Porn Star Karaoke At Sardo's Bar

8/30/05

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I arrive at 10:10pm and run into Kelsey Michaels. She says she worked with Max Hardcore and Layla Rivera.

Duke: "What did he do to you?"

Kelsey: "The usual."

Duke: "Why did you do it?"

Kelsey: "Because not many people can say that they've worked with Max Hardcore. I'm trying to get myself out there and I want people to know that I'm up for anything."

Duke: "Did you get hurt?"

Kelsey: "I did it two days ago and I did a scene yesterday and a scene today."

Duke: "Will you do it again?"

Kelsey: "I don't know. He wants me to."

Kelsey's mom was a porn star -- Christine Roberts (did dozens of pornos, just turned 36, she was in LA last week, came on one set with her). Her father is a Protestant minister.

Michaels says she's run into five people who knew her. She worked with one guy who also worked with her mom -- Randy Spears.

Kelsey says she won't work with her mom. "Trust me. Everybody's already tried."

Michaels says her mom's porn career was the reason her parents divorced. "She was 17 going on 18 when she had me and that's how she had to support me."

Duke: "When did you find out your mother was a porn star?"

Kelsey: "I was 16. Me and a bunch of friends were renting porn and she was in one. I ended up taking it home and asking, 'What is this?'

"She sat me down and we had the long talk. I found out [everything].

"She'd fly to LA every now and then.

"I'm going home [to Tennessee] Friday and then I'm going to bring my [older] sister here with me to do it too.

"It's a family tradition."

Duke: "Have you seen your mother's work?"

Kelsey: "No. I saw her when I was 16, but I didn't watch all of it.

"I've had so many people call me and say, 'Do you know that you're on the cover of a porn?' Yeah.

"They're just amazed. They can't wait for me to get home. 'I'm buying one. You better sign it.'

"It's only been out a week."

Duke: "Does your mom advise you?"

Kelsey: "She calls me and tells me who I should work with. She didn't want me working with Max but that it was probably a good career move.

"I did a scene with Randy Spears. He said, 'You look identical to someone I used to know.' After we got done with the scene, I said, 'My mom used to be in porn.' He said, 'Oh, that's so wrong.'

"If there are a lot of guys out there who've been in the industry for a while, they'll probably be with me and my mom. Then my sister comes out here."

Duke: "How does your mom feel about you doing this?"

Kelsey: "I used to run around the house saying I was going to be a porn star, so... When I was little, I thought I'd be a stripper. I'd dress up in my mom's lingerie and run around and say, 'I'm going to be a dancer,' and I'd shake my butt.

"She doesn't have any objections to [Kelsey doing porn] because she used to do it. She says that if it makes me happy, go for it.

"We look identical except her hair has always been down to here [waist]."

I interview Rusty Nails, 33. He says that when he was a kid, he wanted to be an artist when he grew up. "Portraits. Charcoal, pencil and Indian ink."

Duke: "What happened to that dream?"

Rusty, who grew up in the San Fernando Valley and graduated from Burbank High School: "I went to Pasadena Art Center on scholarship and f---ed it up from there. I was young and stupid and didn't know what I wanted.

"I was a smart kid. I just liked to party.

"My mom used to work for a book and magazine distribution company. She paid me 10c an issue to put stickers on a thousand issues of the same Hustler magazine to censor the penetration.

"From there, I just bloomed into a sex maniac."

Duke: "Why did you get into porn?"

Rusty (who's done about 75 scenes): "I got hurt in a relationship and I didn't want to be in a relationship any more. Years ago, a friend of mine (David Lace) started a website in Las Vegas. My job (architectural signs) laid me off.

"I was at my friend's house when they were doing a scene (in 2000). Instead of standing around and looking, I PA'd. They invited me back to build sets and design for the studio.

"My first scene was with Mika Lee in May of 2000.

"Last year, I had a lot of bad luck living in Las Vegas (burglarized three times) so I moved out here. I knew Jim South and signed up with him."

Duke: "Do you date civilian girls?"

Rusty: "Civilian girls are fun to hang out with but it's hard for civilian girls to accept what we do. I've rarely seen that work."

Duke: "How did your family react?"

Rusty, who lost his virginity at 14: "I don't have any more family. That's why I put both feet into it this year. My mom passed away last year. I was ashamed of it years ago. I didn't want to hurt her. She knew and she wasn't happy. I'd only done a handful of scenes. I told her. I've always been straight forward with my mom. But I knew the disappointment that it caused.

"She knew I was very promiscuous. She caught me in the garage with girls in highschool. She lectured me on STDs."

Duke: "What are your ambitions?"

Rusty: "If porn doesn't work out, I want to get into mainstream."

