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Thursday, June 17

Paris Blows Off Letterman

I found out Monday, June 14, that Paris Hilton would discuss her sex tape that night on the David Letterman Show. I rarely watch TV and I had no interest in this.

Tuesday, I get up and read on Adultfyi (from a Fox News story) that Hilton had blown off Letterman. OK.

Then I see on my AOL, that Paris Hilton's appearance on Letterman was one of the top five moments on TV Monday night. I watched the clip in question. She's plainly talking about the One Night in Paris tape. I got confused.

I did some research and realize that the Adultfyi reprint from Fox News referred to Hilton's previous no-show on Letterman. Perhaps that is why David was so nice to her this time? He made a lot of jokes about her for not showing up.

Why did I know in advance that Paris Hilton was going to talk about the sex tape? It seems that she is in on the publicity she's reaping from the tape.

Porn Has Come A Long Way, Baby

Scott Fayner writes on l-keford.com:

I was chatting with the new owner of my building, she asked what I do for a living. I told her. She's some kind of successful Jewish lawyer, and told me that two of her neighbors are Anabolic's Chris Alexander and Elegant Angel's Patrick Collins. She said both are super nice. It just makes me chuckle when sleaze merchants cohabitate with normal folk.

LA Direct Models Moves To Studio City

Derek (Ben English) and Hannah Harper's agency, LADirectModels.com, the most aggressive and talked about porn modeling agency, has moved to 12001 Ventura Place #204 Studio City CA 91604. Call for Info: 818 - 752 - 5080.

Gays ignoring risks of HIV, study finds Unsafe-sex rate double that of '91

25% with disease don't know it

JORDAN HEATH-RAWLINGS STAFF REPORTER

The rate of unprotected sex among gay and bisexual men in Ontario has nearly doubled in the last decade, according to survey results released yesterday by the University of Toronto.

About 40 per cent of the 5,080 men who took part in the Ontario Mens' Survey in 2002 admitted to having unprotected anal sex at least once in the past 12 months, compared with 20 per cent of respondents in the Canadian Survey of Gay and Bisexual Men in 1991.

Highlighting the risk of unprotected sex, the survey also received saliva samples from 3,635 respondents, which they tested for HIV after asking the volunteers whether or not they had the virus. More than 25 per cent of those who tested positive were unaware they carried HIV. Fifteen per cent of those who tested positive had told surveyors they were HIV-negative.

With new HIV test, quicker results and less anguish

By DAVID TULLER
NY Times News Service

Nothing I had done in the two years since my previous negative HIV test led me to think I would come up positive this time around. But I am a 47-year-old noncelibate gay man in San Francisco. And like many of my friends, I try to get checked every now and then as a psychological reminder of the payoff I get from staying safe.

The one-week gap between getting blood drawn and receiving the results has always been harrowing. The wait guarantees a slew of restless nights, but it also focuses your mind and forces you to confront your fears and your past.

You replay your recent sex life on the video screen of your mind, pausing to examine certain moments in excruciating detail. You drive yourself nuts by concocting images of far-fetched but theoretically possible routes of infection. You stumble through the five stages of grief described by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. When the result comes back negative, the wave of relief helps to quell, at least for a while, the chattering in your brain.

A Serious Note From Miss Patricia Kennedy

Due to a personal tragdy I am having to cancel my San Fran tour and the Exotic LA signing to fly back home. I will not be posting on the group for the next few days I hope everyone can understand this. As I stated this is a serious issue and I would not cancel if it wasn't and I feel awful about it.

Porn and Religion

Donovan Phillips posts to GFY:

I was raised in a very strict religious environment. Those with TV's were expected to bring them to the church and smash them. Those with records (other than gospel of course) were expected to bring the records to church to burn them. At church camp, boys were expected to swim seperately from the girls, and to wear full jeans and a shirt. Girls were expected to swim in full dresses. Weird sh-t, man. I saw people rolling on the floors like they were having seizures. I saw them running around the aisle, supposedly under the power of "the holy spirit". I saw numerous lives crushed by the people that made others feel so guilty and worthless because of the TINIEST "sins". I hate religion.

Lady Mischief writes:

I was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, so man, I feel that pain. That's no way to live a life. Fortunately for me I have found a belief system that suits who I am. Power to the pagans, they had it right all along!

Webmasters gone wild! Secret Video from Tijuana trip!

Clips and stills from San Diego's Cybernet Expo on GFY.

The Erotic Possibilities Of Burning The Candle From Both Ends

From Jeffrey Meyers book on Edmund Wilson:

In the fall of 1920 Wilson fulfilled his fantasies by acceptaing an amiable arrangement, suggested by Edna St. Vincent Millay herself, that he take the lower half of Millay and John Bishop take the upper while they exchanged pleasantries about who had the better share. Delmore Schwartz, knwoing nothing of their peculiar relations, alluded to her famous lines ("My candle burns at both ends;/It will not last the night") and wittily suggested the perverse but intriguing possibility of approaching her from two directions. "Let us live, write poems, be free, sleep with Edna Millay and use her candle on both sides."

Farrell Timlake - Alive and Well With His HIV Theories

Farrell Timlake of Homegrown Video dot com writes:

I have been quiet on this whole HIV thing long enough. If those performers that tested positive stopped using the substances they are abusing and quit the anal cum shots (both are known and documented factors that can create FALSE POSITIVES in PCR DNA testing) then I predict that their tests would be NEGATIVE in a few months and that they would live out the rest of their lives like anyone else. The other false positives that I previously predicted are proof of this statement. Show me all the dead from AIDS porn people that weren't iv drug users too.

I suggest people begin the road to discovery and know all the facts. Start with http://aliveandwell.org/ and see where that leads for more knowledge that is clinical, scientific, and peer reviewed. If AIM were a truly responsible organization then they would also present this information clearly and take it into consideration before possibly ruining people's lives.

My umbrella is already out for the fecal storm to follow.

Gene Mutation Can Make Wandering Animals True to Mates

Scientists working with a rat-like animal called a vole have found that promiscuous males can be reprogrammed into monogamous partners by introducing a single gene into a specific part of their brains.

Once they have been converted, the voles hang around the family nests and even huddle with their female partners after sex.

"A mutation in a single gene can have a profound impact on complex social behavior," said Larry Young, a neuroscientist at Emory University who reported the results in the current issue of the journal Nature.

The research helps shed light on monogamy -- a rare social behavior -- and hints that perhaps specific genes could play a role in human relationships.

Fantasizing About Sharon Mitchell

I've been plagued by the raunchiest fantasies of Sharon Mitchell. Ever since I learned she's a doctor. Making it with a doctor is big with my community. I'd be numero uno. I want to make Dr. Mitch my Dr Bitch. Is that so wrong? I'd probably get free testing too.

Juno writes: Screw the HIV outbreak, CockBlocked by Doc Mitch: the true story of blueballs!

Nicole Kidman In Hot Water

From The Australian:

NICOLE Kidman is in for a rocky week if the US supermarket tabloid The National Enquirer is to be believed.

Her latest movie, Birth - made after the soon-to-open Stepford Wives - see the Australian Oscar winner Kidman play a young widow who falls in love with a 10-year-old boy she believes is the reincarnation of her dead husband. But executives from New Line Cinema, the production company, are reportedly considering pulling the $US50 million ($72 million) flick because of scenes showing Kidman bathing naked with the young lad.

Sources told the Enquirer that the film had undergone a string of creative battles and rewrites. Now executives have told the film's executive producers that the two scenes - showing Kidman and the boy stripping off and kissing in the bath - are "borderline disgusting" to watch. It is, according to the public relations company charged with promoting the film, "a publicity nightmare".

Birth, co-starring the legendary Lauren Bacall, is directed by Jonathan Glazer, better known for his work in music videos than feature films. He has directed clips for British super bands Massive Attack and Radiohead, his first feature film being the gangster caper Sexy Beast in 2000, starring Ben Kingsley and Ray Winstone.

