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David Aaron Clark's Journal

From the online journal of Video Team contract director David Aaron Clark:

Sorry for neglecting thou, dear journal. I have been busy negotiating the landscape of hell, which is overflowing with the willfully, brutally ignorant, callous and greedy.

This past month spent in the L.A. porn industry has been more revealing than the 72 or so that have come before it. I have seen faces that I had grown comfortable with if sometimes only through their familiarity become ugly masks of denial and self-interest. Every week, new HIV-positives have been revealed among the talent pool, and as of now, this is the worst outbreak of the virus ever here in the heart of the industry.

We thought for a moment it was over at two, but it wasn't. And despite the best efforts to do the impossible task of tracing the genealogies of potential infection through a jungle of furtive producers, part-time talent and general indifference on the part of companies who are for the most part showing less humane care for their "meat puppets"; than a respectable farmer does for his cattle before they are sent to the slaughterhouse, there's no way to be in ANY way sure that the number is going to stop at five. Not for MONTHS.

There's supposed to be a production moratorium. No shooting for 60 days. AIM, who we have charged with protecting our health, did their job, and told us that was the only way to be safe.

As of today we are not even half-way through the moratorium. But a large number of companies are quietly shooting, even as they grab publicity by supporting the moratorium in both the porn and mainstream press, evidently operating on the murderously specious logic that as time passes, it gets safer. NOT IF YOU'RE CONTINUING TO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR INFECTION, HOWEVER SMALL, YOU MURDEROUSLY STUPID IDIOTS. THERE HAS BEEN A NEW INFECTION EVERY WEEK.

I understand that some companies are desperate for product. I understand that many performers are desperate to eat. But except for the fund established by Jenna Jameson – which I hope TT Boy has donated at least a Ferrari or two towards, since many of us believe that it was indeed his production policies that seems to have set off this string of infections – there has been precious little but hypocritical lip-service from most of the so-called leaders of the industry, whom at all other times are only too quick to assert their power and influence and flaunt their financial success.

The power structure has shown no real interest in changing the way we create our product to reflect a basic human respect towards the people who truly drive it that might at least be the equal of how the law demands a minimum-wage worker picking grapes or flipping burgers is treated. They say it's okay because they're paying a premium to teenage girls in order to persuade them to perform ridiculous and unquestionably dangerous acts. $1200? What's that, a month's rent in exchange for risking the rest of your life? This is not Hollywood stunt-man pay, this is not professional athlete pay, and there are none of the regulations or benefits that those punishing careers are required by law and by union to provide.

Now the state has decided that we are not fit to regulate ourselves; a bill is in the state legislature that despite a scary threat to ban performers with herpes, HPV and the three sisters of Hepatitis for life, would otherwise only establish some reasonable, basic working conditions. How ironic – and how irresponsible this industry! -- that I, a life-long contrarian and foe to authority, support everything except the social disease clause.

As a journalist and author who has always stood up for free speech – and not just sexual speech -- I have come just short of vomiting, listening to the lamebrained, self-serving spew of those in the community who are trying to paint themselves as American citizens standing up for their right of free speech when all they're really interested in is protecting their opportunity to make some extra bucks by bribing performers to do dangerously stupid things.

And despite the protests of those who say it's not time to point fingers, I say it is, and I'll point first at myself. When a distributor told me last year that an all-Asian internal-pop series would FLY off his shelves, I plunged into the BANANA CREAM PIE series. He was right. It's done quite well. Allowing myself to degenerate from a human being to another one of these lemmings, I approached it with the same resolve I approach all my projects.

Some of my favorite performers who never do creampies did them for me. Some girls who were not on birth control offered to do anal cream pies instead. I went with it. Hey, they were okay with it. Some even suggested.

Could there be a more bullsh-t excuse? What was I thinking?

Obviously, I was thinking of myself. For my own gain, I embraced the culture of denial that rules f-ckworld. But unlike the teenagers and often-uneducated that we shoot, I know better. I've been taught better. I have no excuse, only this explanation – I have been here in f-ckworld for too long, this place of whim and ambition fulfilled despite all consequence.

Besides that I am lucky enough to have found a home at a video company that is not run like a misogynistic frathouse or WalMart's sweatshop, the only thing that is keeping me at the moment from seeking a mid-life career change are those few but precious people I have seen who have had their consciences and minds shaken awake, and who are brave enough to stand up and say, "There is no place for situational ethics here. This is WRONG.";

See, in f-ckworld NOTHING's wrong, as long as the check clears. He who makes others die for him while he collects the most toys wins, to redefine a phrase.

But I have seen the beauty of comradeship and respect flower in the ranks of performers who are finally realizing that they matter little in the face of most of their employers' bottom lines. Despite the naysayers who think it's clever to be endlessly cynical, despite those who would crush their spirit to keep the unbalanced status quo, some of the most prominent male performers in the business are slowly building towards a performer's guild, enduring the belittling jokes about porn studs' priorites and attention span.

It's in people like Mr. Marcus and Brian Surewood and Sledge Hammer and Tony Tedeschi, who became a laughing stock for predicting the sky would fall until indeed it did, that I have seen the most common sense and honesty, the least willingness to hide behind rationalizations in the sake of self-interest. Because it is in their self-interest to see a truth beyond the daily mindless pursuit of an extra penny that grips f-ckworld.

Notable that they are meeting to develop a better, saner way of conducting business, when it seems that every time I turn around I see one or another of the supposed captains of this industry are spending their time basking in the notoriety of news-media attention.

It is more than notable that a large number of black male actors are particularly galvanized to go the distance on this one – despite dissembling and plain old self-absorption from professional industry spokespeople, they saw immediately that one of their own – and one of their best – was being subjected to a public lynching on TV, on radio, and most tellingly on internet sites from foul, loathsome little mealworms who just wait for the excuse to spew their vile. Even those claiming sympathy were murmuring that Darren James must have done something wrong when nobody was looking to get himself that HIV, because of course we all know that black men have no self-control.

The irony being, of course, that Darren was doing what he was ordered to do.

More clearly than the rest, the black male performers see that the power structure that claimed it had everything under control in this industry has been interested in little but protecting its own interest, including keeping the corporal who ordered Pfc. James to the battlefield on a suicide mission – not to Save The World, but to Save A Few Bucks – safely hidden in the shadows, invulnerable not only to any repercussions but even to the public shame he so richly deserves. "For the good of the industry.";

And as I hear it from their own lips, the black actors see that they as a group are being left holding the bag in the public eye – not to mention in the behind-their-backs sniping from the closet racists in this industry.

When Mr. Marcus got back from Chicago after the first day of publicity, he had to deal with a hysterical significant other who had seen a brief report on the TV news that a black actor with HIV had infected a white woman – the stock footage the station used to illustrate it featured an unidentified Marcus, because we all know one black stud is the same as the next.

These are the guys who only a few years ago almost every company would take an advantage of by either not casting them or paying them less than white male performers because they were not as "marketable."; When the market indeed went crazy for black male performers, and white and latin producers and directors saw their profits soar by regularly hiring that big chocolate dick, the actors managed to force the companies to raise their rates.

Now, they face the far more formidable job of getting them to treat them like human beings.

I support them whole-heartedly, as I support those few who have been brave enough to indeed point out the sky is starting to fall. It seems that I am losing friends and allies almost daily because I will not be a part of the wicked set of hypocritical lies being spewed by those who have somehow come to believe that the concept of "acceptable losses"; can and should apply to the capitalist urge to peddle pornography. Suddenly f-ckworld becomes Iraq – someday soon to be Vietnam, if there is not a change in all our ways.

I urge my fellow directors and producers to honor the moratorium. Shoot non-penetrative safe sex for a few weeks or no sex at all. EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE WITH AIM'S ASSESSMENT OF THE RISK FACTOR, show some responsibility, some class and perhaps even some respect towards the living meat you put through the grinder to get ahead. And springing for a couple of tubs of chicken wings at an industry meeting doesn't count – especially when that's probably the first time you ever shelled out for any decent craft services since you figured out you could get away with not doing it. Stop figuring out what you can get away with, and start justifying your presence on this planet.

I also urge AVN – which I am told has no responsibility or authority in this situation to investigate the producers and practices that have brought this storm down on us, despite that the magazine has avidly defended its position as the center of the industry, running trade shows and the industry's biggest annual event, the AVN Awards – to rethink its editorial policy. Stop rewarding videos made by directors who are willing to strive for that editor's choice by filling their shows with brutal and un-erotic acts that put performers' lives at risks. And don't even try to argue back that you're justified because it turns you on, and you have to be honest as a reviewer. If kiddie porn were legal, would you all be writing such predictably glib paeans to it?

If you are not interested in the truth and in the golden rule, I don't need or want you as a friend. And if the price for being your ally is to smile and pat you on the back and pretend that I don't notice the blood on your hands, I'm sure I can live with the professional burden of your censure and hostility.

Because more than anything, I have to live with myself. I'm bemused that some of you can, right now, and that you can do it so damn easily.

I hope you fans don't mind me using our hangout here to speak to my f-ckworld peers, but you should be hearing all this, too. Watch the PSA with Loni, Kylie and Brian that we shot this last Sunday. They're no different than a lot of people you know – they just perform sex for money. Challenge yourself to be just a little more thoughtful and a less selfish when choosing what you buy – there's more than one way to stir a libido, and inspire a squirt. You do not live in a vacuum. Your personal choices affect others.

