August 31, 2003
Mark Dalton: The Gay Porn Blog Interview
Out of concern that this site is quickly becoming "MarkDaltonGayPornBlog.com", I decided to take some steps.
(If you need to catch up, read these blog entries:)
Mark Dalton 1
Mark Dalton 2
Mark Dalton 3
Second, with so much "controversy" surrounding hunk-of-the-moment, Mark Dalton ("is he gay or straight?"), I decided to go "straight" (or gaily forward) to the source and see what I could find out on my own. I wrote to him, sent him my phone number and requested a phone interview. Surprisingly, he called me the next day.
Here is the summary of my exclusive interview with Mark Dalton.
Acknowledging that controversy is nothing new to him, adult modeling icon Mark Dalton said, "Attention has always followed me. Even in high school the local hometown newspaper wrote, 'you either love him or hate him'".
Raised in a small town 50 miles north of Dallas, Mark Dalton was a high school sports star, winning state championships in football and pole vaulting. (Go ahead; insert a sexual innuendo about vaulting poles right here...)
He left his hometown a few years ago and made his way to New York to find fame and fortune. His diversion to New York proved to be successful, but the big city provided too many distractions from his professional goals. He returned to his hometown to concentrate on business because in New York he was having, as he says, "too much fun."
"Sometime around October 2002 I reached a fork in the road," Mark Dalton confided. He needed to decide whether to fully embrace a career in porn or move on to something else. In choosing a career in porn, he decided that he did not want to work for anyone else, and created his own production company. With his own company, and no outside investors, he is fully involved in producing movies, a website, dancing in clubs and occasional escorting.
In venturing out on his own, I asked if he got any advice from other porn stars who went from performing to producing their own videos like Jeff Stryker, Al Parker, Ken Ryker, Sports and Rec's Drew Warner, Centaur's Chip Daniels, Factory Video's Frank Parker, Raging Stallion's J.D. Slater, Lucas Entertainment's Michael Lucas, or Monster Bang's Michael Brandon (all of whom now control a piece of the action). His response implied that he is carving his own niche, without seeking comparisons to any of his contemporaries. He pointed out, "Mark Wolfe owns 8 houses." It seems to me anyone planning on staying in the business is better off being autonomous than being a day laborer for other studios.
We discussed "a day in the life of Mark Dalton" comparing my own self-employed 16 hour days to his and commiserating on both of our sleep deprivation. In discussing his answering "hundreds" of emails a day from fans, I asked the nature of most of questions he receives. He relied, "Most are the same million-dollar question � am I gay or straight. My reply is that all my gay friends think I�m straight and all my straight friends think I�m gay. I never fall under one label."
Asked how he balances workaholism with workouts, "It�s tough, I usually don�t get to the gym until around midnight, but I don�t really have to work out that hard. I�m blessed with good genetics." Think about that statement while you�re huffing and puffing on the treadmill and you�ll see why some people hate him!
Having investigated muscle websites and movies from other studios, Mark Dalton claims to have devised his own twist to the muscle video genre. Although he wants to keep his idea under wraps, I can�t imagine a cinematic style that has not already been done in porn. Maybe I slept through Film History class and 25 years of porn. Who knows?
Mr. Dalton is currently conducting a talent search for high caliber gay and straight guys who have never been seen in porn before. He envisions a whole stable of hot guys to be part of the "Muscle Stud Club" on his web site and appear in his videos. He declined to give away too much of his ideas for videos, but he will offer more than just solo videos. The strictly solo videos he does plan for will offer "more than the usual solo video". (For example a voyeur secretly watching a scene in progress or two guys jacking off together.)
When asked �When will Mark Dalton appear in a porn video with another guy?" he played coy and teased that fans would have to wait and see.
As a follow-up question, I asked, "When will Mark Dalton appear in a porn video with a girl?"
