9 November 2008 20:32
Chicago, IL –- After just one day at home in Seattle I flew out to Chicago. I’ve been here to visit my boy, attend the Chicago Hellfire Club’s (CHC) annual Associate Applicant weekend and rehearse for an upcoming staged reading. Before I left Seattle the image (right), a rendering from an artist by the name of Nerone, was pointed out to me, so I figured I’d include it in this post. You can check out his other works on his blog.
Rehearsals for the staged reading of Doric Wilson’s A Perfect Relationship presented as a part of the People’s Theater of Chicago’s Legacy Project are going well. The play is fast paced and quite funny. I’ve never performed in a gay-themed play before and the experience has been very refreshing. Although set in the 1970’s, it is a timeless exploration of the relationships between gay man and a poignant reminder that they often develop in unexpected ways. I’m also a little tickled by the fact that I’m playing a disco bunny on stage at the Leather Archives and Museum (LA&M). It really should be fun.
As I mentioned, the staged reading will be presented at the LA&M, which is located at 6481 Greenview Ave in Chicago, on Sunday 16 November 2008 at 2pm. The event is open to the public (donations accepted). Please join us for this special production.
Of course the event that motivated me to return to Chicago this trip was the CHC’s annual Associate Applicant weekend. The event attracts many club brothers as well as new applicants from around the world and is an excellent opportunity to strengthen the fraternal bonds that define the spirit of the club. I’m also particularly grateful for the chances these weekends provide to solicit counsel from the many experienced and respected players I now consider among my closest friends. Derek and I were both happy to hear how well our columns for Instigator Magazine have been received by these men.
Because of the heavy schedule this past weekend we only made it to a few of the CHC events but we did get several good scenes in at the clubhouse and the Hole while I was in town. It’s been a good trip and I’m looking forward to getting back here next weekend.
Tags: A Perfect Relationship, BDSM, Boys, CHC, Events, Instigator, Theater
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19 October 2008 13:08
San Diego, CA –- This weekend I’ve been in sunny San Diego to host the Bachelor Auction for the Armada Rugby team. The event was last night at the Hole and was a huge success. I had the distinct pleasure of auctioning off ten of the hottest rugby players I’ve ever met. Needless to say the sexual energy was running high which helped the cash flow with ease. Thanks to those sexy studs that volunteered to be auctioned off and the, how shall I say, receptive crowd, we raised over two thousand dollars for the team last night.
This was perhaps the easiest fundraiser I’ve hosted in a long time. The ruggers entertained everyone with drinking songs between auctions. Our bartender, Natalie and the staff at the Hole kept everyone well lubricated. And I had plenty of help from Sister Nora Torious, Sister Iona Dubble-Wyde and Postulant Ida Know from the Asylum of the Tortured Heart.
My boy Vladimir did an awesome job organizing the event and I was happy to lend a little mic time for the team.
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11 October 2008 17:27
San Francisco, CA –- There is something special about the Sir/boy relationship. I am specifically reminded of this fact this weekend because I am in San Francisco to judge the International Leather Sir/boy and International Community Bootblack contest. And, of course it doesn’t hurt that my boy Derek (photo right courtesy of Rich Trove) has joined me from Chicago for the weekend.
There are many archetypical Dom/sub relationships in the leather/Sm scene. In the men’s community the most common I witness are Sir/boy, Daddy/boy and Master/slave relationships. In truth the nature of these relationships are as varied as the individuals involved in them, but I have come to recognize some generalizations common to those who self identify as being part of these relationships and my experience in two of the three.
To be honest, I have no experience in a Master/slave relationship and the concept seems contrived to me. Perhaps this is because I’m ethically opposed to the prospect of one human being owning another, the fact that it is now illegal in most of the civilized world or my inability to (in)voluntarily submit in such a manner has left me lacking an understanding. So, I’ve opened myself to learning more about this type of relationship from those who have experienced it and will not comment on it further here until I can write more intelligently about it.
I do however have some experience within the Daddy/boy relationship, most recently as one of Dave Lewis’ boys before he died several years ago. In many ways my brothers in the Dragon Clan who were collared or given a medallion by Dave still feel in service to him and will always know him as Daddy. Each of us have grown from his guidance, learned through our play with him and been grateful for his presence in our lives.
