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1. 2007
Affidavit lays out details in porn producer’s slaying

At first, Sean Lockhart, who is better known by his porn star moniker Brent Corrigan, didn’t get it. Here he was, at the luxurious Le Cirque restaurant in Las Vegas, sitting with three fellow gay-porn stars, one of whom would eventually tell State Police about the meeting. They were on the verge of a deal – a big deal. If it worked, it might make them rich. Might even make them $1 million. Or so they imagined. But there was a catch: Lockhart was caught in a messy contract dispute with a porn producer in Pennsylvania named Bryan Kocis who ran the popular and notorious gay porn company Cobra.

Brent Corrigan

Across the table, the well known gay male escort and porn star Harlow Cuadra, 25, offered a solution. “What if Bryan left the country?” Cuadra said. “What if he went to Canada?” Lockhart was drunk and didn’t get the hint. “Then he’d only come back,” Lockhart replied. Cuadra’s romantic partner and business partner, Joseph Kerekes, 33, who worked as an escort and porn performer under the name Trent, hinted again. “Harlow knows someone who would do anything for him,” Kerekes said.

Suddenly, Lockhart got it: Cuadra was offering to kill Kocis. A few days later, Kocis was dead. His throat was slashed, his body stabbed 28 times and his house set afire to conceal the slaying. Details of the meeting at Le Cirque, including the dialogue between the participants as well as Lockhart’s thoughts, are contained in a 21-page police affidavit released Tuesday – the same day police arrested Cuadra and Kerekes and charged them in Kocis’ slaying.

Joseph Kerekes & Harlow Cuadra

Cuadra and Kerekes shared a new $571,000 house at 1028 Stratem Court, off Birdneck Road in Virginia Beach. Together, they ran a business called Norfolk Male Escorts, and they produced porn movies, which they sold on several Web sites. In his escorting and porn appearances, Kerekes portrayed a tough Marine. Cuadra, who billed himself as a 19 year-old, was the baby-faced, smooth, boyish “twink”. Cuadra and Kerekes imagined themselves as major players in the twink market. Their most ambitious project was one that would pair two of the hottest twinks on the Internet: Cuadra and Lockhart aka Brent Corrigan, famous for his roles in several Cobra Videos products.

The police affidavit from Pennsylvania describes in detail virtually every e-mail, phone call and action of how the events unfolded, day by day, starting with the fateful dinner at Le Cirque and ending with Cuadra and Lockhart frolicking on a nude San Diego beach. At some point during their conversations that day, Cuadra admitted he was present when Kocis was slain. Police say Cuadra set up a meeting with Kocis using an alias and corresponding by e-mail, posing as a young man who wanted to model for Kocis and make movies. Police tracked the trail of e-mails and phone calls after the fact.

Harlow and Brent on the beach

In the San Diego beach conversation, according to the affidavit, Cuadra described himself inside Kocis house, sharing wine with Kocis. Kerekes said he thought Cuadra slipped something into Kocis’ drink, after which Kocis was “kind of stumbling” around. And Cuadra talked about the killing itself. “It was quick,” he said. “He never saw it coming.” Cuadra talked about watching Kocis die. “Actually, it’s sick, but it made me feel better inside,” Cuadra said. “It almost felt like I got revenge.”

The affidavit lays out a complex web of circumstantial evidence leading to police taping the beach conversation. Cuadra and Kocis had never met. But they did exchange e-mails and phone calls, setting up a face-to-face meeting at Kocis’ house for the night he was killed. On Jan. 20 – four days before the slaying – the police affidavit says Cuadra used his Discover card to charge $39.95 to conduct an Internet background check of Kocis. On Jan. 22 – two days before the killing – the affidavit describes how Cuadra set up an alias e-mail account at Yahoo.com and used it exclusively to communicate with the victim. Later that same day, the affidavit shows, Cuadra used the e-mail account to set up the meeting with Kocis for Jan. 24. On Jan. 23 – the day before the slaying – the affidavit says Cuadra used his Discover card and his driver’s license to rent a Nissan Xterra sport utility vehicle in Virginia Beach. The SUV was gray or silver with three brake lights – matching a witness’ description of a vehicle seen leaving Kocis’ house the night of the murder.

Bryan Kocis

That same day, the affidavit says, Kerekes checked into the Fox Ridge Inn in Pennsylvania, not far from Kocis’ house, using his driver’s license, paying cash in advance for two days for two people. It appears from the affidavit that both Cuadra and Kerekes visited the victim’s house the night of the killing. Both are quoted from the San Diego beach conversation, describing the inside of Kocis’ house, including his expensive home entertainment system and an upstairs bedroom. On Jan. 25 – the day after – Cuadra returned the SUV, having driven it 1,052 miles. A round-trip from Virginia Beach to Dallas, Pa., is 770 miles. That same morning, according to the affidavit, Cuadra called Lockhart to break the news. He told Lockhart to check out a local TV news Web site. That’s when Lockhart discovered that Kocis was dead. “I guess my guy went overboard,” Cuadra said, according to the affidavit. Lockhart became upset and drove home immediately.

Cuadra and Kerekes were arrested Tuesday – two weeks after the San Diego beach meeting. They are being held in the Virginia Beach jail, with no bond, awaiting a June 14 extradition hearing.

Harlow and Joseph: mug shots

2.
The little ad that could

ABOUT HARLOW

19 years old
5’9″, 155 pounds
30 waist
Toned, medium athletic build
Cuban/German
Skater with an awesome personality

Hi guys! I am Harlow, I guess you can call me an all American boy next door bad boy. I am a guy that can be seen at church with you, then pounding you wildly all night long in any way you want! I am a great top that packs 9-plus inches, yet I will be completely submissive and bottom for any size you have and thats’ deemed neccessary 🙂 I can bring home the goods at least three to four times in any one hour session and will take you places your wildest dreams never brought you!

I enjoy surfing and can be found at the beach four times a week also at the skate park, where I can do all the tricks you want this bad boy to perform! I am religously at the gym five times a week pumping iron to stay hard for you in all muscles!

I am non-arrogant, completely ready to serve you in any way you want! Top or Bottom, I will oblige and make you come back for more. Please see my many great reviews at www.daddysreviews.com under the name Harlow in Norfolk.

My talents shine for you alone in a one-on-one or in my favorite type of booking, a duo with that masculine marine, Trent! Please try us both together for truly A HOT TIME you won’t ever forget!!

Leave a shout out to Harlow today!
Harlows Global Voice @ www.harlowcuadraonline.com

 

4.
Harlow’s Porn

The production company created by Harlow Cuadra and his partner Joseph Kerekes (BoyBatter.com) produced a great deal of content. However, all that “officially” remains of the output of BoyBatter.com are three videos. All three videos were produced and director by Harlow Cuadra. Cuadra stars in one of the videos and his partner Joseph Kerekes stars in another video.

