October 31, 2007
"Grunts" Trailer from Raging Stallion
Chris Ward from Raging Stallion has been hyping "Grunts" as the biggest blockbuster in gay porn history. It's a really risky venture to make such a big investment in a gay porn movie at a time when DVD sales are down, so it could the LAST gay porn blockbuster.
Ward confided in me that although competition is tougher than ever, in a way, the other studios are hoping "Grunts" is a big seller. If it's not a big seller, the other studios will probably shy away from big budget blockbusters in the future.
As a reviewer and a GayVN Awards judge, I always look forward to movies that have a "little something extra", and the more the better. The more over the top, the more I have to say about it. I plan to write a lot about Grunts, so stay tuned.
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Halloween Treat - ME in Drag!
Seeing as it's Halloween and everyone is all costume-crazy, I'm getting sick and tired of my friends and other Sisters begging me, "When are you going to manifest as a Sister again?" Ugh. I've been doing drag on and off since 1971, so I think I have pretty much gotten it out of my system by now. I can put up with the effort involved and even the discomfort of wearing the outfits and makeup, but that's not really the problem.
I'm just tired of dealing with the public when I am in drag, especially if it's nun drag. "How long does it take to put on makeup?", "How do you become a Sister?", "What does this all mean?", "Are you mocking real nuns?" - the same fucking questions over and over. Yeach. Yet, after all these years, I've never ONCE had someone ask me, "Sister, can I give you a blowjob?"
Last week, though, a couple photos of yours truly I'd never seen before were unearthed. It was from the second-ever Gay Pride in Fresno, California in 1992 and the San Francisco Sisters were invited by a couple local drag queens to be Grand Marshals of their Pride Parade.
We borrowed a van from Sister Anal Receptive, drove down to Fresno, and stayed with a small town drag queen named Patty Hose. Patty was still so new to the scene that she actually used duct tape directly on her skin to make cleavage! Besides that, to prove how "green" she was about drag, she was foolish enough to invite US to stay and trash her house, and there was not a single mirror in the whole place!
The prior year, the KKK made a strong presence at the Fresno Pride Parade, but we didn't learn that till we got there. Great! And here we were - easy targets! The rumor of the weekend, though, was Sister Dana had sex with the son of the Grand Dragon the night before at the baths, but who could confirm that?
Our parade float was just us walking with Super Soakers along side a Jeep with a bucket of water to reload. The parade route was through suburban neighborhoods where a couple times we walked an entire block with no spectators. Still, we were the hit of the Fresno Gay Parade of 1992! We were like Santa Claus at the end of the Macy's Parade!
So, for all you whiners out there asking to see me dressed in nun drag once more, here is a Halloween treat for you - "lost" photos of me as Sister Zsa Zsa Glamour. To be honest though, I had no idea I had such a cute ass back then, and I wanted an excuse to show proof!
Happy Halloween and check out SisterZsaZsa.com for more nun photos.
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Republican Sex Scandal Gay Porn Connection
Richard Curtis, the Republican State Representative from Washington has essentially been outed for having sex with male prostitute named Cody Castagna. Naturally, there are some conflicting stories, but the cops have some very solid evidence that the two had sex, even though an actual crime may not have been committed.
Curtis, who consistently voted against gay rights, was a frequent enough visitor to a dirty bookstore that the clerks nicknamed him "The Crossdresser". He showed up last week wearing ladies undies under his clothes and had oral sex in the backroom. At some point he bought two gay porn movies, picked up Cody Castagna and took him to a hotel for anal sex. The cops have security camera footage of them at the store and entering the hotel. Castegna supposedly fucked Curtis with a rubber, but later, Curtis wanted to fuck Castagna bareback.
Castagna claims he didn't want to get fucked bareback, but agreed to do it for $1000. Unfortunately, Curtis only had $200, so Castagna took his wallet as collateral and split while Curtis was asleep. Curtis called the police claiming he was being extorted.
It gets confusing from there, and some of what I related above may not be accurate, but it seems the most likely scenario. The interesting part for all you porn hounds out there is that it is a very good chance that Cody Castagna may have appeared in gay porn! A tipster to one of the blogs pointed out the similarity between him a someone named "Cody" in Treasure Island Media's "Damon Blows America 3".
