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Porn's "Good Natured Contempt" for its Audience

Tony C writes on ADT:

I think a part of it is what Lazerus called the "good-natured comptempt" that (many/most/some?) pornographers have for their audience; a contempt that doesn't seem so good-natured these days.

As the business spirals down through progressively more brutal, less crafted smut it's as if producers are saying "You, your little dick, and your sick sexuality aren't worthy of anything better than this." And we buyers offer their money anyway, effectively answering "You're right. I'm a sick f---, and I don't deserve anything bettter."

So naturally there's some resentment and a sense of betrayal . You wouldn't like being mocked or insulted when you had a hard-on either.

MLyons writes:

This contempt for the audience that I see in much of today's porn is getting worse and worse. In some ways, the porn audience lives up to it... but on the other hand, pornography is reaping what it sews, I suppose.

I hate to name names and drudge up old rants but more often than not in the world of Anabolic's, and Red Light Districts, I feel like a target of derision more than I do a paying consumer.

Take this paraphrasing from a recent Red Light Title I watched: ('course I added an embellishment or two but it's disturbingly close to the actual quote) "All those sick f--king perverts who are lubing up their hard dicks looking at you are out there waiting for you to show us your sloppy gaping pussy... why don't you take off your useless panties."

This is the kind of bone-killing thing I get insulted at, and in the meantime, it doesn't necessarily do much for the girl who's taking off her panties either. I have no problem with porn, and its purpose in getting us off, or making us excited, or God forbid, some porn directors' ambitions to make it even more than that, etc, but the audience, and the girls, deserve more credit than this.

This contempt comes in many forms to be sure. Between badly produced comps, false box advertising, and instances such as the example above, this situation just seems to be getting worse and worse. Certainly not all companies and directors are like this, and certainly with the need to continually churn out movie after movie, I can understand where some won't be as good as others, and mistakes can be made.

On the other hand, I can't help but wonder what some of these producers are really thinking about the hardcore porn audience as a whole. And I can't help but wonder about the audience itself--among our membership are hard working, intelligent folks just like the non-porn watching public.

Our standards are just very suspect when it comes to porn, and I'm not sure why--except perhaps that we're so desperate to get off, we simply take what we're given. In any case, I'm not looking to solve all this, necessarily, but I'd be happy just to get rid of some of these jaded, know-it-alls with a DV camera whose idea of porn is summed up as such: "Hey I've got a camera, I've got a beautiful girl who I'm going to ignore accept in my pursuit of filling her holes with as much dick as possible, and a few average looking guys to provide the meat, and they're all going to f--- while I amatuerishly point a camera at them. These sick lubed up perverts will buy anything--and they don't deserve anything more than that."

I beg to differ. No doubt I'm exaggerating a tad, but this is the way things seem to be moving. More new meat, more companies, more porn, "say these lines--it doesn't matter if you mean it", "show us your cunt", "stuff two dicks in your ass hole", "smile while swallow these 37 loads--it doesn't matter if you mean it."

Tina Tyler Directs For Lexington Steele's Mercenary Pictures

From a press release from Mercenary's Wayne Hentai:

* What's your history in the adult industry?

Tina Tyler: I started as talent in 1992 and have enjoyed a more than a decade in front of the camera. My career has crossed genres from high end features to gonzo, to interracial, to fetish, to bisexual and transsexual.

* When did you decide to take up directing?

In 1998, I got the bug. At that time, it was a lot more difficult for a woman to get a directing deal, so I decided to create my own product and finance it myself. It was a huge risk, as I really could only afford to do one title and I had no distribution deal. The latter problem was solved with a meeting at OGV with Bob East, one of the most genuine and honorable men I've had the pleasure of knowing. He gave me a deal and I made my first movie, Tina Tyler's Favorites, Blow Jobs. I had my then husband and his best friend shoot it (on high 8, no less), a mainstream photographer did the lighting and the stills and I did the casting, locations, craft service, wardrobe, sitting behind the monitor, getting the press out to the set, performing (in the final scene) and check signing. Thankfully, it was well received and I went on to make two more titles in the series.

* Seeing as how there's not too many women directors, how do the female performers who work for you take to you?

Female directors are lucky. The women I've been fortunate enough to have shot all seem to want to bring their A game to the table when they know they're working for another woman. I'm not sure why that is, but my speculation is that female directors have a more non threatening way of comuincating to female talent.

* Do male performers treat you differently than how you'd seen them treat male directors?

Absolutely! I've never seen male talent ask to see Antonio Passolini's tits.

* What's your approach to shooting a blowjob that a guy wouldn't take, and what do you see in the scene that a guy wouldn't see?

For me the act of fellatio is power... female sexual power, control and seduction. For a guy the turn on is different. Whereas I'm looking to explore each woman's individual style and vibe, a male director may have one particular style he's looking for (the one that turns him on most). There's going to be more variety in my product.

* About how many blowjob scenes do you shoot in a week?

I shoot 10 to 15 a month, that breaks down to... ummm... errr... you said there'd be no math!

* How do you keep it so that it doesn't get repetitive for you?

Again each new woman infront of my lens is new experience waiting to happen. For me the joy is giving her an environment where she feels her sexiest and capturing it as it comes out of her.

* How's your experience been directing for Mercenary?

Hands down the best company I ever been associated with! I couldn't ask for a better situation. Lex has an incredible head for business and I'm learning so much from him. It wonderful to know that your ideas are welcomed with enthusiasm. It was certainly different for me shooting my own camera. That was probably the most daunting thing about it for me, but also one of the most exciting. I look forward to many more years with Mercenary.

Dokk Survives His Heart Attack To Post Again

Dokk, a pioneer of internet webmaster radio and a longtime friend of Ron Levi, posts on Oprano.com:

Sorry I wasn't planning on the heart attack it just happened! lol... And yeah I honestly thought it would be in the best taste not to post nothing here until peaches had a chance to settle some .. and I ain't xactly the most chipper company but am working on it!! Hired or fired I still wubs ya all.... A lot of it was cholesterol but probably more like cholesterol and 3 packs a day for 30 yrs... No more ciggies, doobies, no smoke... I don't have to go on a cardiac diet for i think another five or six weeks so if ne body wants to fix me up something tasty and cheap like varsity dogs pizza or generally bad for you junk food i'm in! I'm still dingy.. so sorry about that!

Porn Investments

Damon writes: "These guys make JKP, inc look like a Blue Chip Stock."

Injecting Heroin

I have never seen Tricia Devereaux inject drugs nor have I ever alleged (either privately or in print) that she has.

When Tricia tested positive for HIV in 1998, however, many people in and around porn rationally wondered how she got the deadly disease. There are two most likely sources for HIV-transmission -- unprotected anal sex and the sharing of dirty needles.

To this day, Tricia and John Stagliano maintain that I printed and publicized the rumor that Tricia injected heroin. I can find no evidence to support their assertion. Therefore, I say that they are lying. I doubt I'll ever get an apology from them.

I know they've been saying this about me for years and I've just ignored their accusations. Who wants to fight back against people who caught HIV?

I normally ignore it when people lie about me. Then on Sunday I snapped and decided this matter would be better dealt with head-on. Now the matter has spread to XPT.

I think part of the reason this rumor circulated about Tricia and other girls who do extreme porn is that it is hard to imagine why any girl would subject herself to such abuse unless she was warped by drugs or something.

I am not arguing that a girl has to be warped by drugs to do extreme porn. I'm arguing that it is rational to expect many people to look at things this way.

During the early part of the 1990s, there was heroin-chic in mainstream fashion and this look also translated into porn. One did not have to take heroin to be part of the heroin-chic craze.

Da Burglar writes on XPT (and he claims no first-hand evidence that Tricia injected drugs):

Tricia was hot during her heyday, exhibiting a debauched gothic heroin decadence that worked really well in her porn scenes.

I remember her [Tricia Devereaux] from the mid 90s. One consistent thing stuck out in her scenes. Tricia was almost always SWEATING profusely and always PALE. Anyone remember Her Gangbang Girl stint with Chloe (who admits she was strung out on heroin during that period) and 15 Anabolic Penis Zombies? The scene was shot outside on a cool, overcast day.....The penis zombies, who were doing all the work, seem cool and hardly breaking a sweat. Tricia and Chloe were sweating profusely 11 minutes into the scene...

