Archives for the ‘Personality Plus’ Category

CHAMPION: Love Hurts

By Kuono • Dec 17th, 2008 • Category: Features, Porn Star XXXposure

An interview with Syd Blakovich, star of Pink & White Production’s explicit love story CHAMPION…”some might say that it is problematic to use porn as a platform for social awareness, but I firmly back Shine’s vision and belief that is is essential for queer, females of color to seize the power of image making, especially when it is about our bodies.



The -Wees are Coming! Celebrating Paul Reuben’s Day

By Allison • Jul 25th, 2007 • Category: Events, Personality Plus

An Interview with Sadie Lune, founder of Paul Reuben’s Day
Like a lot of kids who grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons in the mid 80’s, I too let out a collective sigh of loss when Pee Wee’s Playhouse went off the air due to Paul Reuben’s unfortunate run in with the law while masturbating in [...]



Making the (AVN) List: An Interview with Coyote Days, GV’s Sr. Toy Buyer

By Judi B. • Jul 11th, 2007 • Category: Behind the Vibes: Staff Profiles, Personality Plus

Coyote Days has been Good Vibration’s Senior Toy Buyer for two years. In the latest issue of AVN (Adult Video News) magazine, she received the great honor of being chosen as one of “50 Under 40 Porn’s New Generation of Influential People.” The list puts Ms. Days among some great company: CEOs, company presidents and [...]



Trip the Station, Change the Channel: Sex on the Radio!

By Judi B. • Jul 11th, 2007 • Category: Behind the Vibes: Staff Profiles, Personality Plus, Sex and Culture

An Interview with Good Vibrations’ own, Jo-El!
It’s actually not true that video killed the radio star, because Sirius Radio has become quite a phenomenon, with its 200 channels and superstars such as Howard Stern. In fact, our friend Diana Cage hosts a show on Sirius’ Out Q, the gay channel. On her show, “Diana gets [...]



Meet Origami!

By Judi B. • Jun 20th, 2007 • Category: Personality Plus

Origami is an awesome once-Melbourne, now-San Francisco-based band that wants to make you dance! I had the pleasure of seeing one of their shows recently, and have to say… they can MAKE you dance!
I sat down with bass player, Natalie, recently and asked her a few questions. And it went a little something like this:

JB: [...]



Behind the Vibes: Meet Dr. Charlie Glickman

By Judi B. • May 30th, 2007 • Category: Behind the Vibes: Staff Profiles

With a staff as interesting and diverse as ours, we just can’t keep them to ourselves anymore! In this installment, Meet Charlie, a Ph.D. who’s working hard to help you have better orgasms!

Where did you grow up?

Millburn, NJ (about 20 miles west of New York)

When did you start working at GV?

1996

What [...]



Porn Star XXXposure – Buck Angel

By Joanne Cachapero • May 23rd, 2007 • Category: Porn Star XXXposure

Buck Angel makes his own rules, but that’s what you have to do when you’re boldly going where no man has gone before.
Being the world’s first female-to-male transsexual porn star, almost everything he does is ground-breaking, history-making and eye-opening. Undaunted by the fact that, at first, most people really didn’t know how to take him; [...]



Behind the Vibes: Meet Kuono

By Judi B. • May 9th, 2007 • Category: Behind the Vibes: Staff Profiles

With a staff as interesting and diverse as ours, we just can’t keep them to ourselves anymore! In this installment, meet Kuono…..artist, pornstar, French Horn blower.
Where did you grow up?
A small cowboy town called Makawao, on Maui, Hawai`i. Really! Next you’ll ask: “So why did you ever leave?!” And I’ll tell you… I [...]



Behind the Vibes: Ty

By Judi B. • Apr 25th, 2007 • Category: Behind the Vibes: Staff Profiles

With a staff as interesting and diverse as ours, we just can’t keep them to ourselves anymore! In this installment, meet Ty—baseball fan, chewy vitamin taker, GVTV star.

Where did you grow up, Ty?

I grew up in Massachusetts, the best place on earth. Home of Marshmallow Fluff

When did you start working at GV?
About 4 years ago.

What [...]



Porn Star XXXposure: Belladonna Q&A

By Joanne Cachapero • Apr 11th, 2007 • Category: Porn Star XXXposure

In this installment, Joanne catches up with Belladonna, GV favorite and star of hundreds of movies, including Fashionistas, Fetish Fanatic 2, and Bella Loves Jenna.
Beautiful lady or poisonous flower, Belladonna is a sex star of singular status and reputation—say her name and everyone in the adult world knows exactly who you’re talking about.
One of the [...]



Behind the Vibes: Meet Adele

By Judi B. • Apr 4th, 2007 • Category: Behind the Vibes: Staff Profiles

With a staff as interesting and diverse as ours, we just can’t keep them to ourselves anymore! In this installment, meet Adele—fiery feminist and ex-drawbridge operator.
Where did you grow up, Adele?
Vancouver (not B.C.), Washington (not D.C.)
When did you start working at GV?
March of 2006.
What did you do before working at GV?
I worked as a raw-foods [...]