The hallmark of the Daddy/boy relationship, in my experience has been mentorship. As a boy, Daddy for me was an elder, wiser, more experienced and capable man. He was the patriarch of the family. He was the one we turned to for advice, counsel, comfort and support. Daddy was the one that taught us about community starting with the family as a foundation. For all these reasons I have a deep respect for the Daddy/boy relationship. I have been a good, if perhaps mischievous boy in my time and trust I will, in time become a Daddy in my own right some day.
I have far more experience within the Sir/boy construct of the D/s relationship. When I earned my collar nearly twenty years ago (have I really been doing this thing of ours that long?), it was in this type of relationship. It wasn’t my collar at first of course. It belonged to a man I respected and trusted enough to place myself in his charge. He wasn’t my Daddy; more like an uncle or senior officer, which stands to reason. Ours was more a military/Sm family than a leather/Sm family. All of the immediate and most of the extended family were either prior service or currently serving in the Navy or Marines.
Our common experience in the service carried over to our family dynamic. Doms were like commanding officers, alpha boys were like Staff NCOs and I took my place as the ‘newbie’ learning as much as I could about this new world of Sm.
While I will not go into all the details here (the ravages of AIDS in the late ’80s and early ’90s tore many loved ones from those of us who lived through those years), but when Uncle Mike passed on, the collar was left with me.
It took ten years for me to transition from that orphaned boy with a collar in his hands to the one with the skills and confidence to top my own scenes. It would be five more years and almost as many boys before I found the boy who now wears that collar.
There’s no doubt, Derek is mine. We are clearly in a Dom/sub relationship, but what is the nature of that relationship? Some have suggested we are Master/slave. This isn’t accurate. I would not be so presumptuous as to call myself Master and Derek is a man in his own right with a voice in even our relationship. Am I the Daddy? Perhaps I am to some boys just coming out into the scene but not to this boy. Derek is in fact older than I and in many ways more experienced in the leather/Sm scene.
To me, the term Sir is more a salutation than a title. There is about as much chance of me becoming a Leather Sir title holder as there is being knighted by the Queen Mother. Again, I fall back upon my military and early Sm experience. When you hear me call someone Sir it emanates from an interpersonal respect for the character of the individual and the contributions they make to my community of family and friends.
When Derek calls me Sir, it warms my heart and lifts my spirit like no other term of endearment. Here is a boy as worthy of being a peer as any brother who has voluntarily placed himself in my charge. There is a mutual trust and respect here that allows for great collaboration, shared exploration, individual growth and intense bonding.
Yes, the relationship between a Daddy and his boy is special, but there is something exceptional about the relationship between a boy and his Sir… at least in my experience.
I’m happy to be here this weekend as we celebrate that relationship, the time honored tradition of boot blacking in our community and a renewed focus on making the International Leather Sir/boy and Community Bootblack the players’ titles.
My fellow judges including Alex Dunlop, Woodie Barnes, John Pendal, Ms Kendra, Sir Mike Russell, Queen Cougar, Nikitas Chondroyannos, Mr. Marcus Hernandez, and Master Mike Zuhl (pictured above courtesy of Rich Trove) have a daunting task ahead of us.
Tags: BDSM, Boys, Dragon Clan, Events, ILSb
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29 September 2008 15:20
San Francisco, CA –- Yesterday marked the first anniversary of my art film debut with the release of Fear, the release of my seventh feature Folsom Undercover and the second Folsom Street Fair with my boy Derek. This entry also marks the one year anniversary of this blog which has chronicled what has proven to be a wild and unexpected adventure.
Wild is definitely the adjective I’d use to describe yesterday’s festivities at the street fair. Derek and I arrive a little after noon to work our shifts at the TitanMen/NakedSword mega booth and the streets were already crowed asshole to bellybutton with people. Titan provided headshots for all the performers to sign, calendars to give away and a large stack of my ‘trading cards’ from NakedSword for me to hand out. As soon as we got into the booth there were calls from the crowd for autographs and photo ops. Derek and I jumped right in greeting both fans and friends as they came to the booth, giving away studio swag and a gift of our own.
