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All Charges Dropped Against Rob Black

AVN's Tim Connelly reports:

CHATSWORTH, Calif. - In a development that surprised even himself, obscenity charges against producer Rob Black of Extreme Associates have been thrown out of court by a federal judge in Pittsburgh.

"I'm still speechless," Black told AVN.com. "All ten counts against us were dismissed." He said that Judge Lancaster had also ruled that obscenity laws are unconstitutional.

I emailed famed First Amendment attorney Paul Cambria for his thoughts on the decision. He replies: "I referred this case to Lou [Sirkin] and it turns out to be a big one. It will be interesting to see if the Government appeals. In the late 70's my partner and I had the federal obscenity statute they were using against Al Goldstein declared unconstitutional (U .S. vs. Milkyway productions) and the Government did not appeal the decision. The result was that the decision only applied in the District of Kansas and was not binding on any case except that case. The question will be if the Government will appeal here and risk elevating the precedent. Also, there are other cases around the country where this same Lawrence vs..Texas argument has been advanced and it will be interesting to see how those Courts rule."

Another porn attorney writes me:

The government will surely seek recondisderation, and when denied, appeal; The Third Circuit will probably affirm, and that will take a year. It will be in hands of the Supreme Court in one to two years. In the meantime, it does not bind any other court at all anywhere and the precedential value of the case, strictly speaking, is limited to the WesternDistrict of Pennsylvania. You can count on the reality that other courts will disagree with this one on the issue of unconstitutionality, and that by the time this case gets to the Supreme Court, there will be cases on both sides.

David Hoffman and the Oklahoma Bombing

David Hoffman writes:

Remember the federal libel suit resulting from my OKC Bombing book - the one where the ex-FBI Deputy Director sued me? Well it just went all the way to the *Supreme Court* !!! He lost.

Buck was the FBI end (or one should say "plug") of the Iran-Contra covert-ops team run by George Bush and Ollie North out of the bassement office of the White House (National Security Counsel with the connivance of then-CIA Director Bill Casey). Bill, George and Ollie would commit the crimes - running guns for drugs, murdering people, etc. - and Buck would cover them up.

Buck is VERY upset. Claims he's being sought out and harrassed by patriot/militia types due to what I wrote about him. Remember the movie "Mision Impossible" where some naughty spooks went to Prague to knock some people off? They filmed that about one block from where I'm living.

KSEX Wankus' Apology to Jim Holliday

AVN reports. More.

Wankus: "I'm embarrassed and disgusted that I was forced to be part of such immature behavior."

I asked Kurt Lockwood via email for a response to this and when one comes in, I will post it.

I was not able to make the memorial because I'm sick with the flu.

Wankus writes:

I would like to first say that it was my true honor to be invited to Jim Holliday's service by Bill Margold and scattered other adult industry personalities. While I never officially met Jim, I really wanted to attend his memorial service as a way of meeting him through the experiences of others. With touching stories from Bill [Margold], Ron Jeremy, Shayla LaVeaux, Sharon Mitchell, Gene Ross, Kylie Ireland, Katie Morgan, D'Cypher, Jill Kelly, Henri Pachard and so many of his "Angels" and industry peers, I am very happy that I made the decision to attend the celebration of life, for someone that meant so much to the direction our industry has taken.

I was a bit disappointed in the turn-out and felt that others like me who didn't have the privilege of knowing Jim should have attended as well. It is my belief that we can learn a lot from our upper classman and if anything, we owe them the respect and appreciation for the struggles, accomplishments and hard work they provided over many years--dedication that paved the way for our travels through this complicated career path.

With that said, I would like to take this time to apologize for the unexpected outburst and near physical confrontation I was surprised with from male performer, Kurt Lockwood. At the time of the incident, I was chatting with friends, only to see him charge towards me, mutter angry allegations and challenge me to a fight as the service was coming to a close. I'm embarrassed and disgusted that I was forced to be part of such immature behavior on such a sacred day and am truly shocked that these were the actions of someone that has been rewarded by this industry as one of the top new talents of porn.

In an effort to douse the flames and save the respect of the memorial service, I told Kurt that I would not play into his inappropriate behavior and did not accept his desire to throw blows. Further, in an effort to act in a mature, adult manner, I telephoned Kurt on the way home from the service to try to determine where these hostilities were coming from and to see if we could make it go away civilly. After listening to him brag about how many different ways he planned on killing me with his gun, I decided to terminate the conversation.

While I can't explain Mr. Lockwood's behavior, I would like to very clearly express my sincere apology to Jim Holliday, his friends, porn family and those who came out to honor him. I meant you no disrespect and I am very sorry for your loss. For our loss.

Crazy Horse Too

Jack writes: "Lots of stuff going down in Las Vegas. The FBI took down the manager to start a big RICO case. Lots of girls have worked there for Vinnie. Ask some of them."

Nicole Brazzle Arrested For Prostitution

JPEG here XPT thread here Adultfyi story

Surely the publicity Nicole received for selling blowjobs for $50 via Craigslist contributed to her arrest.

'Let's Go Home, Debbie'

Chaim Amalek thinks he's got me figured out:

The other day I rolled my corpulent, dreydel-less self to the Film Forum to catch a movie from the seventies that surprisingly reminded me a bit of you. It's about an aimless man who wanders the fleshpots of New York City as he searches for some meaning to his life - he finds it in the plight of a 12 year old girl working as a prostitute. Of course, I'm speaking of "Taxi Driver." Paul Schrader, the screenwriter, admitted basing it partly on the John Ford classic "The Searchers," itself a dark tale of a man who spends years searching for a girl kidnaped by Comanche indians. Travis Bickel of "Taxi Driver" may look scarier than the protagonist Ethan Edwards (played by John Wayne) in "The Searchers", but in fact "The Searchers" is a much darker film. Whereas DeNiro's Travis Bickel wants to save young Iris (played by Jody Foster) from her pimps, John Wayne's character intends to kill the young woman he is looking for once finds her. Both movies deal with the response of a lone white man to the forced degradation of a white girl at the hands of other races. (In the original drafts of the screenplay to "Taxi Driver," the pimp and criminals who have enslaved the young white prostitute are black. Schrader changed their race out of fear that if he kept them black, he would be branded a racist and run into trouble with Hollywood's elites, as the screenplay was otherwise fully charged with a white man's loathing of the black. Even so, we white men who watch this film decades later "get it.")

Luke, before you became a Jew you were reared a Christian, a religion that is based around the story of a badly misunderstood man who, like Ethan Edwards and Travis Bickle, wants to save those around him. And that's what you are searching for today, the chance to be someone's personal savior. This person might be a Jewish girl who suffers sexual abuse at the hands of some perverted rabbi who is coddled by the Jewish establishment. Or she might be a young white woman who perhaps has wandered into the fleshpots of porn through no fault of her own and who might yet be rescued and saved for decent society by you. You will search until you find her and when you do, you will settle down with her to a quiet life of Christian piety.

"Let's go home, Debbie."

Watching Regan Senter In Action

Las Vegas. AEE. Regan Senter hits on every attractive woman in sight, trying to sign them up for his modeling agency Beautiful Models.

Sunday morning. January 9. Serena walks up from Video Protection Services. She says she is not talent. She's married. She doesn't want to lose her husband. Regan keeps pushing: "It's legal in California."

Serena and I roll our eyes.

Regan asks Ron Sullivan for his card. "I gave it to you yesterday," says Ron. "If you are not going to use it, give it back."

