DAVE GAMMON: I’m sure you’re constantly approached by industry types and fans alike with varying versions of the following: Describe how you first got into the adult entertainment business. What was the pivotal point where you decided steaming up the blue screen was something you wanted to do for a living?

NIKKI NOVA: I was in design school. This is what I moved from Virginia to Los Angeles for. There was no housing at the school to which I was accepted. As a teenager, having to cover ninety percent of my tuition myself, and find a place to live, they would help you find a roommate and a cheap apartment…but there was no actual housing. As a teenager, I was working four jobs, and I still couldn’t come up with my tuition.

Before I started going to that design school, I had asked them ahead of time if the credits were fully transferable. There was a chance I would not be able to finish my schooling there, but it was one of the better design schools. So to have that on my resume would’ve been fantastic even if I only got to attend for a year or two. When it came time, there was no way I could continue going there, the tuition and cost of living in L.A. were insane. I was going to take off some time, and I went to transfer to a different school, they said, “Ohhh, those credits aren’t actually transferable. You must’ve misunderstood us.” A lot of the teachers had businesses and took a lot of the students work and marketed the designs. I was really frustrated because I was very, very good at what I was doing but I couldn’t afford to finish going there. I didn’t want all my work that I had poured into the place to get lost, so I started working at a night club.

I hate when people assume strip-club. It was an actual night club, and at the time it was the most popular night club in Los Angeles. At midnight on Thursdays, they would have a 10 minute burlesque show. And I performed there once a month –A burlesque show, not a strip tease. There was a photographer there from Paris who was shooting a model he was meeting there. He wanted to shoot me too, and used both of us for this French entertainment magazine that doesn’t exist anymore. It ended up being pretty awesome.

When he was in town he was also approached by Larry Flynt to shoot the very first issue of Rage Magazine. Being the Frenchman that he was, he wanted to shoot me for that, and due to La Femme Nikita, a French film, I was placed with props like a gun and a wig.

On that same night, there was a scout there for Suze Randall. When I was on a walk to the drugstore some female scout –who ended up being the wife of Hank Londoner– also approached me. Within that same two week span I was on Melrose Avenue when someone from Stephen Hicks approached me. I started thinking, “What the fuck is going on?” I ended up meeting with Suze Randall because she was a female, and if you’re going to take off your clothes on camera for the first time, you’re a little more comfortable with a woman. And that just kind of sparked it. There was another photographer, and another, and all of the sudden that was my career.

It’s been kind of hard to make a living in the sex industry without actually having sex. But that’s how it started.

DG: What would you say has been the most unappealing feature about the film industry thus far?

NN: Hmm, I hesitate in answering this one. I’m afraid that my answer to this would be an insult to almost everyone I know in the industry, and I don’t mean it to be that way, because it’s not their fault.

What I find most unappealing about the adult entertainment industry is that there is nothing truly hot about it. I think that is where a lot of my inner conflict is. If you look at porn –hard-core and even most soft-core porn– it’s extremely cliché. You might have higher budget porn vs. lower budget porn, but all that means is you have hotter chicks, better lighting, costumes and packaging. It’s like, “Okay we’re going to come up with these cliché story lines to get the girl into this position. Then we’ll take it over to this position, with this many people.” I mean it’s just the same shit, over and over, wrapped in different packaging. There’s nothing truly hot about it.

I think that Andrew Blake definitely stands out in that regard. Or at least, he did. His stuff has declined drastically, as well. I just don’t think I personally have ever seen anything that made me think “This person gets it.” I would love to get inside my mind and put that into a porno, but I know what a nightmare it is to make, produce, develop and market a xxx film. Especially in today’s economy. Everyone is just looking for free porn. Nobody’s making any money anymore.

DG: How would you compare the business in terms of acceptance and popularity in mainstream pop culture compared to 10-15 years ago?

NN: It’s definitely much more mainstream now. My good friend Ron Jeremy, for example, is an accepted sort of icon.

I was talking to a friend of mine over at Mosiac. They represent a lot of huge stars. I believe they even represent Will Farrell. We were talking about that very thing. Because I, myself, am attempting to and have been co-producing a reality t.v. pilot. Now what’s going to happen with it? It may not even get picked up. That was one of my biggest concerns was what we’re trying to do with it. I mean there are no actual rules in t.v. anymore. So don’t worry about that. I can give out a lot of examples of people that were in porn that are kind of everywhere now. And not only that, but a lot of mainstream stars—they have these sex tapes that come out. Ninety nine percent of the time that is no accident. It’s all a publicity stunt. So it’s almost kind of silly how vague the lines are within the industry. The irony of that is ten to fifteen years ago if you were in porn, you could make a lot more money than you can today. There just really isn’t nearly enough money in it. Especially for us software people, God bless us. Nearly everybody, I mean the internet has changed that dramatically. You’ve definitely got a balancing act now where everybody is trying to figure out on how to do that.

(At this point Nikki’s cell rings: “Hello? Hi, I’m going to have to call you back. I’m right in the middle of an interview on Skype right now. Hold on, I’ll put you on speaker so they can hear you. Dave this is one of my best friend’s Roxy.” Roxy: “Hi Dave.” Nikki: (laughs) “He says hello Roxy, he’s typing it. Okay let me call you when this is over.” Roxy: “Ok, bye.” Nikki: “Ok, bye, bye. That was Roxy. (laughs) She’s like a little sister.”

DG: What would you say your most comical or embarrassing moment on a film set has been?

NN: I’m going to have to say…. a shoot I did with another girl. It was actually Hank Londoner that was shooting us, this was many years ago for a magazine. And I don’t remember the girl’s name, even if I did I’d never tell you the girl’s name as it would embarrass her. She was blonde. We were doing a set in a kitchen. Typical kitchen set you know—flowers, little chef’s hat on this sort of stuff.

At one point I was down on the ground and she was standing in front of me. He wanted me to go in and kind of grab her ass looking back at the camera. Those were my instructions. And I did so. He told me to really pull her ass apart. I did and she farted in my face (laughs). And the thing is most people would just laugh at that because it’s funny! She was so uptight, embarrassed about it. And it wasn’t loud. Only I could hear it. So I mean they didn’t know ten feet behind me. She just looks down at me and says, “Holy, you really pulled it apart didn’t you?”

I just kind of like pretended nothing was up so they wouldn’t know anything was up. But I mean it was really hard not to crack up laughing. I would say that would be… you know…

DG: In November 2005 on set, you had an accident and had to be hospitalized. A site was generated for contributions against medical expenses and get well soon wishes aptly named www.getwellnikki.com. Has this experience allowed you to be more personal with your fans? What is your typical fan interaction like?

NN: When 911 was called the paramedics said I was never going to make it to the hospital. It was a lot more serious than anyone has any real concept of.

A drunk producer put me on a rodeo horse and then would not let me get off when the horse became agitated. The horse then came down on my skull. My skull was broken in several places and my brain was hemorrhaging. The producer left me there like that under the horse.

The make up artist was screaming: “Someone call 911!” The paramedics said that I would not make it to the hospital, so they called to have me airlifted to the trauma center.

I was in a coma for a while. They didn’t know what I would be like when I came out of it. I’m still kind of trying to recoup from all of this. I still haven’t gotten the surgery that I needed.

My webmaster built a website to raise medical funds. And thank God for it because I was out of work for over a year. All that was gathered was probably close to nine thousand dollars which helped me with a few months of my mortgage.

As far as interactions with my fans? I didn’t have interaction with anyone at that time. It definitely hasn’t enabled me to be more personable with my fans. As a matter of fact it took me away.

People joined my site and would not see any updates and not having interaction with me and it damaged my reputation as far as that goes. So now we finally got the site opened properly the past couple months, but it’s going to take a while to establish that kind of trust again. Even in those few years, the past three years, the industry itself has changed so much that I lost essentially the last part of my career. In a big way, that is how I feel. So no, it definitely has not helped me get more personable with my fans. It’s definitely done just the opposite.

DG: Since our last interview You’ve engaged in a number of pursuits from assuming the role of hostess on Playboy T.V.. You’ve delved deeper into the realm of web cam interaction; please elaborate on your most recent endeavors.

NN: It’s mostly behind the scenes stuff really. Life has been chaotic since my accident. I’ve been stuck in layers upon layers of the legal world. Which incidentally: I’m really not at liberty to say what it’s all about at this point in time.

Right now I’m simply trying to take the positive out of everything. I’ve lit the fire under my ass to get into a better environment. Living in this house and everything that’s taken place since I was in a coma five years ago resonates negative energy.

I couldn’t walk; I couldn’t talk. I was having anywhere from thirty to fifty seizures a day. In fact I wasn’t even expected to live. The only reason I was supposed to be discharged from the hospital was to be in the homecare of a loved one. My mother and I are not on good terms. We’ve been this way for years. My stepfather and her mother were complete sleazes to me growing up. It took years for me to get the courage and tell her about it. She refused to believe me and basically disowned me. So once I was out of the hospital I believe she stayed for all of one day.

I’ve made the decision to pack up my four bedroom house and down size into a two bedroom in California. Living in Arizona really has just kind of sucked, and I look forward to being around positive energy, friends and loved ones.

I’ve been writing for actually two magazines now: Playtime and Uniq. I have a column in each of them, an advice column.

DG: So people contact you for advice on dating, sex, that sort of thing?

NN: Yes, dating, sex, relationships. I also maintain my blog regularly on my website NikkiNova.com with regular site updates, new photos, cam schedules.

I’ve been getting a lot more involved with art direction. I’ve always had a real talent and passion for anything associated with that, whether it is set designs, painting, layouts or wardrobe. In fact, this is going to sound a touch on the arrogant side, but anyone that comes into my home and sees how it’s decorated, the layout, even right down to the furniture says this completely embodies all that is Nikki Nova. This is a Nikki Nova home. So I’m really pleased to be getting involved in that aspect.

I’m also writing a book. Although it’s an autobiography, I’m hesitant to label it as such, as it’s completely different from anything done in our industry before. Yes it will cover my life story, but it’s much more than that. It will be presented in a relief of spirituality and the different cycles and patterns of abuse I personally have gone through. It will cover everything from my relationship with my father, who was murdered when I was eleven years old, without getting into too much detail; it will all be in the book.

DG: As a web starlet there of course is a certain element of being susceptible and vulnerable to the public. What provisions can be undertaken to avoid unsavory attention?

NN: Well unfortunately in the day of the Internet there’s not a whole lot you can do as far as avoiding it. Meaning the way we all essentially make our living now, you have to kind of do the live webcam stuff and there’s no real filter as to what comes at you. What I learned from my experiences as well, the law has not caught up with technology.

DG: Not at all…

NN: They’re always a step ahead. You know people will go on, and they’ll send you stuff. You can block them, but you can’t even trace their IP’s usually because they use proxy servers. I’ve had somebody sending me death threats, really graphic death threats, even going so far as to say he can’t wait to bust a nut inside my cold, dead corpse.

