Gay Porn Obsession

Brett Mycles in Jock

Brett Mycles, rest in piece, is a bit of departure for me in that he's boyish and smooth. Also, he was only barely in porn. Sure he posed nude and was even in a few movies, but they were blow job only pieces that lacked enthusiasm. However, I can't deny that body. Especially that ass. Too bad it was never tapped. In addition this photo shoot was more artfully laid out than the typical spread, including the cover, which I love. 

It's a shame he died so young--and of heart failure to boot. Its tempting to blame drugs for as many pundits have, but truly who the fuck knows? I sure don't have inside info. Young healthy looking guys can die too.

Franco Arbruzzi in Honcho

 

If you could only see the magazine that this spread came from. Its from 1979, and to say its falling apart is being kind. With every turn of a page something else rips or falls out. It's an absolute goldmine of quality vintage porno too; it should be in a museum. If it were an example of another type of art it would be in a dark room handled by elderly esthetes wearing white gloves and using tweezers to turn the pages. Instead its only hope for preservation is half drunk me, mayonnaise dripping down my chin, considering using it as a coaster for my beer. The world is doomed.

 

Franco Arbruzzi also made an appearance in what I have referred to as The Gay Book in previous posts.

You can tell by the way I 'carefully' cut him out of "The Hairy Chested Male" that I should be no curator.  (If you're wondering who the other guy is, he just happened to be on the opposing page of the book, so I included him).

 

For your viewing pleasure, more Franco:

150,000 hits!

My counter passed 150,000 today AND I got a check from Naked Sword for 50$ so please accept my thanks for reading/wanking to this little blog.

Of course, I have a friend whose blog about fashion gets 7,000 hits a day and is so lucrative she may quit her day job as a lawyer, but I'll take what I can get.

 

 

Joe Porcelli in 70's haute couture

 

You gotta love the outfits in this spread. Jock straps with knee socks, headbands and leather hot pants. When is that look coming back? Plus he works that pouty little handle bar moustache "I'm thinking deep thoughts" look. The type makes me a little sad however. If its not complete fiction--which it may well be--it's practically foreshadowing that Joe ends up dead. If youre too lazy too read it, he basically talks about being a swinger in 1979 gay New York, and we all know what happened a few years later. Maybe I'm being too pessimistic though...in researching this post I found that he did a spread for Men in 1987, so hopefully Joe is alive and well today. Anyone know?

Update: I'm sad to report that Joe did in fact die of AIDS according to this website.

Josh Kincaid in oversaturated color

Like my last post, I was not intimately familiar with Josh Kincaid before I saw this spread. After all, it came out when I was second grade. Not that that means I couldn't have seen it. You see I grew up in Greenwich Village in NYC, and my elementary school was right off Christopher Street on Hudson which was the epicenter of gay culture at the time (it's one of several epicenters these days). Its entirely possible I skipped by a gay news stand as a 7 year old when this issue was new. However, I was not one of those gays that "always knew". If presented with Honcho at the time I probably would have blushed and cried. But I do vaguely remember Torso and Honcho being at news stands next to Time and Newsweek. Its no wonder I turned into an affront to God.

 Getting back on track, despite my lack of familiarity with Josh Kincaid, I was drawn to this cover primarily for its oh-so-80's color palate. Its like the tint on the TV was turned up too high. I love the effect... I really hope the pool wasn't really that green. Too bad the whole spread isn't in color. But I'm not even sure I had a color TV back then so it fits somehow. The last shot is not Josh Kincaid but another nameless blonde beardie from the same issue. I have no idea who he is.