Real friends tell you when you are wrong. What do you do when you catch your best friend making out with a boy at a pool party and know full well she shouldn't be doing that?
My fabulous niece, my "baby-girl" Victoria Morales comes over to talk about why she called her friend's mother to tell on her misbehavior.
Everyone should have a daughter or a friend like Victoria who watches out for you when you've lost yourself in the moment.
Join Fausto, Marc and Victoria as we talk about our trip to the Shedd Aquarium where we saw dolphins take a poop underwater, petted millipedes, got bored by a lame "sea mammals" show and met a komodo dragon named Faust.
We also chat about some interesting animal news. There is a bird in England that is attempting to hatch foil covered chocolate eggs and attacks anyone that tries to come near them. There is also a swan in China that likes to feed the feed the fish in its pond. And the Dutch have invented a dog food that eliminates much of your dog's elimination.
Check out these fabulous photos from our trip to the Aquarium.
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If you can't beat your thymus, then beat Don Imus. The wealthy morning radio talk show host has been suspended for two weeks for calling the Rutgers University female basketball players "happy-headed hos."
There are a zillion of podcasters, talk show hosts, cable access shows that make outrageously offensive and racist remarks on a daily basis and they can't even get arrested. Why is this loser getting so much attention? It's because Don Imus makes a lot of money from talking on his morning radio show. Frankly, I had never heard of the guy until now.
Here's my take: who cares? In the face of the impact of the internet and the way it's changing these established shows; maybe these media types are trying to drum up publicity by sloppily making offensive comments. As long as they are talking about you, right?
Even so Mr. Imus has been going around apologizing for his remarks, but not really. Imus' apologies seem a bit empty. He's sorry he offended people. So what to do when your star host has offended millions of people because he made some stupid comments on his talk show? Fire him?
The guy isn't going anywhere. If MSNBC/CBS fired the guy, he'd land another lucrative job elsewhere.
If he's really sincere about making amends, why doesn't he use his alleged media power to help publicize the University? Why not help start a scholarship fund? From what I understand the guy is rich, he's well connected and he's someone who could take this misspeak into something constructive for everyone involved.
Everybody has hateful thoughts inside their head at times. Why can't we all admit we have some really hateful feelings brewing inside all of us? What is the responsibility of a talk show when it comes to making edgy humor that is offensive? Remember though, it's funny until it happens to you. Where do you draw the line?
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Some books are banned from our nations schools and libraries just because they are stories about gay people, period. What many gay teens resort to is smuggling the books into their schools and starting a passionate underground secret gay book club. It almost sounds like a plot to a novel itself, but it's not, it's reality.
Author, writer and gay teen literature superstar Brent Hartinger chats with us about his brand new book "Split Screen" a flip book of two stories: "Attack of the Soul Sucking Brain Zombies" and "Bride of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies."
The two stories follow the hilarious and sexy adventures of gay teenager Russell and his best pal Min as they work as extras in a zombie horror film. I wish we had books like this when I was a kid. Then I would not have had to re-imagine The Hardy Boys so much. Mmmmm...Parker Stevenson.
You can think of Brent as a modern-day Judy Blume, writing books that inspire and nurture the spirit of gay youth and speak to those who never had the ability to comfortably be themselves when they were young.
Bret, Marc and I talk about the challenges faced by gays, why the gay youth of today reject some of the trappings of established gay culture and who exactly buys books about gay youth. You might be surprised to find out.
Pickles surprise! What's the surprise? That there isn't a suprise.
The suprise is seeing a young Lady Bunny, RuPaul and Latoma Van Sant and Sister Dimension frolicking around in a radioactive green background talking about how to make a "pickles surprise" sandwich with a anthropormophic pickle in farmer drag creepily stares into the camera.
Our art-school gal-pal John Q Sanchez joins Marc and me to discuss in detail the colorful, brilliant work of the late great video artist Tom Rubnitz. Our friend Mister Pussypants has been busy putting up several of his videos on You Tube, and naturally it's been a hit and inspired hundreds of video responses.
I personally find "Pickles Surprise" to be a tad yucky with that unappealing slice of ham being plopped on a mayonnaise sandwich. I personally think the pink "Strawberry Shortcut" is the stronger of the two videos, which allow a very young Lady Bunny's charismatic talents to shine.
Don't think for a moment that just because we're digging our art critic heels deep into early 90s video art that nothing happened this week! On the contrary.
Jersey city resident Corey Andrew, like thousands of job seekers recently posted his resume on a job hunting site, hoping to land work as a writer, attracting Sgt. Marcia Ramode, an Army recruiter.
Andrew, an openly gay African American man had no interest in joining the Army and so replied back to Sgt. Marcia in a sarcastic tone revealing his sexual orientation. What sparked then was a hilarious and offensive three-day exchange of insults like Sgt. Marcia's:
Go back to Africa and do your gay voodoo limbo tango and wango dance and jump around and prance and run all over the place half naked there."
Upon finding out Marcia's Native American heritage, Mr. Corey replied:
"Native Americans are more intolerant of fools than they are of gays, so take that to your next rain dance."
I just love a good cat fight, don't you? Also, lots of talk talk about Disney's new embrace of gay couples wanting to stage a wedding there andSparty the ambitious lip syncing guy from Guam. Jennifer Hudson, look out!
Yes, it's Lizz with two Z's You may not immediately recognize Lizz's name, but you probably enjoy the fruits of her labor.
Comedian and television producer Lizz Winstead created the news parody program "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central as a response to CNN's paradigm shifting coverage of the first War in Iraq in the early 90s. Since it's inception the show has become a major source for people's news despite the fact that it's a comedy show.
Lizz chats with us about about how The Daily Show was conceived, their original choice for host and wether she ever got an apology from Craig Kilborn about the nasty comment that got him suspended.
Ms. Winstead has a had a lot of odd jobs, from working at the Red Barn to the relaunch team for Broadway Production of Grey Gardens She has come up with fantastic taglines for the show including "What's wrong with snacking on a little cat food in your bathing suit?-Grey Gardens, The Musical" She highly recommends the show so get your tickets now. (Check out the episode #101 of the Broadway Bullet podcast for more on Grey Gardens at www.broadwaybullet.com)
It's funny that Lizz takes us to task (and by surprise) for asking in a previous post why her good friend pornographer Chi Chi LaRue is on OUT Magazine's "Power 50" Who would have thought that this funny lady has the famous porn director as a friend? It turns out they are friends from their days in Minnesota. Lizz lets us know that it might not be that ChiChi has made a gazzillion dollars in skin flicks that put him on the list but rather as top gay pornographer he knows where all the gay bodies are buried. Eek!
Lizz Winstead's emrbace of podcasting and internet culture is a refreshing and exciting to hear. She thinks podcasts are comedically funnier than radio and TV. The word itself is funny and the medium is fresh. Remember, this one of the masterminds who created the award-winning "Daily Show."
Get on your knees! New York City based OUT Magazine has just released it's "Power 50" a list of what they claim to be the "Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America." We respectuflly beg to differ.
Any list that doesn't include Oscar winner Melissa Etheridge, actor George Takei, Siruis Out Q Producer Larry Flick, Chicago Alderman Tom Tunney or writer David Sedaris seems odd. Even the writer of the cover story in Out magazine, Michael Musto is way more influential than the blogger Perez Hilton. And why include pornographer Chi Chi La Rue but not Wigstock founder Lady Bunny?
I'm sure we'd made it on the list if they had gone up to 100. We reckon we must be number 52 or so, right below Lady Bunny and on top of Clay Aiken, although topping Clay Aiken doesn't seem hard to do. Quarter Turns anyone?
We find odd though that "podcast" was Oxford University Press' the word of the year in 2005 and that TIME magazine named online content creators as their "Person of the Year," yet it's befuddling that no independent serious bloggers (Andy Towle), videocasters (William Sledd from Ask a Gay man) or podcasters (anyone from the FOF) made the list.
Although the name "OUT" magazine might suggest a publication for the "National Association of Exit Sign Manufacturers," the name is meant to suggest gay men and women who have come out of the closet. Strangely enough, in order to attract major advertisers, the magazine has decided to skip putting actual GLBT people on the cover. They put straight identified celebrities who they think appeal to their queer readers instead of actual gay people.
OUT Magazine's not all bad though, after all, they did prominently feature us in their first and only article on podcasting two years ago.
A better approach might have been to do it like AfterElton.com did, and just feature a specific industry like Television and Film.
One good thing about having a list like this on hand is now everyone knows who to hit up for money or jobs! Marc thinks the reason they are kissing so much NYC publishing ass is that they live and die by their contacts and in a limited world of gay-friendly publishing jobs, every little bit helps. Check out the jump for a devastating statistical breakdown of the list.
Today's show begins with a hilarious Easter poem by our fabulous music-geek friend Gregg Shapiro. Gregg's onboard today to introduce to one of his favorite musicians, Reuben Butchart. Reuben chats with us about his new album Golden Boy and his debut album Dusk. He joins us on his cell phone from the bottom of a stairwell somewhere in the depths of Manhattan. It seems so clandestine. We hope you enjoy it.
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Here comes Peter Cottontail hopping down the trail, Easter is on it's way.
When speaking about this Christian celebration of spring with eggs and bunnies one can get into a hilarious sexual double-entendre, if you know what I mean. Blowing eggs, putting them in the hay, that sort of thing.
Don't get me wrong, although I don't believe in Christianity, I just LOVE Easter! And who doesn't love springtime holidays?
One of my happiest memories when I was a kid growing up in Puerto Rico was blowing the egg yolks out of the eggs during Easter to rinse them out and color them with bright colors, crayons and stickers.
Every now and then we would fill some of them with confetti and smash them over each others heads, making a huge mess.
On today's Easter-cast, Marc and I share out stories, tips and tricks on dying and blowing eggs for Easter or anytime of the year.
The warm weather coming around the corner means all the crazies are getting out of hibernation and acting up again.
Remember ol' Rev. Phelps? This guy and his Christian ministry have spent the last couple of years protesting outside of military men and women's funerals because the U.S. government is TOO tolerant of gays and lesbians, despite the fact that we can't get married in this country.
Now spring fever has hit this ugly man's mind and he's detected a new threat to our morality- the Swedish. A spokesman for the Swedish royal family has confirmed that Fred has been harassing them with hate-filled faxes.
"You're doomed to spend eternity in hell," you know, that sort of thing.
Listen as we talk about Madonna's new H&M clothing line and the eerie defacement of her billboards, April Fools backlash, and a secret little easter egg at the end of the show.
Hallelujah- the Feast of Fools podcast is here!
Featured Music:
Levi Kreis- The Gospel According to Levi: iTunes | MySpace | Site
Why do we need to a show on a Gay Guide to Chicago?
We often get the question from our listeners who plan to come to the Windy City for some good gay fun; "Dear Fausto and Marc-I'm coming to Chicago and I want to know what to do and where to go."
It's a difficult question to answer because Chicago has so much to offer to so many different types of people. We usually ask people what they are into and proceed form there. We'd hate to to tell someone to go ice skating at Millennium Park and later find out they suffer from pagophobia, which is the fear of ice. Now who would be afraid of ice? What do they do at cocktail bars? But that's the great thing about phobias- they are totally irrational.
What is not is irrational is the desire to come to Chicago, "Chitown," "The City of Broad Shoulders", "Hog Butcher to The World," "The City That Works" or as Studs Terkel calls it "Home of the Gayest Podcast in The World" (just kidding about the Studs part. Not sure which stud said that.)
Gay and straight Chicago has a lot to offer to the GLBT traveller. So much in fact that we are bringing in the big guns- Kathie Bergquist and Robert McDonald, authors of A Field Guide to Gay and Lesbian Chicago.
This book is a must read for anybody contemplating visiting Chicago. Not only is it a great general guide that will appease your straight friends and give them all the info they would need for a totally hetero travel experience, but it gives the low-down on all that is on the down-low.
Join us as we talk about our favorite gay bars and restaurants and spots to visit in this fabulous town. What makes a shoe store gay? What makes a gay-borhood gay? What makes anything gay for that matter?
