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What Kind Of Lover Is Luke?
I get a lot of email inquiring what I am like as a boyfriend.
I tend to be a gentle boyfriend, with occasional drives to be provocative. I have a strong sarcastic and misanthropic streak. I am far moodier than I wish and far more sensitive to slights from those I love.
Some girlfriends handle this better than others. The best approach with me is to say, in effect, stop being a boob. With such reproof, I snap back into my normal gentle self.
I principally let my aggression out through my writing...
At my age, I am not as physically dynamic as I once was. In fact, I prefer to lie back and let the woman do the work. As long as I have access to the important things in life -- fellow writers, a religious community, books, a computer and an attractive woman -- I'm as happy as a black man in an Inglewood courtroom (a reference to my one discouraging turn at jury duty).
No cunning linguist, I prefer to preserve my dignity in certain private matters (as a recompense for the way I destroy my dignity in my writing).
I have a knack for meeting great people. It is just that once they get to know me (more than five minutes of conversation) that the wheels start to fall off of our relationship. I'm better in theory (that Aussie with the great car and job, he always dresse so well and acts mature beyond his years, financially stable, a sure provider) than reality.
Did Leisure Time Flip AVN The Bird?
Longtime AVN employee gone independent, Gene Ross, writes: "Leisuretime had the cojones to tell AVN to go shove it. And AVN, arrogant, greedy, stupid pricks that they are printed an ad in their March issue - page 189 - in which Leisuretime tells them to go stick it."
An AVN source counters: "No. We saw the ad. They were trying to do something with impact...to make people talk. It worked. We're on great terms with them."
RayVeness Mixes Porn and Prayers
RayVeness is vocal about the porn industry, defending some areas of it and deriding others. On the plus side, she says she loves sex. But she is unhappy with industry trends to try to "outgross" other films, and fetish flicks that try to shock.
And the twice-divorced actress still goes to church, as any good Southern-born Quaker should. "Every second Sunday and I pray to God every day. My sins are between myself and my God and what I do is my business," she said. "I've got a sticker on the bumper of my car that says, `Christians aren't perfect, but they're forgiven by a God who is'."
Intelligent, educated and possessed of a genuine Southern charm, she is also outspoken about what she would like to see happen in her industry. "I'd like to see educational funds set up for some of the young girls coming into the business these days. They're just kids and they are doing real hardcore stuff. I say to people, if your children are in the industry, you haven't been a very good parent."
Green is the Color of Envy
Mike Ramone of AVN writes: "Without getting caught up in the minutia of their various posts on other sites, I can't help but think that the shots these other directors are taking at Jules Jordan stem from their envy of his success. If he hadn't won all those awards or received all those Editor's Choices or sold all those pieces, I seriously doubt we'd be having this discussion."
An AVN Award--and some of my movies have either been nominated for or won a few of the (supposedly) more important awards--have never done a thing for me personally.
And neither has a good or even great review. On the plus side, a f---ed-up review has never really hurt me either. So I guess that's a wash.
The level of self-importance that is not-so-subtely displayed by a few AVN bloggers is mind-blogging... I mean mind-boggling.
Jules Jordan's success is the result of Jules Jordan's work and the team that is in place at Evil Angel... Not AVN and its reviews and awards.
What Do You Know About Kelly Erickson?
I was talking to a Jewish friend on the phone. He wanted to know the scoop on Kelly. I said I didn't know.
Friend: "I'm trying to find somebody who knows her. I love her."
Why?
"I think she's stunning. I saw her at Porn Star Karaoke."
She's blonde and built.
"I like that white Aryan type. Hitler youth."
You would, wouldn't you? Self-hating Jew.
What's Up With Chris Mallick?
The former CEO of Epoch is staying deep under cover. I'm sure he will emerge soon with something that grabs the industry's attention.
Sunrise Adams Missing In Action
I hear her boyfriend doesn't want her doing porn anymore.
Who Is Kara Nox?
I get a call Thursday afternoon from Rob Spallone at Legend.
"Who is Kara Nox?" he asks.
"I don't know," I said.
"Well, you wrote about me and her on your site."
"That must've been a long time ago."
"Kara Nox has Rob wrapped around her little finger," he reads. "They spent last weekend together at Rob's vacation home in Palm Springs."
"That was just a joke," I said.
"Rob who? Me Rob?"
"I think so," I said.
"You wrote it."
"That's a long time ago."
"Yeah, but somebody is looking s--- up on me... 'Rob played golf and laid by the pool and went shopping.'
"This is what you do to me?"
"It's so long ago. [August 27, 2004]"
"Why didn't you tell me about making up this story?"
"I don't remember."
"You're a real prick. Goodbye."
Rob hangs up on me.
From August 27, 2004
Rob Spallone obliterates his wife's name (Helena) with this new tattoo
For the last few years, I've noticed that Rob Spallone has suffered severely from psoriasis (caused by stress). Now that he's getting divorced, his skin problems are gone. He looks better. He's off all medication. Rob's arm hurts from his new tattoo. It's a tad inflamed.
Rob and his new girlfriend Kara Nox
Porn star Kara Nox has brought a sweetness and joy to Rob's life that's developed a whole new side in him. They've been dating for a couple of months now. They'd get married except she's already married to John, an occasional porn performer.
In three years in porn, Kara has done 12 movies. She's pacing herself. But Rob is bringing out her inner porn star. He wants her to become all the ho she can be.
Rob and Kara met on the set of Toilet Bowl Bitches #5. It was love at first sight.
It was her smile that smote him, and her tits. When she strapped it on, he was in seventh heaven. He'd never taken it before. Under her experienced hand, he learned to submit.
It turns out that Kara is Rob's niece. Her father is John Gotti. Her uncle is Reuben Sturman.
You'd be smiling too if you feel asleep every night cradling Rob Spallone in your arms.
The face that launched a thousand ships (and Rob Spallone's Orange County yacht).
Kara gazes into Rob's eyes and tells him all the wonderful things she sees.
Kara Nox Kara Nox Kara Nox Ron Sullivan, Kara Nox
"Are you a space alien?" asks Rob. "Because your ass is out of the world."
Rob Spallone's brother Bishop Kara Nox makes goo goo eyes at Rob Spallone.
IRS Comes Knocking On Escorts
I hear various escorts have been interviewed by the IRS about their earnings. Playboy is cooperating with the IRS.
Just asking.
Jules Jordan Vs. Robby D
I guess you have to have an understanding of the relationship between myself and robby d over the years that you guys arent privy to, this guy caused me to sleep on my apartment floor for an extra month when I came to porn valley,( but I am happy for that now actually). He has proven to be a shill and mediator for a company that I despise greatly for their ruthless business tactics, I'm sure he will be a victim eventually.
His compliments are patronizing words. He "hated" my work years ago,so he told his bosses at the time, but is now obviously (Teen America) influenced, i'm not the only one that has noticed this, numerous emails and reviews also point this out.
DAC, I never claimed to invent the wheel, I just refined and sharpened it ;) the way it seemed best in my perverted mind. Trust me there is a difference between an "influence" and a "rip-off" I give props to features that mix hardcore elements into their productions ie Fashionistas, Club Jenna , who wouldnt want to see Jenna fist Bella? Jenna may get slag from some strokers, but I know one of the greatest things i've ever seen in porn is Jenna giving a blow job. I may seem outspoken at times but its only to defend what i've created, hopefully that fire will never die.....
Tricia Devereaux writes:
In my experience, I could get 100 glowing compliements in a row, and it's that next scathingly negative comment that is the one that sticks with you. I was really sensitive (still am), and there was nothing I could do at the time to change how much it bothered me that there were people who could be so mean.
Manuel Ferrara writes: "well, too bad some people are not good enough to shoot mainstream. so they shoot porn feature, and having "gonzo director" make them feel better because they don't feel at the bottom. my next movie i will put a blue and a red light in the back and shoot boring sex, then i'll call myself a feature director."
David Aaron Clark writes:
I'm pretty sure I lauded John Stagliano's revolution -- in actual print -- before anybody here, but if there were absolutely no use for more traditional storyline hardcore erotica, it wouldn't be produced anymore. SOMEBODY obviously likes & consumes it, if not the majority of raincoaters here. Yes. the vast majority of what's being produced in that arena is laughable, as is the vast majority of gonzo. More useless gonzo gets venerated than useless features because the form doesn't require as much effort or imagination from the director ("auteur:") to fulfill the definition of the genre.
There are mediocrities & coasters on both sides of the fence. Someone who shoots six or seven separate, unrelated scenes in a day of shooting is likely not creating something special, whether it's gonzo or feature.
