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Posted Mar. 13, 2008,
Socket to Me!
By Dennis Dermody
Check out Socket, a wonderfully deranged gay sci-fi horror film directed by Sean Abley about Doctor Bill Matthews (Derek Long), struck by lightening, who wakes in the hospital alive, but super-charged, so to speak. A good-looking intern named Craig (Matthew Montgomery) slips him a card and advises him to call it. It’s the number for a secret society of like-minded electricity fiends who meet to hold hands and attach themselves to a live wire for that extra jolt. Craig and Bill become lovers, but bored with having to stick a fork into an electrical outlet for a quick thrill, Bill surgically implants plugs and actual sockets into their wrists for easy access. But like a junkie, Bill needs more and more juice, and when he accidentally kills a mugger with his charged bare hands he lights up like a Con Edison plant. With plenty of nods to David Cronenberg, not to mention Mr. Wizard, Socket gives new meaning to calling your date a dim bulb. It comes out on DVD on March 25th and all I can say is: Socket to me!
Posted Nov. 20, 2007,
The Gay Deceivers!
By Dennis Dermody
This cringe-inducing 1969 comedy The Gay Deceivers, about two dudes (Kevin Coughlin and Lawrence Casey) who avoid the draft by pretending to be queer, is now out on DVD again thanks to darkskyfilms.com. And I have to admit, it was fun watching it again.
The guys move into a very gay complex in L.A., where the very flamboyant Michael Greer (Fortune In Men's Eyes) as their landlord steals every scene. The movie is a spoof and not meant to offend, but that's a little like saying a blackface routine isn't meant to piss off black people. But the gay bar scenes of the 60s (depicted in the movie) and parties where everyone is camping it up in drag are so preposterous and cartoonish and comedic that for some reason it tickled me to no end.
Posted Jul. 16, 2007,
Cazwell's "Watch My Mouth"
By Alexis Swerdloff
Is your Monday feeling a little too heterosexual? Then check out PAPER Beautiful Person Cazwell's new video for "Watch My Mouth," which debuted on Perez Hilton last Friday. If you didn't make it over to PH.com, you can watch it right here! The video features a sultry Amanda Lepore and the song is quite catchy. We're watching your mouth, Cazwell!
Posted Jul. 6, 2007,
JD Ferguson Presents: Vin Nolan
By PAPERMAG Editors
This week JD Ferguson proudly brings you the ever-so-southern-nasty boy Vin Nolan. In just four years, this Fort Worth transplant has managed to spread his talents throughout all the top companies in the industry. A self proclaimed "reality television whore" with a penchant for pizza, he was, to date, Ferguson's steamiest session yet. Enjoy!
Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
Age: 26
Companies you work with: Falcon, Hothouse, Titan, Raging Stallion, All Worlds, Lucas Entertainment
What's on you iPod? A wide range of music, from soft- to hard-rock to dance. A lil of everything.
How long have you lived in NYC? I've lived in NYC for about three years.
How long have you been in the porn industry? About four years.
What do you think the problem is with America these days? We are too stuck on ourselves.
What's in your refrigerator? A bunch of take-out leftovers.
Posted Jun. 29, 2007,
JD Ferguson Presents: Erik Rhodes
By PAPERMAG Editors
Erik Rhodes is not only known as the wild man of the industry, but at zero for seven in the awards department, he is the Susan Lucci of gay porn. With such nominations as best newcomer, best actor, best duo and best versatile, to name a few, this beefy boy from Long Island is well on his way to uber-star status with a fan base and popularity that rivals no other. "Once he stripped out of his skivvies, I thought... okay, I get it," says JD Ferguson of Rhodes. Word Up readers, I give thee Erik Rhodes.
Hometown: Long Island, New York
Age: 25
Company you shoot porn for: Falcon
What's on you iPod? Every Nine Inch Nails CD, a lot of metal, screamo, emo, underground hip hop and just a couple fag favorites.
How long have you been in the industry? Too long -- I think my expiration date is in the not so distant future.
Did it hurt being shot in the arm? Ha. It's an ongoing joke that so many people have believed. I did grow up in the ghetto but it's just a dog bite. (I'm starved for attention.)
Posted Jun. 22, 2007,
JD Ferguson Presents: Arpad Miklos
By PAPERMAG Editors
This week JD Ferguson brings us the industry's most infamous manly-man, Hungarian-born and New-York-City-based Arpad Miklos. With several titles under his belt, this hunk stands at 6' 2" and weighs in at 240 lbs. "He has been the most requested star for the series," says Ferguson. Looks like JD certainly had his hands full this week.
Age: 30 +
Hometown: New York City
Company you shoot porn with? I should list the ones I haven't...
What's on you iPod? Not too much, I'm not a devoted iPod fan. Mostly older songs.
How's your English? Xscuse mee?
How long have you been in the porn industry? I think I'm a fossil. For about 12 years.
Who would you like to see as the President in 2008? Hillary, no question.
What's in your refrigerator? Apart from different frozen body parts, some basic stuff (eggs, cheeses, diet sodas). I can cook, but I don't.
Posted Jun. 18, 2007,
Cruising on DVD!
By Dennis Dermody
Finally! William Friedkin's controversial 1980 film Cruising is coming to DVD. Al Pacino stars as a cop going undercover in the S & M subculture of New York to find a gay killer. People protested wildly at the time while it was being made, and while the movie is a mess it's a fascinating mess, with scenes that are genuinely unnerving. In one scene, Pacino is cruising a man in Central Park saying to another: "Hips or lips?" which had gays howling from coast to coast. But it will be fascinating to see this movie again - on Warner Brothers Home Video on September 18th following a limited theatrical release in NY, L.A. and San Fransisco. On the DVD there will be commentary by Friedkin and two featurettes: The History Of Cruising and Exorcising Cruising.