By Marke B.

"Multi-award winning adult video director" is a phrase that cracks me up -- I swear guys have used that line on me a hundred times. Unfortunately or fortunately, it's usually worked.

But there are a few people to whom the descriptor actually applies. Author Mike Donner is one of them -- I think. In any case, that's his claim, and he's backing his baccalaureates up with his new book, "How to be a Porn Star," which features one of my favorite blurbs of this or any other year, by one of my favorite porn stars, Rod Barry: "Don’t start unless you have a regular job. It’s not a career!" Word up, sister girlfriend.

The book's pretty (intentionally) hilarious as well as playful and insightful -- there's much "backroom info" divulged for those who want to know the gritty details. But, you know, it's still a book. Wouldn't it be better live? Of course! See Donner and a cast of well-known porn names