sex scenes and beautiful multicolored women doing all sorts of nasty stuff but being treated respectfully the whole time. The only thing that would’ve made the movie better would be if all that pot smoke was blown out of the screen into my living room. At the end of the movie it says Snoop would like to thank Larry Flynt and the Adult Film Industry for welcoming him into their world. We’d like to thank Snoop for joining us, and making an original, high quality product. Snoop, only you could make a porno movie with this much class.
www.hustlazmovie.com
X: We’ve been publishing Xcitement for ten years and we have never had a man on the cover. You will be the first
S: It is an honor to be the first brother on the front.
X: Let’s talk about the Hustler video.
S: It’s called “Diary of a Pimp.” It’s an in-depth on going interview with me behind the scenes with me and my lifestyle at my home. It is just showing you how a real cut cuts, ya know what I’m sayin’, the beautiful women and the exotic things that they do for me and how it’s nothing for a pimp to make ‘em do it.
X: Really, what type of things can you make them do?
S: I can make them go girl on girl, girl on boy. I can make them take eleven at one time. I can make them do whatever I please. What ever is pleasing for me is pleasing for them.
X: So you are like a sexual puppet-master I guess.
S: Basically, ya know what I’m sayin’, they got pleasure out of pleasing me.
X: Is there a university you go to for that? How do you learn to do that?
S: It’s a class I took in high school called “Pimp-nology.”
X: And you graduated with straight A’s?
S: I graduated with a PHD!
X: I saw you on Howard Stern and you said you had a stable in every city, is that true?
S: Yeah, that’s how it is. It’s visible and livable
X: So how often do you get to visit each of your stables?
S: Probably about twice a year, but the whole thing is them checking in with me not me checking in with them.
X: So you must have some wild parties.
S: Yeah, we’ve been known to have some wild parties. Speaking of wild, I have a lot of wild situations going down, ya know, seven days a week when it comes to me.
X: Our readers would like to hear about your lifestyle.
S: When they get to see this movie they will get a more in depth view of how we do what we do.
X: What will people see when they buy the movie?
S: They will see a whole lot of sex. Exotic girls having fun performing. Basically, enjoying themselves while I am sitting back explaining the basic understanding of not just me saying it, but me showing it.
X: So this is an instructional video on how to become a pimp?
S: It’s not really instructionally because there are no instructions given, it’s just an actual fact. You might be able to learn something, but it’s nothing that after watching this you can go home and practice on your girlfriend, you’ll liable to not have a girlfriend.
X: (laughs) I heard you talking about being a pimp on Howard Stern. Are you actually a pimp, or are you a player?
S: I think I am a little bit of both. Ya know what I’m sayin’. Every pimp has a little bit of player and every player has a little bit of pimp in him.
X: How does a girl get to be in your stable?
S: First of all they have to be well put together, like a sleek piece of leather. They gotta look good. They gotta have a head on their shoulders and they have to be ready, willing and able to be in my stable or they’ll be at home with their Aunt Mabel watching basic cable.
X: What is your ideal women? What do you look for in a stable girl?
S: Actually I don’t look for them. They look for me! I don’t choose them. They choose me. That’s the whole point of pimpin’. When you’re pimpin’ you never go out and choose because you might make a bad decision. They choose you. I take them when they are misguided and undecided and I give them direction.
X: How many girls do you think you have in all your stables?
S: It’s hard to count because the stable grows every minute. Its like a seed planted in the ground, by the time autumn comes it’s a tree.
X: Do you share with your friends?
S: I’m a sharing, caring individual.
X: What is the wildest sex scene in the movie?
S: It’s probably this one girl getting gang banged by about twelve guys, back to back, to back to back.
X: I notice you have a varied career. You are going to be appearing in a Very Muppet Christmas, is that true?
S: Yeah, definitely.
X: What did you do a Christmas rap or something?
S: I can’t tell you. I want you to watch NBC around Christmas time. I ain’t gonna ruin it for the people who ain’t seen it yet.
X: How did you achieve that broad spectrum in your career?
S: I don’t know. You’ll have to ask the public.
X: Well this is the second video you’ve done with Hustler. The first one did very well.
S: Top selling adult video in history. This one is even better. The first one was a wild party. This one is more put together. We had a professional writer. He wrote down my ideas and came up with some really swift s---, so this one will be seen and heard for what it’s worth.
X: How did you end up doing a porn video?
S: I had a bunch of songs from previous albums and albums I was working on at the time, that could never had a video to depict what I was saying that would be played on MTV so I just thought if I put together an adult video to go along with these songs it would be more attractive then me trying to take these songs and do PG versions.
X: You have your own line of clothing?
S: Yes Snoop Dog clothing. It’s at all the big department stores now. Macy’s, Robert’s and May, Burdines, local swap meets. (laughs)
X: So people can have the Snoop Dog look?
S: Definitely, you’ve got to get your stuff and be cooler than what you are.
X: What is this about the Snoop Deville Car?
S: The Snoop Deville Car by Cadillac for all the famous players around the whole world.
X: How much are you selling that for?
S: $75,000. We’ve got about one hundred orders.
X: So you’ve got it fixed up like what a pimp mobile should be.
S: Exactly. Seats with mink on it.
X: How did you end up with Hustler?
S: They came to me. They heard about what I was doing and they wanted to have a meeting with me to see what I had and when they seen the product they jumped on it like everybody else.
X: Did you negotiate with Larry himself?
S: Naw, I got in with his people and eventually me and him got together and made a deal and that’s what you are looking at now.
X: You have a new CD out
S: Yes it’s Welcome to Tha House Doggy style all stars. Vol 1. That’s a CD with all of my new artists so people will get a chance to see what artists I have and what they sound like and what they look like before their records come out. I also have my solo record coming out November 26.
X: So the new one that is out is a compilation tape?
S: Sorta, kinda, we call it a sound track for a lifestyle.
X: “ Paid the cost to be Da Boss” , what is that?
S: That’s a movie that will be connected to the record, “Pay the Cost to be the Boss” which will come out some time early next year. It’s straight to home video. So you don’t have to wait in line you can go to the store and buy it and take it home. It was shot in Vegas, at the first black owned casino
X: You go there to learn pimpng?
S: No! I go there to exercise my pimping.
“Welcome to Tha House Doggy Style All Stars. Vol
1” is Snoop’s first CD put out on his own label, Doggy Style Records.
His years of experience
in music and videos was a good education for him, and it shows on
this disc. The title is PACKED with music; twenty songs to be specific
and each one better then the last. As I listened to the album go through
the tracks I kept deciding that THIS was my favorite song, then I
would hear the next song and decide that no, THIS was the best one
and so on. There are varied styles and voices, soft romantic ballads
and loud rambling rap. “
All Stars” takes us from the
“Macy Grayish stylings of LaToiya Williams to the hard hitting,
pulsing poems of Snoop and Soopafly. If
you want a little bit of everything good happening in the hip hop/rap
world, pick up a copy or two. You won’t be disappointed.
Everybody's Asking...
Emmanuelle.net writes: Everybody must be asking you, but... do you do tricks with your penis? Like the funny Aussie guys from "the puppetry of the penis"? They turn their genitals into hamburgers, animals etc. They say it's an ancient Australian art.
