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--Tuesday, January 06, 2009--

A-List Features promises a porn star in every lap

You would not be surprised to learn that the Porn Valley performers who grace your hot wings-and-melon body spray-scented gentlemen's clubs in Woonsocket, Bogue Chitto, and Big Piney are all booked via feature dancing agencies, and that strip club "featuring" is a great revenue stream for porn performers who don't have to share that money with deadbeat Wii-playing boyfriends.

A-List Features is a Florida-based startup stripper booking firm that already has an impressive lineup: Stormy Daniels, Jesse Jane, Courtney Cummz, Teagan Presley, Kaylani Lei, Kirsten Price, Alektra Blue, Jenna Haze, Joanna Angel, Sunny Leone, Gina Lynn, Carmen Hart, Hillary Scott, Nina Mercedes, Gianna Lynn, and Nautica Thorn, among others.

Its main competition is the Toronto-based Lee Network, which handles performers like Sadie West, Mary Carey, Inari Vachs, and Bree Olson. (I see that Gina Lynn is also listed with The Lee Network. Wonder how that works.)

I could be wrong, but I think that feature dancers make more conscientious porn stars, because the stamina requirement is that much higher. Also, they have powerful, fire hydrant-cracking legs.

Previously on Porn Valley Observed: Strippers, Cthulhu for Halloween; Anti-909 sentiment rampant in stripper community
See also: A-List Features

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Pirates II Party: About a boat, but in a Jet

Digital Playground hosts its Pirates 2: Stagnetti's Revenge party this Friday at JET in the Mirage hotel.

"Only JET, the hottest night club in Vegas, is equipped to handle a party of this magnitude for the hottest movie of the year," says an unattributed source in a press release.

Jesse Jane®, Stoya™, Riley Steele™, Katsuni, Angelina Armani™, and non-trademarked stars Sasha Grey and Teagan Presley will be on hand Friday night, where a ateam of trademark lawyers will be on hand to register their names the way Mormons have baptized your ancestors.

“I would like to thank everyone at JET Nightclub for all their help in arranging the party,” said Samantha Lewis, Digital Playground's CEO. “I couldn't be more pleased with the response that 'Pirates II' received in 2008. This party is a great way to kick off 2009, which promises to be even better as 'Pirates II' shows a definitive exponential sales increase and widespread market appeal."

Across town at the Ellis Island Casino and Restaurant, several entrepreneurs from Mogadishu will be hosting the Somali Pirates release party, featuring 2-for-1 drink specials and the hosting talents of Sassy McSassypants, star of Wicked Vivid's Bedwetting Puppeteers and the voice of Mei Mei in the porn classic Totoro Meets Voltron.

"This party is a great way to kick off 2009, which promises to be even better as 'Somali Pirates' shows a definitive exponential sales increase and widespread market appeal," said Umbul N'kedge.

Previously on Porn Valley Observed: Pirates 2 review
See also: Digital Playground, JET

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--Friday, January 02, 2009--

Gram Ponante announces Oscars of Porn

At a tearful ceremony this morning at the Lamplighter Restaurant, the grant-funded National Institutes of Pornographic And Pornotextual Arts presented their Oscars of Porn, the first and most prestigious adult awards of the year.

"Don't do drugs," said noted porn journalist Gram Ponante.

"Ever since the Institutes instituted this institution, the cash and blowjobs have been flowing in," Ponante added. "And frankly, I'm about spent from everything that's been flowing out."

Ponante demonstrated this depletion in the only way he knew how for a vocal contingent of foreign press.

"Stay in school," Ponante said, unraveling for a Belgian camera crew.

The Oscars of Porn were named for Oscar Goldman, Steve Austin's boss in the Six Million Dollar Man. NASA and JPL estimates concluded in 1983 that wounded astronaut Austin's cyborg rejiggering only cost $1.2 million, indicating that Goldman's assessment of the bionic man's worth was irrationally exuberant. Thus a perfect fit for porn.

"Our hearts go out to our nation's military," Ponante said.

2008 Excellence in Adult And/Or Erotic Entertainment Honors

Porn Movie of the Year
The Texas Vibrator Massacre

"Just about everything a porn movie should have is neatly packed into Rob Rotten's instant classic. The title alone says it doesn't take itself too seriously, yet the movie proves better than most grindhouse movies in that all the women you want to see naked actually become that way. And then, conveniently, they become dead. In this way, your ancestors are not shamed. So what if it's not original? Tobe Hooper would have wanted Roxy DeVille naked, too."