The Mid 90's saw a huge boom in Heroin use in general (and NO, it wasn't cuz of Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.) I personally know 4 former friends, business partners and / or classmates who derailed cuz of their love of JUNK. In 1996, in a span of 8 months, One chick (MBA, fairly hot but uptight) went from a $185K Marketing Executive Position in South San Fran to screwing visiting Japanese businessmen for $300 a pop, stealing CDs 2 at a time from friends (like me), living in a van and eating Skittles morning noon and night. She was able to remain strangely funcitonal in spite of her use, and during times when she had plenty of dope, she still looked and acted kinda normal, including a relationship with a sometimes-dopefiend boyfriend. In the end after 2 years, however, just before "the family intervention," she was always pale and always sweating.

Random writes:

Life definitely gave her a fierce kick in the crotch, no doubt. I have no clue about the heroin accusation, though with this biz nothing would surprise me.

I've got no qualms with her. She seems like a decent person. Of course I'm just basing this on posts from ADT, but she's always seemed nice and reasonable.

Apparently she's well (at least regarding her HIV condition), married to a very rich man and has a healthy daughter. She seems to be doing great given the unfortunate circumstances Wallice appearently caused.

Smiling Arab writes:

That whole era predates me, but the whole thing seems hazy anyway and Luke is probably the only one that remembers with any precision. But I think it went something like:

1. Luke printed that Wallice was HIV+.

2. Everyone denied, Luke retracted.

3. Wallice tested positive. AIM released a test that Wallice had gotten from some hokey clinic to prove that he hadn't been knowingly working while HIV+. Showing their competance, AIM didn't notice that it was actually the test of a middle-aged female.

4. Between #2 and #3, rumors were spreading like contagion. I think I recall reading about a year ago that Tricia accused Sharon Mitchell of helping to spread the more lacivious ones about Tricia.

5. After #3, Luke went down to AIM for a big hug session with Margold and Sharon. This probably conflated Luke with the two of them in her or her husband's mind.

I've picked this all up second hand, so feel free to correct if something is out of place or not included. Da Burglar can probably attest, intravenous use is hardcore and wasn't really a staple of '90s addiction until people went around the bend on it. There was actually a myth back then that you couldn't get hooked if you just inhaled (chasing the dragon) and stayed away from needles altogether. Of course, for a junkie anything but shooting up is a waste of product, they all eventually use needles if my high-class clientele is any guide.

Frankly, if I came down with a potentially fatal STD and people were openly speculating that I sucked a dirty syringe rather than Wallice's Dick of Death, I might be a bit huffy too. I have no clue what's the truth, I don't know any of these people, but I could see how she would be touchy about it if that wasn't true.

Ivor Biggun writes:

She was indeed a superlative whore in her time and of that she can be justly proud. Unfortunately she isn't, instead she's another delusional (former) porn star who refuses to acknowledge that nature of her work, preferring to consider herself an "actress". This leads her to come out with absurdities such as that in my sig, which dates back to the argument on ADT that resulted in Jeff's banning and the creation of this very forum. So in a way I suppose we should thank her.

"I do think I'm a lady. A model for teenage girls." - Tricia Devereaux

JRV writes:

At that time Marc Wallice wasn't some marginal meatpuppet. He was effectively A-list (yeah it was that bad back then). Marc had been in the business for a dozen or more years, was well known & was friends with many people in all parts of the business. Tricia has said that she turned down shooting with some new guy (either Brandon or Erik Everhard, I can't remember) to shoot with Marc instead because Marc was established & trusted by everyone ... and she thinks that's the shoot where she was infected by HIV.

Luke kept beating the drum until Patrick Collins (Marc worked at Elegant Angel at the time) finally made Marc get tested for real. Had Luke not kept at it Marc might have gotten away with it for longer.

What struck me at the time was that Luke wasn't told by Elvis that Marc was The One, nor did Luke discover this on his own. Someone told Luke. That means someone knew. I have never heard who finally blew the whistle; it was probably a friend of Marc's or an employee at Elegant Angel, but it still leaves open the question of how they knew. It may be someone had seen Marc's tests and noticed a pattern of suspect, perhaps faked, results. But it may also mean people other than Marc knew he was performing while HIV+.

I don't remember AIM "releasing" Marc's older tests. I think AIM started after the Marc Wallice outbreak? Federal privacy laws on medical tests wouldn't have allowed releasing results anyway unless Marc had signed the right kind of release, which probably wasn't done at that point (prior to Marc I don't recall people thinking in terms of deliberate fraud - they just wanted to make sure people got themselves tested).

I broke the news that Marc Wallice was HIV-positive April 22nd on l-keford.com and RAME. Then it felt like much of the industry descended upon me, including Mark Kernes at AVN and Wallice himself, saying Wallice was HIV-free. I posted that if I was wrong, and if they were right, then I was very sorry.

My reporting forced Wallice to get a proper HIV-test and it revealed he was HIV-positive. Sharon Mitchell, who was then working through Bill Margold's PAW (Protecting Adult Welfare) organization, funded by the FSC (Free Speech Coalition). AIM started a couple of months later.

I based my April 23rd 1998 report on Wallice being HIV-positive from several sources:

* Gene Ross had written in AVN two years before that Wallice had changed the dates on HIV-tests and, I think Gene wrote the following in effect, had been suspected of transmitting HIV.

* Various pornographers told me that Marc Wallice was HIV-positive, was perhaps responsible for the string of HIV-transmissions, and was avoiding proper testing.

* That Wallice had had unprotected anal sex with all the girls who'd come down HIV-positive in the past couple of years.

At the time of my April 23rd report, I had not seen an HIV-positive test result for Wallice, nor had I spoken to Wallice or Margold or Sharon Mitchell or Jim South.

How Your Child Treats Barbie Can Reveal Future Kinkiness

LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) - Want to know if your child is a future kinkster? Take a look at how they treat their Barbie dolls.

That's according to porn actress Nina Hartley, who says that every girl she knows who is instinctively kinky "started out by tying up their Barbies as kids." Bondage with Barbies is just one clue to a kid's future kinkiness. Hartley says when kids play cowboy, the one who wants to get tied up is probably going to enjoy on-the-cuff activities as an adult.

Jeff Steward's Advice For Porn Stars

He writes on XPT: "For any of you porn chicks reading this thread, PLEASE DONT F--- YOUR BODY UP WITH UGLY TATTOOS. Just look what this stupid Jersey whore did to herself. The only thing left for Jersey now is ... Stupid, stupid whore."

The Anatomy Of Porn Publicity

Carly Milne writes on her site pornblography.com:

My health has somewhat deteriorated since January. I'm still active and going to spin and whatnot - which means I'm still only 683 pounds instead of 838 - but I've chosen to deal with my illness naturally rather than go the route of getting weekly shots that threaten to shut down my liver and kidneys as suggested by my doctor. It's an issue I've been dealing with since 15, and after years of treating the symptom rather than the cause, I decided I've had enough. I'm going through a pretty serious detox right now. Some days are good, some days aren't.

...............

The first thing I will say about publicity is - and don't go bitching about me being a whiner, this is just a simple fact - it's a pretty thankless job. Part of the reason why is because I don't think a lot of the companies that hire a publicist understand not only what the job entails, but how results are gauged and what it means for them. The truth of it is it's hard to gauge the results of what I do. Does that mean I'm useless? No. My job is to get a company and its products more media attention, and I do. In essence what that does is pass along more information to the consumer to help said company stand out among a crowded marketplace to entice said consumer to purchase the company's product that I promote over someone else.

Gauge Almost Dies From Alcohol Poisoning

Wankus and Gene Ross report.

Exotica-2000 AKA New York Elites Escort Service Busted

I've been predicting this type of bust for months. I expect Nicis Girls will be busted too.

Fast Eddie writes on the Yahoo group Fun With PSEs (Porn Star Escorts):

If E2K has indeed been busted, it's just another indicator that the hobby is on the verge of entering a new era. I think the golden age of the PSE agency is over. Partly for political reasons (which is a topic for a seperate discussion), but also, and I think for a larger part, due to the economic realities of post 9/11 America.

