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Monday, April 24, 2006 Email Luke Archives Photos Stars Essays Search LukeIsBack.com Advertise on Lukeisback MyAsianPornStars Cameltoe Tease LA Weekly Profile Of The Xxxorcist Apr 21 XRCO Pictures, Report I return her call Friday morning, April 21. Poe barks loudly. Holly: "He barks whenever that ring tone goes off." She used to have a ring tone for me that said, in effect, "Here's trouble." Luke: "I've still got my own ring tone?" Holly: "You did before I dropped [her cell phone] in the toilet at the AVN show. I haven't gotten you a new one. You don't call me any more. "Hold on. Let me just blowdry this one hair." Twenty seconds later. Holly: "Looking at your pictures from the XRCO, it makes me feel better about myself. Brea looks great. Who's the blonde girl you took more pictures of than anyone?" Luke: "Vivid girl Stefani Morgan. She's stunning." Holly: "She's cute. Not that it matters. If she's a Vivid girl, we can't shoot her." Luke: "What was I going to say?" Holly: "Anything brilliant?" Luke: "A lot of people asked after you. I said it wasn't your scene." Holly: "I'm not nominated for anything. "Can I call you right back?" Holly's famous last words. Forty minutes later, she calls. Holly: "I figured I'd wait to call you until I was in the car." Luke: "Do you look stunning now?" Holly: "I do my hair these days. I don't wear any make-up. My hair is a nightmare if I just let it dry naturally. It looks like a bad eighties perm. I have the worst natural hair. "Who got the drunkest at the XRCO Awards?" Luke: "I don't know. I couldn't tell if you had ten drinks or zero." Holly yells about the driver in front of her: "Lady, if you don't go, I'm going to kick your ass. "I'm in the drive-through at Coffee Bean [Holly prefers Starbucks]. "Who won Teen Dream?" Luke: "I don't know any of the winners." Holly: "What are the categories?" Luke: "I don't know." Holly: "What happens?" Luke: "There's no entertainment. People start showing up at 7 p.m. They start at 10 p.m. They're over by 11 p.m." Holly: "Is there a bar there?" Luke: "Yes. There's a lot of drinking." Holly: "I've been told I should go just to watch everyone get wasted." Luke: "Why?" Holly: "That's what I said. "I'm shooting Jenna Presley Monday. You have to book that girl a month in advance. "I'm taking my friend to yoga tomorrow morning. I don't like being close to people I don't know, particularly when I'm doing yoga or trying to meditate. You know I don't like strangers touching me. I dont' like crowds. "Have you done yoga?" Luke: "No." Holly: "The first time I went, they were lame. It was too spiritual. I started giggling. "In bootcamp this morning, Chris took these awful photos of me running with buckets of sand dragging a parachute behind me. He comes up with exercises to make us look like the biggest idiots on the planet." Luke: "A lot of people have abused me for that harmless line I wrote about you swallowing semen by the gallon." Holly: "I thought it was funny. 'I love what you did to her.' What did you do to me? It was a joke. People take themselves too seriously. People get offended too easily." Luke: "You are the one woman in 10,000 who would not get offended by that line." Holly: "I love that thing Kevin said, 'You should keep quiet [about dating Holly]. She could lose a lot of work.' "People are going to stop joining my website? High Society is going to stop buying my sets? How could I lose work?" Holly orders: "Could I get a large non-fat sugar-free vanilla latte please? And a bottle of water?" Luke: "You had similar concerns back then." Holly: "Yeah." Luke: "You thought I was out to destroy the industry and you couldn't be associated with that." Holly: "Yeah. "You obviously have a negative attitude towards the industry. I'm supposed to have a positive attitude towards it. It's mixed. "Oil and vinegar." Luke: "Did you get any guys emailing you for a free BJ?" Holly: "No. I'm very offended. Nobody wants blowjobs from Holly Randall." Luke: "I had readers who didn't realize it was a joke." Holly: "My parents are going away on another trip. "What are you guys doing? Rekindling romance? "It's creeping me out. They're acting like normal parents. I'm not used to this. "I remembered the funniest story about another humiliating experience I had as a child. "When I was ten, my parents insisted I attend the Beverly Hills Cotillion to learn proper ballroom dancing -- foxtrot, etc. Because I was the oldest child, my parents tried hard to instill a great deal of culture in me. "My mother used to always say that I had to learn horseback riding, tennis, good table manners 'because you never know when you're going to be dining with the president of the United States.' "This is a formal stuffy thing. "Looking back, I can't comprehend what was going through her mind when she put me in this outfit and what was going through my mind when I allowed her to. "She sent me to cotillion in a bright hot pink spandex jumpsuit. There was a skirt ruffle two inches long. "My mom used to shoot for Swimsuit International, a clothing catalogue. I guess she got this clothing from it. "It was the weekend before Halloween. The woman who ran the class came up to me and goes, 'Halloween is next weekend.' I said, 'I know. My mom put me in this.' "They made me leave. "That had to be one of the most humiliating experiences of my life. "After that incident, I made my mom go out and buy me a dress. "I'm trying to remember all these humiliating experiences for my book." Luke: "By the time I'm done with you, I'm going to have my own book on you." Holly: "A friend of mine wants to write a book on my mom and me. It was her mom's idea. "People are so fascinated with our story, and promise to pitch it to HBO, and nothing ever comes of it." Jim writes me: "My partner says you need to stop giving Holly such attention! You need to ignore her if you want her." A mate of mine calls: "Lukeisback isn't about porn anymore. It's about Luke and Holly. Because you're a mate of mine, I log in to see how you're doing and if you're succeeding with Holly. I know five of my friends who do the same thing -- log in to see if you've screwed it up again with Holly. It's the wedding the whole industry is waiting for. I'll kick in $100,000. I know that Seth Warshavsky will kick in. You'll make about $10 million." Jenna Presley writes: "I heard you want to marry Holly? Is she Jewish? I think not, so isn't that against your religion? They were great. Nick pounded me and Holly bought me starbucks, TWICE." Conversations With Kevin Blatt He calls me back Friday morning. "Did you see The New York Times today?" "No." "They pick American Cannibal as one of 20 movies that you have to go see at the Tribeca Film Festival." KB: "I got a screener sent to me. Anything I don't want in it, they're going to have to take out. They've already taken out a lot of the stuff. It's stuff I wouldn't want you to know about Joe Francis, Cameron Diaz, etc." From the New York Post Sunday, April 23:
Whitney Houston? I don't think so. Just Houston.