Derek and I brought 300 black & white checkered hankies to hand out at the booth this year (photo above). The checker hanky is the hanky code flag for safer sex and represents a commitment to responsible play. Over the past year we’ve learned of far too many of our friends and acquaintances seroconverting, witnessed a cavalier attitude toward safer sex practices grow to become nearly normative and risk behavior touted as transgressive, edgy and cool. Bull shit.
The checker hanky was introduced in the 80’s, when as a community we worked hard to advocate safer sex and get the message out. And it worked; HIV transmission rates decreased through the 80’s and 90’s. Now, as we begin the 21st century, HIV transmission rates are on the rise among men who have sex with men. Something’s gone terribly wrong.
I was lucky; I got the message early. I realized I love sex and learn at an early age that the safer I was doing it the longer I’d be around to do it. I know a couple of ‘art film’ personalities handing out checkered hankies isn’t going to make much of a difference in the grand scheme of things, but if we can encourage even a few people to stand fast in their personal commitment to sexual health and the health of their partners regardless of HIV status then perhaps the message will reach more people than 300 checkered hankies.
Last year might have been larger than life but this year was mobile. Titan had wrapped the studio’s production van with the images of several exclusives, including yours’ truly (image above). We were playing the Blu-Ray™ edition of Folsom Undercover in the back of the van, but I wasn’t in a position to see the movie. I don’t think we would have had much time to take it in anyway. Titan seemed to have everyone on hand for the event. François Sagat, Dean Flynn, Diesel Washington, Alex Baresi, Dirk Jager, Frank Philipp, Eduardo, Rich van Sant, Chad Manning, Dominic Sol and Marco Blaze were all at the booth in addition to Derek and me.
Bonus: In addition to all those beautiful men, there was one more wonderful surprise, my boy from Seattle. Jeff (photo right) had been vacationing in Hawaii and had changed his flights home to include a stopover in San Francisco to join Derek and I at the Folsom Street Fair. It was great to have him there, but I wish I had gotten a chance to spend more time with him and I’m sure the whole thing was rather bizarre for him. He was a great help throughout the day and I need to think of a way to thank him for being there… oh, wait, I’ve got a pretty good idea how I can thank him, same way I thanked him yesterday morning for coming into town.
Toward the end of the day, NakedSword ask if Derek and I would come over their booth to create a crowd. It was our pleasure to help out our friends at NakedSword. A little impromptu rope bondage and impact play seemed to do the trick quite nicely (photo below by Darwin Bell for TheSword.com). I tied Derek down in one of my favorite ties for sex, his arms and legs securely bound beneath him with his ass exposed, then proceeded to deliver a good spanking with my hands and belt. The crowed seemed both horrified by and attracted to the intensity of this spur of the moment scene, which was really quite timid by our standards. At one point I overheard someone in the throngs say, “its okay they’re partners.”
Afterward, we did a little instructional bondage work, stuck around for some photo ops/autographs and handed out the last of the hankies.
When the street fair closed down Derek, Jeff and I walked over to the Hole in the Wall’s new digs and finally got some quality time together. While many of our friends decided to go to the Real Bad party, we preferred the music and surroundings of one of our favorite dive bars. And did we have fun. There’s nothing like cutting loose after being ‘on’ all day.
This morning we sent Jeff off to the airport for his flight home. Derek and I just got back from brunch and some shopping in the Castro and are about to head out to the airport ourselves. I’m exhausted, have picked up a cold and am not looking forward to saying goodbye to my boy. Luckily we get to see each other again in a couple weeks at ILSb.
Tags: Art Films, BDSM, Boys, Events, Folsom Prison, Folsom Street Fair, Folsom Undercover, NakedSword, Shotgun Video, Titan Media
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28 September 2008 11:08
San Francisco, CA –- The last couple days have been absolutely, incredibly unbelievable. The over whelming publicity, recognition on the street, reconnecting with the Titan crew and other performers, and a harried schedule have all contributed to this whirl-wind trip to San Fran.
Derek and I arrived at the Oakland airport Friday morning and were immediately inundated by friends and fans. It was kind of unnerving. After checking in with Roger at Shotgun, where we were staying for the weekend, we ventured out to the Castro to get some food and were literally stopped on the street five times by people we knew or knew of us. And that doesn’t count the knowing looks, pointing and candid photos taken by strangers from a distance. It was, well, a little strange. After lunch Derek and I ran into Julian from NakedSword and he showed us my Dream Team trading card and the two-page spread in Gloss magazine. I was really happy to see they had used the image of me standing in my leathers rather than the stills from Breakers for both. After getting back to Shotgun, Derek pointed out the Bay Area Reporter’s Arts & Entertainment section front page with my image from Folsom Prison to me. Well that explained a few things.