The pictures above look close enough for me - I think we have a match!
What is going on with all these homophobic Republicans suddenly getting outed? Larry Craig, Bob Allen, Ted Haggard, Jim West, Mark Foley, Jeff Gannon, Glenn Murphy Jr., and of course, Matt Sanchez are all names that have popped up in just the last year or two! And Hustler's Larry Flynt has announced he has evidence to blow the lid off Washington that he will reveal in a few weeks.
Gay activists love to rake these guys over the coals just as viciously as their GOP friends that abandon them. Obviously, their anti-gay voting records are just a way to hide their gay identities, but wouldn't we prefer to have them change their ways instead? So how do we go about doing that? Wouldn't it be better to have (outed) openly gay Republicans in office that see the light, become "born-again", and support gay rights?
No, we'd rather have them replaced by even more venomous conservatives promising to go even further to eliminate the temptations that ruined their unfortunate predecessor. They'll try to pin the blame on the dirty bookstore, the gay porn movies, and the hooker for seducing the happily married man into committing such sinful behavior. Tear down the peepshow! Bulldoze the cruisey parks! Get male hookers off the streets! Get rid of porn movies!
If only the gay community could embrace guys like Richard Curtis, convince him it's okay to have a little fling once in a while, and stop the overcompensation that comes from living in the closet. Yeah, that would be nice, but it seems the gays can't even convince Clay Aiken or Ryan Secrest to come out of the closet!
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October 29, 2007
Gay Webmaster Retreat - Total LA Experience
I just got back from a gay porn industry event in LA, the Gay Webmaster Retreat, put on by GayVN. As I think back over the weekend, it was one of those "only in LA" experiences.
First, the event was all about PORN. Porn and Hollywood go hand in hand, plus it took place at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel, which is connected to the Kodak Center at Hollywood and Vine. (The Kodak Theater is where they hold the Oscars, right next to Graumann's Chinese Theater and across from where they tape the Jimmy Kimmel Show.) The Kodak Center is actually a shopping mall, and since the conventioneers didn't have much time to run around, all our meals and parties took place at the mall. So when people ask me about my LA trip this week, I can just say, "I spent the entire trip at the mall." (Very LA.)
The GayVN Retreat was the first time I had an opportunity to be a panelist at one of the seminars. The topic was Online Piracy, which isn't my specialty, but I was able to wing it. I got complimented for bringing the conversation back to reality when the two straight guys on the panel went off on tangents about topics that only apply to much bigger companies than were represented in the audience.
It was the next day, though, that I dropped a bomb at the seminars. During the State of The Industry Seminar, three of the panelists were straight guys from credit card processing companies. Neither of them had any clue about what was actually happening in the gay side of the industry. When I dropped the bomb about bringing up the topic of barebacking, one of the clueless straight guys (wearing a diamond watchband...) had to ask another panelist what "barebacking" was. From the moment that seminar ended, I was bombarded with questions, comments and feedback about barebacking for the rest of the trip! (The text of the flyer I handed out about barebacking, "Sister Zsa Zsa's Epistle to the Gay Porn Industry", can be found here.)
My point in bringing up the topic is that it is such a hotly debated topic that no one wants to talk about! There will be much more to say about barebacking later.
Since it was close to Halloween, some of the locals showed up at night in costume. To our queer eyes, it was evident that the Halloween costumes all came from a mall. And it makes sense. If you go to a mall on a Saturday night to party, you'd probably buy your Halloween costume from a mall, too.
Whenever I go to LA, I always make a point of finding at least one celebrity. Besides the gay porn stars (like Johnny Castle!), there was a promo event in the mall for the new season of Nip / Tuck, that will now take place in LA. They also put a fake office of McNamara/Troy in the mall and hired an actress to sit in the lobby and pretend to make phone calls.
