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Web Log Archives: April 20, 2003 - April 26, 2003 Saturday, April 26, 2003
Harry Knowles, Ain't It Cool News: THE REAL CANCUN is a limp flaccid covered cock of a movie. That’s right, absolutely nothing to see. You can see better and/or more titties in H.O.T.S or PORKY’S or SCHINDLER’S LIST. I’ve been watching that ad banner on the front page of my site for 2 weeks now and it is quite an impressive ad banner. It promises you an endless parade of cleavage and asscrack with zero personality, and that is almost the movie to the ‘t’. Heather Havrilesky, Salon: If "The Real Cancun" is a modern version of the beach-party flick, these are troubled times indeed. Here's hoping, for your sake, that you don't enjoy this smutty, shallow "reality movie" nearly as much as I did. Hmm, I like my guilty pleasures a little smuttier and shallower, so I'll pass.
"This is a travesty to the legal system," complains E. Michael "Spike" Goldberg, chief executive officer of the company that owns HomeGrownVideo.com, a site featuring amateurs performing various sex acts in their homes and other creative locales. "They've made a business model out of a loophole," he says of the broadness of Acacia's patent claim. "It's like they're trying to patent breathing." Goldberg didn't just get mad. He's getting even. Along with an adult streaming-media outfit called Video Secrets and several other sex sites, Goldberg somehow convinced the prestigious intellectual property law firm of Fish & Richardson to take on their case. "We feel strongly about this case. It's not about the business or the content, it's about the patents and the merits of the case," says Fish & Richardson attorney Gregory Madera. "We intend to put on a very vigorous defense." Acacia management also faces a shareholder revolt led by one Noble Trenham, a "tough-talking, 69-year-old former Navy jet pilot who claims he slipped into Moscow's Red Square in 1960 to lecture the Communists about free enterprise."
Friday, April 25, 2003
Damn, I've definitely been looking at the wrong personals sites.
There’s nothing like giving a game a provocative title to help get people’s attention, but I can honestly say I’ve never seen one quite this blunt or in-your-face. Hell, I’m not even sure a company like Rockstar, with its very controversial image, would go to this extreme. But here we are with a game called N.U.D.E. being published by Microsoft. But despite the name, the game isn’t at all naughty, or at least that’s not the developer’s intent. [...] Essentially N.U.D.E. follows in the same teaching and training tradition as the Sega title Seaman (first “Seaman”, then “Nude”, I’m a little scared what any follow-up games in this genre may be titled). However, instead of taking a creepy looking fish with a human-esque face and teaching it to interact, you’re training a robot girl named P.A.S.S. (Personal Assistant Secretary System) how to act like a real human. The game is currently scheduled for Japanese release only, but N.U.D.E. message boards have already appeared with threads like "will she get naked" and "can she learn dirty tricks?" And you know that someone somewhere is working on a N.U.D.E. nude patch. Thursday, April 24, 2003
Most news stories have overlooked the more chilling fact that Santorum's views on homosexuality came up in the broader context of the right to privacy. Santorum thinks that privacy is a bad idea. "If you make the case that if you can do whatever you want to do, as long as it's in the privacy of your own home, this 'right to privacy,' then why be surprised that people are doing things that are deviant within their own home? If you say, there is no deviant as long as it's private, as long as it's consensual, then don't be surprised what you get. You're going to get a lot of things that you're sending signals that as long as you do it privately and consensually, we don't really care what you do. And that leads to a culture that is not one that is nurturing and necessarily healthy. I would make the argument in areas where you have that as an accepted lifestyle, don't be surprised that you get more of it," said Santorum according to the transcript of his AP interview. Santorum is undoubtedly right—if people feel freer of the constraints imposed by the prying eyes of their neighbors, they will explore different ways of expressing themselves and enjoying life. This traditionally was why many people fled farms and small towns for the anonymity of the big cities. As the German aphorism says, "City air makes men free." Privacy allows people to engage in all kinds of activities of which others might disapprove, ranging from religious worship, membership in dissident groups, recreational drug use, reading pornography, and yes, consensual sex acts between adults. The rising demand by Americans for an expanding sphere of privacy is the buzz saw into which Santorum stumbled.