The Videos are:

Young Bucks In Heat – Harlow Cuadra stars in the gay adult movie Young Bucks In Heat which was produced and director by Cuadra. The cast includes: Harlow R. Cuadra, Mason Banks, Bryan Ashlin, Matt Chaz, Brennon Taylor. Watch it here

 

Major Hardon – Major Hardon is a gay adult video produced and directed by Harlow R. Cuadra. The movie stars Harlow Cuadra’s partner Joseph Kerekes. The cast includes: Joseph Kerekes, Justin, Jason, Seth.

 

Boy Splatter – Boy Splatter is a gay adult video produced and directed by Harlow R. Cuadra. The cast includes: Josh, Steve, Donovan, Brandon, Jake, Riley.

 

4.
Those who got their money’s worth: Harlow’s last 10 escort reviews

Review #16, 03/01/2007

Name: Harlow
Location: Norfolk, VA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 757-717-0233
Website: http://www.norfolkmaleescorts.com/harlow.html

Ethnicity: Caucasian Age: 18+
Height: 5’9″ (175 cm) Weight: 150-160 lbs (68-73 kg) Build: Defined
Hair: Average Dark Brown
Cock: Cut 8-9″ (20-22 cm) Thick
Smoking: No Drinking: Tolerant 

Orientation: Gay Calls: In/Out
Roles: Escort
Kissing: French Masturbation: Both Anal: Versatile Oral: Both 
Rates for time only (US $): 1st=200 

Date: 01/2007 Type: Afternoon Where: Norfolk, VA Rate: 1200
Rating: Recommended Hire Again? Yes
Where Found? Daddys Reviews Which: 
Reviewed Before? Match Description? Yes Lived up? Yes

Experience: 
I arranged to meet Harlow for an afternoon appointment. Mark had him pick me up at my hotel in mark’s BMW M5 and then we went back to BOISRUS house. Harlows pictures don’t do him justice, he has a nice tight body, broad smooth chest, defined stomach, and of course a very nice butt. We talked and got to know each other.

We then spent some quality time in the jacuzzi. After he got me all hot and bothered we decided to hit the bed and I had one of best times I have every had. After several hours of fun we had a nice shower and went out to dinner. Harlow is a nice young man with a great personality. I would recommand any one wanting a great expericence try him out.

Handle: Wade
Submissions: First Review

You: Gay Male 36yo a little overweight I have experienced some escourts in the past.

Review #15, 01/29/2007

Name: Harlow

Ethnicity: Caucasian Age: 20’s
Height: 5’8″ (173 cm) Weight: 140-150 lbs (64-68 kg) Build: Muscled
Eyes: Blue/Brown Hair: Short Dark Brown
Cock: Cut 8-9″ (20-22 cm) Average

Orientation: Gay Calls: In/Out
Roles: Escort
Kissing: French Masturbation: Both Anal: Versatile Oral: Gets 
Rates for time only (US $): 1st=200 2nd=200 

Date: 12/2006 Type: 1.5 Hours Where: Norfolk, VA Rate: 300
Rating: Recommended Hire Again? Yes
Where Found? Hooboys M4M Which: 
Reviewed Before? Yes Match Description? Yes Lived up? Yes

Experience: 
After trying to schedule an appointment with Harlow in October and being hung up on by the BOISRUS telephone guy, I was hesitant to try and schedule something with Harlow but his photos were so attractive and he was so close to my ideal type that I decided to give it another try and BOY am I ever glad that I did! This time Mark (the receptionist) was completely professional and so much so that I thought I was speaking to a new guy. I arranged to meet Harlow at the “boidello” that they have set up in Norfolk and was impressed not only by Harlow but by their setup as well.

It’s very comfortable with an enormous multi-person shower, a king size bed, a jacuzzi and a massage area as well as a fully stocked bar and Bel Ami porn on the big screen. As to Harlow… I’ll not say that he was even better looking than his pictures (I mean did you SEE those pictures?) But he’s every bit as handsome and sweet as he appears in them. He’s a great kisser and very attentive to making sure that I was having a good time. His face may be boyishly charming, but he got frisky on the massage table, in the jacuzzi, in the shower, in the bed, in me, er… anyway… We also talked a bit in the jacuzzi and he’s genuinely a nice intelligent guy. I’d hire him again in a heartbeat… and I definately will next time I’m passing by Norfolk.

Handle: Havan
Submissions: 5 or more Reviews

You: I’m a 50 year old somewhat sedentary massage addict who likes the company of svelte and friendly young men. I generally like the self indulgent atmosphere of an escort session where it can be “all about me” and still be friendly and fun. I generally DISAGREE with Veronica Mars’ Logan when he says “If the cuddling is the best part he’s doing it wrong”

Review #14, 01/29/2007

Name: Harlow

Ethnicity: Caucasian Age: 18+
Height: 5’9″ (175 cm) Weight: 150-160 lbs (68-73 kg) Build: Muscled
Eyes: Brown Hair: Short Brown/Black
Cock: Cut 8-9″ (20-22 cm) Thick
Smoking: No 

Calls: In/Out
Roles: Escort
Kissing: French Masturbation: Both Anal: Versatile Oral: Both 
Rates for time only (US $): 1st=250 

Date: 12/06 Type: 1 Hour Rate: 200
Rating: Recommended Hire Again? Yes
Where Found? Hooboys M4M Which: ID #134894
Reviewed Before? Yes Match Description? Yes Lived up? Yes

Experience: 
WOW! Harlow is a VVGL All American with a great but not overdeveloped wrestler’s build. Even better in person than his already incredible Pix. Model looks, defined body, sweet little ass, and a meaty cock. I like escorts in my height range (5’8″ to 5’10”), but it’s not easy to find the hole package like this. I booked him for an hour at his studio.

He offered me a massage but I decided to go directly for more. Passionate kissing and rolling around, followed by oral, anal, the works. You can tell he wrestled because he really knows how to move around on the mattress. He is eager to please and be pleased and verbal about it. Harlow is a total dreamboy. He got a lot done in an hour — and yes, he can be counted on for several orgasms if that’s what you expect — but I wish I’d booked him for the whole day. We showered each other and kissed some more before ending the session. Definitely best in class.

Handle: Fratlanta
Submissions: First Review
You: Average professional guy in mid 40’s. Travel a lot so I’ve seen my share of escorts, including some of the best.