Think-piece of Ass of the Year
O2: The Surrender of O

"Juicy submissive Bree Olson tops from the bottom in the second excellent O movie from Ernest Greene. There's sealing wax, contracts on heavyweight paper, weeping, sage advice from Nina Hartley, excellent performances from Kayden Kross and Mika Tan, and Tommy Gunn as a bathrobe-wearing ne'er-do-well freeloader playing myself."

Conspicuous Cumsumption Award
Pirates 2: Stagnetti's Revenge

"'Don't you know we're in a goddamn recession?' I shouted at the lavish Pirates 2 premiere, in which each attendee was given $1,000 cash and Tera Patrick's social security number, then was driven home by Jesse Jane. Everyone should have a copy of Pirates 2 not only because it is one of the most expensive porn movies ever made but also because it looks it, with Jesse Jane, Shay Jordan, Belladonna, and Jenna Haze working their asses off, only to have them fucked back into place."

Best Couples' Film
Slave 01

"Moxie Maddron is kept in the utility closet of a comfortable Porn Valley home by Eric Swiss in this intimate film by feel-good director Mike Ramone. Ramone joins Eli Cross, Mark Kulkis, and Heidi Pike-Johnson as former AVN editors who direct movies, and he delivers a character study that is as heartwarming as a Pixar film. Mark my words: Ramone will be the country's biggest exporter of hugs and smiles in '09." Honorable Mention: Joey Buttafuoco Caught On Tape. "While it was - shocking! - staged, I believed the 'I love you.'"

Best Bush
The Crash Pad

"While director Shine Louise Houston's series about a wiretapped San Francisco apartment used by itinerant sex-having lesbians might concern First Amendment activists, it is Porn's most enduring legacy to our 43rd president." Honorable Mention: The Bush Administration. "It's like pubic hair for straight people!"

Best Travelogue
Miles from Needles

"Huell Howser would be impressed with Savanna Samson's in depth study of the California hinterlands and its colorful characters. A movie awash in death, rednecks, and boobies, Miles from Needles features excellent performances by Kimberly Kane and April Blossom, and is even better than ario Argento's Hesperia."

Most Earnest Porn without Sasha Grey in It, Though Luckily It Has Madison Young
The Whore Within Me

"Like atoms, whores just are. We needn't explain what makes someone a whore, we just need to let whores go off and be whorish without comment or examination. If we break down the whore to her component protons and electrons, we risk a spermonuclear reaction."

If By 'Oven' You Mean 'Vagina,' Well, Then Yes She's Got One in the Oven Award
Nina Hartley's Great Sex During Pregnancy

"The Future No-Name Jane is knocked up and up in this movie, which says that you can't get a woman pregnant enough."

Glass Ceiling Award
Mother of the Year

"Used to be that having children meant the end of a woman's career. Not any longer. With California's 1997 MILF Statutes finally being enforced, the sky's the limit for women unsatisfied with the limitations of Entrance Only vaginas."

You Can Leave Your Shirt On Award
circa '82

"Whether it's a style choice or they're all burn victims, these girls are bottomless like a good cup of coffee throughout this movie, featuring appearances by members of the Circle Jerks and the Germs."

Comeback of the Year (pt. II) Award
Tricia Devereaux in Defend Our Porn

"Performing in the one original scene in an excellent 3-disc compilation set meant to defray Evil Angel's court costs in its recent obscenity case, the delightful Devereaux just might make you defray all over yourself."

Triple-crossed by a Tranny Award
Gia Darling Will Kick Your Ass!

"This movie dramatically illustrates a disturbing trend in our neighborhoods that is killing our fish and ducks: Abducted by dominatrices, fey but otherwise innocent men will be further humiliated/stimulated when the domme reveals a tranny lurking in the wings."

Robert Fulghum Award
Stoya: Deeper 11

"Stoya's facial expressions give the impression that what is happeing to her is unexpected, whether she is ordering pierogies or being sodomized. This allows her to maintain her sense of wonder. Everything you need to know you can learn propped atop Stoya's near-translucent hillocks."

Best Hentai And Pickup Line
Night When Evil Falls I

"I'll let these tentacular underpants-probing Japanese animated professionals speak for themselves -
  • The water is absorbing the magic - the magic that is in your pussy juice!
  • You're a vulgar girl who loses control to a swollen clit, aren't you, Girl? I'll show you the discipline of Calderos!
and
  • For a tomboy, you're curvy with a girlish body. But your tits are small.
"Try out any and all of these at the Saddle Ranch. Get there early for a good table. For many in Los Angeles, being on time requires the discipline of Calderos!"