If what you need is to see is the cathartic fantasy of a girl "getting hers,"; I'm not going to judge you -- there's plenty of rough-sex hardcore and SM stuff out there that's full of humilation and degradation without the threat of extinction.

Get the f-ck over the anal creampie thing. You could always go out back and set ants on fire with your magnifying glass, or trip blind people at intersections. Not to be smart-ass with you, but by underwriting the behavior currently rampant in the industry with what I understand is your hard-earned entertainment dollar, you really are catering to the same instinct.

Next time I'll tell you about AZN SUPERIDOLS VOLUME ONE, which features some of the scenes I've been writing about this past month. And DIRTY VEGAS – a porn verite that will only be available through this site.

Meanwhile, I'm doing some research and thinking to find some inspiration to do kinker and nastier – but safer – movies, as opposed to just mindlessly trundling along in the line of creatively bankrupt producers and directors who in monkey-like fashion rely on imitating a crass and boring formula of affectless degradation.

This is your chance. Any of you guys got some good ideas you'd like to see come to life, I'll listen.

More Thoughts On HIV Testing and Crisis

DCypher writes on Hardcoregossip.com:

I read over on ADULT FYI how Nicole London just figured out that the PCR DNA test is not FDA approved. It seems strange that she didn’t know this before given that the front of the test has always read “THIS TEST HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE U.S. FDA.” 

 

That doesn’t mean that it is any less effective of a test. And those of you who have been calling in to the lab today because of what you read, need to relax and stop

 

HCG readers are more than aware that there are 2 different kinds of PCR tests, and are familiar by now with the 5 different types of tests being used by AIM that allowed them to release individuals from the 2^nd generation Quarantine List and lift the suggested Moratorium an entire month early. Those that are unfamiliar with any of the previous would do well to check the archives.

 

Sharon Mitchell, who claims that she explained a great deal of this to Nicole London recently, stated in her Quarantine List Release Press Release the reasons she felt confident in removing the individuals who were removed and that they had been scrutinized by excessive testing. Apparently either some people in porn either weren’t listening or don’t want to believe it.

 

Furthermore, it is not surprising that the CDC didn’t recommend it, if they didn’t, since I have not called them and confirmed this statement, because, as I have stated before, doctors don’t generally recommend using tests that are 99% accurate. They would rather that you wait a full six months or more, then test by Elisa, which would then show you are infected, but would render our entire system worthless. Given the testing methods out there, I challenge anyone to present a better working model than the one we have now, with a more effective system and a better test.

 

I feel confident that none can be presented to supplant the PCR DNA. In fact, this current HIV crisis has only gone to further prove that, with people testing positive by PCR DNA and PCR RNA and testing negative by Elisa, P24, and Western Blot, because the infection was so new and detected so early.

 

Here is a quote from Ira Levine’s interview on HCG that substantiates this bold assertion by detailing how both Darren and Lara Roxx were tested and confirmed as having the HIV virus.

 

HCG: How did you determine the viral loads? Was it with PCR-RNA or P24 Antigen?

IRA LEVINE: We tested them by PCR RNA. Darren’s RNA was on it’s way down at 110,000 on the 11^th of April. Lara Roxx had a viral load of 605,000 and her Elisa was still negative. All of her antigen and antibody tests, the P24, Western Blot, and the Elisa were all not detected. We were using the PCR DNA and PCR RNA to detect her. It is one of the earliest detections known in history right now.

 

Sometimes I get so tired of explaining this stuff.

 

Despite whatever lengthy algebraic equations have been allegedly asserted by members of the CDC, the facts still remains that at eight weeks after infection the PCR DNA is 99% accurate. It is 95% accurate in up to 28 days and can even be effective in periods shorter than 28 days. It is and will continue to be the talent’s best method of early detection and the most effective tool available in determining the risk factor involved in working with one another.

 

I don’t have any personal issues with Nicole London. If she wants to have talent meetings and stir people up with handfuls of literature and tidbits of contrary information, she is more than welcome to. I do not think that it is going to undermine the necessary mechanism already in place. It may sway a few naïve people into making dangerous choices, but then again, it may help bring the issue further into focus. I trust that logic and reason as always will ultimately prevail and I am going to assume that she is operating from the best of intentions only.

 

My other contention is the Sharon bashing as of late, which is cause for some degree of consternation in my opinion.

 

How far are you people really willing to take this? I am well aware that some of you have taken to sending her hate mail regularly, with or without your name attached, and some of you bash her behind her back while others roast her in effigy with every breath you draw to discuss testing policies and to assign blame and guilt so liberally.

 

While I am aware that Sharon can be a polarizing figure as someone I respect aptly put it recently, she is also a human being, and in case you forgot, working to help this industry. Sharon has given a great deal of herself with not much in return to help to create a safer working environment for the talent. She has sought to educate them about their bodies and their choices and what lies ahead even after sex work and has held their hand and listened to them cry when those choices came back to haunt them. She has worked diligently to prevent the wide spread transmission of HIV in porn and has been wildly successful, even by LA County Health Departments accounts.

 

Her efforts have been noble, her intentions pure and true, and her course steady, even in the face of adversity and debilitating character attacks and threats to her personal safety and every sort of affront that a person can stand. She has done nothing to incur the kind of scorn that some have shown her, and it is despicable that she should have to taste the bitter vitriol of a few malcontents as her reward for her valiant efforts.

 

Who among you would take her place? Who among you is qualified to take her place? Think hard before you answer. One day Sharon will leave this business, when the voices of a few ingrates have finally taken their final toll and broken her will to help and console us, and move on to something else, something better for her. I fear for the business when that day comes, because she will be sorely missed by those with the capacity to she what she has truly given here.

 

In the meantime here is an official thank you to her, from HCG, for the work that she has done, and continues to do. The world, and this industry, would be a far better place if there were more like her.

 

And finally as to all the talk going on and the finger pointing and the guessing games about how to prevent another HIV outbreak from occurring in porn. I would like to suggest that most of you are headed in the wrong direction right now, in my humble opinion.

 

Without pointing fingers at Darren or TT Boy I would like to again suggest that the common belief is that Darren contracted the virus outside of the United States, in a foreign country, where testing standard were not centralized and the PCR DNA test was not the common testing method. This happened in Brazil, by all accounts, but could just as likely have occurred in Eastern Europe or Russia or the U.K., all of which most commonly use the Elisa test.

 

Might I suggest then that performers who leave the United States to shoot in foreign countries use condoms in their scenes for their own health and safety? Might I also suggest that whether or not they do use condoms when they shoot in foreign countries that they submit to a 30 day Quarantine upon arriving home, that starts with the 5 tests currently being used on the Q list contacts and concludes with another battery of the same tests 30 days later? It seems pretty obvious to me where the hole in the system is, after seven years, and that this should be the first place to go looking to plug up.

 

Not a lot of talk about it on the Internet though. Maybe that is what these talent meetings are all about that the press is not supposed to attend but the mainstream media keeps quoting from.

 

As always, feel free to shoot your comments and ideas and suggestions, yes even the nasty ones, to me directly @ rantingdevan@hardcoregossip.com- Have a good weekend and everyone try to play nicely now.

Vicky Vette talks about DP's, bugs in her food and breaking into porn at 38

by Cindi Loftus Courtesy of Xcitement magazine

Vicky Vette is one hot tamale! She has an insatiable sexual appetite and has been know to have DP’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner! Then there is the sex in moving vehicles for dessert! Although Vicky started her porn career late in life, at 38, age is not an issue with her. She looks every bit as good as any twenty-something babe breaking into the porn meat market. Lets take a look and a listen to the very likeable, lick-able Viking Vixen, Vicky Vette. Yummy!….

