Flashbacks

J. Brian’s "Flashbacks"
I was reading the Gay porn times news blog today and there was a piece about the re-release of a J Brian movie from the seventies. This brought back a memory which I had forgot about. My almost first porn movie. Funny how you think about the decisions that could have changed your life and who was there with you at the time. It was a Sunday night in 1980 and I was at the Endup with my friend’s Tyrone and Wayne. Tyrone was one of the MC’s at the Endup’s famed Jock strap contest. On this particular night they needed judges for the contest and it meant free cocktails so my friend Wayne and I were up for the gig. You know at the time we never refused a free drink. I was 21 years old at the time and I guess what you would call a twink. Tall skinny and cute but I sure did not know it or think so at the time. We will get to that later.

Well I had one to many cocktails that evening and I guess you could say that I was over served. Well the contestants in the contest were all cute twink types and it was fun looking at all of they’re cute little butts while they danced to the loud disco music. The ones that I remember were Jamie Wingo and Ron Pearson who both latter went on to do porn movies. Yes I said movie’s, porn was on film in those days. The fact that Wayne is hung like a horse and he would have been a great porn star and I’m not hurting in the dick department either is what almost got us both started in porn. What was funny is that this guy was lurking in the toilet checking out all the boy’s as they took a piss. Wayne and I thought it was funny that he was staring at us while we took a piss. We soon found out why and had a good laugh about it. We were being auditioned and did not even know it.

During the contest there was this guy running around and handing out his business cards to all of the cute boys in the club including Wayne and I, the same guy lurking in the toilet. This guy was named J. Brian. At the time I had no clue who he was so I asked my friend Tyrone who this guy was. Tyrone said he was a porn director. Now at the time I was young and the thought of fucking on film did cross my mind but the repercussions totally out weighed the benefit. I think we all had fantasies of doing porn but my major concern was what would my parents have thought about it. Me and Wayne both giggled about it and said there was no way we would ever do porn.

So I decided against it when J.Brian offered me $500.00. Funny thing is J. Brian was determined to get me in his movie so he came back and countered my refusal with a offer of $1,000.00 to which I told my friend’s Tyrone and Wayne and they both said don’t do it. So I told J. Brian no again he countered with $1500.00. I was a little drunk and I laughed at him and said no again to which he said he would give me the $1500.00 and an all expense paid trip to Hawaii. I told Tyrone about the new offer and that I had never been to Hawaii .Tyrone took J. Brian’s business card from me and tore it up and told J. to leave me alone. Funny thing is I have still not been to Hawaii nor have I done a porn movie and I reallty do not Drink anymore.

Now unbeknownst to me J.Brian did convince a couple of the contestants to do his movie. Jamie Wingo and Ron Pearson signed up to do the movie as well as Leo ford who was Jamie’s boyfriend and another friend of mine Guy whose porn name I can not remember Guy dated Cory Monroe at the time. I did not know that they were going to do the movie and I did not find out about it until J. Brian came back to the Endup to promote his new movie Flashbacks. So I asked Ron about it and how much he got paid for it and Ron told me $500.00, I told Ron that he should have held out and told him what I was offered. Needless to say Ron was a little pissed, I jokingly told Ron that if he needed me to be I would be his agent.

Now what is really sad about this story is that so many of my friends are now all gone. So I guess that is why I tend to block out big chunks of that time period. It is kind of painful to think about the fun we had and not be able to laugh with your friends who were there with you. I lost track of Jamie Wingo, last I heard he was living in LA, Ron Pearson died of AIDs complications in 2001, I had just seen Ron 2 months prior to his death and he was the picture of health. We had dinner together with a former boy friend of mine Michael. Michael also dated Ron after we broke up. Ron saw me talking to Michael and asked me who he was. I asked him if he wanted to meet him and he said yeah so I set them up. I introduced them on Halloween at a big "Gift Center party" in 1984. They went out for several years. I have not seen Michael since Ron died and I hope he is still with us.

Leo died after getting hit by a truck on his motorcycle while I was in LA visiting Tyrone who moved there with his lover Rick. Tyrone passed away in 1994 of AID’s complications after he and Rick moved back to the Bay Area. It was a very hard time for me but I am dealing with it much better now. Tyrone lived in the same apartment complex as me and we saw each other every day and it was great having such a good friend around. He and I would play video games constantly and get stoned on the good weed that he would get to stop the nausea from the AID’s drugs. When he passed a large chunk of my life went with him. Rick just disappeared after Tyrone died. Like Michael I tried to stay in touch but they both just disappeared.

