August 30, 2008
Mr. Muscle Bear Cub Contest - Winners Chosen
A cute red-head with freckles and a beard became the new Mr. Muscle Bear Cub for 2008. I think his name is Michael (I was a bit tipsy...) and he was by far the audience favorite.
Emcee Tom Orr, who is also a MuscleBearCub.com model, did an outstanding job rallying the crowd with his opening number written especially for this contest. It was a little tough getting contestants to be brave enough to get onstage, but five hot guys gathered the courage to be harassed by Tom, myself and Sister Bambi Dexterous. If I'm not mistaken, it was Bambi that coaxed the winning contestant to get up on stage. See kids, it pays to listen to the big, bad nuns!
Each contestant was not only subjected to stripping off their shirts (and sometimes more!), but they were also given intellectual challenges. Tom demanded that each compose a Bear Haiku on the spot. Not an each task, but it gave us insight into their personalities. The tall, trim otter who was second runner started his Haiku with the phrase, "I like older men..." which actually had the correct number of syllables and sent an endearing message to us daddy types.
However, the winning contestant clinched it with a line from his Haiku that included the phrase, "I like pancakes..." delivered with plenty of Southern charm. Wrap him up, I'll take him!
Top left photo is Emcee Tom Orr showing his assets, with the Mr. Muscle Bear Cub 2008 at upper right. Below are the First and Second Runners Up, followed by group shots of the finalists and some random hotties in the audience. The entire photo set of 150 photos is now available for Lavender Lounge VIP Members in the Muscle Bear Cub section.
MuscleBearCub.com is a dating site for guys who like younger, smaller hairy bear cubs. It's FREE to post your profile at Muscle Bear Cub along with up to 11 photos, join the Discussion Board and play with the free webcam video chat feature.
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August 29, 2008
Steve Cruz and Leif Gobo Announce 70's Style Title For Mustang Studios
Just as he is about to pass on his crown to the next Raging Stallion Man of The Year next month, Steve Cruz announces that he is going to be directing for Falcon Studio's Mustang line. Interesting.
And the day before this press release came out, I was talking to Jake Deckard about his idea to direct a movie with a 1970's theme. Just another reminder that gay porn is a very small, incestuous industry. Believe me, I wouldn't mind TWO movies in that vein coming out, I just hope I get to be a consultant on at least one of them. The late 70's was my heyday, I've still got costumes, props and maybe even a few braincells left from that era. Give me a call!
Steve Cruz and Leif Gobo team up to direct for Mustang Studios.
San Francisco, CA – August 25th, 2008
Falcon Entertainment announces today Steve Cruz and Leif Gobo will direct for the company’s Mustang line of films.
Production on the team’s debut film "Blue Movie", an homage to porn flicks of the 70’s and early 80’s is set to film in late September. The film will be anchored by industry superstars Zak Spears, Dillon Buck, Nick Piston and CJ Madison. They will be joined by industry favorites Nick Moretti, Scott Campbell and newcomers Colton Steele and Adam Herst.
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UPDATE: Falcon Exclusive Ty Colt NOT Straight, Probably Not Gay Either
As an update to an earlier report about new Falcon exclusive Ty Colt, I made the assumption that Ty Colt was heterosexual when the Falcon press release announced he would appear on Falcon Str8 Men (as in Falcon Straight Men dot com. Falcon wrote back to correct me on that:
Just thought you’d like to know – Ty Colt is not ‘straight’ as you’ve reported. Not sure where you got that.
Since there is no indication that Ty Colt is HOMOsexual, I better not assume that either. (Ugh, these kids now days make everything so complicated!) When I asked if he would be "converting" the straight guys, this was the even more cryptic response from Falcon:
"There has been zero guarantee that because someone appears on FalconStr8men that they are ‘straight’ – and CONVERT the straight guys?? You are reading more into this than need be. Nothing juicy to tell…he will first appear on Falcon Str8 Men where his guy-guy scenes will debut (and NO they aren’t just jerking off with a buddy scenes – they are full on guy-guy action) and he will eventually transition over to Falcon Studios."
There's a chance I might get to interview Ty Colt, and I already know his response to the sexuality question. Just like Mark Dalton, Caesar, and numerous other gay-for-pay or fill-in-the-blank-for-pay porn stars, his response will be, "I'm sexual."
Fine. He's cute, blond, buffed and so out of this world, he could be a Martian. Hurray for truth in advertising.
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August 28, 2008
David Duchovny In Rehab For Sex Addiction
What, are you surprised? More importantly, raise your hand if you want to give foxy Fox Mulder a big hug and tell him everything is going to be alright. Who wants to see David Duchovny naked? I DO! I DO!
For comic effect, David Duchovny has often dropped homo hints or fag flirted for laughs. But sex addicts search out sex where ever they can, so you gotta believe he played with a few boys before he hit rock bottom. At least, I Want To Believe.
Who's ready for a nice cup of tea?
(08-28) 18:51 PDT LOS ANGELES, (AP) --
David Duchovny has entered a rehabilitation facility for sex addiction.
In a statement released Thursday by his lawyer, Stanton Stein, the actor said he did so voluntarily, adding: "I ask for respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family."
The actor's publicist, Flo Grace, confirmed the rehab report, which first appeared on People.com.
She and Stein both declined to elaborate further.
Duchovny, 48, plays a sex-obsessed character on the Showtime series "Californication," which earned Emmy nominations for casting and cinematography. The show's second season begins Sept. 28.
"All of us at Showtime wish David and his family the best during this very private time," the network said in a statement.
The actor appeared in the film "The X Files: I Want to Believe" earlier this summer. He has been married to actress Tea Leoni since 1997. They have two children.
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August 27, 2008
Kute Kub Keith Kut From Project Runway
In last night's episode of Project Runway, the cutest gay boy on the show got booted off. When the season started, I spotted Keith as the hottest guy on the nearly all-gay roster of designers. 26, beefy, hairy, tats, facial hair, muscles. Yum. Bear cub city. But as the season wore on, he had no sense of humor, didn't mingle with the others, and his outfits sucked.
The kicker was last night. He knew he was going down, went into panic mode, and his worked suffered. He hated his dress, and so did everyone else. He got really defensive, and at one point Blayne said, "He's getting a bit of a 'tude."
He put a nail in his own coffin when he got bitchy with Miss Michael Kors and shot back at him for last week's diss, "It looks like a sad chicken." He got so bold he told Kors, "There's a difference between critique and insult." Well, Michael Kors was NOT having any of that, so Kubby Keith was out of there.
I tried to get a good behind the scenes shot of Keith with no shirt, but the Bravo website has nothing. Five more years struggling in Utah, and his only option to get out will be to pose for BearFilms.com . I'll wait.
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Jake Cruise Update: Jude Collin and Michael Von Steel
Jude Collin and Michael Von Steel did a scene for JakeCruise.com that looks incredibly hot! These two studs really seemed to click. Like Tracy and Hepburn, Gable and Lombard, Liz and Dick - and speaking of dicks... There are a couple of fine specimens here and they happen to be attached to a couple of great performers, who suck, kiss and put on a great show. Then they're joined by their special friend - that would be Jake Cruise himself - and you've never seen so much sucking in your life. There's even an attempt to get both dicks in the old man's mouth at once. After that, Jude and Michael enjoy a lively fuck fest and mutual j.o. scene. Needless to say, this is one movie with a happy ending.