Everybody goes blah blah blah about the lack of innovation & new ideas in porn but then when you ask what they've been watching/renting they name the same 2 or 3 directors/brands & claim their time/budget doesn't allow them to "experiment." Which is fine & understandable, but then shut up your whining about wanting to taste something different & eat the hamburger & fries you bought again.
Directors are even easier to poke into amusing connipitions than performers because not only are our egos huge but we tend to be able to express it more colorfully than those whose careers are based on gymnastics and penis length/anal capacity.
As for Jules, buddy, you give new meaning to the term "poor winner." You have achieved everything you set out to do, to great popular & financial success. Countless awards, huge sales, great financial returns, your place in the history of porn assured ten times over ... Why so thin-skinned? You didn't invent gonzo. You didn't invent the styles sold in the shops on Hollywood Boulevard where actresses & directors alike have been buying slutwear to feature in videos for decades. You didn't invent bathroom gloryholes, & you didn't invent the heat between certain performers (you know what I mean here).
You came up with your own takes on all of the above & more, & did it with an energy & craft & intelligence that has met with unprecedented critical & fan success. So why must you trip, wigga? Nobody is going to topple you from your throne. Nobody is even trying, man.
You should be flattered that you're the 2,000-pound gorilla that it seems comes up in everybody else's interviews. I'm sure Robby D wouldn't mind being that gorilla; hell, I wouldn't mind being that gorilla-- as long as it didn't involve spending any time confecting "spermsicles" that I'd rather spend, oh, smelling the roses, enjoying a sunset, watching a foreign movie, etc ... which is one reason why I don't get to be you. But I'm okay with that. You are the man. Be the man. Show some graciousness & class, thereby continuing to set an example for the rest of us.
Skeeter Kerkove: Max Hardcore Is An Artist
I have watched the scene! She was way down with the program! She did a really good job. Now the pissing [I mean squirting pictures] she looks very relaxed, calm, she is happily eyeing the camera. There is no regret or uncomfortableness in her eyes!
Now, later on, she became a contract girl! Sher started hanging around some pansys, they told her how bad it was, working with that big bully Max Hardcore and all of his original work. After a while, she started telling fibs! The rescuer's were lame enough to believe it. After the scene, she was in no hurry to leave. She smoked cigarettes, had a cocktail and relaxed! The interview before the sex scene and BTS lets you know, she knows what is going to happen, shes ready for her pay!
Stephanie Swift, did some really great scenes for Max, hell she would call him, they got along good. She drank plenty of .... There have been lots of love stories at Max's house. On and off camera. Max is very original and copies nobody! Max gets copied alot.
How many people on this board know Max personally, away from this lame ass porn folklore? I know Max well, I like Max. He has been a nice friend to me. He even bought me a beautiful, top of the line stainless steel coffee pot. I am damn proud of my coffee pot!
Max does his art, he creates what he wants, he has a huge fan base. That is why Max is so rich and has such a cool house. I am giving Max a gold star for his success, living life completely his way on his terms. Max is a white boy, American, he has alot of fun. Max lives in America, he enjoys creating "His Porn". Max shoots for himself, there just happen to be thousands of fans who pay for his product.
Has anybody seen Stephanie Swifts gangbang from Elegant Angel. Now that is a truly brutal movie. There's piss everywhere, dragging stephanie around by her haair, tossing salad with Ron Jeremy and 13 other guys. Earlier this evening, I put another Gold Star by Max's name.
Go to ALEXA.com check out the rankings on MaxHardcorePorn.com. He is getting more traffic on that site then Jenna and Bridgette combined. Or check out ranking.com
However, the king of kings is my very dear friend Kahn Tusion. He is a true pornographer. He told Greg owner of Diabolic, before I became a porn director, that I was a true pervert and I would make a good porn director. Kahn Tusion and Mike Sullivan, thank you for believing in me. Now, check out the Alexa rankings of meatholes .com! That is fame, success, proof of the masses, digging meatholes.com Meatholes gets more traffic then Jenna Jameson, Bridgette Kerkove and AVN put together. More then Hustler.
Yes a few people on this board, do not like Max or Meatholes, but the majority buyers on the internet do! The future is here and now, the Internet baby! Meatcash is going all of the way! In 7 years DVD will be completely dead, except for fun collectors like myself. People who like to covet an actual object. This is an incredable business, there are so many differant styles, to cater to everyone needs.
Look at me, ugly, tattooed, smart as a box of rocks, hell I cannot even walk and chew bubble gum at the same time, Yet I've directed for Private, Metro, Vivid, Rosebud, Pleasure productions doing vignette features, Sin City {Mayhem}, Smash Pictures, No Boundries, Multi Media, Seymore Butts secretly owned my own product under a differant name and all within less then 3 years. I have never shot a single sex scene that was not anal, proving I will do my share, to prevent any unwanted pregnancies, which can be a huge tax burden for the rich folk.
I just do not understand, how all directors are not getting rich. This is way better then the pool and spa business. So you wanna be a pornographer? It is so easy, it is a joke. Dropout losers like myself, with no education, can make it big in porn, well by golly ,you can too! Hell, at 15, I was homeless living in the back of a 59 Chevy Apache fleetside truck with rear wrap around window. I use to go in big trash cans and collect aluminum cans and bottles for money. That is what I bought my first skate board with. I use to work at California Fish Aquariums on Reseca Blvd, near Sherman Way when I was a little boy. That job was alot harder and carry more responsibility, then my porn movies I have produced. The store closed down a couple of years ago, I earned one dollar and twenty five cents per hour "Cash".
Reeling in the years..stowing away the time.
M Van Houten writes:
You happen to forget to mention that Alexa quit porn for a while, before she became a contract star. But that would ruin your fairy tale, wouldn't it?
Of course in your world, Briana Banks never temporary retired after her scene with Max, where he turned her into a crying shaking mess.
Who Is A Real Director?
Real Director James DiGiorgio writes:
The job of "director" and the job of "porn director" are two different animals. Why? Easy Money.
In porn, there's rarely enough money to hire people to do the jobs that producers, casting directors, writers, location managers, directors of photography, and a host of others perform. You see, in porn the director is often all of the above.
So Jules: Chill out, man. You're a director, albeit a PORN DIRECTOR. And RobbyD--ditto for you, bro. Just be happy the checks you guys get are good.
Can't we all just get along and not worry about this trivial, egotistical s---? It makes us all look like bigger retards and wannabees than most of the world already thinks we are.
Adult Check Scam
They decided to run offshore with thousands of people's recurrings and not pay them. They didn't cancel them or stop billing people...they kept billing them and not paying webmasters.
This wasn't a program that just closed up shop. They got a handful of people to f--- over other webmasters, and offered others a bone (eg send X amount of sales to our non converting creatives and we'll pay you your recurrings - hllarious) You should take a look at the avs side of things sometimes.
Didn't ibill just say we'll pay you your recurrings if you send x amount of sales? Sounds f---in' familiar...wonder where they learned that from?
Bill PMB writes: "I recall vividly watching Paul Bakir (who owned it) betting 10 grand a hand at black jack in Vegas like it was s--- for brains sipping Cristal outta the panties of a crack whore."
Tyler Faith Leaves Jill Kelly Productions
Jill Kelly Productions contract performer Tyler Faith announced tonight on KSEX Radio that she has been released from her contract, amicably, by mutual consent.
"I love 'em, Jill's stil my best friend, but I hit a plateau," Tyler told me. "Jill has never done this for anybody before." She plans to continue to shoot scenes, although "I never shot for anybody else. I never worked for anybody else."
I call Jef, publicist for Kiss Ass Pictures, Wednesday night.
Luke: "Could you finish off telling me that story you began in Las Vegas about interviewing one of the lead singers of Air Supply?"
Jef: "Graham Russell. He was fully sleaved. He had a whole body suit on. It was him and his girlfriend. It was in 1994. It was for [the magazine] International Tattoo Art. He was really nice. He put my mom on the guest list for the show. They were playing up in New Hamsphire. He took care of my mom. She had a great time.
"Other than that, we just talked tattoos. A lot of tattoo interviews are just -- who did your stuff? How long did you have it? It was one of the boring standard tattoo interviews.
"It was just crazy that it was Air Supply. You would never expect that Air Supply would have more tats than Motley Crue."
Luke: "Why did he get all those tattoos?"
Jef: "He was just a big fan of the art after he got his first one. I wish I had the issue...
"We made a big joke about how if you were in a car and Air Supply comes on, you have no choice but to sing with it because you know the words anyway. So you look around in case anybody's watching because you don't want anyone to catch you. It's a guilty pleasure.
"We played a lot on that."
Luke: "So he was a good sport?"
Jef: "Yeah, they were really good about it.
"Somebody had said to me, you should check out Air Supply. They have more tats than anybody. We're like, you're lying. They do not.
"It turns out that they did.