KB: "I read your column and I know who feeds you what. "I like how you hung me yesterday. It started off as "friend" and then it was "KB"." Luke: "Whoops. It makes it sound like two people." KB: "Yeah, two people who use the terms sheyne maidel and meshuggenah. "I'm booking my ticket to New York. I'm going to the Tribecca Film Festival and the Howard Stern Film Festival. "I don't think anyone else in porn is going to be featured in something so mainstream ever again. Not even Jenna. That's why I'm scared. This is a whole different level. DeNiro has seen my movie. He's the head of the Tribecca Film Festival. "They said in the LA Weekly article that you sleep with a gun under your pillow. They left out the part that you're too cheap to buy bullets. You can't find those at Good Will." Luke: "I'm bad ass. I'm building up my street cred." KB: "If you want to build up your street cred, go back to Boyle Heights. "How was the XRCO?" Luke: "I couldn't wait to go home." KB: "Not your kind. Bill Margold and you don't go to shul together. "I covered it a few years ago [2001] for AVN Online with Nikki Fritz [married to Jonathan Morgan]. It was brutal. It was so boring. "OK. I've got to get my girlfriend out of here before she buys the whole store." Later. KB: "How come all your MySpace friends are porn stars?" Luke: "Porn is my life." KB: "I'm doing a press conference in New York. Me and Tom Cruise, baby. We'll be eating placenta." Porn Thoughts From A Torah Jew
James DiGiorgio Laments That Porn Is Boring
Can A Major Production Company Make It Without Derek Hay (LADirectModels.com)? I was asked that by a friend Sunday. I said that trying to get best talent without Derek would be difficult. Yes, you could probably do it, but in the end it'll be easier dealing with his brusque ways and ignoring the crazy stories you hear about him. My favorite story was that he robbed a bank in the UK with Hannah Harper. If only it was true (I know of no evidence that it is). Producers love Derek. No agent in the history of the business has delivered talent as reliably to sets. I asked Derek about a couple of stories I heard. The stories were:
Second story:
Derek replies:
'Crystal Klein, I Read Your Blog' And I want you to know that I am there for you, unless I'm busy. 'Holly, Please Marry Luke'
Director David Stanley: 'thank you to all of you who wrote in to see if i was okay!'
Kendra Jade Can't Sleep She sends out this bulletin: "It's nearly 3 am and I'm wide awake. I'm sick , have the flu and It sucks. Someone send me one of those retarded surveys." I doubt her agent or the people who shoot her will be pleased. JMT writes: "Did you think that that was a shot of her lower back, and that the tattoo was gigantic? It's actually a close-up of the back of her neck. At least it can be covered up by her hair." Wicked Director David Stanley: 'I had my first full-blown nervous breakdown (and all i got was this lousy blood soaked t-shirt)' He writes on MySpace April 23, 2006:
Gen Padova writes on XPT: "Northridge Medical Center has a unique psyche ward. The old tile in the hospital screams deadly mold growing in the grout. I wonder how many of the loopy patients are wigging out cuz they're late on their meds thinking the mold is freshly grown mushrooms that does their body good. I once knew a moron who's mother spent weeks at their facility and I think she lost it even more when she returned. She never ate her peanut butter sandwiches the same." Rob Zombie in San Diego
Da Burglar Interviews Lexi Bardot Lexi: "Porn has helped my mental state because well it hasn't really, what's helped my mental state has been years of therapy and medication. Due to this, my outlook upon life has changed dramatically, including my body image, goals for the future, opinions on life and society etc. I recently decided that after 3 years of medicating myself (zoloft) I am at a point where I can stop taking it. Depression is all in the mind and the way in which one views the world around us. You choose to be happy in your current situation no matter if you're in Iraq killing innocent people for a vicious government that only cares about money, or a hot chick who is sexually liberated enough to enjoy her body with many other aim tested individuals in front of a camera for money." 6) Describe briefly your idea/ideal of the perfect "date" with a guy. Lexi: "Honestly, take me to a nice dinner out at a really cool sushi restaurant we order nigori and ommakasei (and you actually know what that is.) Then we cab it home to have a joint, glass of wine and each other for desert; afterwards you go home and I get to cuddle up next to my baby dog, Lacey and sleep until noon." My Alter-Ego Chaim Amalek Joins MySpace Only hot chicks need apply to be friends.
Vivid Girl Stefani Morgan Is My Number One MySpace Friend I want to say 'Nuff said,' but there's not enough said about her. Gotta get another interview. My interests are purely professional. In other news, Jewish Penthouse Pet Cassia Riley is not longer my MySpace friend. (Her Lukeisback profile.) She was in my top eight. We just shared an appearance in the LA Weekly. Women are fickle. Penthouse publicist Lainie Speiser writes:
Why Do Porn Stars Put Their Names On Their License Plates? It's an invitation to be stalked. Video of Holly dancing with the orchid she bought me video of Holly driving, we hear a boom and see a bicyclist recovering from slamming into a just opened car door video of Holly chewing gum video of Holly stripping video of me chasing Holly around the house with a knife Does anyone notice a development in my directing technique? I nurse my sore elbow (too many hours on the computer with bad ergonomics, going to the doctor this week) with a frozen bag of peas Saturday night and Sunday morning. Then I stop by Holly's house. We hug and kiss on the cheek. "You look great," I say. "Yeah, my hair's in rollers," she says. "But you like Plain Janes." "Beggars can't be choosers," said my friend KB last week. On the plus side, Holly's dressed (no bra). I follow her into the bathroom while she curls her hair. I wrap my arms around her while she works.