Brian writes: "I would've traded my entire collection of Garbage Pail Kids to make out with Nicole Kidman."

Georgy writes: "I have a better idea: make the movie about a ten year old girl!! That should really shake up the fuzzy-wuzzies."

Stenny writes: "I'm afraid I don't see whats wrong with it. This is art and must be understood that way. The point of the movie is not perversion but self discovery. In the mind of the character played by Nichol the child is not a ten year old but rather is her long lost husband. If she is trying to rekindle what she has lost then I see no problem with it. I am sure the child will from his experience with her have a revelation and realize who he really is. This sounds like a good love story to me."

Ryan writes: "Lets also have a movie about a couple of 12-year olds who , in their minds, are adults (not a terribly uncommon attitude), and have them hump away on screen for 2 hours and call THAT art."

Siergen writes: "I recall a movie in the early 1980's where a teenage boy appeared in a bathtub with topless adult woman. No kissing in the tub as I remember, but they later had a sex scene in bed. I think it was called 'Private Lessons.' Didn't cause much controversy at the time, but maybe the actors weren't famous enough, or maybe child abuse was still something people didn't talk about..."

John writes: "Attitudes have changed markedly on underage sex since the early 80s. Recally _Pretty Baby_, where a mother in a brothel, Susan Sarandon, introduces her 12-yr old daughter, Brooke Shields, into prostitution. This was a mainstream movie, which could not possibly be filmed today."

'Private Lessons' was about a 15-year-old; 'Pretty Baby' was controversial at the time.

Lvnv writes: Memo to Boston Archdiocese: Have you tried the "but the alter boy was my reincarnated lover" defense? Better yet, any future pedophilia must happen in public view. That way: it's not buggery. It's performance art! Listen to me and you'd have saved a couple mill.

Dave writes: Have any of those foaming at the mouth seen the scene in question? If not, why are they assuming this is somehow pornographic? Diane Keaton went much further in a Bertolucci film, in which she played an opera diva with a druggie adolescent son. In one scene she gives him masturbatory relief (c lothed, but unflinching) and the entire relationship descends into frank incest. It was shocking (the son was played I think, by then teen Matt Dillon) but it was not arousing, nor was it meant to be.

Morgan writes: I'm reminded of Interview With The Vampire and a 12 year old Kirsten Dunst kissing 30some Brad Pitt.

Brian writes:

For those of you who defend the scene (as described) as a beautiful art scene, is there a limit to what you would allow Kidman to do with this 10-year old boy within the confines of producing this film? Do you believe that it would be ok for Kidman to actually have intercourse with the boy? If no, can you please describe what limitations should be placed on the actors in this case?

Fester writes: If Mohammad can marry a 6-year-old, Nicole can bathe with a boy of 10.

An "old school" webmaster gets a book published!

Mojo writes on JBM:

Many of you should remember Andy [Dunn] from Lips.com. He started and ran sex swap for a number of years. He has always been a stock market geek and his first book in now [self] published and on Amazon.com.

I have the book on my desk ready to read this weekend. If you're interested at all in the markets it should be a good read. (and it's cheap and Amazon has a free shipping deal going...)

Andy is a great guy. If you have time go back and read some of his old sex swap newsletters. There are truly some gold nuggets of info there adult webmastering traffic and revenue generation.

Scott Bradley Outs Himself As HIV Positive

Jason Sechrest writes:

Gay XXX performer and fellow columnist Scott Bradley recently made some revelations about himself in his column on VidioView.com -- though they may not have been startling revelations. Many of us in the industry have known for quite some time that Scott Bradley was HIV-positive. Hell, a great many performers in the gay side of the business are HIV-positive, but thanks to nearly all companies being condom mandatory, the performers are able to keep their status to themselves and do not have to deal with the invasion of privacy that the straight porn world has to endure via AIM HealthCare. (Chi Chi LaRue made quite the statement about this on stage the Grabby Awards in Chicago, which she concluded with the shocking, "f-ck AIM!")

There is much of Scott's column that I agree with -- him feeling that more performers like him coming out about their positive status and sharing their experiences is the most affective "safe sex ad" there is -- and then there's other things I vehemently disagree with, such as his statement that performers are discouraged to talk about their status if they are positive -- something I've never heard of from any other performers; they all talk about it quite openly behind the scenes actually, or at least they always have with me.

What I'm most pleased with though is that Scott isn't passing any judgments. He's simply going to tell his story, for the first time honestly and from the beginning, and leave his readers to make their own decisions. Is this career suicide for Scott Bradley? If it is, it's not the truth about his status that is going to do it -- it's the fact that he's performed in bareback movies, which has become, whether we like it or not, the land where porn stars go to die. My opinion has always been that it is a performer's personal decision, just as it is an individual's personal decision, to use or not use a condom when it comes to their personal life and it is up to their partners to request status or protection. I'm inclined to believe though that when it comes to performing on camera, it's our duty to do the condoms -- not for educational value, but for the safety of our business. The porn business is currently a self-regulated operation and we want to keep it that way. The safer we are, the less chance we have of the government stepping in. If you're a true member of our "family," I think you stick to the rules and look out for one and other. .Just my two cents worth!

How Does Traditional Porn Distribution Work?

Mutt writes on AdultDVDTalk.com:

I've always heard there are only a handful of major distributors who sell the big majority of tapes/DVDs. True? Are these nationwide distributors with sales offices in different areas of the U.S/Canada or is all done from one central office/warehouse be it in California or other state?

The studios that also double as distributors do they also use other distributors/sub-distributors to sell their products or they are the only source for their movies? Nowadays with modern communication including the Internet, Fedex/UPS, it would seem there wouldn't be much use for smaller sub-distributors. If I'm a guy who owns 3 video stores in Kansas why would I use a sub-distributor when I can call the studio itself via an 800 number and have them ship me the movies?

I managed a mainstream video store when I was young, about 15 years ago - we never ordered from the studios directly, it was through these small sub-distributors, each one would have the rights to a few different studios/lines. Buying the mainstream movies was actually easier job because everything was bought from one big distributor who had all the Hollywood studios products. In adult, that didn't exist.

Dumb Blonde writes:

The only information that I've been able to find regarding distribution is again taken from Bruce Taylor's Frontline interview.

Taylor: "By 1973, the United States hardcore pornography industry was consolidated under one guy, basically, a guy named Reuben Sturman from Cleveland, Ohio. Sturman had a friend -- one not of his own choosing -- named Robert DiBernardo. DiBernardo worked for the Gambino family, the crime-Mafia family in New York. Matter of fact, Gambino is the guy who John Gotti had killed, and that's the reason John Gotti's in prison, because he had Sammy the Bull kill DiBernardo. But DiBernardo went around the country with Sturman in what we call "the tour."

"He took Sturman around and retired all the other independent pornographers and said, "Reuben's our guy, he's going to take care of all the business. You people can be landlords, we'll send you a nice rent check, thanks very much." And so, pretty much all of the peep-show business, all of the magazine and paperback book and all video and film production and distribution in this country was pretty much controlled by that one guy."

Out of Cleveland, Ohio?

Taylor: "Cleveland, Ohio. That's where he started in the late 1960s, selling comic books and porno. At one time, he supplied almost every adult bookstore in the country. ... Sturman was indicted for racketeering in Vegas in 1987. He was finally convicted in 1989 of tax evasion in Cleveland. We convicted him when I was at the Justice Department of racketeering and obscenity in 1991.... He eventually died in prison, just a couple years ago. Now his empire is split up among maybe a half a dozen of his former lieutenants, who now control pieces of the country. So we now have six porno princes [in the distribution side] instead of one king."

