Gay Porn Kickstarter Campaign of the Day: Help Athletic Model Guild
July 2nd, 2012 
Shamama Vintage porn enthusiast Dennis Bell purchased Athletic Model Guild’s massive library of film reels and early gay erotic almost 10 years ago and has been working diligently since to properly archive a criminally neglected, enthralling piece of gay/porn history. Starting as far back as in 1945, AMG founder Bob Mizer photographed the male form under [...]
GayVN Weekend 2010: Hot Mass
September 26th, 2010 Mike I was lucky enough to have dinner Friday before the GayVNs with Lifetime Achievement winner Pat Rocco, but I have to admit the rest of the weekend has been a bit of a blur. I remember grinding near with GayVN “Personality of the Year” Sister Roma, touching Paul Wagner’s butt and getting willfully molested by [...]
Sneak Peek: AMG & Taschen’s “Bob’s World”
September 15th, 2009 Shamama I’ve been a big fan of the quirky, rough-trade world of found in AMG founder Bob Mizer’s photos for years, so I was naturally excited to find out his work was getting a glossy coffee table treatment by high-brow German publisher Taschen. The first critical retrospective of the photographic work of one of the true [...]
Considering the Male Split Beaver
June 2nd, 2008 Shamama I don’t want to harp on the subject, because (a) I don’t want y’all to think I’m some weird anus freak and (b) I have a hard time saying “split beaver”, but my friends at the Athletic Model Guild were nice enough to send over a bunch of gorgeous (and maybe just a tiny bit [...]
AMG Launches “Dirty Joke” Contest
April 1st, 2008 Shamama Picture it: Brazil, 2007: George W. Bush is getting fucked in the ass by a duck and a gorilla: Sadly this is no April Fool’s, but it is a joke … a joke lacking a punchline, which is where you come in, cumstained readers. In conjunction with their new release, Carnival, AMG launched a contest [...]
Gay Porn Event: Erotic Legacies History of Porn Reception
February 22nd, 2007 Shamama Should you find yourself in San Francisco this weekend craving something high-brow and historically significant to balance out the nonstop undulations of adulatory self-congratulation and debauch that is known as the GAYVN Award weekend, then you may be in luck. The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society is holding “Erotic Legacies”, a reception to honor [...]
2007 Gay Porn “Oscar” Noms Announced
January 12th, 2007 Shamama The GAYVN Awards — the closest the gay porn industry has to the Oscars — were announced late yesterday to little fanfare (most likely because everyone is at the AVN Expo in Vegas but lil old me…) As expected, Lucas Entertainment’s La Dolce Vita was the most nominated with a total of 14. Buckshot Productions’s [...]
Brazil’s Gay Porn Twins: Caio and Carlos Carvalho
September 6th, 2006 Shamama Anyone who knows about my unabashed predilection for gay twin porn could have predicted that I’d in hog heaven with Athletic Model Guild’s announcement that they’ve just signed a pair of boner-fide gay twin brothers as exclusives for their new AMG Brazil line. In light of my obsession, they’re letting me be the first to [...]
Falcon Exclusives in Genre: Exclusive Sneak Peek
May 19th, 2006 Shamama Sure, Falcon’s PR guy can be a bit temperamental at times, but if you don’t cross him (and give him a blowjob every once in a while), he’ll send you some decent items. Like yesterday: He sent over these pictures of Falcon exclusives Matthew Rush, Erik Rhodes and Roman Heart from a spread shot by [...]
Ho Ho Ho! Adonis Goes Green
February 24th, 2006 Mike We love when studios stick true to their roots — in this case, the costume-filled muscle pictorials of the 50s and 60s from Athletic Model Guild (a time paid homage to in Rick Tugger’s amazing porno There Goes the Neighborhood). Of course, we love it even more whenever you can get Jason Adonis in a [...]
GayVNs: Gay Porn’s Superlative Lovefest
February 4th, 2006 Mike Outside observers assume that the porn industry is only after one thing — your money. But the rise in popularity — with both porn consumers and producers — is a testament to industry’s maturation. The release of the GayVN Award noms earlier this week — and the cock comparisons that soon followed — show an [...]
Gay Porn News: Jason Adonis to Bottom for Jet Set
September 8th, 2005 Mike Reaching deep into his acting reserves, megawatt muscle-stud Jason Adonis has signed a deal to bottom in Jet Set Production’s newest release. The filming has yet to commence and we’re holding our breath hoping the straight stud won’t ‘back’ out. But we’re sending rosebuds just the same. Adonis has had a tumultous rise to fame [...]
Gay Porn Preview: AMG Resurrection
September 7th, 2005 Shamama Last year when Dennis Bell acquired the rights to the granddaddy of all gay porn studios, Athletic Model Guild, no one was quite sure what he was going to do with it. While somewhat tame by today’s standards, Mizer’s historical physique model portraits and wrestling movies paved the way to the gay porn we all [...]
“Gay Porn Academy Awards” Announced
January 27th, 2005 Shamama Well, the closest thing we’ve got to the gay porn oscars … the 2005 GayVN Awards. Mike and I were nominated for “Best Screenplay” (for Wet Palms, natch). And, of course, it’s an honor just to be nominated but fuck if we don’t win … gawd! The WP did pretty fucking great, garnering 11 nominations, [...]
Reborn: Athletic Model Guild
March 30th, 2004 thesword I’ve been a fan of vintage gay porn for quite a while, and met a couple guys over the years who share the same appreciation of old beefcake photographs. Dennis Bell is a very dedicated fan of vintage gay porn, and I have been a fan of his site, PosingStrap.com for a long time. (see [...]
George Quaintance Info Needed
July 7th, 2003 thesword A porn scholar friend of mine is conducting research on the life of erotic artist George Quaintance and is seeking information for an upcoming book. Anyone who has enjoyed vintage gay porn will immediately recognize the paintings, if not the style. George Quaintance (1902-1957) was a pioneer painter and photographer who excelled at idealized and [...]
