Shemp you remembered

it was LPzip.com

we were one of the very first instant downloadable content sites.

That thing was a big bitch to set up we have 400 sets of content for sale. Each set was its own members area of a paysite CCbill did all the billing

I remember them saying you have more sub accounts then any other company I think we had 400 or somthing accounts

Tanker is the "man"...got to know him and here some of those amazing stories, he is a great people person, trully real ! Its refreshing to hang out with someone that just wants to have fun with no ego involved. Some of the "not so nice people" out there take notes, this guy, was at the very start and part of the growth of some of the biggest programs in the world, he is not a snob, and is super cool, and that is what makes him great!

We took, it very easy a bunch of us hit the spas at the Mandalay and the "The Hotel" this past Internext, some great stories and some good laughs! Ellisa and Tanker fit together perfect and are great people!

Vegas Internext 2005
http://www.mikehawkmovies.com/pics/tanker.jpg

That is a sweet story. Reminds me of some other rentals that where kind of destroyed in BC ;-)

Great Interview

Tanker was one of the first people to help me out, back then when he got with LSC, those were the times...I mean he basicly putted money in my pockets with his great help for which i'm very appreciatted :)

Now I have a question:

"Don't you get tired of moving from company to company and not settle for one (no ofense)?"

cheers

Well I dont drink a lot and by that I mean I dont drink on a reglar basis maybe a few nights a month and usually only at shows.

Red Bull is my choice of drink and you can mix it with Vodka, Captain, Jeager, or your favorite liquor

Drugs, I have tried a few some are interesting some are down right strange and some I cant believe anyone even attempts to take

I grew up in a household with a drug addicted single parent
I did not even touch touch a drun untill I was in my mid 20's
I think that if you are going to do them you better have some seriously
strong will. you have to be able to walk away and return to reality. If you cant do that then its just not somthing you should even try

A lot of it is do you fit with the company and where they are going!

I have worked for several companies, I some day would like to just open my own program I have Ideas pouring out of me I just never had the financial backing to make them work PROPERLY!

I have worked for a few companies and when I have left usually it was just a matter of not being able to work with that company at maximum capacity.

I have done consulting for a lot of small companies and I still do while holding a full time position with someone. some of those deals you never hear of and never will. The ones that you do hear of usually they are bigger deals that take more of my time and I become a contractor for them.

I have left a few positions and 90% of the time its becuase of a lack of communication. some people are hard to work with remotely.

I have worked for some companies in both capacities in the office and out and its a totally difernent world even when working with the same team.

somtimes it just doesnt work out and usually its not anyone persons fault its just a matter of some people are not used to working with remote employees and it causes communication issues. sometimes it can be fixed by making some minor changes in the day to day operation schedule and sometimes it cannot

Do I get tired of moving from company to company? Yes and No

YES I do get tired of it becuase I put a lot of work and effort into creating things and learning the ways of the company only to find out its just not going to work.

NO I dont get tired when its things like 3 month contracts I get hired to come in and do a task build a program or create a sales force somthing to that effect. I get paid well to do it and when my contract is up if there is nothing else needed of me I grab some more contracts and help out new companies learn the Jedi Art of adult webmastering

I forgot about that damn Scotia Bank/ Houdini-like vestibule!

All I remembered was seeing my balance in "J" and almost had a heart attack
I had over 3,000,000 J in the bank!
I was ready to retire.

ahahahahaha!

I would have to say Tanker is the only marketing guy that ever got yelled at for not partying hard ENOUGH! We rented a limo bus in LA, a lot of people with us wanted to go to an afterhours club, but Tanker was a dead man walking after a 3-day marathon of photoshoots and late night parties.

I remember barking at him like a drill instructor, "WAKE UP!!! YOU CAN SLEEP WHEN YOU'RE DEAD!!!"

yeah, i rode him like a bitch

Steve Lightspeed

Tanker, tell everyone what a "devilled-egg" is (remember the glass pool bottom in Miami?

Speaking of Miami, tell the story about us running away screaming like little girls when we thought Pimp Sticky was about to be shot. That one's a classic!

