Aynal Architecture: “This Ain’t The Fountainhead”
“This Ain’t The Fountainhead” is the only porn movie that comes with a building
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Book: Women need “A Billion Wicked Thoughts,” but men need just one
According to the book, “Women’s sexual interests are plastic and change frequently.” Houston, we have validation.
No Sex is the “Neu Sex”
Sasha Grey’s “Neu Sex” doesn’t actually have sex in it. How refreshing!
“Facts of Life” media convergence breaks Internet
“A Porn Valley Odyssey” is burning up Amazon’s Kindle Store and Geri Jewell just announced she’s gay. Coincidence?
Johnny Wadd’s meatier “Flesh”: An Interview with Bob Chinn
Gram speaks with Bob Chinn on his book-based reboot of Johnny Wadd
Gothic.net party: Sinister, Malice
Perhaps the Old Ones, tittering behind the clouds from their blighted mansions of non-Euclidean geometries, had a tentacle in my being spared the L.A.P.D.’s latest scam.
Gram’s New Book—Making “The Facts of Life XXX”
Did you know that it is the Director who dictates on what part of the pornstresses’ person the ropey volley is deposited? I felt like a slightly-less-disgusting Babe Ruth.
“And Then Her Mouth” saves the best for last
Some of these dirty stories will make you laugh out loud, which makes them dirtier
“Money Shots!” Shooting nudes and keeping cool with Michael Charles
“Some women are comfortable being sexy right out of the gate, sexy and naked in person,” Michael Charles says. “And they can be a dream to work with. But it’s a skill to bring that look or emotion out with your camera, so that it translates to a webpage or a magazine.”
The Korn/Porn connection: Saving Us from Ourselves
“Save Me from Myself” is a little like “The Devil in Miss Jones,” in which Miss Jones finds herself in Hell having not really enjoyed the life that got her there.
Maybe Jessica Bangkok can’t play the piano, Amy Chua, but she knows how to live
Every teacher from Sting to Jeff Daniels’ character in “Terms of Endearment” to whatever Garp’s wife’s name was (I’m not going to look it up—do I look Chinese to you?) can tell you that you shouldn’t pluck the low-hanging fruit that is a besotted student.
Surviving John Holmes, Dawn Schiller reveals a “Road through Wonderland” less traveled
Dawn Schiller’s fascinating new memoir “The Road Through Wonderland: Surviving John Holmes
“Backstage Passes”: Gropey groupies and pre-“Twilight” vampires
Yes, though 1990 still had AIDS and condoms, not one of the characters in this book, be they rock star, hermaphrodite, loser, or part-time lesbian bass player, ever Tweets, Googles, or LOLs.
Andrew Einhorn makes “Naked Happy” coffee tables
Einhorn: As I get older and the models get younger, there is less and less chance for sexual interaction.
GP: Sorry.
Bad Ass Frank: I’d Prather Not Be “Pimpin'”
Prather said his intended audience for this book is not industry insiders. “It’s written for the average person who thinks that the business is what [is portrayed] on HBO or G4.”
“Off the Set”: Porn stars stop having sex on coffeetable long enough to be photographed for coffeetable book
“I … think the essay actually makes clear to me many of the reasons that relationship had to end – even if I didn’t realize these reasons as I wrote it.” – Lorelei Lee
In Hot Blood: “Tru: An XXX Parody”
Because I had forgotten about gay icon Alan Ball’s bayou vampire saga “Tru Blood,” I naturally assumed New Sensations’ porn parody “Tru” was about Robert Morse’s bravura performance as gay icon Truman Capote.
“Confessions of An Ivy League Pornographer” or: Johnny Can Read, But Is He Happy?
“Confessions of An Ivy League Pornographer” offers expert insight into the garden-level tragedy of porn, as well as the freedom the business allows and the consequences of that freedom.
Looking at Porn from Three Sides Now – The Best Porn Books of 2009
Three porn memoirs proved excellent reads this year and also blew a load of insight into a trio of the hundreds of possible porn careers: Pillow Queen Superstar, Esoteric Steveporn Stud, and Gonzo Director with a Dream.
Jesse Jane and colleagues: “Off the Set,” up in the air, or on the outs
Just because many of the porn couples in this book are no longer couples doesn’t mean they get edited out