I hear that Lisa Love, former assistant to AVN president Paul Fishbein, is now working for Red Light District.

I've Got The Flu

I'm watching movies all day. About four a day. I like my movies like my life -- filled with excitement and good looking people in beautiful locations. In the last 24-hours, I've enjoyed 24 Hour Party People, Collateral and Troy. I did not enjoy the acclaimed but depressing Israeli film Broken Wings because the people and locales were grubby.

I could not get through John Dos Passos's Three Soldiers and I'm struggling with Ambassadors by Henry James.

Lori Zaitz, Cybererotica Launch Consumer Magazine

Ron Levi has been talking about a Cybererotica newsstand magazine for years. Now his old company has launched Adult Website Tours magazine. As Lori Z has landed this promotion account, it means she is back in a big way after getting fired from XBiz.

Luke Talks To The Black Man

I still haven't transcribed all my notes from the conventions in Las Vegas earlier this month.

I spoke to a black guy at the AEE (Adult Entertainment Expo). Henry C. works for Evil Angel director Justin Slayer.

Henry C: "Luke is finally talking to black people. That's news. That's serious. That's huge. When you've got to pay attention to a black man and listen to him and talk to him... Luke is not known for paying attention to the black man. The industry never really paid attention to the black man. Now we're making money. That's what's happening with the black man. Me and the white man are cool. The white man is helping me get paid.

"Racism is not relevant anymore. If you do good product, you make money.

"You get out of this industry what you put into it. I'm not a victim. I impose my own will on my own destiny."

I run into Andee at the Bangbuster booth. She says she does not do porn. She was just hired to pose for photos and sign autographs.

Friday afternoon, January 7, around 3pm, I spot Juli Ashton walking into AEE with her red-headed Nightcalls cohost.

Paul Cambria speaks at the legal panel. He says he quit Larry Flynt when Larry was acting up [in the 1980s?]. He came back and replaced Larry's longtime attorney Alan Isaacman six years ago. Paul says Alan took credit for other people's work, including Paul's.

I hear complaints that AVN tradeshow coordinator Renee Johnson is a difficult person to work with.

An 18-year old porn girl named Kat (she wears braces) got arrested for gambling in a casino (you have to be 21yo).

Lauren Haze Visits Toronto Feb 14-19

Seeking new friends.

Martina Warren and Natalia Cruze on Stern Tonight

Lainie Speiser from Penthouse writes:

Pet of the Year Martina Warren and Pet of the Year Runner Up Natalia Cruze will be on Howard Stern's E! Entertainment show tonight at 11pm. Its definitely one of the best Pet appearances ever and Howard has been promo-ing it all morning.

The Blue Pages.com Launches Forum

Mike South, Tim Case, Adella O'Neal, Felicia Fox, Carmen Luvana, Terri Redor (Floating World), JimmyD and myself have signed on.

Rick Patrick Leaves Savanna For Austin Kincaid?

Jason Sechrest writes:

After last week's report of Tawny Roberts fuming over Savanna Samson stealing her man, Rick Patrick, I received a mysterious email from an address that, when I went to reply only a few minutes after it was sent, was no longer valid! Regardless, the email read: "Savanna Samson's boy Toy (Tawny Robert's ex), Rick, is leaving her for new starlet Austin Kincaid. Or at least so go the constant rumors. It's said Austin and Rick are attached non-stop!" Hmm. now the possibilities of who send this email could just send your mind reeling, couldn't it? Is it an obsessed fan? Is it Rick himself, out for a little extra publicity? Is it that crazy Tawny escaped from nana's change purse? Whoever it was had access to this lovely photo they passed along, which makes me think there must be some validity to my mysterious pen pal. . You be the judge!

Mike South writes: "I keep hearing this but I also know Austin has a hubby and a kid here in Atlanta so anyhow you cut it someone's getting f-----."

Former Whiz Kid Ryan Lanane Selling Paysites

Ryan (a highly regarded whiz kid a few years ago who's dropped off the radar lately) posts on Oprano.com:

Transvestiteteasers.com, Transhangout.com, Amateuralliance.com

All 3 have stellar designs done by Mike Wylde, and we know how much his tours cost alone... So these sites are worth something. Theyare only pushing about 80K/sec bandwidth bill is meager but I would expect you to continue to let my current member database ride out (they rarely, if ever login)...

You don't have to cater to them, answer customer support, or anything like that. In fact if they contact you or visit the site (some still do obviously if it is still generating 2K a month) than feel free to try to upsell them.

You will also get an e-mail list of a couple thousand past members of the sites if you wish to update them with newer content and mail a mailer out to let them know they can come back at $9.95 a month or something like that. The last time I did that it made me $1600 over 6 months - the only reason I haven't done it since is no updates were made so obviously the surfer won't have any interest. Anyways, much more reasonable of a price than you would be thinking - If you or anyone you know would be interested (yeah i'll toss ya a finders fee) LMK.

Ken Lawson, if you are reasing this Trans Teasers and Trans Hangout would fit in well with your other tranny sites - and they have been around since what 97 ? So they have some name recognition Anyone interested write back here I'll check every few hours.

If you add some of your content to the tranny sites do a remake and send out the mailer you make 2K by offering $9.95 a month memberships within 6 months alone... I don't have the money to spend on new content though, so ...... Ryan (ryan1978@insightbb.com)

Oh well you're only young once. I got the dumb, young, party boy crap out of my ststem with LOTS of great memories.

This is a incredible deal, college tuition is insane so I need the money to cover the difference between what I have and what i need. $2500 is the exact difference.

I turn 27 in June. I figure if I get my degree and the training and work for a couple years by the time I am 30 I will have that HUNGER to work my ass off and be self employed again 'quit working for the man.

I have about 10 more paysites that I'm not even trying to dish out of there... Figured these were the most reasonable ones.

SykkBoy writes: "TransvestiteTeasers did some amazing numbers back in the day... I remember the first check I got was a hand-written check."

Near the end of the thread, Ryan announces he's sold his sites.

Beasty Producer Kicked Out Of Brazil

ContentHire writes on GFY:

The European owner [J.A. Burger] of LivefromBrasil.com and Bestialitylive.com was arrested in November last year.

He owns 20 studios in Brasil feeding his sites and others with livefeeds, hardcore, transsexuals, bizarre and animalshows.

30 cops entered the house after a tip from an ex-employer who was fired. All equipment is confiscated and will be used in the trial.

I was always thinking that Brasil was a good country for the porn industry but it could be tricky as you see.

Jer writes: "A few weeks ago they arrested some guys in Rio because they had a studio with 10 cam girls and they didn't have a license for it."

Win a date with Loryn-Adult.com For Tsunami Relief

Missy writes on GFY about Adult.com salesgirl Loryn, a tall blonde former model:

Come on guys! I know you've all been dying to get in her pants! Well now's your chance (and you'll be donating to a good cause at the same time)! I decided to try my hand at pimping, so I'm auctioning off a dinner date* with the one and only Loryn!!! Dinner must be arranged by the winning bidder, and will be paid for by Lensman. So start your bidding!

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*Sexual favors may be negotiated at the time of the dinner.

Manly Vs Faggy

Evan Gahr writes:

I may have finally figured a good way to approach an essay reporting on manliness. Use the general headline "Manly or faggy?" Then explore when it's manly and when it's faggy.

