Me on the plane with Love + Sex With Robots and a priest sitting next to me. (Thanks to the guys at FyreTV for the book!)
Actually, LA kind of smells like something’s burning right now. I’m at Eon McKai‘s house and we’re getting ready to go see some porn. In person. I got a look at Vivid‘s corporate offices and unless you like gray carpets, weird security gizmos, cardboard boxes and porn boxcovers, it’s not like a huge turn on. One of the biggest porn companies in the business, and I didn’t see dick. To my utter surprise, there were no big-titted porn starlets in short skirts filing 2257 docs in the bottom drawer, no well-hung security guards to “help” me with my bags, and I didn’t see a single boob.
Except this one.
I’ve never been on a porn set, and Eon’s taking me to one today. I’m such a n00b. I’m going to do a Fleshbot feature about it and tell you more later too, but watch my Flickr photostream for any on-the-spot shooting I do with my Helio Ocean. Eon is in the other room right now saying we better hurry up and get over there before they get “piss drunk”. It’s 11:30 am. I think he’s teasing me. But he just added, “it’s not like one of my sets that’s for sure. They know how to do things right.”
I’ve now got my livestream phone going straight to my Justin.tv page, so keep an eye on it! You can still catch my streaming when it happens by using http://qik.com/violet as the RSS URL, or following me on Twitter. Just know that while I’m streaming I (and whoever I’m filming) can totally see what you write in the chat window but I can’t respond in text — though we usually respond live in video. I will not be streaming anything explicit.
But for Fleshbot, you know I’ll see what I can get away with :)
I’m having a great time, even though it’s such a short trip. Eon is taking crazy good care of me, and I even got some business done. Yay!
Also — the Arse Elektronika 2008: Do Androids Sleep with Electric Sheep? (Critical Perspectives on Sexuality and Pornography in Science and Social Fiction) call for papers is finally up! Last year’s conference was incredible.
Just goes to show that the porn industry is not all the glamour that kids at home dream about. No one getting it on in the office, no porn-stars employed as clerks, etc. just the average daily grind of a professional environment.
I’m a first time reader here and newbie blogger, and I have to say: Very interesting and well written work!
I loved “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.” Dick covers so many aspects of sociology on a deep, yet comprehensible level. Brilliant =)
I love your site. keep making sex a positive thing. You are very cute, as well.
If there is anyone who can report from a porn set with insight, wit and in a refreshing way it is you. Looking forward to it.