Max-girl Summer Luv doesn't like the extreme stuff

Jamie L. Brian writes on RAME:

Former Max Hardcore babe Summer Luv was asked if she actually enjoyed the extreme stuff she did on camera ie vomiting etc. Instead of the typical, "Oh ya, I love it," Summer gave an honest answer to the fans in her yahoo group. "No, I do not puke in real life. I did not totally plan all of that work, but in my life that's what happened... In order for me to pursue my dreams, I did the best I could do at whatever it was and accepted it as a good quality at the time. I do not personally totally agree with the material."

Wow, that's possibly the first time I've heard an actress (aside from Bella Donna) actually speak out against the kind of extreme material they are being asked to perform. Honestly, do any of these girls shooting this kind of extreme porn (in Summer's case, everything from mild-scat to drinking urine to vomit play) actually enjoy their work?

Tawny Ocean For $400

Captain Fun writes: Pornstar Tawny Ocean is in New Jersey and is available for private shows in NYC, Philly, and New Jersey. A friend of mine saw her in Philly and had a great time. Her rate is a very reasonable $400. Her email address is tawnyocean@yahoo.com

JimmyD Apologizes To LAT's Caitlin Liu

You'd think he'd have the decency to spell her name right.

Jimmy writes:

I received an unexpected phone call this morning. It was from Los Angeles Times reporter Caitlyn Liu. Quickly, Ms. Liu got to the point: She had read my entry regarding the article she co-wrote for LAT regarding the concerns of health officials--concerns about extreme sex acts in porn-and took umbrage with a few of the things I had to say about her reporting.

In particular, Ms. Liu was none too happy with my opinion that my quote, though accurate, was taken out of context. She agreed that our conversation (in which the quote was gleaned) began with her inquiries about Khan Tusion's identity. But she reminded me that we had also discussed extreme sex acts in porn (a discussion that is easily entered into when talking about a sick f-ck like Khan Tusion) and that I had offered some personal opinions about said acts.

For instance, she reminded me that I had labeled some of these acts "disgusting" and "garbage" and "freak show sh-t." I admitted all this was true. I do think some of what is passed off as adult entertainment these days is disturbing, quite disgusting, total garbage, and perverse freak show sh-t. And I also think its dangerous; from both health and legal perspectives.

The basis, therefore, of Ms. Liu's indignation was that, while we might not have been specifically discussing concerns expressed by actual health officials, we were discussing extreme acts in porn that are of concern; at least to Ms. Liu, (admitedly) to myself, and to others.

And you know what? That's all true. During our conversation, I called Ms. Liu on the word "added" which she (or her co-writer or her editor) used when, in the article, it said that I "added" my quote to another quote (by Bill Margold). I explained that, in my opinion, the word "added" made it seem like I was adding my words to Bill's words as if Bill and I were being jointly and simultaneously interviewed on the subject.

Ms. Liu assured me the word "added" was never intended to appear as if it were a joint interview and that it was purely an editorial use of the word. In retrospect, I've decided I was probably making much ado about nothing. or more accurately, much ado over semantics (which I have a habit of sometimes doing.)

We spoke for nearly and hour (on a range of porn-related subjects) and throughout our conversation I was impressed with Ms. Liu's integrity. As a result of all she had to say I've re-thought my thinking regarding her reporting. And although I still maintain there are media people who imbue their reporting with an anti-porn bias--painting us with muddied colors--and who are not above taking quotes out of context (and worse), I don't believe Ms. Liu is amongst them. Ms. Liu has convinced this cynical and jaded porn hack that she has personally endeavored to accurately and fairly report on what's going on in the jizz biz these days. and I don't convince too easily.

Traci Lords Deposition

Courtesy of Jamie Ralph Gardner

From Friday, July 11, 1986:

Traci Lords: I called him [Jim South]. I made an appointment. I went in. And I had an ID. He asked me for an ID. He took my picture with my ID. He told me to go to the back room and take off my clothes and took some Polaroids of me nude.

I was only 15 1/2 years old. I looked like I was 14 years old. Any idiot would have known how old I was. But he seemed to believe my ID.

Traci is asked how old Jim is. Where he lives. What kind of car he drives. Traci doesn't know.

Traci: Jim South never gets anything besides 40 - 40 bucks. That's his flat rate no matter what you do, no matter how much money you make, he gets $40. That's it. So he says.

Traci to Detective Gusty Bell: Why don't you just dress up in a pair of high heels and walk into his office and tell him you're a new girl. You'll find out a lot.

Detective Bell: I don't think he'd want my maturity.

Traci: I was going to work for Hustler magazine, who never hired me...because they thought I was underage. They submitted two layouts to Larry Flynt and he turned them both down. He thought I was underage.

[Mike Albo, former editor of Hustler Erotic Video Guide, writes Duke: "You're Mr. Reporter, right? You made copies of many LFP publications when you were "writing" your book, correct? Yet you overlooked the numerous appearances of Ms. Lords? You Aussies must certainly make the Kiwis feel good about themselves. Crikey! She was a featured centerfold model and was presented in boy/girl and girl/girl sets in both Hustler and Chic magazines. Are you really that lame to not know that? No offense intended, of course. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to get back to watching Steve Irwin on Animal Planet. At least he's a retard from Oz whom I can respect. Oh, and what happened to your suggested gay tour of downtown? I have a few requirements you have to meet if we're to do something like that."]

Richard Miller came to me, and he said, "You want to be an actress? Well, I have a straight part in a movie. It's an X-rated movie though. But you don't have to do any sex, just acting."

South was always around somewhere. I mean his office is pretty big, people roaming around. They have casting calls and all the little f-ck bunnies from the industry come in and then the producers pick out which ones they want.

Once I was published in Penthouse Magazine, no one asked me how old I was, because everyone thought that Bob Guccione, of all people, would not take the chance of putting a child in his magazine.

And I'm sure that if he heard this recording and he knew anything about how it was, he'd be sh-tting big Twinkies right now.

Q: So after your layout came out in Penthouse, everybody stopped asking you how old you were because they presumed Penthouse wouldn't publish you unless you were 18.

Traci: Yes. I had lost my [fake] ID by then and I wasn't about to go back to the DMB and get another one because I thought they were suspicious and I was very paranoid. So I haven't had that ID in ages.

Q: So you never really had to show an ID to anybody?

Traci: No.

Q: For the porno movies.

Traci: Once you go in and you have an ID and people know who you are, then that's that. I never showed an ID for any porno movies that I've ever done, never, not once.

Q: They took South's word for it?

Traci: Yeah. I ended up on a [Richard Miller] porno set [What Gets Me Hot]. I was doing a straight acting part. I got carried away. There was a guy on the set that I was dating at the time, Tom Byron, and I ended up doing a sex scene in the kitchen with him.

[Tom] didn't know anything about me. I dated him for like two weeks. We can't even really call it dating. He educated me. I did a series of loops.

When they started having that thing about not being allowed to have porno in LA and the cops were busting all the sets, then we started meeting at coffee shops, so that no one would know, because you didn't know who were narcs and who weren't.

I'm not a very social person. I don't have anything to do with the porno industry. I worked in it. That was taht. Everyone else, they hung out together. I don't. I don't do drugs. Everyone does drugs.

I hate Harry Reems.

Q: Why do you hate Harry Reems?

He's an asshole.

Q: Did he treat you bad?

No. I just don't like him. He's a big mouth jerk.

Q: This one also had Ginger Lynn in it.

Traci: I don't like her much either.

Q: Why don't you like her?

Because she's a big mouth jerk.

Q: What was the next one after "Those Young Girls"?

Traci: You're asking me a question that is -- I can't answer because I don't know. I don't even know half these titles. I haven't even seen half those pictures.

I don't like [Charlie Brickman] because he hired me to do a shooting and ripped me off and never paid me.

Q: This "Harlequin" has a couple of new names in it. Tamara Longly.

Traci: She's definitely not new. She's been in it for about five years. She's just not very popular. See, they hire me for a movie. They hire a name for a movie and then they hire whoever else, whoever's around that doesn't cost that much money because by that time their budget is kind of cut in half.

