Larry Flynt’s “Right To Be Left Alone”
Wheels Up, Larry Flynt
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Book launch and documentary prove John Holmes still isn’t “Exhausted”
Nearly a quarter century after his death, interest in John C. Holmes isn’t “Exhausted,” and you get the feeling Holmes wouldn’t have had it any other way.
Nick Manning’s examined life
“If you think you’re going to come,” Manning said, “Just fuck your way through it, as hard as you can, and then you won’t.”
“Naked States”: The Origins of Spencer Tunick’s nudestack
Because I am base-minded and low, I was not able to walk away, for I had an erection.
Documentary: Porn Valley causing AIDS in Africa
“Hardcore Profits,” a BBC documentary by Tim Samuels, features interviews with Ghanaian men who say that, since they were never taught about sex in school, […]
CNBC’s "Business of Pleasure" neither a hatchet job nor a sunbeam
While Vivid co-founder Steven Hirsch, Wicked Vice President Joy King, and Digital Playground’s Jesse Jane seem to be required by law to appear in every […]
American Swing: The heyday of Plato’s Retreat
Larry Levenson, a brisket wholesaler, started the swing club Plato’s Retreat in 1977. Charging between $25 and $36 for admission (which included a dubious buffet), […]
Nick Manning’s holy loads
But Nick Manning, the subject of the documentary Hung Hard And High, is not like these people, because his life is fascinating.
2008 in Review: Comeback of the Year
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.
The Pain of The Price of Pleasure or: Why you should consider an Aggie college
So here you are reading a porn site and, even though you have intellectually accepted Porn’s right to exist and you know that intelligent people […]
Calling all (gonzo) girls
A film critical of the porn industry (and that’s O.K., remember – it’s not like it’s Birth of a Nation) will be shown tonight at […]
The Price of The Price of Pleasure
Somewhere on the campus of the University of Southern California tomorrow (only the elect know), perhaps between 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. at the Montgomery […]
All your friends in 9 to 5 Days in Porn
Sasha Grey, Roxy Deville, Belladonna, and Otto Bauer and Audrey Hollander star in this German-made documentary about the life of porn performers in and out […]
Indiana Jones and The Pussycat Preacher
Heather Veitch is a former stripper and fetish model who found Jesus a few years ago and started an outreach ministry for sex workers called […]
"American Virgin": (Don’t) Stay Away from Me
I and Barely Legal director Erica Mclean were interviewed for the independent documentary American Virgin for our take on how the adult industry handles the […]
The Boys And Girls Guide to Getting Down
“Try not to hate the world as it goes about its business; remember: it’s you who is the freak.” When I first moved to Los […]
“Corking” and other porn terms tastefully explained
Director Jim Powers is hell-bent on stripping away the glamour and romance of the porn industry, the shining jewel in the San Fernando Valley’s crown […]
You can think about the woman, or the peeler you knew in 2005
Not, as I’d originally thought, a Bob Seger travelogue dealing with the trials and tribulations of life on the road, the just-available NightMoves documentary is […]
Don’t leave Larry Alone
Perhaps the adult industry’s most passionate advocate is Larry Flynt. Alone he seems to have the credibility to persuasively argue that viewing dirtpipe milkshakes is […]