I decided to look up J Brian on the Internet and there was not much information about him other than the fact that he was murdered. The movie Flashbacks’s was the start of the careers of several porn models and was based on the Endup Jockstrap contest. Funny how you tend to forget such pivotal moments in the history of porn. I am not sure why seeing that J. Brian story brought out this memory flood but I thought that I would write it down so I could share it with you all. I guess that whole six degrees of separation thing is true. Every one is connected by at least six degrees. Jamie Wingo helped Jon King get his start in porn with the help of David Forrest.

I meet Jon King in 1985 after he and Tyrone became friends. We became fast friends and we had allot of the same friends. One thing that is funny is that I did not see the movie Flashback for several years after it came out and when I watched it, it was a total trip. Tyrone and I laughed about that night at the Endup when these boys got their start in porn. He also told me that could have been me in that bad movie. Yes I will admit it was not the greatest movie or maybe it was just a bad video copy I really can’t remember because I only saw it once and did not really pay that close attention to it.

Now it would almost be like a home movie because it was full of my friends. Maybe I will look for it and get a copy and go down memory lane. The one friend of mine during all of that time who I still see is Wayne. We had a big laugh the last time I saw him at a good friends 50th birthday party. Because we are all headed for the big 50 this year and most of our close group of friends who are still with us have already crossed that threshold or will be in the near future.

Since being there at the beginning of the porn careers of a few legends in Gay Porn I have meet several other porn stars and the one thing that they all had in common was that they were all kind of shy in groups which I just thought was funny. How could they get naked and fuck on film when they could not even walk up to a guy that the thought was cute. Ron said that it is just a way to escape who he was and to act out his fantasies. One thing that they all told me about porn was that it was work and not really all that sexy.

Most of the scenes that were shot took hours to film and what you saw on film or Video was all editing. Do this for 20 seconds do that for another 20 seconds and so on and it would all be edited together and some parts would be replayed multiple times. Every time you see a different camera angle it means a cut in the action. These cuts in a video mean that you stop and wait for the camera’s to be reset and the lighting to be changed and you could take a break until they are ready for you. Have you ever noticed that allot of the guys have this hard time busting a nut? Well it is because they have been worked like dogs. Porn is not pretty until it is edited. The real stars in the porn or even the movie industry are the editors.

Oh yeah I forget to tell you all who won the Jock Strap Contest. Ron Pearson did and I think the first prize was $100.00 which was a good chunk of change in 1980. I think in the movie it was Leo ford who won the contest I really can't remember though. I miss all my porn star buddies and just hope with all of the new bareback production that none of you will have to go through what I went through during the dark ages of the AID’s pandemic. Like Chi Chi says wrap it up. Stay safe and live a long life.

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Virginia is for lovers is the advertisement slogan and I think it is true. The Season of fall is upon us and that means festivals and fun for all. Virginia is a lovely state and is becoming more a vacation destination and a nice place to raise a family. It is still affordable and there are some very nice neighborhoods to choose from.

There are some lovely homes in Virginia, this one in a more established neighborhood stands testament to that. It has a nice big shady front lawn and big trees surround the property. this neighborhood has close proximity to the ocean and is convenient to business and shopping. Virginia has some lovely beaches and the home values are reasonable. This home is appraised at $260,000.00.

They also have some very nice newer subdivisions with custom homes like this one which I am told has a lovely in house guest suite with a hot tub and a rather interesting history. This house is appraised at $571,000.00. It is approximately 4000 square ft and has 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. The property backs up to a forest and is near a small lake. This home is in close proximity to the ocean and also close to a Family golf course. It is also a couple of miles from one of the more exclusive neighborhoods in Virginia Beach, Birdneck Point.

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Virginia Beach is a lovely town and it has year round activities for your enjoyment. So if you are in the market for a new home check out Virginia Beach. The housing Market is quite resonable and the and there are plenty to choose from in all price ranges. So go to Virginia and see what I am talking about.

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A note to Jim

Jim most likely won't publish this comment on his blog so I thought I would put it here.

Jim, since you seem to think I lied about Joe and Harlow’s finances well to tell you the truth I did not pull a illegal credit on report on them because it really did not matter to me. Your good friend PC did that.

