A daily review of the best original articles from various adult industry news sources - all the news you probably missed. We skip the press releases, the re-worked press releases, the news stories that look as if they’ll be worth reading but turn out instead to be press releases.

Lots of stories today about a lawuit between SexZ Pictures and Eli Cross (yawn). Eli did write a great riposte to a story Gene Ross wrote on AdultFYI.com, in which Gene claims that Kylie Ireland, while on set with Eli directing, bad-mouthed everyone imaginable in the industry. Eli writes on his blog - and on Cindi’s Naked Truth (Eli Set’s the record straight (or) Gene Ross: Head up his ass again), that Kylie wasn’t even on the set that day - and asks Gene to follow up on the facts. Wait, I’m going to hold my breath until Gene does that….

[One ambulance ride later…]

Darrah Ford at Porn Star Babylon has a sense of humor. She’s posted pictures of Tito Ortiz and Jenna Jameson walking around parking lots in Orange County (and who’s that miserable looking assistant lugging Jenna’s purse and luggage and phone….?) They even look like Orange County slobs…. One shot has them both leaving an Olive Garden. If they were leaving an Olive Garden in New York, they should both be shot - imagine all of the good italian restaurants in NYC they could have visited instead. But since they’re visiting Orange County, they’re probably just making do - as we all do when we’re there. Here’s the “article”: New Jenna Jameson Pictures Out And About.

XBIZ.com (!) has posted an excellent discussion of the relative advantages and disadvantages of IPSP and Merchant accounts for webmasters, by John Stuart: IPSP vs. Merchant Account. It’s an excellent read for new webmasters.

AVN.com today has nada except press releases and this piece about the Sex Z Pictures vs. Eli Cross lawsuit: SexZ Pictures vs. Eli Cross, Adam & Eve in ‘8th Day’ Dispute.

Ok, I’m off to the Adam & Eve party. I won’t be taking any pictures…

A daily review of the best original articles from various adult industry news sources - all the news you probably missed. We skip the press releases, the re-worked press releases, the news stories that look as if they’ll be worth reading but turn out instead to be press releases.

This was a day of two stories.

The first: MikeSouth.com breaking a story about a group of bonded adult talent agencies deciding together to work against unbonded agencies, deadbeat producers, shifty performers and anyone else their lawyers deem vulnerable. Who can blame them? The State Of California should have been investigating unbonded adult talent agents years ago.

But Mike South gets the brass ring: he actually posted one agent’s notes from the meeting on his site. The “official” press releases on the other sites are mere euphemisms in comparison: Mike South’s Original Story, With Meeting Notes.

Then, after the AVN and XBIZ press releases appeared in response to his story, Mike posted some industry comments on the affair: Mike South’s Craaaazy (And Not-So-Craaaazy) Reader Comments. When will AVN and XBIZ post industry responses to their stories? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Sorry, whiskey shot from my nose and I had to stop typing.

The second story: Spam central in San Jose was shut down last night.

Gene Ross of AdultFYI.com caught the story first for the industry. Of course, old Gene didn’t write anything himself, he just pasted an entire article under copyright to ABC News onto his site, without even a link. Here’s a bunch of articles about the crackdown on Google News.

The spam in my own Junk Email folder fell by 75% last night. How about yours? I thought there was something wrong with my mail server….

Send your responses to Terri@TheFloatingWorld.com.

Darrah Ford of PornStarBabylon.wordpress.com has been a mildly controversial figure: she’s not a porn insider, but she posts prolifically about the industry; she’s crazy, but she inspires quite a few ‘insiders’ to respond to her posts; and she has posted quite a few articles about issues or events that others only pick up on after she’s had her say.

So we’re adding her blog to the Adult Industry Video News section of the site.

A daily review of the best original articles from various adult industry news sources - all the news you probably missed. We skip the press releases, the re-worked press releases, the news stories that look as if they’ll be worth reading but turn out instead to be press releases.

Finally, Gene Ross of AdultFYI.com gets back to work and posts something original - this time, a set of “Grand Vizier” articles with all the nasty, underhanded gossip you expect from his site. His”Grand Vizier” gimmick is the best: someone asks Gene to post something that can’t include his name, and Gene dresses it up with hookahs, apple tobacco, lunch at Jerry’s Deli, and a variety of other vaguely pre-Ataturk schtick.