For Lavender Lounge VIP Members, I put a gallery of photos from this session in the Hunks section, but if you want to see the while shebang, go ahead and join JakeCruise.com.
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Battling Crystal Meth - With Show Tunes!
"Intervention" with Kristin Chenoweth
The Tony-Award winning actress and star of "Pushing Daisies" sings about crystal meth.
We've tried every kind of public service campaign to get gay men to stop using meth - clinical facts, hip graphic style posters, jive language, but the worst failures were the billboards that were supposed to show how drugs destroy your looks. (From a distance, the billboards looked like sexy gaunt underwear models with some paint smeared on their face.)
Here's another approach - show tunes! Gays love show tunes! And strung-out hung over crackheads giving blowjobs for money especially love perky blond girls singing!
Yeah, that'll work...
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August 26, 2008
Falcon Signs Straight 19 Year Old Blond As Exclusive
His name is Ty Colt (have they run out of names again?), he's blond, buffed, 19 and straight. Click the photo to see a little video of him jerking off.
Gawd, I don't even remember being 19, but I think I was calling myself straight at the time, too.
Falcon Studios announced today the signing of a new Exclusive model, Ty Colt. The 20-year old was recently discovered when a casting call went out for the company’s www.falconstr8men.com site and Ty responded within minutes of the announcement being posted. Ty will be the first Falcon Exclusive performer to initially appear on the Falcon Str8 Men site and eventually make a transition to DVD for Falcon Studios.
"This guy has all the makings of a porn superstar, his cock was rock-hard from the minute his pants hit the floor until I called ‘that’s a wrap’," said Leif Gobo, Falcon’s Director of Videography. "He’s a natural and loves showing off for the camera – this is a very talented young man."
Although Ty calls the midwest his home he has also spent a considerable amount of time living in Eastern Europe. His first trip to the West Coast was to film his debut scene for Falcon Str8 Men in San Francisco and while he took an instant liking to the city Falcon took an instant liking to him. "Ty’s pristine body, stunning good looks and natural sexiness are the very definition of what a Falcon Exclusive should be," commented Troy Prickett Falcon’s Director of Promotion. "Ty looks like he walked off the pages of an Abercrombie & Fitch catalog – and when people see him in action his popularity will skyrocket."
Ty Colt’s debut will be on-line at Falcon Str8 Men starting Friday, August 29th.
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Jet Set Wraps "Muscle Mountain"
"Muscle Mountain" - a John Tegan Film for Jet Set Men
CAST: Derec Stone, Marcus Steele, David Dakota, Patrick Bateman, Jeremy Bilding, Derek Diamond, Jason Pitt, Chris Thomas and Lucky Daniels
Muscle Mountain stars Derec Stone as a mountain rancher who gets into a dispute with a rival rancher played by Lucky Daniels, a voyeuristic “jack rabbit” who spies on Derec’s handsome staff of seven hunky ranch hands and ends up getting a lot more than he bargained for in the process.
Muscle Mountain marks the directorial debut of Jet Set Men’s own John Tegan, who also wrote the script, his third this year for Jet Set Men. Hung Country for Young Men and Jock Tease (co-written by Chris Steele) are the others.
This is the first made-for-DVD appearance of both Derek Diamond and Jeremy Bilding.
The wrap on Muscle Mountain comes just days before the September 1 release of Jet Set’s latest movie, Jock Tease, co-written by Tegan and Chris Steele, who also directed the movie, and a little over a month before the release of Steele’s pool-side sex flick SLIDE, also starring Derec Stone, Marcus Steele and David Dakota.
Muscle Mountain is currently set to be released by Jet Set Men in November.
QUICK QUOTES
Director and Writer John Tegan: “I was thrilled to sit in the Director’s chair for the first time. While I was confident of my abilities, I was also happy to have Chris Steele’s guidance, Charles Stevens’ steady hand at the camera, and a terrific cast and crew, all of whom helped make it go smoothly.”
Jet Set Head Honcho Chris Steele: “John has produced so many great movies for us over the past few years, including Big Dick Society and Ass Cruisin’ with Aaron James, that I knew he was ready to take the lead creative role and direct for the first time.”
More nakedness after the jump.
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Mr. Pam Going Away Party - Kidnapped By Michael Lucas
mr. Pam has become a legend in the gay porn industry. She is highly sought after for not only her skills with a video camera and editing, but her exuberance and contagious laugh make her so endearing that everyone just wants her around.
As I reported last week, she's been hired by Michael Lucas to be his Creative Director, which requires a move from her hometown of San Francisco to New York. Though she had always been a freelancer, her main client before this was Naked Sword. Never known for missing an opportunity to throw a party, Naked Sword rented the Eagle patio on Saturday for a send-off barbecue.
After I left Naked Sword in 2003, Mr. Pam got hired to shoot and edit the webcast show I helped start, which later became the Tim and Roma Show. The photos show that, even at her own party, she just can't put down that camera!
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Trannyshack Kiss Off
I attended the Trannyshack "Kiss-Off" party on Saturday, marking the end of the weekly show at the Stud. (There will still be more Trannyshack events, but they will be bigger and more spread out.) The entire three floors of the beautiful Regency Theater was just as jammed packed as a regular Tuesday night at the Stud, so obviously there is still support for Heklina and her mob.
I tried to watch a few performances, but couldn't find a good sight line for more than a few minutes. As usual at these events, I get more joy out of walking around schmoozing the crowd, taking pictures and catching up with old friends. I got a few pictures and put them in the VIP Room under Paparazzi Pics, but I mostly went to have fun.
I may have told this story before, but it's worth repeating. I knew Heklina before she was Heklina. She was dating Jason Mercier (now a famous artist) who was in a little band of club kids called Enrique. Jason and his partner-in-crime, D'Arcy, decided that Heklina should enter the Miss Uranus Pageant. Having never done drag at that point, they took him under their wings to manage his campaign - and they really campaigned to to win that title! They printed up flyers "Heklina For Miss Uranus", dressed him up in bad blue eye shadow and a red satin prom dress and paraded him around campaigning. I was sitting at Cafe Flore as the whistle-stop campaign swooped by.
Heklina was a rather reluctant candidate but put on a shy smile and played along, shaking hands and kissing babies (or was it shaking babies and kissing hands...?) As the campaigners approached my table they handed me a can of creamed corn with Hekina's picture on it. I still have that can of creamed corn to this day.
I think she lost the pageant, but the drag bug caught her, and the rest is history.
The photo above represents one of Trannyshack's famous tshirt slogans, "I blacked out at Trannyshack!"
The photo below is Heklina with the poster boy from the show, the ONE remaining cute guy in this town who HASN'T done porn. (It's only a matter of time... bartenders don't make that much money...)
And the last photo is a famous number by Juanita Moore and Glamamore with their paper dresses that get destroyed at the end.
It's worth joining the Lavender Lounge VIP Room to see the 750 pictures from the second-to-last Trannyshack show, already available the VIP Room.