If you don't know about the FX show, Nip /Tuck, let's first quote Parents Television Council who considers Nip/Tuck ''one of the most profane, sexually explicit and violent shows in the history of television''. (See my analogy about porn and Hollywood?) The show is about two sexy plastic surgeons and has had more than a few homoerotic subplots, plus guest appearances by Rosie O'Donnell, Richard Chamberlain (playing a gay sugar daddy), and Joan Rivers (playing herself). It's totally queer and twisted - can't wait to see what happens when they move to LA.
Near the end of the Friday night party (held in one of the clubs in the mall), a local girl plopped down next to me and started chatting. She's one of those LA hairdressers that really plays the part - big hair, heels and white lipstick. She was proud of calling herself a fag-hag, but I to inform her the more politically correct term is "fruit fly". She also proceeded to tell me the list of cosmetic surgeries she's had - at age 23!
Saturday night, after the scheduled festivities ended, we headed to West Hollywood to party at the Abbey. I was having fun playing tourist just watching the scene happen in front of me. Didn't have much opportunity to mingle with the locals, though, as no one made eye contact with me. After the bar closed, I walked around to check out more Holloween costumes in front of the afterhours clubs. While standing on the sidelines in front of Rage, the first person to speak to me all night walked up and said, "Aren't you about two decades too old for this?"
I replied, "Should I leave?" I was so flabbergasted, I didn't hear anything else he said, but it certainly was not a backward pickup line, I think he meant it.
To recap my LA trip: gay porn, celebrities, plastic surgery, shopping mall, Hollywood, rude people and ageism. I love LA!
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October 24, 2007
Sister Zsa Zsa's Epistle to the Gay Porn Industry
I am an old nun, and I remember the days when we didn’t need condoms for sex. As a Sister, we’ve raised so much money for AIDS services and pushed our safe sex message until we’re blue in the face (under the white makeup, that is...) I have also been in the adult industry long enough to see some disturbing trends develop. I pray that our efforts were not wasted.
The current industry mantra for mainstream gay adult movies is to shoot safer sex only, maintain confidentiality of HIV status, and not discriminate on the basis of HIV status. But before we get all high and mighty and pat ourselves on the back, remember, it took a very long time for the industry to set that standard. In my opinion, too many models died before the studios decided it was economically feasible to go condom-only.
Today, feisty “outlaw” studios and websites are posing a challenge to the establishment by exploiting the concept of “raw” unprotected anal sex. The jury is still out as to whether bareback movies are an economic threat right now, but my crystal ball warns me the trend should be addressed in some way. Unfortunately, until I upgrade the software on my crystal ball, it only provides me with warnings, not solutions. It distresses me, though, to envision the day when the lunatics take over the asylum - or more correctly the WRONG lunatics.
I prefer to envision a day when STDs are curable, all performers working in the gay adult industry are completely disease-free, and condoms are no longer an issue. We’ve gotten so accustomed to the idea that the crisis is forever, we’ve lost hope of even trying to end it. I am posing this idea as a challenge and a goal to the gay adult industry for everyone’s long-term success and good karma.
The following are my ten steps to Barebacking Acceptable Practices for models, studios currently shooting bareback, and those who are considering it. These are my opinions. You can write me off as a blasphemer or a wacko, but please indulge me as I present my thoughts for your consideration.
1. TESTING!
The current HIV testing technology is not perfect, but it helps. Our colleagues on the straight side do it, ask them if it works! And it wouldn’t hurt to test models before a condom-only shoot, either!
2. SERO SORTING.
Only mix positive with positive and negative with negative. Let’s set a goal that someday all performers in the industry are disease-free!
3. Performers: Don’t lie about HIV status.
Honesty shouldn’t be difficult. It’s the Golden Rule.
4. Don’t pressure models to bareback.
Always allow condoms as a option. If a model is uncomfortable barebacking, re-shuffling the cast might save someone’s life.
5. Studios: Downplay the sensationalism of barebacking.
Someday when the AIDS crisis is over, condomless porn will be normal again, and the word “bareback” will be meaningless. So what will be the selling point of your movie then?
6. Inform scene partners of each other’s HIV status.
Don’t be ashamed to tell the truth! If you’re not a good match, there are plenty of other hot guys for you to work with that share your HIV status.
7. Don’t take extraordinary risks.
Is taking 60 raw loads of cum really that much hotter than 50? Come on, there’s a reason those stunt movies are called “Jackass”!
