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NATS Announces Partnership with iBill - No Visa Processing Fee In September

PBucksJohn writes on GFY:

Any new NATS [Next Generation Administraion & Tracking System] clients between now and the end of September have the option to setup a Visa processing account with iBill and pay none of the $750 Visa setup fee with the purchase of NATS installation, setup, and training.

This allows new clients who are just getting started in the industry to use the most flexible and stable affiliate software on the market along with visa processing from iBill for a startup cost as little as $1650. This fee includes your installation, setup, training, first month's lease of NATSlite, and iBill visa processing fee.

New clients currently processing though a third party processing company still have the option to setup an iBill account without the Visa fee and run full cascading.

Master E writes:

What happens when I need to upgrade to three sites or 751 signups per month with NATSlight? Is it a painless switch from light to the plus version? Any software changes or is it all billing? Is your network redunant?

Since this is encrypted, I'm guessing the software is calling home on a regular basis, what happens if your stuff goes down, does mine go down also?

PBucksJohn replies:

The levels of NATS are nothing but an invoicing change. There is no cap or lock on them. If you go over either # we simply bump you to the next level on your next invoice. There is no software change or fees. And features are 100% the same across all three levels of the product. It is the exact same product. Everything is hosted on your server and it does not call back to us. Our uptime (which is good anyway) does not effect your business at all.

Yesterday's News Tomorrow - Luke's New Book

Here's the paperback cover Hardcover

New Tour Explores L.A.'s X-Rated Movie Scene

(Wireless Flash) -- Los Angeles tourists who want to bone up on the adult film industry will soon have their chance.

An adult motion picture journalist named Luke is offering something called "Porn Valley Tours" -- tours of L.A.'s erotic landmarks.

Some of the lewd landmarks on the tour include the spot where porn star Savannah shot herself in 1994, and the World Modeling Agency, where various aspiring adult film stars go for their big breaks.

Some tour groups may also visit actual porn film sets, which Ford says "can be a turn-on for the first four times or so."

The Porn Valley Tours will officially begin June 25 and will cost $25 a pop.

Luke plans on giving the first tours himself, but, if successful, he hope to hire scantily clad tour guides as soon as possible.

Luke's Magical Mystery Porn Valley Tour

Chaim Amalek writes: See, one of the benefits of dating a jewess is the motivation to become prosperous that it provides. To date the jewess is to spend lots of money, and if you are to come by that money honestly you will have to work smarter and harder, at least until you marry and impregnate her.

The porn tour is not such a bad idea. Kenny Kramer, the putative model for the character "Cosmo Kramer" of the jewish Seinfeld show made a mint for himself with his "Seinfeld Reality Tour" in Manhattan. You can do the same with porn-star tours in LA, but I suggest you charge more money for it. Tours should include aids clinics, the local bus depot where many a porn star was discovered, the Larry Flynt building, etc. And each tour should end at the Museum of Tolerance. Tell folks that you will be waiting for them right behind the door labeled "tolerant" to give the unsatisfied among them refunds. I suspect that in no time at all, you will have to rent some large buses to handle the spurt in business. Time to prove that you really are worthy of Honey's jewish genes by making this go.

Now, some of the pornets will object to having their homes on the tour. Not surprising, as all big stars value their privacy - Hollywood or Valley, it's all the same, no? As for giving out their real names too, this is more troubling. On the other hand, if everyone thinking of going into porn knew that you would quickly strip them of their false identities, perhaps fewer innocent young Christian girls would be defiled at the hands of swarthy, bagel-eating, greedy porners. Clearly there are good arguments on both sides, but I think I come down on the side of NOT divulging the christian names of these young women.

Lynne writes: Luke, I like your idea of a porn tour. So many of the manufacturers have tried so hard to be discreet about their locations, and you could ruin that for them instantly. You could start in the West Valley and finish in Laurel Canyon at the site of the Wonderland Massacre. In between, I would suggest a stop at a distributor, because the sight of thousands of videotapes piled on shelves is very impressive, and a stop at World Modeling, because the sight of dozens of porners piled on the sofa is very impressive. For an extra $5, your guests will receive a genuine World Modeling Polaroid of themselves in the nude (a great souvenir for the family photo album, don't you think?)

For another $5.00, the Deluxe Tour could include a visit to an actual porn shoot. You will have to kick back some of that money to the producer, but it would be welcomed. Many porn shoots no longer have room in their budgets for condoms, so not only would you be exploiting the performers, but doing something really valuable at the same time, like keeping them alive.

NJG says your driving is really atrocious, and, since you have few enough true fans as it is, I hesitate to consign them to the back of your van. Your van is more suited to smuggling illegal aliens who don't care about such niceties as seat belts, door handles or air conditioning. And you do not speak Japanese, so you will need an adorable Asian "I'm really a molecular biologist" porn cutie riding shotgun to interpret for you.

Arrange to stop at your favorite valley eating place and let your tour group purchase lunch. The restaurant will kick back a free lunch for you (although skipping lunch for a bit might not be a bad idea, Luke. There's not a big market for pudgy TV personalities.) Maybe they'll even name a sandwich after you. The Luke special. The contents of that sandwich escape me, though -- does anyone have any ideas? After visiting Wonderland and leading the group in a moment of silent prayer, you can drop off your group at the Hollywood Greyhound Bus Depot, so they can get the true perspective on what it's like to step off the bus when future porn stars arrive in Los Angeles to embark upon their new careers. Plus they can get home from there.

Helpful writes: Other possible interesting stops on Luke's Porn Tour include:

The actual corner on Santa Monica Boulevard where Matt Ramsey was discovered by his first porn producer / trick. The front of the Larry Flynt building where XXX mercilessly bitch slapped poor Luke (and with one hand tied behind his back too).

The scene of the infamous John Holmes "Four on the Floor" murders in Coldwater Canyon.

Dave Hardman's former residence where a distraught Lynne Lopatain was arrested for stalking him with a loaded hand gun in her purse.

Charlie Sheen's Malibu Manse where more new comers hit the sheets than at Ed Powers couch!

The Altadena love palace where Max Hardcore makes so many lucky "cock sockets'" deepest, darkest sexual fantasies come true.

The World Modeling agency where porn booking agent, Jim South and his horny associates make so many of their own deepest, darkest sexual fantasies come true.

The Slums of Beverly Hills Apartments where Luke makes surprisingly few lucky young Jewish ladies' deepest, darkest sexual fantasies come true.

The Los Angeles area Men's detention facility where Jack Hammer currently makes so many of his burly cellmates' deepest, darkest sexual fantasies come true.

The AIM testing facility where members of Luke's Porn Tour can socialize with the charming Sharon Mitchell and receive a free blood panel analysis.

The cardboard box behind the Hollywood Boulevard Stop-Go market where porn super-agent, Scotty Schwartz lives. Rob Spallone's shooting house. WARNING: Please no rummaging through the trash cans for Kendra Jade's discarded soiled panties. Luke has already done so and they are available for sale at the end of the tour.

The Doc Johnson Sex Toy manufacturing facility where for $29.95 tour members may have a lifelike mold of their genitalia formed in silicone.

NOTE: All silicone penises of tour members over 8 inches in length become the "intellectual property" of Doc Johnson, Inc.

The Gold's Gym in Venice where Adultfyi bull-stud, Gene Ross, works out daily. CAUTION: Ladies please refrain from touching Gene during his work out. and finally . . .

The fiery gates of HELL ! ! Where all porners are destined to end up at.