And now, ladies and gentlemen, here is the bombshell response you�ve all been waiting for: He paused for a moment, then stated emphatically, "You will see me in a video with a guy before you will see me in a video with a girl."
As for Mark Dalton�s upcoming plans, he has a calendar coming out and two videos by the end of the year, the first of which is 75% complete.
Although I did not uncover any deep, dark secrets about Mark Dalton, nor will this interview settle any unanswered questions, but I did score one bombshell. Woohoo! Alert the media! But the gay-for-pay debate rages on, as I�m sure a whole slew of new comments to this posting will attest. Keep �em coming, except for that Kloseted Kornholin� Kocksucker (KKK) stalker.
August 28, 2003
Franco Corelli
The NakedSword Dream Team member for August 2003 is Colt exclusive Franco Corelli.
The Dog Days of Summer
August: Time for barbeques, burgers and beefcake! This Colt muscle stud ruled the gym (and the locker room) in his broadshouldered hey day. His bronze, acre-wide torso is wide enough to spread a picnic blanket across and his much tugged-at Italian sausage is good enough to eat. And as a testament to his legendary status, muscle worshippers are happy to kneel before this untouchable marvel as he works over the hottest man in the business -- himself!
Full length version of this movie available at NakedSword.
Free sample video clips: 350K | 100K | 56K
August 22, 2003
Jeff Stryker Doll
Thanks to Will Clark and Cockring.org for this newsworthy item. Click [continue] to read about Jeff Stryker's action figure. Buy one today! Makes a great butt plug... I mean stocking stuffer!
AUGUST 22ND, 2003
JEFF STRYKER, The Ultimate Action Figure
Jeff Stryker,Inc. proudly releases the Jeff Stryker Action Figure. http://www.jeffstryker.info
The first ever of its kind, this 12" anatomically correct figure is an exact replica of the King of All Porn. It features a newly patented and technically advanced inner skeletal structure that is covered with a life-like skin. Every part of the figure is fully posable, right down to the appendage that made Jeff Stryker so notoriously famous.
Recently, Jeff was given awards for having the best selling dildo in history, as well as for being the first male adult star to have a 12" action figure hit the market. After over a decade of being the reigning TOP male superstar in all genders of adult video, as well as having the most successful high quality products available for the adult novelty market... Jeff Stryker has done it again!
Everybody who owns the famous Jeff Stryker dildo will have to have this. Every doll collector as well will be lining up for it. What a treat for the ladies as well. Finally, a stud muffin to go with their Barbi dolls, that can give them what Ken could not --- a scaled down version of the flesh monster that they all love!!!
The news has been released worldwide, and responses from print and television are coming in at a rapid pace. A sample figure will be available for all major news media covering the story. This item is destined to be one of the most widely sold and publicized adult toys in history---- following in the footsteps of its famous predecessor.
Order it NOW at http://www.jeffstryker.info
Images courtesy Jeff Stryker Inc.
Porn Star Pleads No Contest
A porn star that once went by the stage name Vince Cobretti pleads no contest in beating case:
He can be seen in the movie Sidekicks by Grapik Arts. Click [continue] to read details of the case.
From Advocate web site:
http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?id=9662&sd=08/22/03
A man has pleaded no contest to assaulting the chairman of the Woonsocket, R.I., school committee by stomping on his face. Theodore Cox was sentenced to two years in prison through a plea agreement with prosecutors, The Call of Woonsocket reported Thursday. The 35-year-old drifter and former gay-porn star under the name Vince Cobretti could be eligible for parole in October, according to the spokesman for the state prison system. Last January, Cox allegedly kicked Edward Boucher in the head repeatedly while wearing a pair of heavy boots. He then fled in Boucher's car and was arrested two days later at a motel in Seekonk, Mass., according to police. The 65-year-old Boucher was found in his home with severe facial injuries. He required surgery for a blood clot in his brain and spent weeks recuperating in the hospital. He told The Call he doesn't remember the incident. Police said Cox lived with Boucher for about a week before the attack.
