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I get a couple of gay porn movies in the mail every day for me to write reviews for ReelGuys.org. Every once in a while a box cover or a particular model catches my eye. Otherwise, they just get put in the pile of DVDs to "look at later". Today, two products caught my eye, both from different studios but both indicative of changing tastes of the gay porn industry, and MY changing tastes, too. I have been watching this trend for a couple years now, and there is no doubt - bears are the new black. Big, beefy hairy men with muscles are chic. While I was still in my pajamas this morning, the UPS man delivered Titan's Manplay 22 - Hard Work showed up with Tober Brandt on the cover, front and center. Ohmygawd, I put that box cover in front of my computer all day because I couln't get my eyes off Tober Brandt! He has the hottest physique I have seen in a long, long time. Most guys with that kind of sculpted physique think they need to keep their chest shaved permanently just in case there is a "contest" coming up. Not Tober Brandt with his nipple rings and furry chest. He looks like he's perpetually ready for nasty biker sex, and fuck those sissy steroid bodybuilding contests. (Or maybe I'm just fantasizing that...) I don't actaully know anything about him, as he has so far only done two movies, ManPlay 22 and Big Muscle (both from Titan), but I want to know every intimate detail about him! Titan's ManPlay 22 also stars Alec Brawley, Ben Harrison, Cam Kurtz, Chuck Scott, Derrick Hanson, and Logan Steele. While I was still drooling over Tober Brandt, I got an email that BuyGay.com is running a special promotion where you get two DVD's from Butch Bear for a special price of $89.95, and they are throwing in an embroidered cum towel. How butch - how bear. I've looked at a lot of bear videos, and many "bear" movies are actually "chubby bear" movies. That's fine, but as tastes change, the "muscle bear" look is changing the whole genre. It's now okay to be into bears even if you are not a chubby chaser. Muscle Bear Hotel Part One and Two stars Blake Nolan, Mick Powers, Edu Boxer, Manu Maltes, Bo Ladd, Christian Volt, Danny Mann, Sam Medur, Steve Parker, Jack van Dean, Damien, Matt Jarrod, Jason Davis, Steve Major, Toby O'Connor, and Dan Rider.

I got another fun little press release from Michael Lucas's publicity slave. (I can picture Michael Lucas as a slavemaster cracking the whip on his employees and yelling, "Make me famous!" WHACK!) But I digress... They are promoting a cute young gay pornstar I see often around San Francisco named Derrick Hanson. Somehow, the publicity girl, who obviously grew up in the 80's, dropped the hint that he reminded her of a toy that was very important in her formative years. "Derek" (close, but not spelled the same as "Derrick") was one of Barbi's "other" boyfriends. Apparently, Derek and Ken went through their "rocker" phase aboutthe time when MC Hammer was wearing his baggy metallic pants. Everyone jokes about how Ken is secretly gay and just Barbi's beard, but trust me, I was around in the 80's and no self-respecting homo ever wore that outfit. Let's just leave the gay rumors to the professionals like porn star Derrick Hanson, okay. From LucasBlog.com: Gay Porn Star Bio: DERRICK HANSON Born: April 1980; Dallas, TX Height: 6'2" Weight: 170 lbs Dick Size: 7.5" Profile: Besides being incredibly handsome, Derrick is also a real sweetheart. He's incredibly sexual and as good at topping as he is at bottoming. In Fire Island Cruising 7, he fucks and fists newcomer Brandon Aguilar. In Fire Island Cruising 8, he takes Chad Hunt's monstrous dick like a real pro. To quote Michael Lucas, "It was a very easy insertion." Derrick was afraid to touch his own dick, he was about to come any second. He was so excited to embrace such a famous organ! Of course, a little drama came when Michael was attacked as a hypocrite for using an actor who had done bareback films. In fact, Derrick did appear in a bareback movie, but the thing is, not only was he wearing a condom in his scenes, but he was also fooled into the project by the bareback company. So nasty columnists- a bad review is one thing- but asserting untrue, poorly researched 'facts'? Well you might as well sign up to work for the Bush administration and go hunting for WMDs! Back to our sexy Mr. Hanson, he looks like a real model, plus he's really tall. Michael suggested that he might feature him in Michael Lucas' La Dolce Vita, our next big production scheduled for filming in fall '06, because he can't wait to put him in a beautiful suit. In Fire Island Cruising all he got a chance to wear were some briefs! And it's just so fun to undress a man . . .

