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'Child' porn star to testify in case against army officer
AN AMERICAN porn star is to give evidence on behalf of a British Army major who has been charged in Belfast with possession of child pornography.
The officer, who is serving in Northern Ireland, is accused of having a picture of the rape of an underage girl stored on his laptop computer.
Melissa Bertsch from Los Angeles, whose stage name is Melissa Ashley, has given statements to the officer's solicitor certifying that the image is of her and that she was over 20 years of age when it was taken. Bertsch, whose film credits include Babysitter Training and Extreme Schoolgirls, is now 26 but still looks like a young girl, a fact her agent puts down to "good genetics". She made a career in the porn industry after her 20th birthday and frequently poses in school uniforms.
Bill Margold will be writing a column.
Go Danicka Patrick!
I haven't watched car racing in 25 years but when I saw on the net that Danica was leading, I watched the last 17 laps, rooting for her (because she wasn't seeking different standards, she just wanted a fair go). She finished fourth. One thing I love about sports is that you don't have affirmative action and different standards for different people.
Khunrum writes: "She's cute. Why not give her a call, ask for a date and invite her to Porn Star Karaoke. She just might accept."
Aghast writes: "... and then Luke shows up in the serial-killer mobile. Game Over."
Bad Ass Models - New Talent Agency
I call owner Frank Prather Sunday afternoon.
"I started with some production stuff six months ago," he said. "Prior to that, I was a freelance copywriter and working on comedy writing."
Duke: "What have you loved and hated about the porn business?"
Frank: "I love the industry. It's fun. There's opportunity. I enjoy the social aspects. It's difficult not to be successful in the adult industry. To be outrageously successful, you need to do things in a different way.
"I decided to become an agent at the request of some of the girls I'm friends with. I have an extensive marketing background. I had a mainstream talent and literary agency.
"Agents have a terrible name in this industry, which is self-imposed. A lot of them are not trustworthy. They take advantage of the girls."
Duke: "How has it affected your life spending the last six months in the adult industry?"
Frank: "It's been great. Friends and family are uber-supportive. My mainstream entertainment contacts, particularly at Comedy Central, are enthusiastic."
Frank has eleven girls in his agency. "All the girls I represent are exclusive. I don't do contracts. It's a handshake deal. I'm very selective. I turn down way more girls than I work with. I've talked more girls out of entering the industry than I've signed girls.
"In my agency, the girls are a family. They help each other out. Most of them are friends. They are all friends of mine. There has to be a certain attitude that everyone is willing to work towards the greater good. A girl just comes to me and says, 'This is all about the money,' that's my first red flag. You have to believe this industry is for you, not just the paycheck. The reality is that the money is not what people think it is."
Duke: "How did you get companies to work with you?"
Frank: "I started off building an email list. Then a little press. The girls in the industry with experience have been forthcoming with the contacts. The girls book their work exclusively with me, even if they've worked with the companies before.
"I take girls on the go-sees I can meet people in person and shake a hand. It's been easy. People respect that I look out for my girls much more like an older brother than like an agent. I'm protective of their welfare.
"I do a lot of publicity for the girls. Violet Blue, for example. She now lives in Seattle. She books most of her own work. I act, for the most part, as her publicist. I don't charge her for it.
"As one of my other girls pointed out the other day, 'I have yet to shoot a scene, yet I've received tons of publicity and done interviews and gotten my name out there.'"
Frank Prather. On top of him L-R, Serena Sin, Hailey Young and Tricia Oaks.
Los Angeles, CA- Feb 8. Bad Ass Frank launches the new paradigm in adult talent management, Bad Ass Models (BAM). Representing Violet Blue (AVN's Best New Starlet 2002), Mercedes Ashley (Viewer's Choice Best Latina Performer), rising star Tricia Oaks along some of the finest new talent in the industry.
Bad Ass Models is owned and operated by Frank Prather who also produces adult content under the "Bad Ass Frank" brand name. With a professional background in marketing and branding, Prather has a unique skill set that will allow him to excel as an adult talent manager. "My business background includes sales and advertising, but I also have extensive entertainment and production experience. Those business skills combined with creative abilities will allow me to offer exceptional career development for my clients," says Prather.
The goal of Bad Ass Models is to provide a full service agency serving the needs of both clients and producers. Building successful careers for adult talent is the number one priority. Prather wants to make a difference in the lives of his clients saying, "The women that I represent are the core of my company and this industry. With BAM they are treated with honesty and respect. Integrity is lacking in this business and I intend to change that."
Houston - Before And After Plastic Surgery
Is Houston
the ultimate porn star experience?
Dr.
John Di Saia writes:
I "borrowed" this image of before and after from another blog. It shows another porn star reportedly before and after facial plastic surgery. It is a sad state of affairs when a woman looks better before plastic surgery than after. We all like to avoid this occurence.
From the looks of things, she probably had a forehead lift (the brows are raised) with or without upper eyelid surgery. Her hairline may have been raised which some forms of the operation can do. She appears to have had a large amount of lip filler (probably collagen or a hyaluronic acid formulation).
I am unsure at what point she started. She may have had cosmetic surgery prior to the "before" image, but it seems that she may have had too much.
Yes. You can have too much cosmetic surgery. There is a "happy medium" at which improvement has been obtained. Pushing it beyond this point can lead to problems.
In related news, you can see Lindsay Lohan sporting that which appears to be a serious over application of a filler to her lips at awfulplasticsurgery.com. Even "real" stars can get a little carried away it seems. Fortunately, the majority of soft tissue fillers absorb eventually.
00goddess writes:
I suspect that Houston (the porn star in the entry) has also had cheek lipo. She also has ginormously scary boobs. Not too sure about the brow lift- the eyebrows in the "after" pic are just penciled on, so they don't necessarily represent the location of her real eyebrows. It is common among drag queens to pencil on artificial brows above the natural brows in order to create a more big-eyed look and "open" the eye area.
I must disagree with bitchbert about somethings; for one thing, plastic surgery to this extreme isn't about industry demands. People in porn think Houston looks scary too. I doubt she gets much porn work anymore.
The porn stars who go for this extreme look are not doing it to suit industry demand to "look good"; they are doing it to stand out and also (in fact, I suspect primarily) as a reaction to the self-esteem issues that led them into porn in the first place. Emotionally healthy porn stars don't end up looking like this. And Houston is definitely one with attention and self-esteem issues.
Movie Star Plastic Surgery - Lindsay Lohan Deflation?
Dr John Di Saia, plastic surgeon, writes:
Looking at Awfulplasticsurgery.com, Lindsay has lost a ton of weight and round "implant-looking" breasts have virtually disappeared.
The breast picture has changed between June 2004 and May 2005. Weight loss can shrink breasts pretty substantially, but those June 2004 pictures look very implant-like.
I tend to agree wuith the suggestion that breast implants have very likely been removed.
P.S. I think she looks too thin now.
Pornogossip.com reports: "Here's Ryan, Teagan's "baby's daddy", a true picture of fatherhood if I ever say one!"
Ryan writes on his MySpace profile: "my name is ryan i love to party!! i just turned 21 it was a f---ing blast!i!i!i! love to drink and smoke bud!!!! i love to have sex!!! its the greatest thing in the world!! if you want to talk hit me up on AIM xsoadxx!!"
Ryan and Teagan Ryan Ryan Ryan
Teagan posts: "March 10, 2005 12:31 AM I took this picture. It's not a bad one if I say so. I love smoking with you baby xoxo"
Ryan replies: "you know how we f---ing roll bitch!"