Review #13, 12/27/2006

Name: Harlow:

Ethnicity: Caucasian Age: 18+
Height: 5’10” (178 cm) Weight: 150-160 lbs (68-73 kg)
Build: Muscled
Hair: Brown
Cock: Cut 9-10″ (22-25 cm) Thick
Smoking: No Drinking: Tolerant
Orientation: Mostly Gay Calls: In/Out
Roles: Escort,Massage
Kissing: Yes Masturbation: Both Anal: Versatile Oral: Both
Rates for time only (US $): 1st=225 2nd=200
Date: 11/2006 Type: 1 Hour Rate: 225
Rating: Recommended Hire Again? Yes
Where Found? His Website Which: boisrus.com
Reviewed Before? Yes Match Description? Yes Lived up? Yes

Experience:
I have been wanting to have an experience with a man, Harlow was my first. I was very nervous, and he put me at ease with a massage to start. His body is unbelievable, and his cock is the greatest. He came 3 times, and I think he could have gone on. He made me feel like a stud that I am not. I have returned for more since, and will return again.

Handle: mganderson60
Submissions: First Review

You: 60 MWM, finally realize I am gay, just learning

Review #12, 08/31/2006

Name: Harlow

Ethnicity: Caucasian Age: 20”s
Height: 5”8″ (173 cm) Weight: 140-150 lbs (64-68 kg) Build: Swimmers
Eyes: Blue/Brown Hair: Average Sandy Brown
Body Hair: Smooth Facial Hair: Smooth
Cock: Cut 8-9″ (20-22 cm) ThickOrientation: Mostly Gay Kissing: Yes Masturbation: Both Anal: Versatile Oral: Both Kink: Switch 
Roles: Companion Escort Massage 
Calls: In/Out
Smoking: No Drinking: Light Piercing: One
Rates for time only(US $): 1st=200 2nd=175 Date: 07/2006 Type: 2 Hours Rate: 375.
Rating: Recommended Hire Again? Yes
Where Found? His Website Which: www.boisrus.com
Reviewed Before? Yes Match Description? Yes Lived up? Yes

Experience: I preset my appointment with Harlow for 2 hrs.incalls two weeks in advance before my conference in VA, Virginia Beach. The arrangement was made through Mark, the agent who did a very good job in arranging the time and presence of the models requested.The incall place is located in a very private , first class neighborhood.The indoor facility is above par with all the amenities available and nice furnishing. The place also has it”s own Video equipment in hand for photography and movie production.
The service provided by Harlow was superb and excellent.He was very versatile and came thrice during the session. He looks much younger than his age and has the most perfect body and lean muscle not to mention the hung & thick tools that comes with it. I am very satisfied with his service and would definitely request for him again in my next visit to Virginia Beach, VA. Anybody visiting VA should definitely check-out Mark”s incall facility and his stable of very hot, young and goodlooking models specialy Harlow.
My only regret is not booking Harlow for an overnight or a whole weekend but there will be another next time.

Handle: INSATIABLE
Submissions: First Review
Previous Reviews: N/A
You: I am a 43 year old single, self-employed businessman, travels many times a year to different states and out of the country most of the time.I like to meet hot, smooth goodlooking young model (caucasian), escort (18-22) for entertainment and companionship.

Review #11, 06/13/2006

Name: Harlow

Ethnicity: Caucasian Age: 18+
Height: 5”9″ (175 cm) Weight: 150-160 lbs (68-73 kg) Build: Defined
Eyes: Green/Hazel Hair: Average Brown/Black
Body Hair: Smooth Facial Hair: Stubble
Cock: Unknown 8-9″ (20-22 cm) Thick Kissing: Yes Masturbation: Both Anal: Versatile Oral: Both 
Roles: Escort
Rates for time only(US $): 1st=200 Date: 05/2006 Type: 1 Hour Rate: 200
Rating: Recommended Hire Again? Yes
Where Found? Agency Which: boisrus.com Reviewed Before? Yes Match Description? Yes Lived up? Yes

Experience: DAMN! Harlow is exactly as advertised. Hot tight body, nicely toned and defined. Nice big, thick cock, big balls, perfect ass. Beautiful face.

I met him for an in-call at his agency house. He came out to my car to greet me and make me feel welcome right away. He took me inside, and after taking care of business (agency policy this is done up front), he offered a drink and a massage. I was interested in the massage, but wanted to undress him first. I started to remove his shirt. He could tell i wanted to make out, so we started kissing and he started rubbing his hot body up against mine. He made me so horny I comletely lost interest in the massage!

We continued to make out and i took off his shirt. His niples and chest and abs are beautiful! I felt his crotch with one hand and slid my other hand inside his pants in back and started caressing his ass, he was hard already (we both were!)

He is extremely confident sexually and it is obvious that he loves sex. He came 3 times in the hour!!!! I was amazed. I am sure he could have easily cum again as he stayed hard the whole time, but our workout was pretty intense and I was drained. He did everything I asked, and he made me feel like a real stud (even though I”m not).

Afterwards we showered together. I began to wish I had scheduled 2 hours with him because he got me hard and horned again while we showered. He is a natural charmer. Great personality, very respectful, easy to talk too. (Plus, he repaired my glasses which got broken during our passionate romp, lol!)

I will definately meet Harlow again! I live in DC so it is a 3.5 hour drive to his agancy house in Norfolk but I will gladly do this again and again! This was my first experience with an escort and he made it so enjoyable I”m honestly not interested an any others. (Unless they are from the same agency and join the two of us for a 3 or 4-way).

A quick note about his agency. I spoke several times with Mark over the phone and want to say that he was very professional and corteous. The house they use for in-calls is fantastic, complete with a huge master suite with jaccuzi, a massage table and a whole lot of other ammenities I didn”t even notice because I couldn”t take my eyes off of Harlow. I think next time I will check out the jaccuzi with Harlow.
Because of the long drive I misjudged the traffic and I arrived late for my appointment. Mark and Harlow were very understanding and Harlow gave me the full hour even though I think it would have been reasonable of them to reduce the time. I”m feeling bad right now because I should have given Harlow a nice tip for his patience, only I just now thought of it. Sorry Harlow, I”ll take care of it next time!
Overall rating: 2 thumbs (and a penis)way, way up for Harlow and the agency.

Handle: kwikdraw
Submissions: First Review
You: 49yo, professional, inexperienced with escorts.