Faggy means not literally riding down the hershy highway but just being a sissy, which many heterosexual men are, chief among them [National Review editor] Rich Lowry and his managing editor Jay Nordlinger. I remember one email Nordlinger said it's hard to reply to my emails because the tone is so "nasty." This from someone whose magazine practically called Clinton a war criminal? But he can't handle a few snide remarks about Chimpstein? What a fag.

Anyway, I would come up with differnt things. And see what category they fit into, some might depend on circumstances.

For example, it's always "faggy" to use a laundry basket cart to bring your groceries back from the store. However, telling another man that you love him may be manly in the right circumstances.

Stephen Ochs Interview

Stephen wrote for Larry Flynt Publication and Adult Video News. Now he's out of porn.

I interviewed him via email.

Why did you choose to write on porn?

I didn't really decide to write on porn, but porn writing is an easy paycheck, so I did it for a while. A few years ago, I needed work, so I took a job as an editorial assistant at Hustler. I wrote some stuff for them, started working as a very bad copy editor, and then moved over to AVN.

What did you love and hate about it?

I didn't really love or hate anything about it. Sometimes it was fun, sometimes it sucked, but overall I was pretty indifferent towards porn for most of my time working in it. Or maybe bemused is a better description. I tried to leave porn at the office at the end of the working day, but I liked a lot of the people involved. Writing about porn is better than digging ditches, and I almost always got paid on time.

After awhile, though, it started to get depressing. The maladjusted fans at the conventions, the 18 year-old-girls who were obviously in way over their heads, the petty back-stabbing, the egos, the dumbass fights and arguments, etc. It's all pretty stupid and sad and I didn't want to be part of it. But I wrote some features for Hustler that are pretty good. It was cool to see them in print, and I learned a lot from some of the editors there and at AVN, particularly Alan MacDonell and Gram Ponante. Sometimes at AVN I got to write funny or absurd first-person articles about porn shoots and the like. That was alright. And I liked writing reviews of novelties for AVN because no one cared if a dildo review was totally absurd. I rode a Segway for an hour at one of the Internext conventions, and that was probably the highlight of my career.

What surprised you?

How seriously some people in porn take themselves. I was blown away by the way a lot of directors in porn regarded themselves as artists or innovators or "defenders of the First Amendment" or something. People who work in porn long enough seem to forget that in the real world, no one cares about porn much as long as they can jerk off to it.

Why did you leave porn?

I didn't want to be a "lifer." I wouldn't mind writing the occasional freelance piece about adult now and again, but I don't see myself working in it fulltime again. I'd learned all I was likely to learn, and I wasn't getting rich. There isn't much reason to work in porn except the money, and it seems like the only people who make a lot of money are really committed to it. You basically have to devote your life to it, and I didn't want to do that. Working 40 hours a week to help make someone else rich is devoting your life to porn in a different, worse, way, so I bailed. I tried to leave AVN on good terms, and I think I did. But like I said, if anyone has any freelance work they want to toss my way, email me: stephenaaochs@yahoo.com.

How did your time in porn affect you?

I asked my girlfriend this question and she said, "By the end, you were very grumpy and bitter."

Did you date any porn stars?

Nope. I had a serious girlfriend the whole time. Porn girls aren't really my thing.

How did your time in porn affect your relationships with family, friends and the outside world?

My family wanted me to do something else. My friends thought it was kind of funny, I guess. People in the outside world were either dismissive of the whole industry or accepting of it. It's a good litmus test for whether I'm going to like someone or not. Uptight people reveal themselves pretty quickly when you tell them you work in porn, making instant value judgments about you because of your job, etc.

Did porn shrink or expand your world and your friendships?

I made some great friends in porn. Some fantastic people work in adult, but I mostly hung out with people who are either out of the business now or desperate to be out of the business. My world didn't "expand," except I now know more about the business side of porn than the average guy. Of course, knowing the difference between Metro and Red Light District isn't useful in too many situations.

Has your attitude towards how society should regulate porn changed from your experiences?

Nah. Guys like to jerk off and porn videos help them.

When Is AVN President Paul Fishbein Getting A Blog?

When Mark Cuban, owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and a figure in the news, wants to speak to fans, players or the community, he doesn't do it through the reporters who cover the Mavs. He puts the word out at his weblog. For the beat writers who cover the team this is a loss; Cuban hardly deals with them anymore. Here, however, the balance of power has shifted toward a figure in the news, once known as a source. A weblog helped shift it. (Blogs of a corporate executive, and an officeholder who have done the same.)

BodyMiracle.com Owner Robert Holliday Goes To Prison?

I heard a lot of complaints about him over the years.

I understand sentencing for Holliday will be delayed until April.

Marlon writes on TER:

I was never fond of him as an agency owner, but I always thought he was essentially a good man in over his head. And while I never agreed with his shameless price-gouging, he served this nation well and was loved by most Americans.

I'm the primary caregiver for my Uncle Hal, who ran a bait and switch escort agency and is serving five years in the funhouse for cheating customers out getting the hookers they saw in his ads. It's a shame watching someone you know and love turn into a crook, so it's probably for the best for Holliday and his stable that he's going under. It's never a good idea to try and f--- with good 'ol Uncle Sam.

From the USDOJ (United States Department of Justice):

ATLANTA BUSINESSMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX FRAUD CHARGES -Defendant Hid Business Income In Offshore Account- RENO - An Atlanta businessman who conspired with Nevada author Lawrence Turpen to defraud the IRS by transferring business income to offshore corporations, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, announced Eileen J. O'Connor, Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division, Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada, and Nancy Jardini, Chief of IRS Criminal Investigation.

ROBERT F. HOLLIDAY, of Atlanta, Georgia, waived Indictment and pleaded guilty to a single-count felony Criminal Information. He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, and is scheduled to be sentenced on January 18, 2005, at 1:30 p.m. before United States District Court Judge David W. Hagen ROBERT HOLLIDAY admitted in his plea agreement that he sought assistance from Reno resident and financial consultant Lawrence Turpen to illegally evade the assessment and collection of his income taxes. Turpen pleaded guilty in July to conspiring to defraud the IRS, and is scheduled to be sentenced in Reno on October 18, 2004.

HOLLIDAY and Turpen set up Business Directions, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and Landmark Planning, Ltd., an Isle of Man corporation, and disguised the defendant's interest in them through the use of nominee individuals and resident agent services. HOLLIDAY and Turpen also conducted sham transactions to move income to the untaxed offshore corporation and to reduce or eliminate the corporate tax liabilities of the Nevada corporation.

Defendant HOLLIDAY provided false information to his tax return preparer concerning Business Directions, Inc., and based in part upon this false information, false corporate income tax returns were prepared for the tax years 1996 through 2002, resulting in a total tax loss to the United States of more than $200,000.

Defendant HOLLIDAY also repatriated the untaxed money from his offshore corporation through bogus loans. "People who try to reduce or eliminate their tax liabilities by hiding their income and assets from the IRS are on a sure path to trouble," said Assistant Attorney General Eileen J. O'Connor. "They risk criminal prosecution by the Department of Justice and a lengthy stay in federal prison. And they will still owe the taxes, plus interest and penalties."

"The government will not tolerate abusive tax schemes that promote the use of offshore accounts to illegally escape taxes," stated Nancy Jardini, Chief, IRS Criminal Investigation. "Tax evasion is not a victimless crime. The honest, hardworking American taxpayer pays the price for these scams against the government."

The cases are being investigated by IRS Criminal Investigation, and prosecuted by U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division Trial Attorneys Caryn D. Mark and Edmund P. Power.

