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It's Just "Content"—But It's Really Hot

Lux Alptraum — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:00:00 EDT

Eon McKai has said that his latest feature "Content" is altporn's answer to the recession. We'd offer, additionally, that it's Eon McKai's answer to gonzo porn.

"It's just content," we (and the performers) are repeatedly told. Translation: this is just stripped down sex. There's no plot, there's no "meaning," there are no grand conceits (well, aside from the general conceit of this being a stripped down, bare bones, sex-only release, which is certainly played up knowingly). Granted, this is not just another gonzo release: Eon's signature style is ever present. Even when it's just "content," it's style Eon's content.

So how does Eon's work fair when it's nothing but content? Quite well, actually. Eon elicits stellar performances from each and every cast member: from the almost-possessed Kimberly Kane, who shot "Content" after a month of no sex; to the playfully rough Madison Young and Dane Cross; to the top-notch final scene featuring Kitty "Meow" McMuffin and Sherwood getting rough and nasty with each other.

The sex in this release tends towards the rougher end of the spectrum: spanking and slapping abound, and there's a bit of namecalling and cockchoking thrown into the mix (the violence is not solely directed towards the female cast members, however: some of you will no doubt be pleased to learn that Madison Young gives Dane Cross's face a nice, hard slap). But unlike some releases, where this kind of affectation seems put on, a bit of a performance, most everything we see in "Content" feels extremely real.

There are a few moments throughout the film—particularly in the scene between Kimberly Kane and Mr. Pete—where it almost seems as though the performers have forgotten the camera. In those moments, where it feels like the performers are fucking more for themselves than for us, there's a true bit of porn greatness. It may be just "content"—but it's achieved a level of intimacy most porn only dreams of.

Sherwood and Kitty McMuffin
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Cali Nova
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Cali Nova and Ben Jammin
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Coco Velvett
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Coco Velvett and Daniel
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Coco Velvett
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Kitty McMuffin
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Kitty McMuffin and Sherwood
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Kimberly Kane
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Kimberly Kane and Mr. Pete
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Madison Young
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Madison Young and Dane Cross
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Stills From The Set Of Eon McKai's "Content"

Lux Alptraum — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:30:01 EDT

You've seen the trailer for the hardcore masterpiece allegedly containing Kimberly Kane's best anal scene ever, now see photos from the set. Don't worry, that lightheadedness you're feeling is normal. A double dose of altporn should fix you right up.

· Preview of Eon McKai's "Content" (tinynibbles.com)
· Vivid-Alt (vividalt.com)

Kimberly Kane's Best Anal Scene Ever?

Lux Alptraum — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:00:00 EDT

At long last, Eon McKai's "Content" is finally available for all us pervs to get our dirty little hands on. But wait, there's more: Fleshbot Crush Object Kimberly Kane is claiming it contains her best anal scene ever.

As Kimberly sees it, it was a relatively simple formula: "Content" was shot after she hadn't had sex for a month, and was—naturally—extremely horny...and paired her with her favorite male performer of all time (lucky devil Mr. Pete)...and, well, magic (and amazing chemistry) just ensued.

Although... best ever is still a pretty big claim. We might have to arrange for a comparison of each and every anal scene she's ever shot...you know, just to be really, really sure. (For science!)

· CONTENT (blog.kanearmy.com)
· Buy "Content" (gamelink.com)
· Vivid-Alt (vivid-alt.com)

Eon McKai's Latest Flick: So Many Stars, So Much Sex, So Much "Content"

Lux Alptraum — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:00:00 EDT

It's not every day that Vivid-Alt's Eon McKai releases a brand-spankin' new movie—especially one with Kimberly Kane, Coco Velvet, Madison Young, Cali Nova, and Kitty McMuffin. Can you smell our excitement? (It smells like sex.)

· Eon McKai (eonmckai.com)

Now You Know, And Knowing Is Half The Battle

auryn — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EDT

We at Fleshbot are eternally grateful to Penny Flame for giving the world this instructional video on how to give hand jobs. The skill is a vital part of your sexual résumé.

Here is a voice-over-free clip from her Expert Guide, so you'll really have to pay attention to the technique employed. And just so you know, gentlemen, women love hand jobs. Your hands are good for something aside from grabbing her knockers or pushing her head into your crotch while she's blowing you. Not to make you feel bad or anything, but your hands are a whole hell of a lot more dexterous than your cocks. If you're only using your male organ to stimulate your lady-friend, you're both missing out on a world of pleasure. Now carry on with your manual/digital edification.

· Buy "Penny Flame's Expert Guide to Hand Jobs"
· Vivid-Ed (vivid-ed.com)

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Previously: Penny Flame Offers Handy Advice In Her "Expert Guide"

Andy San Dimas Is On Her "Dirty Knees"... And We're Enjoying The View

Lux Alptraum — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:30:01 EDT

You've seen the trailer and the behind the scenes photos—but if that wasn't enough to make you want "On My Dirty Knees," check out Violet Blue's review (and her hot photo gallery, too).

· review: Eon McKai's On My Dirty Knees (tinynibbles.com)

Postcards From Vegas: A Word Of Caution From Sasha Grey

Lux Alptraum — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:30:01 EST

Standing by the Vivid Video booth, we couldn't help but notice the poster for "Throat: A Cautionary Tale." Nor could we help but wonder what, exactly, the cautionary lesson one learns from "Throat" could be.

Being prone to just cutting to the chase, we decided to go to the source and just ask Sasha Grey herself.

So what's the lesson learned from cautionary tale?

"Uh, don't be a dumb girl who gets abused by men."

A wise lesson indeed.

· Vivid Alt (vivid-alt.com)

Behind The Scenes Of "On My Dirty Knees"

Lux Alptraum — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:00:00 EST

You've seen the trailer for Eon McKai's latest smut epic, now take a glimpse behind the scenes with Andy San Dimas. We're still not really sure what this movie is about... but, uh, who cares?

