I caught up with director-author Blue Blake this week. That’s right–"author." Mr. Blake was woozy from having burned the candle at both ends for weeks to finish his autobiography, titled Out of the Blue: Confessions of an Unlikely Porn Star.

It will be published by Running Press, a division of Perseus Press, on August 25, 2008. "It comes out in England, Canada, North America, Australia and New Zealand on the same day," he told me. "You can tell everybody it’s all signed, sealed and delivered. I finished the book [this week]. So I’m slowly decompressing and returning to the real world. Perseus [will] hire a publicist for me and we go pretty much full bore in January."

Timed to their participation in San Francisco’s Folsom Street Festival, Raging Stallion Studios has announced their new Man of the Year; whoops, no, actually, it’s MEN of the Year; yep, Steve Cruz and Roman Ragazzi will be sharing the title for the next twelve months.

"Roman represents the epitome of male beauty and structure," Mr. Ward purred in the press release. "He is at the apex of our species–a fine example of a proud, sex-positive, gay man." And about Mr. Cruz, "He is the perfect pig slut porn star… And that chest and face! He is another contender for best looking man alive!"

Casey Carr, Giovani Corleone, Drakkar, Darryl Harris, Ricky Martinez, Alexandre Pleintemps, Rob Steele, Randy Stone, Tom Vacarro, Brock Webster(October 1); Drew Damon, Doug Mendez, Ashton Star, Max Stone, Frank Taylor, Jean Val Jean, Will West, Shawn Young (October 2); Rick Bauer, Michael Bradley, Ray Don, Fyerfli, Blu Kennedy, Rhett Slade, Chad Steele, Chris Ward, Sean West (October 3); Ezequelle Bourget, Gabriel Cortes, Alejandro Dominguez, Scott Jeffries, Rob Nelson, Fernando Nielsen, Cody Reeves, Cort Stevens (October 4); Martin Chavez, Cort Donovan, Antonio Fargo, Sebastian Rio, Vic Rubino, Sebastian, Trae Spencer, Jack Tower, Chas Winston (October 5); Ben Archer, Brandon Babos, Jeremy Hall, Owen Hawk, Antonio Marquez, Peter Raeg (October 6); Logan Bryant, Gauge, Eli Horst, Sergei Jordanov, Cole Reece, Rip Stone (October 7).

San Francisco’s Folsom Street Fair unspools this weekend with an extra helping of controversy. Their poster depicting various Folsom attendees displayed in imitation of Leonardo da Vinci’s famed "Last Supper" has twisted the panties of the religious right. Naturally, Fox News has jumped on board, A spokesman for Concerned Women for America declared Folsom as "nothing short of a mini Sodom and Gomorrah dressed up as a gay pride event."

There’s a gay porn tie-in here: Titan Media Exclusives Tober Brandt (middle-right) and Dean Flynn (far left) are pictured, and that’s NakedSword.com’s one-and-only Sister Roma shown middle-left.

DEPT OF WEHT: Ken Ryker

September 25, 2007 | 4 Comments

Another dispatch from the Dept. of WEHT: Aahhh…Ken Ryker. That gorgeous slab of blond tanned beef. The eternal star. Mr. Ryker’s last appearance on the porn scene came in 2003 and ‘04 via his Ken Ryker Films label that produced RYKER’S WEB and RYKER’S MONEY SHOT, plus a cameo in JET SET DIRECT: TAKE ONE (Jet Set, natch).

DEPT OF WEHT: Tony Donovan

September 25, 2007 | 5 Comments

UPDATED: From the Dept. of WEHT ("Whatever Happened To") comes an update about the lovely and talented Tony Donovan, a fan favorite who has been out of circulation for about five years. You remember babyfaced Tony D., whose surname was borrowed from Chad Donovan, and although they look nothing alike, the Donovans did share one notable quality: about 20 inches of cock between them. Young Master Donovan worked between 1998 and 2002, with about 18 or so films on his resume, and to date he is the only performer to snag two Best Actor GAYVN statues (for 2000’s ECHOES and 2001’s CARNAL INTENTIONS, both Men of Odyssey pictures).

Saturday night, September 29, was the premiere of LINK: THE EVOLUTION (All Worlds Video/Channel 1 Releasing) at The Faultline in Silverlake. God knows we all needed an opportunity to unwind given the emotional roller coaster of the past couple of weeks for gay adult entertainment. It was a crisp, cool night and the air was actually breathable for a change (the Faultline has an open-air patio/bar) thanks to several days of rain this week.