Remember in June all topless tour members bust size D and above get 50% off admission!

Goddess writes: The pornoland tour sounds cool, but I'm wondering if you're gonna have any rides--ya know, like Disneyland?? Just curious, cause if you're gonna have a Gene Ross ride, I'm gonna be on that sucker all f-cking day... BTW, "Helpful," if I can't touch Gene while he's flexing and squatting, what the hell is the point?!

Kaspar writes: Hey there - great idea about the bus tour. But you want to do it right! You need a bus and a driver for that bus. My cousin Hector is new here and does not know the language, but he can drive a bus, and I can get you a bus at a very good rate. Fully air conditioned, too, with a pa system so you can talk over the traffic, and new shocks. Needs a bit of work to pass inspection, but not a problem, we can take care of that. So how about it Amigo, ready to do some business?

Ben writes: HI Luke, Luke! Now this is a great idea.(Porn Valley Tours) one of your best SO FAR! I phoned a few of my jewish friends, they just can't wait for you to start these tours.I would like to ask you IF? there was a Van full,could we have a group rate?Say $ 18.99.Plus,yes there are a few. Would you pick us up from LAX? You would spend not time at all picking us out,of a busy airport. We have Ski jackets on,and rubber boots on,and our faces very white,no tan at all. Now,about your apartment.Will it sleep 8 persons plus yourself?( we have to keep the cost down)

Kaspar: I spoke with my cousin Hector. First, he wants to know how many miles a day this will be. Also, he insists that you do not go to where the black people live. too dangerous. And do you really have the money to start this? Just because we are Mexican does not mean we are cheap. You get what you pay for.

George writes: Luke; That Porn Valley Tour sounds like a hell of an idea. My only problem is the $20 for the tour. At present I have only a single Canadian twenty in my wallet. Would that be OK?

I was also thinking that for the extra I might need, the NJG could come along and pay that, besides her own, and for that I would hold onto her and keep her safe because of your atrocious driving that she mentioned. Hell for that price I would even bring an extra pillow to put in front of her face.

That would be for just before you run into something so that she doesn't get her beautiful looks ruined before marrying some rich guy that is going to keep her in the lap of luxury that she is preparing herself for. If her gorgeous face was damaged all she could hope for is some ordinary working stiff like myself. Heaven forbid that should happen!

Lord Peter Luther Christian writes: Dear Mr. Luke:

Speaking from the Christian perspective, there is much in your new business venture that can be laudable, provided it is executed properly. Your tour could be used to educate tourists on the dangers of perdition that come with the sin of random fornication outside of Christian marriage.

Begin, as has been suggested by others, with the bus depot, the Gates to Hell where many a young girl has begun her descent to damnation. Continue to the Demon Flynt Building, where Satan first breaks many an innocent's spirit. Then continue on to the filth factories of the Valley, where the dehumanizing process proceeds apace. Be sure to visit some HIV treatment centers, and discuss the relationship between the moral diseases of pornography, feminism, sodomy, etc., and such physical diseases as HIV and hepatitis.

Next stop - an abortion clinic, where unborn children brought to life in this moral sewer are masticated by the whirring blades of the abortionist's cutting tools, to the beat of a hip-hop sound track. This should be followed by a visit to the graves of the damned - porn actresses whose lives were cut short as a result of their involvement with pornography.

This can be a very depressing experience, with little to commend repeat business. So you will want to end on a high note: a trip to a Christian church, where the good news of Christ everlasting, and the promise of forgiveness of even the pornographer's sin, is presented to the shocked attendees in word and song. Finally, offer baptism to all who wish it.

Victory in Christ!
Lord Peter Luther Christian, OBE

John Douglas from TalkingBlue.com writes: Dear Lukey, I hope you got my IM where I put in for a reservation for your tour. I see it referenced that the first outing is for the media and since we are often referred to as a very watered-down version of l-keford.com I assume that I qualify as media. So once again, I am claiming a seat. I shall bring the appropriate gear (including a cell phone should you decide to ditch us all in a gang-infested barrio of East Los Angeles - which is okay with me since I have relatives in those parts).

Confucy writes: You must contact the owners of Graveline Tours and pick their brains. They have one of the most popular tours on the Westside of L.A. Graveline use to make a potty stop at the park across the street from Aaron Spelling's mansion.

You could drive your van into the parking lot of West Hollywood's Pleasure Chest store so people could rush in and pick up one of the most popular vibrators of this century, "the mini- massager G2 Pocket Rocket!"

Drive the van to Black's Beach in Torrance so the tourists can take pictures of nude bathers.

Slowly cruise Sweetzer Avenue in West Hollywood so hookers can give their calling cards to the van occupants.

Take along signed copies of your book to sell to your van-fans.

Keep a large supply of Kodak $10 throw-away-cameras in the back of the van which you can resell at double the price.

Call Heidi Fleiss and tell her when you will be driving by so she can wave from her front yard. She can have a supply of her sexy "Heidi Wear" ready to sell, and the two of you can split the profits.

The word is that Kyle Bradford bought a house on the westside. Make sure you drive by so he can sell his signed pictures, which of course, a percentage will go to the L-ke F-ord Fund.

Finally, drive down Lincoln Boulevard in Venice and stop at one of the hole-in-the-wall crappy looking stores with black curtains in front of the doorway. Your group can go to the back of the store and watch live sex shows.

Missionary Positions Director

I chat by phone Monday afternoon with Missionary Positions director Bill Day.

What inspired you to do this documentary?

"I read about these guys in The LA Times in January 2003. I got a hold of them. They said they were going to Amsterdam. I said good. I'll get a ticket.

"I jumped on a plane with them. I was having fun. It spread itself out. I was working at the same time. They would tell me when they had something coming up and I would go film it. Soon there was enough material to get a real film out of it. Around the time they were putting up billboards, I thought, this is going to go somewhere. It was a good subject and I like these guys."

What's been the most difficult part of the documentary?

"The editing. There were 220 hours of footage."

What were your favorite parts?

"I'm more interested in the characters than the issues. My favorite parts are when they reveal themselves most honestly. When Mike is walking through the garage at Erotica LA and opens up, what am I doing here? It was heartfelt. The twists in their story. When Pat Robertson pulls a smackdown on them. JimmyD is my all-time favorite sequence.

"One of my main preoccupations with filmmaking is activism. I like to look at the people behind the placards. The people on the street holding a sign and jumping up and down. They all look like wackos. Who are those people? What makes them tick? What gives them the juice?

"The mythic pieces. The moments of quitting. The struggle. How they triumph. How they lose.

"When you first look at it, you go, how genuine are these guys? After a while, I believed those guys were genuine. They believe. When you feel that genuineness, you want to see where it is going to go."

Tyler Cash thought the ending was played around with.

"There was some time shifting that I did for dramatic reasons. I don't know if that's illegal or not. What it is really about is Tyler's gigantic ego. He would be happy if I portrayed Jimmy being born before Jesus Christ as long as it made Jimmy look like a hero. That's what he is really talking about.

"He's trying to unmask that it was he and Jim who made Craig and Mike major players in the big media."

Did Jimmy makes these guys bigtime?

"I think it's all part of the synergy. I don't think you claim one way or another where the magic was. There is a synergy between all of them which is amazing. It all works together. Can Jimmy get on CNN without the pastors? No. Can the pastors get on CNN without Jimmy? Maybe.

"I'll have to fix the time-shifting now because he's unhappy with that."