DG: Oh my God!

NN: He’s done very graphic pictures of naked, female corpses. Now here’s the interesting thing though: I’ve been dealing with this stalker for over five years. I know who it is. The police know who it is. The FBI knows who it is. But they couldn’t do anything to him because of his use of proxy servers.

Turns out every rude thing I’ve gotten from May until now was not my stalker of five years. It’s someone I’d befriended on the Internet over a year and a half ago. They were helping me build a case against my stalker by screen capturing everything. I thought this person was helping me. It turns out it was him doing it all along. My actual stalker apparently hasn’t posted anything since my attorney’s last conversation with his attorney.

Just don’t trust anyone you meet on the Internet. That’s a horrible thing to say because they are some really great people out there. It’s not worth the risk.

DG: Pretty disturbing. One of the larger than life aspects of Nikki Nova is your vivid array of tattoo work. Just a brief rundown what are some of the significances of your work?

NN: Oh gosh. There is no real short answer for that. Sort of a long answer and it’s kind of personal, but they’re all original. They’re in relation to my beliefs.

It’s kind of like writing my book. The older I get I can look down and think oh yeah, I remember that part of my life.

The one on my back is kind of a combination of a phoenix and mythological bird I used to dream about all the time when I was a kid. It is what it is. Like many others I’ve been through a hell of a lot in my life, but I’ve learned in relation I should’ve been dead countless times. And I’m still here. So that’s kind of what that represents; I’m a survivor. It’s coming out to what looks like to most people as a blue butterfly. It’s basically about transformation. So my phoenix is coming out of that which should explain itself.

On my mid-back, there’s a jaguar I have with asian dragons coming out each side that obviously the Pagans say that’s my father. I don’t want to get too into that, but it’s very representative of my father.

On my shoulders are just two ohms, which are pretty self explanatory, with a tiny elephant. I’m going to be slightly vague about that and just say that it’s representative of my father’s mother, my grandmother.

The one on my right outer arm is like a combination of young Buddha, old Buddha and Shiva. So kind of like a younger Buddha with many arms, basically; holding up a purple heart. Purple rays of light shine off of it and just all this is the cycle of changes and beginnings and endings. Even in death or heart break, or just something awful, there’s always something new being born after it. The belief and representation in Shiva and Hinduism, for example, is the Destroyer of God, but it’s a good thing. It’s kind of like sometimes things have to be broken down in order to be rebuilt.

So that’s it right now. Anything else I’m supposed to have, I haven’t done anything in years, and it’s all still unfinished, but I figure by the time I’m ninety I’ll be finished.

DG: An increasing trend within our industry is wishlists enabling admirers to purchase and send their favorite starlets gifts. What are your views on them? When is extravagant too extravagant?

NN: Well I don’t think that it is a little too extravagant because, I mean, it is a wishlist not an “I expect to get” list.

I didn’t have one forever. People wrote me, “Hey do you have a wishlist?” the past couple of Christmases. So I finally created one. I have things on there as big as a Plasma T.V. and as small as hair conditioner.

Who cares? I don’t know. I think they’re fine. But I think the girls that constantly post them like, “Here’s my wishlist, here’s my wishlist…” that’s annoying even to me. It’s sad. It’s like gimme, gimme, gimme. It’s like “Oh I’m in a bikini, buy my something.”

DG: What’s on the horizon for Nikki Nova in 2012?

NN: I wish I had something exciting to tell you. I’m still writing for a couple magazines under the name Nikki Nova and another name I don’t want to say. And I’ve been art directing.

I’m just basically putting more into things because those things last and this doesn’t. I have two more years as Nikki Nova under contract. Whether I continue to work in this industry after that, I don’t know. I’m more focused on what’s next than what has been.

DG: Looking forward; that’s a good sign.

DAVE GAMMON: Gracing the world wide web and cam shows in all her voluptuous splendor is the alluring Amy Baby. At the tender age of 22, you’ve celebrated success with amyybabyxxx.com. Describe what makes your website different from other cam model sites. What kinds of features and content can new and curious browsers anticipate?

AMY BABY: First of all, I’m real as fuck. My site has 24-7 voyeur cams. I haven’t been using them lately though. But they’re there. I have one member show every week. I have all the videos that I’ve done; photo sets, and there’s a free show every night. There’s some other girls’ links on there. I’m not really sure who they are. I’ve never watched them. They play every single night-crazy, kinky shit.

DG: In terms of membership?

AB: Yeah my membership is $19.95 if you’re reoccurring. I think it’s $25 a month if not.

DG: Explain the cam experience. What makes the best audience?

AB: An audience of money!

DG: That can be a rarity this day in age.

AB: Uh-huh, oh yeah. I do pretty much any show….someone comes to me, and they want something specific. I make sure I can do pretty much anything they want me to do. I work on Streamate. I’m on there all the time. It can be one on one, or it can be a bunch of people, or like thirty people at a time.

DG: Many of your faithful followers achieve initial exposure to you through twitter. Through membership, fans can witness various 24 hour web cams throughout your home. How does it feel to be watched at any particular moment and sacrifice your privacy?

AB: It’s very awesome actually. My fiancée and I got together almost three years ago. Within a week or two of us being together, the cams went up, and I had my new account. They’ve pretty much been on for at least two years straight. It’s like they’re watching our every single move.

DG: How is his comfort level with it too?

AB: He’s fine with it. Sometimes he likes to create a section for him, so that maybe they can see only the top of his head but not his face. He’s a boy. Who knows when he’s going to pick his nose.

DG: True, true. What first inspired you to get into xxx modeling?

AB: Oh God. You won’t be able to print this.

DG: You’d be surprised. We’re a pretty liberated site.

AB: It’s like when I was 16, I was on a site for cam chats. It was a regular cam site for 13 and up, just chatting. I was….became extremely popular, under the name Cupcake Whore. I realized everyone thought I was hot. I can make money doing this, so I went over to some weird site that I can’t even tell you what it was. People can tick you stars and then you can trade them in for money. But it’s like 400 stars equals about 100 bucks. So it’s something I can make a lot of money at 16. I did it, and nobody knew I was 16, so I made the $100 and thought, wow I’m rich!

DG: Yeah, that’s pretty attractive to a 16 year old for sure.

AB: For real! And then I started…..I had a friend make me an account on another cam site. She did everything that she had to do, and then I switched it to my information. I never really used the account, and I’m actually on my second account now. I always had a profile there.

DG: Interesting. Do you feel our industry is borderline saturated, or is the demand for fresh, innovative cam modeling and adult entertainment higher than ever?

AB: I don’t even know how to answer that. It’s like I realized when it comes to audiences they don’t even know what it’s like to be with a web cam model live, right in front of your face. You direct the show. They can’t comprehend it until they try it. Once they try it they’re not going back to free porn. They will not go back. When they’re like ‘show me your tits and do this’ and they actually do it, a video is not going to do that for you. So I think that it just grows and grows and grows every day.

DG: Are a lot of your customers first timers, or do you have a lot of repeat business too?

AB: I have a lot of repeat customers. They always come back, and they are very impressed. I have a very good memory. So when they come to me and I’m like “Ok I know what you like, I know what you like, and what you like.” That keeps them coming back.

DG: Great. So you start to develop a rapport, a bit of a relationship, with your customers too?

AB: Oh for sure. I try to become friends with everybody. Everyone that comes to my site even just to chat….there are guys that come to chat with me on Streamate that have never spent a dime on me but I still know their name, where they’re from, their favorite color, you know I know everything.

DG: I’ve noticed how you conduct yourself on Twitter. I can tell you’re very personable, part of the whole reason why I’d wanted to interview you.

AB: Thank you.

DG: Anytime. It’s actually refreshing in this industry too. A lot of girls get kind of cocky and get caught up in their own hype and plateau, forget where they come from, that sort of thing.

AB: You know why? Because they’re making more money.

DG: It doesn’t always happen though.

AB: No….I mean if I became rich and didn’t have to work in this industry and could just sit around on my ass all day long, I don’t think I could really do it. I’m pretty much addicted. When I’m not in front of a web cam I feel weird.

DG: It is a very passion driven business. Those who excel generally have a real passion for it. What presents the biggest obstacle or challenge when performing?

AB: Well this is what happens, when a guy that comes into my chat I’m thinking I only charge like $3.54 a minute for a regular chat. I don’t need their $3.54. I mean I could wipe my ass with that. I can’t possibly think of anything I’d want to run out and buy with $3.54. So I’m very upfront about that. I tell them this is my chat. If they’re rude I will fight with them and tell them off. If I’m in a really pissed off mood, it really depends. I never just block someone. That’s my issue. I never just block them. I let them go, go, go. They make themselves look like an idiot in front of my whole chat room. Then I’ll have like 20 people in my whole chat room gang up on this idiot. Half the time I don’t even have to do anything.

DG: A lot of the times, I suppose, they do it to themselves too, right?

AB: Uh-huh, for sure. But I’m not about to let someone think that I’m so money hungry that I need to be nice to people that are disrespectful. Treat me with respect, and then I’ll treat you with respect. Don’t treat me with respect then I’m going to be a bitch.

DG: I think that’s part of the whole appeal too, is someone feeling they can just be themselves rather than if you’re being plastic and insincere with someone for the wrong reasons. -Something to be said for that, for sure.

AB: No sense in trying to keep up a charade.

DG: Exactly. How have friends and family regarded your career choices? Have they been generally supportive, or have they tried to deter your ambitions?

AB: Well when my mom first found out she came out and took me out for breakfast to try and lecture me to stop. Then I was up front in telling her all that was involved and how much I made. By the end of it, she was saying how proud of me she is, and she now calls me her little porn star. She changed her mind. Now she’s fine with it. We were starting up Cupcake productions, but for now it’s on hold. It was going to be a huge cam site where girls can make more money. The existing sites all rip us off. So this was a chance for us to make the kind of money we deserve and have a better environment than the rest of these sites. My mom actually wanted to be the accountant and give us ideas for our future endeavors.

DG: So she went from trying to talk you out of it to trying to get a piece of the action?

AB: Exactly, exactly. People that I grew up with talk shit all the time. I’ve heard so many things about myself. I’ve been thinking ‘well thanks, I had no idea that I did that’, you know stupid shit like that. Fuck them.

DG: That’s the right attitude, for sure.

AB: For real. If I cared what people thought of me I wouldn’t be in this industry.

DG: I think that kind of mentality will project success for you in this business too. Recall your most erotic cam to cam experience. What has been your most unusual request?

AB: Oh my god. As far as the best show I had? I really couldn’t tell you. I’ve done so many. When I’m on Streamate I do about 40 shows a day. So, throughout the course of the week, it racks up. So many great shows, but in terms of odd requests….I’ve seen lots of odd shit that I try and pretend to like. I’ve seen guys wearing pantyhose and big rubber dildos the size of his arm. He held them up to compare. He stuffed two in his ass. Two, same size, two of them! That’s like….whoa….

