The Other Hollywood (71 page)

PART EIGHT: VIDEO VIXENS

45. Hooray for Hollywood!:
Michael London, Karen Applegate, Phillip Applegate, Bobby Hollander, Laurie Smith, Eddie Holzman:
Michael London, Calendar/
Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine,
May 6, 1984.

46. Mr. Untouchable:
“Reuben Sturman and Six Others Acquitted”:
New York Times,
July 26, 1978.
Alan Dershowitz, Harold Lime:
From
Los Angeles Times,
1995.
Reuben Sturman, Naomi Delgado:
From
Day One,
ABC News, July 20, 1995. Additional Reuben Sturman material from Eric Schlosser,
Reefer Madness.

47: Shattered Innocence:
Karen Applegate:
Michael London,
Calendar/Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine,
May 6, 1984. “A Porn Star’s Suicide at 20 Leaves a Legacy of Shattered Innocence”:
People,
March 14, 1988. “Shauna Grant Dead”:
Film World Reports,
April 16, 1984.

48. Fast Forward:
All original.

49. Club 90:
All original.

50. Kristie Nussman:
Traci Lords:
From interview with Bob Ellison,
Adult Video News,
January 14, 1985, and Doug Oliver, “Traci Lords: Porn’s Brightest Star Changes Orbit,”
Hustler,
March 1986.
Christy Canyon:
From interview with Jeremy Stone,
Hustler,
© 1998 Tim Connelly.
Greg Dark:
From Doug Oliver, “Traci Lords: Porn’s Brightest Star Changes Orbit,”
Hustler,
March 1986.

PART NINE: THE PARTY’S OVER

51. The Porn Marriage:
Bobby Genova:
From the
Los Angeles
Times, August 20, 1989.

52. To Be or Not to Be?:
Pat Livingston, Nancy Livingston, Vickie Livingston:
From interviews by Ron LaBrecque.

53. GRID:
All original.

54. Pimping and Pandering:
Jerry Butler:
Jerry Butler as told to Robert Rimmer & Catherine Tavel,
Raw Talent
(New York: Prometheus, 1990).
Buck Adams:
From interviews by Cass Paley. “Hard-Core Sex Films: Does
Casting Constitute Pandering?”:
Los Angeles Times,
May 20, 1985. “Judge Gives Light Penalty to Porn Film Producer”:
Los Angeles Times,
July 16, 1985. “Police Raid Distributors of Sexually Explicit Films”:
Los Angeles Times,
June 29, 1985.

55. Who Dropped the Dime on Traci?:
Traci Lords:
From interview with Bob Ellison,
Adult Video News
, January 14, 1985, and Traci Lords,
Underneath It All
(New York: HarperEntertainment, 2003).
Christy Canyon:
From interview with Jeremy Stone,
Hustler
, © 1988 Tim Connelly. “Sex Films Pulled, Star Allegedly Too Young”:
Los Angeles Times,
July 18, 1986. “Porn Starlet Off Hook”: New York
Daily News,
July 19, 1986. “Sex Film Star Not Facing Charges, Reiner Says”:
Los Angeles Times,
July 19, 1986. “Distributor Indicted Over Sex Videotape”:
Los Angeles Times,
August 15, 1986. “The Region”:
Los Angeles Times,
August 22, 1986. “Investigation of Traci Lords Pornography Case Expanded,”
Los Angeles Times,
October 4, 1986. “Three in Traci Lords Sex Film Case Indicted”:
Los Angeles Times,
March 5, 1987. “Arrests Hinder the Prosecution of Sexually Explicit Films, Police Say”:
Los Angeles Times,
March 11, 1987. “Man Pleads Guilty in Traci Lords Case”:
Los Angeles Times,
April 1, 1987.

PART TEN: BACKLASH

56. The Meese Commission:
Traci Lords:
From
Underneath It All. Richard Nixon, Andrea Dworkin:
Philip Nobile and Eric Nadler,
United States of America vs. Sex: How the Meese Commission Lied About Pornography
(Minotaur Press, 1986).
Ronald Reagan:
From taped remarks at Moral Majority rally, Dallas, Texas, October 1980.
Catherine MacKinnon, Linda Lovelace:
From the
Final Report of the Attorney General’s Commission on Pornography,
1986.