Porn Star Injuries

David Aaron Clark writes on ADT:

Mika Tan, for one, had to retire from anal a few months ago after experiencing several anal tears and fissures from too many scenes in too short a period that were too punishing. And I know of other actresses who have had to have operations. But I know nobody wants to hear about it ...

Ivor Biggun writes: "If a porn star decides to modify her rectum via a profusion of extreme penetration, how is that wrong?"

Judy McGuire Reviews The Adult Entertainment Expo

The first thing that hit us was the smell: a scent-sation akin to sweaty ass with a hint of cherry syrup. The second thing we noted was the enormous snaking line of mouth-breathing basketcases waiting to hand their inevitably sweaty bills to the ticketsellers. Uh-oh. We'd mistakenly chosen to attend on "Fan Day."

Now I've been to loads of conventions: comics, sci fi, marijuana, the aforementioned electronics event-you name it. One thing they all have in common is the fan element's single-minded obsessiveness. If anything, these particular dudes (and, shock-o-rama, the crowd was overwhelmingly male) were even more die-hard than even the most rabid comics aficionado, some armed with the kind of complicated video equipment a CNN crew might carry. Others looked as though they might pass out from the sheer excitement of breathing the same air as their favorite on-film f--- bunnies.

We watched as a lumpy William Hung lookalike straddled a motorcycle already occupied by a cute young lady in a scandalously short skirt. As he clutched awkwardly at the poor girl's plaid-clad ass and drooled for the camera, it became clear that, besides maybe his mom, this was the closest he'd ever gotten to a real live woman.

Reading this column, I suddenly realize I am tired of this mindless bashing of porn, porn conventions and porn fans. If this was indeed the closest the William Hung lookalike has been to a real live woman (an over-used and usually untrue cliche), then that is primarily sad, rather than something worthy of ridicule. Porn primarily caters to the less fortunate. People with fulfilling lives don't spend hours a day with porn and rarely obsess over porn stars and get their photos taken with porn stars. Porn primarily appeals to the lonely, to those who, through bad genes and bad choices, are disappointed with reality. For many men, the most exciting sexual interaction they have is a virtual one with a porn star. Because we rarely get what we want in life, we seek out entertainment about the kind of lives we wished we led.

For the man who is broke and ugly and lacking in social skills, where is he supposed to get sexual fulfillment? He is constantly bombarded by the mainstream media by images of beautiful women he will never possess. I don't believe that porn is the best solution to these urges, and I am not at all sure that porn does more to slake these urges or to increase and twist them, but whether porn is good or bad, it is overwhelmingly used by these sad men because they don't have better options.

(Full confession: I prefer those parts of the conventions where the fans are kept out. It's less crowded and less creepy. I tend towards Judy's views of those who line up to get autographs and pictures from porn stars. I've never sought out a porn star's autograph -- sometimes when I am chatting with one and she offers one, I do not say no because I want to be polite. I certainly haven't kept any. When I was a kid, I got a few autographs from pro athletes and sportscasters.)

Nobody forced J.R. Taylor or Judy McGuire to write on porn and porn conventions. They came to the shows because they knew they were more likely to get good material there than alternative offerings in early January. Good material equals excitement and drama. I doubt they were immune to the excitement that they wrote about.

Most people who write on commercial sex (unless they are members of the industry, such as the AVN, LFP crowds, etc) quickly adopt this weary, cynical mocking tone. I know I have too. It sometimes makes for good writing and it sometimes doesn't. In Judy's case, it doesn't because much of her article is just a series of cheapshots. In J.R.'s case, it does because his points are more specific and therefore more interesting.

J.R. Taylor Reviews The Internext Expo

Internext, however, caters to the lesser subculture of porn techies and the last of the dot-com bottomfeeders. This is further stressed while I'm standing in line to get set up at the Mandalay Bay convention hall. Some kind of massive incompetence has led to absurdly long lines at all the registration booths. I'm in the Exhibitors line, which you'd think would have some kind of priority. Instead, I'm stuck with the kind of people who really sum up the porn biz. You'll never meet more self-declared millionaires who can't afford to get decent dental work.

I skipped last year's convention, but it looks like you can continue to count on my rule of dwindling retards. From what I can see, this year's show continues the steady decline in size ever since I started attending Internext about five years ago. The most flagrant crooks are constantly being shaken out. Any business that's become trustworthy no longer has to bother investing in flashy exhibits.

One thing I enjoy about Internext and the people online (as opposed to the DVD version of porn) is that they tend to be smarter. They tend to be techie geeks. They're quicker to spot fraud and the best of them are less likely to commit it. I suspect that most of the technological innovation advanced by porn over the past decade has been by those on the Internet.

Leaving the Brothel Behind

Nicholas Kristof writes in NYT:

A year ago, a pimp handed me a quivering teenage girl. Her name was Srey Neth, and she was one of the hundreds of thousands of teenagers who are enslaved by the sex trafficking industry worldwide.

Then I did something dreadfully unjournalistic: I bought her.

I purchased Srey Neth for $150 and another teenager, Srey Mom, for $203, receiving receipts from the brothel owners. As readers may remember, I then freed the girls and took them back to their villages.

Khunrum writes: "Did you read the part where most didn't want to be "freed". I have never personally heard of anyone being held captive in a sex worker capacity although I believe it does occur..However repugnant selling ones body is, the other choice unfortunately is a life of harvesting rice in a steaming paddy..... "work farmer" as it were. Perhaps cutting sugar cane in the jungle all day . Sometimes the sex worker route pays high dividends. Like when the farmer's daughter snags a "farang" mate and gets out of the business. In a perfect world everyone would attend college and have great jobs. And the sex business would still be there."

Privilege On West 23rd Street In New York

It's a great Mafia bar. I hear it is a cool place to hang with mobsters (Craig Marino, John Boudanza) and porners such as Keith Gordon (Bizarre Video) and various porn girls. It's run by Buster.

Welcome to Privilege New York. Located at 565 West 23rd Street (on the corner of 11th Avenue), Privilege New York is Manhattan's premiere Strip Club. With its two stages and 200 of the City's hottest dancers, Privilege is the newest and hottest Strip Club in Manhattan. The club has beautiful dancers as well as top of the line features that all perform topless. These beautiful ladies are also available for sensual lap dances. Privilege is Manhattan's premiere strip club that caters to the wishes of the gentlemen that they serve. This premiere strip club has a very elegant decor, as well as seven large screen televisions so that you will ever miss a game. Privilege boasts a beautiful 60 foot bar that has been restored from the 1900s.

The bar is fully stocked with premium liquors, champagne, domestic and imported beers and wines. Privilege also carries a full line of fine cigars. The VIP room provides a comfortable and elegant atmosphere that truly makes you feel like the privileged one. These wonderful amenities makes Privilege New York a top location for bachelor parties. Bachelors even have the option of receiving a stage dance from one of our sensuous dancers. Not only is Privilege Manhattan's premiere strip club, but it also is one of the newest in the area. Privilege is the only topless strip club in Manhattan that is zoned. Privilege New York is Manhattan's premiere strip club filled with beautiful women and all of the relaxation that a gentleman could wish for.

Las Vegas Tidbits

* Robert Lombard tells me about a new show he's casted for HBO/Cinemax: "The Swinger's Club." Most of the 82 speaking parts are taken by porners. Chloe will be the lead. Seven years ago, she had a speaking part on a Showtime role until the head of production decreed he didn't want an anal queen as a star.

Lombard told the girls auditioning for HBO to go easy on the make-up. They wanted to pile it on as they do for shows like AEE.