Internet Gossip
XXX writes: Do you think webmasters know who Sasha Gabor is? Do you think they care about who's hooking on Bigdoggie.net, aside from the few that use it? Do you want this site to appeal to webmasters or to the general public? That's where Kevin Blatt is with Behindtheporn.com. He has a Penthouse Pet as a co-host.
Gary Kremen has a lot of chicks staying with him. They don't want their names on your website.
I was over at his house, standing in the backyard. As he talks to me, he gets completely naked and jumps in the pool. I said, 'Gary, you have to warn me before you do that again. Something's wrong.' He got out of the pool laughing maniacally. I asked for the lightbulb to be turned off in the pool. Gary's a heavy set guy with a little goatee.
Just got back from the East Coast Porn Show in Atlantic City
Tenin writes on bigdoggie.net: The girls were unbelievable...but I can tell you one thing...Anna Malle looked like she just got hit by a truck and Nina Hartley is really starting to look old...Sorry if this pops anyones bubble about these two women but was I disappointed...now on the other hand there were quite a few really hot ladies there...I met and spoke to Ryan Conner there for the first time and her pics on her site along with her videos do her no justice...she is INCREDIBLE! I can't even go into all of the other girls that were there but it was a fantasy cum true.
Stars4Fun.com Fraud Warning
From Bigdoggie.net: "Do not send any money to stars4fun.com. They are running a scam. I paid a "deposit" of $550.00 for a meeting with Silvia Saint. She never showed. No Silvia, No money. Learn from my mistake."
Bodymiracle.com says: Many individuals pay deposits to our agency, some pay the entire fee in advance. We have a very strict policy about returnng a deposit if we can't deliver. This happens maybe twice a month and we return the funds within minutes through PayPal. If we didn't, you'd have heard about it here before now. Many of the girls we represent insist on deposits before they leave for a tour. Believe it or not, some men will book an appointment, never show, and never call to cancel. This is unfortunate because this time is being held for him and not available to other interested parties. A deposit tells us that this is a solid booking and is given preference over a "non-deposit" booking. By all means avoid the scam outfit in question, but to make a rule to "never send a deposit", may mean you won't get the girl you want at the time you prefer. Just be certain you deal with the right people.
Lee Noga Interview
I spoke by phone with internet porn pioneer Lee Noga 10/10/02.
DUC: "What are the major changes in the adult internet over the past year?"
Lee: "The showmanship, dick-swinging, is coming to a halt. People are right-sizing and down-sizing. We've become a full-fledged business with the structure and expectations. It's no longer a big party. There's no longer as much squandering of money. The sponsors are conservative. The Internext show in August gives everyone the same sized booths, which tells you that they had a hard time selling the show.
"We're not as noisy and ostentatious. The egos are gone. It's a tough life. Consolidation and acquisitions and alliances. Little programs are folding into mid-size ones and mid-size ones are trying to enter the big leagues. And they are picking up smaller programs for a song. Unless you have a wingspan, you can't sustain bumps in the road anymore.
"This is the shake-out we predicted back in 1998. We've had the 9/11 and Afghanistan distraction. The US Attorney General John Ashcroft has been educated state's attorneys about internet porn and how to prosecute it.
"The long-term players are growing. Cybererotica went from fewer than ten sites to over 150 sites. People are either busting or blowing up and expanding. Every dime is scrutinized. Sponsors are not quick to sponsor resource sites. They're slower to go to these island vacations.
"You used to have webmasters dropping $20,000 a night gambling. You don't see that anymore. One player now budgets himself $300 a night, when he used to drop $20k a night."
DUC: "What's your role with Cybererotica?"
Lee: "Whatever [Ron Levi aka Fantasyman] needs me to do, I do. I monitor the online message boards. I make myself available. CE has such a huge operation. He's opening up new niches. He's blowing up his programs, introducing new wrinkles. His growth rate is astounding.
"Paying per-active signup protects sponsors from fraudulent webmasters. It takes away the motivation to abuse.
"The latest thing to irk people is to use underage kids, fully clothed, to get people to join a porn site. And there's no law against it. It's horrible thing to do. They're using ten-year old to entice. People will do desperate things in desperate times.
"You have small webmasters out there who, two years ago, were making $8000 a month in profits from their sites and now they can barely make their server bills. It's tough to recuit webmasters. Average cost per new webmaster is about $250.
"Epoch was at the big island gathering in Kurocel and Epoch didn't have have a doom and gloom attitude about the new VISA regulations. But the new regs could be enough to shut down small sites."
DUC: "Epoch was having troubles paying 18 months ago."
Lee: "You don't hear bad feelings. People seem to have forgiven them.
"Steve Workman and JoeE (forced out partner of CEN) met up at the escalators at the porn conference a few weeks ago. Everybody watched. Steve extended his hand. JoeE didn't appreciate it."
Lee no longer operates her webmaster resource site. "I would really like to do something like yourself but it's too controversial. I made an attempt at it a year ago and it didn't sit well. An industry gossip site where people could speak their mind. The down side is that people can use it as a weapon even though that is not what it was meant for. So many resource sites have folded. Sponsors are starting their own message boards."
DUC: "Has Ron Levi changed his role with CE over the past year? I've heard he's less hands on."
Lee: "I've heard that. I doubt it. The operation is more streamlined. He has a new partner - Dave from Holio. Ron bought out his old partner Paul Lesser. It was amicable. Dave is the CEO of Ron's company and he does a radio show every Monday night on albumside.com. Dave and Ron are blowing up Cybererotica. It's now known as CECash."
DUC: "What do you do for Netpond?"
Lee: "Helping them with an alternative resource site for gays and lesbians."
On October 1st, 2002, it was one year since Lee Noga split from her wife of the past 16 years, Pat. Pat cheated on her. Lee now heals her pain through fishing and working for Ron Levi's Cybererotica.com (for past 18 months).
On 9/20/00, on the L-ke F-rd Live internet radio show, Luke and Lee interviewed Pat, Lee Noga's lesbian lover of the past 15 years.
DUC: "What's it been like moving on from a 16-year marriage?"
Lee: "That's been devastating. If it wasn't for Ron Levi reaching out and grabbing me by the bootstraps and giving me the time to sort through this, this might've made me do some stupid things. Ron gave me about a year's worth of space to find myself and encouraged me to get back in the saddle. I lost everything. My marriage was gone. My house was ruined in a flood. Pat walked off with all the money. It couldn't have been any worse. I have her mother here, who we're waiting to expire any day. A year later, I can honestly say that Ron saved my life. Pat's Mom is still with me.
"Pat signed the house over to me. It was demolished from the inside. State Farm is now in the 13th month of restoration. It should've been six weeks. I've been inconvenienced. Somebody told me to get out of the house and do something. I discovered fishing. For 16 years, I never did anything outside. I always wore pants. I kept my hair short and I kept it colored. Now, I go everywhere in shorts. I'm tanned. I have long hair. It's blonde by the sun. Fishing was the best therapy for me. Now I'm in the process to be a volunteer police officer. I'm undergoing that great big four-week investigation. That's something I can do one day a week on the weekends. I believe that will be a portal for me...
"I'm 46 years old. How do you start over? I see someone my age and I think they look old. You look at someone younger and think you don't want the problems. I've got to find other things to occupy myself. For 16 years, I've been a workaholic to make sure that I could provide for my family. When that changed, I had no guidance on who I was and what I should be doing. My purpose has changed. I fell apart. I lost my drive.
