lol, exactly! I think it is cranberry btw. Another weird synergy like that is redbull and malibu with a splash of cran - I can't stand redbull or malibu by themselves.

i think that is a surfer on acid, right? or is that jaeger and redbull?

(what happens in vegas stays in vegas - right?)

During a show "hook up" I was having a splish splash bubble bath whirlpool tub and rub with a dear friend. I am sure I am not the first to do this but hopefully not the last to put the body bath liquid in and watch with glee as the bubbles start to rise and not be too distressed when they start to spill over because, well, what the hey, you are in a hotel, right?

Moving from the tub to the foam covered floor was keeping the action hot and she was giving me such an incredible blowjob and my euphoria glistened, expanded, and popped but kept growing like the bubbles still rising... I am sure you all know the feeling, right?

She was going by way of my balls with her tongue to my taint and you know I was not feeling the least bit nervous about my hygiene because, well, an hour in a hot whirlpool bath rubbing, splashing, fucking, and pumping is going to scrub anyone completely clean no doubt about it right?

Vegas food and vegas atmosphere and vegas clothing and everything else vegas are a gas but unfortunately that is exactly what came silent but deadly as a whispered threat right out of my butt which blew not only the bubbles back - though I must say she won the lifetime achievement award for good sportsmanship for returning to the scene of the crime and continuing - and I came up for a new sex act - "The Puffy Coombs". You get it. But I hope you never get it... alright.

lol - I didn't know that was the name. I did meet the world's most famous surfer on acid once and had the pleasure of eating dinner with him, a guy named Dr. Cary Mullis who won the Nobel Prize for inventing PCR which he was inspired to do while surfing on acid.

LOL!! I love that story.

Remember when you guys were all talking about it after it happened and it was like a Farrell-Spike-Norm-Lincoln giggle-fest and I demanded to be let in on the funny and no one wanted to tell me, of all the things I've had the misfortune to see/hear at a show and for some reason you were all too embarassed to share a gassy mishap story with me? Gees. I think I had to wait for Cabernet Spike to emerge before I got the goods.

Gentlemen do not discuss farts with Ladies.

26. Why is there a saying "It isn't a Player's Ball until Farrel gets naked?"

This goes way back and I believe the phrase was coined by J$tyles.

Seems like for a bunch of years usually at the after party I would find myself entangled in some sort encounter of an essentially xxx nature - my opinion being that we are in industry that celebrates sexuality but tends to be sort of asexual at many of its functions and gatherings. I was inspired to be in this industry like the Hefner's, Gucciones, and Flynts of the world, the people I feel practiced what they preached.

That takes us back to what we like to call a "Homegrown Moment" and this term was derived from when we would do shoots and sometimes action would spill over to behind the camera. This was never coerced in any way mind you - we have very strict rules about that. Basically, we never ask to go where we are not invited.

Now if you take the Player's Ball which certainly gets the sex appeal of the webmaster shows up like a double dose of viagra and throw in a bunch of really cool down to earth horny as fuck Homegrown girls to shake booty for a while then you quite prone to achieving a Homegrown Moment in the midst of the Player's Ball.

I guess on the amateur side of the porn universe folks are way more comfortable with getting naked and maybe having some fun and things like the Player's Ball and its after parties are just one more excuse to take it that direction...

BINGO!

Far-L,

After all these years, I have to say that you are one of the most enjoyable, down to earth, cool, smart and articulate people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting and spending time with! You are definitely a top notch/stand up guy ... and mean that sincerely and not in the GFY BRO way :winkwink:

This is a great ambush with fun stories - although I knew a bunch of them, it's great that people that don't know you have a chance to learn what a good guy you are and hopefully seek you out to do some biz.

BTW, I can tell you ALL first hand - http://www.HomeGrownVideo.com converts and retains. Far-L may not want to pound his chest but I WOULD if I were him ... because the simple fact is that IT DOES!

Keep up with the answers, man!

... and thanks for just being you :thumbsup :thumbsup

Great stuff!

:)

27. Your content library covers a lot of niches- A LOT of them! How many niches do you think there really is?

This comes off as sort of a trick question because one could easily say there is no limit to niche. If you can imagine a fan for midget tranny foot fetish then fast as you can say "ron jeremy" one exists. At Homegrown we have narrowed our focus to about thirty solid ones that are not too obscure to obtain content for.