Review #10, 05/10/2006

Name: Harlow

Ethnicity: Caucasian Age: 20”s
Height: 5”9″ (175 cm) Weight: 150-160 lbs (68-73 kg) Build: Defined
Hair: Short Black
Body Hair: Shaved Facial Hair: Shaved
Cock: Cut 8-9″ (20-22 cm) Thick Kissing: Yes Masturbation: Both Anal: Versatile Oral: Both 
Roles: Escort Worship 
Calls: In/Out
Rates for time only(US $): 1st=200 Date: 4/2006 Type: 1 Hour Rate: 200
Rating: Recommended Hire Again? Yes
Where Found? Agency Which: www.norfolkmaleescorts.com Reviewed Before? Yes Match Description? Yes Lived up? Yes

Experience: I saw Harlow on 4/21/2006. What can one say about him that has not already been said? 
Courteous, prompt, and respectful? Yep! 
Boyish charm? Unquestionably. 
A gorgeous stud who is better looking than his pics? No doubt. 
Incredible sex appeal and fun to be with? Oh yeah! 
Has the tools, skills, and know-how to make you feel great? You can say that again! Can’t get enough of him? You betcha! 
And so on and so on.

So I apologize for not sharing any original thought. I have a few, but I think I”ll tell Harlow first when I see him again. He’s just damn great!

BTW: I caught a glimpse of Justin entering the house as I was leaving. Hot stuff, my friends. Tried to arrange a duo with Harlow and Justin for later that night, but schedules could not mesh. Something to look forward to in the future!

Handle: Lawyer
Submissions: First Review
You: MWM, professional. I hire young male escorts a few times a year across the country.

Review #9, 04/11/2006

Name: Harlow

Ethnicity: Caucasian Age: 20”s
Height: 5”10″ (178 cm) Weight: 150-160 lbs (68-73 kg) Build: Defined
Eyes: Brown Hair: Short Brown
Body Hair: Smooth Facial Hair: Smooth
Cock: Cut 7-8″ (18-20 cm) Thick Kissing: Yes Masturbation: Both Anal: Versatile Oral: Both Kink: No 
Roles: Escort Massage 
Rates for time only(US $): Session=550 Date: 03/2006 Type: 2 Hours Rate: 550
Rating: Recommended Hire Again? Yes
Where Found? Agency Which: norfolkmaleescorts Reviewed Before? Yes Match Description? Yes Lived up? Yes

Experience: After a month or so away on business, I needed some extra excitement added to my life so contact Mark at Norfolk Male Escorts. I was pleased to have one of the main ”studs” Harlow and another great new young Marine, Jason. After slipping into the giant jacuzzi and having a great double massage by the guys, we all became quickly hard and it was decided that I would be plowed by Jason and giving head to Harlow at the same time. Jason ”The Rabbit”, was more like the Energizer Bunny, until he finally came all over me. Harlow”s extra-large tool immediately took his place and I was pleasently rammed for it seemed over 1/2 an hour! Somehow, I remained hard throughout the entire 2hrs, my preference, then shot-off a giant load at the end of the session. We all 3 took a refreshing leisurely shower and cleaned up in the huge 6 person-sized shower. I even had time to sit down and have a drink (or 2) at the great fully stocked mini-bar that was provided. Mark/Norfo
lk Male Escorts is making the ”experience” even better by EXPANDING the entertainment area and offering several other new optional and unique thrills-wrestling mat (I can”t wait!), workout area, and a few other things to make me cumming back for More and More. I always find it had to choose from the past great young men or trying out the new guys! Thank-you for a great and excellent service.

Handle: Lexusman
Submissions: Fourth Review
Previous Reviews: Harlow/Norfolk, Trent/Norfolk, Trey/Raleigh
You: SWM Executive in my 40”s who once in a while likes to spend time with young guys to ”soak up” some of their youth!

Review #8, 02/02/2006

Name: Harlow

Ethnicity: Caucasian Age: 20’s
Height: 5’10” (178 cm) Weight: 140-150 lbs (64-68 kg) Build: Swimmers
Eyes: Brown Hair: Short Brown
Body Hair: Smooth Facial Hair: Smooth
Cock: Cut 8-9″ (20-22 cm) Thick Kissing: Yes Masturbation: Both Anal: Versatile Oral: Both 
Roles: Companion Escort Massage 
Calls: In/Out
Smoking: No Drinking: Tolerent 
Rates for time only(US $): 1st=200 Date: 01/2006 Type: 2 Hours Rate: $600
Rating: Satisfactory Hire Again? Yes
Where Found? Other website Which: BOISRUS
Reviewed Before? Yes Match Description? Yes Lived up? Yes

Experience: Having used BOISRUS about 10 times in the past few months and Harlow 6 times, it continues to amaze me how thrilling it is each time I see him. This time, a 2 hour appointment (1 hours is NOT enough time for everything-hot tub, massage, oral, anal!) I had Harlow with another young hung stud, Seth. I used BOISRUS/Mark’s fantastic In-House, complete with giant hot tub and 60 inch porn TV. The hot guys are always prepared and on time, which is very important to me. Harlow (and Seth) are extremely hung young guys, enough to turn anyone on by just looking at them. Clearly, the both boys workout in the gym, which only encourages me to get in better shape (I want to keep…UP with them :)). Harlow always is patient and takes his time, which makes each meeting something always special. I look forward to my next and 7th meeting with Harlow and this great professional service.

Handle: Lexusman
Submissions: Second Review
Previous Reviews: Harlow/Norfolk
You: SWM in my 40’s, executive, looking for some fun and excitement to hold old age at bay by seeing great young and exciting guys. It is working!

Review #7, 01/23/2006

Name: Harlow

Ethnicity: Caucasian Age: 20’s
Height: 5’9″ (175 cm) Weight: 140-150 lbs (64-68 kg) Build: Defined
Eyes: Brown Hair: Short Brown
Body Hair: Smooth Facial Hair: Shaved
Cock: Cut 7-8″ (18-20 cm) Thick Kissing: Yes Masturbation: Both Anal: Versatile Oral: Both 
Roles: Companion Escort Massage 
Calls: In/Out
Smoking: No 
Rates for time only(US $): 1st=$200 2nd=$200 Date: 12/2005 Type: 2 Hours Rate: $400
Rating: Recommended Hire Again? Yes
Where Found? Agency Which: BOISRUS Norfolk Male Escorts Reviewed Before? Yes Match Description? Yes Lived up? Yes

Experience: Harlow was an incredible pleasure to experience! After contacting Mark at BOISRUS, the new in-house was a perfect place to meet, on time and ready. After a full body massage where we were BOTH turned on and hard, we used the large hot tub and watching porn on the giant flatscreen TV. His tool was almost as large as mine and accomidated me in both oral and anal. In fact, Harlow ‘shot his load’ 3 times, and was hard for a fouth over the 2 hour period. What a DAWG! This is the 5th time that I have booked Harlow though Mark’s excellent service…am I addicted to him or what!?

