Before you say to yourself: "Pffft. Must have been an awfully slow year." Time Magazine really did put us on the cover of their December issue as "Person of the Year."
But by "putting" I mean a photoshopped mock-up and by "us" I mean ALL OF US.
Time Magazine made podcasters, bloggers, photo-bloggers, video artists and all the good people who tirelessly make up so much free content on the internet as People of the Year. Why? Because we really are making an impact on the way all media is created, consumed and thought about. Shows like the Feast of Fools represent the future of entertainment and media.
As Time says: "Web 2.0 [podcasting, blogging, videos, etc.] is a massive social experiment, and like any experiment worth trying, it could fail... [it] harnesses the stupidity of crowds as well as its wisdom. Some of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of humanity just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and the naked hatred." Boy do we know what they mean.
So congratulations everyone, we finally made it! That means you too!
It's not too big like those annoying gay mega-bars and not too small like those dirty little dives. Vlada was the porridge Goldilocks wants to choose, and we just loved it too! Dozens of purely delicious flavored vodkas (all without fructose corn syrup) made into concotions that tickled the sense of us and our guests last Thursday night at the Vlada Lounge in New York City.
We absolutely loved all the fab folks who turned out for the event!
Click here to see the entire gallery of fabulous photos taken mostly by the world famous Jason Smith.
Thank you for voting for me to win Bravo's tv show Project Runway, but I had no idea I was even in the contest!
Seriously, I'm taking a poll wondering do you guys think Jeffrey Sebelia and I are twins seperated at birth? Just WHAT are the differences (besides the tattoo and the fashion sense) between us?
Check out these wonderful pictures taken this past weekend at Chicago's largest outdoor street fair, Northalsted Street Market Days.
I asked many of the gay couples we ran into to smooch for the camera, down below are some of the highlights. Click on the thumbnails for the larger photo.
Crowds gathered last night at the Apple Store on North Michigan Avenue for a very special live recording of the Feast of Fools podcast, featuring a special video chat with Victoria Lamarr as Madonna promoting her new children's book and tour.
For those of you who didn't grow up watching the Bugs Bunny/Warner Brother cartoons, Egghead Jr. was the son of the widow that Foghorn Leghorn was always trying to impress so he could, I say he could live in her air-conditioned hen house.
General Hayden is the twerp President Bush appointed to the head of the CIA who thinks spying on the American public is legal. Just cause you say your face isn't a disgrace doesnt make it so.
Fabulous Feast of Fools fan Tom Baccus made this awesome drawing of Marc and I as Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. The drunk sheep in the background are our "adopted children" Lyle and Talbot.
Besides dozens of hot men showing up to the party, several of the highlights were Amanda Steinstein working the crowd, Miss Ronnie beating up a short asian man with her frying pan, Marc and I cutting the cake, and Republican conservative pundit Ann Coulter sitting on our cake (can you guess who it was?)
Check out these memorable photos of our event taken by the photographic legend, Jason Smith. Good luck in Philly Jason! We'll miss you.
One of our local listenrs, Allan writes: When we went to lunch the other week, I mentioned my best friend Keith. He is the great guy who introduced me to your show, and he is currently touring in Japan with the Cirque Du Soleil production of Alergria.
In my most recent care package to him I included a Feast of Fools poster. I jokingly said he should take it backstage there in Tokyo and get some pictures of some of the artists holding the poster.
Well... he did it!
Nothing turns me on more than to see hot french canadian gymnast studs holding pics of us, flexing.
RedMonkey is a regular listener of our show who fancies the same kind of men that we do.
He "found" this old photo of me taken before I lost my washboard abs to podcasting! This is also when I used to shave every hair on my body and I was an olympic gymnast.
This past saturday, Marc, Victoria and I went to T's (the most fabulous lesbian bar in Chicago) for Bar AIDS, to chat with soon to be gay heartthrobs Charlie David and Bryan Kirkland from Here TV.
Needless to say, V-Marr was adored by everyone, including one rowdy woman who challenged her to an arm wrestling match. Click here to find out who won.
President Bush got so excited about the 4th of July and spending taxpayers money on war, that he just HAD to put on this patriotic dress and pose for it today at an Independence Day celebration at West Virginia University in Morgantown.
Did you know that Star Trek legend, Bostonian-Jewish actor, and former host of "In Search of" Leonard Nemoy is a budding photographer in his own right? Check out these HOT pictures of super-supermodels that can be found and purchased on his website, leonardnimoyphotography.com.
You wont see these kind of women on any of the Star Trek series.
Who let the dogs out? Nobody, because it seems Nigeria the new rage is having DANGEROUS WILD ANIMALS as pets!
"Please, nobody ever tell me that they grew up in the hood ever again. Can you imagine growing up in this part of Nigeria where the pets are Hyenas?!
Yeah, you can bring your Pit Bull or your Rottweiller down there if you want--but I think you and your dog will get punked right on the spot.
This is probably a Nigerian gang (notice the arm bands) rolling through the hood. Check out the homemade muzzle. And they are being walked with truck chains!!!