Previously on Porn Valley Observed: 2007 Awards; 2006 Awards

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--Thursday, December 18, 2008--

Apple to leave MacWorld for Adult Entertainment Expo

Tech watchers are up in arms about Apple's announcement that this January's MacWorld Expo will be its last and that founder Steve Jobs will not deliver his annual keynote speech.

The Cupertino computer giant's December 16 statement has reignited concern over Jobs' health as well as speculation about where Apple will make its presence felt in January, 2010.

Now the rumor magnet hardware/software firm could not be more blatant. Don't speculate, it says: copulate.

Jobs announced that Apple will purchase prime space once occupied by porn purveyors Hustler, Vivid, and Wicked at the 2010 Adult Entertainment Expo, an annual gathering of porn fans and the businesses that cater to them.

"Porn performers' preference for Apple products and their tendency to not second-guess every goddamn thing I say and blog about it really made up my mind for me," said Jobs, flanked by ubiquitous porn personalities Dave Navarro, James Bartholet, Bill Margold, and Shy Love at a press conference held in Chatsworth's Lamplighter Restaurant. "Their predilection for becoming addicted to expensive status objects also fits right in to our marketing strategy.

"Plus," he said, "I'm fairly certain that women with iPhones swallow."

Apple's surprise announcement came as a sorely-needed boost to the Adult Entertainment Expo, which is hosting fewer porn studio booths this January and more non-adult or quasi-adult exhibitors, such as at least eight 400-threadcount sheet vendors.

Many adult studios have drastically reduced their footprint on the show floor, plan to host visitors in their hotel rooms instead, or aren't showing up at all.

Some porn industry insiders said that the combination of financial difficulties at the Sands Expo Center and studios' diminishing interest over the past several years would have resulted in the AEE's disappearance from Las Vegas after 2009, had Apple not stepped in.

And Apple's announcement comes as a narrative reacharound for Las Vegas' "other" January trade show.

"We haven't attracted computer geeks since we had to split off from CES (the concurrent Consumer Electronics Show) in 1999," said AVN President Paul Fishbein. "Instead, we diversified into guys in wheelchairs and a traveling pack of dudes with oxygen machines. Also the morbidly obese."

26th annual AVN Awards co-host Belladonna noted that she could fit a 12" MacBook Pro into her ass.

"Or three Mac Airs," she said, "and frankly, that's where those things belong."

Hot on the heels of Apple's announcement, AVN said that the venerable porn trade publisher, which has divested itself of ownership of the AEE and its eponymous awards show, would leave the AEE and instead exhibit at February's XBiz Forum.

"Just don't tell Margold where we went," a spokesperson said.

Previously on Porn Valley Observed: Jenny Hendrix keeps in touch; Jennas Jameson marries iPhone
See also: Adult Entertainment Expo, Apple

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--Friday, December 12, 2008--

Pirates 2 contest reaches wailing climax

I received several excellent ropey lyrical volleys for the Pirates 2 contest, leading me to think we should have a contest every month around here. The challenge was to write a poem inspired by Pirates 2, the same way Madonna wrote songs inspired by the film Dick Tracy. Yes, exactly like that.

There were limericks and haikus, and even a "Kubla Khan"-style shanty that reaffirms my faith in the intelligence and whimsy of our nation's porn consumers.

To see most of the responses, check out the comments section here, where winners can also find instructions for laying claim to their Pirates booty.

In the meantime, some of my favorites:

from Kiddex:
Jesse Jane in Pirates 2 does smoulder
And ne'er does she turn a cold shoulder
But still I'm aghast
And am forced to ask
"So where is Janine Lindemulder?"
Who rhymes anything with Janine Lindemulder anymore? Genius.

from Banshee:
Jesse the Wench was a cutie
With spectacular tits and that booty,
She knelt down and blew men,
Both captains and crewmen,
From LA to eastern Djibouti
Not just Djibouti but Eastern Djibouti. Genius.

from Super Edco:
Shyla Styles will dance burlesque
Sasha Grey your wenchy bimbo
Abby Brooks so Rubenesque
And Jenna Haze looks best akimbo!
and from HRE:
Though Stagnetti's ship may have sunk,
He'll come back in ways no one thunk,
And so I can see
it on DVD,
I'm writing this limerick whilst drunk.
That last one really hit me where I lived. I can't stop weeping!

Previously on Porn Valley Observed: Pirates 2 contest; Today in porn swag; Expensive Joonetang!
See also: Digital Playground

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--Friday, November 28, 2008--

Same time last year: Donkey Punching Barbi Benton Edition

Don't forget the Pirates 2 contest!

