Wednesday, February 28th 2007
The GayVN Awards: San Francisco
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The GAYVNs this year belonged to Michael Lucas and Lucas Entertainment for “La Dolce Vita.” I have not seen the movie except for the trailers at the show, but after winning more awards than any other movie in GAYVN history, it is on my short list to watch.
I did not take home Best Sex Scene. I lost to Brad Patton and Brian Hansen for their performance in “Manly Heat: Quenched.” It only makes sense since the two seem to be very much in love (or at least very hot for each other) and that is the kind of energy one needs to create an award winning anything.
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With power couple Francesco & François
My personal highlights were of course the always entertaining Kathy Griffin and seeing François Sagat take the award back to France for Performer of the Year. Watching Kathy throughout the evening proved to me that her role was much more than to MC the show. She took a hold of that room by the shorthairs and never let go. Her impressive impromptu and witty, razor sharp humor only solidified my respect for her as an artist.
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At the Colt Party across from City Hall
Probably the best part of the show happened while my buddy Tyler Riggs was presenting the award I was up for. The audience cheered him to take off his shirt. He took it partly off and explained that he didn’t want to take off the cufflinks. Of course, Tyler LOVES an audience and soon submitted. He then realized that he was stuck; he could not pull his wrists through with the cuffs secured. Kathy saw the opportunity and jumped out on the stage in a sort of cougar-like crouch. She then approached Tyler and got down on her knees in front of him, giving him the diversion he needed to free himself. It was so impressive. That is why she is so good at what she does. She was worth every penny.
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Chi Chi at the Colt Party
It was pissing down after the awards and as BW and I walked back to Kevin’s to dry off and change for the next event we commented on how great the evening was with Kathy. It could have been better and it could have been much worse. Losing the intermission was the best byproduct of the massive technical problems they had at the beginning.
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With the ever-hot Jason Ridge
I must say having BW around this weekend at all the parties was most helpful and enjoyable. His presence provided a guarantee of some fun with somebody amidst the crowd of new faces. I tend to become rather unsocial at events like this. BW also knows a lot of the same people I do and a lot of people I should. He likes to “steer” me in the right direction.
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Kevin can pick me up any time!
The after party was thrown by Naked Sword at a venue aptly called “The Porn Palace.” I got to see some good people and was able to meet some of our distributors and make some friends and allies in the world of Internet Porn. It was a good party, but we slipped out once the Tequila started to overflow from the plastic shot glasses held by the drunken hoard.
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With Doug Jeffries
We met up with Kevin and some of his friends at my favorite bar Moby’s. What a dramatic shift! With that group we could relax and enjoy ourselves. The hours flew by and before we knew it we were gobbling down delicious pizza and laughing our asses off. It was a fucking great weekend.
Hold the pizza. I’ll have a FrancescoFrançois sandwich, please. Johnny, what are you doing in my panini on baguette? Bringing home the bacon? Good. I knew the secret was in the sauce. No, I don’t need fries with that, but maybe some Kevin as a pick-me-up. And waiter? Don’t forget to toss that salad, please. No dressing on the side for me (or anywhere else for that matter.)
Thanks for such a great blow-by-blow. The way you describe and detail the events makes for such great reportage! Glad BW was there to help guide and ground you. And check out Mr. Francois making a return to hazzardahead! Always love seeing Chi Chi, of course. Finally, glad Kathy Griffin gave her all!
Sounds like an awesome night. I intend to have an awesome nightout myself at mardi gras!!! My first time ever since coming to good old Sydney!!! i hope the rest of you guys are coming or at least will one time or another.
This is yet another drunken post. But all is well Boy Wonder! I’ll recover at work tomorrow and do it all again on Saturday night!!!
If anyone is coming to Sydney for mardi gras, lemme know!!!!
I think I’m too old for Mardi Gras. I could barely make it through a long weekend in San Fran and have serious doubts about White Party this year. However, if I could manage a trip to Sydney I would certainly give it a whirl. As long as defibrillation technology is close at hand I might have a shot at survival.
