What we can learn from "The Barbary Coast"
Recently I finished Herbert Asbury’s 1939 book “The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld,” and it gave me an idea about […]
Recently I finished Herbert Asbury’s 1939 book “The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld,” and it gave me an idea about […]
I am reading an excellent book by “Gangs of New York” author Herbert Asbury called “The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco […]
Close Personal FriendTM Salman Rushdie would have to agree that, if it came down to one or the other, Brooke Haven should stay and his […]
“The Devil in Miss Jones” star Georgina Spelvin’s autobiography got high marks from Tina Tyler, who sent this review from the Great White North. Tyler […]
Owing to my foreign spawning and nurturement, my picture of Southern California was partially painted by movies like “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Repo Man,” […]
“Angela’s Ashes” author Frank McCourt, who died last week at 78, introduced me to a term far more hopeful than a Dirty Sanchez, Cleveland Steamer, […]
I haven’t read many porn autobiographies outside of personal websites; not Jenna’s, not Ron Jeremy’s, not Christy Canyon’s. And this is not because I don’t […]
When women with large breasts do it, apparently, stalking is adorable. That is how Christy Canyon responded when my large-breasted friend Alix Lakehurst went on […]
In “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” a Depression-era working class mother of two brews more coffee than she needs, because the act of wasting something […]
Photographer Michael Grecco brought a movie camera along when he was shooting the stills for the coffeetable book “Naked Ambition: An R-Rated Look at an […]
No tampon or puppet-fucking jokes, please As you can tell from my lack of command of basic English grammar, I don’t read much. And when […]
Holmes is iconic in American and porn culture for many of the same reasons rock stars are: unchecked fame and ego, low self esteem and an addictive personality, a personal magnetism and, beneath it all, a gift that destroyed him in the end.
John Holmes single-schlongedly embodied the American narrative of success, downfall, and redemption in its porn context, which means something different from any other context. And […]
I spoke with Natalie McLennan, formerly Manhattan’s priciest prostitute (aside from David Gest) and most recently the author of The Price: My Rise And Fall […]
While on the subject of fiction writers who have briefly alighted on sex culture, I found “The Corrections” author Jonathan Franzen’s 1997 article “Books In […]
Former porn agent “Bad Ass Frank” Prather is publishing a memoir of his three years in the adult world, “Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy – An Insider’s […]
I have a feeling that the promotional Memphis Monroe video might be the best thing about the new book “Wife Training: A Pig’s Guide to […]
“George Bailey, do you ever get tired of just reading about things?” says local sassypants Violet Bick in “It’s A Wonderful Life.” That’s the way […]
Here’s 20-year-old newcomer Bree Barrett (no relation*) in a couple of Lulu/Goldie Hawn poses that are both retro and graphic. I was intrigued that one […]
“What do the kids who grow up in the spillover from the Strip aspire to? How does living in ground zero of social and moral dysfunction impact kids as they come of age?”
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