Did some cleaning up this weekend and came across some of my DVDs that were originally stock for the shop. Outraged that precious space was being used unnecessarily and that I forgot about them in the first place, I put them on super sale to liberate my closet!

That’s right, you heard me, I have marked down many of my DVDs to the low, low price of $35 American. So if you’ve been on the fence about one of my movies and didn’t want to fork out retail, rush right on over to the shop and see if it’s one of the buggers taking up space in my bedroom.

Once again my method of enjoying something by dreading it first paid off. The pride festival was thoroughly enjoyable Saturday because the crowd was pretty thin. And even though the beer was crap – it was only $5 so at least we didn’t feel robbed of cash as well as flavor.

Thank you to the many fans that stopped by to say hello and get a signed photo of me. I was especially pleased to see so many girls this year! Gay porn IS for everybody! And since Boy Wonder was there we got plenty of video for you to enjoy.

This isn’t all that comfortable for me to casually talk about, but I’ve been assured that it’s blogworthy news. A press release from Channel 1 Releasing on Monday announced the launch of an all new Johnny Hazzard sex toy – this time it vibrates. One of the selling points is that it was molded right from the source and all I can say is I’m glad they didn’t throw away the mold from the first time! That is an episode from my life I wouldn’t want in syndication. So for those of you interested in having your own little piece of me that is even better than the real thing, well in July you’ll get your chance.

In the same press release there was a big focus on my “comeback” to the adult world and other worlds that left me just a bit baffled. Jason Seacrest picked up the story for his column in Odyssey Magazine. I mean, just because I haven’t been in many releases lately doesn’t mean I’ve been on hiatus. My contract with Rascal is based on a certain number of scenes and let me tell you, those scenes will be shot come hell or high water! Anyway, it is kind of exciting to have the new big feature from C1R NAMED after me! That is cool. Oh yeah, my new movie is called Hazzard Zone. Presumably because it was filmed in a sex club called The Zone. And for the record, that was my first visit to that establishment. New video, new toy and other soon-to-be publicized newness are all coming together to make me feel rather new on the whole! More to follow very soon.

Last weekend I participated in an event in Chicago known as IML, International Mr. Leather, a pageant of sorts for the leather community. It also happens to be the weekend that the Grabbys are held, an awards show for the gay adult film industry hosted by Gay Chicago Magazine.

For the first time I was honored to be one of the co-hosts this year along with Chi Chi LaRue, Honey West, Matthew Rush and the charming Kent North. Public speaking is not something that I do very often so I was very nervous for weeks right up until my first walk out on stage. I was lucky enough to have two very seasoned pros along side me guiding the stream of conversation at all times except for the two times that I was left to fend for myself with either Kent or Matt.

Upon arrival I found out that I was up for two and a half awards, Best Supporting Actor for Delinquents, Best Duo with Benjamin Bradley for our scene in Delinquents and Best Cock. I did not win any awards, but Doug Jeffries, the director of Delinquents walked away with three!

All things considered, I think I did pretty well as a host. As soon as we were introduced and brought out to the crowd we were left on stage for a bit to mingle together in front of the audience. There were three of us and only two microphones – both of which were been given to Matt and Kent by Honey and Chi Chi. I naturally assumed that because there were only two mikes that perhaps I had read something wrong and was not supposed to be up there, so I left. I began to walk off and I heard Matt say to Kent “Why did he leave?” so I returned to the front of the stage knowing that there had been some sort of error and pretended to speak into an imaginary microphone. The audience got the joke and I was relieved, but still without a microphone. This made the dialog between us somewhat difficult, luckily that was the only time that the three of us were on stage sharing the microphone.

With Blake Riley and Tyler Riggz

As you may have guessed, I decided to make a shirt specifically for the event. Due to time restraints and plain old procrastination I had to put the finishing touches on the shirt at the hotel. Tyler Riggz called from upstairs when I was in the middle of studding my shirt with my Bedazzler. He asked me what I was doing and when he found out I had my Bedazzler he about creamed his pants. He makes jokes constantly about my tye-dyed wardrobe and things I make with my Bedazzler so to actually see the infamous machine was a treat. He asked me if there were more rhinestones and when I told him that there were 500, he was at my door dressed in a smile from ear to ear. This is what porn stars really do during their off time at gigs.

Bedazzler!

Francesco D’Macho at IML