Side Bar: Derek has done several Shotgun videos over the few years he’s been doing art films and I got to meet Roger a couple years ago at a leather/Sm run up in Washington State. I immediately fell in love with Roger. That’s him photographed above, beating my nuts during a demo this past summer. That same week Derek and I shot a video for Shotgun under Roger’s direction with permission from Titan. I had wanted to do a video with Roger and Derek since I first started in the industry and I am extremely grateful to Titan for loaning me out under contract to do the video. Roger says Squeeze Play is being edited now, so I’ll let you know as soon as it’s available.
Friday night Derek and I had dinner with Brian Mills from Titan then went to the Men of Discipline Play Party at the Citadel. We were both pretty exhausted after travelling and settling in, but that didn’t stop us from playing. I decided to work out some new rigging; a horizontal side suspension. I hadn’t attempted this in the past so it was fun to just experiment and play around with it and my favorite stunt bottom. It wasn’t a heavy scene or anywhere over the top but a great way for the two of us to connect. I’ll be perfecting the rigging when Derek is in Seattle at the end of October and will post a gallery then.
Yesterday we had rehearsals, diner with the Titan performers and studio execs then the big performance at Magnitude. The rehearsal went well. We finalized the blocking, ran through the choreography and corrected some equipment and lighting issues. The dinner with Brian Mills, Keith Webb, Bruce Cam and all the Titan performers that were brought in for the weekend was really enjoyable. Our performance at Magnitude, however, has become the most memorable experience of the trip thus far.
The Titan Men did four separate performances for Magnitude, the official dance event of the Folsom Street Fair. Dean Flynn, Eduardo and Markus Ram recreated the imagery of the Magnitude poster for the opening set. Dean and a new Titan performer, Marco Blaze had the second set with live sex. The third set featured an elaborate abduction and water sports fantasy with Diesel Washington and a new kid who’s name escapes me. Derek and I had the final performance.
Our performance began behind a scrim, our shadows cast to the audience. A dance remix of Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood plays. As I stood apparently leaning against a wall, Derek walks up to caress my chest. I push his hand away but when he persists and goes for it again I push him to the side. Walking pass him, I emerge from behind the scrim and onto the second riser in front of the audience. Derek follows and touches my shoulder. I turn toward him with rope in hand. He goes to caress my chest again. I grab his wrist, place a slip knot around it and proceed to immobilize his upper body with a quick arm binder. As the music builds, I push him up against a St Andrew’s cross and secure him to it then begin flogging his front side. Derek is naked and hard as a rock while I hit him with the flogger on his thighs, chest, mid-section, cock and balls.
We build to frenzy then stop. I turn while securing the flogger back to my belt and remove the four foot signal whip from my torso. A break in the music occurs and I crack it several times over the audience before turning back to Derek.
I begin to strike his mid-section with the whip. Crack. Crack. Topping my first front side single tail scene. Crack. Crack. The first full cut. Crack. Crack. The second cut and third. The blood comes to the surface as the music comes to its final crescendo. I draw close to my boy and caress him. As the music begins to fall away I rip off my codpiece to reveal my ragging hard-on, put the codpiece in his mouth, untie him from the cross and lead him from stage still bound.
Back stage we were totally wired, amped on the adrenaline and sexual tension. We wanted to fuck… hard. I asked the producer if we could do another set and fifteen minutes later I lead Derek back on stage. I bent him over the second riser, spit on his ass, sheathed my cock and plunged it into his ass. He writhed and pulled away. I looped the whip around his neck and pulled him back on my cock. We fucked for the audience.
I pulled out, moved to the front of the riser and sat down. Derek followed and mounted my cock, riding it up and down, all the way in and all the way out. Again and again, the crowd goes wild. I push him off, stand up on the riser and fuck him there until satisfied. I pull out and remove the condom, shave my cock down his throat and tie the condom to his collar. Then as the music dies, I replace my cock in his mouth with the checker hanky from my back pocket and lead him off stage once again.