8. Get information and advice.
Don’t be afraid to ask stupid questions from health professionals or from your colleagues. It’s not rocket science, and this isn’t the Cold War, either.
9. Accept responsibility.
Consider the worst-case scenario before engaging in risky behavior, whether you are a model or a producer. Minimize that risk to the point you can be proud of your decision.
10. Be open for change.
Whether you are a pushing-the-envelope risk taker or a holier-than-thou safe sex proselytizer, keep your opinions to yourself. Shooting your mouth off about other people’s business practices may bite you in the ass someday.
Sister Zsa Zsa Glamour, the self-proclaimed “Porno Nun”, has been a member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc. since 1991. Founded in 1979, the Sisters take vows to “Promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt” through education, activism and putting the “fun” back into fund raising. The Sisters produced the world’s first safe sex guide “Play Fair” in 1982.
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Bill O'Reilly Threatens Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
In the video above, Bill O'Reilly made thinly veiled physical threat to cause bodily harm to Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Watch it for yourself. Don't forget, he's the guy who sexually harassed a female employee, was surprised to learn that black restaurants are just like any other, and still doesn't "get" that Steven Colbert is mocking him.
Today's Chronicle had an opinion piece from way out in right field by someone named Cinnamon Stillwell full of faulty fact-checking. Who could take a journalist seriously with a name like Cinnamon? Isn't that why writers create pen names? Read the column:
Here's a quote: "If groups such as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence spent half as much time criticizing Islam for its abuses against gay rights as they do Catholicism, then perhaps their attempts at activism might be seen as truly groundbreaking...When we start seeing sex toys with Muhammad's likeness on them being sold at the Folsom Street Fair or sisters infiltrating mosques in burqas, then perhaps we can call these activists and their supporters brave. Until then, perhaps it's time for the sisters to grow up."
I am not going to legitimize her remarks with a grown-up response. Instead I offer a decidedly "juvenile" bit of namecalling. From here on, the esteemed journalist will be called Sister Cinnabon Shakewell.
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October 20, 2007
New On Pay Per View - "Fear" and "Bunker"
You know, it used to be that I would have to wait for months before a new gay porn movie would be available for streaming online. But just last week or the week before, I received preview copies of "Bunker" from Mustang, and "Fear" from Titan, and they are ALREADY available at GayVideoCafe.com!
Oh, that Trey Casteel! He's done quite a few movies this year, but just suddenly caught my attention! Woof! Look at that shot of him on the cover of "Bunker"! Yum! I'm a sucker for a beefy, hairy chest, and I could curl up and sleep on that one every night!
In "Bunker", hot men in uniforms finding sexual ways to distract each other from the searing war that is waging around them. Need we say more?! Well we will anyway. This hot hunky brigade tries to keep from losing their collective mind during their fight in the war. The bunker seems to be their only safe haven. The men gather in different spots and find out that what is more important than fighting a war is finding a way to stay alive and live life. And that means tons of sweaty, cum-drenching man on man sex! "Bunker' stars Trey Casteel, Brad Rock, Nick Marino, Rodin Kohl, Ken Browning, and Dean Campbell.
The Exclusive Leather/Fetish Film of the 2007 Folsom Street Fair, FEAR brings the world of Fetish play into the light of day. Shot entirely outdoors this hardcore fetish masterpiece takes the genre of BDMS and fetish play to a whole new level. Featuring TitanMen exclusives Francois Sagat, Dean Flynn, Alex Baresi, Dirk Jager, Diesel Washington, Rick Van Sant, Tober Brandt and introducing Tony Buff. A veteran of Operation Desert Storm Tony Buff brings the term “water boarding” to a whole new level in his groundbreaking scene. Featuring his real-life partner and “boy” Derek Da Silva performing an inverted water suspension hanging bondage scene never before seen on film!
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Artsy Photos of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Last weekend I went on retreat with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. It was held at a private residence in Sonoma County, part of California Wine Country. The house was built in the 1970's to look like an old Spanish Mission. The owner has filled it with his own taste in religious icons and kitsch, making it the perfect place for a Sister Retreat.
