Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
HYPOCRITICAL MUCH?!?!?!
Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers
* 16:18 27 February 2009 by Ewen Callaway
Americans may paint themselves in increasingly bright shades of red and blue, but new research finds one thing that varies little across the nation: the liking for online pornography.
A new nationwide study (pdf) of anonymised credit-card receipts from a major online adult entertainment provider finds little variation in consumption between states.
"When it comes to adult entertainment, it seems people are more the same than different," says Benjamin Edelman at Harvard Business School.
However, there are some trends to be seen in the data. Those states that do consume the most porn tend to be more conservative and religious than states with lower levels of consumption, the study finds.
"Some of the people who are most outraged turn out to be consumers of the very things they claimed to be outraged by," Edelman says.
CONTINUED
* 16:18 27 February 2009 by Ewen Callaway
Americans may paint themselves in increasingly bright shades of red and blue, but new research finds one thing that varies little across the nation: the liking for online pornography.
A new nationwide study (pdf) of anonymised credit-card receipts from a major online adult entertainment provider finds little variation in consumption between states.
"When it comes to adult entertainment, it seems people are more the same than different," says Benjamin Edelman at Harvard Business School.
However, there are some trends to be seen in the data. Those states that do consume the most porn tend to be more conservative and religious than states with lower levels of consumption, the study finds.
"Some of the people who are most outraged turn out to be consumers of the very things they claimed to be outraged by," Edelman says.
CONTINUED
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Calling all adult, male:male sites with MEN of COLOR!
I, finally, figured it out as I was scrolling through WayBig and QueerClick, I am SICK and TIRED of all of the same, boring / bored white guys jumping from amateur [COUGH!] site to amateur site having the same rote sex!
I jump over to Sean Cody... oh, look... two perfect white guys having perfect sex. I surf over to Randy Blue... oh, look... two perfect white guys having perfect sex. [YAWN!] I navigate over to Chaos Men... oh, look... two college white guys having the same rote sex.
I mean, COME ON industry! You wonder why you're losing money hand-over-fist to the tube sites? Have you bothered to look at the tube sites?
There you can find everyday, HOT guys in all shapes, sizes, and colors... FOR FREE! And you want to compete with that by propping one or two or more brown-haired, blue-eyed guy(s) getting off? [YAWN and STRETCH!]
I was SHOCKED and THRILLED this week when Randy Blue propped an Asian American guy! UH...MAH...GAWD! He's dayum cute!
Well, duh! Am I the only one who watched the last summer Olympics and drooled all over their remote from all of the FINE-ASS Asian swimmers & gymnasts?
I mean, for fucksake producers, we have our first African American president, and you still want to give us all white HOMO milk!
Well, guess what... I'm craving (and I don't think that I'm the only one) some HOT CHOCOLATE! I want MEN of COLOR!
Give me black, Latino, Asian, Middle Eastern, whatever - just stop feeding me the same, tired 18 - 28 year old, tanned, toned, buffed, boring, white guys!
Of course, I recognize that this will leave out Straight College Men because its producer is an admitted racist who declared on his site that he'll not prop any non-white guys, so that site can rot in hell with all of the other bigoted Republicans.
Yet, I digress...
Given my growing (pun partially intended) interest in adult, amateur video that represents the diversity of the world in which we live, the focus of CaseyBlackBLOG, moving forward, will be those sites / producers who provide us that diversity. It's a niche in the BLOG world that I'm not seeing filled, and for those of you looking for the white homogenized blogs, gawd knows there's a buttload of 'em out there providing you daily updates of those sites featuring the same tired, boring / bored white guys.
So, if you're reading this and you have a favorite site that features a diversity of men, please email me the link or provide it in a comment. I'm ready to get this BLOG rolling and in a different direction than all of the others.
As always, thank you for your support!
CB
I jump over to Sean Cody... oh, look... two perfect white guys having perfect sex. I surf over to Randy Blue... oh, look... two perfect white guys having perfect sex. [YAWN!] I navigate over to Chaos Men... oh, look... two college white guys having the same rote sex.
I mean, COME ON industry! You wonder why you're losing money hand-over-fist to the tube sites? Have you bothered to look at the tube sites?
There you can find everyday, HOT guys in all shapes, sizes, and colors... FOR FREE! And you want to compete with that by propping one or two or more brown-haired, blue-eyed guy(s) getting off? [YAWN and STRETCH!]
I was SHOCKED and THRILLED this week when Randy Blue propped an Asian American guy! UH...MAH...GAWD! He's dayum cute!
Well, duh! Am I the only one who watched the last summer Olympics and drooled all over their remote from all of the FINE-ASS Asian swimmers & gymnasts?
I mean, for fucksake producers, we have our first African American president, and you still want to give us all white HOMO milk!