57. Disappearing DiBe:
Sammy “the Bull” Gravano, John Gotti:
From trial testimony as reproduced in Ralph Blumenthal,
The Gotti Tapes
(New York: Random House, 1992) and from Peter Maas,
Underboss
(New York: HarperCollins, 1997).

58. Conclusions:
All original.

59. Christmas Eve with Lori and the Kids:
Lorene Smith’s Sanity Evaluation:
Ohio Department of Mental Health, Central Ohio Psychiatric Hospital, Columbus, OH, November 1, 1989.
Sgt. Lawless, Sgt. Hopkins:
Worthington Police Department Police Report, Crime Against Person Case Report. “Father Released From Prison for Worthington Boys,”
Columbus Dispatch,
January 13, 1987. “Con Wants to Take Sons’ Bodies for California Burial”:
Columbus Dispatch,
January 14, 1987. “Justice
Dept. Memo Details Dad’s Pornography Deals”:
Columbus Dispatch,
January 18, 1987.

60. The Last Chance:
Bill Amerson, Cicciolina, Tom Lange:
From interviews by Cass Paley.

61. Jail:
“Supreme Court Exonerates Filmmaker of Pandering,”
Los Angeles Times,
August 25, 1988. “Rejected Legal Assault on Sex Films Appealed,”
Los Angeles Times,
December 24, 1988. “Lords Video Agent Convicted of Child Porno Charges”:
Los Angeles Times,
June 16, 1989.

62. Another Mob Hit?:
“Killing of Porn Pioneer Still Baffles Police, Peers; Inquiry Affords Rare Peek at ‘Playpen of the Damned’”:
Los Angeles Times,
August 20, 1989. “Alleged East Cost Mob Figure Named in Videotape Fraud”:
Los Angeles Times,
September 25, 1989.
Bobby Genova:
From “Killing of Porn Pioneer Still Baffles Police, Peers,”
Los Angeles Times,
August 20, 1989, and www.lukeford.com, July 1998.

63.
Cry-Baby:
Patricia Briceland:
Testimony in Case CR8800295-01,
United States vs. Gottesman.
“Daughter Feared Death from Makers of Porn Films, Mother Testifies”:
Los Angeles Times,
April 27, 1989. “Video Porn Distributor Gets 1-Year Sentence”:
Los Angeles Times,
October 24, 1989.

64. Divorce: Porn Style:
“Raid Led Back to Slain Man’s Wife, Unrelated Case Spurred the Arrest of Spouse, Friend in Porn Maker’s Killing”:
Los Angeles Daily News,
January 28, 1990. “Incriminating Letter Is Not Defendant’s, Witness Says”:
Los Angeles Times,
August 17, 1991. “Jury Acquits Wife in 1989 Slaying of Sex-Video Maker”:
Los Angeles Times,
August 31, 1991.

PART 11: FAME & MISFORTUNE

65. Rock and Roll High School:
Savannah:
From Russ Kregaen, “Savannah: Porn’s Most Explosive Platinum Blonde Bombshell,” 1992, and “Fast Forward: Savannah Opens Up,”
Hustler Erotic Video Guide,
October 1993.
Marc Carriere:
From Tim Connelly, “The Entrepreneurs of Erotica, Part I: Marc Carriere,” © Tim Connelly.
Vince Neil:
From Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Vince Neil, and Nikki Sixx with Neil Strauss,
The Dirt
(ReganBooks, 2001).
Slash:
From interview with Joel McIver,
Record Collector,
February 2001.
Bryn Bridenthal, Pam Longoria, Kirk West, Mike Wilsey, Marc Verlaine:
From Peter Wilkinson, “Dream Girl,”
Rolling Stone
, October 20, 1994, and Mike Sager, “Little Girl Lost,”
GQ
, November 1994.