Q: You were the draw and everybody else was just kind of hangers on?

Traci: Props.

The interview lasted an hour.

Do We Get Dick In Heaven?

"Do we get dick in heaven?" Aunt Maryam whispers to me during the ladies' Quran study halaqa at the Jersey City Mosque. We are doing 'The Merciful,' the chapter of the Quran where all the sexy virgin babes are promised to men in paradise. "Men get pussy. Do we get dick?" - Mohja Kahf, writing on muslimwakeup.com

Ten Most Overrated Porn Stars

Sportswami writes on XXXPorntalk.com:

Since i have been kissing ass all this time... figure might as well thrown some barbs!

1) Mary Carey- Bad Attitude, doesn't do B/G really, and is a flaming idiot
2) Ashley Blue- Has gotten more push due to her friendships with the Kerkoves.
3) Taylor Rain- She is too much headaches at time for what she provides
4) Ron Jeremy- For what he has done lately, he is getting by on past rep.
5) Traci Lords- Talk about overrated... she was young and underage... so are most amatuers.
6) AnnMarie- Wasn't even the best Metro young starlet
7) Briana Banks- Lovely woman but more known as Jenna's buddy.
8) Nick Manning- An overrated pretty boy... and that is being nice
9) Bisexual Britni- Outside of the shock value... not much else
10) Minka - Big Boobs but her scenes at times like passion... and can't do dialogue

I don't mean to insult you Jeff [Steward], but to me Ashley is not as sexy as other women in the industry (Felicia Fox, Katja Kassin, Olivia Olovely, Monica Mayhem and Gauge to name a few). But she is very tight with both Skeeter and Bridgette Kerkove who are influential directors and performers. Ashley is an attractive talent, and a good performer but to me she is like Jenna and Tera... someone who has being pushed very rapidly and gets over hyped...

Ashley Blue replies: sportswami you are a f-cking idiot. I remember interviewing with you and you were telling me how great I am and kissing my ass. Who the f-ck do you think you are trying to "rate" me? I think you don't even matter enough to be rated at anything. You are less than zero.

Sportswami replies: I have already apologized to Ms. Blue if she feels hurt. This was not a personal attack but just my general feeling...however if note to Ms. Blue... welcome to entertainment... mainstream stars, sports athletes, muscians all get judged, rated and even slammed... that is the nature of the beast. So if you cannnot handle lil old "nobody" me saying that I find you overrated... get out of porn, work at some office, and change your name... and stop acting like a school girl shouting insults... I am nice and polite to all my guests... I didn't suck up to you.. just complimented you on what you have done. There was no need for you to act like a classless piece of trash.

You make bash me, KSEX DJ's and everybody who you don't agree with... BUT YOU ALL DO THE SAME THING... from Smelly Monkey's rants on how Kami is horrible (that gay monkey needs to get laid... seriously) to how Vivid sucks, Ben English is a limey bastard, some girls turn away from cum shots, etc... Bottom line is this.... YOUR ALL JUST PISSED BECAUSE OF ASHLEY BLUE... Its like this in Boston when a guy rips on Tom Brady... btw... at least i have had the BALLS to post my list... still haven't gotten an answer (swami shrugs his shoulder and...

Rob Spallone Seeks Four Ladies Over 40

For his shoot Thursday.

Stopping By World Modeling On A Tuesday Morning

"What are you doing here?" asks assistant Envy.

"I just came by to see my friends. To help. To do good."

"Yeah, right," she says.

Jim South says that the people from the Lone Star state have everything under control. He has some new girls from Eastern Europe. I can see that he already misses Rob Spallone, who's moved his Lowdown Productions to an office in Chatsworth.

I meet Zaccarra. She's 20 and 4'11". She weighs 117 pounds. She's a former child star who's entering porn. She worked with the Olsen twins (Mary-Kate and Ashley) when they were six.

We lean over the back of an open truck with Steve Doss. It seems to contain all his earthly possesions. Steve and Zac know each other through Papa Bear Bill Margold.

Zaccarra wants to star in Barely Legal.

Duke: "The Olsen twins."

Zaccarra: "I hate them. They're spoiled, conniving little bitches. I don't know if they are still that way but when they were six they were. I was nine."

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Duke: "What made you decide to do this?"

Zaccarra: "I've always wanted to. I called World Modeling. Someone referred me a couple of years ago. I wasn't ready to do it because I was 300 pounds. Now I'm 117.

"I've wanted to do this since I was 13. I was just smart enough not to pull a Traci Lords. I didn't want to get anyone in trouble and I didn't want to get in trouble either."

"How did you weigh 300 pounds?"

"I was morbidly obese. I was on a lot of different meds that made me gain weight. I was misdiagnosed."

Dossman shows me pictures of Sasha Brabuster, a big breasted big woman who will be at the FOXE Awards Thursday night.

Duke: "Young lady, how much do you know about the porn industry?"

"Not much. I'm learning as you go along."

Doss hands her a picture. "Here you are with your boyfriend Iceman."

Zaccarra: "Nasty. I made him admit that he was gay. I'm very manipulative. We were hanging out with Rob Spallone."

For The Sake Of My Health

"We had to work a lot on your nervous system," said my bio-feedback guy at the end of today's 90-minute session. "Again."

"What does that indicate?" I asked.

"That you're under a lot of stress. Maybe you need to get ----."

"Crikey, that shiksa's a beauty!"

LYT writes: There already are talking dolls of the Crocodile Hunter out there -- paint a black yarmulke on one, and presto, Luke F-rd. I would also suggest altering the sound chip slightly, replacing the word "crocodile" with "shiksa," like so: "Crikey, that shiksa's a beauty!" "Cor blimey, that shiksa wants to take a bite out of me bum!" "That's a bloody pretty mouth on that shiksa!"

More Annoying Than Ed Powers

Arch Stanton writes:

I didn't think it was possible. Could there ever be a porn guy out there who is as much or more obnoxious than Ed Powers? The logical answer would be no of course not. Let's throw logic out the window. Of course I've read here that Wesley Pipes can be pretty overbearing but I've never seen him in a vid so I can't compare. Rob Black is right up there too. But there's a new king and it's the guy who is behind the camera at bangbus. If you thought Powers never shut up this guy thinks silence is the enemy. And the witticism emanating from his word hole is ......... is ........... I don't believe there's an accurate word to describe it. If he used the word "dude" once he used it a thousand times. Not that there's anything wrong with the word in and of itself. But when every other words are "dude this" and "dude that" it gets annoying. And here's the kicker; this "dude" has a laugh that I guarantee will make you cringe. Thankfully unlike Ed he spares us his presence in front of the camera. I've read here a while ago that this site was very successful. For the life of me I have no idea why.

Questions For Jill Kelly Productions (Stock Symbol JKXJ)

I emailed its PR rep Scott Hoover:

Where are the financial statements for JKP, a publicly traded company? Surely there's a place on the Web where they can be found?

Stuff like:

Fourth quarter revenue vs fourth quarter net income.

What's the market capitalization of the company?

How many shares of stock? How many shares are owned by Friedland, Jill Kelly and anyone else with more than ten percent of outstanding stock?

Disclose ownership of JKP holding companies. By percentage, who owns what?

Great, here they are. What do you think?

Chris writes: "I am a retired investment banker. JKP is a highly speculative "penny" stock of a company that has lost millions of dollars and expects to continue losing money. They are attempting to shift this debt and these losses onto the backs of gullible penny stock investors."

I guess JKP lost $9.2 million last year and does not expect to make any money this year. Jill Kelly is listed on the board of directors under her real name of Adrian D. Moore. Jill Kelly owns 20% of the business and Bob Friedland owns 52%.

There are no outsiders of the board of directors, so NASDAQ and NYSE will never list the company.

Interesting to see all the name changes the holding company IDC Technologies has gone through.