We have a lot of success with things that a lot of people don't realize are pure gold. Every time I see someone here, there, or anywhere complaining that a model has too hairy a bush I just want to laugh since I feel like that is saying "I just don't want to make too much money".

Yeah, and the saddest thing is every time a new girl decides "hmm none of the other porn girls have pubes, guess I should get rid of mine." Please Please ladies- shoot for Homegrown, THEN get rid of your bush.

Especially if you are Horny Over 40 with a hairy bush and up for an anal cream pie while outdoors with a well-hung stud....oh the nitches we can cover!

http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/ente...3_caveman2.jpg

Caveman porn - new niche?

ADG

28. Did Homegrown really start of a small mom and pop video store in San Diego?

Homegrown Video started in a guy named Greg Swaim's video store in San Diego. He started selling his swinger tapes along with the other adult stuff in the back of the shop in Del Mar and things just sort of took off.

When we bought the company though it was on a dusty little street that literally had tumbleweeds rolling down it in a city way east of San Diego called Lakeside. The place always troubled me because I couldn't for the life of me figure out where the heck the lake was. A big rodeo happens there and I honestly thought that every day at High Noon there would be a showdown in the streets outside. The actual office looked like a ghost town because it was located mostly in the back of a retail storefront property. There was absolutely no retail in the actual storefront, only lots of dust and sort of decrepit furniture strewn about which seemed more likely to be the decorating efforts of hobos who salvaged the box cars on the retired E train.

We moved out of there quicker than you could say "draw you varmit".

Then we moved to an office/warehouse style space with a big contracting company across from us. Apparently the window office across from us was the most coveted space to work in and was rewarded as a perk of distinction.

29. You've been doing porn a long, long time?.. Watching some of your older work you can see rather hairy pussys. What do you think about the recent changes with shaved snatches?

I don't really pay much attention to what other people are doing since I am too busy thinking about what my customers actually want and not what I personally like or what my competition thinks people want.

One thing I can say though is that porn has always been about the forbidden fruit, the taboo, the secret desire unfulfilled except in the fantasy world of a video dramatization. This is why blowjobs were so big, then deepthroats, then anal sex, gang bangs, etc.

Note to self: Start buying mirken stocks...

31. Who is Gary Aptaker?

Gary Aptaker was the trustee of the court that ran the company while it was in the bankruptcy. In what turns out to be a complete breach of his fiduciary responsibilities to the court he offered to come work for us if we bought the company and although he didn't tell us what the competing offers were exactly he did grimace or smile when we told him what we were thinking of putting in for the sealed bids.

This should have been the first friggin' clue that he was no good but back then we figured he had valuable experience and would help us make the transition from professional deadheads to actually running a corporation.

He convinced us that we had to get him a vehicle. We said no to the caddy but agreed to a Jimmy (snickers allowed) because we had to make frequent trips to the PO box for orders.

He used to drive us crazy because whenever we would make a suggestion then he would ridicule us in one way or another as being inexperienced boobs. I remember he used to piss my brother off by saying "what do you want a fuzzy pink attaboy?"

When we finally had the good business sense to fire the bastard he took us to small claims court... and actually won... but on our appeal he started opening his mouth and actually had to be informed by the judge that he was in the process of incriminating himself.

I don't know what he does now and I always wondered what I would do if I ran into him sometime in San Diego. Probably laugh. Like I was on my way to the bank...

truly a benchmark in rap albums...and nice to read an interesting amush for once :2 cents:

Farrell always has the BEST stories lol!

Say it isn't so

:)

Alllllllllmost there!

A friendly morning bump for my friends at HomeGrown....

Time for some fresh questions for my brother:

Question #35

"Has your brother ever been nice enough to let you shoot a porn scene in his house whereupon you defiled his furniture?"

Question #36

"What is your personal best record for consective-day hallucinogen ingestion?

:1orglaugh

Oh boy...

Hey Moffin, how is the game coming along?

GOing well although my course is a little burned out.

let me know if you want to come down to SD any time

My girl calls me "geico boy" all the time... if I didn't know any better I would think this was some sort of conspiracy...

32. What is the difference between Gonzo, amateur, pro-am, and reality porn?

These are my definitions forged in the hell fires of porn's eternal damnation and smithed by years of hammering out title after title and tempured by experience. You don't have to agree with them:

Gonzo - For all you lit majors out there I equate this with a first person omnicient narrative device. In essence, the person behind the camera is also part of the action. I believe the term was first coined to describe the type of porn inspired by the pioneers of that style, Buttman John Stagliano, Max Hardcore, Seymour Butts, and then copied by many others.