"Nobody would've done what Ron did. Nobody else would've paid you and not stressed you and let you sort it out. Now I'm healthy and strong. I had no life. I lived to provide for Pat's mother who lives at the house. She's supposed to have died two years ago. Now I'm putting myself first."
DUC: "How come the mother is staying with you?"
Lee: "Because I threatened her with a court order to block her from moving her. She [Pat] went from a beautiful home to a trailer park. Mom is in a stable situation here, with her own air filtration system in a mother-in-law apartment. To move her would kill her. So I said [to Pat], do me one more favor. Love yourself enough not to kill your mother and our marriage. So she [Pat] comes here every other day and I don't make myself available. One day I had a car and the next day she took it. She devastated me.
"One day you're married and next day you're not. I hope she's happy. I knew she's not. She ruined me. No therapist could've helped me.
"I still have a focus problem. He needs to kick me in the ass every now and again. I'm still detached. When I float away, Ron pulls me in. As time goes on, I shouldn't need as many boots in the butt.
"I don't have a family. So what do I do with my time? I decided to catch fish and give it to needy families in the church. I took my pain and a great excuse for destruction and used it to invest in others and make the world more positive. I've mellowed.
"9/11 kicked this industry in the ass. The nation was in shock and mourning. Guys aren't feeling sexual. Small business was hurt by 9/11. Many jobs were lost. Companies went bankrupt. Tourism and airlines cut back. The regular entertainment industry has plunged. All entertainment stock except Viacom have plunged.
DUC: "Are all your lawsuits settled?"
Lee: "No. Bonnie Murphy tapped me on the shoulder at Internext. You have to understand the history. She said she wanted to settle with me. As recent as today, she said she's Fedexing the next payment. She apologizes. She's remarried. She says she's grown up a lot. I filed the suit in 1999. I really believe she's turned over a new leaf. That was a sore spot with me."
DUC: "Who have you been fighting with on the boards?"
Lee: "Nobody will fight with me anymore. They backdown and rollover much too easy. I'm going to co-host a radio show with Aly from Python.
"You ought to interview Kevin Blatt. He's changed. He's given up drugs. He still doesn't hold on to a job longer than 90 days. He's gentler. He's feeling the squeeze like everyone else.
"Brad Shaw lost about 60 pounds. He talked Kimmy Kim into moving in with him in Texas. She'd said she'd never leave Arizona.
"Serge and the world are convinced that I am Confucy."
DUC: "I know Confucy and I know you and you aren't her."
Lee: "Tell Serge. I've got JR from Oprano with $5000 riding on a lie detector test that I suggested. We could make this a public thing at the next show. Put me on a lie detector test in public about whether I am Confucy. I have never met Confucy. I've been trading email with her for 15 months, like she's my sister.
"I got some attitude at Internext from people who think I'm Confucy. I love how she tells it like it is. Serge won't let it go. Everyone thinks she's a blond Oriental. She was in Orlando shark-fishing with her sister."
DUC: "I bet people, when I left last August, that I wouldn't be back in three months. I racked up about $10,000 in bets, many of them on Oprano. Not one person paid. It took me a year to come back."
Lee: "Serge's ban from Netpond was lifted. I don't go to Oprano because I get beat on. Serge has shaved his head and shaved his facial hair. Serge and Meat buried their hatchet in August."
DUC: "Is he happy with Sue aka Lady Law?"
Lee: "I dunno. He's a confirmed bachelor. I hope he is. I like Sue. That was suppposed to be a big secret and it got out at the Internext show. It's an odd combination."
DUC: "How would you evaluate the job Gary Kremen is doing with sex.com?"
Lee: "He's more focused. He's doing enough for him. Outsiders say he could do more with the site. Gary has found his niche. He's concerned about moral fabric. Right or wrong, he's going to do it his way. He's gone through some staff changes. This is what he wants.
"Gary was a panelist at the show in Chicago."
JustMrT writes: "Ask Lee Noga....if it isn't true that the adult websites are making almost all their money off of clueless internet newbies, and that the business will turn to s--- as internet usage becomes more widespread and perverts learn that they can download millions of porno pics off usenet for free."
Porn Star Sasha Gabor Daddy Again
Sasha Gabor (sashagabor@yahoo.com) writes: Don't need no negative comments but supportive ones are most welcome. This man at age 57 is VIRIL, what can I say. I will STILL make it to Reykavik at that exorbitant price, but the s--- has hit the fan> SIT DOWN> Lisa is pregnant despite the 3 year spiral she is wearing and I don!t want to hear about abortion. It is our love child and it was conceived right here in Hungary. She didn!t get her period on time on the 2nd of October and was sick in the morning already on her return to Oslo. A test confirmed she is pregnant with MY child. I WANT IT, so that is it unless she defies my wishes and gets an abortion till I get back this Saturday. NEVER A DULL MOMENT! Stay tuned, it will be all over the papers. I beat Ron Jeremy to getting baby, but it will be my 6th.
Underage and selling their sexuality
Great thread here on Xnations.com:
Evil Chris writes: I read Andy Dunn's sexswap newsletter (if you
don't, you should) from cover to cover (almost) every time he sends
it out, and this week he provided a link to an article that got me
to thinking.
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artm...ticle_501.shtml
[She has the right look, innocence with a touch of naughtiness beckoning the viewer, a shapely body that looks good in a pair of tight jeans and a bare midriff top and even better in a bikini. All woman – except for one fact. Bobbi Jo is 13. At 13, this Alabama sex kitten has been modeling for two years, has a Yahoo discussion group (called “Beachbabe”) and a web site where those willing to put $19 a month on their Visa can look at dozens of photos of her wearing very little clothing and a come-hither look.]
The general scope of these sites is underage models who have their own sites. Non-nude, of course. In principal, they're accepted and legal (for now). There is and has been, however, a trend among adult webmasters in the past 18 months or so. Non-nude galleries of underage female models (clothed) which push upsells to fully nude and/or hardcore teen sites. What's your take on this, if any?
DUC asks: Who does the credit card processing for these non-nude teen sites? Who does most of the processing for bestiality sites?
DrGuile writes: Any monetary exploitation of minor's sexuality is wrong in my book. No gray area, no non-nude is okay. If your trying to make money of minors and pedophile, you're a scumbag.
Aly-Python writes: To go back to the more 'innocent' hypothetical question of clothed young girls... If they are presented or marketed or the images are used within a sexual context (which they are in these cases) then it's not only legally flawed, it's also f---ing despicable. My friend Gary and I have been discussing at great length what measures can be taken to shut this s--- down. Obviously, certain measures are already in place and, of course, there will always be a certain amount of this out there, but ... there are ways to curb the profitability and feasability of this very hurtful stuff.
[Photographer Robert] Mapplethorpe was indeed controversial in his actions, and purposefully so, I imagine. He was, however, pushing the envelope on nudity and art, not sexuality. Kids, clothed or unclothed, presented in a non-sexual way can be art or advertising or whatever. Pics of kids, clothed or unclothed, or even in their bloody snowsuits, that are used in a sexual context cross the line. It's a matter of context.
