Here's a funny little video about "Coming Out Insurance". If that product becomes a hit, all the insurance companies will jump in the gay bandwagon. What's next, fisting insurance? If so, it'll probably be sold by Allstate, because, if you're going to get fisting insurance, you want to make sure "You're In Good Hands..."

Of all the models we've shot over the years, if there was one single model that completely embodied the term "muscle bear cub", I think it would be Tom Ass. He's a young not-quite bear with a furry chest, thick beard, tattooes, and a cute little belly. Everyone who's met him in person remembers him best for the sexy twinkle in his deep blue (or are they hazel?) eyes. The word "yummy" barely comes close. Okay, so he's not real muscley, but from good genetics, his body has a natural attractiveness that turns more heads than a lot of gymbots without going through all that trouble of lifitng weights. (So why do I even bother?) The shoot with Tom Ass went remarkably smoothly and we were all quite smitten by his looks and charms. After dressing him up in a couple different outfits, I had to get back on track by declaring, "Enough with the fashion show! Let's make some porn!" His dick is uncut with a nice, tight foreskin - no wrinkley turtlenecks like so many other uncut guys that stretch out their foreskins from overuse. He also has a nice piercing on the underside of his shaft, which I assume, gets really tingly when fluids pass over it. His cum shot came without a lot of hoopla, but the actual delivery was quite impressive. From a seated position, he shot streams of jizz straight up in mid air that landed in his eye and made soggy clumps of cum all over his beard. During cleanup, we spotted stains on the floor up to 3 feet behind him, too! If you like these sample pictures of Tom Ass, you can see the rest of the photo set and videos in the VIP Room of MuscleBearCub.com. But even if you don't pay the membership fee for the VIP Room, you can create a free profile just like the one Tom Ass created. Sign up for your free personal ad (and free video chat!) at Muscle Bear Cub to connect with other cubs. You might even hook up with THE muscle bear cub, Tom Ass! MuscleBearCub.com: VIP PHOTO AND VIDEO GALLERIES - FREE PERSONAL ADS

My friend Norb is a constant observer and critic of bleeding edge styles and trends. (He does, however, often need my help in choosing shirts...) Recently, he clued me into a hot underground trend of guys under 25 with beards. Hmm. The point was made during one of those stoner stream-of-consciousness conversations on a completely different topic, but somehow that phrase stuck with me. I suddenly started noticing an unusual number of really cute scruffy young guys with facial hair out on the streets. Where did this come from? Are they bear cubs in training? (Oh, I hope so! Did I tell you I am auditioning Muscle Bear Cubs?) Anyway, I got this item about Mustang's newest, "Trade", and right there on the front is the perfect example of what I was talking about! The young man's name is Duncan Stone, and just by adding that little chin fuzz (and chest hair), he totally sets himself apart from all the other gay pornbots. Yum, I can't wait to see Trade", and I can't wait to hear what Norb says about being mentioned on Lavender Lounge Blog. Did I blow your cover?

A few months ago I started writing a gay porn script based on "Ugly Betty" that I was going to pitch to Falcon and call it "Ugly Buddy". When you're juggling 10 plates of things you HAVE to do, there's not much time left over to spend on speculative ideas. (I didn't want to spend a lot of time writing something that could easily get nixed.) Fast forward to a few weeks ago and the press releases from Lucas Entertainment talked about their plans to write a similar script, but combining "Ugly Betty" with "Devil Wears Prada". Both are surefire gay camp classics with similar themes, so one or the other was a natural to end up with a gay porn version. Low and behold, Lucas exclusive Ben Andrews himself wrote the script, pitched it, named it "The Intern", and the studio moved ahead with it. And here I am with two pages of scribbles, a head full of plot twists, and an idea that is now worthless. It's just one more reminder to myself that I need to create my own movies, develop my own ideas and quit spending so much time promoting other people's movies and websites. But back to "The Intern", as a GayVN judge and porn movie reviewer, my only joy in that role is when I get to review porn comedies. I like how the PR for the movie makes the distinction that it is an "intentional" comedy. Lord knows there is so much crap put out in gay porn, I get plenty of UN-intentional laughs! Lucas' PR guy sent this picture out and said this about his boss, the guy everyone loves to hate, "Guys, I couldn't resist.... After one last 'dream sequence' dialogue scene yesterday between Ben Andrews and Michael Lucas that went out with a cream pie-filled bang, filming on The Intern is officially a wrap. Everyone in the office stopped what they were doing to watch that scene. I think some of us enjoyed it a lot more than we should have..." More details after the jump.