· Pics from the set of OMDK (xcritic.com)

Sneak Peek Exclusive: Eon McKai's "On My Dirty Knees"

DCypher — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:30:10 EST

It's not every day that celebrated alt inventor Eon McKai releases a new vehicle for his pornographic expression—and it's not everyone who gets a sneak peek at his upcoming releases, either. That's why we consider ourselves true insiders for being the first in the industry (or the world, for that matter) to be offered the privilege of screening the new trailer for his latest altporn epic, "On My Dirty Knees." Amazing, we know, but it's all in a day's work for a Fleshbot contributor. Happy Tuesday 'bating, and season's beatings from McKai & Co!

· "On My Dirty Knees" trailer (eonmckai.com)

Dave Naz Takes Us Down To "Sugar Town"

DCypher — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:00:00 EST

Call us crazy, but we’re pretty sure that when sultry sexpot Nancy Sinatra released her feel good pop hit back in 1967, she wasn’t thinking of the same city Dave Naz describes in his latest offering. For starters, Nancy swears it never rains in Sugar Town—and yet Dave predicts steamy precipitation in his fair city, with a 100 percent chance of fat loads raining down on scintillating young divas. Could this be an early indicator of global warming?

To be totally honest, we’re not really sure what the erotic artist extraordinaire is trying to say with his new Vivid Alt release. On the surface it seems like yet another flashback to a forgotten era (this time deep in the funky 70’s), with Mr. Marcus and friends reliving some serious blaxploitation antics, "Charlie’s Angels" style, once more asking the same question Olivia Newton John posed to her generation; would a little more love make it right? Judging from the looks on the faces of starlets Tori Black, Ashley Blue, Britney Stevens, Veronica Hart, Jada Fire, and Whitney Stevens, the answer is a definitive "YES!" Those extra black inches seem to hit the spot just right, as our brave girls proudly crank out one ear splitting orgasm after another, making the accompanying bells and whistles (or in this case afro picks, Mercury land-yachts, and butterfly collars) nothing more than pleasant accoutrement.

One thing is for sure, however-–spend some time with this gallery, and we guarantee that your troubles will be a thing of the past. That’s one score on which both Nancy and Naz can most certainly agree.

"Sugar Town" is out now from Vivid Alt.

· Vivid Alt (vividalt.com)

Mandy Morbid Faces Her Inner Demons In "Hospital"

DCypher — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:20:55 EDT

It’s hard not to think of any porn movie that bills itself as “dark, squalid, and ominous” as missing another adjective: pretentious. But even after struggling our way through the copy that adorns the (rather gorgeous) box cover of "Hospital" along with assorted surgical implements and bloody smears, the only word that describes how director Benny Profane’s new Vivid Alt release makes us feel is excited. Then again, Mandy Morbid always makes us feel that way anyway.

The plot, such as it is, involves Our Mandy being punished for past misdeeds she cannot recall by an evil (and diabolically horny) hospital staff. It seems that Mandy and her con artist boyfriend (played by Fleshbot superhero and Mandy's real-life beau Zak Sabbath) did some Bad Things which earned Mandy a semi-private room in the hospital of the title, where her doctor tells her she's to undergo treatment for being a "drug addict and a sexual deviant". Not one to let other people decide what's best for her or her body, Mandy jams a pencil into his skull: "No one fucks with me! I just want to go home!" She is then rescued by her boyfriend and the two celebrate her homecoming with a hot threeway with Coco Velvett. And that's pretty much it. End credits.

So we have to say that "Hospital" wasn't nearly as dark and ominous as the box cover led us to expect. But here's the good part: it isn't pretentious either. To its credit, the movie doesn't take itself seriously at all: everyone seems to be having an absolute hoot playing doctor and/or nurse—especially the delightful Caroline Pierce, who has a grand old time in a supply room with fellow bad nurse Sochee Mala and a strapon while Mandy watches confusedly (and turned on-edly) from a shower stall. (And we can't even begin to describe how we feel about hot newcomer Marie McCray, so we won't even try. Let's just say hot and dizzy are the least of our symptoms.)

It's the kind of hospital we certainly wouldn't mind checking in to for a while, so long as we weren't just tied to the bed or had a hole drilled into our skulls or anything. Too bad we're pretty sure our insurance wouldn't cover our stay.

The "Hospital" DVD includes extras like a making-of documentary and a bonus featurette, "Mandy Morbid's Trepanation Video". No, we have not watched it yet.

"Hospital" hits the shelves this week.

• VividAlt (vividalt.com)
• Order: "Hospital" (Adult DVD Empire)

Dave Naz' "Circa '82": Bring Your Own Pop Rocks

DCypher — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:30:52 EDT

Superstar erotic photographer turned porn director Dave Naz has released his latest opus for Vivid Alt: it's called "Circa '82" and it focuses on the generation of disenchanted young adults who rejected both the hippy values of the counterculture that failed their parents and the rampant materialism of the Reagan years while embracing and angry punk rock music and hot experimental sex instead. Filled with period costumes and set decor, we're sure it reflects precisely the way things were back then ... only since we're too young to remember those years firsthand (don't forget, all of us here at Fleshbot are barely legal ourselves) we can't really be sure.

Matters of verisimilitude aside, it's still beyond entertaining to see the cast reenact those heady years of social malaise and heavy eyeliner: Sasha Gray fits right into 1982 with her radical pre-Brazilian era bush, while Fleshbot faves Madison Young, Ashley Blue (who helped write the screenplay), Lexi Belle, and newcomer Maya Hills turn in stellar performances as well, all to a soundtrack featuring punk rock legends Keith Morris, Don Bolles, and Jim Lane from Circle Jerks along with 45 Grave, Germs, and Killroy. We'll be posting an in-depth review of this thought-provoking sex-packed time capsule as soon as we manage to watch the whole thing without getting ... uh, caught up in the nostalgia; talk a walk down memory lane with our exclusive preview gallery below in the meantime.