Breaker writes: Underage "kids" shouldn't be allowed to pose sexy on the net i think but damn i'm i the only one who thinks the first girl in the article looked hot for a 13year old.. damn i feel a bit sick and worried. There will be an program about this on swedish tv tomorrow. About the largest teenage community site in sweden where teens have their sexy photos and make connections with others to have sex etc.
Sly writes: What did you think of Bobbi Jo [13 yo]? Without looking at the age, what did you think of her? Seriously. No need to lie, I thought she was gorgeous and had a great body. Does that make me a pedophile? I sure hope not.
Bottom line, are these girls being exploited? Absolutely. Are the girls at Club Seventeen, iTeen, and Bang Bus being exploited? Absolutely. Hell, Club Seventeen the word "seventeen" in it. What does that imply? They have cute looking teens swallowing cock and putting toys in each and every hole they can find. Yet I see it being promoted quite a bit, and I hear it retains quite well.
And then we have our cute 15 year old busty blonde from Alabama showing some skin. Damn her! Damn her parents! How could they! She's doomed! She'll be doing porn in no time! Doesn't anyone notice anything fishy about this? Who are you to tell a 15 year old girl that she can't wear a bikini and dress sexy online, all while promoting a site that can easily imply 17 year olds are sucking cock on camera? I may be a hypocrite at times, but this case is just too thick for me to fall into the "that's just wrong!" routine. Would I let my daughters do this? Absolutely not. Am I going to stop your daughters from doing this? Absolutely not. You make that decision, not me.
XXX writes: I think PepperCherry started Peppercherry.com when she was 14 or 15. There's probably an older guy behind it. This site keeps advertising high school virginal stuff and combines it with porn.
Mike AI writes: I am glad someone else is starting to raise the issue about non-nude underage sites. There is no doubt these sites are pandering to adult males, most with some type of pedophile tendencies. Who processes for most of these?? ccbill of course. The same people who used to handle beasty sites because they were only outlawed in 23 of the 50 States. The same people who gleefully processed for Kiddie Porn sites - and when called upon it - claimed the FBI was investgating and hence they could not take it down - it stayed up for years!! I never did see anything happen with it!! The owners ccbill are sucmbags and liars and will do anything for money. That is why I refuse to use them, process with them. That is also why when the new VISA regulations came out - I do not beleive anything ccbill says about it. They are scum and un trust worthy. They will use this event to try and f--- people and make more money for themselves.
Welterwham writes: I was checking out some bestiality sites to see who would do the credit card processing for them. It seems there are all sorts of these EZBill type third party processors now. The kiddy porn guys have their own, owned by the Russians mob? I didn't realise it was that easy to get in the third party processor biz. Somehow they don't worry about the big third party processors shutting them down. No doubt EZBill is then owned by people who own lots of beastiality paysites. I looked at the WHOIS info for EZBill, and the company is in AG. Anguilla, in the Caribbean? Lots of these people are set up off shore in places like that.
CCBill has always processed for for a wide variety of sites. They process for sites with clothed teens. They always defended themselves vigorously. Ron Caldwell and KimmyKim would say that they were working WITH US Customs and the FBI and they couldn't interfere with the investigations. This was then called a smokescreen by skeptics. What they do appears to be legal.
Jane writes: There are books in bookstores with nude photographic studies of children. Scum hide behind that kind of stuff. The sites they processed for weren't run by artists and the customers they had weren't art lovers.
This is a great topic to research.
http://www.missymodel.com
http://www.missymodel.com/links.html
Notice most of the sites are processed by CCBill who is famous for processing for beasty and other controversial stuff. You should call and talk to Ron Caldwell and ask him if he would be willing to dress his adopted daughter in lingerie when she turns 13 and take photos of her?
Kimmy Kim writes on Netpond: [DUC], genius that you are, you should know that US processors don't do bestiality, don't do lolita, and most don't do non nude unless the parents signature is on the release. Not sure what bestiality and non nude teens have to do with each other tho...
Lee Noga writes: Umm, KK ya know I love you but was there not a threads that popped up alot concerning CCbill sites and you dodged the bullet hun'?
KK writes: Wake up Lee, I haven't worked at CCBill for months... as to bestiality or non nudes where the parents have signed the release, I *personally* don't care. Far more time is wasted on stuff that isn't a big issue than is spent on dealing with real problems in this industry, leading to the fact that companies like Visa have to step in and deal with the cheating thieving parts of it.
Alien writes: Desperation for a quick buck, more adult entertainment scarification. Its all bound to only get worse. Don't yas know that by now DUC? Just by posting that some desperate f---er out there is making a site inspired by your post! Idea's are dangerous, media hyping them only makes it worse. Thats why people are guarded with what they say these days.
XXX Internet Scoop
I made a round of calls and emails 10/10/02 to get the scoop.
XXX: "Forest is getting slammed on Oprano. His general mode of business is to rent a house, split it up into rooms and put a cam in each room and try to sell permanent cam feeds. He's been hustling in the adult biz for about two years. Right now he sells his feeds to Claudia@interclimax, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She markets his feeds on her site and gives him a percentage in cash.
"How big is Interclimax? It's hard to say. Claudia has a big business. She keeps a lot of girls. Is it a brothel or all the money coming from the web? They have many gnarly people in Amsterdam. It's a cool place to visit. You have a lot of organized crime there and throughout the sex business.
"Is there organized crime in the adult web in the US? You've heard the same things as I have. Speculation.
"I'm glad D$ and JStyles aka Johnathan Silverstein have quit the bling-bling and the rap talk with their Pimp Balls. They're white Jewish boys who want to talk hip-hop. Everyone was laughing at them.
"I was thrilled to see the folks behind Bumfights busted. Anyone willing to make money off of homeless people fighting was a moral degenerate. One of the guys behind Bumfights started calling people and threatening them to stop them criticizing the program on the boards. They'd do bum hunter where they'd sneak up behind a bum and put him in the back of a truck and drive him away.
"I've been homeless. Rorion Gracie, the guy behind the Ultimate Fighting Championship, was homeless the first time he came to the US from Brazil. Love to see the Bumfights try to pick on someone like him."
DUC: "I read on l-keford.com a link that shows that Cybererotica's traffic is way down."
XXX: "CE doesn't pay per sign-up anymore. It's per active signup. Per signup means, that when a surfer signs up for a trial membership, you get paid whether the surfer converts to a regular membership or not. Webmasters hate per-active.
"CE makes much of its money of its double opt-in email program. He has millions of email subscribers. He has a super-duper piece of software and his attorneys have dealt with every issue that could possibly come up. When he gets a spam complaint, he's got hundreds of letters dealing with every possible legal complaint that could come along. As soon as they send him a complaint, bam, he hits them with a response. He doesn't play around. If you come after him, you're coming after a whole raft of lawyers.
"MaxCash is quiet but they're still doing deals. They still have excellent exit consoles.
"CEN is much quieter without JoeE. John Bennett and Steve Workman are professional businessmen who prefer to stay in the background. The industry is going to further consolidate. It happens to every industry.
"I don't post to the boards anymore. It's too much aggravation for too little return. Webmasters are much more carefully spoken these days. Many of the industry players are jerks but they've got a lot of money, a lot of signups, good lawyers, and they can make your life miserable. Even if I prove they are schmucks on the boards, that doesn't put any money in my pocket.
