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Chuck Holmes was a gay adult film pioneer and gay rights activist who founded Falcon Studios in the early 1970s and reshaped the golden age of gay porn into the industry it is today.

Widely acknowledged as the best erotica gay video for all time, The Other Side of Aspen, Falcon’s 1978 hit became an instance classic, spawned several sequels and remains a best seller.

If there was ever a superstar that is well-known, much loved and remembered today from the golden gay of gay erotica…that superstar is Al Parker. The epitome of the everyday man, who can fit in to any scenario, Al Parker became an instant eye-catching success after posing for the very magazine company that years earlier had begun his own sexual awakening.

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A pioneering filmmaker and activist, Pat Rocco produced and exhibited the first openly gay erotic films and gay related newsreels in the 1960's that were widely embraced by the gay community and mainstream press.

Come of Age was directed by a man named Brad Kingston. It is a side note entry in the history of gay erotic cinema. BUT it becomes an interesting subject piece when you discover that Brad Kingston was actually Pat Rocco.

Rick or Jim Cassidy was one of the most popular and famous actors in both gay and straight adult entertainment from the Los Angeles area. And be it, clothed or unclothed, he gained a massive following through photoshoots, films and an incredible physique.

On this episode, we are going to celebrate and scratch at the surface of Pat Rocco, a truly pioneering, photographer, filmmaker, activist and important figure during the sexual revolution, whose work is barely recognized today in the narrative of gay history.

We're taking a look at Come of Age, filmmaker Pat Rocco’s first dive into the hardcore erotic entertainment market. And we are going to celebrate Rick Cassidy, an east coast amateur who became a physique model, popular cover model and adult entertainer during the golden age.

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Perennial guest and porn star Joel Someone is in New York and I took the opportunity to sit down and catch up. From the Gayvn Awards, garbage picking in New York to his father’s passing; we go deep.

We then attempt to read mean comments about Joel, but get into a conversation about dealing with online trolling and the importance of accepting criticism.

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Described as gay Louis B. Mayer, the big producer during the golden age of Hollywood, Shan Sayles was a big, boisterous man who owned movie theaters, produced films and cemented his mark on the early days of all erotic film.

It was a legendary production at the time of its release. Both for its subject matter and the various rumors and circumstances that surround the production.

A beautifully chiseled body, gorgeous face and that damn mustache. A one-named wonder of gay erotica that with the help of industry players, an aggressive manager and rumored lover who devoted their energies and talents in order to create a legend. That legend was Roger.

On this episode, we’re going to celebrate Shan Sayles, a legendary exhibitor and one of the first entrepreneurs to comprehensively hire gay men to perform in, direct, write and edit erotic gay films. We will take a look as his film Song of the Loon, one of the first feature-length all male films that premiered during the beginning of the gay liberation era and is about an interracial gay relationship set during the American Frontier in the 1800s. And finally we are going to celebrate Roger; whose meteoric rise made him one the most popular centerfolds and live performers to come out of the golden age of gay erotic cinema.

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I have been talking to the Milking Coach about getting together for some time now. While on location in NYC for work, I took advantage of his open morning and came in for the interview.

After a successful career in mainstream entertainment as an event producer, The Milking Coach began his career in erotic videos on Tumblr and Xtube before establishing himself on popular fan sites doing what he does best; milking men!

So what exactly does it mean to "get milked" or to be a milker? Watch the interview and find out. Enjoy!

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The Park Theater, the Century Theater, Signature Films, Jaguar Productions, these are just a couple of names, I could throw out there to anyone who knew what was "in" back in the day and the man that was responsible for all of them was Monroe Beehler.

A pioneering studio that was run out of a basement in the Hollywood Hills, Jaguar was the first feature film production-distribution company with national reach that was exclusively gay, yet it is minimally chronicled in gay media history.

Narrated by Monroe Beehler, The Rivermen directed by Monroe Beehler under the name Marc Aaron has been applauded for its cinematography and was an example of storyline erotic films that were released during the golden age of gay erotica.

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Adult content creator, Rob Montana, joins me on DGP to discuss growing up poor, gay and Mormon in rural Montana. Montana recounts stories of visiting the local gay bars, coming out to his family before moving to Washington D.C. for work and graduate studies.

There Montana would meet his husband and enroll in medical school. During a dark time in his life, he juggled a marriage, medical school and a growing addiction to crystal meth before getting sober.

Montana would then find his way into the adult entertainment industry as a content creator and undergo a risky Penuma implant (penile enhancement procedure) that affected his livelihood as a sex-worker and throw him back into drug-use only to come out stronger.

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Arch Brown, an amateur photographer turned incidental filmmaker first came to broad public attention through his films. During gay liberation’s first decade, Brown’s homoerotic films achieved an international following garnering amazing reviews.

Fellow filmmaker and producer, Jack Deveau, entrusted Brown with a surreal film which has been compared to the works of Jean-Luc Godard, Federico Fellini, Luis Buñuel and Jean Cocteau. So what is Arch Brown's The Night Before trying to tell us?

Dick Fisk was one of the most famous faces of gay erotica in the mid to late 1970’s and onward into the early 1980’s. He was manly, oozed sexuality and confidence and….that mustache. He appeared in only a handful of magazines and movies but his iconic look made him Falcon Studios first "instant" superstar.

In this episode we are going to celebrate Arch Brown, a filmmaker who would become a master craftsman and philanthropist after leaving the corporate world behind, his film, The Night Before, a beautifully crafted film that was on Variety’s 50 top-grossing film’s list in the nation for five weeks. And finally we will celebrate Dick Fisk, the archetypal Castro clone with the perfect physique and generous endowment whose contributions to the gay adult entertainment industry still resonate with his admirers today.

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