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VOTE!

Voting is a right far to many of us don’t exercise.  So for today I take just a moment to remind you that you should vote, not because you have to but because you can.  And yes every vote matters, including yours.  Anyone who says otherwise is a dumb ass.  GO VOTE!

I was reading a bit of my mail today and got some interesting letters. Turns out I can recapture a bit of my youth for the low price of $39.95. I can Improved sex drive and performance for only $4.95. Turns out I can save 90% savings on generic meds if I buy them online and did you know that a top team of British scientists and medical doctors have worked to develop the state-of-the-art Penis Enlargement Patch which automatically increase the size of my wang 3 - 4 inches?

Most people call such messages spam. We get them every day and by now we have all gotten them so often, we know what it is when we see it. But turns out some people out there would have you believe that if I don’t read them they aren’t spam.

Well don’t exactly understand how by not reading them changes what they are, but whatever. To those people I say a picture is worth a 1,000 words and they can click here to see this picture I speak of.  That is what I call “ridiculous“.

I confess I’m not much for looking at men’s magazines.  I mean sure I know the big ones like Penthouse, Playboy and Hustler but apparently there are quite a few more.  I caught a glance of a web page featuring Vivid’s newest tartlet, Meggan Mallone.  On this page it said that this year alone Meggan Mallone has either been on the cover or featured in 6 different magazines.   My any standards that’s pretty fucking impressive but that’s not what caught my attention.  What caught my attention is that just two hours earlier I was reading a story about how ad sales are down as much as 23% in traditional print media and that circulation has plummeted.  You hear this kind of thing all the time.  Instead of reading a real magazine people just prefer to go online and see what they can find.  In fact some magazines have gone all digital as a result.

So back to men’s magazine’s.  I had no idea how many of them there really are.  I think this has to contribute to lacking sales figures.  Quite frankly there are just to fucking many of them.  I read in one place there are some 318 different men’s magazines currently in circulation.  THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN?!!! So can we name some of these?  Sure but I promise I can’t name many.  Here are some of the more successful ones.  And out of this short life, I must ask, do we really really need even this many?

Playboy
Playboy College Girls
Playboy Vixens
Playboy Lingerie
Penthouse
Girls of Penthouse
Hustler
Hustler Beach Girls
18 Teen Angels
Asian Beauties
Barley Legal
Girls of Barely Legal
Club
Club Confidential
Club International
Cheri
Bust Out
Just 18
Swank
Cougars
D-Cup
Easy Riders
Gent
High Society
Just 18
Legs & Tail
Leg Show
Leg Tease
Lips
Passion
Perfect 10
Stag
Tight
Volputuous
Velvet
Taboo
Tigh Squeeze

TMZ is reporting that Katy Perry slipped, fell and totally ate stage on the MTV Latin America Awards last night — over and over and over again.  I know it’s not really porn news but since she made being lesbian mainstream and it’s funny as fuck, I thought I would share the video with you anyway.

With all this talk of Brittney Spear’s vagina and Pamela Anderson’s sex tape and Paris Hilton and her who knows how many sex tapes and Kim Kardashian, the daughter of the OJ Simpson lawyer fucking some guy who used to date Whitney Houston and Tom Sizemore, the Golden Globe-nominated actor, who mind you had rolls in 11 real movies from 2008 alone, did his own sex tape and then there is Mini Me from the Austin Powers movies with his sex tape and holy shit where was I going with this?  Oh yes I remember now … the line between Hollywood and porno valley is becoming more blurred each day.  For the love of God even Oprah has mentioned her vagina on the air, coining the word Va-Jay-Jay and catapulting it into mainstream speech.  And to make things even more confusing, former porn stars, leave porn go into the real movies and then play the roll of a porn star (aka Traci Lords in the movie Zack and Miri make a Porno).

So since I recently discussed the release of Jenna Jameson’s new movie Jenna Loves Pain 2, I thought I would do the same for a mainstream movie that looked rather interesting especially since realistically speaking there are so many celebrity sex tapes out there, chances are someone in this movie has one.

Did you know that Tim Burton is making a 3D version of Alice in Wonderland?  Well did you know there was also a porno version of this movie called Alice in Bondageland?  Oh it’s true!    In Tim Burtons’s 3D Version of Alice in Wonderland, we have some major stars signing on.