There’s nothing quite as exhilarating as fucking your boy in front of a couple thousand people.
Tags: Art Films, BAR, BDSM, Boys, Events, Folsom Prison, Folsom Street Events, Folsom Undercover, Gloss, Magnitude, MOD, NakedSword, Performance, Shotgun Video, Squeeze Play, Titan Media
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27 September 2008 14:18
Chicago, IL — Peoples Theater of Chicago will present a Legacy Project staged reading of Doric Wilson’s A Perfect Relationship at the Leather Archives and Museum in Chicago, IL on Sunday November 16th 2008 at 2pm.
Called “a gay classic” by the New York Daily News when it was first produced in 1979, A Perfect Relationship confronts the stereotypes of masculinity, sexuality and friendship with humor and heart. The play follows two flat mates, Ward and Greg, as they battle their landlady Muriel, a mutual trick named Barry who’s managed to swindle them out of their lease and each other on the way to recognizing the perfection of the relationship they share.
Featuring (yours truly) Tony Buff, Keith Davis, AK Miller, Ben Sprunger and Bonnie Varner, this production will be directed by Brian Conley. You can learn more about the play here.
I am thrilled to be cast opposite AK Miller’s Ward as Greg for this staged reading at the Leather Archives and Museum. It’s been years since I’ve done any stage work other than BDSM performances and I’m eager to get back on the boards. I can’t think of a better way than at the LA&M working with AK.
This event will be open to the public (with donations accepted). The theater at the LA&M only seats 125, so plan ahead and arrive early.
Tags: Events, Theater
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22 September 2008 14:29
Seattle, WA –- While I was back in Chicago a couple weekends ago, we had a special house guest, Midori. This was a real treat because it gave us an opportunity to finally get to know each other a little better. I met Midori a couple years ago on a photo shoot for Artana of Shot In The Dark. We’ve seen each other on several occasions since but this has generally been at events where neither of us had much of a chance to just kick back and chat. Although Midori had a busy schedule presenting classes at various venues in Chicago that weekend, we did get several chances to hang out. Highlights included shopping for pervertables after a superb Korean BBQ at a local market in the Logan Square neighborhood (photos) and stunt bottoming for one of her classes with my boy Derek, Ruff and a beautiful punk girl who’s name I forgot to get permission to use.
Given a shared passion for rope and the Sm arts, you can imagine the topics of conversation over the weekend. I definitely came away from the experience with some wonderfully twisted new ideas and a closer friendship with Midori.
Midori is an expert rigger with wicked rope skills and one of the best educators/presenters I’ve ever seen. If you’re in the mid-west, I highly recommend her full weekend intensive Rope Dojo coming to Kansas City October 18th & 19th from 10am to 6pm both days. Registration is open now through the end of the month, but space is limited to only thirty students so act fast. Cost is $350 for singles and $600 for pairs.
Here’s a little teaser:
Full Weekend Intensive Rope Dojo® with expert riggers, Midori & Delano.
A Rope Bondage Weekend martial arts styled Intensive from the basic with Midori and Associate Instructor, Delano. Want to learn about rope bondage? Frustrated with short workshops & demos? Do you want personalized attention to improve every aspect of your rope techniques? Are you ready for the disciplined approached to take you to the next level? Have you wanted to know what Midori teaches her personal apprentices? Are you a total rope beginner with the motivation to move past your hesitation & blow your lover’s mind with hot scenes? Or have you already lassoed the basics and ready for a real challenge? In this concentrated weekend you will cover the heart & soul of the rope experience, covering top and bottom perspectives as well.
From the very basics to the introduction of advanced techniques of basic safe rope suspension, they’ll put you through the paces and improve your skills.
You can find all the details and registration online at www.RopeDojo.com.