Xcitement:Hi Vicky! What are you and Frank, (her husband of 16 years), up to?
Vicky:I just finished a shoot and we were going to go home but another company called and they had a girl that didn’t show up. They asked me to fill in. So I am off to another shoot. It’s crazy.
X:What scene were you shooting when I called before and couldn’t get ya?
V:I was shooting for Sin City
X:What were ya doing?
V:It was a boy/girl anal.
X:So what were ya doing?
V:You want me to give you all the gory details? It went well. It was a pretty easy shoot.
X:So were are you going next?
V:I’m going to shoot for Bobby Rinaldi. He’s great. It’s another boy/girl anal with Nick Manning. I can get it up a second time for Nick Manning.
X:Oh, he’s hot.
V:Didn’t he cut off his long hair? I love long hair it turns me on. I love pony tails.
X:Well if it is anal, you won’t be able to see his hair will you?
V:Depends on which position you are in.
X:So true, I automatically think of anal being doggy from behind. I guess because whenever I have had it… Just kidding. I don’t have a whole lotta experience with anal, so I wouldn’t really know…
V:Really?
X:Really!
V:You are missing out on a lot.
X:I know when you first started doing scenes you had some problems because you jumped right into doing anal.
V:I jumped right into the whole thing. My first day I did two DP’s.
X:What were you thinking?
V:I don’t know. I was crazy.
X:Had you done DP’s in real life?
V:Yeah, but it’s different doing it at home with your husbanc and a friend. It’s entirely different. And after five minutes everybody cums and it’s all over. You are not doing it for three hours like in front of the camera.
X:Oh My God! Three hours? (Vicky is talking to her husband in the background and I can hear her say “I don’t want to walk down the hall. I’ll be there in a few minutes.”) You mean you don’t want to walk down the public hallway talking about your anal sex career? Come on what’s wrong with you?
V:I forget sometimes. I’ll be sitting in a restaurant or walking through Ralph’s (grocery store) talking away on the phone, “yeah, I’m getting ready for an anal scene..”
X:You do forget that everyone in the world doesn’t talk about the same things that we do everyday. When I was out in Vegas I went to lunch (to the same restaurant everyday) with porn people and I would realize that we should be talking quieter because there were people around us who probably didn’t want to hear about who was doing a blowjob scene later.
V:I met you at that restaurant in Vegas. I got a salad there and I had taken a couple of bites. I thought I saw something moving. I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. Next thing ya know I am chasing a bug all over trying to kill it. There were bugs in my salad.
X:Oh yuck! My friend found a piece of wood in her bread at that restaurant too! This is some high-end restaurant we are eating in!
V:That night I went to a shoot and the makeup artist had eaten tuna there that day and she was sick as a dog and she had to leave the shoot and they had to get another makeup artist to take over.
X:That’s so awful, and funny. I ate there at least six times!
V:You just got lucky I guess.
X:I guess I did. How many movies have you done so far?
V:Probably close to sixty, in seven months.
X:Wow, you are rocking and rolling.
V:Especially since I live in Atlanta and I only come out to L.A. once in a while.
X:Yeah, I guess so! What are the most scenes you’ve ever done in one day?
V:I think three. But I have a pretty high sex drive to start with.
X:And pain tolerance too!
V:Pain tolerance? There’s no pain.
X:All that anal and there is no pain?
V:No. No. If it hurts you are doing something wrong. Did you ever hear that old expression, “If sex is a pain in the ass, you are doing it wrong?”
X:That’s perfect! I guess I am showing my anal sex aversion. (laughs) There was a little bit of controversy when you started your porn career at 38.
V:Apparently.
X:You certainly don’t have any trouble getting work.
V:I do good energetic scenes and I take really good care of the guys. A lot of guys request me. I really treat them special.
X:And you also look ten years younger then you are. Is that good genetics?
V:I guess so. Cause I don’t do a single thing. I don’t even wash my face.
X:So you live in a nudist colony. Nudist colonies aren’t necessarily swinger oriented. Is the one you live in a swinger’s nudist colony?
V:Yeah.
X:That’s very cool. So when you are going to visit the neighbors, you are really going to visit the neighbors.
V:A lot of time, yeah!
X: What’s your favorite scene that you have ever done?
V:I have a lot of them. I really like Peter North. I really like the way he f-cks. I guess because I like older men. Or more my age. But recently this whole MILF ( Mothers I’d Like to f-ck) thing is taking off and it’s fun to be with the young guys too. You can really take charge. I guess I like to be on top, I like to control it and then I can make sure I get to really cum. One of my favorite scenes was with DVSX. The movie is called Double Parked 6. Alex, the director, was f-cking me with a double-ended dildo. Because the scene was outside, and that is my favorite thing in the world is to be outside naked in the sun. It makes me horny. It was a hot summer day and I was by the pool. So I was really horny before the scene even started. So Alex was doing me and I was getting off so much that we broke the dildo right in half. He was just standing there with this funny look on his face holding the two pieces. The really funny thing was everyone was going on and on about how this was the best scene we’ve ever done, and then they realize that the camera was not turned on the whole time.
X:Oh My God.
V:So then they said, can you do it again? I said, well, after already having a thunderous orgasm, I’ll try! So now he has to use the two pieces because they are not attached anymore. I did have another orgasm, but it wasn’t as good as the first one.
X:Have you signed with a toy company yet?
V:No. X:They need to find toys that are Vicky Vette proof and give you your own line.
V:That’s a really good idea. We can call them the Vett-sters.
X:Do you have an unfulfilled fantasy?
V:Oh man. I have fulfilled so many fantasies. I think I am the luckiest woman in the world because I have experienced so much. I’ve lived a really interesting life. I’ve traveled all over Europe. I’ve lived in Canada, in the US, Florida, now Atlanta. I’ve been up and down the Eastern seaboard countless times. And I have been from Seattle to Key West. I’ve been to Mexico, Costa Rico. I just feel like I am so lucky. We are the kind of people that almost anything we decide that we want to do, we do. We are big risktakers. I don’t know how many times I have sold every single thing I owned on the planet at a garage sale and just picked up and took off and did something crazy. It always turns out good.
X:So you are a house builder now. What does a house builder do? I mean I know you build houses…
V:When I am in Atlanta I am on the phone all day talking to contractors, arranging plumbers, HVAC people, electricians. My husband is out on the job inspecting their work, making sure everything is cool. He makes sure all the work is good before I cut the checks. I do all the bookkeeping. We used to build custom houses for people but that was so stressful. You would be between the customer, the bank and the subcontractor. It was like a rock and a hard place. But now we just build for ourselves. We buy land. Do everything at our own pace. We use our own money, you make good money in porn. And then when we get one done. We sell it.
X:Good retirement plan! Let’s go back, do you have an unfulfilled fantasy?
V:Oh, Sorry. Well I want to climb Mount Everest. I want to go on a safari in Africa. But if you mean sexual fantasies, I’ve had sex with 4 guys on top of a garbage dumpster, I’ve had sex in a car with my ass sticking out the window at one hundred miles an hour. I’ve had sex on a motorcycle while it was driving.
X:How did you do that?
V:Well on the motorcycle it was just a hand job. But it was really interesting how the cum flew through the air and landed on this other guy’s windshield and the guy had to put on the wipers and it smeared all over the place.
X:Yuck! What were the people doing that were driving next to you?
V:Gawking! Some were laughing. Car sex is great. We love car sex. We do it in the car all the time. I love flashing people. I am a flasher.
X:You say you are the luckiest person but I disagree. I think your husband is the luckiest person in the world!
V:Yay! He has a hard time keeping clothes on me. My friends dare me and bet me all the time to flash people. I’m always doing that. He gets mad at me. He doesn’t want to get arrested.
X:Have you been arrested yet Vicky?
V:Uhhh, no. Not anything that counts anyway. I was arrested countless times before I turned 18, but all that has been wiped clean. So there is nothing on my record.
X:Have you ever gotten caught having sex in the car?
V:No. But one time the cops came and told us that we couldn’t have sex on the beach.
X:While you were having sex? Yeah, but under a blanket! So we went off and finished in the water.
X:The cop is not going to follow you there! Who would you like to have sex with that you haven’t?
V:Rod Stewart. I used to fantasy about him when I was younger while I was masturbating.
X:He’s not bad for an old guy.
V:I like everybody. A lot of girls in the business say the guy has to be on her list. I’m pretty easy. There is always something good about someone that you can focus on.
X:Do you have any fetishes?
V:I like thigh high boots. I love stockings, spike heels. Not anything too outrageous. Nipple rings, I’ve got fake nipple rings. I think they look really cool. My nipples are very sensitive so I couldn’t get mine pierced. I like tongue piercings on the girls. Some girls have really gotten me off so good with that little ball on their tongue.
X:I remember when people first started getting them. I’m like, what good is jewelry in your mouth, nobody can see it. Duh!
V: (Cracks up) When you are really turned on and your clit is really sticking out and they lick you with that it puts you right over the edge.
X:What would your perfect sex session be?
V:The most important thing to me would be lots and lots of foreplay. I know lots of girls say that. But it is important. Especially in porn they just expect you to jump right into it. You have one kiss and the next thing you are ass f-cking. That’s just not enough foreplay! I like lots of touching, running your fingers through each other’s hair, putting your fingers in each other’s mouths, kissing on your neck and down your legs, toe sucking, tongue kissing. It’s weird in this business that people don’t want to kiss. But if I am going to do it, I’m going to do it right.
X:Well there is the thought that if you are kissing and f-cking there is intimacy, but if you are just f-cking that is different.
V:But kissing and heavy petting changes the whole scene to me.
X:Do you have a lot of heavy petting on Vickyathome.com?
V:I have photo galleries showing girl/girl, DP, anal. I have videos. Once a week I do a live cam show. Sometimes I have a mystery dick on where I’ll give a blow job and have someone come all over my boobs. Or I’ll bring a girlfriend in and have a guest pussy, I’ll lick her pussy. I have a lot of friends that like to swing and they are really into all this stuff but they can’t do what I do because they have regular jobs. So they can’t have their faces on my website, but they can have their pussies or dicks on there! What’s really neat is I got hooked up to a network that has fifteen other porn stars doing cam shows also. Plus there are also about a hundred amateur girls. So basically if you join my site, (right now it’s $20 bucks a month) you can have 24 hour live cam action. So I think that is a really good value for your money. X:Do you have a message for your fans? Do what you want to do. Don’t be afraid to take a chance and go after your dreams, because you could be dead tomorrow. Don’t wait. Do what you always wanted to do, and do it now!

Lara Roxx Suit Will Get Big TV Ratings

The Outsider writes on KSEX:

The Outsider is back, on a better board, with some very relevant information.