"You better step back, I'm going to put on hairspray. "We're going to find you a domestic submissive Jewish woman today," says Holly.
On our drive west, Holly tells me, "I'm glad you're OK with Plain Janes." "I thought a dozen times before I included that comment on my blog," I reply. "I knew you'd see it. You're a woman in a thousand to not take offense." "I get enough compliments on my looks to know that I'm desirable," she says. "I don't need to hear it from you." We run down a list of guys trying to ---- her. We find Santa Monica's farmer's market on Main St. "I'm feeling organic today," says Holly. "Do you think they take credit cards?" "I've got cash," I offer. "Not enough for me," Holly laughs. She says I don't edit my pictures. "You posted some of the Vivid girl where her eyes are closed." "But then she has the kind of countenance...." "Gross," says Holly. "You're disgusting." "I used to think it was disgusting," I say. "But then you taught me it was cool." "It was my fault that I perverted you?" "Yeah. I never even heard of the practice until KB told me that the morning after he had some stripper, she said to him, 'You're such a gentleman. Most men ---- on my face while I'm sleeping." I rejoice in some of the horrible shots I took at XRCO. Nothing makes me happier than when I capture a hideous photo. In my interviews, I love capturing people at their most inadvertently hideous. "I'm the opposite," says Holly. "I love to capture a woman's beauty. I've had girls cry when they've looked at my photos of them." "I've had girls cry at my photos too," I say. "I bet." Holly says a rabbi is coming to her parents house to pick up a car they donated to a Jewish charity for a tax write-off. I'm excited. I ask what type of rabbi. She doesn't know. Whatever he is, maybe he can counsel her? Holly says no. We head for a liquor store and Holly hits up the ATM. "Who's that man on the cover of the LA Weekly?" I repeat throughout the day. It doesn't get me the type of earthly satisfaction that so many men crave. "Are you going to pick up a copy and carry it around?" she asks. "Yes." I pick up a copy and carry it around. Nobody notices. I don't see one hot chick reading the mag. I want to start teaching blogging to inner-city youth. I want to become a big brother but to a teenage girl of legal age. Holly buys me a purple orchid and a carton of strawberries. She wants to buy me a lavender water spray. She gives me several samples on my face. I love it but say no. "Because it's gay?" she asks. "Yes." "Try this," says a man and spray me with sagebrush water. I don't like it as much. Noon. "I'm hot," Holly says. "I'll be the judge of that." "According to you, I'm a Plain Jane." At a booth, a woman has a paperback of Paul Theroux's travel book Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown. "I read that book," I tell her. "About ten people have told me that," she says. "One woman says she had an affair with the author." Holly and I pass a booth protesting President Bush's wiretapping. "You just wish I'd stop tapping our phone calls," I say. "Joanna Angel really has it going on," says Holly. "You blog that she has a column in Spin magazine. You blog that I have a vegetable garden." We have lunch at the World Cafe. I get a two-cheese pizza and Holly has a Greek Salad and an orange juice. Holly shivers. She says Derrick Pierce gives a great backrub. "We're going to hire him for all our scenes," she laughs. I tell her to button up her jean jacket. She won't. A few minutes later, I repeat myself. She still won't. Holly shivers. "Are your nipples hard?" I ask. She opens her jacket. Her nipples thrust against her white top. I'm forcefully reminded that this shameless hussy is not wearing a bra. Disgusted, I spiritually put her behind me. I'd rather go into the desert for 30 days with a dozen guys than have to make love to Holly one more time. "Get thee behind me Holly," I pray. Why must shiksas torment so with their lewd ways? Holly shivers. She pays the bill in a hurry. We drive back to her place. I ask her if she's got a steady dealer for her dope. She says yes but might give it up soon (she's been saying that for months). She's noticing big gaps in her memory. "You have a huge drug tolerance," I say. "Yes. I went to have four wisdom teeth removed by my dentist. He gave me one shot and said, 'I'll come back in a minute and check on you. That should numb you.' He came back. My mouth was still not numb. He had to give me three shots. "He asked my mother afterwards, 'Does your daughter do a lot of drugs?'" Suze said no. That Holly only smoked pot. The dentist said Holly had the highest drug tolerance of any patient he's had in 30 years. That makes me proud. Suze Randall is releasing an all-anal movie. Holly directed most of the scenes because she has a special touch with anal. She gets directing credit. That makes me proud. It's called Love Between the Cheeks. Holly: "We were trying to come up with a name for the DVD. My mom wanted to use, 'Up Yours' which I thought was ridiculous because that's what she says to everybody. Then Raoul said as a joke, 'What about Love Between the Cheeks.' "I thought it was so funny, I said, 'We have to use that.' "As you can tell, I don't take porn as seriously as some people do." "To what do you attribute your success with shooting anal sex?" "A girl's ability to take a huge dick up her ass. It has nothing to do with me." "I'm so proud of you, honey." "I know you are." "That anal sex DVD paid for my lunch." Holly might get a t-shirt for the next AEE in Vegas that reads: "I gave Club Jenna 40 sets and all I got was this lousy t-shirt." They offered her Club Jenna merchandise for all her photo sets of their girls. No content exchanges. No money. Just merchandise. I know Holly's not a rocket scientist, but she's not that dumb. Holly writes later:
I email Holly: "We have to dress you up and make more crazy movies." She replies: "That would be fun. I love making an ass out of myself." I reply:
Holly replies: "Um, I was thinking more along the lines of wearing an afro wig and doing a silly dance." Love is a battlefield. Paul writes:
I reply: "I would never make a porno. You should aim for a higher spiritual plain." Paul replies:
I've said it to her many times. She says she's not ready for a relationship. Paul replies: "She loves you. I bet you $1m that she loves you. No lady makes a video like this unless she loves the person. You can see it in her eyes. She is slightly scared of showing her emotions for you. Trust me, she will marry you if you ask her." Holly, will you marry me? Paul writes:
Chaim Amalek writes:
Nate writes me: "I saw the replay of the Celebrity Blackmail thing last night. Good work. Holly's right, though, you need a new tie." Alexandra Silk gave me that tie in 1999. It has sentimental value. He calls me back Friday, April 21. Jim moved to Penthouse in June of 2005 after a one year Sabbatical from running Playboy Entertainment. He's been in Adult entertainment for more than 15 years. Now he's President of Penthouse Entertainment. I've known about him for a decade but we've never spoken until now. We know many people in common including Gary Gray (head of Penthouse TV production) and producer Eric Mittleman. Luke: "May I roll tape and ask you some questions?" Jim: "Sure. Not that I'll answer them, but give it a shot." Luke: "How did you get into Adult?" Jim: "I started out at the ABC affiliate in Washington D.C. I then joined HBO and then Showtime. We didn't carry Adult in the way you know Adult, but we had simulated Adult. Then MGM's Viewer's Choice (for seven years) which is now In Demand. That's where we began the Hot Choice Channel, which was light Adult. Then over to Playboy in 1995. "Michael Fleming who used to run the Playboy Channel had left to run the Gameshow Network. Tony Linn was in charge of Playboy Entertainment. We had worked together at HBO. It was time for me to do something new." Luke: "Which parts of your job do you love and which do you hate?" Jim: "I love being able to create the content. Nightcalls, Sex Court, etc were my creations. We're doing similar things at Penthouse. The part you don't like is all the paper. "Nick Guccione made a video a month for Penthouse since [1982? for a total of 120 videos] primarily for the home video market. The original company was never really involved in television or much of the media beyond the internet. "We're building up and out. We're building content to offer in all the formats from DVD to cable to mobile to internet to Ipod worldwide. We're putting together distribution deals. Then we'll market the brand and market the content and hope that the world understands there's more than just Penthouse magazine. "Penthouse TV will start out as VOD (July) then move out to linear distribution (cable and satellite) then mobile... "MPEG4 is the whizbang improvement over MPEG2. We're waiting for Motorola to finish up its MPEG4 encoders so we can start to broadcast in high definition for satellite, IPTV (television over the internet)..." Luke: "What do you do best and what do you delegate?" Jim: "We're a small staff (about a dozen) so there's little delegation. We're doing about six different jobs per person. "I get it organized. I get a team put together. I make it happen." Luke: "What are the keys to keeping good employee morale?" Jim: "Donuts on Friday. "The morale is high because everybody knows what is going on and has a voice and opportunity that most people did not have in their prior jobs. "Our motto [for content] is -- treat adults like adults. We have great women and great production values and you can see what is going on." Luke: "How can you tell whether you are being successful?" Jim: "Every launch is a notch in our belt, be it VOD or linear or IPTV... "We went to the MPTA (cable show) and we were swamped. The brand is strong. Even if you go to China where the magazine is not allowed, people know what Penthouse is." Luke: "When you look back on your career, what are the smartest things you've done and the dumbest things?" Jim: "The smartest was getting into television. I grew up in Washington D.C.. I never wanted to move to New York but I did. Then I never wanted to move to California, and I did. I should wish that I never move to London because I do. "I've been fortunate that every job has worked out well. Every job has taken me a step above the last. "I don't look back and say, 'I regret that.'" Luke: "What are you proudest of?" Jim: "I remember when I worked in regular television that we should equip a helicopter with a camera and they all said I was crazy. Now KABC has two choppers fully rigged. So I was ahead of my time. "At HBO, we played the first music videos (circa 1979). I remember the senior management being upset because they thought the videos were too racy (Carly Simon and Carlene Carter). Then Viacom came along and launched MTV. "I'm proud that I started the idea but I think now that I should've tried harder [to push it]. "I worked at HBO when we were 100 people. "I learned how to sell really bad movies (Jinxed, Yes Giorgio) when I worked at MGM. Anyone can sell Star Wars. If you can sell that s---, you're OK. "Viewers Choice, we took that from nothing. It had more boxing, more wrestling, more concerts in my seven years... We worked with Don King, Bob Marum, Vince McMahon. "Playboy [TV] wasn't doing so good when I got there. We turned it around from one channel to many channels. "I don't mean to brag, but I've had a really good career." Luke: "If I were to talk to the people who've worked for you over the years, and promise them anonymity, how would they describe you?" Jim: "They'd say positive things. My general philosophy is -- life is too short to beat the s--- out of each other. If you're not having a good time, then go somewhere else. This is all about entertainment (and money)." Video of Teagen, Jesse Jane Video of Brandon Iron Video of Sunny Lane, Bethany Sweet and co Video of Sunny Lane, Bethany Sweet and co Video of Flower Tucci, Cousin Stevie, Amber Sweet Video of McKenzie Lee, Kirsten Price XBiz reports AVN reports Gene Ross reports No Torah Jews May Enter Century Club Gen Padova Gen Padova Bethany Sweet Bethany Sweet Bethany Sweet Randy Spears and wife Delia Randy Spears and Mrs Sunny Lane and Gianna Sunny Lane and Gianna Tom Byron Tom Byron Bill Margold, Tianna Taylor Tianna Taylor Tianna Taylor Brea Bennett, McKenzie Lee, Eva Angelina Brea Bennett, McKenzie Lee, Eva Angelina Brea Bennett, McKenzie Lee, Eva Angelina Eva Angelina Brea Bennett, Eva Angelina Tylene Buck aka Major Gunns (L-R) Fonzie, Aubrey Adams, Rayveness, James? (L-R) Fonzie, Aubrey Adams, Rayveness, Robert Herrara (L-R) Fonzie, Aubrey, Rayveness, Robert Herrara Aubrey, Fonzie, Rayveness Rayveness Aubrey, Fonzie, Rayveness Aubrey, Fonzie, Rayveness (L-R) Patrick