Prosecutors had charged Cox with four felonies: assault with intent to commit a specific crime, assault on a person over 60, assault with a dangerous weapon, and larceny over $500. A superior court judge agreed on August 4 to drop the first two felony charges against Cox in exchange for his plea. Cox has been detained since January. "We thought [the plea agreement] was fair to all the parties involved, and we took it," said Joseph DeCaporale, Cox's attorney.
August 20, 2003
Colin Farrell and the Gay Porn Star
Doesn't Colin Farrell look a lot like gay porn star Eric Hansen? Check out his starring role in Wash West's "Gluttony", an All Worlds Video.
This item comes from the SF Chronicle's Daily Dish:
Hollywood hellraiser Colin Farrell is being tipped to play sexy oil tycoon Bobby Ewing in the upcoming film version of soap opera "Dallas."
The hunky actor has reportedly been approached by the movie's producers, who are desperate to sign him up as the mild-mannered Texan, previously played by Patrick Duffy.
Now insiders are predicting that if the role of J.R. Ewing goes to Colin's "Hart's War" co-star Bruce Willis, Farrell will sign on too.
However, action man Willis faces stiff competition from fellow "A" lister John Travolta who is also keen to don Larry Hagman's famous Stetson -- and Colin may face outrage from fans of the show, who won't appreciate an Irishman playing the beloved Texan character.
August 18, 2003
Home Improvement
I spent the weekend chasing my tail trying to get some home improvement projects done. I've been a homo-owner for nearly 3 years, and still haven't really made any major changes to the place. Thank goddess the place was move-in (although boring) condition when I landed here. Just doing little cosmetic changes is more than I can bare, I can't imagine taking on an unending "fixer" project like Jonno and Richard's tales of woe.
On Saturday, all I wanted to do was assemble a new metal TV/stereo rack, do some dusting and vacuuming in a couple rooms, and clear out some stuff for Goodwill. Assembling the rack and hooking up all my electronic gear was fun, but then I got caught up in the black hole of re-arranging furniture. It became a giant jigsaw puzzle arranging and re-arranging this really awkward 5 piece sectional couch. It seems so easy, but why did it take 2 days? I still haven't even dusted the mantle!
Some day I still dream of taking on some really big remodeling projects for this house involving knocking out several walls and opening up the ceiling. Perhaps I will get more inspired after watching these movies featuring some hunky construction workers:
That Old Whorehouse by Brush Creek
Minute Man 15 by Colt
Gemini by Bijou Films
Hard Labor by Video 10
Hard Working Daddies By P.R. Simon
Workmen's Compensation By Manhunter
August 17, 2003
Pinnacle of Evolution
Scientist calls gay people 'pinnacle of evolution'
Gay.com U.K.
Friday, August 15, 2003 / 04:55 PM
SUMMARY: While conservative groups dismiss homosexuality as
"unnatural," a leading zoologist has said gay people could be seen as
the "pinnacle of evolution."
At a time when religious and conservative right-wing groups are
attempting to dismiss homosexuality as "unnatural," a leading zoologist
has said gay people could be seen as the "pinnacle of evolution."
Speaking at the Edinburgh Book Festival, Clive Bromhall said that
humankind's evolution has resulted in our present state of
"infantilism," in which we break the primate mold by being playful,
creative a nd childlike right into adulthood.
"From men's obsession with swollen breasts to our constant search for a
pseudoparental God, everything about the human species is infantile,"
Bromhall said in a lecture.
"Like baby chimps, we have soft, downy bodies, flat faces and large,
rounded heads. Like them, we too want to be kissed, cuddled and
stroked; we remain playful, compliant and comparatively mild-mannered
for the whole of our lives," he added.
Bromhall claims that infantilism is rejected by straight people as they
age -- and that by remaining in same-sex relationships, gay men and
women are actually displaying superiority over their peers.
"We've known for years that homosexuality is linked to a playful,
creative character," he said.