Robert no longer casts many girls with the blown up lips, blown up tits look. He's tired of porn stars who don't show up on time, such as Devon a couple of years ago.

* Robert introduces me to Tamara Landy, 42. Robert says if his wife ever kicked him out, he'd want to take up with her.

Tamara proudly tells me that Hustler took a whole role of pictures of her while she had her clothes on.

She says she's getting a $1,000 to sign for a few hours.

B-movie queens tend to think of themselves as superior to porn stars.

* The porn star authors panel discussion was canceled. No jokes please.

* Monica Mayhem looks exhausted. She flew in last night and partied all night. She crashed with friends and they wouldn't let her sleep. She says she's been concentrating on her music in the past few months. She's tired of feature dancing.

* Maria Menendez (writer, assistant), 19, says her Barbie dolls were having orgies by the time she was seven years old. She's been into porn since she was ten.

She's not sure I should print that. Her boyfriend is mainstream and she doesn't want to say anything too outrageous.

I tell Maria that my favorite pop groups include the Bee Gees and Donna Summer. She says, "Yeah. That makes me want to snort cocaine and watch porn."

* Jasmine Byrne, 19. "I answered an ad in the paper about a year ago. I do about ten movies a month. I got injured [vaginal tears] a lot of times.

"I want to be a child psychologist."

Do you think [porn] will make that more difficult?

"Probably."

She dropped out for a year of highschool and worked. She plans to start college in four years.

* Kevin Moore has a whole new look. "Kevin 2.0," says Adam Grayson of Search Extreme. "Hollywood chic."

* Tianna Lynn says she's working full-time for Elegant Angel. Fans cluster around her for autographs and hugs (despite all the talk a few months ago about her being positive for Hepatitis-C).

David Aaron Clark Issues Warning:

I NEVER do this sort of thing, but this is an exceptional ocassion. I'm sure they're out of the country by now, but just discovered that Chinese amateur porn actress Jade Lieu and her British husband Steven Leeds, who I let stay at my home before and after the AVN Expo, and whom my company paid for to attend, stole an entire show's master tapes and half the accompanying releases from off my desk before leaving in the morning while I was asleep. Didn't discover the theft until today because the material was already computerized for editing, and copies of all releases had already been filed with my distributor, so no loss, but just wanted to warn you, since I know they turn to you for work when nobody else wants to hire Jade (Lau Gam Yu, she first called herself on your site). They also kept wardrobe my wardrobe person had lent them for the show, and ripped off several small producers Jade had contacted on her own. The psycho husband (suitcase pimp psychoticus) is the diminutive "mastermind," Jade just does what he says.

If by any chance they are still in SoCal and you have info on their whereabouts, please contact me at davidclark60 AT comcast.net.

Sending image of entire female cast of show so that any who might be offered the stolen camera master tapes for sale may recognize -- they have digital stills as well, many that I burned for them, another disc's worth not featuring Jade that was also stolen.

JADE LIEU, one of the two thieves, is on the far left. She is Northern Chinese, with extremely heavy Chinese-British accent, 32 years old, and I think around 5'3". Her husband, Steven Leeds, is an inch or two shorter, with dark hair and dark eyes, clean-shaven, average build, and complains about the U.S. and the porn industry all the time. When they shoot for you Jade will try to "forget" to sign the release, having been coached by her husband.

He's a former cattle breeder who, as I learned, decided to push his wife into porn "to spice up our boring marriage." They reside in Manchester, England, where he restores stain-glass windows but they visit the states, both in SoCal and Florida, Dade County area, fairly frequently. I am not the only one they have ripped off -- I'm just the one they did it to most spectacularly, showing a completely sociopathic response to the generosity and kindness shown them by Brian Surewood and myself.

Everyone who knows me knows that despite my public persona I am a very private person and would normally never take a matter like this so public, but this married pair of wannabes have a grudge seemingly against the entire industry because very few thought Jade worthy of shooting, and evidently have rationalized major and minor theft from anyone in the industry who they have tried to associate themselves with. Please forward this email and pic to any parties you deem appropriate!

JMT writes: "Ever daydream about all the broads pushing carts of shrimp dumplings around in a dim sum place suddenly taking their clothes off and posing for nudie pix? Neither have I, but I'm pretty sure that it would look a lot like this."

More Jew-Baiting from Bill Margold?

At the AEE in Las Vegas, Bill Margold (Protecting Adult Welfare) gave me a sentence for Ira Levine (Nina Hartley's husband): "Any man who hides behind his religion deserves to be crucified."

Then Bill continues: "Ira Levine is a horrible man. He is quintessential evil."

Ira Levine aka Ernest Greene writes Monday morning, January 16:

Little as I wish to make a continuing series out of the Margold v. Levine exchanges, this morning's post, once again, requires a response, to wit, Bill's comment in reply to may calling him out about his Jew-baiting: "Any man who hides behind his religion deserves to be crucified."

It is absolutely typical of the hardened bigot to blame the object of his religious and ethnic hatreds for the hater's actions. Margold quickly tries to steer the conversation away from what he said first to what I said in my reply. Unapologetic about his shameful attempt to link a Jew with the worst of Nazis, he instead accuses me of "hiding behind my religion."

No hiding on this end. When anybody utters such a vile slur, he puts himself in the way of the general loathing and disdain of all who oppose anti-semitism and other forms of prejudice. Bill chose to play the Jewish card in his nasty, personal vendetta against me and thus made himself an object of loathing (a status with which he is far from unfamiliar in any case) to every Jew and every enemy of anti-semitism everywhere. That was his choice. Now he's trying to run away from it by accusing me of hiding behind an issue he created. Typical. In the process, he just digs himself in deeper.

For example, his suggestion that I should be "crucified" for confronting him on this matter carries more than a little tinge of the bigotry conveyed by the original slur. Why the biblical punishment of crucifixion as opposed to, say, gassing? Again, is Margold indirectly invoking the ancient blood-libel against Jews as Christ-killers? Curious choice of words.

As to my being "a horrible man" and "quintessential evil," that is merely the opinion of one marginal, pathetic loser who hasn't held a real job or do one constructive thing in this industry in a decade or more. As I pointed out last time, no one cares what Margold says or does, myself included, until he crosses the line into religious hate-mongering.

It is to these pitiful lengths he must go to warrant even this much attention.

For some background on this feud, click here.

Travis says: "Is this the same IRA LEVINE who in countless bondage videos parades around in neo-Nazi fetish clothing -- long black SS coats, shiny boots, wielding a riding crop? Why is it okay to play Nazi officer to get off sexually but when someone makes a metaphor of his role in the adult industry to a similar figure in 20th century history does he suddenly become the very picture of a devout Semite? And anyway, isn't Margold Jewish, too? Somebody, please adjust Ira's medication so that his sense of proportion -- and sense of humor? -- is restored!"

Ira Levine replies:

I have never, EVER under any circusmstances, in video or elsewhere, worn a single item of Nazi regalia and never will. Anyone who can't tell the difference between a T-shirt and black highway patrol boots and an SS uniform ought to keep his comments on this subject to himself. The notion that wearing any costume would make me "a similar figure in history" to Goebbels reflects a level of ignorance any decent human being would be reluctant to display in public.

Sorry I don't consider any of this funny. Perhaps if Travis had ever encountered real anti-semitism, he might find this whole matter a bit less entertaining.

