Important Announcement Re: Revised Update Schedule
Posted by Michael on September 8th, 2017
I know a lot of you seem to think I’m some kind of sadist sitting on a beach somewhere, sipping margaritas and counting stacks of money and laughing at BBA’s members while making them anxiously wait for the next website update, LOL. But nothing could be further from the truth!
The reality is that BBA consumes the vast majority of my life and my time (at a MINIMUM, 70 hours a week), and I work my ass off each and every week to plan, film, edit, process, publish, and promote the new scenes that go up on the site. Most weeks I’m trying to edit a lengthy action scene out of literally HOURS of raw footage, a process that can be extremely slow and time-consuming. I do this because I’m truly passionate about what I do and want only the best for BBA’s loyal viewers and fans.
Creating the kind of unique and exciting content that you’ve come to crave and expect is ALWAYS going to be my #1 priority and goal. Sometimes this means taking an extra few hours to create a “previously on” intro montage to enhance a scene with added context and suspense. Or devoting an extra hour or two to making subtitles for parts of quiet or mumbled dialogue that I know will make the scene ten times hotter.
Sometimes these types of creative choices result in scenes going up on the site several hours or even a day or two later than planned. Sometimes it means taking entire weekends off to focus on special trips and production plans. As a long-time porn consumer myself, I’m sympathetic to the frustration and impatience that comes with having to wait for new content. But at the end of the day, I am ALWAYS going to prioritize creating the hottest possible content over meeting an arbitrary and creatively restrictive deadline.
With this in mind, I’ve come to the humbling realization over the past several months that I simply can’t keep up with the expensive and exhausting pace of production demanded by a weekly schedule, at least not if I want to continue producing the kinds of unique, lengthy, and often costly scenes that I’m proud to share with BBA’s members.
Too often, this has led to situations where I feel pressured into posting inferior and disappointing content just to keep up with an unrealistic schedule. And more often than not, viewers end up feeling just as frustrated and disappointed by the weak update as they would have been if I’d posted nothing at all!
After consulting with Montez and other peers in the industry, I’ve made the difficult decision to scale BBA’s update schedule back to THREE updates a month instead of four, with the updates still being posted on Fridays. The “off” weekends will vary depending on my travel and production schedule, and on these weekends I think I’m going to try something new by highlighting classic scenes from the archives that BBA’s viewers might have forgotten about or simply never discovered – at discounted rates for a limited time.
As always, my goal will continue to be delivering unique and unforgettable scenes on enough of a regular basis that a monthly subscription will still be worthwhile. If for whatever reason, you don’t feel like this is the case, or your personal porn tastes tend to be pretty narrow, then I’d encourage you to check out our credits alternative that allows you to enjoy BBA’s content on a scene by scene basis. Your credits will never expire, and you can spend them only on the models and scenes that really interest you.
If you want sloppy and forgettable 20-minute scenes featuring the same over-exposed “porn stars” over and over, then there are certainly other sites that will offer that like clockwork at the same exact time every week – and in most cases, charge you MORE in the process. I could easily update the site every week if I was settling for that same shitty standard.
If, on the other hand, you value the types of lengthy, unique scenes that BBA offers, then I hope you’ll be able to respect and appreciate the time, expense, and hard work that goes into making them possible and understand this much-needed change in the update schedule.
Website Update: Shaun – The Next Level
Posted by Michael on September 2nd, 2017
There’s good news and bad news for fans of Scotty and Shaun:
The good news is that Shaun is finally out after being locked up for nearly nine months, and he’s ready to take things to the NEXT LEVEL. The bad news is that less than a week after Shaun was released, Scotty turned around and got locked up himself!
Of course we all know what this means: Now it’s SHAUN’s turn to start paying back what he owes and return the favor by doing whatever is necessary to keep money on Scotty’s “books” while he’s locked up….
Detroit Pride to Kick Off BBA Tour July 27-30!
Posted by Michael on July 18th, 2017
As most of you have probably heard by now, our BBA Tour got off to a rocky start a few weeks ago (you can read more about what happened on our new BBA Twitter).
As disappointing and discouraging as that was, we are NOT giving up on the idea of a BBA Tour just yet, and we are excited to announce that Black Boy Addictionz is a special sponsor for this year’s Detroit Hotter Than July Gay Pride!