People are always looking for something new: The thrill of the chase. If you stop for a moment, sometimes what you're looking for will find you. Everyone does it: Spending a lifetime never noticing what is right in front of them. I see it all the time. Erik Rhodes is the Driver. Each night he drives the streets alone: sometimes picking up customers, sometimes picking up much more ... Starring Falcon Exclusives Erik Rhodes, Roman Heart, Tyler Marks and Derrick Vinyard. Also starring Matt Majors, Rod Barry, Hunter James, Benjamin Bradley, Andrew Bryant, Tony Bishop, Cypher and Jason Kennedy. Free Gallery from Falcon's Cross Country

Lavender Lounge and Raging Stallion will be sponsoring a "dark and dirty" Halloween party on October 30. It will feature numerous Raging Stallion gay porn stars and a costume contest for "best Halloween underwear". Yours truly will have the honor of judging that contest. I've already decided that Manuel Torres (the porn star on the poster) will be the winner! Well, not necessarily the winner of the contest, but still a winner. See you there!

I haven't watched Survivor since Season 2, and face it, the only reason ANYBODY watches it is to see skinny people nearly naked. (Except for the famous "fat, naked fag" Richard Hatch. He's not skinny, and doesn't count.) Jeff Probst was always kinda cute, but has the charisma of a bag of dirt. But now this picture of Survivor host Jeff Probst nude and smiling comes out and I suddenly have new appreciation for the show. Can I vote his dick off the island and into my mouth?

Along with spam for Viagra, Levitra, Cialis, Phentermine, Adipex, and all the other potions, pills and crap from online pharmacies, I'm sick of all these ads for erectile dysfunction and penis enlargement products. And are we THROUGH with that shit-eating grin on Enzyte Bob? Think of that poor actor playing that role. His acting career certainly won't have any "natural male enhancement" after his employers get sent to jail. For some reason today I decided to look at a money making scam that envolved the penis enlargement product you see in the first photo. Oh my gawd, is THAT how these things work? The second photo came directly from their own site on the page labeled "How It Works". Yikes! You would not get ME sticking my dick in that thing for one second, yet alone the years of pain you'd need to inflict on yourself to get it make a significant difference. Just for the record, here is a link to the Mayo Clinic that debunks the claims made about penis enlargement and male enhancement. By the way, I am hoping to get the last laugh from these spammers. By merely mentioning their list of crap (Viagra, Levitra, Cialis, Phentermine, Adipex, Enzyte, erectile dysfunction, penis enlargement, natural male enhancement, etc.) I am filling this legit gay porn site with key words that will get Google's spyders to rank Lavender Lounge Blog right up there with there own sites. Ha Ha! Busted by a gay porn blog! Now if you really want to get a nice, big, full, raging hard-on, visit the VIP Room at Lavender Lounge!

