First, I wanted to let you know that I’ve enjoyed your blog, especially the behind-the-scenes anecdotes. After reading through all of the archives I think I have a casual understanding of the porn business; however, one area that you haven’t discussed is the role of agents in the business. You’ve expressed some hostility towards them (I believe you’ve called them ‘scum’ or worse but I’m currently too lazy to go look it up) but you really haven’t discussed their activities in any detail. Not that I want to tell you what to blog about (although I guess that’s what I’m doing… well, lets think of it as a friendly suggestion) but i think it would be interesting to more about porn agents and/or agencies.

Second, after reading through your blog I had an idea for a porn site — Mask Porn. My first thought was to keep the idea for myself and try to set up a site but then reality set in. I don’t know how to find and hire the talent, shoot the talent, set up the website, market the site, understand the legal environment (I’m an American living in London, UK), and I’m not really interested in giving up my nice job and move my wife and 2 kids to LA to shoot porn. Oh, and I’m also too lazy and risk-averse to try this on my own. Anyway, here the basic idea is to shoot porn where the woman (or man) is wearing a mask. I thought that this would have several advantages over regular porn, which include:

(1) Hire women who are ‘less facially attractive’ but have good bodies. Hopefully these woman would be cheaper.

(2) Attract woman who need $$ but normally wouldn’t consider porn because they were afraid of being recognized.

(3) Possibly attract current porn actresses and get them to do things (interracial, anal, etc.) that they otherwise wouldn’t do on camera for marketing reasons (although I’m skeptical that there are many of these actresses). There is also the possibility that the actresses/woman will be more uninhibited w/ the mask since they can’t be recognized.

(4) Since the women are wearing a mask you can shoot them multiple times by changing the mask. My guess that it is the faces which tend to get ‘shot out’ and not the bodies but maybe I’m wrong here.

There are alot of variations that could be added to keep the idea fresh… for example, changing up the masks (eye masks, hockey masks, animal mascot heads/masks, a brown paper bag (brown-baggers or double-baggers!), maybe using funky makeup instead of a mask, etc.). Maybe making up the women to resemble other porn actresses (hair, tats, etc.) and then giving them a similar porn name (Eva Brangelina, Jenna Jameson, etc.). Or making gay porn (No Way Am I Gay).

Anyway, I think it would work from a cost and talent perspective, but I’m not sure if there is any demand for guys to watch porn where you can’t see the woman’s face (or at least enough of her face to recognize her). Again, maybe some people would like the funky masks, while others would like the ‘mystery’ of the mask and allow their fantasy/mind to fill in the face. I just don’t really know…

Oh, and sorry for contacting you via myspace (I don’t really do the myspace thing but I couldn’t find an email address on your blog).

cheers,