Does JKXJ own anything other than Jill Kelly Productions and Distribution? Where's the nightclub and TV station was once claimed?

Rob Spallone's Angry Rant Against Ira Levine

Rob calls Monday afternoon. "Tell Tabetha Yang to get in touch with me. Who does this Ira guy think he is? This has nothing to do with AIM. This is a project for the companies to let us know who are in their movies. Ira Levine's final word? He's a nobody. He thinks he's Telly Savalas with his $200 suit. Tell him to mind his business. I'll help her out. Put it up there."

Same Old Parties At Cybernet Expo

XXX writes: It was so-so. A fairly good turnout. The same faces. Same seminars. Same parties and drunken all-night partying. Also, the same incredibly drained, exhausted feeling afterwards. YNOT did a really good job though at hosting it.

Fay Sharpe writes: It is difficult to find a place that will be host for an Adult convention that has nice surroundings. I was turned down by 3 other places. There was one 4 star that considered us, but their rooms started at $229 & they wanted a bunch of $$$$ for their convention area..... It was surprising the number of nice hotels who didn't have anything but a few meeting rooms. So we had to go with whoever would consider us and what was affordable & the area was gorgeous and I thought a refreshing change for many.

XXX-Communicated: A Rebel Without a Shul

From the cover of the forthcoming book: "XXX-Communicated: A Rebel Without a Shul explores the tensions between freedom and friends, faith and reason, reality and religion."

Explain This One Luke writes: "What exactly, Luke, is the tension between REALITY and RELIGION?? Showing your true colors here, aren't you, puke? I mean Luke?"

Here's what I mean:

* As exemplified by you, religion often makes people behave uglier. I suspect that if you were secular, you would be more courteous. Religion has taught you to react to such sentiments as mine by being a schmuck. You met a part of reality you found disturbing, and you reacted, as you had been religious educated to react, by vomiting on someone who raised a thought you disliked.

* Religion is grounded in belief in a transcendent God, Who, by definition, transcends reality.

* In the case of the topic of my first two books, religion prohibits discussion of the topic except to condemn it. The subject of my books is an active part of the lives of millions of men but religion forbids studying or discussing this except to condemn it (which is not a discussion or an honest examination). Thus religion and reality are at odds.

* A lot of religious people are so religious that they are stiff. They don't react in a human manner. They don't laugh. They don't frolic. They're not real.

* Jewish humor is overwhelmingly a secular creation. There's little humor in the sacred texts of the Jewish tradition. It wasn't until Jews became secular that Jews became funny. They weren't known for their humor when they were largely observant.

* Religion actively opposes reason in many areas. I ask for reader comments for examples but Biblical criticism is just one that comes to mind.

* Religion calls for the believer to absent himself from much, if not most, of reality.

* A rational secular person would react to THE PASSION by saying, let the Christians tell their story the way they want.

* Overwhelmingly, religious Jews actively opposed the creation of the modern Jewish state of Israel and opposed immigration to the United States from Europe in the early 20th Century. It was generally the religious Jews who died in the Holocaust. The secular ones, more rooted in reality, fled Europe.

* In spite of massive overcrowding and overpopulation in many Catholic parts of the world, the Catholic church actively opposes birth control.

* When you are religious, you can't just meet reality as it is. You meet it through the filters of your religious ideology. Thus a tension between reality and religion. Evidence for this lies in the fact that very few great journalists are religious, and religious groups rarely publish great journalism.

JRob writes: Religious faith usually requires one-way or two-way communication with a deity no one else can see at that moment. Just remember: Whenever you do something, even if it is a very, very good thing, because the v-v-v-v-v-v-voice in your head told you to, you need treatment and medication. It is called schizophrenia, and its very dangerous to you and others.

Digital Playground Re-Signs Devon

Adella writes:

Digital Playground is thrilled to announce the official, exclusive re-signing of contract superstar, Devon. Her debut title under Digital Playground's umbrella and her first project with Director Joone, Virtual Sex with Devon turned a hat trick upon release, receiving the coveted "Best Interactive DVD 2002" award from all three of the industries leading critic associations, AVN, AFW and Empire. All of Devon's subsequent productions under Digital Playground's direction, Devon: Stripped, RUSH, No Limts and Island Fever 2 have shared similar success.

Devon has recently finished shooting two brand new Digital Playground productions, Jack's Playground 13 and Island Fever 3; both are scheduled for release in summer and fall of 2004.

One Night in Paris

I hear the thigh-high boots Paris Hilton wears in her porn video are selling well on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.

Two trucks carrying huge billboards for the video are driving around West Los Angeles, along La Cienega and Sunset Blvds. The only approval that was needed was from the billboard company. I wonder if this will prompt the City of LA to take action against truck billboards promoting pornographic videos.

The only radio station running ads for the Paris Hilton porn video is the sports-oriented Mighty 1090 in San Diego. They carry the hockey games of the Mighty Ducks and the baseball games of the San Diego Padres. A monsignor is on the board of directors of the station, yet the spot has run for ten days now.

Paris Hilton porn video publicist Kevin Blatt used to work at the station. It was his first job when he came to San Diego a decade ago.

I believe Paris Hilton will speak about the porn tape tonight on David Letterman.

Papillon: 'I Live In Sodom!'

I call my friend Papillon, the UCLA graduate turned porn star and stripper.

Papillon: "You can't call [her home town] the ghetto, the barrio, white trash town. It's a mixture. I live in the middle of hell. I live in Sodom. Here, take my two virgin daughters.

"I have a couple of job offers to be a real estate agent."

From Papillon's journal from June 4:

Last night at 8:15 pm, my kids and I were putting away the toys in one of the rooms of the house. out of no where to rocks came crashing in through the window and shattered glass hit me in the face and side (luckily my kids were not harmed). I ran outside and saw to boys (under the age of 10yrs old) running back to where their friends were hanging out. I called 911 and gave them their description and the location of where they were hanging out. Those kids hung around till 9:30pm and the police never showed up, at least not until 10pm. the officer told me that there was a homicide on the other side of town and that why it took so long to answer my call to come out. Seriously, couldn't he tell me a better lie? Does he really think that I am so stupid to believe that Ontario, being a very large City, has only a few police officers? What ever the case, I am going to fight for my right to make my neighborhood safe. trust me, I have a plan. This next part of my post is a little rant about some parents that you and I both know. I know I tell people to their face if they are f*cking up as parents and this is some of the stuff I say.

Parents. Do you know where your kid/kids are and do you even care? I am so sick and tired of seeing children under the age of ten wandering the streets at 8pm when they should be already fed and bathed and starting to get ready for bed by 9pm. Children need to sleep (8-10hours a night) more than adults (5-7hours a night). school isn't out yet till next week for my children because they go to private school and then they are off till September, for Summer Vacation. The children in my neighborhood go to public schools on a year round schedule and I know they also have school for one more week then off for 2-3 weeks and then they will start back at school again after that. I know that it sometimes doesn't get dark until 9pm, but that still isn't a reason for them to be out and about at their age because it only leads to trouble. we don't live in the safest area and there are a lot of bad people out there who could easily persuade your child/children into doing anything. Give me a f*cking break parents or parent. Don't you dare point the finger at anyone else other than your(self/selves) if something terrible happens. your child/children are your responsibility and when you drop the ball, do you even think about who will pick it up because you have better things to do then, protect your child/children?

