BN becomes the cover of the day.

[+ purplekow]

BN as the coverboy, I know its for the first time in a bit. Don't know him, but I do enjoy his blog and his comments here. But you have several new escorts reviewed and BN gets the cover spot with the new picture. I enjoy reading all the reviews and I guess it is okay to give an extra push to people who really contribute to this site. It seems there has been some call for new blood and here was a chance to bring new blood to the site by highlighting one of the three first time reviewed escorts and it would have been nice to see a light in that direction. Nice picture of BN though, but I think I might run off to Barcelona.

[Houston Bonfires]

I find the new photo of BN to be exciting. I can only hope to someday see that beautiful face and form up close and personal. He is definitely a mark for which to strive.

 

HB

[+ Axiom2001]

I just sent Benjamin a private email in which I congratulated him on being selected for the EIGHTH time as "Coverman of the Day" at http://www.daddysreviews. :-)

[+ deej]

> being selected for the EIGHTH time as "Coverman of the

>Day" at http://www.daddysreviews. :-)

 

First, actually. The other seven were on Hooboy's M4M, chosen by Hooboy.

 

But, hey, never let reality get in the way of a good conspiracy theory! Being chosen as coverboy exactly once in 1.75 years PROVES there's a conspiracy! :9

 

Someone arguing on the other side might wonder why a constant contributor has been featured so seldom.

[JT Brooklyn]

Let's not forget that..Some of the Best Looking "Working Guy's" donot show their Faces!

 

I know more than a Few in NYC that Definitely would make the "Known Faces"...

Look like 5 out of 10's...

 

BUT Not Showing is still the Best Way to go in the Long Run!

 

Even though showing their Face brings in the $$$ NOW..

 

It could Dent the Income, and other Problems somewhere down the line in their Lifetimes..

 

Life is Funny that way! LOL :P

[RockHard]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas, oh yeah.

 

Thank you, deej, for expertly clarifying the facts. Fag men with agendas are so COMMON.

 

I happen to LOVE this series of Benjamin Nicholas photos. Everything about these images works. The changing leaf colors in the background: stupendous! I wish I could have been there to art direct. :-)

 

"BUT Not Showing is still the Best Way to go in the Long Run!

Even though showing their Face brings in the $$$ NOW..

It could Dent the Income, and other Problems somewhere down the line in their Lifetimes.."

I WON'T hire a guy without seeing his face. He can artfully disguise it but I better get a good sense of what his face looks like or I'll pass.

 

There's plenty of good argument why not to show (full) face, especially if family and future employment opportunities preclude you from doing so. I'm a big fan of making prudent decisions and looking to the future. But, if any escort refuses to offer any creative sense of what his face looks like then, for me, I'll move on to someone else. An escort who shows no creativity here is no escort for me.

 

I look NOTHING like I did when I was 23. My face appeared in newspapers and on television and nobody would be able to say that was me today. Unless you dream of being a politician, a grade school principal, or a mainstream movie star, the risks are overblown.

[+ Lucky]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas, oh yeah.

 

"I look NOTHING like I did when I was 23. My face appeared in newspapers and on television and nobody would be able to say that was me today"

 

For one thing, your head was much smaller then! But seriously, why can't we let up on the Ben bashing? It is really so boring now. The guy does well at what he does, let him have his success until it actually impairs YOUR life. His eye candy is always a treat.

[RockHard]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas, oh yeah.

 

"For one thing, your head was much smaller then!"

Nope. My brain is still large. Can't say my waist has stayed the same. I hear muscle adds weight as you build.

 

"But seriously, why can't we let up on the Ben bashing? It is really so boring now."

Ben bashing? Old woman, what on earth did you read? I'm a Nicholas fan and my post is anything but a bashing. Lucky, you need a vacation or some better reading glasses.

[JT Brooklyn]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas, oh yeah.

 

The Working Guy's "Who Donot Show their Faces", are definitely not worried about Losing a Couple of Client's..Otherwise they would be showing their Faces along with their Bods!

 

Ask any Working Guy...Some Client's Apparently are better Lost anyway! IMHO of course! LOL

:P

[RockHard]

RE: Showing face.

 

"The Working Guy's "Who Donot Show their Faces", are definitely not worried about Losing a Couple of Client's..Otherwise they would be showing their Faces along with their Bods!"

Not worried about loss of income potential? Not the definition of a smart, professional businessman, if you ask me. Unless someone has a reputation for being drop-dead handsome (lord knows, on this board that definition varies wildly), it's a pretty safe bet that many faces have something to hide. No escort wishes to be called "not pretty" or "not hot" on any escort board. But the truth is, many escorts' faces fall into the NOT category and there are plenty of gay men who will pay for the COCK, no matter how ugly (or average) the face.

 

Like I said, one can easily find a reason to pass on showing a face pic.

 

"Ask any Working Guy...Some Client's Apparently are better Lost anyway!"

