The hardcore fetish site and online community has been the leader in genuine top-quality content for nearly two decades, creating high-end artistic images within a safe, unique and visually groundbreaking virtual network for the BDSM collective.

“I am delighted with this nomination, especially as I have a very fond place in my pornographic heart for YNOT,” says Colin Rowntree, founder of Wasteland.com. “Back in 1995 when we were getting Wasteland.com going, the very first webmaster discussion board came online, YNOT Network, operated by Rick Muenyong. The first batch of members was a group of 11 or 12 of us that were the pioneers of online adult. Just after that, the first tradeshow came to be – Cybernet Expo – run by the “grandmother” of online adult shows, Faye Sharp. Between those two entities, the foundations of Python, Silvercash, CyberErotica, Naughty.com, Wasteland and others helped each other figure out how to put porn on the internet and make if vastly profitable in those early days. Several years later, Faye retired from the tradeshow scene and YNOT under the new helm of YNOT Bob, and later, Jay and Connor, took it over.”

Rowntree continues, “I am thrilled to see how the new YNOT has carefully grown and is now flourishing. YNOT is one of the cornerstones of the adult industry online. Yes, I am honored to get the nomination from them (heck, we got the Peoples Choice award from them in 1997!) and look forward to watching YNOT continue to hold its stature as possibly the adult B2B portal that has a consistent track record of 16 years of integrity and service to the adult webmaster community.”

In addition to the YNOT Award nomination, other Wasteland.com achievements include winning AVN’s Best Fetish Site for two years, receiving the XBIZ 2010 Excellence in Alternative Erotica / Best Specialty Site of the Year and being presented Cybernet Expo’s People’s Choice Award.

The YNOT Awards will take place during the European Summit inPragueon September 21, 2011.

Like so many successful projects, this one might easily have never happened. The Rowntrees have faithfully nurtured the fetish destination and a plethora of other enticingly niche-out websites, was producing a mail-order catalogue that featured kinky clothing when he started the site quite by accident, more as a lark than anything else.

“I threw some naughty photos up to see if they would stick. Little did I know that I was building one of the first internet adult paysites on the web, much less one devoted to the kinkier arts,” mused the veteran webmaster. “I mean, I had a feeling we were starting something new and special, but to see how much we’ve been able to accomplish comes as a little bit of a shock to me, to tell you the truth. It’s all sped by so quickly.”

Besides its longevity, there are other equally compelling reasons why international media and entertainment outlets like the BBC, Wired and HBO have sung the praises of Wasteland over the years. The outfit not only offers a truly authentic experience for members of the BDSM community — a community that has existed for centuries in diverse societies around the world — but it also has managed to maintain that authenticity while embracing a myriad of technological innovations. It’s the old cliché about porn being a tech leader — with a decidedly kinky flourish!

Today, the Wasteland universe is as expansive as the human imagination. Its network of niche properties focus on hardcore BDSM, erotica by and for women, Japanese underground bondage, alternative Hentai, vintage 90s teen content, FemDom reality and BBW-focused BDSM site. Other websites are AmishBondage.com and other viral sites, including InsideWasteland.com, which offers behind-the-scenes footage, trailers, bloopers and interviews from Wasteland-produced films;KinkForKindle.com, which gives away free 19th-century classic S&M eBooks branded with Wasteland original photography; wastelandmobile.com, the first BDSM premium site for smart phones and mobile devices; and Wasteland’s EroticVision Channel on Roku IPTV.

Wasteland clearly spans the ages, with one foot in an ancient world of primitive urges and the other in an exciting universe of anything-goes electronics. Comfortable in either setting, Rowntree insists that the bleeding-edge technologies he loves to play around with have only invigorated the works of Wasteland and further engaged the senses of his loyal members.

“It turns out that people who buy Kindles and Nook and who read sado-masochistic novels also collect gadgets and can be pretty easily convinced that they need to buy a Roku IPTV box to watch Wasteland S&M movies in high definition on their living room television for a mere $34.95 a month! Who knew? The end result is edifying. I get to edit the works of de Sade and some of the great 19th-century British S&M novels, sprinkle them full of Wasteland erotic photography, put them on our domain KinkForKindle.com … and make them available for free!”