Actually last week I did a show and a man put something inside his penis hole.

DG: Ouch!

AB: It looked like spark plugs or something. He likes to shock his penis.

DG: Oh, damn.

AB: So he’s shocking away, and that was a long show. He paid big bucks for a 30 show.

DG: Yeah, I guess you’ve had some pretty eccentric things take place, wow. Do you consider yourself a fan of xxx film? Is there anyone you emulate after, or is there anyone that turns you on more than others?

AB: To be honest, when it comes to the professionals and that I don’t really pay attention to them. I’m an amateur, this is what I do. So I like all the other amateur girls. Rachel Ann is my internet wife. I’m going to marry her one day. I got into this when I first got an account on Rude. I don’t know if you’re familiar with Lia Swift?

She used to post her link everywhere. I remember her coming into one of my chats on broadcaster.com. I was spamming her link and checking her out and we’ve been friends ever since. She introduced me to Rude, which really got me to where I am now.

DG: Is performing in porn the next natural progression? Ever consider performing for studios?

AB: I’ve thought about it before but I’d never do straight porn. It’d have to be lesbian scenes. They’d be the only things I’d do. I am engaged and we….don’t do that.

DG: Understood. A lot of people who get into the industry maintain being with other women only or are strictly solo performers.

AB: It’s something I would look into, but I don’t know. I don’t know how I would react. I’m just too comfortable behind my computer.

DG: Describe one personal fantasy. Any kinks to call your own?

AB: Two girls going down on me.

DG: Any personal tool of the trade or toy to call your favorite? What is your favorite position?

AB: My favorite toy would have to be the Hitachi. It is amazing! I like being on top or bent over, it depends on the mood. With solo, usually on my back because I have to have a cam in front of me.

DG: What’s next for Amy Baby, what’s on the virtual horizon for 2012?

AB: My site is going to be redone. I’m excited about that. I’m thinking of getting into another new site myself. I want to do a really, cheap, cheap, cheap site like I’m talking a dollar a week or something just to attract some more fans. A lot of my Twitter followers are very broke. I mean, I don’t blame them. I’d be broke too if it were not for this. But I just want to do something cheap, get more people watching me.

DG: It’s been a real pleasure Amy, a lot of fun.

AB: Thank you. You too.

DAVE GAMMON: Taking the realm of xxx entertainment by storm in the U.K. via the world wide web is British, blonde, bomb shell Katie K. Welcome to edenfantasys.com. Describe to our fans how your initial exposure to adult entertainment came about, and how you’ve evolved to where you are today.

KATIE K: Basically I was going through a bi-curious phase when I was 18. I think really, I’ve been going through a bi-curious phase for a while. I was 18, and I really wanted to see if I was bi-curious or not.

I was really, really, really, really shy at first. I was just going in and pouring myself into going up to girls and saying, “Hi. Would you like to have sex with me?” I thought, wow, in terms of the adult industry having sex with girls and getting paid for it, it wouldn’t be like a job, and they wouldn’t look at me like I was a raving lunatic or weirdo (laughs).

I got into the adult industry then for these reasons, and the pictures of my first shoot ended up in an adult studio here in the U.K. I did my first adult film for that, and it kind of went from there really. That was four and a half years ago.

DG: Tremendous. Great, your website seems really popular too.

KK: Yeah, thank you. I know it’s going really good (laughs).

DG: As a consumer, what would the allure be to Katiekofficial.com, and what are some of the features and content new and first time browsers can anticipate?

KK: Well my website is Katiekofficial.com, it’s the only website like it right now. I shot for it for about a year. I was contracted to Bluebird Films. I was web camming from home. There wasn’t any content of me on the internet at all, for about a year, year and a half maybe. Then I came out with my website. It’s the only website where you can see me with my blonde hair and looking all glamorous and woman-like. Basically, on my site, I tape lots of girls losing their lesbian virginities. That turns me on (laughs). Little shy and innocence turns me on.

And what really turns me on, as well, is getting corrupted by someone else. So I enjoy corrupting little virgins now (laughs).

DG: So you’ve gone from the ‘corrupt-ee’ to the corrupter?”

KK: Exactly. I love it. Also there’s lots of content of me behind the scenes just being myself. People like that, a peek into my personal life, my diary, and I have candid videos I take when I’m on set with the girls, things like that. Yeah, you get to hear all about our naughty secrets, just stuff like that really. Naughty, and the best place you can find all my content.

DG: What are your views on the relationship between fans and performers today? What do you think is the next natural progression?

KK: I think obviously it’s a lot different now. You have Twitter and Facebook, so you can communicate with the fans in a way that stars weren’t able to in the past. Obviously there are web cams now, so you can have one on one private sessions with your favorite stars, which is amazing. A couple of years ago people weren’t able to do that. I mean, I guess it’s only become popular this past year. All the adult stars are getting on board.

As for the future, I don’t really know. Technology, every single day, is building up and building up with far more advancement each year. I don’t know what’s next. I’d like to know. Hopefully it’s more advanced than Twitter. Maybe in a years time we can look back and say when we’re where we are and think Twitter is a thing of the past.

DG: You have a very faithful fan following on Twitter. It’s where I first discovered you, as well.

KK: (Laughs) I’m giggling because it’s so much fun. If a guy comes on and starts giving me inappropriate and nasty remarks, they think if you’re an adult star that you they can disrespect you. They’re completely out of order. I’m very upfront with my fans. When all my followers see what’s inappropriate and what not, sometimes I fall into naughty things and tell them to ‘f’ off (laughs).

It’s really funny because a guy came on today and said something really nasty to me. I retweeted it, and a load of fans gave him a load of shit for it. So that was really sweet, and I liked it.

DG: It’s nice and encouraging to see fans and performers getting closer to one another. It’s refreshing to see there are still some decent fans out there, so protective of your image, as well.

KK: I know, it is, really. I’m gaining a lot of friends rather than fans. Some of them who tweet you on a regular basis, you get to know them. It’s really nice. My fans, I want to encourage them to tweet me more so I can get to know them, because that’s what I do really. I have quite a little core of fans who tweet me regularly, and I know it’s an honor to get to know them. I like it. It’s nice.

DG: What was your most memorable fan encounter?

KK: There are two, really. I don’t want to name any names and have them think, ‘Oh she didn’t’ mention me.” There are two.

There was one who really, really faithfully writes me on twitter. He even goes out and finds girls for me and goes onto my website and says, ‘Oh Katie, I want you to work with this girl.’ He’s really cool, really nice. He talks to me every single day when I come on.

This other guy just comes on and talks to me about my non-porn star stuff, like asking me how my sister is, or other things fans may not know about, because one’s that tweet me I feel I have more than just a sexual connection with. Obviously, I talk to them more about my life. The one’s that don’t really know so much about me will ask how my pet lizard is doing, or this and that. Yeah, it’s nice.

DG: Ever experience any unpleasant fan encounters?

KK: I don’t think I’ve really had an unpleasant one…..I don’t know….there was one time when someone who managed to get a hold of my mobile phone number and started ringing me and telling me he was at the phone box at the end of my street. He was ringing me from there. He was a little bit creepy. I had to change my number. It didn’t work to tell me to please stop ringing me.

There was just that one time at the phone box, standing at the end of my road. Just very freaky. I mean, when you’ve got a fan base, your fans will want to get to know about your personal life; where you live, things like that. Your friends, your people you see on a regular basis, it’s not a lot of precautions we can take or a lot of things we can do. We just have to be really, really careful. Everything we write on twitter, facebook, or other social media we have to think about it first and then write it down. I’m constantly thinking, is this okay to write? Would this get me any stalkers? Any kind of comeback or anything like that; and then I’ll tweet about it. Nothing else can be done really, unfortunately.

DG: Unfortunately it’s the ones that don’t know how to distinguish between fantasy and reality that ruin it for the rest of us, right?

KK: I think in my business, I make fantasy reality. I have a fantasy, and I think, yeah this would be great, and I make it come true. Every day I’m out living my own fantasies. It’s crazy. I’m living out my fans fantasies by giving out what they want. Of course, some things are beyond that, for example, some starlets do escorting, where I don’t. It’s not for me. I have, on occasion, encountered fake, false profiles of me on websites thinking that’s me, where it’s truly false, not true. People have contacted me asking, can I book you for sex, can I book you for escorting. For me, that’s not for me. I think that’s a little inappropriate and crossing a line. If they do ask me, I think it’s a little disrespectful to just assume that I do.

DG: I agree. I agree. How does European xxx content differ from xxx content in the U.S? Are there any notable fetishes for Katie K, as well?

KK: Oh! (laughs) In terms of content it’s very, very different in the U.K. Here, there seems to be a little more amateurish in content. I think that’s more to do with producers, producing content more than the demand for it, because obviously American markets wouldn’t be doing so well with such professional work. That’s why I always make my work look glamorous. I want the girls and I to look glamorous. When we’re working we really enjoy it. I want it to look like we really enjoy it, not like we’re faking it, because we’re not. I really love my work, and everything I do is my own idea, which is why I have my own website.

I have lots of different fetishes. I love PVC. I like being more of a dominatrix. I have this new feature on my website, which is just me being a mistress to you the viewer. I love it. The guys love it. It’s something different. I’ve seen nothing else like it anywhere. I run around in different outfits. I have a red PVC outfit that looks like I’m Britney Spears when I’m wearing it. I really love Britney. People have mentioned on occasion I look like her.

I also have another fetish for whips (laughs). I just like them, very naughty, playful.

DG: I think it’s the whole allure of the guys having something that is unseen and then revealed, it’s the whole tease element. What are some of the most prominent sex symbols in the U.K. today?

KK: I don’t think we have any, really. None of that would classify as a sex symbol anyway. To me, I think of Americans, and I can’t think of any. That is why I should move into mainstream, so I can be the U.K’s sex symbol.

DG: You’re certainly beautiful enough, anyway.

KK: Aww, thank you. Charmer….(laughs).

DG: I just call it like it is right? What does Katie K find sexy, and what is the greatest act of seduction?

KK: For me, the greatest act of seduction has got to be spontaneous and adventurous. I don’t….if I’m expecting something, it’s a lot less sexy than something that I’m not expecting. I like someone to do something at a time where I least expect it. And then, wow, that really sends me over the edge.

It doesn’t have to be an inappropriate place, just where one wouldn’t expect it. Like, if you’re in a library, and you have to be really quiet, and you’re with someone, and just from out of nowhere he’s reading a book and then grabs you and pushes you on a desk. I think that would be spontaneous. That would turn me on a lot!

I don’t like things when I’m expecting them. Again, anything bondage wise or PVC, I find very sexy. Yeah, spontaneity and PVC! (laughs)

DG: Describe one personal fantasy.

