Quotable: “For to temp, and to be tempted, are things very nearly allied, and in spite of the finest maxims of morality impressed upon the mind, whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of.
Catherine the Great (1729-1796), Empress of Russia. [More quotables in my new book Filthy Remarks: CLICK HERE.]

'Kings New York'-Lucas-Ent-Ducati-Banyan-sexHot Links: News, gossip and other related items of interest from the far-flung corners of GayPornLand and beyond:
* I am way, way behind on some recent events related to the biz, such as the appearance of crazy-handsome Dave Bradberry on the forthcoming reality TV series Below Deck on Bravo. Mr. Bradberry—model-gorgeous with sparkling blue eyes—is the boyfriend of Trevor Knight and, of course, did a little porn himself for Active Duty. He and Mr. Knight have been tweeter-twatting about it, and his Bravo bio references a boyfriend, so presumably he won’t be hiding much. Kudos to him. The fact that Fredrik Eklund is the breakout star of another Bravo show, Million Dollar Listing New York, probably opened the door for him. [Bravo "Below Deck" and Bradberry Twitter]
* Good ol’ Michael Lucas and his Lucas Entertainment made headlines across the blogosphere for days—the news is still circulating—with the revelation that he had signed Patricia Krentcil, a/k/a “Tan Mom,” for a cameo in an upcoming blue movie. She’ll appear in an upcoming episode of their erotic web series KINGS OF NEW YORK, which, as Constant Readers will recall, is packed with celebrity cameos—actor/comedian Andy Dick, nightlife columnist Michael Musto, dragstresses The Lady Bunny and Bianca Del Rio, fashion designer Richie Rich, radio host Derek Hartley and reality TV personality Derek Saathoff (of The A-List: New York), among others. Ms. Krentcil “plays the owner of a tanning salon where members of the main cast head for some color before a weekend out on Fire Island,” notes Huffington Post. “We expected Patricia to need a bit of hand-holding, but when she showed up we quickly found out we had to hold more than her hand to prop her seemingly inebriated body up. She seemed to having a great time, but it was definitely a challenging day,” said writer/director Marc MacNamara. “In the end she delivered Tan Mom in all her glory and that’s what people are infatuated with.” [Huffington Post and TMZ and many others.]

[Image © Lucas Entertainment.]

Quotable: “A promiscuous person is usually someone who is getting more sex than you are.”
Victor Lownes (b. 1928), former Playboy Enterprises executive. [More quotables in my new book Filthy Remarks: CLICK HERE.]

Grabby-Awards-logo-red-black-horiz copy 2Porn Awards: To refresh your memory, here’s one more look at 2013 Grabby Awards in two top categories. As I wrote already, CockyBoys as well as the combined entity of Falcon Studios and Raging Stallion Studios had a good haul this year. The 15 nominees for performer of the year are Jonathan Agassi, Jessy Ares, Tommy Defendi, Mike DeMarko, Trenton Ducati, Jimmy Durano, Jake Genesis, Jesse Jackman, Kris Jamieson, Mick Lovell, Dean Monroe, Paddy O’Brian, Caleb Ramble, Max Ryder and Christian Wilde. And the 15 Best Newcomer nominees are Jake Bass, Justin Cruz, Jimmy Fanz, Augusto Figueredo, Jake Genesis, Charlie Harding, Scott Hunter, Kris Jamieson, Seth Knight, Derek Parker, JD Phoenix, Austin Reid, Max Ryder, Tate Ryder and Chris Tyler. The scamps over at The Sword predict that Messrs. Defendi and Ducati will win as performer of the year (there are usually two winners), and that Mr. Genesis has no chance. For best newcomer (which also usually has two winners), they predict Messrs. Bass and Ryder will take the crown, and believe Mr. Tyler has no shot at the title. I agree that it will be a real surprise if Bass and Ryder aren’t the night’s crown princes. CLICK HERE for the full list of nominees.

2013-Grabby-Awards-flyerPorn Awards: The 2013 Grabby Awards will unspool this weekend, Saturday, May 23, in Chicago. Dragstresses Chi Chi LaRue and Honey West will co-host for the 117th consecutive year. But first, Ms. LaRue and a batch of FabScout Entertainment‘s finest male specimens will topline the Grabbys kickoff party at the Skin Trade event at Hydrate tonight. Friday night, Cocktails with the Stars hosted by Scotty B temporarily relocates to the Windy City at the Lucky Horseshoe presented by CameraBoys. Studs from COLT Studio, Hot House Video and Jet Set Men are expected to press the flesh. Finally, Sunday afternoon, May 26, NakedSword hosts their annual Post-Grabbys Recovery Brunch at the North End. And, of course, this weekend also hosts International Mr. Leather convention. Laissez le bon temps roulerCLICK HERE for more details about the various parties and to reacquaint yourself with the nominees.