Nina Hartley On Swinging
If a person's "love style" is on a dial from 1-10, with "1" being totally, easily, naturally monogamous and "10" is an easy polyamory, then swingers are in the 5-7 range. Being able to live happily as a swinger, one must know his or her own boundaries and intimacy needs.
I love Ernest. Like the swingers interviewed, I live with him, share my life with him, and will die with him. But, as the saying goes, "I'm married, not dead."
For some, being able to freely "look but not touch" without being shamed for it s enough to keep the fires stoked. For me and Ernest, it goes further, and we're happy, comfortable and secure in having our sexual adventures, both alone or together. It's just the way I am, and I'm convinced that it's as natural a part of my sexual nature as my bisexuality or my kinkiness.
Why You Should Support The Free Speech Coalition
Connor from YNOT writes on GFY:
I opened my first website in early 1997 and had a network of AVS sites and pay sites that I ran for a number of years before selling them. I've done everything from search engine marketing (was a wiz with Excite back in the day) and building TGP galleries and other general HTML design tasks. I have programmed and installed web scripts. I have shot my own content before, although it was a direction I decided not to pursue and more often have worked with other photographers to produce content. Trisha Uptown is one of the models I shot myself before going another direction. I have helped run an affiliate program, and managed several webmaster resource sites. I've lobbied in Sacramento on behalf of the industry. The legal aspects of this business are of particular interest to me. I have scarcely missed a major convention since IA2000 in Orlanda. Matter of fact, I remember the roots of the Player's Ball. ;) I am now Editor-in-Chief of YNOT, and have happily been with YNOT for almost two years now. I consider Bob and Jay to be great friends of mine. I'm not especially flamboyant, but my experience is varied and extensive.
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To address this idea that a "fight" is not winnable because the federal government has more money, well, that's just absurd and it makes me wonder why you'd even say that. First, we're not fighting the "government" in its entirety, and if you think the resources of the DOJ are unlimited on things like this then you're making a mistake. They have manpower and financial limitations same as we do.
As far as examples of wins, since I know someone will ask, where do I start? How about most recently with the Extreme Associates decision. I know there are still appeals going on, but it was a win. How about the CDA. How about COPA. The virtual child porn law. Flynt's Supreme Court win. The Lawrence decision. When it comes to the censorship people in government taking on sexuality they QUITE OFTEN open themselves up to a bare-assed spanking at the hands of federal courts. We QUITE OFTEN win over the federal government. And these regs are so poorly worded that there is a VERY GOOD CHANCE that we will win. Could we lose? Sure. But to suggest that this fight is not winnable is just bizarre to say the least. What's your angle?
In terms of some FSC history. Some of you may remember that there were a few problems over there not to long ago, and Kat Sunlove was forced to take over on an interin basis for Bill Lyon as Executive Director. And I'll say that I was NEVER a fan of Lyon. He had ZERO interest in the internet community, and I tried a number of times to get him involved with us. In my opinion his leadership was a real problem for the FSC. There was also some issues with Board members. Kat led a search for a new Executive Director, and Michelle Freridge was hired. She's been in charge for a while now. Anyone who has met Michelle has come away impressed. I can't think of a SINGLE person who hasn't been impressed by her organizational skills, her enthusiasm, her intelligence, and her willingness to reach out to the internet community. She's a tremendous asset. I can tell you that from YNOT's perspective, and I'm sure it's the same for Xbiz and AVN and others, the FSC has been responsive to the adult internet community from the moment Lyon was gone, and especially since Michelle took over. And I can tell you that the FSC, with Lyon gone, has been making strong efforts to reach out to the internet community since WELL before this 2257 s--- first came up last year.
The problem is that so many of us in this industry don't give a s--- about what could happen sometime in the future. So when the FSC asked for support, most webmasters didn't pay attention. Now, all the sudden, when 2257 is an issue and people need an organization, the FSC is the ONLY group that can even possibly save our butts. And there wouldn't even BE an organization and this chance if it hadn't been for the few companies and individuals who donated money and donated time to keep FSC afloat while the internet community basically mocked those who warned about this administration. Someone would try to raise important issues, and 10 posters would jump on them with a "The Sky Is Falling" chant. You know who you are. So when I hear people too cheap to join, or pulling some BS reason why they don't think they should ante up (and BTW an "individual" membership is only $50, you cheap asses), it really puts a sour taste in my stomach.
What has the FSC done? First, understand that the FSC is most needed when there is a THREAT to the industry. Times have been, for the most part, good in recent years. The s--- is JUST NOW hitting the fan, and the FSC is RIGHT THERE to protect this industry. No hesitation, it was ready to go. That said, here's SOME of what it has done:
1) Defeated the "virtual child porn" law at the SUPREME COURT that would have made all of your teens sites a HUGE legal liability and could have put some of you in jail on "child porn" charges to be anally raped by an HIV-infected guy named "Bubba" even though you had age records of your model in pigtails that showed she was really 30 years old. That law would have outlawed most anime too. How many organizations have won a fight at the SUPREME COURT level? Not too many. This is a huge accomplishment people. Recognize it for what it is and show some respect for the people who made it happen.
2) Holds an annual "celebrate free speech" lobbying days, which gives people from our industry a chance to meet with politicians in Sacramento, CA, every single year to put a face on the adult industry. I participated in this myself last time out. Those of you who didn't HAD your chance.
3) Has Kat Sunlove in Sacramento an a REGULAR basis, protecting the health of the California adult industry, where most content is shot.
4) Was center in keeping those proposed "mandatory condom" requirements from becoming a reality after the HIV scare. Did you think those politicians backed off because they got bored? All you fools with "facial" sites would be making a ton of cash if your stunt cocks had to wear rubbers while they were getting their dicks sucked.
5) Helps educate adult entertainers on health issues.
6) Showed character and stood against .XXX and the questionable motives of those who pushed it.
7) Hired a full-time federal lobbyist -- the first for an adult industry organization -- who is in Washington looking out for the interests of the ENTIRE adult industry.
And now they're ready to jump in for 2257 even though so many of us on the internet side haven't done ANYTHING to support them to this point. We've just hung back and enjoyed the benefits of their work and the donations of a few companies who have had the good sense to look out for their industry.
So am I SERIOUSLY seeing a debate on GFY as to whether or not people who work in this business should support the Free Speech Coalition? You've GOT to be kidding me!
DirtyWhiteBoy writes about the FSC: "Were these not the same people who were pushing the .xxx domain and was standing to profit a large amount of money from it? If I remember, they were going to get a cut from each one sold if they were able to get it into action."
Kevin Blatt writes: "I think I got to see very clearly with my own eyes what goes on in the FSC office- it was located where my office used to be In GOALIE's headquarters in Chatsworth. I recall seeing a lot of Solitaire being played on their computers."
Mrs. Bob Friedland aka Shy Stylez had an affair with OC ex-assistant sheriff
A beautiful Canadian-born blonde with incredible curves and an intoxicating smile, Amanda Friedland is an internationally famous porn star. Grand jury records say Friedland uses the stage name of Shyla Stylez. She lives in LA and was once married to one of the biggest adult-film producers in the nation. Among her 40-plus films are Big Tit Bust Out, Anal Addicts, Dumb Blonde, My Perfect 10's Again, Semen Biscuit, Humping 9 to 5, Make a Beeline for My Behind, Pussy Licking Good and Tit's a Wonderful Life.
American Idol's Corey Clark On WorldsWildestBackyardParties.com
Friday afternoon, May 27, I call Chad (Yochad at GMail.com) at Lovebomb.com.
I heard he had footage of American Idol contestant Corey Clark, who told 20/20 he had an affair with the TV show's judge Paula Abdul.