In fact, Wasteland has been such a consistent innovator over the years that it has taken home numerous accolades for its work, including Best Fetish Site two years in a row from AVN, the XBIZ 2010 Excellence in Alternative Erotica award and Best Specialty Site of the Year and Cybernet Expo’s Peoples Choice Award. Rowntree also is an AVN Hall of Fame inductee, Founders Division, and received the Free Speech Coalition Leadership Award in 2011.

“Watching the library of movies I have directed for Wasteland over the years suddenly light up in high def on my living room TV over Roku IPTV and then, at the other end of the size scale, watch them light up on IPhone, iPads and Androids, I find myself eagerly anticipating the same pleasurable reaction when we go on The Cloud next month, making our movies stream faster and more ‘dominant’ all over the world,” said Rowntree, adding, “After so many years, the perverse pleasure remains. Forget about porn addiction. I am addicted to the freedom to quickly come up with new ideas, put them into action to see if they work; and if they do, being able to deliver sacks of new BDSM and fetish goodies to consumers around the world, and bags of money to our affiliates. When it all clicks, I can literally feel the pleasure centers in my brain explode.”

It is a sensation that can be shared at Wasteland.com and its associated properties.

Beginning in August, Sssh.com will donate a percentage of monthly revenue to charitable organizations serving worthy causes worldwide. Each organization will be chosen based on a commitment to excellence, accomplishment of stated goals and ratio of funds distribution (direct application to the cause vs. administrative expense). The list of potential beneficiaries includes social, medical and environmental charities that get little attention and deserve so much more. Some are large associations known for touching lives in positive ways. Others are small but cutting-edge research foundations determined to cure debilitating diseases. Still others are cultural and community outreach programs devoted to enriching lives.

Sssh.com’s members will select each month’s beneficiary, giving women a voice in ensuring dollars go where they will do the most good.

“There’s nothing that feeds the spirit quite as much as offering assistance and comfort where we can, in whatever form we can. Here at Sssh.com, we believe in supporting worthy causes and invite the members of our community to participate in helping us choose the charity we support each month,” said founder and owner Angie Rowntree.

Each month, the Sssh.com staff will select one charity in each of five categories: Arts and Culture, Medical and Health Research, Animal Advocacy and Protection, Community and Social Outreach, and Environmental Research and Protection. Votes from the Sssh.com community will determine the charity to receive that month’s donation. The following month, five new charitable organizations will be submitted for members’ votes. August’s nominees, respectively, are the Australian Ballet, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (U.S.), the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Doctors Without Borders (headquartered in France) and Andigena (Venezuela).

“As Sssh.com has members from all over the world, we’ve included charities from many of the countries where our members reside,” Rowntree said. “We’re always interested in hearing about causes not already on our list. Organizations and foundations that would like to be included may email us at editor@sssh.com.”

Each month’s beneficiary will be announced at the beginning of the following month.

“It is important that our compound, which is fully capable of withstanding some of the fiercest weather conditions, be open to everyone in our community who is in need of a place to stay as Hurricane Irene begins to affect our lives and the safety of our families,” said Colin Rowntree, founder of Wasteland.com.

“We already have talent and performers from New York, Massachusetts and neighboring states making their way towards our place on high ground northwest of Boston,” he added. “Here they have a place to rest, food supplies, lots of generators, a dedicated internet line and everything else needed to maintain contact with their families while conducting their everyday lives with as little disruption as possible.”

Even if you have not worked with Wasteland.com, if you are a fetish performer in need contact the company at mail@rowntree.net.

LOS ANGELES—The owner and founder of Sssh.com, the world’s sexiest and most informative female friendly website, recently provided some much-needed sexual etiquette advice to Time magazine columnist Joel Stein, who had reached out to her with a delicate question: specifically, should he start sexting pictures of his penis?

In the June 8 column entitled, “America’s Next Top Weiner,” Stein also mused, “Is this something I’ll need to teach my son how to do? What’s the right age to take photos of your penis? Because, at 2, he can already use an iPhone and admire his penis.”

Seeking the help of experts, Stein’s first stop was with Sssh.com founder Angie Rowntree, who was only too happy to assist, though the query from a nationally known journalist did come as a surprise.