Handle: LEXUSMAN
Submissions: First Review
Previous Reviews: Harlow, BOISRUS/Norfolk All Male Escorts/Norfolk Virginia
You: Single, 40’s and in good shape, enjoying and trying to maintain my youth with youthful experiences!

Review #6, 06/14/2005

Name: Harlow and Trent

Build: Defined
Eyes: Brown Hair: Short Unknown
Body Hair: Smooth Facial Hair: Smooth
Cock: Cut 9-10″ (22-25 cm) Thick

Kissing: Yes Masturbation: Both Anal: Versatile Oral: Both 
Roles: Companion Escort Massage Modeling 
Calls: In/Out

Rates for time only(US $): 1st=200 

Date: 05/2005 Type: 1 Hour Rate: 200
Rating: Recommended Hire Again? Yes
Where Found? His Website
Reviewed Before? Yes Match Description? Yes Lived up? Yes

Experience: 
I have reason to visit Norfolk on weekends to visit friends who are in town only on Saturday. This weekend I decided to make an escape out of it and rented a suite in a downtown hotel. Just a weekend to pamper myself and try out new things.

I had seen Norfolk Male Escorts’ site and steeled up the nerve to give it a try. I called Mark and told him a little about myself and what kind of company I was looking for. He recommended Harlow. I had seen Harlow’s pictures on the website and definitely was agreeable to the idea. Since my friends were leaving town at 6pm I asked Mark to send Harlow to my hotel at 8:30ish. Harlow was originally not going to be available, but Mark worked it out so that we all could be happy with the arrangement.

Harlow arrived right on time and I gotta be honest and say that he just about knocked my socks off. He is the most desirable young man I have seen. Just the right amount of boyish charm in a MAN’s body. His pictures do not do him justice. We talked for awhile and he was able to calm my nerves by finding something we have in common and carrying on an intelligent, worthwhile conversation about it. He truly wants to make you comfortable and relaxed.

Since everyone’s experience will be something different and since everyone is looking for something different, I won’t get into the details of what went on. I’m just not comfortable kissing and telling. Suffice it to say that it was FANTASTIC and I spoke with Mark the next morning and set something up for that day as well.

I scheduled Harlow again and asked for Trent to join him. You’ll find that review under Trent’s name since he deserves his own review.

Thanks Mark and crew and I’ll be looking forward to visiting Norfolk again.

Handle: Bill
Submissions: First Review
You: 
Gay male, mid-30’s, 5’11”, overweight. I work from home in a family business so it is hard to socialize. Shy about my build and experience.

 

5. 2009
Cuadra to Serve Life in Prison

Harlow Cuadra in court

Harlow Cuadra, who was convicted last week for the 2007 murder of gay porn producer Bryan Kocis (lower left), was sentenced on Monday to life in prison without parole. The jury of eight men and four women decided on the sentence unanimously, according to The Citizen’s Voice.

Jurors deliberated over arson and robbery charges, additional factors that could have heightened his sentencing. Prosecutors made it known that they were pursuing the death penalty for Cuadra. His former lover and coconspirator Joseph Kerekes is currently serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to participating in the killing of Cobra Video owner Bryan Kocis in his Dallas Township, Pa., home in January 2007.

Kocis was stabbed 28 times before his house was set on fire, burning his body beyond recognition, according to his father’s testimony.

In the closing days of the trial last week, tension filled the courtroom as Kerekes took the stand but refused to testify on Cuadra’s behalf, leaving quickly, not looking at Cuadra.

Cuadra said in court that he met Kerekes online while he was still enlisted in the Navy. They later met in person in a mall in Norfolk, Va. Cuadra was discharged in 2002, and he said that Kerekes introduced him to prostitution as an occupation and eventually to producing pornography.

Prosecutors said that Cuadra killed rival producer Kocis to cut competition. Cuadra and Kerekes wanted to make a “million-dollar” film with porn star Brent Corrigan. Corrigan had performed in a number of titles for Cobra Video before he turned 18 and, until early last year, was entangled in a litigious feud with Cobra over the use of his stage name.

Cuadra sentenced to life for Kocis murder

Brent Corrigan in court

 

6. 2015
Harlow Cuadra’s appeals denied

Cuadra filed a timely direct appeal. On October 14, 2010, the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the judgment of sentence. Cuadra filed a petition for allowance of appeal with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Commonwealth v. Cuadra, No. 820 MAL 2010 (Pa.). On May 3, 2011, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied the petition for allowance of appeal.

On May 3, 2012, Cuadra filed a pro se petition for post-conviction collateral relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 PA. CONS. STAT. §§ 9541-46. See Commonwealth v. Cuadra, 2015 WL 7260706, at *1. On January 3, 2014, the PCRA court conducted a hearing on the issues contained in Cuadra’s petition. On March 12, 2014, the court dismissed Cuadra’s PCRA petition. (Doc. 9-12, pp. 17-39, Commonwealth v. Cuadra, No. 3090 of 2007, PCRA Opinion).

On April 9, 2014, Cuadra filed a timely notice of appeal. Commonwealth v. Cuadra, No. 717 MDA 2014 (Pa. Super.). Also on April 9, 2014, the PCRA court directed Cuadra to file a concise statement of errors complained of on appeal pursuant to Pa. R.A.P.1925(b). On April 30, 2014, Cuadra timely filed a concise statement of matters complained of on appeal. In accordance with Pa. R.A.P.1925(a), the PCRA court issued a statement directing the Superior Court to its March 12, 2014 opinion. On May 8, 2015, the Superior Court affirmed the decision of the PCRA court. Commonwealth v. Cuadra, 2015 WL 7260706 (Pa. Super. May 8, 2015). Cuadra filed a timely petition for allowance of appeal with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Commonwealth v. Cuadra, No. 451 MAL 2015 (Pa.). On October 7, 2015, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied the petition for allowance of appeal.

 

7. 2016
Gay porn murderer finally speaks after 10 years behind bars

In a new telephone interview with Crime Watch Daily from prison, Joe Kerekes says at first they had second thoughts about going through with the murder.

“Second thoughts occurred when I got a little tipsy drinking,” said Kerekes. “And I said ‘Harlow we do not need to do this, we have way more money than Kocis.’ And he says ‘All right, let’s not do this, we’ve just wasted all this time and all this money.’ And when he said that, he knew that strikes to the core of my being, and I don’t like wasting time or money, so I said ‘F— it, we’ll do it.'”

Harlow recalls how Joe tried to comfort him after they were arrested.

“He held my hand and said ‘Just be strong Harlow. We’re going to get through this. Don’t do anything stupid,'” said Harlow. “It’s the last time I ever touched him.”