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--Monday, November 24, 2008--

Here there be Pirates 2 contest

I am not saying that the marketing geniuses at Digital Playground orchestrated the recent unpleasantness with Somali pirates and Saudi-owned oil tankers to coincide with the release of Pirates 2: Stagnetti's Revenge. I am just pointing out that each time an Island Fever hits the shelves, there is a Micronesian hurricans, tsunami, volcanic eruption, or banana republic coup.

In any case, I am happy to announce that loyal Gram Ponante readers are first in line to receive the Deluxe 4-disc Pirates 2 DVD package as part of that movie's worldwide promotion. That's a $60 value - almost absolutely free!!
Q. Grams, what do you mean by "almost absolutely free"?

A. Well, Billy, it means that there is a task you must undertake and perform it better than some of your peers and within a specific time frame in order to be rewarded with this worthwhile movie, of which America's Beloved Porn Journalist, Gram Ponante, said, "So the thrill you got to see added footage of Minas Tirith when the 'Return of the King' Extended Edition came out you can now feel when you see even more of Belladonna's colon." In other words: a contest.
Just write a limerick, haiku, epic poem, sonnet, song, or doctoral thesis about Jesse Jane, Belladonna, Shay Jordan, Stoya, or Katsuni and post it (or its URL) to the comments section of this post no later than Friday, December 5.

At that time I will select the ten best and those winners will be sent the booty, provided they are over 18 and live in a region where it is legal to ship a movie in which Belladonna's moneymaker is so clinically examined so often and with such relish. All entries shall be exclusive to this site, though I will credit the authors.

Buy Pirates 2 now (but why would you? Enter the contest and get it for free!)

Previously on Porn Valley Observed: Pirates 2 review; Pirates 2 star-studded theatrical premiere
See also: Digital Playground

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--Monday, November 17, 2008--

Today in porn disgruntlement: Adam & Eve

I received an e-mail this morning from a person calling himself (I assume it was a he) "Barock Odrama." The letter concerned his grievances with Adam & Eve's production manager, a woman named Meredith Christopher.

I like Christopher. She has always been cool to me. But I get along with everybody.

While the letter was better written than most adult business "open letters," it will fare just as well, which is not at all.

This is because the dirty laundry in letters like this comes as a surprise to no one. The audacity of Mr. Odrama's hope is that he is writing in a world in which the adult industry is not already thought of as corrupt and incompetent.

When I was at AVN (and prior to this) there were several employees who leaked information to the likes of bloggers named Luke Ford and Gene Ross. the bitterati, who, for their own reasons, were only too happy to print it. Later, after AVN information became scarce, disgruntled employees at Hustler did the same thing. Neither episodes of venting to bloggers resulted in anything other than personal embarrassment for the people targeted. And what is personal embarrassment in a business that produced Dirtpipe Milkshakes?

And the power of the printed word? Seriously.

Think of all the people you know should be fired. Can you think of anyone who actually was terminated due to a letter writing campaign? No, they were only fired when they were recorded trying to trade blowjobs for AVN trophies.

Now and then I'll get a phone call from someone who starts to tell me juicy information about a porn performer, director, or executive. I will refer them elsewhere. "Do you expect an apology," I'll ask. "A cash settlement?"

But I'll print this letter, because it provides a backstage look at how adult personalities think. You will see that it is not too different from the way anyone thinks who has been thwarted, somehow, by the system.

But first an exchange from The Departed:

Ellerby: Cui Bono, who benefits?
Colin Sullivan: Cui gives a shit? It's got a freakin' bow on it.
An Open Letter About Adam & Eve

I wanted to comment regarding the latest news about Adam & Eve. For too long, I have sat somewhat quietly in disbelief at how this company continues to achieve constant embarrassment under Adam & Eve's head of production, Meredith Christopher. Instead of being our industry's biggest force with their infinite resources in both the financial and marketing realms, they have instead become a punch line with an ever-growing list of "egg on the face" messes.

Before I even get into this latest "mess," I wanted to bring up previous avoidable mistakes I have been witness to over the years. Under this administration Adam and Eve have had countless issues with the faces of their company, the contract stars. We all know porn girls aren't perfect, but Meredith Christopher could have avoided a lot of the more publicized issues all together or at least taken care of them in house if she understood what was required from someone in her position. For starters she helped drive Carmen Luvana into early retirement; signed a girl (Sophia Lynn) who made national news for instability, drug issues, and saying that what she did made her feel dirty but she needed the money. Meredith Christopher signed another promising star (Ava Rose) who battled both weight and drug issues; did not renew Austyn Moore's contract because she opened up her mouth about their internal problems (Ava did as well); and now Kayden Kross is being brought up on federal charges to add another black spot to the company.

