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JBM:
LA Mike is french for "The Mike" isn't it?
L.A. Mike:
lol, Actually L.A. Mike stems from a webmaster chatboard
that I was in way back when and there was like 3 or 4 mikes
in the room. So well all put our city initials before our
name. Well thats how I got L.A. And I live 60 miles from L.A.
:)
JBM:
Where are you from?
L.A. Mike:
I'm from Riverside California and still live close
by.
JBM:
What did you do for a living before the internet?
L.A. Mike:
I had done a number of different jobs. From construction
to managing a pest control company.
JBM:
How did you get into the adult internet biz?
L.A. Mike:
Back in 95' or 96' I bought a computer to play a
game I had played on my neighbors old Apple called Ultima.
After getting the computer I found a site called PowWow which
was like a community and it was based around a program like
ICQ. But they also had webcams. I saw some hot girls in the
profiles and I wanted to see their cams but the only way you
could do this was if you had a cam of your own. And they were
expensive back then.
One day PowWow had a home page making contest and I decided
that I would enter this contest because the winner recieved
this camera and some other little gifts. Well being determined
to win I tought myself html. The only editor that I remember
being out back then was Hotdog which was strictly a text editor
like using notepad. So I had to learn the hard way which was
good down the road. In order to have a winning site I looked
at previous winners and previous entries. I went to each site
and stole one good idea from all of them and redid those ideas
on my site. I ended up with a winning site and the knowledge
of html, some java, and ftp stuff. From there I figured why
the hell not make an adult site.
So my very first adult site was a pay site called beaver
palace which was the ugliest thing you have ever seen. But
it got signups. I then got into the circle jerk and top50
game which we'll discuss later
JBM:
Did you make alot of circle jerks?
L.A. Mike:
I had 3 full circle jerks that were about 10 pages
deep each. And I ran 3 top50 lists
JBM:
How did Silvercash
come about?
L.A. Mike:
I had a small program before it that was only a 4
site program that I eventually rebuild into silvercash.
JBM:
I remember you taking alot of flak for the farm sites along
time ago, do you still get crap over them?
L.A. Mike:
lol, I got some flak but never nothing to bad. Once
people realized what they were. The sites are all Visa approved.
They only have pictures of girls on farms. NO beasty crap.
Never had it never will.
JBM:
Is Japanese a hard language to learn?
L.A. Mike:
Yes, I think it is but I really don't have anything
to compare it it.
JBM:
Ok I know your a car nut, but I'm pretty sure my RX-8 can
take the Saleen, your thoughts?
L.A. Mike:
LoL... So does that mean I have to disconnect 7 or
my spark plugs? :)
JBM:
Yeah keep laughing, you know my Mazda will eat you alive!
Out of all your rides, which are your 2 favorites and why?
L.A. Mike:
Dinan M5 and CL65. I love sleepers. The other cars
look hot but I love having 4 door cars with over 700 horsepower.
Something fun about that :)
JBM:
You did something that cracked me up awhile back. You ran
a fullpage ad in the paper over the coach of the Dolphins.
Did the newspaper think you were insane?
L.A. Mike:
I think some people thought I was insane. I actually
did ESPN radio and interviews with a number of other papers
after that article. I think once
people talked to me and realized I knew what the hell I was
talking about they respected what I was doing. One of the
radio shows kept trying to stump
me and I came back strong. They were both Jets fans and were
going after me. lol... We had fun with it and I blasted them
and we all had fun.
JBM:
Did alot of people start trying to contact you after that?
L.A. Mike:
Yes, I have my own dolphins fan club. lol Beside
the media that contacted me I had a ton of dolphins fans that
wrote me emails and told me
how it was about time someone said what I did and they were
backing and cheering me on. It was pretty funny actually :)
JBM:
How do you feel about the whole Ricki Williams incident?
L.A. Mike:
WEIRDO
JBM:
Do you have any non-adult interests?
L.A. Mike:
I build spec houses. Not many but about 5-10 a year.
Side project :)
JBM:
How did the purchase of WO come about?
L.A. Mike:
Richard who works for me actually found out that
the site would be for sale. The price was right and we thought
we could revive it. It's not only a chat
board but a resource site full of 6 years of information among
other things. Looked like a good opportunity and has worked
out great so far.
JBM:
What are the plans for that place?
L.A. Mike:
We really want to have a fun atmosphere. And more
importantly a place where people can come and do business
and stay in contact with
others that they already do business with. Having a good crop
of newbie and old school webmasters has been key.
JBM:
What are your plans for Silvercash?
L.A. Mike:
Keep growing and keep making sales :)
JBM:
Tell me something that no one knows about you.
L.A. Mike:
My farts don't stink.. lol
JBM:
Who do you admire?
L.A. Mike:
Anyone that went from nothing and built an empire.
It
takes big balls to start from scratch and I admire people
that make things
happen.
JBM:
Fuck, marry, kill: Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Pam Anderson,
who goes where?
L.A. Mike:
Paris does nothing for me. Britney is white trash,
and Pam is wasted. Give me Jessica Alba and I'll be happy.
JBM:
Anything you want to plug?
L.A. Mike:
Not yet. 2 weeks :)
JBM:
Thanks for talking to me
L.A. Mike:
NP, thanks for having me :)
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