The Lara Roxx lawsuit, when it comes to trial, is going to get big, big television ratings, folks. It's also going to put a televised face on the entire HIV outbreak. This is a case that Miss Roxx, and her attorney...soon to be 'attorneys'...will probably win.

Will television audiences tune in to hear about porn, DP's, and abuses in the adult entertainment industry? You can count on it.

The Outsider knows of one particular media outlet who is already looking into where the trial might take place... ...just so they can book their satellite uplink and truck in ADVANCE.

As always, The Outsider plans on keeping his sources secret. But you can bet on this... This trial is going to become a full-on media spectacle, ladies and gentlemen. Hold on to your hats.

The Return Of Henri Pachard

Henri Pachard On Jessica Darlin's Wake-Up Call

(The following article was set for a former site that I used to write for. And since it appears that this site doesn’t intend to pay me for my final week’s work, I’m offering this to Duke’s new site – free.)

A "wake" is when people hang around and talk to each other in the same room where somebody is dead. It's an old word; and one of its several definitions is: "To guard or keep watch over; especially a corpse."

Another use for the word "wake," is to describe something that was sudden and a lot, or an abundance of; for example: As a result of the recent wake of articles, stories, rumors and gossip about the latest industry H.I.V. incidents, I'm getting more and more curious as to how many porn performers are reacting to the situation as if it's their final wake-up call.

Some wake-up calls are a lot louder, or more profound, or more provocative than others. And Jessica Darlin's recent piece from her journal on the situation might be the kind of wake-up call that more of porn's performers can relate to; and for some, more than they might want to admit. There are all kinds of sexual things that I've sensed about dozens and dozens of performers over the years; but I've just been attributing this to being a lot older than most of the shooters.

Jessica's journal mentions what I'm pretty sure that many of us in the game are also thinking and wondering; she thinks Darren James turned up H.I.V. positive as a result of some off-camera recreational and-or experimental sex play with either another guy or a transsexual – which of course is another guy. Now, she's not judging Darren about that part – she could care less about anyone's sexual proclivities any more than I do. The older I get, the less I care about what anybody wants to do to get their rocks off.

But what I think she's pissed off about is that if Darren does, indeed, explore those kinds of sexual acts without protection; he owes it to the rest of us to be up front about it.

Jessica tells us that she's worked in straight sex scenes with guys who have also done gay and "tranny" stuff; which she admits to being very concerned about. And then she rips open the next page with some serious reality when she continues with: "Then we get to you so-called straight performers. You f-ckers who are distancing yourselves because you're not POS (positive) now; don't forget what you whisper in my ear. Don't think for a second when I'm between your legs eating your ass that I don't see what you do away from the camera."

In other words, our own industry's hypocrisy toward human sexuality increases our risks all the more. Darren James, or any other male performer in porn, will never come "out of the closet" and reveal – or confess, if you prefer – to enjoying those kinds of sexual acts that he's been taught to believe are wrong; ever since he was able to walk himself to grade school.

The truth is that very few guys will ever admit to their peers that they're into getting f-cked in the ass; regardless of whatever wardrobe is worn to coat the thrills. And to this day, I still applaud director John Staglianno's courage when he informed our industry how he happened to become H.I.V. positive. Maybe some day, his example will inspire others in the game to be up front about these things.

Pornography is the business I've chosen; and by that default alone I am neither entitled to pass judgment, nor should I even care about who in the game is into this or that sex act. Furthermore, if I wasn't – at least – curious about these many sexual things that so many of my friends and performers have been known or rumored to be into, I would think that I'm in the wrong line of work.

Jessica Darlin has more than once told me that she's into sex with whatever's hot; including bi-sexual guys and transsexuals. I've recently shot Jessica in a gang-bang video, along with three guys and "Magnolia", a new transsexual performer in the business. I've also shot her doing some extremely nasty and terrific interracial anal sex scenes; and I've shot her in some scenes where she wears a strap on dildo; and does two other guys – as well as the trans-gendered "Magnolia". When it comes to pushing the on-screen sexual envelope, you might say that she definitely knows what she's talking about.

Jessica's been a performer in porn a relatively long time now – since 1998 or so; and six or more years is a long time for a woman among today's average length in the game being less than six months for the girls. But between the days she's performed those kinds of sexually ravaging and often extremely intense sex scenes that she's become known for; Jessica's must have been doing a lot of thinking about her life - and the lives of others. Her journal is one hell of a read.

What I've read from Jessica's journal, it's clear that she owns both her life and every single word she writes. She pulls no punches; and it's the kind of stuff that gives the reader a sense that she's writing more for herself than anyone else. And it's this kind of truth which makes her stuff so profound; and yet so real. What Jessica has written, I've sensed about many performers; and so have most of us – it's in our nature.

We are what we are; and we all need to wake up to those kinds of sexual realities that none of us want to talk about, or label others among us that are into. But in the wake of what's been happening, perhaps we might cut down on the odds of having to show up too soon at some guy's wake; or to sit shiva with some kid's parents who had no idea what their child was exploring.

Not all things sexual require a label, or an assigned genre, or even need defining. But we all need to know enough about who and what we are and what we're capable of doing; so we can all first be aware and then if we choose - be compassionate.

A Chat With Gary Kremen About His $20 Million Settlement With Network Solutions

This interview is from three weeks ago.

Gary: "Good for AVN for doing the work and getting the story first.

"They [Network Solutions] were starting to lose. Their lawyers were hiding documents, not telling the court where documents were. Remember the forged letter [that Stephen Michael Cohen purportedly used to steal sex.com through Network Solutions]? The case had nothing to do with that.

"The earliest letter they were able to show was December 5th [1995]. The domain was stolen on October 15. They transferred the domain name [sex.com] over the phone. They had a woman [Sherry Proehl] who was with one of the big bosses [manager of Network Solutions, David Grades] at Network Solutions. She transferred it over the phone. [Stephen Cohen] sweet talks a woman over the phone and she transfers it over."

Duke: "But she wasn't sleeping with Cohen?"

Gary: "We don't know. We didn't get that far before they started... We know that she was an alcoholic. We found records of a bunch of DUIs."

Duke: "Do we have evidence that Sherry and David had connections with Stephen Michael Cohen?"

Gary: "Yes, we do. We have the phone records from Stephen Michael Cohen from the day we got that domain name [sex.com] and he had all his assets frozen. The first people to know about the freeze were Network Solutions.

"During the asset freeze [in November 2000], Cohen calls up his woman, Sherry Proehl, and says, 'I want you to transfer all these domain names to different registers. Get them out of Mr. Kremen's hands. Transfer my domain names offshore to other registers.' We have proof.

"For some reason, Sherry and David decided to throw in with Cohen, even though he was on a do-not-work-with list because he tried to steal other names. I complained within two weeks. Lifestyles.com complained that day.

"After the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling [favorable to Kremen], they fired Sherry Proehl within days.

"They [NW] signed a declaration saying Network Solutions was the only company having to do with anything. It turns out that was a lie. A company named SAIC.com owned them. Everyone there [at Network Solutions] was an employee of that other company. When Network Solutions went public, they were a spinoff of SAIC.com.

"The first time around, they [NS] produced 43 documents. The second time around, they produced about 70,000 documents."

Where Is Luke?

Cathy writes: "I realized the other day that I hadn't seen Luke in a couple of weeks. That's because he's been busy. Usually his bad behavior is confined to raiding dessert tables at various functions around town, being pointlessly rude to the Jewish Journal, and drooling on his blog about girls he wants to sleep with...or (more accurately) girls he wants me to think he wants to sleep with. Lately, though, he's been working overtime: committing felonies; working himself into a self-righteous lather when people point out that he's committed felonies; imagining nasty, tasteless "satires" about pederasty; asking fans to write endless epilogues to his memoir (I believe he's collected 37 so far); accusing his betters of being "fat assholes" in blog comments sections; fiddling with the lithium dosage; and guest blogging on a group site run by a bunch of frum Jews, most of whom probably don't know what hit them."

Players Ball San Diego

D-Money posts on GFY:

For all of those attending the San Diego Cybernet Expo, we have a nice party for you to attend. On June 10th, Thursday night, we'll have a slamming party by the beach in one of SD's coolest venues. SplitInfinity.com stepped it up this year as the main sponsor and hopes to earn your hosting while providing this summers hottest webmaster event.

I used to live in San Diego, so when I heard about the Cybernet Expo in SD, I jumped on the opportunity to hip webmasters to THE best SD vibe by providing the perfect beach party. Here's the line up.

We have 3 local bands, pretty big names in that area opening up the night. We're mixing in about 300 or so locals so our webmasters will have a chance to pick up some local hotties. The venue holds 1200 people. It's a free party if you're attending the convention and passes will be issued with your registration. Our main act is a reggae legend that my brother and I used to manage, Eek-A-Mouse. He's awesome live, gets the crowd reallly into it and everyone will be dancing and having a blast.

I'm sure for those who aren't sure who Mouse is, they'll recognize a few tunes including Wa Do Dem and Peenie Walli. Mouse has a very recognizable style, using melodic singing with words like, "Biddi biddi bong bong". They coined the term, "Sing J" since he uses his voice as an instrument. Once you hear it, you'll love it if you don't already.