"Gary Kremen is doing ok with sex.com. You've got to remember that he has goals for the site that are different from the goals a typical adult webmaster would have for sex.com. Most webmasters would want to make dollars as quickly as they can any way they can. Gary wants to go public at some point. Everything he does is geared towards that. He wants to make it a big portal. If he succeeds in going public, then what he's doing is good. If he doesn't succeed, then what he is doing is stupid. The sex.com domain name opens a lot of doors.
"I think Gary has some moral problems with pornography. He doesn't want to be seen as a pornographer.
"I sent some traffic to dirtydollar.com in Brisbane and it was like sending it down a hole. Not productive. I like Flashcash, operated by Jason and Mark Rhino from the UK. They convert top-notch. They were based in Antigua. They were written up in the Guardian a few years ago and were controversial. Platinumbucks.com and Topbucks convert.
"I process with Epoch. In my experience, they convert 250% better than CCBill or IBill. Epoch had problems paying 18 months ago but that's all water under the bridge. I was throwing the same traffic at CCBill as I was throwing at Epoch and I was making twice as much with Epoch. Epoch has paid their bets and now they pay on time."
The History of X Internet
Lee Noga writes on pornojunkies.com: How many know the history of the adult internet industry and the very first affliliate program, what it paid, who invented pop-up consoles, TGP, going back to 1995 to now who are the hero's and where are they now? Ya ready to go down memory lane to visit your roots? Everyone wishes for a book to be written, we can write this book right here, right now.
Oh my GOD, Seth W., shesh back in 1997 I believe he was bouncing affiliate checks to webmasters for .25 cents..... The actual affliliate program has always drawn a split vote between AmateurHardcore [shoot, forget his name], he owns I friends now, and FantasyMan with CyberErotica back when the program paid .02 cents raw. Their programs launched like 4-6 weeks apart, and FM has emails that date him before this other program. Maybe we can get FM over here and he can give more details on the beginning.....I love hearing his stories.... Robin Nixon is credited with the pop ups, and he set a goal to make "X" amount of dollars and he bailed the biz and built some home for orphan kids and took on 12 so somebody told me, he was in England.
KRosh writes: I remember when seth started in the adult business with Help from the Eisenberg family running 1-900 numbers.
Fantasyman aka Ron Levi writes: Fast Cash was launched in August 1996, paid $.02 per raw hit - in September 1996 Amateur Hardcore released ClickCash. We put pop up consoles that Doug from Dougsden.com made on our tours in April 1997. Seth's click program never worked correctly - he ended up purchasing our High Roller program in late 1997.
Platinum Bucks at island gathering - Curacao
http://www.platinumbucks.com/island_gathering/
Platinum Dave writes on pornojunkies.com: Being from Canada, the heat was insane. 30 miles from Venezula, 200 miles from Columbia. close to the equator.
Diving in the Aquarium:
That diving trip was awesome, feeding stingrays, sharks, turtles, we had a little bag full of fish like 20-30 of them to feed whatever fish we want. Pull out a fish you get attacked by like 20 fish in minutes. Was awesome, thank you to whoever sponsored that.
Deep Sea Fishing:
Well I was to much a man to take that small little pill that people offered me before we got on the boat to prevent sea sickness. But let me tell you 45 minutes into the trip I was wishing I did take one. I was so close to puking, I finally took a pill, lied down, then half hour later everything was fine again. Others (3) in total were not so lucky, they all puked. We didnt catch any fish though on my boat, but it was still alot of fun.
Thank you Light Speed for this sponsor, and also thank you for the drinks in your room for the afterhours party. We partied like Rock Stars each night, Steve and I and Tanker and the rest of the party night goers.
EC writes on Netpond: Dokk, I remember so well the fine times in Jamaica. Crystal light blue water so transparent that you could see 100' down. The baby lobsters and lime on the beach with JohnIP. The sailboat model shoot excursion and JoeE making everyone laugh. And the model telling me to pay attention and hold the reflector and correctly and keep my eyes on what I was doing. Ahhh yes, the fine times of Jamaica mon! The late night partying in your hotel room. Ricks Place dinner party and the cliff divers and chatting with Fantasyman. Ahhh yes, the fine times of Jamaica mon! DMoney and KB and the times we laughed our asses off. The fine times with Ms. Lee and the intense chats we had and education she lent forth. The beach party... what was the name of that bar? And of course... the "hamburger mon" I will never forget waking him up in his lil hut tent on the beach. Waiting for those juicy hamburgers and then... you giving him the $50 tip on a $20 tab... and how he went crazy... just couldn't stop thanking you. A matter of fact woke up his wife and kids and wad thrilled from head to toe... Ahhh yes, the fine times of Jamaica mon! Yes... I will come this time around again ;-)
Jeremy Steele Has Voices In His Head
Porn star Jeremy Steele writes: One of the voices in my head says "Who cares. Don't make a bigger stink of it then it already is." But another voice says "F--- those who f--- with me. I need to set the record straight before I continue to hear even more s---."
I run into a girl for a second time. She says to me we should exchange numbers, "I want to work with you." I'm like, "Yeah, baby". Recently she calls me saying she's got herself booked with me for some guy but can't remember his exact name, so I call her today to see if she knows and first she says I gotta stop calling her all the time. I'm like "what?". Then she says her day minutes are limited, and I said "What's bothering you?" and she says "I've been hearing bad things about you".
I said "What?" She says "I hear you bother girls all the time to get you work". I yelled, "What are you talking about? Who? What? I've been out of the business for a while and call someone I've worked with once in a while to see if they know of anything going on. I don't harrass anyone!"
I get off the phone thinking to myself who have I called the most in the last 6 months.. Noone specific comes to mind. About 4 girls I can think of that within 6 months I called 2-3 times maximum. I precede to leave a message apologizing if I've ever called too often and that I won't anymore to about 3 girls. I talk to another. She says I'm not bothering her. She's just very busy doing her thing and gets 50 calls a day. Whatever.
I never beg or harrass anyone for assistance. The vast majority of the time, when I call, it's the small number of people I've worked for who know I'm dependable, etc, who like me, who want to use me, they say, and who TELL me to call them from time to time. Then I realize, in the last year, there are two girls said "f--- you" to. One who always told me to call her but never called back, had me booked with her for a shoot, then never called me that day to give me details.
I sat around waisting my day when I had better things to do and to me that was the last straw, when she never called me to tell me the scoop. I don't know what kind of careless joke her life is, but stop making me look like a fool waiting around like some dumb busboy. The other I've known since getting in the business in 96. We've always had a good rapport, although in the 6 years I've known her, I'd say I called her about 6-8 times scattered out wide amongst the months of those years, but never once had I received one phone call.
Less than a year ago, I run into her, and she says she's got me booked for something and that she'll call me. That shoot came and went without any phone call. I called and left a kind message but received, as usual no return call. Finally one night, after dealing with some frustrations including but not limited to that, I leave what I feel is an empathic message saying basically that I've known her for years and she's never returned a call and could she kindly do it for once because with friends like this I don't need friends.
For the first time she returns a call, and ironically she says that she doesn't respond to messages like mine. Obviously she's contradicting herself by calling me. And what about all the nice messages I've left over the years? Then she says she will NEVER book me for work now. Kind of a hardcore life sentance, I think. She said she doesn't need babies like me and ______ (who works a lot but always complains he's not working) calling all the time.