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August 25, 2008
It's Lovely! I'll Take It!
As Curbed said, "Best. Blog. Ever."
It's Lovely! I'll Take It! is a collection of photos taken from actual real estate listing. Now, I admit I look at real estate listings the same way some people look at porn. It's a fantasy, it's naughty, and I shouldn't be wasting the time, but I am addicted. It amazes me how agents and sellers, especially with low end properties, spend so little effort making the listing look attractive to buyers. Misspellings, bad grammar, no real information, and plenty of inaccurate information. And the photos! Oh my god, what are they thinking?
There are so many WTF? pictures on real estate listings that are funny on their own, but "It's Lovely! I'll Take It" adds the wit and sarcasm to make it even more absurd. Check it out.
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August 24, 2008
Another Gay Sequel - Free Movie Trailer
There's a lot of buzz about the gay spoof "Another Gay Sequel" coming soon to a theater near you. It stars Jonah Blechman, Jake Mosser, Aaron Michael Davies, Jimmy Clabots, Euriamis Losada, Mario Lavandeira (aka Perez Hilton as himself), RuPaul, Scott Thompson, The Lady Bunny, Will Wikle (former housemate on Big Brother), Brandon Lim, Isaac Webster, Brent Corrigan as Stan the Merman, John Epperson, (aka Lypsynka) as Andy's Mom and Amanda Lepore as Transamerica Stewardess.
It looks really funny and stupid. It will also be available through TLA Video. For you gay porn fans, be sure to take notice that the controversial Brent Corrigan plays a merman. (If you don't recall, he was the one who did porn movies for Cobra Studios while under age, then got tied up in the murder of Cobra Studios owner Brian Kocis when two competitors tried to steal him away. Apparently, Brent Corrigan is such a valuable commodity that Harlow Cuadra and Joseph Kerekes felt they needed to actually kill Kocis in order to steal twink star Brent Corrigan away. Their trial is still pending.)
And you'll also notice that gay porn star daddy Colton Ford makes an appearance, too.
ANOTHER GAY MOVIE was about getting laid for the first time. In true gay fashion, ANOTHER GAY SEQUEL: GAYS GONE WILD! is about who can get laid the most.
ANOTHER GAY SEQUEL finds our heroes ANDY, NICO, JAROD and GRIFF reuniting at a gay resort in sunny Fort Lauderdale for Spring Break. They participate in a contest called 'Gays Gone Wild!' to determine who can attain the most "buttlove" over the course of the vacation.
Between Wet Package contests, Evil Gay Fratboys, and genital crabs the size of kittens, it's a bumpy road to booty victory. But this time around, love proves to be the biggest conflict of all as the boys struggle to rectify just how casual sex fits into their lives.
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August 23, 2008
Janice Dickinson On Gay Porn
"I don’t have a problem with gay porn. What’s wrong with gay porn? It allows people to encapsulate what their fantasies are. Is that so bad? I think Rodrigo had other issues that were far too severe, which is the reason he’s not with the agency anymore; I’m not going to go into depth about it, but he knows what they are. As far as him having a colorful past? Look, as long as you don’t sodomize children, this is the United States of America—the Fifth Amendment, Larry Flynt, yes! I see nothing wrong with gay porn."
The self-proclaimed world's first supermodel, Janice Dickinson, to HX Magazine, on several of the models on her Oh! reality show having a history in gay porn. Returning to the show for another season is gay model J.P. Calderon, who of course once appeared on Survivor and has since come out. Last year's gay couple, Sean and Paul, were not invited back for a second season, and Rodrigo (who it turned out had a career in gay porn before joining the herd) is also MIA.
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Evie Harris "Shining Star"
Not sure how I missed this the first time around, but it's from 2001 and it's classic funny shit!
It stars Jack Plotnick as "Evie Harris", a self-centered washed-up diva who would be called a has-been if only she wasn't really a never-was.
I recently came across this on YouTube. While the video site is filled with "best moments" clips and even brand-new GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS videos from the original production team, I liked this two-parter wherein comedian Dennis Hensley (seen as the stage hand in the actual film) plays Evie Harris' biggest fan who videotapes his meeting with the "star" as she takes him on a tour of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, searching for her star and dropping juicy tidbits about the various celebs she's run into over the years.
Though I've never heard of Evie Harris or Jack Plotnick, he's known for the MisMatch Game performed infrequently at the Gay Lesbian Center in LA. It's a dirty spoof of the old Match Game, and Evie is one of the regular panelists.
Looks like a ton of related videos on You Tube, too. Great way to waste a Saturday.
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August 21, 2008
This Ain't The Munsters XXX
AWESOME!
The Munsters were my favorite TV when I was a kid - and I watched them first run. (Yeah, I'm old.) There have already been movie remakes (more than one) and even re-makes of the TV show, but they never caught on. The reason the Munsters were successful in the first place was because it was so groundbreaking in 1964-65. A sitcom with an average American family of monsters? Shocking! You can't re-create that buzz because modern viewers are too jaded.
The Munsters concept has been so overly exploited there's no medium left to exploit - except for porn. Enter Larry Flynt. Watch the clips, I think they're brilliant.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Hustler Video has launched the official website for its upcoming parody "This Ain’t the Munsters XXX."
The website features trailers, a photo gallery that includes behind-the-scenes and black-and-white shots of the cast, a news and reviews section and a link to order the movie.
"This Ain’t the Munsters XXX" stars Lee Stone as Herman, Roxy DeVille as Lily, Shawna Leneé as Marilyn, Trent Soluri as Eddie and Gavin Wells as Grandpa, with Jenna Haze, Whitney Stevens, Mick Blue, Evan Stone, Victoria Sin, Aiden Starr, Sammie Rhodes and Voodoo. It is set for a Sept. 30 release on DVD and Blu-ray. The DVD includes two bonus scenes featuring Jenna Haze and Roxy DeVille, a behind-the-scenes “making of” featurette, bloopers reel, director’s commentary and photo gallery. The Blu-ray disc also includes a black-and-white version of the movie.
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Local Drag Queen Models on Project Runway
Last night I went to a screening party for, as Tim Gunn said, "the most fabulous show in the history of Project Runway". The challenge for the designers was to create outfits for a group of drag queens. The screening party was held at my friend Steven LeMay's vintage boutique Retro Fit. The invitation said that "a special guest from the show" would be in attendance. I assumed the special guest would be San Francisco native Chris March, and although he was involved, he was not the special guest.
It turns out the special guest was Steven LeMay himself! Contractually sworn to secrecy since June, our own hometown boy (girl) was one of the models chosen along with a line-up of New York dragsters like Hedda Lettuce and Varla Jean Merman. Chris March tipped off Steven that there was a chance to be on the show, but he would have to get himself to New York and find his own place to stay for a week. (Otherwise, it would have been all local New York girls.) Steven signed a confidentiality agreement that prevented him from telling anyone he was on the show, but when the preview video (above) came out last week, the cat was out of the bag.
The screening party was a great way to meet up with my old clubkid friends who were all in town for the big Trannyshack Kiss-Off show on Saturday. Besides Heklina, Jason Mercier, David Hawkins, Peaches Christ, we were treated to a visit from Justin Bond of Kiki and Herb (left).