Why do you care whether he's unhappy or not?

"In a sense, he's right. It wasn't a finished film.

"JimmyD wasn't in the film. Then I made a decision to put him in.

"I said, Jimmy, you ruined my movie when you showed up. You came so late in my shooting. The problem for every documentary filmmaker is always the ending. Where does this thing cut off?

"I saw a nice pattern, then Jimmy comes along like this H-bomb and blew it all up."

Why did you include the ass to mouth scene?

"Because it was tied to pushing the envelope. Jimmy always complains there are two porn businesses. The one he wants to be in, which makes erotic films. Then there's this constantly pushing the disgusting envelope. The only way to describe what he was talking about was to go on the set. Especially when the girls baughs. Ok, I get it. I see what you're talking about Jimmy. I didn't even want to go to the next stage."

Have you ever shot pornography?

"No. I've shot way beyond this stuff. I hung out with the deputy coroners of Pittsburgh for three weeks. I followed them around and was part of the meat wagon. They'd go out and pick up bodies. These guys are hardened. They've seen it all.

"They get a call. They say, you've got to come on this. It's going to be a good one. I follow them out to this house and I follow them into this room where an 18-year old girl has blown her head off with a shotgun. They start making jokes about how I am stepping on the skull, on the brain matter. When I'd show respect for the woman's body part, they'd start laughing."

Are these pastors media whores?

"I don't know if you'd call them whores. It's not like they're doing it for no reason. If I suspected they just wanted that acting career, I would say yeah. They're like anybody. They just want to market their Web site. They know the media is the key. The Web business is a form of show business. If you've got a movie, you're out pumping it."

How did you like Pure Life Ministry?

"It was spooky. Out in the hills of Kentucky. They call it porn prison. How effective it is, I don't know. I never followed up with Ray, the guy that I interviewed. I don't know if he made it or if he committed suicide. My sense was that these guys really did have problems. I wasn't there long enough to investigate how good the therapy was. It was like Betty Ford for porn addicts, only cheaper. It was only $100 a week."

Where does this documentary go next?

"I'm looking for distribution. I would like to see it in theaters, like Supersize Me, Control Room, OutFoxed. Film festivals. If, by chance, some broadcaster puts it on as a practical joke. I will submit it to Sundance."

Did you partake in Amsterdam's red light district?

"No. Believe me, I was thinking, what am I doing here with these two pastors. These girls look good. I had to be professional. Stay neutral on the subject."

What did you think of that place 20 miles out of town where all the cars were lined up and humping and pumping?

"I have mixed feelings because I lost the footage. It was Twilight Zonish. It's on a cul de sac. You did it in your car. You would take your car and park for a few minutes. It doesn't seem romantic to me. It's cold out. The girls would have these heavy coats on. It was austere. Although it probably did take care of a lot of issues for the Danish culture."

It was in Holland.

"Regulated sex. Zoned. Put all the sex in a zone. If you need to release yourself, go to this zone. Remember that movie Westworld? It was a make-believe world [where you could become anything you wanted].

"I guess it's a real Danish way of looking at the world. I look at the world more like Brazil. In Brazil, everything turns out pizza. Everything's all mixed up. It makes for a more colorful world.

"I've gone to Brazil a couple of times. I did a feature documentary in the Amazon rainforest. I did one in Rio."

Did you partake of the lovely working ladies?

"On this case, my wife was with me. It was not a good time to get involved in Brazilian personal affairs."

You could give some of these nice girls a higher standard of living and raise their social status.

"Exactly. Get them unionized. It's weird there. It's like the Philadelphia pimp union has taken over. You have all these gangs of hookers who are all run by these black American pimps.

"When I was coming back on the plane, there was a group of about 25 guys who all flew from the East Coast of the United States to Rio just for girls. The guy was telling me it was a company thing. The company put up some of the money for the sex tour. He was half drunk and was screaming about how dry the women were. I didn't want to get into it any further. I just remember him going, 'There's got to be something wrong with that. It was dry!'

"Well, hey, if you would've paid in dollars, maybe it would've gotten wet. Group booking. What do you think, man? If you go to a Hawaiin luau, do you think that pig is going to be moist if you show up with a hundred people?"

Dr. Suzy Takes Issue with "Lynch Party"

Dr. Susan Block writes Gene of Adultfyi.com:

In your first paragraph, you compare my show to a "lynch party." At a lynch party, a person is murdered. These guys were only yelled at. No one touched them in any way. Craig Gross emailed me on August 18, asking me to have him and Mike on my 9/11/04 show because a NY Times reporter [John Leiland] was writing about them, and they felt this would be a "perfect time" to go on my show.

Gene Ross replies:

Put it this way, if mainstream media was there to cover this story, you certainly gave 'em a show alright. You just sent a message to the moral majority that the adult industry is still walking on its knuckles and swinging from tree limbs.

Tis The Season

Carly Milne details the glamorous life of the porn publicist:

Fall is both the best and worst time of the year for me. It's the best because everyone gets back from vacation and they're rarin' to go. I get to become a pitch machine, and - seeing as the summer was so slow - the media is so hungry for stories that they take and take and take. It makes the summer struggle, wherein I usually wind up tearing out a few mitfuls of hair thanks to the news slowdown, feel like a distant memory. It's fabulous. And I love fall clothing and shoes (but that's best discussed on my other blog, carlyisashoppingaddict.com.) It's also the best because September through January marks a flurry of activity including various holidays, my birthday and the Adult Entertainment Expo.

Jim South's Card Game Short-Handed

Rob: "You got a holiday coming up?"

Duke: "Yeah. Wednesday night. Rosh Hashanah [first day of the holiday ends at 7:42 pm Thursday]. How do you know?"

Rob: "My Thursday card game. A lot of people can't play."

Rob's referring to the famous Jim South's weekly poker match.

Crystal Meth In Porn Valley

Scott Fayner writes on l-keford.com:

I met some people right away [in Hollywood 1995], a motley crew who desired the effects of speed to my darling white princess. Soon I too was hooked. We never slept. Every day we crawled down to the basketball courts and played against 12 year old black kids who destroyed us every time. I never made one shot. One kid even beat me up for elbowing him in the throat. I was helpless. As he pounded on my frail body, all I did was guard my nose. There was a nine day stretch where I didn't sleep for one second. This was during the meth smoking stage.

Crystal meth. Poison, 100%. It's awful, pure sh-t. And habitual users of meth are conniving zombies with no regard for anything. They make no sense when speaking, they are not to be trusted and they'll soil your sheets with semen if you just turn your head for a minute. Porn chicks on speed can be spotted a mile away. They're skin is yellow and they're constantly making plans they'll never accomplish. Also, they don't blink. And they think they're fooling the whole world. It's sad. Meth is cheaper than cocaine, has less of a jonz, requires less to give more and ain't social. Wondering where that coke-head porn chick has been hiding for the last month? Chances are she's met crystal meth and never leaves her apartment. It's ugly. Meth never really left the porn scene, it just took a hiatus. Now it's reemerging, and I for one am not pleased. It kills the body soul and mind like no other narcotic in rapid time.

Mike writes on XXXPornTalk: "I know that Kitty Marie (who is one of my favorites) mentioned on her former website (www.kittymariecam.com) that she had gone on a bit of a meth binge during, before or just after shooting some porn."