KK: Ahhhh..I have this one fantasy where I haven’t come out with yet. I need to. It’s always been my fantasy, and basically it’s where I’m driving down the road, and I’m doing something wrong like breaching the speed limit, then this police van comes right up with the flashing lights on. And then this really sexy, a hot police woman gets out of the car, the wind going through her hair, she comes up to me and with sun glasses on tells me that I’ve been really naughty and that I’ve broken the law by speeding, and what am I going to do about it.

Honestly, I don’t know and I don’t want to go to prison. So she drags me out of the car and starts spanking me, and whipping me, being really filthy and dominant with me, and ahhh yeah, touching me all over.

DG: (Laughs)

KK: And then she grabs me by the hair and pushes me back into the police van with loads of sexy police men and women, and they gang bang me basically (laughs) I love that. That’s my fantasy!

DG: Whew, that’s really hot.

KK: Yeah (laughs). I can’t wait for it to happen. I tell ya.

DG: Please do, in explicit detail. Any special message you’d like to express to Katie K fans? How can fans best contact you?

KK: What kind of message….let me think. I just want to say thank you for all the support in making this year my best ever. It was amazing! I’ve had so many opportunities. I’m doing so many great things. I want to make a difference in my industry, because you know the U.K. industry is going a little downhill. People don’t want to help, they only want to help themselves.

I just want to thank you all my fans. Mwwwuaaahhh. I’ve got all kinds of lipstick all over now (laughs).

The best place to find me is obviously my official website, which is Katiekofficial.com, and of course you can always find me on twitter.

DG: This has been a wonderful interview, so much fun. -All the best.

KK: Thank you, and all the best to you and your site. Hopefully we’ll get together one day and do a different interview where I’ve done loads more, and we can catch up.

DG: I’d really like that.

DAVE GAMMON: A very warm welcome Ms. Preston to Edenfantasys.com. It’s a true pleasure. You’ve taken the industry by storm as of late. Such seasoned veterans as Vince Voyeur and Jenna Haze have been singing the praises with respect to one, Chanel Preston.

CHANEL PRESTON: Yeah, I’ve had a very exciting year, you could say.

DG: I’m curious how the name Chanel came into evolution? Furthermore, how had you first gotten the scent of the adult entertainment industry?

CP: I was a dancer before I got into the industry. I’d always danced to Chanel. I wanted to use the name because I wanted to be real and not….’Stardust Girl’ or something, you know? It’s kind of like a girl next door name, kind of in between….so I tried Chanel. Then Preston was just sort of someone I was involved with when I first got into the industry. The person who got me in had thought of it. They thought it sounded great. We went with it. It’s not an amazing story, but that’s how it came about.

DG: It’s got a catchy ring to it. -So good for you.

CP: Well, thank you.

DG: No trouble. Describe your career as an exotic dancer. Did the interlude provide a segue into porn? Is there anything you’ve taken from the dancing experience that has transcended into success before the camera? How does the clientele in a gentleman’s club compare to the typical porn fan?

CP: Well, I don’t want people to assume that I started off as a dancer, and that’s how I got really comfortable with porn. And I don’t want people to think I wouldn’t be OK with porn before, because I really don’t think that’s the case. I’m not going to lie and say it did not have a little to do with that because, yeah I did gain some confidence in being naked or comfortable with that. I think it was something that I would’ve been comfortable with regardless. When I was a dancer it never really crossed my mind to do porn. I never even had an opinion about it.

It’s not like I used to think porn was disgusting or da-da-da. I never even thought about it. I didn’t think it was bad. I didn’t think it was good. So when I was approached I just said no because that’s what you’re supposed to say (combined laughs).

And then I went home and thought, why not? I actually thought I would enjoy doing film better than I would enjoy dancing, although I love dancing. I love being on stage. I don’t like hustling. I never did like that. I was like: “I would just love to say Chanel, this is what we want you for. This is how much we’re going to pay you. Can you do that?” And it’s done, a business deal, you know?

DG: Peace of mind goes a long way with that, I’m sure.

CP: Exactly. There are girls that think they can build a business of dancing. They can; seen it happen. I just felt, for me, I felt I could build my business better doing film. Film is purely performance, where as dancing is performance but then you have to hustle, as well. That’s really, absolutely not my thing. I was really drawn to porn right after someone suggested it to me. I went home and thought yeah this is something I want to do.

DG: Are you still involved actively in the dance circuit too?

CP: Not yet. I stopped dancing, but hope to start feature dancing something later this year.

DG: Oh great! To promote the Chanel Preston films naturally.

CP: Yes.

DG: I understand you were recently visiting some relatives in Alaska. How have those in your personal life regarded you career choices?

CP: You know, and my parents will vouch for this, as well. I’ve always been the girl who was going to do whatever she wanted to do. Not in a “I don’t want to listen to people” sort of way. I never felt comfortable with….well even as a kind in school someone telling me you can’t do this, but in my head I’m thinking, ‘well…why?’ Why is someone telling me that I can’t do this? Why is someone judging me? It’s always just kind of been like that. It’s the same situation with this, and my parents know I’m like that. Why? I want to do this. I understand the consequences. I’ve thought about it for a very long time. It’s not something I took lightly. It’s not ‘oh, I’m going to try this, see if I like it.’ I really thought about it…ultimately they would prefer I did something else (laughs). It hasn’t affected me in a negative way with my family life. I knew it wouldn’t because I trust my instincts regardless.

DG: What’s dating and relationships like in the business too?

CP: Well recently I got out of a pretty long relationship. I was with him before I got into the industry last year, and he happened to be very supportive of me doing this. I think more of what the problem was, was me traveling all the time; me being gone all the time. Because I lived in Hawaii I was very far from everything that was happening (laughs). I was totally worried, though. I was like: “Did I just screw myself out of relationships?’

DG: (laughs)

CP: So I’m still trying to figure it all out, what will become of me in my dating life in this industry?

DG: What provisions do you take prior to a scene? Is there any technique to enhance the chemistry if it is simply not there?

CP: I usually don’t notice the chemistry’s not there until the scene starts. Because there’s been times when I’ve walked on set, and I normally don’t know the guy; we don’t always hit it off right away. And sometimes you realize: “Oh man, I don’t really have much chemistry with this person. For me, I just have to find something about that person. It’s not like I’m disgusted by them. It’s more of just a chemistry thing. I usually can find something that I’m attracted to, or just really, really perform well. (combined laughs)

DG: What separates you from other performers is your unparalleled intensity. Is there any other talent male or female that has caused you to sit up and notice?

CP: I think, from what I’ve been told, what makes me a little different is my more mainstream look. I don’t really have the ‘porny’ look. I guess it’s really exciting for people to see a girl like that, willing to do whatever on film. I like that aspect too. I like that someone can look like a lady on the outside and be wild and nasty on the inside. I totally like that too. I guess that’s my thing.

DG: Are there any other performers that have caused you to sit up and notice?

CP: No. I guess people have always even asked me what talent I look up to. I feel like I’ve been on my own throughout this thing, that I’ve really just tried to enjoy myself. I can’t really say one performer has really impacted me or anything, you know? I guess I just take a little from everybody.

DG: Fair enough. Is there anyone you aspire to work with in the future?

CP: I haven’t worked with Manuel Ferrara yet. I’m very upset about this. Hopefully one day I will. -And Tori Black. I haven’t worked with her. She’s gorgeous, as well.

DG: Yeah, I’ve heard a lot of great things about Tori, sure. What are your views on the condom debate in our industry today?

CP: Initially it sounds like a great idea. Oh that would be amazing. But when you look at the statistics of condom use vs. testing it seems that testing has been more proficient in protection against the spread of STD’s. So now that I’ve looked more into it, I guess it’s more of a concern for a lot of people in the industry. Knowing that you can use condoms but don’t necessarily have to be tested, because I don’t think people realize that a lot of the time, the majority of the time, in fact, our scenes last a very, very long time. This isn’t regular sex sessions we’re talking about here. We’re having sex for hours and hours at a time; and they break. A lot of men in the industry are extremely well endowed. I first thought, oh this is going to be great. Then I really thought about it and realized I wouldn’t be comfortable with that as our only form of protection.

DG: Let’s talk about your website www.chanelpreston.com. What can first time surfers enamored with Chanel Preston anticipate? What features and content is available for avid users to keep them coming back for more?

CP: I want to show a lot of my personal life. Especially with pirating and everything, anybody could go and get my DVD’s, my scenes and stuff. Obviously I’m going to have some of that stuff on there. But I’d like to do something kind of a little bit different to show my personal side, even if it’s videos of me going hiking, you know? -Just everyday stuff that I really enjoy doing. I want people to know more about me than just my sexual side. I think that’s really sexy, when someone knows the different sides of you. I also want to have a section to interact with fans. I really want to hear what they want. I don’t want to just assume they want all this stuff. I really want to interact with them, see if they want say foot fetish stuff or more girl-girl, whatever. I really want to listen to them, make my website for them.

DG: Yeah I think it’s really important to stay in contact with your audience, know the supply and demand, so to speak.

CP: Yes, exactly.

DG: Describe one unusual fantasy or kink.

CP: Do I have one? (laughs). I do! I do have a weird little kink and an unfulfilled fantasy. It doesn’t seem like a big deal, but I’ve never actually done it before. I’ve never watched my significant other have sex with another, with me purely watching. I’m not involved in any way. I’m on the opposite side of the room. Nothing. I’ve done group sex with my significant other, but it’s never the same when you’re involved. I’ve never, ever done that before. I’ve fantasized about it, all the time, just being a voyeur, seeing my guy with another girl. Because I haven’t dated anyone in the industry it’s not easy to find a girl you can trust and you’re willing to just, you know, let her do that.

DG: Exactly.

CP: It would be different if I was seeing someone in the industry. But my weird kink, and this is really weird…I have this thing with gay porn.

DG: No, I don’t think that’s so weird at all. I think a lot of women like gay porn.

CP: The first moment I was in the industry and introduced to it, I was like ‘Whoa, I can’t see that!’ -And ever since I’ve just had this thing with it.

DG: Yeah…

CP: Yeah.

DG: You’d be surprised how common that is. If you could recruit any Hollywood actor or actress to be your on screen partner in your next feature, who would it be?

CP: Angelina Jolie.

DG: Oh, (laughs) no thought in that (laughs). That’s good….

CP: Yeah I’ve always said that too. I think she’s kinky. She has amazing lips. Yeah, she’d be sexy.

DG: Oh great. OK. What can we eagerly anticipate from Chanel Preston in 2012?

CP: Well like I said earlier, I’m going to start featuring. I love dancing. I’m working on some stuff right now for when I’m right and ready. My website…I’m going to really concentrate on this year.

DG: Any special message for your fans, or how can your fans get in contact with you?