The weekend was mostly a restful weekend to emphasize bonding with each other, but Saturday night was reserved for a formal dinner, followed by a very moving ritual.
Fully professed Sisters were asked to wear their formal habits, Novices were to wear all white and new members were asked to wear purple. With everyone dressed in their finest at such a spectacular location, I decided to bring my camera and lighting kit to shoot some nice portraits.
Though not everyone painted a face, I was able to get a couple to pose for me in the living room. (In the last shot, I stood in the balcony to capture the full impact of the 40 foot ceiling!) I shot at the highest resolution, and did a little experimenting with lights. After I got home, I also played around with some Photoshop effects, and as you can see, I got some beautiful results.
You can see the entire photo session for FREE at SisterZsaZsa.com, along with tons of photos of the Sister's blasphemous events of the past few years, so tell your friends - AND the christian jerkoffs looking to bring down the good Sisters. I love it when they post my shocking(!) photos on their holier than thou blog sites with the LavenderLounge.com watermark glaring in their face!
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Sisters In the News: Taking Communion - Miller Boycott - Coors Merger
Following the story of the two Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence taking communion at a local Catholic church delivered by the Arch Bishop, the media had fun faking shock and horror. It's interesting how the media handles stories like this. They assume SOMEone will get upset over it, so they sensationalize the story, even though nobody of importance really cares. Members of the (largely gay) parish enjoyed having the Sisters appear, the Arch Bishop didn't know who the Sisters were till someone raised a stink, and no one has gotten hit by lightning bolts.
Someone summed it up recently by exclaiming, "Jesus, Marys! All this fuss over a couple crackers?"
The new twist to the story is going to be a tough one. Unrelated to the Folsom Fair poster controversy and the phony boycott of Miller beer, it seems Coors is going to merge with Miller. Thirty years ago, activists lead by Harvey Milk called for a boycott of Coors that apparently still stands, even though no one really knows why anymore. The corporation itself gets good ratings for support of gay employees, and one of the active members of the Coors family is gay himself. But, other members of the Coors family are big contributors to anti-gay causes. As gay activists, we were just about to rally gay support of Miller to thwart the faux-boycott, but now this merger announcement came out, and the gay spokesmodels are staying mum.
Like I said, it's hard to tell who your friends are anymore.
Enjoy the cartoons.
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October 17, 2007
Vintage Gay Porn - AMG Tribute to Theaters With Sticky Floors
Athletic Model Guild announced today the release of two newly remastered collections of rare classic films straight from the AMG film vault. They are the premiere releases of a new series in the AMG Film Classics line called Theatre Film Classics. Both DVD collections, Theatre Film Classics: Why the Wooden Indian Wouldn’t and Theatre Film Classics: Billy Boy, are now available for pre-order in the AMG webstore.
These films are rare glimpses into a very short window of time in gay erotic cinema – the late 60s and early 70s – when hardcore porn was beginning to take root. It was a time before VOD, DVD or even VHS, a time when the theatre was the center of sexual culture. Mizer created the films exclusively for viewing in such venues as the Park Theatre in downtown LA, where the seeds of gay porn were planted. They have not been seen in the 40 years since they were projected on the screen at the Park Theatre and at private, screenings at the original Athletic Model Guild compound.
“Gay porn at the time barely existed,” AMG President and Creative Director, Dennis Bell said. “The 1960s were marked by major battles with the federal government over images of nude men. When the feds started to back off and laws began to loosen, there was a strong demand for sex films.”
Explicit sexual films like Why The Wooden Indian Wouldn’t and Billy Boy emerged during a volatile time in gay culture. Police raids like the one that sparked riots at the Stonewall Inn in N.Y., weighed heavily on the minds of the gay community. Gay theatres bravely opened their doors to an alienated group of men and showed films that celebrated homosexuality as opposed to condemning it.
Featured with the title film Why the Wooden Indian Wouldn’t, the groundbreaking Not For Sale, My Brother The Sister, and Cowboy & The Rancher’s Son take the standard format of the time. These four films are fully nude, loosely plot driven, 15-minute shorts that show all but the point of penetration. By current standards these pictures, called ‘loops’, might be considered mild, but at the time they were at the cutting edge of pornography.