Tags: BDSM, Boys, Events, Midori, Rigging, Rope Dojo
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19 September 2008 18:55
Seattle, WA –- Just before leaving for Inferno, I was booked by Titan for Folsom Street Fair weekend related events including the release of my seventh feature Folsom Undercover, a performance with my boy Derek at the big leather/fetish dance party Saturday night called Magnitude, and appearing at the TitanMen/NakedSword mega-booth during the Street Fair on Sunday. Today, Titan issued a Press Release detailing the official line-up of performers and events. It reads as follows:
TitanMen’s Folsom Undercover Set to Tear Up Folsom Street Fair
TitanMen is pleased to announce the official line-up of performers and events surrounding the release of its newest Folsom Series Leather/Fetish film, Folsom Undercover, during Folsom Street Fair and Leather Week. TitanMen exclusive performers François Sagat, Dean Flynn, Alex Baresi, Dirk Jager, Diesel Washington, Rick van Sant, Eduardo, Chad Manning and Tony Buff will be appearing live; they will be joined by TitanMen Derek da Silva, Frank Philipp, Arpad Miklos, Marco Blaze, Markus Ram, Dominic Sol and more! Legendary director Brian Mills, the genius behind Folsom Undercover, will also be making special appearances throughout the weekend.
Kicking off Leather Week is the sold-out Folsom Street Fair 25th Anniversary Leather Gala. Attendees will celebrate the 25th Folsom Street Fair with glamour and style at the one time-only Formal Leather Gala Dinner. This special event is scheduled for Saturday, September 20th at The Regency Center’s Sutter Room. Gourmet dinner, open bar and an amazing performance by the legendary Joan Rivers are all included. VIP tickets holders will receive a copy of Folsom Undercover in their gift bags, before the film is released to the public.
TitanMen is honored to be a Presenting Sponsor for Magnitude, the official leather fetish dance party of the Folsom Street Fair. Join us Saturday night, September 27th, at the Regency Center from 10pm to 4am. TitanMen Dean Flynn, Eduardo, Diesel Washington, Tony Buff, Derek da Silva and more will be performing live. Featuring DJ Paul Goodyear, this is the party of the Folsom Fair weekend! Dungeon space will be by Mr. S Leather. Tickets are available online at http://folsomstreetevents.org/shop/
And finally, join us Sunday, September 28th, at the Folsom Street Fair for the official release of Folsom Undercover! Continuing in the tradition of TitanMen’s award-winning line of co-branded Folsom films, Folsom Undercover explodes with fetish fireworks. A private fraternity has businessmen living second lives, relieving their stress through sexual aggression as they indulge their deepest desires. Four scenes bring you more than 2 ½ hours of unforgettable action, half of it shot in the beautiful outdoors. Led by 11 stunning men, including TitanMen exclusives Tony Buff, Eduardo, Darius Falke, Dean Flynn, Dirk Jager and Rick van Sant, Folsom Undercover is the perfect fetish fantasy for fall. Get undercover and get off!
All the performers will be on-hand to meet their fans at the TitanMen/Naked Sword mega-booth at the corner of Folsom and Dore. They will all be signing free copies of the 2009 TitanMen calendar ($12.95 retail value) and each will be available for up close and personal photo-ops. The Folsom Undercover Hardcore Director’s version DVD and Blu-ray™ disc will be for sale exclusively at the booth, and we will be offering special fair pricing on the entire line of award-winning TitanMen DVDs such as Folsom Prison, Folsom Filth, Folsom Leather, Fear and more.
NakedSword.com, the world’s largest Video-on-Demand provider, will also be releasing and broadcasting Folsom Undercover exclusively on VOD. NakedSword.com is the exclusive VOD distributor of the entire co-branded TitanMen/Folsom Series of films.
At the booth, we’ll also be introducing and offering the new TitanMen-branded line of high-quality personal lubricants, available for the first time in the USA. Designed by men for men, this high performance line of lubes is made in Germany to the strictest quality standards.
Look for the TitanMen/NakedSword booth directly in front of the Powerhouse bar at Folsom and Dore Alley. Directly across the intersection from the TitanMen/NakedSword booth will be the official TitanMen Tools booth by Doc Johnson, where the new line of TitanMen-branded and designed sex toys will be on display under the tagline, “Toys are for boys, Tools are for men!”
As producers of the best-selling gay leather and fetish films in the world, TitanMen is proud to be the sole gay studio Presenting Sponsor of the Folsom Street Fair and Magnitude, the largest leather and fetish event in the world. As part of the co-branded TitanMen/Folsom line of hardcore Leather/Fetish films, Folsom Undercover will be released under the “Exclusive Leather/Fetish Films of the Folsom Street Fair” banner. A portion of sales from the Folsom line of DVDs will be donated to the TitanMen/Folsom Fund, which support non-profit organizations specializing in gay men’s health and education. In 2007, the fund donated over $25,000 to support non-profits benefiting gay men’s health, and this year’s goal is to top $30,000!