"I did an interview too with Dennis Rodman for the same mag. The same kid who told me about [Dennis] told me about Air Supply. It turns out that they have the best ink out there.
"I remember [Graham Russell] being very gracious. He totally took care of my mom. I think he sang a song to her. His wife was covered as well.
"I don't have the Air Supply issue here. It's crazy. I wish it was on the internet."
Luke: "What were the implications to your life of that [March 12, 2004] LA Weekly cover story?"
Jef: "About 80% of the people I've met since then have seen the article. I thought it would hurt my dating, but it didn't. It didn't help it."
He's contracted gonorrhea (six times), crabs (four times), syphilis (three times) and herpes.
Jef: "I thought it would f--- that up, but no. It still comes up in conversations. I will see somebody that I haven't seen in a long time and the first thing they will say is...
"I just worked Brides of Destruction at the Key Club. Nikki Sixx's side project band. Tracy Guns from LA Guns. He's the new guy in the band. I've known Tracy a long long time. I haven't seen him since I got out [of prison]. It was a year yesterday.
"The first day with Tracy it was like, 'Dude, I saw your article.'"
Luke: "I remember you talking in Vegas about some of the bad consequences of the article."
Jef: "The listing of all the diseases didn't help. A lot of people don't believe that I am still sober. But I don't believe I am still sober. I'm right along with them."
Luke: "How long have you been sober?"
Jef: "Three-and-a-half years now."
Luke: "How did women get past the article?"
Jef: "The girl I'm dating now, I don't know. She just doesn't want to believe part of it. She just wants to think that it really didn't happen. She just wants to not think about it. That's fine by me.
"We've been together eight months. The article threw her off at first.
"I was introduced to her through a friend of mine, after the article came out. The article was the introduction. My friend said, you've got to read about this friend of mine. She said, there's no way I'm ever going to date that guy. Somehow I charmed her into hanging out with me.
"Love is truly blind."
Luke: "Have you ever thought of going gay?"
Jef: "What? Never."
Luke: "You were outspoken on KSEX [written up February 21]."
Jef: "Were there consequences? That bit me in the ass too many times. That's all I can say. It's come back to haunt me.
"To quote the great Metallica, honesty is my only excuse."
Luke: "What type of music are you listening to these days?"
Jef: "I've never stopped listening to anything but heavy stuff. If it ain't heavy, it ain't worth a damn. Right now I'm listening to Dimmu Borgir, an Icelandic group named after lava flow."
Luke: "Do you watch porn for pleasure?"
Jef: "Sometimes. I was really getting into that Tails From The Toilet. I love the Katie Gold scene.
"After I meet some new chick in the business, I go check out one of her scenes to see if I'll like her or not."
Luke: "When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?"
Jef: "An oceanographer. I wanted to be just like Jacques Cousteau."
Luke: "What happened to that dream?"
Jef: "I discovered album artwork. I went to school for commercial art. I saw Meatloaf's Bat out of Hell. I tried to draw that one over and over again. I won a scholarship to Mass Art [Massachusetts Institute of Art]. Then I turned it down because I discovered bands. I discovered I could load gear. That was more appealing."
Luke: "Did you graduate highschool?"
Jef: "GED." [Highschool equivalency test.]
Luke: "Were you a good student?"
Jef: "No. I was a good student up until highschool. Then I lost interest. I used to get picked on a lot. That got in the way. Then I started spending more time in-town Boston working shows than I did in school. As soon as I was able to take off legally, I took off."
Luke: "Why did you get picked on?"
Jef: "My last name, for one. That's an automatic target right there. Kids are cruel. I was a long-haired punk kid. I dyed my hair and I was wearing KISS shirts, Sex Pistols and Black Sabbath and everybody else was listening to the Grateful Dead, the Eagles... I was immediately separate from everybody. I got picked on because I was different. When I was in school, I was really smart. I had no effort in doing homework. So they'd make me do their homework for them. So I started acting dumb. It was either get beat up or do their homework, so I did their homework. Then I just decided not to come to school any more."
Luke: "What did you think of the Cameron Crowe movie Almost Famous?"
Jef: "I loved that movie. That's exactly how I felt. I was the same. I just wanted to be part of something. I wanted to be part of the big machine. I wanted to feel like I felt at home. Like you knew everybody's name. It didn't matter who you were. You belonged. That's how I felt.
"Just like other performers like to watch Boogie Nights and say, oh yeah, there's me. Almost Famous. I was like, yeah, yeah."
Luke: "Do you think think that rock 'n' roll leads to drug use, delinquency and sexual excess?"
Jef: "Of course."
Luke: "So you have no plans to get into classical music?"
Jef: "I read that they were pretty outrageous too.
"I think anything leads to it. Rock 'n' roll is not abashed about it. I hate when people try to disguise it as something else or put safe rock 'n' roll. Rock 'n' roll is not safe. That's the appeal behind it."
Luke: "How have you been able to stay sober for so long?"
Jef: "Drug tests by the federal government. They're pretty stringent. I don't feel like going back to prison. As long as they are in place, that's a good deterrent. Maybe, by the time those are done, some of the feeling good about staying clean will rub off. I like waking up in the morning... I still believe in the freedom to destroy your body any way you want. I still believe that consenting adults should..."
Luke: "What do you love and hate about the porn industry?"
Jef: "I hate when they try to take themselves so seriously. It's porn, man. It's the ultimate sin. You're going to try to talk about it like it's art? I hate when the industry tries to police itself in ridiculous areas. You can't do this. You can't do that. Somebody tries to make some fakes rules up somewhere.
"I love when they don't take themselves too seriously and nothing seems to affect them. I love all the internal car crashes. Those are amusing. It's like this big soap opera and it's even more fun when you're a part of the cast."
Luke: "What are your ambitions for your life?"
Jef: "I don't know. I'm almost 37 and I have no fallback plans. I don't have a nest egg. I'm living day-to-day. I'm sure I'm headed for a midlife crisis. I wish I knew. If anybody has an idea, they can call me."
Luke: "How was your time in prison?"
Jef: "It was the worst time I've ever had. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy... Well, yeah, I would.
"I was in for two years and four months and 15 days."
Luke: "Is prison divided on racial lines?"
Jef: "It can be. The federal wasn't so bad. I started out in D.C. jail. I was the only white guy among 200 blacks. There I was considered black. I was mistakenly identified as black on my wristband. I thought that was funny. They weren't used to having white people through...
"Everybody got along until something bad happened and everyone would separate to their own [race] quickly.
"Everyone would be cordial and happy and play spades together and then if something went down somewhere else involving two different races, that line would be severed. Blacks go to that side. Whites go to that side."
Luke: "Do you think that applies to the real world as well?"
Jef: "Yeah. Absolutely. A great example of that is the show Punk'd. If you watch that show and see the episodes with the black people, like the rappers, and the black actors. They act totally different. That show is pretty revealing."
Luke: "The white actors and the black actors act differently?"
Jef: "Absolutely. When they're getting caught... When they're in a crazy situation, oh man. Watch the show and you'll see exactly. That show is a great example of how things really are, especially with celebrities."
Luke: "What are the differences?"
Jef: "The blacks always try to play off their situations. They act angrier. In the Brandy episode where she's pulled over by a black cop. She says, 'You know me? We all know each other. We're all black. Right? You're not going to do this to me because we're all black, right?'"
Luke: "So you're not surprised that there are a lot of white porn stars who won't have sex with black guys?"
Jef: "No. There are tons of white trash. That's how they were raised. You can't blame them for how they were raised."
Luke: "How has prison changed you?"
Jef: "I'm more patient now. I've had my fair share of disappointments. If something doesn't happen now, I don't get all bent out of shape over it. It's given me much more respect for the federal government. I believe there's a hierarchy out there and they've got control over certain things. I don't want to poke at the hornest nest."
Luke: "How much did [editor] Mike Albo rewrite your stuff for [Hustler Erotic] Video Guide?"
Jef: "He did grammar corrections. Other than that, he left the content alone."
Luke: "What's your relationship like with your family?"
Jef: "It's great. My parents are cool. They're in Massachusetts."
Luke: "Do you read books?"
Jef: "The Other Hollywood. I'm not in prison any more. I don't have time to read books. I read a page or two before I go to sleep. I read the Jenna Jameson book."
Jef still loads gear for bands at the Key Club.
Luke: "Have you made much progress on the novel you were working on?"
Jef: "No. It's all done. I've just got to put in to a disk. I don't have the time. It's all handwritten. I have to transcribe it."
30 Years Ago Air Supply Formed
On May 12, 1975, Sydney Opera House singers Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell met during a production of Jesus Christ Superstar. They eventually created Air Supply, the greatest pop group ever, and the prism through which forever I will hear love.