It's never too late for a local bar, hotel or other destination point to sponsor this podcast to attract people to their venue from all over the world. It will be downloaded for a very long time.
The podcast that is the blinking disco light at the end of a dark tunnel- Feast of Fools.
Happy April Fools! We were just kidding! Technically we posted the show at 11pm central time. Put down the gun, Amanda Steinstein didn't really leave the show for some lucrative deal.
For the time being she's stuck with us. But the outpouring of sentiment and love for our voluptuous violet venus has been moving. Amanda is great and we love her! Never take anything you love for granted.
Today's show begins with a surprise phone call from a famous drag queen who is hanging up her wig in order to pursue his dreams of being a QVC spokesperson. I did not see this one coming.
Join Amanda, Marc and me, Fausto as we talk about the controversial solid dark chocolate Jesus who happens to be anatomically correct. Yeow! Now you can consume the body of Christ with a delicious chocolate aftertaste.
The sad tale of the lovesick swan continues as Berlin zookeepers take care of our lil' friend across the pond who has fallen in love with a giant version of himself. What are the plusses and minuses of dating really tall or short people? I've personally dated tall basketball players and short gymnasts, people who are on the extremes with regards to height. It's not really that big (or small) of a deal.
Check out the entries of the Feast of Fools Family Photoshop Contest as we deliberate about who should win on the show. We picked this one and that one as the winners. Congratulations Nicola and Jae! Everyone gets a FREE Feast of Fools "Best of 2005-2006" DVD. Make sure to email us your address so we can send you your prize.
Call us on our new FREE HOT-line:
(773) 681-3833 and ask us a question!
Be sure to say your name, location and question, otherwise we won't be using it. Local fees may apply. Must be 18 and over.
The podcast that practically re-invented the internet: Feast of Fools.
Featured Music:
Eric Himan - All for Show: iTunes | CD Baby
The Wet Spots: Hello Kinky iTunes | Site
Bustin' makes me feel good! Today we're celebrating the Nine Year Anniversary of the Feast of Fools by going after some common and non-so-common myths and misconceptions about food, crime, sex and biology. You know the stuff we just love to talk about.
For example:
• Do the letters of the GAP clothing store mean "Gay And Proud?"
• Why did actor Dick York (the original Darrin Stevens on the TV show Bewitched) leave the show?
• Was Walt Disney frozen upon his death in order to wait for the day when medical technology makes his re-animation possible?
• Does eating celery result in negative calories?
• Can you tell about a loaf of bread by looking at the color of the plastic twist tag?
• Does micro-waving plastic release toxic chemicals?
• Is the Fiji Mermaid real?
• Are green potatoes poisonous?
• Does hair grow back thicker when you shave it?
• Will the police be summoned if you type your PIN number backwards?
• Did Lee Marvin and Captain Kangaroo fight together at the battle at Iwo Jima?
• Have any people ever had naturally occurring blue hair?
• Is the Feast of Fools the worlds most downloaded GLBT podcast?
• Is Grey's Anatomy a good TV show?
In case you didn't know the Feast of Fools began as a fund-raiser for the now-defunct Randolph Street Gallery. Although we couldn't save the gallery, the Feast of Fools went on and on, first as a drag show, then as a cabaret, later on as a rock and roll play, and now as an award-winning podcast.
The name comes from an essay that gay activist Harry Hay wrote about how people need to feel free to express themselves, no matter how foolish they might fear to come across. I just loved his idea, and I came up with the name "Banquet of Fools" to name the variety show, which was quickly renamed "Feast of Fools." Who doesn't like alliteration?
Join us as my mom does a surprise phone call and Amanda surprises us all with some bittersweet news.
The podcast that is like a baseball bat against ignorance and fear- Feast of Fools.
Featured Music:
Angel and the Reruns - Just released!: iTunes | CD Baby
Rachael Sage - Blistering Sun: Amazon | Site
Lesbian comedian Sabrina Matthews claims not to know a thing about lesbian culture. She knows very little about flannel, doesn't have a girlfriend and doesn't know why lesbians get bad haircuts. One thing she does know is that lesbians keep their fingernails short, and for good reason.
On today's show Sabrina relates to us her experiences as a stand up comedian. She chats with us about the first time she did comedy and how she decided to turn it into a exciting career. Sabrina tells us that she gets a lot of feedback form her audience and that the audience's reaction to her routine can greatly affect her delivery. (HINT, HINT- Comments on the website are like clapping, booing, cheering and laughing to us.)
She has a hard time in the Midwest because she doesn't quite know why they love her so much but don't laugh out loud like people in other parts of the country. Marc tries to explain that Midwesterners are very even in their temperament and that they don't have the highs and the lows that other people have. What do you guys think?
We have a lot of questions for Sabrina and the answer often ends up being about the sea. It seems that every time we talk to lesbians it always ends up going to the sea. What's up with the SEA? What are lesbians tapping into here? Why does the sea keep coming up? Are they tuned into something that us les-be-nots aren't?
Everyone knows that life evolved in the sea, but did you know that humanity itself may have evolved in the sea as primates? Scientists use to scoff at the idea that early primates left land to live in the sea but this theory is gaining more credibility as they find more commonalities between aquatic animals such as otters, seal, whales, hippos etc and people than people have with primates and other land based animal like cats and dogs.
Some of the evidence that suggest that we evolved from Sea Monkeys is discussed in this BBC article:
"If we examine the human body, there are a number of adaptations that seem out of place on a savannah-dwelling animal, but make much more sense if you consider them as adaptations to a primarily water-based existence."
We have relatively hairless bodies compared to all the other great apes, which are completely covered in hair. Very few mammals are as completely hairless as humans, and most of those that are live in an aquatic environment. Also, what little hair we have does not sprout randomly, but is aligned to direct water to our midline, minimising drag.
Mammals have many mechanisms for shedding excess heat, including panting, insulating layers of fur - camel fur keeps the heat out - and bathing in cooling mud or water. Humans lose heat primarily by sweating. This costs the body vital salt, which would be a problem for a plains-dwelling animal, but not for one that lived close to or in the sea. Crying salt tears is a unique human trait, which may have evolved as a way to shed excess salt."
Maybe this is why so many folks like the sea? Because its getting them in touch with a deep primal sense of self? Who knows. But I do know that Sabrina is going to appear at HRC's Laughing Out Loud benefit in Chicago. Come out for a good cause!
Don't miss Laughing Matters...More!, the documentary featuring Sabrina and a bunch of other fabulous women.
Featured Event: HRC's 7th Annual Chicago Comedy Night
Saturday April 14, 7pm
Featuring Judy Gold, Sabrina Matthews and Andre Kelley
The Park West, 322 West Armitage
Tickets $40, $125.
Featured Music:
Rachael Sage - Blistering Sun: Amazon | Site
Summer is just around the corner and I'm feeling, I say, I'm feeling like I'm in a Southern mood. Like Scarlet O'Hara from "Gone with the Wind" or Ouiser Boudreaux from "Steel Magnolias." I feel the South is going to rise again, this time with sexy-non-racist results.
I feel like a strong warm wind is blowing through my gauze curtains. Heavens!
We begin today's show with a cocktail recipe that has a lot of gin and pink grapefruit juice, spiked with a lil' mushed basil leaves. Its quite nice, however we just can't decide on the name.
Here is the recipe:
Crush in a mortar and pestle:
1/2 tsp. of sugar
4 leaves of basil
Rinse the vessel with 1 oz. of fresh pink grapefruit juice, 1 oz of gin and 1/2 oz of orange flavored liquor and put it all into a shaker filled with ice. Shake into a tall glass with some soda water. It's delicious!
What do you think we should name this cocktail?
Join Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós as we talk about super-cute actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt turning the tables on his paparazzi with sexy results, John McCain's MySpace page getting hacked with sexy results, the unusual musical taste of gifted british teens and how dog food can make you sick, duh.
I don't care how hungry you get, or how much Nomi Malone liked it in the film Showgirls, please don't eat any Doggie Chow. Go vegan.
Our Feast of Fools family contest ends tomorrow! So make sure to email your entries today.
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500 shows! We had so much fun, where did the time go?
Today we celebrate and rejoice in passing another stone, a milestone in podcasting as we post our 500th Gay Fun Show from the Feast of Fools.
On today's special show Miss Ronnie and Gregg Shapiro come over to discuss winning the Pressie Award for "Best Podcast" from the midwest's largest GLBT newspaper, the Chicago Free Press. Check out our pictures from the event!
We've had quite a rough month as I've spent at least half of it in Puerto Rico dealing with my father's death, Marc went up to NYC for the GLBT expo and Miss Ronnie had a short stint as a bartender at the now defunct Clark's on Clark, where we had our first Meet & Greet back in February of 2006.
Join us as we talk about micro-cellular lesbians, Cyndi Lauper's upcoming "True Colors" megatour and Miss Ronnie's full-body gyroscopic workout.
You might notice in your iPod that our "album" is now titled "Gay Fun Show." We're changing the name slightly in preparations of TWO new podcasts that we're developing. They can't all be called Feast of Fools, now can they? So we conceived the name "Gay Fun Show" as the original, still fabulous after all these years, daily dose of joy. Others to follow.
We would love to know from you, our lovely listeners which moments from the past 500 shows have stood out in your mind?
Fun is our middle name! Enjoy another Gay Fun Show from Feast of Fools.
Our handsome neighbor Justin McPhee join us today to talk about his real life experience serving these past four years in the U.S. army overseas in Iraq. Believe you me, it was work. We love our military men, especially cute gay men like Justin.
The interesting thing is, Justin went into the military service knowing full well what he was getting into, and being gay. How did he not get kicked out? How does someone survive being gay in the middle of Iraq?
Join the ever fabulous Sal-E, Justin and me as we talk about the Chinese's fascination with their pets and their desire to have them connect on a deep personal level, like learning how to talk and understand their language.
The net is full of stories this week about the little kitty cat named Agui that can speak its own name and the pet fish named "Submarine" that comes when his name gets called.
Also, a woman gets kicked off a bus, and a guy gets kicked out of a bar for relishing in his own gaseous emissions. Sal-E wants to start wearing a kilt this summer, so look out!
Attention! You've been drafted into the Feast of Fools army. Don't worry, we've got great parades, no wars and one fabulous show.
Eric Himan is back! Also known as the gay Johnny Cash, singer-songwriter Eric Himan is in a different place in his head from the last time he was in the house.
After taking six months off to figure out where he wanted to go in his musical career, Eric Himan returned with a renewed sense of passion, a solo tour and two new albums- "Everywhere All At Once" and his acoustic "There's Gotta Be Something."
He's now running his own record company and flying solo, at the helm of his career and future. From the looks of things, it looks like smooth sailing ahead. I've never seen him sound so fresh and look so happy.
Join Eric Himan and his boyfriend Ryan, as Marc and I as we double date with them to talk about Eric's new albums, being confused for someone in recovery, why he got those tattoos on his arms, and the therapeutic value of song-writing.
In his song "Acquired Taste" Eric explores the idea of being a bad guy and sneaking into guys' bedrooms late at night. I don't understand why that would upset anyone. Would you be upset if you saw this hot tattooed stud crawling through your bedroom window late at night for a little romantic rendezvous? I think not.
Also on today's show, when fast food franchises are the healthier alternative, cats that speak Chinese, Naomi Campbell's custodian sentence, and music as a form of punishment.
Check out Eric Himan's tour dates on his website, www.erichiman.com Go get your photo taken with him wearing your own Feast of Fools t-shirt! Check out the great photos we took of him and his tattoos.
Let's give them something to think about, let's listen to the Feast of Fools together!
Cultural commentator Michael Musto really enjoys his job. For over twenty years, Michael turned his passion for NYC's nightlife and celebrity culture into a genre defining gossip column that has been the bread and butter for the weekly newspaper, the Village Voice.
In his new book "La Dolce Musto" includes a pu-pu platter of his "greatest hits" of his popular gossip column in the Village Voice. A mainstay of pop culture and a chronicle of the "hip and hopeful" Michael Musto's outrageous weekly column has always been a pioneer in gay issues, celebrity news and politics.