Yesterday I attended a publicity stunt for Kiki and Herb's upcoming shows at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco (ACT-SF.org). The invitation was billed as "Kiki and Herb's Funeral" and it was held at a real, old school funeral home at Sutter and Polk. Bruce Vilanch was there to deliver the eulogy in the chapel with his rapid fire pun-rific style, but was interrupted by Kiki and Herb walking in from the back with a megaphone. I wish I could remember some of the jokes, but it all came at me like a steamroller. I was just happy to enjoy it and snap these exclusive photos. They're alive! They're alive! Oh, happy day! They sang a couple songs and gave us a taste of what to expect at their big show at a legitimate thee-ah-tuh. Fortunately, Kiki (Justin Bond) is completely comfortable performing his "act" at the corner of Sutter and Polk after have spent many years as a resident of this fair city before making it big in New York. I've known Justin Bond since he was just a club kid here in San Francisco. For while, he had a weekly column in the Bay Area Reporter, which can be regarded as one of the most memorable series of columns ever run in that paper. I also have some video footage stashed away somewhere of Kiki and Justin's very earliest days. I have footage of him competing in the Miss Uranus Pageant. When I had my TV show, I hired him (as in PAID him) to perform two numbers while Kiki was still a solo act. And I have some really poor quality footage of Kiki and Herb's first long-running cabaret show at a restaraunt called Eichelbergers. I better dig through my tapes, get them up on YouTube, and exploit their celebrity - and fast! In the meantime, go see the show.

While all the leather queens are on their way to Chicago for IML (International Mr. Leather) this weekend, nobody noticed that the poster for Folsom Street Fair has been leaked. A bit challenging, perhaps? As usual, I will be publishing my photos of Folsom Street Fair for VIP members of Lavender Lounge, as I have for the past several years. I am considering a renting booth this year and setting it up as a "casting couch", so VIP members may get an even hotter version of the Folsom leather festivities. More later. PS: Titan Media has announced a major financial committment to the charities involved in exchange for naming rights to the "Official Porn Video" (or somesuch title) of Folsom Street Fair. And I'm sure the video will be as sacreligious as that poster.

Karr sent me these amazing tattoo photos. Not sure if I am turned on or grossed out... I am proud to say that I am the ONLY adult male in San Francisco without a tattoo. I just never felt the need to get one. My daily To Do List has never had an entry like this: -groceries -dry cleaner -Post Office -get a giant dragon tattoo on my penis The artistry is beautiful, but I'm sure it would get really tiresome to have to explain it to every new person you meet for the rest of your life. It would be an introvert's worst nightmare. And how many comments would actually come from potential "tricks" that get turned on by a sexy tattoo as opposed to boring bozos that want to look at a freak show? I had a pair of deep blue contact lenses back in the 1980's when they first came out. In the back of my mind, I was hoping that little something "special" would help attract guys. I finally got rid of them when I realized the only people that commented on my colored contact lenses were tacky suburban Mexican girls at the Safeway checkout. If tattoos are a fetish or turn on for you, there are some gay porn movies available with that in mind. "Telltale Tattoos", "Tattooed Flesh", "A Tattooed Trucker Jacks Off", and "Seduced, Tattooed Staright Guys 2" are all available at Naked Sword. More about tattooes: UGLY TATTOOS - NERDY TATTOOS