66. Tired:
All original.

67. Cain and Abel:
Bob Callahan:
From John Hubner,
Bottom Feeders: From Free Love to Hard Core
(New York: Doubleday, 1992).

68. The Bombing:
Tamara Green, Jay Brisette, Naomi Delgado, Florence Clanton, Russ Hampshire:
From transcripts of
United States of America vs. Reuben Sturman.
“Porn Trial Jury Told of Bomb Scene”:
Chicago Tribune,
August 27, 1993. “Bomb Testimony Opens Extortion Trial; Woman Tells of Efforts to Save Blast Victim”:
Chicago Sun-Times,
August 27, 1993. “Reputed Porn Kingpin Convicted in Plot Against Adult Bookstores”:
Chicago Tribune,
September 10, 1993. “Porn King Cleared in Bombing Case, More Jail Time Due”:
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
September 10, 1993.

PART 12: KILLER AND FILLER

69. The Girls who Mark Built:
Mark Carriere:
www.lukeford.com. “Demand Is Strong, but Police Crackdowns and a Saturated Market Spell Trouble for One of L.A.’s Biggest Businesses,”
Los Angeles Times Magazine,
February 17, 1991; Dick Howard, “The Entrepreneurs of Erotica, Part I: Mark Carriere,” © Tim Connelly.

70. Severed:
John Wayne Bobbitt, Lorena Bobbitt, Howard Perry:
Peter Kane,
The Bobbitt Case: Transcripts of the Sex Trial That Shocked the World!
(New York: Pinnacle, 1994).
Larry Furst:
Larry Furst, “The Making and Raking of a Porn Stud: John Wayne Bobbitt Proves His Manhood and Shows the World How Smart He Really Is!,” © 1999 Tim Connelly.
Dr. David Berman:
Rick Sandack, “The Third Degree: Dr. David Berman, Penis Attacher,”
Chic,
March 1995.

71. The Great Escape:
“Porn King Flees”:
Orange County Register,
December 9, 1992. “Sturman May Have Left U.S.; Agents Say Pornography Czar Had Worldwide Connections”:
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
December 10, 1992. “Looking for a Rube”:
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
December 10, 1992.
Reuben Sturman:
From
Day One,
ABC News, July 20, 1995.

72.
John Wayne Bobbitt Uncut:
Larry Furst, John Wayne Bobbitt, Crystal Gold, Jasmine Aloha, Veronica Brazil:
From Larry Furst, “The Making and Raking of A Porn Stud: John Wayne Bobbitt Proves His Manhood and Shows the World How Smart He Really Is!” © 1999 Tim Connelly.
Mark Carriere:
From Dick Howard, “The Entrepreneurs of Erotica, Part I: Mark Carriere,” © Tim Connelly.

73. Ding Dong, the Witch Is Dead:
Savannah:
From “Fast Forward, Savannah Opens Up.”
Vince Neil:
From
The Dirt
(ReganBooks, 2001).
Mark Carriere:
From Larry Furst, “The Making and Raking of A Porn Stud: John Wayne Bobbitt Proves His Manhood and Shows the World How Smart He Really Is!” © 1999 Tim Connelly.
Bryn Bridenthal:
From Peter Wilkinson, “Dream Girl,”
Rolling Stone,
October 20, 1994.

74. Caught:
Naomi Delgado, Reuben Sturman:
From
Day One,
ABC News, July 20, 1995. “Defendant Convicted in Extortion Attempt”:
Chicago Tribune,
April 2, 1994. “Extortionist Sentenced”:
Chicago Sun-Times,
December 10, 1994. “In November 1989…”:
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit,
court documents, July 14, 1995. “Lawyer’s Trial to Star Porn King Sturman as Witness for Feds”:
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
May 29, 1995. “Court Nails Lawyers for Porn King”:
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
June 22, 1995.

75. Waiting for Wood:
All original.

76. Going to Extremes:
Lizzy Borden:
Janelle Brown, “Porn Provocateur,” www.salon.com, June 20, 2002.

77. Celebrity Porn:
Tommy Lee:
From
The Dirt
(New York: ReganBooks, 2002).
Jonathan Silverstein:
From
Los Angeles Times,
1997.