Much like myself, Michael Musto's identity was forged in the AIDS crisis in the late 80s/early 90s. In many ways, Michael distinguished himself from other gossip columnists with his honesty about his own sexuality and his social consciousness that came out of his experience with ACT-UP (the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power.)
Join Michael, Marc and me as we talk about Clay Aiken and Bary Manilow's Christmas Special, what kind of men Anderson Cooper likes, the real reason why Britney Spears shaved all her hair off and why anybody gives a damn.
Go see Michael Musto's book signing here in Chicago at Sidetrack on Wednesday March 28 from 6-9PM.
The podcast that dishes out all the dolce without any of the gabana- Feast of Fools.
Go F*ck yourself. Okay, not really. But what if you really wanted to do so?
On today's show, Sal-E brings on over his partner in crime Jo-Jo to talk about casting your own p*nis and what you should keep a eye out for. Warning! Do NOT try this at home. We are not going to help you out on this one. You are at your own risk.
We read a letter from a listener who wanted tips on how to join the mile high club. We all give our best advice on how to get a little piece while flying the friendly skies. We actually did some research on how to do it. It seems that you have the best chance of getting away with it as soon as the plane takes off and during the beverage service. It's risky and doesn't give you much wiggle room for foreplay.
We chat about the potential demise of online radio and a dungeon in Florida that was closed down for castrating men. Jo Jo talks about the pumping parties he's attended. A pumping party, in case you didn't know is a party where someone injects Home Depot grade Silicone under your skin.
The podcast that is the fancy napkins on the tablecloth of life-the Feast of Fools.
FOF #495 - Polly Wolly Diddle All the Day - 03.20.07
You can find all sorts of interesting things on craigslist.org. Several years ago, we were in need of fresh new faces and talent for the live musical comedy show we used to to in nighclubs here in Chicago.
I put an ad in craigslist that read “Rejected by American Idol? Humiliated by your peers? The Feast of Fools wants YOU. Bring us your geeks, your misfits, your outcasts, your oddballs. We want big chested, bold women to sing, crack jokes, collaborate and dance in our musical variety shows.” Amanda Steinstein walked in the door and it was love at first sight.
Today Amanda shares with us her latest craigslist discovery, comedy/erotic writer Polly Frost.
Polly Frost says she and her husband are a boring, everyday couple- except they together they write erotica that gives even Ron Jeremy a boner (he even said so). Their comedy soap opera, "Sex Scenes" is creating another kind of sensation in staged readings around the country, and on Wednesday, March 21, our own Amanda Steinstein will appear in the Chicago performance.
Listen to Amanda and her mom Fannie talk to Polly about her boner-iffic scripts, her views on erotica, and all things "Polly-amorous."
Featured Event
"Sex Scenes"
Wednesday, March 21, 7pm
THE PLEASURE CHEST
3436 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60657
NO COVER CHARGE!
To reserve a seat for this event click here
Or call: (773) 525-7151
Tickets are FREE but reservations are recommended.
See you all tonight at the Pressie Awards Ceremonies (and open bar) at Sidetrack!
Featured Music:
Rachael Sage - Blistering Sun: Amazon | Site
A volcano explosion on the day my father died delayed us from flying down to Puerto Rico. The ashes from the cloud above the nearby island of Monserrat kept most planes away that evening. The ash from the volcano can get in the jet plane engines and cause it to malfunction. We left the next morning when the ash settled down.
As you might imagine the past two weeks have been full of all sorts of incredible coincidences, weird experiences and remarkable turns of fate for the Fernós family.
One of the oddest experiences we had was the funeral parlor my father had picked out for his funeral service. Many years ago, my father must have come across the Celestium in a local architectural journal. It's an unusual structure with an unusual function and an unusual staff. It is a crematorium and funeral home in the shape of a "Monolithic Dome" and it appears to be run by Puerto Rican new-age lesbians.
A monolithic dome is a structure that is built much like a large-scale piñata, where fiberglass rods are glued onto a large inflated bubble and upon curing are reinforced by spray-on concrete. Not only is it cheap to build, it also withstands hurricanes and looks a bit like a concrete Atlantis on dry land.
My father surely would have appreciated the Celestium for its other-worldliness, the Sleeping Beauty like coffin in which he laid and the bull dyke attendants.
Join Marc and I as we talk about my dad's funeral, volcanoes, eulogies and spirits, and then out of nowhere, we're joined by a special old friend from the past.
You can imagine the surprise and relief to know that our lost friend is alive and well and living in Florida. Who? Listen and find out!
When god closes a door, she opens a window into the Feast of Fools podcast.
Featured Music:
Magnetic Fields- 69 Love Songs: iTunes | Amazon
Gail Ann Dorsey - I Used to Be: iTunes | Amazon
Sometimes, all you need is to soak in a hot bath to let all your pain, worries and problems melt away.
On today's show we return to our regular programming with a sound-seeing tour of the Baños de Coamo, a public thermal springs bath well known for their calming and blood-pressure reducing abilities.
As you may known, I've spent the past two weeks dealing with the death of my father, Gonzalo Fernós. Rest in peace papi.
I want to thank all the listeners, friends and family who have been so supportive these past two weeks and being patient with us while we took this time off from making regular shows. But now we're back!
Join my sweet "novio" Marc Felion, my mom Patricia Fernós and me, Fausto Fernós as we talk about some of the 28 stages of grief, like denial, acceptance, anger, chocolate, grief, rage, madness... did I mention anger? All the feelings you go through when someone close to you dies. Laugh with us, cry with us and eat some chocolate.
Pictured here is a photo of the lovely baths. If you're ever in Puerto Rico, be sure to check them out, it's a wonderfully relaxing, magical place.
Babies, I don't know if it's going to be all right, but with the Feast of Fools podcast, we're going to try our best to make things work out for the best.
"Babies, it's going to be all right." There is something strangely comforting about listening to Miss Ronnie's catch-phrases, where she implies that problems have a way of working themselves out.
The "bomba atomica" of podcasting, the lovely BMW (Big Mexican Woman) Miss Ronnie is always coming up with delightful catch-phrases for the good people of the world to hold onto when times are tough.
Sassafraction. Six Footers. Inspect, Select or Reject. Our Husband. A Slice of Heaven in Oh Seven! You Have The Whopper and I Want It My Way. Make Every Day Extra-Ordinary.
Ronnie is full of it, (and by "it" we mean sassafraction) and that's why we love her so much.
Today Miss Ronnie debuts a whole new attitude and catch phrase for 2007, which is "Flip That Sh*t!"
What does it mean? Listen to today's podcast to find out and how you can use it in your every day life to fight back.
All the flavor, none of the calories- the Feast of Fools. Who needs anything else?
Just in case you missed it! Originally posted on January 5, 2007.
You asked for it, you got it! Take a look back with us at 2005 (our first year podcasting) with a virtual pu-pu platter of our personal favorite clips, gags, catchphrases and inteviews.
Some of the great clips include: Miss Ronnie's birthday present, a scéance to raise the dead, our take on female genital plastic surgery, John Waters on AIDS, Teri Garr on Larry King and Kathy Griffin on breastfeeding.
Pull up a chair and help yourself to a heapin' helpin' of the Feast of Fools.
Proudly going where no other Star Trek actor had gone before George Takei got back into the national spotlight when "beamed" out of the closet as a openly gay man and spoke candidly about his 19-year relationship with his life partner Brad Altman.
On today's show we'll be talking with actor George Takei who's best known for playing the role of Mr. Sulu on the original Star Trek television series and in six subsequent Star Trek films.
George Takei makes his podcast debut as he joins us to talk about the 40 year anniversary of Star Trek, his personal experience as a gay man in hollywood, why he came out, and why Howard Stern was able to trick George into thinking he was arguing with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Look for George in the tv show Heroes. It looks like he'll be playing a bad guy but we can't wait to see if he develops special powers. He was on the Jimmy Kimmel Show to poke fun of Tim Hardaway's anti-gay talk. Here's the fun on youtube.
•Click here to buy George Takei's autobiography "To The Stars" on Amazon.
•Click here to buy the audiobook version on iTunes.
The podcast that foolishly goes where no one dares to go- the Feast of Fools.
Original airdate:06.08.06
Featured Music:
Baby Teeth - The Baby Teeth Album: iTunes | Amazon
I'm heading off to Puerto Rico to see my ailing father and to be with family. It's a quick trip and I'll be back before you know it, but send me some positive energy -I'm going to need it.
My adorable husband Marc Felion and I, Fausto Fernós, leave our house to get a little breakfast and take care of a few last minute details before my flight to San Juan. On our way to a local eatery, we discuss such wonderful topics such as death, incest and crazy religious practices.
The dying process is difficult to say the least. It's not only hard for the person that is dying but on the families as well. I'm looking for feedback, inspiration and advice on coping with the death of a love one. What thoughts would you like to share with us?
In Germany there is a brother and sister who are fighting the anti-incest laws of Germany. The had their first child taken away from them so they then had three more. They think that the incest laws are archaic. They feel the laws are a leftover from the Nazi eugenics era. Their children do suffer from some sort of illness, but it is unclear if it a genetic flaw or if it is something else. What do you think? Would you get it on with your sibling?
Holy Smoke! There is a church in California that calls itself the Church of 420 which is trying to justify the sale of marijuana as a religious right. For one hundred dollars you can join the church and for another hundred bucks you can by dope to make you closer to God. Well, the state of California isn't having it. They shut the church down and have taken it to court. It's funny though, during Prohibition the Catholic church did use wine for communion, so maybe this church will have it's way. Everybody knows, you have to respect religion.
Just call us ranchers because we do a little chicken farming today as we are joined by Justin, the winner of the LCCP Gala ball tickets. We have really taken a shine to him especially since he reminds us so much of our good friend Mike Brazell, the PETA activist. They both have the same charming smile, giggly laughter and military conditioning. Next time Mike comes to town, we are totally going to hook them up.
Justin lives above our PO Box so it makes it convenient to see him. He gives us a tour of his apartment and we are confused by all the strange odors in the place. It's fun to remember what it was like to live like a college student. Our favorite item though is his white microwave with the Apple Logo on it. It looks like a giant iPod that can cook things. We wish all our listeners lived so close by.
The podcast that raises free range chicken- the Feast of Fools!
Yes, lesbians do have balls. Balls to fight cancer, that is.
Chicago is home to one of the coolest, best health care organizations anywhere, the Lesbian Community Cancer Project. Originally started as a way to educate doctors, pharmaceutical companies and hospitals about the specific needs of lesbians, taking away the stigma of not just lesbianism, but breast cancer, ovarian cancer and yeast infections.
As Lynda Carter said in the TV Pilot of Wonder Woman, "Any civilization that does not recognize the female is doomed to destruction, and sisterhood is more powerful than anything." You go girlfriend!
Join us as we take you on a magical chocolaty lesbian tour inside the South Shore Cultural Center for the Lesbian Community Cancer Project 16th Annual "Coming Out Against Cancer Ball." It's as much fun as it sounds.
Listen to todays special supersized show as we rendezvous with some lovely lesbians, gay and trans community folks and the winners of the ticket giveaway as we talk to openly gay Judge Tom Chiola, Police Officer José Rios, and what you can do when you find out you have cancer.
Click here for pictures of the fabulous event! Thanks to Cat Jefcoat for holding down the fort and being a fabulous lesbian leader.
The podcast that recognizes that sisterhood is the wave of the future- Feast of Fools.
Featured Music:
Rachael Sage - Blistering Sun: Amazon | Site
Who let the dogs out? We did. And in more ways than one.
We are just crazy for our canine friends. So today we're doing a whole show on dog-themed news and Sal-E's spooky looking dogs Mr. Gray and Chico. (Pictured here) Actually, we are sure they are adorable but those glowing eyes are creepy.
We talked a whole lot about dogs! Well, sort of. Marc talks about an email from a fan wondering why he can't get "a good favor from a friend” in Taiwan. It seems that there are two or three schools on how to give good favors. Which school do you belong in? Please let us know.