Everything old is new again! Athletic Model Guild has some "old" VHS tapes of Tico Patterson that they want to move out to make room for new titles. So if you're into old fashioned rough trade, they're offering 20% off on all Tico Patterson titles (VHS only). See some sample images of the hairy chested tough guy after the jump. They also released a "new" DVD of rare, historical footage of Forrester Millard posing and flexing in "Story Film Classics: Slave Market". It promises 50 classic beefcake men in 20 AMG "shorts" with campy titles like "Pharoah's New Slave", "Lonely Artists", "Wizard of Azz", and my favorite title of the day, "Go Go Sailor". (I think we're due for a remake of THAT one!) As soon as I saw this press release for a Forrester Millard movie, I dug into my own archive of photos and added an entire "new" gallery of Forrester Millard to Lavender Lounge VIP Room! Millard is another one of those classic beauties that is absolutely timeless, and many of the images I am presenting here were originally shot by Athletic Model Guild. I'm giving you a little taste of Forrester Millard below, but VIP Members, just go to the GROOVY GUYS section and start the slideshow. While I am on the subject of "new" and "old" gay porn, a friend clued me in to a "new" website caled "Handbook Men". They publish a zine (similar to Butt Magazine) and a website that claims, "Each pictorial is shot in black and white as to maintain a vintage aethetic. By recreating the days of amateur beefcake from years past and bringing it into the modern era we think that you will agree that mixing our past with the present can be very arousing." I'll say! They have some smoking hot young, modern primitives with tattoos and piercings that were never imagined in AMG days. (see above) I'm going to contact these guys soon and report back to you! VINTAGE GAY PORN: LAVENDER LOUNGE - ATHLETIC MODEL GUILD

The launch of MuscleBearCub.com garnered a bit of pubicity as GayVN featured it on the front page of their website. Click here to read the details.

I've been flirty friends with Amahl for a long time, and I was thrilled to get the opportunity to photograph him two years ago. He's got a great body, he's lots of fun to work with, and he's a real ham in front of the camera. I put one of his videos on Xtube, and it's been viewed an amazing 18,000 times, so he must be popular. When Amahl called me out of the blue recently to do another shoot, I set it up immediately. It also gave me the oportunity to work with Justin and Randal as the crew. What a relief to have a crew! Especially when Amahl got frisky and needed "a little help". It started with just innocently spraying his back with oil, and next thing you know, I was right in the thick of it. (So to speak...) At first I thought, "Oh, I'd diddle him a bit off-camera," but then it started getting hot, so I told the guys, "Go ahead and shoot this." Granted, I don't look like a porn model, especially next to Amahl, a title-holding bodybuilder with an eight inch cock. I tried sucking in my gut as best I could, but finally just stood behind him and dry-humped him from the back so I wouldn't be seen. By unexpectedly being in a porn shoot, a lot went through my mind at that moment, and I still don't know what to say about it here on the blog. Should I hide the incriminating photos? Should I downplay it? Should I trumpet my courage as, um, a breakthrough for average-looking people in porn? I guess the truth is nobody cares. I'm not running for office and I won't subject my members to whole galleries of me showing my naughty bits. Retardo will wait for just the right moment to embarrass me in front of friends, but fuck 'em. I got to play with a big, hot muscle stud on camera and you didn't. Nyah, nyah. But back to Amahl, the aforementioned big, hot muscle stud. He's 5'8" and 190 pounds of solid muscle and an 8 or 9 inch dick. I love dressing him up in "outfits" cause he looks great in everything. He mostly went for the thug look, which is completely opposite his real character. He claims to be the whitest black guy in the world, and I suggested he switch places with Justin Timberlake. I added the first of three photo galleries of Amahl in the HUNKS section of the Lavender Lounge VIP Room, with the remaining galleries debuting later in June. Join now to see Amahl, and if you look closely, you'll see a few embarrassing shots of yours truly.

Fans of the Lavender Lounge Blog and VIP Room will recall the big changes we made to this site in the fall. In addition to adding new content to the membership section nearly every day, I have also been in the process of re-introducing content from this site's last incarnation. One of my best models to date was a guy I shot last spring named Malik. He's a straight, black bodybuilder that had just moved to town after getting out of the military. Oh, and did I mention, that he has a 10 inch cock, too? In the changeover of re-building Lavender Lounge, all new pictures added are offered in larger format, and available to be viewed in a slide show. To do that, I need to go back to the original high resolution versions that come directly from the camera to re-process them. I freaked out last fall when I somehow misplaced the high res. versions of Malik's photo shoot! I am pleased to report that I finally found the missing photo set buried inside another folder. Whew. I immediately went about the task of re-publishing Malik's photo sets for the Lavender Lounge VIP Room in the larger size. I took a lot of photos that day, and divided the set into five groups. The first group is already available to VIP members in the HUNKS section, with four more sets becoming available in June. Non-members can see thumbnails of newly added photos by clicking New Photos or click Upcoming Photos for me to dangle a carrot in front of you to get you to join. "Malik the 10 Incher" is totally hot and worth the price of admission.