I know it is hard raising one child, really hard with two and quite difficult with three or more. I would know because I have 3 children myself. When you become a parent you better realize that this is reality and your child/children really need you, they look to you for guidance and especially your love. I will not accept your being a single parent as an excuse to slack off on your duty as a mother or father. I am a single parent and I am both mom and dad to my children. Before I ever brought a life into this world I knew that I might one day have to raise this baby alone. not because my boyfriend/husband might not like the idea of fatherhood/relationship, but because you never know if and when, you or your partner could die. If I knew that I couldn't afford to raise them alone, I would have taken better measures so I could not get pregnant (condoms can be your friend. so can the pull out method if done correctly and there is nothing wrong with taking the pill to prevent pregnancy as well). Women, you are the ones who will ultimately make the choice whether to have a baby or not and I can't stand it when a woman neglects her baby/child/children just because the father isn't there. Ladies, to blame someone for your decision to have a child/children is not only cowardice but just plain shameful. it's to late to turn back now and it's you, who chose to have a child /children who depend on you, they didn't ask to be here so, get your f*cking act together and grow the f*ck up.

Tabetha Yang vs Ira Levine

This is playing out on Hardcoregossip.com.

To: Tabitha Yang
From: Ira Levine Chairman Board of Directors AIM Healthcare Foundation Re: Open Letter

It has come to my attention that you have been circulating a letter via e-mail to selected parties within the adult video industry that contains numerous, false, damaging, unsupported allegations concerning AIM, its operations and its leadership. This is not entirely surprising, given the tone and content of your remarks at the legislative hearing concerning HIV-related issues and performer safety on 6/4/04.

I have no intention of addressing the substance of your criticisms, which I consider to be baseless and unconstructive, but I would like to set the record straight about AIM's stance toward your proposed HEARD System. We oppose it. We will not participate in it or support it in any fashion whatsoever, now or in the future. You can take that as a final answer. Further measures to exert indirect pressure on AIM will not alter that decision.

In our seven years of operation, we have been presented with numerous attempts to enlist our involvement with various schemes to "make AIM better." Our experience has been that the proponents of such schemes were usually operating out of obvious financial self-interest, and we believe your proposal is no different in intent.

Your actions subsequent to our refusal to place highly-sensitive client medical records at the disposal of an untried, private, for-profit monitoring system, administered by parties who have demonstrated no previous interest in assisting our work and are accountable to none but themselves, have proven our suspicions well-founded. By joining the small but noisy group of marginal industry personalities who seek attention and gain by trying to undermine confidence in AIM, you forfeit any claim to our cooperation whatsoever. The assurances of your good intentions toward AIM in your letter notwithstanding, your agenda seems clear enough, and it will not be achieved.

Hopes of enlisting other members of the adult video production community in an effort to coerce AIM into accepting your unwanted proposition are futile. We enjoy wide support among performers and producers, who continue to test and monitor with us, and we do not anticipate any change in the existing relationship of trust. We have confidence in the judgment of our peers in resisting transparent manipulations of the type your letter represents.

Nonetheless, we will be forwarding it to our legal counsel to see what remedies might be available to put a halt to what is obviously a concerted campaign of harassment.

Jewel D'Nyle DISRESPECTS PlatinumX this morning on Stern, calls company 'HER'S'

Wish writes on RAME: Interesting to hear Jewel D'Nyle on the HOWARD STERN SHOW this morning disrespecting the real PlatinumX / RLD owner [David Joseph Giarusso] by calling PlatinumX "Her company" over and over and going on to say she say "10 directors working under her". Another delusional slut.

JAG replies: Its called PR. I hear it all the time. The "real owners" of these companies actually think that we, their audience, are simple-minded fools who will find it more appealing to believe that these women directors are actually in charge. Its hog-wash.

Rog Review: 1 NIGHT IN PARIS (DVD)

MOVIE TYPE: Celebrity Sex Tape 63w Mins.
Red Light District www.redlightdistrictvideo.com
DIRECTOR: Rick Saloman
THEMES: Celebrity Sex,
CONDOMS: None
STARS: Paris Hilton, Rick Saloman, Teagan, Taylor Rain and others in the bonus material.

REVIEW- This is more of an event than a movie. For a long time, the internet buzzed with rumors of a Paris Hilton sex tape. First there were fakes, then look-alikes and finally the grainy night-vision video hit the net. In a media blitz that included a bit Howard Stern appearance, the actual Paris Hilton sex video hit the net and had people talking for a few weeks. Hardcore fans paid fifty bucks to download the scene and watch it for a few days. I did an interview with the guy who released it and checked it out at this time. Now Red Light District has put it on DVD in this two-disc collector's item so I went ahead and bought a copy right away. This is the complete footage with some commentary by director/co-star Rick Saloman introducing each segment.

First comes the night vision footage which Rick calls his favorite. They have done a good job removing the green from this footage so it is now black and white. The camera work is shaky and night vision makes things really blurry and hard to see. There is some good stuff here though including Paris stopping to answer her telephone and then being slammed in doggy for several minutes. Even in the dim light, we get to see her firm body, lovely nineteen year old boobs and can stare at the glowing raccoon eyes that night-vision created. There is some funny dialog as she sucks his cock with Paris finally refusing to suck any more and the scene just sort of ending.

The next segment is in color and features Paris showing off her breasts, getting dressed and being verbally disgusted by any mention of Rick's cock. She really does act like a spoiled little Princess during parts of this, but she also reacts the way most teens would with a camera in their face and their private parts being discussed. Even if she doesn't like talking about it, Paris is only too happy to lean back in her chair while Rick goes down on her. They move to the bed where she lies back like a super model and does her best Vivid Girl impersonation. Paris is a bit of a pillow queen, but we can at least enjoy the idea of spending that much time between her parted thighs. She rewards his hard work by letting him f-ck her from behind for a while. This segment looks like home movies that lots of couples probably have on their shelves .Well, the camera angle looks like your common home movie, but Paris is hardly your average soccer mom.

The final segment is the full color blowjob that is probably the most strokeably good stuff on the disc. POV isn't as good as it should be because Paris doesn't look into the camera. The better footage comes when he moves the camera to the side. Paris does a good job with her hands and I am sure that Rick has a great view of the action with her cover girl face inhaling his meat. Though she may not have porn star camera presence, Paris does know how to handle balls with one hand while getting her man off with the other. She isn't a big facial girl, but it's still a lot of fun to watch her work for her load.

For anyone who hasn't seen the Paris footage, this is the best version available. The picture has been cleaned up and it's a lot more fun watching it on TV than it was on a computer screen. It is fun watching Paris f-ck and suck and we even get a peek at her in-bed personality. I suppose that celebrity sex scenes will get old one day, but for now I'm still sold. This is a must-own for any porn collector and Red Light hit the jackpot by getting the rights to this one. In addition to the Paris footage, we get four bonus Red Light scenes. They allow us to see what porn teens can do compared to spoiled, rich supermodels. Randi Wright from Breaking Em In 6, Monica Sweetheart from Two in the Seat 3, Taylor Rain from Just Over 18 3 and Teagan from Cum Drippers 6 give us four great looking girls who really know how to f-ck and suck. These four scenes are all hot and would make for a great little comp disc even without the Paris stuff. The extra disc is basically all trailers, 67 of them actually, for other RLD movies.

OVERALL RATING: A
FEMALE LOOKS: A
MALE LOOKS: B
PICTURE QUALITY: B
EXTRAS: A
PLOT/ACTING: N/A
SEX: B

Bestiality in Rocco's "Hazardous Duty"

An Metet wrote: "Does anyone know where one can get the uncensored Euro version of Rocco's movie, "Hazardous Duty," which contains a bestiality scene between a woman and a donkey?"

Jamie L. Brian replies on RAME:

I think the girl is Judy White, but I'm not 100% sure. Rocco has done this sort of stuff before, in some of his Animal Trainer movies, of girls rubbing up on horses, getting very close to the animal's cocks, but it never usually goes as far as 'handling' the animal. It appears that Judy jerks off the donkey's cock while sucking on Rocco. The Evil Angel release has the Judy White/Rocco scene out by the stable, but it is severely edited, and runs only a few minutes before Joachim takes over. Check out ebay, and some of those North American based Euro import sites, and you might have some luck finding an uncut print of the film.