Porn Star XXXposure – Kurt Lockwood

By Joanne Cachapero • Mar 14th, 2007 • Category: Porn Star XXXposure

Good Vibrations is happy to welcome Joanne Cachapero to the GV Weekly! Joanne is our newest Featured Writer, sharing her exciting interviews and conversations with the stars of adult films. Make sure to look for more Porn Star XXXposure articles in the next few weeks.In this installment, Joanne talks to Kurt Lockwood, star of over [...]



The Porn Star was Bound… and Gagged – Madison Young

By Judi B. • Jan 3rd, 2007 • Category: Porn Star XXXposure, View from the Top

About a month ago, I was lucky enough to be invited to the press screening of Superfreak, the new film by the maker’s of the popular The Crash Pad. The film’s premise is that the ghost of Rick James joins an all-girl party, and the opening scene stars Madison Bound (and co-stars a glass wand)… [...]



The Porn Star’s Day Job – Syd

By Judi B. • Jan 2nd, 2007 • Category: Porn Star XXXposure, View from the Top

When you’re watching an adult flick and your co-worker is one of the stars… yeah, it can be a little strange. But, it’s also pretty interesting, as most folks don’t have the opportunity to ask a bona-fide porn star questions like “what it’s like to have sex with 10 people watching you?”
My co-worker, let’s call [...]



The Porn Star Wore Pink and White – Jiz Lee

By Judi B. • Jan 1st, 2007 • Category: Porn Star XXXposure, View from the Top

“Gosh, is everyone you work with a porn-star,” asks my girlfriend when I tell her about interview #3 in what is becoming known as the “Porn Star Series”. (Well, I guess I’ll find out, because I’ve started to ask around, just to see.)
Beau Flex (aka Jiz Lee) may be new to professional porn, but she’s [...]



Behind the Vibes: Meet Robbie

By Judi B. • Dec 18th, 2006 • Category: Behind the Vibes: Staff Profiles

GV Staff Profiles

Robbie is rocking our Wholesale Department like a hurricane! Robbie has been with GV for a year, and in that year, she’s proven that humor and fun go hand-in-hand with selling the heck outta vibrators!Oh, and did we mention, she’s America’s Next Top Model’s biggest fan?
Where did you grow up?
Born in Los Angeles [...]



The Failed Porn Star

By Judi B. • Dec 9th, 2006 • Category: Porn Star XXXposure, View from the Top

So, remember back a few weeks ago when I interviewed Syd, the porn star I work with? Well, truth be told, Syd’s not my only coworker that’s been involved with adult entertainment… there’s also my pal Dave McDick (surprisingly, not his real name).
When I found out that Dave had partaken in the erotic art of [...]



Behind the Vibes: Meet Coyote

By Judi B. • Nov 18th, 2006 • Category: Behind the Vibes: Staff Profiles

Meet Coyote — GV’s Senior Toy Buyer — Us Weekly reader, cat mom, and high femme since birth.

Where did you grow up?
I mostly grew up in the rainy, lush city of Portland, Oregon, though I spent many weeks each summer basking in the sun in Bridgewater, Massachusetts with my Grams. Oh and on the way, [...]



Behind the Vibes: Meet Barbi

By Judi B. • Oct 18th, 2006 • Category: Behind the Vibes: Staff Profiles

Meet Barbi -— Marketing Maven and Milk Maiden

Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Miami, Florida (little Havana—to be exact)
When did you start working at GV?
The first time was 1998, but then I took a leave for about 1 ½ years and came back Full-Time in March of 2003.
What did you do before working [...]



Behind the Vibes: Meet Jo-El

By Judi B. • Sep 18th, 2006 • Category: Behind the Vibes: Staff Profiles

Meet educator extraordinaire, Jo-El (and her sidekick, Rusty Hips!).
Rusty Hips by Larry Utley
Larry Utley’s Artist Gallery
With a staff as interesting and diverse as ours, we just can’t keep them to ourselves anymore! In this installment, meet Jo-El…sex educator, hand-stander, drag king and future Winnebago driver.
So, Jo-El, what do you do outside of working for Good [...]



Behind the Vibes: Meet JP

By Judi B. • Sep 18th, 2006 • Category: Behind the Vibes: Staff Profiles

Meet our Senior Director of Merchandising and Operations—a nice, preppy Jewish boy from New York who enjoys reading dictionaries.
Staff Profile—JP
So, JP, where did you grow up?
In Co-op City in the Bronx, NY -— the largest housing cooperative in the US.
When did you start working at GV?
3 1/2 years ago (I can’t believe it!)
What did you [...]



Behind the Vibes: Meet Angelique X

By Judi B. • Sep 1st, 2006 • Category: Behind the Vibes: Staff Profiles

Meet Angelique X….tattoo artist, rock star…page sniffer.
Where did you grow up?
Born in Hayward, I lived in the Newark/Fremont and San Francisco area till my Dad took a job in Modesto in ‘83. It was either Modesto or Iowa, so my Sisters and I begged to stay in California. Boy what a change from the Bay [...]