The free ride that the Clinton administration gave to the entire adult movie/adult services industries in general was, in my opinion, in a large part responsible for the proliferation of the various high-profile escort agencies (PSE and otherwise) that have flourished over the last 10 years or so.

But because of the current economic climate, most of the agencies have significantly decreased the amount of the girl's expenses they cover. Airfare and hotel costs, which used to be paid partially or fully, has been reduced or eliminated, and even if they are partially covered the girls are now usually required to front the costs themselves and be reimbursed by the agency later. In the majority of cases, (I think partly out of fear of the Mann Act), airfare has been entirely eliminated as a covered expense. So the benefits of booking exclusively through an agency aren't what they once were. Add to that the fact that competition has dramatically increased... there are a LOT of new so-called "PSEs" popping up almost daily who's names hardly anybody recognizes. I've done freeones.com and google searches on most of them and in many cases there are little or no hits on their names. So these days it costs the PSE more out of her own pocket to tour and there are a lot more girls in the same city at the same time then there used to be, many of whom are booking directly at significantly lower rates than the agencies.

The results are that many of the savvy PSE's (at least the ones without big egos) are beginning to realize that at half the agency rate they can triple their number of appointments and end up making a lot more money by booking directly.

So if the heyday of the PSE agency is over, what does the future hold? My GUESS is that four things are likely to occur...

1. Some ladies will simply quit the business entirely out of fear of increased LE scrutiny or from an inability to handle their own tours.

2. Most of the (few) very big name pornstars who are openly available through an agency will disappear and go under the radar.

3. Many of the better known pornstars who aren't already booking directly will begin doing so at one half to two thirds the agency rates, and

4. The no-name, gonzo and web type PSEs will fall into the upper end of the non-PSE escort range at $300-$500 per hour.

Ultimately this may benefit both the PSEs and the hobbyists alike, especially those hobbyists who live in places like LA and NYC. Lower prices for the guys and less competition, higher volume and consequently more money for the ladies. One possible downside for hobbyists in secondary or tertiary markets like Mpls, Detroit, Chicago, and I'm sad to say, Philly, etc., is that they probably won't be seeing as many pornstars coming to those cities as previously did.

Porn stars promoted on Exotica-2000.com as available for escorting have included in the past Digital Playground contract star Devon. Girls now on the site include: Adajja, Alexandra Quinn, Alexis Malone, Aliyah Yi, Allison Kilgore, Alllysin Chaynes, Amber Peach, Angela D'Angelo, Anita Dark, Anna Malle, Annie Andersin, Aspen Stevens, Austin O'Riley, Ava Devine, Ava Vincent, Bianca Trump, Bionca Seven, Blake Mitchell, Bridgette Monroe, Brittany Andrews, Brooke Hunter [says she has never worked for E2K nor done any escorting], Carolyn Monroe, Catalina, Chasey Lain, Cherie, Chloe, Chloe Black, Cytherea [says she has never worked for E2K], Dayton, Dru Berrymore, Elizabeth X, Jennifer Steele, Jodie Moore, J.R. Carrington, Julie Meadows, Kasorn Swan, Kate Frost, Kayla Marie, Kendra Jade, LA LaMann, Lauren Haze, Layla Jade, Lezley Zen, Lisa Sparxxx, Lita Chase, Lola, Lucy Lee, Mason Storm, Melissa Hill, Melissa Wolf, Mia Smiles, Midori, Mike Lee, Nick Manning, Nicole Moore, Nikita Denise, Nina Hartley, Ona Zee, Phylisha Anne, PJ Sparxxx, Raquel Devine, Rebecca Bardoux, Rebecca Love, Regan Star, Renee LaRue, Roxanne Hall, Ryan Conner, Sabrine Maui, Samantha Strong, Shay Sights, Shyla Stylez, Solveig, Sophia Ferrari, Staci Thorn, Summer Storm, Tabitha Stevens, Teri Weigel, Tiffany Mynx, Tracey Adams, Tyler Faith, Wendy-Maya Divine.

From the New York Post:

April 12, 2005 -- The feds yesterday busted a multimillion-dollar prostitution ring that allegedly dispatched call girls to cities across the United States and the world.

The ringleaders of the global sex service, New York Elites, were identified as Ukrainian-born Elena "Llana" Trochetchenkova and Egyptian-born Rady Abdel Salem Abbassy.

The two, along with two alleged office staffers, have been charged with engaging in interstate prostitution, according to a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court. They ran the ring from an office at 12 East 32rd St., charging johns from $1,000 to $2,000 per hour, officials said.

Their call girls "would do one- to two-week 'tours' in other cities, during which they would work as prostitutes in hotel rooms in those cities," said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Theodore Psahos.

When the feds raided the ring's headquarters yesterday, they found a ledger containing clients' names and payments, index cards with call girls' names, photos and bios, travel itineraries and the "sexual activities in which the women would or would not engage," officials said.

Abbassy, who officials said had been deported from the U.S. 20 years ago for a marijuana conviction, was arrested yesterday and ordered held without bail at his arraignment.

Also arrested were the ring's alleged dispatcher, Valerie "Vivian" Hairston, and office worker Nancy Khaja, officials said. Both were freed in $100,000 bail. Trochetchenkova was still being sought.

From the New York Daily News:

City hooker ring KOd

Operated through web

BY ROBERT GEARTY and GREG B. SMITH DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

A multimillion-dollar Manhattan-based prostitution ring used the Internet to snag customers and arrange "dates" with hundreds of supposed supermodels in 22 states, prosecutors charged yesterday.

NY Elites promised "stunning European knockouts" with names such as Vanessa, Roxy and Katrina - charging $500 to $1,500 per hour for sex in hotels from coast to coast, authorities say.

The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency raided Elites' E. 32nd St. headquarters and discovered records listing the names of more than 200 hookers, according to court papers.

At 6 a.m. yesterday, agents busted alleged ringleader Rady Abdel Salem Abbassy. But they missed his girlfriend and alleged partner, Elena Trochtchenkova, who remains a fugitive, prosecutors said.

The ring operated out of an eighth-floor suite off Fifth Ave. where "dispatchers" took calls from johns drawn via a Web site.

The site depicted numerous women who supposedly "appeared on the covers of many mainstream European magazines," providing a résumé with every physical detail. Yesterday it featured 5-foot-6, 116-pound Vanessa with the come-on: "Call and Reserve Vanessa today!" She was allegedly "available in New York City" from last week until Sunday. "If you are in need of beautiful companionship and sharp intellect, check out the most sought after escorts in the New York area," the Web site promised.

Three of the pricey call girls turned informants and told of being sent on two-week "tours" to other cities, according to affidavits by Immigration and Customs agent Theodore Psahos.

The escort service used Hotwire, an Internet travel agency, to book hotel rooms for customers. Records show the service booked rooms in 22 cities, including New York, Boston, Chicago and San Francisco. Hotwire officials, who are not accused of any wrongdoing, cooperated with the probe.

Immigration agents discovered $5.5 million in deposits into accounts linked to NY Elites, mostly from credit card payments, prosecutors alleged. But investigators believe the ring netted much more money, noting that most customers paid with cash.

The ring was quite sophisticated, requiring all first-time users to provide detailed personal information to filter out potential law enforcement agents. Only after callers were cleared could they request specific women and particular sex acts, prosecutors alleged. "Incomplete forms will not be accepted," the site warned.

Call girls would collect payments upfront, and deliver cash or credit card receipts to the dispatchers, prosecutors said.

Yesterday, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs confirmed the arrests and said the agency would release more information today.

In Manhattan Federal Court, accused ringleader Abbassy was detained when prosecutor Benjamin Gruenstein alleged he was in the U.S. illegally after being deported to Egypt for a 1985 marijuana conviction.

Two women, Valerie Hairston and Nancy Khaja, alleged to be dispatchers, were released on $100,000 bond.

Fast Eddie writes on TER: "Both Stacy (Centerfolds Club) and Nici specialize in Centerfolds, but Stacy is a much smaller operation, although apparently much more discrete as well. As for screening, it's much more invasive than BM or E2K... you need to be able to prove your ability to pay the big bucks, so you usually need to divulge driver's license number, possibly your SSN and some personal financial info in addition to the normal screening requirements."

