Another Awesome Ad - Nicky Blue Eyes

[down_to_business]

I just wanted to give a shout out to one of the best escort ads I have ever seen. Nicky, thanks for the awesome ad, the recent and accurate pictures and most of all giving your complete accurate rates and even hours for an overnight and weekend appointment which I might add are very competitive/reasonable.

 

I wish you all the best and hope to get a chance to meet you one day. Thanks also for your service and sacrifice.

 

http://www.rentboy.com/Listing.aspx?lid=558300&scid=121143221&sp=1&pos=1&locid=1686&iid=492694&type=escort

 

http://www.daddysreviews.com/cruise/newest/nicky_sf

[BSR]

dtb, thanks for posting the ad. Totally agree, great ad, great story, and a very sexy guy who possesses both confidence and humility. As for the missing leg, I couldn't care less. As long as NickyBlueEyes is OK with it, absolutely fine by me. To me, there is nothing more boring than perfection. When I see picture-perfect muscle boys, as much as I admire their physiques, something about the perfection leaves me flat. I noticed his rate that his rate is below the Mendoza line (for escorts, $200/hour), perhaps because he's new to the business. And $800 for a 6pm-11am overnight? with a guy like that?!? Dang! how I wish I could make it to Seattle in the coming week!!

[rguer]

Great ad, great story, and hot, sexy man... just my type.

 

Just my type too. Although as I look at various ads I discover that I have more types than I originally thought.

 

Does Nicky live in San Francisco, or is he just visiting? If he lives there, it seems odd that he's staying in a hotel.

[zeyfur]

A PORN DIRECTOR STIRRED UP CONTROVERSY BY MAKING A MOVIE CENTERED AROUND HIV

By Toby McCasker May 12 2014

 

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A still from Viral Loads

 

Treasure Island Media is a gay-porn studio based out of San Francisco that has always specialized in making films that pirouetted on the edge of outrage, but its most recent release, titled Viral Loads, headed straight into the abyss. It's an extremely hardcore video starring Blue Bailey, an allegedly HIV-positive man who's status is curiously exempt from the film's presser and—well, here's an excerpt from the studio's description of the film:

 

The willing, hungry lad gets gang-fucked by a roomful of studs. Most are poz [HIV-positive], some are neg. Who the fuck cares? Not Blue, that’s for fuckin’ sure.

 

To finish up his man worship initiation, we bring out a brimful jar full of more than 200 poz loads. Blue’s good buddies Dayton O’connor and Drew Sebastian carefully squirt every fucking drop up Blue’s knocked-up ass. Max X slurps Blue’s jizz-leaking ass throughout, establishing himself as the new world’s felching-champeen.

 

I called Treasure Island head honcho Paul Morris to ask what the heck was going on here, and he in turn asked if I was cut or uncut.

 

What follows is an excerpt from our conversation. I should say that getting in touch with him was challenging, which he later explained by telling me, “This is the first phone call I’ve taken in years. I don’t meet people, and I don’t talk to them. I deal with the men that I work with. It’s very rare that I meet somebody.”

 

VICE: Hey, Paul, thanks for talking to me. I’m flattered.

Paul Morris: Toby, I assume that you’re uncut.

 

Yep. A lot of us Australians have hoodies.

That’s kind of wonderful, isn’t it?

 

Yeah, it’s all right. You’re pretty shy on the phone. I understand your reserve; your porn doesn’t always receive the warmest reception.

I find the most offensive reaction to what I’ve done is people saying that I clearly don’t understand the suffering and what was lost due to HIV. The vast majority of my acquaintances and friends and lovers died. It isn’t that I’m untouched. It’s that I’m so deeply touched by it that I believe in the necessity of remembering what it is that they and I all explored—and not forgetting it. That’s crucial to me. The most painful thing for me to hear is I’m callous, or I’m doing this to make a buck on the deaths of other people or something like that. That’s horrifying to me.

 

In one scene in Viral Loads, there’s a jar of 200 different loads labeled “POZ CUM.” It is poured directly into Blue Bailey’s ass. You can see how that would upset people.

The number of men who have written to me asking to be the recipient of gallons of semen is virtually uncountable. These aren’t the incidental fantasies of a small fringe of outliers. These speak to the heart of the sexual imagination of most queer men. It wasn’t made for you. There’s no reason for you to see it. For you, it would read as an irrational stunt. But for the straight world, much of what comprises queer culture and life is incomprehensible. Regrettably, the same can still be said for many of the older members of the gay world. Years ago I stated that all gay men are HIV-positive. That is, every gay man alive today is defined as much by the viral load narrative as by any external homophobia. If you wonder at the meaning of a jar filled with poz loads being poured up the ass of a happy, intelligent, and more-than-willing young gay man, the primary meaning is that there is no reason or excuse for continuing to live in fear of a virus.

 

Then why the controversy?

