Joanna Angel interview

When I first heard about Vivid radio - I emailed a few people over there to ask about having a radio show. They had recently just hired so many hosts- I was a little too late to apply for the job! However, I was told that if my fans rallied for me they would give me a show. Christy Canyon announced on her radio show that if 10 thousand fans spoke up and said they wanted me to have a show, I would get one. Over a few days a combination of re-tweets, emails, phone calls, and hashtags - is what got me a show! It was truly a rewarding feeling and I look forward to doing my show every week.

 

  

I actually filled in as a co-host a few times on Loveline with Dr. Drew. And even though I was never a "host", I have been a very regular guest on the Jason Ellis show  for many years now. So I have been fortunate enough to spend a lot of time around the most successful people in radio.

 

 

 

In the year 2002, me and my college roommate had this crazy idea to start a punk rock porn site, with naked tattooed girls and band interviews.... and well... Here I am today! A college experiment turned into an alt-porn empire. It all feels very surreal sometimes.

 

 

Thank you so much! It is my very favorite BurningAngel movie as well and it doesn't get as much attention as our parodies or some of the other bigger budget movies we make. So it truly makes me happy when someone has that as their favorite!

Tommy and I met a really long time ago! Me and him both did our first scene together. It was both my first scene and his first scene so we will forever feel like a bizarro porno brother and sister duo. I can confidently say that BurningAngel could not be what it is today without him.

 

In 2005 I decided that BurningAngel should make our very first DVD. Until that point, the website only had photo-sets - and a few incredibly amateur videos we shot with girls and their boyfriends. It's so funny to think about that time because I was so incredibly clueless. BurningAngel operated out of New York, and I didn't have any friends at all in the LA porno circuit- or really in any porno circuit. This was before the age of Twitter where information is just so out there!

In any case, I knew I wanted to do a scene in our first DVD, and I had no idea who my scene partner should be. I asked a few um... booty calls of mine that I had at the time and they all said they were down to do it, but once they realized this was something I was actually going to go through with and distribute , they backed off. A fried of mine told me about Tommy - he was in a sketch comedy group with him and told me that he had sex with a girl in the background of one of their sketches, and had expressed interest of getting into porn. I said I would be willing to meet with him, so one night me, my friend and Tommy all met up at a bar. I clearly remember that Tommy's hair was slicked back with what looked like an entire bottle of DEP gel , and he told a series of knock-knock jokes, and talked to me extensively about the various options I had in regards to his pubic hair and how much or how little of it there should be in our potential first scene.

 

At the end of the meeting, I told my friend that I wasn't interested. 

However, Tommy incessantly followed up with me and over the course of several phone calls, well... lets just say he grew on me. His bizarre qualities became a very loveable charm. Several weeks later we did our first scene on one of his friends roof-tops in Brooklyn. A whole bunch of people who lived in the building were grilling hot-dogs and hamburgers and watched the entire thing. You can find this scene in "BurningAngel.com The Movie". He's been my porno partner in crime ever since!

I am really glad I got past his hair gel and broke him into porn. The industry needs Tommy Pistol! He is a true talent, and a wonderful person. He makes porn fun, and the industry truly needed a breath of fresh air like him.

 

 

 

When me and Tommy won our very first AVN award for Most Outrageous Sex scene in 2006. That had to have been my proudest moment. That was a real break out year for my company! We were so small at the time, and just being nominated in those categories with all the other big studios was incredibly surreal. It was one of those moments where I literally had to pinch myself because it all felt like a dream.

 

 

I love meeting my fans! They are the ones that keep my business going, and for the most part they are all incredibly respectful.

 

 

Many adult performers love animals. Do you have any pets? 
  

YES! I have an adorable dog who I am absolutely crazy about. Her name is Ramona, and she is a Shih Tzu.

 

What are your hobbies and interests?