The stories are Where’s the Industry Going from Here, The Grand Vizier: Problems with Ninn Worx_SR’s American Pin Up; 800,000 Pictures Are Missing, and The Grand Vizier: Notes from the Diabolic Set. The first is the usual boo-hoo about free porn and company failures; the second is about another SR screw-up; and the third is Gene hoping to rat out some performers’ on-set behavior, while at the same time revealing some personal financial information about the guy financing the set.

There are a BridgetteKerkove-load of porn parties happening this week - you’ll have to check out the Events section for the details. No need to repeat them all here.

Jenna Jameson is back in porn news: she’s going to appear on a cam website to “chat” with fans. It sounds pretty lame and tame, and XBIZ.com has a good enough story about the whole ball-o-yawn: http://www.xbiz.com/news/all/101711.

And finally, as a measure of how AVN.com and XBIZ.com are doing comparatively on stories of some interest to the adult industry, check out both magazines’ coverage of Adult Entertainment Capital’s withdrawal from the industry. It looks like XBIZ actually went to some trouble to cover the story, making phone calls, sending a couple of emails - you know, what trade magazines are expected to do to dress out a press release.

AVN: Adult Entertainment Capital Pulls Out of Porn.

XBIZ: Adult Entertainment Capital Bails Out of Adult Biz.

Prolific adult performer/director Tom Byron is one of the most well-known male stars of the last three decades… and now he’s going viral!

Byron has launched several eponymous sites on popular tube channels to promote his upcoming XXX projects, as well as his more mainstream stuff (he is, as of late, an internet advice columnist!).

Fans of such series as POV Cocksuckers, House of Ass, and Lord of Asses can now get even more Lord Byron by visiting the following MySpace and YouTube links:

MySpace – http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=391059655
(here you can also check out Byron’s brand new MySpaceTV site, at http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&channelID=391059655&searchid=010dd6f7-df39-4c95-9fc7-7762ffb10a77)

YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/tombyronpictures
(Share a comment, send a message, or subscribe to this awesome channel!)

Says Tom, “I will be posting videos of my behind-the-scenes adventures with hundreds of wild and horny porn stars!” Check back often because you know his shooting schedule is packed to the gills, which means he’ll have new videos all the time for his rabid, babe-loving fans.

Don’t forget to sign up for Tom’s blogs, too! For wholesale purchasing information for all Tom Byron Pictures titles through Evolution Distribution, please contact Adam Hasner at 609-426-1777, extension 228, or email adam@evolutiondist.com. Please visit www.evolutiondist.com to view Tom Byron’s full catalog.

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Tom Byron Bio:
For the better part of 26 years, Tom Byron has built a pornographic career as a legendary cocksman and creative director who always ‘delivers the goods’ from both sides of the camera. He began his career in 1982 as a well-endowed 21 year old who looked young but performed like a seasoned pro. Today, he shows no signs of slowing down and continues to add to his 2100+ plus movies by performing in his own self-directed titles (as well as for other major studios and directors).

In the book, The Big Book Of Porn: A Penetrating Look at the World of Dirty Movies (Quirk Books, 2005), author Seth Grahame-Smith lists Byron as the #9 top male adult star of all time, and cites Toms celluloid highlights as Private Teacher (1983) and The Woman in Pink (1984). Writes Grahame-Smith: “As the business changed in the 1980s, so did Byron from innocent kid to long-haired rocker, from sensitive student to aggressive stud. “

An acclaimed director in his own right, Byron has worked with adult industry legends and fresh-off-the-bus new talent in more than 200 titles. In 2007 he began his own production company, Tom Byron Pictures, and resurrected some of his most famous series (Asseaters Unanimous, Lord of Asses, POV Cocksuckers and House of Ass) while breaking out new lines like Seasoned Players. TBP is the premier adult studio for classy, hardcore titles that do not disappoint! Tom’s fans love his bootylicious, buxom, and gorgeous starring babes.

In AVN’s list of Top 50 Male Porn Stars, Tom Byron is #5, and is a member of the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame. In 2002, Byron received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Free Speech Coalition.