“I just assumed a Time magazine columnist would be more hip to sexting etiquette,” said Rowntree. “But I was glad to help, and by the end of our conversation I think he was much better informed regarding the essential do’s and don’t of penis self-portraiture and promotion.”

Essentially, Rowntree’s advice was that, as far as most women are concerned, spreading the penis photo love around is a really, really bad idea. By the end of his journey of sexual self-discovery, Stein appeared to agree, even if he didn’t seem too happy about it!

The Stein column can be read here.

Time is the world’s largest weekly news magazine, and has a domestic audience of 20 million and a global audience of 25 million.

The article, which can be found here, gives a true female perspective on how women view and search online for sex.

LOS ANGELES—Sssh.com, the world’s sexiest and most informative female-friendly website, has joined a list of elite companies giving to an incredible cause this summer, with a special sponsorship for the 2nd Annual VICE IS NICE Event, being held on Saturday, July 23rd, in Southern California.

Hosted by Kelly Holland and Rancho Providencia, VICE IS NICE raises money (and awareness) to help animals in dire need of a home and medical services. Two of Southern California’s biggest animal rescues will be on the receiving end of money raised from the event and sponsorships.

“I have always believed that we should take care of animals that cannot care for themselves,” said Sssh.com founder, Angie R. “As an animal lover, I am honored to give to this worthy cause.”

Sssh.com is a unique source of entertainment and information for women, and a safe place where they can explore their sexuality. Sssh.com also encourages women to make the journey at their own pace; each level of the site is clearly annotated according to the degrees of explicitness. Sssh.com is also an online community where women are encouraged to relax, enjoy, learn and feel good about being sexual, sensual human beings who do not have to sacrifice ethics or intelligence in the pursuit of an erotic and fulfilling life.

Other sponsors include AVN, XBIZ, Vivid Entertainment, Wicked Pictures, Ten Channel Canada, Adam & Eve, Hustler, Girlfriend Films, Great Western Printing, Exquisite Pictures, DVD Factory, LA Direct Models, SPF Transfers, with more to be announced.

The event will take place at 10945 Old Santa Susana Pass Road in Chatsworth, California. There is valet parking with limo shuttle service to the event.

Details of the event:

Poker tournament starts at 8:15 pm SHARP

Pre-registration: $55 | $65 at the door (includes general admission)

General Admission Pre-Registration (does not include poker tournament) $15 | $25 day of event

Music / 2 no-host bars / Casino games / Tarot card readings / Red carpet photos / Raffle prizes / Great food – including vegetarian / Prizes for top 3 poker spots

All donations tax deductible

RSVP and Pre-Register at www.life4paws.org or call 1-888-351-2527

Sssh.com is the female friendly website that delivers “everything sex” content in an informative, entertaining and intelligent manner, by women for women. Elle.com, one of the largest and most read women’s fashion and editorial website, listed Sssh.com as “one of the websites to see,” describing it as the best place for movies and advice, with a “hunky guy photo gallery.”

“Fantasy Contest” submissions are being accepted in the form of a narrative story.  If picked as a winner, Sssh.com will produce the fantasy as an erotic video, put it in the Movies section and send the winner a DVD copy of the footage.

Just imagine your fantasy brought to life. Sssh.com will make your fantasy a reality. Members of Sssh.com will find all of the contest information on the main menu. Non-members can go toEroticScribes.com to complete their entry.

All entries are completely confidential private, and discreet. For more information, please visit here.

Sssh.com also is featured prominently in A Billion Wicked Thoughts, a book about internet sex and internet sex habits. A Billion Wicked Thoughts released May 5 and climbed quickly to the Top 10 on Amazon’s top sex books. Written by Ivy League neuroscience researchers, the book delves into people’s internet sex habits. Traveling from Boston to spend the day with the publisher of Sssh.com, the authors went through a decade of polls and empirical data as a basis for many of the conclusions in the book about exactly what women want. Over many months, the authors continued their relationship with Sssh.com to help flesh out what was needed for their final copy.

Sssh.com is a community where women can relax, enjoy, learn and feel good about being unapologetically sensual. Sssh.com encourages women to get there at their own pace, with each level clearly annotated with its degree of explicitness. Sssh.com realizes that although a woman is curious to see what a guy has, she’s more interested in seeing how he uses it to satisfy his woman.

