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11/10/98

Veteran photographer Johnny Castano complains about Regan Senter f---ing his models (this one called Andrea).

"She told him to go f--- himself," says Johnny over the phone. "I asked her, why did you go see him? He said he was going to get me work. You did that f---ing scam (demo tape to demonstrate compliance) with him? You're 30 years old, don't you know any better?

"Then he [Regan] tries to get the numbers of other models that I've been sending Rodney Moore. I kept calling him [Regan] on his 800 number until he complained to AT&T. Here's a convicted felon reporting me, who has never been in jail in my life. So I called AT&T up and told them, 'you're talking about a convicted felon and a pornographer.' I told them every f---ing thing about him. I bet he doesn't even have a business license.

"When I tell this to all the photographers I know, and all the guys in video like Metro, I'm going to tell them that if I send a girl to you, she can't work with one of Regan's models. This guy is a real rat. This f---ing Regan... You're going to be reading about him in the paper. They're going to find him dead some place. I've heard rumors about this guy."

Regan: "The girl did not tell me to go f--- myself. She asked me to find her work over the weekends. She's happy to work with me. I'll give you Luke her number, as we have done in the past [with Castano's allegations about Regan]. I tried to do normal call blocking [of Regan's 800 number] with Johnny's number because he was calling me 25 times a day. If we he wants to pay for it, he can call me 25x a day. I did not go to the police crying harassment. As far as being a convicted felon, that is nonsense. Please try to prove it. I've never taken any girls from Rodney Moore. I provide him with talent. Since when is a photographer named Johnny Castano acting as a casting office? I have nothing against Johnny. We may well work together again. But if he goes into a rage because I have sex with a model that he did NOT send me, that is too bad. Of course I f---ed her. I taped it too. My demos are not scams. Johnny sometimes pays girls $125 for a layout and sells them to magazines for thousands of dollars. May God have mercy on teh soul of anybody who deals with him [Johnny]."

9/15/99

Luke talked Tuesday evening with Las Vegas photographer Johnny Castano, an old timer now in his 60s.

Johnny: I shot John Stagliano about 15-20 times... And he f---ed a lot of girls. I taught him how to do anal. I shot him many times with a dildo in his ass.

And those two cheap pricks, Paul Wisner and Steven Goldenberg at American Art... And they used to make me wait for my checks like you wouldn't believe. Me and Reb kept waiting...They stole everything. They took the f---ing pictures and stole everthing. Paul Wisner is the cheapest f---ing prick in the world.

Do you know who works for them now? That f---ing asshole photographer, I gave him the job. Bill Deal. His Las Vegas studio went broke... I got him the job and it took him two f---ing months to bring me a bottle of Jack Daniels. He was a broke and he didn't have a f---ing dime and he begged me... He told me he shot for Playboy and I believed him. He doesn't know how to shoot anybody. He's the worst photographer in the business.

Steve was ready to let him go after two months. Couldn't handle him anymore. Said the guy was terrible. I finally called him up after a couple of months and said, hey guy, can't you f---ing buy me a quart of booze for getting you that f---ing job? He bought me a Fifth of Jack Daniels.

I was way ahead of these guys today. Back in the 1970s, Jim South used to call me the biggest pervert around. I was shooting anal and fisting... And they used to call me a pervert. I couldn't get girls when I was shooting because Jim used to badmouth me all the time. I'm the one who gave him the name Jim the Pimp.

Reb employed black photographer Nippy Phillips. Reb paid him $300 a shoot and then Reb sold the layouts for $1500.

Whatever happened to Blondie? She was with Tony Montana, who I brought into the business. He used to live with me. I shot him 100 times f---ing girls... I was the second guy to shoot Marc Wallice, one of the best models I ever had. I was shooting hardcore anal three times a week. And they called me a sicko.

I did all the hardcore Gourmet magazines. Is anyone buying hardcore pics?

Luke: The internet.

Johnny: The f---ing internet don't want to pay nothing. I sold two sets to IEG for $350 a set. I'm ashamed of myself. Are they going to buy Metro?

Luke: I don't know.

