AL GETS SCREWED AGAIN: According to the Post's Keith Kelly, the business of porn pioneer Al Goldstein is on the brink of collapse. Goldstein, who narrowly escaped prison last year and has several defamation lawsuits pending against him, has suspended production of Screw magazine after being evicted from his offices due to non-payment of $40,000 of rent, and his legendary cable-access show "Midnight Blue" has been yanked from the air 'cause Al didn't pay Time Warner Cable either. And apparently, Goldstein's sideline business of selling personalized "fuck you" tapes for $250 a pop wasn't working out either. Too bad; I was planning to get one for this guy for his upcoming birthday.
Although Goldstein has been arrested on obsenity charges dozens of times in different states and is considered a heroic figure in the "porn community," the pron game appears to have passed him by, as mainstream culture is now just as raunchy and over-the-top as Screw used to be.