from The University of Delaware Review

Born To Porn
BY ANDREW GRYPA
Managing News Editor

It's not every day one gets a chance to have an aural sex threesome with the First Family of Spanking.

Self-proclaimed Godfather of Smut Vinnie Spit shocked many with "Asshole Man," his lewd ode to a woman's posterior, which was released on the "Porn To Rock" compilation. The disc featured the ahem, talents of 13 adult film stars and their producers.

Spit, a Wilmington native who relocated to sunnier Hollywood to gain acclaim as a fetishist in more than 55 films, says he gets inspiration for all his music like most other rock stars do.

"I get it from my penis," says Spit, who played standup-bass in the Millersville Symphony Orchestra when he was still living in the area. "`Asshole Man' is a tribute to my favorite part of the anatomy -- women's, that is."

Along with backup vocals from his wife, dominatrix Mistress Jacquline, Spit says his contribution to "Porn To Rock" was not attempting to catch the tail end of the swing-fad with the song's '50s-derivative Brian Setzer-with-a-boner sound.

"It's just another expression of my diverse taste in music," says Spit, who played a few live shows in the Perkins Student Center in the '80s. "I've been influenced by everything from swing, to punk, to Einstruzende Neubauten."

His albums have run the gamut of musical styles. Out of his 11-album catalog, the music has ranged from hardcore rock `n' roll to more experimental sounding music.

Spit's lyrics tend to make the listener want to seek out confession, with titles like "My Finger Has Been More Places Than My Hand" and "Reach Out and Spank Someone." The songs aim to shock the meek in an attempt to push boundaries.

Along with films like Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights," Spit, in his 11 years of making music, has helped bring the adult entertainment business out from under the mattress and into the public's eye.

Jacqueline says she thinks it was only a matter of time before the adult film industry became more mainstreamed.

"I think it's a good wake up call for sexuality, bringing it out into the open," she says. "It's not such a stigma as it used to be."

Even so, Spit appeared recently on CNBC "Real Personal" to speak about the eroticness of spanking. He says Vinnie and Jacqueline have found their own legion of fans who turn up everywhere from the supermarket to sex clubs.

"It's not uncommon to have people approach me at the mall and tell me they're a big fan," Spit says. "We're starting to get recognized more on a celebrity-type status. It kind of gets scary at these fetish events that we attend, where it's a little overwhelming because everyone's seen all your movies."

Spit and Jacqueline met when they were both featured in a Spank Hard magazine spread in 1992.

"Both of us had a natural inclination towards fetish and S & M so it was only a matter of time until we met," Spit says.

Soon after, they teamed up and formed Pacific Force Inc., an adult entertainment company that produces fetish videos, CD-ROMs and magazines.

Despite the couple's leaning toward more racy professions, Spit says his personal life is similar to what would be considered "normal," but with a little twist.

"We have this dungeon in our basement where we invite people over and play games with them," Spit says. "It's kind of like when couples invite each other out to go on ski trips.

"I think the first time that I really felt like I made it was when we bought our second house. We're at a point in our careers where we can do what we want and have people approach us to do work instead of vice versa."

Not too bad for a guy who makes a living with his tool.