78. Outbreak:
Marc Wallice:
From interview with Michael Louis Albo,
Hustler Erotic Video Guide,
September 1998; www.lukeford.com, © 1999 Luke Ford.
Tim Connelly, David Aaron Clark, John Stagliano:
David Aaron Clark and Tim Connelly, “Buttman in the High Castle: Rich, Famous, Talented & HIV-Positive: John Stagliano Has Looked into the Porn Abyss—& Allowed it to Look Back into Him,” and “Buttman Opens Up About Every Aspect of His Life. And You Won’t Believe What You Read!” © 2003.

Legs McNeil, Jennifer Osborne, and Peter Pavia wish to thank first and foremost: GILLIAN McCAIN and TIM CONNELLY.

Also: Bill Brown, Jane Hamilton, Dr. Sharon “Mitch” Mitchell, Tom Byron, Bill and Virginia Kelly, Dave Friedman, Nick Tosches, Josh Alan Friedman, Chuck Bernstene, Fred Lincoln, Kelly Nichols, Kelly Holland, Ruby Tuesday, Chloe, Dr. Annie Sprinkle, Roger Young, Ron Jeremy, the late Ron LaBrecque, Joan LaBrecque, Pat Livingston, Vickie Livingston, Nancy Livingston, Bruce Ellavsky, Pam Ellavsky, Ginger Lynn, Bill Margold, Eric Edwards, Gordon McNeil, Lucie Vonder Haar, Gloria Leonard, Georgina Spelvin, Marilyn Chambers, Roy Karch, the late Chuck Traynor, the late Linda Lovelace, Henri Pachard, Carol DiRenzy, Sharon Holmes, Dawn Schiller, Tricia Deveraux, Russ Hampshire, Ray Pistol, Treasure Brown, Paul Fishbein, Steve Hirsch, Steve Orenstein, Patrick Collins, Chris Cox, Cass Paley, Tom Lange, Bob Souza, Glen Souza, Nils Grevillius, Roy Karch, Kevin Beechum, Tommy Sinopoli, Eric Danville, Joel Steinberg, Wayne Clark, Lenny Camp, Johnny Keyes, Rebekah Poston, Rob Black, Lizzy Borden, John Stagliano, Ted Paramour, Phil Vannatter, Rhonda Jo Petty, Jeanna Fine, Nancy Pera, Veronica Vera, Candida Royalle, Tom Zupko, Nina Hartley, Al Goldstein, Al Ruddy, Ed Sharp, Al Bonanni, Tera Patrick, Evan Seinfeld, Seth Warshavsky, Jonathan Silverstein, Adam Glasser, Paul Dinin, Tempest Storm, Kitten Natividad, Bunny Yeager, Bob Rich, Edna Buchanan, Ed Horning, Dr. Carleton Riddick, Mike Mauger, Paul Thomas, Jerry Butler, Seka, Traci Lords, the late Robert “Dibe” DiBernardo, Sammy “The Bull” Gravano, the late Louis “Butchie” Peraino, the late Joe “The Whale” Peraino, the late Anthony Peraino Sr., Gerard Damiano, Harry Reems, the late Marc Stevens, the late Bobby Hollander, the late Teddy Gaswirth, the late Teddy Snyder, Bobby Genova, Marcella Cohen-Auerbach, Marc Carriere, the late Brad Carriere, Roscoe Jefferson, C. J. Laing, Sue Nero, Bud Lee, Michael Cirigliano, Michael London, Dave Hadley, Bill Amerson, Lau
rie Holmes, Jill Kelly, Leroy Griffith, Jim South, Daniel Metcalf, Dian Hanson, Christy Canyon, Jamie Gillis, Serena, Annette Haven, Rob and Rachel Rotten, Bobby Elkins, Amie Elkins, Bana Witt, Humphry Knipe, Suze Randall, John Waters, Roger Ebert, the late Russ Meyer, Ann Perry, the late Doris Wishman, Hugh Hefner, Vulture, Carol Conners, Nora Ephron, the late Sammy Davis Jr., Mark Prosperi, Fred Biersdorf, Phil Smith, Jim Mitchell, the late Artie Mitchell, Jack Boulware, Bob Chinn, Laurie Smith, Bob Vosse, Bunny Bleu, Heather Hunter, Joe Sarno, Larry Flynt, Steve Rudnick, Fred Schwartz, Tom Blake, Vanessa Del Rio, Tiffany Clark, the late Larry Levenson, the late Mickey Zaffarano, Patrice Trudeau, Larry Parrish, Bruce Kramer, Tony Bill, Kathy Jean, Dick Phinney, Bruce Mouw, Don Fernando, Richard Pacheco, Joel Sussman, Sheri St. Clair, Reb Sawitz, Marty Bernback, Tracy McCourt, the late John Holmes, Mike McGrady, Eddie Nash, Jeanna Nash, David Lind, Pete Hamill, Michael Alago, Mr. Marcus, Nadine Strossen, Jim Powers, Lorene Smith, the late Don Gilbert, Judge Richard S. Seward, Patti Harrison, Paul Hetrick, John J. Waltzer, David Clark, the late Nadia Childes, Kaylynn, La Tonya Underwood, Ralph L. Morgan, Alvine Nunes, Jennifer Oullette, Alan B. Andrews, the late Jimmy “The Weasel” Frattiano, Ed De Roo, Chi Chi Larue, Max Hardcore, Willie the Cameraman, Sean Michaels, Andrew Blake, Paul Camacho, Dawn Manners, Andrew Trentacosta, Handsome Dick Manitoba and Zoe, Arturo Vega, Mickey Leigh, Sandra Shulman, and last, but not least, Ruby Gottesman.

