The mighty Gianna Michaels working her table nest door to Sophie Dee. I had seen her last November at the Jersey show. When I asked her status at that time, she told me she would still be doing scenes, just exclusively for her own production company. Well, it's been six months and no new scenes so far. I asked her what the deal was and Gianna replied that she isn't retired, she just hasn't felt like shooting. She said for her porn is like an ex-girlfriend you can never seem to break-up with for good. For a while things are great, then you get into a fight and hate her for a while. Then the next thing you know, you're back together again. So it is with Gianna and porn. Right now the relationship is in the "off" status. She just hasn't felt like shooting any scenes recently. When Gianna's in the mood to start doing scenes again, she will. When that will be is unknown. Could be next month, could be next year. We just have wait and see. It was good to see her again. She so high energy and very happy to meet her fans and interact with them.
Phoenix Marie showing off her new boobs at the Bang Bros booth. When I saw she told me she had just finished shooting a BJ scene there at the show!! Unfortunately, I didn't get to talk to her very long that night because the Bang Bros booth was right next to the main stage, so the music was loud as hell. Plus there was a large crowd of about fifty guys standing behind me, so I snapped a few photos and let Phoenix get back to working her table.
Also at Bang Bros, the incredible Rachel Starr posing for photos on a sofa. I asked if she was going to shoot any more scenes with bang Bros before her contract is up as she hadn't shot anything since last November. Rachel replied that she shoot in several scenes at a time then takes breaks between shooting spurts. For example. after that group of scenes last fall, she went traveling through Central America for a few weeks. She said she has been shooting scenes recently, which should be coming up for release in the coming months. Again due to the loud music and large crowd waiting to see her, our conversation was short, and after taking a few photos, I continued on my way.
As i made my way back across the convention center I found the voluptuous Sara Jay singing for Two In The Shirt. She recently got her own shirt by them and was promoting it there that weekend. I asked what she's been up to and it's been the been a lot of traveling recently. She lives in Miami but has been spending a lot of time in New York and L.A. shooting some scenes, doing updates for her website and various other appearances.
Back at Club Sponsor, I found Marie Luv hanging at Alexis Texas. Don't get your hopes up as she's still retired. She was at the show all weekend hanging out with all her friends that were in town for the convention.I asked how she's enjoying living in Miami and she replied that she likes it. She lives in a condo downtown near the beach and she finally bought a car so she can get around town. In addition she's enrolled in a certificate program at the University of Miami for website design. I do miss her scenes very much as she's an amazing performer and was one of the only black girls to be regularly booked in movies with an otherwise all white cast.
Next door I found Teagan Presley at her table. Didn't really get the chance to talk with her that night as it was late by then and she was about to leave, but I did see her the next two days. More on her later.
Across the aisle I found Riley Reid enjoying a lollicock at the Jules Jordan booth. When ever she set that thing down to take a photo or sign an autograph she placed it on a napkin on the table. The problem was the as the lollicock dried the napkin would stick to it like glue. Every time she picked it up to start sucking on it again she had to peel bits of paper off of it. She couldn't get every single little piece so she was constantly spitting out little bits of paper during our conversation, which I found to very cute. I have to admit I haven't seen much, if any of her scenes as the barely legal/schoolgirl genre doesn't do much for me. I did, however, pick up a copy of her JJV movie "Ultimate Fuck Toy: Riley Reid," so I will soon be much more familiar with her work. In talking with her I learned that she's twenty years old and is a Florida Native. in fact she said she still lives with her parents at their house in the Fort Lauderdale suburbs! She added that she is getting her own apartment and will be moving out next month. Overall, my impression of Riley is one of a very nice, sweet girl with a good head on her shoulders. If she plays her cards right, I think she could have a very successful career.
As I was hanging out at the Jules Jordan booth, who should stop by for a visit? The one and only Phoenix Marie! After being cooped up at the Bang Bros booth all night, she swung by to say hi to all the girls at the JJV & Club Sponsor booths. In the above photo she's posing with a civilian girl. I love the naughty smile on Phoenix's face.
As Phoenix was talking with Joanna Angel at her table, I asked if I could take a quick photo of them together, which they were happy to oblige. In fact Joanna asked me to take a photo of them with her iPhone so she could post it on her Twitter feed. Not a bad job if I say so myself.
