Up Against the Wallpaper

Joseph C Peraino, the grandson of Anthony Peraino and the son of Joseph C Peraino Sr, has been in touch. His father is the last remaining Peraino now that his Uncle Butchie and grandfather aka "The Old Man" have died.

In an email he writes, "The government's actions were deplorable; they just kept indicting my father until he and my uncle were left essentially bankrupt. My dad and uncle were found innocent of all charges from the last case in Las Vegas, yet it cost them both their life savings to defend themselves. They, more than anyone else, are responsible for the creation of the adult video market, and have never really gotten the respect they both deserve, especially since our last name ends in a vowel."

In the course of filming, it was impossible to find anyone to go on camera and say much of anything about the Perainos – least of all the Perainos themselves.

"I am certainly not ashamed of my last name, but proud to have such warm loving parents and family members who sacrificed much in trying to provide for our family and follow the American dream."

Joseph goes on to describe himself as something of a black sheep on account of the fact that he is living in new Orleans and is designing wallpaper. Personally, I love all the Flavor Paper designs and want to find surfaces to cover them with forthwith. My favorite would have to be Flower of Love in espresso on black, which has a deep throatiness to it – lots of erotic floating swirliness evocative of the nouveau-deco style of the '70s.

Joseph assures me that there will be an actual Deep Throat design coming out of his Flavor Paper studio soon!

– Fenton Bailey