Saturday night Lavender Lounge helped sponsor an event at the Edge bar for OUCH (Organizing Up Communities against Hepatitis). Sister Kitty is helping to raise money for the OUCH project, which provides vacinations against hepatitis. With these vacinations, the trick is you need to do a series of three over a period of time in order for them to work properly. They have coordinated health care volunteers that come to the popular street fairs and events and offer the vacinations right on the spot. See, EVERYONE in this town makes the circuit of Folsom Fair, Castro Fair, Dore Alley, etc., so if you keep seeing the OUCH booth at each event, it reminds you to get your next innoculation - simple! As an added bonus for this fundraiser, Sister Kitty arranged for Titan Media to supply some of their gay porn stars to strip off items of clothing to be signed and auctioned off. Naturally, I was NOT going to miss an opportunity to take pictures of Titan men Tober Brandt, Jon Galt, Mike Grant, Mason Wyler, Josh Thomas, and Tom Lazzari! I was close enough to the stage that I could have sucked any one of their porn star dicks, but Sister Sharin actually performed that function herself at one point! Sister Kitty emceed a very fun show and brought up one of the fab saints of the Order - Saint Ethel Merman who never fails to wow the audience. After the musical encouragement to "get the party started" the first up and comer from the stable of Titan was Mike Grant who was quickly relieved of all his cloths minus a towel, of course. Auctioneers Sister Harlot O'Scara and Sister Anni Coque'l Doo were helped by moneyboy Larry Hanbrook. Next up was Jon Galt, one of the steamy stars of Heat and Trespass. After a scream of a parady called CLEAN YOUR HOLE! by Tom Orr to the tune of "Just In Time" from Bells Are Ringing we had even more porn stars stripping - another newby blond cutey Mason Wyler was working the exercise shorts, then Josh Thomas who is also in up and coming TitanMen films that are currently in production and about to burst onto screens near you! Tom Lazzari was one of the final strippers to bring it all home and we raised over $1000 towards this grassroot effort against hepatitis. You can see my 300 photos of hot Titan men stripping for charity as wel as thousands of Paparazzi Pics from over 50 gay events inside the VIP Room at Lavender Lounge. OUCH - Organizing Up Communities against Hepatitis is a project of the Nexus Health Collective collaborating with the BLOW project of the Center For Sex & Culture which is also the fiscal sponsor. Started in San Francisco in July 2005 we have amazed the healthcare community by inspiring hundreds of folks to pay attention to the dangers of hepatitis and get vacinated for Hepatitis A & B, there is no vacine for Hep C as of yet. The OUCH project visited three street fairs including Dore Alley, Hairrison Street Fair and Folsom Street Fair vacinating over 350 folks so far. Through the winter months we plan on doing indoor events as part of our campaign to enliven the healthy horizons of all queer folk.

From the SF Chronicle: "Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the modern civil rights movement, died Monday evening. She was 92. Mrs. Parks died at her home during the evening of natural causes, with close friends by her side, said Gregory Reed, an attorney who represented her for the past 15 years. Mrs. Parks was 42 when she committed an act of defiance in 1955 that was to change the course of American history and earn her the title "mother of the civil rights movement." So why is this news item on this gay porn site? Sister Camille had this to say, " I ask that you take the time in the next day to devote a moment to remembering Rosa Parks, who passed away this evening. While I long admired her simple yet tide-changing activism, I came to have true respect for her when in 1994 I was in Atlanta representing the Sisters for a Stonewall 25 organizing meeting. The local committee had tried to get us into the annual Martin Luther King Day march downtown as an offical contingent but the event people didn't want to acknowledge LGBT issues. It was Rosa Parks who came to our rescue... a frail elderly lady who stood up yet again and made it understood that we queers were just as important as any other group of oppressed in America. She walked part of the route with us on March Day, in the rain, after spending time the previous day meeting our committee and learning about Stonewall 25. I will always have the utmost respect for her; may she rest in peace." Camille It's time to get political again, folks!

It's only October and I have already received my first Christmas gift! It was a package of products from the COLT store - a deck of "Hairy Chested Men Playing Cards", blank Christmas cards with Carlo Masi's picture, a COLT Leather Calendar (in glamorous b&w) and a catalogue of products for sale at the COLT store. But the item I was most excited about was the COLT Racer Brief, modeled by the delicious Chris Wide (l.). I immediately opened the package and tried them on, but alas, I was fooled once again. How many times have I tried on different styles of Calvin Klein underwear only to come to the shocking revelation that I do NOT look like the model on the box when I wear them? This time though, without thinking and having conjured up so many erotic fantasies about Chris Wide, those magic underpants would CERTAINLY look just as good on me, right? Wrong. First of all, they are not my size, neither in the waist, nor the "pouch". (You figure out which needs to be bigger and which needs to be smaller...) I think I will just give them to Retardo. He seldom wears underwear at all, but at least they are closer to his size. No, I don't look like a COLT model in underwear, but you gotta wear SOMEthing, so my preference is more toward the boxer brief. They look equally good on Chris Wide (r.), but they are a bit more resembling reality. I don't know about red though, I still like those plain white Marky Mark undies from (gasp) 15 years ago. Yes, I AM old. Visit the COLT Store more unique stocking stuffers.