The Civilians' Porn Musical, a new project from the award-winning investigative theater company, will be based on research into the adult entertainment industry in California, focusing on the San Fernando Valley. This blog will follow our adventures as we go behind the scenes to reveal the human side of porn, meeting and interviewing performers, producers, crew, distributors, and others in the business.
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I met Eric John back in August on the set of Jim Powers’ Girlvert. Our interviewer Taylor met him on the set of Not Saved By The Bell. Eric has an interesting background – he went to MIT and then had a job that sounded very important and involved a lot of math and science, but then he chose to pursue his true passion… passion. Since our last meeting Eric asked a teller from his bank out on a date. They went to a wine bar, had sex a few times in the alley (several alleys?). On top of a car… a few times later. And they soon realized they were soulmates. Vicki decided she would like to have a go at the business and apparently has done very well for herself. And for her nom de porn…well let’s just say we’re glad she wasn’t a teller at Wells Fargo. Though we think Vicki Wachovia is a sexy porn name. In any case, the important thing is that the two of them got married on the first day of the AVN Expo under the white arches of the Hustler booth. It’s like a Disney movie! A dirty dirty Disney movie. Had a nice interview with Eric and Vicki. Will be interested to see how she does in the business. Seems like she’s got real star quality. And if she becomes a super star maybe people will stop using ATMs and start waiting in line for the window.
She apparently has six different settings for six different personalities. We were wondering she had one that say liked to go opera and curl up with the New York Review of Books, you know, a robot sex doll you can talk to about stuff. She doesn’t.
So Michael Friedman (our composer) the intrepid Mia Barron and I (Steve Cosson) are here in Vegas for the AVN Adult Expo and the AVN Awards tomorrow. The expo is your basic trade show except it is full of porn stars. Each of the big companies have a big flashy booth. The little companies have little sometimes tragic booths. There are a lot of DOLLS which are super creepy. The creepiest being a sex doll robot – photo on its way. I put my finger in the Real Touch machine which syncs up its action to the specially programmed movie. So when the tit job was happening I guess it felt like two boobs rubbing on my finger. And then the vaginal penetration, felt kindof the same but different. It was all warm and wet and there were little belts that felt like cat tongues stroking my index finger. Just looking at my finger now fills me with shame. I don’t like crowds, malls or simulacra environments so all this is a bit of a challenge. The party scene apparently goes all night. Last night we went to the party at the playboy club which ended with a few hundred people trying to get down 52 floors in two elevators which never came. One hostile and incompetent security guard. A few hundred panicked and hostile clubgoers. Tonight we’ve been invited to an exclusive fetishy party which the host described as “Caligula.” Hopefully the elevators work. I think my overall favorite moment was hanging out with a well known male talent who chatted up an “attractive” woman in her 40’s. Asked her if she was talent. She said no, but she’d like to be. Her husband came by to join in the convo. They’re from Iowa. She wouldn’t be doing this for money, just for fun. The pro offered some good advice and then offered himself for a three-way later, suggesting a DP, double vag, whatever. The couple from Iowa smiled and thought that would be nice. I’m pretty sure it happened. Later that night the “sexy” middle-aged Iowan woman grabbed Michael’s butt in the Playboy elevator.
I’m afraid this blog post won’t do Nick Manning justice. A) because I interviewed Nick a couple months ago and B) words alone can’t describe the Nick Manning experience. He’s a non-stop porn/entrepreneur phenom. And as he told me, he’s stopped aging. Thankfully there will soon be many opportunities for the world to know even more about Nick. A woman is writing a book about him, the title somehow includes Nick’s catch-phrase “Droppin Loads.” If you listen to Howard Stern you know that already. If you don’t, take a guess. Nick agreed to the book provided the author live in his house for a year. That’s what you need to do I guess to get the full experience. I could only do an afternoon, so again, please remember my disclaimers. There is also a reality show coming up soon Droppin Loads on you in the comfort of your own home, and there is already a Droppin Loads ringtone. I haven’t bought it, my ringtone is still the Pinker Tones and I’m too fond of it to change. Here’s a couple fave tidbits from my interview: Nick’s Doctor has told him he’s in the top 1% of human beings. The day I met him he was off to do an afternoon scene, then later that night was going to have a few strippers over; they’d have sex and then they’d buy some lingerie from him (at a good price). Like I said, non-stop porn star entrepreneur. If you want to hear Nick in his geyser-like glory – click HERE
Katie St. Ives is originally from LA (born and bred in the Valley) and she has the tattoo to prove it. When she created her porn name (the St. Ives was inspired by the brand of lotion) she found out it cost $5 to register your name, and she had $3 to… her name. Her agent helped her out and bought it for her. I found Katie utterly delightful to talk to.
And yes, I’m still getting used to chatting to people who I just watched getting penetrated. On this shoot I watched from a staircase and I was quite happy to have the more explicit view blocked by a big column. (I saw a LOT last night on the Girlvert shoot.) So mostly I saw a lot of bouncing heads and feet. Katie was mostly getting it in mish (that’s porn lingo for missionary) on a table. The table – quite big – was decorated with what I’ll call Home Depot Gothic Revival. I assumed they were props. But really it was all laid out by a real estate staging company. See the house is on the market so the staging company makes it look attractive and lived in. And while they wait to sell it I guess they rent it out to porn shoots and people have sex in between the plates and goblets.
After the sex all was restored. Katie took a shower (cold cause no one really lives in the house) and we talked. And perhaps tomorrow prospective buyers will tour the house and may or may not remark on how nice the table setting looks.
I spent the better part of the day watching the shooting of the latest Girlvert. A series about a vengeful, mean-spirited pervert girl (hence girl + pervert = girlvert). Much more to write, but wanted to share a few photos straight away.
Getting ready to molest the stripper at the bachelorette party
A bachelorette getting ready to shoot
Lacie Lane getting into make-up. She's only topless because it was hot in the valley and she was tired of wearing clothes. She was shooting a clothed non-sex scene that day.
Tatiana Kush getting into make-up
Tatiana, Lacie, Eric
And this would be the back of my head as I watch what the industry would call "an interracial DP" The DP, as I learned, basically involves a lot of awkward manuevering. It's quite tricky to get two orifices, two erections and a camera to all work together in time and space.