But back to Project Runway. The show WAS the most fabulous show in the history of Project Runway. The drag queen "models" were funny, the designs outrageous, and the judges, including Ru Paul, finally had something to sink their teeth into. Michael Kors got in a few memorable zingers like, "It looks like a sad chicken!" Even the normally staid and objective Tim Gunn got a little queeny when he told Blaine “It looks like a pterodactyl out of a gay Jurassic Park!” (It WAS a disaster - the collar collapsed on the runway. The only reason they keep him on the show is because they need someone zany.)
One of the party guests commented that "tanorexic" Blaine-alicious looks like a troll doll (good call!) Peaches Christ spotted the winner right away, commenting on the attention to detail of Varla's "sailor-themed" jumpsuit and how it perfectly fit her personae, just as the judges proclaimed. Good eye, Peaches.
Asked about his experience appearing on the show, Steven LeMay said they were basically treated like "cattle". A lot of hurry up and wait, and when the camera is on you, there's no re-takes. It's a reality show, so you better be able to shoot from the hip.
He got his revenge, though. There was a pair of green shoes from the Blue Fly wall that would have gone perfect with his outfit, and though he tried them on three times (as if they were suddenly going to grow overnight...), the gold shoes in the picture were the ones he wore on the show. They miraculously found their way into his luggage and followed him home!
The other shot of Steven with the dress on the rack was the dress he wore at the opening of the show.
My next project for Project Runway is to propose challenge for the them to design new habits for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Easter 2009 is our 30th anniversary, and this would be a great challenge for the show.
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August 20, 2008
Frat Pad Jack Off Race - Straight Guys Tease
As you know, there is a house in a secret location inhabited by a group of very well-paid straight guys around college age that is set up for live webcast shows. Fratpad has become somewhat of a sensation, particularly after last week's outing of a couple college wrestlers. The wrestler scandal has died down now, so it's time to get back to business.
The boys at the Fratpad decided to do a little jack off race to see who could cum first. To start, they all marched into the family room naked and hooting and hollering to get themselves worked up into a frenzy. They gathered around the TV showing videos of a girl with giant fake boobs and commenced to stroke their dicks.
The guys at Fratpad are astoundingly hot and are not the least bit shy about jerking off in a room full of other straight guys.
The video above runs about 8 minutes of raw amateur footage until the winner scoots up close to the hottest guy in the room and shoots his load on him. I won't give away the winner, but I will tell you it comes down to the two hottest guys in the Fratpad.
I put a set of still photos from the Fratpad jack off race in the Lavender Lounge VIP Room. If you are VIP Member, just go to the Straight Guys Section.
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August 19, 2008
Andrew Justice - Mirror Image - Free Porn Video
Please welcome a new sponsor, Drake Rock, who runs two sites (Visit MalePerfection.net and RockHardJocks.com) featuring straight guys, jocks, frat men, bodybuilders, muscle, etc. You get the gist of it.
The weird camera angles are kinda fun, but after a while they will get annoying. Let's hope they don't try too hard to be arty, but I also hope they let other models get away with leaving their chest hair intact as they did with Andrew Justice for Visit MalePerfection.net. Here's what they said about working with gay porn star Andrew Justice:
The day of the shoot, the videographer asked Andrew, "Will you do anything I ask?" Andrew nodded, "Yes, anything." Brave man, considering the number of suggestions we could have made.
We explained the mirror concept and told him how popular those videos are. The only question Andrew asked, "How should I start?"
He ended up pushing it much future than the previous two guys did in their mirror videos. Much further!
Normally we have the guys trim, and show up for the shoots with their faces clean shaven. When we booked Andrew Justice, we specifically told him to come as is, with all his hair in tact. Although it is nice having the guys hairless because it tends to show off all the ribbons of muscle the worked so hard to achieve, but sometimes it's better to see the guys more natural.
Andrew was fun, no two ways about it. With playful biting sarcastic jabs, and the occasionally pause to tell a story in an attempt to gross us out, he just laid everything on the line. At one point we asked, "What do you do in real life?" - a question we tend to ask all of the guys. He looked at us with a "don't you know?" expression and stated matter-of-fact, "I have sex."
He pulls no punches, and that's what we love about him.
After a year-old sabbatical from the industry, Andrew Justice is marking his return with videos on Visit MalePerfection.net and RockHardJocks.com.
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Straight Guy David R - Male Perfection
David is one of the few guys that we've worked with that can get the super-arch of his back, that stretches his ass backward, causing the ass cheeks to ripple with muscles. It's a sight to behold. And he does it with such ease; he's just constructed that way.
We used the window as a single light source in this, allowing it to play off David's muscles in a way that you can only achieve with natural lighting. His body is beautiful, especially when he stretches and you can see the bump-bump-bump of his ribs straining from his side.
It's fun to just sit back and watch David move, and play with himself.
David R is a New Yorker, through and through. He likes fast cars, partying with friends, working out, and seducing the ladies.
Although he is completely laid back and a low stress kind of guy, he is full of life, energy and laughter. But as soon as we turned that camera on, it was all about you - his complete attention focused on seducing you.
Owning his own business and watching his son grow up into a "Little David" has been a dream realized. Now he wants to push himself further and give straight porn a try.
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August 18, 2008
Randy Blue Asks, "Have You Ever Been Stood Up?"
Have you ever been stood up by a sex date? You're waiting and you're horny, but what are you supposed to do? I decided I wanted to explore this theme in today's update. I was introduced to Ben Thomas by a mutual friend. He told me that Ben had done adult modeling before and was really comfortable in front of the camera. When we met I knew instantly that I wanted to shoot him. He's got a great lean body just covered in luscious body hair. He has a very natural look about him and I just loved that. We talked for a bit and I got the feeling that Ben would be up for just about anything. I brought up my idea of being stood up for a sex date and my friend confessed that it had happened to him once in an alley behind a bar (which instantly made me think of Alley Cats) and that when the guy didn't show up he just whipped it out right then and there and took matters into his own hands. I was shocked, not that he had done this but that he chose to tell me about it knowing full well I would probably make a video out of it. Now that I think about it, he may have told me the story for that very reason. Well, regardless of the origins of the story, Ben did an amazing job of playing the horny trick left to his own devices. I took the opportunity of having a guy with a sexy ruggedness, all unshaven (in body and face) who appeared to have a fuck all attitude and put him in a dark alley just to see how it would all play out. He pulled that gorgeous cock of his out and started working it over in ways that would make any man jealous that he missed out on a chance to wrap his lips around it. It's a gorgeous cock all big and thick, and when he shot his load it shot all up into his furry chest and belly, getting the hairs all moist and stuck together. The perfect ending to an amazing scene.
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Matthew Rush Blows Zeb Atlas In Bachelor Party
It's just a tiny tidbit of a teaser video, but watch the clip above to at least see Matthew Rush get into position to blow Zeb Atlas, but I'm sure there's more to come, including possibly more drama off-camera, including why Adam Killian was finally chosen to be the one to bottom for Zeb Atlas. Matthew Rush originally had that dubious honor, but after a reporting a story last month that Falcon asked me to retract, a new lamb has been sent to the slaughter in Adam Killian (see lower left).