One big thing we forgot to talk about was Human Dogs. We'll just have to dedicate an entire episode to that one. Sorry Pup Don! Pup Don is one of our most dedicated listeners who enjoys the art/fetish of pretending he's a dog and having his master take him out for a walk, feed him, and make sure he's well groomed. Arf arf! Good thing he doesnt think he's a monkey.
Needless to say, we got a little carried away with our theme.
Join Sal-E, Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós as we talk about Sal-E's shaving habits, uncomfortable names for dog stores, training your husband and sniffing each others butts.
Join us on Wednesday February 28 at Hydrate in Chicago to see Sal-E's drag act! It's going to be a lot of fun. We'll be taking pictures.
The podcast that goes woof woof arf art pant, pant sniff- Feast of Fools.
Featured Music:
Eric Himan - All for Show: iTunes | CD Baby
J-Hud won! She is an Oscar Winner 2007 so divas, gay men and plus-sized gals everywhere can now celebrate. Congratulations to Chicago's very own Jennifer Hudson for winning "Best Supporting Actress" for her diva-licious portrayal of Jennifer Holiday as Effie White in the big screen adaptation of Dreamgirls. In her acceptance speech she thanked "God" three times and so did we.
Last night was a historic Academy Awards ceremony as talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres became the first openly gay person to take on the difficult job of hosting the event. We think she passed with passed with flying colors. This was a BIG deal, and I'm not talking about J-Hud's weight loss.
Power lesbian Ellen DeGeneres looked simply fabulous in her velvet red suit, white gay wedding tuxedo, and cobalt blue vest-pant suit. In case you missed it, she was in red, white and blue, very patriotic, despite, as Gregg Shapiro points out, she was breaking the patriarchy of hosting the Oscars.
The only other possible lesbian to have hosted the awards was actress Agnes Moorehead when took the job of co-hosting the Oscars in 1948. The jury is still out her lesbianism but the rumors abound.
We were cringing with anxiety hoping that Ellen didn't do her "dance" and fortunately she didn't. But what was up with those confetti cannons at the end of the show? You know, the same ones Rosie loves to use on the View. Why do lesbians love confetti cannons?
On today's Oscarcast (yes, we own the domain name) our in-house Jewish divas Amanda Steinstein and Gregg Shapiro join Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós to give you a play-by-play (or gay-by-gay) recap of the Superbowl for the Rest of us: the Oscars. Winners and losers, and great moments you might have missed.
One of my favorite moments really was J-Hud and Beyoncé's sing-off where they tried to dominate each other in the ironically titled song, "Listen." Ouch! It was a little painful to watch Beyoncé go berzerk trying to outdo Jennifer. That weave almost sun off her head and I swear you could see daggers coming out of Beyoncé's eyes. If the drama didn't happen on the set of Dreamgirls it did tonight.
The company formerly known as Apple Computer (they are just Apple, Inc. now) premiered their first iPhone commercial, which I thought was BORING. Cute, but not as exciting as the now ubiquitous iTunes silouette ads. It reminded me of the "Think Different" ad campaign, the commercial used mostly footage from television shows during the major event to celebrate film.
The real fabulous Apple moment of the night was at the very beginning with the montage of nominees created by the famed "Switch" ad film director Errol Morris which in similar fashion had all the nominees talking to the camera while a bouncy music played in the background. Check it out here. And if you want to walk down memory lane, click here to see our version of the "ads."
The podcast where everyone is a winner, even the losers- Feast of Fools.
Late at night, many a person turns to eBay to find some lost article of their past, some missing item that just might make them feel whole as a person.
Lisa Marie made national news when her highly unusual plot to kill the rival for her lover was thwarted. She drove from Houston, Texas to Orlando, Florida wearing diapers so she wouldn't have to stop for bathroom breaks.
Sometimes you just have to say, "WHY am I even considering buying a pair of soiled adult diapers?"
On today's show Sal-E joins us to talk about the myriad of things he's gotten on eBay, make-up nightmares, breast-feeding legal woes, and HIV+ organ transplants.
Pictured to the right is Sal-E in his "negative" make-up look, inspired by the way people look under negatives of film. You DO remember film, don't you?
Happy Birthday Amanda Steinstein!
The podcast with all the pleasures of illegal drugs without the nasty side effects- Feast of Fools.
Featured TV Show:
Wonder Woman - The Complete First Season (1976): iTunes | Amazon
Featured Music:
Matthew Duffy- Here I Come: iTunes | MySpace | Site
Rachael Sage - Blistering Sun: Amazon | Site
When Ronnie was a little girl, she convinced her mother to let her get out of doing the housework as long as she was reading- even comic books counted. Naturally, Ronnie became an expert on the pantheon of comic book characters and super-heroes. One of her favorites of course is Wonder Woman.
We're tickled pink to see that Warner Brothers has put the classic 1970s Wonder Woman TV shows (starring Lynda Carter) on iTunes for us to enjoy.
Today we give you the ins and outs of one of our most favorite 70s TV shows which was the paradoxically titled "The New Original Wonder Woman." The pilot episode starred Lynda Carter as the glamazon along with comedic actors Lyle Waggoner, Cloris Leachman, Stella Stevens, Red Buttons and Fannie Flagg. Just like the Love Boat, "Wonder Woman" had a star filled cast with a high-camp sensibility. Even the Nazis were likeable.
Best of all was the theme song. It is true disco genius. Who can't sing it?
Join Miss Ronnie, Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós as we talk about the origins of Wonder Woman, the hilarious 1976 TV Pilot Episode, and lots of current "Wonder Woman" related news.
"What Wonder Woman related news" you say?
This week the Middle Eastern country of Iran announced they would be building an island of women, new transparent transportation devices have been announced and a German artists nude self-portraits taken at a former Nazi concentration camp have caused a scandal in Europe. So, an island of women, an invisible car and Nazis, could this be a rip off of our favorite show? We'll have to wait and see.
Also on todays show we follow up with Britney Spears. We really think she just shaved her hair off because she was depressed and wanted to "reboot" her system. So we're offering a short list of Ten Simple Things You Can Do (Besides Shaving Your Hair) to Fight Depression.
Listen to details at the end of the show about our photoshop the Feast of Fools contest. Win a Feast of Fools T-shirt, DVD and other assorted goodies!
The podcast that fights for your rights to wear satin tights- Feast of Fools!
Featured TV Show:
Wonder Woman - The Complete First Season (1976): iTunes | Amazon
You go girl. How many times have we wanted just to quit that job, walk away from our problems, and start anew?
Sometimes we need a strong symbol like shaving all our hair off to make a statement, a ritual break with the past and move into a hopefully happier future.
As you may or may not already know, this past week pop-singer Britney Spears walked into a hair salon, picked up an electric razor and ignoring the pleas of the hairstylists at the salon, and shaved off all her hair. And then she got a tattoo. [Update: now she's in rehab.]
I don't really see what all the fuss is about. She's just making her hair match other parts of her body. So now the carpet matches the ...umh, er... I mean the linoleum matches the shades? I don't know, does that work for you.
She's lost her hair, not her mind. After all, you can't really lose something you never had. Remember, she was one of the few celebrities that said going to War in Iraq was a good idea. In France after WWII, French women who collaborated with the Nazis were shorn of their hair and marched through the streets to show their shame. Is this a "Mea Culpa" Britney?
Or is this a pop-star acting like someone who's just gone through a break-up (or post-partum depression) and wants to move ahead. She's depressed and probably shaving her hair was an instinctual move to try to make herself feel better. It's a way to shed the weight and run.
What's kind of crappy is that the salon owner's brother is selling the hair for personal gain. Instead of donating the money to a battered womens fund, breast cancer or the Betty Ford Clinic he's putting it in his pocket. Making money off of celebrities left-behind objects is odd. Did I mention I have a fork for sale that George Takei used?
It's funny until somebody gets hurt and it seems that Britney and her family are in pain.
We hope Britney gets well soon and can get back to work as as a sexually compulsive flight attendant. We still haven't flown on her airline yet, but we are looking forward to it.
Join Amanda Steinstein, Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós as we talk about- mummified TV addicts, fashion for nerds and the perils of online dating.
Happy Year of the Pig!
Featured Music:
Angel and the Reruns - Just released!: iTunes | CD Baby
Gail Ann Dorsey - I Used to Be: iTunes | Amazon
Why do I cringe sometimes when I hear any politician say "No comment?" Is it because they are trying to skip the question? Some people will say anything to avoid a response that might get them into trouble with somebody.
Like Bill Maher said in his blog and talk show this week, if we decide who becomes President of the United States by a slip-up or misspeak, then we're in trouble. After all, it didn't keep the current President from holding office.
Today we're joined once again by future openly gay Presidential hopeful Richard Streetman.
Deep inside Richard Streetman is a soulful black woman, so in many ways if he becomes elected he'll be the nations first female black President. Watch out Hillary! Watch out Barack!
We really should be focusing on politics today, but we just can't seem to get these images of the sexy Russian military out of our minds.
The hot Russian military's egos (and various body parts) took a bruising when details have come out in the Russian press that the military may have a long tradition of forced gay male prostitution, with young soldiers being routinely pimped by senior officials, who then forced them to turn over their earnings.
Even though this sounds like some cheesy porn plot, it's not as sexy as it may sound at first.
Anonymous soldiers told the Gazeta news paper that they were violently tortured and beaten in order to get them to comply. Last year, a 19-year-old recruit was reportedly beaten so badly that his genitals and legs had to be amputated. That's not hot.
The news come in the trail of homophobic comments from the Russian Mayor announcing a ban on all gay pride parades, comparing homosexuality to Alcoholism.
Here in Chicago, the local Alcoholics Anonymous club marches in the gay pride parade.
If anyone wants to organize a pride parade for people who LOVE sexy russian men and their delicious vodka, we are SO there.
Join Marc and me as we continue our cheeky chat with Richard Streetman about fantasies, celebrity spam, politics and how an Oprah episode saved Richard's life.
That tangy taste isn't what you think it is, it's the Feast of Fools.
Think of him as a cross between George Stephanopoulos, Joan Rivers and Leslie Jordan.
Hailing from South Carolina, Richard moved to the Windy City to get his grass roots experience in the democratic political process, hoping one day to be the first openly gay President of the United States of America. No kidding. We think he just might be able to pull if off.
If not, he can always audition for American Idol and win. Almost two years ago Richard competed in the "Out at the Ballgame" contest to sing the National Anthem at the largest gay days (and the first) at a baseball game.
They could not have picked a better singer and boy did he work Wrigley Field.
Join Richard Streetman, Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós as we talk about the political process, Chicago's Alder-persons and Barack Obama and Hilary Clitons' HIV status (or their chances to become the next President of the United States.)
Subscribe to the Feast of Fools and you'll get a chicken in every pot, a fat-free snack cake in every mouth, and a hilarious show in every iPod.
Happy Valentines Day! I know it's a bit late, but sometimes heartfelt love just takes a little longer to arrive.
We have got a whole lot of love for you today. Magnetic Fields' onetime band member L.D. Beghtol chats with us about his book "69 Love Songs: A Field Guide," a fully illustrated oral history on the 1999 three-CD album 69 Love Songs.
An odd attraction to the bizarre, the excessive and even the mundane are probably the driving forces behind front-man Stephin Merritt's approach to making music and behind this conceptual album.
Why 69 love songs anyways? Well, because 100 was way too much and 13 was too Jerry Lee Lewis.
An essential for fans of the Magnetic Feilds work or of indie-pop in general, 69 Love Songs captured the inter-genre sensibility and grad-school mentality that their music seems to best represent. The 3-disc album's wide rage of styles and lyrical references becomes a heartfelt collection of quirky pop-culture nuggets.
Music critic and Magnetic Fields band-member L.D. Beghtol's book about the music also titled "69 Love Songs" is a mini-dictionary of the references in the song's lyrics, an index of the band-members' favorite songs and the backstory of other delightful tidbits. It's an essential read for any devotée of "69 Love Songs."