Well, guess what... I'm craving (and I don't think that I'm the only one) some HOT CHOCOLATE! I want MEN of COLOR!
Give me black, Latino, Asian, Middle Eastern, whatever - just stop feeding me the same, tired 18 - 28 year old, tanned, toned, buffed, boring, white guys!
Of course, I recognize that this will leave out Straight College Men because its producer is an admitted racist who declared on his site that he'll not prop any non-white guys, so that site can rot in hell with all of the other bigoted Republicans.
Yet, I digress...
Given my growing (pun partially intended) interest in adult, amateur video that represents the diversity of the world in which we live, the focus of CaseyBlackBLOG, moving forward, will be those sites / producers who provide us that diversity. It's a niche in the BLOG world that I'm not seeing filled, and for those of you looking for the white homogenized blogs, gawd knows there's a buttload of 'em out there providing you daily updates of those sites featuring the same tired, boring / bored white guys.
So, if you're reading this and you have a favorite site that features a diversity of men, please email me the link or provide it in a comment. I'm ready to get this BLOG rolling and in a different direction than all of the others.
As always, thank you for your support!
CB
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Still around and shouting out!
Thank you to all who have emailed me to check in, your comments of support, and especially your comments regarding missing my presence on ClubAmateurUSA.com.
I can't bring myself to actually watch one of the updated videos posted after my departure, but suffice it to say my candid feedback has, apparently, caused a rift between myself & the owner of Badpuppy. I emailed him in December shortly after their first update and after he shared with me some of the feedback they'd received. I was very candid & honest in my feedback & mindshare, but at no point was I ever disrespectful:
As I've said before, Badpuppy threw me a lifeline in December 2003 when my business partners were ready to shut down the site -- and threw me another lifeline in December 2008 when they bought the site after I was forced to cease production. So, there are absolutely no sour grapes on my part.
Anyhoo...
There are moments when I miss it and my "old" life, but given everything that I am reading about the state of the economy & its negative impact on the adult entertainment industry, I know that I made the decision that was in my best interest.
Slowdeatha is...
I guess that's that I can say about that. It just is. :-P
I'm a flaming liberal trying to survive amongst a bunch of raging conservatives! I'm enjoying my time with my family and am looking forward to classes beginning in the summer. The job market here absolutely sucks, so I'm spending my free time on Facebook, Twitter, and reading a LOT of political blogs. Overall, I'm hangin' in there and looking forward to kick starting my life in a new direction.
Again, much appreciation for all of your outreach of support. Please continue to keep in touch.
All my best,
CB
I can't bring myself to actually watch one of the updated videos posted after my departure, but suffice it to say my candid feedback has, apparently, caused a rift between myself & the owner of Badpuppy. I emailed him in December shortly after their first update and after he shared with me some of the feedback they'd received. I was very candid & honest in my feedback & mindshare, but at no point was I ever disrespectful:
Thank you for sharing this with me. It appears, ironically, that the loyal CAUSA subscribers share the same perception as I – that someone within Badpuppy believes that just any fat guy in a black shirt can recreate the CAUSA identity & eroticism on video.As I read back through this email almost two and a half months after it was originally sent, I'm still not understanding what may have been so offensive. I very clearly stated that my intent was to continue the success of CAUSA and without malice.
Personally, I do not believe that someone to be you because several weeks ago when it was just the two of us talking about BEI’s acquisition of CAUSA, you got it. You were the first to say that I & my point of view are part of the brand and what I do helps to create that value.
Two weeks later when I broached the subject with you, it was as if that conversation had never taken place, and it was so casually conveyed that you had contracted with an outside producer.
I knew then that someone within BEI had your ear and was providing feedback regarding CAUSA’s future direction that wasn’t consistent with nor tied to its past success (I’ve always thought it to be the “skinny” guys who never understood why CAUSA was so popular nor how anyone could ever find erotic some fat guy giving massages – and note the two twinkish CAUSA models who were used in the artwork for the acquisition press release – not really an accurate representation of the diversity of men who’ve appeared on the site but more catering to the twink demographic).
I will say that I was offended when I saw my “replacement” in the pix on CAUSA. Is that really how I was perceived by folks within BEI? I think both I and my loyal followers were shocked by what we saw (from what I’ve read on the Badpuppy Forum and the email that I’ve received directly from subscribers).
As a result and based on my perception from your first update, you’re at a crossroads with the CAUSA brand & identity: a) do you try to closely replicate the content & feel of CAUSA’s historical videos & retain the core group of loyal followers and build upon that following with a more global marketing reach that I was never able to achieve, or b) do you decide to take CAUSA in a completely different direction and build a completely new following.