Passé pop bands resurrected as Christian acts
LOS ANGELES - In a victory for nostalgia and evangelism, rock and roll acts of yesteryear are finding new life in church venues.
Backstage at Calvary Community Church in Charleston, S.C., aging members of Air Supply nibble on crackers and Cheez Whiz, waiting to go onstage. But this "green room" is lined with choir robes and overlooks the backside of the baptistery. The muffled sound of cheering fans comes through the wall.
"We wanted to keep playing," says Graham Russell, one of the band's longtime leaders. "Our songs still have life in them. So you tweak a few lyrics, memorize some scriptures, get yourself a testimony, and viola, you've got a fan base again."
For years, bands like Air Supply and REO Speedwagon plied the county fair circuit, playing old hits and trying to pump up dwindling audiences. But as competition for county fair slots increases, and older bands fade further into the past, more are finding success playing churches, youth conventions, even acoustic sets at prayer gatherings.
Ninety minutes into their show, Air Supply wraps up with their biggest hit, "Here I am, the one that you love, asking for another day." Only tonight, they sing, "Here I am, the one that you love, asking for your heart today."
As part of an agreement with the pastor, the band is giving an emotionally-charged altar call. People stream forward, raising their hands and crying. Some hold lighters aloft. Some don't know why they've come down front. One man receives a booklet for new converts from one of the church's prayer partners.
Rob Spallone In Pain
I call Rob Wednesday afternoon. He sounds in great pain.
Luke: "What's the matter?"
Rob: "I don't know. I'm dying. I'm laying down."
Luke: "You're not in the office?"
Rob: "No. It twisted wrong last night. My side."
Luke: "You pulled a muscle.
"Are you dating?"
Rob: "Of course I'm dating. A few women [not in the industry]."
That must be how Rob pulled a muscle. A man of his age sporting around with the ladies. It's indecent.
Luke: "Do the women know you're in the industry?"
Rob: "No. I tell them I'm a rabbi. And I'm afraid the rabbi's going to find out."
Luke: "Are all these girls over 18?"
Rob: "No. Are you crazy? At my age [42 next week], I'm going to date someone over 18?"
Luke: "What's going on with your divorce?"
Rob: "Tomorrow the analyst goes to her house and then Monday she comes to my house when I have the boys. She's going to see how I interact with the children. Do you think I'll pass?
"I got my first A, Luke."
Luke: "How?"
Rob: "In my whole life. I did Bob's school project. He read a book and then he had to pick a theme from the book and build it in a shoe box. The scene was a courtroom. So I built him a courtroom. On the roof, I put a watch like a clock. And I got an A."
Luke: "You'd know a lot about courtrooms."
Rob: "I knew what it looked like."
Luke: "You've been in quite a few."
Rob: "Yeah. Because I'm friends with you..."
Luke: "I thought you were going to say you read the book and wrote his paper for him."
Rob: "Then we would've got the F."
Luke: "Maybe you should go back to school."
Rob: "I'm thinking about it."
Luke: "What would you study?"
Rob: "I don't know."
Luke: "Reading and writing?"
Rob: "That'd be the first. It sucks being illiterate. Do you think it's easy? For a dumb guy, I do ok though."
Luke: "Any of your porn star girlfriends taking care of you today?"
Rob: "No. I have the boys. They don't like the porn star chicks.
"Let me call you back."
Five minutes later, Rob calls. "That was the Maury [Povitch] show. They wanted to know if I knew anyone who had footage of a boyfriend catching the girlfriend and another guy cheating. How would I have that footage? If you want me to make it, I can make it. They said, if you make it, it won't be real. I said, I can make it look real."
Ken Michaels Leaves AVN
I figured the writing was on the wall when I pointed out to Tim Connelly that "Op-Ed" was used in newspapers for the page opposite the editorial page, for other opinions besides the Official Editorial Opinion, but he said he liked the sound of "Op-Ed" and that was the end of that discussion. As soon as I saw his first subliterate Editors Choice I knew I was f---ed, pure and simple...
Ken Michaels has left the employ of AVN, continuing the purge of people who actually understand such arcana as subject-verb agreement, and replacing them with people whose only skill is an ability to count anal scenes. Ken, there's an AVN Alumni Association packet with your name on it, but I don't have your address...
Sources tell me that there's a new guy at AVN who will be assuming at least some of Mike Ramones old postion, assuming the role as managing editor most likely. There is wide speculation that this is all a move to gradually ease out Tim Connelly. At this point if he were summarily released it would have made all the blogs right, something AVN doesn't like to do. With Tim having less and less power and Paul moving back into the forefront it's pretty easy to see that things are changing for Tim, unrest from several of AVN's most loyal customers demands change.
Mike Ramone, AVN Editor in Chief, writes:
Hey Mike, first off, you don't need "sources" to tell you there's a new guy over here - just check the masthead of the March issue, which has been out for over a week now. Oh, but right, you've been "cut off."
Secondly, I assure you you're dead wrong when you report that Tim's involvement is now limited to budgetary and hiring issues. Tim's the publisher and as such pro-actively runs the magazine, is more involved on the editorial side than ever, implementing a fresh, exciting vision he has for AVN which involves many new ideas he'll be instituting in coming months. My job, and that of managing editor Peter Stokes, is merely to assist him in implementing his vision of the magazine. He, not me and Peter, is running the show. So now you know.
David Aaron Clark Mourns The Death Of Hunter S. Thompson
Because of the generation into which I fall, Thompson (like Lester Bangs) was a big influence on my early development as a writer & journalist, & I consider him to be to be a terribly misunderstood innovator whose real value can never be replicated by mere craven imitation (though so many clumsily try):
Ethan wrote: As gonzo journalism introduced the concept of inserting yourself into what was happening/being written about as a character, could it not also be said that Hunter Thompson pre-empted the invention of gonzo pornography and thus is responsible, in at least a small way, to the popularity of gonzo adult movies? Maybe a stretch, but one I am pondering.
Boy, that's a HUGE stretch. Stagliano invented "gonzo" porn (others may lay claim, but it was truly him who not only committed to a narrative that not only broke but demolished the fourth wall, but as well the simple but astute concept that the performers play a version of themselves.
It was AVN, [Gene Ross] specifically, I believe, who tagged this new genre "gonzo" for lack of a better name, since as you point out, "gonzo journalism" involved the intrusion of the author into the narrative.
Stagliano was not to my knowledge (& I've interviewed him as well as chatted numerous times over the years) a fan or reader of Thompson (he's more the Ayn Rand fan); his historic idea was more or less spontaneously generated by his own experiences & frustrations attempting to shoot "traditional" porn, which he really was always actually damn good at, anyway.
As well, I would hate to see Thompson, who stood for intelligence & individualism in the face of the smug, soulless bleating of know-nothing, sheep-like rabble, have his memory besmirched by laying the responsibility at his skyward-pointing feet for the vast amount of stupid, inept disposable crap mislabeled as "gonzo porn" that has brought smut to the state it's in today.
It's not a Thompsonesque exaggeration to observe that even making it THROUGH a Thompson book would be a long-term project for the vast majority of today's "gonzo directors." It's unfortunate enough that HST is the unwilling granddaddy of two generations worth of lazy, self-obsessed poseurs cloaking their worthlessness under the label "gonzo journalist."
A tiresome tendency towards repetitiously confessing their drug use, personal tics, etc, to the world when one is too lazy, undisciplined or congenitally mediocre to work at his observational & writing skills does not a gonzo journalist make (For the most severely watered down version of that misapprehension, see the endless number of avn on-set pieces that start with six or seven paragraphs about what a terribly hard time the writer had following the directions to the shoot location).
The gaudy aspects of Thompson's persona were deliberate extensions of a basic premise that authority is never deserving of blind trust, must constantly be questioned, & that thevery position of authority is most often attractive to the dishonest & greedy - greedy for power, money, etc., & that this lot are by nature treacherous & the enemy of free thought & freedom on every level, not just the personal.
To HST, the term "swine" was an epithet, as opposed to a proudly adopted pseudonym. Thompson recognized & boldly, without apology or deference to "good manners," dragged slithering from the closet the basic selfishness & resultant tunnel vision that is a recurring component of human behavior. Rather than champion such qualities (as do some lame "gonzo porn journalists" I could cite), he cast a harsh, unflinching spotlight on its ugliness & stupidity. Why? Because he thought it mattered. Because he saw it as wrong. In this sense he was as much a romanticist as Hemingway, & certainly a man who was out of step with the constantly devolving society around him.
As his neighbor John Hoag said to the press the other day: "There's no one in the world these days who writes the truth ... as he seems to, to me. He spoke to the world and said what people were afraid to say."
Khunrum writes:
Everybody and his brother is mourning the death of Hunter Thompson. I don't get it. Even when I was young and somewhat impressionable I thought "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" was a terrible book. Total crap.