We’re at a point where it’s altogether possible, given the simple strategies like PrEP, to render HIV a nonissue. And the gay world is panicking because too much money, too many institutions, too much of the gay mainstream has based itself on terror and fear and grief. It’s a cultural identity crisis. It’s a mass version of agoraphobia. A world that’s suddenly free of fear is daunting and very large.

 

Have any of your performers contracted HIV during one of your videos?

You’d have to ask my performers that question. I know everything about them. Everything.

 

Then surely you know this.

Yes. I do know this.

 

And?

And that’s between myself and those people. When people come to me, we have one of the most extensive interview processes of any company in porn. We get to know not just what their health status is—whatever “health” means—but we find out who they are. We talk with them about what books they’re reading. “Why are you coming to do porn?” We encourage people not to do it if there’s the slightest indication this isn’t something they really want or should do. Then they tell us everything. We put them into situations they want to be put into. Everyone who’s in one of our pieces is doing exactly what they most want to be doing. Now, what they tell me is extremely private. You’re asking me to tell you the most intimate information about the people with whom I work?

 

It’s hardly intimate in this context. You advertise this. You market it. It’s the kink in the middle of Viral Loads.

Why would you call it a kink? What does a kink mean? No. no, no, no. First of all, you’re not the person for whom this video is made, Toby.

 

Is that relevant?

The point is that this was made for a community of men who understand what it means.

 

What does it mean?

Some of the people that I’m most interested in right now are young, intelligent gay men who are educated, bright, upper-middle class. They refuse HIV meds because they’re proud of their viral load. Is that something you can understand?

 

It is. I get it.

Explain it to me.

 

If it were me? You’re right, I’d go crazy trying to live a normal life with a killer virus waiting to take me out.

Interesting. One of the elements of Viral Loads that I think from the outside might not be immediately apparent—is the term. “Viral load” is something that the entire gay world has held on to and labored under for two generations. One of the reasons I made this title was to simply say, exactly as you did, “Enough is enough.” We're living with this; let’s just be open and clear about it. I don’t see anything controversial about that, do you? If it seems odd to some people; they’re not the people I’m really interested in. Certainly they’re not the people I’m working for.

 

They’re part of your community. You should give a shit.

There are people who are locked for various reasons into archaic and counterproductive ways of thinking and living. I had an acquaintance who was in his late 70s; he was a fellow who hated my work. He assured me that he would only have safe sex because he didn’t want to become HIV-positive. A few weeks after we had that conversation, he died of a heart attack. I think he was insane. Gay men in their 50s and older are addicted to the notion that sex equals death, and the culture has to live under the burden of terror. The only wildness that is acceptable is the wildness of drag queens.

 

In gay culture, there’s never been more of an almost hysterical centering of life around two things—drag queens and marriage—both of which are unfortunate misogynistic parodies of heteroseuxal life. Gay men have completely lost the sense of who they are because they’ve been immersed in terror, because they’ve been living under a viral load for two generations.

 

Is HIV inextricably linked with the gay identity?

No, and in 20 years it’ll be all but forgotten. It is right now, and what I’m saying is, we’re more than this. The point of Viral Loads was for those people to whom it would make sense to look at it, say it, own it, and fucking move on. Fucking move on! In 20 years, there will be references to HIV, and young gay men will astonish and horrify people who are now in their 20s when they say, “What the fuck are you talking about?” And the men will say, “I remember the day when it was a big deal. I remember the day when if we had just fucked somebody and come up their ass, we were worried about HIV.” My point is: Time to fucking move on. Somebody said, “How safe does it have to be for you before you’ll just fuck somebody?” My answer is: It’s there! We’re there. We’ve been there. Now the important thing is to break the mould of stigma and terror and knee-jerk reaction.

[down_to_business]

Was a bit surprised to see that Nick recently bareback bottomed for Drew Sebastian (who is openly HIV positive) in the newest Treasure Island film "Viral Loads". While that may not matter to some, I have a feeling there are others on this board who would feel differently - especially since his RB ad states "always safe". Hopefully that means he only plays safely with clients. But I imagine a lot of folks may take the "always safe" claim with a grain of salt coming from someone who recently BB bottomed on film for Treasure Island.

 

Wow, I had no idea. I liked his ad, and yes, it does say "always safe". I think its a little less awesome now. Not thrilled about sharing the ad with others now (or that I will always be associated with this thread)- but the specific ad I linked to is expired, so at least there is that. Actually, I am kind of numb and speechless at the moment. It is a real surprise, and not a good one.

[Griffondog]

Zeyfur, thanks for posting that. Whether or not you agree with what Paul Morris has to say, you can't deny he certainly has an interesting point of view.

 

This thread, and the points of view back and forth that are expressed every single time someone mentions barebacking made me think of that scene toward the beginning of "The Normal Heart" movie. (I'm not saying the movie was accurate, this is just an analogy). The scene where Mark Rufflo's character has set up a meeting of people at his apartment so Julie Roberts can tell them what she is learning about the guys dying in NY. The reaction from the folks to what she is saying is complete resistance and disbelief. They say to her that they have fought so hard and so long to be free to have sex without interference, that they won't even consider the idea that sex could be dangerous or needs to be thought of in terms of anything other than complete freedom.