Jim South Jr writes: "It's crazy the different "waves" of drugs that come and go in this biz. Pot has always been around. Then there was the time roofies where being circulated. Remember trying half of one with Toni James in Vegas. Ectacy was pretty big too. Then GHB was big and we had certain male performers passing out on sets (as well as girls). Coke, K, Speed, Glass G was fun at the time. Just to many retards that would drink a 6 pack, 3 shots of vodka, 1 cap of G and almost kill themselves."

American Idol Of Strippers

Victoria Zdrok will be co-hosting the Gentlemans Club Championship on Pay-Per-View on Thursday, September 23rd. Its supposed to be the "American Idol" of stippers and judges will include porn star Mr. Marcus and Steppin' Magazine Editor Chaunce Hayden. Victoria's co-host will be none other than Ron "Hedgehog" Jeremy, so it should be a fun night of naughy viewing.

Is Luke A Genius (Part Two)?

This is part two of three blog posts that will form the basis of my new book, Luke: Genius or Retard, which will be published later this year by iUniverse Press. Surprisingly strong sales of the e-book versions of XXX-Communicated and The Producers reveal a huge demand for writings by, and about, Luke . iUniverse has asked me to help serve this market with an unauthorised biography, generously offering an advance of $300,000. I agreed. Who says that there is no money to be made from blogging. And unlike Jessica Cutler, I don't have to take my clothes off! Not that I'm opposed to nudism; in fact, like Rebecca Schoenkopf, I'm an enthusiastic exhibitionist. It's just that no-one wants me to strip to help promote my book.

[Noam] Chomsky and Ford are both handsome, charismatic moral leaders. Both are prolific writers (Chomsky of political pamphlets; Ford of narcissistic blog entries). Both are Jews (Chomsky real and self-loathing; Ford pretend and self-loving [figuratively and literally]). And both have numerous celebrity followers (Chomsky: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Bono; Ford: Raquel Devine, Heather Hornay, Fluffy Cumsalot).

Where Can You Bet Football?

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Both been around a long time and have serious cash - your money is safe.

Tyler Cash Confused By Ending Of Missionary Positions

Tyler Cash writes:

I was a little confused by how the movie ended....the segment of Jimmy and I plays and ends before Techtv. Techtv apearance was 6 months before Jimmy and I coming onto the scene. That was the work of the pastors. Bill Day would of never made a mistake like that.

The show aired on September 18th, 2003 at 11:00pm on TECH TV Jimmy and I didn't show up on the scene until March 2004.

You can't put events out of context in a doc.....it totally dilutes it.

Bill Day is a good friend mine and he's not only a great film maker he's a great person. He spent three years of his life and his own money on this movie just to have two pastors that owe him greatly for it [being] f--ked up because they can't be honest people. The pastors didn't want their success being porn driven which it was. They were beaten has beens when Jimmy and I stepped forward to help them and that will always be the truth no matter what.

That bothers me that Christians can't be honest but expect everyone else to be. The biggest shock of the movie for me though was learning that the Christians have a porn prison in Kentucky. That's f--ked-up. Since when was it legal to incarcerate someone for looking at pictures. And the fact a person submits freely to being held prisoner doesn't make it legal either because any reasonably sane adult would know that looking at a picture is not illegal, anyone who did would be a nutcase and can't make decisions legally. But it is illegal in the United States to hold any person prisoner unless they have been convicted of a crime and sentenced by a judge.

Plus they censor the local paper with a black marker...huh. Who did they get that from Ashcroft. I expected to see a Nazi flag flying next to the cross. And they call us bad people. There is no bigger hypocrisy than Christianity. It's all about money and power just like the government.

Bottom line is the adult industry got more positive press than they ever have and that's a good thing. The adult industry was represented by someone who the public could embrace and believe and that's a good thing. And no one can ever say that the adult industry did not give a s--- about kids and that's a good thing. Watching anchor news people come up to Jimmy and ask him for his autograph was not a good a thing because it was really tough getting his head through the door once we got home.

18 yr. old cutie wants to do her 1st hardcore shoot with me

PhotoGregXXX writes on GFY: "If you came to the Gag party at my studio for Internext, you'll remember this girl...didn't get naked, but still dazzled the crowd. She's done 2 solo girl shoots, and ended up watching me and Candi doing a hardcore shoot with her friend for a new reality site. Just got a call: she wants to do hardcore, but feels comfortable with me and wants the first one to be with the ole man and my hot girlfriend for the new reality site.....just made my day Sweet girl, and in my opinion...real, real cute!"

Little Boy Watches Topless Show

Is that the dad with his hand on the kid's shoulder?

TeenGodFather writes on GFY: "When I was 5 I went to a topless cabree with my mom and I saw tits. I'm traumatized for life and start doing porn and drinking beer. My whole emotional life is shattered."

Mal writes: "I REMEMBER MY BROTHER AND I SNEAKING INTO MY DAD'S ROOM WHILE HE WAS AT WORK WHEN I WAS 8 YRS OLD. I DRANK SOME BEER AND WATCHED VANESSA DEL RIO PORNO. I HAVENT BEEN THE SAME EVER SINCE."

KCat writes: "Looks like the kid was getting a hard-on & trying to hide it. Poor guy! Hopefully the parents have already had the birds & the bees talk."

Charly writes: "As for the comments about Holland and the USA, wonder which country has the less sex crime per person?" [Holland]

XXX Church Mocked on Dr Susan Block

Gene Ross writes on Adultfyi.com:

Mike and Craig of the XXX Church were guests on the Dr. Susan Block Show Saturday night. Check that. Guests is an inappropirate word. They were more like invitees to a lynch party. Using a tad bit of sarcasm, Block announced that she was going to have a couple of "missionaries" on her show. Block suggested that someone escort her guests over to her. "They're obviously having trouble crossing the Congo River."

Block, who holds court on a bed like Cleopatra, told the duo that being on the show was a test of their resolve. The segment from that point on got totally out of control. "Are you fakes? Are you afraid?!!" screamed Block's in-house Torquemada, Brother Dave. "Are you anti-pornography? Step on the bed!! Step on the bed, brother. They're afraid. They're running away. These fakes are running away! You're killing people with your crosses!!! Step on the bed and talk, motherf--kers!"

NYT: What Fashion Owes to XXX

Pornography's spike-heeled march across the cultural landscape was probably ordained a century and a half ago when Flaubert let out his famous war whoop against the bourgeoisie.

It does not take the pornography star Jenna Jameson's conquest of the best-seller lists this month to demonstrate that what is risibly termed the adult-entertainment industry has come to permeate many aspects of the culture. Fashion cottoned to the aesthetics of pornographic films even before art, video, music and Hollywood got in on the trend, infatuated with the genre's flat lighting, its affectless subjects, its pine-paneled rec rooms and atmosphere of ugly consumerism tempered by the poignancy of the little death.

Televangelist Paul Crouch Attempts to Keep Accuser Quiet

A former worker at TBN threatened to disclose an alleged 1996 homosexual encounter.

Kendra Jade Free

I had an IM conversation with Kendra Jade Thursday and suddenly just realized that that must mean she is out of Las Vegas where she languished for a couple of weeks for some sex-related offense.

Kendra writes: "I got arrested in Vegas, but wasn't in jail. I just had to stay there to deal with all the repurcussions. I got charged with Exotic Dancer Violations. I touched my breasts on stage, which is, apparently illegal."

Friday night, Kendra hosted her KSEX show.