Either of those business models has the capacity to be successful, but I believe your biggest challenge if you try to marry the two, is leveraging CAUSA’s historical content (that enjoys a niche following) to build a new subscriber base for content that is going in a completely different direction. The two are the antithesis of each other (a fat guy giving Average Joes erotic massages vs. a producer like William Higgins shooting perfect, professional, adult models having perfectly-scripted sex).
Personally, I do not understand the investment in CAUSA’s historical content if the idea is to slough off its historical subscriber base in favor of a new subscriber base that wants to see completely different content. I believe some of that uncertainty in terms of what direction to take CAUSA, is apparent in the selection of “Rod Barry” for your first update – and why he fell flat with the CAUSA membership.
Over the past five years, I had many opportunities to work with pro-am models who had appeared on other sites or worked for the major studios. Very rarely did I choose to work with those guys because the focus of the CAUSA content was on true amateurs who weren’t out shopping for adult gigs and appearing on all of my competitors’ sites – with my reasoning being, “What is the incentive for someone to buy a subscription to my site if they can see my models on other sites of which a potential subscriber may already be a member?”
On the rare occasion that I did choose to work with someone who had appeared elsewhere, it was after having reviewed his prior content and knowing that I would be able to shoot a video with sexual activities in which he had not previously participated.
My one caveat was “Ken Mack.” Ken was the naked extension of me. For obvious reasons, he could participate in sexual activities on video that I wouldn’t be caught dead doing, and he understood the art of straight-guy seduction. So, I used Ken in videos to take the truly amateur straight guys to the next level in their sexual exploration (95% of whom were recruited off of AdultFriendFinder.com where they were online, searching for pussy).
The member feedback provided on the Badpuppy Forum speaks to my approach in filming – it’s about the entire sexual experience of the guy on the table (not just focused on his cock) and although the length & size of my videos were the bane of your existence, that is what the site membership has come to expect (a video that tells the complete story of the guy on the table’s sexual experience from getting naked to getting off).
Truly, I am neither here nor there in terms of which direction you decide to take CAUSA. I just want to see that it & you are successful (tongue planted firmly in cheek: if you do decide to take CAUSA in a new direction, that leaves room for “Casey Black’s” return in two years... ;-). My only tangible vested interest in CAUSA’s ongoing success, is the continuation of the Casey Black legacy. So, with that said, I am happy to provide you whatever counsel that you wish (if you so wish).
And ironically, given the downturn in the economy, a boatload of “old school” CAUSA models came out of the woodwork the past two months, wanting to shoot new content. So, if you do decide to continue CAUSA’s current content focus and would like to have me shoot content for you periodically, I will be happy to do so (as an independent contractor through my own company, Casey Black Productions – not JV2).
Finally, my first statements in this email were not said facetiously or with malice. I feel as though we have a strong enough relationship that I may share my unadulterated feelings & opinions with you and you know that I share them with the best interest of CAUSA in mind.
As I've said before, Badpuppy threw me a lifeline in December 2003 when my business partners were ready to shut down the site -- and threw me another lifeline in December 2008 when they bought the site after I was forced to cease production. So, there are absolutely no sour grapes on my part.
Anyhoo...
There are moments when I miss it and my "old" life, but given everything that I am reading about the state of the economy & its negative impact on the adult entertainment industry, I know that I made the decision that was in my best interest.
Slowdeatha is...
I guess that's that I can say about that. It just is. :-P
I'm a flaming liberal trying to survive amongst a bunch of raging conservatives! I'm enjoying my time with my family and am looking forward to classes beginning in the summer. The job market here absolutely sucks, so I'm spending my free time on Facebook, Twitter, and reading a LOT of political blogs. Overall, I'm hangin' in there and looking forward to kick starting my life in a new direction.
Again, much appreciation for all of your outreach of support. Please continue to keep in touch.
All my best,
CB
Saturday, December 13, 2008
A nice compliment...
I receive the below email a day or two ago and thought it a very nice compliment:
It's a dull day in the Slowdeatha SBUX, and I'm feeling bored, ungrounded, out of sorts, and am having a strong desire to nest -- not to mention being surrounded by hella HOT African & Latino American men and HOT cowboys in tight-fittin' Wranglers has me so randy that I'm bitin' the paint off the side of my grandmother's house... LOL!
Happy holiday shopping!
CB
Hi. My name is Patti, and I'm a porn site reviewer. Lisa from Badpuppy contacted us to review their new site - your old site - and when I clicked on the blog, I spent more time reading than I usually spend doing an entire review.I've received similar feedback over the years, and thus my reason for starting this BLOG.
After almost 13 years in online porn marketing, shooting my own non nude content and reviewing over 3700 porn sites, I've never read anything that was so interesting and so much fun to me personally. I enjoyed it a lot, partly because I related to so much of it and partly because you are very articulate.
I wanted to thank you for the blog and wish you best of luck with your return to school to study PoliSci.