Chad: "I'm not sure what to do with the footage. I'd like to sell it or use it to my advantage to help sell this Backyard Party thing that I did (www.worldswildestbackyardparties.com), which is where he appeared.
"In November of 2003, I did this party. Corey Clark was there. We had Fishbone, Burning Star, Joey Diaz and a couple of dozen girls.
"I knew Corey through a studio I worked at. Corey was begging me to come out and be on the list to perform. I told him to get there early. He didn't show up until half an hour before Fishbone went on. I said, 'Fishbone's going on. There's no way. Enjoy the party.' He begged me to perform. I said, 'Well, I'm not going to let you go on before Fishbone. It will screw up the vibe. But you can go on afterwards if you are brave enough.'
"He said, 'No problem. I'll do it. I'm not afraid.'
"At the end of Fishbone, we gave away these DVDs. The girls were signing them. Corey got some DVDs. He's holding on to one in his microphone hand, while he sings his song. There are three topless chicks at the beginning of his footage. When he gets introduced, he walks in front of them and says, 'What's up, ladies?'
"Then he performs a sad song and everyone boos him."
Duke: "I heard you had nude photos of Britney Spears."
Chad: "Her and her husband Kevin Federland. The pictures are about a year old. They were taken on the beach near Wilshire and PCH. She was staying in a condo with a rooftop pool. There was a huge building next to it. The person I'm representing has an office in that building. She was out on the pool sunbathing with her fiance and some other woman.
"She goes behind these two trees, where she thinks she isn't being seen, and she takes the top off and there's a full breast shot. She went in the pool with this blousy white top. And she's coming out of the pool with a full Farrah Fawcett shot with the hands over the hair and the nipples sticking out of the white shirt.
"She left and came back 45-minutes later smoking a cigarette and in a different outfit. She's laying out by the pool. It's a set of about 35 pictures. At one point, she's doggie-style, wearing these little hot-pant shorts. She's holding her shirt over her nipples. She's bare-backed. It's a sexy shot."
Duke: "How would you monetize that?"
Chad: "I'm not sure. The agreement that I have with the person who owns them is a basic distribution deal. The only authorization I have is to show these proof sheets. He doesn't want me to put them electronically, scan them... It makes it hard to sell."
Chad owns Candlelighttoys.com. He's produced 25 porn movies.
'If You Take A Picture Of Me Now, I'm Gonna F---ing Break Your Camera!'
Kaylynn, Rory Rory, Kaylynn, Dez, Alaura Eden Rory, Kaylynn, Dez, Alaura Eden Dez, Kaylynn Alaura Rory, Kaylynn, Dez Rory, Kaylynn Rory, Kaylynn Kaylynn Throb girl Cindy, Anh and Maria Menendez from Wanted List Ben, Katie Smith from Playboy Lisa Marie, Jeff Mullen, Alaura Eden Bella Rebecca Bardoux Ryan Knox gang, Eloise and Gypsy in pink Gypsy Gypsy Gypsy Gypsy Alaura Eden, Gypsy, Dez Alaura, Gypsy, Dez Mike and his wife Elizabeth Joe. a kick boxer, Dez, Mike Dez, Mike Mona and her boyfriend Joe Lain Lo, Josh
I arrive at 11:15pm to the Three Of Clubs (1123 North Vine St).
People give me a hard time for always showing up early, but I'm normally in bed at this hour.
It's VCA night. The featured movie is DEZ'S DIRTY WEEKEND #3 starring Krystal Steal, Alaura Eden, Naudia Nyce, Sky Lopez, Tory Lane.
I run into Kaylynn and her fiance Rory at the entrance. They seem happy. They met four months during the shooting of the Playboy TV show Totally Busted. Rory (a college student) was Kaylynn's mark. She calls him a "good boy."
She just met his family for the first time. "It gave them a whole new f---ing perspective on s---," she says.
I ask Rory how his family reacted to him bringing a porn star home. "I've got a pretty cool family," he says.
I wander into the parking lot looking for pictures. I see Bella, the hostess of the evening. As I focus my camera to take a picture, she gives me a mean look and snaps, "If you take my picture now, I'll break your f---ing camera."
Inadvertently, I had wandered into the middle of her intense conversation. I left.
Gypsy is a former female featherweight boxing champion.
Dez says he's been in the industry for five-and-a-half years and appeared in about 500 movies and directed six. "I used to go by Slim Shady XXX. I'm having a good time and trying to make some money."
Dez and Alaura met three years ago. He did her first anal scene on camera. Within a few months, they were a couple. They haven't been apart for more than two days since.
Duke to Alaura: "What do you love and hate about the industry?"
Alaura: "I love Dez and I hate Dez. I love to hate him and hate to love him."
Dez: "It's [porn industry] is just like highschool. We just do our own thing. We try to keep to ourselves.
"I hit the business pretty hard. Everybody knows I was a party boy, which I still do."
Duke: "What are your ambitions?"
Dez: "I want to get consistent lines going. I want to go back to racing cars as a recreation."
Alaura: "Make money and be happy."
I meet Dez's business partner Mike.
Duke: "How did you guys meet?"
Dez: "I brought Jenna Haze to his house."
Mike: "I had a house on Coldwater Canyon. We used to party all the time."
Before he got into porn, Mike managed the Universal Nissan dealership.
Duke: "What do you love and hate about the porn industry?"
Mike: "I hate the time it takes to get anything done. It takes people forever."
Mike says people are less professional in porn than in car dealerships.
Mike and Dez say their business is, in part, a sobriety program. They party much less these days.
By 12:45pm, the party appeared to be dying. I left.
I didn't see Sky Lopez at the party. What is she doing these days?
Random writes on XPT: "This isn't the greatest batch of pics. I have no clue who these people are. I'll give it a go anyway."
Bornyo writes:
That's because this is "Porn Karaoke", held on thursday nights, not "Porn Star Karaoke" on tuesday nights. This is the knock off porn karaoke, hence the lack of sequined Wankus pics. I give credit to Luke for schlepping himself out and covering the Porn B-List event. It's a tough job that you don't see Gene Ross taking on.
To whomever commented on the plum tongue- remember who the photographer is. I might be more inclined to blame that on the camera settings.
Just spoke to Danza- for those of you wondering where he has been - he was in the hospital for two days after a drunk driver hit him while he was on his motorcycle near Tropicana & Decatur in Vegas. Danza sustained some scrapes and bruises, 4 broken ribs and punctured lung. Danza checked himself out early and is home resting (although not comfortably). He will not be online for a few days as it hurts to type and sit upright at his computer- so if you need anything at all- email me KB@danzabucks.com. I'll try to help as much as I can.
Danza has been struck ten times by drunk drivers. The bars never close in Las Vegas. There are probably more drunk drivers going up and down the strip than anywhere in the US.
Girls Gone Wild Owner Joe Francis Sodomized By Four Black Guys While A Camera Rolled?
Or did the black guys just command him to sodomize himself with a dildo?
More evidence that T.J. DiReda and the Vertigo crew may be behind this new site. Only Vertigo and four other people would know the following:
"Fever is some lame company that shoots s---ty porno, in fact so s---ty they decided to sell the scenes they had to other companies like Smash and Genesis. Unaware of this, Smash put the same box cover shot on their movie and released it. The company the owns Fever is a compilation company that also cuts the same scenes back into there comps and re-releases them. Nice work! too bad all the material they comp and shoot sucks since the nephew running it has f---ing no idea what he is doing."
Sources say: T.J. DiReda works at Vertigo, which is owned by Caballero (Danny Mamaine) and run by Tomer (Danny's sister's son). Tomer sells footage from Vertigo, Caballero, and Fever to Smash Pictures, Leisure Time, Legend and Vico/Avica.