We would also thank the transcribers Nora Greening, Neil Colgrass, Natalie Butler, Mia, Crispin Kott, Skylaire Alfvegren, Heather Richardson, Pauline F. Holly, the Amazing Ed Webb, Jeff Guziak, and Adam Rehmeier.

For letting us excerpt parts of their own books or articles, we would like to thank the late Tina Russell, Harry Reems, Annie Sprinkle, Josh Alan Friedman, the late Russ Meyer, Suze Randall, the late Linda Lovelace, the late Ron LaBrecque, Jerry Butler, Eric Scholsberg, Michael London, Tim Connelly, and also
Adam Film World, Adult Video News, Hustler’s Erotic Cinema,
the
Los Angeles Times,
the
Miami Herald,
the
New York Times, Playboy,
and
Screw.

To our long list of investigators and reporters who helped in doing interviews and research, we would like to thank Stacey Asip (who is directing
Mrs. Dinsdorf,
with Legs producing), for her work on the MIPORN and
Deep Throat
chapters; Chris Cox, for his work on the John Holmes chapters; Eric Danville, for his work on the
Deep Throat
and Linda Lovelace chapters; Josh Alan Freidman, for his work on the Plato’s Retreat chapters; Mary Greening, for her work on the sections concerning John Holmes, Teddy Snyder, and organized crime; Nils Grevillious, for his work on the John Holmes and organized crime chapters; the late Ron LaBrecque, for the MIPORN chapters; Michael London, for his work on
the Shauna Grant chapters; Linda Marsa, for her work on the John Holmes chapters; Gillian McCain, for her work editing and copyediting the book; Shannon McNamara, for her work on the John Holmes chapters; Cass Paley, for his work on the John Holmes and general porn chapters; Peter Pavia, for ALL his work, especially the MIPORN, Reuben Sturman, Graves End, Norm Arno and Lori Smith, and the organized crime chapters; and, last but not least, to Jeff Roth for his overall research.

Legs McNeil would like to thank GILLIAN McCAIN for her undying love and support through the seven years of hell that has been this book. Gillian has been my best friend and has supported me through the worst. THANK YOU. Also my cowriters, Jennifer Osborne and Peter Pavia, for putting up with so much shit—mood swings, Xanax addiction, exacerbating frustrations, lack of money, and my constant perfectionism.

