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April 15, 2008
'The Doll Underground' Release Party @ Little Cave, 4/9/08
Last Wednesday, Vivid-Alt (MySpace) head, director Eon McKai (MySpace), celebrated the release of his new movie The Doll Underground with a party at the Little Cave (MySpace) in Highland Park. As reviewed by Violet Blue, The Doll Underground "...is one of the best porn films I've ever seen, and it feels like anti-porn — it's almost against the system it came from by being all that it is — a deep investigation of culture from an industry we regard as being utterly bereft of culture beyond the superficial. Rise up, indeed. Highly recommended."
In attendance were stars Reagan Maddux (MySpace), Lexi Belle (MySpace), and Daniel (MySpace), with girlfriend Dana DeArmond (MySpace). Also present were photographer/director Octavio "Winkytiki" Arizala (MySpace), photographer/director Dave Naz (MySpace) and girlfriend Ashley Blue, director Vena Virago (MySpace), director Carlos Batts (MySpace) and wife April Flores (MySpace), director Kimberly Kane (MySpace), Zak Sabbath (MySpace) and girlfriend Mandy Morbid (MySpace), Lystra, Vivid Entertainment's David Peskin, AVN photographer Gia Jordan (MySpace), XBIZ reporter Joanne Cachapero, Tony Batman, XBIZ's Casey O'Donnell, and Fleshbot reporter DCypher.
Special thanks to Eon McKai and the Little Cave.
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LAist's continued coverage of the alt.porn industry is disturbing, vapid and more than a little tawdry. It also undermines this site's reputation as a viable source of information.
If one stares into the abyss long enough, one becomes it.
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Right-o. Because without alt.porn, there'd be nothing disturbing, vapid or tawdry about L.A.
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LAist will represent all facets of life in Los Angeles, that includes pornography industry.
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I'd hesitate to call the brain-numbing banality that is porn purveyance "life," but you're the editor, I guess.
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porn is huge for our economy. LA is the porn capital of the world so it does have a great deal to do with the city. and i hear a lot of people watch porn so news on porn would be relevant.
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LAist covers "events" in Los Angeles. We may be covering a porn-release party, but that is not the same as covering porn. It is part of the diverse tapestry of LA (along with graffiti and marijuana). LA's seedy underbelly is not always attractve, but I don't think reporting on it lessens our credibility.
We try to keep sex-related subjects to Saturdays when you are less likely to open them at work, and put all "nsfw" after the jump with a warning.
We do not post reviews of porn movies, indepth interviews with porn stars, features like "Tonight in porn", "Get Your Porn On", or "The Neighborhood Project: Pornsville". Of course, I cannot predict the future.
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@ Elise
But why not? If porn is part of the industry of LA - and LAist's mission is cover LA's industries - and you are going to cover the parties, why not cover it all? LAist interviews musicians and other actors and reviews concerts and cds. Just reviewing the porn parties and showing some party pictures without covering the rest, does seem a little opportunistic, in the fact that you get to put up some pics of porn stars, without actually talking about porn.