Collins, Kinzie Kener, Tiana Lynn, Flower Tucci Tiana, Flower Patrick, Kinzie, Tiana Kinzie, Tiana, Flower Kinzie, Tiana, Flower Kinzie, Tiana, Flower Jesse Capelli Jesse, BF Jeremy Jesse, BF Candy Manson Candy Manson Candy Manson Candy, Christian Candy Candy, Christian Candy, Christian Candy, Christian Ericka Lockett Ericka Lockett Cannibal, who? Jessica Drake, Brad Armstrong Jessica Drake, Brad Armstrong Jessica Jessica Jessica, Brad Jessica, Brad Stormy Stormy Brandy May, Dick Nasty Irina Sky, Roy Karch Irina, Roy Irina, Roy Kimberly Kane Kimberly Kane Kimberly Kane Kimberly Kane Kimberly Kane Robert Lombard, Kimberly Kane Kimberly Kane Vivid girl Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Stefani Morgan Barrett Blade, Brian Surewood Kirsten Price, Barrett Blade Kirsten, Barrett Kirsten, Barrett Kirsten, Barrett Mia Smiles, Chris Cannon Mia Smiles, Chris Cannon Mia Smiles, Chris Cannon Stefani Morgan, Mark Stone Stefani Morgan, Mark Stone Stefani Morgan, Mark Stone Stefani Morgan, Mark Stone Stefani Morgan, Mark Stone Lela Star Lela Star Lela Star Sierra Sinn Ariana Jollee Ariana Jollee Ariana Jollee and friend Devinn Lane Devinn Lane Devinn Lane Miss Meadow Miss Meadow smokes Miss Meadow smokes Sophia Jeremy Steele, Sophia Jeremy, Sophia Jeremy, Sophia Jeremy, Sophia Mika Tan Mika Tan Mika Tan Tyra Banxxx Tyra Banxxx Tyra AVN Editor Mike Ramone and Michelle Lay Mike Ramone and Michelle Lay Mike Ramone and Michelle Lay Mike Ramone and Michelle Lay Tyra Banxxx Ashley Blue, Khan Tusion Ashley Blue, Khan Tusion Ashley, Khan Brea Bennett Brea Bennett Chico Travieso, Mofo Jules Jordan, Jenna Haze Michelle Maylene Michelle Maylene and her date, the director Andrew Blake Michelle Maylene, Andrew Blake Evan Stone and his GF Syren pic (L-R) Trinity Post, D. Wise, Brandy Coxxx Tiana Lynn Brandi May, Brandy Coxxx Erik Everhard, Stefani Morgan Erik, Stefani Teagen Presley Teagen Presley Randy Spears, Delia Randy, Delia (L-R) Heidi Joy Pike, Brea Bennett, Stormy Daniels, Frank Bukkwyd Lauren, Frank, Stormy Teagen, Jesse Jane Teagen, Jesse Teagen Teagen, Jesse Teagen, Jesse Teagen, Jesse Teagen, Jesse Teagen Brea Bennett Lauren Phoenix Lauren Phoenix Lauren Sunny Lane, Lauren Sunny, Lauren Sunny, Lauren Sunny, Lauren Sunny, Vidal Hillary Scott Hillary Scott Hillary Hillary Hillary Hillary Hillary Hillary Keisha Mike Ramone, Keisha Mike Ramone, Hillary Scott Mike, Hillary, Leah Luv Keisha, Mike, Hillary, Leah Keisha, Mike, Hillary, Leah Keisha, Hillary, Leah Keisha, Hillary Keisha, Hillary, Leah Keisha, Hillary, Leah Keisha, Hillary, Leah Keisha, Hillary, Leah Flower Tucci, Cousin Stevie, Tylene Buck, Amber Peach Flower Tucci, Cousin Stevie, Tylene Buck, Amber Peach Katja Kassin Katja Kassin Katja and co Flower, Katja, Tylene, Amber Katja Katja Katja Katja Amber, Brea, Ariana Cousin Stevie, Ariana, Amber Ariana Jollee Ariana Brea Bennett Brea Hillary Scott Hillary Scott Hillary, Leah McKenzie Lee, Kirsten Price McKenzie, Kirsten McKenzie, Kirsten McKenzie, Kirsten Heidi, Brea Heidi, Brea Heidi, Brea McKenzie, Kirsten, Heidi, Brea Kirsten, Heidi Kirsten, Heidi Kirsten, Heidi, Brea Kirsten, Heidi, Brea McKenzie, Kirsten, Heidi, Brea Heidi Joy Pike Brea, Kirsten McKenzie, Kirsten McKenzie, Kirsten Brea Bennett Brea Brea Belladonna Teagen, Jesse Bill Margold Anthony Petkovich, Francesca Le, Tom Byron Anthony Petkovich, Francesca Le Anthony, Francesca Anthony, Francesca Francesca Le Francesca Le Francesca Le Krystal Summers, Francesca Le Krystal Summers (Francesca's cousin) Francesca Le Francesca Le, Sunny Lane Francesca, Sunny Sunny Lane, Mike Ramone, Francesca Le Sunny, Mike, Francesca Sunny, Mike, Francesca Sunny, Mike, Francesca Ava Rose, Malachai Ecks Ava Rose, Malachai Ecks Ava Rose, Malachai Ecks Ava Rose Ava Rose smokes Ava Rose Ava Rose smokes Ava Rose smokes Bobbi Blair, Tyler Durden Bobbi, Tyler Bobbi, Tyler Bobbi, Tyler Bobbi, Tyler Bobbi, fiance Tyler, Bobbi, fiance Todd Todd, Scott Bobbi, fiance Tyler, Bobbi, fiance Monstar Ava, Malachai, Alex Rose Tee Reel, Tyra Banxxx Tee, Tyra Tee, Tyra Hillary, Leah Hillary, Leah Hillary, Leah Lacie Heart Lacie Heart TyraKeeper More Pictures I step out for a walk Wednesday evening and end up at the XRCO show (at the Century Club in Century City) by complete accident. I thought it was going to be a break-the-chametz-fast singles event. It turns out it was that, along with some edgy shiksas who imparted unexpected spiritual lessons. It's 7 p.m. Bill Margold (who's lost over 50 pounds in the past eight months) and Anthony Petkovich (Adam Film World Editor) give me a hard time about my suit and flash shirt. Well, the shirt is Holly's fault. The bright red tie was a gift from Alexandra Silk's "Silk Ties" signing at Hustler Hollywood in early 1999. It's the only thing I've gotten from porn that I regularly wear. Bill Margold gives me a copy of the latest LA Xpress and says his back page column is devoted to Mark Kernes:
I'm growing discouraged with pornography as a tool for social change. Tara (I met her at this event a year ago and she's become a friend) from FreePornStarpix.com is in a filthy mood. She screams that Dr. X is a "pathological liar." She screams at James, this security guard at the FOXE Awards, that he sent her and everyone on his email list a virus. She screams about James Bartholet trying to kiss her. She screams at me: "I've got a problem with you for what you wrote about Holly giving out free blowjobs. That was offensive to me as a woman." Luke: "Holly wasn't offended by it." Then, just when I think I'll never talk to Tara again, she becomes all friendly and helpful. She's more bold than I am at approaching porn stars and asking them for their names and information. I trundle along behind her and take my awkward photos. Tara asks Gen Padova, the first porn star to show up after Ericka Lockett, "What do you have to say about Ashley Blue saying you have fake cancer?" I would not have had the courage to ask that question. Gen says Ashley has been doing too many drugs. Ashley shows up with Kahan Tusion as her date. Steve Nelson from AINews has done 90 porn scenes. I've been learning tips from Holly on how to bring out a woman's inner beauty. Does it shine through in my photos? Brea Bennett shows up with McKenzie Lee and Eva Angelina and Jesse Capelli and a couple of assistants from Club Jenna but Brea has forgotten her ID and the doormen won't let her pass. The trophy girl's kept