By Barry Cornelius, Owner, Raven’s Eden
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Welcome to Raven’s Porn corner. This month Raven, of Raven’s Eden (www.ravenseden.com) chats with Pito Savage and Rick Talons from Savage Talons Media. Check them out at:
RE: Please introduce yourselves and tell us a little bit about the history of Savage Talons Media.
Pito: Well Rick and I conceived the idea of Savage Talons Media in 2009, but the name wasn’t attained until 2010. We were getting offers from different companies to do a porn but some companies were wanting me and not Rick or vice versa and we’re not those kind of men, neither one of us gets left behind we move forward together as a couple or we dont do it plain and simple..so we said lets start our own thing where we don’t have to worry about no ones say so, this is ours and we call the shots and run the show….so we were sitting around the house one day thinking ,why don’t we start our own company, at 1st we laughed about the idea…. So we started taking some pictures and I started a Facebook account and posting various shots that we took and people just grew attached to them and were commenting and liking and said you should be a model or something…I’m thinking wow these guys think i have what it takes to be a model? hmmmmmm…..we started out with a blog that Rick built to build a liking and fan base, while at the same time he was constructing and building a website for us and slowly started grabbing the the attention of men from all over the world to take a look at us and see the kind of men we were and what we had to offer to the “world of porn”.
Rick: to reiterate a bit and add on to what Pito said, when we started the blog, it was really meant to only be an outlet where we could post the pictures that we wanted with out the restrictions that so many other sites were putting on us at the time. In time our audience grew and we were getting slammed with request to shoot a video with several other company’s and we didn’t really like the idea of filming with another company so we decided to start our own production company.
RE: We often hear stories of “Racism in gay porn” That there is not enough diversity in gay porn, Just well built cacuasians Do you think this is true? Are the studios, awards shows, and magazines doing enough to help? Tell us your thoughts.
Rick: I think this may have been true in the past however over the last several years we have seen a great many changes in this. Main stream porn has been showing a lot more diverse group of people in it’s films. The thing about racism is that it is not going away and we all have to deal with racism in our daily lives and instead of worrying about if we have the right colors or type of men in porn. I would like to see them concentrate on making more exciting and better porn with actors who are actually into each other in order to give the scenes a better and more believable feel
RE: Pito, I know the music in STM’s DVDs is your original music. How is the music career going? Any new music on the horizon?
PS: The music thing is something that I just do because I just have that love and passion for music. As far as a career from it, not sure about that one, but would love for people all over the world to experience and recognize the talent that I do have. I have 2 CD’s, under my belt “Fornicated Coma” and “Perverted Blackout” which are 2 awesome and unique produced albums and a new single called Seizures which is a ultimate party track….. as long as I’m living there will always be music on the horizon and it may not be everyone’s
RE: You have won a total of five Raven’s Eden Awards over the past two years. You seem to have a very loyal fan base. What do you think sets your movies apart from all of the other gay adult entertainment out there?
Pito: The fans are extremely loyal and we thank them all the time for showing us so much love and support..
Rick: I love watching porn, but it seems that a lot of “Main Stream Porn” that you see out there are only focused on the looks of the model and often times models there no chemistry between them and unfortunately is shows in so many videos I see out there, so many times you see porn and the actors don’t even look at each other they are either looking off into space or worse yet have their eyes closed. To me that makes for some very boring porn. We are a real couple so obviously we have a connection, attraction and chemistry – but most of all our videos are real versus the scripted scenes that so many other company’s are promoting.
Pito: I have seen a lot of porn and by no means am I knocking or downing other porn but a lot lack eye catching things that makes the porn hot…..our films display the sexual wants, needs, desires and passionate rage , genuinely and unremorseful. I guess I would say also were a loving couple whose sexual passion is already there and it shows on our films.
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I am DISGUSTED by Rick's answer about the racism in gay porn. His answer exemplifies so many reasons I have distanced myself from the industry, and people in it. For his response to that question is the most cowardly, racially insensitive, and sell-out in nature. And to say this of someone in an interracial relationship is sad. And it's for this reason, I stopped reading shortly after this answer.
"…The thing about racism is that it is not going away and we all have to deal with racism in our daily lives and instead of worrying about if we have the right colors or type of men in porn. I would like to see them concentrate on making more exciting and better porn with actors who are actually into each other…"
Yes, racism is not going away. I am well aware of that. We all are well aware of that! But using that as an excuse to not be man enough to really address the issue and how it needs to be dealt with is inexcusable.
He shouldn't brush off the issue of racism by trying to put another issue in its place. For racism and the prostitution ring that gay porn now is are BOTH EQUALLY VALID ISSUES TO BE CONCERNED WITH.