"Homosexuals excel as artists, thespians and other playful, mimetic
professions. Being playful is at the heart of being human. It's
something that should be celebrated. You could say that homosexuals are
at the pinnacle of human evolution."
Bromhall was speaking to promote his new book "The Eternal Child" at
the festival.
August 14, 2003
Totally Gay TV
"Totally Gay" is a new show premiering on VH1, Monday, August 18 (It re-runs several times throughout the day, check your local listings.) It's produced by award winning porn director Wash West (director of Animus, Gluttony, Technical Ecstacy and many more) and among the mainstream celebrities interviewed, also includes Jason Adonis, Sam Tyson and agent David Forest in cameo roles on the 60 minute special.
Click [continue] to read more.
VH1 brings you an explosive, sexy, fast-paced take on the new openness of sexuality in the twenty-first century. It’ll look at how lines are blurring and document the dramatic changes that have turned the mainstream into the mixed-stream.
The show will explore heavy hitters like Madonna, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake; artists who make brave artistic statements and earned respect of straights and gays alike. It’ll check out the marketing campaigns of companies that have led to the cultural fore-grounding of the male sex object. Also at bands like T.a.t.u, that have successfully used controversial sexual imagery to sell their products. Finally it will look at the impact all this has had on ordinary people’s lives.
Some of the folks interviewed for the show are:
Peter Paige (Queer as Folk)
Jenny Shimizu - Calvin Klein "Out" model
Bobby Trendy (Anna Nicole Smith Show)
Bruce Steele (Editor-in-Chief - The Advocate)
Jason Adonis/Nicholas Wilson- gay for pay porn star
Billy Bean - gay baseball player
Chris Beckman (Real World-Chicago) (in NY) May 8th
Chad Allen (Our House, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman) (NY)
John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig)
Eden Riegel - Bianca on "All My Children"
Sam Shahid (with Bruce Weber created Calvin Klein, Abercrombie & Fitch and Banana Republic ads)
Candace Bushnell (Sex & the City)
Michael Musto
Karpel Group - Gay and Lesbain marketing group
Gina Gershon
Amber Benson (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
John Waters
Melissa Etheridge
Mariel Hemingway
Norman Korpi (The Real World)
Sandra Bernhard
Jordan Knight (New Kids on the Block)
Tyra Banks
Kerr Smith (Dawson's Creek)
Jaime Pressly
August 13, 2003
Internet Radio and TV
I am starting to enjoy more and more internet-only radio and TV shows. You can access them any time on demand, there's no censorship, and they cover even wackier topics than cable access.
I just met Darren Austin while I was at an Adult Webmaster's convention a couple weeks ago. He has an internet radio show called Darren Austin Live with some interesting guests. I especially enjoyed the July 28th episode featuring Miss Shirley Q. Liquor. "How ya' durrin?"
I've also been promoting Tim and Roma's video talk show, Weekly Report. Here's a link to their Best Of episode.
Cameron Fox
Whoa! I am sooo far behind with updates, it's already the middle of August and I haven't even anounced the Dream Team member of the month for July!
Even before the Supreme Court decision, Texans had good reason to brag. Hunky July Dream Team member Cameron Fox is a Lone Star state sex god. This 23 year old versatile top swings a think 9-incher between his smooth legs. Cameron has a bit of the cowboy in him, almost as happy riding on the tip of someone else's double barrel as he his snaking pipe up his appreciative partners. He's a Falcon man, to be sure, but unlike any other we've seen (and believe me, we've seen a lot!). Cameron Fox has a long career ahead of him and we're happy to lend him a hand -- or a mouth! Check him out in Falcon's "The Crush" with studs like Colby Taylor, Daniel Montes and Marcus Iron.