Johnny: I bought 200 shares for $4... Now they're worth a $1:50 each...

Regan [Senter] calls me up... He reads your site all the time... And he laughs about everything. He doesn't give a f---... The only time he is going to give a f--- is when he's dying in bed someplace... He don't care about nobody, man. He lives in a world of his own.

The funny thing about it is that he's a very intelligent guy. The way he commands his English. Can I ask you a question? What are you f---ing around with porn for? Why don't you do something better? Why don't you get into news or stuff like that? Do you know what I am talking about? Because you are going to get burnt out on this crap. Do you have any plans for the future?

Luke: Yeah... I'm transitioning to other subjects...

Johnny: Yeah, you should because you're a great writer man... Everytime I read you, I say, this guy is wasting his time with this f---ing industry... Just like I've wasted my photography on porno. It's been a big mistake all my life... I was better... I used to shoot beautiful stuff, ballerinas and dancers...and then I got mixed up into this f---ing porno s--- and it ruined my whole life. I could've done a lot better with a camera.

I used to laugh at Ron Vogel... They would never shoot girl-girl or boy-girl... And here I am, back in 1970s, shooting boy-girl and girl-girl and I don't think Vogel shot boy-girl until 1980... Castano was the one and that's how Jim used to call me a motherf---er and a pervert because I was shooting girls taking it up the ass...fist f---ing and all that s---... And they used to call me a pervert, because I knew what was coming. I told everybody two years ago that pissing was going to go come, and look at now... What more can they do unless they're like Nikki Sinn who goes overseas and does scat...

Did I tell you about the time five years ago when Jim South caught the crabs? That was the funniest f---ing thing. He gave it to his wife and he was f---ing yelling and screaming... I'll never forget that day...

Former Sin City director James DiGiorgio writes: hey luke, i don't know what this prick, johnny castano's beef is, or why he all of a sudden called you from the Old Porno People's Home, but let me set the record straight on one thing: Bill Diehl is one good f---ing photographer! Certainly one of the best in the biz. Bill probably employs more talent (for still shoots) than anyone else. I talked to Bill tonight on a set I was shooting on and told him what this guy had to say on your site. Bill says he only met Castano once, and that Castano in no way got Bill the job with American Arts. Sounds like this Castano guy has some beef with American Arts, or Paul Wizener, or whoever, that only Castano himself knows about. Oh, by the way, you're all wet in your analysis of David Sturman. I was there a long time. I pretty much know what makes the place tick and how it works...and you ain't even close to reality. But keep digging, you might someday figure it out. And when you do, you'll probably finally understand how this whole thing works. Until then, keep scooping s---: it's at least sometimes amusing.

Johnny Castano replies: To another Wop Come Lately. THIS ASSHOLE TELLS ME THAT ASSEHOLE MORMON CAN SHOOT WHERE THE f--- DO THESE ASSHOLES COME FROM .TELL BILLs--- HEAD TO TELL ME IDID NOT GET HIM THE MOMON PRICK THE JOB ASK THE BOSS GOLDENBERG AT AMERICAN ART THAT ASSHOLE WORKS FOR 350 .00 A WEEK NEVER BEEN IN A GIRLIE PUBLICATION WHO IS THIS DEL OREO WHAT CRACK DID HE COME FROM HES GOT AMOUTH LIKE LISA LIPS BIG .ON TO BETTER THINGS LUKE SHOT CRAPS LAST NT MADE 14000.00SOME OLD WOMEN HELD THE DICE FORTY MNT/S WHEN IMAKE 10.000 I WILL MAKE A16MM FLICK AND HIRE DELOREO ITS GOING TO BE BI SEX UP HIS LINE DID YOU FIND ILLO PAUL CARRARA DROVE HIM NUTS WAY BACK WHEN THOSE WHERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS / WHAT HAPPEN TO GINNA CARARA .DO YOU REMEBER HER .KARL DANCER WAS IN LOVE WITH NINA CHERRY THE THREE OF THEM MADE A PARTY IDO YOU THING NINA EVER EVER SUCKED JIM THE PIMP SOUTH PRICK

3/26/00

Longhard writes: I was driving through Las Vegas after finishing some "work" out in LA. A friend of mine, who will remain unnamed, told me to call this old dude to pick up a quick 100.00 for some solo pictures... said it would only take an hour. This guy sounded like death over the phone but I figured what the hell, 100 bucks is a 100 bucks. I drove over to his house and almost fell over when this hunched over little troll answered the door.