Quotable: “Don’t marry someone you would not be friends with if there was no sex between you.
William Glasser (b. 1925), psychiatrist. [More quotables in my new book Filthy Remarks: CLICK HERE.]

Filthy-Remarks-Gmunder (JC Adams, March 2013)'Gay Porn Heroes'-book-cover-Gmunder-AdamsDept. of Self-Promotion: It’s time for a quick-and-dirty round of self-promotional wanking. My new book Filthy Remarks: 444 Sex Quotes, from Bruno Gmuender (with illustrations by Steffen Kawelke), is in stock and available for your delectation. It can be purchased online and elsewhere—such as TLA Gay—for $15-$17, but on Amazon it retails for less than $12 (plus shipping). Filthy Remarks is packed with quotes about men, sex and relationships culled from poets, porn stars, politicians and many others. Expect suggestive cartoons and general bawdiness. Also: please note my first book, Gay Porn Heroes, is available for your reading and wanking pleasure via Amazon or Amazon U.K. or TLA Gay, for starters. Also: CLICK HERE for GPTimes on the Amazon Kindle. Cheers!

CockyBoys-Jett-Blakk-Levi-Karter-sex-1Hot Links: Here’s a look at some of the more heavily-trafficked stories here on GPTimes this month (cheers to Queer Me Now for the link-backs). Linkage brought to you by CockyBoys:
* “Reality TV Rejects British Skin Stud
* “Gay Porn Spoofs: Spider-Man vs. Captain America
* “Jake Genesis Quits, Condemns Skin Biz
* “Beauty Shot: Max Steel, Jimmy Fanz
* “Beauty Shot: Dale Cooper, Jake Steel

[Jett Black, Levi Karter © CockyBoys.]

Durano-LaRue-Monroe-stairs (LaRue FB)Planet Porn: Put Jimmy Durano and Dean Monroe in a sexpic and I’m there. ‘Nuff said. That’s directrix Chi Chi LaRue goofing around between them. I plucked this picture from her Facebook page.
See also:
* “Planet Porn: LaRue Applauds ‘Drag Race’
* “Planet Porn: D.O., Diego Vena Suck ‘Cocktails’

Quotable: “As long as you know that most men are like children, you know everything.”
Coco Chanel (1883-1971), forever. [More quotables in my new book Filthy Remarks: CLICK HERE.]

Quotable: “A man in the house is worth two in the street.
Mae West (1893-1980), forever. [More quotables in my new book Filthy Remarks: CLICK HERE.]

birthday-muscle-clip-artDerrick Baldwin, Steve O’Donnell, Brick Tyson, Tiger Tyson (May 20); Tim Atwood, Boyhous, Mike Conway, Phat Daddy, Gino Francesco, Alberto Landi, Mitch Sander, Ray Stone, Bret Wolfe (May 21); Rob Anthony, Dino Antonelli, Chip Hardy, Matthew Harris, Patrick Ives, Nicholas Lockwood, Jack London, Sandy Sloane/Sloan, Justin Wood (May 22); Tommy DeLuca, Trey Hunter, Joe Kennedy, Jason Land, Oliver Madsen, Rico Suave, Tommie (May 23); Jim Bentley, Brent Cross, Steven Daigle, Ross Taylor, Jarrod Thane (May 24); Hodge Armstrong, Dave Casino, the late Brett Ford, Dante Foxx, Mick Houston, Jordan Young (May 25); David Bury, Tony Chan, Dominik Xaversky [Peitor Roman] (May 26). [Have we skipped a PSB? Leave a comment and let us know.]

Francois-Sagat-Exterface-photos-pink-tassles (2008)Francois-Sagat-Exterface-photos-pink (2008)Quotable: “Oh yes, and in that way I feel very secure. I don’t think playing with your femininity as a man is something feminine. I am not a model for masculinity, because I do have many feminine sides. I know some guys in this industry who are trying to push masculinity to the extreme, and it doesn’t work.”
— Performer/model/art world muse Francois Sagat, on upending traditional views of masculinity through his work with avante-garde photographers, from a 2009 story with Interview magazine. Mr. Sagat recently announced his retirement from the skin biz. [More quotables in my new book Filthy Remarks: CLICK HERE.]

[Images © photography duo Exterface via 'DNA' Magazine, 2008.]

sagat-rush-titanmenQuotable: “I can’t say that I don’t like it but I think it’s too much. Too much for what it is. I understand if someone is a fan of Tina Turner or Cher. But being a fan of a porn star? I can understand the sexual obsession of someone because it’s a desire but being a fan of all the movies you have done, remembering which movies you did when and with whom, and what kind of beard I had in this particular film, that I don’t understand. But an obsession of the new Beyonce video and the choreography, the outfits, that is another story. That I do understand completely.”
— Performer/model/art world muse Francois Sagat, speaking about fame derived from his work as a porn actor, from a 2009 story with Interview magazine. Mr. Sagat recently announced his retirement from the skin biz. [More quotables in my new book Filthy Remarks: CLICK HERE.]