Late night talk show host Conan O'Brien visited and shot his show last week from San Francisco and our beloved Mayor Gavin Newsom decided to give him his own day as well... See the clip from Conan's opening monologue about COLT Studio Day on Youtube while he shows the box and magazine cover of COLT's newest feature Waterbucks 2 with COLT Men Tom Chase and Skye Woods on the cover for the world to see. I was watching the show at the time, and when the did the set up for the joke, I just knew what was coming! I cheered out loud alone in the dark! Some quotable quotes from Conan's visit to San Francisco: -"I've been here several days now, and the San Francisco lifestyle is starting to rub off on me. Today, I realized I was wearing a suit and tie, so I gave myself the finger. Everyone here has been so nice. Earlier today, Mayor Gavin Newsom invited me over for a sandwich. After that, we had lunch." -"This is a very active city. Later this month, San Francisco will host the annual Bay to Breakers race. Bay to Breakers is perfect for anyone who loves to run, but hates being sober or dressed." -"This week we've had some fun at the mayor's expense, so last night I apologized to Mayor Newsom for all the jokes I made about him. And the makeup sex was incredible. COLT STUDIO: Membership Site - Online Store

PRESS RELEASE May 10, 2007 Contact: Mark Kliem This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Lavender Lounge Launches MuscleBearCub.com: Untapped Adult Niche With Community Focus May 1, 2007, San Francisco – Lavender Lounge Studios is pleased to announce the launch of a premium gay adult interactive website, MuscleBearCub.com. MuscleBearCub.com has been re-built from the ground up with the latest technology for easy navigation, more frequent updates, and faster loading. The new version will not only have delicious members-only photo galleries and videos, but the most exciting feature will be interactive FREE PERSONAL ADS, FREE DISCUSSION FORUMS and FREE VIDEO CHAT to allow bears and cubs to interconnect. “Of all the social subcultures within the LGBTQ community, the bear community seems to be the most cohesive and fun-loving,” says Mark Kliem, Webmaster of MuscleBearCub.com. “I go to a lot of bear events, visit bear dating sites, look at bear porn, and I feel comfortable around those types of guys. However, in my rather un-scientific observations, despite the acceptance of age and size diversity in the bear community, the type of guys that REALLY turn heads around the pool at bear events are the younger and trimmer guys that otherwise fit the rest of the classic bear characteristics.” MuscleBearCub.com was created to feature younger, smaller bears with furry chests and facial hair. So far, most visual depictions of bears is that of “chubby” and “daddy” bears. By featuring manly, athletic men that still exhibit the bear spirit, MuscleBearCub.com will be a big hit with not only established bear fans, but also cross-over fans that get turned-off by the super heavy weights that are so predominant in bear porn. The free community-building section of MuscleBearCub.com includes: -USER PROFILES: After creating a free login name, users can load up to 10 photos and create personal profiles to list their statistics and interests. From there, users can search other profiles and connect with other cubs. -DISCUSSION FORUMS: An organized method to allow users to discuss thoughts, opinions, and promote upcoming events to whole groups of people at once. -VIDEO CHAT: Users with webcams can go one-on-one with other cubs in high-resolution video communicate by instant messages with each other. Soon to be a very popular feature! Kliem adds, “MuscleBearCub.com has a VIP Room with photo and video galleries made specifically for guys who like sexy men with hairy chests and muscles. If you are tired of skinny, smooth-chested twinks, but you're not into big chubby bears, you'll really like the MuscleBearCub.com! I like ‘real’ men that are masculine, cuddly and smile at the camera. When circuit boyz and gym bunnies get older, put on a few pounds and stop shaving their chest, they’ll have a home at MuscleBearCub.com. I will be searching for models that are sexy, bear-next-door types, but accessible to guys like you and me!” Potential models can submit their photos for consideration to: http://www.musclebearcub.com/models A launch party and model recruitment event, the Mr. Muscle Bear Cub Contest, is scheduled for June 22, 2007 at 11:00 pm. The event will be held at the Lone Star Saloon, 1354 Harrison Street in San Francisco. Winner will receive $500 and a featured spot on MuscleBearCub.com. Contestants can register at: http://www.musclebearcub.com/contest Membership to the Muscle Bear Cub VIP Room is $19.95 for the first month, then $9.95 per month recurring. Webmasters can earn 50% commission by referring new customers to the MuscleBearCub.com VIP Room. Visit LavenderLounge.biz to sign up for the affiliate program. MuscleBearCub.com is part of the Lavender Lounge Network of sites, which includes adult mega-site LavenderLounge.com, award-winning LavenderLoungeBlog.com, gay porn movie reviews site ReelGuys.org, and adult webmaster affiliate program LavenderLounge.biz. ###