Mouse was friends with Bob Marley back in the day. He used to sing to Marley's kids, they loved him, he's the clown of reggae music because of that biddi bong bong style that's fun to sing to. It's cool to talk to Mouse about the old days with Marley, not too many people you meet knew Marley personally. We selected Eek-A-Mouse because he's the most popular amongst the San Diego scene, always selling out where ever he performs. It's the vibe of SD. We want webmasters to have the full Eeksperience on the beach.

Here's the venue, http://canesbarandgrill.com/. As you can see, it's perfectly positioned in the cool area of Mission Beach near the roller coaster on the boardwalk. Big thanks to Splitinfinity's Chris Jester for really stepping it up with his Players contribution. We're looking for additional sponsors, very cheap if anyone's interested. Now it's time to hire the Go Go dancers and make it a Players Ball. If anyone's interested hit me up in my email, darren at theplayersball .com. We'll have more Players Ball announcements in the coming weeks. Florida's Ball is around the corner. Then January, the biggest Players Ball of the year will go big budget again.

Seymore Butts Goes Condom Only

DCypher writes on hardcoregossip.com:

Seymore Butts has let his show go to his head if you ask me. In this press release he sounds like he thinks that he is the voice of the industry, instead of the aging male talent that he is. He also sounds like he has been practicing these quotes in the mirror. If his morbid sense of humor doesn’t turn you off, suggesting that people who shoot without condoms play Russian Roulette for his amusement, his prosaic bravado definitely will. Seymore, in the world of reality television you are no Ozzy. You aren’t even a fat Anna Nicole.

Aside from that, good luck with the condoms and the analingus. Might get you a shot on Oprah from what I hear, but then we’d have to hear about that as well. Oh, and one more thing, as I have said before, no amount of self-regulation or sacrificing is going to deter the threat of government interference and political ambition. I love how all of you people actually believe that the government is going to listen to a bunch of pornographers who claim to be cleaning it up for them. The politicians don’t care about our overtures and wouldn’t trust them anyway. You make it seem like we were all doing something wrong when you make statements like that, as if we are guilty. Stop it.

Speculating On Future Of Hustler Editor Bruce David

Mike Albo writes on AdultStarsNews.com:

We love stories about Hustler Editorial Director Bruce David. He's a wacky individual, and, from what we hear, he's getting wackier by the minute.

Among the latest rumors to be circulating about Bruce is that, in addition to only spending about 15 hours at his desk conducting personal business this week, Bruce has retroactively invoiced LFP for thousands of dollars for his "publisher's statements." To that we say, "Shoot for the moon, Bruce! You deserve every penny!"

Also being speculated upon is whether or not Bruce is not-so secretly plotting a scheme whereby he and next-best-thing-to-a-personal-butt-boy Mark Cromer will become the next video kings of Porn Valley. Hey, they did hatch the "Jail Babes" series, so the sky's the limit with these two geniuses.

Iraq scandal is 'Perfect Storm' of American culture

By Robert Knight

We have arrived at the "Perfect Storm" of American cultural depravity. Along with photos of Iraqi prisoners being abused in an American prison, we now apparently have photos of American soldiers having sex and committing homosexual acts on prisoners.

None of this happened by accident. It is directly due to cultural depravity advanced in the name of progress and amplified by a sensation-hungry media.

* We were told putting women into combat areas is progressive and enlightened.

* We were told pornography is liberating, and that anyone who objects is a narrow-minded Puritan who needs therapy. We have been flooded with porn imagery on mainstream television and in magazine ads. Where did those soldiers get the idea to engage in sadomasochistic activity and to videotape it in voyeuristic fashion? Easy. It's found on thousands of Internet porn sites and in the pages of "gay" publications, where S&M events are advertised alongside ads for Subarus, liquor and drugs to treat HIV and hepatitis.

* We were told homosexuality is harmless and normal, and the military should live with a "don't ask, don't tell" policy that allows homosexuals to stay in the barracks. We were told that men "marrying" men and women "marrying" women is inevitable – not only for America, but for the world. Imagine how those images of men kissing men outside San Francisco City Hall after being "married" play in the Muslim world. We couldn't offer the mullahs a more perfect picture of American decadence. This puts Americans at risk all over the world, especially Christian missionaries who are trying to bring the Gospel to people trapped in darkness for millennia.

Hart Williams Run For Office

I've known Hart Williams since 1997. He's always struck me as upright, honest, and decent. I believe the man has integrity. He has been a great help to me over the years on many different levels, but principally with advice about writing, journalism and ethics.

He operates the website www.hartwilliams.com.

I believe he's long been a booster of John Kerry for president. He's now running for the lower house of the Oregon legislature.

Hart writes: "I'm ONLY in this race because the Union Thug in this election is being pushed using 93% outside funding, and by looting union dues to steal my House District for the Unions (of which his union, the Carpenters' pulled OUT of the AFLCIO in a hissy-fit, but gave him over $26,000 for his run, etc. etc. etc.) It's dirty, and I'm running against that."

The election is Tuesday.

Checking GOOGLE, this listing from l-keford.com: "Friday, July 27th, 2001 ... Hart Williams Update. Hart Williams worked for all of Los Angeles's porn oriented magazine from 1977-87 when he moved to Oregon..."

Has moved from page 38 to page 2 on GOOGLE. What does this mean? It might mean that Hart's opponent (whose campaign is run by a Michael Grossman of Seattle, reputedly one of the dirtiest campaigners on the West Coast) is planning a "hit" on Hart, perhaps as soon as today.

Are all porn web sites run by morons?

Patrick Riley writes on RAME:

Or maybe the morons are the customers...

Like I'm sure lots of you I download free photos from the binary groups the vast majority of which are spam. That's not bad as long as the advertising part of the image isn't too blatant with the text preferably just on the posting itself and not the jpg. One of the problems with premium news servers is that they filter spam leaving nothing, or next-to-nothing to download. It also helps that as with porno movies I only want a few photos of any one girl and in some cases (particularly attractive) I don't even mind if she doesn't take all her clothes off. I certainly have no desire to see her analed, DP-ed, facialed, or otherwise abused.

Yep, I recognize that I'm sponging off the advertisers (the spammers) as the chance of me actually joining a website is somewhere between zero and none but I can see the business rationale of posting a few free images to a NG and having the weak-minded rush off and plonk their money down to have access to www.whores_are_us.com and see more of the sex object they've fallen in love with. But...in order to attract someone to buy your product you have to appeal to what he wants and frame your advertising appropriately.

How then do we have on a NG entitled "a.b.p.e.small-tits" we have series of photos with a subject "Busty Slut Aria Bares All 468.jpg"? How many guys who like small tits would want to watch a huge-hootered aged whore? Same goes with a.b.p.e.brunettes. What's with "Blondie951.jpg"? Or a.b.p.e.teens wherein you'll find Kitty Foxxx? Do they really think even one lurker in those groups could be convinced?

Then we have the question of honesty. Porn people are inherently dishonest but there are degrees. Would you want to join a site that promises in the subject "Brittney Spears Nude" and delivers some 20 year old scan. One spammer along these lines actually gives you decent photos but basically in the printing says "Got ya". No you haven't. If you fool me here (once or twice) as a consumer I'm never going near you. You're probably going to rape me (financially) on the website.

Then there's the question of quality. Some blurry little screen shot makes me think that there's more of the same on your website. Nope, even if I was in the market, I'm not paying for something that's so bad. Better not to have anything but best to do what Hollywood movies do and just give the lurker a few excellent photos with a promise of more of the same. At least then you'd get the guy in the door.

And then there's the constant repetition of the same photo day after day, week after week. That might work for TV (I'm not even so sure there) but certainly doesn't work on NG's. All that happens is that the downloader curses the spammer without noting the name and presses del.

And then one I really don't understand: Spammers who change their name daily or weekly but post essentially the same photos. Do they really think we don't know they're spammers when the text says "Visit www.sluts_are_us.com to see more"? Do they think that getting us to download the same photos every week is going to make us more likely to buy their crap? Maybe they change their name (and sometimes the subject randomly) to avoid cross-posting elimination. But this is silly. Making me download the same photo with slightly different subjects in two different groups is not likely the make me feel nicer towards the spammer. The above is just a puzzle: are they really stupid...? My hatred is reserved for webmasters, virus constructors, adware and malware cumsuckers, ... and Microsoft.

Sex.com Rolls Out Info On The Homegrown vs Voice Media (Ron Levi) Lawsuit

What's going on here?

Webmaster Access Rolls Through Atlanta

The LA show got a big crowd. Then Adult.com had big success at the AVN Expo in Vegas in January.

Lensman, owner of Adult.com and one of Internet porn's biggest players, reports: "We had over 200 webmasters, I don't have then final count. We're still working on the final Montreal dates, we're running into conflicts."

Joseph Elkind Is Back?

Was he ever out of the money?

He seems to be spending freely these days. A couple of weeks ago, he tossed $10,000 in cash on the floor in front of a bunch of strippers at a club.

A few weeks ago, he spent about $300,000 on a new F1 Ferrari. He walked in the dealership in jeans and a tank top, looking disheveled. The salesmen ignored him. Joe went right up to the manager and asked, "What is the most expensive car you have in here?" Joe bought that car on the condition that the sales reps didn't get any commission on the sale.

On April 21, JoeE wrote me about his settlement with his former partner John Bennett and former attorney Steve Workman: "Collected about $18Mills so far but I ain't done, he still owes payments and I still have litigation. Should collect in total about 100Million dollares Luke babay. That is waht happens when one man steals from his partner of 20 years, plus he has "other" problems. Greed kills and once you sell yoiur soul, you never get it back:-)."