 

To me this Viral Loads concept and the barebacking discussions that come up here so often sound to me like the pendulum swinging the other way. I'll just speak for myself, but I became sexual in a time when sex was absolutely linked to the danger of HIV and the real possibility of death and sickness, so it's nearly impossible to think of sex in any other terms. We have fought so long and so hard to keep sex safer, that its hard to think outside of that box. But now younger folks are now challenging that.

 

Maybe I'm reading too much into this interview with Paul Morris, and maybe its just good marketing (or both), but whether or not you agree with what he is saying, it is at least thoughtful and thought provoking.

 

One last thing struck me. The whole fetish side of this is fascinating. It occurs to me this is a movie, after all. It can just be make believe. They could just be pretending. Maybe that jar really isn't filled with "POZ CUM" notwithstanding the label? I see stuff in movies all the time that turns me on, but I'd never really do it myself.

 

Ok, fire away…….

[Blade9]

There is nothing misogynistic about hetero marriage. There hasn't been for fifty years, if not longer. Hetero marriage is all about the female.

[unsub2O17]

Is the bottom in this film Nicky Blue or Blue Bailey?

[down_to_business]

Is the bottom in this film Nicky Blue or Blue Bailey?

 

http://www.treasureislandmedia.com/cart/VIRAL-LOADS.html

 

Blue Bailey is the "star". Nick(y) is the bottom in Scene 7, mentioned by TGuy in his informative post. I had to look it up, after I read his post.

[shadowcatzxxx]

I'm sorry... and thankful to the group on here for the information I was sorry to hear about. I was just about to email Nick about an appointment; now I will not.

 

The page DTB linked to makes me sick to my stomach. Saying "different strokes for different folks" is one thing. This is just sad beyond belief.

 

Treasure Island's "Viral Loads" page ... I am not one normally to be at a loss for words, but words truly fail me on this one.

[+ Gar1eth]

Zeyfur, thanks for posting that. Whether or not you agree with what Paul Morris has to say, you can't deny he certainly has an interesting point of view.

 

This thread, and the points of view back and forth that are expressed every single time someone mentions barebacking made me think of that scene toward the beginning of "The Normal Heart" movie. (I'm not saying the movie was accurate, this is just an analogy). The scene where Mark Rufflo's character has set up a meeting of people at his apartment so Julie Roberts can tell them what she is learning about the guys dying in NY. The reaction from the folks to what she is saying is complete resistance and disbelief. They say to her that they have fought so hard and so long to be free to have sex without interference, that they won't even consider the idea that sex could be dangerous or needs to be thought of in terms of anything other than complete freedom.

 

To me this Viral Loads concept and the barebacking discussions that come up here so often sound to me like the pendulum swinging the other way. I'll just speak for myself, but I became sexual in a time when sex was absolutely linked to the danger of HIV and the real possibility of death and sickness, so it's nearly impossible to think of sex in any other terms. We have fought so long and so hard to keep sex safer, that its hard to think outside of that box. But now younger folks are now challenging that.

 

Maybe I'm reading too much into this interview with Paul Morris, and maybe its just good marketing (or both), but whether or not you agree with what he is saying, it is at least thoughtful and thought provoking.

 

One last thing struck me. The whole fetish side of this is fascinating. It occurs to me this is a movie, after all. It can just be make believe. They could just be pretending. Maybe that jar really isn't filled with "POZ CUM" notwithstanding the label? I see stuff in movies all the time that turns me on, but I'd never really do it myself.

 

Ok, fire away…….

 

I'm sorry. I have to disagree. The interview is not thoughtful at all. Basically he is trying to rationalize what he knows is an irresponsible practice (barebacking). And it's fine if his personal view of being a gay man doesnt include marriage. That's his choice. He doesn't have to get married. No one is forcing him to. But that doesn't mean other gay men have to subscribe to the same belief.

 

Gman

[MrMiniver]

Looks like the ad is gone now. That didn't take long.

[Scorpio]

Ad is not gone. The link is dead; Rentboy links often expire, especially under the new platform.. However, there are two ads currently running in New York and one in SF.

[rguer]

I'm sorry... and thankful to the group on here for the information I was sorry to hear about. I was just about to email Nick about an appointment; now I will not.

 

Yeah.

 

It's possible, by the way, that Nick is on Truvada and feels that his risk is very low. Even so, I wouldn't do it.

[armadillo]

His ad is back, and he fully displays his prosthetic leg.

 

http://www.rentboy.com/Listing.aspx?lid=432427&scid=126337035&sp=2&pos=23&locid=1400&iid=488543&type=escort

[imrthr]

His ad is back, and he fully displays his prosthetic leg.

 

http://www.rentboy.com/Listing.aspx?lid=432427&scid=126337035&sp=2&pos=23&locid=1400&iid=488543&type=escort

 

 

and, here as well:

 

http://www.rentboy.com/ListingPopup.aspx?lid=429945&preview=1

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