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January 08, 2005
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 2005
I just got back from attending the Internext Expo and the GAYVN Show for adult webmasters in Las Vegas. I've been to a lot of these events, and athough it's supposed to be about making business deals, I was mostly partying and taking pictures all week.
I missed the PrideBucks party, but I heard it was hot - twinks fucking in a penthouse surrounded by photographers snapping away. My kind of event, but thanks to a re-scheduled flight and bad directions, I blew it.
On Tuesday I spoke with a rep from MaleFlixxx.tv about new upgrades to their website, and went to their cocktail party. As a result, you will be hearing a lot more about them here at Lavender Lounge Blog, especially now that they will be adding Falcon movies to their site!
I also met the director of Wet Palms, who used to be a porn star by the name of Mark Reed. [UPDATE: It's been pointed out to me that the person I was introduced to as "director" of Wet Palms actually has a different job title. Whatever. Why was he at a party thrown by MaleFlixxx.tv anyway? They're Naked Sword's biggest competitor, is Jet Set planning to run WP on MaleFlixxx? Hmmm.]
From there I went to the Cybersocket party at Hamburger Mary's. It's certainly not the funky barnwood-and-Victorian-knicknack Hamburger Mary's I remember here in San Francisco. It's now part of a Hamburger Mary's chain that has the audacity to open a Mary's in a strip mall! It's all chrome and neon and "cold", unlike the warm homeyness of the old Mary's on Folsom with coffee creamers in baby bottles. Whatever - Cybersocket paid for the drinks, so who can complain? (And we're all tired of Gipsy's...)
Another alternative to the usual Internext events was a dinner party hosted by Gay Wide Webmasters. It was a nice meal and I got to hang out with some different people. GWW also hosted an after-hours party up in their room. Two great ideas from the guys at GWW, the most popular (and useful!) bulletin board for gay porn webmasters.
Wednesday night was the Cybersocket Awards at Gipsy. No, I did NOT win, damn it! I was surprized to even be nominated, but at least I got some acknowledgement. The Cybersocket Awards always bring out the porn stars, most of which have just arrived for the AVN show that starts the next day. Chi Chi MC'd with the help of two beautiful Hungarian boys from Bel Ami - Tommy Hansen and Yves Carradine. They only knew enough English to understand, "Carry this trophy and hand it to the winner...", but what the hell, they looked real purty doing it!
From there I went to a pre-party for the Hustlaball held at the Blue Moon, the only gay resort in Las Vegas. I might consider staying at the Blue Moon sometime, but only if I feel in the mood for staying at a gay bath house. The bright flourescent lights in the hallways were not attractive, but they put up a tent over the pool and hot tub area, so that's where everyone hung out - except those that found the sex room on the third floor at 2:30 AM! I guess I left too early and missed out again!
Even though I didn't get any action, I got a couple hundred photos of other cuter, younger guys getting some action. At least I can say I came home with photos that help me make money - other people probably just came home with STD's. Thursday was my BIG day, though. I rented a bus and took a load of webmasters to the Liberace Museum for a guided tour! Last year, Randy Blue and I tried to visit the museum, but we got there after closing time. I was so disapointed that I called up Randy last month and said, "let's take a busload of our friends!" Randy's lots of fun, and now that I took a close look at his website, I am going to be pushing Randy Blue a lot around here!
Our tour guide was a 60 something closet case with a bad hairpiece and lots of jewelry. Jerry knew everything about Liberace. Maybe too much. Claimed his "late wife" dragged him to a Liberace show, and he's been a fan ever since.
I wore a Liberace costume that I made for Halloween about 20 years ago (still fits!), and the little old ladies that run the museum were just thrilled! When word got around that a visitor came dressed up Liberace drag, everyone came out to see me. The Liberace impersonator (another big girl!) had just finished his show and came back to play "Beer Barrel Polka" for us. Believe it or not, he rocked!
No trip to the Liberace Museum is complete without a stop at the gift shop. The Banana Guide boys chose the refrigerator magnet of Liberace in hot pants and fringe, but I went for useful items - the Liberace cookbook, a Liberace Xmas ornament (on recommendation from Darklady, who also joined us!), and a gaudy piano ring covered in rhinestones. (My Sisters will be so jealous!) The woman who books the tours also gave me a video of the museum that we watched on the busride home.
Now that the Awards were over and the Liberace trip was done, I was finally able to relax and enjoy the Hustlaball. If you're going to put on a gay circuit party in Vegas during a porn convention, why not bring in a bunch of porn stars and hookers?! That's what RentBoy.com did. I had a feeling it was going to be a big deal, so I worked it out ahead of time to get a press pass and entry into the VIP Room. Thank god I planned ahead because, as it was, I had to use all my Studio 54 skills at the door to get in without waiting in that huge line.
Hustlaball was great! I had so much fun flirting with famous porn stars and high priced male prostitutes, knowing the whole time that I was getting tons of content for Lavender Lounge without having to pay for any of it! (I will send some photos to Krave, Las Vegas's hottest new gay club, right on the strip) and RentBoy.com, and if any of the performers are reading this, let me know and I'll get you a password. Porn star Brandon Baker was helping with the event (he is so sweet!), and at one point grabbed me and sent me into the backstage area. Wow! That was the VIP Room of the VIP Room! Ran into Jonno from Fleshbot, then went one by one down the line of porn stars greeting, grabbing and snapping all the way!