I've Been Raped By Ron.com - What's This About?

I guess it is humor at Ron Jeremy's expense?

HardcoreGossip Praises LA City Beat Article As Mostly Accurate

DCypher writes on Hardcoregossip.com:

This was a pretty good article, and somewhat accurate, that included a diverse patchwork of quotes from real porn people with divergent takes on the industry. It was, thus far, one of the better articles I have seen, although it is still riddled with flaws in my opinion, and slightly slanted. Despite all of that, I liked it, and give props to Dennis for putting it together with obvious care, even if he didn’t get the whole scoop. So, since I have an opinion about everything, let’s begin, shall we?

My first opinion, in a long list pertaining specifically to this piece, is that Joey Serio needs to shut the f-ck up. Seriously, how many media people did you give quotes to? Try practicing the following phrase, since you love to spout off your mouth so much to anyone in the press. “ THANK YOU NO COMMENT.” That is all you need to learn.

Also, Joey, since you run a talent agency, I want to make sure that you are better informed on industry protocol so that you can hopefully inform the girls that you represent. Testing exists for performers, not companies. It is there so that talent can assess for themselves the risks inherent in working with one another and make appropriate choices. It is not, nor should it be, the companies’ decision to enforce testing procedures. It just turned out that way, since many of the performers are so irresponsible and unconcerned with their own safety that they forget to bring their own test or ask for their on screen partners’. You yourself admit to being remiss in this category from time to time. So why do you have to bring up some fringe company in San Diego that the media can use as an example of common practice when it is the exception? I guess that we should be happy that at least this article listed him as “sometime performer” unlike the last that had him as another Rocco. It’s not personal Joey, it’s just that I don’t see you as the voice of the industry.

I guess Jimmy D was right when he taunted Bill Margold on his site recently. In times of crisis, ANYONE they can find who has anything to do with porn or will give them the most ridiculous quote, becomes “The Official Spokesperson” for it. The next issue up for discussion in this article is the assertion that companies pay for talent to NOT USE condoms. Could anything be more absurd? This is the fastest growing urban legend I have ever seen.

Let me break it down for you. I have worked, in the last seven years, in production, for Hustler, Vivid, Wicked, Sin City, VCA, Pleasure, Kick Ass, Madness, Rosebud, Dane, Zane, Coast to Coast, Video Team, CDI, and a slew of other companies I am probably forgetting due to a lack of coffee. Not once I have seen anyone get offered more money to go “bareback” in straight porn. I am pretty sure I would remember. I am trying to picture how the conversation would go. “ Hey, you know that $800 we are giving you to do the scene? We’ll pay you $1200 if you do it without the rubber.” Not likely.

In the porn world, as those of you who make their living here and wonder why they don’t have a piece of the billions of dollars being made well know, things don’t operate like that. Girls are generally plentiful, and most of them work without condoms. They also call you and beg for the job. Most companies tell girls in advanced, or their agent does, whether or not the scene would require a condom. In porn, if a girl wouldn’t work without one or wanted more money, she would be fired and sent home, not bribed.

Despite my affinity for the affable Hedge Hog of porn, I thought it was a cheap shot for Ronnie to assert that Darren might be a tranny f-cker. I know that it is common for people to stick to their preconceived notions and stereotypes about HIV and the groups who get them most, but it is possible to contract the virus from having sex with a woman. I would ask that those who need more on the subject check out my AIM COB interview, rather than making me spell it all out again. Ron, the American icon of a male porn star, is simply echoing the sentiments of many in porn, which reflects a denial more than anything in my opinion, that it could or might happen to them or someone they know. Statistically it may not be probable, but there is always a chance.

I thought it was a cop out too to bring up the Black angle. Saying that Black performers are more likely to participate in dangerous sex stunts to get work seems ludicrous to me. I have seen plenty of white guys do DP’s and Double Anything’s. While being black might increase your risk of HIV infection in the general population, there is no such link in porn world. Here what increases your risk of infection is being a woman who does anal cream pies.

And last, but not least, I think it is remiss to suggest that Scott Ross broke several stories during this crisis. While I do not have the grudge against him and AVN that Gene or Mike Ross have, I also don’t believe in giving him credit for my, or anybody else’s work. Truth be told, although AVN is the official news source for the adult industry, and although they got the Drudge links to their stories, much of the up to the minute coverage originated on this here site, as well as on ADULT FYI. HCG fans know that there was no better in depth, honest, factually correct information than what they were reading here. Sorry Scott, but if I don’t stick up for myself, who the hell will?

In conclusion, the article wasn’t horrid, and it wasn’t magnificent, but it was far better put together than most I have seen so far, and it did make for a good read. I am willing to bet it will be well received by their readers as a fascinating piece offering insight into a world they like to imagine they keep at arm’s length.

Whatever Happened To...

Green Lantern writes: "July 2004 Hustler magazine (on newsstands now) has a WEHT article focusing on 70's & 80's legends like Seka, Kay Parker, Vanessa Del Rio & Samantha Fox (not the pop star)."

When Porn Was Hot

Carly Milne writes on pornblography.com:

“I can’t watch porn anymore,” said my fellow conversationalist. “It just does nothing for me.”

I nodded in agreement. “Me either – reviewing at AVN ruined me for it. I get wrapped up in plot inconsistencies, editing botches and lighting issues, and those aren’t exactly things that get you hot.”

“Do you actually remember a time when porn got you hot?” asked an eavesdropper.

“Sure,” I said, but didn’t elaborate at the time to avoid alienating anyone at the table who might not have any particular need to know what once effortlessly turned my crank (yet here in a far more public forum it seems to be okay … go figure.) I still remember a time when just the sight of two barely dressed people on screen and knowing they were about to f-ck could have me rub one out and fall asleep within 30 seconds of turning on Pay-Per-View (God bless illegal cable boxes.) I remember how – if a scene was particularly good – I could get off to it about a billion times before the pop shot. I can vaguely recall being able to file away some hotter couplings in my mental VCR for use in the shower/Jacuzzi/ riding the washing machine on the spin cycle at the Laundromat in a completely unassuming way so that people didn’t actually know what I was doing. Not that I’ve done that. Much, anyway.

Fleshbot Is A Fluffbot

Fleshbot is owned by Nick Denton, publisher of Gawker.com and Defamer.com, known for their catty coverage of New York and Los Angeles. Why then is Fleshbot such a fluffy blog about porn? Why doesn't it have the bite of its sister sites?

Tim Kenneally Removed As Hustler's Managing Editor

You got the feeling this was inevitable with the friendly way Mike Albo was writing up his meetings with his old friend from LFP.

Mike writes on AdultStarsNews.com:

Hustler Managing Editor Tim Editor Tim Kenneally has been removed from his post... I had the pleasure of working with Tim for a number of years when I was with the company, and, without doubt, he was one of the hardest-working, most capable members on staff. The company will feel his loss, even it doesn't realize it now. Tim has been replaced by N. Morgen Hagen, formerly of the Hustler publication Busty Beauties.

Nobody likes Lara Roxx

MikeSouth.com reports: "Ms Roxxx intends to sue the following people: T.T. Boy, Darren James, Mark Anthony, Sharon Mitchell, AIM and TT's company."

JohnDoeBob writes on GFY: "I guess I'm not the only one who thinks she's ugly,not even one person of my last ~2000 visitors did click on any Lara Roxx thumb."

CSPDinc writes: "adult FYI reports she got a lawyer and is looking for deep pockets in the 1,000,000 dollar range. (I dont think they'll find one though on paper) to blame and take to court."

HotToddy writes: "Besides her grim looks, she was out buttf-cking bareback with all those nasty open sores ... it's not really surprising that she would be a prime candidate for HIV."

Trinity James writes on XXXPorntalk.com:

I would like to know how she plans to win anything by suing them, this is the sex industry The first time I ever went to AIM to get my first test to do a scene they took me back to the back, sat me down and counseled me. They asked me would you be doing non-condom work and I said yes this is what they said...Are you aware of the risks you are taking and explained to me that there is a risk of catching a STD or even HIV, but I still agreed. It means I am taking the chance just as she did, we all know the risk yeah it may be more than other people but this is our job I dont expect to catch the virus during my career but I dont walk around thinking I will never catch it. This would be like being a police officer and saying you will never get shot doing your duty. I feel bad for them all but again its the risk we take we have all taken the risk...cant blame patient zero and they cant blame the company it was the risk she took when she stuck two dicks inside her ass...Oh yeah and excuse me I love it in my ass but I havent done double anal and I know this I would never do it just because a company said I had to for the shoot ....I hope noone takes this the wrong way because that is not what I meant to do. I meant to open peoples eyes, this is our job we take a chance of getting this deadly virus everyday we walk onto a set..OK I do agree with her reasons if they all knew Darren had HIV or forged the tests I would be agreeing with her and how she is going about it but he didnt know so her reasons are useless. Yeah I think that people shouldnt be going out of the country to shoot but thats not my call to make ...

Jewess Ariana Jollee

Gene Ross reports for Adultfyi.com:

Ariana Jollee announced on national radio that [Gil] David, who does the morning stint at WHLI in Long Island, is her father.