Start Promoting Sssh.com today to monetize your women’s surfer niche traffic!

“We’re excited and elated that Sssh.com is part of a book that has received such incredible media response to date,” says Angie, owner and founder of Sssh.com. “The authors were incredible to work with, and we wanted to make sure the book contained as much factual data as possible.”

“A Billion Wicked Thoughts” releases on May 5th but has already climbed to the Top 10 on Amazon’s top sex books. Written by two Ivy League neuroscience researchers, the book delves into who uses internet porn and what people’s internet sex habits are. Travelling from Boston and spending the day with the publisher of Sssh.com, the authors went through a decade of polls and empirical data as a basis for much of the conclusions in the book of exactly what women want. Over many months, the authors continued their relationship with Sssh.com to help flesh out what was needed for their final copy.

Recent articles on the books release can be found here:

http://www.newsweek.com/2011/04/25/surfing-for-sex-what-does-it-reveal-about-
desire.html

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/books/
you_re_not_as_kinky_as_you_think_PLXiPzN4aUnTjKK1asmWMK

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WomensHealth/feminism-anti-viagra-equal-rights-bed-
kills-mood/story?id=13376084

Sssh.com was an integral information vehicle for the authors as they provided the data
central to the books theme and their conclusions allowing the writers to use their analytics from Sssh.com and their other online sex venture Wasteland.com.

Additonal data was compiled from web site searches, individual search histories, erotic
stories and videos, adult websites, online personal ads and other sources of sexual data in
order to better understand the true differences between male and female desires.

About Sssh.com Sssh.com offers an extensive, evolving source of information and entertainment that always has something new and interesting just over the horizon. Sssh.com provides a safe place for women to explore their own sexuality, as the company continues to grow the website’s offerings and reach a wider audience of women interested in high quality, intelligent, erotic content and information.

Sssh.com is a community where women can relax, enjoy, learn, and feel good about being
sexual, sensual women without sacrificing ethics or intelligence. Sssh.com encourages
women to get there at your own pace; each level is clearly annotated with its degree of
explicitness. Sssh.com realizes that although a woman is curious to see what a guy has,
she’s more interested in seeing how he uses it to satisfy his woman.

Affiliates are provided with a full array of banners, hosted galleries, flash movies and tube clips to promote this site.

“I am delighted that we’ve been recognized with three XBiz Award nominations this year,” said  Wasteland/Spicecash CEO Colin Rowntree. “We have continued to work hard to innovate, and to use Wasteland’s experience in creating evocative content, cutting-edge marketing and technology, and our 16 years of success to continue to be a cornerstone in this ever-changing industry as well as an ongoing standard of excellence.”

“At this point, I’ve pretty much ‘seen it all’ in trends, cookie cutter content and brand creation, gimmicks, and smoke and mirrors in online adult,” Rowntree continued, adding, “I am very happy that Wasteland has ‘stayed the course’ over the years and continues to be where consumers eventually go and stay for compelling content that meets their needs and interests and that our work has garnered the respect of our peers with these nominations.”

Wasteland’s SpiceCash has been delivering world-class BDSM erotica, Asian erotica and womenʼs erotica through a variety of specialty pay sites since 1996. Their program boasts award winning sites and are renowned for their sales-friendly, high-art approach to BDSM, fetish and niche content.

“While it’s always an honor to be recognized, these nominations are particularly exciting for us,” said Andrea Mata, SpiceCash’s Director of Business Development. “To be nominated in areas that span from site to program to company is not only the highest sort of praise but also welcome feedback, that even after 16 years, we continue to be on the right track.”

SpiceCash.com has been delivering world-class BDSM erotica, Asian erotica and women’s erotica through a variety of specialty pay sites since 1996. Known for its sales-friendly, high-art approach to BDSM, fetish and niche content and an arsenal of cutting-edge affiliate marketing tools, the award-winning program boasts sites with longer than average member retention.

In an announcement issued Thursday, the company said that Mata, who was formerly the marketing manager for Stockroom.com, has niche-specific experience in the adult industry, including marketing strategies and relationship management, that aligns perfectly with SpiceCash. Mata will focus on creating strong new affiliate relationships, maximizing affiliate revenues, increasing market share and brand relevance.