Amateur - Amateur is sort of oxymoronic in so far as if a person is getting paid then how can you call it amateur but I see true amateur as being homemade videos by people that are doing it for a one or a few more times kick but certainly not looking to make porn their day job. The best amateurs are shot by couples that simply set up a camera and let it roll. The Pam and Tommy tape i consider to be the most classic true amateur video of all time. Authentic amateur should have that "home movie" sort of uninhibited casualness in which having fun takes a way bigger priority over whether or not the camera/body/light/sound etc is "just right".

Pro-Am: This fills that big grey void between pro, am, gonzo, and reality. Essentially, pro-am features higher production values than amateur, is generally shot by professional full time porn producers, features models who want to be porn stars, and tries to appear "amateur" but emphasizes good lighting, sound, make-up etc.

Reality Porn - I consider Reality style content to be an echo of the gool ol' raunchy days of what used to be called "loops" back in the 8mm days of porn production. In the eighties and nineties, this style of stuff was also called "vignettes". The premise is to create a simple fantasy situation with a modest amount of narrative to introduce the sex. However, "reality porn" draws a certain degree of inspiration from the gonzo style stuff by employing a "verite" shooting form, where the camera shoots in a documentary style and most of the dialog is unscripted improvisation to make it seem like the action is a real life situation.

If anyone disagrees then please let me know now...

33. Who is John Stagliano and have you ever shot with him?

John Stagliano is more popularly known as "Buttman" and owner of the Evil Angel empire. I have only huge respect for him and what he has accomplished in the industry but also for how humble and down to earth he has remained as a person. He was one of the first people out there to actually let producers collect royalties on their work. I guess no quick biography would be complete about him without also mentioning that he is a mensa member and that he produced a very sexy and successful show in Vegas based on his fetishistic "Fashionistas" movie.

I once had the privilege of working with John when he came down to shoot me and our starlet named Sheena for a video called "Buttman's Inferno". The scene was actually a foursome with John's girlfriend at the time Kristy and another dude. The scene ended up bringing home the award for "Best Group Sex Scene" but the victory was bittersweet for John since Kristy had recently died in a car crash. I of course don't really brag about it all that much because it is like taking credit for being the second leg in a relay race. Sure, I helped but I can't take too much credit...

While I was driving around with John he bestowed upon me one of the greatest lessons I ever learned in this biz.

We were driving along and I noticed that he had the same new over-priced but entirely sweet sony 3 chip prosumer camera that we had just recently purchased.

"I just got myself one of those. How do you like that sony?"

He looked at it and shrugged.

"It's ok I guess but I made my first million with my Canon L1."

Moral to the story: What you shoot with is never as important as what ends up on the tape.

Far-L was also one of the first people I was fortunate enough to meet early on in San Diego when they shot "Orgy For World Peace" every Friday in the studio. He and Moffit were always cool and a pleasure to work with. Great ambush man - you rock! :thumbsup

Anyone who has met me and my brother knows that we are so opposite but same in so many ways. Like Godzilla and King Kong we might be different animals but both still monsters capable of mass destruction. And when you talk to someone that works for us, some who have been with us almost 15 years, then you learn that carnage and total annihilation would be more accurate.

I guess we have over the years done some very messed up things to each other. I used to stare at him with crazy eyes and fiendish grin then jab my thumb into his ice cream. He once had an old driver's license of mine which he gave to the cops because him and his frat friends were up to some ridulous prank. (Too depraved to recount - this frat was later kicked off campus for all eternity) Luckily, I finally got them to drop the warrant for my arrest. Some of these gaffs would result in battles. You could always tell where we had thrown each other through a wall in our old office by where the pictures were hung.

So when I asked him to use his place as a location he said "No" emphatically enough but just not enough times because finally I ground that and sculpted it and turned it into a "yes". And I might have heard his caveat but I am not sure since my head was already out the door and all my focus already drawn to getting the job done... and done right!

The shoot involved a lackluster studlet named Tim who always is breaking back into the business as talent because he managed to convince some model that she had to work with him alone. I knew from previous experience that pulling off an interesting scene with him doing the lumberjacking was going to be all kindling and no yule logs if you know what I mean.

The order of the day is to shoot a cream pie scene. Things are going ok. Tepid but not cold enough to be dead and he was la dee da dee da boning along as bored and boring as if he was just masturbating on the toilet. Then he stopped.