A Bachelor Party in Vegas for twelve horny friends promises an endless evening of sexual hijinks.
Lucky Tony Capucci is getting married so his buddies decide to throw him the biggest, raunchiest and most unforgettable send-off before his big day. And Las Vegas is the perfect setting for the anticipated fireworks.
Oh, and by the way, that's Colby Taylor's ass in the blue plaid.
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August 17, 2008
Death Star Over San Francisco
Amazing special effects and animation. Cloverfield, except nobody notices.
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August 14, 2008
Second Annual Mr. Muscle Bear Cub Contest
I just confirmed that the second annual Mr. Muscle Bear Cub Contest will be held Friday, August 29th! It will be at one of the coolest bars in town - Truck - 1900 Folsom at 15th Street in San Francisco. Mr. Muscle Bear Cub will be an official event of Bear Week in San Francisco, which culminates with the Hairrison Street Fair on Sunday, August 31.
Tom Orr, a Muscle Bear Cub model himself, will MC the contest and perform his original song written for the contest from last year. More details to follow, including the names of porn star judges! And don't miss Tom's new show, "I Feel A Thong Coming On" at New Conservatory Theater.
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College Wrestlers Pose As Fratmen, Get Kicked Off Team
Since it is Olympics week, the news media is unusually focused on anything relating to sports, so the unfortunate story of the two college wrestlers who happened to get outed for appearing on FratMen.tv have hit all the major news media.
On Sunday afternoon, while I was at the Internext porn convention in Florida over the weekend, I was sitting next to my friend Jasun that works for FratMen.tv. He had just found out there was trouble at home when these two FratMen.tv models were outed by other students at their college. At the time, they hoped to keep the story quiet and let it blow over. Jasun told me the guys wanted their real names kept confidential, and since FratMen.tv hoped to work with the guys again, they did their best to placate them.
Looking over Jasun's shoulder, I knew where to find their real names and knew where to find pictures of their naughty bits. I had a few hours to kill but Jasun had to catch his plane. I had to make a choice. Should I scurry around, post the naked pictures connecting their real names to it before someone else did, or should I help keep a lid on it?
Since it would involve quick action and actual work, I chose the latter. Does that make me a nice guy or a lazy fuck? Both, I guess. It doesn't really matter because as for my readers, they only want to see the athletes showing their dick, anyway. Who cares what their real names are? They're Fratman Cal and Fratman Nash, and they're cute as hell. Period.
If you're a porn producer looking for college aged guys with athletic bodies, what's the chance that one of them actually plays on a sports team? Pretty common, I'd say.
They're using the "no compensation may be paid to NCAA athletes" bullshit, but it's really homophobia. If it were college football players that need to sell tickets to big games, they've found plenty of loopholes around that. Wrestling matches don't sell many tickets, so guys are more expendable.
Enjoy the shots here, but to see more of Nash and Cal join FratMen.tv. Who knows, you may discover plenty of other college athletes, too!
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Bear Magazine Returns!
After a long hiatus, Bear Magazine is back!
Brush Creek Media, the little San Francisco company started in 1984 that is credited for creating the so-called bear movement, closed operations in 2002. The closure of Brush Creek and Bear Magazine was a big disappointment to bear fans, and pissed off a lot of employees, contractors, and advertisers. But after years of legal wrangling, the owners of Butch Bear acquired the rights to Bear Magazine and Brush Creek Media videos. The new company is named Bear Omnimedia (which they claim is some sort of tribute to Martha Stewart, of all people!).
To kick off the re-launch of Bear Magazine, the first issue is being offered for FREE, with just a $3 shipping charge. I got mine last week and it is hot!
I was a contract video producer for Brush Creek Media in 1996 and 1997 and produced eight movies for them. Though the movies I was assigned to shoot were not "bear" in nature, they wanted beefier, more masculine guys to crossover from their regular customers to more mainstream gay customers. The titles I produced, directed and edited were: "Customer Service", "Online Connections", "That Old Whorehouse", "Three Pigs and A Wolf", "Streetfair Meat", "Laid For Work", "Nude Housekeeping", and "Porno Tonight Show". Some of those titles may be lost forever because I heard they couldn't find some of the model releases.
The cover man of the new Bear Magazine is Jack Radcliffe, Bear Magazine's most popular model. He is now a real estate agent here in San Francisco and frequents Gold's Gym and the Eagle beer bust.
I look forward to Butch Bear's input in the new magazine. The later bear movies from Brush Creek leaned more toward the chubby bears, but Butch Bear goes more toward the muscle bear type, which ought to be a crowd pleaser.
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August 13, 2008
MTV To Re-make Rocky Horror Picture Show
I bookmarked the website for Daily Variety so I can keep up with mainstream news about this business we call "show". Sure enough, I already found a tasty morsel!
Since July, MTV has been looking for financing to produce a re-make of Rocky Horror Picture Show. As of today, someone has finally agreed to put up the cash, but the twist is, it's going to premier on Video On Demand. That means it's going to skip theaters, DVD, and cable networks. It doesn't look like it's even going to hit MTV until later. Plus, it will only be available in the UK.
I think they should cast a gay porn star as Rocky. Who should it be? Tim Hamilton? - Brad Star? - Cameron Michaels? (see the video below) - Kale Max? Somebody else? Not sure? Click the pictures to get a closer look of each, maybe that will help you decide.
Read the details below.
By ARCHIE THOMAS
LONDON — U.K. satcaster BSkyB’s Sky Movies web has confirmed it will co-finance MTV’s remake of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
Under the deal, the remake of the 1975 cult classic will premiere exclusively in the U.K. on Sky Movies before becoming available on VOD services Sky Player and Sky Anytime.
Sky Movies partners on the previously announced project with MTV, Fox TV Studios, BermanBraun and Lou Adler, who exec produced the original which starred Richard O’Brien, Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon.
Cast and director remain as yet unannounced.
MTV is doing the time warp on a remake of 1975 cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."
Lou Adler, exec producer of the original film, is partnering with BermanBraun and Fox Television Studios on the new rendition.
Two-hour remake will use the original screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien but may also include music not featured in the original.
Helmer and casting decisions have yet to be announced.
Fox is sin discussions with BSkyB and Sky Movies to co-finance and distribute the telepic abroad.
Timetable for the start of production hasn't been established yet but the partners aim to move forward quickly once the final elements are in place.
"I'd like to see it shown a year from this coming Halloween, but that's up to MTV," Adler said.
BermanBraun principal Gail Berman will exec produce the project along with partner Lloyd Braun. Berman has been attached to a "Rocky Horror" remake dating back to her tenure as Fox programming chief (Daily Variety, July 1, 2002).
The original "Rocky Horror," starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick and Meatloaf, has grossed $140 million in domestic box office over the years, primarily from the wallets of youthful audience members who have shown up for midnight screenings over the past three decades.
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August 12, 2008
Cody Cummings Straight Guy Blowjob
Turns out I met this guy in Florida over the weekend. Sure, he was hot walking around in a bathing suit, but I saw him mostly hitting on the pretty girls all weekend, so I didn't pay him much attention. Now I find out his name is Cody Cummings, and he is starting to get quite a porn fan following. They were passing out copies of MEN Magazine at the convention, and I just noticed, hey, he's on the cover of anissue from last fall. Where have I been?
