Ambush Interview #87 MJ_AVN

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okay, I have read it all . . . don't leave us hangin'

I'm gonna finish this today if it kills me. Is there an award for taking the longest time to do your ambush? I suspect I could drag it out a few more days if necessary...

This was my first year in Phoenix, which was pretty dope. However, my favorite show to date, other than Miami, which is my favorite show overall, is Webmaster Access LA.
Last year's event was hot, in a great location, a lot of fun and had good business opps. There's something to be said for having a show in your own backyard. I didn't have to stay in a hotel, which was nice, since I'm staying a hotel somewhere every month right now. Granted, there was a lot of chauffering and entertaining involved, but I don't mind those things.

Big ups to Eric and Joe for putting on great shows. I'm already looking forward to this year's LA event.

Loaded question.

Who I look up to is easy, but it's a long list.

First, Paul Fishbein. A lot of people don't want to give him credit for what he's done for the adult industry. The guy's been busting his ass for over 20 years. He's always professional and frankly, has one of the smartest business minds I know of. Plus, he lets me do what I do. Nothing but respect.

Steven Hirsch is brilliant and can seemingly see years down the road. I think that's amazing.

Steve Lightspeed - when I came into this industry, he wasn't too fond of AVN. Thankfully, that's changed, but he was always nothing but gracious and helpful. I owe a lot to Steve for his insight, his advice and especially for giving me a chance when he had no reason to. Oh, and for letting me hang out with Taylor

Joe and Eric. They've set the business standard in the online world. The Playboy deal confirms that.

Platinum Dave, what can I say? He does it right. Again, one of most gracious people I know. Success hasn't spoiled him, other than perhaps his wine snobbishness

Lori Z and Leslie Sharp. Not to lump these two together, but they've both given me a lot of knowledge and help along the way. I wouldn't be where I am without them. Two brilliant women. They've both gone through some ups and downs, but always rise to the top.

Mike Hawk, who despite his crazy board posts, is a gentleman and, more impressively, a survivor. I appreciate his support.

The guys who will never let me take them to lunch because they're always working - Arthur at Meatcash and Jax at SugarDVD. There's something to be said for working as hard as these guys do.

The entire team at Epoch - I don't know if there's a better run operation out there.

Greg Clayman who is an innovator and a great businessman. He was also the first big company owner to talk to me when I came to AVN. I think that says something about him as a person.

Lars, who I could say the same things as I say about Greg. Just a great guy, and there's something to be said for individuality.

As for who I look down on, that's not really something I dwell upon, but any individual or business that tries to build their name by taking shots at another, well, I can't say I have much respect for that.

great answers so far Monty!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No. No. No.
Certain people, not necessarily performers, do pretend to be your friend because of what you can do for them. Luckily, I can smell bullshit from a mile away.

Very cool interview.

Well, I love a challenge
That would explain a lot of the women I date.

As far as looks go, I like something a little different. Sexy is more important than beautiful or hot. Sex appeal goes a long way in my book.
I don't like cookie-cutter women. If you shop at Abercrombie, you probably shouldn't bother applying.

Intelligence is sexy. Individuality is sexy. Style is sexy. Strength is sexy.

And for the record, I am a leg man.

As for the rest, I'll leave that to speculation.

Come on baby you are almost there!

Hahahahahaha!
I think that one is for the Dalai Lama's Ambush Interview.

For me, happiness is a combination of piece of mind, constantly being able to learn and push my own boundaries, exploration, and the support of family and friends.

As for the meaning of life, I don't turn into a philosopher until after I've downed a few glasses of whiskey. Call me later tonight if you really want to know.

Boxers. Briefs are too restricting.

Actually, I felt kind of like a tourist there. I hate feeling like a tourist, even when I am one. I was excited to go there, but when I got there I didn't even indulge. Maybe it was because someone kept rambling on about how the girls in Prague were so much better than these girls, that I lost the excitement factor. You know who you are!
Actually, I was in a relationship and the idea of paying for sex halfway around the world didn't sit quite right with me.

Honestly, I haven't seen too many hookers in Hollywood. I'm told that all the trannys hang out by the Shakey's up the street from our neighborhood though. So if that's your thing, I can point you in the right direction.

Just for laughs...

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/47431

You know, I was a little hesitant to do it at first because after all, what the hell do I know about doing radio?
Well, the first show was a bit rough, but since then it's been a hell of a lot of fun. I'm blessed to have a crutch like Aimee Sweet to lean on. You know, it's really her show, they just jam my fat head on all the promos.