Roger Pipe Interviews Lexington Steele

LS: Around September 30th it was brought to my attention that an individual, a criminal rat-bastard, who shall remain nameless, was stealing my product. Once I found out about it, changes had to be made. Word came to me from a person I trusted. Once I was alerted to that, my partner, who is an attorney of multiple-practice, went over my account statements. After seven and a half hours it all dawned on us. I immediately left the company and prepared to do my own distribution. Leaving the titles with Red Light for distribution was a smart move for me. I was not ready to go into self-distribution. I knew that my movies would continue to sell. By allowing them to continue distributing my movies I knew that I would have a steady stream of income. This helped finance the foundation of my own distribution. Getting away from Red Light was a situation that was brought upon solely because I was being stolen from. This is not to say anything against David, the current owner. He is a great guy. There will be some points of contention coming, but I have repaid every dollar I ever borrowed from them. The amount of money stolen from me is in the quarters of millions of dollars.

RP: I interviewed Digital Playground contract girl Jesse Jane and she said that you are on her list of performers to do a scene with. Are you aware of this and have you been approached by them to do a scene that we all know would be awesome?

LS: First of all Digital Playground wouldn't do the scene. I don't know if they even hire men of color. They are one of those companies like Vivid or VCA who won't hire black men. I don't think they would hire me anyway. That said, if Jesse Jane is saying she would like to work with me I appreciate that. She is a very cute girl and I have seen some of her work. However I know for a fact that it's a crock of bullsh-t. I have been in a work environment with Jesse Jane and her policy toward working with black men was very evident. I know definitively that anything in the media is a total misrepresentation of her true feelings. If given the opportunity to work with a black man she wouldn't. If she says she would, that is bullsh-t. A lot of contract girls feel that way and that's fine. There are plenty of people for us to work with, but don't misrepresent yourself in the media. Don't use my name to get some hype for yourself and your company. I don't need to bullsh-t.

ADT thread.

Roger Pipe Interviews Domina X aka Vanessa Blue

I started out in adult in 96 and quit after a few scenes. I was away for almost three years before I came back at the end of 99. After a couple of years I decided that nobody was going to take me seriously as a director. Sean Michaels offered me the chance, publicized it AVN and then pulled it away to make a cowboy movie. I decided that the only person who would take me seriously was me so I moved to Las Vegas. After September 11th I realized that I couldn't strip any more so I picked up some books, taught myself how to build web sites, bought myself a digital camera, learned how to edit and started making movies. I taught myself how to shoot and everything fell into place.

Missionary Positions

On a humid 85 degree sunny Friday, September 10, 2004, I walk down Sunset Blvd to a screening room. I spot Pastor Craig Gross and his assistant Jason, John Leiland, a religion reporter for The New York Times, and Bill Day (director of the documentary on the XXXChurch.com, Missionary Positions).

When Craig and his fellow pastor Mike Foster began their project, they went to LFP, Girls Gone Wild and Wicked to see if they could find areas where they could all agree and cooperate (such as to keep kids away from porn). Nobody gave them the time of day, says Craig. Wicked had to be nice to them because there was a reporter from MSNBC there.

"We took the rabbit and balloons," says Craig. "Girls Gone Wild was pissed. It was probably not a good time to visit them because they were not doing well in the news. We got through security and to their door. Bill was videotaping. We got in there and one of their reps came out and put his hand to the camera and said, get out of here. We said, we're just trying to help kids stay away from porn. We hit a dead end.

"Larry Flynt's secretary said, I'm sure Larry would be interested. Here's his card. Call for an appointment. We called and called and got the run-around."

Then James DiGiorgio wrote them about a year ago, and the rest was history (they received enormous media attention for their cooperation on a PSA warning kids away from porn).

"Mike and I haven't recovered from porn," says Craig. "We were never addicted. Our ministry isn't about that.

"We've trying to motivate the church to get off the pews and do something about porn. We complain about all these bad movies. Let's make a good one."

Craig and Mike are married with kids. Their spouses Jennifer Foster and Jeanette Gross support their work "but when it comes into the house, as far as people getting a hold of your home phone number and calling, such as the Little People of America... Or when we go to church and my wife is sitting in the car and they call the cops [because the car is covered with XXXChurch messages]."

"Why would you drive that to church?"

"To let people know. Our wives like it until [their personal lives are disrupted].

"We found that JimmyD is probably a more responsible parent [about protecting his kids from smut] than most Christian parents. He doesn't bring it into the home.

"Jimmy and I did a debate on Lee Strobel's show, Faith under Fire on PAX. We were supposed to debate each other but Jimmy and I have respect for each other and we didn't debate once. Lee and Jimmy ended up going at it. Jimmy ripped Lee a new one. Jimmy came right back at him. I thought, this is no good. This is arguing and tearing each other down."

This girl (Dana House) who worked at Playboy for 18 years came on the show as a victim. She posed for Playboy. She said it made impossible for her to find a good man. Every man wants to marry a virgin. Jimmy disagrees. He says every man wants to marry a porn star.

Tyler Cash wrote:

Suddenly, the ex-centerfold rushed at Jimmy, her arms swinging wildly as she screeched, "Playboy took advantage of me! Some guy met me in Santa Monica and offered me a lot of money to pose. I was weak and I agreed. They shattered my innocence, destroyed my life, and ruined my marriage!"

DiGiorgio, who's Dad always taught him to never strike a woman, simply quoted from the ex-Bunny's bio: "Wait a minute! You worked for Playboy for 18 years, right? At what point, in all that time, did they take advantage of you and destroy your life? Was it AFTER you were divorced and AFTER you were no longer employed by Playboy that you came to that conclusion?"

Craig and Mike have had booths at four porn conventions -- twice at Erotica LA and twice at the AVN show in Las Vegas in January. "People love it," says Craig. "People stand in line to take pictures with the rabbit. They're like, I've got to know more. People wanted to get a photo with the banner. Most everybody knows somebody who goes to church. People always ask, is there porn on there?

"Our approach is so different. We have a rabbit. We have postcards that say, Jesus loves porn stars. We don't look like professional pastors. The porn stars want pictures with the rabbit. Sometimes they touch the rabbit where they shouldn't. That's my wife in there.

"The [porn] girls are on all display. Deep down inside, these girls are just kids. They see a rabbit. They want a picture. They don't want to spread their legs."

Craig's friend Ryan Dobson, the author of two books and the son of Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, drives up. He has a ton of Christian tattoos (his father does not approve).

Ryan's speaker profile.

Tyler Cash walks up. Jimmy's business partner. His shirt is unbutton to his navel. Tyler says he spent 22 years in Hollywood but saw the profit potential in porn three years ago, and created Sinamotion.

I ask Craig when he got his ears pierced. He says high school.

"What would Jesus say?"

Craig: "I don't think he'd have a problem with it. He had long hair and a beard. My Christian high school had a problem with it. I had to take them out."

He also has a tattoo on his lower leg, a flame.

Duke: "James Dobson took a far out position. He said masturbation is ok."

Craig: "I don't think he would hang out at a porn show... We're not for masturbation. We say it is a selfish act that pleases no one but you."

Ryan says his tattoos are a formal expression of his faith in Christ. "I was born to testify to the truth," is tattooed across his chest.

James DiGiorgio walks up. "Those black socks," he says to me. "You look like the biggest dork I've ever seen. Those shoes [black heavy], unbelievable."

Pastor Craig Gross used to lecture before future Vivid girl Michelle Michaels when she was in Calvary Chapel Redlands High School. Fresh off the Bus profile.

Craig: "I'm at Erotica LA. The first year. My wife's in this rabbit suit. This porn star walks up and says, I know you. Imagine what my wife is thinking.

