Slog - Comments on 5 Days is 5 Days Too Long in Vegas, and 10 Things I Learned at the Porn Convention http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx I'm back! I had to buy an extra suitcase just to haul all the porn schwag and freebies. When I got home, there was one of those airport inspection slips inside the bag. How I wish I could've seen the inspector's face when he cracked this baby open... I'm very tired - and feel a bit crazy. Five days is way too long to spend in Las Vegas. For anything or anyone. It hurts your brain. All in all, though, this years' convention and the AVN Awards - "The Oscars of Porn"- was a frickin' wild ride. One of the... Copyright 2008 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:30:27 -0800 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:44:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Josh VanArsdall That clown shit freaked the hell out of me.

]]> Josh VanArsdall http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898911 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898911 At Large Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:52:12 -0800 Comment by mrcurious It looks interesting but is it actually sexy? I mean, did you find yourself thinking "wow, this is really hot?"

PS - Abby Winters is a nice site, I definitely recommend them.

]]> mrcurious http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898913 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898913 At Large Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:54:48 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe This guy is fucking smokin'. Not as smokin' as, say, *coughmattpowers*, but still...

Mmmmm...

He could use some facework, though.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898920 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898920 At Large Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:00:51 -0800 Comment by Courtney I thought the chic in the clown porn vid was a boy at first. lol
Her tits are practically not there. That's just sad.

Although, on the opposite end, the ugly milf with balloon boobs was pretty fucking scary too. Not to mention gross.

Also, props to the Abby Winters gals for playing chess. Intellect is sexy.

^_^

]]> Courtney http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898930 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898930 At Large Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:06:02 -0800 Comment by Russell Abby Winters has actually been around for quite a while. On our better days, I'd like to claim that we're a bdsm relative of theirs (in a totally unaffiliated kind of way). Good integrity, pretty people, sense of fun- I like them.

Not a big mainstream porn fan, but *swoon* that you got to share a cab with Aurora Snow. ^-^

]]> Russell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898940 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898940 At Large Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:17:00 -0800 Comment by KELLY O Mr. Poe - that guy is Joe Gallant. Avant composer, musician, and NYC porn director. I'm editing my video interview with him right now (along with the girl in the photo - she's starring in his next flick). He is hot, like Abby Winters, for intellect. We had an inspiring conversation, that lead me to believe not all porn directors have to be douche-bag perverts.

]]> KELLY O http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898944 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898944 At Large Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:18:20 -0800 Comment by KELLY O Also in this list of things I learned - not all porn chicks are douche bag perverts. Miss Aurora Snow was funny and sweet and super-duper cool

]]> KELLY O http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898947 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898947 At Large Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:21:18 -0800 Comment by Abby It's somewhat disconcerting to see my name all over the porn post (I almost never run into other Abbys in any situation), but at least it's likeable porn.

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898957 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898957 At Large Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:34:26 -0800 Comment by Skankalicious! Kelly, could you tell from looking at Jenna Jameson whether the weight loss was from something like crystal/coke or do you think she's got other issues going on? Sometimes you can tell how someone's lost a lot of weight when they have pipe-face or just that overall greasy-stink meth aura.

]]> Skankalicious! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898958 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898958 At Large Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:38:25 -0800 Comment by Courtney @6 You've intrigued me now. It's not often that you see many like him in the industry. I look forward to seeing your interview.

]]> Courtney http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898962 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898962 At Large Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:47:03 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Well he needs to be gay, or become gay, and get over here and work me.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898968 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898968 At Large Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:01:36 -0800 Comment by ljg I would just like to know how Jen Graves feels about all of this. Hehe.

]]> ljg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898994 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c898994 At Large Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:58:31 -0800 Comment by gnossos re bag inspection: a couple of years ago on a trip to eastern Europe I had a dufflebag filled with many, many thousand condoms, a few dildos, and a rubber fake vag thingie (donations for grass roots HIV prevention program working with prostitutes).

I got to see the look on the face of the screener as the bag went thru the big x-ray. Priceless hardly describes it. The dude kept backing it up and then moving it forward. Called his co-workers over to take a gander.

]]> gnossos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899056 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899056 At Large Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:03:04 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave DP and dick sucking for the win.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899064 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899064 At Large Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:30:31 -0800 Comment by bronkitis Doesn't the clown porn come from the juggalo/juggalette 'subculture' (if you can call that culture)? Correct if I'm wrong.

]]> bronkitis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899091 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899091 At Large Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:52:39 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO Kelly O is hot. Kelly O at the AVNs is SUPER FUCKING HOT...

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899180 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899180 At Large Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:24:37 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Look, I'm just going to say it, and I actually tried to watch the G4 TV stuff on the AEE - none of these women are sexy.

Seriously.

Not attractive to me in the least.

I just don't get why that's supposed to be sexy - cause it ain't.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899285 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899285 At Large Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:36:57 -0800 Comment by KELLY O #2 and #17 - it's absolutely NON-sexy. When it's right there in front of you, in the open air, in the public, and in the blinding bright of the convention center florescent lights, it completely loses it's power.

I still believe pornography has a tremendous amount of power - but it just doesn't in a real-life, non-fantastic setting like a convention center, or award ceremony.

I'm a photographer - I go for the freak show. It's eye candy overload.

]]> KELLY O http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899317 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899317 At Large Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:06:34 -0800 Comment by KELLY O oh and #9 - my guess is YES. The fact that she blurted out, *at the awards* - *to the industry* that's made her a millionaire, “I will never ever EVER spread my legs again in this industry”, sounds like accidental cracked out honesty to me!

I guess a giant hush fell over the crowd, right after she said it...

]]> KELLY O http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899328 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899328 At Large Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:13:03 -0800 Comment by Matthew I suppose I should have guessed this, but I for one would have appreciated a NSFW warning somewhere in the jump link.

I'll read it later from home.

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899376 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899376 At Large Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:43:30 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Mr. Poe has seriously disturbing taste in men...

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899391 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899391 At Large Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:53:36 -0800 Comment by reading is wrong To the baggage scanning machine, books look like bombs, so my bag always gets inspected when there's literature in it.

]]> reading is wrong http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899406 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899406 At Large Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:05:00 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Fake boobs ftl.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899534 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c899534 At Large Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:36:13 -0800 Comment by P-Flip Any line on that freaky after-party where Ron Jeremy 'performed'? All I really remember is that the bathroom was the best place to be - especially if you were dirty and enjoy bubble baths.
I want pics!

]]> P-Flip http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c900230 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c900230 At Large Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:00:49 -0800 Comment by KELLY O They didn't allow pics!
See Drunk of the Week for a verbal descript

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=484235

]]> KELLY O http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c900606 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c900606 At Large Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:32:33 -0800 Comment by P-Flip I found the afterparty's MySpace page w/ pics. My memory is much fuzzier:

http://www.myspace.com/nycfetishtribe

]]> P-Flip http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c904658 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/5_days_is_too_long_to_be_in_vegas_and_xx#c904658 At Large Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:44:58 -0800