Some clients are disgusting (just like some escorts). The "better lost" issue works both ways. But the "better gain" issue works one way: a great guy with money is better than no guy at all. I know several, successful gay businessmen who are easy-to-please, easy-on-the-eyes, clean, upstanding guys. Easy vanilla is enough for them. They won't go near an ad (or escort) that (who) doesn't offer some kind of face pic.

 

Faces are IMPORTANT to most gay men and there are tons of gay men who WILL NOT gamble but are WILLING to spend. There are also enough gay men who will gamble. I just don't know any.

[Lankypeters]

>I find the new photo of BN to be exciting. I can only hope

>to someday see that beautiful face and form up close and

>personal. He is definitely a mark for which to strive.

>

>HB

 

Where are Ben's dick shots?

 

 

Lankypeters

[Juan Vancouver]

It ain't necessarily so...

 

>"The Working Guy's "Who Donot Show their

>Faces", are definitely not worried about Losing a Couple of

>Client's..Otherwise they would be showing their Faces along

>with their Bods!"

>Not worried about loss of income potential? Not the definition

>of a smart, professional businessman, if you ask me.

 

 

Gershwin wisely said it before: "It ain't necessarily so."

 

Rockhard,

 

As I have repeated constantly in almost all my posts, one of my strongest commitments is with respecting other people's right to have their own opinion. Under other circumstances I would not answer to this post, but now I want to, because this forum is one of the few places new escorts can come to learn what is good and what is bad in their trade. Also, considering that your opinion has always an air of absolute expertise, (you always give the appearance of being totally certain of what you are talking about), I considered important to share with the forum (and with those probable new escorts out there) another opinion, based only on my personal experience.

 

This has been talked about before. Many times.

 

There are two main types of customers. (When talking about faces).

 

One, like yourself, will never gamble and will never under any circumstance meet anyone without previously getting a clear idea of what his face looks like and being certain that there will be some sort of attraction. Obviously, only those escorts with a clear picture of a handsome face will be able to cater to those customers. More often than not, those clients are pretty much into the fast, hot romp. More often than not, those escorts are into the few hour appointments. (Benjamin Nicholas being the most notable exception, since he does travel engagements constantly. But I also think about our Scott) It is clear of course, that some clients deliberately want to be seen with a hot, gorgeous gay celebrity. (In some cases, these escorts are seen as such for their evident beauty, charm and overall exposure.)

 

The other type of client is someone for whom discretion is their main concern. Also, they like to travel accompanied by a hot man, or like to go to dinner, or like to go out to the world, with the escort of their choice. For them having the certainty that nobody will know that the man beside him is a gay male escort is almost as important as having a great time. Escorts who don't show their faces, who never -under any circumstance- disclose any detail of their client's identity, tastes, proclivities. etc, who are great companions, engaging, well-educated, wordly, will be hired by this clients more often than not, for longer engagements or travels.

 

Needless to say that some of us who don't show our faces are indeed butt ugly, (Although I don't like that expression, 'cause butt is always hot) some of us are average and some of us are extremely good looking. (I can't help but thinking Kevin, my duo parter, with a gorgeous chiseled face, and the most piercing blue eyes one can get lost into.)

 

It is obvious that those two categories of escorts and clients that I just talked about are flawed, and are just a simple way for me to explain a more complicated market. There are plenty of exceptions to those types. However, for a new escort keeping this in mind will be really important when deciding how to market himself, and what to show or not to show.

 

Being such an interesting character, intelligent, witty and with an evident tendency to live big and talk big (man, you make me laugh hard sometimes) I am truly saddenned by the fact that I will never get to know you because of my lack of face pic. (And perhaps because of other factors). But I am deeply thankful and feel blessed by the fact that someone took the time to explain this to me when I was starting, because I have been lucky enough to get in touch with the "private" type of clients, and I have been travelling to places I didn't even know existed, (Who ever heard about Wichita falls before!) and getting to know fascinating people while doing so.

 

So, after all, choosing not to show one's handsome face (if one has one), might not be as bad a business choice as it may seem. The only thing that one has to have very clear is what are one's goals, and how to achieve them while staying healthy, happy and sane.

 

Young starting escort: If you are choosing this profession because of an inner calling, if you genuinely want to provide fun, intimacy, sexual fulfillment and a safe arena for sexual experimentation for other people, you will be successful in this, no matter what you choose to do, not to do, show or not to show. Be yourself. Trust your instincts. Be honest and impeccable. And never -under any circumstance- allow anyone to tel you to do anything that you don't feel comfortable with.

 

There! I said it. ;-)

 

Rockhard, receive a tight hug and my best wishes. Even (or maybe specially) if we will never get to say hi in person. Maybe one day I will get to know you when neither of us are wearing this internet persona. I think it would be fun.

[RockHard]

RE: It ain't necessarily so...