Join us as Gregg Shapiro, Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós talk to L.D. about how they devised the project, the obstacles in putting such a large album together, bad vegetarian food, and spilling the beans on Stephin Merritt.
Gregg Shaprio also shares his experience of the Chicago Auto Show Expo, the good and bad side of automotive marketing and why gay men have a certain attraction to certain brands of cars.
The podcast that loves you till it hurts- Feast of Fools.
Featured Book:
Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs: A Field Guide by L. D. Beghtol: Amazon | MySpace | Site
Featured Music:
Magnetic Fields- 69 Love Songs: iTunes | Amazon
Kelly Hogan & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts - Beneath the Country Underdog: iTunes
Tamale, like myself is a performer who works with fire. Marc and Cat share a common link with fire as well-they both are ex-smokers. Yeah for them!
Tamale was a red hot performer who seduced the audience with her undulating silhouette at the Gurlesque Burlesque Show, which Marc and I attended with Marsian. We also got to see her in the gender bender Lola Project. And now she is on the show- what a small world.
Last time we talked about Margaret Cho's burleque act, we really gave her hell. Since Tamale shared the same stage with Cho, we just had to bring up her performance. We felt her work wasn't at the calibure of the other performers. Tamale and Cat defend the notorious Cho's choice of entering the "Take Your Clothes Off And Chimmey Parade" by examining her process. The respected Cho's choice because they admired her process. Why are lesbians so into the "process" and what the does "process" mean anyway?
Albuquerque is named the fittest city in the US by Men's Fitness Magazine. Why is Albuquerque the fittest city- well, they have a good diet, they have a lot of outside space for activity and they work out. Big surprise.
GLADD is condemning Chuck Knipp's minstrel character, Shirley Q. Liquor. We think it's a waste of GLAAD's time to condemn Knipp. GLAAD needs to focus on the big picture and not waste it's time on a two bit performer like Shirley Q. What are they gonna condemn next, the dog crap I tracked into the house?
We discuss many exciting things in this show, such as, are obese people under represented in burlesque? What is a "bottom" in a lesbian relationship? What's on the top of the sexual food chain? Are women fascinated with a large clitoris?
It's red, it's hot, and it's ready for action - it's the Feast of Fools!
Listen for details on how you can win tickets to LCCP's Annual Gala Ball. The theme this year is "Flappers and Fedoras" so pull out your vintage fringe dresses and smoking jackets and represent! We'll be there with bells on. Come be on our podcast! We'll be taping live from the floor of the event (look for us in front of the multi-racial chocolate fountain.
Featured Event:
LCCP's Annual Gala Ball- Coming out against Cancer.
Saturday February 24, 2007
South Shore Cultural Center-Get tickets here.
Featured Music:
Gail Ann Dorsey - I Used to Be: iTunes | Amazon
We're joined today by two fabulous lesbians Cat Jefcoat and Tamale. Cat is the Managing Director of the Lesbian Community Cancer Project (LCCP) and her good friend Tamale is a burlesque performer and comedian.
We are happy to have the gals in the house to discuss, among other things, the upcoming The 16th Annual Coming Out Against Cancer Ball, sponsored by LCCP.
In case you don't know, LCCP is Chicago's foremost lesbian/bi/trans womens health care advocacy group and public education. They go all over the state training health care providers, providing LGBT cancer support (note the G means they are now including gay men). Organizations like LCCP keep health care organizations, pharmaceutical companies and doctors on track to remind them of the specific needs of their LGBT patients.
Their Annual Gala is the event of the season for lesbians. Listen for details on how you can win tickets to LCCP's Annual Gala Ball. The theme this year is "Flappers and Fedoras" so pull out your vintage fringe dresses and smoking jackets and represent! We'll be there with bells on. Come be on our podcast! We'll be taping live from the floor of the event (look for us in front of the multi-racial chocolate fountain.
Marc has this idea in head that Rosie O'Donnell is the new Magic Eight Ball. Do you remember those toys that gave you answers to life's questions? Well according to Wikipedia, ten of the possible answers are variations of "yes", five are ambiguous, and five are variations of "no".
Today's show begins with a dramatization of some of the questions submitted to Rosie O'Donnell's blog. Nothing like a "Riding the Bus with my Sister" impressions to make us all fall out.
Why is Rosie the new Magic Eight Ball? Well, on her blog, rblog you can ask Rosie one question a day. Rosie is mostly forthright in her answers but sometimes she gives answers that are vague, ambiguous or answers that look like they fell out of the back of a haiku truck. It's very reminiscent of the strange answers you'd get from the eight ball. One of our favorite answers is "Breathe, Awaken" which she gives to a nut job after he criticized her.
We chat about the woman in Florida who got "miffed over muff" because she drove by a theater which had "The Vagina Monologues" on it's marquee. She was so upset because she had to explain to her niece what a vagina was. The theater ended up changing the marquee to "The Hooha Monologues." Now, she's going to have to explain what a "Hooha" is. Why are kids so darn curious?
Relax, breath and awaken your inner lesbian to the Feast of Fools.
Featured Event:
LCCP's Annual Gala Ball - Coming out against Cancer
Saturday February 24, 2007
South Shore Cultural Center: Get tickets here!
Featured Music:
Rachael Sage - Blistering Sun: Amazon | Site
FOF #480 - The Unsinkable Paula Poundstone - 02.13.07
When every single aspect of your life gets scrutinized by the media and the law, the pressure can be intense. It is even more so when you are an unconventional woman with mainstream appeal.
When Paula Poundstone was arrested in 2001 for drunk driving and child endangerment, she temporarily lost custody of her adopted children, went into a deep depression and was forced by the courts to go to Alcoholics Anonymous on national TV.
Not one to brush anything under the carpet, Paula Poundstone took her personal and legal struggles that she endured under the glare of the media and put it to work in her courageous stand-up act.
Today, the unsinkable Paula Poundstone lives happily in her home in Southern California with her three kids, eleven cats, two rabbits, two tadpoles, a lizard and one big dog.
In her new book "There's Nothing in This Book I Meant To Say" Poundstone shares her experiences contrasted with zesty biographies of Joan of Arc,Abraham Lincoln and Ludwig van Beethoven, to name a few.
Join us as we talk about the U.S. legal system, being a single parent, the legacy of Robin Williams, asexuality, and what celebrity would Paula Poundstone date if they asked.
You have the right to remain fabulous on the Feast of Fools!
Paula Poundstone performs a new show each night in Chicago this week:
Thursday, February 15
Raue Center of the Arts, Crystal Lake, IL: TICKETS
Box Office: (815) 356-9212
Friday, February 16
McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL: TICKETS
Box Office: (630) 942-4000. Almost sold out.
Saturday, February 17
Centre East Theatre, Skokie, IL: TICKETS
Box Office: (847) 673-6300
Featured Book:
“There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say” by Paula Poundstone: Amazon | iTunes
Featured Video:
Paula Poundstone: Look What the Cat Dragged In
Bravo's Funny Girls, Season 1: iTunes
Featured Music:
Rachael Sage - Blistering Sun: Amazon | Site
For some reason, Marc thought it would be a good idea to stage an intervention to teach Ronnie to learn how to eat sardines.
Why? Because it seems that sardines are actually very good for you, being one of the first things in the food chain in the sea they don't have mercury and are rich in nutrients.
Join us today as we talk about the hazards of polar bears mating, Illinois' very own Obama comes IN of the closet into the Presidential race, why Hillary Clinton would make a fabulous running mate, blow-back from Anna Nicole Smith's videos and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy getting canceled.
We have mixed feelings when we learned that this would be the last season for the landmark TV show "Queer Eye For the Straight Guy." When I first saw the TV show I got a tear in my eye to finally see REAL gay men on television speaking honestly and openly about a wide range of topics.
Lesbians have Ellen, Rosie and Jay Leno, but we have no-one. Really.
We had made a request to interview Jai Rodriguez last fall but were rejected by his publicist. So we say screw you to the bi-turned-gay member of the group who is now out of a job. We're sure he'll be alright though, oh, but did we have fun cursing him out. I hope he gets a chance to hear it. I think he'll be amused.
The offer still stands for everyone else, including the real genius of the bunch, Ted Allen. Why he alone has taught many a gay men, suburban women and straight men to eat a wide range of dishes. Both hot and cold. Wonder if he could Ronnie to eat sardines? Marc thinks he could.
We are also contemplating having Carson Kressley be a permanent replacement for Victoria Lamarr. Phone home V-Mar!
The podcast that teaches you how to eat things- Feast of Fools.
Featured Sponsor:
Eric Daly at Toujours Salon & Spa: Site | MySpace
You never see it coming. Death can come out of the blue and make everything else seem meaningless. Man, did we get blind-sighted!
Today's show began innocently, talking about the now insignificant "cheese-cam" that a Wisconsin dairy farmer put up in order to allow the general public share in the thrill of watching a block of cheddar cheese mature.
Coincidentally we had a silent moment for our friend Matt Lucero who's dog Ollie had passed away.
We got calls from Miss Ronnie and Sal-E telling us the bad news and what they thought her death meant. The instant messages came pouring in. The emails. Will the Playboy mansion gates get covered in roses? Will you remember what you were doing today ten years from now?
Anna Nicole's death made us immediately think of BC Kalz, the talented comedic actor who portrayed her in our live show "Feast of Fools: Fireballs Remixed" in 2004.
Click here to see BC Kalz in action as Anna Nicole in one of our live shows.
Interestingly enough, Anna Nicole compared herself to another tragic entertainment legend, Marilyn Monroe. We saw how messed up her life had been, how much heartache she had gone through, and how much fun it was to see her outlandish and awkward life unfold before us.
We knew she wasn't long for this world, yet at the same time her larger than life personality and enormous bosoms made her appear indestructible. So why am I a bit surprised that she's dead?
Listen to today's show as Marc and I talk to Miss Ronnie, Sal-E and BC Kalz about the tragic stripper turned Playboy model turned Jeans model turned bride turned realty-TV-star turned grieving mother turned cadaver known as Anna Nicole Smith.
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We have some tough skins. We have a pretty good sense of humor when it comes to laughing at ourselves. After all, on this show we throw out quite a bit of sass and shade.
But how do you decide it's not fair to make a joke because it might really hurt someone and what do you do when the joke is directed at you?
A pub in England has put on it's menu a discomforting item "Barrymore Pie - Faggots swimming in gravy."
The name refers to the scandal over the death of Stuart Lubbock who was found in British TV personality Michael Barrymore's pool after a party. An autopsy showed that he suffered damage to his rectum and had many drugs in his system.
From what we've heard, the British tabloids had a field day with this one, but some of the pub's customers are not amused.
Customer Karina Thompson said: "I was appalled. It's a cheap joke, not funny, with offensive language. Faggot is a pejorative term for a gay man. I've written to complain."
Peter Tatchell from the gay rights group OutRage! told the BBC: "While this menu may have been intended as a joke, I think it's a joke in very bad taste. No restaurant would ever dare use a similar racial slur on its menu, so why the double standard?"
Pub owner Peter Towler is not going to change his menu anytime soon just because it displeases some of his patrons. He thinks it's funny. But, he may just be hanging a sign that is akin to saying "No dogs or Irishmen," or even worse.
What else is on this guy's menu? Strange fruit salad? Anne's franks and beans? Tuna Rape Casserole? Check out their menu here.
When we interviewed comedian Kathy Griffin on the show, I asked her if she ever got her feelings hurt when people made fun and crossed the line. Here is a person who makes a good living poking fun at celebrities and her famous aquiatances, and I wanted to know how she felt when it happened to her?
"I am a big baby. I have a total double standard and I admit it. Somedays people say the most awful things and I'll think its hilarious, and other times I burst into tears."
Anything can be funny, until it happens to you.
I think that humor has to be looked at from within the proper context. It's a tool that allows us to heal and to look at things in a new way. It's very subjective and may be interpreted many different ways.
Listen to todays show as we talk about Lesbians getting married in Mexico, mini-pigs getting married in China, fat American Idol contestants, and Craig Rigby the fan who wanted to start a new religion with me as it's god and Marc as it's devil. We also take your questions sent to us live via Instant Messenger (feastoffools4u)
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FOF #476 - American Idol Contestant #37925 - 02.07.07
Oh happy day. What a good day for freaky news.
