Rog Blog: Post Vegas Notes
Back From Vegas, Unloading the Notebook and still LOVING LT
Back From Vegas: Back home in the office after a few days in Vegas and I have a lot of stuff to get to. I’ll have the usual AEE report in it’s normal form, but I also have a few notes that I’m going to unload here as well. Overall it was a good trip. I didn’t come home sick and that’s a plus. I got to talk to about half of the people I wanted to, went to about one third of the parties I should have and only ate Asian nachos twice. (That’s nearly unforgivable.) I’ve been so busy since I got back that I’m still not even sure who won all of the major AVN Awards. I do know that I have a big Ha-Ha email to send to Eli Cross who swore up and down that Corruption was going to get shut out. More on that later. Let’s get to the notebook, the eye candy, the email and the playoffs…and whatever else I manage to throw in here this week.
Eye Candy: Wicked has revamped their site and it includes a hot photo set of jessica drake from Curse Eternal. I just happen to have interviewed jd and have to say that it was a pleasure.
AEE Overall Thoughts: There was a lot of talk going into the AEE show this year. Some companies had bowed out and people were speculating about the future of the show. I don’t think we have any definitive answers yet, but I would put this show right in the middle of pack. (And remember, I’ve now been to 19 of them.) It was better than some, not as good as others. There were certainly some big companies that I didn’t see. New Sensations/Digital Playground was missing. (So I couldn’t ask them about screeners and such.) Sin City was also not around. (Sex Z Pictures took their usual spot right at the entrance.) Mercenary Pictures wasn’t around, though I did get to talk with Lexington Steele and Tina Tyler for a bit. There were also several new companies on hand including a huge booth from Jules Jordan Video. The back half of the room seemed to be much smaller companies (Including some Asian stuff that looked great, but I couldn’t find anyone to talk to about screeners.) and things like toys and other adult products. There were some empty spaces, but also quite a bit of activity on the floor. Once they opened the door for the fans, the aisles were packed. No matter what the final verdict from the industry, the fans clearly still love this show and will throw down serious bucks for autographs, pictures and some good free stuff.
Eye Candy: I didn’t get to interview her, but Kaylani Lei was back at the Wicked booth and looking fan-fucking-tastic.
AEE Interviews: I busted my ass on the floor to get as many interviews this year as possible. Since we’re focusing on the audio interviews with as little editing as possible, I tried to cut them all a little shorter. That made it easier to get more in, though floor interviews are still a challenge. The background noise will be fun to play with and there is a lot of “come back in a bit” going on. As usual, I spend a few hours in the Digital Playground booth getting their whole team on tape. Anabolic gave me three really good interviews as well. I finally got to interview jessica drake after several near misses. She’s fantastic. I missed out on Cindy Crawford and Mika Tan and I can’t tell you how upset that made me. Maybe we can set something up during the year. Among the more interesting interviews I got was a very candid conversation with Jim Powers. He’s a very funny guy and I think you’ll enjoy the interviews. Also look for a pretty solid interview with Eli Cross. I hope you enjoy. Cross your fingers that the background noise won’t kill them.
Eye Candy: We can’t show off Wicked eye candy without a little Stormy Daniels doing what she does best.
RRCC & RRFF Winners: I announced the winners of the Critic’s Choice awards on the Daily Noise show on Wednesday morning. Next year we will have to plan to do that at a time when everyone isn’t already on the floor. Erik Everhard won Best Male Performer again and I am sure that will delight out friend Bob in J’Ville to no end. Jules Jordan’s Jenna Haze: Darkside picked up the award for Best All-Sex Movie. Adam & Eve scored a Best Feature win for Tailgunners. Naomi edged out a solid field for Best Newbie. The Best Female Performer race was even closer. In the end, Hillary Scott and Sunny Lane tied and both walked away with a trophy. Speaking of trophies, I was able to hand out all but one on the floor. Both Jules and Jenna were very gracious as they collected their hardware. Both of them picked up awards from Darkside as well as Fan Fave trophies. (Jenna as Best Female Performer and Jules yet another win as Best Director.) Sasha Grey looked gorgeous as I handed her the fan fave trophy as Best Newbie. Naomi wasn’t around when I came back to give her the RRCC for the same award though. At least that saved us the awkward moment of her looking at me without a clue as to what I was handing her. Robby D was very happy to receive his first RRCC as Best Director. It was a great year for him and he vows to hold onto the title next year. I was able to interview both Sunny and Hillary when I gave them their trophies. They are wonderful young women, full of energy and smiles. Next year though, I’m going to have to carry the trophies around a few at a time. Carrying them all at once nearly left my shoulder damaged beyond belief.
Eye Candy: One more Wicked gallery for us to enjoy. This time Asia Carrera taking center stage. Wow.
NFL Playoffs: I actually didn’t get to watch a single minute of football this weekend. I was on the floor and in the air on Saturday and then helping out a friend all day Sunday. Of course I Tivo’ed the Charger game yesterday and made it almost home before someone said something about the end of the game. Needless to say I haven’t re-watched the game, but I did see enough to know that people need to lighten up. I like the Pats and even told Van Damage in Vegas that we should both drop some money against the Bolts because New England made such a tough match up. I’m not surprised that the Chargers lost. It hurts of course. It is never a good thing to watch your team end. What pisses me off is the way people are piling on LT for getting angry after the game. He saw a couple of assclowns acting like dicks on his field AFTER the game. (Big key there guys. Only pussies do that shit after the game when you can’t get your clock cleaned. Even T.O. has the balls to do it during the game.) Then at the press conference he tells the truth by calling it “classless” and then says “maybe that reflects on their coach.” Because of that, everyone has their panties in the a bunch? Give me a fucking break. He just lost a heartbreaking game, had to deal with some douchebags acting like punk-asses and he actually had the control to not really bust out on anyone. It ain’t the first time someone has suggested that Billy B might not be a nice guy. Frankly I am proud of LT for standing up for his team, his home field and not taking that kind of pussy-shit sitting down. As I said, I’ve always like the Pats, but those dickheads who did that…well the deserve a nice dose of karma. Watch your knees bitches. Beyond that? Reggie Bush vs. the Bears should be interesting. Manning vs. the Pats is his worst nightmare. More as the week goes on. Let’s just lay of LT folks. Ya’ll are acting like he pissed on the picture of the pope or something.
