mmmmmm, cellophane

So, it's Friday night and what am I doing in the most exciting town on the planet? Cleaning my books shelves, of course! Ahhhh, but apparently cleanliness does come with it's rewards. I found a duped copy of Falconhead Two: THE MANEATERS (see May 3rd posting) - the good news is that it isn't an old duped copy, meaning I made it when I had two decent VCR's, so the quality, wisely recorded in SP mode, isn't bad. The better news is that I just finished timing it, and it's 81 minutes - not the 65 minutes that HIS Video is currently selling!!! Woo-Hoo!! So at some point, I'll have to take a gander at the infamous (and unavailable) Brad Mason schtooping cellophane-wrapped Steve Collins scene. Yeah!

he's back!

Some people are really weird. Coming all the way to NYC, and well - who'd rather stay here, when I've gone through all the trouble of cleaning my kitchen floor and spending money on amenities? Sheeesh!

SPRING BREAK


"don't you make, no mistake, it's our Spring Break"

directed by: Bill Clayton - uncredited (1986)

Starring: Kevin Wiles, Chad Douglas, Todd Donahue, Tony Marinos (aka Danny Russo), Chris Thompson, Jeff Converse, David Ashfield, Corey Monroe, Cole Carpenter, Chris Burns

You got the catchiest theme song ever; Chad Douglas; camera angles from below and above the glass coffee table; Chad Douglas; Kevin Wiles pretending not to like cock for all of 3 seconds before garbling down both Chris Thompson's and David Ashfield's cocks; and Chad Douglas's 1978-version mustache; then of course poor, young Corey Monroe's face when uncle Chad thuds his meat on the coffee table; Dave Ashfield wowing coach Jeff Converse with his manmeat; and of course, WARNING WARNING!! Master's Delight, where Corey Monroe and Chris Burns take turns in the sling while Chad Douglas and Cole "Make A Fist" Carpenter take turns with their toys......

register to vote

Oh lord! In trying to work out a date for celebrating a friend's birthday (his big 5-0), somehow we got on the topic of politics, and of course, the Presidential election. We've known each other for years, and I don't know who was more shocked and dismayed at this part of the conversation - when I casually mentioned I won't be voting for John Kerry. You can't imagine the venom from this dedicated anti-Bush guy (I'll bet you a milllion dollars he still has his LICK BUSH button from 1992), and the torrent of outrage at how my simple, single, not-Kerry vote was going to crumble democracy as we know it. I was equally shocked and dismayed that this man who I've known for well over a decade actually thought I'd vote for Kerry! I've voted in 6 Presidential elections, and only twice for a major party candidate - surprisingly, one of whom actually won.

Of course, whenever we talk politics, we wind up yelling, even though we actually agree on most things; I suppose like most left-leaning people, we still like to get carried away about the specifics, and carried away we did. After yelling at him about how he's wasting his time, and how "YOU PEOPLE are gonna blow it again, by wasting your time berating us perennial 3rd party voters, and not going after people who might actually vote for your guy" I asked him a question:

How many people have you registered to vote? Of course, his answer was - "none." I then told him that my website has a link on top for folks to register to vote via Working For Change/League of Women Voters. I figured this is as good a time as any to point out the link up there and to urge folks to use it, and other folks with websites (especially you lefties) to add a similar link. Now is the time to do this, to get people on the road to actually voting. I'm not gonna give anyone any crap about if you don't vote, you can't complain (another insulting and stupid thing people say ---- one of the beautiful things about our democracy is that the two rights are not dependent on each other) - I happen to think you ought to do both, but also that there may be valid reasons not to do one or the other. But give yourself the option - now; it is your right, and many would argue, your duty - so register to vote, and have another avenue to voice your opinion.

..... then again, sometimes the internet is quite lame - try GOOGLING "master's delight" + "chad douglas" and not much comes up. But I'm fairly certain this guy could help.

Does this link work?

we have a winner

This is why I am totalfuckingly addicted to the internet: I get home last night, and am simultaneously checking webstats and email, and get a cool email from Johnman. Apparently he recognizes the music from the Falconhead Two clip I had posted earlier in the day, and correctly identifies it as Jean-Michael Jarre's Souvenir de Chine. As you can tell from the musiclink in the last sentence, I managed to find a copy of it online. I was so excited once I heard it, that I went so far as to find the whole album, taking over an hour just to locate it, and much more time to download it.... but it was fantastic! (And by the way, there are many versions of it, including, egad!!! an amazingly boring and unimaginative updated trance-techo-remixed-bland-dancing-while-tweeking version of the tune, too.) Michael Zen obviously used more than just that one cut, as bits and pieces of the album show up in various parts of the film. I didn't fall asleep until well after 3pm, but with the album playing, remembering long hours at the Jewel Theater on 3rd Ave in the mid 80's, the same music, those flickering images from Zen's film.... (and the slurping and moaning sounds of men - in the seats, in the aisles, in the buddy-booths, behind the screen, in the bathrooms....)