I shot these photos of Sister Mary Timothy Simplicity and Sister Flora Goodtyme at Easter last month. (Click photo to see them full-sized.) A friend named Dennis (soon to be a Sister himself) downloaded them, then manipulated them in Photoshop to give them an artsy effect. Retardo forwarded them to me, and I think the effect is quite lovely. See the entire gallery of Easter photos from 2007 (including the Hunky Jesus Contest!), at SisterZsaZsa.com, the largest archive of Sister photos on the interweb.

I had the privilege to run in to Steve MacIsaac, a Canadian cartoonist and artist at The Eagle last weekend. Steve was in town for the Alternative Press Expo, a forum for zines, comics and art outside the mainstream spectrum. His style reminds me of artists as diverse as Daniel Clowes, Alan Moore and Tom of Finland but there's also a very personal element that goes beyond comparison. I picked up a copy of "Sticky" at the convention released by German publishing patron of all things gay, Bruno Gmünder. It's a combined effort of MacIsaac and writer Dale Lazarov with a wordless narrative that tells of everyday, and not so everyday, sexual situations. And commendably, the characters actually uses condoms for buttfucking. "Sticky" is definitely a one-handed read that'll make you want to pick up a copy of right now. Steve was at the convention with a group called "Prism Comics", a nonprofit organization that supports LGBT comics. Have a look at their website, and unless you're a closeted breeder, there's most likely something to your liking. By Tom Ass

The Donnie Davies hoax had the blogosphere on fire the beginning of this year. This self-proclaimed "Anabaptist youth pastor" and "ex-gay" found himself censored by both Google Video and YouTube. They apparently couldn't figure out if his song "The Bible Says" (featuring the lyrics "God hates a fag, if you're a fag he hates you too") was meant seriously or not. Well, since the link is still arriving in my mail every other day and since it's still not confirmed who the real Donnie Davies is, I'm gonna give my two cents to the debate. First of all: the two main suspects, Bobby Conn and the Glass Gypsies drummer Colby Stark, and comedian Joey Oglesby, still deny all participation. Oglesby is still widely believed to be the culprit behind the Donnie Davies phenomenon although he claims to have nothing to do with it. The theory of a viral marketing campaign for a C.H.O.P.S. (Changing Homosxuals in to Ordinary People in Donniespeak) movie doesn't seem to add up since the www.chopsmovie.com website point to a documentary on jazz music. So the mystery is still unsolved. What amazes me is that so many gay people are so upset by this prankster who's pointing the finger at all the bizarro christians out there with serious agendas. The Bruce Hornby-esque song is mildly amusing, and the guy performed with Norwegian homosexualist straight punks, Turbonegro, and gay singer Pete Shelley's legendary Buzzcocks at SXSW recently. Apparently Donnie didn't even sing for himself. It's not like jesusfreaks need someone parodying their bizarre antics. The ever-disturbing Rev. Fred Phelps has a music video posted on one of his sites with his whole inbred choir performing a dereanged version of "We are the World" called "God Hates The World" that will have you laughing way beyond "The Bible Says". And of course, there is the classic children's song "Lil' Markie – Diary of an unborn child", an Mp3 that's been circling the web for years. It is what it sounds like: a diary of a fetus, meant to teach children that abortion is a sin. The problem is that the kid is so annoying that pregnant women will start reaching for the nearest wire hanger before the song is over. You can't make shit like that up. And spoofs like Donnie Davies don't even come close to the shear monstrosity of Westboro Baptist Church and Lil' Markie. For more christian monstrosities. Check out Jesus Camp. The Academy Award nominated documentary is out on DVD now. If you buy a copy, a gay pornographer makes a buck and an angel gets his wings. Take that Fred Phelps. By Tom Ass