"All the time?" I called twice within the last month. How do you put it nicely to a person that they're a f---ing flake and the should get their head out of their ass? If you try to put it nicely they say you're a "baby". I'm tired of this stupid bulls---. I don't work to much, for one, because I don't like dealing with the stupidity and insanity of it all. Please people stop promising things to people all the time and not delivering. It is NOT cool.
Don't waste people's time coz time is all we got. Don't waste a Virgo's time because more than any other sign we recognize that there are only so many hours in a f---ing day, and so many days. Be real. Don't be a flake. Don't be a phony textureless non-combative Californian. Don't be so selfishess, mindless and stupid. Get your head out of ass! Find something better to do with your life than create monsters out of shadows and talk s--- about people because this is our f---ing profession. Show some f---ing respect to our profession and the humans who do the job well!!! We risk our lives and health and if we do the job well and don't steal or f--- others over and treat others with respect than please do the same.
Steven Seagal wants to be superstud
From the National Enquirer:
A sex-crazed Steven Seagal imported a Brazilian medicine man to turn him into a superstud, ordered a personal assistant to round up hot young babes to be his sex toys — and pumped himself full of as many as 12 pills every half hour, says a former personal aide.
THE AGING ACTION HERO was obsessed with sex, says his assistant -- and he lusted after women young enough to be his daughter.
Ahnume Guerios worked with the action hero from 1998 until July of this year — then says he quit in disgust over being forced to "pimp" for the superstar. What's more, Seagal's aide claims that the martial arts expert lived in fear of assassination, despised gays, and had himself hooked to an intravenous tube in a strange ritual "to cleanse his blood."
From the 7/12/02 LA TIMES: During a partnership that lasted more than a decade, [Steven] Seagal starred in films that grossed hundreds of millions of dollars, and [Julius R.] Nasso helped produce them.
Nasso is free on $1.5-million bail, preparing his defense against a federal indictment that depicts him as an associate of the Gambino crime family, ruled in recent years by John Gotti and his kin. Last month, prosecutors revealed that a microphone planted to get evidence of mob influence over New York-area docks had picked up a meeting in a restaurant between the 49-year-old Nasso and a local Mafia captain.
Their alleged topic of conversation? A scheme to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars from "an individual [Steven Seagal] in the film industry" who was not named but whose identity was no secret: the don't-mess-with-me actor who broke noses and bones on screen.
Toby Young Party
The Los Angeles Press Club threw a great party for bald British journalist Toby Young Tuesday night, 10/8/02.
I talk to producer Spencer Tandy, who is due to meet his friends screenwriter Richard Tuggle, who sports a shock of white hair, and writer William Stadiem, the world's premiere expert on whores and madams. Bill has an article on Russian hookers in the August issue of Playboy.
Stadiem has just finished a book on Frank Sinatra in the 1950s and 1960s. He writes screenplays.
There's free wine and beer but I don't drink.
I ran into my friend - brassy blonde matchmaker and Hard Copy producer Dianne Bennett - who also works for Playboy.
I ask Barry Isaacson about controversial British journalist William Cash, now residing in London. Cash wrote an article in 1993 about Jews running Hollywood that about got him run out of town. For good reason, says Barry.
Barry Isaacson is mentioned in the Cash - Jews article. An executive with Universal, Isaacson went to head Tom Pollock to ask for permission to speak to the press. Pollock told him to keep it humorous. It was good advice. Those (Steven Spielberg, Neal Gabler, Barbra Streisand) who took the pious approach, crying anti-Semitism, ended up looking foolish.
Luke: "The incident showed the dramatic difference in ability with the English language between Brits and Yanks. The average working class high school dropout tends to speak more eloquently than Americans with graduate school educations."
Paul Lister, a quiet production executive at Dreamworks (also from Britain and also a Jew?), is finally goaded into speaking: "I totally disagree."
Paul says he never speaks to the press unless he has something to sell.
Barry, who's wife Jenny is a journalist, laughs at how the news media can make you look foolish. He remembers Toby Young coming to interview him around 1992 and asking him all these puff questions - what makes you you? Why are you so great? How did you become so wonderful in your work?
The press ask these puff questions to make you feel adored, but they're only setting you up to make you look foolish. Pollock's advice was good.
Barry laughs about Cash's article, which he hated. The day after it went around Hollywood, Isaacson received three expensive pairs of white socks. Cash had written that Hollywood Jews tend to wear white socks.
Tuesday night's party celebrated the U.S. publication of Toby Young's "How To Lose Friends and Alienate People," a scathing memoir of his sojourn in the absurdly self-important world of American glossy magazines.
The backstory: In a burst of Anglophilia he would soon regret, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter offered Toby $10,000 to fly to New York and "hang out," as he put it, for a month in 1995. This turned into a disastrous two-and-a-half years at VF, and five years in the NY media world.
Some highlights: Unaware of earnest American office holidays like Take Our Daughters To Work Day, as a prank Toby hired a stripper to come to the VF office -- the same day Graydon Carter's three-year-old daughter had been Taken to Work.
On the other hand, Toby did get close to celebrities, famously ruining an interview with Nathan Lane by asking the actor if he were Jewish or gay. At the VF Oscars party, Toby hogged a pay phone trying to phone in a story and got dressed down personally by Diana Ross. As Graydon Carter remarked at one point: "Toby, you have a brown thumb. It's the opposite of a green thumb. Everything you touch turns to s---."
And here's some quotes about Toby, courtesy of his website www.tobyyoung.com:
"Toby was always trying to get me to introduce him to my model friends. It was sad really." Sophie Dahl
"You take one look at him and say, 'He's out of here.'" Graydon Carter, editor-in-chief, Vanity Fair
"I just wish he'd learn some elementary journalism." Harold Evans
"This man, Toby Young, is a rat and a snake and, to hear some tell it, also a raccoon. He deserves all these nasty blurbs." Dave Eggers
Bangbus Fiasco
l-keford.com reports: "A recent rather unpleasant experience with web sites: Bang Bus & Backroom Facials, left a popular model/actress in the Pasadena police department overnight for passing a bogus check by Oxideas Inc. who operates Bang Bus, Backroom Facials & a number of other Adult web sites. The web sites create a fake scenario where they offer an "Amateur" girl money for filming a sex scene, and rip her off the promised money in the end. A real life situation occurred when the actress attempted to cash Oxideas bogus check, and she got arrested by the Pasadena Police for Forgery. When contacted by said actress & actress's agent, they blew them off and ignored both parties phone calls. The next day, after finally contacting Oxideas, they offered no legal help or apology to either party and said that they would take care of the matter in a few days. When contacted by the representing agent & legal counsel, Oxideas was rude, offered no explanation and even blamed the arrested model for their bogus check arrest. Meanwhile, neither agent or actress has been paid, and all efforts to expediate this process have been met with Oxideas quick response, "Call our Lawyers". Watch out for these bogus check fraudulent scumbags, you are forewarned. 2 weeks after the above incident, Oxideas Inc. finally paid actress the promised amount."