CP: Well I’m always on Twitter, and yes it’s really me. People ask me that all the time. @ChanelPreston. So they can come and chat with me on there. They can go and sign up with me on my website when it’s going to be launched and that will be very, very soon. Check my Twitter out and my web page at ChanelPreston.com.

DG: Thanks very much it’s been a lot of fun. It’s been informative. I also wanted to extend my thanks to Chris your PR guy for setting this up. All the best, May all your dreams come true.

Author’s Note: As of press Chanel Preston has been awarded the Night Moves Magazine 2011 Best Female Starlet.

DAVE GAMMON: Thank you for taking the time out of your busy and chaotic schedule to join us in this interview on edencafe.com. I understand you’re a little under the weather so this means that much more. You’ve achieved mesmerizing accolades within our industry. Multiple AVN, XRCO and Night-moves awards (just to name a few) are truly setting the precedence in adult entertainment in Jenna Haze. What is your single proudest achievement to date?

JENNA HAZE: Wow! My single proudest achievement to date? That’s really hard because my career has been almost ten years now.

DG: That’s right!

JH: I would have to say it’s a toss up between when I got performer of the year, and I got to host the AVN awards. That was absolutely an amazing moment; also this year when I got awards for my company. That was really, really amazing because I got my company, after two years, recognized. I won three major categories for it. The Best Girl-Girl Scene being the outstanding award. So this year was just amazing to see it finally do really well and gain accolades that I think I deserve.

DG: Absolutely. I’m not sure if you’re familiar with…and stars and starlets always sort of nay-say this kind of research but…Wikipedia.com?

JH: Yeah, the Wikipedia page is done by a fan of mine. He updates it all the time, he’s a good friend as well.

DG: Great, so you’ve seen the page then?

JH: Of course.

*photo courtesy of Jennaration X Studios

DG: Actually one of the pages in particular has two and a half pages of listing just the awards and achievements you’ve attained since in the business. It’s quite impressive, to say the least.

JH: It’s pretty crazy. I never thought that when I got in the business ten years ago, I would be as successful as I am now.

DG: You truly deserve it. You entered the business in 2001, and have achieved more in those ten years than most do within a lifetime. The business has evolved tremendously with the growth of the internet bringing performers and fans closer together through one on one cam shows, Twitter, facebook, and personal wish-lists. What do you think the next natural progression in technology will be to bring fans and performers even closer together?

JH: Honestly, I think the mobile stuff is next. I know a lot of girls have been talking about face timing with the fans. That stuff makes me a little bit nervous. (combined laughs)… a little bit really close to the fans.

DG: Sure…..

JH: But I think everything is going mobile, you know? Portable porn….

DG: That’s true.

JH: …as quick as you can get it, and all digital and everything like that. Sucks to think DVD’s are going out pretty soon.

DG: It’s unbelievable, yeah.

JH: When I got into the business, my first movies were on VHS. I bought a ton of VHS thinking: “Oh, it’s VHS, it’s going to be around for a while.”

DG: (laughs)

JH: Ah…no. I have boxes of VHS in my garage. I think the whole mobile thing is the way everything is going to go. You know? I’m really active with my fans, meeting them at conventions and stuff like that. I’m really active with my one on one shows; like you were saying. I’m really active with my Twitter and stuff like that. The industry, like you said is constantly changing. So who knows?

DG: OK. Interesting. You’ve worked with numerous studios: Elegant Angel, Wicked, Vivid, Jill Kelly Productions. Who are some of your inter-industry confidants? Who is a mentor or inspiration to you when first beginning?

*photo courtesy of Jennaration X Studios

JH: Well everyone comes into the business knowing Jenna Jameson right?

DG: Right. Kind of a staple, right? (combined laughs)

JH: I’d watched a couple of Jenna Jameson movies. They weren’t really my style. But I definitely have to say that every girl looks up to her. She’s the biggest adult star ever. I don’t look up to her sexually—performances or anything like that. I definitely look up to her in the way she handles her company. She really knows how to market herself and stuff like that.

DG: Sure.

JH: I think that more of a mentor for me would be Bella Donna. She’s way more my kind of speed. I’ve known her a long, long time, and I knew her when she was just a performer and I thought about having a company. I really watched her evolve from an incredible, intense performer into a fantastic director…

DG: Yes!

JH: …and company owner. She has her own little style, and while I don’t—I’m not turned on by everything she shoots, she shoots some stuff that’s out there–I really respect her hard working ethic, and I really respect her ability to do what she thinks is sexy and not give a fuck what anyone else thinks. I think that is awesome. She really inspires me to do better, and do what turns me on. Because, I mean, part of us are complete opposites in a lot of ways. I’m very much business minded, the way she is. I’m very driven the way she is.

DG: Okay.

JH: As far as confidants go, my best friend is Joanna Angel, and she’s also a company owner and director. She’s taught me a lot. When I started my company she taught me a lot. She’s given me some great advice. She’s given me some bad advice, it didn’t work so well for me, but it worked well for her. You know? But she’s my sounding board (laughs); Her and definitely Jules (Jordan).

DG: The term “straight off the bus syndrome” eludes to the staggering number of people getting into porn each day.

JH: Oh yeah.

DG: What talent has forced you to sit up and notice as a force to be reckoned with? Who do you aspire to work with in the future?

*photo courtesy of Jennaration X Studios

JH: Wow. That’s a question that always kind of puts me on the spot. I’m always like….’What girls do I like, and what girls do you want to work with?’ And I’m like, ahhh….(combined laughs)….there’s just so many of them. I can’t always pull a name out of my hat. I shot a girl named Chanel Preston the other day. She was absolutely incredible, as a performer, incredible. I don’t ordinarily shoot girls with big boobs. I’m only doing one line of movies that have enhanced boobs in them. All my other stuff is all natural girls. I shot her, and I haven’t directed a scene where, or seen, a girl who is that intense of a performer, or that crazy of a performer since Lauren Phoenix, which was years ago (combined laughs). She’s absolutely incredible. That girl’s going to be going far. Another girl is in one of my movies, Dani Jensen. She’s in one of my young girl movies, is absolutely incredible.

Gosh I’m looking at my movies now and thinking, hmmmm which ones do I really like? Oh Lilly Lebeaux-amazing! In Ho Down she does an incredible scene, incredible.

DG: Good.

JH: …like blew my mind! Yeah I definitely think that Lilly Lebeaux and Chanel Preston are two top ones that have made me go ‘Wow’! Then there’s always new girls coming in like you’d said. Always, every week there’s a new girl I want to have sex with (combined laughs).

DG: How true. I can see that.

JH: Right now my current crush, and it’s been a crush since AVN this year, is Adrenaline. I got to work with her for a movie last year. I worked with her in “Deviants 2”, in a four-way, girl-girl scene. I’d really like to shoot her for something in my company. She’s a good friend of mine. She’s extremely sexy and a good performer.

DG: Okay. What advice do you have for people contemplating getting into this business?

JH: Um…that’s an easy one. Make sure it’s something you really want to do, because once you do it, it’s something that will stay with you for the rest of your life.

DG: Well, it’s immortalized in a sense, sure.

*photo courtesy of Jennaration X Studios

JH: It is. I mean you’re having sex on film, forever. It’s going to be somewhere. I see so many girls get in the business, and they think it’s just fun and games, and easy money, and partying and all that stuff. They don’t realize that they can’t go back and be a teacher.

DG: No. That’s true.

JH: They can’t go back and have a normal life after doing so many videos and stuff. It’s something that stays with you forever. It can be an amazing industry for you if you work it right. If you want to do it, and you’re passionate about it. But so many girls get in the business, but really don’t want to be in it, and are there for the wrong reasons. So do your research. Go on set. Meet people in the business, before you take the plunge.

DAVE GAMMON: Ok, who have you met in the industry you now consider friends? And who has been your most pleasure to work with? Is there anyone you aspire to work with as of late?

DYLAN RYDER: That’s a tough question to be honest with you (laughs). Because there are a lot of people that I really adore in this business. A lot of people you’d never know because they’re not in front of the camera.

DG: Right…

DR: Aside from that there are a whole slew of girls I love to work with. And of course, there are my legendary people that make you say, ‘Oh I really want to work with that person.’ Because you’ve just seen them and you know them throughout their career. You’ve watched them in other porn. It’s not so much we’d ever have the opportunity to cross paths because we’re with different companies, so it’s more that you just watch the face of a company and how reputable they’ve become. “Oh I want to be that!” I want to be the Jesse Jane of Blue Bird Films. I want to be whatever it takes to get to that level. Not so much like, I want to have sex with that person because it would make my day. It’s more that I aspire the business side of it and the way they’ve branded themselves.

DG: OK

DR: Relationships are hard. I have guys that I like working with, but girls, it’s like hard. There are a lot of girls. I have my personal favourites I consider my—-Phoenix Marie I consider a good friend, Jessica Jaymes to be one of my good friends, but it’s one of those things. I don’t know if I have this super wish list. It’s more like I come across like, “oh she’d be good and she’d be good.” It just depends.

DG: Is there anyone you’ve worked with that you’d rather just as soon forget?

DR: (Laughs) Yeah–but you know–I probably shouldn’t name names.

DG: I appreciate that. We’re not here to slander after all.

DR: (laughs)

LM: Is that like the ‘no’ list? (combined laughs)

DG: What are relationships like for you outside of the business?

DR: Pretty much, I’m really close to my family. I’m actually kind of a home body. I don’t do too much (laughs). I have my same group of friends from high school that I’ve always had. My family lives a couple hours from here and they come here. The majority of my time off is absorbed with family time, so I’m not a club and party go-‘er. I’m definitely not one of those. My favourite place to go when I know I have the entire day off is Disneyland.

DG: Oh yeah? (combined laughs)

DR: I’m kind of a nerd like that. I really, just now that I’ve got the new film, have all these games I want to play. I love to cook and travel. I’m not really super over exciting when it comes to outside of work. I’m a busy body when it comes to work, so when I’m not working I really just lay low.

LM: As a performer, ever have dating issues?

DR: Dating is hard…..

DG: I think it is hard regardless of your choice of vocation.

DR: Yeah it adds a whole other level of complexity. It takes a special person with a lot of understanding, and a lot of integrity and confidence, to be able to be like: “yeah I can accept this. I can understand it.” I think people that date people within the industry can understand what we do better than those not in the industry. It’s easier to see that it’s not what it comes across as on film. It’s very professional. It is very much about the product and what we’re offering to consumers, rather than me coming to work because I want to get laid by this guy and he’s so dreamy. It’s humourous in a way, truly, if you come on a set. Once you get over the whole “Oh my God! These people are having sex!” then it’s like, why is no one else all that excited? (laughs)

We tell jokes, make one another feel comfortable. For the most part we’re there to do a job, and we all want to go home at the end of the day.

DG: I think that’s a common stereotype or misconception about people who work in our industry. Are there any other misconceptions you can think of that are completely off base?