“There were actually films of men fucking,” Bell said. “That was an enormous breakthrough. You may not see the dick penetrating the asshole, but men were fucking, on the big screen.”
Billy Boy was an anomaly on the gay porn circuit. A full-length gay sex feature at well over an hour long, it was a tidal wave in a sea of 15 minute ‘loops.’ It is the most substantial of Mizer’s works to be uncovered since his death. Billy Boy is the story of a young man from the Midwest who leaves home to try his hand at California living.
“When I projected the first reel of Billy Boy, already knowing this was the same reel that ran at Los Angeles’ Park Theatre, I knew I was watching a rare piece of gay erotic history,” Bell said. “I heard Bob Mizer doing voiceovers of the cop in the first scene, and that really brought it home for me. This was the first hardcore action in the business, before Colt, before Falcon, before anyone else made a commercial effort at gay porn. While it required extensive color and sound restoration, this film is certainly something worth showing the world a second time, even if almost 40 years later.”
Both DVD collections can now be found in the AMG webstore at http://store.AthleticModelGuild.com. Why the Wooden Indian Wouldn’t will be available for wholesale Nov. 21, 2007 and Billy Boy on Jan. 9, 2008.
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October 11, 2007
Coughing Out The Nelly
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Chris Steele sent this funny little behind the scenes clip from Jet Set's new "On Fire!" Bleached blond himbo Bam Bam tries his best to butch it up, but we know better!
Can't wait to see what Chris Steele has up his sleeve as the new head of production at Jet Set. The parent company has tons of money and the ambition to make good movies, they just haven't had the right creative direction on a consistent basis.
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October 10, 2007
More Vintage Beefcake at Lavender Lounge
You know, I don't often take the time to look at my own website as a customer would. A lot of times I just crank out a bunch of new photos, slap them on the site, set them to premier months in advance, and move on to the next project, without really taking a closer look. The other day, though, I decided to pretend I was a customer and look at the site objectively.
I logged in to the VIP Room, and just like any other regular customer of Lavender Lounge, I went right for the button "New Photos". Briefly stepping out of my "customer mode", I had already spent a lot of time on my recently added Folsom Fair photos, but noticed that one of the vintage gay porn galleries was next in the cue. (I often add a bunch of galleries all at once, but schedule them to appear on the site a few at a time.)
This newly added gallery was of a model named Ralph Kleiner, probably shot in the late 1950's or early 1960's, and most of them were by a photographer named Bruce of LA. I clicked the slideshow button, then sat back and watched it as if I were a customer seeing it for the first time.
Wow! He was fucking amazing! Beefy, bulging muscles and perfect proportions. Classic matinee idol features, and that pompadour hairdo is to die for! Throughout the gallery, you see him in various poses with costumes, props and little scenarios - in the kitchen, showering up, and then off to bed! (But what is with that Indian headdress....?)
I hope you enjoy this vintage gallery as much as I did, because there are tons more available to VIP members of Lavender Lounge. Just log in and look for the link to Groovy Guys.
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Frat Men's Jarod on "I Love New York"
Once again we get to play the game, "Reality Show Whore or Gay Porn Whore?"
This time an eagle-eyed viewer of VH1's trainwreck spin-off of a spin-off show, "I Love New York" spotted an eligible bachelor of questionable sexuality that has posed for gay porn site, FratMen.com.
I can't believe I know all this ridiculous trivia, but here goes. A couple seasons ago on VH1's "The Surreal Life", has-been rapper Flava Flav hooked up with has-been actress and ex-wife of Sylvester Stallone, Bridgette Neilson. That prompted a spin-off show of those two celeb-utards running around Europe pretending to be in love. That show spun off into "Flavor of Love" where skanks competed to get a date with Flava. (Are you still with me?) One of the biggest drama queen skanks, named New York (?), somehow convinced the producers that she was wacky enough to get her own show. "I Love New York" is not a travelogue about the Big Apple, it's a reality show where male skanks get to compete to date miss skank ho, New York.
Get it? Go it? Good.