My Involvement With Carnal Comics

Jamie Gardner writes:

My first exposure to Carnal Comics was at the Comic-Con of 1994. I was going past a table and I noticed comic books related to porn stars. The second x-rated actress that I ever met was Tammi Ann. I met her at Jolars and she came across as a sweet, wholesome, girl next door type. Tammi Ann posed for a picture with me and she had a nice smile. After having met her, I read her comic book and saw "Major f-cking Slut" (one of Tammi's videos). Years later, Jay Allen Sanford (who was the Publisher, Editor and main writer of Carnal Comics from 1994 to 1999) gave me a Tammi Ann autographed "Major f-cking Slut" video.

One of the important people in Carnal comic's history is Michael Vollmer. Before Carnal Comics started, I first met Michael at the Comic-Con. After Michael became the Marketing Director for Carnal Comics, I met him again at one of the San Diego mini-cons that I worked for. A mini-con is a small comic book convention. One of my memories of Vollmer is standing with him in the HR Pufnstuf autograph line at the Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction. At the L.A. conventions, Bonnie Michaels would appear at Michael's dealer's table. She was Carnal Comics' most frequent guest for the comic book shows held at the Shrine Auditorium. One of the weirdist events involving Michael was my turning on the TV and hearing about a Michael Vollmer getting his head stuck in a security gate. Jay was called and it turned out that this happened to Michael at the place that he was living in, at the time. Michael lived through this experience but it was a close call.

I actually talked to Jay on the phone before meeting him. I talked to Jay as a representative of the mini-con. When I talked to Jay on the phone, I pictured someone in a business suit. Annie Sprinkle said the same thing when she first met him in person. When I first met Jay at the Debbie's Gallery comic book signing, he looked vastly different then what I envisioned him to look like. Jay shook my hand but I didn't know who he was. Jay's appearance fit the look of someone who would publish Rock 'n Roll comic books. Once, when I was hanging out with Jay, I told Jay that I thought he looked like the Tom Savani biker character in Dawn With The Dead. According to Jay, a woman once said that Jay looked Satan and that she liked the way he looked!

Another person who was at the Debbie's Gallery signing was Shawn Strider. Shawn's company (Sypher Publications), Jay's Re-Visionary Press, David Miller (the cover artist for BLONDAGE: Janine & Julia Ann #1 and LILLI XENE #1, one of the artists for Porn Star Annual #1) and Jeremy Cox were all part of the Killer Comic Book Association, an organization of San Diego comic book publishers. Roldan, one of the artists for Sypher Publications, drew the cover for SERENITY #1. Shawn designed the advertisements that promoted Carnal Comics being at the Las Vegas Eroticon.

The second time that I met Jay was at Carnal Comics's first appearance at the San Diego Mini-Con. It was then that I realized that it was Jay who shook my hand at the Debbie's Gallery signing. I mentioned to Jay that I had bought Harry Reem's auto-biography, "Here Comes Harry Reems!," at one of the Glamourcon conventions. Jay read the book and his original plan was to make use of the book for "Superstars of Erotica." When Jay decided to publish "Triple-X Cinema: A Cartoon History," Jay incorporated parts Harry's story in to the first issue. This was the beginning of my doing research for Carnal Comics. For "Triple-X Cinema," I also loaned Jerry Butler's "Raw Talent" book, issues of Playboy, a Hustler magazine with an article that had Lisa DeLeeuw, Jamie Gillis and Richard Pacheco commenting about people they had worked with, etc..

At the first signing for Mike Harris' Sky High Comics, Hyapatia Lee and Bonnie Michaels signed for fans. Hyapatia's music was being played while she signed. Hyapatia was a singer as well as an actress. I asked Hyapatia about her TV talk show appearances. Hyapatia said that Phil Donahue was nice to her and straightforwardly told her that he would have to play devil's advocate during the program. Hyapatia claims now that she has multiple personality disorder. I don't know whether that is true or not. Bonnie Michaels talked about wanting to run for political office. Bonnie never went through with this idea. Bonnie later said that she didn't want the media digging in to her personal life.

The first time I talked to Steve Crompton, the current owner of Carnal Comics, was when I was recruiting dealers for the Las Vegas Eroticon. Jay got me in contact with Steve. Steve had a booth at the convention but I wasn't able to attend it. When I first met Steve, he had a cowboy hat on. This makes sense, he lives in Arizona. Steve came across as a nice, goody two shoes type of person. The total opposite of the bad boy pornographer stereotype. When Christina Angel appeared at the Comic-Con, she signed at Steve's booth. Christina fainted while she was at Steve's booth. Toward the end of the Comic-Con, I carried Christina's belongings while Christina and Jay walked to Jay's car. I previously had met Christina at the San Diego Cigar Festival. My first exposure to Christina was watching a public access TV show that had attractive women taking calls from viewers. The women would dance around in order to entice guys to call up.

After "Triple-X Cinema: A Cartoon History" came out, Golden Apple Comics had a signing that included guests such as Georgina Spelvin (the star of "Devil in Miss Jones"), Marilyn Chambers and Ron Jeremy. Georgina signed a "Devil in Miss Jones" photo and I asked her about the autobiographies of Harry Reems and Marc Stevens (they both worked with her on "Devil in Miss Jones"). Marilyn Chambers signed multiple things for me and I asked her about working with David Cronenberg on "Rabid." Chambers didn't have much to say, surprisingly. Later on, Bill Liebowitz (the owner of Golden Apple Comics) made a joke about lining up guys to have sex with Marilyn and she laughed. Bill Margold, who was heavily quoted in Triple-X, was also at the signing. I praised Margold for his portrayal of a corrupt minister in "Lust Inferno." Bill Liebowitz was also in "Lust Inferno." He has a non-sex role as a hitman for Margold's character. A woman that with Margold was flashing her vagina. I don't know how many people noticed. A non-scheduled guest who showed up was Shanna McCullough.

I first met Spike Steffenhagen when he was assigned to write "Sexploitation Cinema: A Cartoon History." Spike is very knowledgable when it comes to film history. When you first meet Spike, you may not realize how intelligent he actually is. He likes to say "dude" a lot and he dresses like one of the Kiss fan characters in Detroit Rock City. One of the funniest incidents involving Spike is when Spike's name was mispelled on a flyer for an Amazing Comics store signing. The flyer said that Spike Lee was signing at the store!

For several years, Carnal Comics had multiple porn stars at the Comic-Con. At the Comic-Con of 1997, I was helping out Melissa Monet and Jasmin St. Claire by carrying stuff for them. When Melissa Monet and I went by Lou Ferrigno's booth, Melissa waved to Ferrigno and said hi to him. Ferrigno responded by waving back. At that convention, this was the only time that I noticed Lou to be friendly. Every other time I walked by Ferrigno's booth, he had an angry look on his face. When I talked to Melissa, she talked about being a fan of "Rod Serling's Night Gallery." Her Carnal Comics fantasy story was inspired by the THE SINS OF THE FATHERS episode of "Night Gallery." Melissa also talked about appearing in a movie with Roddy McDowell. She said that he was nice to her. Jasmin was friendly when I was carrying her baggage but I was put off by her negative comments about homosexuality. She was claiming that a famous movie and TV actor has sex with male prostitutes. Jasmin claimed that meant that he was a homosexual. When I suggested that he could be bisexual, Jasmin said that you are gay if you let someone put a dick up your ass. Jasmin, the star of the "World's Biggest Gangbang," said that homosexuality is unnatural whether men or women do it.

When I was talking with Jasmin, Michael Vollmer claimed that some other famous actor was bisexual. Lovette attracted a lot of attention because she was dressed as a superhero. Acording to Jay and Heather Dawn, John Astin, Gomez from "The Addams Family" TV series, visited the Carnal Comics booth and joined Bonnie Michael's fan club. Astin said to Bonnie that he was her biggest fan.