By now it was about 10:45pm so I made one last pass around the convention center before leaving for the night. I passed by the main stage and caught the end of Rubberdoll's stage show. Very high energy and theatrical. More on her later. With that Day 1 of eXXXotica Miami 2012 was over. However, my night wasn't quite over just yet. END DAY 1
Day 1: Epilogue As you read earlier in this thread, Club Madonna was have not one, not two but FOUR pornstars feature dancing Friday night. Here's the club flyer promoting the event: That's right folks, Club Madonna had booked Tory Lane, Lexi Belle, Alexis TexasandTori Black to feature dance all in one night!!! I arrived a little after 11pm and the place was fairly deserted. I did spot Eva Angelina & her boyfriend come in and sit on the opposite side of the stage. Tory Lane was the first to go stage at around 11:30pm. Her show was very intense just like her scenes. Several times she was hanging halfway off the stage so she could bury her face in the laps of guys sitting at the rail. A couple times she got off stage and walked around the floor, grinding on guys' laps and motor-boating them. There were only a handful of guys sitting at the rail and ironically Eva Angelina was the loudest & rowdiest of them all. When Tory came over to dance in front of two guys sitting a few seats away from Eva she yelled at them to tip Tory for her efforts. Overall, a very entertaining show. Tory came back out a little later and I got a photo with her but was not able to get a solo shot. She, Eva & Eva's boyfriend hung out at their booth before disappearing behind closed doors and they never came back out the rest of the night. At around 12:30am, it was Lexi Belle's turn to take the stage. She came out in a naught school girl uniform with thigh-high latex boots. She's still very new at feature dancing so she didn't really have a routine. She mostly worked the rail, dancing for tips from the guys sitting there. The highlight of her show was when Riley Reid, who was sitting in the audience, went up on stage to join her for a little girl-on-girl make-out action. Someone needs to book these two together in a scene pronto because they have very good chemistry together. A nice effort from Lexi and not a half-bad show from a girl who's still very inexperienced at feature dancing. After another hour, Alexis Texas hit the stage at around 1:30am. By now the club was packed and every seat near the stage was filled. Luckily I stayed in my seat after Lexi's show and would stay there the rest of the night. She wore a Captain America themed corset with matching panties and red rubber knee-high boots. She dance routine wasn't very fancy or highly choreographed. She spent a lot of the time shaking her booty non-stop and working the crowd. At the end when she was giving away posters to the loudest person, the crowd roared louder than any other I've seen at a feature show. Another very energetic & enthusiastic performance that was highly enjoyable & entertaining. After both Lexi and Alexis' shows, the DJ announced they would come snack out for picture & autographs but neither of them did. Hence, I have no photos for you unfortunately.
Finally, around 2:20am it was time for the grand finale as Miss Tori Black took the stage. She wore a red see through Arabian harem girl outfit that was very sheer. As luck would have it Riley Reid & Capri Anderson were sitting in the chair next to me , so I got to see Tori up close as when she came over to dance for them. Her show was the most well balanced. The first song being a fast up tempo tune, which meant she danced fast and a hard. The next few were slower and more mellow so she match the rhythm by dancing more slowly and sensually. i should also mention how pornstars there were in the audience. including: Gianna Michaels, Tay Stevens, Sophie Dee, Lee Bang & Mr. Pete. Marie Luv was there and recorded both Alexis Texas and Tori's shows on her iPhone. Jules Jordan made an appearance and even walked up to the stage once and made it rain. As Tori was dancing on stage I noticed several audience members taking photos with their phones. Security seemed fairly lax about this so i decided to try to sneak a few of my own. Notice Lexi Belle in the background. She was a riot standing by the stage during Tori's show, throwing dollars and yelling strip clubs stereotype cheers like "Shake it baby!" and "Take it off!" Very funny to watch in person. Tori Black showing off her long legs and demonstrating some serious flexibility in her dance routine. After her show was over, Tori ran off stage quickly but she returned a mere ninety seconds later followed by Alexis Texas dressed in a silver bikini. They did an encore show together for a couple of songs. Unfortunately, one of the stage spotlights flashed at me when I snapped this photo, so Alexis covered in glare. I wanted to take another shot but one of the club employees saw me & the guy next to me with our phones in our hands and warned us no to take any more pictures. After a couple songs the dancing duo gracefully exited the stage and I quickly exited the club and headed home. it had been a long day and tomorrow would be even longer. I had a great time and seeing these four girls feature dance was an awesome way to cap off a great first day at eXXXotica! END
Day 2 I got off to a late start on Day 2. After leaving Club Madonna Friday night, I didn't make it home till almost 4am. After spending 7 hours at the show Friday afternoon and another 4 hours at the strip club afterwards, I was dead on my feet. I passed out until a little after 1pm. By the I time I had showered, dressed and made the drive down to South Beach, it was almost 3pm. I immediately head for the Club Sponsor booth looking for a particular girl I had missed seeing Friday...