· "Circa '82" (Adult DVD Empire)
· Vivid Alt (vivid-alt.com)
· Dave Naz (davenaz.com)

Kimberly Kane's "Morphine" Party: White Trash And Black Eyes Add Up To Altporn Paradise

DCypher — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:05:38 EDT

Fleshbot Crush Object turned director extraordinaire (though she's still remained a crush object) Kimberly Kane and altporn majordomo Eon McKai threw a party this week at South Hollywood's Beauty Bar for the release of Kane's latest grungy orgy of opulent dissidence for Vivid Alt, "Morphine". The festivities included an onsite makeup artist who dispensed colorfully bloody black eyes to guests who later participated in the first ever (that we know of) Black Eye Beauty Pageant, gloriously emceed by Kane who declared it a testament to how delightfully white trash her new release is. Seriously, how can you not love this girl?

Altporn princess and noted tentacle canoodler Mandy Morbid took home the tiara amidst applause from the crowd, outshining such luminaries as art star (and boyfriend!) Zak Smith and fellow Fleshbot fantasy gal April Flores. Needless to say, we wish you were there .... and thanks to a couple of photos we managed to shoot in between jostling all the other photographers who were trying to get close to Kane & company over the course of the evening, you totally are!

· Order Kimberly Kane's "Morphine" (Adult DVD Empire)

We're still recovering from all our back-to-back...

Jonnobot — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:40:25 EDT

We're still recovering from all our back-to-back repeated viewings of Kimberly Kane's new Vivid Alt joint "Morphine" (yes, it's that good) before we get our review together ... but in the meantime, she'll be on hand at LA's Beauty Bar tonight for the official launch party if you want to drop by and say hello for us. Oh, and make sure you tell her we're already waiting for the sequel too. (xbiz.com; see trailer + invite @ vividalt.com)

Kimberly Kane Komes Klean

Jonnobot — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:10:49 EDT

Usually when we get our paws on a new porn DVD here at Fleshbot Central we don't do much by way of preparation when it comes time to review it aside from making sure the fast forward button is in working order on our remote and that we have a supply of Handi Wipes at the ready just in case we ... uh, spill our caipirinhas while we're watching it. But when the delightful Kimberly Kane sent us a copy of her new Vivid Alt joint "Morphine" this week, it arrived with a suggestion that we check out this video clip first to better understand her reasons for making it. And now that we've heard Kimberly tell us all about her days working in a strip mall strip club-cum-quickie bordello ... well, we're more intrigued about "Morphine" than ever. (We also can't wait to see more of her flashing her panties at us. Pour yourself a caipirinha and join us after the jump so we can watch that clip together, won't you?)

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· The Sugar Shack Confessional (youtube.com)
· Kimberly Kane's Kane Army (klubkimberlykane.com)
· Vivid Alt (vivid-alt.com)

The Revolution Will Be Capitalized: "The Doll Underground" Release Party

DCypher — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:31:07 EDT

Plucky emo upstart-turned-media magnate Eon McKai regaled a small but dedicated gathering of erotic counterculture types and fellow oligarchs on a chilly spring evening in opulent Highland Park last night at a party celebrating the release of his foray into post-Marxist pornography, "The Doll Underground". You could have been there too, but you probably weren't; see what you missed after the jump.

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Despite the exhortations to "rise up" contained in the title being feted, those present at "The Doll Underground" release party seemed to openly mock the very suggestion of class warfare and sexual redistribution of capital as they nibbled on truffled foie gras and quaffed liberally from Waterford crystal flacons of 1995 Chateau Margaux. After showing up to the party in his custom Hummer stretch limousine, McKai exerted a Svengali-like hold on starlets Lexi Belle and Reagan Maddux throughout the evening, never allowing reporters to approach them directly and openly dictating their responses to them instead.

Also spotted at the gala were such prominent members of Old Los Angeles society as Ed Fox, Dave Naz, Ashley Blue, Zack Sabbath, Mandy Morbid, Kimberly Kane, Carlos Batts, and April Flores, all of whom listened in rapt attention as McKai described the splendor of his new palatial estate in Cap d'Antibes while feeding mouthfuls of gold leaf-encrusted cake to three or four waifish models inked from head to toe in "rebellious" tattoos and splayed at his feet. Later, after a shower of $1000 bills descended from the ceiling of the Little Cave upon the heads of the delighted guests, a Vivid Alt-branded personal helicopter spirited him away from the festivities. What will he think of next?

· Vivid Alt (vivid-alt.com)
· Order: "The Doll Underground" (Adult DVD Empire)

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Previously: Rise Up: Eon McKai's "The Doll Underground"

If you're so excited about Eon McKai's latest...

Dashiell Bennett — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:59:06 EDT

If you're so excited about Eon McKai's latest opus, "The Doll Underground," that you just have to celebrate ... you can! The party is tonight in LA, complete with real life pornstars! And it's above ground ... we hope. (vividalt.com)

Rise Up: Eon McKai's "The Doll Underground"

Jonnobot — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:51:18 EDT

When we say that you might forget that you're watching a dirty movie during the first several minutes of Eon McKai's new hallucinatory agitporn masterpiece "The Doll Underground" — all recycled stock footage and fuzzy credits and screeching filmstrip soundtrack — that's meant as a compliment; McKai has never made porn movies that look like anyone else's, and while there's something to be said for the straight-up smut style of your typical gonzo production, that's probably not why you watch one of his films in the first place. So even if "The Doll Underground" isn't likely to win over any existing alt-haters to his camp, we think it's the best example yet of why McKai remains one of the most singular and distinctive artists working in the adult industry today.