Only Bree Olson has succeeded due to her performances, and the clean sweep she made at all the awards shows last year is due to her work before signing with Adam & Eve. I sincerely hope Meredith Christopher and company do not screw up what is a very promising career for this young star like they have with so many in the past.

The fact of the matter is that over the years anyone who has been under contract with Adam & Eve has been nothing short of disappointed about their time there when all was said and done. Do you think that if Tera, Jesse, or Stormy were under contract there they would be even half the stars they became with their companies?

For their movies, they continue to put out sub-par productions despite spending arguably more money than their peers. Anyone remember the doll that was used as Carmen's "stunt double" in Tail Gunners? What about the top of the guy's head in the middle of the shot in Lady Scarface? (People who have seen it refer to it as the "tumble weed.") What was the last award they won for something they were in direct control of that wasn't "Best Packaging"? Rawhide, over five years ago?

In the past, Meredith Christopher has produced bomb after bomb. There is no quality control with the movies. For example, Eden was a big budget movie to mimic the success of the Island Fever franchise produced by Digital Playground, yet it was publicly said by those involved that it was a disaster from the get-go. Sure it might have sold some copies, but once again, that's in spite of itself. Adam & Eve have a loyal customer base with their catalogs and website; imagine if they made quality movies with quality directors, how much they would sell then?

Meredith Christopher's lack of judgment has not only been apparent in her hires but her non-hires as well. She has passed on quality award winning directors; as well as bankable, professional and high selling talent. Sasha Grey or Eva Angelina ring a bell? If you added the sales and trophies of those passed up by her for what can only be described as personal reasons or preferences, it would make your head spin.

Look, I could spend hours pointing out various other "debacles" under this regime over the years that parallel this latest snafu which was also picked up by the press (i.e. their West Coast office, various other hirings, movies, etc.), but neither time nor space permit. My point is simple; this latest fiasco is nothing short of embarrassing. How could you think that it was even ethically okay for them to work with Eli in this capacity? It would be like them using Paul Thomas, Brad Armstrong, or Robby D. with Vivid, Wicked or Digital Playground's equipment to "produce" a movie for them. She knew Eli was under contract, and the proper thing to do before proceeding on anything involving him would have been to pick up a phone and call SexZ and ask. It's not rocket science. It is basic business acumen and ethics. Now, based on Bob Christian's statements, it seems like nothing short of the old passing of the buck to keep his protégé, Meredith Christopher squeaky clean. And her comments? She claims they're innocent victims? That's nothing short of ridiculous.

The bottom line is that the buck stops at Meredith Christopher as their Director of Production. More negative things have been said about the projects she has overseen than any other person in the same position with any other company in adult. Meredith Christopher has shown by her actions and decisions time and time again that she is not qualified to be in the position that she is in; and it's time they made a change to be the force they should be in this industry. Bob Christian has to have realized this; and if he hasn't or doesn't now, then maybe his time is up there too. Way too many problems have occurred under this administration, and it's time to make a change. Yes you can!

A Concerned Citizen of the United States of Adult,

Barock Odrama
Because the readers of my site are not necessarily the target audience for such an e-mail, I checked around the web (time constraints usually prevent this) and saw the letter posted on the sites of a few usual suspects in the adult blogging community.

Here at the office, we have narrowed down a list of five possible authors, each with his own axe to grind, and one of whom I'll call a wild card, like the Cubs. The place where the writer takes offense most personally, it seems, is in Paragraph 8. Everything else seems like foundation building.

Are the points about the choices (or non-choices) of contract stars and their handling valid? Porn performers are like delightful butterflies - it is always difficult to herd them. What about movie production? Is it possible there is a porn movie that could have all its sex removed and still not be marked as a porn movie - from as far away as space? No. And as far as poaching people under contract elsewhere else, why do you think people use so many names? It happens all the time.

In other words, even if all these charges are true, a letter never changed anything.

I wrote a letter to the gmail address of Mr. Odrama asking for some clarification of his points but have received no response. They're good points, sure, but only if there was some embezzling would any heads roll.

Previously on Porn Valley Observed: 8th Day; Kayden Kross, jealous boyfriends, and the pitfalls of real estate tycoonery; Tailgunners; Carmen Luvana - the mosaic is the message; Vicky Vette - when boobs are not enough
See also: Adam & Eve

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--Thursday, November 13, 2008--

Equal time for false prophets

I get a lot of mail from religious zealots who (and I can tell this from looking at my site statistics) spend a great deal of time looking at my articles and galleries before writing me.