... luckily, I found her in the form of Tori Black. She was at her table briefly Friday afternoon, but I was in the middle of seeing Eva Angelina when I spotted Tori a few tables away. By the time I was done with Eva, Tori had left to do a panel interview the main stage and she never came back to her table. Instead she went back to her hotel room to have dinner and take a nap before her feature dance appearance at Club Madonna later that night. Hence, I never had the chance to see her Friday. I snapped the photo above as I waited my tune in line while Tori did a podcast interview with that guy. When it was my turn, I got no more than 2 minutes with Tori when Joshua Presley(aka Mr. Teagan), pulled her away to do another panel on stage. I was slightly annoyed to say the least. Tori assured she'd be back after the panel.
While Tori the panel, I had some time to kill, so I walked around to see if I could get some photos of other girls. Here we see the smokin' hot Diamond Kitty posing her table at the Bang Bros booth. She lives in Miami and shots fairly often for companies that operate down here like Bang bros and Reality Kings. She makes the occasion trip out to LA to shoot as well. She's just my type too: a busty brunette with an exotic appearance.
Busty blond babe Alexis Fawx also at the Bang bros booth. I can honestly say I have never seen any of her scenes. In fact I had never even heard of her until a couple weeks before the show when Rachel Starr mentioned shooting some scenes with her on Twitter. Short and very skinny with HUGE implants. She was very high energy and loved interacting with fans. She posed for photos virtually non-stop. Definitely a girl I'll have to look into.
Gracie Glam, who finally showed up on Saturday and nearly gave the PA at the LA Direct booth a heart attack when she climbed up on her wobbly table and stood straight up while wearing high heels.
As most of you know, Gracie has taken a break from shooting recently and I wanted to see if she would clarify exactly what her situation was. Basically, she said she's been doing porn non-stop stop since she turned 18, doing more than 200 scenes in the last 3 years and she was feeling a little burned out. Concurrently she was dealing with her on-again, off-again relationship with her boyfriend (who is also an adult performer) and she was trying to go to college while shooting scenes. This turned out to be impossible as her shooting schedule was very demanding and if you miss a certain number of classes, you automatically fail the course. This combination of stressors is what lead to her taking a break from shooting. Right now she's using her time off to rest & recuperate and just enjoy life a little bit. Like Allie Haze, Gracie is also thinking about thinking about what she wants to do when she comes back and what direction she wants her career to go. A lot of the scenes she has all ready shot have been for the same companies and with the same male performers. Gracie doesn't want to keep shooting the same stuff over & over again. She's trying to figure out how to keep things fresh and new. While there are no guarantees, after some time off and a little personal reflection, Gracie will most likely return to shooting on a regular basis again. Either way, it was great to see her again as she's such an upbeat girl who smiles constantly.
Capri Anderson working her table at Club Sponsor. We talked about all the girls we had seen dance the previous night at Club Madonna. She had a great weekend, spending most of her off time hanging out with Riley Reid & Lexi Belle.
Like I said in Day 1, Jada is a great girl! Beautiful face, great body, a terrific performer and is wonderful with the fans. I hope she chooses to stay in the business for a long time.
Stoya posing with her Fleshlight at her table. I saw the Fleshlight sitting on her table as I passed by and stopped to ask Stoya if she would let me take a photo of her posing with it. I thought it would be cool to get a picture that was different than the usual solo pose looking in to the camera. Plus, Stoya and/or Fleshlight could retweet the photo giving her some small, additional publicity. Stoya was hesitant to agree at first because due to it's large & bulky size/shape, posing for a photo with a Fleshlight that doesn't look cheesy or silly, is not easy to do. I took a couple shots of her doing different poses and she liked this one best. I thanked her for letting me take the picture, then posted it on Twitter and continued on my way. Sure enough, a little while later as I was checking my timeline I saw that Fleshlight had retweeted my post on their Twitter feed. I passed back by Stoya's table to show her the retweet, so she would know her efforts had not been made in vain. Alas, my attempt was unnecessary as she had also seen the retweet on her timeline as well.
^Best picture of Jada! :D Please use the up arrow ^ when replying to the post above, no need to quote their entire post, thx. Edited by - Jonny Jay on 5/24/2012 8:42:45 PM
Hey guys, sorry there was not update last night. My supervisor asked me to work a double at the last minute. I'll try my best to finish off Day 2 tonight.