With all my love, thank you to the late SHANNON McNAMARA for spending five glorious months with me. All this is for you, baby.

To Kristina Berg, for all those late-night phone calls and loving encouragement; to Carol Overby; Mary C. Greening; Jim Marshall; Gary Kott, for all his words of wisdom over the years (even though he thinks I didn’t listen to him); my big sister, Patrice Adcroft; and my big brother, John Holmstrom—for teaching me how to write and being an outstanding friend for more than thirty years, even when I didn’t deserve it.

To Doris and Dick Goodwin for their loving support; Fred Zollo; and Bill Brown, for letting us take over his house in Coral Gables and listening to me whine. Also to Jane Hamilton for all her support and hiring me to write the Marilyn Chambers comeback movie,
Still Insatiable.

Also to TIM CONNELLY for everything, Mickey Leigh, Carlotte Lesher, Mary Ann Walters, Steve Walters, Sharon Mitchell, Chloe, Steven Lampert (our computer expert), our MailBoxes Etc. man, W. T. “Doc” Maloney, Dr. Steven York, Dr. Robert Marantz and his late wife Joan, Dr. Mark Craig and his lovely wife Judy, Dr. Gary Brown, Bill Kelly, Bill Margold, Jay Cobe, Julia Murphy, Ali Morris, Katherine Garfield, Joan LaBrecque-Welles, Janus Johnson, Ginger Lynn, the late Don Gilbert, Fran Fried, Eric Rasmussen, and Kelly Holland for hiring me to write porn scripts during the bleakest moments of the book, Nica Ray, Bobby Miller, Ruby Tuesday, Tom Greening, Cynthia Lee Berryhill, Meredith Meyer, Amy Elkins, Tony Vick and his lovely wife Nancy, and my old friends—the late Joey Ramone, the late Dee Dee Ramone, and the late Johnny Ramone. Also to someone very special, who I was with the night before he died (with the wonderful Iris Berry): my thanks to the late Eliot Cohen. I still miss him every day (even though it was impossible to get him off the phone). Also my thanks to Julia and Simon, Roberta Bayley, Linda Marsa,
and Richard Hyland—aka “Johnny Joyce”—the man in black. And to Margaret and Wayne Kramer, may they live happily ever after. Also to Mark “Fuckface” Groubert, may he find happiness wherever he is.

I’d also like to thank my family: Mrs. Ellen McNeil (who had a great time at Gillian’s wedding and wants to go back to New Brunswick); my Aunt Margaret Clossick; my Aunt Mary Wilson; my Uncle Bill Clossick; my brother, Craig McNeil (author of
How to Ski the Blues and Blacks Without Getting Black and Blue
) and his lovely wife Amy; their two kids, Moira and Sean. Also my sister, Lauren Backman; her husband, Ken Backman; and their two daughters, Ainsley and Ashleigh Backman. And special thanks to my best male friend, Tom Hearn, and his wonderful wife Ann—and their two kids; Grady and Iris. Also to my real mom, Mrs. Diane Brown, who gave me my first job (she’s still cleaning up the mess).

To my extended family, Mark McCain and his lovely wife, Caro, and Ann and Chris Evans, and Laura McCain-Jensen and her husband Peter Jensen, and the late Peter McCain and his lovely wife, Joyce McCain, and their two sons, Luke and John. Also to the late Marion “Billie” McCain—and especially to the late Harrison H. McCain, for his kind words to me in Chicago. Also thanks to Marilyn.