Jollee, who appears in the recently released Meat Pushin' 2 from Evolution Erotica, www.evolutionerotica.com, was on the Howard Stern show to play BANGO.

Stern noted that Jollee had sex with one of her teachers when she was 14. Jollee said it was "pretty damn good" sex and that she first had sex at 13. Stern asked the KKK guy, Daniel Carver, his opinion of a Jewish porn star. Carver said it wouldn't matter what she was, that he didn't care for porn stars.

Jewess Ariana Jollee On Howard Stern Show

Mutt writes on GFY: "Nasty cum slut Ariana Jollee revealed on the Howard Stern Show this morning that she attended the same Long Island synagogue as Stern's family. She's the daughter of a New York City radio host who she said is very proud of her. She's one of the nastiest of the new breed porn chicks."

Mike AI writes: "She is a wild chick, and very down to earth.... She told me a story about f-cking 4-5 fireman at a firehouse before she turned 18."

Fight The Acacia Patent

Brandon Shalton at FightThePatent.com writes on GFY:

[Acacia attorney] Berman was on an Acacia panel at the Streaming Media Conference yesterday.

http://www.streamingmedia.com/east/webcast/default.html

(bottom right hand corner: Acacia Research Patents: What You Need to Know)

Berman did a good job in making Acacia sound like they were the victim in all of this of people stealing their property. Many inaccuracies in his story. The one that stands out the most is how he said they have their engineers research every potential licensee to fully understand through public means if they are infringing. Sounds good on paper, but in reality, there were many hahahahahahahahaable cases of people receiving the "infringement letter", and NEVER HAD AUDIO OR VIDEO ON THEIR WEBSITE.

Acacia seems to have gotten ahold of a webmaster list and used it to blanket out mass email (spam). No research or verification was done, especially when some of these receipients called in to say why they were infringing, and they didn't even have what website that had the "infringement" in their database.

Another time, an attorney called in onbehalf of someone that had received a letter and talked to Berman directly. Berman asked for the person's name, and the attorney gave it to him and he looked them up in the database. He then asked what their website was, and the attorney responded, you're supposed to be able to tell me that. "How is my client infringing?" the lawyer said. Berman could not answer and was blaming that the database had a problem or something.

Seems like there are alot of "database" problems. The turn out to the panel was pathetic, maybe about 20 or so at the midpoint and down to like 10 at the end. People are not taking Acacia seriously, which is a bad thing, not because the patent has teeth, but because the baby is teething on businesses using very questionable "marketing" attempts.

RicardoB: "Does this mean we have you back on our side again keepingus informed on a regular basis?"

You must not be reading http://www.FightThePatent.com

If you look at the article and message time stamps, you'll see I have never stopped tracking this most absurd case. What stopped was my full time effort to help find prior art and to get companies actively aware and involved in this patent abuse case. While my full time effort is now with my new venture (launching it officially at Cybernet Expo with articles and posts following it), i have not given up the fight.

The posters at the yahoo ACTG board would certainly wish that i go away.. that don't seem to like to read anything that doesn't appear in an Acacia PR. The next thread that I will be posting is a list of defendants and their programs so that people who want to help in the fight can do so. It costs alot of money to be active in court litigation, and each one of the defendants is burning a hole in their profit stash to stand up for everyone.

While it is great that so many are supportive of the defendants in spirit, it would really help if that spirit was directed in the form of traffic, that generates you revenue, as well as generating revenue for the defendants. While Paul Markham has been saying that paying licenses to Acacia and buying their stock funds Acacia's warchest against webmasters, I also feel that supporting the defendants and their programs helps to fund ther war chest AGAINST Acacia.

DVDsForABuck.com

Every day I get spam for this program. More spam for it than any other porn program.

Porn star fears death

A YOUNG female actress who contracted HIV in the California porn industry crisis has told how she is now living in fear of a premature death.

Lara Roxx was infected with the disease that causes the killer AIDS virus after shooting scenes of unprotected sex with actor Darren James last month. She is 21. In an interview on US television, Ms Roxx gave an emotional account of the nightmare she lives with every day. "Dying too early, dying too soon, dying too young," she said.

"I now understand how dangerous (the industry) really is, but $2000 ($2867) a day was kind of attractive. Was it worth it? No. I now have a disease because of it."

James contracted HIV in early March soon after a trip to Brazil, but he continued working when a routine test failed to pick up the fact he was positive.

Los Angeles Valley Beat On Porn's HIV Crisis

By Dennis Romero

Higher risk means higher profits for porn. But “underground” production – and a distaste for condoms – may be killing the industry

You’ve never seen so many big musclemen, all standing around in a sweltering Northridge parking lot, nervous, chatting, waiting for the satchel-toting nerd from the county health department to arrive so the meeting at “Str8-Up Studios” can begin. They’re porn stars, men of worldwide envy and unnatural girth. And they’re about to hold a private session about the industry’s second HIV outbreak. They brush past a reporter who asks, Isn’t it risky to shoot films in strange lands with women outside of the industry’s network of HIV-tested performers? “Mmmm,” one of them answers, nodding his head affirmatively. They’ve made a vow not to talk to the press. They’re scared sh-tless.

Maybe things had gone too far.

It seems each HIV outbreak in the industry correlates to a nihilistic new frontier in porn performance. During the 1998 scandal that had eight performers eventually testing positive for the virus that causes AIDS, “D.P.” – double penetration, one in the backdoor, one in front – was the rage. Critics blamed this risky business for the resulting infections, but instead of pulling out, producers continued to push the envelope. The latest outbreak, now mostly contained, is believed to have spread HIV to four performers so far via an even riskier new stunt, the “D.A.” – double anal, two large men, one over-stretched orifice. Grabbing new dollars requires new thrills – but contemporary porn is taking bigger risks than just pushing the body to its (seemingly unreachable) limits. If you consider the origins of the latest HIV outbreak, you might be asking if porn has suicidal tendences.

Saw Sharon Mitchell On CNN

M.B. writes on AdultDVDtalk.com: "She had this huge smile on her face through the entire interview from beginning to end, like she was loving every minute of it. I can't help but get the impression she's really enjoying this whole sad state of affairs and the publicity she's getting from it, it was creepy. The interviewer kept calling her "Doctor Mitchell", and she was so loving the fact that these people think she's an actual doctor. She said that the outbreak is contained and that they don't expect any more cases of HIV. Aren't there still tests pending on a few girls that had anal/cream pie scenes with Darren James (Kayla Marie [twice] and another girl). AIM needs to get their house in order and find a real medical doctor to run things over there."

From the AIM website 4/22/04:

4/22/04 URGENT UPDATE - WHERE WE STAND TODAY

"Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation, a non-profit, client-supported clinic providing state-of-the-art H.I.V./S.T.D. testing and monitoring, medical services, counseling and safer-sex education to the adult-entertainment industry, continues to investigate the still-unfolding cases of two recently confirmed H.I.V.-positive adult-video performers. With the voluntary participation of these performers, all fourteen of their direct sexual contacts since their last negative H.I.V. tests, and all thirty-nine of those individuals secondary contacts, were effectively quarantined from further video work within seventy-two hours of initial notification. Thanks to the cooperation of all the affected parties, we feel confident that this outbreak has been contained.

"No additional transmissions of H.I.V. from these cases are expected, either in the adult-performer talent pool or in the community at large. The immune status of the other performers under quarantine will be determined during two thirty-day waiting periods between PCR/DNA testing. As of now, four of the individuals who were directly exposed in the initial contacts have tested negative."

Renee writes on AdultDVDtalk.com:

The caption for the [AP 4/23/04 story and] photo is: Former porn star Sharon Mitchell is now a clinical sexologist and director of the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation.

There's also a quote from Mitchell on the CNN article, very interesting: "Nobody knows me as the ex-porn star. I'm a doctor. I wear a doctor's coat. I run a clinic. I'm very well-respected," she said."

I have to wonder, what does she mean when she says she's a doctor? The state of California has not licensed her in any capacity to treat patients in any manner. She does have her Ph.D. from that Institute for the Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco, but this is not a license to treat or advise patients.

I wouldn't have a problem seeing her in photos sitting in her office at AIM, because she is the director of the place. But for her to be in a white lab coat, and posing in an examining room is really not appropriate given the seriousness of this HIV situation and given her actual background.

I suppose she can't help but relish being in the limelight; her first career goal way back when was to be a Broadway actress.

The Onion reports on porn and HIV prevention.

Lara Roxx Radio Interview Highlights

Gemini writes on RAME: "Yesterday (Tuesday May 11) Lara Roxx was on ET (Entertainment Tonight). This Canadian hottie is so cute, that I would be honored to screw and get HIV from her. She is currently living with her mother in Montreal, and she wants to become a fashion / clothing designer. When asked if it was worth it becoming a porn star, she said "No. But when you are getting $2000 dollars a day thrown at you, it's hard to say no. They paid me a lot more than stripping did.""

Rock writes: "Did you and I see the same "ET" interview? This was the first time I had a chance to see what the infamous Lara Roxx looked like, and quite frankly I thought she was a skank -- not the least bit attractive -- the kind of chick a producer would use in a porn flick not because she's hot, but simply because she'd take whatever was dished out for a grand or two."