As I got to the end of the line, there he was - Zeb Atlas in the flesh! Zeb Atlas was the headliner of Hustlaball, with his image prominently on all the promotional material. As I approached him, he actually knew me by name! Zeb Atlas knew me by name! I was verklempt! We chatted a minute about nothing, I got some pictures, then made a point to be out in the audience for Zeb Atlas's strip show.
I also got some shots of cutey Shane Rollins, who was also the subject of a gossip item. Is it true that Shane Rollins is "more-straight-than-gay" and living with a woman??? That's what I heard, and if so, I am so disappointed that another of my future ex-husbands is not an option. He may be on the market, and in the meat department, but possibly farther from the fruit section than I'd like!
I'm trying to remember all the porn stars I hung out with over the course of the week, and I know I will forget a few. There were many that I never even knew their names, but I'll piece it together as best I can.
Josh Weston was looking bigger and beefier than ever. God, he's a dream boat, and he's a neighbor here Oakland. We promised to get together and do something fun for both our sites.
Pete Ross was looking really good, too. I shot him last spring and he's been working out a lot. He's up about 40 pounds from when he started in porn, and is really working toward being Raging Stallion's top model. Time to schedule another photo session with Pete Ross again before the twink grows into a manly man.
Michael Brandon was there, of course. He never misses an event like this, plus he picked up a couple Cybersocket Awards and caused a bit of a scandal. The producers of Hustlaball were adamant that you couldn't show any dick on stage, but that devious Michael Brandon (actually I think it was Monster's idea) shoved something up Pete Ross's ass on stage, causing the producers and club owners to panic about the place getting busted. I didn't see it myself, there was too many places to be all at the same time!
Arpad Miklos was everywhere I turned. He is quite a hot, hairy daddy built a lot like Chris Steele. He had another hot guy in tow, I think it was Kyle Lewis, but I never got his name.
Josh Weston introduced me to a new Falcon star named Roman Heart. Josh's pearly white skin was quite a contrast from Roman's deep tan!
Rod Barry got around a lot, mostly flirting with the girls from Naked Sword and Gay.com.
Fredrick Ford was around a lot, and Austin Shadow not only showed up everywhere, but he was the most slutty of all the porn stars and rent boys! I have tons of pictures of him at the pre-party sucking dick, rimming in the hot tub and even sucking himself! As his business card says, Austin Shadow is "refreshing, unique and unusual". He's also got a live cam you can see from Lavender Lounge. I liked him as a person, too.
Chi Chi also brought Johnny Hazzard, Jan Fischer and Eddie Stone. Jan Fischer walked around looking like Britney Spear's (latest) husband in a Kevin Federline hat. Johnny Hazzard was adorable with a gaggle of muscle daddies hovering over him at the Hustlaball. Wait till you see those pictures over at Lavender Lounge! But Eddie Stone just seems like a nice guy that I'd like to know (and blow). I'm not sure, but I think Kyle Douglas is part of Channel One, too, and I have some beautiful shots of his bare ass and furry chest from the pre-party.
I didn't get to meet Andy Hunter because he was quite pre-occupied by some beauty, but late in the evening, Tony Dancer encouraged all his friends to whip out their dicks for my camera! Snap Snap!
Factory Video sent Billy Bowers, their new new casting director who's recently started directing, too, and Markie, one of my favorite models I've shot for Lavender Lounge. They're both really fun, and local boys, too.
Late in the evening some crack head was sitting next to me at the bar and asking anybody who walked by to suck on his dick while I took pictures. The guy from Boy Funk (another homey from Oakland!) was getting pretty frisky at this point, too, and I have photos to prove it. What more could I ask for?
The entire week of Internext and AVN was non-stop cruising, schmoozing, boozing and floozeying. There are three galleries of photos in the Paparazzi Pix section of Lavender Lounge - Cybersocket 05 (Awards show and parties hosted by Cybersocket), Hustlaball 05, and Hustlaball Pre-Party 05. Between the 3 galleries, there are over 1,000 photos from my Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 2005 trip.
SHOUT OUTS:
Banana Guide
Frisky Fans
Gay Wide Webmasters
MaleFlixxx.tv
RentBoy.com
Hustlaball
Cybersocket
Pride Bucks
LA Sisters
reAxsis Media
PPV Networks
Brandon Baker
Marine Meat (thanks for the rides!)
Boy Funk
Just Us Boys
Adam Male
Posted by lavenderloungeblog at 06:46 PM
Comments
The director of Wet Palms is Matthew Moore, not Mark Reed. Looks like someone was just trying to get into your pants by dropping some names!
Posted by: fauxlene at January 10, 2005 12:26 PM
His Jet Set business card (with his real name only) says "Executive In Charge of Production".
Posted by: Lavender Lounge Blog at January 10, 2005 01:44 PM
Your stupidity astounds. Where in "Executive In Charge of Production" does it say "Director"?
Posted by: fauxlene at January 11, 2005 12:57 PM
Fauxlene:
Obviously you have some interest in this minute detail, indicating to me you are somehow connected to Wet Palms through some sort of "fauxjob". I think I know who you are, and I've got more important things to do than start a battle with you bozos.
Posted by: Lavender Lounge Blog at January 12, 2005 12:35 PM
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