outside for an hour until her ID are retrieved from her hotel room (I believe). I don't recognize Kinzie Kener with her big new breasts. I interview Tylene Buck aka Brandi Wylde, who was Major Gunns in the WCW (World Championship Wrestling). Tylene entered porn in January and has done six scenes, all girl-girl. "I enjoy being in front of the camera," she says. "I'm a total ham... I love the attention." Before wrestling, Tylene (from Northern California) says she was a fitness model. As kid, she wanted to grow up to be a movie star. "I was quiet in highschool. I was a tomboy. I've done a flipflop." Tylene says she can't be monogamous. Lori Lust has her own personal photographer following her around. She must be the next Jenna Jameson, MILF-style. I called McKenzie Lee Monday. She did not return my call. "You never call me," she says Thursday night. "What was that about?" "I was just saying hi." "You don't say hi. What did you want to know?" "Just about your party with Lexxi Tyler May 25." I follow Tara to interview Stefani Morgan, who's done eleven movies. She's under contract to Vivid for three years. Tara: "You're going to be their top girl." Stefani laughs. "That's my plan." I ask Stefani about what she loves and hate about porn. She says she loves getting paid for getting laid. She hates some of the artistic compromises in the medium. Luke: "What are the artistic parts of porn?" Stefani: "I come from a mainstream acting and modeling career. That's why I love doing feature movies. Sometimes you want a certain look and they want you to look [another] way." Luke: "How has it affected your love life?" Stefani: "Love is a strong word. I'm a serial dater. It is hard. When emotions get involved, guys want to back off. But I'm not looking for a relationship, so for me it's perfect." Luke: "How many broken hearts have you left behind and do you feel any moral responsibility for what you've done?" Stefani laughs. "I plead the fifth. I don't think of myself as a heartbreaker, but feelings get hurt along the way. I've had my heart broken and I'm sure I've broken some hearts. It comes with the territory of being a girl." Luke: "When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?" Stefani: "I don't know. I've always been performing one way or another my whole life. I love the entertainment world. I've always known I was going to be in it. I didn't expect but it's always been in the back of my mind. I've always been sexual since I was a child." Luke: "How did you get into porn?" Stefani: "I didn't know how. I dabbled with the idea for a year before I did it. Finally I took the initiative and set up an appointment at Vivid." Luke: "How did family and friends react?" Stefani: "I've never been close with my family. My friends were like, 'OK, I really wasn't expecting that one but I'm not surprised.' I told my family. They're supportive. I was just at my mom's earlier today. My relations with my family are better now. They accept that I do what I want to do whether they like it or not. We agreed to disagree. We don't talk about what I do. I respect the fact that they disagree with that." Luke: "What traits turn you on in a man?" Stefani: "Tall, dark hair, dark eyes, cocky." Tara: "You'll love Luke." Stefani laughs. I blush. Stefani: "I don't really have a type. I love businessmen. I love bad boys. If you're a boy, you're a shoo-in." I meet Lela Star, World Modeling's star. David Clark says that in my suit I look like rocker Brian Ferry. The ratio of people who mention seeing me on VH1 this week compared to on the cover of the LA Weekly is ten-to-one. I snap a bunch of photos in the night without my flash until John Douglas points out what I'm doing wrong. John (formerly of Talking Blue, I once went on a triple date with him to the Hollywood Bowl with a Jewish girl I loved, it was the summer of 2000) introduces me to his video camera (wielded by Dave Michaels) as the Senator Joe McCarthy of porn. I'm a very private person -- modest, polite, self-effacing. I write of the quiet, contemplative playful moments in life. I eschew the sensational, and I refuse to discuss blogging in anything but the most simple, straightforward language. When John asks me about my blogging, I'm terse and direct. "I really don't have much to say about that, because in a way I work organically. I don't have any fixed ideas about style or form. When the impulse comes and I have an idea or a perception, I let it take me wherever it will go. The form follows that." I'm a pale cocksman -- a poet of the gentle, comic, grandfatherly demeanor and pastoral tone and setting always close to the sexual impulse. (Meaning and Memory by Gary Pacernik, p. 22) John: "Are you well hung?" I'm struck dumb. John: "A lot of people say [that Luke writes bad things about porn] because he has a small wee wee. Is it an envy thing?" Luke: "I try to carry on my dialogues on a higher level than this, John. I don't think that penis size is an appropriate conversation for the mass media." John: "From interviewing porn stars, I've learned that whenever you ask a guy if he has a big penis and he says anything other than yes, it means he's small." Luke: "We are dragging civilization down here. This is the type of conversation that smudges the soul of our viewers, that diminishes the human condition, that brings out what's vulgar in us rather than what's holy and noble. Why do you have to drag things into the gutter?" John: "I'm going to put in a shot of you being paddled [by Tina Tyler] and the one where your digit was..." Luke: "I was an actor playing a role. That was art. This is vulgarity." John: "You love this stuff as much as the next guy. This whole thing where you look like you've been sucking on lemons, it's all been a ruse." Luke: "I'm a commentator on the human condition. I'm uncovering what is really going on here so the authorities can better control things. I am so tapped into the FBI and federal government prosecutors for obscenity. I'm taking names and numbers. I'm here to serve the federal government and George Bush and Antonio Gonzales to get a better handle on this filth." John: "We're dealing with the Donnie Brasco of porn." Luke: "I'm Deep Under Cover." John: "You don't use that DUC name anymore. You're out, right?" Luke: "I am a servant of the truth." John: "What is your take on the XRCO? You have the most unique take of anyone here." Luke: "It's a friendly low-key affair of