We are delighted to bring Andrea on to the Wasteland crew,” said Wasteland founder Colin Rowntree. “Our experience with her when she was at Stockroom was that she is a real go-getter with excellent business and work ethics.  When Andrea says something is going to get done, it always gets done. That, and her vast network of connections within both the adult industry, and specifically, within the BDSM, alternative sexuality and women’s erotica niches, not makes Andrea a fantastic addition to Wasteland and SpiceCash, but also brings top notch marketing services to our affiliates and B2B partners”

“I’m thrilled for the opportunity to be a part of a team that has been providing quality, original content to this industry for nearly two decades,” said Mata. “I’ve been a fan since I had the occasion to work with Colin when I was with Stockroom, and I’m looking forward to leveraging my experience for the legacy of Wasteland.

“I am honored and delighted at being inducted into the Internet Founders Branch of the AVN Hall of Fame,” said Rowntree, whose Wasteland.com site is widely considered the premier fetish site on the internet.

“Since starting Wasteland.com in 1994, I’ve seen the adult entertainment industry develop and change dramatically and have truly enjoyed being an active part in its metamorphosis, being a mentor to many coming into the industry over the years, and striving to provide a positive example of artistic and ethical practices. My gracious thanks to AVN for this wonderful recognition.” 

This year’s honorees for the AVN Awards Hall of Fame – Founders Branch will be recognized during the ceremony, set for Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, at the Palms Casino and Resort in Las Vegas. For more information, visit AVNAwards.com.

Wasteland.com, flagship site and company brand are part of the SpiceCash.com
affiliate network. The company has been operating world class BDSM erotica,
Asian erotica and women’s erotica specialty pay sites since 1996. The company is
best known for its sales-friendly yet high art approach to the display and delivery
of varying BDSM, fetish and niche content to the right audience, as seen notably
through longer than average consumer member retention. The company and its
principals enjoy the industry they have been part of for almost two decades and will
continue to provide relevant consumer and fetish webmaster-centric offers well into
the future.

For more information or to submit a trade request for WastelandTGP.com, please
email advertising@wasteland.com or visit http://www.wastelandtgp.com/signup.php

BOSTON/CHICAGO—The oldest BDSM commerce site online, Wasteland.com, and the oldest continuously operating gay sexuality brand in America, the Bijou Theatre in Chicago, have announced the launch of TribalMale.com, the first subscription site to feature gay BDSM classics owned by the Bijou Theatre and Bijou Video.

Founded in 1969 by GayVN Lifetime Achievement award winner Steven Toushin, Bijou has been in continuous operation since then as a sex-positive gay erotica resource for local Chicago men and others seeking classic gay erotic video via mail order worldwide. The depth and authenticity of the content available within TribalMale.com—from the videos, consumer lifestyle reference information and even rare gay hardcore erotic audio recordings—will make the site irresistible to men who enjoy the world of BDSM and other fetish play with a focus on masculinity, the partners said in an announcement issued Monday.

Steven Toushin commented on Bijou’s process of expansion into digital commerce and distribution, and why the decision was made to work with Wasteland, which will operate and manage TribalMale.com through its SpiceCash affiliate program.

“My partner and I spoke about potential affiliate network/pay site operations outsource partners for a dedicated gay BDSM subscription site featuring our material,” Toushin said. “Colin and Wasteland.com were a solid fit. Their company has been successful in digital BDSM since the mid 1990s and were able to complement our content resources well, including the established niche affiliate network SpiceCash.com.”

Wasteland President Colin Rowntree said for almost 15 years he’d been looking to add gay-centric content to the Wasteland experience and had not found any suitable classic and edgy resources with the right content, until he was introduced to Bijou and Steven Toushin.

“It was apparent from the start that Bijou’s library of classic gay porn titles, including many that cater to a gay male interest in BDSM and fetish play, would mesh well with our experience in the creation and promotion of specialty paysites for a combined venture,” Rowntree said.

“The gay fetish and BDSM markets seem open for a new site that will celebrate authentic BDSM content, consistent with the quality standards required by Wasteland,” he added. “After being introduced to Steven—and the history of Bijou and its content library—we were happily shocked. The classic and masculine flavor of Bijou’s BDSM videos and audio stories were what we needed to make TribalMale.com a reality, and offer up a solid gay BDSM site addition to SpiceCash for our affiliates.”