“As a leader within the gay adult industry, TitanMen is proud to be one of the largest studio contributors to non-profit organizations specializing in gay men’s health and education,” says Bruce Cam, Founder and CEO of Titan Media. “We have been able to show that protection and profit can go hand-in-hand by producing the best-selling gay adult films in the world while still maintaining a condom only/safer sex policy. The greatest gift we can give back to the community is the portrayal of safer sex and the use of condoms in our films. The value of a single human life is worth more than any amount of money we could ever contribute.”
“TitanMen promotes fetish and leather play as safer and morally responsible alternatives to the growing trend of bareback within the gay adult entertainment industry,” adds Keith Webb, Vice President of Titan Media. “By portraying and eroticizing safer sexual alternatives, TitanMen hopes to lead by example. While other studios promote and sell bareback films that portray and eroticize high-risk unprotected anal sex, TitanMen will hold firm in its steadfast commitment to the community by portraying and promoting condom-only and safer sex in its films.”
I’ve posted the Press Release here in its entirety because it is another excellent example of why I am proud to be associated with Titan and pleased to be representing them to the best of my ability… we share common values. From individual character to social responsibility through production value and community action, these are the kind of people and the type of studio I can ally myself and my talents.
The list of performers slated to appear reads like quite a reunion. I know almost all of these men personally and have worked with many of them on set. I’m excited to see them and the rest of the Titan crew again.
And you can bet on seeing Derek and I at the San Francisco Men of Discipline’s play party on Friday night.
Tags: Art Films, BDSM, Boys, Events, Folsom Street Fair, NakedSword, Titan Media
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18 September 2008 10:36
Seattle, WA – Late last night I received word that I had been chosen as NakedSword’s Dream Team Player for September. The news came as a bit of a surprise. I definitely didn’t expect it.
Each month the folks at NakedSword select a new player for their Dream Team of what they call porn all-stars. The team includes new comers with promise, big name performers and classic porn figures. I’m in good company with this year’s team which includes my friends Steve Cruz, Diesel Washington and Damien Crosse.
Here’s what they had to say about my selection:
Tony Buff started making “art films” (as he calls them) with the venerable Daddy Zeus, starring in Soldiers of Misfortune. Buff made the movie as a way of exploring his relationship with his boy, Derek da Silva, a unique motivation for this unique porn star. Since then he’s gone on to work for Titan Media, putting his experience and skills as a BDSM top — not to mention his big, thick cock — to good use for the studio.
Buff has done some “vanilla” work for Titan; he and Braxton Bond almost start a forest fire in their scorching scene in Titan’s Chainsaw. However, his best efforts come when he is allowed to explore, and push the limits, of on screen BDSM. Buff collaborated with Brian Mills, working with the notorious Titan director to help create, block out and drive the action for Titan’s Folsom Prison. The title would become one of the most successful of Titan’s co-branded Folsom series. Even when he is not driving the action behind the scenes, his masterful performances have helped to redefine the genre. In Fear, he and Tober Brandt throat-fuck Derek da Silva until he pukes and then bind and suspend the bottom over a pool before alternating between dunking him in the icy water and pissing on him. That scene alone made the movie one of Titan’s most talked about and controversial films to date. It also raised the bar on how far porn goes.
Buff’s passion and drive are not just confined to his on and off-screen BDSM play. He donates his time, energy and talents to a number of social and political causes. He has been twice knighted by the Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle, received the Leather Emerald Award in 2003, been Sainted by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence®, Abbey of St. Joan and has been adopted by Sandy Reinhardt into Mama’s Family. Buff is currently on the Board of Generic Leather Productions of Washington, an organization that raises money to support other non-profit human services organizations that serve the sexual minority community.
Tony Buff — with his youthful good looks, fat cock and BDSM experience — makes the perfect Dream Team Player for September, the same month that San Francisco’s infamous Folsom Street Fair happens. His creativity and talent make him a power player on screen and off. And his devotion to the community and the causes he believes in show that he is not just another pretty face. We are proud to make Tony Buff our September Dream Team Player.