To see Cameron Fox in action, take a look at these free video clips using your Real Player:
The Crush from Falcon Studios
Sweat and Muscle by U.S. Male
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August 9, 2003
Oaksterdam
Oakland, California has the chance to become "the Amsterdam of the West Coast". Click [continue] to read a story from the San Francisco Chronicle about an emerging hipster neighborhood in downtown Oakland that is being nicknamed "Oaksterdam" - a 3 block area that hosts eight, count 'em eight, medical marijauna clubs.
Last December I stumbled onto the Bull Dog Cafe on Broadway in Oakland which is the cafe/pot club they describe in the article. Once I figured out the place's real purpose, I was thrilled that it even existed! I saw the "Oaksterdam" tshirts and have lusted after one ever since.
Wouldn't it be cool to hang out in Amsterdam-style "coffeehouses" without having to travel to Europe? Thank you Mayor (and former Governor) Moonbeam! Toursits, please visit Oakland NOW before it it becomes Disney-fied.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/08/10/POTCLUB.TMP
Oakland district evolves into cannabis community
Rona Marech, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, August 10, 2003
The blocky bouncer stands guard outside the Oakland cafe, complete with a copper espresso machine, fancy chocolates, elegant glass lights and a European air.
Pedestrians may unknowingly wander in and order coffee, but the tip-off comes when, sorry, the food options are limited or access to the downstairs lounge is politely denied. The main thing on the menu here is medical marijuana.
Suddenly, the bouncer's T-shirt makes more sense: The word stretched across his broad chest reads "Oaksterdam."
The name "Oaksterdam" is arrived at by mixing the names of cannabis-tolerant Amsterdam and Oakland, and the downtown district near the 19th Street BART station is now home to eight medical marijuana clubs. One such club is a new three-story dispensary on Telegraph Avenue that owner Ken Estes says will eventually house an organic food cafe, along with an on-site chiropractor, acupuncturist and a doctor.
Apparently the first of its kind in the United States, this cannabis community offers a range of services. Patients can pick up city-sanctioned patient identification cards, purchase $550 lung-friendly inhalers that allow the medicine to be vaporized rather than smoked, get marijuana-growing equipment or buy cannabis in any form, from green buds to lollipops.
"San Francisco and Oakland have Chinatown and Japantown. Now we're going to have pot town. Better yet, hemp town," said Randy Csongor, the manager of Best Collateral pawn shop, which sits in the middle of medical marijuana row.
Club owners are circumspect about where they get their product, which they sell to patients at prices ranging from $50 an ounce to more than $400 an ounce for the highest grade.
The dispensary owners -- who acquire the usual business licenses but no other official permits for cannabis distribution -- are caught in an uncomfortable legal position. The city and state says they are legal under Proposition 215, the medical marijuana compassionate use initiative that California voters passed in 1996.
But the federal government says the clubs are operating illegally. Federal agents have staged pot club raids and pursued high-profile activists such as Oakland resident Ed Rosenthal, who was convicted in a controversial trial earlier this year for cultivating marijuana.
The jury, however, was not allowed to hear evidence related to Rosenthal's assertion that the city of Oakland had "deputized" him as part of its medical marijuana program. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer sentenced him to one day in jail, which Rosenthal had already served. But in July, federal prosecutors signaled they would ask an appeals court to increase Rosenthal's sentence. The government did not explain on what grounds they intended to appeal.
Greg Underwood, a special agent at the Drug Enforcement Administration, said, "If we are investigating them, I can't comment on any open investigations . . . . The only thing I can say is that marijuana is what we consider a Schedule I drug, which means it's illegal to use and the federal government does not make any distinction for medical marijuana."
Estes, whose front-room eatery at the 420 cafe so far consists of an empty room, a fan and an "Open" sign, says: "Unfortunately, we have one foot in the illegal world and one foot in the legal world. We're trying to get both in legal world."
Some of the Oaksterdam clubs do not have phone numbers or even signage; one is jokingly called "Parking in Rear," a reference to the only sign posted on the storefront. Others have the appearance of a sterile nurse's office -- with a few extra television monitors -- and still others seem like ordinary cafes with umbrellas and dainty tables out front.