Joe initially claims he’s innocent. And Harlow backs his partner. But Joe eventually ends up copping a plea deal to avoid the death penalty.

After pleading guilty to a number of charges including conspiracy to commit arson, evidence-tampering and second-degree murder, Joseph Kerekes is sentenced to life without parole.

But Harlow Cuadra has now had a change of mind, pleading not guilty and going to trial with the defense that it was Joe, not him, who did the actual physical killing of Bryan Kocis.

Harlow claims that while he was in the home of Kocis on the night of the murder, posing as a model and getting acquainted with him, Joe went crazy, slashed Kocis’s throat and stabbed him a total of 28 times before setting him and his house on fire.

But the jury didn’t buy it, and Harlow Cuadra was found guilty and sentenced to life without parole, still proclaiming his innocence to this day.

In his phone interview with Crime Watch Daily, Joe Kerekes for the first time appears to confess that he was actually the one who wielded the knife.

“I was in there, I heard it, I was jealous, and I said this is enough,” said Kerekes. “And that’s the first time any news outlet, anybody has ever gotten it right. Different levels of involvement maybe. But never gotten their finger on it, because the prosecution never did.”

But Kerekes would later retract that statement with one of our producers in subsequent phone conversations. Why did he want to do that?

“Well because I had such a wonderful loving relationship with Harlow for so many years and I still consider him the love of my life, and I wanted to do something to help him,” said Kerekes.

But which is the real story?

“I guess there’s nothing I can say that would absolutely convince people that the physical act wasn’t done by me,” said Kerekes. “Though my hand did not swipe Kocis’s neck physically, it did in every other sense.”

 

8. 2016
King Cobra

A bit more than halfway through Justin Kelly’s “King Cobra” there’s a scene where Brent Corrigan (Garrett Clayton), the nom-de-screen of a young gay porn performer, tells another actor that he’s about to realize his dream of becoming a filmmaker. But, he allows, he’ll still being doing porn. “Oh,” the other boy says, clearly disappointed, “I thought you meant real films.”

It’s a distinction worth raising about “King Cobra” itself. Is it a real film, or a feature that uses the porn milieu to turn out a piece of softcore titillation that’s halfway between porn and actual drama? No doubt some of the film’s makers and defenders would argue for the former. Most of the world, though, almost surely would consider it the latter—irrespective of whether that makes it sound more or less appealing.

Trailer

Actor Keegan Allen channeling the real Harlow Cuadra

 

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Keep On Dancing, Harlow Cuadra
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p.s. Hey. ** David, Hi. Have a good trip. I can’t say that I like Duran Duran, no. But since you do, it sounds like it’ll be fun incarnate. I’ll endeavor to make my weekend out of the ordinary. It’s possible. I think there’s some kind of 9-11 occasion marking thing going on here today, but I can’t remember its incarnation. Oh, I’ll go look at Facebook. I kind of duck in and out of there. Have a great two days and beyond. ** Sypha, Hi to you and Maine. I don’t know why I thought you guys weren’t going this year. That might have been last year. Time’s a mess. Well, it sounds pretty pleasurable, and you have a pleasured sound to your reportage, so … cool. I like Ernest. I think he’s kind of LSD.  That is sad about the mini-golf, and I guess breaking in isn’t a wise idea. Very safe and touristy sights-filled drive back to your hometown. ** _Black_Acrylic, Thank you again for the post and this time from the past, present, and future, Ben. I like the look of that Lauren Gault show. I’ll look for other stuff by her. ** Dominik, Hi!!! No, I don’t think there are enough Goths left in SoCal to make a Bats Day financially feasible, sadly. Maybe if all the punks and Metal Heads and the dozen or so Emos still extant were to go too. Yeah, sorry about my violent outburst of love yesterday. I must’ve been cross about something, I don’t remember. On second thought I would provide bullet proof vests to a lot more audience members. How did you know I’ve been sitting on the edge of my chair waiting with drool flecked lips for the sequel to Love’s cowboy romance! You’re, like, psychic or something. Love turning everyone’s heads into scoops of ice cream and replacing our brain fluid with chocolate syrup, G. ** David Ehrenstein, My favorite Straub-Huillet! ** Bill, Yeah, disappointing but sensible. I might do some Zoom events, yawn. I knew there was a new David Grubbs, but I haven’t yet creased it. Good? I have not seen ‘No Man of God’, no. That seems like something that would be on soap2day. I’ll check. Rock your weekend, pal.** Steve Erickson, Ooh, I haven’t watched that documentary, and I want to. Your version of Love’s massacre is much more humane and thought out. Cheers! Phones can make amazing looking videos, obviously, not that I know how to. Zac probably does. Not a big help to you, though. Did you sort it? ** Okay. This weekend I give you another restoration pulled from the archive of my murdered blog’s dead posts. Seemed like a potential crowd pleaser, but I’ve been wrong before. Anyway, that’s your Saturday and Sunday from me. See you on Monday.

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Since I first saw his work back in my student days, the German artist Martin Kippenberger has been a big influence on me. I was always sympathetic enough to his fabled ‘bad boy’ persona but the art itself has a specific tone, a brand of humour that I find key, and as a student poring over his oeuvre in the art school library I felt I’d found a kindred spirit. In 2006, a couple of years after graduating, I took the train down to London with my Mum to see the Kippenberger retrospective at Tate Modern. That show included his magnum opus, the 1994 installation The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s ‘Amerika’, which is an overwhelming, dizzying experience. I hope this Day can manage to give a sense of it.

Martin Kippenberger (25 February 1953 – 7 March 1997) was a German artist known for his extremely prolific output in a wide range of styles and media, superfiction as well as his provocative, jocular and hard-drinking public persona.

The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s ‘Amerika’ (1994) explores the fictional utopia of universal employment, adapting Kafka’s idea of communal job interviews into an artwork. The installation consists of a diverse assortment of objects and furniture, assembled to suggest a playing field for conducting mass interviews. There are over 40 tables and twice as many chairs, from classics of twentieth-century design, such as chairs by Arne Jacobsen and Charles Eames, to worn-out tables bought in flea markets, remnants of previous Kippenberger exhibitions, and even work by other artists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Kippenberger

Based on Kafka’s novel ‘Amerika’, Kippenberger re-imagines the final scene of the unfinished book and suggests an alternative ending. At this point in the story the lead protagonist Karl Rossmann (after traveling across America) applies for a job at ‘the biggest theater in the world’ where ‘every one is welcome’ and ‘whoever wants to become an artist should sign up!’ Claiming that he also never finished reading the book, Kippenberger approaches the unfinished condition of the novel as an open possibility for an uncharacteristically ‘happy ending’.