T.J. DiReda writes:
I wanted to address a few things that have me concerned about your post. Iam not as worried about the accusations of us being behind Pornogossip as much as iam about the comment with regard to Caballero selling Vertigo footage to leisure time. See we dont work for Caballero Vic Thomas and I are partners in Vertigo and Danny and Tom are behind us, however we have been warned about the pitfalls with these guys. When we began we brought alot of people into the mix over there, so alot of people were prive to the inter workings of our company and Caballero. I promise you I have nothing to do with pornogossip other then my recent post and a few tidbits i have emailed them. It wouldn't make sense for us to throw our company and the Caballero companies under the bus while trying to build something. I would however like to know if our Vertigo Footage is in the hands of others as that wasn't apart of our deal. Keep in mind alot of people are shooting for Fever and are bitter about the way these guys do business, so while i ignore it, you have raised a red flag. I would appreciate anything you might know regarding this information.
Vic and I have a percentage of Vertigo with our partners who own a few other companies. I will say that i have been scouring the web and have found some early Vertigo scenes that were produced by this piece of s--- Ariel Arazi who literally took the footage and made copies, however we got rid of him three movies into the start of Vertigo. Anything since I have not found through Legend, Leisure or Smash, and trust me, we shot most of our movies at my house so i would recognize anything floating around. I am aware this stuff happens though so eventually iam sure this will come up again. Iam a big fan of your site and think you clearly have a history and knowledge of the business, so I appreciate your comments.
IN THE LYON'S DEN
Please List Free Speech Coalition Accomplishments
Okay, so the FSC (Free Speech Coalition) is soliciting money from the adult industry regarding the 2257 regs, and implying that only contributing FSC Members may be entitled to injunctive relief should their petition be granted (which many have said is BS since it should apply to the entire industry), so what exactly is the FSC's track record on legal issues?
They filed comments regarding the proposed 2257, but it seems to have had little impact. So what do they expect to accomplish regarding the new 2257 regs published in the Federal Register? Delaying the inevitable?
Please don't get me wrong, I believe in fighting the good fight, but I also expect that the FSC has probably already drafted it's response to the regs, so how is any additional amount of funds going to make a difference, except to make some pro-adult lawyer(s) richer?
I sincerely hope that someone from the FSC (as opposed to all of the expert GFY armchair lawyers) will step up and explain their past specific accomplishments, as well as their intended effect on the new 2257 regs. I will be glad to make a contribution once I have heard an acceptable response, and get good answers to my questions.
If any Free Speech Coalition members wish to exercise their free speech and explain what the organization has actually accomplished aside from creating a badly designed web site and raising funds for themselves, I would be interested to hear it.
It's not that I have a problem with giving lawyers a pile of money for nothing (although that's part of it), but I like to know that my money is going for something productive instead of lining ineffective fear-mongering lawyers' pockets.
Too many people are already trying to cash in on the 2257 hysteria. All it takes is good reading skills, a good copier, some manila folders and a working knowledge of Excel basics to comply with the regs.
Granted there are some bigger issues for those who release their content to other parties, and the secondary producer regs suck, but before I pass along money to the FSC, I am curious as to what prior legal successes the organization has had, and what specifically they believe they can accomplish with donations from myself and others in the adult industry.
To join the ACLU costs $20. To join EFF, as little as $25. Both of those organizations have long lists of accomplishments.
FSC wants $500 to join, yet their impact appears to have been minimal, unless you mean that we should celebrate that thanks to the FSC we can create virtual cp (which I would never do anyway).
Jayeff writes:
I believe 2257 is one issue that we could more effectively and more efficiently deal with collectively: not only actions to try to stop/stall/clarify these changes, but also to have them interpreted professionally into plain language and have a step-by-step guide produced as to how to deal with them properly. I'm fed up with the constant suggestions this topic has produced to "go talk to a lawyer", because the idea of us all independently paying to ask the exact same questions is ludicrous.
But I have been in this business for 9 years and to me, one of its least attractive aspects is the "cult of personality". By which I mean that we are constantly putting people up on pedestals just because they are the flavor of the month with some board hero or other. We don't ask if these people deserve that elevation and often end up burying them later. I don't know if FSC fall into this category, but I have never seen FSC participating directly in any of the online porn forums and until this last week, never more than an occasional reference to them by anyone else.
So I went to their site to check them out. First, FSC has been around since 1990, which suggests whatever they are doing now, they started out representing an offline part of the porn industry.
I looked around for answers as to what exactly their present actions against 2257 are designed to achieve and what - since a membership subscription does not go wholly towards fighting 2257 - their general direction was. There was almost nothing to give me so much as a clue. They describe themselves as a trade association (actually "the" trade association of our industry) and invite people to join as members. Every other trade/professional association to which I have belonged have constitutions which describe how they operate and what members rights and responsibilities are. I couldn't find any such information about FSC, only reference to a "Board of Directors".
Up to a point the "an enemy of my enemy is my friend" may work. But wouldn't it be foolish if all the online porn webmasters who have contributed to FSC were to discover they are only pursuing the interests of video producers? I'm not saying that is the case, only that we don't actually know much at all about FSC and since 2257 is a serious issue, surely we should know more about the only people (I am aware of so far) in whom we are putting our faith.
Cassidey was born in Denver, Colorado on December 24, 1980, and became a Christmas present to the world. Thought to be a tom-boy, Cassidey loves women, of all kinds. She has done sexy layouts with many adult magazines, as well as fashion books. She has also been known as Paisley Adams, Paizley Adams, Bobbie Adore, and Annie Bunz. This Five and a half foot brunette has the most beautiful green eyes. Weighing only 105 lbs, she retired in 2001, for a brief vacation....
Measurements: 34B - 22 - 34
Eyecolor: Blue
Height: 5'7"
Haircolor: Brunette
Turn Ons: Pinching nipples, Licking
Turn Offs: Hairy butts
Interests: Flying, Cities
Hometown: Redondo Beach, CA
Interview With Ken Shinkle - Stripper Agent II
He represents about 50 dancers.
From Monday, May 23:
Duke: "Do criminal elements try to muscle in on your business?"
Ken: "Not on mine. It's a pretty safe business. I've never heard of anybody trying to muscle in on somebody.
"I have nothing against Craig Valentine and Summer Haze except that they didn't show up to my showcase when they were supposed to. Craig Valentine is just a panty picker-upper.
"Amber Waves. She has wanted to book with me for a long time. I invited her to come to Ponderosa about five years ago. She told me that she and another girl were going to come out. She was three hours away. She didn't come. I don't book her. I don't book bad talent."
All the stripper agents take 12% of the booking fee.
Ken: "I had talked to Don Waite [publisher of Exotic Dancer magazine] a few times about [the high price of booths at his annual show in Las Vegas in August and how other agents would poach Ken's women]. He couldn't understand that I got tired of bringing out 30 girls and another agency would pop up, meet them in a bar or whatever, and skim the cream off the top. And the prices kept getting higher [for a booth].
"An average show girl, if she takes off that week of Expo, she's already missing out on her week's base pay, and tips, plus she has to pay for a hotel room, air fare, her badge...
"It's not inconceivable that a showgirl will lose $3,000-$5,000 to go out there for a week to promote herself.
"Booth now run $1,300 booths.
"If you go to the conspiracy section [of MissNudePageants.com], you will read: 'Rio has guaranteed several pageant contestants 'titles' despite what the judges indicated. Many contestants have been told to enter certain categories to get a guaranteed title.'
"That's not what Rio does. I've sat there in the meetings. Rio gave Taya Parker the option of winning the Miss Nude USA Brunette title. The year before, Lori Alexia, the little black girl..."