Steve Lightspeed

Nicely put- and echoes my same story-
Maybe some day we'll see a merger in abilities KB/Tanker
taking over the entire adult web's marketing.

Just no more mushrooms.
:-))

Good times I still remember the quite shy Steve Jones I met in LA and went to Portland on our first show together! Yep I helped to give birth to the guy you all know today :) his name is Steve Lightspeed

I left Adult.com to open my own consulting company

here are some of tanker's gayer moments while working at lightspeedcash

http://www.stevelightspeed.com/sexchange.jpg

http://www.stevelightspeed.com/sexchange2.jpg

http://www.stevelightspeed.com/sexchange3.jpg

http://www.stevelightspeed.com/sexchange4.jpg

When I first went to work for Steve it was in a rented one bedroom apartment and everything took place there from content production to building the websites

It was as grass roots as you could get. Me and Steve work well together we can finish each others stories, and save each others lives!

Working with Steve taught me a lot about myself and the ability to really run with ideas and make them happen! It was fun to take a little company that was unheard of and turn it into the king if its niche.

We did everything by the seats of our pants it was all trial and error and when we made mistakes we were fast to correct them and try agian. It was a lot of fun working with Steve and Rochard they are two my my best friends to this day. Unfortunatly I dont get the chance to see them as much as I would like to but thats all good Me and Ellisa I am sure are going to move into steves guest house for a week or two soon and spend some time with them

I am in Florida because The weather looks like this ( CLICK HERE )

And I am in Toronto because that is where my Fiancee lives, so I spend a lot of time there. and in June I will be making it my permanant residence.

We will of course spend a lot of time in California, Florida, and Arizona when its cold and there is snow on the ground.

I dont mind the cold but I prefer to go to the cold when I want to be in it, not be in it just because its the way it has to be. fuck that's why they made Cheap flights to florida and internet jobs :)

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh nice!

Like those pics Tanker! Never knew - I believe they will be coming out again
sometime near the end of June......at an untimely moment..... :1orglaugh

don't you miss your own bed? :winkwink:

Yeah do me a favor and turn on the heat in the house Ellisa is coming home for a few days. Ohhh Send some of that tea down! chi tea rocks

I prefer chilling the beer in your livingroom......

What happens in vegas stays in vegas
What happens in jamaica stays in jamiaca

I have heard at every trade show
what happens [INSERT TRADESHOW LOCATION] stays in [INSERT TRADESHOW LOCATION] so I would say look at any trade show and your bound to find out the answer to this one

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hahahha keep them in the window if you want them frosty

Why is it I gave you a special hat that you promised to wear and I have never seen in it one picture?!?

Even better is the look on their faces when they see that Steve isn't too troubled about paying for the two jetskis.

I think you have the hat back

now its only a few a year like 5

however when I was doing the Lightspeed Road Show it was as many as 1 a week

there was a time when I didnt miss a single event unless it was because I was at another event

I will be in Jamaica next week for the www.wypd.com gathering and I look forward to doing business with everyone that makes it out

NO I DON'T!!!!!!!!!!!

That means you lost it ... I'm mad now.

uhhh ihhh

it is at home then I know its not lost <Ducking>

Man, that's got to be the nicest thing you've ever said about me.

Um, James, can you explain what your doing in this picture?

http://www.rochardsbunnyranch.com/pictures/004/15.jpg

Leaving Arizona was a tough one the weather is beautifull in the winter and I left in December.

I had been there for 3 years entranced with the beauty of the southwest. However it was Ellisa in Toronto that stole my heart and really changed my mind. At the time She was working for a company that would not let her work remotely. So the only way for us to be together was for me to pack up and move to Toronto. It was the best move I ever made in my life.