people getting together to celebrate their work and honor the best in their profession. Finally it's an opportunity for the industry to feel good about itself. The industry is so often attacked, cut down, and maligned... This along with the AVN Awards are two nights of the year that people in the industry can feel proud of what they do." John: "We've got the Sybil of porn. "I can never tell. Do you like this industry or not?" Luke: "I have the full range of human of emotions towards it." John: "Are you attracted to women who are completely skeezed out by porn?" Luke: "Yes." John: "How do your ex-girlfriends who get crucified on your site not just shoot you? These women must have the thickest skin in the world." Luke: "Holly Randall has the thickest skin of any woman I've known. No other woman would permit me to write about her [as she does]. But I don't write about other exes. "Kendra Jade also has a thick skin, but Holly is incredible, not that I miss her." John: "You've beaten her up in word and over the phone. Are you concerned about running into her in person?" Luke: "No. I had lunch with her Monday. If she has a problem with anything I say or do, she lets me know. I run things by her all the time to see if what I'm writing is OK with her. Everything she has asked me to remove from my site I have. Everything I have on my site about her is with her tacit permission." John: "So women who are [concerned] about what you write about them should date you, have sex with you and then dump you?" Luke: "Holly's something special so I treat her differently. I couldn't date 99.9% of women in this industry." John: "Is she coming tonight?" Luke: "No. She's not an industry partier. Of course she could get in, but this isn't her scene." John: "When people see you, do they still have same reaction [of fear] that they used to?" Luke: "Not as much." John: "Do you miss instilling fear in people?" Luke: "Sure." John: "They took you down a few notches." Luke: "Yeah. I'm not what I once was. But then again, who is?" John: "How are you going to celebrate your 40th birthday?" Luke: "I have no plans. Birthdays are not significant to me. I look forward to growing older for I will grow in wisdom. Holly offered to throw me a big party but I don't need that. To me it's all about the work." AVN's Heidi Joy Pike initiates our first conversation. It's friendly and lasts about a minute. I nudge Mike Ramone about not blogging against God this week. He says he's been busy. Randy Spears's wife Delia only does girls on camera. The three main hosts are Stormy Daniels, Frank Bukkwyd and Lauren Phoenix. When Lauren walks into the club, she doesn't want any pictures taken because she's not dressed up, her hair isn't done, and doesn't appear to have any make-up on. I ask Mika Tan what happened to her all-asian men hetero movie. She says she paid her editor in advance and then he did no work. So she just found a new editor. Michael Raven comes by with his new girlfriend (after three divorces). "I took your advice about getting a civilian," he says. After the awards, Anthony Petkovich (Editor of Adam Film World) introduces me to Francesca Le, 35, and as beautiful a woman as I've ever met. She operates LeWood Productions with her husband Mark Wood. Francesca does about five movies a year for her own company. She started in porn in 1990 and worked for three years. "After three years it wasn't fun for me, so I left." For the next eight years, she did wrestling, fetish modeling, bondage, stripping, etc. Anything but sex. She went to work for Extreme Associates in sale in 2001 and lasted a year before returning to performing. Luke: "Why?" Francesca: "We launched our own company." She met her hubby Mark Wood in 2002. Luke: "How did you find the industry had changed?" Francesca: "Scary. I don't know if it is for the best. The girls are lazy. It's very robotic. People are in the business for fame and fortune and not for fun. In the early nineties, we were ----ing everybody for free. It was fun. "Everybody wants to be the next Jenna. There's not going to be another Jenna. "People today don't want to work. It's no fun for anybody. "In the early nineties, we did all features. We were on twelve hour sets. You were doing a three hour anal scene." Luke: "What do you love and what do you hate about the industry you are a part of?" Francesca: "I hate the astronomical rates we pay. I love the freedom and the nice people I meet. They're doing it because they're freaky and they want to have a good time." Luke: "How do you reflect on how it's affected your life?" Francesca: "It's affected my life wonderfully." Mike Ramone comes over and playfully warns her about me. "What's he asking you?" he says. Francesca: "He's asking me in-depth questions, the kind that AVN doesn't ask me. He gets to the core of my soul." She laughs. "I have a good life. I'm married to a man who's open. We have a sexually free relationship." Luke: "In the civilian world?" Francesca: "I try not to say. I'm quiet. I live a quiet life. "We shoot at our house while the neighbors hold Bible studies." Francesca says she stopped doing drugs at 25. She says the talent has changed. "It used to be you had to be a certain class of girl, like me, Nikki Dial... We were up against Victoria Paris, Ashlyn Gere, Savannah, Racquel Darrian, Christy Canyon. Porn now, I don't know why they want the girl next door. I want my porn girls to be porn stars. Big hair. Nice taut bodies. "When they opened the door to the girl next door, to the teen phenomenon, they let girls come in who would never have worked [in the early nineties]. They're more sloppy." Luke: "More tattooed and pierced." Francesca agrees. "And braces. I look at them and think, 'What makes you think you can do porn? I don't know who told you you can do porn, but OK." Luke: "What were the rates you were charging in 1992?" Francesca: "$300-$400 for a boy-girl scene. Anal was about $500. [Now it's more than double that.]" A friend asks me Friday: "What was the deal with people being so out of it, they couldn't even get on stage to collect their awards?" A friend says: "Katja Kassin was there with her family but she missed her award by 15-minutes. Hillary Scott missed her award because she was on set. Scott Nails didn't even come until the end of the show. Leah Luv seemed drunk. The only talent that actually seemed alert was Ariana Jollee. She went up to the stage when her name was