The clubs' shadowy status is also apparent on paper: One proprietor's business card lists his job title as "coffeeshopkeeper;" another dispensary's glossy, postcard-size advertisement reads "a different kind of chocolateria." And though owners are eager to speak about their concern for patients and show how professional their businesses are, of those approached, only Estes would speak on the record, an indication of just how tenuous their situation is.
"I see the people running those clubs as modern-day heroes," said Keith Stroup, founder and executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, a public interest lobby in Washington, D.C. He's visited the neighborhood and even has his own Oaksterdam T-shirt.
"It does remind me of Amsterdam. It's certainly the closest thing we have in this country to what they have in Amsterdam," he said. "I think there's nothing quite like that in the United States."
The difference here is that only people with doctor's recommendations and official IDs can get through the door, he said, adding that the proliferation of the clubs is an expression of the public will and attitude.
Indeed, the pot district has been cultivated with the help of reasonable rents, access to public transit and a relatively low-key attitude of the city government and the Police Department. And mellow seems to be the reigning mood among shopkeepers and pedestrians here.
To be sure, a couple of people had concerns about the clubs' customers hogging parking spots or certain clubs getting too loose and easy with identification cards.
Robert Williams, the deputy director of the Sexual Minority Alliance of Alameda County (SMAAC), complained that smoke was seeping into their office, which is wedged between two clubs. Staff members have been approached by people on the street about buying marijuana, he said. They're particularly concerned because, "some of our young people are at risk for substance use."
Joe DeVries, field director to Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley, said he found SMAAC's complaints disingenuous. "Nancy Nadel's office was trying to mediate problems between his program and the clubs," he said. Matters seemed to be resolved when, he said, "all of the sudden, you're going to the media."
In fact, the neighborhood reaction to Oaksterdam, by and large, fell somewhere on a spectrum from indifference (and ignorance) to downright enthusiasm.
"We love them, we love them!" said Mario Paceppi, the owner of the Fat Cat Cafe who has a medical marijuana recommendation for acid reflux and gastrointestinal problems. With the new crop of clubs joining long-existing ones -- including the flagship Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative, which sells cannabis-related wares and distributes ID cards but no longer sells marijuana -- the area has been revitalized and is cleaner and safer, he said.
"Because there are more eyes out. When it was more desolate, there were all sorts of horrible stuff going on." Plus -- jokes about marijuana-induced munchies aside -- patients and club employees regularly stop in for lunch.
"That's the only thing pushing the economy down there," he said.
"Any kind of business is business," Csongor said at the pawn shop, dryly noting that "there are more people going in there than McDonald's.
"It hasn't caused any problems. No fights, no riots, no outbreaks. Nothing like that. It could be dressmakers over there, it wouldn't be any different," Csongor said.
"These things have just grown up without any great public fanfare, so obviously, this has to be looked at carefully," said Mayor Jerry Brown. "Californians are strongly in support of medicinal marijuana; compassionate aide to people who are truly sick. But the big question is, what is the proper method of distribution and how should it be regulated?" One of his inspectors is working on a report for the City Council, he said.
But other city officials have known about and supported the cannabis clubs.
Joel Tena, a constituent liaison for Councilwoman Nancy Nadel, whose district includes Oaksterdam, said: "We see the medical marijuana dispensaries as enhancing the neighborhood. We know here in city of Oakland that medical marijuana is literally something that keeps people alive. We want to make sure it's available if they need it."
If the Oakland Police Department isn't quite so gung-ho, officers nonetheless have stuck firmly to a laissez-faire policy.
Lt. Edward Poulson, the commander overseeing the Oaksterdam area -- he laughed when he heard the term for the first time from a reporter -- said he's received some complaints about littering, loitering, smoking in public, parking and people who buy the medicine legally, then sell it secondhand on the street.