 

Beautifully expressed, Mr. Vancouver. You are the exception to many a rule. All I can do is repeat myself: Like I said, one can easily find a reason to pass on showing a face pic.

 

I think it's important for folks, especially newer escorts with a calling, to hear all sides. I appreciate your contribution here, Mr. Vancouver. I may sound like I speak in absolutes when I write opinions but, the truth is, I see all the shades of gray. (Love Ansel Adams.)

 

Nobody appreciates discretion more than me. Your points are valid. I also like to believe nobody notices more details than me. And given my eye for detail, I can honestly say I would not be able to identify Mike Grey in public, and I'm sure I've shared a Manhattan dinner table with him. And frankly, his new images exposing his very sexy mouth are enough to get my blood flowing to my cock. That little bit of exposure has the power to tip all scales.

 

"One, like yourself, will never gamble and will never under any circumstance meet anyone without previously getting a clear idea of what his face looks like"

 

Please don't misquote me. I said: He can artfully disguise it but I better get a good sense of what his face looks like or I'll pass. This is not how I would define "clear."

 

I do not need a "clear" image of the entire face. One eye with brow, half a nose, and a section of the upper lip will do. I'll tolerate a little blur if I have to. I really do understand the need for discretion. Just don't try to sell me on ugly or a gamble. I'm not that customer.

[Juan Vancouver]

RE: It ain't necessarily so...

 

>"One, like yourself, will never gamble and

>will never under any circumstance meet anyone without

>previously getting a clear idea of what his face looks

>like"

>

>Please don't misquote me. I said: He can artfully disguise

>it but I better get a good sense of what his face looks like

>or I'll pass. This is not how I would define "clear."

>

>I do not need a "clear" image of the entire face.

 

I stand corrected. I for one, hate being misquoted. Sorry about that.

 

I will accept whatever punishment you deem appropiate for my trespass... I was thinking of being tied up to a wicker chair with no bottom... (Err, never mind, I just watched "Casino Royale" last night and can't take out of my mind the sweet voice of the bad guy, appraisingly whispering to a naked bound Bond's ear: "I can see that you take good care of your body... What a waste!")

 

Damn! I have to go touch myself again. }( :9

[Louis]

Its great to see Ben on the cover of the day. Extremely handsome, well kept body, great personality..... with those kind of credentials he could be on the cover every day:-)

Louis.

[Rick Munroe]

RE: It ain't necessarily so...

 

My eyes are my best feature and I probably lose potential work because of "no face pic" but I would much rather be anonymous and not have people recognize me when I'm running to the gym or supermarket. Those tabloid pics can be brutal.

[+ Axiom2001]

RE: Benjamin Nicholas, oh yeah.

 

>Thank you, deej, for expertly clarifying the facts. Fag men

>with agendas are so COMMON.

>

>I happen to LOVE this series of Benjamin Nicholas photos.

>Everything about these images works. The changing leaf colors

>in the background: stupendous! I wish I could have been there

>to art direct. :-)

>

>"BUT Not Showing is still the Best Way to

>go in the Long Run!

>Even though showing their Face brings in the $$$ NOW..

>It could Dent the Income, and other Problems somewhere down

>the line in their Lifetimes.."

>I WON'T hire a guy without seeing his face. He can artfully

>disguise it but I better get a good sense of what his face

>looks like or I'll pass.

>

>There's plenty of good argument why not to show (full) face,

>especially if family and future employment opportunities

>preclude you from doing so. I'm a big fan of making prudent

>decisions and looking to the future. But, if any escort

>refuses to offer any creative sense of what his face looks

>like then, for me, I'll move on to someone else. An escort who

>shows no creativity here is no escort for me.

>

>I look NOTHING like I did when I was 23. My face appeared in

>newspapers and on television and nobody would be able to say

>that was me today. Unless you dream of being a politician, a

>grade school principal, or a mainstream movie star, the risks

>are overblown.

 

 

 

"...Fag men with agendas are so common." I read this and do NOT know if you were referring to my response. If you were, you were DEAD incorrect in your assessment. The only thing that I did was go from left to right and count. I then sent Ben some congratulatory words.

 

I have NOTHING to gain from what I write or not write in terms of this website and its forums.

[Guest skrubber]

My man Ben is coverboy again!!! A round of congrats to my good friend. He will be congratulated thoroughly on Christmas week. I am just so glad this thread has not denegraded into a Ben bashing thread. He has taken way more than his share of undeserved bashing on this board in the past.

[JT Brooklyn]

It can also be said that..Hearing how "Wonderful He Is" for the Next 2 Weeks, isn't all that interesting to read either! I doubt it drums up any Business either. Familiarity can and does .......

 

Alot of Hot Cover Guy's Put Up New Photo's with a Review, BUT they are not discussed Forever! Evem though some of them have Large Fan Clubs, without a Blog. LOL :P