PC told me that they had bad credit and he also told me allot of other things but I did not trust PC and I still don’t. Most of you know why I don't trust him. So you can harp on that line of bullshit all you want. As far as Mason goes I am not defending his story as being factual.

I just wonder what is in this for you Jim?

Why are you so intent on bashing peoples reputations?

If anyone should be questioned it should be you. You seem to want to be the paragon of truth but that is something that you are not and you have never been. You believed PC's lies and you are taking Chad Manning's word as the gospel truth. Have you confirmed that Chad was raped? do you have police reports? Do you have witness testimony to prove that your "witness" to Mason lying is not in fact lying himself?

About the fake picture what should Mason tell you so that you will stop asking the same questions over and over again.

About any of this what can Mason do to change the attitudes of those who do not believe him?

You see Jim you have made it perfectly clear that you doubt that Mason is telling the truth and there is really no way for Mason to get you to believe him.

There is a police report but because it does not have Mason's name and address on it, it is therefore a fake or it belongs to someone else.

As far as media coverage the story is posted on GAYVN but because Mason was interviewed it is slanted and therefore since Mason can not be trusted it must therefore be a lie.

As far as anything else goes with this story it all really is based on the fact that Mason said it happened in a different city and on a different date and he used a fake picture in a attempt to protect his and his boyfriends privacy.

So since he is trying to protect his privacy I think you all think that you should go on a all out witch hunt to find out the truth and then what?

So you can sit in the temple of truth with the smug satisfaction that you have just drug someone through shit for you own satisfaction?

Yes I will admit that this is a bitchy comment and I really don't care.

Who is William Kristol?

This is part of a Wikipedia article on :William Kristol (born December 23, 1952 in New York City is an American Political analyst and commentator. He is the founder and editor of the political magazine The Weekly Standard, a regular commentator on the Fox News Channel, and an op-ed columnist for the New York Times.

Kristol was born into a Jewish family; his father Irving Kristol served as the managing editor of Commentary magazine and is considered by some as the father of neoconservatism; his mother Gertrude Himmelfarb was a scholar of Victorian literature. He graduated in 1970 from The Collegiate School, a preparatory school for boys located in Manhatten.

In 1973, Kristol received a B.A. from Harvard, graduating magna cum laude in three years. In 1976, he worked as deputy issues director for Patrick Moynihan's New York Democratic primary campaign for a U.S. Senate seat. Kristol received Ph.D. in government, also from Harvard, in 1979. During his first year of graduate school, Kristol shared a room with a fellow government doctoral candidate Alan Keyes, whose unsuccessful 1988 Maryland Senatorial campaign against Paul Sarbanes Kristol would later run in.
Kristol is married to Susan Scheinberg.

Kristol is associated with a number of conservatively aligned think tanks: he was chairman of the New Citizenship Project from 1997 to 2005. He cofounded the neoconservative Project for the New American Century (PNAC) in 1997 with Robert Kagan, Jeb Bush is amemberof this group, he is a member of the board of trustees for the free-market Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, and he is a member of the Policy Advisory Board for the neoconservative Ethics and Public Policy Center. Kristol has also been an attendee at Bilerberg Group conferences.
He currently serves as a foreign policy advisor to Senator John McCain's presidential campaign.

He served as chairman of the Project for the Republican Future from 1993 to 1994, and as the director of the Bradley Project at the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation in Milwaukee in 1993. Kristol first made his mark as leader of the Project for the Republican Future, a conservative think tank, and rose to fame as a conservative opinion maker during the battle over the Clinton health care plan.

Kristol was "perhaps the most outspoken supporter of the Iraq War". On September 18, 2002, he declared that a war in Iraq "could have terrifically good effects throughout the Middle East." A day later, he said Saddam Hussein was "past the finish line" in developing nuclear weapons. On February 20, 2003, he said of Saddam: "He's got weapons of mass destruction ... Look, if we free the people of Iraq we will be respected in the Arab world." On March 1, 2003 — 18 days before the invasion of Iraq — Kristol dismissed the possibility of sectarian conflict afterward.

He also said, "Very few wars in American history were prepared better or more thoroughly than this one by this president." He maintained that the war would cost $100 billion to $200 billion, but this was inaccurate, as the cost is now about half a trillion dollars. On March 5, 2003, Kristol said, "We'll be vindicated when we discover the weapons of mass destruction."