I was hoping for some sort of insider expose on Las Vegas but what did we learn about Vegas?...nothing. "Insert the writer in the narrative" indeed. We discover in page after page what a jerk Thompson is. I would rather suffer through one of Luke's "Producers" books then be subjected to a page of anything Thompson wrote.
And to top it off, the guys wasn't even handsome or rugged like a good writer should be. He was a bald headed putz. Good riddance I say. Hand me my Rupert Brooke.
Ivor Biggun Raises The Stakes At ADT
OK, so Bill locked the Jewel thread, with the explanation that it had gone "ridiculously off topic". Personally, I don't see that the natural progression of a conversation to discuss the wider issue is a good reason to lock a thread. Nevertheless, in deference to that policy I have started a new thread, chosen the forum and labelled the subject as appropriately as I could.
It's obviously no secret by now that I disagree with the current moderation policy of this board. I've already explained why I didn't just leave and I've been discussing it in a perfectly calm, reasoned manner. People may disagree with me, but to accuse me of merely trying to stir up s--- is a weak answer to the points I have been raising.
Is the moderation policy of this board not up for discussion, ever? Will anyone that questions it get automatically labelled as a troll? Is the fact that someone happens to post on another board justification to automatically disregard what they are saying and accuse them of trying to earn a "merit badge"? Do I really need to point out that I could easily get myself banned in one post if that were my objective?
This is a privately owned server, and no one can dispute that Steph and Drew are absolutely entitled to run it however they want, but it also attempts to be a "community" based site, and they don't own the community. If it really is a community, we should be free to discuss this, and they should listen to all views, not lock the thread and/or ban people merely for raising difficult questions. Or is the community's opinion not "worth more than a bucket of s---"?
Jewel's banning was not some isolated aberration. Any dispassionate observer would see that it was entirely consistant with the standards here. So If you object to her banning, perhaps you should be questioning the policy itself, rather than a single application of it.
Chaim Amalek Continues to Pitch Hard Proposals to Flaccid Luke
Chaim Amalek writes:
You are not becoming successful fast enough for my purposes (in fact I fear regression), so to move things along, consider the following.
It would be a good thing if your life story were the subject of a graphic novel, but for that you need a good cartoonist, and you don't know any. Neither do I, but I know of one who is the best: R. Crumb. "But Chaim," you ask, "How can I reach such a Gadol of the cartoon world?" Through one of his ex lovers. I think you know one of them, the former editor of both Leg Show and Juggs (the latter of which I used to hide in copies of Commentary magazine when I was a yeshiva bachur at the Samover Yeshiva in the Bronx): Dian Hanson. Next time you see her, casually suggest that your life would make a good graphic novel, and steer it from there. (Or you could join the Illuminati, but that is another story.) "But Chaim," you ask, "I'm too self-effacing to approach someone like that with so nakedly self-serving a proposal." That's because you really don't think like a Jew. But fortunately for you, I do, all 350 hairy pounds of me. So give it a shot, and see what happens. Think of it as a personal favor to me if that helps.
Scandal's Messiah
By Howie Gordon aka Richard Pacheco
"For an idea that does not at first seem insane, there is no hope." - Albert Einstein
"Pornography..." wrote film critic James Wolcott, "won't tap into our deepest feelings (rage, jealousy, obsessive desire) until it's made by artists, but until then it can splash happily in the shallows." The article, titled DEEP THOUGHT ON PORNO, appeared in the October, 1980 issue of Esquire Magazine where Wolcott had some good things to say about the film TALK DIRTY TO ME, the movie that literally made my name in the business:
"...Porno may be crude and misogynistic; it may be filled with gynecological close-ups and with dialogue as monotonously coarse as the chattering of a parrot taught to swear; but it doesn't have to be. Pornography needs an emotional rescue, and a recent film entitled TALK DIRTY TO ME suggests new paths, new possibilities..."
Anthony Spinelli directed TALK DIRTY TO ME...and no one but the late Anthony Spinelli would have dared to conceive of a porno film wherein a lonely, almost retarded, young man gets to have the first sexual experience of his life. I got to play that young man... and I got to play a whole bunch of other characters while working for Spinelli, or Sam, as he was known to his intimates in the business. The films of Anthony Spinelli, or Sam Weston, became the backbone of my career. Working alongside actor John Leslie, they made us into some of the earlier stars of the industry.
As a filmmaker, Sam Weston was a storyteller first. An actor turned director... he became a pornographer only as a means of last resort to feed his family while trying to make it in the cinematic jungles of Hollywood. The "new paths" or "new possibilities" alluded to by the film critic Wolcott were largely the efforts of Sam and a few other adult directors to "scoop" the Hollywood studios by making "real" movies that just happened to have full-bodied sex in them.
The X-Rated industry of that era, the seventies and early eighties, is now being touted to as "The Golden Age of Pornography" mostly for that very reason. Of course, this all happened at what seemed to have been the very climax of the sexual revolution before the plague of A.I.D.S. had people of common sense everywhere zipping it all back up and running for cover.
To borrow from baseball, we were like the Negro Leagues of show business. We labored with certainly no less passion (and even occasionally no less skill) making movies at a tiny fraction of what our uptown, mega-financed, Hollywood counterparts had to spend, but we were doomed to wear the scarlet letter.
Despite the doors that have closed in my face by the rejection of mainstream culture, I still count myself as one of the lucky ones who have been involved with pornography. To begin with, I got out with my life.
Beyond that, the word "pornography" itself, now used to embrace virtually all sexual media, is derogatory. It reflects our own sexual self-hatred, our great spiritual and psychological difficulty of trying to cope with our bodies' capacity for giving and receiving pleasure.
In other times, in other places, I might have been burned at the stake, pilloried, or made to rot in a dungeon. Like I said, I count myself lucky. I have a wife and children and am able to walk God's green earth freely. Though I may have had to muzzle myself at a PTA meeting, I have never felt the handcuffs or been dragged into the jails and courts as so many others have. We owe those folks a debt of gratitude.
It's funny how the world works. Few have ever become "sex workers" for any reason vaguely resembling something noble, though that term itself is newish and bespeaks a certain political activism and sophistication. The old saw is that men got involved in "the business" for the sex and the women for the money. My experience confirmed that to be largely true.
Scratch any centerfold and more often than not you'll hear a tale of growing up too fat, too thin, too short, too tall, my tits were on backward, or the devil made me do it. You dig into the background of strippers and sex stars...especially the ones willing to reveal themselves, so to speak, in public... and you will often hear the stories of dysfunctional family, drugs, child abuse, alcoholism, poverty, low self-esteem, sexual repression, parental neglect, religious madness...
That out of this gallery of the broken, the curious, the rogues and the desperate may be born defenders of freedom and sexual pioneers is truly the unfathomable sense of humor of our Creator at work. But on occasion, lust, chaos, and greed have alchemically mingled to produce both beauty and nobility... in addition to all the stereotypical and wretched excesses that one would also expect.
The fact that I can string together two coherent sentences... or that I could act a part without overly embarassing myself has led many an interviewer to ask, "What the hell were you doing in porn?" ...while the question of significance in my mind was... "Why weren't you there with me?"
I foolishly expected the heirs to the 60's sexual revolution to be there en masse. They weren't...and it remains absurdly unconscionable that the sexual media for the entire culture continues to be largely relegated to an underclass of amateurs and criminals who mostly have created a pornographic world of sexual looting and moral midgetry. I've always thought sex far too important for such an ignominious fate.
Scandal's Messiah?...hardly, but I've got a story and I'm gonna tell it to you. I don't purport to have all of the answers, but I did ask a few of the questions...a few of the questions that many others of my generation, those heirs to the sexual revolution, perhaps wanted to ask, but when the time came, just didn't raise their hands.
There are, of course, reasons for how a guy like me could end up in the sex industry and I think their revelation pertinent, but please... do me the favor of not taking my "reasons" as "excuses." I've read way too many books where reformed sinners or "born agains" cast blame, make excuses, and try to squirm their way into some kind of newfound respectability while simultaneously cashing in on their scandalous past. No thanks.
You see, when we slimeballs account for ourselves publicly, the world seems to want... to require...those good ol' excuses...like we are filling out some kind of application for a license to have sinned...
Well, f--- all that. I never thought it was sinning to begin with, and frankly, I was there for the pussy. That makes me sound tougher than I am, but it's essentially true...
The money was good, too. I was breaking up concrete for five bucks an hour when I got my first movie offer of $200 for getting a blow job. And I had far more compelling personal reasons that I'll get into, but the point is...I make no apologies for dancing with the devil. I was where I wanted to be. I got into pornography with my eyes relatively open.