Early reports about the movie, which has been over a year in the making, described it as a story about tutu-clad suburban Gothic hotties being recruited for some sort of anti-capitalist terrorist cell. That's true enough, we guess, though the finished project is a lot more disjointed and impressionistic than that: if "The Doll Underground" is "about" anything, it's that sex is as much about power as it is about pleasure, maybe even more so. From our eminent colleague Violet Blue's five-star review:

Pulsing with energy, eerie visuals, clever pacing and deliberate editing, the film is a haiku telling the story of five young women tired of being controlled by society ("buy nothing" is repeated as a mantra) who emulate a mashup of the Weather Underground and Patty Hearst's SLA ideals. They band together in the Belmont Tunnel in Los Angeles under the direction of uber-sexy goth Lorna Adorn (Pixie Pearl), create and distribute anti-capitalist and anti-conformity propaganda (podcasts and screenprint pasteup art), build bombs and make things go boom ... Visually and throughout the delivery of the minimalistic story arc, it plays like a long, gorgeous, lush yet also somehow dark, saturated but bleak music video.
(... ) I wonder, did The Doll Underground *actually* come from porn valley? There are no blondes, no long fingernails, no fake breasts, no skinny girls, no big boobs, no fake female orgasms. The soundtrack never interrupts the sex; the sounds of sex are the focus. The women's bodies look like regular *hot* girls; the have ass, thigh, meat on those bones that make you want to cuddle and fuck and snuggle. Half the cast, at most, is tattooed; many are pierced, and two of the men are uncut. There are no unsafe or scary sex acts; no anal, no "gapes" and thankfuckinggawd no ATMs. The negative? People still wear white belts.

But let's talk about the sex; the mood is disaffected, the visuals dream-like, but the sex is riveting. Besides Pixie's solo masturbation scene (a Goth dream come true), the performers do not acknowledge the camera during sex scenes — with one deliberate exception. Outside of sex, the performers have direct viewer "eye contact" as part of the narrative. The storytelling is for the viewer; for the sex we are but voyeurs. The editing is tight yet deliberate.

(... ) The Doll Underground is one of the best porn films I've ever seen, and it feels like anti-porn — it's almost against the system it came from by being all that it is — a deep investigation of culture from an industry we regard as being utterly bereft of culture beyond the superficial. Rise up, indeed. Highly recommended.

We couldn't have said it better ourselves, except maybe to add that "The Doll Underground" is one of those rare porn movies that we find ourselves watching as much for the interstitial parts and high style as for the fucking itself ... although once we remember how hot the fucking is, we find ourselves wanting to fast forward to that again too. It might not be everyone's cup of dirt pipe milkshake, but if you're looking for an utterly original porn experience that'll leave you with something more than just a sticky feeling in your pants, "The Doll Underground" is the place to be. Anti-capitalist gothic Lolitas never looked so good.

· "[review] the doll underground" (tinynibbles.com)
· "The Doll Underground" Trailer (eonmckai.com)
· Vivid Alt (vivid-alt.com)
· Order: "The Doll Underground" (Adult DVD Empire)

"Bad Luck Betties" Make Tough Times Look Good

Jonnobot — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:25:54 EST

"When four aspiring starlets find themselves in the seedy underbelly of show business, their dreams of stardom turn into a living hell. Once deemed 'damaged goods', they end up fending for themselves on the margins of society!"

OK, so the box cover copy might make it sound like a film noir version of "Valley Of The Dolls" by way of the Lifetime Network, but don't be fooled: "The Bad Luck Betties" is a sexy porn romp chock full of pinup photographer extraordinaire-turned-director Winkytiki's trademark wit and style ... not to mention welcome appearances by a bevy of Fleshbot crush objects including Mika Tan, Smoking Mary Jane, Marie Luv, and Pinky Lee. Come to think of it, a noir version of "Valley Of The Dolls" might not be too much off the mark. But we doubt anything on Lifetime could get away with this much naked boobage.

Check out our exclusive "Bad Luck Betties" preview gallery after the jump.

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· Order: "The Bad Luck Betties" (Adult DVD Empire)
· Vivid Alt (vivid-alt.com)
· Winkytiki (winkytiki.com)

Dana DeArmond Is "Role Modeling" (And You Get To Watch)

Jonnobot — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:26:56 EST

DCypher reports: Finally arriving on shelves this week complete with a killer punky-slash-emo soundtrack and some pretty amazing packaging, "Dana DeArmond's Role Modeling"—a title you might have seen us mention here once or twice before—is everything we've come to expect from those crazy kids at Vivid Alt.

See why "Role Modeling" is an example to us all after the jump.

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According to Vivid Alt majordomo Eon McKai, the idea for "Role Modeling" first started to hatch when he noticed the interminable tide of requests flooding his inbox from hot tattooed and pierced hopefuls begging to get into porn after watching his work. Likewise, Dana DeArmond found that she too was fooded by a virtual sea of amateur filth from aspiring sex stars after "Dana DeArmond Does the Internet" was released. What's an alt porn impresario and his muse to do?

Then, one balmy Silverlake evening over a meal of strong fondue and l33tspeak while Dana bemoaned her lack of free time to masturbate due to having to dispense advice to fledgling starlets, a collective light bulb flashed over their heads and, like Athena springing fully grown in all her lusciousness from the forehead of Zeus, "Role Modeling" was born with Dana (naturally) being the role model.

Despite what can only be imagined as a super difficult task of wading through stacks of naked pictures of gorgeous, barely legal porn starlets-in-training, Eon and Dana finally cast the stellar cast of promising talent, which includes Apple McCall, Rory Tonic, Casper Vice, and Andy San Dimas. (Where do they come up with those awesome pomo names anyway?)

