September, 2015 | Mr. Pink's Blog

Phil Varone Returns to Rock

Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee dabbled in porn and so did Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, and Evan Seinfeld of hardcore legends Biohazard. Hell, Seinfeld even adopted the nom de porn ‘Spyder Jonez’ after marrying Tera Patrick and shooting a whole bunch of smut together. Recently putting Seinfeld’s nepotistic endeavors to shame, though, has been former Saigon Kick drummer Phil Varone, who just days ago announced his decision to ditch porn for the pure unadulterated carnal thrust of rock and roll!

A noted lothario and admitted swinger, Varone started documenting his on-the-road exploits in an official capacity with the 2011 Vivid Video release of ‘Phil Varone’s Secret Sex Stash,’ a “celebrity sex tape” that merely set the scene for Varone’s futher ventures into the world of porn production. In 2014 Varone even managed to win an AVN Award, Best Amateur Release for ‘100% Real Swingers: Meet the Rileys,’ just one title in a series that saw him expose the seedy partner-sharing underbelly of America as well as the secret swinging lifestyle of then porno it-girl Siri. Varone also entered the erotic novelties game with Dr. Philgood, a dildo molded from his own penis by Cal Exotics that even bares the penile piercing the drummer has slid into the snatches of groupies, swingers, amateur harlots, and pornstars like Siri but will now keep off-screen.

Varone’s keeping his exact reasons for leaving porn to himself, simply telling fans that he encountered enough douchebaggery in the industry to convince him drumming for hard rock bands is more his thing. Varone’s also retiring his talent agency, The V Agency, telling media “I have always offered my talent a very high level of personalized service, but returning to music and my other projects going on have made this very hard.” (Check out Phil’s Facebook page for more, dirtier revelations or, if you’re patient, you can order the man’s memoir, Un-Philtered or wait for his next, apparently being worked on as we speak.

Look, Phil, no hard feelings but if you’re out of porn I’ll also have to move on and find another stereotypical hard rocker through which to vicariously live my dreams of banging groupies, doing coke off of brand-new shiny hi-hats, and trying some grannies on for size (although that last part might’ve been a Phil Varone specialty).

So, paging Mr. Joshua Todd of Buckcherry…. Josh Todd of Buckcherry, would you please make some porno?

Mr. Pink’s Weekly Report – September 9th, 2015

What a week! Candida Royalle passed away and put me in a shitty mood for a while, but Mr. Pink bounced back just as he always does, bringing a slate of brand new porn reviews to your attention. This week saw four very different sites assessed by yours truly, sites focused on urination, transsexual hotties, homegrown Philly babes, and one of porn’s most acclaimed gonzo filmmakers. What did we discover? Well, VIPissy delivers a golden stream of content that should keep any watersports enthusiast entertained for weeks, Trans500 overcomes some odd casting with absurd trans-fucking scenarios, the hometown hotties of Hot Philly Models might be hot but they’re not quite “LA-hot,” and Jules Jordan, well, he proved that success needn’t ruin the man, it can instead spur him on towards bigger and better things. Speaker of bigger and better things, I’ll be back next week with (you guessed it) more exclusive, elucidating, and hopefully insightful porn reviews!

Taipei Transit Turns to JAV

It’s a problem that many American cities have struggled with: How to entice residents to use the cleaner, more affordable, and less stressful public transportation options rather than driving around everywhere in fuel-guzzling high-speed death machines. And it’s a problem Taiwan could have just solved with the help of Japanese AV idol Yui Hatano.

Yui Hatano

The Taipei MRT (or Metro) is one of the most expensive rapid transit systems yet constructed and carries an estimated 1.78 million riders every day. Taipei still remains plagued by traffic congestion, however, so someone at MRT HQ dreamed up a plot to bring more motorists to the train carriages. Given the option of paying their fares on a per-trip basis with tokens or a pre-loaded reusable card for further journeys, more and more Taiwanese are clamoring for the new EasyCards which come in two varieties, one featuring Japanese porn superstar Yui Hatano as an “angel” while the other shows her “devil” guise. Transit card designs – yet another arena in which Asia has us beat.

EasyCard

Igniting controversy both inside and outside of Taiwan, the new EasyCard designs were proven at their Septembr 1st unveiling to be extremely mild, simply showing a coy Hatano posing alternately in white and black outfits. Still, EasyCard announced a revised design after it was found the ‘Angel’ image was previously used as the cover of one of Hatano’s JAV DVD releases.

Hatano herself clarified her intentions, telling media via a statement, “Just because I am an adult video porn star… does it mean that I cannot pay a debt of gratitude to my beloved Taiwan?” EasyCard spokeswoman Lin Hsiao-chi explained the company’s intentions thusly: This set of cards is suitable to put in your wallet and collect. When you look at it, it will cheer you up.”

Yui Hatano @ JAV HD

In Memoriam: Candida Royalle

ca. 1988 --- Candida Royalle --- Image by © Deborah Feingold/Corbis — ca. 1988 — Candida Royalle — Image by © Deborah Feingold/Corbis

Candida Royalle, director/producer/performer, sex educator, feminist, and XRCO and AVN Hall of Fame member has died of ovarian cancer at age 64. Leaving behind a legacy of female liberation and free expression that has clearly informed today’s new generation of feminist pornographers, Royalle will be sorely missed by her peers, fans, and students alike, many of whom have taken to social media to share their remembrances of one of porn’s bravest and most compelling individuals, and the first director to envision a ‘couples’ market.

Born in 1950 in New York City, the future dancer and filmmaker was abandoned by her biological mother at 18 months, a subject that would consume much of her recent time as she worked on a documentary film about the search for the woman that birthed her. While You Were Gone remains unfinished at the time of Royalle’s passing. Though a private detective had located the woman at Royalle’s request, it was not before she had died from ovarian cancer, unknowingly preceding her daughter. The future of the film remains uncertain, though an except can be viewed below.

Entering adult entertainment in 1975, Royalle appeared in roughly 25 pictures before retiring five years later, penning the script to her final film as just a performer. Royalle founded Femme Productions in ’84, producing erotic films based on the notions of female desire and believably passionate couplings, going to great effort to avoid the usual male-centric porn cliches. A published author, public speaker and lecturer, Royalle’s influence on female porn professionals and viewers is almost unparalleled.

Candida Royale — Photo by Daniel Nicoletta