In 2003, just as the Iraq War was starting, Kristol appeared on the National Public Radio show Fresh Air and made the following statement: "There's been a certain amount of pop sociology in America ... that the Shia can't get along with the Sunni and the Shia in Iraq just want to establish some kind of Islamic fundamentalist regime. There's almost no evidence of that at all. Iraq's always been very secular."

Kristol also wrote a book "The War Over Iraq" with Lawrence Kaplan before the Iraq War and stated that: "The United States may need to occupy Iraq for some time.
Though U.N., European and Arab forces will, as in Afghanistan, contribute troops, the principal responsibility will doubtless fall to the country that liberates Baghdad. According to one estimate, initially as many as 75,000 troops may be required to police the war's aftermath, at a cost of $16 billion a year.

As other countries' forces arrive, and as Iraq rebuilds its economy and political system, that force could probably be drawn down to several thousand soldiers after a year or two." These analyses have proven hugely inaccurate: The war in Iraq costs approximately $12 billion a month, and American forces there number about 150,000.

He has also been a vocal supporter of the 2006 Israeli attack on Lebanon, stating that the war is "our war too," referring to the United States. He continues to back the Iraq war, and favors imposing sanctions on Iran, and suggested in June of 2006 that, "we might consider countering this act of Iranian aggression with a military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities. Why wait?".

This is the man that McCain would most likely have in his cabinet as an advisor. This man scares me to death. He and Bush lied to US about Iraq and he wants to bomb Iran, do we need this type of man in a position of power in this country? I say look up who the other advisers are for McCain and you will see what I mean. On november 4th you can make your voice heard, make sure to go out and vote.

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Lets just let this go.

There is something that I find funny some of you don't believe that Mason and Markus were raped. Yet you believe that he has the wallet of the person who raped him and you also believe that he did not press charges. How can you be so sure of any of this?

This is what I find interesting if they went to the trouble to file a police report and to go to the hospital to get a rape exam only to turn right around and lie to the world then nothing that he has said is true.

So my question then is what is the big deal, if he lied then his credibility will be ruined.
Why are we then arguing about it? I say fuck it and let the police deal with it. If the rape really occured then the police will get to the bottom of it.

Nothing we can say or do will make any difference. The story is all over the Internet now and I am sure that if Mason and Markus did lie about the whole thing then by now they would be shitting bricks.

So I say that we should just let this play itself out. There are those who will never let this go and that is a issue for them to deal with. I do believe that something happened. I do not think that rape is something to be joked about and I don't think that any of this is a laughing matter

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Rape is a hate crime

I read something today that seriously disturbed me, the news of the rape of Mason Wyler. What I find disturbing is that he was treated with such disrespect from the police. They just assumed that because he was gay that he wanted what happened to him to happen. I think that all of the officers involved should be put on administrative leave with no pay until the issue of this case is resolved.

Mason describes his totally horrific ordeal at the hands of a decorated United States military officer. The way the police handled the situation just makes me sick. But then again I have been blogging about our legal system for a little bit and I can see just how they look at the gay community. I don't care if you are sitting in the middle of the street naked and holding a package of condoms with a smile on your face NO STILL MEANS NO.



The police asked him if he wanted to be beaten and to have a broom handle shoved up his ass? What the fuck is wrong with our law enforcement when they treat a victim of a crime like that. Form what happened to mason he could have been infected with any amount of things, Lets just hope he was not. I have had several friends who have been raped both male and female and they were all damaged from the event.

Several of my gay friends who were raped are no longer with us. I have myself been accosted on several occasions and was lucky enough to get away unscathed. In my opinion rape is no joke.
I truly hope that Mason gets the counseling that he needs and he has a good support group to help him through this. If you look at our prison system you will most likely see the victims of sexual abuse.




Lets hope that Mason does not go that route. I pray for his recovery and hope that the person(s) who did this gets there just cause. This is not something to joke about and the police should take this and all allegations of rape seriously no matter what sex the victim is. Rape is not a sex crime it is a crime of power and violence and the sooner that we all learn that the better of we will all be.



This is a comment from Mason's blog about him loosing his wallet . Could this be the person who raped him?



