Al Goldstein, Pioneering Pornographer, Dies at 77

RIP Al. An icon of the Golden Age of Porn.

Hope he had a great life, RIP...

I had dinner with him years ago in St Maarten.
Such a character and had great stories to tell.

sorry to hear this, Screw magazine was off the hook ...
RIP Al ...

RIP Al...he was a funny guy, great for pioneer for the industry!

Good obit.

I never met Al Goldstein, but certainly knew of him from his glory years - a total (porn) character if there ever was one. Sad that the end of his life had some rough bumps, but what a life...

RIP Al Goldstein



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He had a house in Florida where his back yard was right on the canals. So when all of his neighbors would drive their expensive yachts by they would see his giant statute of a an extended middle finger. It looked just like this one.

Huge pioneer.

I had a huge collection of SCREW when I was a kid. found them in a storage room.

RIP Al!

He was wrote a blog years ago that was hilarious. This doesn't look like the one I remember, I think he wrote for xbiz? This blogspot is funny as hell to.

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My Savior, Penn Jillette


I have not been able to write this blog for some time. My fucking body has degenerated to a near corpse state. The couch has become part of my body. I ooze strange bodily fluids from various orifices (must be from all of that bad pussy i ate - maybe the rancid pussy of my ex-wives!) I ache from head to toe. My fucking teeth have fallen out, I have bed bug bites on my arms from an old couch in my living room. All I would like right now is to be pain free and to meet a nice Jewish cunt, in her 80's, who could keep me company all day while i watch CNN and the History Channel.

http://algoldstein2.blogspot.com/

the golden age of porn...wasn't that the 90s?

In his own words...





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I heard of him, rip

Met him a few times and interviewed him on YNOT Radio way back when. Good to know there are industry people who know who he was.

RIP

RIP Al

Rest in Paradise!

Awesome pic!

I'm sure that's how he wishes to be remembered.





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this is indeed very entertaining - RIP AL

Indeed, I asked him to pose for the shot and to flip me off, he obliged

I have a few more from a different year, can't seem to find them for the life of me

Rip

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I met him years ago, had wild stories to tell.

RIP Al.

A very cool character and a legend.

R.I.P.

The good ol' times. RIP

Al Goldstein's life lessons for everyone in porn

Fellow Pornographers:

I sold my sites Booble and Sir Rodney to Wildline in 2010 and went back to mainstream with a little cash and fond memories. One was working with Al Goldstein, who blogged for Booble from 2006-08. He presented Vicky Vette and Lisa Sparxxx with their Booble Girl of the Year awards. And we ran him for the democratic nomination for President in 2007 (no one showed up at our press conference). Eventually, Al just couldn't write his blog anymore. He couldn't find anyone to transcribe his incoherent raving. We paid him for doing nothing for a while, but after a year of charity, we reluctantly shut his blog down. It didn't generate much traffic even when Al was posting regularly.

First, let me say, Al would have LOVED his obit in the NY Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/20/ny...t-77.html?_r=0

He's probably carrying the clipping around with him in porn heaven, showing it to anyone in earshot when he is not jerking off.

Al was a rebel, and a cautionary tale for all of us. Thats' what I want to share with you, my fellow rebels, today. Take this however you want, and I will go fuck myself ;)

Lesson #1. You can't be a rebel forever. Al tried to be a rebel his whole life, but the rebel thing wears down and everything eventually becomes mainstream. It can't be sustained that long, though Al tried. Like everyone, he got old and when he did he had nowhere to go with his career. The porn business was suddenly online. He barely knew how to use a pc. And no one in our business gave two shits about a broken down old pornographer. Lesson #2: when you have money, you have to hold onto it for dear life, especially if you are an entrepreneur in the adult business. Just when you're riding high, things change. If google edited adult, you'd all be broke. Hang on to your money. Lesson #3: it is a terrible idea to harass your secretary. Yes, she was a bitch, but Al was terribly vindictive. It did not end well for him. I'd only wish his legal bills my worst enemy, if I had one.

It was sad but not unexpected to hear that Al died broke and alone. He was so busy being angry at the world, and satisfying his compulsive needs, that he never took the time to connect with the many people who offered their friendship over the years. When he did open himself up, it was inevitably to the wrong people, with the exception of Penn Gillette, who took Al on as a personal charity. God bless him. Lesson #4: build up your offline relationships, and make them the most important thing in your life. Stop spending so much time on GFY and counting your affiliate sales every day.

The world's a better place because of crazy men like Al, who lust to break all taboos and refuse to worship false idols. He is part of the reason we are all here.

RIP old man. I'm glad your suffering is at an end. Thanks for pioneering this business, breaking the rules, taking the bullets, and having fun with it. And thanks for the life lessons. I know how much they cost you.

God bless all the good people in the GFY community. I wish you all happy holidays. The bad people: Go Fuck Yourself!

Thanks for posting that, I knew , someone had hired him and carried him for a while, even though, he was a hard case to handle. Just could'nt think of the name . All the best

I got my start in adult from AL running screwmag.com website from 03 to 05

he was batshit crazy and eccentric beyond belief .it was the worst job of my adult career but it was my starting point.

It was definitely an experience...not a great one but an experience.

Its is a sad story in the end but he certainly created it being a crazy assshole.

For example...
Al printed spoofs on his kids in the magazine where his son who was in college was sucking dick or somethign so he never spoke to him again.

He had no real friends or family I recall and everyone used him for money.

Sad.
Rip crazy al.