Take care and be well :)
Patti
It's a dull day in the Slowdeatha SBUX, and I'm feeling bored, ungrounded, out of sorts, and am having a strong desire to nest -- not to mention being surrounded by hella HOT African & Latino American men and HOT cowboys in tight-fittin' Wranglers has me so randy that I'm bitin' the paint off the side of my grandmother's house... LOL!
Happy holiday shopping!
CB
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
CB - Part Deux
Well, Badpuppy is now the proud owner of my baby, ClubAmateurUSA, and the move to Texas is complete (YEE HAW!).
Firstly, if any of you are familiar with Slowdeatha, TX, then you know that I'm living smackdab in the middle of Dubya country -- LOTS of oil derricks (my dad works in the "all bidnez"), big pickups & SUVs, rednecks, and HOT men in TIGHT Wrangler jeans with BIG belt buckles! Toto, I "ain't" in Seattle or Scottsdale, anymore.
Since my dad lives out in the country, he is limited to satelite broadband connectivity, and let me just say, that it SUCKS (and NOT in a good way!)! And my grandmother doesn't have a computer, so she has no need for Internet access. That leaves me hangin' out at the Slowdeatha Starbucks, tapping into their free Wi-Fi (thank gawd that I became a Starbucks Gold Member). Of course, it's a bit of a challenge looking at gay porn when you're sitting in the middle of a coffee shop in the middle of Bubbaville.
Well, let me qualify that...
Apparently, the Slowdeatha SBUX is *the* place for the Moes to work and hangout. I've been shocked by the number of Gs & Ls (the Bs don't openly self identify and the Ts would be grave danger to openly self identify here) I've seen behind the counter as SBUX partners and as SBUX customers! I'm thinkin' 'bout movin' (gotta drop your Gs when you live in West TX ;-) a futon in here! Goodness knows, there have been some HAWTEES buying lattes!
Yet, I digress...
Given my limited Internet connectivity, at the moment, I'm not really able to launch my BLOG to the full extent that I intend. Within the next few weeks, I'll begin regularly posting and providing update information for the various sites hot linked along the left side of my BLOG. Additionally, I'm going to mix in dialog regarding my two other favorite things in life: wine & politics.
I figure living smackdab in the middle of Right Winger country, I'll be drinking a lot of wine and witnessing a lot of bullshit "tall tales" regarding our president-elect, Barack Obama. So, stay tuned...
For now, please allow me to convey much appreciation to all of you who emailed me your kind words of support regarding your love of CAUSA and my work. I will try to email each of you, individually, when time & Internet connectivity allows. This is where I've landed, so please stay in touch via this BLOG.
All my best,
CB
Firstly, if any of you are familiar with Slowdeatha, TX, then you know that I'm living smackdab in the middle of Dubya country -- LOTS of oil derricks (my dad works in the "all bidnez"), big pickups & SUVs, rednecks, and HOT men in TIGHT Wrangler jeans with BIG belt buckles! Toto, I "ain't" in Seattle or Scottsdale, anymore.
Since my dad lives out in the country, he is limited to satelite broadband connectivity, and let me just say, that it SUCKS (and NOT in a good way!)! And my grandmother doesn't have a computer, so she has no need for Internet access. That leaves me hangin' out at the Slowdeatha Starbucks, tapping into their free Wi-Fi (thank gawd that I became a Starbucks Gold Member). Of course, it's a bit of a challenge looking at gay porn when you're sitting in the middle of a coffee shop in the middle of Bubbaville.
Well, let me qualify that...
Apparently, the Slowdeatha SBUX is *the* place for the Moes to work and hangout. I've been shocked by the number of Gs & Ls (the Bs don't openly self identify and the Ts would be grave danger to openly self identify here) I've seen behind the counter as SBUX partners and as SBUX customers! I'm thinkin' 'bout movin' (gotta drop your Gs when you live in West TX ;-) a futon in here! Goodness knows, there have been some HAWTEES buying lattes!
Yet, I digress...
Given my limited Internet connectivity, at the moment, I'm not really able to launch my BLOG to the full extent that I intend. Within the next few weeks, I'll begin regularly posting and providing update information for the various sites hot linked along the left side of my BLOG. Additionally, I'm going to mix in dialog regarding my two other favorite things in life: wine & politics.
I figure living smackdab in the middle of Right Winger country, I'll be drinking a lot of wine and witnessing a lot of bullshit "tall tales" regarding our president-elect, Barack Obama. So, stay tuned...
For now, please allow me to convey much appreciation to all of you who emailed me your kind words of support regarding your love of CAUSA and my work. I will try to email each of you, individually, when time & Internet connectivity allows. This is where I've landed, so please stay in touch via this BLOG.
All my best,
CB
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