We waited.

And waited.

No Cream Pie.

We went inside the house and hit the kitchen and bathrooms to try and figure out something that would work for fake cum. I think we ended up with some combination of food and soap that did the trick. Now for the sake of time and energy which as we all know is money, money, money I had her lay down on the kitchen table so we could just get the shots and finally call it a day.

I think I might have remembered at this point the faint point moffitt had made, like "don't do anything on the furniture" or something like that. But the glass is either half empty or half full; for example that could've have been real cum and not fake cum. If we stayed outside any longer his neighbors might have called the cops... which means I didn't have to give them his ID:winkwink:

#36 "What is your personal best record for consective-day hallucinogen ingestion?

I once ate not just magic but full on magical mystery tour mushrooms for five or six days a week for about three weeks straight. Probably learned more in those three weeks than four years of school.

End of story and end of interview...

Unless anyone has any more questions... :winkwink:

Fantastic read!!! Thanks for giving some of us a glimpse into your wild ride in the business. It was both amusing and I got to pick up a few things here and there :)

Thank you! This has been a blast since I got to tell a few tales without people going "umm... you've told me that at least a few times before"... :winkwink:

I am happy to report that by request a few more questions are going to be added because this really only covered up to when we were just beginning the web side of things.

So now we'll get to hear your mantra for the web side of things? :) Ok I should stay away from GFY for a few more days so I can read it all at once!! hahaha

Are they going to ban me from GFY for keeping you away?

:Oh crap

Good read dude, thanks for the laughs.

Now come on down and let us drink and be merry....

good read... thanks for the stories and a view of of your world.

Nah - nobody gives a flying one heheheh
In fact, I can think of a few that may pay ya to keep me away :) hahahah

Godzilla and King Kong really does sum up the two of you. Remember the year the employees gave you both boxing gloves as a "joke"? When you guys would go at it a bunch of us would huddle in the salesroom, crying that mommy and daddy were going to get divorced (don't worry, we never decided who was which)

Nice, and very true. :thumbsup

If you don't mind, what are a few of the other "greatest lessons" you have learned in your many years in the business?

BTW.... best Ambush ever!

Many thanks for an amazing compliment! Now I feel some serious pressure to say something that is worthy of just a few steps up the mountain to the Guru at the top that knows the meaning of life... and how to sell more porn in a glutted market.

My brother and I were invited to a special gathering in Cancun which was an invite only, heads of companies, type of affair put on by AVN. We naturally assumed just like everyone else that of course this was going to be like when the mob met in the 50's to carve up territories. When we got there we really found out that it was essentially a big freak out session of the old school brick and mortar companies bugging about the bad boy wonder you all know but love to hate, Luke Ford. He apparently was asking too many questions about skeletons in closets and the old vanguard was anxious about it to say the least. When they weren't complaining about Luke then most of them were upset about various web companies that had ripped them off.

Since we were one of the only companies that had not licensed out all their content and was managing its own facilities, I felt a certain confidence in adding another perspective to the mix.

Out on the beach, relaxing with a big Cuban stogie and thinking that we had finally "arrived" to be invited to such an event, a guy named Russ Hampshire walked up to me. Any one who has heard just VCA and Babenet has only heard the tip of the iceberg for all that was Russ Hampshire. The guy oversaw one of the largest adult media empires on earth, plus he had huge mainstream companies in things like media duplication and production. Anyone that jokes about people that work at McDonalds, well, Russ Hampshire learned a thing or two from it so be careful who you wish that on.

Russ strolled up and said to me, "Kid, you talk too much but you seem like an ok smart kid so I am going to give you some advice."

I looked at him and held out the chalice ready to recieve whatever wisdom poured forth.

"Keep your content. Don't ever sell off what you have and you will be alright."

The chorus of angels broke out in song. The sky became more blue. The false flowers of evil temptations that lay before us withered to dust and the new fruit of our labors blossomed on the vine instead. Our roots to who were are and where we came from grew stronger.

We have watched a lot of the old school video companies go under while their libraries live on in some of the most respected online companies today. We have seen brand after brand be stripped from the carcasses of those companies only to usually be discarded as meaningless. Even in the shakiest of times, that advice has served us well and been a cornerstone of our branding.

"Once in a while you can get shown the light
in the strangest of places if you look at it right"

Grateful Dead - "Scarlet Begonias"

you should write books ;)


i would buy them