Serge writes on Oprano.com: Internet porn follows the route phone sex went by. 1) tremendous growth 2) easy entry and everybody making money, REGARDLESS of IQ 3) glut in supply 4) consolidation 5) squeezed phone sex gurus moving to a new pastures - internet.
Gary Kremen's sex.com now has 1200 active advertisers (site mainly uses text links rather than banners) and employs 17 people and is doing numerous nifty deals with search engines.
XXX: "Major search engines called up sex.com, saying they didn't want to solicit for adult advertising. So the search engines outsearch (Mama, Kanoodle, ABCSearch) to sex.com. Go to these search engines and type in "black lesbians" and it will be sex.com's search results."
From Sex.com: In a motion filed in federal court this week, Stephen Michael Cohen, the former operator of the website Sex.Com, asked a judge to set aside a ruling requiring him to pay $65 million in damages to the site's current owner.
Cohen, who lost control of the site in November 2000 after a judge ruled he stole it from its rightful owner, says the monetary judgment against him is so ludicrously high that it violates his constitutional rights and "placed this defendant in the status of slavery." "Just how is the defendant expected to live? How is the defendant expected to purchase the necessities of life, such as toilet paper, food, clothes and etc.?" Cohen wrote, in the self-authored filing. He compared the court order to a "death warrant" and said it was issued "in violation of the defendant’s constitutional rights."
In addition to sentencing him to death, Cohen claims that the court is also sentencing him to a life of involuntary servitude under Gary Kremen, the would-be recipient of the judgment. "It’s saying for the rest of my life that everything I own must go to Gary Kremen," Cohen said. He claims in his filing that the judge’s ruling has turned him into a slave, in violation of the 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution, which abolished slavery.
Tracey Adams
Tracey Adams writes on bigdoggie.net: Hi First I want to say that the lack of new pictures is my fault, not Body Miracles. They are not trying to engage in false advertising. Of course it has been over 15 years since my first film and like everyone else Im older. None of the porn stars from the 80's is exempt from the aging process. I think it is up to each man and woman to tend to it as they see fit. I am athletic and work out with a trainer 5 days a week. My image has been continually evolving and Im probably in the best condition of my life. My involvement with Body Miracle will likely be brief and Im not thinking about any come back films. Body Miracle will have new shots when I return from San Francisco.
Fast Eddie writes: The fact is, ALL agencies use the pictures supplied by the girls, and the fact is also that most of the ladies supply photos of themselves at their peak..... Some examples are Kristina St. James on Exotica-2000, PJ Sparxxx, Elke Jensen on Centerfolds Club, and Anna Malle on several agency sites. It's like the Burger King or McDonalds commercials on TV... they use plastic hamburgers sprayed with oil ro look piping hot and dyed mashed potoatos to look like ice cream.... Everybody knows that when they buy that Big Mac, it isn't going to look exactly the same as what they saw on TV..... However, common sense should tell you that without having it spelled out for you.... in fact, you must know that Tracey doesn't look exactly the same as her pictures on BM's site, or you wouldn't have made your post. In this hobby, the guy who does his homework is the guy who knows what he's getting before he knocks on the hotel room door.... that's what sites like this are for.... it's always Caveat Emptor, and the informed buyer is seldom disppointed.
Olivia Saint
BD13 writes on bigdoggie.net: Walked into the room and was pleasantly surprised. Olivia is very attractive. More attractive than her pictures. We sat, talked, traded stories, generally got to know one another. She is quite funny and can tell you some great stories about life in California. After a bit of talking we slowly undressed each other, kissed lightly and then more passionately. She slowly kissed her way down my body and started a BBBJ. Nice, wet, sloppy, perfect. I returned the favor, and she seemed to be pleased. She is slightly vocal, and very wet. After a very brief cool down we moved on to the main event. Multiple positions are on the menu, however she no longer travels to Greece. No big deal to me as I was not expecting that trip. So after a few positions, we move back to a BBBJ, this time TC. Olivia is a great girl, very pretty, loves what she does. I highly recommend her.
Jessica Jewel
Fast Eddie writes: Jessica has retired totally from the Adult Business, is at last report a legal secretary in California, and wants nothing to do with her pornstar past.... it's behind her, and she's buried the name Jessica Jewel....
Jennifer Steele In Tampa Bay
Doc writes: I've seen her twice (singles and doubles) and both times she was phenomenal and incredible. All languages were spoken very WELL. I never talk about rates so you will have to take it up with her. She is approchable at the club but be very discreet when you do so sicne she does not like to mix Escort with her Feature (Club Managers hate it and it the past it got her in trouble when a Hobbyists ask the Manager to set her up for such thing.) Her e-mail is at her site http://www.JenniferSteele.Com.
Visa/MC Sock It To Internet Porn?
Jack writes: This VISA story is probably the biggest story to hit the Adult Internet in its short history. You should be looking for people to talk to from the third party processing companies, major webmaster program, anybody who will give you some information.
I'm not sure anybody really knows what VISA's plans are long range but I did read a rumour on GFY http://www.gof---yourself.com that they have plans to ban recurring billing by next year. GFY is a good place for you to visit. It's now the busiest webmaster chatboard on the Net, most of the people are 19 year old idiots but there are some up and coming players who hang out there to go along with the teenage potheads, read some of it and you will understand I am being unfair to potheads all over the world, these are more like crackheads without the crack, who run TGP's, some make nothing more than beer money, others I am sure do quite well. Serge hangs out there sometimes, he likes to yank the chains of 12Clicks and KK, both aren't in Serge's league unfortunately. Most of the GFY webmasters really don't know who Serge is so it's funny to see them call him names. Serge can't piss on Oprano, the big players no longer piss about anything, and the rest of Oprano are just regular webmasters who enjoy the company at Oprano. So if Serge needs a piss outlet, he travels to GFY. GFY is owned by Lensman the guy who runs AmateurPages, one of the most successful programs ever, he's got lots going on, some new partnership with Playboy to run some kind of webmaster affiliate program for or with them. Playboy after all these years not being able to figure out how to make money online looks like they've finally decidedto go to some people who figured it out seven years ago!
I can't write you the VISA story, it's way above my knowledge of the subject. Maybe R-n Levi could give you his take on things. Maybe Scott Phillips for the Aussie reaction. Ask Ron Caldwell at Cavecreek for an interview
Zen writes: The Visa/MC situation will only get worse. Adult operators are not on the ball. Issues with Visa/MC have been a long time coming. If adult operators were smart they would have viable billing alternatives ready to go.
The adult industry is a dog with more fleas than just this. Click rates are down. Conversions in the toilet. Too much free content (the industry is responsible for this problem itself).
If paysite players go down the drain due to Visa/MC or economic issues it's not a bad thing. Too many players as it is with pretty much the same content.
Surfers are smarter these days. Not as many newbies. With a glut of free porn why on earth with anyone want to pay for porn? Also keep in mind porn is free for the asking on P2P networks. You think the record industry has problems with its product getting traded? You ain't seen nothing. Operators would be wise to come up with a game plan to cover their asses here.
Theking writes on Gof---yourself.com: I will simply predict that from 15 November 02 to 15 November 03 at least 60% of the current pay site owners will be out of business and one or more of the "big 3" billing processors will be out of business.