DR: It is all in my book-well the chapter I co-wrote: “Jizz Bizz and the Quality of Life”, is the title of the chapter. We’re not all on drugs, we’re not all sexually abused, we’re not all fucked up-but not a bunch of fucked up people who chose to escape with porn. I can’t speak for everybody. As with an occupation or any person we sort of all have our issues. But I’m not some sort of fucked up individual who’s on dope, or that porn is my way of escaping reality. Porn is my reality. That is what I chose. I chose to do this. And I still choose to do it. So I think that’s a lot of it.

DG: I thank you Ms. Ryder for your time and generosity. All the best to you in the Blue Bird future.

Dylan Ryder can be found on twitter: @DylanRyderxxx
Website: Dylanryder.com

DAVE GAMMON:  First off I’d like to say congratulations on your newly appointed contract with Blue Bird Films.

DYLAN RYDER:  Thank you……

DG:  Describe what Blue Bird offers their talent and fans alike, and what does achieving exclusive contract status with them mean to you?

DR:  …..ummm, basically what it means to me is everything I’ve been doing and working for in the past year, I’ll actually get paid for now.

DG:  …always a plus.

DR:  (laughs) But seriously I love everybody here; from everyone that is a part of the production crew, actual office staff that works here is just a dream to work with. Nick Steele and Paul Chaplan–both my two bosses and owners of the company–they actually give me a lot of artistic freedom and input, to be part of the production, part of picking and choosing exactly what goes on where and who I get to work with, to make sure the scenes I’m giving them are the best possible scenes. I really like to get involved with everything I do. Not many companies actually give you the freedom to have so much to say. It’s nice to know my opinion matters and my voice is heard, so it’s fun.

DG:  Oh definitely- So are you involved with the creative elements too, in terms of the scripts and casting?

DR:  I get to have a lot of input, which is really cool. Before I came in here I was actually learning how to pick the pictures that go on the covers of the movies.

DG:  Wow

DR:  Yeah-So it’s the sort of stuff you wouldn’t learn if you were only in front of the camera. There are a lot of different aspects to do with the job. It’s actually beneficial as a performer to get to see all the different steps that go into selling the product. It just gets me more excited to push the product. It’s great being offered and knowing, wow, I actually got to get a hand in that. Makes me feel like it’s my baby (laughs).

DG:  What inspires you in preparation for a scene? What provisions do you take to maximize the appeal to a scene when there is simply no chemistry?

DR:  (laughs) I was asked this question the other day! I’m like, well I take a shower….
(combined laughs)  …..make sure my legs are shaved. But really it’s about taking care, pride in myself, and making sure you’re bringing your best possible self to work each day. It pays to be very well groomed. It makes your co-stars feel comfortable. You’re really just taking pride in yourself and being the best you can be. There’s really not much mental preparation because I do what I do. I like being in front of the camera. I like the attention. I like all of it. I like sharing the fact that, yeah I am thirty. This is what I look like naked. That’s okay because everyone else out there is like I am. We’re not perfect, but we’re enjoying what we do. It’s, I don’t know…..I don’t know the exact word for it, but it’s almost empowering.

DG:  I think that it is really reflective in the product too. I think that if you have stars and starlets that are engaged in their scenes, and when they’re simply not into it, you can really tell. You don’t necessarily have to be a XXX connoisseur to see that in the end.

DR:  Exactly. Exactly. Yeah, you can tell the people that really enjoy what they do, and they have fun with it; and the people that just over think it and are just there to collect a pay cheque. Those are the people in our industry that give porn a bad name, I think.

DG:  Recently you were presented the role of Katwoman XXX, an infectious, insatiable vixen, with a dynamic larger than life personality. (combined laughs) What do you feel the appeal to superhero fantasies are transcended with a sexual element?

DR:  I think it’s all part of that fantasy. People enjoy characters, that fantasy role that these characters are in; the fact that they embody strength and power. They’re sexy and they’re smart. This whole thing wrapped into this superhero sort of mannerism, and how it transcends into porn, is the exact same thing. People see us as characters and they have fantasies about us. Like, Dylan Ryder isn’t the person I am at home but on screen, here I am this sort of super sexual, strong, mouthy character, but at home, I’m just loud.
(laughs) I’m not necessarily over sexy walking around in my jammies, you know?

..But being able to bring the whole superhero character to the court paralyses into itself. It’s one and the same. The fact that people get to know superhero characters, and see their porn fantasy characters act that out, it’s just role playing in the bedroom-on camera. I think it’s cool.

DG:  Great. Ok. Let’s talk about DylanRyder.com. The images are crisp, luminescent and alluring. The goddess like body you’ve showcased in varying scenarios and fantasies is enough to whet the passionate appetite of even the most cynical of triple X fans. These features area available on every guest tour. Outline the features and content available to exclusive members. What demographic seems to gravitate the most to your website?

LISA MASSARO: ….Gosh, good question….( Author’s note: Ms. Ryder’s public relations representative has just entered the room.)

DR:  ….Yeah. The funny thing is, I always watch for trends. I noticed that when my site first launched I had a lot of faithful followers. You know, we’ve got the twenty to forty something guys. As the scenes progressed, and as my hair got cut shorter, I noticed I had more female and couples fans.

DG:  Interesting.

DR:  I think it’s really cool. It makes me feel good, knowing that when I go to events and meet the same number of chicks as I do guys, and they’re all “oh you’re so nice, and you’re so nice.” Well what did you expect? I don’t know. It’s just me. I like that it’s transcended to couples and females, and it makes me feel like I’m an all over friendly person for people to fantasize about. I think it’s really a nice compliment. Everything I do is stuff that I want to do on my site. It’s never scenes that are going to be a turn off for viewers because I’m not into it, like we talked about. It’s not stuff that I wouldn’t ordinarily do, and I just rehearsed a scene with Dani Jensen where she’s like giving me a vaginal high five from the inside.

DG:  (laughs…)

DR:  But she had her whole hand in me, and if you look at the other stuff I’ve done, I don’t have anything like that, and that’s because where I’ve gotten into my personal life and my blog. It’s this whole evolution, where fans can follow and watch, because I’m going to do that stuff I like to do normally and feel comfortable doing, but it’s… I get more experience as my porn career goes on. Does that make sense?

DG:  Absolutely. In fact, I think it sets up a nice segue into our next question. Our industry has evolved rapidly with each passing year, from 8mm to video, then DVD, Blu-Ray, and of course the internet. We’re becoming more intimate between performers and fans. Or do you find we’re more detached? What is the next natural progression from a technological stand point?

DR:  I think doing the whole VHS to DVD is a great transition, great marketability. But now that we’re more into the Blu-Ray, and we’re more into such a great internet presence, I don’t think the best thing is necessarily changing technology; evolving into more ways to stream it. I think it’s more about the quality of the release. The market is flooded with porn.

DG:  Yes…

DR:  And I think that people that actually like watching porn, they like purchasing our product, they’re looking for quality over all the shit that’s flooded over the internet. So I think companies should focus on the quality they’re bringing to the table, and in addition to that sell the stuff that people want to see, and keep an eye on the trends, on what’s selling. Being able to show people we know this is what you want, we’re going to give you what you’re asking for, rather than ‘no you have to download this now and be able to view this, and we’re going to switch it to this and that.’ I know, I don’t want to keep chasing after that golden goose piece of equipment that’s supposedly going to allow me to view the latest and greatest stuff. I want to be able to still have my TV and Blu-Ray player, but have the highest quality of content. I plug my computer into my television, knowing I’m going to be able to see exactly what I’m going to want to see, without having to go out and buy more shit. I don’t have the money to spend on all that, and I know a lot of people don’t either.

DG:  True. Which poses an interesting point, an interesting question too: The introduction of 3-D television, what kind of ramifications do you think that holds for the XXX industry?

DR: I think it’s awfully expensive to me (laughs). It’s not going to get a lot of attention off the bat. We’re still a few years away from people being able to have that in their homes. I went out to get one of the Nintendo D3’s.

DG: Right….

DR: (laughs) It’s the Nintendo DS that has the glasses free screen on it. Then I get told, ‘there’s only 5000 being released in the U.S.’ Good luck! And I was at the Game Stop. So, imagine any teenagers going to have those? They’re not our market. They’re not who we’re selling to. I think that once it evolves through the gaming industry, and there’s a way to stream it on the internet without having to worry about too much hassle, and having to encourage people to buy this in order to see that, then it’ll be easier. But right now, it’s just and expensive, expensive toy.

DAVE GAMMON: Greetings Ms. Faust and thank you for gracing our audience with your intriguing and captivating presence. You’re the author of dark fantasy/horror/sci-fi novels including The Eternal Vigilance series, Regret; among poetry collections Before Icarus, After Achilles, and Crossroads. Eternal Vigilance has a most fascinating premise of a post apocalyptic vampire realm.

In your opinion are there any other sub genres in horror literature and or film that has experienced a reawakening of sorts in popularity?

GABRIELLE FAUST:  With the reintroduction of the post-apocalyptic trends, I feel like the cyberpunk and cybergothic subgenres are starting to gain more momentum. The younger subgenres like dark fantasy and steampunk are definitely gaining momentum, so I think we will begin to see a crossover of those genres with more mainstream horror, science fiction and fantasy genres in the next couple of years. It’s rather hard to pinpoint trends these days in literature because the word “genre” itself is nearly outdated and meaningless as authors continue to deconstruct the norms and challenge the publishing world with nontraditionalist viewpoints and plotlines.

DG: Without doubt technology places a tremendous role in dictating what is current in our culture. What are your views on ebooks, IPads, kebo? Has this development persuaded and enticed a new generation of readers? Is it detrimental to those who cannot or will not bother to conform to technological advancement?

GB: Absolutely, technology has always and will continue to dictate the state of modern culture and how art is delivered into the hands of the masses. In many respects the progression of technological developments facilitates the distribution of new concepts that the world might never otherwise be privy to. However, on the flip side, I’ve noticed a definite cultivation of the “short attention span theater” mentality that everything must be 140 characters and stripped of any and all thoroughly deep ideas. The addiction to technology has unfortunately inspired the idea that people aren’t capable anymore of truly intellectual discussion. While I personally will always prefer the smell of aged paper to the stale ozone smell of a Kindle, I’m all for people reading more, and if that is how they prefer to purchase books, more power to them.

DG: Who are some of your favourite authors and books? Who are some of the authors that have been influential in your career?