Rowntree elaborated on the type of content included on TribalMale.com, which breaks down into three main categories: S&M, Arthouse/Grindhouse and Levi/Leather/Americana.

“Arthouse/Grindhouse is a genre that was produced in the 1980s with large budgets, scripts and a whole artistic flair going on, like that found in the Centurians of Rome series,” said Rowntree. “Levi/Leather and Americana are classic tales of bikers, truck drivers, construction workers and all of the archetypes found in the Village People, but brought together in clever and often campy films.”

Centurians of Rome, he added, is claimed to be one of the most expensive gay films of its time (nearly $100,000 to produce), and was reportedly financed from a 1980 theft of almost $2 million by a Brink’s security guard.

“Lloyd’s of London, an insurer of Brink’s, thus became one of the co-owners of the film on a technicality,” he said. “And yes, we know, ‘Centurians’ is misspelled … that’s how Hand-in-Hand named it, so we kept it!”

The wealth of content available on TribalMale.com is in keeping with the extraordinary life of the man who founded Bijou. Toushin’s 2007 GayVN Award for Lifetime Acheivement and his 1989 Reuben Sturman Award, as warranted as they are, only hint at the place he holds in the industry, not just as a purveyor and protector of classic content, nor even as a 40-year fixture in Chicago’s gay scene, but just as iconically as a tireless activist in the service of unfettered sexual expression.

“[Toushin] has been a defendant in the United States justice system continuously from 1969 until the present,” reads his Wikipedia page. “He has defended himself and his companies in twenty-one obscenity cases including two federal obscenity trials; and has suffered thirty-five personal arrests and over 200 busts to his businesses.” Even these facts provide just the barest outline of a life lived fearlessly and honestly in the First Amendment trenches by a man who also happens to still operate the oldest gay adult theater and sex club in the United States.

TribalMale.com is available for affiliate promotion exclusively as part of the SpiceCash.com affiliate network.

For more information or to set up promotions for TribalMale.com with your gay/male erotica fetish and BDSM traffic, visit http://www.spicecash.com or contact pr@bijouworld.com.

Spicecash.com’s first gay site is now live, backed with GayVN lifetime achievement award winning content to make sure your gay traffic is taken care of. Banners, embeddable flash movies, galleries, and RSS feeds are all available for this site.

With a sprawling members area full of classic award winning content from a manlier grittier time – your gay traffic will appeal to a wide and vast market. This is the first time any of this content has been available online, so users will relish in the ease in attaining it. Conversions on beta testing traffic were extremely encouraging – and has made us very happy to have decided to partner with Bijou video to create this amazing site. Start promoting now!

August 25th, 2010: New Ad Tools Added

• Wasteland.com:
  • New Hosted Galleries
  • Hosted Embeddable Flash Movie Trailers
• Forbiddeneast.com:
  • New Hosted Galleries
  • Hosted Embeddable Flash Movie Trailers
• Sssh.com:
  • New Hosted Galleries
• BDSMHardcore.com:
  • New Hosted Galleries
• Femdombride.com.com:
  • New Hosted Galleries
  • Hosted Embeddable Flash Movie Trailers
• Paddedkink.com:
  • New Hosted Galleries
  • Hosted Embeddable Flash Movie Trailers

From a September 1st XBiz Blog posting by Wasteland Founder, Colin Rowntree.

I had the pleasure to participate in a satire film project written by adult entertainment industry writer and pundit, Darklady recently which has culminated in a short film about the Dot-XXX story from an adult industry perspective.

Using the tried and true Saturday Night Live format for satire, the film is a truly collaborative effort, with cameo appearances by Larry Flynt, John Stagliano, Joanna Angel, Q Boyer, Allison Vivas, Peter Acworth of Kink, Ron Cadwell of CCBill, Mitch Farber of NETbilling and a cast of other adult entertainment luminaries, all of whom contributed their time, creativity and film crews to lend their voice about this issue.

Take a look at it on YouTube before you read on to give you some context.