"At the time, [Michelle Michaels] didn't have a contract with anybody. She just had a cheap business card. She said I spoke at her school. I spoke for a week. I said, what are you guys doing here? They said, I'm her booking agent. I'm her manager. She says, I've just done my first film. She'd just graduated that June. That was two years ago.

"I have it on tape. She tells me, I know God's pissed off at me but I don't care right now. It's about me. I'm just doing this for a while. Eventually, I will get back to him. I asked Jimmy how to get a hold of her for this reality show we're doing. I did a search. She's done 28 movies.

"Like many of the girls in the industry, she doesn't want to be in it.

"She just wants a taste. I hope and pray that Michelle ends this thing. I'd like to sit down with her and talk with her some more. It's a sad story."

Tyler Cash and Jimmy DiGiorgio have started BadgirlModeling.com. "We're not doing it the traditional way," says Tyler. "We're bringing in girls from other directions, girls out of the real mainstream. Girls with college degrees. Girls that are dependable. Girls that have a computer and can use email."

Why would any of those girls want to do porn?

"We've got three signed. We've got seven we're talking to. There are 92 waiting to talk to us. The girls in mainstream [acting] are aware of the money being made in this business but they are afraid to come into it because it is still being marketed in the shadows.

"I like the people in adult. They're real. I worked for 22 years in a town where people are s---. They're liars. They'll sell their mothers for a credit. The people in Hollywood are the worst thieves and liars on the face of the earth. I haven't found that in adult."

We walk into the screening room. I chat with Mike Foster's parents. They're proud of their son's work.

Bill Day, director, talks about religion and pornography.

"A match made in heaven," says Jimmy.

The documentary runs 85 minutes.

It opens with various media clips about the XXXChurch.

Mike: "One day I was praying in the shower and God spoke to me. He said the word porn. We need to do something. A church that only exists on the Internet."

Craig: "As soon as I heard that Web address, it just clicked."

Mike: "Craig, what do we know about porn? We're not qualified."

Craig's wife Jeannette Gross: "I called him on my cell phone. I was concerned. It came out of the blue."

Craig: "We spent most of our early time just staring at a blank screen. How is this Web site going to help people? We just kept going back to the same issue -- that porn sucks. What does it mean that porn sucks?"

Mike: "Our research consisted of...going to Google, type in the word anti-porn, go to the Web sites, stole all their facts, and put them on our Web site."

The pastors went to Amsterdam for three days to check out the red light district. They took along Bill Day to videotape everything. They interviewed a hooker. They interviewed a woman who was previously married to a man addicted to porn.

They interview a man who just bought a trick.

"Do you think she was happy doing what she was doing?"

"No way in the world," he says. "She was just processing a McDonald's hamburger."

Craig: "There's a ministry in [rural] Kentucky called Pure Life Ministry [started by ex-LAPD cop Steve Gallagher]. They have a six month live-in program for guys who struggle with sexual addictions. We've labeled it porn prison."

There's no TV, radio or newspapers.

The documentary tells the story of Ray, a man who became addicted to porn at age 12. "An older boy taught me to masturbate to porn."

Ray: "I went into a public restroom and I was arrested for masturbating in a public restroom."

His wife found out. She tried to help him. But Ray was an addict. They divorced. "Suicide was an option."

At the AVN show, Susan Block lectures the pastors that the "Testament" in "New Testament" comes from testicles. She prances around after making her points.

The pastors are next to Violet Blue's booth. She looks at them skeptically.

Some porners touch the pastor's bunny inappropriately. One says he wants to "f--- the bunny."

Pastor Mike seems discouraged. "We just spent a thousand dollars and a heckuva lot of time. Did we move any people from the dark side to the light side? How the hell did I get here? I'm a pastor. I've got a great job. They pay me a lot of money. I've got a lot of cool friends. I've got two cool kids at home. What am I doing at Erotica LA for three days?"

Craig: "We talked to a lot of people. We didn't get the press we were hoping for but nobody did. We didn't even make the news."

Christian billionaire Jack London gives Mike $50,000 for his XXXChurch. Jack doesn't seem to have a clue about what XXXChurch is about.

Craig's friend John talks about his porn addiction. John is at the screening with a cute blonde. He spent eight months at Pure Life Ministry in Kentucky.

"I don't want to get close to a girl because I have this problem with porn...and she'll look down on me because of it. Do I want my porn more or do I want my girlfriend more?"

John says half of the people in the Pure Life program got kicked out or left in the middle of the night.

The pastors buy a sign tugged across the sky by a plane. "XXXChurch: The number one Chritian porn site."

They shoot a commercial with Eddie the Midget. They say that porn stunts growth. Little People of America take great exception. They begin harassing the pastors. They dig up their tax returns. They threaten to have them audited.

Mike: "They told us that they had four little people who worked for the IRS and they proved it by producing our tax returns. We had to write a formal apology to the Little People of America and make the ad disappear forever."

They get booked on "Praise the Lord" on TBN. They fly out to Nashville. Tape the show. Send out emails to tell people to watch the show. TBN doesn't play the show and won't explain why.

Mike: "It seems like the only media we got was early-morning shockjocks and be the butt of every joke they wanted to tell us."

Mike on his phone for an interview tells the camera, "He's masturbating on the radio while looking at our Web site."

Later, Mike is stuck in an airport. "We're supposed to be fighting porn here. Does it look like I am fighting porn? I am going around the country telling people not to masturbate and watch porn."

James DiGiorgio admits that he has selfish motives for shooting the XXXChurch's 30-second promo for free. "It's not that I'm trying to promote porn. I'm trying to promote JimmyD."

Craig: "He seems pretty hostile to his industry.

"People who are getting sucked down need harder and harder material to get off to, so people like JimmyD are forced to push the envelope."

The documentary goes to a scene of JimmyD shooting a gaper and ass to mouth.

Jimmy: "I wish I could delete files in my head. I've seen things I wish I hadn't seen and I've done things I wish I hadn't done."

Pat Robertson's 700 Club TV show sends a crew out to interview the pastors and Jimmy at Hustler Hollywood.

Craig: "This was such a big deal for us because the Christian community hadn't embraced us to this point."

The 700 Club runs a promo for the segment on the next day's show. Craig says, "We're just going to a place where Jesus would go." Pat Robertson saw it. Pat turned his assistant and said, 'Jesus would never go to a porn show.'

The story vanished but showed up one day when Pat was taking a vacation.

Jimmy says he lost work over his directing the anti-porn-for-kids PSA. "You can't flunk out of porn. I'm part of this family. There will always be work for me."

Pastor Mike drops out of the XXXChurch.

Craig says Mike tends to quit everything he tries after a couple of years. Mike admits that is true.

The two pastors rejoin forces to go on TechTV.

Host: "Do you think pornography is a blight on society?"

Mike: "Do you think sitting at a computer with your pants around your ankles watching some hot chick doing a donkey, is there a problem?"

Host: "You wouldn't want to do it every night of the week."

After the documentary, I talk to people in the room. Everyone seemed to like it, from the pornographers to the pastors to their parents to Mike's wife Jennifer.

The documentary is intended for Sundance.

Jimmy says his son's great great uncle is Carey Estes Kefauver, who headed the anti-Mafia hearings of the 1950s.

"Jimmy has a lot of Mob ties," I say.

"No, I don't," says Jimmy.

I ask Ryan Dobson, "How would your dad like this film?"