Michael Chads, Kurt Craven, Tomas Dombai, Grant Fagan, Big Jake Gianelli, Clint Taylor (September 24); Sebastian Cole, Danny Hunter, Frank Parker, Nick Savage, Mark Slade, J.T. Sloan, Ryan Stevens (September 25); Zack Alexander, Jason Avans, Danny Orliss, Spade, Boyd Thomas (September 26); Chase Anthony, Bruno Carrosa, Eric Johansson, Jack Laurel (September 27); Cody Cash, Duke Tyler, Nathan Walters, Grant Warren (September 28); Marcos Allende, Danny, Kalman Faldui, Brent Michaels, Peter Tapasz, Derek Thomas, Treshawn (September 29); Luis Alonso, Jonathan Collins, Troy Dillon, Miguel Leon, Zoltan Mely, Rick Perry (September 30).

Quick update, folks. Alex Chandler, Danny Roddick’s ex-partner, tells me that Mr. Roddick’s family will have no memorial service and that no obituary has been placed in the newspapers. Mr. Chandler has also posted that information, with a few additional details, in the comments section of the story just below this one. However, a public memorial service is being organized by Mr. Roddick’s friends and is set for San Francisco sometime in October. Stay tuned for details on that.

The sad story of 31-year-old performer Danny Roddick’s passing last week continues to unfold. On various blogs, associates of Mr. Roddick are venting their anger over how they perceive their friend was treated by the studios that employed him, including Athletic Model Guild, via their AMG Brasil label, and COLT Studio, where he had been signed as an exclusive to their Buckshot Productions line. More on that in a moment.

AMG Brasil had already planned to make a donation to the World Wildlife Fund as they prep for the release of AMAZôNIA: CAPTURE and RELEASE, which topline Mr. Roddick. Following the news of his passing, they decided to make those donations in Mr. Roddick’s name.

BOTTOM OF THE 9TH: LITTLE BIG LEAGUE III
Studio: All Worlds Video & Channel 1 Releasing
Director: Doug Jeffries
Cast: Rascal Video Exclusives Blake Riley and Josh Vaughn with All Worlds Exclusive Cameron Marshall and Jeremy Hall, Blair Mason, Brodie Newport, Christian Owen, Guy Parker, Dallas Reeves, Derek Rivero, Tyler Saint, Lex Sabre, Jesse Santana, TJ Young [nonsex role: Sharon Kane]

I’m a bit behind the curve on this, but check out who was paired with new Falcon stud Braxton Bond for a live sex show at FalconXXX.com this week: hunkalicious veteran stud Jack Ryan, pictured here for the cover of Falcon’s DEEP SOUTH 2. His last pictures were in 2005: LUST COUNSELING(Adonis Pictures), SERVICE FOR 10(Unzipped Video) and TRUNKS (Hot House Video). Mr. Ryan is a longtime crush o’ mine and one of gay adult’s most underrated performers, so it’s good to see he’s dipping a toe back into these waters; he doesn’t have any films lined up that I know about, but we’re checking on that… Mr. Bond, on the other hand, just wrapped DARE for writer/director Jett Blakk.

[Post fixed 11:40pm] * From the Dept. of Self-Promotion: Studio 2000 has announced the launch of S2K Fan Club, their rebuilt-from-the-ground up membership site. Among the highlights, new content uploaded every single day of the year. Plus, you get a free DVD every month if you sign up at the Premium level. Nice co-mingling of traditional and new-frontier media, eh? The site only recently went live and already JustUsBoys.com has taken notice and given the website a five-star review. (Full disclosure: I am S2K’s production manager, yadda yadda, but was not involved in the website’s development.)

GayPornLand continues to recover from the sad and shocking news of the death of performer Danny Roddick. He was just 31 years old. I did some investigating and the exact cause of death is being withheld pending further investigation. There’s been a lot of speculation around the internets as to how and why Mr. Roddick passed and why the cause has not been announced. There is no conspiracy, people. Just routine investigation.

Antoine, Ty Davenport, Eric Maestro, Said Sebhely, Travis Wade (September 17); Adam Gosset, Mondo, the late Alfonso Ribiero, Mark Sargent, Marc Stewart, Jeff Wesley (September 18); Roberto Aguilar, the late Austin Black, Richard Collin, Rick Drake, Steve Parker, Dimitri Sands, Dimitri Santiago, Sam Tyson (September 19); Bill Adams, Bryan Bramble, Johnny Brosnan, Bo Dixon, Lane Fuller, Ice, Jarod Michaels, Peter O’Brian, Mike Roberts (September 20); Erik Campbell, Johnny Hazzard, Billy Kincaid, Andrew Long (September 21); Johnny Davidson, Gino, Manny Ortiz, Pierre, Hunter Powers, Sebastian Rivers, Matthew Rush, Joe Serrano, Ben Wayne (September 22); Michael Cody, Lorenzo Donado, Montaz, Onyx, Michael Soldier (September 23).

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