GB:  There is a wide spectrum of authors that have influenced my writing over the years. Hunter S. Thompson, Leonard Cohen, Dan Simmons, Michael Marano, Anne Rice, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jack Kerouac, Tom Wolfe, Brian Lumley, Jean Paul Sarte, C.S. Friedman, Poppy Z. Brite, Dean Koontz, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charles Bukowski, Stephen King, William Gibson, William S. Burroughs…just to name a few. When I think of individual books that have truly impacted my work a few that come to mind are are “Neuromancer” by William Gibson, “Black Sun Rising” by C. S. Friedman, “The Subterraneans” by Jack Kerouac, “Memnoch the Devil” by Anne Rice, “Lost Souls” by Poppy Z. Brite, “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” by Hunter S. Thompson, “Electric Kool-Aide Acid Test” by Tom Wolfe, “Beautiful Losers” by Leonard Cohen and “Necroscope” by Brian Lumley. As I said, my influences dance over a wide spectrum, but primarily I gravitate towards poetic, challenging, gritty work that embodies the voice of a generation or movement, work that is impactful and wise beyond the decade in which it was written.

DG: What is your biggest obstacle in writing? If you hadn’t graced the literary world with your gifts and talents, what vocation do you think you’d find yourself in?

GB: My biggest obstacle within the art of writing itself is the severe ADHD I have suffered with since childhood. It is both a blessing and a curse. While it allows me to be extremely creative and motivated to work on multiple projects at once, it also makes it incredibly hard to sit still for a long duration of time, which is needed by authors to complete their work. The disorder has challenged me to create a system for myself that guides me through the process.  As for what other vocation I might be pursuing if I had not found myself as an author, it would most definitely be stellar astronomy. I keep threatening to go back and finish the degree which I started many years ago before I was sidetracked by art and writing, but I have a feeling I might not have the mental fortitude and discipline required. Many a bottle of wine has been drunk between the years in which I calculated the distance to red dwarf stars and today. **wink** Perhaps it’s best if I just wax poetic on quantum physics rather than attempt to actually work within it. I might accidentally open a wormhole somewhere and end civilization as we know it.

DG: How do you come up with your setting and characters? Are any characters based upon people you’ve known?

GB: My characters are 90% of the time one part pure fantasy and one part observation of my fellow human beings. I draw on my past experiences with people to flesh out the deeper natures of my characters giving them real personalities that are wholly believable. Settings are the same way. In the ETERNAL VIGILANCE series I took the areas of the world I have personally visited in order to grasp the detail of each particular place, and then deconstructed them in order to give them the futuristic post-apocalyptic feel they needed for the storyline. Write what you know, as they say.

DG: Do you have any advice for new and aspiring writers?

GB: There are two pieces of advice I always tell all aspiring writers. One, develop a thick skin. This is a brutal, cut-throat business, in which you’re going to get ripped to shreds by publishers, editors, critics, bloggers, the press, etc. Everyone gets bad reviews so get used to it. The world is filled with snarky, spiteful people and you have to learn how to sift through the critiques to find the truly constructive criticism that you can use to improve your work rather than the needless bitchiness. Two, if this is your dream and you can think of absolutely nothing that you would rather do with your life, DO NOT GIVE UP. You must make a commitment, to yourself and your work, that you will continue to try. Even if you never become a huge name in the literary world, you are always a writer as long as you continue to WRITE. Be brave and put your work out there for the world to read.

DG: I’d like to briefly play word association. Please keep in mind there are no right or wrong answers. These are merely your first, immediate impressions.

• Anne Rice — iconic, brave
• Bram Stoker — a founding father
• Clive Barker — sexy, depraved, genius
• Nancy Kilpatrick — elegant
• Dean Koontz — unapologetic gritty
• Stephanie Meyers — fluke success
• Stephen King — horror institution

DG: Do you have a personal title you would recommend as a good read for a first time exposure to the works of Gabrielle Faust?

GB: I would suggest starting with either the first ETERNAL VIGILANCE novel, entitled FROM DEEP WITHIN THE EARTH, if you like cybergothic gritty vampire tales. Or, if demons and philosophy are more your speed pick up a copy of my latest novella REGRET, which was just released from Dark Regions Press in September.

DG: What’s on the horizon for Gabrielle Faust in 2011?

GB: Right now I’m working on the fourth ETERNAL VIGILANCE novel, entitled MEDITATIONS ON DARKNESS, which I hope to have completed by the end of next year. Also in the works is the sequel to REGRET, entitled REVENGE, which I am co-writing with philosopher and musician Solomon Schneider. Those are the main two projects on my plate with deadlines. I am also working on a third collection of poetry, which will combine the work of BEFORE ICARUS, AFTER ACHILLES and CROSSROADS, my previous collections, with a series of about 80 to 100 new poems. Lately I have been tip-toeing back into songwriting and hope to record at least two new songs in the coming months for release on ReverbNation. To say the very least 2011 is going to be a very busy year!

SKYE: This is the first time I’ve done this so we’ll just take it easy and have some fun.

ANN MARIE RIOS: Did you say this is the first time you’ve done this?

SKYE: Yes, the first time. So I’m a virgin.

AMR: Oh this really is special. Sounds like fun!

SKYE: Yeah this is going to be great.

AMR: So I’m your first adult person.

SKYE: Exactly. You can plug anything you want to plug, as much as you want to do it.

AMR: Awesome.

SKYE: Ms. Rios, I wish to extend the warmest of welcomes and deepest of thanks for agreeing to this interview with me and EdenCafe.com today. To be frank, I’ve only had limited exposure to your work.

Without doubt, one of your most impressive accolades is your innovation or multi-talents. Having studied at the Vamar Academy of acting in Hollywood, acquiring your real estate license, and entering the realm of adult entertainment, all before the age of 19—You’ve celebrated success appearing in music videos, Fox T.V., hosted shows for KSEX radio, Playboy radio/TV, and the Spice Channel. How would you compare chasing the dream in mainstream vs. porn pursuits?

AMR: Well I can’t say too much for sure because I’m not really chasing the mainstream dream. But the few times I do encounter mainstream projects, the one thing I noticed right away is it takes a lot of casting that goes into mainstream. There’s a lot of open calls, and when you go there, there’s a ton of people there. You go through processes. Where as in adult films, someone calls my agent and they want me. It’s very rare that I have to go and audition for them. I mean it happens from time to time, but rarely. Not too much in adult. In mainstream you have to try out and do readings, things like that.

SKYE: Well, fantastic. So as you were saying, they actually search you out.

AMR: Yeah, Yeah, definitely. I mean you have agents who actively try and get you work. But for the most part, for the amount of people who hire me are people that already have me in mind and state, ‘well we want her for the part.’

SKYE: Needless to state, a resounding consensus regarding some of your most recognizable features is your all natural Latina appearance. Is it a challenge to secure work in an industry with no enhancement? Are the demands for silicone and saline valleys simply diminishing?

AMR: Are the demands diminishing?

SKYE:  Yeah less fake boobies. Less fake noses….

AMR: Hmmm….

SKYE: Because you portray a real natural look. I’ve had your picture posted before me for days now.

AMR: Ah! Nice…

SKYE: So you do have a very beautiful, natural look about you.

AMR: Ummm. Thank you. I’ll take that as a compliment. I think that’s a lot of the reason I’m able to do so many different kinds of media. Besides adult, I do a lot of soft core features for HBO, Showtime, things like that which are not XXX. They’re double X. So, a lot of the time I get cast in parts where they specifically want a girl with a natural look, like a normal girl that does not look like a porn star. So, I think personally it has opened up a lot more avenues to work, because my look is kind of like the girl next door, so to speak. I think there are a lot of people who still like enhancements. There’s still a lot of girls getting them, and there’s still a lot of guys that just like big boobs. They don’t care if they’re real or fake, they just like big boobs. So there are a lot of guys in particular that like small boobs, tiny boobs, or butt men, or whatever. I would say that it’s probably not the same for me personally. I believe not being enhanced at all helps me get a lot more work than if I were.

SKYE: That makes a lot of sense. Tell me, what’s the difference between double and triple X?

AMR: (laughs) In triple X you can see the action, you actually see the penetration.

SKYE: Umm hmm….

AMR: Where as in double X, it is implied, yet you don’t see it.

SKYE: Oh. Okay.

AMR: You don’t know if it’s really happening or not, but it’s completely implied. It’s closer to what you see in mainstream movies…the love scenes. You can’t see it, but they’re naked. They’re under the sheets. They’re implying it.

SKYE: Okay. I get it now. Thank you.

AMR: No full nudity. Whereas in mainstream, you know you’re not going to get a lot of mainstream actresses to run around and prance around naked. So there is still full nudity, yet there’s just not hard core penetration.

SKYE: You’ve also graced the other side of the camera, having directed for Metro’s Babes Illustrated. Who are some of your influences when it comes to directors?

AMR: Oh, I definitely have to say James Avalon is a big influence. He’s one of the first feature directors I’ve worked with. He did most of my movies when I was under contract with Metro. That’s just how we met, we did a lot of features together. We just had this very avant-garde, non-chalant way of dealing with scenes, and it was very refreshing. I learned quite a lot from him. As far as actually physically directing actors, I learned a lot from working with Paul Thomas, you know, who worked many years with Vivid. I shot a lot of my early films when I was nineteen. With Vivid, I’d gotten my first AVN award for a Paul Thomas movie. I learned quite a bit from him on a different level. I would say those two for sure.

SKYE: Excellent tell our fans..

AMR: Oh! I have to back up. I have to mention one more. He would kill me! He actually influenced me a lot, and he is an awesome, awesome director: Mike Quazar, also known as Quazarman.

SKYE: Tell our fans and audience about Erotique Entertainment, and how you’ve secured the presidential nod within this company.

AMR: Well Erotique is a newer company with a woman friendly approach to adult entertainment, and they should have very nice glamorized stuff; the woman is always the hero or the victor. The woman is always on a pedestal, and I did quite a bit of work for them. I still work for them, and I am friends with the owner and his wife. But I don’t do too much work for them. I don’t act with their company, simply because I can’t, and really don’t have the time. But I do still work with them quite a bit, and appear with them on
behalf of the company, and events and stuff like that. Still very much good with them.

SKYE: Within the world of porn, what do you think the biggest disaster/misadventure has been on a creative level? (i.e. porn parodies)

AMR: A porn parody that I’ve been in? I would have to say, without doubt…..(laughs), only because it seems to be such the American phenomenon this past year, the official Jersey Shore parody by Zero Tolerance.

And the show itself on MTV is a disaster. So of course, you know when they make a campy porn adult version, it’s going to be more so the crazy episode. I had a lot of fun making it. I had a really cool little part. I had some fun with the actor. It actually was nominated for best porn parody this year. So I’d have to say, that one.

SLAM: Greetings Madison. Happy Holidays. Welcome to Edencafe.com. I understand you were under the weather for a bit so this means a great deal to us, taking the time out of your schedule. I’m also aware you’re familiar with Eden Fantasys. Do you consider yourself a fan and consumer of adult entertainment?

MADISON MONTAG: I do actually. I’ve been a fan of adult entertainment since I’ve had the internet. Which is like… YEARS! (laughs)

SKYE: That’s great! I’ve had the pleasure of seeing a few of your photos and you’re quite the little hottie. There’s really not a whole lot of info about you. I tried to do a little research yet couldn’t find a whole lot on you. But tell me about that magnificent self and where you come from. Were you found? Discovered? Introduced to the industry? Or was it an easy choice?