This house looked like a throwback from the sixties porn days. s---ty as they were, pictures of girls he shot adorn the walls. He wouldn't shut up for two seconds and kept bragging about all of the parties he used to go to and all of the models he used to f---. He showed me some of the magazines who publish his stuff and then took me in to a back bedroom where he keeps his computer. He bragged about having a bunch of email names and sending threating stuff to anyone who he didn't like. He told me he's ratted on other porn people when they got on his bad side. All of this in the first ten minutes of meeting this guy. what a LOSER.

I wanted to get back on the road (I live in phoenix) so I asked if we could get started. First thing he did once I was naked was ask me if he could suck my cock for an extra 20.00. I've done jerk off photos before but NEVER done any gay stuff. I told him I didn't do that and then he asked me to f--- him in the as. I couldn't get my clothes on fast enough. As I was walking, running, to the door, he said he'd give me 50.00 to piss in his mouth. I stopped in my tracks. It was the easiest 50.00 I've ever made. He laid down right on the living room floor and I pissed away. He said not to worry about it spilling over on to the carpet...vinegar would take care of the smell...Now I know what the smell was when I walked in ten minutes earlier. Gross!!! So hey guys, if you;re ever in Vegas and need an extra fifty, just call Johnny. His phone number is in the back of City Life Magazine.

4/28/00

Johnny Castano Out of Hospital

Veteran photographer Johnny Castano is back home, after spending three weeks in the hospital recovering from back surgery. He could do with calls from his friends.

Johnny: "I really went through hell, man. They just sent me home Friday. And I'm in a wheelchair right now. I had a really serious back operation. I had an accident about two years ago. I thought my back was all right. A very serious car accident. Someone smashed into the back of me. I went to the hospital and they thought everything was all right.

"Then suddenly, about a month ago, I could hardly walk. It hit me and I was bent over and I finally went to the doctor and he said, 'You have to go to the hospital and have your back fixed or you ain't ever going to walk again.' And had a f---ing back operation.

"I talked to Regan [Senter] about five or six times. And I said 'Tell Luke I'm in the hospital.' But you know he's such a scatterbrain, you can't talk to him.

"I've been really sick. Luke, take care of your back... You can't believe what it does to you. Right now my legs are completely... I never knew a spine could be so destructive. The spine controls everything.

"I'm going to get better. I'm not going to work for another three months...but I've just got to stick it out, that's all... I have a woman come in every three days and takes care of me. She gives me a shower... But boy, have I been going through hell."

10/13/00

Johnny Castano phoned. "I haven't worked in seven months [since back troubles]. They've got to a thing on my knee and then I'll be ok.

"People keep asking when I will get back to work. Joey Silvera really took care of me. He sent me all his videos and called me a few times. He does some great work. He shoots the best He-Shes... Friends of mine in New York who own bookstores tell me that his He-Shes are the best selling around.

"Aren't you tired of this business yet, Luke? It's bulls---. I know you can do something better than that crap. This Scotty Schwartz. I used to see the kid hanging around and I used to say, what are you doing around here, man? I used to photograph one of the girls he first lived with. I always thought he was a nice kid. And I am just so sorry that he gave up his whole life for soemthing like this. I don't know why he did that.

"Jesus, you don't get in porno, for chrissakes, and throw your whole career away. I used to tell him, it's all right to come to these shows, but don't get involved with this s---. Oh man. And he was always a nice person.

"Alexandra Quinn was the best model I photographed in my life. You didn't have to tell her to do a goddam thing. You'd blow your powerpack with her.

"Tom Byron and me have always been friends. I used to take care of Ron Jeremy in the 1970s. I got him his first job in porno - in a movie called "Lips." For Caballero. They paid him $1500 for the week."