So I find this new free sample video that just debuted today, and guess what? He did a scene with another guy. And he liked it! Damn, had I known that I had even the remotest chance, I would have at least flirted with him a little bit.
Some say 3rd time is a charm. If you ask Cody and Patrick Rouge, they say 3rd time is a bit more than a charm; it's a blowjob and cum filled sexcapade.
These two have had their encounters before, and this one ups the ante yet again.
Patrick sucks his buddy on the fireplace mantel before taking him by the cock to a chair in the living room. When he's ready to make Cody cum, he lets the stud fuck his face before stroking him off, making sure to tease his ultra-sensitive post-orgasm dick.
Well, I am going to keep my eye out for more Cody Cummings, and you should, too. Click the link below.
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Tattooed Hillbilly Hottie Bathes at Burger King
He's kind hot - if you like white trash hillbillies with Coolio braided mohawks. I think he really did need a bath, though. It's was his birthday, dammit. He deserved his annual bath, and the work sink at Burger King might have been the only place available to him.
A Burger King employee who took a bath in the burger chain's sink is probably regretting that someone filmed it and posted the video to MySpace, because the local Health Department was among those viewers who were not amused.
Mark McDonnell, the County Health Commissioner, was emailed the video and used it as evidence against Burger King.
"Any bacteria on his skin could have been deposited giving people food poisoning," McDonnell told WHIOTV. In the clip, the employee is seen bathing in the sink, using a bucket market "sanitizing solution" to dump soapy water on himself. At one point the employee who was filming the prank tells the manager that someone is bathing in the sink, and the manager simply shakes her head and continues counting money.
Burger King has issued this statement about the incident:
"We have sanitized the sink and have disposed of all other kitchen tools and utensils that were used during the incident. We have also taken appropriate corrective action on the employees that were involved in this video. Additionally, the remaining staff at this restaurant is being retrained in health and sanitation procedures."
Now that "Mr. Unstable" is out of a job, he should hook up with SouthernStrokes.com and do a little jack off video for them. (They're probably calling him now...)
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mr. Pam Hired By Michael Lucas
August 11, 2008 (New York, NY) -- Lucas Entertainment is pleased to announce that multi-talented cameraperson/videographer/scriptwriter/editor mr. Pam (Pam Doré) has signed a deal as Creative Director of Film and Production. mr. Pam brings more than 12 years of experience in the adult film industry to Lucas Entertainment, having worked in multiple production capacities with all the major gay production houses.
Lucas Entertainment has worked with mr. Pam on a number of projects during the past year. Her videography work includes “Gigolo,” “Flatiron Fuckers,” “Pounding the Pavement,” “Brothers’ Reunion,” “Flip This!”, and the first entry in the Lucas Raunch line, shot in Atlanta in July of this year.
“Pam is not only an amazing creative professional, but also a wonderful person who always brings a strong positive energy to the set. She’s consistently cheerful and an incredibly hard-working woman. In fact, I’ve never worked with anyone who would be able to go through literal day-long shoots and keep smiling the entire time,” said President and CEO Michael Lucas. “It’s always great to work with her. She knows exactly what I need and is loved by all the models.”
On a more personal note, Lucas commented, “When my mother passed away four months ago, I was not able to entirely dedicate myself to the scheduled production. I was especially grateful that Pam completely took over directing on the days I wasn't available. She was so hands-on, and that’s when I saw how reliable and dedicated she is. ”
mr. Pam added, “After 12 years of shooting & editing scenes with hundreds of hot men for all the top studios in the industry, I’m super excited to join sexy, savvy Michael Lucas and his team at Lucas Entertainment. I've had the honor of getting to know Michael beyond his “on stage” persona and he’s fabulous! I believe we're an excellent match: hard-working, sexually creative, silly and not afraid to break the rules!
I’m also very eager to relocate from San Francisco to New York City and to have the opportunity to pour all my creativity and pornographic passion into the East Coast's most accomplished studio. Anyone who has worked with me knows that I truly LOVE my gay boys and LOVE shooting boys humping. I’m eagerly anticipating new chapter of my professional career with Lucas Entertainment. Watch out New York…here cum’s mr. Pam!”
(Damn! I am going to miss seeing mr. Pam here in the neighborhood!)
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Roman Heart Takes a Holiday in Argentina
Oh, Roman, why must you torture me with your beauty! Every time I see you in a new project, I get sucked right in...
So here's the scoop, rather than send an entire troupe of American porn stars to an exotic location, Falcon sent just one of their top exclusive models to fuck with the locals in Argentina. Do they have enough good looking guys in Argentina to cast a full length Falcon epic? You bet! They also threw in Max Schulter, who is familiar to American gay porn audiences, just in case. (Max Schulter is also Mr. Gay Argentina, AND totally dreamy!)
They actually scored an incredible cast of beautiful men for "Roman's Holiday". The thing about Argentina is that the population is the most European looking of any Latin American country. There are a lot of blond offspring of Eva Peron-types running around speaking Spanish in Buenos Aires. I've also heard that Argentina is the cosmetic surgery capital of the world because it's covered under the national health plan. (I think I am moving...)
In the clip above, you'll see our little Roman getting double penetrated by two beefy bodybuilders. Now that's a tasty sandwich!
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August 11, 2008
Celebrity Sightings At Internext Porn Convention
I just got back from attending the Internext Expo, a porn convention in Ft. Lauderdale. For this event, the name of the city would be pronounced Ft. Liquordale.
Saturday afternoon, while lounging around the pool at the Diplomat Hotel, a buzz started that Dennis Rodman was seen across the street and got invited to hang out with the porn stars. Sure enough, he sashayed all over the hotel and pool area in some sort of flowing yellow robes and leopard scarves.
A little earlier, one of the Howard Stern show regulars, Crazy Cabbie was seen working at the Evil Angel booth in god knows what capacity. Cabbie ventured over toward the gay cabana and I overheard him rambling on about his days as a paratrouper. For regular listeners of Howard Stern, Cabbie referred to his days in the service at EVERY possible occasion. How he went from that subject to the subject of his testicles in 3 seconds is beyond me, but next thing you know, Cabbie was exposing his balls and posing for a camera. I moved around the perimeter to see what was going on. Cabbie spotted me from across the hot tub and said, "Did ya get a good look?"
Yeah, thanks. I saw enough.
Later at dinner time, I went to dinner with Jason from FratMen.tv, Collin O'Neal and his business partner and a couple porn models. Halfway through the meal, we were joined by Dennis Rodman! He sat down at our table like a hurricane touched down! He was just rambling incomprehensible nonsense bravado and began to frighten us.
To break the ice, some ex-Mormon trust fund fag (who wasn't part of the convention either) told Dennis Rodman, "One time when I was a kid, I was at the mall with my Mom and you came in with a girl in just a bikini and high heels!"
