That 70s Show: Nuts for Nuts

Last weekend, I bought a new pair of running shorts from American Apparel. When I realized how high cut they were, I was nearly delirious -- they haven't made them this obscene since the 70s. Even as kid, I had a hankering for ball-sack drooping short shorts. I know - it's nuts!

But it's not just that a stylistic preference, I'm also a notorious trade-peeper; shorts have been an irresistable source of parting glances since I was knee-high to a teabag. Gimme denim or gimme terrycloth, just give me something that offers the promise of a stray testicle or a brief-free cock.

They don't make 'em like they used to, though, so I took I had to dig into the COLT photo archive for some real inspiration. Thank god. A few clicks and I discovered all the gym teachers I never had.

Vintage Gay Porn: Bareback-In-The-Day

I ran into Billy Bowers from Factory Video the other day and we started talking about Factory's highly successful retro-tinged Time Warp To the 80s series. It's a lot of lost (now found) footage from the mid-to-late 80s and, watching it again, it reminded me of how resilient the porn industry is.

There's been much noise about the bareback (sex without condoms) porn explosion of the last several years. The established studios -- most of whom codified their condom-required positions in the late 80s and early 90s -- object not only morally but strategically. The bareback studios are financial insurgents, capturing a large segment of the market with the eroticism of danger.