I got there in the dead of winter and it was really fucking cold. Snow everywhere. I hadnt seen snow in like 4 or 5 years and for the next few weeks all I did was shovel the stuff. I did enjoy it though that was my first winter out of the southwest and it was fun

This winter me and Ellisa packed up and we came down to Florida one winter in a row is enough I am enjoying our long hours in the car together creating our own ideas and turning them into reality Its amazing how much you can create when you are locked in a car doing 80 on the highway for 8+ hours of travel

Thats Bubba LOL

[QUOTE=SleazyDream]15. What is the most favorite prank you've ever played?[/qoute]

Damn there are so many

The best was calling up Platinum Dave and telling him I was from the hotel front desk. I told him that he was going to owe for a lot of stuff that went missing from one of his employees rooms ( pillows hangers and a mini fridge )

He was really pissed and blowing his top to only walk in and find out everyone was in on it..

Another kick ass one was the Boneprone incedent where we fucked with a guy and told him the Anal Hobbit was the next bit thing and that lord of the cockrings was going ot be his best seller....

there are soooooooo many

Ynot Bob and coconut Christine was another good one

Monetarly Rich? I dont think I have reached that point

My life is Rich though!

Do I fly First Class depends on the airlines and where I am going

do I fly to EU first class? no

Sometimes from Toronto to Phoenix I do though

Only if it drank my spilled redbull and vodka

I built galleries and I built them while sitting on an M1A2 Abrams Tank in the Army

it was cool stuff but when I got deployed I didnt have anyone to stay behind and take care of things so it was frustrating to build up a lot of traffic and then lose it all everytime that I was deployed

Dude that was a bad ass trip to Canadas wonderland!!!


and Geo Caching rocked when I get back up it will be warm again and we are going to take you to the bruce trail thats some fun geo caching

Great Interwiew Tanker :thumbsup

Yeah that was scary shit!!!

Nice to learn more about the guy who got me thinking about traffic and making money.

Well one of our really good friends Scott called us up and told us for our wedding he would buy our flights us to go on our honeymoon as a gift. I was floored and so was Ellisa. I didnt know where I wanted to go at this point so I started to look around, I was actually reading someones thread a few days befor about Costa Rica and I had talked to Mike Hawk at Smashbucks about Costa Rica and all I heard was good things

So I told Scott Costa Rica and the next thing I know I get an Email from The Airlines Scott is the man he not only booked us tickets he booked them non stop and First class. For that Scott I thank you very much you are a very good friend and have been since the day I met you... Thanks buddy

for those of you that dont know Scott here is his website you can check it out http://www.sleazydream.com

So we are looking at doing some cool stuff in Costa Rica

this place looks awesome
http://almondsandcorals.com/



IF you have been there and would like to share you secret spots with us we would like to know about them

Damn you just come to toronto and Ill take you to all the places that everyone has shown me

Toronto and the people that are there are awesome. Everyone I meet in toronto is kick ass

Props to Tanker! Too many nice things about you to list. Rock on niggah!

Megah we will chill shortly man

Great interview Tanker, you are a real pro.

I love Tanker.

Tanker, would you care to explain this video?
www.crazytees.com/videos/gfydragon.wmv

Thank you Tanker for your Awesome answers!

baaahh - used excess airmiles for it. It's aircanada, more pain to fly then it's worth.

fuck Air Canada! :1orglaugh :321GFY

Tanker is one of the people I most enjoy spending time with from the industry, he been around a long time and has seen all the strings at the puppet show ;)

He has one of the most positive and friendly attitudes I have ever encountered in my life. I consider him a "journeyman" in this industry, I think he has to go through alot to finally take him where he needs to go. I'm really glad he's teamed up with the guys from COHF because they are a match made in heaven. They needed a guy to take them to the next level and Tanker needed a good challenge to bring an amazing up and coming program to the next step. I could'nt be happier for all parties involved. :)

Elissa is a doll and she is one hell of a drinker! LOL! God damn that layover in Miami sure was a fucking killer huh Elise!!?? LOL!

DH

Still love you and Steve for the stunt flight with topgun Smo in the back...
When ever in Holland you and Lisa can stay with us as long as you like (well, not for ever I mean ) Red-bull and Jager mix together well :drinkup

Will have some jager shots ready at the Old-Sailor bar whenever you come over...

VIP we will see you soon and the old sailor bar will be a great place to get shit faced I love it there