Duke: "She's adorable."
Ken: "Well, yeah, I'm not even going to go there. She's one I won't book."
Duke: "Why? Is she a prima donna?"
Ken: "No. She thinks she's a prima donna."
Duke: "Why won't you book her?"
Ken: "I'll tell you facts. The reason Rio stripped Lori Alexia of her title of Miss Nude USA a couple of years ago, was because Lori was drunker than s--- at The Pink Pony in Atlanta [1837 Corporate Blvd, 404-634-6396] and she beat the s--- out of her roadie and got arrested for assault and battery. Then she tried to beat the s--- out of a cop and she kicked the window out of a cop car.
"Rio has a thing in her contract that if you discredit the title, she has the ability to strip her of it.
"I did a showcase with [Lori Alexia]. She was so s----faced drunk that she turned around and was pissing... I have digital pictures of it.
"If Lori was more of a professional, she had the opportunity to change the way a lot of clubs think about black performers as features, because a lot of clubs will not book black performers. She had the opportunity to change that and she f---ed that up."
Duke: "She told me how hard it was to be a black girl."
Ken: "It is. She had one strike against her right there. Number two strike: She can't keep her mouth off of a bottle because she's a drunk. And when she gets drunk, she gets violent and she gets arrested."
From KSEXradio.com October 2004:
Last week a reader named Coggsie wrote in to suggest that maybe all the titles Lori Alexia claims are not valid.
Lori Alexia posts in response:
No one knows what goes on behind closed doors. Especially, whoever this Coggsie person is. How dare you not tell the truth about me!!!
I have performed as a Feature Entertainer for the past 2 years. You stated that the Miss Nude USA trophy honored another person this year.That is true. However, it is also true that she competed against me in that same pageant in May 2003, and guess who was honored the crown? ME!
I am in fact Miss Nude USA 2003-2004. I have also been honored by being crowned the best dancer in the United States, hardest and hottest body, the world's best gymnast (in heels, might I add?), and most importantly and recently Nightmoves Magazine FEATURE ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR 2003-2004.
As you sit comfortably in front of the glow of the computer screen typing lies, I am on stage. I challenge you to confront me publicly. And where better than on the air and on the screen at KSEX? So there it is, whoever you are. Are you man or woman enough to put yourself before the public? Well..... come on, and tell everyone what you want to do! Time to put up or shut up!
Ken: "This whole thing about Rio forcing you to go into certain things. Rio will tell you what your best shot is at getting a title. If you are in several different categories, she will tell you, this might be good if you go Miss Nude USE Brunette... It's not a guaranteed title.
"If you go to the link racketeering: 'The club is charged a hefty fee.' Why don't you call Pure Talent and find out what they are charging to host their showcases? Anywhere from $5,000-$10,000."
Duke: "Why don't clubs book black women? Because their customers are more interested in seeing white girls?"
Ken: "I don't think that's it. It's a stigma that people won't get over. They think that if you book a black feature..."
Duke: "The club is going to be overrun with young black men."
Ken: "Yes."
Duke laughs: "Who'll start shooting people."
Ken: "Yeah, right. The wrong type of customers. Black guys don't tip as much and this and that. It's a stigma that needs to be put aside. I used to book a black girl (Barocca). She used to tell everybody she was the Brazilian Bombshell. She was black from Compton.
"She was a good entertainer. People liked her. Clubs were booking her. But then she went off the deep end."
Duke: "I did this book on Hollywood and I found out that many theater owners don't want to book black movies because they're afraid of attracting the wrong crowd."
Ken: "That's another stigma that has to go away. I will not go see a horror movie or a black comedy in theaters because I like to be able to hear the movie and for the most part if you're sitting there, somebody behind you will say, 'Don't go in that closet!' 'Stay out of the house!'"
Duke: "I find that in a black audience they talk back to the screen."
Ken: "Yes. They talk back to the screen. It's like an interactive movie. I'll wait for them on cable or DVD.
"I just want this [missnudepageants.com controversy] to go away. Jada has still not been able to enjoy the Miss Nude USA title because as soon as she won it, all the s--- started.
"She's damned if she does or doesn't. If she doesn't win, it's because she's married to me. If she wins, it's because she's married to me.
"It's normal for only three or four girls to compete for the Miss Nude USA/World titles. Whoever wrote [missnudepageants.com] doesn't have a clue about how contests are run."
Duke: "How's Jada's career?"
Ken: "Last year she worked 46 out of 52 weeks.
"We tried to do something on jadadeville.com when this came up. That we wouldn't accept anything that she didn't win. We know nothing about the scores. They were wrong about who was doing the scoring."
Chaim Amalek writes: "Are there special strip clubs just for black guys to ogle black women? Why hasn't affirmative action been instituted here?"
Craig Valentine responds:
Ok Question for you luke. or Question for Ken s---. A valid one at that. Luke you were at our casting call at World Modeling. For a panty picker-upper or as wankus says Dumb Suitcase Pimp how did we hire the bulk of the talent at the casting call ?
If Summer is not that popular why are we on the top charts of AVN ? If people had all these issues with me and Summer why do some of the top talent do work with us on our projects including Ron Jeremy.
If our movies are so bad why is Old Pueblo distributing a ton of them ? If i cant spell tell me ??
As far as Rio th eonly beef we have with her is for a favor we did a show for her Porn star deal, actually we did a live sex show that blew the people away. We didnt even get a thank you to help her out when everyone bailed on her. But Ken loves to put all these girls down. If i remeber correctly Ken was found on the beach and giving his job at Continental to be a agent. To Ken takes his girls money and Jada's money hmmmm who is the suitcase pimp.
The biz isnt the same. I was the head Dj at the Crazy Horse Too in Pompano Beach. Marty Foyer was the agent. Didnt care if her hated the girl he just wanted his commsion. When him and Charley Fry stop booking it all went to s---. Lets see Ken said he would not book Summer unless she did a showcase for free.
Luke like i said before get some people in porn valley to work for free ?????Yeah and i got the pope in a porn flick.
Spammer's Invitation to Date Lonely Housewives Halted by Court at FTC's Request
An operation that spammed millions of consumers with graphic sexual descriptions to drive traffic to their Web sites to "date lonely housewives" has been halted by the court at the request of the Federal Trade Commission. U.S. District Court Judge Amy St. Eve has ordered a temporary halt to the spamming and has frozen the assets of the outfit, pending a hearing on the FTC's request for a preliminary and permanent injunction for violations of federal law.
The FTC alleges that the "date lonely wife" spam typically contains short messages or a picture and a hyperlink promoting the "lonely wives" service. The agency charges that the spam violates nearly every provision of the CAN-SPAM Act. It contains misleading headers and deceptive subject lines. It does not contain a link to allow consumers to opt out of receiving future spam, does not contain a valid postal address, and does not contain the disclosure, required by law, that it is sexually explicit. It also includes sexual materials in the initially viewable area of the e-mail, in violation of the FTC's Adult Labeling Rule. The FTC has asked the court to permanently bar the illegal spam and to order the operation to give up its ill-gotten gains.
In papers filed with the court, the FTC alleges that the operators control more than 180 Web sites that claim to be registered to people around the world. The defendants use an offshore payment processor on the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean, have foreign bank accounts to collect spam proceeds, and use a Cyprus-based company name and address to front the operation. According to the FTC, they route their spam messages through other people's computers, falsify contact e-mail addresses, and obscure tools that would allow a recipient to stop or complain about the spam. The FTC alleges that the operation is actually U.S.-based and that the defendants are trying to conceal their identities from U.S. law enforcers.
