Wringing your hands about the death of gay porn stars? Didn’t believe Wilfried Knight when he says he was unconflicted about his sex work? Tom Judson — the composer and Broadway star better known to us as porn star Gus Mattox — says don’t blame the porn industry. The basic rap on porn is that it’s a [...]
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Time’s Running Out To See “The Tom Judson Show” In San Francisco
May 11th, 2012 
Shamama This is your final gentle reminder that you’ve got but two more chances to see the San Francisco run of The Tom Judson Show. I’m no theater queen, but the show is really, really worth checking out. Of course, Tom is so damn charming, I could watch him read the phone book and be happy. [...]
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Tags: Gus Mattox, Mainstream, San Francisco, The Tom Judson Show, Theater, Tom Judson 
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GAY PORN NEWS: TOM JUDSON OPENS SF CABARET SHOW TONIGHT!
May 2nd, 2012 Mike Tom Judson — essayist, composer, librettist … and former gay porn star — is opening his one-man cabaret show tonight at the New Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Jack caught up with Judson, who’s still cheesecake and beefcake four years after his retirement, earlier this week and will have a first-hand report of Tom’s charms [...]
Gus Mattox Takes Canned Ham On The Road
May 2nd, 2010 Shamama Superstar Gus Mattox — or Tom Judson as he’s more commonly known these days — takes his one-man show Canned Ham to LA through the end of next week to rave reviews (naturally). Show is playing at the Cavern Club in Silverlake and there’s only a few show left so run — don’t walk — [...]
The Curious Dance Between Gay “Mainstream” Culture and Porn
June 3rd, 2009 Shamama (Image of Francois Sagat and Tony Ward courtesy YVYMag) One thing that’s fascinated me about gay porn since I started writing about it is the way the industry is simultaneously marginalized and embraced by popular culture at large. We’ve seen fashion designers, artists, indie filmmakers and the like “risk their careers” by courting sex stars [...]
The Week That Gay Porn Broke
March 13th, 2008 Shamama 1. Gus Mattox Flips a House, Ends Up in The New York Times Like running into an old friend on the street, I was rather happy to see one of my favorite gay ladies, Gus Mattox, in today’s gray lady (in the Home & Gardens Section, no less!) in a piece about his new real [...]
Gay Porn Babylon: GayVN Red Carpet Round Up
March 3rd, 2007 Mike This was the first year that the GayVN Awards were held last weekend in San Francisco and for weeks the city was abuzz with one crucial question: What does one wear to the Gay Porn Oscars? (Cue the International Male hotline.) As a public service (or is it a cautionary tale?), we present some of [...]
Gay Porn Stars on Big Muscle
June 10th, 2005 Shamama Some snarky peanut gallery comments on my Ethan Kage post by La Randy regarding Ethan and Matt Rush’s Big Muscle profile made me realize: a lot of gay porn stars are using Big Muscle in lieu of (and sometimes in addition to) having a Web site. I don’t frequent that site much as I find [...]