Whatever Happened To Azlea Antistia?

Last I knew she worked at a clothing store in Orange County, CA, and regretted her time in porn.

How Will The New Pope Affect The Porn Industry?

Surely Mark Kernes will tell us. Email Luke

AVN Turmoil?

I want to know who's drinking and who's tweaking and who's going to get fired.

XXX writes: "From what I hear about overwork over there now I wouldn't be surprised if they put uppers and booze in the vending machines."

Kevin Moore's Life In Pornography

We chat by phone Monday night, April 11.

Kevin, 31 (never married): "Do you remember Cherie [the Jewish porn star, who has her name in Hebrew letters tattooed across her lower back]?"

Duke: "What did you do to her, you Aryan?"

Kevin: "The outfit and hat she was wearing was the spitting image of a Nazi stormtrooper. I said to her, Cherie, are you offended by the hat you're wearing? But she didn't understand."

Duke: "Why did you start your own production company [Jekyll And Hyde Productions with Adam Grayson of Search Extreme]?"

Kevin: "That was the whole reason I got into porn. I shot amateur stuff when I lived in Massachusetts. I did a bunch of amateur websites. I went into the stunningcurves.com thing for a while [from 1999-2001]. That allowed me to get my foot in the door of the LA scene. I was having a lot of resistance when I lived out East. I would try to get my foot in the door and come out to the convention and show myself and everyone told me to get lost.

"With Stunningcurves, at first everyone told me to get lost. But I kept at it and it allowed me the ability to get my foot in the door and start making connections and meeting people.

"I share a similar story to Jules Jordan. When I was younger, I worked in an adult bookstore out East. I'd rent Buttman movies and say, 'I really want to do this one day. I want to see what I can do with porno.'

"The catalyst to all this is that through Mike Metropolis, I met Joey Silvera. He pushed me to shoot my own stuff."

Duke: "He's like a father figure."

Kevin: "Yeah. When you read sites like your's, you get this [view] that there are a lot of scumbags in the business. I was fortunate that I got hooked in with some good people -- Joey [production director], John Leslie [shot camera for the series Gobble the Goop]. John is one of my all-time favorite directors. I remember when I was younger the first time I saw Curse of the Catwoman and being blown away. I look up to guys like Joey, John Leslie, John Stagliano..."

Duke: "Would you introduce them to your parents?"

Kevin: "Yeah. They're all pretty normal guys. They've got a good sense of humor about things."

Duke: "Could you tell John Stagliano to stop lying about me?"

Kevin: "I read your little thing. I don't know John Stagliano too well. Of all the people I've watched, he's had the most influence on me when I picked up the camera. That's true of most people in this business."

Duke: "You're not outgrowing this industry?"

Kevin: "I'm interested in some other stuff. On the side, I've been working on some [non-pornographic] shorts. SAG actors.

"People will bag on me for this, but if I hadn't been shooting porno, I would never have gotten the opportunity to get involved with the shorts. People who say that porno doesn't... If you're a motivated person, porno offers you the opportunity to really get your hands dirty. You can have amazing control of your product. There are good things in porno. It all depends on what circle you run in. It's also easy to get hooked with the bad side of the business."

Duke: "How do you feel about slapping the girls and punching them?"

Kevin: "Depends. If they're Melissa Lauren, they want to do it. If they're not, and that happens to them, that hurts the whole industry because then that girls resents all of us."

Duke: "Have you punched many girls in this industry?"

Kevin: "I've never punched any. I'm not really a woman-hater. I'm not into that I've-got-to-beat-up-a-girl-to-get-off thing.

"A lot of the movies today are about beating the girl down and degrading her as much as possible. But Joey has done scenes where women dominate him and slap him around. He has a series where girls dominate men. Joey said to me, don't force something on a girl that you wouldn't want done to yourself. That stuck in my head and I thought a lot about that."

Duke: "How do you like working on Joey's tranny sets?"

Kevin: "That's the number one question I get. Joey shoots most of that stuff in Brazil. I do not go with him. Evil Angel has an office down there.

"For me, this is a job and [tranny stuff] is part of what I do. I don't have any moral problem with it. It was not something I was aware of until I started working in LA. A lot of the stuff we shoot here tends to be girls with she-males [aka chicks with dicks], which is semi-erotic."

Duke: "What about one she-male buggering another she-male up the bum?"

Kevin: "I've never seen two she-males get it on."

Duke: "Do you think you might be a sex addict?"

Kevin: "Yeah, I've thought that before. I'm into sex. That's my reason for doing pornography. It allows me to vicariously experience certain fantasies without having to do them. In the end, I'm monogamous. I like having sex with someone I'm having a relationship with."

Duke: "Or someone you've paid."

Kevin: "I'd rather not exchange money for it if I don't have to. Porn allows me to get things out of my head that boarder on sex addiction. But I can shoot it and get it out of my head. It's a relief. It keeps me sane."

Duke: "What happened to stunningcurves?"

Kevin: "That was one of the things that I loved and hated. I loved it when I started it. But you know... You love it but I hated the stress that came from writing. And the only way to get good traffic in the adult news business is gossip. I'm not cut out for that 'Let's talk trash about people.' It's not me.

"I like to keep to myself. When people tell me things, I like to keep that to myself.

"I was on production. I knew that if I burned a ton of bridges, my ability to get a job in production might never happen. I'd just get cut off.

"I decided the best thing was to turn Stunningcurves into a photo archive and stop doing the news. It was like a huge weight had lifted off my shoulders. It was a lot of work. I was sick of sitting in front of a computer all the time. Now I'm out and about."

Duke: "And you make more money."

Kevin went to his first porn show in January 1996 at CES. "I had a disposable camera. I more went to just check out the girls. As I got older, I got more serious about it."

Kevin moved to LA in September of 2002. Before then he had two jobs in Amherst, Massachusetts -- computer work at a university by day and running his own amateur sites at night. "I was shooting a lot. I was really into photography. I would shoot stills. I would shoot amateur girls."

Duke: "Why not the beautiful nature?"

Kevin: "I shot some of that too. I shot a lot of nature, a lot of snow, a lot of Fall. And I always came back to wanting to shoot naked girls."

Moore's life is a lot like the movie Goodwill Hunting.

He says he's never dated a girl in the business but he does do an oral scene with an 18-year old Keri Sable in his classic movie Stick it in My Face 3.

Eeek, I must never watch that.

Duke: "Were you throat-gagging her like Max Hardcore?"

Kevin: "No. You know me. I'm a little shy. I'm not a party guy. I don't hang out with the social scene in the business. It makes me uncomfortable."

Duke: "How do you keep Adam [Kevin's partner] from jumping on the talent?"

Kevin: "He's hard to control. I'm the more controlled pervert. He's more of the crazy pervert."

Duke: "How did you guys get together?"

Kevin: "I did an article on SearchExtreme when it first launched for Stunningcurves. He's an East Coast. I tend to get along better with people from the East Coast."

Duke: "How do you divide up your partnership? Does he do the dishes and you do the vacuuming?"

Kevin: "Yeah, and a little dusting.

"Adam's the business guy. He's Jewish like yourself."

Duke: "He has a natural affinity for money."

Kevin: "He has a natural affinity for money. He doesn't hide it. I don't have that obsessive eye on the money. That's a problem. I think too much about shooting. Adam is good at keeping me in line, on deadlines, and keeping the money coming."

Duke: "You're more of the artist."

Kevin: "I guess. He's not really into shooting."

Duke: "Can you give me any insights into Keri Sable based on your scene together?"

Kevin: "She's very grounded and mature for her age. She's a smart girl who will go on to be incredibly successful in this business. I'm ecstatic that she got that Wicked contract. It's unfortunate for us little people who can't shoot her anymore."

Duke: "Tell me about your scene together."

Kevin: "I had her tied to a bed. The set-up was that she had done something and I wouldn't let her out. She was struggling to get out and I'm dangling the keys over her. She says, 'I'll do anything you want to get out.'

"A lot of performers talked to me about what they go through to perform. I said to myself, I want to see what it is like. I would get frustrated sometimes when guys wouldn't show certain angles. Guys weren't thinking about the camera and the lighting."

