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Donald Trump: Apprentice Creep

September 24, 2025 Gram the Man 0

Who’s worse than a creep? Someone trying too hard to be a creep.

Some Fantastic Place: Catching Up with Mika Tan

August 2, 2021 Gram the Man 3

Mika Tan isn’t just a voluptuous Asian to me.

“I Think People Are the Greatest Fun”: Roy Karch Dead At 73

September 24, 2020 Gram the Man 5

At his best, Roy Karch just wanted to grok your scene.

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 […]

Deep Inside the XRCO, with Links for Further Reading

April 29, 2016 Gram the Man 0

This year’s XRCO nominations, with links for further reading!

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You Can’t Spell Pahrump Without Pimp, Sort Of: Dennis Hof’s “Art of the Pimp”

November 2, 2015 Gram the Man 0

Dennis Hof’s “The Art of the Pimp: A Love Story — One Man’s Search for Love, Sex, And Money” launches Porn Memoir Week.

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Same As the Old Boss: Paul Fishbein on the X-cellent “X-Rated”

April 14, 2015 Gram the Man 0

“My mother turned to me, half appalled and half proud, and said, ‘I hope you’re making money.'”

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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 […]

“Tampa Teasers” And “Naked Came the Pornstar”: Porn from a Different Time And Place

February 26, 2014 Gram the Man 1

Two books tell a story about porn in a (better?) time and place

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Dickpix And Blendr Hookups: Margie Schnibbe’s “Psychopathia.Sexualis.NSFW”

June 21, 2013 Gram the Man 0

Most visitors will leave “Psychopathia.Sexualis.NSFW” with a validation of something they already know: No man likes condoms. But the real takeaway is that the whole show has an NSA Prism program quality: How did she get our instant messages?

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Porn Star Birthdays—Virgins, Ingenues, And Contract Stars

May 22, 2013 Gram the Man 1

Gram Ponante wishes a happy birthday this week to Annabel Chong, Satine Phoenix, Mallory Rae Murphy, Briana Banks, Alexis Texas, and Casey Parker

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[PR] Old faces, unfamiliar names in debut Exxxotica Fanny winners

April 23, 2013 Gram the Man 0

Unlike many upstart adult award shows, the FANNYs sound like they might occur again

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[PR] Adult industry hopes consumers will help overturn Measure B on Tax Day

April 9, 2013 Gram the Man 0

Porn Valley is turning to many of the same people who voted for Measure B—hoodwinked porn watchers—to raise money to overturn it on a special Tax Day Pornathon.

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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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It’s Porn Awards Season! A Compare And Contrast Sampler

January 9, 2013 Gram the Man 1

…it doesn’t take much imagination to remember that, 20 years ago, every single movie would have been a Hairy Girl release.

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Nick Manning dropping loads of bling

November 15, 2012 Gram the Man 1

Gram Ponante talks with Nick Manning about the porn veteran’s new business venture, ElectronicBling.com

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I wanted “Batgirl XXX” to be more Extreme Associates and less Extreme Comixxx

October 12, 2012 Gram the Man 0

In an attempt to please her inappropriately sexualized father, a woman is initiated into a dangerous business while in a questionable state of mind by two masked men who have sex with her. Perhaps “Batgirl XXX” is a metaphor for porn in general.

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B is for Condoms, and other illogical arguments

October 9, 2012 Gram the Man 5

Though AHF knows that all Porn Valley’s HIV cases have come from elsewhere, Measure B proponents would have voters believe that the disease grows like In-n-Out Burgers all over the region.

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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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Sex Tourism: Porn Film Vacations [video]

July 27, 2012 Gram the Man 2

“The difference with Porn Film Vacations is that the guests are in the inner sanctum,” he says, “not a lookee-loo with a camera phone on the other side of a velvet rope.”

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