Not a good day for American Idol contestant #37925, Jasmine Holland (who's orange pants are pictured here.) We can't seem to figure why the producers thought it would be a good idea to share this angle of the contestant. Hypnotic, isn't it?
Sorry, she didn't get to go to Hollywood.
Not a good week for astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak who has been charged with attempted first-degree murder on Monday.
The mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery flight last summer was caught in possession of a BB pistol, knife and latex gloves, wearing a trench coat, a wig and DIAPERS so she could drive 1,000 miles from Houston, Texas to the Orlando Florida airport to stalk and mace U.S. Air Force Captain Colleen Shipman for sleeping with fellow NASA astronaut Bill Oefelein.
When Shipman got into her car at the airport parking lot she was approached by Nowak looking like a homeless Carmen Sandiego claiming she needed a ride and use of her cell phone.
Shipman had her window rolled up, and Nowak pretended to be hard of hearing to gain her sympathy, so she rolled down her window when Nowak sprayed her in the face with mace. Shipman sped away to the parking lot's toll booth where police quickly apprehended the homicidal astronaut.
In space or an airport parking lot, nobody can hear you scream.
This three way just smells ready of a made for TV movie. Valerie Bertinelli, get ready! If Charlize Theron can win an Oscar for playing serial killing lesbian Aileen Wuornos, then certainly anyone who takes on the role of Lisa Marie Nowak would qualify for at least a daytime Emmy.
Is it too soon to make "Free Lisa Marie" t-shirts?
Listen to today's show as Miss Ronnie, Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós, talk about Easy Bake Ovens, mini pigs in China, humans in cages at zoo's and naked Dutch gyms.
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"I am not putting that in my hair!" When we heard about the British hairstylist who's been offering his clients a new conditioning treatment made out of bull's sperm, we were a tad skeptical.
How many times have I undergone that treatment, and my hair still is dry as a bone? So of course we have to ask our own in-house experts: Sal-E because he's a hair stylist and Miss Ronnie because she's good at, well you KNOW what she's good at.
Today we also talk a ton about solving back problems, talking like Eartha Kitt, the poor plight of whooping cranes in Florida, farts as a renewable energy resource and Norway's recent declaration of iTunes DRM as illegal.
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Piano man Billy Joel croaked the sixth note of the U.S. National Anthem yesterday at the Superbowl and nobody seemed to mind or notice, except me.
But what really made me take note is that almost immediately after the off-key note, the pitch correcting machines were pushed to their limit and Billy Joel came across sounding like Cher in her song "Believe."
That being said, Superbowl XLI (not sure what number that is) was one of the gayest Superbowls yet, with Prince leading a mob of people during the half-time show dancing on the well-known logo that symbolizes his name, but also looks like a symbol for a hermaphrodite, which in many ways he is.
Singing in pouring rain, Price delivered a powerful medley of his hit songs, and at one time singing "Purple Rain" while the rain poured down, colorized by purple colored spotlights.
Listen to todays show as Sal-E, Marc Felion and me Fausto Fernós talk about the gayest moments of the Superbowl, the commercials and Prince's Half-Time Show.
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Miss Ronnie is a happy girl. For her birthday she made out like a bandit, getting three statues of pleasantly plump individuals- an Indian Buddha, a Chinese Buddha and a cookie jar resembling a chubby Billie Holiday.
Pictured here is our very own Miss Ronnie holding her precious cookie jar like a infant. She is one proud momma.
Ronnie discovered this unique store in Chicago named Jazze Junque that sells vintage cookie jars and salt & pepper shakers. Naturally, we just HAD to pull her cookie jar out of lay-away and give it to her as a birthday present.
Today's show begins with a bonding ritual I saw on TV. When Hillary Clinton went on the Oprah Winfrey show to promote her book "It Takes A Village" she said that one of the joys of her family was when she, Bill and Chelsea opened up a coconut.
So when Marc and I were shopping for groceries at our local Mexican/Greek grocery store, we were delighted to find some freshly husked coconuts just begging to be on our show.
I didn't realize how brutal the process of cracking open a coconut would be, especially when you involve Miss Ronnie. In many ways it reminded me of some savage ritual where we all would be drinking the blood of our enemies out of their skull.
The 79th Annual Academy Awards may be weeks away, Joan Rivers hasn't even started to putting the botox injections into her face, but we have already picked a winner. Who's going to win an Harry Potter! Or should I say BIG Harry Potter? Wow. He's looking great.
Daniel Radcliffe, the actor well known for portraying everyone's favorite boy-wizard in the films based on J.K. Rowling's books is now out stretching his acting muscles on stage in a new production of "Equus."
The stage production will require him to orgasm while riding naked on the back of a horse. The press release says:"He uncovers the extraordinary forces that drove the young man to harm the horses and there follows a fascinating discourse on Greek mythology, religion, sexual awakening - and arguments about whether psychological healing will do the groomsman more harm than good."
Sexual Awakening? Naked? Did we mention he's going to be naked in the show?
Better get your tickets soon, I have a hunch this show's going to sell out.
Okay, so we know that Daniel isn't actually up for any Academy Awards this year, but take a look at him! He sure grew up nicely. If there was an award for hottest teen actor, he would most certainly win.
On today's show our in-house movie geek Gregg Shapiro comes to dish the dirt and share his brutal predictions on who's going home with an Oscar statue this year and who's getting really really drunk in their misery at the after-parties.
We answer the tough questions about the Oscars, like: Just why did Dreamgirls not get a best picture award? What do you mean "The Queen" isn't about gays? Is it still too late to give Jake Gyllenhaal an award for Brokeback Mountain?
It's not even February yet, and everyone seems to be getting spring fever.
Allegations are rising up again that Clay Aiken is back looking online for a little action. And of course the usual suspects are rallying on both sides of this endless debate.
This time around, I think Clay's being set up. Mostly because the phrases that he's being quoted look almost identical to the exchanges he had last year with North Carolinian real estate broker John Paulus.
You can see the blurry photos here. Do you guys think its for rizzle or for fizzle? Note his screen names: "Happychap2" and Skippermageeblue."
This gossip stands in stark contrast to the real story of 22-year old Nick Wallis, a termanily ill disabled man who hired a sex worker with the blessings of his nun caretaker to experience sex before he dies.
Join Marc and me as we unveil the truth behind Donnie Davies (the internet televangelist) and the REAL truth behind the "God Hates a F*g" video, the horny physically disabled, snake therapy and our listeners fantasy lovers.
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We are smitten. Raptured. Ready to share the tent. But what we're really in love with is the characters that he plays and not the person who the actor really is. I'm sure Jake in real life is a lot tighter than Jack Twist ever was.
The perfect thing about having a television/film character as a boyfriend is you don't need to ever be disappointed. You never have to compromise anything, you don't really have to give them anything and you never have to smell their farts.
Who are you in love with? Who captures your imagination?
You all know that Amanda Steinstein likes them big and hairy but she has a written a "Dear John" letter to her former celebrity boyfriend and is now trying to woo the image of the new man who graces her TIVO.
Who is this new love interest in Amanda's life? Who does Marc dream about? Listen and find out!
Join Amanda Steinstein, Marc Felion and me as we talk about foods you shouldn't eat, Mexican transexuals and their rights, and falling in love with television characters or programs.
And no, eating trans fats will not make you into a transsexual. In case you were wondering.
You say Jill-en-hall, I say Gil-in-hall, lets call the whole thing off.
Electronica, techno, synth pop, whatever you want to call it, Microfilm has got it. And now they have a new album to prove it.
Microfilm is a partnership between real-life partners Matthew Mercer and Matt Keppel. They wanted to merge an early 80s synthpop and disco ethos with a more modern electro and tech-house sound. The end result is a 10-track debut album titled "After Dark."
We discovered Microfilm when they got named by Time Out Chicago's "Queers of the Year" along side yours truly Fausto Fernós and my beloved Marc Felion. We figured they must be fabulous to make the list so we just had to have them on the show.
On today's show we talk about what it is like to work on a project as a couple, which drugs people take while partying at clubs and just exactly how you get those crazy sounds in electronic music.
Marc also implores the listeners to stop sending us links to "God Hates a Fag" video from Donnie Davies, an ex-gay minister. We have been inudated by them. We poll the audience as to whether it is a hoax or parody or if it is for real. Listen to find out what people are saying and which out gay music stars think this guy is for real.
Do you think Donnie Davies is for real or not?
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Superbowl fever is here! Everyone wants to go see the big show, and by "show" I mean a football game between two really really good teams.
So much in fact, that a nine-month pregnant woman by the name Jennifer Gordon (a professional publicist) is offering the surface of her pregnant stomach for advertising, in exhcnage for tickets to the superbowl.
And it looks like she might be getting offers to put someone's logo on her tummy.
If this catches on, will fat people do the same thing? I can see it now, an ocean of fat people with logos plastered on their bellies. That's hot.
Being a fan of atheltes and not athletics, the fun for me personally is recording the Superbowl and skipping past the game to watch the tacky ads and even tackier hafltime show. Remember this is where breastgate happened, where you got to see Janet Jackson's exposed tittie and Justin Timberlake's cowardly recoil.
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Under the sea! Under the sea. There are no accusations, just friendly crustaceans under the sea!
And then there are sharks. Sharks who eat things. On todays fabulous show our in-house Jewish diva Amanda Steinstein shares with us her recent adventures of her trip to the Bahamas where she went scuba diving at a shark feeding.
Did they bite her? Did she fear for her life? Is she all right? You'll just have to listen to the show and find out, won't you?
Join us today as Amanda, Marc and I talk about ABC's tv show "Ugly Betty", the Oscars and sloppy animal rights activists who have lost their mind.
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People, we are at a crossroads! Drilling has begun, there is a missle crisis, and everything is in dissaray. What to do?
Miss Ronnie to the rescue! Our very own President of K.I.R. (Keeping It Real) reads her own "State of the Poontang" undress, where she shares her vision for a better tomorrow by respecting the va-jay-jay today. OK?
Ronnie has gone ga-ga over this little store in Chicago that sell almost only cookie jars (they also sell vintage salt shakers) and you can look forward to checking out Miss Ronnie's flickr gallery. (It's not up yet.) You wouldn't believe after what they stylize cookie jars. It seems everything pop culture beomes a cookie jar - from a company logo to a vintage Cadillac, even your old mami, chances are, it's a cookie jar.
Heklina is one tough broad. She came all the way from Iceland, where the land's geothermal activity seeps into the psyche of it's people. I mean, Bjork is one of its largest exports. Don't get in her way, she will hurt you bad.
Over a decade ago Heklina started a drag variety show called "Trannyshack" at Stud, a gay bar in San Francisco which continues to this day to entertain audiences, give a voice to newcomers and redefine the art form of drag itself.
This drag extravaganza has been such a hit that drag queens and club promoters all over the world have attempted to co-opt the name into their local drag shows in one way or another.
In attempts to try to keep her show's identity, Heklina has started successfully suing nightclubs all over the country (most recently in Ft. Lauderdale Florida) to stop them from using the Trannyshack name.
We think that Trannyshack is a great name for a drag variety show, but isn't it odd that drag queens all over the world would want to confuse the public by calling their own drag nights Trannyshack as well. What are they getting out of it? Why don't they come up with their own logo?
It doesn't escape us the irony that many drag queens start their careers by imitating famous female celebrities while lip-syncing their music, and that innocently they might be trying to pay homage to Trannyshack in San Francsico when naming their own shows by the same name.
Listen to todays show as Sal-E, Marc Felion and I, Fausto Fernós talk to Heklina about drag queen identity crises, why RuPaul doesn't want her fans to take her picture and the performance tradition of drag.
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We all make mistakes. To err is human, to forgive divine. So what do you do when you are disappointed?