Duke: "Is it true she had to get dental work after that scene because you bashed some of her molars out?"

Kevin: "No. Keri likes to have her body perfected [through plastic surgery]. She had some jaw work done after that."

Duke: "How have people reacted to you once they found out you had done a scene?"

Kevin: "Nobody has said a word to me."

Kevin claims that during his small window of opportunity to shoot Keri, he couldn't find any guys, so he stepped up to the plate.

Duke: "What do you love and hate about the industry?"

Kevin: "I love the freedom. I love the circle I hang out with.

"I hate the self-loathing. A lot of people who work in the business loathe it. I think that if you really hate it that much, you should go do something else. I don't get why people who are in the business hate it so much. It's like it is cool to make fun of the industry as much as possible. It's a way of saying, 'I'm too good for this. I'm gonna make fun of it all day long.' When there comes a day that I hate doing this, then I'm going to quit.

"Joey, John [Leslie], [John] Stagliano, they love it. With Joey, every time we shoot, every casting call we go on, you'd never know he'd had sex on film the last 30-years. He's still so passionate about making a quality product. He's serious about thinking about the guys at home who watch his movies.

"Jules [Jordan] is so passionate about making a quality product. I don't know how people can get down on him for doing that. I wish there was a weeding out of the industry, to get rid of the people who hate it.

"In the end, people like me and Jules and people at Red Light District, we're all fans."

Duke: "How has your time in the industry affected you?"

Kevin: "I don't have any new and weird perversions. I'm not as shy. I've come out of that shell. You can't be shy and shoot. I've had to grow and come out from behind my walls and be more socially acceptable and effectively communicate on set."

Duke: "You're like those retarded kids in movies who become normal."

Kevin: "I'm like Rain Man, if you say so.

"Most of the people my age in the industry go to clubs... I don't like to go to clubs. If you go to clubs, you're cool. I'm not cool. You understand. You know what it's like. I'm lost in the mystique of LA. I'm Lost in Translation."

Duke: "Are you Lost in Love but you don't know much..."

Kevin: "Air Supply."

Duke: "How will you celebrate their 30th anniversary May 12?"

Kevin: "Maybe I'll bring over a lady friend and we'll listen to some Air Supply and we'll kick it, kick it. We'll read your book while we listen to some Air Supply. That'll pay true homage to both of you."

Duke: "Which porn star would you most like to listen to Air Supply with? I'm sure there are many."

Kevin: "Most of the girls in the business would not be cool with Air Supply. They would walk out on me if I put on some Air Supply."

Kevin does not support decriminalizing bestiality yet he holds that "government shouldn't have a say over our personal lives. I don't think the state should decide who can get married."

An altar boy, Kevin thought about entering the priesthood when he was twelve.

Duke: "Did the priesthood ever enter you?"

Kevin: "No. Everyone asks me that. Catholicism had its affect on me. Here I am making porno. That is a testimony to the climate that Catholicism breeds -- restrictive. I had all these issues with guilt when I was a teenager. That guilt manifests itself into the person I am now."

Duke: "I see a strong Roman Catholic influence in your work."

Kevin: "I'm always going to be fascinated by religion. Am I going to burn in hell because I didn't accept Jesus as my Savior? Because I was raised Catholic, it is so hard for me to move away from the concept of Heaven and Hell, Right and Wrong, Black and White."

Kevin believes in G-d. "I think that priests don't marry is terrible. That women don't have a bigger role in the Church is terrible. In Catholicism, you are not allowed to confess your sins to G-d. You have to confess them to a fricken priest. You have no personal relationship with G-d. I find that it is very dogmatic and very controlling and I was very surprised when the Pope died, how the world was all into Catholicism. A few months ago, the world was so angry at Catholicism because of all the pedophiles who were priests.

"As far back as I remember, my family went to church. But the last time I visited my parents, they didn't go to church. I thought the sky was going to fall. They weren't going to church because of all the stuff about these priests assaulting the kids. It destroyed their faith in the doctrine. They'd been giving money to the Church all these years..."

Duke: "Do you think G-d is ok with pornography?"

Kevin: "The Catholic in me says no way. That it's a total sin..."

Duke: "How do strangers react when you tell them you are a pornographer?"

Kevin: "...I've never had anyone flip out on me. I do have a friend I grew up with... He now lives in Burbank. He's one of my oldest friends in the world. When I came out and visited him a bunch of times. He and his wife are born-again Christians. He's not allowed to talk to me anymore because of what I do.

"When you meet girls who are not in this business, it takes a unique girl to be cool with what you do, to understand that I am not hitting on the girls. I brought a girl on set so she could see it. She was surprised at how sterile it was. When the camera comes on, it is very different than when the camera goes off.

"I've met girls who are cool with it, even a little fascinated... Unlike out East, where I met far more women who had issues with it."

Adam Grayson says: "The suggestion that I am a deranged pervert is overboard. I am good with money. Kevin is awful with money. Kevin is a mad genius and I'm a good Jewish accountant."

Luc Parry's Night With Sophie Dee

Sophie Dee, Rusty Nails and Hollywood Henry joined my civilian friends -- with a professional photographer, computer expert, a female mechanic and high-octane 3D graphic artist (of mega-mainstream proportions) among them. One of my friends knew the dancers at Jumbo's, who came over and spent some time with us between sets. And one girl, Gypsy, holy damn was she amazing ... yowza.

Spent a good amount of time with Sophie Dee until an old crush of mine arrived. My attention turned to her and, before I knew it a jealousy plotline ran through the rest of the night, with Ms. Dee mad at me for liking the other girl. To which I said, "Of course I like her."

Who Is The Adult Entertainment Broadcasting Network (AEBN)?

AEBN pioneered Video-On-Demand and is one of the top practicioners of the business, if not number one.

They're located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

According to their website, they offer over 40,000 movies, which is probably more than anyone.

Their CEO is Scott Coffman. He's squeaky clean. No criminal record. No civil suits.

He left West Virginia and came to Charlotte to become a stockbroker. He hated stockbroking. He tried different things. He ran a bar. The bar falls apart. Somebody suggests that he run a sex magazine North Carolina. After all, the alternative weekly was filled with sex ads.

Scott starts up a sex weekly (circa 1995). He goes online (circa 1999) and abandons print. He starts up a DVD business then switches to VOD.

I think of AEBN as a solid, honest, reliable company. I don't hear searing gossip about them. They just go about their business. They're surprisingly open and friendly.

There might be something in the hospitable southern mentality (look at Adam & Eve in Raleigh, three hours drive away) which makes for more honest business than those companies located in Los Angeles, San Francisco or New York.

I hit up a source in the internet industry and he told me:

* Cynthia Kwasny...head of sales at AEBN. Left.

* AEBN has a reputation for poor payout levels for webmasters in AEBN's affiliate program.

* AEBN would be in top 25 players in the adult biz, but not in top ten. They own a Lear jet.

Because of digital technology, a porn company can now be located anywhere, even North Carolina. Soon, however, many of these porn jobs will shift overseas to second and third-world countries like India. The workers there are cheaper and it is not as though making and distributing and programming porn takes special skills.

One of the benefits of being headquartered outside of Los Angeles and New York is that it makes it harder for thugs like Edward Wedelstedt to muscle you.

Rude Jews

Library guy writes:

I work part-time at an excellent public library whose patrons are about 70% Jewish. Most of our Jewish patrons are considerate, intelligent people and passionate readers, but the bad ones--and I'm talking about a tiny minority here--are horrible human beings who seem to take pleasure in laying into shocked members of our circulation staff whenever something goes wrong. When these patrons accumulate overdue fines, they become offensive and accusatory, causing some of our more sensitive staffers (i.e., the women) to leave the desk crying. The bad ones also refuse to discipline their children, who rack up a lot of fines on books for school projects, then expect their parents to show up at the library and chew out the staff or renew their books long beyond the acceptable limits (9 weeks).

All my coworkers--mostly Gentiles, but a couple very friendly Jews as well--have this tacit understanding that all the worst patrons are Jewish, but I think we're all so ashamed to suspect or discuss as much. Please help me understand why this is so because I am totally at a loss. I'm writing to you because your profiles of people like Scott Rudin, Peter Bart and Harvey Weinstein reminded me of some of our biggest offenders!