Watching these newbies take the plunge from discussion board lurkers to full-blown sex stars will make you say w00t. Or whatever the kids are saying these days.

· "Dana DeArmond's Role Modeling" Trailer (vivid-alt.com)
· "Dana DeArmond's Role Modeling" (Adult DVD Empire)

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Previously: Dana DeArmond: Protector Of Youth, Looking Up To Dana DeArmond

Looking Up To Dana DeArmond

Fleshbot — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:40:49 EST

Not only does Fleshbot crush object Dana DeArmond prove herself a worthy model of emulation for a crop of freshly minted porn starlets in the appropriately titled "Dana DeArmond's Role Modeling", she demonstrates that she is indeed a role model to us all by cohosting a release party this weekend to benefit LA's Downtown Women's Center. Guests are asked to bring a can of food for the Center's food bank along with their admission fee, and on behalf of Dana we're asking everyone who attends not to ask her for any tips on breaking into the porn industry themselves during the party. After all, that's why she made that DVD in the first place, silly.

· View the invite
· Order: "Dana DeArmond's Role Modeling" (Adult DVD Empire)
· Vivid-Alt (vivid-alt.com)

Previously: Dana DeArmond, Protector Of Youth

When "Citizen Kane" was released in 1941,...

Fleshbot — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:11:42 EDT

When "Citizen Kane" was released in 1941, Jorge Luis Borges said that it "suffer(ed) from grossness, pedantry, dullness" and was "not intelligent". Which is to say that even though certain eminent porn critics may have one opinion of "Debbie Loves Dallas", other ones think that ... well, just go ahead and read what Violet Blue has to say about it yourself. (tinynibbles.com)

Those crazy Vivid Alt kids are so cool that...

Fleshbot — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:14:01 EDT

Those crazy Vivid Alt kids are so cool that they're not only releasing "Debbie Loves Dallas" on Blu-Ray, they're also sponsoring a color-it-yourself "ALTer Debbie" contest to give you a chance to win a copy. Just try not to think about porn when you're creating your entry, else you might get distracted and color outside the lines or something. (xcritic.com)

Vivid Alt's "Debbie Loves Dallas"

Gram Ponante — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:45:00 EDT

The band Dallas is coming to town, and Debbie and her friends will do anything to get at the frontman (except, in most cases, act).

The latest of the recent "Debbie Does Dallas" resurrections, Eon McKai's version telegraphs his love for toes, indie bands, and mopey teens, mashing them up with the first non-alt girls of his career.

Debbie Loves Dallas

Studio: Vivid-Alt
Director: Eon McKai
Cast: Cassidey, Dana DeArmond, Charlotte Stokely, Pixie Pearl, Tommy Pistol, James Deen, Julius Ceazher, Icarus Corpse, Daniel, Justin Syder, Monique Alexander

Review by Gram Ponante

An altporn reimagining of the 70's porn classic "Debbie Loves Dallas", Eon McKai's version is not going to make any converts to the altporn stable of stars, all of whom do an amazing job of telegraphing how not seriously they take their jobs. The eye rolling, gum smacking, and bad posture, the delivery of every line as if it had a question mark at the end of it, and the relentless irony of the performances made me think less like I was watching a porn movie than I was substitute-teaching an eighth grade class.

All except Cassidey, who plays Debbie. The bad seed Vivid Girl (or so she is depicted in the Showtime/World of Wonder "reality" series "Debbie Does Dallas .. Again"), Cassidey alone seems to be making an effort to do her best with what is admittedly a porn script.

She and her pals (DeArmond, Stokely, and Pearl) meet at a music video shoot playing listless cheerleaders. They take a break and hang out with local ticket scalper/drug dealer Deeze, who takes a shine to Dana.

"I'm from East Los Angeles," he says. "So far east I have a New York accent."

Back at Debbie's place, Cassidey makes James Deen fuck Pixie as punishment for not cleaning the apartment. I don't understand Altkid anthropology; if Deen had cleaned the house, would he have got to fuck Pixie twice?

Regardless, a good sex scene is always a welcome departure from bad acting, and a lack of dialogue takes one's mind off the poor sound. We can hear the "record" button being pressed each time a performer speaks.

Meanwhile, we meet Punky of Dallas, whose mating dance seems to be the constant readjustment of his glasses. We are treated to Dallas' music video, a trippy interlude that puts Punky in Deen's place fucking Pearl.

A story element is added that the girls are fighting. Stokely versus Cassidey over Punky. Cassidey tells Stokely that the loser in their struggle will have to "go back to making porn in the Valley." (At this point I suddenly felt defensive of the Valley. "Well, these girls don't seem so together, either," I thought).

The groupies crash a recording session and Pearl and DeArmond hook up with the backup musicians. It's like "The Wall", except with MySpace bands. Two headscratchers of porn pseudonyms are featured in this scene: Julius Ceazher and Icarus Corpse. If I was 12, Icarus Corpse would be my band.

Down the hall, Cassidey and Stokely try to find Punky but are blocked by his bodyguard.

"I'll introduce Punky to the one who sucks the best cock," the bodyguard says. (Shouldn't it be "sucks cock the best?") Anyway, they blow him, but he betrays their trust. It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll.

A surprise visit by Monique Alexander from Paul Thomas' recent "Debbie" reimagining is every bit as exciting as when Gary Coleman did a cameo on "Silver Spoons" as Arnold Drummond. It is the Vivid contract girls who deliver the most inspired performances in this movie.

You might say, "But Dana DeArmond is the new Thinking Man's Porn Star, and Charlotte Stokely was the face of suburban blight in 'Girls Lie'! How is it that cookie cutter contract girls are so refreshing in this movie?"