To my agents, editors, directors, publishers, producers, lawyers and accountants: Susan Lee Cohen, Jim Fitzgerald, Carol Mann, Fenton Lawless, Angela Ching-Kaplan, Eric Brown, Danny Feilds, Mick Farren, Alan Briesbart, John Aes-Nihl, Alan Arkush, Michael Alago, Handsome Dick Manitoba and his lovely wife, Henry Beck, Pat Carr, Ged Dunn, Hal Wilner, George Wendt, Chuck E. Weiss, Jack Walls, Daniel Rey, Mary Harron, Fran Pelzman, Mark Jacobsen, Floyd Mutrux, Emily Schlesinger, Brian Sweetie, Sandar Schulman, Arturo Vega, Adam Rifkin, Bill Bonnell, Benito Villa, Graydon Carter, John Gillies, Michael Hogan, Ed Dwyer, Bob Guccione Sr., Michael Kennedy, Jonathan Marder, Martha Thomases, Victor Bockris, Bob Foglenest, Tom Long, Neil Colgrass, Norman and Noris Mailer, Peter Alson, Tom Piazza, Sharon King-Hoag, Burt Kearns, Brett Hudson and Lisa Krone. Also to Gesila Freisinger and her lovely family, Jenny Muldar, Atheena Viscusi, Mara Hennessey and Mim Udovitch. Extra thanks to my accountant, Jimmy Keeny, for making sense of my receipts to the IRS for the last six years. And special thanks to the Pepsi Cola Company for convincing me to do a book on pornography.

To the folks at the St. Mark’s Poetry Project: Ed Freedman, Wanda Phipps, and David Vogen. Also to the folks at Court TV—including Bonnie Dry, Mark Fichandler, and Frederica Broomfield, who did such a wonderful job promoting the television show. To our editor, the amazing Cal Morgan at ReganBooks, his assistant Marissa—and to Judith Regan herself, for taking a chance on us.

And very much love to the late Judy Conway-Greening, who died at home under the loving care of her daughters, Mary and Nora Greening, while I hid from the process, coward that I am.

Too many people died while this book was written, and my only hope is they not be forgotten.

Jennifer Osborne would like to thank the following: First and foremost, LEGS MCNEIL, my mentor and foxhole buddy, for taking a chance on me, for introducing me to Pete Pavia and Gillian McCain, and for being so willing to lend me everything, from your wisdom to clean socks (when necessary).

Special thanks to TIM CONNELLY for your love, support, insight—and for just putting up with me, even during my most “special” moods.

Special thanks to my family Nancy, Lee, Todd, Danielle, Kim, and Donna Osborne; Steve, Chris, Brian, Mike, and Stacy Barry; and Gramma Hoobler, for your love and encouragement, and for always understanding why my visits were going to come “next month” and never did.

Thanks to the friends who offered their support, patience, and humor throughout my time on this book: Wendy and Chris Campbell, Amanda Mendillo, William O’Donnell, J. Cobe, Kristina Berg, Anna and Kelly DeVine, and Scott and Renee Preston.

Also to Meredith Meyer, Ed Webb, Mitch, Tom Zupko, Axel Braun, Jen Blum, Mark Raskin, Dave and Jennie Gregory, Brian Lavelle, Andrew Wasser, Kim Williams, Louisa Achille, Mark Groubert, Karie Clark, Jeannie Cox, Carol Overby, Stacey Asip, Brian Martens, Gary Kott, Bill Brown, Callie Connelly, Mickey Leigh, Jordan Buky, Marty Hufford, and Mike Flynn, for supporting me and my sanity, in various ways, at various times.

And thanks to Eric Danville for introducing me to Legs McNeil.

Peter Pavia would like to thank: Drew Hubner and William Georrgiades, for being there at the beginning; John Gillies, for knowing a good story when he heard one; Bill Brown; Harold Price Fahringer; the incomparable Bill Kelly and his lovely wife, Virginia; Pat Livingston; Bruce Ellavsky; Gordon McNeill; Ed Sharpe; Marcella Cohen Auerbach; Robert Gibbons and his fine son, Robert; Anthony Marra; and a couple of NYPD guys who would prefer to remain nameless.

I would also like to thank Mike Dibble, Jimmy Gilroy, for his unflagging support, Michael Connery; my mother, Jeanne Pavia; Frances R. Bellave; my aunt and grandmother; and my wonderful wife, Ellen Harty, and the Princess of All Beautiful Girls, my daughter, Theresa, for their sacrifice and understanding. And, finally, I would like to thank my coauthors, Jennifer Osborne and Roderick Edward “Legs” McNeil, for their hard work and dedication. It appears on these pages.