You can also see it on Darklady’s Dot-XXX News, Info and Op-Ed site,
DotXXXopposition.com

A full media story may also be found on XBiz at
DotXXXOpposition Launches With ‘.XXX — The Movie

With additional mainstream coverage at The Huffington Post

In the interest of posterity, here is the “raw version” of a recent interview I did on the topic with XBiz journalist, Rhett Pardon (he had the skill to shorten my answers for the final print version per my request to make them fit within the capacity of the human lung speaking a sentence. Yes, I tend to go on and on…):

Q. How long did the production take?
A. From the time that Darklady sent me the script to see if I could put it all together until final cut, “.XXX – The Movie” took about 3 weeks of production. (not bad for an eight-minute film going for mainstream film standards.) The shooting of the main actor was smooth and only took seven hours for three minutes of coverage. He was a real pro, with such major credits as “supportive husband” in a Vagasil national ad campaign under his belt. He was fantastic to shoot with in all respects and really is the anchor of the film (even without Vagasil motivation).

The majority of the time spent was in collecting all of the cameo video appearances which was a very fun and interactive process involving a lot of leaders in the industry that I really respect and enjoy the company of. The result is many fond memories. Such as Michael Klein sending a confused (and probably grumpy) Hustler film crew across the valley to film Larry Flynt on eight hours notice; John Stagliano standing in an elevator lobby in Detroit with a guy with a flip cam doing seven takes to “get it right”; Joanna Angel doing five takes for her contribution, each one with less and less clothing (she wanted to show her range!); Ron Cadwell. Mitch Farber and Farley Cahen shooting their comments with their iPhones in portrait mode and me trying to convince them they really could hold their phones sideways when shooting video; and the PinkVisual crew pulling out all the stops and shooting Allison and Q on greenscreen – just because they could. These are the “over the phone” director-talking-to-actor moments I will always hold dear to my heart.

The person that donated the editing time and special effects probably had the biggest job in combining everything from HD to iPhone footage, creating the Fx, Ken Burns Effect montages, greenscreen shots, and all the rest of it. But, a good time was had by all in this, a true collaborative effort where no one really did a lot more than anyone else to bring it to fruition (well, except the editor). As for “directing” it, I’m not sure that’s the word for it. It was more like being a taxi dispatcher. As for who produced it – well, kind of everyone involved. Nobody spent a dime on this and everyone pitched in. More like a bunch of hippies living in a yurt in a 1960′s worker’s collective than any sort of modern production that someone “owns”. That’s kind of cool in my opinion. Power To The People! (oh. I am dating myself here now, and this is just calling out for a Bob Dillon sing-along right now…)

Q. Do you think movement by the adult biz can topple the plan to implement .xxx?
A. I guess that really depends on how much “movement” there is. If those in the industry that are against it speak up in the form of just simple things – emails and letters to ICANN during the upcoming public comment period, there is a good chance that it will either be further delayed for more years of languishing and finally die a quiet death. Or, it will be shot down if the “sponsoring community” (us) make it clear we do not support it. But, if folks that are against it don’t speak up, ICANN can’t read their minds and the chances of .XXX becoming a reality increase significantly. If that happens, it will be a rude awaking to all, mostly in the form of spending a lot of money for no particular gain, but just to protect what is already owned.

Q. What’s been the reaction to the movie so far?
A. Thus far, reaction has been very positive from both people in the industry and mainstream media that have seen it. The producers of the Colbert Report asked for a DVD last week when they heard the buzz about it. As have other mainstream news outlets that have been following the Dot-XXX story over the past eight years (yes, Darklady is very good at RSS, Facebook, Twitter and such other modern things that the media read). This makes me smile that they even noticed our little satire film produced by the red-headed stepchildren of modern media (i.e. “adult”).

And, Rhett didn’t ask these final questions, but everyone else does, so here they are:

Q. Why did you make this movie? Don’t you have better things to do with your time?
A. Although I too am a busy, busy man: the main reason I participated in making this film was that I saw the eight years of verbal and written debate about the issue had very much become redundant and a lot of people in the industry were just glazed over from hearing about it for so long. Satire and parody have a great way of re-invigorating people and getting them to take a fresh look at important topics. Saturday Night Live is a great example of this and very much the model that this film followed. My other lure for directing the film was that Stuart Lawley presents such an interesting subject for satire. Jon Stewart and Bill Maher had an endless stockpile of material during the eight years of the Bush administration, as so with .XXX – Stuart providing a very rich and colorful source for observation, comment and satire.

