Prisoner of X

by Macdonell, Allan

• ISBN13: 9781932595130
• ISBN10: 1932595139
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-01
• Publisher: Feral House

Summary

Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine is a savagely funny odyssey through the bizarro world of Larry Flynt's cracker-rich X-rated empire. During his tenure in the Hustler trenches, punk-rock dropout Allan MacDonell ascends from entry-level comma-catcher to editorial overlord of the unseemly offerings at Larry Flynt Publications. Here's the inside story of running America's most influential porn domain. A professional career of evaluating countless skin photos, taking XXX field trips, mastering "fully erect" film criticism and enduring creepy interoffice schemers suddenly launches MacDonell into national politics when Larry Flynt opens his wallet to impact the impeachment proceedings against President William Jefferson Clinton. MacDonell reveals the backside of his prominent role in tricking right-wing Speaker-elect Bob Livingston into resigning from Congress. Prisoner of X is a wildly entertaining memoir about life climbing the bent and fearsome masthead of an infamous magazine, and the bittersweet reward of publicly crossing its hillbilly Caesar. Aside from being the most prolific writer in the history of Larry Flynt Publications, Allan MacDonell contributed to the archetypal punk magazine Slash and the underground anthology Apocalypse Culture. Freelance pieces have appeared in venues as diverse as Gambling Times magazine, MrSkin.com and the L.A. Weekly. Mr. MacDonell lives in California's Hollywood Hills with two dogs, his wife Theresa, and a clear conscience.

Table of Contents

Prologue What Kind of Creep Runs Hustler?	9	(4)
Fired!	13	(12)
A Concise History of Newsstand Skin	22	(3)
Portrait of the Author as a Young Sophisticate	25	(17)
The Hustler Cover	41	(1)
Hired!	42	(15)
The Hustler Table of Contents	56	(1)
Fun in the Scum	57	(20)
The Hustler Masthead	76	(1)
Code Pink	77	(22)
Hustler Hot Letters	98	(1)
A Strange and Perturbing Reality	99	(15)
The Hustler XXX Film Review	113	(1)
Living Large Among the Dark Luminaries of XXX	114	(23)
The Hustler Articles	135	(2)
``Don't Be a Nerd.''	137	(19)
Hustler Bits & Pieces	153	(3)
Top Dog on Slime Mountain	156	(16)
Hustler ``Dear Slut''	171	(1)
Larry Flynt Straight Up	172	(17)
``Asshole of the Month''	187	(2)
They Call Me Mr. A-Hole	189	(13)
Hustler Feedback	200	(2)
The Hollywood Hustler	202	(19)
Hustler Beaver Hunt	220	(1)
Disturbing Fornicators I Have Seen---Famous and Infamous	221	(19)
Hustler's Photo Layouts	238	(2)
More Naked Truth	240	(14)
Hustler Special Projects	253	(1)
Saving Clinton's Privates	254	(21)
The Hustler Cartoons	273	(2)
A Wild Bush Chase	275	(18)
Hustler's Coming Next	291	(2)
Tough Times for the Dept. of Morale	293	(16)
Epilogue Crapping Out	309