Am I a horrible anti-Semite? I understand you converted to Judaism so maybe you can enlighten this ignorant Catholic.

No group has only good characteristics. While Jews tend to be rich, educated, and law-abiding, there are sins they are disproportionately responsible for -- much of the filth in the music, TV and film industry (not that it would be much better if all Jews left), leftist political activism, feminism, and general rudeness.

As someone who was raised a Protestant, I have never sent back a plate of food at a restaurant. I was raised that one should not complain. Thus, Jewish life came as a shock -- all the whining, whinging, complaining, kvetching, and entitlement.

Jews tend to have a strong sense of importance, and tend to lead passionate lives pursuing various lives. In their pursuit of the things they want and feel they deserve, they tend to push more than WASPs do. That's why Jews are often described as passionate, pushy, grasping, climbers.

Jayna Update

Y.Lee Sardonicus writes: "According to a close friend of hers, she has resurfaced and reinvented herself as a hair salon proprietor."

World Modeling Monday

I turned the key in my car and felt a sharp pain in my hand and it runs down to my elbow. Oh no, not repetitive strain syndrome? If I couldn't write, my life would be rocked.

I turn the key again. The pain leaves. I drive off to Van Nuys.

I walk into World Modeling. Jim Jr is in pain. He pinched a nerve in his back yesterday while leaning back on his chair and coughing.

Now he can barely sit in his chair. He's on Vicodin. He can't hold a camera to take pictures of the new talent.

He uses his lunch hour to seek more pain relief.

His father suggests soaking himself in a warm bath.

I suggest sex. That has made my sore back feel better. It might be the warmth.

"He gets enough sex," says Jim Sr.

I meet a new guy from Italy Gino Raphael. He sits at Jim South's desk. Jim is calling around the major companies (Vivid, Wicked, LFP, as well as Wildlife) so they can meet Gino, who is 27. He did some porn in Europe. He's lived in Los Angeles for 18-months pursuing mainstream work and just decided to return to porn. I suppose he wants money and sex.

I ask him why porn. "Because I like so much women," he says. "Why not make money too?"

Gino says he's slept with about 150 women in his life. "Just for pleasure," he says, to distinguish them from the ones he's worked with on camera.

Sandra Shine Sandra Shine is from Hungary. She's 5'9" and 120 pounds. Born 9/8/81, she only does girl-girl but makes at least $800 a scene. This is her third working trip to Los Angeles.

According to one site: "Sandra has only done two boy/girl scenes. One video appearance in "Interview with a sex maniac" with her real life boyfriend, and one photo layout which seemed to go a bit "out of control"."

Jim Sr tells me his experience: "I was sent borderline pictures of [Sandra]. I called the lady back who referred [Sandra] to me. She told me that [Sandra] only did girl-girl. I said, 'Are you crazy? She's coming from Europe and she only does girl-girl.' The lady said, 'Wait till you see her.'

"Then I got her a job for Steve Hicks who, I think, shot her for Penthouse. I got this picture. [Sandra Shine]

"She came here from Europe. She speaks English. When I got this picture, I re-emailed it out. In one month [about two years ago], I booked her 26-jobs. She did not miss one job. She went back to Hungary and came back over six months later. I booked her for 26-jobs. All single girl-girl. It's unheard of.

"She's been here three times. Every time, I book her for more than 20 jobs. The only job she didn't do was when we booked her with Cameron Kane, who didn't show up."

Jim gets on the phone with a female performer: "Number one, I didn't take his picture. Two. I don't remember how low his balls hang. I'm 106 and my balls don't hang very low.

"It could be on the angle.

"You should tell Felix that but I don't know if I would get into the ball thing."

Jim Jr tells Sr: "My friend is going to hook me up with a [dangerous dog]."

Jim Sr: "I don't think you should get it."

Jr: "I've wanted a dog like that since I was a kid. My roommate is going to get one too."

Sr: "I don't want you to have a dog that big in a yard that small. The last thing I want is for you to get sued."

What Happened To Tim Connelly's Films?

Sexy writes: "If Tim Connelly [AVN publisher] is so proud of his past as a former porn actor, how come we can't find any of his movies? We also can't find information on his stage names. Do you know of any movies he performed in?"

One name he used was Dick Howard. IAFD credits him with about 40 titles.

Andrea Dworkin Dies, Christian Mann Remembers

Paul Fishbein reports.

Ed Powers On The Carmen Luvana KSEX Show Wednesday 5pm PST

Carmen, the Adam & Eve contract girl, writes: " Edd Powers on my Next ksex show. Edd Powers I would say is the most famous guys in the adult business, he is know for braking every single girl in the business and doing their first scene. Including my self. He is know for his famous serious (More Dirty Debutant) with was my first scene. He has never been on the ksex show and hasn't done any appearances in some time...so this is something you do not want to miss."

Ginger Lynn Takes Break From Her KSEX Show

Writes a source: "She got involved in mainstream projects and had to take a break. She also has been dealing with some personal issues."

Houston Out Of The Sex Business

The star of the Houston 620 is now completely out of the sex business and is selling real estate in Las Vegas.

Houston aka Kim was a hottie in highschool, graduating from Kennedy in Granada Hills in 1987. She had that "tan, bleached-blonde beach-bunny look." She worked in retail at such places as at Target. She danced at the Red Onion in Woodland Hills and the Tropicana in Las Vegas in the early '90s. She met Peter Davy and got into porn and developed a plastic surgery addiction.

"Las Vegas has a completely different vibe when there's no [porn] trade show," reports a friend Monday afternoon. "It's weird to walk around the Venetian and not see anybody you know. I'm walking around expecting to see you sitting somewhere taking notes. I'm expecting to see [Paul] Fishbein walk by."

Tiger Woods -- That white woman ruined him?

Before you can understand this discussion, you have to check out these pictures (ok, that's probably not her, but it should be) of Tiger's white wife.

Tiger Woods won the Masters golf tournament this weekend in a thrilling playoff. It was his first win of a major tournament in years.

BVF writes on GFY April 8: "He hasn't won in the last 11 majors he played and he's not even THREATENING to win any. His form is erratic and if he f---s up in the Masters, I'm DEFINITELY right about my theory. The white woman ruined him."

ADG writes: "DAMN!!! She could take a few strokes off my game if she let me putt it in her hole... Tiger already has millions in the bank - what a nice way to be ruined."

Scoreman writes: "Woods split from his long time coach Bruce Harmon in 2002 and hasn't won s--- since. Maybe that has something to do with it and its not the hot chicks fault."

BVF writes:

I don't give a s--- what his wife looks like. He wouldn't even have a CHANCE of even sniffing her big toe if he wasn't wealthy and famous from playing GOLF.

If he really doesn't give a f--- about playing anymore then he needs to quit. Why keep half-assing it through tournament after tournament.

Remember when Andre Agassi was the #1 seed in the world until he married Brooke Shields and then fell to like #100 something? As SOON as he got divorced from that woman, he shot back up to #1.

Mack writes: I wonder if she lets him putt from the rough on the back nine?

Escorpio writes: "He was set up by The Man."

Kevsh writes: Ok, ask yourself - if you were Tiger would you rather be on a fairway practicing chip shots or in bed with Elin practicing tip-ins?

Diva writes: Tiger just won the Masters! Now he gets the green jacket, plus he gets to bone his Norwegian model wife.

Bishop Going Gay?

He writes on XPT:

I haven't given this option much thought,You would think it would be so simple,all the beer you could drink,the tv set to espn all the time,the toilet seat down only for special occasions and a partner that could understand me without verbal communication.Sounds lovely doesn't it.(I come home after a tough days labor ,not to incessant chatter,bitching or moaning,but to a simple s'up?to which I'm sure I'd answer;not much,grab a beer and catch the scores.Sounds like a slice of heaven doesn't it? But there are pitfalls in any relationship including this one...First off I would have to get all new friends,because the ones I have now are so homophobic,that in order to be secure in their own masculinity it would be necessary for them to spend anytime in my company calling me faggot,and queer and telling me what a big 'mo I am,and how my gayness,gaiety,or what have you,has freed up so much pussy for them.It would be more verbal communication than I want to have in this life. Next apparently being ANY kind of gay or even just effeminate requires an extensive wardrobe and a course in accessorizing.I don't think I can commit that deeply to anything.If I had more than 2 pairs of shoes I would never get out of the house. Lastly, there is usually f---ing in most relationships,and this is key;even in that he/she movie where that boy/girl looked so much like a girl/boy that it's friends could'nt tell for sure what it was ,and they got all confused-so they f---ed it?well if I don't see vagina my confusion would not result in erection of any kind so I know I'm not pitching.