Anne Hathaway is lined up to join Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter for director Tim Burton’s adaptation of “Alice In Wonderland.”  Anne Hathaway is slated for the role of the White Queen opposite Bonham Carter’s Red Queen, according to the Hollywood Reporter.  Little-known Australian actress Mia Wasikowska has landed the lead role of Alice, while Depp will portray the Mad Hatter in pal Burton’s take on the Lewis Carroll classic.  The film, which is due for release in 2010, will mix live action with animation and will be in 3D.

With the recent news that Jenna Jameson’s studio (now owned by Playboy) Club Jenna will no longer be producing DVDs, effective almost immediately (to be phased out by the end of this year), it sort of leaves one wondering what is really going on. I spoke to a secret industry insider who has been in the adult video game for more than a decade, he gave me some very insightful information.   He tells me that video on demand has been a long time coming.  Here is what else he had to say ….




We started to phase out the sale of VHS in about 2000, and go exclusively DVD. The same movie on DVD, that we once sold on VHS was able to be produced at a $.50 each instead of $1.50. Beyond that, there was also an improvement in the quality of our product so it just didn’t make any sense to continue stocking VHS. It was that same year that everyone began talking seriously about the Internet as a distribution method and some even set goal dates of 2005 to 2010. It was that year that Larry Flynt himself was in Vegas and said something to the effect of, DVD is nice but VOD is the way of the future. Some idiots laughed him off, sure that DVDs would be around for the next 20 or 30 years. Time would prove Larry Flynt correct.




Club Jenna may be the first major studio (if you can call Club Jenna that) to phase out DVDs but they weren’t the first to think about it or start investing in making it happen.  Studios like Vivid would seriously begin looking into distributing their movies through the Internet this same year.  Through the Vivid website, a member can watch about 800 of the Vivid titles, for one monthly price.




As Internet retailers report in some cases as much as 90% drops in sales, VOD “theaters” that have begun to pop up like AEBN, you can rent thousands and thousands of movies, including all the titles from major studios like Vivid, wicked Pictures and Digital Playground.  Pick the movie you want to watch and download it.  No need for a DVD there and no drop in sales either.  These sites are reporting record growth, despite the sluggish economy.




Truth is, VOD is coming whether we like it or not.   It’s also why you hear rumors like the ones posted at Adult FYI about “secret” meetings by studio heads and other big companies having meetings trying to fix a higher price for current VOD titles.  VOD titles may be cheaper to distribute, but movies still cost money to make and larger studios want a bigger cut per sale.  So what that means is, right now you may be able to get a movie for $7 through those VOD theater websites, but in the future that same movie may cost you $12, that is if these studio heads get their way.




Who knows.  Everything this changing so much right now.  It’s crazy and this Club Jenna thing really just pushed things forward faster than most expected.  With Club Jenna leading the way other studios will follow suit.  It’s al just a matter of time.




DVDs aren’t just out in the porn world either.  Mainstream companies like NetFlix and Blockbuster Online are already toying around with VOD distribution models and by all accounts are having great success with them.




When most assumed the next big thing in porno movies would be hi def or bluray, in reality that’s not a market big enough to invest must time in.   It’s to niche and expensive for most people.  I mean we would all love to be able to afford to pay $70 per movie for the Bluray version, but the reality of the situation is, the economy sucks and people don’t want to pay more for something. If nothing else, we can say that Jenna Jameson may have lead the way for the outing of DVDs, but the economy really is the driving force behind that. People want more porn for less money.

The big question is, with a Internet only distribution model, will studios like Club Jenna still produce quality titles like Jenna Loves Pain 2? Speaking of which, have you seen the movie trailer for Jenna Loves Pain 2? Looks quite interesting. I just so happen to have it for you.

click here to watch the movie trailer for Jenna Loves Pain 2

News recently broke that Playboy will be phasing out DVD productions, both XBIZ and AVN ran stories about the Playboy changes including their plans to layoff about 80 employees.  So al of this got me curious how such a thing would effect other Playboy holdings such as Jenna Jameson’s Club Jenna, who obviously is big into DVD sales. And if Playboy does plan on cutting ALL DVD production, including that at their owned asset Club Jenna, what will they do with all those contract girls.  Will they be in the business of making only Internet porn?