Last week Marsian, Marc and I caught the Sissy Butch Brother's variety show extravaganza "Gurlesque Burlesque" at the Vic, which featured "homo-phillic" (because she loves the gays and the gays love her) comedian Margaret Cho unveiling her new burlesque act for Chicago audiences.
We all awaited with baited breath in the audience for something extraordinary. After all this is a woman well known for her brilliant, funny and politically savvy stand up comedy. And she's got resources. The concert film of her one-woman show "I am the One I Want" holds the record for the most money grossed per print in movie history.
Instead what we got was an run of the mill strip-tease. TEASE being the key word here. Amateur night at a strip club. Nothing unusual or remarkable, and really not that sexy to begin with. Just Margaret Cho "chowing" it all, wearing some clumsy off-the-rack costumes.
So why is Margaret Cho taking her clothes off for audiences?
As a person who's subjected many an audience to my own naked body, I understand why Margaret Cho is going in this unusual direction and trust me, she hasn't gone nuts. Not yet.
Margaret Cho is taking her clothes off because she wants to empower herself and other women. Let me clarify "empower" here. She wants people to get over thinking of women as objects by objectifying herself.
Girls just want to have fun. And when you have a taste for comedy and touching on society's taboos, it's a lot of fun to show off your body for an audience.
Yea, we get it: women's bodies are beautiful. As a mainstream comedian, Cho wants to bring the burlesque into the mainstream, and she wants to join in all the fun.
So good for you Margaret, but next time, hire a choreographer. Spend as much time as you do on planning your stand-up as you do on planning your burlesque act.
Fortunately, the rest of the show was amazing! This sold-out event featured some of the best and brightest in the world of burlesque entertainment and had some serious talent onstage- Alotta Boutté,Tina Angst and Julie Atlas Muz were among some of the phenomenal acts that simply stole the show and took our collective breath away with their inventiveness, charisma and power of their fabulous performances.
Margaret Cho would be wise to take notice of the people in her own community of burlesque and step up to the plate if she wants to add dancing naked onstage to her range of repertoire.
Listen to this show as Sal-E, Marc Felion, and I, Fausto Fernós talk about this and Paula Abdul's drunkness, the best cable company in Chicago, Oprah's "va-jay-jay" and why celebrities make such odd demands when doing gigs.
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Grant Stoddard was the kind of geeky intern everyone made fun of but yet still wanted to get in the sack.
The editors for the online magazine Nerve.com thought it would be hilarious to have their intern go on assignments exploring the outlandish, extreme or unusual in sex.
And thus the column "I Did It for Science" was born. After three successful years Grant left the magazine amid talks of Viacom wanting to turn his stories into a television show, but then the pilot never came to fruition.
Listen as Grant shares his sordid tales trying out a broad range of sexual fetishes like infantilism, sploshing, latex shrink wrapping, bondage and making out with twelve gay men in a bar while his girlfriend watched.
Did we mention this guy identifies himself as straight so far?
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FOF #462 - Get on Your Knees for Levi Kreis - 01.18.07
Levi Kreis fought back the tears when he sang this past summer at the closing ceremonies of the Gay Games VII at Wrigley Field. Opening for Cyndi Lauper, Levi felt he had come a long way in a bumpy ride of his life as an openly gay man in pop music.
Today Levi lives in Los Angeles with his hunky husband (who are legally domestic partners) and just finished his new album "The Gospel According to Levi." In his new album, Levi presents a broad range of musical styles, from barbershop boy bands to ragtime-infused gospel.
You might remember seeing Levi in the movie Frailty where he plays the younger version of Matthew McConaughey's character in Bill Paxton's directorial debut film about a man's confession to an FBI agent about how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders.
When we first talked to Levi he was touring with another FOF favorite, singer/songwriter Eric Himan. He had recently come out as a gay man and this past year he's been working hard to re-establish himself as a musician. Things are looking good, and so is Levi.
Take a good look at Levi's album art. We rib Levi over his album art designed by illustrator Joe Phillips who is best known for his luscious cartoons portraying the romatic life of REALLY hot young men. He makes everyone look REALLY good.
Don't think for a moment that Levi has lost his good looks just because he's using a cartoon to represent his album art! As you can see in the picture here, Levi is in the best shape of his life.
So much in fact that he's scheduled to play the stripper who finds his spirit in Dell Shore's film adaptation of his hit play Southern Baptist Sissies.
Sorry gals, he promises no full frontal nudity. Dell, can you help a brother out? Get those panties off!
Listen as we talk in-depth with Levi about getting married and finding the man of his dreams. Disappointed? Don't be. You might still have a chance!
Levi also takes questions from the listeners like you through our AIM/Yahoo messenger, feastoffools4u. Believe it or not, he actually gives some surprising advice and shares some interesting anecdotes from his past.
Marsian, Marsian, Marsian! Before we boldly go into 2007, we need to take a thorough peek back at 2006 and examine the words, ideas and trends that shaped the past year.
Today we continue our "trendcast" with our in-house Walter Mercado, Marsian De Lellis. This guy is so psychic, he makes Miss Cleo look like Star Jones.
Listen as we talk about the unreasonable prediction that the human species will split into two in the coming millenia, digital fashion hacks, new words of 2007, and which celebrities will come out as gay in 2007. I bet you didn't see this one coming!
Marsian's biggest prediction for 2007 is that Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump will be paired at an awards show as best friends. I believe it.
Marsian does an uncanny Rosie O'Donnell impersonation a la "Riding the Bus with my Sister." You GOT to listen to this show to hear it.
Listen to part two of our "trendcast" for 2007.
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Marsian De Lellis is in many ways in touch with something magical. We're just not sure what that is, but in all his outlandish talk about full-body botoxes and Whole Foods Express at the airports, he makes a lot of sense. If you ask me, the guy's a freakin genius.
Marsian, Marc and I share our predictions for 2007, things we are just SURE that will happen. How do we know these things? Let's just say we're REALLY good guessers. We're the kind of people you want at a horse race.
What colors will people be obsessing about? Will the iPhone be a dud? Will it be used for good or evil? What kind of horrific plastic surgery trends can we see? Who will Jennifer Aniston be having sex with next? You can wait for the future to roll around like a boring person or listen to todays show and find out now! The far-distant future is now just around the corner, waiting inside your iPod (or Zune, Dell DJ, etc...)
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Marc and I rang in the New Year drinking cheap champagne at a tiny little bar in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood, surrounded by trannies, grungy bikers and wholesome young folks wanting to have a good time. On the stage was "Big Girls Eat Cake" singing in the New Year with cover songs from Queen, Heart and Prince.
What better way to ring in the new year than by listening to the hot new up and coming band "Big Girls Eat Cake?" And boy, did we have a good time!
Before we started podcasting, the Feast of Fools was a live musical variety show that had it's own band, which featured on keyboards, Taylor E Ross, or as he was known on stage as "Blitzkreig Martinez" or "Link Pinks" and on the drums, the incomparable Aaron Smith. Click here to see the guys in action at one of our live shows.
Podcasting took a grip on Marc and I and these talented folks moved on to work on a whole slew of other projects including writing music for plays and starting new bands like "Flesh Hungry Dog" and "Big Girls Eat Cake."
Big Girls Eat Cake is great! They pull up some goodies developed from their past incarnations into a whole new delicious sound, grounded by the powerful and divinely bold (and single) Tracy Tyler as the lead singer.
Join us today as Tracy and Taylor (now know as Terry Diamond) join us to talk about their music, the legacy of sexual ambiguity in rock and roll music, "tanorexia" and are the Beatles on iTunes or not?
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We're just crazy about the new Dreamgirls movie. It was so worth the wait. Just how long did we wait for it to become a movie? Well, at one point in time, Whitney Houston was even considered for the lead role in the movie. So that must have been at least 20 years ago, because nobody's considered her for anything anytime recently.
Miss Ronnie and Fausto are just so amazed at how spicy food makes Marc sweat. Marc explains that it has something to do with getting his wisdom teeth surgically removed. Somehow nerves were severed that confuse his brain and it sends messages to the skin to "salivate." You can read more about it here. Maybe someday we'll get Marc to a video of him eating chicken vindaloo. You will be amazed.
We chat about a millitary widow, Cynthia Summers who is charged with poisoning her dead husband with arsenic. The greiving widow has spent the $250,000 she got from death benefits on a boob job and wild parties at her home on the base. This is a woman, as Miss Ronnie says "with ambition."
Ooops! We accidentally left our instant messager on asking listeners to ask questions of Jim Verraros. Miss Ronnie was more than happy to answer the random questions asked by the listeners. Miss Ronnie shares her personal experince of talking with Jim on the phone.
We do a dissussion of music and how it has changed through the years. Was music more hopefull in days gone by? Has music become bitter? When did it change and how? These are just some of the topics we love to cover.
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Everyone remembers the angst ridden haunting music of 90s grunge rocker Kurt Cobain, but what you may not know is that he (and his widow Courtney Love) were very pro gay people who had a lot of gay friends and spoke out against homophobia both in their music and in their lives.
"What else can I say? Everyone is gay." Kurt wrote in his song "All Apologies." I read an obituary about the beautiful talented, soulful man where he stopped a concert once and was rumored to say "hey man, this is 90s. It's okay to be gay. Cock is cool."
In 1994, I thought it would be a great idea at the time to create a t-shirt with the slogan, and include a photo of myself and four other friends covered head-to-toe in body paint posing like Madonna. We thought these shirts would sell like hotcakes. They didn't.
So now over a decade later, we come full circle as my friend Jim Verraros, the openly gay rock star poses with a artifact from the 90s, my unsold cock is cool t-shirt.
In many ways artists like Jim represent how far we've come in gay visibility. Despite his struggles, Jim is open, proud and candid about his sexuality and his music is awesome! If you haven't gotten it yet, go to iTunes and listen to it NOW.
It's touching to me to see Jim wearing the t-shirt and feel the world isn't so bad when I hang around him and by beautiful partner Marc. Click here to get an exclusive vintage "Cock is Cool" t-shirt.
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Ch-ch-ch-changes! Spring is just around the corner and change is in the air.
Our good pal Jim Verraros is going through a lot of changes in his life, and like all changes not all of them are easy to make or painless.
Even though we are at the cusp of knee-deep snow, I remain an optimist and refuse to give in to the winter blues! The only blues I need is the bottle of dye I put in my hair.
Right now Jim is pounding the pavement of New York City hoping to get cast in the Broadway production of RENT. We are rooting for you Jim and belive in our heart that if those producers know what's good for them, they will hire you and rename the Nederlander Theatre the Jim Verraros Theater. And for crying out loud, learn how to spell T-H-E-A-T-E-R like NORMAL people!
Listen to Jim V, Marc F and Fausto F as we read one of our hard-core fan's letter about the nature of relationships, love and being single. Will Jim get the role on Broadway? Can Jim sing in falsetto?
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Comedian Margaret Cho is about to do something really interesting. After many years of making a good living as a standup comedian, she's trying something new.
Margaret is taking a risk and putting herself out there as a burlesque dancer. Not for the money, not for the fame, but for the pleasure of the performance itself.
Today we'll be talking to Red Tremmel and Jessica Halem who are busy organizing the Sissy Butch Brothers' new happening: "Gurlesque Burlesque."
Of course everyone knows Jessica from the show as the organic melon eating lesbian. But did you know that this year Jessie and her partner Red joined us on the very short list of Time Out Chicago's "Queers that made our city better in ’06?"
They made the list both for their outstanding activist work, artistic contributions, and because they are fabulous lesbians.
Join Jessica and Red and Marc and Fausto as we have a gay couple pow wow, talking about the history of burlesque, how to motivate your local community into action and what do trannies really want?
Listen to the show for details on how you can win a pair of tickets to Saturdays Gurlesque Burlesque show!
GO SEE:The Sissy Butch Brothers' "Gurlesque Burlesque"
with Margaret Cho • Julie Atlas Muz Miss Exotic World 2006/07
Satan's Angel • Miss Indigo Blue • Harlem Shake's Alotta Boutté
Nomy Lamm • from NYC La Divina Cucina and the very best of Chicago's burlesque, including Jessica Halem as your Mistress of Ceremonies
Michelle L'amour Miss Exotic World 2005/06, Claire de Lune, Dic Cheney, Honey Maker, iconoclash, La Kaj, Miss VonLIVID, Muff Daddy, notorious CHOcha, Sage, Sassbox, Surgeon Scofflaw, Tamale, Teena Angst, the c*nt, and Chicago Drag Kings.
