My high school history teacher was fond of saying that anytime something is put in print, it is reflective of something that isn't. So a "Keep off the grass" sign is indicative of lots of pre-sign trodden landscaping, and "Thou shalt not kill" meant there had been a lot of killing done before Moses showed up all entabletted.So when I got an e-mail about contract negotiations breaking down between Eon McKai and VCA, I looked at the landscaping.
As much as porn press releases can be train wrecks, each means something. That a company would send out a press release to say that negotiations had failed seemed, at best, odd, and definitely not in keeping with the self-congratulatory template they usually follow.
Unless VCA expected there to be another press release from somewhere else in the near future.
That's what I believe, but I had to check (normally I wouldn't, but I was waiting for some paint to dry). Neither VCA reps nor Eon McKai went on record for this story, so this is all speculation.
VCA wanted to keep Eon because, even if his rep did not reflect his sales, titles like Parking Lot Pimpin' and Fuck My Face never got mentioned in the LA Times or the Village Voice. Eon was being courted by other companies, or one in particular, who may or may not have given him a better financial deal than the one VCA strove to provide. Eon has worked at VCA for years, long before he was "Eon McKai" (his real name is Oscar Goldman) and it must be a tough decision to leave.
Will McKai's next company give him the creative freedom and cash he requires?
Will VCA find a new Eon McKai who can justify the contract the old one couldn't get?
Will Oscar Goldman leave the porn business and form a Guess Who/Frank Zappa cover band called New Mother Natures of Invention?
Whatever happens, dear readers, I will get the press release.
Previously: Neu Wave Hookers, Steveporn deathwatch
See also: VCA, Eon McKai, Vivid, XPT thread
posted by Gram the Man
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Thursday, February 09, 2006 
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