Don't make it feel like an obligation on your end. The photos are for fun. Trust me from experience, the second you feel like you owe us the burning out on doing these shows begin.
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Posted - May 25 2012 : 5:00PM
Gotta agree with that, i still do not know wat ppl c in her
As I came around the corner of the Club Sponsor booth, I finally spotted Tori Black back at her table. After a day & a half at the expo, I finally got my chance to see her. She was just as gorgeous as I remembered. I couldn't hardly believe she had just give birth seven months ago. It had been a full two years since I had first met her at the 2010 Miami show. We made small talk for a bit and I complimented her on her show at Club Madonna the previous and thanked her for the encore performance she did Alexis Texas at the end of the night. I wanted to get a copy of "Tori Black is Pretty Filthy 2" but but she didn't have any. In fact she no merchandise at all. No DVDs, no 8x10s, the only item on her table was the poster from her fan website theRealToriBlack.com Finally, we got down to brass tacks. They were two questions I had for Tori. The first being her choice to not acknowledge her pregnancy last year. When Tori become pregnant early last year she very quietly stopped doing scenes with making any public statement as to why. Eventually word leaked out about her pregnancy but Tori still remained silent and kept on acting as if it were still a secret. I told her I understood she wanted her privacy but I found it strange that she would just sit back and ignore the 800-lb. gorilla in the room. Tori replied that the reason she never publicly acknowledge her pregnancy was she didn't want to draw any more attention to herself. She had just won AVN's Performer of the Year for the second straight year when she got pregnant and the industry had this huge spotlight focused on her. She thought the best way to protect her privacy during her pregnancy was to disappear form the industry scene the way she did. Tori also she said she wanted to tell her fans about her pregnancy on her own timeline and on her own terms (which is probably why she didn't announce her pregnancy until two months after her son was born). Next, I asked her the million dollar question: what exactly is her status on shooting scenes. When she finally did formally announce her son's birth last December, she said she wasn't retiring from the adult industry but she would not be shooting any scenes either. She's in a sort of porn limbo. Tori quickly corrected me, saying she is shooting solo scenes, for companies like Live Gonzo and Elite TV. As for whether she will start doing B/G again, she doesn't know right now. Tori said that right now she is in "Mommy Mode." Her baby is 7-months old and she's still breast feeding him. Her son is the center of her universe at the moment and her life revolves around him. She has not made a firm decision either and she's not planning to make that decision for while. Right now she's focused on being a full-time mom and surviving the challenging and exhausting task of being a new parent. Down the road when her son is a little older and her hectic life starts to clam down, Tori will sit down and figure out if she wants to do porn again. How long it takes her to get to the point where she's ready to make that decision is unknown. It could be six months, it could be over a year. We'll just have to be patient and she what happens. Personally, I think that Tori will return to shooting eventually. The fact that she is still shooting solo scenes, still feature dancing and doing conventions & store signing are good indicators. One of the reasons Tori is such a good performer is that she genuinely enjoys doing porn. Right now she's enjoying being mom and down the road when her sons is older, she'll be ready some back. once again let stress that this is purely MY PERSONAL OPINION!! I don't know this for, it's simple a gut feeling. Whether she comes back or not, I was still thrilled to finally see Tori Black again. Such a naturally beautiful girl and I almost forgot how tall she is! Most porn girls are less than 5'5" but Tori is nearly 5'10"! Being just over 6'0" myself, I can't tell you how refreshing it is to stand face to face with a girl and be able to look her in the eye instead of down at the top of her head. In conclusion, it was great seeing Tori again. Definitely worth the constant walking by her table to see when she was signing. I hope she returns to shooting some day, but even if she doesn't, she's all ready made an ever lasting impact on the adult industry that shall not be forgotten.
After my time with Tori Black I swung by the LA Direct booth to see some of their girls. First up we have Carmen Valentina. She's a member of Vicki Vette's Vette Nation Army and her website is part of their network. Check her out on her own thread here on ADT. I thought she was one of those website only girls but she's listed with LA Direct and shoots for production companies as well/ The problem is she lives in Miami and it's tough to book enough shoots at one time to make a trip to L.A. worth her while. Hope to see more from her in the future.
Amy Brooke also at LA Direct. Didn't get to talk to her long but it's pretty much been the same ole, same ole: working ans hooting. She still hasn't been able to conquer her stage fright so she still isn't feature dancing.