Who knew that so many gay porn stars posessed a sufficient number of braincells to create their own webpage? You might be surprised! Most are quite articulate (or chatty, maybe...) and many have had websites built for them by professionals. See the entire list after the jump.

In honor of the Queen is visiting the States, (and the President only making one embarrassing gaff - so far) here's some really hot porn from the British Isles. Men At Play's unique niche is they dress up their gorgeous manly models in beautiful dress clothes for the sex shoots. Nothing compliments a man's physique better than a good suit, and the English know all about good suits. The White House is all abuzz about the upcoming White Tie dinner for the Queen. Laura and Condi both had to use their pursuasive powers to get the President to agree to make the dinner the first formal dinner of this administraion. They even had to bring in a ettitque expert to make sure George kept his elbows off the table. Somehow, the strong women in his live can get the president to change his mind, but Congress can't. Glenn and Kevin, however, clean up well enough to meet the Queen, if ever given the chance. Here's what the press release says about them: Another week, another victim for our hungry business-man stalker. This time round its Kevin who wakes up to find himself completely helpless, with hands and feet tied to the basment walls and at the mercy of hungry muscle hunk Glenn. However instead of feeling scared whilst Glenn rips his expensive suit to shreds, he feels a sudden rush of blood to his dick as Glenn works his way down his exposed chest and down to his bulging suit crotch.By the time Glenn takes his perfect uncut cock in his warm mouth, Kevin is dripping with precum and bursting to shoot his hot load all over his kidnapper. FREE SAMPLE XXX VIDEO - JOIN MEN AT PLAY - More Photos After The Jump

FREE SAMPLE VIDEO Yesterday was the first hot day of the year, but in San Francisco, hot is not really that hot. (It was only about 75 or 80 and everyone was dying from the heat.) It was perfect timing because mR. Pam planned a party on her roof as the overflow from the How Weird (Howard) Street Fair. It was absolutely perfect to sit up on a comfy roofdeck and chill all afternoon. It's gonna be hot again today, too, but I'm stuck in the house working. After spending the day at mR. Pam's I get this video from Falcon, when lo and behold, it's shot in mR. Pam's kitchen! I spent a good deal of time in that same kitchen yesterday making many, many cocktails, and I am feeling it today, but not as bad as my friend who fell down the stairs... Christian Cruz will have to wait to clean the kitchen, because Max Shutler has other plans. These two latin studs don't wait to take it to the bedroom - Max hops right up on the counter so Chritian can mouth his gorgeous uncut cock. Then Max perches Christian's hot bubble butt on the counter and rims, fingers and fucks it while Christian moans in lusty latin pleasure. Christian turns the tables, topping Max's tight ass until they both shoot hot loads of cum all over each other. Ay Papi, indeed! Falcon Solos & Duos are exclusive full-length solo and duo sex scenes starring exciting new discoveries and some old favorites. These clips are only available to members of FalconXXX. One new scene is added weekly. MORE XXX STILLS AFTER THE JUMP

As one of gay porn's royal family, Chase Hunter is always a welcome site. Even as he becomes an elder statesman of porno in his many comebacks, "daddy" Chase Hunter never disappoints. Falcon recently paired him with the "heir apparent" to the Falcon throne, Roman Heart, in "Basic Plumbing 3", a series that started in the early 1990's, starring an only slightly younger looking Chase Hunter. The animation on the right is from the original, and he hardly looks any different! For $9.95 you can watch Chase Hunter and Roman Heart scene from "Basic Plumbing", but if you are already a member of Falcon's website, you've been dealt a Roayl Flush! Just enter your passwords and watch it for free! Isn't it time to join Falcon's website?