When I would hang out at Jay's San Diego home, I met x-rated actresses on different occasions. Porn stars were not at Jay's house as often as people may think. Jay's home was not the Playboy mansion. On one occasion, Kelly O'Dell came over to sign some comic books and I talked with her for a while. Bonnie Michaels was over at Jay's once when I was there. After a year of knowing her, Jay found out that his next door neighbor was Sunshine Blue, an x-rated Actress.

The first time I met Deja Sinn was when Jay drove Deja and myself to a signing at the Sky High Comics store, located in San Marcos. Christina Angel and Kelly O'Dell were signing for fans. Even though Deja was not a scheduled guest, she posed for pictures with people and made good money that night. At this point in Deja's career, she had done one masturbation video for Al Borda. The second time I met Deja was when she was doing oil wrestling at a club. From talking to Deja, I found out that oil wrestling can be as fake as TV wrestling. The wrestling is planned out so that the liklihood of being hurt is heavily cut down. Later on, Jay and Deja came up with the Deja Sinn comic book character. The first comic book appearance of Deja Sinn was inspired by Deja's life but was heavily fictionalized.

Steve Crompton has been Carnal Comics publisher since 2000. Jay Allen Sanford still acts an Advisor for Steve. Jay and Steve edited and wrote parts of "Carnal Comics: the Inside Story of Art, Sex, & Porn Stars" (April 2004). I helped with the research and told of an incident involving myself and a former x-rated Actress. Another recent Carnal Comics book is Jenna Jameson Wicked Weapon Collection 1 (April 2004). The book reprints the Wicked Weapon adaptation but has added shading in the comic book artwork. The biography of Jenna Jameson (from Jenna Jameson #1, Nov. 1995) is reprinted with additions to the artwork. The porn star fantasy story is reprinted. There is also completely new material as well. The "Jenna Jameson - An Update" comic book biography gives additional information about Jenna's life and career. Jay and myself co-wrote this part of the book. There is also a Jenna Jameson filmography that I compiled. People can find out more about Carnal Comics by going to http://www.demicomix.com/Carnal01.htm. Carnal Comics is going to have a booth (113) at Erotica LA (June 18th to 20th).

Porn Nazi Bianca Trump

AS THE ITALIAN PRINCESS of Porn, she stood atop a pile of sweaty money and hairless bodies, bragging of her mansion, her wine cellar, and the legion of adoring fans that followed the every move of one of America's most notorious sex starlets.

As "tattoogirl1488," her ink-covered body staggered from slum to slum through America's white heartland, in a subculture where "Kill a Queer for Christ" is still a rallying call. She waved her angry finger at the niggers, the heebs and the homosexual perverts dragging down wholesome, white American values, while pining for a man worth cooking, cleaning and raising lots of Hitler Youth for.

Luke, Stick To Your Guns

Robert writes:

Luke -- stick to your guns on the AIDS issue. AIDS is a venerial disease. The etiology of every case of AIDS -- whether we speak of children born of AIDS or bad blood transfusions -- can, from everything I've read, be traced to buggery as its point of origin. Have your detractors read the following absolutely fair-minded statement by Andrew Sullivan (who, let us not forget, is HIV positive). Then they can shut up:

In the polarized atmosphere of the beleaguered gay ghettoes of the 1980s, one also wonders what an instruction from Ronald Reagan to wear condoms would have accomplished. As for research, we didn't even know what HIV was until 1983. Nevertheless, the Reagan presidency spent some $5.7 billion on HIV in its two terms - not peanuts. The resources increased by 450 percent in 1983, 134 percent in 1984, 99 percent the next year and 148 percent the year after. Yes, the Congress was critical in this. But by 1986, Reagan had endorsed a large prevention and research effort and declared in his budget message that AIDS "remains the highest public health priority of the Department of Health and Human Services."

In September 1985, Reagan said: "[I]ncluding what we have in the budget for '86, it will amount to over a half a billion dollars that we have provided for research on AIDS in addition to what I'm sure other medical groups are doing. And we have $100 million in the budget this year; it'll be 126 million next year. So, this is a top priority with us. Yes, there's no question about the seriousness of this and the need to find an answer."

But the sad truth is also that there was never going to be an easy answer to HIV in the Reagan years. Throwing even more money at research in those days would not have helped much. Anthony Fauci's NIH, goaded by heroes like Larry Kramer, was already pushing for focus and resources; FDA red tape was loosened considerably; and the painfully slow scientific process continued. The fact that we got revolutionary drugs in trials by the early 1990s was itself an heroic scientific achievement - arguably the most miraculous progress in a medical emergency since the polio vaccine. Should Reagan have done more? Yes. Were people like Bill Bennett and Gary Bauer responsible for delaying a real prevention response because only gays were dying? You bet. But was Reagan ultimately responsible for so many tragic, early deaths? No. HIV was. Viruses happen. It's a blemish on his record, but not as profound as some, with understandable grief, want to make it out to be.

Noteworthy too: Everyone would do well to carefully ponder how Harry Jaffa (Moses II !) ever so gently puts it:

The first cases of AIDS - and the first isolation of the HIV virus in the United States - occurred in 1981. In its origins it was entirely a disease of male homosexuals, generated in and by anal intercourse. At the present time, according to the latest statistics I have seen, more than eighty-five percent of AIDS cases are male homosexuals. AIDS can be contracted by women from bisexual men, and they in turn may spread it to other men and thereby to other women. Infected women may transmit it to their unborn children. Intravenous drug users may contract it by sharing needles with infected persons. Others may contract it from transfusions of infected blood. While the proximate cause of AIDS may not now in every case be sodomy, the etiology of every case leads back to sodomy as its point of origin.

Why AIDS now? That the first case was diagnosed a little over a decade after the "Gay Rights" and "Gay Pride" movements gained momentum may not be coincidental. It was as if the number of smokers had increased by a factor of four or five, and the per capita consumption of cigarettes per smoker had gone from one to three or four packs a day. The result would have been a sudden jump in the incidence of lung cancer, emphysema, and heart disease. Homosexuality has always been with us. But in the last generation we have seen it "come out of the closet." We have seen growing public acceptance of the doctrine that there is no moral distinction between promiscuity and chastity and that the only morality of sexual behavior is conformity with personal preference and personal choice. That nature itself seems to reward chastity with health, and punish promiscuity with disease, is seldom if ever mentioned. For AIDS is a venereal disease, and as much as the result of promiscuity as ever were syphilis and gonorrhea.

The reigning assumption is that it is the function of science to emancipate human behavior from the restraints of nature. But it is by no means clear that is possible in the long run. There was a time in the 1960's when antibiotics appeared to have conquered syphilis. Together with the the birth control pill, this seems to have promoted an increase in heterosexual promiscuity. It would certainly seem that nature had an interest in the morality that is conducive to the family, and punishes behavior inimical to it. I would suggest therefore that the quest for a cure of AIDS, unaccompanied by any attempt to modify the behavior out of which AIDS was generated, is ultimately futile. I would venture to suggest that if a cure for AIDS were discovered tomorrow, it would not be very long before a new venereal disease would make its appearance, just as herpes did in the 60s and AIDS did in the 80s. What is needed above all is not a medical miracle cure but a moral and behavioral change.

As an abstract debater's point, one might perhaps distinguish between homosexuality and promiscuity. Some homosexuals, especially women, maintain "exclusive" relationships. These may reduce somewhat the incidence of venereal disease. If they are sufficiently discreet - that is to say, if they remain in the closet" - they may avoid the evil of scandal. "Marriages" between homosexuals would not solve any problems, however. It was not the lack of marriage certificates that produced the bathhouse culture, but rather the uncontrolled indulgence of sexual perversion. Legalizing sexual perversion could only make matters worse. Promiscuity, whether homosexual or heterosexual, is best controlled by moral constraint.

No civilized person today wants to persecute homosexuals, or to see them suffer and die from horrible diseases. But it is equally true that no civilized person should wish to see homosexuality accepted as an equally valid "alternative lifestyle."