This BBC review reported that the production "has been cleared by London's Metropolitan police vice squad after officers found no evidence of a criminal offence." But This is London reported after opening night, "Scotland Yard is today investigating a controversial new play after it apparently showed live sex acts in a London theatre." And more shocking news today: "The notorious Spanish stage show XXX faces a new threat of prosecution today after two people in the audience openly engaged in oral sex during its second night on the London stage." Both This is London articles link to a slideshow gallery with twelve tableaux from the the show. Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Here's a lengthy, unedited excerpt from the interview that started the controversy. As Andrew Sullivan pointed out, most articles inserted "(gay)" into a key quote. Santorum actually said, "And if the Supreme Court says that you have the right to consensual sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery. You have the right to anything." There's lots more very scary stuff in the interview. Santorum later groups homosexuality with pedophilia and bestiality, to which the interviewer responds: AP: I'm sorry, I didn't think I was going to talk about "man on dog" with a United States senator, it's sort of freaking me out. Lewis Whittington offers sardonic commentary at the Advocate. "I love it when my sexuality is likened to sins by politicians. It makes me feel alive, fearless, and oh so, so gay. I mean gay, fabulously, in the new and the old sense of the word. Who can forget Trent Lott’s aria about homosexuality being akin to alcoholism? I thought, Sousy, you’re really going to burn in Republican hell if they stay in power. Thank God!"
Andrew Sullivan has reprinted his excellent Salon premium commentary at his own website for free. And he discusses the Santorum affair further in his weblog today (no permalinks, you may have to scroll down). UPDATE: More Santorum commentary from Susannah Breslin (guestblogging at the Male Storm), Joe Conason (Salon, probably premium) and Eugene Volokh (scroll up for several followups).
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
UPDATE: Andrew Sullivan responds to Santorum's comments at Salon (premium).
UPDATE: Jeremy at Love and Casino War takes issue with this characterization: Huh? When was the last time you were in Vegas? It's still an extremely family-friendly place. There has been a lot of press about Vegas casinos going adult, but most of it is because casinos went ridiculous in trying to become theme parks and kid-friendly and it failed -- they realized that becoming Six Flags was too much. So they're scaling that back, and focusing on their core customers (adults) -- that's not "returning to their sleazy roots". They're not throwing people down holes in the desert here. I'm in favor of it -- I don't think kids belong in Vegas and it should be an adult playground -- but Vegas continues to be extremely kid-friendly and is not seeing a return to the 70's. For what it's worth, I meant "sleazy" in a nice way.
Q: I am a 26-year-old female in a long-term, committed relationship. However, when my boyfriend is out, I sometimes have intercourse with my dog. How common is this, can I get a disease and is this cheating? — Cat In his April 10 column, Fariello responded to Cat's questions in a clinical, sympathetic, nonjudgmental manner. Evidence suggests that zoophilia may be more widespread then we may think. . . . The profound emotional and/or physical attraction to animals can be manifested in many ways, including sex. Not everyone has an emotional attachment to his or her animal lover; some just do it for the sexual release. Sexual behaviors typically include oral sex and intercourse. Some of the animals most frequently involved are dogs, cats, horses, goats and snakes. The good news is that there is nothing physically unhealthy about this behavior. Aside from getting scratched or perhaps fleas, there are no specific diseases to fear, and you cannot get pregnant. Psychologically speaking however, if this behavior does cause you distress, it may be helpful to speak with a counselor. Last week, the newspaper ran several angry letters to the editor about the column. "I found the subject extremely inappropriate and absolutely DISGUSTING." (Links snagged from Obscure Store.) Sunday, April 20, 2003
A new brand of nudism, however, was on the rise among hippies and other freespirited individuals who loved nothing more than to peel off their clothes and lounge around in their birthday suits. Jaybird magazine, a celebration of groovy nudism, was born out of this tumultuous climate, hovering in a gray area somewhere between the decent nudist magazines and porn. Over its eight-year life span, Jaybird (appearing under many titles, such as Jaybird Happening and Women's Home Jaybird) grew from a standard family nudist journal to a farout, psychedelic happening of naked hippies frolicking in wacky settings — preferably showing as much pubic hair as possible. Salon has an interview with editor Dian Hanson (premium) and a gallery of photos from the book. This bookstore site has a nice collection of covers. There was a MetaFilter thread a while back.
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