"He would love the message but he would get hung up on some of the cursing and some of the scenes. He loves the idea of XXXChurch."

The pastors have done Dr. Dobson's radio show.

The pastors say a tamer version of the film would make it acceptable for some churches to view.

Craig: "TBN wasn't just friendly to us, they were overtly friendly. They were over the top. We came home and thought we'd have a show on TBN. And then to come home and have a TBN party at our house and put on our Web site to watch TBN...and there was a rerun. I'm calling the prayer line and apparently Jan [Crouch, owner of the network along with her husband Paul], the lady with the big purple hair, pulled the plug at the last minute. That was the worst [media] experience.

"Mike got more hung up on the shock jocks than I did. He refused to do any more radio. I do them all."

Craig talks about his time in "porn prison," aka Pure Life Ministry. "We went from Amsterdam to that. We're hanging out at the barbeque [at Pure Life for the weekend]. I think they think Bill [Day] is part of us. Out of the blue, we hear Bill say, 'What is this s---?' You don't cuss around this crowd. Everyone stopped their conversation. Bill's like, 'I can't say that here?'

"I'd rather be in Amsterdam, but not in the red light district.

"Twenty miles outside of Amsterdman is a place [the government has set up] for all the [hookers] who aren't legal can go. Our taxi cab driver told us about this place. He charged us $60 to drive out there. It's three degrees. One a.m. Sunday morning. We drive a mile off the freeway and we see all these brake lights. As soon as you turn right, there are girls here. Transvestites. Guys. These girls or guys are half price [compared to the red light district] but you don't know what you're getting.

"You drive in, roll down your window, and pick a girl up. Then you get to the end of the stop, and there are about 75 car ports and that's where you have sex. You see the steamed-up windows, cars moving, kleenexes and crap outside the car. We're not talking Pintos. We talking Jaguars, Lexuses, Porsches.

"We couldn't shoot footage. There were guys patrolling. When you watch Wild on E! or Wild on Amsterdam, the results of that red light district are 20 miles outside of town. The guy in the Jaguar is driving out there because he can't afford 50 [Euros]. It's because he's ashamed of what he's doing and his problem has drug him out to the darkest place you've ever seen.

"There's nothing tempting to me about this world.

"There's a giant church in the middle of Amsterdam's red light district where John Calvin used to preach. That's where the taxies pick up passengers and drop off. The Christians could've impacted their city but it became just a building. It has no relevance. While you can have sex for 50 Euros or do drugs, it is illegal to share your faith in groups of more than two.

"They rent out the church for $5,000 a day. The last event held there was the Gay Olympics.

"When you tell people you are going to the red light district, they say, meet us at the church. That's our challenge in the United States. Our churches are great buildings, but if we don't get out of 'em, this is what is going to happen here."

I talk to Pastor Ryan Dobson about the book, The Cross and the Switchblade, a favorite during my youth. Ryan says he grew up with Nicky Cruz's (Run, Baby, Run) daughter. Both books were read to my class in Seventh Day Adventist school in eighth grade.

I ask Ryan if he believes in eternally burning hellfire. He says yes, for anyone who does not accept Jesus Christ.

I ask him if he's ever met anyone who's just as fervent in his belief in God, and just as religious and good, as himself, but is not a Christian. He says no. He says he doesn't know any Orthodox Jews.

Ryan snacks on pork. He says Jesus has released him from the law.

None of the pastors seem to have much interest in Israel.

Craig: "This movie will not be embraced by the Church. If you water it down, it's still not going to win [over the establishment Christian church].

"Bill doesn't pick a side but he represents our side well."

Who's more interesting to hang out with? Saints or sinners?

Craig: "Sinners. Saints are boring."

How far do you think Christian youth should be able to go in physical interaction before they marry?

Ryan: "If you're doing more than kissing, you're sinning.

"Soon after I got married, I wished that I kissed less people.

"I say, girls, somewhere out there is your husband and tonight he's going out with another girl. And girls immediately get mad. And you're going out with someone else's husband tonight. How are you going to behave?

"Guys, your wife is out there. She is with a guy right now. Do you want them to get to first base or second base? Act accordingly when you are on your date."

The Beauty of the Infinite

An excerpt from David B. Hart, "The Pornography Culture," The New Atlantis, Number 6, Summer 2004, pp. 82-89:

There would be little purpose here in rehearsing the story of how late medieval "voluntarism" altered the understanding of freedom-both divine and human-in the direction of the self-moved will, and subtly elevated will in the sense of sheer spontaneity of choice (arbitrium) over will in the sense of a rational nature's orientation towards the good (voluntas); or of how later moral and political theory evolved from this one strange and vital apostasy, until freedom came to be conceived not as the liberation of one's nature, but as power over one's nature. What is worth noting, however, is that the modern understanding of freedom is essentially incompatible with the Jewish, classical, or Christian understanding of man, the world, and society. Freedom, as we now conceive of it, ­presumes-and must ever more consciously pursue-an irreducible nihilism: for there must literally be nothing transcendent of the will that might command it towards ends it would not choose for itself, no value higher than those the will imposes upon its world, no nature but what the will elects for itself. It is also worth noting, somewhat in passing, that only a society ordered towards the transcendental structure of being-towards the true, the good, and the beautiful-is capable of anything we might meaningfully describe as civilization, as it is only in the interval between the good and the desire wakened by it that the greatest cultural achievements are possible. Of a society no longer animated by any aspiration nobler than the self's perpetual odyssey of liberation, the best that can be expected is a comfortable banality. Perhaps, indeed, a casually and chronically pornographic society is the inevitable form late modern liberal democratic order must take, since it probably lacks the capacity for anything better.

All of which yields two conclusions. The first is that the gradual erosion-throughout the history of modernity-of any concept of society as a moral and spiritual association governed by useful ethical prejudices, immemorial reverences, and subsidiary structures of authority (church, community, family) has led inevitably to a constant expansion of the power of the state. In fact, it is ever more the case that there are no significant social realities other than the state and the individual (collective will and personal will). And in the absence of a shared culture of virtue, the modern liberal state must function-even if benignly-as a police state, making what use it may of the very technologies that COPA was intended somewhat to control. And that may be the truly important implication of a decision such as the Supreme Court's judgment on COPA: whether we are considering the power of the federal government to penalize pornographers or the power of the federal court to shelter them against such penalties, it is a power that has no immediate or necessary connection to the culture over which it holds sway. We call upon the state to shield us from vice or to set our vices free, because we do not have a culture devoted to the good, or dedicated to virtue, or capable of creating a civil society that is hospitable to any freedom more substantial than that of subjective will. This is simply what it is to be modern.

The second conclusion is that every time a decision like that regarding COPA is handed down by the Court, it should serve to remind us that between the biblical and the liberal democratic traditions there must always be some element of tension. What either understands as freedom the other must view as a form of bondage. This particular Court decision is not especially dramatic in this regard-it is certainly nowhere near as apocalyptic in its implications as Roe v. Wade-and no doubt there are sound legal and even ethical arguments to be made on either side of the issue, within the terms our society can recognize. But perhaps the COPA decision can provide some of us, at least, with a certain salutary sense of alienation: it is good to be reminded from time to time-good for persons like me, with certain pre-modern prejudices-that our relations with the liberal democratic order can be cordial to a degree, but are at best provisional and fleeting, and can never constitute a firm alliance; that here we have no continuing city; that we belong to a kingdom not of this world; and that, while we are bound to love our country, we are forbidden to regard it as our true home.