MM: Well, I come from a very conservative town in Texas. I’m a very easy going girl. I stay in. I chill. I love to go shopping. My favorite past time…

SKYE: Shoes!

MM: Yeah I know! Shoes! Exactly (combined laughs….) I love shoes! When it comes to the industry and it all kind of ties into a long story: I lost my virginity in barely September of last year. After that I got really comfortable with my body. So all the sudden I want to do porn and felt more comfortable doing it. So I asked my friend aka my personal assistant (Fox) to get me a shoot with Shemale Yum and he was like, ‘Are you sure?’ I was like ‘Yes!’ He just got me a shoot with Shemale Yum, which I did in October and the rest was kind of a blur/snowball effect. My name ended up getting heard about, especially throughout the straight part of the industry. I set up a Fan Facebook and got emailed on Facebook by directors from Vivid, Penthouse, Brazzers, Bangbros, etc, all wanting to shoot me! Sadly I had to tell them the truth, that I have a dick. (laughs).

As days passed, literally days, I became an overnight sensation without any professional pics of me being released. A makeup artist, Angie Peek, showed my Twitter picture to a director she knew, and he was like “Omg, I want to shoot her!” Then word spread around, and then I got offered to be in the cast of “Transsexual Babysitters 14” from the director Tom Moore. He flew me out to LA the day after Thanksgiving, and I shot my first hardcore/DVD, and managed to snag the cover of it also, which really made me happy. Tom is like a father to me, he has a lot of connections in the TS niche and got me a shoot with Shemale Club, and I got to shoot with the fabulous Nic Melillo in early December. I felt very honored and privileged to work with very reputable companies and people so early in my career. Not many girls get that opportunity. As soon as my photographer from Shemale Yum heard I was filming “Transsexual Babysitters 14”, he told the owner of Grooby to release my set, and “ironically” my first solo/photoset from Shemale Yum was released right when I was on my flight home back to good ole Texas. Two weeks later, my first solo/photoset from Shemale Club was released, and that is when the sh*t really hit the fan! Non-stop Facebook friends and new followers on Twitter. It was so crazy!

SKYE: Well that’s good. Your first one must’ve been a hell of one.

MM: Yeah it was! He was an army guy. I seem to have a thing for military guys. I think it was because my Dad was in the military. I’m an army brat. You would never know!

SKYE: Men in uniform. Yum!

MM: Yep (combined laughs…)

SLAM: Are you more attracted to men or women? Or do you have a preference?

MM: I’m more attracted to men actually. I’m not attracted to other transsexuals. I’m very secure with my sexuality. So ‘Oh! that girl is so hot!’ but I’m strictly dickly. (giggles) I have a weak spot for guys with tattoos. Dark hair…. … I don’t know why.

SKYE: Same reason I do…(combined laughs) ….bad boys.

MM: OMG I know! I can’t resist them.

SKYE: I myself, love the smell and touch of a woman’s body. But I can’t get past the smell of pussy. Sorry. (combined laughs) I’d make a great lesbian if I could. As a straight, perhaps slightly bent female, I find you fascinating. Perhaps a perfect playmate, all those rolled up into one. Do you have a large female fan base, and is the consensus the same among other women as it is for me?

MM: Hmmm. I don’t know really. Like as genetic girls go, I find them totally adorable. I don’t know….I have more of a male fan base. But other transsexuals are actually really into me, mostly I’m pretty much like the girl next door with something more. (combined laughs….)

And I’m really down to earth. I’m not like other girls. I’m not catty, and all the b.s. and drama that goes along. I just chill like a guy. I’m like Hanna Montana, the best of both worlds. I’m like the Miley Cyrus of porn.

SKYE: What I find appealing is the fact that it is best of both worlds. It’s you’re the perfect world and you’ve got a dick. You’re the perfect man because you’re all soft and squishy. You smell really yummy.

SLAM: Describe the moment of epiphany when you’d realized that ‘Perhaps I’m a little bit different.’

MM: Hmmmm. Let me think about that. I don’t know. I’ve always known I was a little bit different. I know people that…It’s really cliché but….when I was in college (I
graduated high school a year early) I was seventeen. I took a psychology course, and learned a lot about myself and people in general. I also learned about transgendered, transsexuals and everything. It was like, then I realized there was something ‘off’, that I am different than everybody else, that I in fact was transgendered. That was basically the moment of epiphany that I had. The psychology course helped me a lot. It took me a lot of soul searching; it was really hard for me to accept it. You know? Being transgendered.. especially living in West Texas.

SKYE: What exactly made it hard?

MM: It’s just that I come from a really conservative family and my parents have a Catholic background. I was like, holy lord there are things they don’t understand. They barely accepted the fact that I was gay. And now looking like a girl, and looking better than my own sister. It’s really been hard not having accepting parents. I make it through. I tend to keep to myself. I don’t know, at times I still find it hard, within myself, to accept and be comfortable in my own skin. It’s just where I live. I live in a really small town. Everyone knows who I am; I can’t go anywhere without being recognized. Hence, why I have tons of sunglasses on my Amazon Wishlist. I hide behind dark sunglasses.

As time has passed by and I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned accept who I am.

SKYE: Do you plan on going surgically all the way?

MM: Nooooooo…..(combined laughs)

SKYE: Yay!

MM: I’m definitely going to get a boob job in the future. I’m not even on hormones yet! (giggles) Everyone’s like you’re not on hormones? And I’m like, no!

SKYE: Imagine how soft and even prettier you’ll be.

MM: I know, right? A lot of people question my ethnicity, and I ironically come from a very hairy background. (laughs) My mom is Greek, and my daddy is half Colombian, half Italian. So you can imagine how hairy I can be. Bless my soul!

SKYE: Exactly! You should be a big fur ball.

MM: I have to work twice as hard as other girls do! But I manage to get through and still look good.

SLAM: How does your website differ from other transsexual or transgender starlet sites in terms of available features and content?

MM: I don’t even have a website yet..sadly. (sighs) That’s what I’m trying to go for this year. I’m very new and only been in the industry for three months. I’ve accomplished so much! I’ve already done a DVD, and got the boxcover, and just shot for Shemale club.

SLAM: If you actually ‘google’ Madison Montag you get a link to a home page….

MM: Oh…there are fake web sites out there. They’re not really by me. There’s just people trying to make money off of me. I’m in the middle of getting my name trade marked. So people can’t use my name without my permission.

SLAM: Do you have plans and works of getting your own web site eventually?

MM: Yes of course! It’s happening this year, because this is my year! I already have a few surprises up my sleeve with a company. You haven’t seen the last of Miss Montag.

SLAM: Oh yeah? Definitely good to hear.

SKYE: Ok, provide me with a perfect date description. Where would you go? What would you do? And how would you hope for the evening to end?

MM: Perfect date? I don’t know. This is really cliché, but probably on Santa Monica Pier in California. I’d always loved to have gone there; never been. It’s beautiful from what I’ve seen. I’d probably go there, get smoothies with a guy. Of course a tattooed guy, and just walk around and talk and get to know each other. Of course walk on the beach. It’s so corny…(laughs). Just get to know each other, and probably sit down and watch the waves. Just take it all in and cuddle. Go back to my place and go from there. I don’t have sex on the first date! I’m not a whore, whatsoever. I probably don’t know if I would give a kiss on the first date. It all depends how the date goes. But it’s likely if the guy is very good looking. Then he’ll likely get a kiss at least.

SKYE: Well you’ve got to get him coming back a second time, of course.

MM: Exactly, I mean, you can’t give it away all at once.

SLAM: Is there a greater reception and demand for transsexual content and film compared to the past or recent years do you find?

MM: Yes there actually is. Kimber James is one of my idols, and I look up to her as a performer. She set the bar really high in the TS niche. She has made some cross over appearances in a mainstream parody “Not Married with Children.” Also she was AVN’s “Cybersiren” in December of 2009. She was also the first transsexual to sign with LA Direct. She’s accomplished so much in her career, and a lot of people don’t give her credit for it. I do though. She’s like, I don’t know how to explain it, she just made it more acceptable to be a transsexual in porn. The demand is higher because of her and other exceptional TS stars.

SLAM: Oh definitely. There is a huge fan base now too. I find with the parodies there’s a huge popularity. Huge following for those now.

MM: Yeah. The only thing I don’t like about them is there’s such a huge fan base for transsexuals right? They’re not willing to fly out girls, like they would regular girls, and since we’re more special, I think that at least they should be able to fly us out to California to go and shoot. Instead they make us fly ourselves out.

SLAM: So you find the talent isn’t treated equally? Or treated the same as the men?

MM: Yeah its as though we’re treated like not how regular girls are. I mean, we’re just like regular women aside from the fact that yes we do have dicks.

I think we deserve to be treated the same. Girls get flown out from Ohio and Oklahoma to shoot for Penthouse and everything. It’s only a two hour plane ride to California. I have to pay for it myself.

I think once I become a household name, everything in porn transsexuals, then they’d be willing. A lot of girls tend to flake. So I understand from a business standpoint. I mean, if they try to fly every single pretty girl out here, some people won’t even get off the plane. They’d use the free tickets to L.A. and never show up.

SKYE: That’s true.

SLAM: Wow.

MM: So I understand why. I mean in my situation; I think I’m the youngest girl in the business. That I know of, anyway, right now. And I think I should be getting treated more special because I’m the youngest. The teen was a major thing for so long. I think they should be able to fly us, and treat us as equally as other girls. Unfortunately that’s not the case nowadays. I hope that changes though.

SKYE: Yeah me too. In this industry I’ve heard of legends being taken advantage of sometimes, times of isolation. How do you stay fresh and vibrant, free of vultures attempting to pick at your flesh?

MM: Oh my God. This is a very good question! A lot of girls pack up and move out to L.A. They’ll get involved in the party scene. Literally, to me, I feel like stuff in porn can take your soul if you let it. It leaves you very empty. Its hard to explain. If you surround yourself with drama, the porn crowd that parties.

If you go out and drink every night then you’re just going to get taken advantage of, and everything. But I come home, and I was introduced to the porn industry by a very good director Tom Moore. He’s been in the industry for years. And other porn stars that are mostly straight, I say porn stars, doing “air quotes”, but then realize that you can’t even see me. (laughs)

They taught me the ropes in the industry before I got into it really seriously, so I learned that make your money there because when you make your money in L.A. you’re going to end up spending it.

I learned that from my first trip there. It’s good to come back home, like mine in West Texas. It keeps you sane. I could go crazy out in L.A. I was there for a week and feeling like I couldn’t take it anymore. Texas is such a genuine place. Know what I mean? It’s just my home. I think if you keep that perfect balance, or don’t surround yourself in people that are bad influences on you, you’ll be good in this industry, and you can succeed.