Porn Star Karaoke At Sardos
My favorite moment of the night is when a white porn girl sitting on the lap of black porn guy Silvio freaks out when I go to take their picture. She didn't just freak out for five seconds (I immediately agreed not to photograph), but for about a minute, so scared was she that I'd capture her sitting on a black guy.
Folks, if you don't want to get photographed, don't go to Porn Star Karaoke and don't sit on the laps of porners.
Divine, a stripper with XoticaStudios.com (L-R) Amber Peach, Reina Leone Divine, Amber, Reina Amber, Reina Amber, Reina Reina Leone Reina Divine, Amber, Reina Divine, Amber, Reina Divine, Amber, Reina Olivia O'Lovely Olivia Olivia Tall G-ddess civilian girl Keiko Gonzo Black, Connie Gonzo Black Amber Peach Amber Peach Jenaveve Jolie, husband Kris Knight Jenaveve Jolie, Kris Knight Yasmine Vega, Vincent Yasmine Vega Genesis Skye, Wankus Genesis Skye, Wankus Genesis Genesis told me she didn't have a drink all night, but here she is doing shots with Seymour Tall G-ddess with scuba diver-swinger Tall G-ddess Reina Bobby, Connie Reina Reina Reina, the former cop Reina Reina, Joe Friday Reina, Joe Friday Reina, Joe Friday Genesis Skye Genesis Skye, Kimmy Genesis Skye, Kimmy Genesis, Seymour, Kimmy Lexxi Tyler Seymour, Lexxi Tyler Lexxi Tyler, Genesis Skye Lexxi Tyler, Genesis Skye Lexxi, Genesis Lexxi, Genesis Lexxi Tyler Genesis Skye Genesis Skye Genesis Skye, Bobby Genesis, Bobby Bobby Bobby Genesis, Bobby Genesis reattaches her hair extensions Bobby, Genesis Bobby, Genesis Bobby, Genesis Loren Mizrachi, Angel Felon Loren, Angel Eva Angelina, Jenaveve Jolie Jenaveve Jolie Eva, Jenaveve Becca, Yasmine Vega Becca, Yasminec Becca, Yasmine Becca, Yasmine Tall G-ddess, friends birthday boy Bill Fox Genesis Skye, Bill Fox Bill Fox, Genesis Skye Genesis Skye, Bill Fox Becca, Yasmine Bill Fox Bill Fox Ron Jeremy, Regina Valencia, Dennis Hof Ron Jeremy, Regina Valencia Roby Robyn, Tee Reel
Tonight's evening is sponsored by XXXotic Entertainment owned by the brothers David Simpson and Jay Williams. They've produced over 20 hardcore titles.
David: "My brother and I come from mainstream news. My brother and I have been fans of porn like everybody else. We used to attend a lot of events. We thought there would be a need for our brand of journalism. We thought we could do something different with interviews and behind the scenes. About three years ago, we started Porn Stars on DVD. We went to all the events and got in-depth interviews. We came out with our first volume about a year ago.
"Everybody in the adult entertainment business has been open and accepting of us. It's like a family. We've been embraced."
David Simpson directed the family-favorite Black Gangster Bitches starring Lori Alexia. "It's a fun take on the urban hip-hop era. We've got a soundtrack written by my nephew Gonzo Black called 'Only For Them Gangsters.' He's an up-and-coming rap star. We're looking at doing something similar to what Snoop and the other guys are doing. He's in touch with the urban hip-hop community. We're looking at putting out a line geared towards that whole genre.
"My daughter is 21. She recently took a tour of my studio. She's proud of her dad. At 21, they think it's cool. Other members of the family are standoffish, not sure how to take what we're doing."
David's brother runs production and David is the businessman.
At 10:30pm, I step outside with Reina Leone and her husband Joe Friday (they've been married since July and together for four years).
Reina: "About two-and-a-half years ago [while they were both working as cops in San Francisco], we went to the AVN expo. We'd always had a fantasy about getting into porn. We met Belladonna. She said, 'I want to shoot you for Bella's Perversions.'"
Duke: "Whose idea was it to get into porn?"