Since the turn of the last century, good looking people of both sexes have migrated to Los Angeles in search of careers in show business. Who needs job skills or good manners if you're cute? Hotties get plucked off the street everyday as movie extras, fashion models, game show contestants, and duh, PORN! So at a cattle-call for one of the 10 zillion reality shows, what's the chance that some have appeared in porn? A pretty darn good chance - almost guaranteed.
On FratMen.com, he goes by the name of Jared, and his profile says of the naked all-american jock, "Jared was the captain of his high school football team. He was president of his class and king of the homecoming. Now he's in college, and he's earned All-American honors in football in his first year. Some guys have all the luck. " (Yeah, like it takes luck to date New York. Luck AND a couple of 20's...)
Jared is quite delicious, and the photos on FratMen.com make him much hotter than on the show. Sign up to see for more athletic jock type boner material at FratMen.com.
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October 4, 2007
Folsom Street Fair - Porn Star Pre-Parties
It's been almost a week already, but I wanted to let you know that besides my huge coverage of the Folsom Street Fair itself, I also attended a couple really great parties on the day before.
Big Muscle once again teamed up with Titan Media to produce an afternoon meet-and-greet. Big Muscle and Big Muscle Bear have become such an essential part of gay culture, that many guys use their BM or BMB profile as their home page. So many guys meet each other though gay dating sites like those, it's great to once in a while meet each other in person. And if you happen to have some porn stars running around, all the better. All the money collected at the door went to charity. (Andy and Bill never cease to amaze me with the amount of contributions they make, especially to events put on by the Sisters. They can't wait for Bingo to return!)
Along with all the super hot regular guys that utilize Big Muscle, I also got to hang with the Titan men - Diesel Washington, Francois Sagat, Damien Crosse, Alex Baressi (spotted at the gym, too!), and the ever lovely Dean Flynn (we passed him walking down the street last week and nearly fainted...).
But the party that everyone was buzzing about was the Raging Stallion VIP Party on Saturday night at the End Up. They distributed tons of free "invitations" that sounded like it was a private party. A few years ago it was just a cocktail party at their old office, but now it's the hottest (free) ticket in town. Since I live across the street from the End Up, I had guests at my house for a pre-party, but the lines were so long, my guests weren't going to budge. I finally had to leave my own party to make sure I got in!
I used my magical "press" credentials to bypass the line, and it was definitely worth it! Raging Stallion traditionally uses their pre-Folsom event to announce their next Man of The Year. It was sad to see Jake Deckard pass on the crown, but I was pleased to learn the title will be shared by Roman Ragazzi and Steve Cruz. Tober Brandt, the latest participant in "Porn Star Musical Chairs", was also named spokesmodel for J.D. Slader's Centurion Muscle line of videos. (I knew something was going on when I saw the former Titan exclusive walking to Raging Stallion's office weeks before they announced his switching teams.) Don't care much for the gladiator helmet, but it makes a nice trophy.
I am also happy to report that I chatted with Steve Cruz right after the announcement and asked what he plans to do as Raging Stallion Man of the Year. He very confidently stated that he plans to use it "to help promote safe sex and raise money for charity". He is such a great guy, I can just tell he will be great asset to the community.
I made my way right to the edge of the stage for the awards ceremony and got the absolute best position of any other photographer there. If you'd like to see exclusive photos of your favorite Raging Stallion porn stars up close, and my coverage of the Big Muscle /Titan party earlier that day, join the Lavender Lounge VIP Room. As expected, both parties got a bit out of hand, and I kept taking pictures till I reached the point of being a pest. If you like the samples here, see it all in the Paparazzi Pics section of Lavender Lounge!
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October 2, 2007
Photos From Folsom Street Fair 2007
The weather was perfect, the crowd was thick but manageable, and threats of protests never materialized. All together, it was a very fun, stress free day at Folsom Street Fair 2007.
I was in giddy anticipation for this big gay holiday, and just like Christmas, you can get all worked up in a tizzy preparing just the right costumes, getting into all the right parties, doing all the preparations, and if you're not careful, you could easily forget to have a good time along the way. Months ago I had big plans to launch new products, rent a booth, throw a pre-party and an after-party, get in shape, blah blah blah. When the date approached, and none of those ideas seemed do-able, I just chose do what I could reasonably afford and accomplish, yet still have a enjoyable experience.