Falconhead Two: THE MANEATERS

"....keeps them in prison, until they are capable of loving someone other than themselves..."

directed by: Michael Zen (1983)

Starring: Paul Barresi, Rick Taylor, and introducing Blake Palmer; with Brad Mason, Paul Monroe, Steve Collins, Danny Combs, Vito Bonetti, and David Jones; The Transvestites: Sabato, Monica, The Garage Girls; Voices: Christian Black, David Samuels, Lawrence Deo

There are many of us who fault the VCR and cheap commercial videotape technology for the downfall of the quality of the gay porno industry. But before videotape became the format for movie-making, there was a brief period in the early/mid 80's when the new markets for selling videotapes (remember, they were going for 70-120 bucks 20+ years ago!) meant at least in some cases, the additional revenue meant more money spent for the actual production of the films. Here is an excellent example of the bigger budget films, directed by Michael Zen, who's hypnotic music and fantastic cinematography created an erotic, sensual feel seldom realized in the sleazy movie houses these films were often seen in.

Paul Barresi does a typical (for him) solo jerk-off performance, but the quality of the lighting, sound, and editing give it a more highly charged feel. (And unlike most of his appearances in gay films, he actually intereacts with one of the other characters, Rick Taylor - in this case to set up the premise of the film). Another solo, by newcomer Blake Palmer (who has a similar performance in Steve Scott's Screen Play through a motel window, and who later went on to str8 videos) - is beautifully photographed as he slowly undresses, jerks off, all the while being photographed (as it turns out, by himself) with an erotic voice-over. Brad Mason (who you've also seen in Jobsite and One In A Billion), mustached and tattooed, looking like one of the better Old Reliable models, has two performances in this film - first with Paul Monroe, a highly charged suck and fuck scene by a fireplace; then in a butler fantasy with Steve Collins (who you'll remember form such other films as I Do, Gayracula, and Non-Stop), first as the servant, then the roles are flipped, and Collins is the servant, and fucked while almost completely wrapped in Saran Wrap (it may sound funny, but Mason's cock going into Collin's ass will have a very different effect on you, I guarantee it).

Michael Zen first came on the gay porn scene in 1972 with the first Falconhead film, an incredibly trippy, sexy film. Until this 1983 film, I can't find what he's done film-wise. Since then, he's done a couple gay pornos in the 80's, many many str8 pornos, and seems to be doing both gay and str8 videos today. I remember enjoying He-Devils back in 1990, surprised at the look and feel of the video at a time when "cinematography" was a foreign word in gay porno making (highly recommended for any Michael Brawn, Alex Stone, or Lon Flexx fan). Also of note is his 1988 video - G. I. Mac - another Paul Barresi solo (the sequence shows him with his gun, then jerking off thinking about other men in his platoon) plus a great Brian Adams solo - the music, the blue-tinged lighting, the cigarette smoke, and the camera lingering over his body add up to a great opening sequence; and also a great Brian Adams - Butch Taylor lovemaking scene.

Back to this film, Falconhead Two - another HIS chopped up video - currently only the 65 minute version is commercially available. I don't recall who did the music, but it's definately a highlight, one of the rare films that understands the proper use of sound to elicit a sexual response. Obviously I'm on the lookout for the full 86 minute version, which was available on videotape in the 80's.

.........i promise, i am right at this minute whil you are reading this, working on the porno clip.... i swear...

speaking of nice hoses...

Sorry I didn't get around to posting the movie clip (it's cumming, it's cumming, I promise...) but I really was working on it, then a friend invited me over, and well, let's just say his beefy chest looks real real nice between my sweaty legs... Grrrrrrr! No, this is not a pic of him (but I'm sure most of you know who it is) - but it comes from a magazine my pal "donated" to me/my site, and you might see it and some other good stuff over at eBay soon. Gotta run to work, and oh yeah - look for another 'give-away' next week. Probably not so much porn, but some books and magazines that are clutttering up this place.

To paraphrase W. C. Fields.... I'd rather be in Cleveland.

too too much new Brazilian coffee yesterday! Flavor is great, but it made me so hyper - and then I crashed suddenly late afternoon! Today I was hoping to have a movie trailer posted, but might not get to it (but if not, look for it over the weekend). Nice outside, horny as hell, more Brazilian coffee, hard to focus.

I did manage to get back to Cruisetool, update my profile a bit, and OOOPS, made sure to UNCHECK that "into humiliation scenes" tab that perhaps caused the "unfortunateness" last week.