The wide variety of tables and chairs present an abundance of possible meanings and outcomes for Karl Rossmanns interview at the theater, whilst suggesting a range of personalities and psychological types. Although an installation, the work becomes a comment on the importance of communication, relationships and dialogues. Fundamentally the social processes involved in an artistic practice.
Jack Brindley
http://openfileblog.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/martin-kippenberger-happy-end-of-franz.html

Kippenberger wanted to supply a happy ending to Franz Kafka’s unfinished novel, Amerika. The Kippenberger solution took the form of a sprawling installation, which provides the high point of the Tate Modern retrospective. An arrangement of about 50 chairs and tables stands on a green mat imprinted with the lines of a football pitch. The assorted furniture – including 20th-century design classics, chairs and tables “adapted” by other artists as well as refashioned by Kippenberger himself – is arranged as though for interviews. In Kafka’s novel, the protagonist applies for a job advertised at “the biggest theatre in the world”. “Whoever wants to become an artist should sign up,” the advert invites.

Kippenberger’s desks and chairs are implausible, uncomfortable settings, each a sculptural tableau in its own right. There are Eames chairs and Jacobsens, a table set with jars of body parts (on which filmed talking heads by artist Tony Ousler are projected), chairs set with African carvings, desks with Kippenberger’s own paintings stashed underneath, a metal table rimed in thick paint and gloopy silicon. Standing amid it all are rickety, concentration-camp-style watchtowers and a lifeguard’s tower. Unfortunately, viewers won’t be able to wander within the installation, but will have to be content to observe from the stadium bleachers at either side, like spectators at the big game.

Most alarming of all are the motorised ejector seats that whir perilously around a circular track, in orbit of a gigantic model of a fried egg. It is all, of course, a model of the art world, but it looks like a torture garden. I imagine Nicholas Serota and Tate Modern director Vicente Todoli strapped in, being whirled around at unimaginable G-forces. I think Kippi would have liked that. It would have made a Happy End.
Adrian Searle
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2006/feb/07/2

Kippenberger and the MOMA show make the best cases for themselves with “The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s ‘Amerika’ ” (1994), a vast installation in the museum’s atrium. The work represents the recruitment center for the Nature Theatre of Oklahoma, where Kafka’s immigrant hero applies for work, as a warren of office furniture and bizarre objects on an abbreviated soccer field. There are thrift-store and classic modern chairs (an Eames, a Gehry), similarly miscellaneous lamps, concentration-camp and lifeguard watchtowers, and a carrousel of two cockpit ejector seats around a sculpture of a fried egg. Bleachers are provided from which we may gaze our fill at nothing happening. It makes stirring sense for Kippenberger, a paladin of uncalled-for gestures, to identify with the disconcertingly upbeat “Amerika,” so at odds with Kafka’s signature tales of dread. I can think of few other artists so richly deserved by their times. For that very reason, whenever I go to contemplate a contemporary art work for pleasure, it will not be a Kippenberger.
Peter Schjeldahl
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/03/09/taking-a-toll

At the centre of gravity of Kippenberger’s oeuvre is the installation organized around a closed book, ‘The Happy Ending of Franz Kafka’s Amerika’ (1994). Notoriously, Kippenberger never finished his reading of Kafka’s novel, but relied on a colleague’s account of the closing chapter. In some ways, this is entirely appropriate, since Kafka did not finish his work on the text, and in any case, he had not visited the settings he described, fabricating an America of the imagination based on received ideas of the United States. The vast array of chairs and tables that predominate in the installation recalls the scenario in Kafka’s immense ‘Nature Theatre of Oklahoma’, where the offer of total employment involves a series of humiliating job interviews. Kippenberger’s simulation of a received version of Kafka is inflected by the recent history of the movement of labour and the ubiquity of immigration centres, all organized ultimately around the interview situation. If the twentieth century starts with Manhattan as the location for the imagined opportunities of economic migration, it ends with the cross-border traffic of Kippenberger’s Europe, in which one interview leads to another in a process that involves the re-making of the self as a permanent condition. Whether this condition has the potential for reanimation or diminution is clearly an open question: the ‘happy ending’ has not yet been written.

Postmodern desire is for received ideas of the desirable, relayed mechanically by a culture industry whose keenest observer and most tenacious parasite was the incorrigible Martin Kippenberger.
Rod Mengham
http://magazine.saatchiart.com/articles/the_incorrectness_of_martin_ki

Although most of Kippenberger’s oeuvre tends toward the creation of a vast, interconnected artwork, The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s ‘Amerika’, 1994 is unique in that it might be considered his masterwork and the culmination of his achievement. Based on Kafka’s novel Amerika, the installation re-imagines a section of the book when the protagonist Karl Rossmann, having travelled across America, applies for a job at the ‘biggest theatre in the world’. ‘Everybody is welcome!’ proclaims the call for employment, ‘Whoever wants to become an artist should sign up!’. Kafka never completed the novel, which he abandoned writing over ten years before it was posthumously published in 1927, and Kippenberger claimed that he never finished reading it, hearing the story second-hand from a friend. The unfinished condition of the book leaves open the possibility, unusual in Kafka’s fiction, for a ‘happy ending’.

The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s ‘Amerika’ explores the fictional utopia of universal employment, adapting Kafka’s idea of communal job interviews into an artwork. Kippenberger described the situation depicted in his installation as ‘a circus in town, looking to employ reliable hands, helpers, doers, self-confident handlers and the like. Outside the circus tent, in my imagination, there would be tables and chairs set up for job interviews’. The installation consists of a diverse assortment of objects and furniture, assembled to suggest a playing field for conducting mass interviews. There are over 40 tables and twice as many chairs, from classics of twentieth-century design, such as chairs by Arne Jacobsen and Charles Eames, to worn-out tables bought in flea markets, remnants of previous Kippenberger exhibitions, and even work by other artists.

The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s ‘Amerika’ is Kippenberger’s most complex work, presenting the viewer with an overabundance of possible meanings. At one level, the installation refers to the competition between artists and constant judgements within the art community. Yet the variety of furniture also suggests a range of personalities and psychological types, and the interview format reflects the artist’s belief in the fundamental importance of relationships and dialogues.
Jessica Morgan
http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/martin-kippenberger/martin-kippenberger-room-guide-introduction-6

In Martin Kippenberger’s epic installation The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s ‘Amerika’ (1994) a roomful of unmatched desks and chairs are arranged on a green sports ground, with bleachers on each end. The piece takes its title from Kafka’s unfinished last novel from 1927, which ends with its protagonist applying for work at the Nature Theatre of Oklahoma after reading an advertisement stating: ‘Whoever wants to be an artist should sign up’. Kippenberger’s installation was an effort to complete Kafka’s work without fixing it to a single narrative; each desk represents a job interview, to be carried out by Kippenberger and his colleagues, collected and published. The Happy End… is a concept, but it also signifies a performance, of every job applicant and every artist, and the capacity to reinvent the same subject with each performance.