I’m honored. You can check out the entire profile, including photos and a downloadable background for your screen, here. I understand they’ll have trading cards (images above) available at the Folsom Street Fair later this month.
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10 September 2008 12:00
Douglas, MI –- There is nothing quite like Inferno. In short, Inferno is the weeklong men’s Sm run sponsored by the Chicago Hellfire Club (CHC), but it is much more than that… it is an exploration of the fraternal bonds created by sadomasochism. It is also the time and space that defines the nature of my relationship with Derek and marks the anniversary of our first meeting. It is the environment in which we thrive, surrounded by those more like us than anywhere else. The past week has been an escape from the norm into another world.
At this, the closing of my third Inferno, I can’t help but think back to my first. I remember the trepidation and uncertainty that accompanied me to Inferno XXXV. I had no idea what to expect, if I’d fit or be accepted within the fold of this legendary event. I had just turned thirty-six and had only started topping in scene about five years earlier. My skills where modest at best… rough sex, fisting, water sports, sounds, light breath control, moderate impact play and intermediate bondage. Yeah, I know some of you reading might not consider that list too reserved, but in comparison to the men of Inferno I felt like a novice. Even with my passion for rope bondage I still hadn’t topped my first solo suspension scene.
All that apprehension dissipated as soon as I arrived on site though. Actually, just before I entered the compound, while I was waiting for registration when I saw Derek for the first time. He was Hot. He’s shorter than me and stocky. By stocky, I mean large for his size in a lean and muscular way. He has decent calves (he was wearing shorts), broad shoulders, rugged face and an amazing ass. He was oblivious to me as he rushed by and I noticed the patch sown to his Alpha flight jacket after checking out his back side. I get so distracted when a boy attracts my attention, I totally forgot about any insecurity I might have had.
I played like a kink starved sadomasochist on his first day in hell that Inferno. I had two scenes each day except Sunday during transition and at least one each night. I topped. I bottomed. And I kept my sights set on the boy I saw at registration even when I was told he was “out of my league” by one of the CHC members that caught me cruising Derek while in line for chow Friday morning. That comment must have set my resolve to a new level. I had two scenes with Derek that day and now consider the guy that made the comment among my closest friends in the club.
The following day I went to witness the group, hook ritual where participants are pierced with flesh hooks through the chest that are bound together with lengths of cord to facilitate a large group hook pull ritual. I watched Derek get pierced and knew I had to do it with him, so at the last moment I joined in. It was a perfect bonding moment for us. We kept to the side and played with the interchange of energy. I truly consider it the moment we bonded as a couple.
Last year, at Inferno XXXVI, we marked the anniversary with blood art. This year we returned to the hook pull, again keeping to the side and each other. It was so intense at one point I puked into my own mouth. It was beautiful and those of you reading that understand will know what I mean.
This year, like last year, Derek and I were focused mostly on each other and played, almost exclusively, together alone, with few exceptions. We closed our play at Inferno XXXVII the same way we closed our first together, with an inverted Shibari suspension and impact play. I topped the scene just as I had for my first solo rigging two years ago… this time without the safety strap.
Side Bar: Two years ago I decided to rig my first solo suspension, in full view of what could have been my most critical observers. I didn’t make it easy on myself either. I chose one of the riskiest and most difficult suspensions to rig, inverted by the ankles. I didn’t have the confidence in my rigging that I do now, so to reduce the risk of a serious falling injury if the rigging failed I set a safety strap. I can’t help but smile when I think back on the scene.
This would become a foreshadowing of things come. Inferno and the men of the Chicago Hellfire Club, especially Derek, have been formative to my development as a practitioner. They have helped expand my skills, build my confidence, shape my character and take my play to new levels.
I’m sad to see this year’s Inferno come to a close but I’m happy I had the chance to be here again with Derek and am already looking forward to Inferno XXXVIII.
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Chicago, IL –- After just one day at home in Seattle I flew out to Chicago. I’ve been here to visit my boy, attend the Chicago Hellfire Club’s (CHC) annual Associate Applicant weekend and rehearse for an upcoming staged reading. Before I left Seattle the image (right), a rendering from an artist by the name of Nerone, was pointed out to me, so I figured I’d include it in this post. You can check out his other works on his blog.
