John Dahl as TIM's 'Fucktard'

I gave Folsom a pass this year.  There were no performers who I wanted to see, and that's the only reason.  Well, that...and also the fact that Treasure Island Media decided not to do anything this year.  Last year, TIM hosted its fans with a party at the corporate offices...well, that's what I call it, on 9th Street, just a block off Folsom.  I got there relatively late in the day, and I still had to wait a few minutes until I was OK'd by security to enter...a matter of the fire code; there were that many people...it was a success.  Once I climbed up the stairs and reached the office, Brad McGuire had just shot a load up James Roscoe's butt...on the top of somebody's (not Paul Morris', I'll bet) desk, and there was some feeling up here and there among the fans, but nothing radical...and oh yeah, I recognized Paul Stag in the crowd, a cheap thrill if there ever was one.  But there was nothing like that this year, so I didn't bother.  But I did venture into the TIM domain on the Friday before for a meet-and-greet with TIM's newest star, John Dahl, whom we'll all be seeing in 'Fucktard,' the new video due out this month.

There are a lot things going on here.  First off, a fucktard is a guy who does incredbily stupid things in pursuit of self-gratification.  The implication is that he knows better, and is going to risk endangerment or tragedy, anyway.  Any old dumbass isn't necessarily a fucktard...he's just a dumbass.  But a fucktard has to have sense of bravado, and he's going to engage in questionable, risky, taboo behavior because he wants to, or maybe because he just can't help himself.  But that's just part of it.

Formerly, what kind of risks were involved in getting fucked up the ass?  Well, ah yeah, there was the risk to career, and to health, and to reputation, and of course, you could end up in jail.  A lot has changed just within one generation, but there is still the risk of....yeah...HIV.  Conversion...because HIV pozbottoms are beyond the risk issue...we're all going for broke for the time we have left.  So, I think it's implicit that the alleged fucktards in the new video are all boys looking for the adrenalin shot that comes with doing something dangerous, something forbidden, something dangerous to one's health.  They're not stupid but they can't help themselves either.

I have no idea what John's HIV status is.  We chatted a bit, and he's a genuinely nice guy.  Shortish, meaty (not fat!), unassuming and masculine.  He looks a bit more homespun in person than he does in the TIM promo where his muscles, physique, hairy blondeness and butchness in low cut wrestling gear, are all notably evident.  The photographer also captured that quality of dumbness (fucktard!) that a lot of us find appealing, attractive, sexy.  He looks like a dumbass Marine ready to take it up the ass.  John Dahl is not a dumbass but I think he knows how to play one...the evidence is in the trailer where his shortness and stockiness, beautifully contoured head and nice feet, all come into play...he's a hotshit bottom, of course.  So if TIM wants to build him up as this type of bottom character, I'm on board.  I can't wait to see the video and more of John Dahl.  It's so much more sexy when the bottom is smart but plays dumb.  Remember, a fucktard is not necessarily stupid; he just does stupid (sexy?) things.  Let's see where TIM goes with this.