Q. What do you hope to accomplish out of all of this?
For people to speak their minds. I am weary of people being glazed over or occluded on this issue and just want folks in this industry to speak up, on one side or the other.

Satire is a tool used throughout all of human civilization to show the “Emperor’s New Clothes”

I’m happy to contribute to the tradition of creating satire when someone or something calls out for it by their actions, deeds, words and attitude towards others.

And I am also happy that Darklady gave me a script that had all of the right elements.

Hope you enjoyed the show…

Pish Posh!

Colin

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It would be hard to find a more unlikely porn mogul than Colin. A child of the conservative Midwestern United States, he started his adult life as a professional musician and conductor in NYC, studying at one point with Leonard Bernstein. In the early 1990s, he and his wife started a mail-order business for Celtic jewelry that quickly expanded into bondage fashion and toys. From that seed grew Wasteland.com, arguably the world’s most popular fetish site. In this interview, a true industry pioneer and visionary talks about the past and future of fetish porn.

How did Wasteland get started?

In late 1994, my wife and I heard about this new thing called “The Internet” and decided it might be a great place to get people to order one of our bondage gear catalogs. We created a website with our nice collection of photography of pretty girls in leather corsets and included e-mail, phone and snail mail information on how to order a catalog in order to buy the wares. Within a month we figured out that not only was nobody requesting a catalog, but a lot of people were looking at the photos. Our bandwidth costs were so high that we pieced together a system that required surfers to pay us $10 to view the catalogue online. The process was extraordinarily crude. The customer sent us two e-mails, the first with the first eight digits of the credit card number, expiration date, and basic information, followed by the second, with the final eight digits of the credit card number. Security at its finest!

How did that work for you?

To our joy, within 24 hours, we were almost immediately flooded with dozens of $10 payments. However, we quickly noticed that nobody was buying anything! So we decided to drop the entire concept of selling fetish gear and ramp up the amount of photo content on Wasteland. We simply downloaded tons of what was already available on BBS dialups and newsgroups, increased the price to $50 a year (non-recurring, as nobody had thought of subscriptions yet). Our sales tripled overnight! However, we soon found out in no uncertain terms that magazine scans were not legal, so Wasteland Studios was born and we began shooting original content.

I understand that online porn was pretty controversial back then.

We’d been in operation for a little over a year when our local hosting company found out we were selling “porn” and gave us five days to get off their servers. We frantically searched that new thing called Yahoo and found a small Arizona-based hosting service. Turns out it was owned by a chiropractor [who] was using his server to host a juice bar business on the side. After a bit of explaining what “adult content” was, he took us on as his first adult hosting client. And that was the genesis of both Cave Creek and CCBill. By the end of that year, we had a solid business model, the first of the online transaction providers was born, and the founder of Naughty.com talked me into the wisdom of recurring monthly billing.

What has been the most significant change in the industry since Wasteland was founded?

Tough question!  During the last two years of the 1990s, the industry grew at breakneck speed. The affiliate model was conceived and the TGP system came into play. In the early 2000s, the growth of broadband turned video into the king of content. Today, the industry is wrestling with the “tubes.” Since the industry is always changing, I can’t think of any truly seminal event. However, things have gotten a lot more competitive and a lot less friendly in the industry. Back in olden days, we were a small club of people who did everything possible to help each other out. Things are a bit more difficult these days, but personal relationships with like-minded webmasters (even though they’re more difficult to find), continue to be the staple of our business.

How does the fetish segment of the market different from the more traditional segments?

Originally, the two segments were vastly different. As a general rule, “porn surfers” were looking for sex action while “fetish surfers” were people who were into the fetish lifestyle and looking for the specific things that turned their kinky crank in a psychologically dramatic way. That differentiation is still true, but there’s a new “hybrid” element that consists of vanilla porn models involved in fetish content. Neither fish nor fowl, this type of sites attract what I call “cusp” members-vanilla porn consumers who want to see their favorite porn star get her butt whacked. I’m not exactly sure what to think about this market segment, but some companies are doing well with that concept. At Wasteland.com, we prefer to focus on the “BDSM lifestyle,” which is the core of our business.

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