Surviving 70’s Porn Tropes And What We Can Learn from Them
Is the 70’s porn creepiness gene necessary for our survival?
jamie gillis
James Thurber, Alexis Grace, And Getting Kicked Off Instagram
I’m enjoying myself, but maybe they’re not paying me enough. Maybe this isn’t the best use of my time. Maybe I’ll regret this later.
Witchy Women: JACKtheZIPPER And His Goddamned Sacred Geometry of Filth
See this picture across the banner on the top of the page? The intriguing JACKtheZIPPER took a series of them starring me and the whippetlike […]
Porn Standards Conclabe Supports Milves, Abolishes Strokable
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 […]
So Long, Harry: Harry Reems dies at 65
Hair-carpeted and randy, Reems could have been the face of the carefree 70’s
Looking for America on the “Midnight Prowl”
You want to fuck a stranger? Go to the In-n-Out parking lot like everyone else. But if you want a porn movie in which performers pretend to be fucking strangers, well, “Midnight Prowl” is almost as seedy.
Re-opening “Misty Beethoven”
“It was a different time,” says Jamie Gillis.
John Leslie flags the train
John Leslie, who died unexpectedly December 5, was too young to go. But he lived an intriguing life full of fellow travelers.
Whatever works: Goodbye, Jamie Gillis
Jamie Gillis, an actor whose eccentric and devious performances made porn seem like performance art, died February 19. He was 66.
Your weekend cavalcade of pubes
The late director Jim Holliday narrated a 1988 compilation called “Only the Best of Breasts” that should make anyone fall in love with Desiree Cousteau […]
Spector of porn haunts “I’m Good At Freaky”
At no point in the movie “I’m Good At Freaky,” which premieres Thursday night at the Los Feliz 3, is the title character identified as […]
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), […]
John Holmes book also measured in inches
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 […]
Hair apparent: The Violation of Claudia
It was a different time when porn movies were shown in theatres, and they created an uneasy community of people with a common secret, and […]
Mini-review: Sex Slaves of Satan
Studio: VCXDirector: SatanCast: Desiree Cousteau, Dorothy Lemay, Serena, John Holmes, Joey Silvera, John Leslie, Jean Jennings, Tami Lee Curtis, Mary Ann Evans, Heather Ellis, Jamie […]