And no, I make no claims to being a devout Jew and am not a semite in the Hebraic sense, being Ashkenazi in origin. However, my state of observance or lack thereof does not entitle every anonymous pot-shot artist to crack wise about my ethnicity.

Not unexpectedly, Margold's slam has flipped over the rock so other Jew-haters can crawl out. As to Margold's own religious affiliations, I have no idea what they might be and my contempt for his views wouldn't change a bit if I did.

Travis replies:

Let's not be coy now, even if it avoids directly identifiable symbols, it trades on the "cruel germanic vibe" that hit its peak with the Fourth Reich (or maybe John Thompson videos), and which has since fueled more than a little S/M fantasy ... you don't have to actually wear a swastika to be trading on that jackboot and riding crop vibe ... But of course Ernest is no more an admirer of the Nazi party than the '70s punk rockers who used similar attire to shock, call attention to themselves and generally be "cool" ... to even suggest such is as ridiculous as suggesting All Porno Jews must rise up against that wicked source of all suffering and evil in porn today ... Bill Margold??? Call him a dick, a liar, or a loser as you choose, but leave the Chosen People out of it ... at least until Margold declares affiliation with the PLO or Klan ...

Ira Levine responds:

Much as I'd like to let this one slide at this point, as I think too much is now being made of a minor sidelight to the main event, I have to say, as I have so many times before, that those who conflate BDSM with fascism obviously know little of either. This perspective is essentialy back to front. Fascists made use of fetishistic iconography much as advertisers do today (see Albert Speer's autobiography on ths subject of the party uniforms he helped design for the Nuremberg rally), because it's sexy and it sells.

Unfortunately, the Nazi appropriation of this look has tainted it forever in the eyes of those who have no understanding of its origins and none whatsoever of contemporary history. I'm not being coy in the slightest when I vigorously reject all specious connections between BDSM fetishism and any political ideology. One is about the eternal appeal of a certain kind of sexual symbolism. They other is about the manipulation of subliminal sexual cues for the purpose of seducing mass audiences into the acceptance of evil and corrupt state power.

So this time, instead of slamming just me, the writer slams BDSM in general. To suggest that BDSM people deliberately adopt a Nazi "vibe" to "call attention to themselves" or "be cool" merely adds insult to injury by defaming yet another minority to which I happen to belong.

If Travis wishes to defend Magold's ethnic slanders, he does little to help by adding his own ignorance and prejudice to the mix.

And BTW, Travis, I think you meant Third Reich, unless you and Margold are planning a beer-hall putsch of which the rest of us are thus far unaware.

As a parting shot, the implication that I'm dragging anti-semitism into the Margold Affair out of petty, personal resentment once again, seemingly intentionally, minimizes the vileness of Margold's repeatedly and widely tagging a Jew - any Jew - as no better than the worst of Nazis. This remains entirely detestable, despite Travis' attempt to make light of it. Margold doesn't have to declare "affiliation with the PLO or Klan" for his "vibe" to come through.

Adultshop Sues Dean Shannon

From an Adultshop press release:

October 8, 2004

AdultShop.com Limited has today lodged a Statement of Claim in the Supreme Court of Western Australia, claiming damages arising from the purchase by AdultShop.com Limited (AdultShop) of 100% of the share capital of Today's Success Pty Ltd (Today's Success) from its Brisbane-based vendors, Dean Michael Shannon and Steve Edward Jones and the subsequent conduct of the vendors and associated entities.

Today's Success was acquired by Adultshop in June 2001 and comprises the group's online erotic entertainment operations. Credit card processing problems were experienced by Today's Success during 2002.

It is AdultShop's director's contention that those credit card processing problems adversely affected the business of Today's Success, resulting in a downward revision of AdultShop's financial projections for the 6 month period ending 31 December 2002. These revised projections were the subject of the Company's announcement lodged with Australian Stock Exchange on 5 September 2002.

The Statement of Claim details several causes of action against Messrs Shannon and Jones, and the entities associated with them, arising from alleged breaches of:

. the Trade Practices Act for misleading and deceptive conduct;

. fiduciary duties owed by Messrs Shannon and Jones to Today's Success Pty Ltd; and

. contractual and equitable obligations.

Further particulars of the damages alleged will be provided to the Court following interlocutory proceedings. If the Company is successful in its claims, the directors believe the quantum of damages could be substantial.

Randi Wright Taking Appointments In New York

She's only 19.

How Did Porners Celebrate Martin Luther King Day?

Ajpiiii writes on GFY: "I rubbed one out and had a few beers."

Com writes: "I smoked a blunt and poured out some malt liquor for mah nigga."

Entropy writes: "I slept the entire day...rock on Martin."

Scrapper writes: "I worked. I have an employee that's half black so she worked a half day and then I sent her home."

Porn Star Dayton Denies She's Been Called Before A New York Grand Jury On Organized Crime

I heard a rumor that Dayton has been called before a federal grand jury in NY on organized crime but Dayton called me Tuesday afternoon and said this is completely wrong.

Dayton says she hasn't shot any porn for a while. She keeps busy feature dancing and working out.

The Mob On Wall Street And In Porn

Business Week reports:

BUSINESS WEEK's chop-stocks investigation shows that the Mob is far more active on Wall Street than might appear from the public pronouncements of regulators and law enforcement officials.

The alleged Mob link is a Gesser associate--a 28-year-old native Long Islander named Michael Reiter. Reiter's very presence at Gesser's side gives him clout by dint of Reiter's link to the Gambino crime family, Street sources say. Reiter's father, Mark Reiter, is a friend of former Gambino boss John Gotti and is serving two life terms in a federal prison for narcotics trafficking.

Brauer's alleged ties to the Mob are being examined by investigators. According to sources familiar with the FBI's probe, federal agents have identified Brauer's New York office as being controlled by elements of the Colombo crime family--notably Joseph M. Baudanza, a broker there who is described by a law-enforcement source as an associate in the Colombo crime family. Law-enforcement officials say Joseph Baudanza is a son of a reputed Colombo family member and a cousin and close associate of 27-year-old John Baudanza, an alleged up-and-coming member of the Colombo family. John Baudanza is described by law-enforcement sources as working with his cousin and other kinfolk on the Street.

John is also the youngest Capo ever in the Luchese Family and a good friend to folks in porn.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

I. The Speranza Murder

Orena faction members met frequently at "Cafe on N", a social club owned by Joseph Scopo and operated by Gallagher, Craig Marino and John Baudanza (all Orena loyalists). In 1991, John Rosatti, also an Orena loyalist, came to Cafe on N to speak to Orena. Rosatti wanted Gregory Scarpa, Sr., a Persico faction member, killed because he had apparently abused one of Rosatti's employees. Subsequently, members of the Orena faction tried unsuccessfully to kill Scarpa, setting off an extended course of violence between the factions.

By late 1991, Orena loyalists had a standing order to kill anyone who was loyal to Persico.

From USDOJ press release:

In a later call with Datello, SALANARDI reported that he had been re-assigned to CERRELLA's crew: "They took me away from Dom [Luchese captain Dominick Truscello] . . . Vinny [MANCIONE] couldn't fight the argument. . . . They pulled Baudanza [Luchese soldier John Baudanza] away. Johnny Sideburns [is] acting for Danny [Luchese captain Domenico "Danny" Cutaia]. Everybody's under Johnny Sideburns." At the same time, SALANARDI told his father, defendant PETER SALANARDI: "He's [CERRELLA] taking Danny's place, acting ...'C' [CARIDI] was there, he's the one who told me, 'Johnny needs help, you can't depend on these guys' . . . We're on loan . . . John Baudanza is under him too."