I received the following e-mail this morning from "Jesse Jane Pornstar":
Your odds are slim to none and slim is packing his bags.

"The Old Testament is a false history of the world" - Charles Darwin

The man Jesus quoted on hell is 12 for 12 - http://www.isaiah666.com

"Marriage is honorable but whoremongers God will judge" - Hebrews 13
The subject line was "Jon Dough." Dough was a veteran porn performer who committed suicide in 2006.

Obviously the letter did not come from Jesse Jane (unless she leads a very interesting other life), but I was reminded of the Gospel of John verse 8:44, "The Devil is a liar; the father of lies." That someone would impersonate someone else in order to condemn me, as well as use a bogus subject line, seems to be grounds for a mistrial.

Also, the threat should read: "The chances are slim and Slim is packing his bags." Get it? The joke is that the adjective modifying "chances" is then repurposed as the proper noun "Slim." People impersonating Jesse Jane are so stupid.

I visited the site mentioned in the e-mail. It is fantastic, and much better designed than mine. It is sort of a crush site for the prophet Isaiah and credits him with being the go-to guy for the Christian concept of Hell (mine is slightly different).

The site also has reader testimonials about people they'd like to consign to Hell, like John Lennon. ("Judge not, that ye be not judged." - Matthew 7:1.)

If websites can be archived for hundreds of years, I've no doubt that a site like Isaiah666 will emerge in the future as a great work of literature, much as Dante's Inferno
was very much the brilliant, bitter Italian poet's way of depicting as Hellbound all the contemporaries he didn't like personally.

The e-mail also reminded me of some Monday morning quarterbacking going on about last week's election, in which Barack Obama prevailed but so did a ban on same sex marriage in California.

It has been suggested by exit polls that 70 percent of the black voters who cast ballots for Obama also rejected same-sex marriage, and that "people who attend church regularly" voted for Obama by a slight majority but voted overwhelmingly to ban same sex marriage, proving that "religion trumps party affiliation."

The reason I was reminded of this was because, according to the e-mail, the Book of Hebrews says that "marriage is honorable" - it doesn't say between whom.

So, to the false Jesse Jane I'd say that you might have sent John Lennon to Hell (where I'm sure he's spending eternity listening to Wings music with every track removed but Linda MCcartney's backing vocals), but at least you saved gay marriage.

The image above, by the way, is from Digital Playground's 2003 movie Beat the Devil.

Watch Beat the Devil now.

Previously on Porn Valley Observed: Satan wears tube socks
See also: Isaiah666: A Fansite

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--Wednesday, November 12, 2008--

Jesse Jane's Heat coming around the corner

I am a big fan of porn remakes of Hollywood movies. I think it's because I know all that conflict could have been avoided if the characters just got naked and had sex. At least I felt that way about Schindler's List.

This week's entry is Jesse Jane's Heat, a reimagining of Michael Mann's 1995 bank heist picture of the same name starring Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino. Just think about how these lines from the original translate to Digital Playground's version:
Hooker: Hey baby, time to go.
Waingro: Showed you a good time, didn't I?
Hooker: Oh yeah. You fly. You cool.
Waingro: You're lying to me. I can always tell when people lie to me.
Hooker: I ain't lying. You're a hot dog. A regular rodeo rider. And this was the monster fuck of my young life.
Waingro: You still don't know what this is. The Grim Reaper is visiting with you.
See? Little did the hooker know that Waingro was going to kill her. Substitute "Jesse Jane" for "hooker" and "that last Koo Koo Roo creamed spinach before an anal scene" for "Waingro" and it fits perfectly.

Vincent Hanna: My life's a disaster zone. I got a stepdaughter so fucked up because her real father's this large-type asshole. I got a wife, we're passing each other on the down-slope of a marriage - my third - because I spend all my time chasing guys like you around the block. That's my life.
Neil McCauley: A guy told me one time, "Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner." Now, if you're on me and you gotta move when I move, how do you expect to keep a... a marriage?
How do you expect to keep a marriage in porn? It's hilarious!!

Alan Marciano: Why'd I get mixed up with that bitch?
Vincent Hanna: Cause she's got a GREAT ASS... and you got your head all the way up it! Ferocious, aren't I? When I think of asses, a woman's ass, something comes out of me.
(Naturally, this line was repeated verbatim.)

Buy Jesse Jane's Heat
Buy Michael Mann's Heat

UPDATE: The Jesse Jane movie and the Michael Mann movie have nothing at all to do with each other. (Aside from the hookers.)