Friday night, rather than stand in long lines for the bars, I spent the evening hanging posters for MuscleBearCub.com. Doing a little marketing felt good and relieved some stress by being proactive about getting the word out about my free dating site. I knew I had to rest up for the big parties on Saturday, too.
I know I should be writing about the freak show aspect of the Folsom Street Fair - nude men, leather harnesses on freakishly muscled chests, leather chaps with exposed butt cheeks, whips, chains, gas masks, rubber suits, and multitudes of sex related paraphernalia on display in public. Shocking, degrading, obscene, shameless and contrary to god's will. None of that really phases me anymore. I'm sure there was public sex happening on the fringes, and several brand new kinky fetishes on parade, but I feel like I've seen it all before. Most of the fetishes on display at leather events like Folsom Street Fair are more about the shopping than the sex act. I feel 90% of the excitement of expressing your inner kink is in buying the products related to your fetish. After the rush of the initial purchase, the impracticality of actually wearing your fetish gear either distracts you by being so uncomfortable, or becomes a turn-off altogether. It's perfect American consumerism - premium priced nonessential products sold to people with an irrational need to own it.
Before I start coming off as too jaded, I must explain the real reason I enjoy Folsom Street Fair. For me, it's all about running into all my friends all in one place. For virtually everyone I know, showing up at Folsom is a given. I can check in with people I only see every few months, and since most everyone I know met me at a bar or an event like this, Folsom Street Fair is the place to see and be seen.
The second reason I enjoy Folsom Street Fair is to shoot pictures. I've been told that the candid paparazzi photos I have been shooting for LavenderLounge.com have really become the thing that makes the site unique. Over Saturday and Sunday, I shot more than 900 pictures, and stole a little bit of each person's soul every time I took a photo. By going through all my old photos of Folsom Fair from the past few years and adding them back onto the site two weeks ago, I really feel I am expressing myself creatively through my photos. It makes me feel good without taking my clothes off.
VIP Members of Lavender Lounge can view my complete set of photos from Folsom Fair 2007, the photos from previous years, the pre-parties with the porn stars, and up close access to my friend Kimo's wildly popular act from the 7th Street Stage, "20 Years of Madonna in 20 Minutes". I've added new payment options, too, so if you haven't joined, now is a good time! There is even a 7 day option that is the cheapest access to the site I've ever had.
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New Lavender Lounge Pricing Options
I've added some new pricing options to encourage more of you guys to test out the "good stuff" in the Lavender Lounge VIP Room. Since the beginning, I've always felt that I should reward my customers with lower prices for repeat customers. When you join at the $19.95 price, you pay the higher amount first, and you are automatically renewed at only $9.95 a month thereafter. It's my way of thanking you for sticking around and supporting the site. Also, if you join once at that price, you can keep the same passwords, get access to all the updates, and never have to worry about going through the join process again.
But I also realize that men have this "problem" with commitment, and it's not just gay men, either! I know it's hard to plunk down your credit card and make a commitment to one website every month, no matter how fun it is. So I added some additional non-recurring options that won't leave you surprised when you open your credit card statement every month.
First off, you can join Lavender Lounge for 90 days, pay just one time upfront, and not have to sweat it again. No recurring charges, and you just pay $69.95 to cover you for 3 months of dick, ass and other naked body parts.
If you can't think that far ahead, and are still hesitant to allow your membership to renew automatically every month, you can try the $24.95 option that kicks you out in 30 days like a lazy trick that won't leave. Sure, you pay a little more than the standard recurring membership, but think of it as buying your freedom.
And finally, I wanted to offer at least one super-low priced introductory option for the curious. You can now take Lavender Lounge for a 7 day test drive for only $12.95. There are now over 30,000 images in the VIP Room, so be prepared to rub you dick raw if you think you can see it all in 7 days!
Whatever your shopping preferences, you can always check the NEW PHOTOS and UPCOMING PHOTOS to get an idea of what a good value a membership to Lavender Lounge provides.
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