Anonymous said...
how did you get home without your keys??????????suggestion for a reward: of course, straightforwardly--"SEX" with that person (hopefully it's a boy). this could be your good excuse to Marcus to sleep with someone, lol....sounds like from your last blog that you have been needing that anyways.
October 4, 2008 8:34 PM

The rest of these selected comments from his blog are by some sick fuck who thinks rape is funny.

Anonymous said...
DON'T BELIEVE THIS LIAR. IT'S A PUBLICITY STUNT AT BEST, A PROMOTION FOR A MOVIE AT WORST.
October 6, 2008 1:18 PM

Anonymous said...
My mother did teach me right...and fantasy or not...ask and you shall receive..he joked for weeks about being raped..well u know what..someone fulfilled his wishes...
October 6, 2008 3:51 PM

Anonymous said...
All I can think of is Mary McCarthy's famous quip about Lilian Helman: "Everything she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'but'!"
October 6, 2008 9:52 PM

Anonymous said...
It's still a lie people. The details between this entry and the previous one are inconsistent, he first stated investigators found the wallet now he says he found it and the investigators don't have it at all. First he says Ben Taub Hospital then he says he was taken a shit hospital, Ben Taub is the best trauma centre around, says he's telling everyone including family...but is telling no one relevant that could you know assist in the situation, etc.He was called out on it not being in any media and is retconing the specific details in such a way that no one cares, everyones doing their job so badly, the alledged incident has no attention beyond the attention he is giving it, no one really cares....all to cover his arse on why the only reference about it is his own, why he isn't pursuing it in any of the relevant avenues. How is it not obvious to you all, you're being manipulated by someones mechanations.
October 6, 2008 10:15 PM

Anonymous said...
Did the raper make you eat his shit,as well as drink his piss and guzzle down his cumsauce? Did it taste good mason?
October 7, 2008 2:57 PM

Anonymous said...
You should try talking to the police wearing nothing but a pair of sheer pantyhose.Then maybe theyll listen.
October 7, 2008 3:13 PM

I truly can not beleive this sick fucker is posting on Mason's blog. I hope Mason has a IP tracker because this will help him track down who this sick poster is.


My guess is that this is the persons or one of the people who raped him. I think the sick bitches should get life in prison for doing this. They will do this again because they have serious issues to deal with and being loose on the streets is not going to help anyone.

If you have been a victim of rape here are a couple of organizations with some resources to help http://www.rainn.org/ and http://www.rapecrisis.com/services-counseling.php


UPDATE 10/12/2008
You know I have been thinking about doing another post on this rape incident and trying to figure out how to go about it.

The funny thing is that it really does not matter because this is not my ordeal.
This is something that Mason and his boyfriend have to deal with.

I do agree that Mason went about this in a unconventional way, but it is his story to tell.
It is not ours to tell and I don't see why so many of you have to "get to the bottom of it".

Now I did a little research and I found out that the police report is actually factual. The report does exist with the redacted information to protect the victims.

Mason did fake the picture with the black eye. The other two were taken the night of the incident.

They were taken around 2 hours before the police were called. I think that Mason was trying to protect his boyfriend with the phony story.

I think that was a nice thing of him to try to do. He probably feels that he brought this on by inviting the guy into his home.

What you all don't seem to get is that even if you invite someone into your home and you are having sex with them you still have the right to change your mind and say "no".

If the other party refuses to abide by your wishes that is rape.

Now I do realize that Mason is a porn star and he is an admitted whore but he still has the right to say no.

Until you have been in a situation such as Mason's or DeWayne's you should not make judgements against him. I was in a similar situation but I was lucky and did not get raped but the fear is still there.

Your trust is violated and you feel that you brought it on yourself.

Mason must feel doubly worse because his boyfriend was involved in the attack.

The fact that he is even trying to talk about it is a big step towards the healing process.

You all seem to think that this is a publicity stunt but maybe it is a public service message to you all to be careful and to not let it happen to you.

Rape is not a crime of sex it is crime of control and power over the victim. The sex part is just the control to make you do something against your will.

I admit that I have been opinionated on this and other subjects and and we are all allowed
our opinions but we should all think about what the victim's are going through before we try to analyse him and decide his future in the porn industry.

We are talking about a person here who has been through a traumatic experience and he needs some time to get his bearings.

