Archive for January, 2006

Kitkast Korrespondent Starts his own Video- Podcast

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

Parker

Steve Garfield is to Rocketboom as Parker is to Kitkast

Good news Kitkast viewers, field correspondent Parker has started his own blog and videoblog. His first entry shows him and his cameraman Rich in the background of G4 TV, when they were filming interview footage with Naughty America at the AVN Expo (see Kitkast #1.13 for the interview).

Parker’s video-podcast is available on iTunes and can be found in the Podcast section by entering “parker kuncl” in the search field. I know I’ve subscribed…

KITKAST DV

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

Kitkast-DV

Good news for all Kitkast viewers… I bought a Panasonic PV-GS250 3CCD Camcorder this weekend.

For you viewers that means: no more lispy voices; better resolution; more filming outside (interviewing people on the street or at conventions); etc.

For I the film-maker that means: digital zoom; widescreen or full screen; optional microphone for interviews; more image control (flipping display panel and remote control recording); less sound editing; less people giving me unwanted advice about sound editing; less editing in general since I can do a lot more directly from the DV Cam to my editing software (instead of having to upload and transfer all files to DV-AVI through Windows Movie Maker first!), and; the ability to take Kitkast to the streets without looking like an unprofessional idiot filming interviews with a digital camera.

I’m really excited about this and I hope that it will solve a lot of the problems I had using a regular old Canon digital camera. The only problem I face now is getting used to the new post-production routine.

I also purchased a brand new tripod that is smoother to use than our old one and stocked up on DV tapes.

Operation Porno Storm

Friday, January 20th, 2006

Senator Stevens with US Troops in Iraq
Above: Senator Stevens poses with troops in Iraq

Thought you’d heard the end of the war on porn? Thought the whole thing was just one big joke? Well, think again

WASHINGTON–U.S. senators on Thursday blasted what they called an “explosion” in Internet pornography and threatened to enact new laws aimed at targeting sexually explicit Web sites.

At an afternoon hearing convened here by the Senate Commerce Committee, Chairman Ted Stevens, an Alaska Republican, lashed out at an adult entertainment industry representative, saying that the industry needs to take swift moves to devise a rating system and to clearly mark all its material as “adult only.”

“I think any adult producer would agree,” said Paul Cambria, counsel to the Adult Freedom Foundation, which represents companies offering “lawful adult-oriented entertainment.” It would just be a matter of organizing the industry, he added.

This might make sense… but that’s not all

The US government is asking a judge to force Google to hand over data on searches performed by its users, arguing that it needs the information to determine how often users search for pornography.

A request has been filed under an internet child protection law that seeks to prevent minors from accessing websites containing adult material.

[…] Google declined to hand over the information last year because it considered the request to be “overreaching”. The refusal sparked this week’s lawsuit.

A report in the San José Mercury News stated that the government had asked for one million random web addresses as well as all search queries for a one-week period.

Other unnamed search engines have complied with the government’s request.

What do they need the stats for, so they can rally the troops and regroup to fight the war on porn? I’m so proud of Google for standing up to the oppressive anti-porn regime. It takes real guts to stand up to a bully this big… that’s for sure.

As for the US Government… well, the United States is a nation founded upon freedom of speech… and don’t you dare forget it. God help us all if the Republicans win the next election (sorry Em, you know I love you).

Mary Carey, the Saga Continues…

Friday, January 20th, 2006

Mary Carey

My friend Heather sent me a link today to lukeisback.com and I went to check it out. The site design was really simple and I probably wouldn’t have stayed on a regular day, but Heather had assured me that the news he publishes on the site is extremely current and often extremely interesting.

Heather was absolutely right.

The stuff that caught my eye the most were Luke’s dealings with infamous politico-porn princess Mary Carey. Now, the first time I had every heard of Carey was back when she started running against Arnold Schwarzenegger for Governor of California. Obviously her media attention waned a bit after she lost, but she returned to the spotlight when her and her boss attended a big Republican soirée last summer.

Shortly after the whole GOP media coverage, Mary Carey was interviewed on the Daily Show. When she was interviewed, she said the most ridiculous stuff on camera… dumb blonde, indeed. The thing that stood out in my mind was when she was saying how she doesn’t do anal because she has a problem with flatulence… then, not a moment later, she actually farts on television. With a performance like that, there has to be something wrong with this girl.

Well, today when I was checking out luckisback.com I was reading quotes from telephone conversations she’s had recently with Luke. Here’s a few of my favorites:

[About people saying she has a drug habit] “People just say that. I’m an alcoholic. I openly admit it. So many girls in the business want to deny that they drink or do drugs. I say, drinking and doing drugs is still better than getting cum on your face for the world to see. You know why I drink.”

[About presenting at the AVN Awards] “It was at the end of the show. I was so drunk, I can’t remember presenting. I have severe blackouts. Everyone around me thinks I’m totally functional. That’s why a lot of people see me and I can’t remember them because I was drunk.”

[About XXXChurch and their new show with VH1] “When I signed up to do the TV show, I was in a depressed state. I thought, ‘I need to become Christian.’ I actually did get baptized and I was a born-again Christian for two weeks. No porno. No nothing. But it was so not fun. Being totally Christian at 25 is so not fun. I’m not ready to give up drinking and showing my boobs and having sex with a lot of people.”

As much as I laugh at this, I also have to feel sorry for her. She definitely seems to have a problem and I wouldn’t wish this sort of thing on anyone. I truly hope that she can work it out. Judging from the fact that she went back to porn after her short two-week XXXChurch stint, I guess quitting the business cold turkey just isn’t going to work for her. If she really wants to be a Christian, though, I think it would be healthier for her to start going to church with JC’s Girls instead of “boring” herself by leaving the industry too… sometimes it’s better to wean ourselves away from things.

Whether she keeps making porn or not, one thing is for sure… she’s been working hard to change her physical image by losing weight and getting a boob job. She may have left Kick Ass due to a ‘natural boobs only’ requirement, but I have no doubt she will remain both a porn and media phenomena.

She Ain’t No Doctor Ruth…

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

Kim_Holland

Who needs Doctor Ruth when you’ve got a sexy porn star to give you advice on your sex life? Well, okay… so the last thing most people need is sex advice from a porn star, but at least it would make for a more interesting show on television than Oprah [shudder].

Kim Holland, a Dutch porn star, started such a show called “Op z’n Hollands” (The Dutch Way), but it was unfortunately cancelled after the first two episodes aired. Although the Dutch have liberal attitudes towards drugs and sex, the show was deemed “unsuitable for a family channel.” Fair enough… but then, why did they choose to air the show in the first place? Did someone accept the show without watching it?

Seriously, if you want to broadcast anything you have to make sure it’s either on the right channel or at the right time… and I don’t only mean that with regards to adult-related content. I wouldn’t want to tune into SexTV and find a family program like 7th Heaven, so why should a sex show be aired on a family channel in the first place. The future is all about niches, ladies and gentlemen.

Holland has said that she hopes her show will get picked up by another channel in the Netherlands.