Probably because the script was unequal to the talent of these people. At that point it became a personal choice whether to let the audience know. Cassidey made me forget the script; Dana drew attention to it.

In the end, Cassidey gets her man. Punky, played by Alex Gonz, and Cassidey provide a sweaty and messy ending to the movie, real porn as opposed to metaporn, which is a welcome relief. Still, we could hear an offstage voice yell "Two minutes!" as Gonz worked up to his pop shot. I asked McKai if things other directors might smooth over - like stage directions - were included purposely in this movie.

"Truth to materials," he said, quoting the architectural fad that prohibits gussying up building blocks. If that is true, why not have a split screen at all times showing what the crew is up to? What about a CNN news ticker or real-time L.A. traffic reports that would give insight into conditions on the set? Sometimes I think Altporn means never having to admit you're phoning it in.

· Vivid-Alt (vividalt.com)
· Buy "Debbie Loves Dallas" (gamelink.com)

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Previously: Vivid Alt's "Debbie <3 Dallas", Debbie Did Dallas: The Search For Bambi Woods, Porn Valley (Adjacent) Dispatch: Not-Debbie Does Manhattan, Breaking: Debbie Still Doing Dallas, Porn Valley Dispatch: Debbie Dies (Dallas)

Fleshbot Crush Object Dana DeArmond would...

Fleshbot — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:28:27 EDT

Fleshbot Crush Object Dana DeArmond would like you to know that (1) love is important and (2) she's in this new movie called "Debbie Loves Dallas" which (3) you can buy here (on Blu-Ray, even). Any questions? (YouTube video below.)

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"Debbie

Fleshbot — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:33:12 EDT

One reason why we hold alt porn auteur Eon McKai in such high esteem around here is because he lets us in on the process of making dirty movies via regular blog updates and video trailers (instead of, you know, merely sending us an endless series of press releases about them). ""Debbie <3 Dallas" is the latest opus in the Vivid Alt (dirt)pipeline, and though we can't tell you anything about it based on this slickly produced teaser-cum-music video for it—aside from the fact that there doesn't seem to be a cheerleader in sight—we're already jonesing to see more. (We also can't tell you how you're supposed to pronounce that title—we're assuming that's "Loves" there in the middle, but who knows what those crazy kids and their wacky text messaging abbreviations are all about these days anyway?)

· "Debbie <3 Dallas" Preview (QT video @ eonmckai.com)
· Vivid Alt (vivid-alt.com)

Previously: Vivid Alt's "Debbie <3 Dallas"

Vivid Alt's "Debbie

Fleshbot — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:44:39 EDT

Long after the entire Fleshbot editorial staff has retired to their rocking chairs on the front porch of the Shady Acres Rest Home for Superannuated Porn Bloggers, the indefatigable Debbie will still be cartwheeling and cock-gobbling her way into the hearts and underpants of smut fans as yet unborn. (And probably still doing it in Dallas, too—as much as we'd love to see her expand her franchise someday, "Debbie Does Dubuque" just doesn't have the same resonance as the original.) Fresh from her latest incarnation in Vivid's "Debbie Does Dallas ... Again", altporn wünderdude Eon McKai brings Debbie to the MySpace generation in the forthcoming "Debbie <3 Dallas", starring Cassidey in the title role and also featuring an all-star cast of Fleshbot faves including Charlotte Stokely, Dana DeArmond, Pixie Pearl, and Tommy Pistol. The DVD streets on August 9, but as a special treat we were able to grab some exclusive on-the-set shots by superstar lensmen Octavio "Winkytiki" Arizala and Dave Naz ... because we all know you can't have enough Debbie in your lives. Especially since she's going to outlive us all.

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· Sneak Peek: Vivid Alt's "Debbie <3 Dallas" (Fleshbot Gallery)
· Vivid-Alt (vivid-alt.com)

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Previously: Breaking: Debbie Still Doing Dallas, Porn Valley Dispatch: Debbie Dies (Dallas), Fleshbot Facials: Monique Alexander Returns From The Grave, Party Report: Debbie Does Manhattan, Fleshbot AltWatch^TM: Dana And Eon Do Charm City, Debbie Did Dallas: The Search For Bambi Woods

Melodie Gore, Superstar

Fleshbot — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:47:20 EDT

If you've been paying attention to our altporn coverage around here lately—or indeed, any developments in the Left Coast modeling, fetish, fashion and art scenes over the past few years—you probably don't need an introduction to the sexy and multitalented Melodie Gore, whose star turn contributes to our collective downfall in Vivid Alt's new "Man's Ruin". But for those slackers among us—including a few of us here at Fleshbot who somehow missed her appearances on sites like God's Girls, RazorDolls, and Burning Angel—Melodie is a revelation: not only is her modeling portfolio packed with her "character fiction" collaborations with dozens of prominent photographers, makeup artists, and stylists, she's also an accomplished visual artist and costume designer in her own right. (And did we mention that her performance in "Man's Ruin" is positively smokin'?) If that doesn't fit the perfect definition of a renaissance babe for the new millenium, we don't know what does.

· Melodie Gore (melodiegore.com)
· Melodie Gore @ Model Mayhem (modelmayhem.com)
· More Melodie @ Burning Angel, RazorDolls, and God's Girls
· See also: "Man's Ruin" Review (eros-zine.com)
· Thumbnail photo by Coy Koehler (whycoy.com)

Previously: Winkytiki's "Man's Ruin"

Dana DeArmond, Protector Of Youth

Fleshbot — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:56:06 EDT

One reason why we love Dana DeArmond and her posse at Vivid Alt so much is because underneath all those tattoos and piercings and black eyeliner glistens the most rarest of body parts in porn: an actual heart. For proof, look no further than their latest project, "Dana DeArmond: Role Modeling", which features a roost of fledgling starlets making their debut under Dana's expert tutelage and brings the whole barely legal porn concept to new heights of hotness and, well, caring. "it's just we uste to send girls to work with others for there frist time" said proud papa Eon McKai in a creatively spelled IM conversation this weekend, "and bad stuff would happen. now we do it in house." To which Dana herself added, "i am like a mother bird, giving them a nice soft nest." If all our role models were as sexy as Dana, we might have been too distracted to ever spread our wings and fly. But we'd certainly let her help us try to learn.