I have also seen Deliverance,Pulp Fiction and enough episodes of Oz(not to mention the upwards of 100 scenes I've performed anal on some chick)to know that I would need a partner powerful enough to sustain an extensive volley of both punches and kicks,but also enough left over to restrain me completely,and then sodomize me,and then be able to justify it to me while I'm standing there with my ass bleeding!ya know something to the effect of "I only do it because I love you"or the ever popular"when you turned your ass away from the wall I thought you wanted me" Now that guy would be tough to find.Not only would he have to be gentle,but have the strength of at least 10/12 men packed into a low wide frame(a taller guy would be vulnerable at the joints,I could also use his height as leverage against him,in other words odds are he would'nt be able to rape me properly.So I'm thinking for this to work out he would have to be a George Costanza type or Bob Hoskins circa The Long Good Friday,(be sure to catch the betrayal/shower scene)Anywho this is why it would be easier if I just stick with the chicks.Headaches I know-but at this age I have to stick with the evil I know

Ren writes: "As long as you're surrounded by porn chicks, you're going to fall for porn chicks. The women outside of porn are scared off by your job. And the porn chicks are around for you to fall for. Dating is like business. Location, location, location."

Genesis Skye Cops To Drug Use

Genesis writes on XPT:

Look, unlike most of these typical porn girls I'm not going to deny a damn thing. I did go through a phase which was bound to happen eventually anyhow. I'm over it and everyone else should be too. I'll just stick to my herb! One thing I have to laugh about is the fact that Missy had told Jim Powers that I was a coke head. How can someone who's never done coke be a coke head? That really threw me for a laugh. Anyhow, yes, the drug rumors are true. I'll be the first to admit it. But I'll also be the first to say that I'm no longer on the path to being a drug addict. It was a few days because I needed to cope with some s---. Plus I figured that I might as well try drugs while I'm young and get it out of the way!!! Genesis Skye is back in full swing, healthy, and drug free! (Besides the green!) And for everyone's info... it was ONE plastic bags of whippits! Not 8 grocery bags full!!! HAHA! God must love stupid people cause there sure are a lot of them.

Mandy Taylor writes: "I can say I have known Genesis for ugh what....3yrs now? I have never seen her do anything harse. IMO whippits and pot dont count for s---."

MasterCard International Bans Extreme Content, Bad News For Sites In The Netherlands

Rolo writes on Oprano.com:

In 4 weeks from now MasterCard International will not allow sites that sell: Extreme Sexual Violence, Rape, Bestiality, Snuff, Scat.

I wonder if VISA International will follow...

Unnatural Sex 14

Chico "Wanker" Wang writes on ADT:

I have to stop drinking on sets. I shot most of this movie during a five day stretch which I barely remember cause I was so drunk. I'm now going to AA meetings while my wife spikes my drinks.

Here's an old joke that Khan Tusion used to tell me. I may put my dog as a focal point of a new line and call it RUFF SEX.

Stolen Anabolic Cover Art

Techie writes on ADT: "Titled "Teenage Runaway", it was released in 1987, but the box cover art is clearly lifted from Gangbang Girl 22, which was released in 1998."

Jersey Jaxin: Miss Pornography 2005?

Smiling Arab writes on XPT:

Some girl gives herself the name of the most diseased, polluted, nowhere place in the entire United States... and has a garish tattoo of Texas around her naval. I dub Jersey Jaxin Miss Pornography 2005.

SmutMutant writes:

I'm not losing sleep over it, but just the idea of some Texas trailer trash calling herself Jersey Jaxin looking to be famous is pretty darn amusing. Still, it'd be interesting to know the thought process behind the name. Does she like Jacko, was she flipping through an atlas, or are her ancesters from the garbage state?

Bono writes Luke: "Hello Luke, just wanted to drop a note letting you know the person claiming to be me on XXX porntalk is in fact not me and I would never say anything publicly about my intimate relations with any girl let alone a porn star. Just to let you know this is me, we met at Pornstar Karoake a week ago and we commented again about our favorite Australian band whom we first discussed back in November when you visited the set of the Smash dvd I did a nonsex role on."

Sandy Bunz Busted

Sandy writes: "This past Saturday while shooting a girl-girl scene at a public beach , the film crew of Flashpoint Productions and Sandy Bunz , was detained and stopped from shooting by State Rangers. The cast of the Flashpoint Productions shoot was Dana Hayes, Erica More, Starri, Ginger, Papi, Johnny Saint, Jack Koff and Roger. After being interogated the shoot was moved to a more receptive location for an afternoon of filming."

Visiting Dugmor In The Phillipines

The Phillipines is the most Catholic country in the world. I don't think they like pornographers. Ones who are Filipino could easily get killed there. My 65yo father got beat up there when he went on a religious mission.

Krille writes on GFY:

I just got back from visiting Dugmor in the Philippines. Was browsing GFY before I went and saw this picture of what I thought was Dugmors residence:

Boy was I fooled!!! Here are some actual pics of Dugmors neighbourhood:

Almost had the taxi turn back to the airport.. Being from Sweden I was very scared in that area, lucky for me Dugmor is half Filippino so they left me alone, don't even want to think what would happen if I was walking around there alone! I'm surprised they haven't robbed him of his impressive watch yet...

Had to share some pictures I shot there, thanks Dugmor, he is just the coolest guy! Even let me f--- his cousin!

You just take the bus to a internet café with dialup.. Not very convenient.

I only have some pics from the inside, I couldn't show my camera outside or someone would steal it from me right away... The two pics are real though from the outside, only Dugmor could take pictures outside since they would mainly kill white people there.

Dugmor of JoinRightNow.com replies:

It was nice having you. You are welcome any time. All the bottles from duty free will be put to good use to get more girls drunk ! The area I live is really not as bad as it looks. People do not come here to rob people, they go to more crowded tourist area's. But yes there are for sure gangs in the area that would for sure not give up the chance to rob a nice white boy like yourself. Since I am a man of the people and do not show off I am accepted and I am very welcome in the community. I am even considered almost the mayor, since I take good care of the people there. The watch I wear I did'nt even buy so I am not really worried about loosing it. I won in a bet with JB from TCG ( Traffic Cash Gold ) over a cock fight in Panama. When I won I did'nt think he was serious but when he took it off his wrist and handed it to me. I fu*king fell off my chair. You are welcome anytime to fu*k any of my cousins and you to very good care of them. I am sure you would make a great husband to many of them.

Deepak A writes:

It is a third world country, you need to have political connections to survive here. I've been through reality check in this country several times. I am half filipino and look filipino, if I was pure white, I would probably not be around. Dugmor and my other friends know what I am talkin about.

Dugmor responds:

People think they can just come here and open up shop. I am sure most people seen what has happened to those few that have tried. It is even worse now. Adult Internet is hot here now and EVERYONE wants a piece of it. That includes people in power and of course the police. Unless you are friends and even better family, then you will have a very very hard time.

"While there are some fine folks from western countries residing in the PI for a wide variety of reasons, there is also a high quotient of seriously troubled people with shady backgrounds hiding out there, and they don't generally improve upon arrival in a third world country. I say this as someone writing from a place where one develops a high tolerance for hanging around shady characters with dubious backgrounds, so please do maintain your healthy skepticism and caution."

I am planning on leaving on the 22nd.... I am going back to Panama, then back to Phoenix to drive back to New Jersey. Then up to Montreal for Webmaster Access. We are the Host City sponsor. I have not decided on which route I will take back across country. So far Teen Kelly asked me to come see her. So I guess I will take 80 across. So if anyone is along the way hit me up. Then who knows where.... I got a new light weight Dell Latatude X1 laptop for traveling.... just travel with my laptop and camera's walking the earth like Cain.