False advertising.

Listen, leather773, either we get a pic of your lovely boner covered in leather, or you change your screename to lycra773 - got it?

eBay jailbait

Nicknyc8184 [11:39 AM]: hi whats going on? 19 on east 10th and broadway lookin for a geneorus guy 6'2'' 225 lbs average build attractive 8 inches thick cut hairy legs, crack, and stomache br br top here horny as hell need to travel now interested?

generous, like, not pointing out that his run-on sentence irriates the crap out of me, or generous like not mentioning that I prefer my whores to at least be old enough to drink legally.....?

Or should i just play dumb and engage him in conversation, keeping him away from his trade, asking questions like

• Do you accept PAYPAL?,
• or I'm not 6'2" but if i pay extra, will you still sleep with me?
• or Last month when you messaged me, you just needed to pay rent, which of course I told you then I couldn't afford to pay the rent of a young man living in a swanky Greenwich Village apartment - have you considered getting a roommate, or moving to a smaller place, and then you wouldn't need to do this every month, bothering complete strangers on line with these soliciations, violating several state and federal laws, not to mention displaying your complete lack of the most rudimentary sense of decorum?

Any film majors out there? Or just folks who know something about film and can tell me what this means - someone is selling a 16MM "Composite Master Positive" of Roger Earl's Born to Raise Hell - with this bit of info - "Glue spliced in middle of scene fades/dead sound. Has never been, nor should it ever be, projected." So, why would I want a film if I shouldn't project it? (Not that I have 4 grand lying around, but I'm just a curious guy, ya know)

COMPLETE

P A C K
AGE

box o' porn

Just received this box o' porn this morning. I am quickly (as quickly as one can get thru porno) trying to skim thru and see that these are in good shape, etc. But I must say so far, so very very good! I got these for somewhat different reasons, but primarily because I was hoping they were older, full versions of these films. It's one of my porno pet peeves, videos that have parts of the original film or video missing. Midnite Men is notorious for selling older tapes with anywhere from 10-25 minutes missing from the original. I realize that for a few films, this is done for 'legal' purposes - the films contain a watersports or fisting scene, and distributing these types to some states can cause legal hassles -- so I understand that. But more often it's someone got a copy of a chopped of film or tape, or worse, just don't want to bother with tapes longer than 60 minutes, and reproduced it.

Like Something Wild. I bought this tape a couple years back, actually for a friend who had been searching for years for this, something he remembered fondly from his youth. Alas, it was missing big chunks. Since then, I have scoured eBay, and other sources, looking for this and other titles in their older packaging in the hopes that it would have the full version. Woo-Hoo! I just skimmed thru this one, and it clocks in at about 115 minutes. And I am waiting confirmation of this, but it looks like ------ gosh, those Bijou Video folks are great - I just got an email confirming they indeed have the full version. The wonderful (I say wonderful, not just cuz the answer was quick, and thorough, but if you search around their site, you'll see his pics, too!) customer service guy goes on to say that all their NOVA titles are full, unedited versions (I knew that about Brian's Boys - often sold elsewhere as Brian's Men with 20 minutes missing!). And I'll tell ya, I've emailed Bijou Video before and gotten quick, thorough answers each time.

And I'm rambling, but I guess that's what I do. Anyhoo - the other stuff. Gayracula - this one I discovered was being sold missing parts because I sold a copy on eBay to a young man, who, after viewing it, emailed me that it seems like there's stuff missing. A quick timing of my copy in my collection confirmed he was right - the newer, HIS Video version was missing pieces. The full version (I just timed the one I got in the mail today) should be 82 minutes. Grrrrr. I've found this problem in tons of other stuff from HIS video - Dreamer, 501, El Paso Wrecking Corp, the list goes on... Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, the five tapes I got in the mail today. Daddy Dearest - IMfuckingPOSSIBLE to find, I've only seen it on eBay twice in 3 years (I won't say where those two copies are now, that would be bragging...), and have yet to see it elsewhere. This I remember so distinctly seeing when it came out, sitting in the Jewel Theatre on 3rd Ave in NYC not long after I moved here. ahhhhhh.... OK OK. Trick Time - I had a copy of this Halted/Yale production, but sold it on eBay. I regretted that, but now I have the bigger boxed version, and the reproduction quality seems better, but don't know if there's any real difference between the two. I'm glad to have it now, it's one of the last ones that Halsted filmed, and it also includes brief interviews of Michael Christopher, Tim Kramer (snore), and Johnny Dawes. And it also has a movie trailer for a great early 80's Michael Zen film, Falconhead Two - The Maneaters. Look for that trailer here, soon. I would love a full version of that (yup, HIS has skimmed off 15-20 minutes here, too).