Could be that I'll get to the Pearly Gates one day and St. Peter will say, "Yo, Doofus, what were you thinking?" ...but I don't think so...
The American icon Will Rogers once mused that..."Everyone is ignorant -- only on different subjects." As far as sex is concerned, we are right to respect its power, but we do not need to fear it so. Quality information and education remain critical in the unending struggle of our pleasure versus its denial as championed by the twisted forces of ignorance and superstition... especially when they come boistrously down the road all decked out in red, white, and blue, belching the word of God, and masquerading as religion.
It was this controversial nature of a career in adult films that led me to believe I would one day be held accountable for my actions...if not in a court of law, then certainly within my own circle of family and friends and before my maker. As a result, far from indulging in the pornographic, the baser of my human emotions, I sought to be a mensch in the X-Rated business. I sought to be informed, entertaining, and decent on the public stages of the erotic. And many could argue that put me in the running for what the Sufi's would call "being the wisest man in the kingdom of the fools."
In any case, here comes my tale...told to amuse. If it instructs, if it inflames, if it engorges, take from it what you will. This is a history, and yet, this is personal. This is philosophy, this is psychology, and this is a victory for perseverance and the mystery of common sense. This is my order, made of my chaos, with all the enormously mixed feelings I have about the world of pornography and my immersion in it.
For while this is a story of struggle and success-against-the-odds, it is also a chronicle of underachievement, irony, and the ultimate surrender to the world as it is.
"Some men see things as they are and say, 'Why?' I dream things that never were and say, 'Why not?'" - Robert F. Kennedy
"Here world, I pass thee like an orange to a child. I can with thee no more. Do what you will." - Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology
Mick Jagger's Daughter Wins Sex Tape Injunction
Jeff Berg writes for XBiz.com:
LONDON - A London court has awarded fashion model and celebrity daughter Elizabeth Jagger a temporary restraining order against the broadcast and publication of closed-circuit television footage taken of Jagger and boyfriend Calum Best engaging in "sexual activities" in a trendy London nightspot.
A source close to the tape boasts Elizabeth is giving Calum "one of the filthiest blowjobs ever captured on camera."
I've heard about people in the industry trying to sell this tape but Mick Jagger is willing to spend millions of dollars to make sure it is not released.
Calum is the son of soccer legend George Best, who I've been hearing about in these Benny Hill DVDs I just rented.
Benny was the height of naughty when I was teenager.
Khunrum writes: "Hard to believe Mick would part with that kind of bucks. I've always read that Mick was a miser. Do you believe he would pay high dollar to keep the world from seeing his ugly daughter giving a hummer to her boyfriend? I don't."
Whatever Happened To...
Nina Hartley writes on Nina.com:
Taija Rae quit the business around '89/'90 or so, and had no contact with it afterwards. She always made me a little sad, as she was fine as cat hair and always felt she was fat. The reviews in the magazines were very cruel to her. I thought she was as foxy a woman as I'd seen, with those pouty lips and incredible natural tits and curvy, girly body. Yum! It was a frustration, though, as she was primarily heterosexual, and never was interested in me at all outside of a work situation. She really looked at it as a job, and I don't think she ever liked it very much.
Lois Ayres left the business in '90 or so (all dates approximate: the years run together a bit). She had a happier afterlife, I believe, but has not been in contact with the business for years.
Viper left the business abruptly at least 10 years ago and just vanished. By vanished I mean she couldn't be found by someone who looked everywhere for her. Her last boyfriend was heartbroken by her disappearance and looked everywhere for her: hospitals, mental institutions, prison, morgues. Nothing. And so it remains to this day.
[Journalist Mark Ebner tracked her down six years ago. Viper was living with or near her family and still doing sex work.]
Candy Samples, I'm not so sure about. I met her in '84 or '85, when she was a veteran being left behind by this new fangled video tape, and I was wet behind the ears. While I never did a scene with her myself, we were on at least two sets together. I haven't heard of her in years.
Does Your Work Distance You From Your Friends?
WiredGuy writes on JBM: "I find myself getting distanced from my friends outside of this business. The specific skill sets I have are really very narrow and applicable in only a few fields and it makes it hard to converse when they can't understand it and I don't really have the patience anymore to try and explain it and most of the time it goes over their head. I need to find more SEO [Search Engine Optimization] friends..."
PornWolf writes: "This business really does keep you ahead of the curve about technology. Conversely, it does make you somewhat anti social."
Brad Shaw writes: "I have never been good at making friends. Seems that most of my old friends became jealous of me, and my best friendships developed through the biz. Only downside is that most of my friends live outside of Dallas."
Sly writes:
I don't have very many friends, I never really have. I have always been somewhat "ahead of" and "older than" everyone around me. I don't quite know how to explain it.
Whenever my friends are around, I find conversation somewhat difficult. I like talking about business and upcoming ventures, while my friends have no interest and have very little money so they get pissy whenever I even begin to mention something along those lines.
Two weeks ago I had 2 record days, one for number of sales and one for the highest revenue. I didn't have anyone to share my excitement with. It sucked.
Wired Guy writes: "Yup, I recently had that as well and had to travel all the way to Florida to be with friends to celebrate. It was fun but gets expensive having to travel anytime to be with good friends."
Wyldblyss writes: "I think this business alienates you from the herd rather than putting you ahead of it."
ADT Bans Jewel DeNyle, Shuts Down Discussion Thread
Are Gonzo Directors Real Directors?
Rog, allow me to answer robby d's question of "What does he (Jules Jordan) direct?". Obviously robby is stating that gonzo directors are not true directors, but uses michael raven and nick andrews as examples of "real" directors, while I respect their works, I must say that most gonzo directors do as much directing as feature directors, possibly more than some. Robby shoots gonzo, perhaps he is not a true "director" or does he shoot features? hmmm....
Let me state that I am a true director, I in fact select/book the talent used in my productions, select/book the locations, supply and pick the wardrobe/toys, I direct my camera angles, assemble lighting, shoot my own camera, instruct performers with what to do/say/react etc. come up with the concept (directing?), shoot stills, edit the final product, screen the final product.
Jenna Jameson Posting Like Crazy On ADT
She weighs in on the Alexa Rae vs Max Hardcore thread.
Who Is Mike Ramone Talking About?
A certain director whose work AVN, and me in particular, has been very supportive of, is talkin' trash on one of the adult message boards about not winning any AVN Awards this last time around. He claims that six AVN voters told him they didn't even watch his nominated title - a claim I find extremely hard to believe. I'd be surprised if any AVN voter told him that. If, in the slight off-chance I'm wrong, I invite this fellow to privately tell me the names of any AVN voters who told him they didn't watch his nominated title. He also claims that I told him that I hadn't watched one of his nominated titles last year, which is a complete untruth. Considering what an admirer of his work I have been in the pages of AVN, I am very disappointed in this guy.
I first thought Mike is talking about Jules Jordan of Evil Angel. Jules was angry that Invasion didn't win Best Asian. But no, it is Skeeter Kerkove Ramone is attacking. Skeeter took after Mike on ADT.
I get the VCA director on the phone Monday afternoon, March 7.
Duke: "When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?"
Eon: "When I was a kid, there was a girl across the street and I always wanted to...somehow I knew I could convince her to get naked because I have a camera. I had my parents' video camera. I just remember trying to put together elaborate situations with women... I've always been fascinated by the phenomenon of women and the camera."
Duke: "I'm sure your parents didn't expect you to become a pornographer when you grew up. What did they expect from you?"
Eon: "I was a weird kid. My parents are pretty liberal. That's part of why I'm into it. Because they weren't totally against it. They didn't hide it from me. They weren't into porn but they were really open about the fact that it was out there. Obviously the internet makes a big difference. Once you have your own unmonitored access to the internet, there's all kinds of s--- out there."
Born in 1980, Eon graduated highschool in 1998.
Eon: "I'm delivering Kill Girl, Kill to LFP right now. LFP is freaking."
Eon's first movie, a feature, was called Art School Sluts. "Kill Girl, Kill I did while VCA was in big flux. Art School Sluts wasn't out yet. I wanted to continue making movies and find my voice."
Luke: "In [arts] highschool, what crowd did you hang out with?"
Eon: "Deaf metal kids. I hung out with alternative kids. I always dated goth girls, punk rock girls."
A psychologist on the Dennis Prager show today said the teenage love of goth (dressing in black etc) might be a way that they mourn their lost childhoods.
Luke: "Were you a good student?"
Eon: "Not in highschool. I ended up in continuation... Highschool petered out and didn't fully happen for me. It's a touchy subject. Once I got into college, things shaped up. I got to put together my own program of what interested me [majoring in film]."
Luke: "How did you get into the porn industry?"
