There had never been a male contract performer before Jon Dough, who originated that position with Vivid and appeared in movies spanning porn’s late “golden age” to its gonzo phase. Dough, who died on Sunday of an apparent suicide, had appeared in over a thousand porn films and directed almost a hundred. He will be [...]

One could also have conversations at the XRCOs without having to deal with an awful house band and, because the venue was small and the event free, the lower-echelon but just-as-interesting people who couldn’t make it to Vegas showed up to the XRCOs instead. That was nice.