Detroit Pride runs from July 25th-30th but the boys of BBA will be there beginning on the 27th. If you live in Detroit or the surrounding area, please come party with us as BBA’s Chief Marketing Director Montez brings along exclusive BBA models Rico Pruitt, Blake Bishop, Stylez & Shazeer for a weekend full of fun events! I might even make a special appearance myself 😉 .
Check out the official Detroit Pride website and be sure to follow the new BBA Twitter for the latest info and updates on specific events and where we will be throughout the weekend.
If you live in the Detroit area or if you’re able to travel, we hope you’ll take advantage of this special opportunity to meet and mingle with some of your favorite BBA models up close and in person! Look forward to seeing you there!
Summer Schedule Update
Posted by Michael on July 7th, 2017
Sorry for being such a stranger here on the blog lately! Hope everyone had a safe and fun holiday weekend.
It’s been a pretty crazy summer around here so far…..I’ve been robbed at gunpoint by a former model (thankfully nobody was hurt), our first attempt at a public appearance was a total disaster (more on that later), I found myself less than 15 feet away from a grizzly bear in the Canadian Rockies (again, thankfully nobody got hurt), had to cut ties with a sleazy and dishonest business associate after catching him in an elaborate betrayal and scam, and on top of everything else been battling a miserable cold for over a week.
Not exactly your ordinary, average summer so far, LOL! But then again, anyone who’s been following this blog for any length of time already knows this has been anything but an ordinary life ever since I started BBA nearly ten years ago.
I’m happy to hear that the vast majority of you have been enjoying the fresh faces and exciting new scenes we’ve been bringing you lately. I know the recent update schedule has been far from ideal, but at the same time I personally think this year overall has featured some of our best and hottest scenes ever and I’m extremely proud of the content we’ve been bringing our loyal members so far. And the year’s still only halfway over!
Since my personal and production schedules are still far from back to normal, I’ve decided to continue with the unconventional, two updates every other week schedule for at least one more month. I honestly don’t like this any more than most of you seem to, and I have no intentions of making this a permanent change, but for now it’s the best and easiest way for me to continue bringing you the same amount of new content on a still somewhat regular basis.
And just to clarify, BBA’s monthly subscribers are still receiving the same number of updates, just spaced out a bit differently than usual. I hope to resume the regular weekly schedule some time in August.
Thanks for your continued patience with this temporary summer schedule. Hope everyone enjoys the TWO hot and lengthy new scenes just posted this past weekend, and while you’re anxiously waiting for next weekend to arrive, please enjoy the MANY hot and action-packed scenes from the past couple months, and/or any of the other 300-plus scenes currently available to BBA’s monthly subscribers.
I’m also going to try to take some time to catch up on responding to your questions and feedback, so be sure to be on the lookout for that as well.
Website Update: Training Trapp
Posted by Michael on July 3rd, 2017
Trapp seemed a bit overwhelmed after his first time with a guy, and I’m sure the fact that it had been with one of his closest friends didn’t make things any easier for him. He even tells us near the start of this scene that due to the awkwardness and stress of that whole situation, he and Scotty actually avoided each other for almost a full month after that shoot!
Suspecting that the understandably uncomfortable social dynamics of that initial encounter had inhibited Trapp’s true porn potential, I decided to try a different approach this time by pairing Trapp with an old pro like Saint in the hopes that a more experienced and open-minded straight model could help make him more comfortable with the idea of doing “gay for pay” scenes and hopefully unleash the sexy straight thug’s inner freak!
After a brief interview in which Trapp shares his honest reactions to that first encounter and listens to some helpful advice from his veteran trainer, we decide to try something a little bit different and kick things off with some naked wrestling (with baby oil this time).
Things are understandably awkward and even a little bit silly between these two straight strangers at first, with both guys nervously laughing and playfully squirting baby oil all over each others’ dark and glistening bodies….
But when they finally begin wrestling and rolling around naked together on the floor, something between them suddenly “clicks” and we’re treated to some of the most intensely passionate and surprisingly steamy action between “straight” guys that I’ve ever filmed!
I nearly had to turn off the camera and take a cold shower before continuing with the shoot 😉 !