Eon: "I hooked up with Veronica Hart. She was talking at the ATA Gallery in San Francisco. I started talking to her. She was really approachable. I went down to VCA. I met with Wit Maverick."
Eon started at VCA in the Spring of 2004.
"During that period when Antonio Passolini was the creative director, we really locked. He really pushed for me."
Luke: "How did the reality of the porn industry compare to what you expected?"
Eon: "I thought people would be more passionate about the product. It's just a lot of uninspired people doing stuff. That doesn't apply to VCA.
"It's cliquey. It's locked down. It's such a formula. You've got foreplay, eat pussy, give me a blowjob, three positions, give me a pop."
Luke: "What do you love and hate about your industry work?"
Eon: "I love the freedom I've been able to wrestle away from VCA and the s--- I've gotten to do. When I feel like I am shooting a couple that is real and they're expressing who they are and I'm representing what they're all about.
"What I hate is when people in the business say I'm making a goth movie. That's the mentality. That's not what I'm doing. I might have some goth girls in the movie but there are more discrete styles than just just goth.
"Porn has always looked like it is ten years behind the actual production date and that's what frustrates me the most. People who want to bring things up to date are few and far between.
"I'd like to see something interesting happen with VCA. I think VCA made the most punk rock movies. All those Dark Brothers movies and the stuff they acquired like Rinse Dream's Cafe Flesh, or Alex de Renzy's... They were adventurous. They were pushing to do stuff that meant something to them. VCA was a big company. Then...they churned out a bunch of boring stuff. They lost fire. I want VCA to be something special again.
"In my first movie, I put a couple of classic scenes on there. VCA has some of the best classic stuff."
Why doesn't anybody shoot a shot-for-shot faithful remake of such classics as The Opening of Misty Beethoven or Deep Throat?
Luke: "How has working in the industry affected your private life?"
Eon: "It's fine. I get a lot of stupid questions from people who don't understand the business. You don't ask dumb questions. But I get a lot of -- do you have sex with the girls? Where do you get these girls? Dude, do you ever get a boner while you're on set?
"I guess I run with a wild bunch, so it doesn't change that much. It seemed like I was going towards this anyway."
Luke: "Has it made you jaded?"
Eon: "No. The porn industry is rough. I don't know if I will ever be totally accepted. When something new happens, this industry tries to sign everybody up and write them a check and say, bring me one those.
"Right now Michael Ninn is making a movie of hard sex. So what's going to be the next thing?
"I'm excited to be working with Kat Slater [LFP's head of production]. There were some dark days at VCA. It's known. Why lie about it? I'm not happy about a lot of the stuff that happened. I don't understand that stuff. That was upsetting but I love the people who brought me up and I'm really into Kat Slater. She gets it. She recognizes the success of Art School Sluts and some of the decisions I fought for.
"I come to this from the internet. I don't go out and buy contemporary porn movies."
Luke: "Is your goth thing a mourning for a lost childhood?"
Eon laughs: "No. I like girls who cut themselves and write bad poetry."
Luke: "But dressing is traditionally a way of mourning. So do you think the goth look is a way of mourning a lost childhood?"
Eon: "I dated a lot of goth girls. I like indie girls, emo girls, punk rock girls. Any girl that has some kind of alt style. The kind of people I'm interested in putting in my movies... Girls that don't just buy their clothes at the mall. Male talent is my biggest problem.
"The goth thing has gone on unchanged for so long. Somebody told it is because you can't kill the undead."
Luke: "Did you mourn when you were no longer a child?"
Eon: "I did. I remember when I knew I was a man and not necessarily wanting to be. I definitely don't want to grow up.
"Growing up in Los Angeles, you lose your innocence to a lot of stuff quick. If you do anything creative, you get approached by older people who want to work with you. When I was young doing that stuff, I always felt I was being preyed on."
Luke: "Did anyone touch you inappropriately?"
Eon: "I wish. I had sex with a few older women [they were about 29 when Eon was about 18]... That was cool. One was a music industry girl. I wanted to get something done with the company she worked for. So I had sex with her."
What's Up With Roger Vad Of PornKings and Marvad?
Roger is the Vad of Marvad, the company first publicly associated with the Paris Hilton sex tape (they got sued by Rick Solomon over it -- it was settled it -- even though Marvad did not officially release the tape, XPays at hotelheiress.com did).
In early February, Roger replied to my emails of inquiry:
Luke Its crazy how Rumors develop we let a few people go and the rumor mill starts. I know for a fact I have not been booted from the company. I am a 50% partner and share holder of Marvad corp. hence the letters VAD in the company. I have not received a buy out check and I'm sure we haven't sold Pornkings. So I think it's safe to say I am still involved J Jeff on the other hand has been let go as well as a couple other people to cut cost, the company is just restructuring. As far as me being a pimp, playa celebrity webmaster that's kind of funny I consider my name branded as my Program Pornkings because of my experience and proven track record in the industry. Luke I do appreciate you contacting me and if anything changes I will make sure you're the first to know.
I am working on other projects aside from pornkings so maybe that's why they are thinking I was booted But to make things clear I am a 50% Partner not an employee.
On the afternoon of March 8, I was working the phone, looking for scoop. "I'll give you something," said one source. "Roger from PornKings is no longer with PornKings."
I remember that I reported this and Roger's rebuttal five weeks ago.
Source: "I think you just reported that he was laying off everybody. You'll notice that PornKings is no longer in his sig and that he only owned the name. They [Brian Marshalwitz, the Mar in Marvad] bought him out. They weren't making any money."
I call Roger Vad on his cell. He sounds tentative.
Luke: "I heard the same old rumor again that you are not with PornKings or Marvad. Is there any truth to that?"
Roger: "I'm not going to comment at this time. I'm just going to wait until certain things are settled before I, you know what I mean? Everything is still the same, as of right now. As soon as things are settled, I don't have a problem letting you know."
Luke: "So what are you doing right now?"
Roger: "Nothing at this time. Nothing's happening. I don't want to alarm people or cause any problems for PornKings. I'm still 50% owner."
Luke: "I was told that you left PornKings?"
Roger: "Nah. Not yet. It's a possibility. I'm just looking to move on."
Luke: "Are you still staying in this industry?"
Roger: "I haven't really decided yet."
Luke: "Does this have anything to do with the Rick Salomon lawsuit?"
Roger: "Absolutely not. That was settled."
Luke: "OK man..."
Roger: "It's just personal stuff. I don't want to... Nothing really gossipy."
Luke: "So PornKings is still going strong?"
Roger: "Yep, that's why I don't want anyone to think that anything is wrong. Everything is still the same as of right now."
Is Simon Wolf A Real Person?
XXX says: "Yes, Simon is indeed a real person, but he chooses not to give interviews. Instead, hangs out up at his ranch with his horses and dogs.or out at his animal refuge with his wolves, bears and tigers."
Flashman's Gossip Corner Of The World
Flashman calls: Joey Buttafucco got married at Dennis Hof's Bunny Ranch. Dennis gave away the bride. A bunch of porn stars were in attendance including Ron Jeremy.
Flash says he complimented Janine on her new blonde look and told Jenna Jameson that she should return to blonde.
Another Paris Porn In The Works?
Don't be surprised if you see yet another Paris Hilton sex tape. That's according to porn filmmaker Seymore Butts, who predicts a new Hilton sex tape that shows Hilton with a Playboy Playmate will soon hit the market.
Kevin Blatt, who was the publicist for One Night in Paris, responds:
I applaud Adam for his tenacity - and I appreciate a good press release when they make a strong impact. However, Seymore's show and product is strong enough to stand on it's own without having to jump on the Paris HIlton bandwagon...
As far as future tapes of Paris are concerned - Seymore must have channeled Johnny Carson's "CARNAC" the fortune teller- because there are no such tapes in existence- and the tape he is referring to featuring Nicole Lenz is not a tape - but rather a few racy pictures- that may never see the light of day.
Also the relationship between Ms. Dunst and Rick is one of friendship, not romance- she is a pal of Rick's, and truth be told she is his best friend's ex girl - Toby Maguire. Funny press release - but "Family Business" is too good a show to have to cash in on the Paris craze.
ADT Boots Jewel DeNyle
Moderator MLyons writes on ADT: "Jewel had been unnecessarily nasty with a few people in the forum over a period of time. When she was asked privately to dial it back a bit, she responded by being nasty once more. She was deactivated as a result."
Asmodeus writes: "Well I for one miss Jewel around here. It is a damn shame she was deactivated, hard to believe one of the hottest babes to ever work in porn was banned from ADT. Where ever you are my dear, I light a candle in your honor and hail the mighty Hecate."
Jenna Jameson writes:
WOW. That is really shocking. I thought Jewel added SO much to this forum... I haven't read through all of her posts, but I do have to admit, I will miss her!