Check out our exclusive "Dana DeArmond: Role Model" gallery after the jump.

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· "Dana DeArmond: Role Modeling" (Fleshbot Gallery)
· See more: "Dana DeArmond: Role Modeling" @ vividalt.com and "Role Modling (Dana DeArmond's) on set photos" (476ad.com)
· Vivid Alt (vividalt.com)

Update More @ AVN: "Dana DeArmond Directs Role Modeling for Vivid-Alt" (avn.com)

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Previously: Morning Wood: Dana DeArmond Leads Us Astray, Fleshbot AltWatch^TM: Dana And Eon Do Charm City, Dana DeArmond's Hot Mail Bag Action, Dana DeArmond's Decorative Taint, Naomi, Dana, and Mika: Almost Famous

Morning Wood: Dana DeArmond Leads Us Astray

Dashiell Bennett — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:21:06 EDT

· We were wondering whatever became of Lara and the porn company that stole her online photos, until Violet Blue got some answers using ... what's the word? Oh, right ... journalism. We'll have to try that sometime. (sfgate.com)

· Breaking: Pornstars seen partying in Los Angeles to celebrate the release of Winkytiki's "Man's Ruin". What will they think of next? (laist.com; more @ Flickr)

· A contestant on the UK version of "The Apprentice" has been conveniently "caught" having sex in a field with a married man. It's almost like she went on a reality show just for the publicity! (dailymail.co.uk)

· Did you know that 2.4% of all pornstars use the world Lexus in their names? And Toyota would like a word with them? (freep.com)

· Everyone thinks it's cute when a guy dressed as Elvis runs for city council and promises to turn the town square into a nudist swimming pool. Until he wins, that is. (stuff.co.nz)

· Lubbock County, Texas, is made safe for nude dancing once again. We wonder if the Lone Ranger had anything to do with it. (kcbd.com)

· Have you noticed that sex is like ... everywhere these days? Yeah, us neither. (winnipegsun.com)

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Previously: Morning Wood Archives/Wet Spots Archives

Winkytiki's "Man's Ruin": Vivid Alt Contributes To Our Collective Downfall

Fleshbot — Fri, 18 May 2007 14:23:33 EDT

"Some say the shy ones, the quiet types, the ones we call 'loners' and 'introverts' often keep a deep, dark secret. Curious?" We sure are, especially when those words accompany the press materials for a new Vivid Alt release ... and even more especially when the cast list includes the names of some of our favorite crush objects including Justine Joli, Celeste Star, Satine Phoenix, RoxyDeVille, and Mia and Ava Rose. But it's newcomer Melodie Gore whose character arc is most fully explored in "Rebelle Rousers" director Octavio "Winkytiki" Arizala's second hardcore opus, in which Melodie plays a punk rock chick who fights her way through all sorts of dirty adventures as part of a "mysterious corporate mission" ...

"The philosophy behind it is that all of mankind is basically made in God's image," says Vivid Alt scion Eon McKai, no doubt while stroking his beard and leaning his tweedy elbow against a mantlepiece strewn with fine leather-bound volumes. "And there are all of these other elements that come into to play that try to set him off of his path and destroy him ... that's the 'man's ruin' concept." So now you know where the title comes from. But all we needed to do was look at Melodie and her pals in and out of the costumes she designed for the production to know that we'd follow them to hell and back in a second ... no matter what effect it had on our spiritual well-being.

· "Man's Ruin" (DVD site w/previews and gallery @ mansruinmovie.com)
· Vivid Alt (vividalt.com)
· "Vivid-Alt Ships Man's Ruin" (avn.com)
· Order: "Man's Ruin" (Adult DVD Empire)

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Previously: DVD Review: "The Rebelle Rousers", Fleshbot AltWatch^TM: Dana And Eon Do Charm City, Popshots of the Week: "Eastside Story" Edition, Preview: "The Doll Underground", Porn Valley Dispatch: WinkyTiki's "Modern Vixens"

Photoplay: Rebeca Linares And Tyler Knight

Gram Ponante — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:10:40 EDT

It's not that we're bored with our jobs or have lost the will to live. It's not that the business aspects of porn too often overwhelm its mission statement as engraved on the pyramids: Squeezable Girl Shanks. It's just that sometimes things seem the same.

Luckily the delightful Rebeca Linares and the polyglot Tyler Knight have shown up just in time in Vena Virago's "East Side Story", a colorful romp through East Los Angeles and, among other things, Page Morgan's ass. This is the sort of thing Vivid should be doing instead of pseudo-celebrity pseudo-sex tapes. - GP

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The final scene of "East Side Story" is sweet because Linares, a native of Barcelona, requires dubbing. Knight, who amiably explains that he has learned three different languages from ex-girlfriends, speaks Spanish with her the entire scene. No ugly Americans here!

· Vivid-Alt (vividalt.com)
· "East Side Story gets its priorities in order" (gramponante.com)
· Buy "East Side Story" (gamelink.com)

Previously: Popshots of the Week: "Eastside Story" (sic) Edition

Popshots of the Week: "Eastside Story" Edition

Gram Ponante — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:00:28 EDT

"Eastside Story", a colorful fuckfest directed by Vena Virago, was feted at a bar in downtown L.A. last night, attracting a group of characters not usually seen at porn parties. That is not to say that trendy New York-style hipsters unafraid to let their gray hair show are necessarily better than other people, but they are often better at making out than you'd think. We asked cub photographer Eon McKai to help us out with the Popshots this week, because he knows all the angles.