Gothweb replies: By XMas, at the latest, at least two major sponsors will have re-worked their whole trial/pricing structure as a result of this. Within six months, the Big Three will be much closer in size to the runners-up. One will probably be near going under. However, Glo-Bill and others will end up in the same boat before long due to closed loopholes, and things will even out again. We will see fewer new paysites. This will mean fewer new ideas, fewer amateurs, fewer personal sites, and, in the long run, a rough time for most of the industry. Complaints about the quality of adult sites in general will go up, and there will be a backlash.
Colkurtz writes: -CCbill will go out of business. Mainly for continuing
to process for the pseudo kiddie porn stuff. That will be their downfall.
-Ibill out of adult
-Paypal out of adult
-More paysites using different price points such as cutting out trial
memberships and just having a reasonable monthly feel and not this
40 buck a month s---.
-Heavier emphasis on checks, and furthur development of billing methods
such as atm, and pay per minute stuff.
-Alot of paysites will go to the premium AVS's [Adult Verification
Services] and the AVS's should benefit heavily.
Sykkboy2 writes: dult is a small percentage of visa's income....it was a great way for them to make some money and grow the internet, but now with mainstream finally having learned a lesson and getting more serious about good e-commerce, porn will be even a smaller percentage of transactions. I also think more porn sites will spread into other areas of content (already happening on a small scale). Most of the current players will be just fine as they've probably had contigency plans on the burner for awhile now. I doubt recurring will go away but Visa will get stricter with regards to changing how the recurring charge is disclaimed (I can't see AOL or other online servcies giving up the auto rebill model any time soon....
I also forsee AOL finally breaking down and adding "Adult Zones" to help them become more profitable (of course it'll be the boring "glamour" crap that is already produced en masse on the news stands). While some see this as doom and gloom, I look at it as just the nature of doing business and those who run clean companies will still make money and have very little problem. I'm worried though more about corporate sabotage in the adult business. If your competition is hovering around that 1% mark, you send a couple of your programmers over to join their program and chargeback....the dirty tricks amongst competitors will get dirtier.....
49th Parallel writes: The one thing that seems to be sadly lacking in this whole discussion on the new VISA ruling, is any input from the big players in this industry. This would include Adult.com, Cybererotica,...and so on. Instead we have a bunch of smaller operators developing tons of conspiracy theories on what the new VISA regs really mean and what the impact will be. Surely, the big players could put an end to all of the guessing by posting what they know..what is true...and what is simply fear mongering. With the sales volume that any of the big boys generate, I am sure that they already have all of the answers and have already worked it out with their lawyers and processing agents. So, without showing us your whole hand..how about showing us at least a few cards in the VISA deck.
I called Serge Birbrair.
DUC: "What do you think about the new Visa regulations?'
Serge: "I see absolutely nothing positive. I think it's going to be a game of musical chairs with [internet pornographers] trying to avoid regulations by going abroad [incorporating their business overseas]. A lot of processors will be caught off guard. Every time regulations and the business climate gets tougher, the profit margins suffer. I think this will affect chargeback ratios.
"People don't have enough information yet. They don't know how much to be concerned. It's like being concerned about the weather. Nobody knows what's going to happen. I don't think it's possible for Visa to get rid of adult accounts."
DUC: "Even if they did, there would be new ways to extract revenue."
Serge: "Necessity is the mother of invention. Dialers for instance came out of nowhere.
"Check out www.sergesmuseum.com. You will be able to see all the faces of webmasters. I have a lot of collections of pictures. It's a joint Netpond/Oprano project. If people get upset, [Serge jokes] they can pay me $3:95 recurring per image and I will remove their pictures."
Scott PB writes: "I have plenty to say on the subject, but I just woke up 5 minutes ago and my brain feels like it got run over by a truck and shot out of a cannon. I’ll send you an email after I do some training."
Darkwing writes on GFY.com: As far as I can tell about the document, it looks like VISA is going against the billing companies. Here's the gist of the document:
* High-Risk Internet Payment Service Provider (IPSP) - An online entity that enters into a contract with an Acquirer to provide paytment services to Sponsored Merchants, and includes one or more Sponsored Merchants classified as MCC 5967 (Direct Marketing - Inbound Teleservices Merchant) in its Sponsored MErchant portfolio.
* High-Risk Sponsored Merchant (SM): An online business designated with MCC 5967 (Direct Marketing - Inbound Teleservices Merchant) that contracts with an IPSP to perform some or all of its payment operations on its behalf.
There follows a whole heap of Risk Management requirements, rules about registration, program requirements and fees and fines. There's also a page on Risk Standards that the IPSP is to take, during the life of the agreement. Bottom line seems to be: Risk Management
* Capital requirement: A minimum Tier 1 capital requirement of $100 million must be maintained for registration of a High-Risk IPSP.
* Acquirer Status: An Acquirer must be in good standing in all Visa risk management programs.
* Terminated Merchant File: An Acquirer must query the Terminated merchant file for each potential high risk sponsored merchant. Additionally an Acquirer must ensure that all its High-Risk IPSPs are notified of merchants that have been disqualified from the Visa system and that Visa processing privileges must not be extended to them.
* Disqualification: Visa may disqualify a High-Risk IPSP or High-Risk Sponsored Merchant in accordance with the Chargeback Monitoring Programs or for other activity that causes undue harm to the Visa system.
* Merchant Prohibition: Visa may prohibit one or more online Merchants.
* Prohibition against Cross-Border Acquiring Fees:
* High Risk IPSP:
* $5,000 – initial registration
* $2,500 – Annual registration
* High Risk Sponsored Merchant
* $500 – initial registration
* $250 – Annual registration
* Fines: An acquirer that fails to comply with registration requirements for a High Risk IPSP or High Risk Sponsored Merchant is assessed penalties as follows: * $25,000 per High-Risk Sponsored Merchant or High Risk IPSP per month
* $100,000 per month after three violations in a calendar year and/or prohibition against signing a High Risk Sponsored Merchant
Seems to me that Visa hates not choosing its own merchants and plans to close the whole billing processor business down. Also looks like they want to stop any overseas company from doing business in America.
WEHT To Taren Steele?
Jim Gunn writes on RAME: I was told a couple of years ago by someone close to her that she left porn for a conventional life and a regular job some time after I filmed her in Strap-On Sally 9 & 10.
Faltering Economy Changes Escorting Biz
Plazaman writes: In these difficult economic times, some of these women would do better to offer 1/2 hour incall rates???? I don't believe that many (or possibly any) of the porn stars offer 1/2 hour sessions (correct me if I am wrong DOC) but it seems that most providers outside of the PSE world do and report that these shorter sessions are popular. Does anyone have any thoughts on the matter???
Doc writes: In Washington DC, this has been a norm for quite some
time with one of the agencies. Nikki Diamond was offering 30/60/90
minute meetings just last week. Sasha and Brooke too. Miko does 45
minutes and several others also do. I think as the economy continues
unstable, the ladies and agencies will continue lowering their donations
for everyone's advantage or they might all recurr to Kathy Willets
initiative and go SOLO. For instance, just talking to Tami earlier
today, were she gave me a breakdown of her donations, I found it a
bargain for all that she allows in her meetings including Videotaping.
At her rates she will never be w/o business while others of lesser
caliber one make it to 1st base. Like San Te has said here several
times, The Bubble has burst in our favor and we must take advantage
of it.