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seperated at birth

Why does Sarah Palin remind me of Anita Bryant. The facts are there she has an agenda and it ain't pretty. So lets see how stupid the voting public really is. Anita Bryant did the same thing 20 some odd years ago. and she will go down in history as a insurgent, pity that. Will this be the fate of Sarah Pailin? They both foster the same beliefs that God wants the gay population to be eradicated. The bible tells them so.

I wonder what ever happened to the separation of church and state? The religious right seems to control the Republican party. McCain is a big pimp and he is pandering to these people just as Reagon and bush did before him. But McCain is going them one better, he is going after the foaming at the mouth Hillary supporters by appointing a woman to his parties tickets. This is just a cheap tactic by the republicans to further their agenda.

So lets have four more years of them driving the country further into debt so they can line their pockets with cash while the economy tanks and more and more people are out of work. This is going to be fun to watch America go to hell while we make history and the rest of the world watches us and laughs at our stupidity.

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The house of cards that is Luzerne County PA.

I looks like the winds of change are a blowing in Pennsylvania and the house of cards that is the judicial system better look out for the big bad wolf. It seems that the DA Jackie Musto Carroll is not pleased with the way things are being handled by the court system and she has asked the FBI to become involved. With the attacks by former president Judge Michael Conahan towards fellow Judge Ann Lakuta and he and his wife’s ties to a used car selling former Drug dealer in Florida it was just to much for poor Jackie to take.

There is also the thing about his brother in law who milked the county for more than a million dollars for psych evaluation's and his close ties to attorney Robert Powell former owner of the PA Child Care and Western PA Child Care centers who had they’re financial records seized in June by the FBI in a case related to the placement of juveniles by former President Judge Michael Conahan and current President Judge Mark Ciavarella. It seems that they were not telling the people who appeared in front of their bench that they had the right to an attorney. Then with the evaluations they would send the children to Robert Powell and his PA Child Care and Western PA Child Care centers.

Oh yeah there is also the little business deal that they had with Powell to build condos. This deal came under scrutiny after it was revealed the three had current or former ties to W-Cat Inc., a real estate development firm building a townhouse project in Wright Township. Powell, a former county solicitor, was part owner of PA Child Care and Western PA Child Care in Butler County.
Powell has acknowledged he was part owner of W-Cat, but said he sold his interest to Luzerne County Prothonotary Jill Moran in 2004. Moran is a partner in the Powell Law Firm. He also announced on June 10 he had sold his interest in both firms and another business to his partner Gregory Zappala. Earlier this year.

Powell’s relationship with President Judge Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan was made public. A senior judge, Conahan and President Judge Ciavarella each listed financial ties to W-Cat on statements of financial interest they filed for 2007.
The revelation of the financial ties prompted commissioners Maryanne Petrilla and Stephen Urban in May to call for an investigation to determine if that relationship influenced the decision to utilize PA Child Care.

The county’s relationship with PA Child Care has been fraught with controversy since the courts began sending youths to the facility in February 2003 – two months after Conahan said he would no longer allow youths to be sent to the county-owned juvenile detention center on North River Street. Conahan maintained the county’s facility was too dilapidated to house youths, even though the state Department of Public Welfare had deemed it safe.

The controversy continued in 2004, when then-Commissioner Todd Vonderheid, who has since left office, and Commissioner Greg Skrepenak had voted to enter into a 20-year, $58-million lease of the facility despite concerns raised by DPW that the lease was a "bad deal."DPW continued to raise objections to the cost of the lease, ultimately forcing Skrepenak, Petrilla and Urban to vote in December 2007 to terminate the contract.

On a side note Judge Conahan is also the same judge who had the criminal charges against Bryan Kocis reduced 4 years after he was convicted so that he would not have to register for Megan’s Law. Al Flora was Kocis’ attorney on that case and he heads the public defenders office. President Judge Mark Ciaverella is the same Judge who deemed it proper for Harlow Cuadra to be represented by the public defenders office which I might add is run by the same attorney who represented Bryan Kocis in the matter that Conahan had the charges reduced. Looks like that house of cards is about to collapse.


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Cole Ryder: Rest in peace

The headline on his myspace reads: COLE RYDER has left the building. Thank you all for your love and support.

We here at Rants from a mysterious place offer our deepest condolences to his family and friends.

Cole Ryder has passed away: You can read about it here at the Gay Porn Times. they also have links to other stories about his untimely passing. No cause of death has yet been specified.