Take a look at the pics, vote for the ones you like, vote often, and tell your friends to vote too. The winner gets a flickr pro account good for one year! (And we'll try to have them on the show.)
Isn't this a sweet photo? It was taken by our gal-pal Victoria Lamarr one fine spring day last weekend, as we planted flowers in the back porch. Do I look at little "Rosie"?
The French AIDS Organziation AIDES put out a new advertising campagin, which seems to promote the idea that any form of sex is deadly, bummer. Check out the picture of a spider eating out a Catherine Deneuve look-alike.
- Thanks Jared!
Talked about on todays podcast show, here is the photo of Chris/Taffeta, the winner for the Miss NewTown Al-Anon Beauty Pageant, Chicago IL 2003. Note the one pink rose, and the sweat stains on the rented gown. She's gorgeous!
Sad but true, these are real-life photos of crystal meth users from Orgeon's police departments arcives. Is it me, or are their SKULLS getting disfigured from crystal meth use?
Thanks Lisa Neff! (from Chicago Free Press stINC. items)
Do you guys think this is a compromise? I thought the original photo was funnier, but I can see now why the lawyers balked at it. It put the idea in people's heads of going up to the REAL Star Jones Reynolds and spray painting on the back of her fur coat "FUPA is a DRAG."-Thanks Aaron!
Here's a great action shot taken live as we interviewed David Danger Andora last night, by celebrity photographer Jason Smith. Click on the photo to see a bigger version of the thumbnail.
As annoying as it was having Jason taking pictures during the show, I'm really greatful he is such a shutter bug because (like my dad) 10-20 years from now, these pictures will be a great historical document of what Podcasting was like in 2005. And of course, his deliciously expensive hi-rez digital camera combined with his decades of photography experience make even the ugliest people look like glamorous supermodels.
Don't belive me? Go visit his site and look at some of these people. You KNOW they IS UGLY and he made them look good! So hire him to take your pictures, so your momma won't laugh at you when you send her a print of your purty face. Supermodels, you better work.
Anybody rember actress Leisha Hailey who looked so cute and so gay in that long-running series of Yoplait yogurt commercials? Yep. She's now on Showtime's "The L Word" playing a professional carpet muncher.
My sisters and I had a very unusual childhood in San Juan, Puerto Rico. As young kids my mom took us out of school and had us home school for a couple of years. That, and art classes, music lessons, and lots of love from both of my parents made me the flaming-blue loveable person I am today.
My sister Talia and I (as well as Beatriz) would set up these lemonade stands where we'd sell very runny lemonade made from the key-lime tree that grew in our backyard.
Here's a picture of Talia working on her math (she's now a BIG deal in the world of academia) when she was a wee lad. IF you click on it, you can see the cheap lemonade stand sign I made, imitating my father's architechtually "perfect" pennmanship.
I've gotten a lot of mail lately from people asking what Marc Felion LOOKS like, why is he "ever so kissable." I mean, the guy has natural unenhanced "media-friendly" good looks. Well here he is!
It's just that Marc is VERY shy, even though he works as a bartender in heterosexual bars. Right now he's looking for a day job. Any offers? The guy has a freakin' MBA from Loyola University!
Cho's Show (she must have said "CUNT" a zillion times)
Under massive sleep deprivation, Madge Weinstein and I went to see the legendary comic Margaret Cho at the Chicago Theater (in Chicago, IL) tonight. I always love going out with Madge because she looks great in her fake furs and boca raton inspired hair. But thats not what knocked me out of my chair. It seem that Madge and Margaret were connected psychically because in her show, Ms. Cho was almost as foul mouthed as Madge is on her podcasts. I've seen Maggie Cho's act throughout the years, and this has the spiciest, hard-core, best work yet. CUNT-gratulations Cho-la! Your show rocked. So does this mean that Madge is ready to go mainstream? I think it is!
Okay, just to tit-allate you girls, here is the photoshop photo of the week:
The nipple that re-elected bush.
Before you say to yourself: "Pffft. Must have been an awfully slow year." Time Magazine really did put us on the cover of their December issue as "Person of the Year."
I just had to make this composite
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! We had such a wonderful time at our meet and greet last Thursday at Clark's on Clark here in Chicago, IL.
Did you know that Star Trek legend, Bostonian-Jewish actor, and former host of "In Search of" Leonard Nemoy is a budding photographer in his own right? Check out these HOT pictures of super-supermodels that can be found and purchased on his website, 
I guess the lawyers setteled the Star Jones-Flotilla PETA ad dispute.
Here's a great action shot
Anybody rember actress Leisha Hailey who looked so cute and so gay in that long-running series of Yoplait yogurt commercials? Yep. She's now on Showtime's "The L Word" playing a professional carpet muncher.
I've gotten a lot of mail lately from people asking what Marc Felion LOOKS like, why is he "ever so kissable." I mean, the guy has natural unenhanced "media-friendly" good looks. Well here he is!