The FTC complaint names Cleverlink Trading Limited, Real World Media, LLC and their principles, Brian D. Muir, Jesse Goldberg, and Caleb Wolf Wickman. The defendants are based in California.
I understand that the principles in this case have had their assets frozen, so no attorneys want to take their case.
Belgian Experiment: Make Prostitution Legal to Fight Its Ills
From WSJ:
Villa Tinto, House of Pleasure, is a pioneering example of a widening European drive to legalize prostitution, while combating the crime and violence it fosters -- including the explosion in human trafficking in recent years. The brothel opened in January, with the help of the Antwerp city council, the police and the prostitutes themselves as part of a "tolerance zone," begun in 2001. The Belgian government views the three-block area as a test case as it considers national legalization -- a move to wrest prostitution from the control of organized criminals and bring in some lost tax revenue.
Germany, the Netherlands and Greece have legalized or expanded regulation of prostitution in the past six years, and others are considering similar moves. By forcing the business out into the open, the governments hope to make it harder for human traffickers to thrive. Nearly 800,000 people are trafficked across borders world-wide each year, according to the U.S. State Department. The victims, promised passage to and work in the West, are typically forced, defrauded or coerced into sexual exploitation, in a modern-day form of slavery. Some Eastern European countries that joined the European Union last year have become major transit points for trafficked women.
Antwerp, a port city of 500,000, offers a case study in the benefits -- and limits -- of legalization. Local police say the tight controls in the tolerance zone have helped reduce prostitution-related crime -- including drug trafficking, assault, rape, murder and vandalism -- by 44% overall since 2001. Legalization also has brought in nearly $800,000 in tax revenue to the city.
Critics say any benefits from legalization don't justify state-sanctioned vice. "Places like Villa Tinto are little more than assembly lines for sex where women are treated like meat for sale," says Nathalie de T'Serclaes, a Belgian senator from Brussels. She wants Belgium to embrace the Swedish model, which criminalizes clients. In the U.S., where prostitution is against the law except in parts of Nevada, the Bush administration argues that legalizing prostitution encourages human trafficking. Last year, Washington warned the Czech government, which has a thriving trade in tourists seeking prostitutes, that legalization risked making the state the chief procurer of prostitutes.
No More Foreign Girls In American Porn Unless They Have A Greencard
Result of the new 2257 regulations according to some prominent porn attorneys. That word went around the industry yesterday and today from lawyer Jeffrey Douglas (former executive director of the Free Speech Coalition) who is raising money to fight the regulations in court. But the fight will take at least two years.
Frederick S. Lane III, an attorney and author, writes me:
I think that this is a very prudent move by the major porn producers. Given the potential consequences of violating 2257, it makes sense to remove as much doubt as possible as to the age of the performers. Of course, the government would have its own challenges in proving that a given foreign actor was underaged, but still, it's not a good risk for the producers to take. This seems like a smart move.
Attorney Lawrence Walters replies: "There is a lot of confusion about this foreign passport requirement, but I can't comment on it unless you're a client. I hope you understand. It's a liability insurance and ethical issue. Crazy stuff, though."
The Free Speech Coalition is having a meeting Thursday afternoon. For details on attending, call 818-348-9373 or e-mail Neva@freespeechcoalition.com. They will have staff there to answer questions.
Though this result has been discussed in various forums, this is the first news report that such a change has taken effect at major porn production companies in Los Angeles such as Vivid, Wicked Pictures, LFP, Legend. Producers are being told to not shoot foreigners unless they have a greencard permitting them to work in the United States.
This is going to have a dramatic effect on American porn as many of its hottest girls are foreigners without greencards.
I'm hearing that Paul Cambria is behind this understanding of the new regulation and he is advising his clients to not shoot foreign talent without greencards (as of right now).
I'm sure that other porn attorneys will have a different interpretation of the new 2257 regulations. All these attorneys must be working 16-hour days, making new friends that they didn't know they had, and billing clients up the yingyang.
Perhaps the Justice Department made a mistake with these new regulations or they intended a result that is illegal, argue some legal minds.
People are easily excitable say my sources. Everybody's got adrenalin pumping. There's a lot of craziness and hysteria over these new regulations.
Fletch writes on GFY: "Good. This state is filled with people who should not be here, including whores and prostitutes who come to LA and spread their disease."
Jack writes me: "Have you talked to any of the forum owners about 2257? Drew & Steph are making major changes at ADT- even discussing removing all avatars. I haven't heard anything about it on xpt or the ksex forum. I'm sure if it could also be a huge problem for the mrmarcus forum at sfbayvideos and for bgol. I'm wondering if ADT is (typically) over-reacting."
Do New 2257 Regs Mean No Overseas Content for American Webmasters?
Connor Young writes on YNOT.com:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The recently published changes to Title 18 U.S.C. § 2257 have left some industry observers wondering if American webmasters can no longer buy content from overseas content producers.
AP Reports Farrah Busted in Jersey
HACKENSACK, NJ - Police charge a former porn star has found a new way to make money - stealing it.
Joy Marquart was known as Farrah when she starred in dozens of porno films during the 1990's, with titles like "Farrah's Deceptive Desires."
According to authorities in northern New Jersey, Marquart used her good looks and fake IDs to empty bank accounts.
Investigators say she took more than $40,000 from several North Jersey banks before being busted this week. Detectives say they're now looking for her accomplices. She's being held on more than $100,000 bail.
The bodacious blonde had successfully fooled tellers at other banks, in Emerson, Fair Lawn, Hackensack, Oradell, Ridgewood and Westwood in recent months, said Emerson Police Detective Sgt. George Buono. Each haul netted $6,000 to $7,500, he said.
But investigators believe the top-heavy tart was merely a gorgeous face fronting for a Big Apple-based identity-theft ring that recruited attractive, white, suburban-looking women to rip off bank accounts.
Marquart began her rise in the porn world about a decade ago, when she moved from her hometown of Fort Wayne, Ind., to Florida, where she became a stripper. About a year later, she arrived in America's porn Mecca - California's San Fernando Valley - and began appearing in adult films like "To Uranus and Back" and "Vincent Van Blow." Her passionate and vocal performances quickly garnered a rabid following. She ultimately made about 50 films before dropping out of the scene in 2003.
A few months ago, she moved to The Bronx to see friends and look for work, said her mother, Martha Rose Shaw. Shaw said her daughter's sultry good looks had gotten her in trouble in the past.
"She always kind of depended on her looks to get her where she wanted be," Shaw told The Record newspaper. "There were plenty of people who preyed on that."
2257 and sites like adultfriendfinder?
Gleem writes on GFY: "How are places that take surfer submission pics gonna comply with 2257? It's pretty impossible. Just having the non "PG" AFF geo banner on your site makes your site non-compliant."
Chadglni writes:
So you think they've already been getting the required documents or letting their members know that if they post explicit pics they could be arrested? You are fooling yourself like nobody I've ever seen on this board.
I can go start a profile today and upload anything I want after it is approved. Even if they started screening now they would still have months of work in front of them with a dedicated team to clear out all the old stuff.
Willem Cornelis 'Cheri' Van Engelenburg (44) and Hendrikus Erik Van Engelenburg (38) was shot by local police in Manila. They didn't want to get arrested, and a shotout ended with both of them dead.
The guys ran a webcamsite, and 5 girls was at the house "preforming" in front of the webcam for a monthly payment around $850.
Porn's New It Couple - Marcus London, McKenzie Lee
I meet them Tuesday night at Sardos.
They're from London.
Duke: "Why did you get into the porn industry?"
