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Revenge Lack-of-Porn: Ex Hustler Employee Remembers Larry Flynt

March 24, 2021 Gram the Man 0

Larry Flynt, who died in February at 78, liked Sean Carnage. But Life with Larry wasn’t always pleasant.

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Surviving 70’s Porn Tropes And What We Can Learn from Them

March 15, 2021 Gram the Man 1

Is the 70’s porn creepiness gene necessary for our survival?

Roy Karch’s Last Production

December 7, 2019 Gram the Man 6

“Wow,” says Roy Karch, my old friend, as I lean over the railings of his bed to kiss him on the forehead. “Wow.” He reaches […]

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Uncomfortably Close with Gram Ponante Episode One: Roy Karch

July 24, 2015 Gram the Man 0

Gram talks with Roy Karch about making porn, selling porn, and the plight of the senior pornographer.

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Assed from the Past: Fap 5 Friday

March 27, 2015 Gram the Man 0

Gamelink.com presents the FAP FIVE WEEKLY COUNTDOWN! This week is very exciting as we have tales of pimping out our wives, a couple of movies […]

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Porn Standards Conclabe Supports Milves, Abolishes Strokable

March 3, 2015 Gram the Man 3

Notes from the 12th Porn Standards Conclabe CHATSWORTH, Calif.— Calling to order the 12th Annual Porn Standards Conclabe at the Lamplighter Restaurant here, Porn Valley […]

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2014: Why Nudity Matters

December 31, 2014 Gram the Man 1

2014 was the year porn became a visual medium.

Twice More “Behind the Green Door”: Classic Porn on DVD from The Mitchell Brothers

November 1, 2013 Gram the Man 1

In a business built on the backs of 19-year-olds, it’s easy to forget that adult entertainment has and continues to make history.

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It’s not July without a Wonderland Murders commemoration

July 7, 2013 Gram the Man 0

The Wonderland Murders made John Holmes’ petty thievery on-set look quaint by comparison

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Porn Star Birthdays: Rocco and Celeste

April 29, 2013 Gram the Man 4

Gram reminds us that porn stars are born, not made, with this week’s Porn Star Birthdays

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So Long, Harry: Harry Reems dies at 65

March 21, 2013 Gram the Man 2

Hair-carpeted and randy, Reems could have been the face of the carefree 70’s

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Vanessa Del Rio and the tasty taboos of 1970’s New York [interview]

February 13, 2013 Gram the Man 1

As much fun as it is talking with Vanessa Del Rio, it is bittersweet, too, because you really wish it were 1974 with the two […]

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The 2012 Ropey Volley Awards: Books of the Year

January 24, 2013 Gram the Man 0

Gram Ponante profiles three books worth reading, two that tell us about how we got here and one that wonders why we stay.

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Happy Birthday, Radley Metzger

January 21, 2013 Gram the Man 0

Radley Metzger, director (as Henry Paris) of “The Opening of Misty Beethoven,” turns 84 on January 21.

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Shocker: Debbie Didn’t Do Dallas, Did Do Sweathogs

December 21, 2012 Gram the Man 2

“Well, we’re good girls,” says underpantsless Lisa, “but whatever we can’t give you, we make up in enthusiasm.”

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Riccardo Schicchi, Italian porn pioneer, dies in Rome

December 10, 2012 Gram the Man 0

A pornographer who was an unlikely political activist, Riccardo Schicchi, 60, directed Cicciolina in “The Red Telephone,” Italy’s first hardcore film.

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Porn’s “Golden Goddesses” alight in Hollywood

December 8, 2012 Gram the Man 3

For many on stage and in the audience, there is a feeling of nostalgia and loss, as if it could never be that way again.

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Spunk & White: “The Elements of Desire”

September 24, 2012 Gram the Man 3

Keep reminding yourself that “Elements of Desire” is 19 years old.

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“Nina Loves Ron” (But she also loves Jon, Tom, Braun, and a Strap-On)

August 31, 2012 Gram the Man 0

Perhaps Nina does love Ron, but then they go and fuck a bunch of other people and never see each other again.

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Kiki D’Aire’s own private “Camp Erotica” [interview]

June 26, 2012 Gram the Man 2

Kiki D’aire talks with Gram Ponante about her role in 2000’s “Camp Erotica,” managing a porn agency, guys who can’t get it up, and meeting girls who remind her of her.

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