Also, in a few cases, customers have been robbed leaving the premises, he said. But he pointed out that leaving a bank with cash is arguably a similar risk and most of the complaints have centered around a particular club, which he did not want to name.
"It's like a nightclub or the bar scene," he said. "It's not how many you have, but how they operate."
Police Chief Richard Word said: "I'm not opposed to medicinal marijuana, but there needs to be some structure to this . . . . There has to be some rhyme or reason about where these things are so the city can say this is OK or this is not OK. That's clear this has to happen."
But club owners say -- and patients confirm -- that clustering is helpful to customers because it means they have more choice in quality and price. Those who don't care to (or can't) inhale, for example, can shop around to find pot teas or cooking butter; if one dispensary's wares aren't helping with chronic pain, maybe they'll have better luck next door.
"It's not like plastic toys, it's fresh produce," said one cannabis club employee.
Kristen Baumgartner, 22, who just completed chemotherapy treatment for bone cancer and said cannabis helped reduce nausea and stimulate her appetite, strolled out of a club on a recent afternoon with a $405 ounce.
"It's great for it to be in one area . . . . It's a community." said Curtis Thomas, 32, who got a prescription for marijuana because of a work-related wrist injury. "If it continues this way, it's going to be a boon for Oakland."
Thomas said he picks his dispensary of the day largely based on cost, but "I do sometimes go according to my mood." For an in-and-out job, he'll head to one spot, but "if I want to go to a nice lounge with tile floors" and a "speakeasy" atmosphere, he'll head somewhere else.
Some might argue that clubs are spelling their own doom by opening so close together, but one club employee said it's good for business, comparing it to Las Vegas and the clump of casinos there. Inevitably, trash-talking goes on, he said, but mostly the competition is friendly.
"We're all fighting for same cause," Estes said, "and we all would like to see each other make it."
August 6, 2003
Calendar Boys
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August 5, 2003
Wannabe Porn Stars
Apparently Jonno received the same spam from some guy who wants to be a porn star. Click continue to read Jonno's reply. I was foolish enough to write back to him with essentially the same response (although not nearly as elequently), and I will probably be added to a zillion other spam lists.
Although, unlike Jonno, I am currently looking for models, but I still smelled something fishy about that email. I also got this this email that same day:
From: "John Llamas"
Date: Mon Aug 4, 2003 8:09:29 PM US/Pacific
Subject: I am seeking a role in gay adult movies, please read below
Reply-To: "John Llamas"
Hello,,
My name is John Llamas. I am an amateur gay adult actor who has the unique
distinction of weighing well over 300 pounds. I have starred in several
specialty amateur videos and want to break into adult gay films
professionally.
I will willing to audition upon short notice. Please contact me via email
ASAP
Best regards,
John Llamas
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From the jonno.com mail bag:
From: "Robert"
Date: Sunday, 3 Aug 2003 16:44:15 -0700
To: jonno (at) jonno.com
Subject: I am looking to audition for gay male adult films ...
Dear Jonno,
My name is Robert, and I go by the film name Daddy Big Bucks. I am an amateur gay male adult porno actor, and I seek to audition for gay adult films.
Can you assist me, or barring that, can you send me to someone who can help me?
Thanks.
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Dear Robert,
It is generally the custom among us, when we write to strangers to inquire about the possibility of pornographic employment, to attach sample photographs of ourselves or the URLs of sites containing the same, which you did not do.
While I count among my acquaintances several individuals who are involved in the production of gay adult films, both amateur and professional, I cannot in good faith recommend you to any of them without knowing more about you. Your nom de guerre would lead me to believe you are more suited for certain types of porn than others, but of course this is merely conjecture on my part.
Therefore, in the absence of any visual support material, I can do little more than commend you to several helpful online resources which may assist you in your endeavor.
Best of luck in your career, and remember: in porn, there are no "featured players" ... only stars!
Thanks for writing,
Jonno (dot com)