I had once heard a rumor that Playboy wasn’t happy with their purchasing of Club Jenna because they weren’t quite a profitable as they thought they would be, so maybe screwing them wouldn’t really matter so much to them.




“Our goal is to return the company to solid profitability in 2009,” CEO Christie Hefner wrote in a letter to employees. “When we reported earnings two months ago, we indicated that we expected to reduce expenses by $10 million, with approximately half coming from corporate and other overhead and the other half from the publishing and television businesses. Today we are announcing the specific actions being taken to achieve those goals.“




Hefner said that Playboy will continue to increase its focus on Internet content delivery and other digital media platforms while phasing out DVD production over a period of several months.




This news didn’t come as a big surprise to investors because earlier this year she was quoted as having said, “Traditional media are facing a secular shift as a result of changes in consumer behavior and the migration of advertisers to new platforms. This has created a challenging environment for our print and TV businesses, which has been compounded by the current macro-economic climate. However, we believe that the changing media business model also creates a number of opportunities for us, both because of our globally recognized brand and our profitable existing digital businesses.“

I made a call to the Playboy offices today to see if I could find out companies like Club Jenna. Club Jenna does have a popular website but it also makes a good portion of their money through DVD sales, so how would this decision effect their business operations?  I had a hard time finding anyone to actually speak with about it that knew the answer to my questions.  To be frank, it wasn’t that they didn’t want to speak with me because to be honest, I found everyone that I spoke with to be extremely friendly and upbeat and keep in mind I spoke with abotu 12 people over at the Playboy offices throughout the course of this investigation.  So when I finally got the right person he said that even he wasn’t sure and wanted to confirm before telling me something that may not be accurate.  He made a few phone calls on his own and the final verdict is that in fact Club Jenna, Spice TV, and Playboy itself will no longer be producing any more DVDs.

Our source over at Playboy said it’s not something that will happen over night but in time, Club Jenna will like all Playboy owned entities be ceasing their DVD productions.  DVDs are a thing of the passed.   The Playboy rep confirmed, It’s all about digital distribution now.

As far as the Club Jenna girls go, as of right no there are no plans to phase them out.  Club Jenna will continue production of movies only the distribution model will change.

The New York Post is reporting that Rick’s Cabaret has just inked a deal to feature some of their dancers in an upcoming PETA ad as a part of their “We’d Rather Go Topless Than Wear Fur” ad campaign.  That’s pretty damn impressive considering that usually for these ads that sign only famous people like Jenna Jameson and Pamela Anderson.

Rick’s Cabaret based out of Houston, Texas has clubs all over the nation including New York, New Orleans, California and Las Vegas. Rick’s isn’t really like most titty bars up and down the streets of America.  These guys are into some serious business.   Besides being traded on the stock exchange, Forbes recently listed Rick’s Cabaret as one of the 200 Best Small Companies.

But even more interesting is that rumor has it Rick’s Cabaret is shopping around the idea of entering the world of adult movie making to compete with the likes of Vivid, Digital Playground and Wicked Pictures.  Let us hope they don’t follow in the footsteps of Spearmint Rhino. Although I agree it’s potentially a very good venture for Rick’s, I worry that they will make the same stripper mistake that John Gray did, treating porn STARS and dime a dozen strippers. Forgetting that a good STAR can sell a movie, no matter how bad the movie sucks.  Spearmint Rhino was apparently to stupid to show their stars like Cassidey any real respect and as a result they lost all of their contract girls.

While I was in Houston visiting Kelli and her husband I had the pleasure of going to a Rick’s club just before the hurricane hit.  I think they called it Rick’s NW.  I don’t want to swear to that though.  Kelli has long been a “VIP” member of the club which basically gives her a little card that gives her access to a special VIP area of the club and what I assumed going in the prettiest girls but in reality all the girls there were pretty. There was no real need to separate the VIP girls from the others because they were all top notch.  Now keep in mind I’m a jaded fuck and look at pretty porn stars all day long so my standards are pretty high as far as beauty goes and I wasn’t disappointed in the slightest.