Babel writes on GFY:

She just gave a radio interview in french on http://985.fm here are the highlights of the stupidity she said:

- Top girls make 1 million dollars a day

- Nobodies make 350$- 2000$ a day

- She started stripping at 17 years old because her parents divorced when she was 16.

- Because she was smart and did not pay "the gang member she admired" for finding her a club to dance in while underage, she let them rob her father of his most precious belonging!

- I did not finish High-School because it's a generation thing like everybody else my age.

That sums it up. I tried to get a line and be put on the air, but the show was over by the time is was done.

Lady Mischief writes: "She's alienating the people who probably had the most sympathy and would have helped her. She's got dollarsigns in her eyes and fluff in her brain, and NOTHING good will come of it."

Sherie writes:

She did a segment on ET last night. Let me say that if any good comes from this it will be the fact that some young in the head girls will think twice before they get into the business. She was/is young and delusion and quite frankly probably has the attitude and mentality of more than half of the girls that either want to or have started in this industry. Make fun of her if you will she said that she had dollar signs in her eyes she is not the brightest girl out there, she is dying try and cut her some slack. I know it's difficult for some of you, but the moral of the story is she is not that intelligent, she had thoughts and ideas of riches and fame and in the end she is just a young afraid girl with nobody in her life. So what if she wants to make a few dollars and exploit the business that exploited her. She is going to die. Yes, she chose not to use condoms but if you listen to the girl it's sad that she is so easily influenced.

Babel writes: "I wanted to ask her on the Air who her Manager was, because she keep reffering to him. Who are the Gang members she was talking about that she still see? She said she dont see much anybody nowadays And can't get even the AIDS clinic to help her wiht the support she needs, thats why she wants to make her own Ronald McDonald Center for HIV people but nobody is taking her seriously."

Mutt writes: "Gang members are the Hell's Angels biker gang who control Montreal's XXX industry."

Mr. Fiction writes on GFY: "How long will it be before this girl is working for the right wing anti-porn groups? Will she be the Linda Tripp of the adult industry, testifying against the evils of porn before congress and showing up on TV telling everyone that porn is murder?"

Dugmor writes: "She has already begun. From what I understand she is going to sue the whole industry as a class action suit! She is going to lobby to make laws agianst the industry! She is going to help the government regulate the industry! You do not know the lawyer she has! She [ha]s one of the best lawyers in Canada ! He never lost a case ever and he has worked on some of the biggest cases in Canada !"

Cluck writes: "Druggie at 14, stripper for a few years, they're all the same. She's a survival girl, that's why she put herself in jeopardy to begin with. She'll take any opportunity to make life a bit better for herself even if it means f-cking over alot of other people."

KennyB! writes:

Well she sure is getting press, props to boneprone for picking up that url! As for a lawsuit I can’t imagine how many lawyers approached her to “help” her for their 40% plus disbursements, this all about getting publicity & cash for their firm. Win or lose they will have their firms name plastered everywhere. I feel for this Laura girl but she got into stripping for easy money, she started doing films for easy money, she’s not a fighter she’s a lazy girl who wants easy money! Now she’s a lazy girl with a lawyer who promises her easy money! Her fight for getting laws passed will last as long as this media circus, then you’ll never hear from her again … The people you will hear from are the people who are still shooting her and will make some coin off of that content.

Adult-film law mulled before HIV outbreak

From LA Daily News via Adultfyi.com:

SACRAMENTO -- Some 16 months ago, Los Angeles County health officials were so concerned about a possible HIV epidemic in the Valley's adult-film industry that they talked about safe-sex laws -- but failed to take action in time.

County officials say they were on track to propose legislation by next January to require condoms in adult films and mandatory testing for the virus that causes AIDS, but events overtook them.

Since last month, at least five adult-film performers have tested positive for HIV, halting most production in the San Fernando Valley-based adult-film industry. "Obviously in retrospect, had we known the future, we would've perhaps done things differently," said Dr. Peter Kerndt, director of the county's sexually transmitted disease program. "But there hadn't been an outbreak in this industry since 1998 or so."

The pace was a result of resistance by the industry and the complexity of the issue, Kerndt said. For instance, some officials said they couldn't mandate HIV tests for adult-film employees because of state discrimination law. Others feared that attempts to regulate the industry could drive filming underground or out of state, meaning the productions would continue with even less oversight.

The county's effort was launched in January 2003, when the Board of Supervisors passed a motion by chairwoman Yvonne Brathwaite Burke to begin looking at the issue after a newspaper report detailing health concerns in the industry.

Gene Ross vs Scott Ross About Mike Ross

Gene Ross writes on Adultfyi.com:

For a reporter who cites e-mails attributed to third world greaseballs swearing so-far unsubstantiated claims about actress Bianca Biaggi being HIV positive, Scott Ross, who's obviously scratching at the urinal of Mike Ross with this public outburst http://www.adultfyi.com/read.aspx?ID=3618, can hardly use words like"defamatory" and "libel" in the same letter with a straight face.

And, lest we forget, wasn't it Scott Ross' deft handling of wordplay and syntax several weeks ago that also prompted his red-faced employer to retract similar statements that hung an HIV positive anchor around the neck of performer Dynasty? Dynasty has since hit the road, I'm told, probably out of mortal embarrassment and shame.

And in a fit of Hearstian pique, wasn't it the same Scott Ross who betrayed an "off the record" confidence last year that nearly resulted in an ugly lawsuit between Dennis Hof and Steve Seidman?

And wasn't it the same Scott Ross who attempted to turn what was an obvious squawk box conversation with Rob Spallone into a felony conviction?

Journalism's loss will certainly be ambulance chasing's gain if Scott Ross ever leaves his 9 to 5 job. Then, on an obvious roll, reporter Ross continued toward his date with Pulitzer destiny this week with successively brilliant stories about AB 2798, one titled "Adult Industry STD Bill Dead, but not Forgotten"; the other headlined, "Bill Seeking to Regulate Adult Industry Granted Hearing".

What you probably missed, which should be brought to attention, is the fact that reporter Ross simply screwed up the first story, according to lobbyist Mike Ross. But what really made it look obvious is when reporter Ross took aerosol to his humiliating public fart with a cover your ass, bill-rising-from-the-dead-follow up story, which accomplished nothing except if you were looking for a good Easter Sunday parable.

That Scott Ross appears to use the words "substitute teacher" and "law school student" in almost derisive context would support Mike Ross' claim that there was an adversarial nature to their interview right from the get-go. Lobbyist Ross says as much, quoting his comments to reporter Ross, thusly: "Look you're not going to back me into a corner and you're not going to try to make me look bad and I'm not going to answer your questions. I'm not going to deal with it. I don't need to talk to you; you need to talk to me."

And the fact that Mike Ross also suggests that Scott Ross remove his head out of Mark Kernes' ass [Kernes has always voiced a distate for lobbyist Ross], basically sounds like it was reporter Ross with a tomahawk packed in his agenda. Obviously coveting Mike Ross' beaver pelt on his totem pole, Scott Ross vies for the last word with rapier, debate-class precision: "He [Mike Ross] has attributed statements to myself that I did not make."

Unless I missed something, I couldn't find statement-one that Mike Ross actually attributes to Scott Ross. With game, set and match on the line, reporter Ross goes on to say that lobbyist Ross' conversation was, psssst, recorded which sounds basically like a waste of time and tape to me because in neither story is Mike Ross actually quoted or referred to.

But with reporter Ross' compelling need to summon an aggressive reply to lobbyist Ross, I would suspect that Mike, as a "substitute teacher" made more of an impact than vice-versa. But to that I would only hazard a guess since Mike Ross, during the course of our interview, kept referring to Scott Ross as "Steve".

AVN.com Scott Ross writes Adultfyi.com:

I’d like to clarify a few things regarding my coverage of AB 2789 on www.AVN.com. I understand lobbyist / substitute teacher / law school student Mike Ross objected to my use of the word “dead,” when describing the status of said bill, and suggested that AVN was attempting to hide something from those within the adult industry by described the status of the bill as dead.

Mike Ross seized upon the use of the word “dead” to suggest that there was a cover-up in the works, and went on to say a number of defamatory things about myself, and my employer, in the process.

All of this despite that fact the second paragraph of the story Mike Ross found so objectionable clearly indicated that the bill would be returning next year: Brian O’Neel, the press secretary for Assemblyman Leslie, told AVN.com that Assembly Bill 2798 will resurface next year one way or another.

I wonder if anyone had even read the story before publishing his wild accusations. Mike Ross would do well to remember that his conversation was recorded, and unlike Duc Floored, I sought permission to record and it was granted. Perhaps they have not covered libel at his law school yet, or perhaps he was on vacation when that topic was covered, but he has attributed statements to myself that I did not make.

Mike Ross does have a history of taking vacations at the wrong time…..

I would like to call your attention to the latest story I wrote for AVN.com regarding AB 2789.

If you note in the fifth paragraph of the article “Bill Seeking to Regulate Adult Industry Granted Hearing,” Assemblyman Tim Leslie, sponsor of the bill, refers to said bill as being dead. “I applaud Assemblyman Koretz for calling this hearing,” Leslie told AVN.com. “Even though my bill is dead for the time being, this issue deserves to be kept on the front burner. Hopefully, the hearing will help us produce a solution that protects the health of performers and the general public."

Perhaps Leslie is trying to obfuscate the facts regarding the status of the bill as well.