Too old for mardi gras? You are kidding.. You’re never too old for it. I dunno about over there but here, it’s like the average age on the gay scene is like 35 or something, and they’re the hot ones too. The young ones are just stick figure sluts who are too much to handle.
Meanwhile, I know this is probably a stupid question but who the hell is Kathy Griffin? I only know of her from all the jokes I come across about her, which usually involve her thinking she’s more famous and special than what she really is.. can anyone shed some light on this for me?
Perhaps that was a bad word choice. Hmmm, annihilated? bereft of inspiration? sucked dry (in the bad way)? Unfortunately my (lack of) lifestyle this past year has left me feeling like a cold-pressed olive. I know all about Sydney Mardi Gras and it’s an entirely different animal from the one hosted in New Orleans. And that’s a good thing.
As for Kathy Griffin, well, she’s pretty much a queer goddess in the U.S. because she calls things as she sees them and no one is safe. She knows her place in the celebrity food chain, which is why her shot is called “Life On The D-List” You should see if any of her shows are available to rent on DVD. I promise you will wet your pants.
When Kathy introduced Johnny she said, “Our next presenter proves that a porn star can be more than a hot body and pretty face; that he can be smart and savvy… but who really gives a shit? Let’s hear it for Johnny Hazzard!” And the crowd went wild. That’s wildly paraphrased, but you get the point.
Boy, Kathy has Johnny pegged! I think I’ve used both of those same words, smart and savvy, myself describing him.
Damn it’s cold here again in the MidSouth! Time to get my flannel lined jeans back out or get my ass back on the west coast! Damn!
Please don’t even tell me the temp in Palm Springs!
Ahhh kewl, so she’s basically a straight girl with razor sharp wit that could put a drag queen in her place? Kewl
The Aussie queer goddess is (and I’m sure you’ve heard of her) none other than the gorgeous Miss Kylie Minogue. As a singer, how big is she over there in the US, coz I know she’s huge in most parts of the world and the funny thing is, she basically caters to her gay audience only lol.
We don’t really have any sorta non-singer gay icons over here.. strange huh? The next lot of gay icons is probably porn stars. Gratz Johnny, you’re a b-grade celeb in Oz. Have a hit single over here and you’ll be deemed a queer god.
p.s. I didn’t mean b-grade in a bad way…
Kylie is big with the gays here in the U.S. and that’s about the extent of her popularity. Don’t even ask about Dannii because you’ll just get blank stares.
I think Kathy is wise enough not to take on any drag queens. When Chi Chi was on stage with her it was all smiles and kisses – *Trust*
yeah Australia seems to be a gay heaven…. kylie, INXS, midnight oil….. Olivia, Nicole…. even ur famous swimmer Ian…. My only regret: Pat Rafter is straight…..
BW it appears to me that the world is waiting for u: Australia, Europe… If u are afraid by long trip, kiss a guy u know and maybe u will pass out during the flight!!!!
There are a lot of people waiting on me – that’s for certain.
Indeed – You’re late..
How do I say this without sounding like a freaky fangirl? I haven’t seen much of your work, but what I have seen is…well, pretty damn hot.
I just found your blog, and read the last few entries. Normally, I’d be too shy to comment, but I have to tell you how impressed I am with the quality of your writing. Not just good grammar, spelling and punctuation (those are hard enough to find these days), but intelligent and nicely descriptive as well. It’s nice to know that there’s a brain behind those good looks! You seem like a really nice guy, as well.
So I wish you the best of luck in everything in your life. I’ll happily sit here and enjoy the view!
Ellex,
You did very well at not sounding like a freaky fan girl. Come to think of it, that isn’t such a bad category in my eyes. I LOVE the fact that girls read my blog and even better when they participate.
Thank you for your kind words. I put a great deal of effort into this project and it’s always nice to hear that my work is appreciated. Sometimes I’m like, “Blech, does anyone really care?” so a comment like yours is great motivation for me.
Johnny, don’t you dare think that people don’t care. You are adored, and rightfully so.
o go on!