McKenzie: "I was a stripper for six years. One day I thought I might as well make a bunch of money doing something that I liked. I was always bisexual. I started out doing girl-girl. Then I went on to do boy-girl with my boyfriend [Marcus London] and then I did boy-girl with numerous men."
Marcus started in porn five years ago. Three years ago, they got together. In January, McKenzie came to the US for the first time.
She's done at least 50 porn scenes.
Duke: "How would you compare the porn industry here to the one in London?"
Marcus: "The scenes here are a lot harder. People think European porn is hard. We're allowed to show more than you guys do but the actual constructed scene with the slapping and choking is way harder."
It's usually not a good idea to interview a couple because the man speaks about 80% of the time he stresses positive things) and the woman defers to him. (A woman without a man is more likely to be honest and to reveal negative emotions.) Tonight is no exception. I have to work to get McKenzie to contribute.
McKenzie: "We get way more freaky. Watersports and things like that."
Marcus: "We get away with more. European stuff. Fisting."
McKenzie: "Yeah, you can put your whole fist in her ass."
Duke: "How did your friends and family react?"
McKenzie: "My friends and family have been great."
Marcus: "I used to run stripclubs for ten years."
Duke: "In Soho?"
Marcus: "No. Mayfair."
McKenzie: "You think we're in the low end."
Marcus: "Thank you very much."
Duke: "What do you like and dislike about the sex industry?"
McKenzie: "I like pretty much everything. The only thing I don't like and would never do is scat videos."
Duke: "How's the pay scale in London?"
McKenzie: "Less than it is here."
Marcus: "Same for the guys, less for the girls."
Duke: "When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?"
McKenzie: "I was always outgoing. I never knew what I wanted to do. I decided I loved dancing and decided to go into stripping."
Marcus: "I just wanted to be rich. My parents had run pubs and clubs. I was a male stripper for eight years."
Marcus and McKenzie are engaged to be married.
Duke: "What are the most stupid misconceptions Americans have about Brits?"
McKenzie: "Dodgy teeth."
Duke: "You guys have good teeth."
Marcus: "We just don't get 'em done [in braces] because it is so expensive. Everything is twice as expensive in England than here."
Duke: "What have been the highlights and lowlights of your porn career?"
McKenzie: "When I found out that Jenna [Jameson] knew I was alive. When she called me up and asked if I would be interested in being a contract girl for her company, I would have to be dead not to be interested. She is the most wonderful woman I've met in my life.
"When I first met her, the only words I got out were, 'I read your book.' The first time in my life I've been starstrucked, and I've danced for a few celebrities in my life. She's a beautiful woman. And so is Jay."
Marcus: "She's so sweet I'll never look at her in that way again."
Marcus says he's been writing scripts that combine hardcore porn with mainstream filmmaking techniques.
Background on Club Jenna contract girl McKenzie Lee.
Porn Star Karaoke At Burbank's Sardos Bar
Mallou from Black Widow Productions Mallou Mallou Mallou Katie Morgan, Greg Katie Morga, Greg Michael DeLuise, Lynn LeMay Michael DeLuise, Lynn LeMay Bobbie aka Cassidey Bobbi Bobbi, Seymore Bobbi, Seymore Bobbi, Seymore Seymore, Mallou Seymore, Mallou Seymore, Mallou Nicole, Brazzle Katie Morgan, Wankus Katie Morgan Mari Possa Mari Possa Genesis Skye Genesis Skye Nicole Brazzle Nicole Brazzle Jersey Jaxin Katie Morgan Lezley Zen Lezley Zen (L-R) Johnny, Seymore Butts's new assistant Cally, Mari Possa, Lauren (Johnny's GF) Johnny, Cally, Mari Possa, Lauren Cally, Mari Possa, Lauren Cally, Mari Possa, Lauren Hal Sparks Hal Sparks Hal Sparks Mari Possa Black Widows girls Lezley Zen Katie Gold, Shay Sweet Katie Gold, Shay Sweet Shay Sweet Cindy Crawford Cindy Crawford Genesis Skye Genesis Skye Genesis Skye Genesis, Nicole Nicole, Genesis Genesis Genesis Lezley Zen Lezley Zen Lezley Zen Lezley Zen Lezley, Seymore Lezley, Seymore Jewels, Robyn Cindy Crawford, Wankus civilian couple Mika Tan Seymore, Rebecca Love Mika Tan Arianna Jollee Mr. Marcus, Arianna Marcus, Arianna Cindy Crawford, Arianna Jollee, T-Real Bono, Arianna McKenzie Lee Arianna Jollee, McKenzie Lee McKenzie Lee Arianna, McKenzie Arianna, McKenzie Arianna, McKenzie Rebecca Love Gia Paloma Gia Paloma, Jewels Bobbi Bobbi Bobbi Bobbi Cindy Crawford, Bobbi Marcus London, McKenzie Lee More PSK pictures
XPT commentary on the pics: "This would be fun if I wasn't such a faggot."
The last time I drove away from Porn Star Karaoke (May 10), my transmission almost fell out on the way home. Seventeen hundred dollars later, my van sings its way to Burbank. I could call it the porn whisperer.
I arrive at 9:40pm. I talk to Sardos' owner Seymore and Wankus of KSEXradio.com.
He wears a do-rag aka bandana on his head.
"Do white guy wear those?" I ask.
Wankus says it is primarily a white phenomenon that started among bikers.
His girlfriend Tyler Faith likes it, so he wears it more often now because Tyler likes.
He's also had one of his balls surgically removed so that Tyler can carry it around in his purse and lend it back to him when she feels like it.
Jason Sechrest called Wankus "the newest JKP girl."
Katie Morgan is still riding the wave of her HBO Pornucopia appearances. She says the show still calls her.
I go to the bathroom to take a leak. A beautiful brunette [Bobbi aka Cassidey Rae, a friend of the owner Seymore and a porn star] walks in, squeals "I guess I'm in the wrong bathroom," and walks out.
She didn't have to leave so fast.
DLew writes: "Isn't that former Vivid girl Cassidy? AKA Bobbi? AKA Paisley Adams? Didn't someone say she died a few months ago too. She looks very alive to me...verrry alive."
Genesis Skye says she doesn't remember anything after midnight of her birthday last week. She vomited all over the Wisconsin's bar owner's shoes. She went home alone, and woke up without her pants. She claims nobody had sex with her. "I had a great time, even though I don't remember it."
Nicole Brazzle and Katie Morgan pass each other during PSK. They both rarely come to PSK and they both hate each other but there's no incident tonight.
Genesis talks on her cell phone much of the night. She gives it to Nicole Brazzle so she can say to Genesis's friend, "Hi, I'm Nicole Brazzle and I'm a porn star." Genesis's friend put Genesis on the line with a guy so she can say the same thing.
Nicole Brazzle's discovery Courtney Simpson has moved on to LADirectModels. Nicole manages five girls (three are from Arizona).
Lezley Zen says that she and her husband Trevor are moving to Miami. Lezley will be working for PINK TV, which is owned by Playboy.
She says she's done about 200 movies, most of them for Vivid and Wicked.
She's cut her hair short, but wears a wig during her scenes.
I talk to Johnny, Cally, Mari Possa, and Lauren. Johnny and Lauren are a civilian Jewish couple. Cally is Adam Glasser's new assistant. Mari Possa is Adam's girlfriend.
Lauren, 27, says she gave her first blowjob at age 15, but didn't have intercourse until she was 20. She wrote an unpublished story about giving a blowjob and she says it got her a literary agent.
Cally: "I want to live my life on camera like Madonna in [the documentary] Truth and Dare, only not in black and white."