We begin with the delightful Page Morgan stranded outside because she is not old enough to drink, the poor thing. (I stayed outside as long as I could until I began to feel untrue to my nature.)

More Popshots from the "Eastside Story" premiere party after the jump.
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"This is Ainsly Parke with Tommy Pistol," McKai said. Parke was given a porn name just five minutes ago.

Behold Bianca Dagger.

"Like Bianca Jagger, except Dagger?" I asked.

"I don't know if she knows," McKai said. "She probably knows."

Provocateur Zenova Braeden.

The Original Violet Blue whispers into the ear of director Joe Gallant. What might she be saying? My vote is: "I've got a Baritone Horn in the trunk of my rental."

That's Roxy DeVille in her Iron Maiden shirt.

"I believe if it were an authentic Maiden shirt Eddie would have some green in there," McKai noted. (It's true!)

Gia Paloma, newly Alt-ed, pays no mind to her about-to-be-ripped-off dress.

· Vena Virago (venavirago.com)
· Buy "Eastside Story @ Gamelink | Adult DVD Empire
· Vivid-Alt (vividalt.com)

Previously: Popshots Archive

Wet Spots: Winona Ryder's Sneak Preview

Dashiell Bennett — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:45:35 EDT

· West Coast porn fans can crash the release party for VividAlt's "East Side Story" tonight in L.A. Hopefully, this whole East/West feud can finally be put to rest. (vividalt.com)

· Winona Ryder's new film looks very interesting. We can't wait to see her and her two special co-stars on the big screen again. (egotastic.com)

· Good ol' nude mob photographer Spencer Tunick is at again: he needs about 4,000 Mexico City residents to take their clothes off for him next month. So start practicing taking your clothes off now. (iht.com)

· Meet the only two kids at Harvard who aren't having sex. (yahoo.com)

· There's a scene in Paul Verhoeven's new World War II movie in which a female spy dyes her pubic hair blond to fool the Nazi she's sleeping with into believing she's not Jewish, proving once again that no director knows authentic on-screen vaginas like Paul Verhoeven. (backstage.com)

· Sony and the Playstation 3 are set to launch their online interactive world, so the first question is, of course, is will there be porn? (threespeech.com, via gwn.com)

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Previously: Morning Wood Archives/Wet Spots Archives

Fleshbot Contest: So You Want To Be A Porn Star, Take Two

Jonnobot — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:09:25 EDT

Since Fleshbot believe that every single one of our readers should have the opportunity—nay, the right, even—to be able to tell their grandchildren someday that they were once in a porn movie, we're happy to announce the return of our "So You Want To Be A Porn Star" contest ... only this time, you won't even have to spend a single cent of your own money on subway fare to get to the set. This time around, VividAlt will be providing the lucky winner with a prize package guaranteed to make even Jenna Jameson jealous ... and we promise you'll still be able to tell your mom all about your experience without being too embarassed.

Full contest details after the jump.

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The contest:
Send us an email describing why you think you deserve to make your porn debut with VividAlt. This can be in the form of an essay, a poem, a haiku, a picture, a Photoshop collage, a song, a short video clip ... as long as you can attach it to an email and it winds up in our inbox, it's eligible. Remember: spelling, neatness, and originality count! (Just because it's alt doesn't mean it has to be sloppy.)

The prizes:
Courtesy of the good folks at VividAlt, the grand prize winner of the contest will receive the following:

· A custom-written role in superstar directrix Vena Virago's upcoming VividAlt production "EastSide Story", to be shot in Los Angeles in September:

"'EastSide Story' is a hardcore look at the hipsters and graffiti-art-types who inhabit the neighborhoods east of Echo Park. Shot on location in the urban sprawl beyond downtown LA, 'EastSide Story' is part documentary and part 'art happening', framed around some truly trippy triple-x sex scenes. This is Hip-Hop meets Electro ... This is where the Low-Riders meet the Art-Cars ... This is where white, black and brown hook up under the red, white and blue."

(Note: the role is non-sexual, but it does include dialogue ... and if you want to take your clothes of anyway while hanging around the set, we're sure no one will mind.)

· Round-trip airfare to Los Angeles from anywhere within the United States or Canada (sorry, overseas readers—we promise we'll come up with a contest for you one of these days too).

· Two night's accomodations in a fabulous Los Angeles hotel—and by "fabulous" we don't mean "conveniently situated under a flight path near LAX".

· A spumoni date with VividAlt superstarlet and self-proclaimed nerd lover Dana DeArmond. (We were going to call it an ice cream date, but what can we say? The girl likes spumoni.)

· A copy of every single VividAlt DVD release for an entire year.

Two runners up will receive the year's worth of VividAlt DVDs as well, and while we'd love to send everyone on a spumoni date with Dana DeArmond, we're afraid her schedule won't allow that to happen.

The rules: Only one entry per email address. Fleshbot reserves the right to post all submitted entries in whole or in part. For more fine print stuff, read this.

The deadline: Email us your entry (along with a statement confirming that you are over 18 years of age) to fleshbotcontests@gmail.com. The entry deadline is Friday, August 11 at 5 PM PST. We'll announce the winner over the following week.

Remember, kids—this is a once in a lifetime opportunity! That is, until our next contest rolls around. But why wait? Enter now!

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Previously: Fleshbot Contest: So You Want To Be A Porn Star ..., Behind The Scenes: "Joanna Angel's Fuckin' Guide to Fucking", VividAlt.com Launches, DVD Review: "Silver Lake Scenesters", Eon McKai Goes Vivid