Previously on Porn Valley Observed: Affable Jesse Jane punctures fan's lung; Jesse Jane to ask them to dance, dance with them slow; Jesse Jane Image
See also: Digital Playground

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--Tuesday, October 07, 2008--

Today in porn swag: Pirates 2

Pirates 2: Stagnetti's Revenge arrived today in a simple cardboard box with a four-disc Extended Edition of the movie (spoiler: Katsuni plays the Mouth of Sauron), a hat, and a t-shirt.

Can I imagine rolling in my 6-4 down to Orange Julius with my Pirates 2: Stagnetti's Revenge hat and my Pirates 2: Stagnetti's Revenge t-shirt with Jesse Jane on the back? You know I can.

The fact that I wear Pirates 2: Stagnetti's Revenge-branded clothing lets passersby know that I have had sex with each person depicted on that shirt, and that our carnal shouts drowned out the banging Grandma made on the floor with her cane.

Also in this picture is Loaded Digital's Surrender the Booty, which rips off the Pirates 2 cover in the same way that Pirates ripped off Pirates of the Caribbean. Luckily the porn world cares as much for nuisance lawsuits as it does for intellectual property.

I wonder if Vivid-steve is going to rip off the Surrender the Booty cover with its upcoming Alt Pirit Bodays Fukking LOL.

Watch Pirates 2: Stagnetti's Revenge
Buy Pirates 2: Stagnetti's Revenge

Previously on Porn Valley Observed: Pirates 2: Expensive Joonetang!; Yesterday in porn swag
See also: Digital Playground

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--Saturday, September 27, 2008--

Pirates II premiere: Expensive Joonetang!

Tonight was the long awaited premiere of Digital Playground's Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge. I have been told (and I believe) that this movie is the most expensive adult movie ever filmed, and I was honored to have been the only media outlet invited to the event.

"Where is everyone from all the porn blogs and slumming basic cable and webisode shows?" I didn't ask Stoya, who actually plays a harem girl for an Armenian slave trader in the movie.

"I don't know," she didn't say. "I guess they thought you pretty effectively got the word out before."

The virtual media blackout for this eagerly anticipated sequel was uncharacteristic of Digital Playground, which in the past has sent press releases when a boxcover has been decided or when one of its contract performers appears in the Australian version of TV Guide.

But I was happy and, I must say, touched to be the only representative of the porn or mainstream press invited. I guess the idea was that Digital Playground didn't want there to be so much hype that a frank examination of the movie itself would be lost in the press saturation.

It was a pleasure to move through the red carpet unimpeded by cologne-reeking men with goatees, a pleasure to not see AVN and XBiz doing their Sharks and Jets routine trying to out-attitude or outwork the oher, and a huge relief to see no evidence of hastily-applied microphone logos.

"Finally," I said, "the real story can be told."

I could enjoy the rented search lights, the rented pirate impersonators, and the rented dates of VH-1 celebrities without hearing anyone call Riley Steele "Charlotte Stokely."

Directed by reclusive Digital Playground co-founder Joone, Pirates II is a porn movie with staggering scope - for a porn movie. Every sex scene is a workout, every pairing something historic, and every effect very expensive. It is a movie of so many excesses (for porn), that a lot of the smaller triumphs, like Joey Pulgadas' editing and Shay Jordan's loopy, choke-happy performance, might be overwhelmed by the notion of JESSE JANE FUCKS BELLADONNA TO WITHIN AN INCH OF THEIR LIVES and FOR SOME REASON SASHA GREY IS IN IT.

There is a lot of humor in Pirates II, most of it supplied by Evan Stone and Steven St. Croix. The rhythm section of Max Massimo's script and Pulgadas' editing makes for a porn movie with sex scenes that often have fun dialogue breaks in them and that also seem to increase in speed. But sometimes Pirates II seems to overwhelm itself; needing some way to narratively justify ten (or more) sex scenes, the movie is very long and often - pardon the term - anticlimactic.

Like the first Pirates, the experience of watching its sequel in a theatre was both fun (people cheered popshots and, unlike the original, tonight's premiere was shown in high definition on a 2K projector and the filmmakers knew from last time where better to place jokes and dialogue so they wouldn't be lost in a big room) and artificial. This generation does not know what it's like to watch a porn movie without fast forwarding, so about a hundred people walked out as the movie progressed; they were just not used to watching a porn movie (especially one that lasted more than two hours) end to end, while limousines with Katsuni in them pulled up in the street.

Lucky there were not throngs of press there to hinder her passage, calling her "Katsumi" and "Charlotte Stokely."