Lauren: "Jewish girls are good at giving blowjobs because their mothers don't do it, so they do it as a form of rebellion. We have tasted the tears of oppression but we also love to taste the salty tears of semen."
Kristen, the karaoke host with Wankus, says to the crowd: "Genesis Skye is celebrating her 21st birthday tonight even though she has been here for six months."
JamesN writes: "This group of pictures was pretty depressing. Peaking in high-school is a very real phenomena for some."
James, I think you hit the nail on the head. There's a point where even I feel like I'm drowning kittens. I just couldn't look at these with much gusto. People... having fun (in a Genesis sense)... breaking down until their faces look like the tops of glazed bran muffins before our eyes.
Luke must have hit a point some years ago where it became too depressing to become personally involved in it. You have to think, he's been covering porn since [1995]. The interior of the man's mind must be some kind of science lab. Just like a mortician looks at people and sees skeletons and bone structure, Luke must go to these casting calls and see prematurely aged, hard-faced hookers in the fresh of the bus chicas.
My disillusion with the usual humor frenzy of PSK pics began when Luke adjusted the settings on his camera and began taking better pics (about which, well done).
JamesN writes on XPT: "Nobody can stay in-character indefinitely. The swashbuckling Crocodile Dundee pokes through like the ribcage of an elderly Aborigine. Luke works in porn, he's gotta be somewhat shady-at least he didn't use "bitches"."
Random writes on XPT: "I've seen Luke in Miami Vice attire, in a bondage mask and even in tighty-whiteys holding a yellow walkman. I will die a happy man if I can see him dressed up like Jesus Christ. I'm talking the whole nine yards -- ratty beard, soiled robe, crown of thorns and blood on the palms. I'm willing to pay."
Why Are You Guys So Moralistic?
"The demand in today's culture to judge every sexual behavior as good or bad, instead of just trying to study them and understand them? Once you start talking about good and bad, who's going to tell you about their bad behaviors?"
That's a quote from my interview today with the head of the Kinsey Institute, Dr. Julia R. Heiman.
Email Luke about your bad behaviors.
Confessions of an XRCO emcee.
PORN KARAOKE IN HOLLYWOOD WITH THE CAST OF DEZ'S DIRTY WEEKEND #3
BEVERLY HILLS-Where can you go to hang with hot porn stars AND satisfy your karaoke jones AND not have to cross over to the Valley? Only at PORN KARAOKE in Hollywood!
Each month, LFP VIDEO GROUP sponsors special nights at Laura Jean and DJ Richie Rich's ultra-hip, weekly PORN KARAOKE event in Hollywood. This week, PORN KARAOKE and LFP's VCA Pictures will be celebrating the release of DEZ'S DIRTY WEEKEND #3 starring Krystal Steal, Alaura Eden, Naudia Nyce, Sky Lopez, Tory Lane and, of course, Dez! The DVD just hit the stores this week-it's Dez's best yet!
Also on hand will be PORN KARAOKE's resident Suicidegirl emcee, the lovely Bella. She's joined this week by her dangerously seductive counterpart, Mizz Jasmine.
This Thursday, May 26th, PORN KARAOKE will be at the posh Three Of Clubs (1123 North Vine St., Los Angeles 90028, 323 462 6441). The event starts at 10pm. Party with Dez and the stars of his new off-the-hook XXX party DVD from VCA! There will be DVD giveaways and drinks for all female porn stars.
Minnesota court takes dim view of encryption
A Minnesota appeals court has ruled that the presence of encryption software on a computer may be viewed as evidence of criminal intent.
Ari David Levie, who was convicted of taking illegal photographs of a nude 9-year-old girl, argued on appeal that the PGP encryption utility on his computer was irrelevant and should not have been admitted as evidence during his trial. PGP stands for Pretty Good Privacy and is sold by PGP Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif.
I Will Not Have Sex Until I Am Married
True love waits. You can tempt me all you want, but I am just saying no.
On my wedding night, things are going to be special in a way the jaded among you will never understand.
Jenna Haze Back From The Lake
I guess my mini-vacation was okay. I DID get tan, but my friends flaked so there weren't enough people for me to try wakeboarding and we also had boat towing issues and had to cut the trip short a day. So ... that's that I suppose. I STILL haven't shot any new flicks with JKP; my last one, which was shot in March, "Strap it on, Slip it in" is due out very shortly. It's the second time in my career and life that I have taken a strap on from another girl. I am usually the one doing the pounding! But in this movie you get to see me get f---ed by two of my closest friends August & Kirsten Price. (who are smokin' hot) I also do an extremely hot scene with Tyler Faith! I am not sure why my store on my website is not up and running. I have emailed my webguys but am still awaiting a response. Hopefully it will be up soon. I am really looking forward to going to Erotica LA this year I will be at the wantedlist.com booth so cum by and see me! I should be there each day of the show! anyhow, I'm gonna go cook breakfast.
Porn Star Karaoke Vs Porn Karaoke
I heard that the first press release Porn Karaoke (Club Tokio at 1640 N. Cahuenga Blvd in Hollywood Thursday nights) sent out a press release that said that Porn Star Karaoke had moved to Club Tokio.
This annoyed the Porn Star Karaoke people. Wankus from KSEXradio.com has copyrighted the name "Porn Star Karaoke."
Seymore from Sardos Bar called the bar manager at Club Tokio and protested parts of the first press release. The bar manager agreed that they shouldn't have used "Porn Star Karaoke" and said it had moved. Seymore says their conversation was amicable.
Who Is Paris Waters?
Aek writes:
She did a movie called "Just Sex" by Cherry Boxxx where she was the cover girl (if you can call it that) of the box and a couple of others like "As young as they cum # 16" by digital sin and "lost innocence" by baby doll pictures. she also did work in several internet sites, namely: www.bookwormbitches.com, www.matavod.com and www.puffyz.com. the later she used "gleynda" as her name. you did a couple of articles with her (Talent Call At World Modeling: November 4, 2004 and World Modeling Wednesday: Jim South holds a minor talent call February 16, 2005) but only just gave her a quick sentence per article. i know you're not her dad or manager or anything, i just thought, why the heck not ask.
Craig Valentine Replies To Ken Shinkle
Craig writes:
Regurading Ken and luck please check ym spelling. Last time i checked and after speaking with Don Benn no matter how much money i have or how many club our family owns men will always be considered suitcase pimps.
Also what makes oyu a semi porn star ??? We have some of the top selling dvd's. we are in AVN's top list. Had a top glass sex toy compnay that even impressed Phallix.
Luke if Summer Haze is such an unimpressive package as ken this. Why is she got a 95% re-book. Why are the dvd's selling like hotcakes and why are her parties and tradeshow booths packed ?
And as far as be being a dick and over bearing. I run a XXX production co. A swingers club, a web hosting and adult pay sites as well as an adult press house. SO i am a business man over bearing maybe an agent that pimps out girls for 12% hardly.
As far as Taya Parker look at her floatingworld schedual. She is booked until the end of the year. What Mr Shinkle forgets Summers credits are real. Her Playboy and HEDO/Playboys comericals are real. DVD"S real. Kens own wife Glorifyed housegirl.
These agents love calling clubs and trashing the girls the screw up there bookings. This is why the girls and clubs are booking direct. I cant get a girl to do a video for free why should they have to feature dance for free.
And as far as Kens comments in booking us. We we do our live sex routine Gee go figure we have live sex on stage...let a dance school dancer get wild on stage. People want the show as wild as i can get. if i wanted a vanilla show id got disney land. This list is growing on features the agents have screwed over. But in the end its the club owners fault. Its their money they should book who they want not what the agents tell them to book. Wish Jim South would book Features he is a fair agent.