Dennis Rodman thought he said he saw HIM in bikini and heels and got defensive and hot under the collar. Then we were REALLY frightened! A couple from our table snuck out, but I stuck around and kept quiet just to see how it played out. A few tense minutes later, after the Mormon trust fund kid snuck out, someone finally explained to Rodman what the kid actually said.
The conversation got friendlier after Collin O'Neal changed the subject to talk about local trends and politics in South Beach and when the subject turned to travel, Dennis Rodman actually started to let down his act and have a coherent conversation.
I was waiting for Rodman to pick up the check, but he didn't. In fact, he ordered a round of Jagermeister, but we all paid for it. When we stood up to leave, I asked him for a picture and he said, "Sure, let's go over here," and headed for the main part of the restaurant. After a few steps, he turned to me with a devilish look and said, "Let's make a scene."
Now I was really scared.
I stood in the middle of the room with Dennis Rodman's arm around me, handed my camera to a friend, and just as he was about to snap the picture, Rodman stepped forward, thrust both hands outward and yelled as loud as he could to the restaurant patrons, "HEY!".
Dead silence. He had their attention, but didn't know what to do next. He rattled some more nonsense, then walked away. I didn't get my picture, dammit! I went after him, but Collin O'Neal was chasing me to give me back my credit card.
Was I impressed by being around a former basketball player, former MTV show host, and former fuck buddy of Madonna? No. Did I get a good story to tell? Yes.
Watch the video to see some cute guys, pretty scenery and a 3:30 AM fireworks show.
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Lavender Lounge Guest Speaker At Porn Convention
I just got back from a porn convention in Florida where I was invited to speak on a panel entitled, "Men Have a Penis, Women Have A Vagina". (WTF?) Weird title, but it was supposed to discuss the differences between the gay porn market and the straight porn market. Read AVN's Coverage.
I was honored to be invited to speak on the only panel with reference to the gay porn market, but unfortunately, we ran out of things to talk about after about 20 minutes. They do a version of this topic every time they have a convention hoping to build "unity" between the gay and straight sides of the business, and answer questions from straight producers trying to break into the gay side. Well, that never happens. There is no animosity whatsoever between both sides, we get along great, but when it comes to mingling, birds of a feather flock together. Period.
There is always one clueless bozo that shows up with a poorly planned concept for cashing in on the gay market, and sure enough, one raised his hand near the end of the session. I gave him some advice that I think he took to heart. I told him that there is a misconception that gay men are all submissive. Straight males like to think all women are submissive, too, and they are used to marketing their sites with the mindset of "Take it bitch, you know you like it!"
I respectfully pointed out to him that if he acknowledged that fact that not all gay men are submissive, it will help him to use more appropriate wording, and I think he got it.
I was honored to be asked to speak, but I wish it would have been a more pithy or interesting topic. Even AVN had trouble summarizing the session. I don't think the writer of the article even attended the session because I don't remember saying any of the stuff they quoted me as saying. Luckily, they got one quote from Morgan before he ducked out the wrong door to use the bathroom and got trapped in a hotel store room!
Text of AVN article:
Internext Seminar Enlightens Attendees About the Gay Market
'Consumers change along with market trends,' according to panelist.
By: Justin Bourne
Posted: 08/09/2008
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Savvy gay market professionals joined straight to gay content producers Saturday afternoon at an Internext Summer seminar to discuss marketing online in the gay space.
Jerry Lewis, director of marketing for IntenseCash, moderated the panel which consisted of Mark B. of Suite 703, Mark Kleim of Lavender Lounge, Morgan Sommer of Cybersocket, Kristin Wynters of Yappo.com and TopBucks and Lange Palmer of Epoch.
Kleim began things with a focus on changes in the gay online market.
"Consumers have changed just as the gay market has," Kleim said. "Consumers use to have to seek out content by various means, now on the Internet, they have a choice and are particular about what they want. It's up to you to keep in touch with your demographic, monitor feedback and watch out for changing trends. This allows you to provide the customers with something they want."
Not every one is looking for pretty pictures or niche-specific content, according to Kleim. "Gay men's tastes vary and it's important to remember you might be targeting gay men, but they are men after all."
Design, tours and attraction are a big part of capturing potential conversions Wynters added.
"We discovered branding our product properly was daunting, but possible," she said. "Variety and savvy surrounding your demographic are all key. You don't have to have rainbows and the term "gay" plastered everywhere to make your site attractive. Color is important and different graphics convert differently. Text works a lot better than banners sometimes."
Having a solid team of professionals working hard to manufacture a viable product also plays a big part in target marketing.
"We have a lot of experience working together on our team," Kleim said. "We tried to make sure we had a good launching platform as well as a strong marketing side. Everybody wants hot sexy pictures to titillate them, but giving them only that isn't enough"
Sommer agreed, saying that hot sells, but audience appeal is only part of the equation. "Gay men are discerning and have different sensibilities, so keep that in mind," he said.
The general consensus was that maintaining consistency and blending different content is a tricky endeavor, but done right, adds up to strong conversions.
"It takes someone with a critical eye and business savvy to find the balance, mix it in and utilize it properly," Mark B. said.
Everyone agreed to be open minded, pay attention to input and put it to work in the right areas.
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August 6, 2008
Penultimate Trannyshack
A San Francisco institution is coming to an end. After a 13 year run, the Tuesday night drag tradition, Trannyshack, is coming to a close next week. Hostess Heklina (right) has decided she can't handle the pressure of producing a weekly club event anymore, and besides, she has bigger fish to fry, so to speak.
My drag daughter, Wenda Watch (left) came all the way from Santa Fe to perform one last time at Trannyshack last night. Wenda Wednesdays at Harvey's is credited for "bringing drag shows back to the Castro" in the mid 1990's, while Trannyshack was already an important event at the Stud in South of Market. Wenda's show started out as very traditional old school drag - Barbra, Judy, Bette, etc. until she started hanging out with the gals from Trannyshack. The performers from Trannyshack always came from an edgier, more rock-n-roll background, with a distinct taste for splatter movies and a twist of dog shit - eating Divine thrown in. Customers were always warned about flying blood and who-knows-what.
Some of the highlights from last night were Rentecca doing "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" where she pulled a pair of blue anal beads out of her ass, held them up to her eyes, then put them in her mouth. Tasteful.
Kimo (below top), known for his big production number, "20 Years of Madonna In 20 Minutes", revived one of his first Trannyshack performances with a tightly edited audio collage of demonic phrases from "The Exorcist", ending with him stripping down to nothing but his hairy chest and pierced dick.
There was Pat Benetar tribute by Valentine, a militant anti-disco march, a re-enactment of the tranny serial killer scenes from "Silence of The Lambs" complete with removing a face, a queen-sized Sheena Easton bursting through a vagina styled backdrop of "Sugar Walls", and did I mention that the bar was totally packed with super cute gay boys of the "alternative" variety? Young, smart, creative, edgy, misfit fags are "my people".
But it was Wenda Watch that made me venture out after midnight on a Tuesday. She had gone to see her idol, Dolly Parton earlier in the evening, then raced home to throw on some drag to perform a rousing gospel number by Dolly. But as a special tribute to Heklina, Wenda made a very tender speech thanking Heklina for providing a creative and inspirational venue. She then performed the same number that Bette Midler sang to Johnny Carson on his very last Tonight Show. It choked me up, and clearly did the same for many in the usually caustic audience of bitches. You can tell by the pictures how Heklina was touched.