But, as the only media representative there tonight, I am happy to report that there was no one masturbating in the theatre. Not like at the premiere of The Bridges of Madison County.

An actual review of the movie Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge will appear shortly. It will emphasize that, among other things, one of the movie's singular accomplishments is that there were parts in which I felt I could smell it.

See the full Pirates 2: Stagnetti's Revenge gallery here.

Previously on Porn Valley Observed: (2007) Digital Playground offers teaser poster of Pirates II; Pirates: "For the love of God let me die"; You yell "Shark"
See also: Digital Playground

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--Tuesday, August 05, 2008--

Gabriella Fox: More than a typical whore

It is difficult for me to tell Digital Playground performers apart. Aside from Stoya and Jesse Jane, sometimes I think Shay Jordan is just trying on different wigs and calling herself someone else. I would also not put it past Jesse Jane to employ clever disguises.

So I was eager to get a gander at Gabriella Fox, appearing in Control 9 and Tickle Me Pink's video for its song "Typical."

In the video, Fox spends much of her time crawling toward us under the world's biggest sheet. The lyrics say "You're not any more than a typical whore."

Oddly enough, that was my high school's motto. None of us knew Latin well enough to translate it, so the joke was on us.

Know that Digital Playground handles a difficult situation - the confusability of porn performers - better than anyone. Consider that a recent Gallup Poll revealed that 4 out of 5 dentists answered "Probably" when asked if [insert name] was a Vivid Girl, and expressed indignance that Wicked contract performer Kirsten Price insisted that her name wasn't actually "Kristen."

But one way to make Fox stand out is the creative use of perspective. In Control 9, director Robby D. frames Fox (and performers like Eva Angelina, Lacey Maguire, and Memphis Monroe) in novel ways.

For example, here's Eva Angelina embroiled in the physical act of love. But her face says, "Shit. I lost my keys."

Here, her face is much smaller than her buttocks, as if her face were a minuscule mountain climber and her ass the world's juiciest alp.

Ditto Lacey Maguire. Tiny head!

Everybody likes Tommy Gunn, but this shot is not necessarily the first one porn consumers would choose. Here he appears talking to parts of Memphis Monroe.

Monroe herself doesn't understand it, either.

Fox returns at the end of the movie. Maybe she appears so frustrated because that is a tremendously uncomfortable position. (Either that, or she's Shay Jordan in a wig.)

I want Gabriella Fox to succeed, no matter what size her head is.

Control 9

Previously: Stoya sandwich; Shay Jordan rechristened Shay J
See also: Digital Playground MySpace Page

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--Thursday, July 31, 2008--

What are your favorite porn comedies?

Porn consumers are 78 percent more likely to watch a porn comedy a second time than any other kind of adult material, says the American Council of Instantly-Generated Statistics.

Movies like Digital Playground's Contract Star and 6969's Spunk'd are genuinely funny, and not in a Funny But I'm Also Ashamed sort of way.

I think mining the comedic aspects of sex make porn much more accessible, and that includes black humor and self-deprecating comedy. More importantly, I think porn takes itself more seriously than it should most of the time so I applaud the efforts of anyone who can acknowledge that in a movie.

What are your favorite porn comedies? I'm in a dark place.

Contract Star

Spunk'd

Previously: The Year Spunk'd Broke
See also: Digital Playground, 6969 Entertainment

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--Tuesday, June 10, 2008--

Nikki Jayne makes Mancunian sound dirty

Nikki Jayne is the newest Vivid girl, joining the ranks of all the other household name Vivid girls. She is tall and full-figured and hails from Manchester, England (beyond the Atlantic Sea).

Jayne was discovered by the crew from Porn Week and brought to America for a few days last September, during which she shot scenes with Bobbi Starr and was courted by several companies, including Digital Playground. But a Nikki Jayne and a Jesse Jane in the same roster would be too much for fans to handle, as evidenced by the confusion that erupted when both Sophia Santi and Carlos Santana were contract girls there.

It takes moxie, gumption, chutzpah, great boobs, and thighs that could crack a fire hydrant to be a successful contract performer, and Jayne has all of these (although in England fire hydrants are called hooded ficuses).

Jayne's first movie will be shot at the end of the month by the intense and sensitive director B. Skow. It is unclear at press time if Vivid plans to follow up its branding of Vivid Rims with the fielding of an English football team.

Previously: Postcard from Porn Week; Untitled Briana Banks project; I like to see a little more fat; Meggan Mallone: Head on her shoulders; Vivid's imprint-o-rama; Monique Alexander: "May God have mercy on my soul"
See also: Vivid, Porn Week

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