Basically, the premise is something like this: we talk about all the big porn news of the week and then we interview a selected mover and shaker in the industry. It's a lot of work to put together a solid show each week and promote it, but I enjoy it. We've been getting a lot of good feedback, so that helps as well.

If you want to sample you can either join us each Thursday at 1 p.m. PT on www.ynotradio.com and/or you can download podcasts of each show, also available on the site.

Actually, I do know that, but sometimes you just don't care.
A while back some friends and I had a suite at a Clippers game. A suite comes packed with free booze.
Well, when the game was over, we had taken care of most of it and not wanting to be wasteful we thought it best to load the remainder into our pockets.
I got the bottle of wine. We took the train back to Hollywood and went into the Power House where, interestingly enough, they didn't take kindly to us drinking a bottle of wine in their establishment. I offered the manager a corking fee, but he declined and instead removed the table we were sitting at and told us to leave and never come back.
If you've ever been in the Power House, you'd understand why I didn't feel a great sense of loss.

lol... he's pissed that you used all of the details in this question.

You know, I just care about the guy's well being. I know when you go a while without the company of a woman things can get a little frustrating, you get wound a little tight, you maybe get down on yourself.
That's no good.
I felt he was maybe giving up a little to easily in certain situations or not seeing others for what they were, so I got a little animated after a few cocktails one night.

He thought it was funny. In hindsight, he was right.

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You mean douche?

Well, here's the thing about that word, the definition is something nasty. In fact, I can't think of many more disgusting things, so to use it in a deragatory sense just makes a lot of sense, like, "you're a real douche."
Additionally, when you put a little emphasis on it, it just sounds like a powerful insult. Say it like this, "Douche!" with a heavy emphasis on the D. Nice, huh?

So my roommate and I have this saying when we've had a bad day. I'll know when he's had a bad day and vice versa when one of us walks in the door and the first words are, "Everyone's a douche."

Had a bad day or nothing's going right = Everyone is a douche.

Saying that just makes you feel better.

And then there are times when he's talking to me and I'm laying the sarcasm on thick or just being short with him. Instead of calling me a douche or some other deragatory term he'll say, "Been drinking douche again?"
You know, you are what you drink or there's simply a lot of douchey attitude coming out of your mouth or something.

Someone is copping attitude = "Been drinking douche again?"

And kind of like the term fuck has multiple uses, so does douche.
You can say it in jest - "You douche, hahahahaha..."
In anger - "You fuckin' douchebag!"
In disgust - "Douche!"
As an insult - "You're a real douche, you know that?"
To signify stupidity - "Way to go, you douche"

The list goes on from there, but I'll let you figure out new and creative ways to use the term.
I'm gonna go get on the freeway and sit in some traffic, which is really my favorite place to use the term. As we all know, there are a lot of douchebags on the LA freeways.

Jack, my man, it's a pleasure to get to rap with you every now and again.

Thanks for giving me the platform to ramble bro! Sorry I took all week.
I'll be seeing you soon. We'll do it like we do it.

My roommate is trying to tell me that NIN's the Downward Spiral is a better album than Led Leppelin I right now. I think he's insane.

great interview monty. thank you.

happy easter everyone.

Fantastic interview, Monty....read each and every response

Nice babes on those pics

Nice babes on those pics

Dunno if that's good or bad, but thanks...

All good, MJ...all good

Monty, I couldn't do the show without you! Thanks for letting me be apart of it!

xoxo

well, it took me a while, but i finally got around to reading this fine, fine interview. although, i must say i am a bit surprised that my likeness was not mentioned even once in the throwback questions. for shame, monty. for shame.

i've know this man for more than 20 years. we met in a rural 4-H club and lived less than a mile apart for 10 years. i can pretty much confirm his telling of the rural Wisconsin lifestyle. i don't think i was around for the hospital trips, but i'm going to guess that those involved his uncle Doug and an old-man case of "i'm young like you" bravado.

at any rate, i thought everyone would like to see Monty in a setting that had abso-fucking-lutely no connection to the adult industry. namely... Wyoming. unfortunately, i haven't made enough posts to insert pics or urls so you'll have to do some work.

here he is jumping for joy in front of an Irish BBQ joint in Cheyenne:
www dot thisnanook.com/photolog/index.php?gal=2003_06/02&pic=1

and here he is eating his first real chili-cheese burrito in years:
www dot thisnanook.com/photolog/index.php?gal=2003_06/02&pic=6
(sorry about the sideways images, i'm too lazy to turn all my photos)

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