There are going to be cities in Iraq like a city here called Angeles City. The US had a lot of airmen up in Clark Airforce base but pulled out in the 80's, so there is a city up there that was mostly supported by the US airmen and airforce. I am thinking that in like 10 years Iraq will be the place to be, so I want to get established early after the US have pulled out all these troops.

The Teenage Porn Baron

Mr. Cohen first became known in the British media as the teenage millionaire when, at the age of 16, his first company, a listings Web site called SoJewish.com, was valued at £5 million ($9.4 million). At 18, after he started hunt4porn.com, Europe's first and largest adult search engine. Mr. Cohen, who describes himself as a "clean-living Jewish boy from a typically neurotic Jewish family," sold the site for £25,000 in 2001. "I didn't want to be known as a porn baron," he said.

Cleveland Browns Fullback Terrelle Smith Reflects On January's Porn Convention

In the May issue of Penthouse, he says: "I got some pictures with the actors and actresses. It was pretty amazing."

Did you just refer to porn stars as actors and actresses?

"I really didn't want to. It was more out of respect for the people I met and got to hang with."

Melissa Lauren Shooting For Kahn Tusion

Melissa writes: "I've been shooting some stuff for Khan Tusion. I've always been into Khan's stuff. so when I met him and he asked me to shoot a series for him, telling me 'I want you to let everybody know what's in your head,' it was great for me. I didn't want to disappoint him...and I didn't. The website www.hellfiresex.com will be on line in 2-3 weeks.... Any person offended by S-M and bondage content, anal stretching, tears and screams, milk enemas, and hard f--king, should not watch..."

I emailed Melissa some questions and she wrote back:

* Why are you choosing to do this?

Because I've always been into bondage, SM, and hard sex. I wanted to give people my vision of it mixed together.

* How do you decide what your limits are?

My limits are the talent's limits. If they want me to do something that is considered "obscene," I'll do it anyway. Then the editor chooses to leave it in or not. The only thing is I will not leave permanent marks to anyone.

* Isn't this type of content all about humiliating the girls and isn't that bad?

That's what people don't get. For me, it's not about humiliation. It's about trust and seeing how far I can push them... They have to trust me to let me tie them up, knowing what's gonna happen. I find it amazing and erotic, to see how far they re willing to go for me. They discover they're able to do things they didn't think about before. I know it sounds weird but I'm not drunk.

Kelly Wells recently said in an interview, that after the scene she did for me, she wanted to do more SM scenes. Same for Alektra. She cried, it was hard, but she never stopped me, and now she posts on the internet that she loved it!

* How are you able to handle so much more pain during sex than the average woman and the average porn star?

I just love it. I love the feeling of the whip/flogger/paddle. If you haven't experienced it, you won't understand it.

John Stagliano Alleges I Called His Wife A 'Heroin Addict'

John Stagliano is still telling people that I called his wife Tricia Devereaux a heroin addict.

After seven years of him and his wife Tricia propounding this lie, I've decided to hold them and myself accountable to the evidence and investigate who's lying here.

I recall alleging no such thing. I have no evidence of such a thing. I can find no evidence that I ever did such a thing.

I check her l-keford.com profile and find no mention of heroin. I check my 1998 posts on rec.arts.movies.erotica (RAME) and find no such allegation on my part. I've never asked Google to remove any of my old newsgroup postings and the good, the bad and the ugly things I wrote in the heat of the moment are still available for anyone to view.

I check web.archive.org and can find no such allegation.

In a May 3, 2000 chat on ADT, Tricia Devereaux said: "Luke F-rd is an asshole and I don't care if he does read this. He has no business making judgements of people or twisting people's words around. After I got HIV, he accused me of doing heroin, prostituting, etc. I threatened to sue, and he laid off."

I never got any legal threat from Tricia or those representing her. I can find no evidence that I ever accused her of doing heroin or prostitution. I'm sure I said or wrote that those were questions that needed to be asked of her and any porn star who comes down with HIV. I never laid off my reporting on Tricia.

I did make one horrendous mistake in my reporting on the 1997-98 HIV-outbreak. In April 1998, I named someone as HIV-positive who wasn't. Within an hour of this mistake, I published a retraction on my website and notified the moderators of RAME about my mistake.

I'm sure that when Tricia tested positive for HIV in January 1998, the logical first reaction from me or any thinking person was that she caught HIV either through unprotected anal sex or through the use of dirty needles. Those are the two primary ways of transmitting HIV.

It's never been proved, to the best of my knowledge, how Tricia caught HIV, though she did do an unprotected anal scene with HIV-positive Marc Wallice a few weeks before her infection (like seven other girls who came down HIV-positive in 1997 and 1998).

When there is no reliable information on a matter of grave concern (such as how Tricia and other porn stars in 1997 and 1998 came down with HIV), there's always going to be a flow of gossip to fill the information gap. The best way to stem speculation is with facts. In this case, the industry had a desperate need to know how Tricia (and later Brooke Ashley, Caroline, and Kimberly Jade) caught the deadly disease, and when no facts were brought forward, people whose lives were on the line (and those who were interested in them) were desperate to understand what was going on and were manufacturing scenarios to explain the outbreak.

You can't become a porn star, catch a deadly disease, and then make a convincing claim for privacy. As Bill Margold says, "When your privates become public, you become public." People who publicly make their living through having sex are going to face public scrutiny of their private lives when they catch deadly diseases that can be transmitted through unprotected sex or the sharing of needles.

The closest thing I can find to what John Stagliano alleges is this quote I got from Brooke Ashley 7/11/98:

"I remember Sharon Mitchell saying that Tricia Devereaux did not get it from the business. Many of the people who said that she did heroin [with needles], they've now [in the light of the revelations about Marc Wallice] retracted. I've never known her to do any IV drugs. She has admitted doing ecstasy."

On 6/18/98, I talked to Joey Silvera. Here are excerpts:

Luke: People were probably doing drugs to get this latest HIV.

Joey: I've heard that, man. I can tell you 100% that there is zero evidence [of what caused the HIV outbreak].

Luke: Tricia Devereaux and Brooke Ashley were thought to use drugs.

Joey: Was it ever substantiated? It's all, she said, he said. They [the five performers who tested HIV positive in 1998] have all said that they didn't know where they got it.

In my question to Joey, I referred to widespread industry speculation that Brooke and Tricia used drugs, but I never specified what type of drugs and I didn't allege that either of them were addicts.

I searched the Google archive of newsgroups using the relevant terms and couldn't find anything that substantiates John's complaints.

Based on my research, I am positive that I never alleged that Tricia Devereaux was a heroin addict (as her husband John Stagliano still claims I did). Based on what Brooke Ashley says, many of Tricia's peers did initially make unsubstantiated claims that she was a drug/heroin addict as a way of explaining her HIV-infection.

I've tried several times over the years to interview John and Tricia. They've always refused. Right after John Stagliano tested HIV-postive in February 1997, I left repeated messages with his office. He never called back.

Based on my research, I conclude that the person in this case who is making false allegations is John Stagliano (and Tricia Devereaux).

JMT writes: "Blame it on Brad [Williams]. If you search the rec.arts.movies.erotica archive on Google for the phrases "Tricia inject herself" and "'Tricia Devereaux' well-known IV drug user," you will see who was the one spreading the rumor."

RAME moderator Brad Williams wrote 2/7/98: "I had heard a few days before it appeared here that Tricia Devereaux was HIV+ and a well-known IV drug user..."

Here is another link to this 1998 unsubstantiated internet allegation about Tricia.

There were certainly people talking on the internet and elsewhere, inside the industry and outside, about the possibility of Tricia having a drug problem, but I was never the one propounding this. Yet, for some reason, John and Tricia, for years have wanted to believe that I was the one spreading this nasty rumor about Tricia. This tells you more about what John and Tricia want to believe about me, despite the evidence, than it does about what I reported on Tricia.

John likes to think of himself as very rational and swayed by empirical evidence but I suspect that here he will continue to advocate his lies against all evidence, and it will be a cold day in hell before I ever get an apology from him on this matter.