The more I think about this, the more it bugs me... Jewel is such a major facet in our industry, what she says has a lot of merit, and sheds light on what it's like being a female (part) owner of a company. I have to track down these posts, that got her booted.
I don't think a person should be scolded everytime they get a little heated and say something rash. That is what makes discussion boards interesting. Jewel has a way about her that can rub people wrong, but at least your getting rubbed.
Mayor of Chatsworth writes: "I've always thought you guys are way too quick to lock threads that wander off the original subject and onto something much more interesting. And I wish you'd permit more no-holds-barred intercourse, instead of banning folks like Jewel. She's opinionated, smart, and brash, and surely an asset to these message boards."
Ivor Biggun writes:
Her cattiness provided some rare moments of excitement in here.
It did seem to me that she was given a lot of lattitude because of who she was, but I guess the mods eventually decided they couldn't tolerate her disruption of shiny-happy-porno-people land.
And let's not forget that's it's not just one person. It's dozens and dozens of people over a period of years. Jewel is just the first one that's been high profile enough to create a widespread revolt.
JRV writes:
Banning industry participants inevitably harm's ADT ability to let fans see the industry and its participants as they really are. What's left is often P.R.-induced prefabricated posturing that is of no interest to anyone.
Blacks and Jews Documentary Director Kevin Page
Kevin plays the character John Wilkins in Friday Night Lights. He's Micajah Autry in The Alamo.
Three years ago, he decided on Josh Alan Friedman as the documentary subject for his first feature-length film.
I call Kevin Monday morning, March 7, 2005.
Luke: "Is it ok if I call you Kevin?"
Kevin: "If you don't, I'll kick your ass. That's how we do it down in Texas."
Luke: "How did you come to select Josh to make your first movie about?"
Kevin: "We were shooting a pilot for a reality TV series on singer-songwriters at an open-mic night in Dallas. Through a series of misadventures, Josh showed up. We were huddled over our cameras trying to film people playing guitar and suddenly the most bombastic single acoustic guitar thing we'd ever seen took place. We looked up and thought, who the hell is that?
"We interviewed him for the background of this television pilot. After the interview was over, I looked up on the wall and there was what appeared to be an original R. Crumb frame. I said, ohmig-d, where did you get the R. Crumb?
"He said, that's not R. Crumb. That's the Friedman brothers.
"It started from there. We got intrigued with Josh's multi-faceted cultish career. We got hooked."
Luke: "How did you come to make your first film?"
Kevin: "I've been a film and television actor for about 25-years. This wasn't our first film. It's the first thing we've put out in the festivals.
"We put together a production company about four years ago. On a whim. It got way out of control. Now we have three producers on staff. We're in the process of four different films. Much of the material we work on now has to do with highly complex scientific issues that we're trying to bring to the general public.
"Josh was a great workout in taking a complex story and trying to articulate that in a way a broad audience could appreciate. We've taken that skill set and extended it into trans-personal psychology, the Dallas gay-lesbian-bisexual-transsexual prom for highschool kids. We have a series of interviews with psychologists who study spirituality scientifically."
Luke: "What were the principle obstacles you faced in doing this documentary on Josh and how well do you think you overcame them?"
Kevin: "Gosh, there weren't many obstacles other than that we had no idea where we were going when we set out on the path. We had to find our way through the story of the film.
"Having been a writer for many years, I look at documentary filmmaking like writing with video.
"It took a lot longer than you would hope and it always costs a lot more than you would hope. Other than that, we have a film that we are reasonably pleased with and we have a few skills as a result."
Luke: "How come you didn't interview more people about Josh?"
Kevin: "I felt like the story was about the arc of Josh's artistic career. We interviewed several people (including Kinky Friedman) but we ended up deciding the story was the affect of early experiences on the artist's story."
Luke: "Why did you make the final act going back to his childhood?"
Kevin: "We felt like that was the answer to the question of what Josh is. It was a gutsy choice. It's a non-traditional structure for a documentary film. If the thesis was that Josh had been influenced by his childhood, both as the son of a famous figure, and the racial element, to be revealed as the answer to who the hell is this guy."
Luke: Why did you have long excerpts of Josh reading from his experience at the black school?
Kevin: "The idea of the reading toward the end of the film was not only to reveal the background to the question of -- who is Josh? -- in some ways it was a tip of the hat to Spalding Gray. It was a concept I had from earlier projects on how to integrate the words of writers into a viable film.
"It was a bit experimental to have your documentary subject do a 17-minute reading. We'll either be noted for it or slammed.
"The hook of calling it Blacks and Jews and using that thesis came to us after about a year-and-a-half on the project."
Kevin worked on the film for about two-and-a-half years. "That was not intentional. It never is. On the other hand, I think the film the could use it. If we had come out earlier, the film would've been less interesting."
Luke: "What was the context for Josh saying at the beginning, am I some kind of insect that you guys are going to look at under a microscope?"
Kevin: "Josh has a way of starting video sessions with controversial statements. That was just one of them. It was meant, I assume, as a smart-ass aside.
"It was in our second interview and I think it was the first thing he said when the cameras were rolling."
Luke: "How did Josh like it as you started showing him various cuts?"
Kevin: "He liked it. Wouldn't you like it if you were a performer and somebody made a feature-length film about your life? He had some excellent creative feedback. We would not have made the film if we had not had complete cooperation and access to Josh's life.
"We've only had a couple of test screenings. We haven't premiered the film yet."
Luke: "Did you wince before you came out with the subtitle: 'A life obsessed with negroes.'"
Kevin: "We liked it a lot. We had some high-end advertising people help us with our graphics. They had been writing some marketing copy for the one-sheet and that was one of the loglines they came up with. This was before we had landed on the 'Blacks and Jews' concept.
"We thought it was an interesting and attention-grabbing subtitle. Josh says that repeatedly. It's a component of his personality. We thought it got to the heart of the truth of it."
Luke: "I would suspect that 'negroes' is not a word you would use in your daily life."
I don't use it.
Kevin: "Not me. No. As a filmmaker, it is one of the thematic hearts of the film. That's one of Josh's areas of journalistic study. The film is about Josh. It's not about me.
"I don't think there's anything offensive in the film."
Luke: "Did you work on this so long that you grew up hate Josh?"
Kevin: "Yes. But we still get along. It is trying to spend two years watching someone else on video."
Luke: "Why has Josh not been more successful?"
Kevin: "It's the way of the world. To my mind, he has been quite successful as a cult figure."
Raven De La Croix Josh, Raven on Midnight Blue Raven De La Croix Photos of Raven
I was so taken by the appearance of Raven de la Croix in the new documentary Blacks and Jews that I had to ask Josh if he'd banged her. He had.
I dug out his 1986 book Tales of Times Square to reread his chapter on her:
She lists a jumble of occupations leading up to her reigning tit stardom: real estate agent, nursery school teach, L.A. roofing contractor, record promoter, nurse at Columbia-Presbyterian near the Bronx, where she grew up. She spent years in the Hell's Angels, married one, then broke into prison to f--- him, when he did time. She supervised something called "Narconon," a drug rehab program in the California jail system -- dressed conservatively, she says, she would mingle with addict prisoners and pit the biggest black guys against the fiercest rednecks in encounter-group staring exercises.
Now in her thirties, Raven has landed dim-witted Hollywood cameos for big-boobed broads, in The Blues Brothers and other such rubbish. But she starred in Russ Meyer's Up!, which carries a lifetime constituency; she's since had to continually do men's magazine spreads to keep the fans succored... With a teenage son, she's come through like a Mack-truck Mary Tyler Moore. And now, clinging to the underside of show biz, bent on bigger movie roles, she commands $2,000 a week, plus accommodations, in what's vaguely definied as the burlesque circuit, here and in Canada.
"What freaks me a bit," says Raven, "are the guys who tremble in their seats with their mouths hanging open." She relates the incident of a pen pal, a lawyer, one of many who persistently write her... "So the guy came to one of my shows, talked to me a bit in the lobby. But he'd never been here before, and he overreacted to Mardi Gras by pulling down his pants and whacking off in the seat. Someone stopped him before he got tossed out."
Raven can deal with wackos in the audience, humor them perfectly. Like the guy out West who falls to his knees and prays to her -- she works it into her routine and obliges him with a religious spell.
It's more dangerous for strippers in Middle America, where folks are more apt to figure her profession qualifies her as rape meat or something. Yet some porn starlets have claimed that they run less risk of being raped because they're perceived as too powerful sexually...
"Everyone finds the weakness of the other, in this business," says Raven. "I've seen girls forced to give head. If a girl is easily scared or thinks her job is more important than her integrity, the guy'll find out what the weak point isand dive in there. I see thirteen year-old girls whose parents have put 'em to work in strip clubs."