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Tribute to Al Parker’s ‘Inches’

October 27, 2009 in Film by Antonio Cerna | No comments

Al Parker (born Andrew “Drew” Okun) was a pioneering gay porn actor, producer and director of the 70-80’s in San Francisco’s “pre-condom age.” Although it’s important to note that Parker’s Surge Studios would later lead the industry in mandating safe sex practices when AIDS appeared.

“Inches” — read more about it in the BUTT curated selections for the ACE hotel below — was directed by Steve Scott in 1979. The two best aspects of the film include (at least for me) the beards and the fashions. Check out the amazing man-bag/gym tote at min 2:46. Or the hilarious hanky code references at the end (red = fisting). And the amazing short shorts. Why don’t gay men aspire to look more like this? These guys are gorgeous, yet undeniably masculine. No ass-waxing, eye-brow preening, or chest shaving required.

For more about Parker read Roger Edmonson’s sexy bio “Clone: The Life and Legacy of Al Parker Gay Superstar” published by Alyson in 2000.

If vintage porn isn’t your thing, the music alone — “Free Pop Electronic Theme No. 1″ by The Free Pop Electronic Concept (1969) — makes the 10 minute video clip worth watching. Video courtesy of Kinky Wagon.

BUTT curates Ace Hotel’s pay-per-porn

October 27, 2009 in Art, Film by Jeremy Lewis | 1 comment

The editors from BUTT magazine have teamed up with hospitality innovator Ace Hotel to curate a selection for its soon to launch gay porn pay-per-view service.

Screenshot of Al Parker's "Inches" (1979)

Screenshot of Al Parker's "Inches" (1979)

It’s a peculiar endeavor considering that the internet has come to dominate the porn industry’s distribution and viewership, hotel ordered porn seems counter-intuitive if not a lost cause. Yet BUTT, a magazine that has been at the vanguard of proving the mettle of traditional print in the age of the internet, has a knack for showing the wonders of what an honest perspective and keen thinking can do in defiance of all the hype.

In the tradition of forgoing the conventions of MSG* culture, the team at BUTT has put together a series of films that aren’t as immediately obvious as Bel Ami lovers or Falcon studs. Rather, they pooled from their own individual tastes and connoisseurship developing a range of erotic preferences representing the best of their genre. Whether it is forceful brutality or a gruff papichulo that gets you off, there’s something to illicit the stirrings of horny ambition for everyone. [Possibly NSFW]