[Sagat, Matthew Rush © Titan Media.]

'Wide Open'-Titan-Habib-Riddick-sex-kissQuotable: “We live in a world that is saturated in sexual suggestion, but not sex itself.”
Conner Habib, porn actor and author. [More quotables in my new book Filthy Remarks: CLICK HERE.]

[Images © Titan Media.]

Samson-on-the-Treadmill-by-Carl-Heinrich-Bloch-1Quotable: “There is no logical way to separate art and pornography. There is high-quality pornography and low-quality pornography—just as there is good and bad art. But pornographic display and pornographic motivation can be found throughout the great Western art tradition—including in martyrdom scenes of the Christian saints on church walls. The anti-pornography crusade of mainstream feminism in the 1980s boiled with obsessive fanaticism. It was very clear that the leaders of the movement were totally ignorant about the visual arts. No one who had studied and admired the beautiful male and female nudes of Greco-Roman sculpture and Renaissance, Baroque and 19th-Century painting could have gotten into such a silly dither over pornography and its alleged evils. There is no way to appreciate the total grandeur of Western art without an openness toward pornographic expression.”
Camille Paglia (b. 1947), author and social critic, via Nightcharm.

[Image: 'Samson in the Treadmill' by Carl Heinrich Bloch.]

Falcon-Tristan-Jaxx-chest'Contact'-Mustang-Jaxx-Tyler-sexQuotable: “People think porn stars are the slutty ones but it’s actually the ones we go on dates with who are that way. Guys aren’t very patient; they’re all ready to go. I don’t think my career has an impact on their decisions. I don’t think people would guess I’m a porn star just looking at me.” — Dominic Pacifico via Windy City Media Group. [More quotables in my new book Filthy Remarks: CLICK HERE.]
[Images © Falcon Studios.]

Micky's-Cocktails-Pacifico (Photo Larry, 4-28-11)'Boners'-Raging-Stallion-Christopher-Pacifico-sexQuotable: “Sexual liberation has to be the best thing about being a porn star. I feel like I can talk about sex freely, express myself and not have to feel ashamed or embarrassed. Physically, I wear what I want, or nothing at all, without a care in the world. To me that’s more exciting that the ‘fame.’ I don’t assume that people know who I am because I do porn. I’m flattered when they do.” — Dominic Pacifico via BananaGuide. [More quotables in my new book Filthy Remarks: CLICK HERE.]
[Left image © Photo Larry; right image © Raging Stallion Studios.]

sexy-birthday-clip-artBraeden Casey, Billy Dare, Scott Duran, Rod Matheson, Chase Rite, Daniel Santos, Scott Thornton, Danny Vox (May 13); Brendan Austen, Troy Banner, Trey Camden, Nic Collins, Emilio Di Medici, Shawn Justin, Tony Magera [Johnny Huzosh], Jarrin North, Jonnie Perrino, Nolan Powers, Tony Tarango (May 14); Edmundo Castro, Rossi Fabab, Tony Idol, Josh Kole, Patrik Levaj, Andreas Montero, Jean Rivera (May 15); Joey Acioli, Rick Allen, talent manager Howard Andrew of FabScout Entertainment, Mark Andrews, Steve ‘Titpig’ Hurley, Chase Hunter, Coby Mitchell, Caleb Parker, Jeff Perez, Luis Rodrigues, Matt Summers (May 16); Morgan Allen, Jeff Austin, Tyson Cane, Ted Colunga [Fred Fele, Giovanni Floretto, Norbert Somlay], Jake Russell (May 17); Rod Barrett, Glenn Chambers, J.R. Montes, Jorge Rivera, Breck Stewart, George Vidanov [Thor Brunov, Mihaly Hurok, Michael Nyilas], Justin Wells (May 18); Andrew Addams [Andrew Rosen], Tamas Iszmos, Milos Miroslav, Dakota Rivers, Spike [Rex Ruben], Duncan Stone, Matt West (May 19). [Have we overlooked a PSB? Leave a comment and let us know.]

Quotable: “In your sex life, preserve purity as far as you can before marriage, and if you indulge, take only those privileges that are lawful. However, do not make yourself offensive or censorious to those who indulge, and do not make frequent mention of the fact that you do not yourself indulge.”
Epictetus (55-135 AD), philospher, Discourses. [More quotables in my new book Filthy Remarks: CLICK HERE.]