The very last Trannyshack is Tuesday, August 12 at the Stud, 9th Street and Harrison in San Francisco, but the big The Trannyshack Kiss-Off Party will be Saturday August 23 at the Regency Center, 1300 Sutter @ Van Ness. Doors 9pm, show at 10pm. Featuring performances by Justin Bond, Lady Bunny, Ana Matronic, Lady Miss Kier, The House of More, KIMO, Fauxnique, Raya Light, Kiddie, Hoku Mama Swamp, Putanesca, Precious Moments, and more!
I shot over 700 pictures last night at Trannyshack and they are in the Lavender Lounge VIP Room under the Paparazzi section. With a big, professional looking camera, I was able to bamboozle my way to the stage and get lots of tight close-ups of the animated expressions, color, glamour and grossness.
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August 5, 2008
Matthew Martin Performs at Mitzi Gaynor Tribute
Performer extraordinaire Matthew Martin brought the house down in this rousing opening number at Marc Huestis presents A SALUTE TO LEGENDARY STAR MISS MITZI GAYNOR Live In-Person-Hosted by Bruce Vilanch, July 25 at San Francisco's majestic Castro Theatre. Mitzi Gaynor watched from the wings- mightily impressed by Matthew's great dancing talent -and incredible legs. Over 900 people attended.
I was there! It was a memorable evening jam packed with surprises. Mitzi Gaynor used this opportunity to show her bawdy side in telling risque and dishy stories about people in Hollywood, especially of interest to gay men of a certain age.
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Bear Cubs Invade Randy Blue!
I've always been a big fan of Randy Blue videos. He always finds gorgeous men that look like they just stepped off a fashion runway or right out of an underwear ad. But having just returned from a weekend of camping with the furry, hairy big guys at Lazy Bear Weekend, it's hard to think about anything else.
Yes, trends in male grooming have changed. It's very hip now for young guys in their twenties to grow facial hair, and if you have a scruffy beard, it makes no sense to shave your chest hair like the 20-something gay boys did just a few years ago. As evidence, look at these two videos from Randy Blue.
The first one has a couple of Randy Blue's regular type jock looking frat guys, but one has a full beard and chest hair, the other is trying his best to grow some facial hair. (Begin applause now!) In this scene, Kevin Falk should change his name to Kevin Fucked in this too-hot-for-words video featuring the topping skills of Colby Keller.
The second video stars a young guy who someone should tap on the shoulder and inform him, "Oh, by the way, did you know you are a bear cub?" He probably doesn't know it, and someone should show him how to embrace his cubness. In this sample clip, muscle bear cub Jesse Davis spends time in the Randy Blue gym and gets so horned up that he needs to relieve himself right then and there.
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Jock Itch 2 - Balls To The Wall - Jocks, Muscle, Violence, Sex!
I just received Jake Deckard's latest movie, "Jock Itch 2 - Balls To The Wall" and dug up the trailer (see above). Jake has been given the golden opportunity to direct and edit his own videos for Raging Stallion. In talking to him, he really, truly wants to do something "different" with his movies, which in an industry that has tried everything at least twice, is a daunting task. By looking at the trailer alone, you'll see there is a lot of inspiration and dedication to a fresh approach to sucking, fucking and rimming between manly guys with muscle and fur. No small task.
Mixing crazy, mixed up violent sports and bizarre fetishy jock equipment in a black box gives it a Mad Max / Rollerball kind of mood. His also hired Johnny Freedom of the design collective Gravity Faggot to provide theme music with a harder edge which adds to the take-no-prisoners aggro jock fantasy.
Jake also takes the time to fiddle with editing effects and weird camera angles just for the sake of making it something interesting to look at. Granted, too many effects can be either tiring or trite, so it's a balancing act to remain both hip and watchable. I appreciate the extra care Jake spends to make movies he can be proud of.
"Jock Itch 2 - Balls To The Wall" stars Aitor Crash, Cory Koons, Damian Rios, Dominic Sol, Jake Deckard - GayVN 2008 Performer of The Year, Grabbys 2008 Performer of the Year, Jon Matthews, Steve Cruz - Man of the Year 2008, and Tober Brandt.
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August 4, 2008
Lazy Bear Weekend 2008 Photos
I just returned from Lazy Bear Weekend in Guerneville, and I don't know where to begin. So much to say, so much to think about. But first things first, so before I forget, sign up now for the Lavender Lounge VIP Room to see my Lazy Bear photos, probably my LAST photos from Lazy Bear. As much as I enjoy the event, the producers have alienated me for the last time, so I may not go again, but if I do, it will be without a camera.
I was banned from taking photos at any of the official events at Lazy Bear, and informed quite unceremoniously just as I was about to donate a couple hundred dollars worth of DVDs in my hand. Nice. I met with them informally back in February to discuss some sort of sponsorship opportunities and I thought everything was straightened out. I made two phone calls and sent two emails back in the spring, but never got a response. Now they claim I didn't contact them for permission to shoot pictures. I don't think they have anything against me personally, they just think I'm too unimportant to bother returning my calls. Whatever, Mary. If my money is not good enough for you, fine.
I did get even though, by standing on the sidewalk and snapping pictures as the bears entered the big bear circuit party on Sunday. (Nya, Nya!) They could prevent me from taking pictures inside their official events, but they couldn't prevent me from shooting on the street - like the paparazzi that I am.
My big score, though, was a photo of an actor from "Weeds" on Showtime, Guillermo Diaz. I remember him from past Lazy Bear Weekends, and I am sure I have a more shots of him from previous years. That's so totally hot that a guy who plays a Mexican gang banger drug dealer spends his vacation banging big old bears in the woods!
I stayed in a little rustic campground and our campsite quickly merged with our neighbors around the campfire. Turns out one of my camp mates was porn star Colby Taylor.
And speaking of porn stars, while I was gone, it was announced that Cole Ryder had died of undisclosed causes. Ironically, the same day, there were posters all over town publicizing one of the big dance parties with Cole Ryder's picture on it. Oops. Awkward.
I also ran into two porn stars that recently shot a scene here at my house for Bear Films (see lower right). The photo does not do them justice, they are MUCH hotter in person!
All in all, I had a great time, and it was actually a bit of a relief to not have the responsibility of lugging a camera around. Plus, there is less danger of being labeled as "that icky camera guy". For example, I went to the "Otter Pops" party on Thursday which, naturally, turned into a total orgy. I could have taken fantastic pictures of the hottest muscle bear cubs fucking in the hot tube, in the bedroom and on the front stairs, but I resisted. My camera would have been too intrusive, and when people sobered up, they might have caused me trouble for posting them. Instead, I hopped in the hot tub and joined in.
Enjoy the pictures from Lazy Bear Weekend, and I look forward to working closer with the producers of Hairrison Street Fair and other producers of bear events in other cities. Once you become a member of the Lavender Lounge VIP Room, just enter the site and look for (duh) the Paparazzi section for photos from Lazy Bear 2008, and Lazy Bear Weekend going all the way back to 2003.
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