(David B. Hart is an Eastern Orthodox theologian and author of The Beauty of the Infinite.)

Paypal is going to FINE you $500 for using your account for adult content or services

SAN FRANCISCO--PayPal, the online payments arm of eBay, on Friday said it will soon fine people up to $500 for uses related to gambling, adult content or services, and buying or selling prescription drugs from noncertified sellers.

The new policy, which takes effect Sept. 24 and applies to both buyers and sellers, marks the first time PayPal has imposed fines for violations of its use policy, spokeswoman Amanda Pires said.

Whatever Happened to Kris Kramski?

I hear the wildest rumors about him. That he's turned into a heroin addict and derelict.

Anyway, Rob Spallone, who had lunch Friday with Marty Turkel and Ed (formerly VCA salesman), wants Kris to shoot a movie for him.

Taxi Driver

From WSJ:

To illustrate a point, Nobel laureate Robert Mundell offers a pop quiz for doting economics graduate students arrayed around his dinner table here. What movie, he asks, has contributed most to the global economy?

The would-be assassin was John Hinckley, who was inspired by the movie and his own deranged, DeNiro-esque desire to impress Ms. Foster, who was then attending Yale University. So without the movie, Mr. Mundell winks, the U.S. may not have had Mr. Reagan's growth-generating tax cuts -- which inspired low-tax policies elsewhere.

A Tempest in an ADT Pot

Mike South writes:

All the porners and SFBs over on adult dvd talk are all up in arms because Guy Capo said that performers shouldn't direct. So guys that like Jules Jordan, Joey Silvera and John Leslie are upset that Guy would imply that they should never have stepped behind a camera...blah blah blah.

When it comes to directorial skills I can safely say that precious few in porn have a clue what a real director does, and what skills a real director must possess in order to direct. So in about 95% of all cases performers shouldn't direct...hell nobody in porn can direct, if they could they wouldn't be in porn.

Everytime I read over on AVN that some meat puppet or some pornette is going to direct it makes me laugh. Hell most people in porn think crossing the line means doing scat and that eye line is something that a make up artist puts on a pornettes eyes. The only lighting they understand is flat and they have no concept how to draw up a story board, much less shoot from one.

So performers can't direct but neither can most of the "directors" Luckily directing skills are meaningless in porn, even the worst shot stuff on the planet can make money in this biz look at John T Bones s---, or Al Borda's, Jules Jordan makes decent porn but I bet he'd be the first to tell you he doesn't know squat about directing.

Porn doesn't have character arcs, story developement or peripeteia (that's a plot point, not that anyone in porn even knows what a plot point is, much less the three act structure they fit into) So what have we learned from all of this? Nothing....porn is just the sexual version of "Groundhog Day" (The Movie) It's the same thing shot over and over and over......

Private North America

Ric Williams, general manager of Private North America, writes on AdultDVDTalk:

Private is the largest adult hard core company in the world, based on sales. Remember that we release in 42 countries with each title. As I have said before, we have no secrets as we are a public company. We had a bad spell when we had a president that came from the banking industry and didn't understand porn. In our last quarter report Berth Milton stated that due to poor investments by previous management, we did not have enough funds to pour into new quality productions, thus all of the comps. We now have about $6 million to put into movies. I have been given the Extreme line, and it will be American Directors using local talent...okay, maybe you have seen them in multiple scenes but the guy in Russia hasn't! We will mix the directors up, but they will be top notch guys and I will be putting the highest budgets into Gonzo. We have many projects in the works in Europe and you will see them next year. As to the management at Private, with the exception of the previous president, the management has remained the same. Pierre Woodman did mention to me at the AVN show that he was interested in coming back, but that will be a Spain decision. Maybe I am partial, but Private is still one of the premier companies in the industry.

Lap Victory

How a DA's decision to drop prostitution charges against lap dancers will change the sexual culture of S.F. -- and, perhaps, the country.

Diogenes writes:

This SF Weekly article documents the 25-year history of lap dancing in San Francisco, from political and sociological points of view. And, oh yes, it's fun, too! It's far and away the best researched and most comprehensive piece I've ever seen on this subject. Somehow, just about all the major San Francisco players are included, many with direct quotes, including:

Performer-Activists: Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot (picture!) Ellen Vickery aka Lily Burana (she sued MBOT) (picture!) Jennifer Bryce (dancer and Ms. Vickery's co-plaintiff) Gennifer Hirano, dancer at Crazy Horse, New Century, and Boys Toys (picture!) Nancy Banks, dancer, founder of Strippers Society of San Francisco (SSSF) (picture!) Dawn Passar, dancer, founder of Exotic Dancers Alliance (picture!) Robyn Few, convicted provider, founder of Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP) Daisy Anarchy (no need to ask, right?) (picture!)

Club Owners: Jim and Artie Mitchell of MBOT Habib of Market Street Cinema Terrance Alan of Chez Paree

Politicians: Current and former San Francisco Mayors Current and former San Francisco District Attorneys Police Chief of San Francisco Vice Squad Lt. Joe Dutto Vice Inspector Rich McNaughton

Pull quote: "I've known Daisy for many years, and I know she means well," says sex-work activist Carol Leigh, "but it's upsetting when we have people coming up with repressive strategies to deal with these issues. Instead of 'not in my back yard,' we have strippers saying 'not in my strip club.' Daisy wants to return stripping to the old days, but we can't roll back the clock on what has become part of the evolution of sex work in our culture." -- Carol Leigh aka Scarlot Harlot

I personally have been following the San Francisco stripper wars ever since the founding of the Exotic Dancers Alliance 12 years ago. I've seen a lot of news items and magazine articles, but Lap Victory should stand as the seminal piece on this subject, for a long time to come. A word of warning: at 4,400 words, the article will take some reading time, but it's worth it!

I'm Pretty Good At Masturbating

I remember the first time I felt a stirring in my privates. I was about 11, and I was eating popcorn and watching Twin Peaks. Sherilyn Fenn came on the screen and something clicked. The next thing I knew, I couldn't keep my hands away from down there. I didn't even know the word "masturbate" yet. No matter: Whenever I had a few minutes to myself, that's what I'd be doing!

But, as you might guess, I wasn't always an expert at masturbating. For a long time, I got it all wrong. I'd slide down banisters, rub against the cat-anything to get that feeling down there. Once, I was grinding against my opened closet door, and I tore it off the hinges. That took a lot of explaining! Gave me a heck of a scare, too. Not long after that, I learned the secret: Take off your pants.

Jenna Jameson Getting Tough Competition From Paris Hilton

LT writes: Miss Jameson is getting tough competition with the certainly winner of most sold videos this year but it's already started in the book departement Paris #26 Jenna #29. The war is open.

From Porn To Sunday School Teacher

Jenna Jameson's book says that Kaylan Nicole abruptly left the industry in 1997 and became -- hold onto your yarmulke -- a Sunday school teacher.

Joe writes: "I used to work in the rural area where Kaylan Nicole is from, and know her real name. She's on www.classmates.com for her class at Westosha Central High (in Wis., about an hour north of downtown Chicago) and writes about her marriage, her job (she cuts hair at a salon) and is married to her high school sweetheart.

"Her given name is Misty Davis. She graduated in the early 1990s from Westosha Central High School in Paddock Lake, Wis. On Classmates.com where you can post what you are doing, she tells that she is happily married, is active in her church and even names the exact place where she cuts hair in northern Illinois."