Why Did Bizarre Split From Jill Kelly Productions?

I heard that Keith Gordon (owner of Bizarre) and company were not getting paid as agreed by JKP. I hear Keith took all the master copies of movies in the middle of the night.

David Joseph Giarusso Readies For Paris Hilton II?

David Joseph Giarusso of Red Light District is getting ready to release another self-made porn tape starring Paris Hilton. Supposedly Paris is very naughty in this one. Whereas the first one was Vivid-style, this one is more RLD. It's in full color.

I assume there is some legal wrangling. He wants to release it by summer.

I hear there are also other tapes in the works. Do Jessica Simpson and Christina Aguilera have tapes floating about? David Joseph says he's on the right track but won't say explicitly.

A reliable source says all of the above claims are nonsense. That David just wants to sound like he has the next big thing.

Dirty Danza Interview

I ran into Dirty Danza for the first time at the Internext a couple of weeks ago.

Dirty Danza calls me Monday evening, January 16, 2005. "I was looking for traffic sources," he says about the show. "That's like air and water when you run paysites. I made a couple of good connections. All you need are three or four good ones."

Luke: "Tell me about an average day in your life?"

Danza: "I wake up in the morning and go the computer and check my stats. Then I start returning calls from all my ads for girls. I go meet them. I let them know what I'm about and they let me know what they're about. If everything is good, we set up a shoot. I shoot about three times a week."

Luke: "How often have you done a shoot and the girl's freaked out?"

Danza: "I make them sign a release first. I sit the girls down for 30-minutes first and let them know everything that is going to happen. I have a storyboard drawn out for them with Polaroid pictures so they know exactly what to expect.

"This one girl, about four months ago, I was in the middle of a shoot, I was ------- her throat good and hard. She gets up and starts bawling, crying and runs out. She left my house naked.

"I'm not going to run and chase her. I just scratched the scene and destroyed the tape. I don't want to show that on my site, even though it would be good content."

Luke: "What do you love and hate about your job?"

Danza: "I love the freedom. The money's good. I hate dealing with the girls. You've got to weed through so many s----- ones to get a good one."

Luke: "What are your ambitions?"

Danza: "To get my webmaster program Danzabucks as big as I can.

"I first launched a paysite in the summer of 2000. Everyone thinks you can just pick up a camera and film a girl and you're going to be rich. They don't realize that there's a lot of work that goes in behind it because it is so competitive."

Luke: "Have you found converting traffic more difficult over the past few years?"

Danza: "No. When I started, there was only one other guy shooting the content I shoot -- Max Hardcore. I launched my site and conversions have always been good. Then you see other people push my program for a while, saw how good my conversions were, and started their own throat-gagging sites. I'm one of the originals.

"I retain my members for a long time. My members shoot me emails all the time. I fulfill all their requests."

Luke: "How does your wife react to your work?"

Danza: "She's not the fondest of it but she knows it's business and I'm going to be here at the end of the night. She doesn't have to work a day job. She's taken care of. I did it before I met her."

Luke: "Has any girl gotten injured on your shoot?"

Danza: "I had one girl say I messed up her throat bad. Other than that, I've busted a few lips here and there, throat------- them hard or given a black eye with a flop but nothing where she was injured and couldn't walk off the set. They know we're in a high risk industry and anything is possible."

Luke: "Have you ever had to use any of those weapons [guns]?"

Danza: "On a few boyfriends and husbands. I've had to pull them. One guy I had to pistol whip who came into my house. He was at my door. I'm telling him to leave. He starts to barge in. I'd hate to ever have to shoot somebody. That's a last resort."

Luke: "What do boyfriends and husbands say to you?"

Danza: "Stuff like, I thought she was just coming over here for a photo shoot. She comes and smells like piss. I'm like, it's your wife or girlfriend who said it was a photoshoot. She knew exactly what was going on."

Luke: "If you weren't in this industry, what would you be doing for a living?"

Danza: "Now that I'm back in physical shape, I'd be doing electrical. I've recovered from my first motorcycle accident."

Luke: "How do your friends and family react to your work in this industry?"

Danza: "My mom's my number one fan. She had me at 15 years old. They look at it -- my son's running his own company. They don't necessarily look at it as -- my son does porn."

Luke: "How often do you run into girls that you've shot?"

Danza: "I see them all the time -- at the video store, department store. I'll see them with their boyfriends. They'll look at me. I'll look at them. We don't say anything to each other. It's been awkward if they are with their mother or father.

"I consider that people like me are saviors. She needs the money. If she's not working with someone safe, clean and professional like me, she's going to be at a hotel room hooking. It could be the last hotel room she ever walks in. They could cut her throat.

"I look at it as though we're helping the girls out."

Luke: "Have the cops ever given you a hard time?"

Danza: "No. I've lived in Vegas my whole life. My family has been here for 60-years. You've heard the rumors about Vegas and who it's run by. We pretty much know everybody here. I don't worry about the cops. They're just family friends."

Luke: "Is it hard finding new girls?"

Danza: "This is Vegas. So many girls come here thinking they're going to strip. They don't realize that you have to have two Sheriff's cards and all that stuff. They call the ads non-stop. There are always new girls leaving their small town and moving to Las Vegas.

"The girls always have sob stories. I come from a broken home and all that kind of stuff. You try to bypass all that and say, this is business and business only."

Luke: "Do you ever find yourself wanting to rescue some of these chicks?"

Danza: "Sometimes. They come over and you treat them real nice accept when you are on camera. You pay them well. They'll call you up -- I pawned this and this. I don't have rent money. I consider it rescuing them. If you don't do that, they're going to be downtown hooking on a street corner."

Luke: "How often are these girls under the influence of drugs and alcohol?"

Danza: "When they're on my set, they're not under the influence. I don't want a girl who's sloppy drunk. Off the set, they're probably all under the influence all the time. That's where all their money goes. I can't tell you how many times I've shot a girl and the next day she calls me up broke."

Luke: "Have you seen any of them make something of their lives? Get a college degree and work a real job?"

Danza: "No...

"My wife tells me I should be on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, or Jeopardy, because I can sit there and answer every question... I don't know if these girls can do that, but if you ask them what's a good neighborhood, they're going to know."

Luke: "How do you think your work has affected you?"

Danza: "It makes you more numb to all different aspects of life out there. Everyone grows up within a small shelter of people. It makes you see what's really out there and what people really do just to get by."

Luke: "Are these girls more actors or whores?"

Danza: "Whores. Definitely. Ninety percent of them do escorting. They're used to dealing with guys who've never had any pussy. They blow on them and he comes."

Luke: "Any of them try to rob you?"

Danza: "I've had girls try to take the shampoo from the bathroom. When they come over, I call it hooker-proofing the house. I put everything in one room and lock it up. That way they can have free reign. Never leave them alone."

Danza says his members love the raunchy stuff (vomiting and more). "I know I have a really perverted member page, which is fine. I'll meet members. I met a member in Hawaii last year and he took me around the island of Oahu. I like to get one-on-one with all my members. If you email me, I'll respond to it."

Luke: "Wouldn't it be funny if you ran into some scary members of your website?"

Danza: "I can just imagine. I always joke with people that I make money from jack-offs.

"I'll always take a picture and sign an autograph."

Luke: "What's the most money you've paid a girl?"

Danza: "Three grand for an oral and anal scene. If they give me what I want, I'll give them what they want."

Luke: "What do your members want? White vs black girls?"