Reina: "Mine. Because of the girls. I'm every man's dream."
Duke: "Do you guys get jealous?"
Reina: "That's the nature of a couple."
Duke: "What do you love and hate about the industry?"
Reina: "I love the women. I love the people. For the most part, they are supportive. It's fun. It's the next best thing to being a movie star. The notoriety. I hate that a lot of the people are two-faced."
Duke: "What did you love and hate about being a cop?"
This gets a more passionate reaction.
Reina: "Oh G-d. Anybody who says they don't like the position of power is a liar. That was a turn-on. I hated it being a thankless job. We'd see a lot of people trying to put one over on you and to take advantage of the system. It makes you jaded."
Duke: "How did your family react to your becoming a porn star?"
Reina turns serious: "Not good. Here's how it broke out [June 2004]. One of my husband's co-workers found something of us on the web. He took it to the station and showed everybody. It leaked to my department. Then someone leaked it to the news. The news in San Francisco blared our real names and it was a big scandal for about three weeks. That's how my family found out. They weren't happy about it."
Duke: "Was it a video clip of the two of you?"
Reina: "Yeah. And it was the cheesiest thing we'd done [Buck Adams directed it for the internet]. Couldn't they have found something better edited and shot?"
Duke: "Didn't you realize you were going to get caught? Did you want to get caught?"
Reina: "Being that I was the only woman in my department, I thought people would've kept it to themselves, or taken me aside privately."
Duke: "When you were a girl, what did you want to be when you grew up?"
Reina: "A nurse. But I spent some time in a hospital and found it too heavy duty for me."
Reina got breasts implants three years ago, moving from a small C-cup to DD-cup.
Duke: "What kind of crowd did you hang out with in highschool?"
Reina: "I went to a Catholic school. I was a rocker. Big hair band people. The nuns thought I was going to hell."
Duke: "I guess they were right."
Reina: "They're probably saying now, we knew she'd do something bad with her life.
"I keep in touch with most of my highschool friends. They say, 'You do whatever you want to do. We always knew you were freaky.'"
Duke: "How are you relationships with your family now?"
Reina: "Cordial. I still love my mom."
Duke: "They were ashamed."
Reina: "Yeah. I told them that I wasn't going to be in the business anymore, so hopefully they won't be checking any interview sites any time soon. A Catholic upbringing. We're an Asian family. Filipino-Spanish."
I talk to Joe Friday. "One of the most annoying things about this industry," he says, "is trying to figure out who you can and can not trust."
Duke: "What do you miss about your old job as a cop?"
Joe: "The salary and benefits. Getting shot at and getting in fights every night. I worked the [San Francisco] tenderloin. My seven-block area dealt with nothing but drug dealers, parolees, pimps, prostitutes, and people who were strung out. It was never getting a cat out of the tree. It was always fighting parolees.
"I now wake up every day happy to go to work. I'm much happier.
"There's a lot of stress that comes with that job. Police officers average three divorcees. I was married. Within seven months of working the street, my wife and I got a divorce."
Duke: "What are the dynamics of having a relationship in porn? Do you get jealous?"
Joe: "Any man who tells you he doesn't get jealous of his wife having sex with another male is lying."
Duke: "How did your family react to your porn career?"
Joe: "Everything happened last June. We got married in July. After the uproar. My mother was supportive. She said, whatever makes you happy. I haven't talked to my dad in years. The rest of my family threw my hands in the air and said they understood. It wasn't a big surprise for them. I got a lot more support from my family than did Reina."
I ask Lexxi Tyler about what looked like dog tags hanging off of her boyfriend Dee. Did he serve in Afghanistan or Iraq?
"Oh no," she says. "He's too much of a pretty boy for that."
Dee is in a biker group called Rough Riders.
I spend most of the night talking with Tall G-ddess.
Aghast writes: "Yikes! Did you bring her a wrist corsage and red ball gag like a gentleman?"
Genesis Skye tells me she hasn't had one drink all night. She's ditched all her druggie friends. She's gone clean.
Fred writes: "What ratio of porners to non-porners? What ratio of male to female? Any cover charge?"
One to three. Two or three to one. For men not in porn it might be $10.