Duke: "What do you love and hate about the porn industry?"

Rusty: "I hate the gossip. Everybody trying to get over on everybody. We're all a family. It may be dysfunctional, but we should try to stick together."

I interview Tiffany Holliday, who's been in porn about 20 months. "I did a lot of stuff on the East Coast for eight months before I came out here [a year ago]."

Duke: "Why did you get into porn?"

Tiffany: "Because it's fun. I met a lot of porn stars in my mainstream world. I traveled with a couple of bands and we interviewed girls to see what they would do to get backstage with the band.

"We get more in a day than the average person makes in a month."

Tiffany (a highschool cheerleader who lost her virginity at 17) went to college for three years (Criminal Justice and Psychology). "But I realized that I couldn't make money and go to school at the same time. So why not make money now?

"I was a good student until my junior year [of highschool] and discovered boys... Then I got my GED [the equivalent of a highschool diploma]."

Duke: "How has your time in porn affected you?"

Tiffany: "I'm a lot more sexual. I look at women who walk by and go hmmm..."

Duke: "What do you do when you're not working?"

Tiffany: "I swim, tan, listen to music and have fun. Go to the beach."

Duke: "How did family and friends react to your getting into porn?"

Tiffany: "They thought it was crazy at first. They thought it was dirty. Hey, we get tested more in a year than the average person in a lifetime. Whether you have sex on camera or off camera, you still do it. I got here somehow."

Keiko says she's stopped doing interracial scenes because black guys take so long to get it up (a common observation in the industry).

I talk to Craven Morehead and his beautiful blonde model girlfriend Leah.

Duke: "What got you into porn?"

Craven: "Peter North. I was working at Costco and he asked me if I wanted to do lights with Stoney Curtis. I did that as a side job and started performing.

"I got fired from Costco for sexual harassment. I worked in the bakery and I made a penis out of dough.

"I got into porn full-time. I performed in about 50 scenes."

Duke: "How does Leah handle that?"

Craven (who's directed about 50 movies): "She deals with it. This was way before I met her. I'm out of the trences. I haven't done scenes for more than two years.

"She met me at a porn convention [Leah was a model for Internext], so she can't talk."

Leah lives in Florida but flies out to LA about three times a month.

Duke to Leah: "How do you feel about him being around all these dirty whores?"

Leah (they're not swingers): "It's fine. It doesn't really bother me that much. You've got to have a lot of trust."

Craven: "I got my yayas out early in my [porn career]."

Duke: "How has being in the porn industry affected you?"

Craven: "I understand girls a lot better now. Dealing with 20 girls and all their bulls---... You don't want to end up with one of these street hookers that I'm looking at [we're standing outside of PSK] who'll suck dick for a pair of shoes."

Craven met Leah's grandparents.

Duke: "Did you say this is Craven Morehead?"

Leah: "No."

Craven indicating a porn girl: "Did you do this girl's make-up?"

Duke: "Do you do their make-up?"

Craven: "No. I just smack 'em around at the end of the scene."

In highschool, Craven played in a rock band (and got two scholarships for playing classical guitar). He wanted to become a rock star but ended up at Costco (while going to college). Then he met Peter North in a gym. "Then I sold my soul to Satan and now I shoot $10 hookers.

"My mom caught me on the Spice Channel. I played Peter North's son in a movie. She was at a bachelorette party and saw it."

Craven's ambition is to shoot music videos. He just shot one for Glenn Danzig. "I've never been one to be 95 years old and still sitting in a chair and shooting gonzo pornos."

I chat with Rob Longshot, who's been on a tear on XPT. "I just think a bunch of people are producing garbage," he says. "The circus acts have gotten old. It's not erotic anymore. You can only do so much of that stuff before you start influencing the wrong people. The fans [of degrading porn] are serial killers in training. I don't even want them near me. If I knew that these people lived in my neighborhood, I would want them kicked out."

Duke: "Don't you think this is true for all porn?"

Rob: "Not necessarily. A lot of the market now is geared towards pedophiles and serial killers."

Duke: "Hasn't that always been the market for porn?"

Rob: "No. I think there's been an erotic market for it and there could be again. You've got people who try to shoot for a younger market but they're a bunch of posers."

Duke: "How would you like to be stuck on an island with people who are fans of your porn films?"

Rob: "I wouldn't."

Duke: "Do you pornography promotes race mixing?"

Rob: "I don't think all pornography promotes race mixing. That's a diplomatic answer."

Duke: "What do you think of interracial porn?"

Rob, who grew up in the South: "I'm not a fan of it.

"A lot of porn is revenge porn. Guys who couldn't get laid want to see girls beat up on."

Rob started off in horror movies.