The tapes and what they revealed to me

Here is a little back story for you all about the days preceding the Crab Catcher and the Blacks Beach tapes. Joe sent me a email and he was kind of excited about the possibility of finally getting to work with Sean and Grant. Now from what I know and was told by Joe and a few others was that Joe and Harlow were sent an agreement of sorts from Sean and Grant to come to California and to film some scenes. Joe told me that they sent him a agreement . He wanted to send it to me, I told him that I did not want to see it but I told Joe to run it by his attorney Barry Taylor which he did do. Well I got confirmation that he did because of some stuff that I later heard with regards to the future trip. I also told Joe that this could very well be a trap and to be careful. Barry said the same and none of us wanted them to go. I guess we were right about it being a trap.

Now you must also keep in mind that I did not know at the time that they had actually gone to Pennsylvania or that Harlow had been to Bryan's house. There was talk in the papers of an alibi and I will admit that I believed it. During this period which was before the affidavit or the arrest there was very little solid evidence that pointed to Joe and Harlow that was public. And there were also those who were feeding me lies about the case.


This was also during the period that everyone was screaming about Sean’s age and that he lied to Bryan about being younger than he was, when in fact it was proven that he lied and said that he was older than he was. So Sean did star in underage porn and that pissed allot of people off. With that being a directive on the blogs and all of the back story about all of the other dealings between Lee and Bryan. Joe and Harlow were sort of put on the “Back burner”. Was this a plan by the prosecution? Also what was the deal with the name Drake? Where the hell did they come up with that one?


So I had no real issue with talking to them because I was always told that you are innocent until proven guilty. What I also found strange is that there was just so much misinformation out there. So to tell Joe and Harlow that I thought going to San Diego might be a trap was not in anyway aiding and abetting two known fugitives. It was just my gut reaction based on what had been going on in the prior months. Joe and Harlow's whole financial thing was a bit of a shock to me. They never mentioned it to me that they had money issues.

PC did mention Joe and Harlow’s financial situation in a IM conversation but at the time I did not know who PC was or if I could even trust him. I soon found out that I could not trust him. I did some checking on my own and did not see any major issues with their finances. But "someone" did run a credit check and found out the truth. That was something that I would not do just to get a story though.

I spoke to Joe and emailed him on several different occasions while they were in California. He was aware of the possibility of a wire, that is why he wanted to go to the nude beach. Now what I find interesting is that the day prior to the Blacks Beach trip at the Crab Catcher there were promises of fourth coming info into the murder. This never really happened though, they never said outright that they killed Bryan. There was allot of talk about Lee and his deal with Bryan but what is funny is that was already being talked about behind the scenes. Me and a few others who shall remain nameless already new about the backdoor deal between Lee and Bryan. Sean and Grant were aware of it as well at the time of the police intercepts.

The Beach Tapes and the Crab Catcher transcripts actually reveal very little that I did not already know. Most of what was talked about at the time I had discussed with other people close to the case prior to the beach tapes. So I guess for me it was just anticlimactic. What I find really interesting is that Sean and Grant could not be totally honest on the tapes because they did not want to blow they’re hand. By that I mean the whole line of questioning that was going on. I mean what the fuck were they thinking with that line of questions?

Joe was asking more questions than Grant ever did about Bryan and Lee and their dynamic. I don’t know if Joe was just fishing for info on Bryan or if he was trying to see how much Sean and Grant knew about Lee and Bryan’s deal. Joe's questions looked as if he was seeing if they really felt remorse about Bryan's death. I just don’t get it something is fishy here and it ain't the crab.

This I will tell you and I never really thought about it but when I spoke to Michael Gross about the Out Magazine article I mentioned info from several sources of what I had heard was going on in this case. At the time I don’t think he actually believed me but I guess if he looked at his notes he might see now that I was on the right track. I have been blogging about this case since February of 2007 and there are still aspects about this case that amaze me. After digging through all of the muck the truth is starting to loom ahead and it ain’t what any of you think it is.

This murder is still being covered by several bloggers and it still is Front page news when something new about the case is revealed. Now it seems that we are in the home stretch but there are still a few twists to come in this case and I don’t doubt some of you will be still shocked by them. The latest that is news is that Luzerne County has summoned Sean Macias the attorney for the victim to testify at the trial. One question is why was he not at the preliminary hearing when his testimony could have narrowed down the time of death issue?

I think I know why but that is for a different post.

This Elmysterio and I’m out.