Danza: "It's tough to find black girls who are willing to do the type of content that I shoot.

"Black girls just don't sell as well as white girls do as far as putting them on the cover of sites."

Luke: "Does your job affect your personal sex life?"

Danza: "Not really. Sometimes it affects her mental attitude. She won't want to touch me the day that I do a shoot, which is understandable."

Luke: "Did you take your wife's scene off your website when you got married?"

Danza: "No. It is still up there. Heather. Tattooed. Brown hair with blonde streaks. I shot her three times in May of 2003. We married in March 2004."

Luke: "So people can watch you have sex with your [future] wife."

Danza: "Yes. They can watch me choke her out."

Luke: "It's a wonderful world."

Article On Jessica Dee's Firing From Platinum X Pictures

Secluded Observer writes on ADT:

...This article is only the latest in a series of one-sided reports in quality German newspapers (peaking during last year's HIV-crisis and the Sibel Kerkili-story). They all have the same tone. They characterize the business as mean and exploiting. For me it seems that these journalists have this opinion way before they start writing these articles... But what I seriously can't understand is why there's no response from the German industry * to this even though it affects them in so many ways (not only sales but new performers, laws,...)! The fact that they don't do probably says a lot about them!

PXP director Steve Holmes writes:

The journalist who wrote this article came to the porn valley without any prior contact to the industry. He stayed here few days and met few people. He told me that everything is so different that he expected. I think Jewel did great in giving Jessica Dee this chance. Manuel Ferrara and I got the same chance two years ago.

The first thing Larry [PXP CEO and Jewel DeNyle's father] does every morning, is going to the toilette to get water for the coffee machine.

StemCell writes: "It seems the coffee at PXP is an awesome brew."

Jewel DeNyle writes:

I'm very pissed off about this article that could be further from the truth about any of us at PXP. Jessica did movies for David Joseph he owned them and no longer wanted her to shoot for him instead he decided to have one of his RLD do it for him. I am having Jessica now shoot for me as I said before no one is shooting for me at this time not even myself as I have about 15 movies on the shelf that I need to put out and re-coop funds for before I go on another shooting spree. I have Kylie, Jessica, Mason and myself that make movies that I own. We offered to get Jessica a job elsewhere to do something during her time off to make some extra money to help pay for whatever she needed and I told her if she got too low on money to call me and I'd make and exception and have her shoot something so she wouldn't be broke. I still own my part of PXP and David is my partner so stop assuming you know what's going on from some journalist that loves to twist things to make our business look like s--t. I'm very displeased you would even think I'd be so thoughtless.

The harder I get tore down the more determined I get to be the best this industry has to offer. This is why I don't do many interviews since I started PXP the press likes to knock you down when all I'm trying to do is bring this industry up a notch.

I'm in a small percentage of women in this business who has stepped into a male role so everyday is a fight and I refuse to go away.

Philipp writes:

This is the reporter who wrote the story. I came into this forum because some misinterpretations regarding my article are starting to concern me.

It strucks me as very strange how many of you express allegations and strong opinions about the story although only very few have actually be able to read it. I don't think you can base your judgement about the story -- or even worse: about the behaviour of characters in the story -- on a very casually translated summary. I'm not going to justify the story's accuracy and it is not important whether people like my reporting or not. But what really is important that you understand what is really said about the characters in the story. Especially regarding Larry at PXP, there have been serious misinterpretations:

Larry (BTW, nor anyone else in the story) is NOT portrayed a cold, heartless, f---ed-up executive who just fires Jessica. He's rather the guy who, whether he likes it or not, is thrown into the situation to be the one to tell Jessica that she has a stop filming. He doesn't like it but he has to.

Let's look at the details in the text: Larry is introduced as the one who told Jessica. Then the text says: "When he said, that he looked down on his boots", indicating that Larry doesn't feel comfortable at all to tell Jessica because he feels sorry for her. Jessica starts crying and Larry can't stand it -- not because he's this heartless asshole but of course because it makes him sad as well. Because he cares. That's why he murmurs (not complains!) "Always this crying." It's just a little different from what was translated before but it makes a whole lotta difference.

Same goes to what Larry says about HIV. He says the adult industry is a tolerant business. Everybody can try his/her luck here. Then he says he's met in the business manager, academics, immigrants even former criminals and ex-models.

Then he says: Only one sort of people is hard to bear for the adult business. People with HIV. This is not Larry's cold opinion, it doesn't indicate that he doesn't like this people. It is a matter of fact statement that at least five other sources confirmed to me. If you contracted the virus, it's getting difficult for you in the business.

A bit later in the story, Larry says how surprised everbody was when Jessica finished her first film, Throat Yoghurt. This quote is a first hint on what Larry later on will state as the reason for PXP or RLD to stop Jessica. The reporter asks: Why couldn't she continue? Larrys says because she's filmed four movies right after it. She was too fast. The films would have to be stored and the talent would get old. I don't know whether this is the true reason but this what Larry said and I can tell that he gave this information to the best of his knowledge.

Further on, we learn about Larry's background, a paragraph that portrays him as a family man who pinned photographs of his children on the wall and, of course, has his issues with his daughter having worked as talent. He used to be Sheriff and also a state representative. He doesn't watch the movies that have Jewel in it and that's why he better not go to the bathroom since there (at least when I visited it) lies a copy of Adam Film Work XXX that has a several-page-spread with Jewel.

The paragraph ends with the quote by Larry saying that as talent Jessica was good, uncomplicated and not picky but one could tell from how Larry said it that he would have preferred to talk about agricultural reform in the State of Colorado.

Everyone who Larry knows that is true. I went thru all this in such great detail because Larry is one of the finest men I met during my reporting. He cared a lot about Jessica and showed great compassion. Everybody who reads whatever else from my story (or its rough interpretation) is wrong.

Apart from that, I am convinced that the story is accurate in its facts (sorry, Steve, that I got your kids' age wrong, somehow it was in my notebook) and even more important, FAIR towards everyone.

I invite everyone who feels otherwise to send me an email. I have very much enjoyed reporting the story and meeting each single person in the valley, especially Jessica, Larry and Steve Holmes, all of whom I owe a lot.

AEE Opening Panel

Thursday, January 6. At the end of the panel, Variety reporter Dana Harris (tall, slim, porn-friendly) rose to ask the first questions. She said the smut peddlers: Isn't it ironic that China just had its first sex fair while certain American states ban sex toys? The peddlers agreed it was ironic.

Al Bloom says China's main slant, pardon the pun, is population control. Porn is great for that. Many men would rather wank to fantasies than settle for a real live woman with an imperfect body.

Joy King says her company Wicked has found pirated DVDs of their movies released in Australia before the legal versions are released in America.

Dana asks her third question. It's for Joy about piracy. Joy says porn retailers often sell pirated movies while that is rare for mainstream stores such as Blockbuster.

John Stagliano says High-Definition is not the best format for porn. It's too clear and reveals too many flaws.

Dan Beck rises (he produced The World's Biggest Anal Gangbang where Brooke Ashley caught HIV). He says he owns a pay-per-view company. "I'm buying broadcast rights and I have my checkbook if anyone is selling rights."

Julia Ann At Wicked

While taking photos of Julia Ann at the Wicked Pictures booth in Las Vegas, she points out that I'm putting my fingers over the flash. She says she watches that all day and it frustrates her.

She tells me to stop gossiping.

I hear that her husband Michael Raven has been severely sick for the past month and this prevented him from coming to Las Vegas.