The club was clean, the girls didn’t bring on the normal stripper drama that some of them tend to try and scam the customers with.

Kelli said “This is my favorite Rick’s location.  It’s smaller than most of the other clubs but it’s also more intimate.  I prefer the normal girls here than like the ones at their downtown location.

Apparently the girls at the main Rick’s location in Houston which is where Anna Nicole Smith used to work, are all made up with big tits and well, faked out like Pamela Anderson but fuck, that’s just the way I like them.  Who doesn’t want big double D tittys flopping in their face?  


ORIGINAL NY POST STORY : WHETHER you love or hate People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, you have to admit they keep getting red-hot women to push their cause. Rick’s Cabaret has just inked a deal to have some of its busty dancers featured in PETA’s latest “We’d Rather Go Topless Than Wear Fur” ad campaign. “It’s been narrowed down to 19 models, including one set of twins,” an insider at the West Side jiggle joint told us. “There shouldn’t be a problem finding a civic-minded photographer to donate their services.”

The secret of the Vivid skateboard revealed! Last week I posted about some Vivid skateboard images I found, although at the time I did not know anything else about them. Well that is no longer an issue as it seems that Control Mfg is going to introduce a line of Vivid Girl Skateboards.

High Quality Skateboard Company Will Feature Images of Vivid Girls Paired with Names of Top Riders




LOS ANGELES – (October 14, 2008) - Vivid Entertainment, the world’s leading adult film studio, has granted a license to Quebec-based Control MFG to manufacture a line of limited edition skateboards featuring images of the famous Vivid Girls paired with the names of top Team Control riders.




The first four pro-model boards from the Canadian company (see below from left to right) will showcase Sunny Leone paired with Gab Ekoe; Nikki Jayne with PIF; Hanna Hilton with Thomas Parent and Meggan Mallone with Casey McDonald. A fifth board will display just the Control Skateboard and Vivid logos.







Ø Thomas Parent is an award-winning, multiple-victory rider who is also pro on Vans Canada and the AST Mountain Dew Tour. He is a well rounded skater that thrives in high level competitions.




Ø Gab Ekoe was born in Switzerland and is now based in Montreal, Canada. The rough streets of the east coast are his playground but he still enjoys skating some sweet Spaniard marble or San Francisco hills. Competition isn’t really his thing but he could still surprise you taking some best trick money.




Ø Casey McDonald is a veteran rider who has competed with the best of American street skaters in competitions such as the Tampa Am, Tampa Pro and AST Mountain Dew Tour. He can ride both street and mini with ease.




Ø PIF is best known for his hand rail skills. He has already conquered El Toro in California and is a threat in any best trick on a hand rail. He was in the top three at the Slam City Jam with Haslam and Creager.




“We’re excited to be working with Vivid and we’ll unquestionably be offering the hottest boards in the industry when we introduce this line at the ASR trade show January 22-24 in San Diego,” said Dan Saindon, Sales/Marketing Manager of Control. “We invite all our retail friends to come by our booth to see the new boards and meet the Vivid Girls in person.”




About Control MFG: Founded in 1995 by Carl Savard, Control MFG is has become one of the most respected brands in skateboards. It is among the very few to manufacture its own products using the best quality Hardrock Canadian maple, glue and varnish available. All production is carefully supervised and takes place at the company’s plant in St. Nicholas, Quebec. Contact Dan Saindon at dan@controlmfg.com or 877-CTRL-SK8.

Recently (as in, on October 8 at 2:13 pm) Tim Case posted on Mike South’s blog that he’s been around so long in this business he has great contacts and one of them told him about the new Digital Playground contract girl and that it will be Angelina Armani (aka the renamed Arianna Armani).

Only thing is, this was speculated about up to 4 days prior and actually revealed the day before.  So how great can your contacts me if you reveal something already known to the public?  I’m not trying to be a dick.  I”m just saying I wouldn’t go around bragging about contacts I had that gave me information that everyone already knows.  Here you have an image posted on a fan message board from the previous day showing the information was so common knowledge it was even on the stars MySpace page already. 

To quote him he says “I’ve worked in and around porn for about 8 years now, and I have good contacts.“  That may or may not be true but what we do know is that if you have good information and don’t reveal it until after everyone already knows, then really what is the point?