Although viewers were kept off the actual ‘Amerika’ installation, the bleachers allowed access to the imaginary interviews. From a distance the absurdity of the process, and of those repressive cultural conventions that engender it, begins to focus. From the laughter of the condemned comes, always, the funniest joke.
Natalie Hatted
http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/martin_kippenberger3/

Kippenberger’s late masterpiece The Happy End of Kafka’s Amerika takes the modern working world as its subject. In the unfinished Franz Kafka novel Amerika (or The Man Who Disappeared) the protagonist is looking for work. The poster that leads him to an absurdist interview taking place on a grand scale reads, “At the racecourse in Clayton, today from 6 a.m. till midnight, personnel is being hired for the Theatre in Oklahoma! The great Theatre of Oklahoma is calling you! It’s calling you today only! If you miss this opportunity, there will never be another! Anyone thinking of his future, your place is with us! All welcome! Anyone who wants to be an artist, step forward! We are the theatre that has a place for everyone, everyone in his place! If you decide to join us, we congratulate you here and now! But hurry, be sure not to miss the midnight deadline! We shut down at midnight, never to reopen! Accursed be anyone who doesn’t believe us! Clayton here we come!”

In Kafka’s work interviewers evaluate interviewees in an expansive environment. We know that the questions do not regard whether the potential worker has pursued a work which will clear a space for play which will lead to freedom. We know the questions are of the kind determining whether the potential worker will be of the sort that will suit the needs of the interviewer. Kafka’s protagonist makes the claim of being an engineer just to get the process over with. So here Kippenberger creates a sculpture that presents a seemingly endless array of interview tables and chairs–not at a racecourse but on a soccer pitch–and this diversity, a wild diversity shared by all the work’s constituting elements, is itself a demonstration of play, a demonstration of freedom, which takes as its subject not enforced servitude but voluntary servitude. Some freedom is not only work but revolt.

To make the association of work with servitude or bondage clear, Kippenberger has placed on the edge of the sports field observation towers of the kind one would find in a prison or concentration camp. The towers emphasize that there is a direct relationship between the enforced servitude of the concentration camp and the voluntary servitude of the workplace. Work will not set you free if it is not your work.

Not only do the disparate designs for the chairs and tables (some found junk, some design classics, some hand made, some made by other artists–Tony Oursler and Jason Rhoades included) suggest a subversion of the standardized interview process so does the very design of the field. The use of the sports field as the ground for the sculpture emphasizes that there are rules to the game of servitude and Kippenberger’s work insists on directing our attention to the absurd rules of the interview process in Kafka’s Amerika. The goal areas are not laid out in the proper places for a standard soccer field. The should be across from one another at each end of the longest part of the field. Instead they are across from one another at what would be the midpoint of the field so that they are as close together as they could be. This negation of the design becomes revolt. The revolt itself, as discussed, is the result of play.

Goldstein says, “Kippenberger embraced failure as a generative strategy.” Looking at The Happy End of Kafka’s Amerika this failure can be reevaluated.
Erik Bakke
http://www.slashseconds.org/issues/003/002/articles/ebakke/index.php

 

 

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p.s. Hey. ** Conrad, Hey, Conrad, so good to see you! I feel like there’s a bit of a rediscovery of Pinget going on in France right now, but I could be totally off. But, yes, about the neglect, although he’s not as overlooked as Claude Ollier, for instance, poor guy. So you’re finally exiting the aquarium. I should say congratulations, right? I’m certainly excited about your new plans. I don’t know Where is Mr R, but I will find them. Best of luck with the big transition if I don’t speak to you before the 22nd. I hope to see you somewhere soon. xo, Dennis. ** David, Hey. Yeah, because crucifixes are kind of a double edged sword, right? Or, wait, I guess not to the crucifier, although I guess there’s an acknowledgement there of the victim’s power or something? Oh, I don’t know. My brain is still waking up. I did not know that Billy Whitelaw was Damien’s nanny in ‘The Omen’. My brain is now the tiniest bit more functional, thank you. ** Dominik, Hi!!!! Pinget’s great, I’m so glad you liked the piece. His ‘Fable’ is in my top maybe 5 all-time novels. I wish Disneyland still did Bats Day. I’d rent a goth costume with built in air-conditioning and go if they did. But, no, now they just do Rainbow Inclusiveness Day and boring shit like that. It’s okay, I think it’s healthy for my love to get over that Bieber-craving knock off Bieber clone who would only remotely look like Bieber if one was on acid or blind or both. Love giving Pink a lifetime achievement award at the upcoming VMAs where, during her acceptance speech, she reveals her real name is Blood and then machine guns everyone in the audience to death (except My Chemical Romance if they’re there) before turning the weapon on herself, G. ** Jack Skelley, Hi, J! I probably told you I always had a map of Disneyland pinned to the wall over my bed when I was growing up. The layouts are best. Disney should build a new park that’s just layouts of rides that you can stand and gawk at. Oh, oh, oh, your poem is a dream. It’s even too good to be a dream-come-true, it’s just an unrealisable dream! Thank you, buddy. I’m actually fully awake now, for better or worse. ** David Ehrenstein, Very interesting comparison there. ** Steve Erickson, I have looked at Defunctland, yes, no surprise, I guess. It has its moments. Excellent about the Nobuhiko Obayashi introduction! Do tell once the date is cement, please. Yes, ugh, for sure, re: the epic, multi-part root canal. And the third one is on the day my novel comes out. What a celebration! ** Florian-AF, Hi, F. Yeah, what can you do about the cancellations and, sigh, Delta. France’s new cases are dropping dramatically, I guess in large part because of the strict vax mandate requirement to do much of anything here. It really isn’t that much of a hassle, and i guess it works, but the US would never do such a thing. Fucking mess. ** Kyler, Hi, Kyler! I hope you had a really good summer! I hope you like the novel. Thank you for being excited about it. I’m all for following your heart and your muse wherever they lead, even if that means giving up something valuable that you were doing. I thought I was done with novels for a while and just wanted to make films and gif fiction, and I was totally at peace with that until I changed my mind. It’s about quality not quantity. And about editing and pleasuring yourself and others, and the non-novel work you do certainly qualifies. So nice to see you, pal! ** Right. Today I restore an old post that maestro _Black_Acrylic made for here some years ago about the big work by the late, great artist Martin Kippenberger. Very worth your time and attention, folks, should you choose to indulge. See you tomorrow.