called. Everyone else was either blotto, or not there." A friend says: "If someone isn't there without a good reason, they ought to just give it to the next highest vote getter. Hailey Paige won unsung siren, but wasn't there. Three other nominees were there -- Gen Padova, Mika Tan, and Kimberly Kane. One of them should have been give it." During the awards, I feel like I'm a Jew in Spain in 1492. "The shrieks and outcries of the women, together with the piteous supplications of the men, might, one would think, have softened the most savage hearts into pity; but the actors in this horrid scene were so divested of humanity that they spared neither sex nor age, but wreaked their fury on all without distinction; so that above five hundreds Jews were either killed or burnt that day." (The Jew in the Medieval World, Jacob Rader Marcus, p. 66) Lynne Lemay flashes. Nobody seems disturbed, or even ill at ease, by how far they are from God. I wish I was burnt at the stake or crucified on a cross for my religious beliefs. Instead, I'm simply hurt that Monstar has not added me as his MySpace friend. After the awards, I confront him with my feelings. "Why not?" I demand through my tears. Monstar: "Because of your whole song and dance, standing on your soapbox, waving your flag, saying, 'I don't add porn stars on MySpace as friends.' Comparing them to drug dealers?" Luke: "Yes." [But I meant for my personal MySpace page, because the kids of friends of mine look at that, I'm down with adding porn stars to my professional page.] Monstar: "Now you want to be their friend?" Bloke: "He never said he wanted to be their friend." Monstar: "You want to add them as your friend on MySpace. You buckle like a belt." Monstar doesn't even want me to take pictures of him. The magic has gone out of our relationship. Ava Rose has been in porn four months and done 40 scenes. It's the most subdued XRCO I've attended (and seems like the smallest turnout). "I'm an award-winning whore," proclaims Hillary Scott. "Everybody knows how bad your pictures are," says Morbid Thoughts, "but they still pose for you anyway in the delusion you might get it right." Bill Margold took Jim Holliday's job of haranguing the crowd to get quiet so various porners can be inducted into the Hall of Fame. But why should the crowd quiet if only one of the inductees bothers to show? I leave at 11:25 p.m. XPT posters want to know why there are no pictures of Khan Tusion's face. Because he doesn't want it, and industry photographers, including myself, usually abide by such requests. Afterwards, I email Heidi Joy Pike, Senior Associate Editor at Adult Video News, and XRCO trophy girl (along with Brea Bennett):
Early Friday afternoon, the pictures of Francesci Le and that blonde Vivid girl Stefani Morgan (used to be a brunette, she's "good friends" with Tommy Lee) began to take effect in my mind and I was seized by primitive urges, those very same urges I had thought I left behind days ago in the loamy soil of Holly Randall's secret garden. By the time I had overcome temptation, I was sleepy, yet I had miles of copy to go before I could rest, and hundreds of photos to upload before I could grant myself sweet repose. I received these suggested questions for porn stars from my Lukeisback advisory committee: Khunrum writes: "Query these porn stars on, "How would you like to be remembered after you die?"" Chaim Amalek writes: "How about just asking "are you happier today than you were the day before you did your first porn video?"" Khunrum writes: "Evidently the gal who's banging the senior citizens is very happy. She has grocery money now...and get's to have her face made up. Wonder if they use any special make-up to accentuate splooge loads?" Fred writes: "How about something James Lipton style: "When you arrive at the Pearly Gates, what would you like to hear God say?"" Rob writes:
CNBC's The Big Idea With Donny Deutsch On February 10, he hosted Heather Veitch and Tristan Taormino. Donny tells Heather: "No kidding around. It's been years since I've been to a strip club but like many men in this country, I've been there. I was always interested, no joke, in talking to the girls. Who are you? What do you do? How did you get here? It was fascinating. You met these bright girls who were obviously beautiful. Almost without exception, they all felt very empowered. They felt great about what they were doing. They were in the power position vs. the man. They were all doing it as a means to the end. They were either building a business... They all said, 'I'm doing this for four years and I'm going to sock away $100,000.' You'd meet girls on a path...and felt very in charge." Heather: "It sounds like you got conned like every other girl in there. I was a [stripper]. Realistically, I blew my money every day. If I were to get your money, I would have you convinced that I was in college and I was trying my best... I was trying to get out of this. That's the story that every girl in the industry tells everybody. Nobody is going to say, 'I work here night after night and give my money to my boyfriend who sits at home playing videogames.' Or, 'I have a shopping addiction and I have nothing to show for what I've been doing tonight.' "A small percentage of [strippers] are saving and doing something..." Heather's assistant Lori, who was never a stripper: "We get hundreds of emails from these girls. They all start out feeling empowered, that this is a cool thing. But five years into it, they're all hating it." Heather: "What's empowering about sitting on a disgusting man's lap while he degrades you and gives you a $20 bill?" Joe Rogan Goes To Gia Paloma's Porn Party
'Is This A Puff Piece?' I was interviewing a pornographer the other day. At the end he asked me, "What is this for?" I told him and he asked, "Is this a puff piece?" I told him it would be a straight transcript. Crystal Clear On Howard Stern From Marksfriggin.com for April 20:
Do I Have A Chance With Vivid girl Stefani Morgan? Stefani is a deadringer for Holly Randall. I met Stefani at the XRCO Awards Thursday night and we had a deep and meaningful exchange of ideas. In between, I took photos. Luke: who was the gorgeous blonde vivid girl? ChaimAmalek: She does look a bit like Holly. HollyRandall: hey it's funny when i first saw those pics of Stefani
i also thought how she looks like me, but prettier
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