DJ Reaganomix after the 10 pm show • ASL Interpretation @ 7pm show
Singer and songwriter Julie Loyd says she lives in Chicago, but in many respects her home is the open road.
Today we have the lucky chance of being able to talk to Julie Loyd in person about her music, her fans and why she enjoys traveling so much.
Known for her albums "Fate Says He's Sorry" and "The Waiting Room" Julie Loyd captures a modern traveler's spirit in her music as she spends a good part of the year traveling from town to town serenading the good people of America with her special warm sound and caramel rich voice. The woman does over 170 shows a year! Almost as many podcasts as we put out.
Respect! That's a lot of live music.
Because Julie believes in her fans and the magic of the live experience, her latest album is composed of mostly live recordings of the songs she most often gets requested.
Join Gregg Shapiro, Marc Felion and me Fausto Fernós as Julie sings live in the home studio for you the song "Fate Says He's Sorry."
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"Babies, it's going to be all right." There is something strangely comforting about listening to Miss Ronnie's catch-phrases, where she implies that problems have a way of working themselves out.
The "bomba atomica" of podcasting, the lovely BMW (Big Mexican Woman) Miss Ronnie is always coming up with delightful catch-phrases for the good people of the world to hold onto when times are tough.
Sassafraction. Six Footers. Inspect, Select or Reject. Our Husband. A Slice of Heaven in Oh Seven! You Have The Whopper and I Want It My Way. Make Every Day Extra-Ordinary.
Ronnie is full of it, (and by "it" we mean sassafraction) and that's why we love her so much.
Today Miss Ronnie debuts a whole new attitude and catch phrase for 2007, which is "Flip That Sh*t!"
What does it mean? Listen to today's podcast to find out and how you can use it in your every day life to fight back.
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Could it be the Rainbow? Maybe it's Crimson and Clover? Well, on today's show we continue Amanda Steinstein's "Top 27 Things I'm Over" for 2006.
At the top of our list is of course, Spam. We are a little xenophobic about our spam at the Feast of Fools. It's one thing to get spam in English, but when you are getting offers for Viagra in Chinese it get's to be a bit too much. Wasn't the language of the Internet suppossed to be English anyway? And, more importantly, how are we supposed to answer all those spam emails if we can't understand the language in which it's written.
Amanda wants everyone to know that she is over "cock shots" on the personal dating sites. She feels that if you want to date someone, the best way to do it is to use a photo of your face, and not one of your member, no matter how handsome it may be. Marc likens the surprise cockshot to being flashed in public. This leads to stories about flashing incidents and the motivation of flashers. have you ever been flashed?
We are also thinking about redesigning the Gay Flag. We are a little sick of the current one. Maybe something in Polka dots...... How would you reimagine the gay flag if you could?
We chat about the recent deaths of underwear super models Gerald Ford and Saddam Hussein. Yes, Gerald was an underwear model when he was younger and of course there is the famous photos of Saddam in his boxers. So it seems that underwear models come in two flavors-vanilla and mass murderer. Which one will Markie Mark fall into? Time will only tell.
We also give lots of advice to parents on how to raise their miserable brats. No, if you are a parent, we don't mean you, we mean the bad parents and their horrible children...not yours..er, well, you know what we mean....those brats over there.
Listen as Marc and Fausto chat with the amazing Amanda Sylvia Steinstein!
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Because your kiss is on my list... today we continue our slow news week, I mean our Week of Lists with part one of Amanda Steinstein's "Top 27 Things I'm Over With" for 2006.
Stuff you just have to get off your chest, annoying things like annoying people, useless laws, and ideas: stuff that pisses you off so much you're just over it.
Listen as Marc and Fausto chew the fat with everyone's lovable curmudgeon Amanda Sylvia Steinstein!
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Featured Music:
Eric Himan - All for Show: iTunes | CD Baby
As we watch the odometer turn, nursing our hangovers, it pays to look back on the not-so-great events of the past year as a way to learn from our mistakes and hope we don't repeat them in the following year.
"Moaners and Groaners" as we like to call them, is times we were left wondering "what were they thinking?" Times we were laughing at the ridiculousness of the situation, times we were hoping for something deeper, something better.
Then again, at this time of the year, its a REALLY slow news week. Oh sure, some scientist will make some outrageous claim after the holidays, some politician will make an outrageous claim (remember Bush's Axis of Evil speech?) but for now, Peace on Earth equals "List" based news.
So sit back and enjoy this week as we walk down memory lane of some of the silliest, funniest, strangest and most award events of the past year that made us giggle.
Also on this show, we name our "Gay of the Year" a person whose actions or inactions has stayed in our minds and made us reflect upon his or her actions time and time again.
Wait, don't click! Can you guess who that is? Who was your gay of the year?
For all aquaintence be forgot and never... how does that go? Aww heck, I'll just stay home and listen to the Feast of Fools.
Getting together with friends over the holiday season, sharing some fine wines, spirits and beers sitting around the dinner table sharing funny stories is one of the things I enjoy the most in life.
Can't you tell? That's what the show mostly is. Friends, talking, spirits and good times!
Listen to today's show as our friends Sal-E, Maciej Radzik and Steven Peterson share with us some of their personal favorite flavored spirits from Poland and California.
Visit the site tomorrow for the recipe on how you can make your own flavored vodkas in ginger, mixed berry and coffee vanilla. (Sorry, I had a long day.)
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Featured Music:
Eric Himan - All for Show: iTunes | CD Baby
Christmas season breeds a certain kind of desperation. Consumerism disguised as spirituality, traveling and family pressures all put your patience and good will to the test. Thank goodness that many cocktails are the center of many holiday events.
But before we all go on our separate ways to our respective families, Marc Felion and I joined our friends Wendy Malley and Steven Peterson to talk about the holiday season, and what kind of terrible gifts and great gifts we've gotten.
In Puerto Rico, right after Christmas, on January 6th all the little children put straw in their shoes for the magical three kings' camels to eat while they deliver even more presents. Sound familiar? Yes, in Puerto Rico we celebrate TWO Christmases: one for gift giving, and the second one for re-gifting the gifts we got.
I guess historically Frankincense and Myrrh were the first re-gifts. Listen to today's show as we also take questions from our listeners via Instant Messenger and talk about having your birthday during the holidays, a cloned cat gives birth to kittens who are not the second coming, making the holidays sexy and pole dancing as a present.
We're bringing sassy back- the Feast of Fools.
Featured Music:
Hey Willpower - Dance EP: Amazon | Site
Gail Ann Dorsey - I Used to Be: iTunes | Amazon
After her surgery to repair a hole in her heart, jazz vocalist Solitaire Miles turned to her computer and photoshop as a means to heal.
And what a journey it has been. Drawing on imagery from her spiritualist faith, Pre-Raphaelite inspired art and her passion for the nude female form, Solitaire under the pseudonym Cunis Dianolis landed an enormous following on Flickr (a fabulous photo blogging site).
And she went to high school with Marc Felion.
Marc, Solitaire were among a tight knit group of friends who terrorized the well-deserving small-town misanthropes. Years before there were any straight-gay alliances in high schools, they keep in touch decades later.
One of the only psychic mediums in the jazz community in Chicago, Solitaire's passion for the music of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Pearl Bailey influence her own work on her up and coming CD release "Comes Love."
Listen today as we talk to our favorite lesbian stalker Shannon about her friend who was killed, and Solitaire gives her a reading which surprisingly was spot on. We also talked about nicknames, subconscious sexual imagery on Kellogg's Fruit Twistables and why Marc loves to eat glazed donuts.
"Santa's moved to China, cause that's where my toys come from. I don't send my letters to the North Pole, I address them to Hong Kong."
Today we give you a "sneak peek" at a new off-key Christmas song Marc and I wrote about the Foxxcon "slave camps" in China we heard about several months ago.
Several Chinese journalists found out about the inhumane working conditions at the iPod assembly factories where workers were forced to work over 60 hours and six days a week, living in dormitories packed 100 to a room, earning $15 a month and being denied visits from non-employees.
The facility in Longua was reported to hold 200,000 workers behind it's fences, mostly uneducated young women and girls.
When Apple computer heard about the story, they quickly investigated the allegations, sent in their own team to audit the situation and brought relief to the laborers.
Nevertheless, the reputation of offshore tech manufacturing is less than sparkling, and so we wrote the song to poke fun at the companies that take advantage of this situation.
In other Chinese news, Rosie O'Donnell got into trouble for approximating Chinese on her show. When she talked about Danny DeVito's drunken appearance on the show she said: "The fact is that it's news all over the world. That you know, you can imagine in China it's like 'Ching chong ching ching ching chong-Danny DeVito-ching, chong, chong chong-drunk-The View-ching chong.'"
Which prompted a response from Guy Aoki, president of the Media Action Network for Asian-Americans: "Many Asian-Americans have experience classmates taunting them with 'ching chong' imitations of how Chinese, or Asian people in general, supposedly speak... it's a way to denigrate us."
In the 1920's my father's nanny in Puerto Rico would try to scare off kids off their yard by screaming at them in what she thought was english: "Henny Mai, Whachi Mai." Nobody thought it was offensive, only hilarious in her naiveté.
I guess it's offensive when the approximations of somebody else's language reflect a power structure. Do you think Rosie was wrong in saying what she did? I don't. Buy maybe you do.
Join our fabulous NYC friend John Q Sanchez, Marc Felion and me (Fausto Fernós) as we talk about Lucious Pussay, Jose Feliciano's hit "Feliz Navidad" song, Pee Wee Herman's Christmas Special and more on our New York City Meet & Greet.
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Featured Music:
Don Juan Dracula - Young Debutantes II: iTunes | Amazon | CD Baby| Site
Chicago Gay Mens Chorus - Favorite Things: Site
FOF #445 - Getting It Out of Your System - 12.13.06
The intense pressure of being a People's Choice Podcast Award winner sometimes gets the best of us and we snap. We go nuts. Crazy. Not crazy in the Steve Martin way, crazy in the Margot Kidder way.
You can't podcast from inside an insane asylum. I needed to take action to prevent us from sending yet one more of our own off that precipice. Nobody looks good in white after Memorial Day.
I marched down to my new-age tech-guru store to get myself a meditation and relaxing device, the "Tranquil Moments® Sound Therapy System". It's a little machine that makes a broad range of sounds designed to help you relax.
But of course, like the film Altered States I tapped into a deep part of my ancient brain that is ugly and wrong with nasty results. In other words, business as usual.
LIsten to today's show as Miss Ronnie, Marc Felion and I Fausto Fernós conjure up the Christmas spirit as we talk about celebrity book signings gone wrong, tips on relaxing and crime fighting Santas.
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Oooh Microsoft got an ass whooping last week! In attempts to illustrate their official blog, someone up in Redmond linked to a photo without asking permission from somebody's website. Why? Because they thought creative commons means take as you like.
So the pissed off photographer switched the picture with a porn image and before you know it, Microsoft is a pornographer. So immediately they took the picture off and apologized to the photographer and to the readers who may have seen the naked sexy picture.
Creative commons really means "share and share alike" with one major exception. You gotta say where you got it from. We always ask people when using photos we've taken to say "courtesy of www.feastoffools.net" as a way of recognizing our efforts.
But then again, we really can't stop you now, can we?
Listen today as Amanda Steinstein joins Marc Felion and me, your flaming blue lovable pal Fausto Fernós to talk about the topics we wanted to talk about on yesterdays show but ran out of time. Magical things like celebrity love-making devices, gay rabbis, and beer for the blind.
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It's a world unto itself, with people walking the streets in a frantic pace trying to succeed in the pursuit of their dreams. Like so many of those people, last week Marc and I traveled up to there to meet up with our fans and to promote the show on Sirius' Out Q talk shows- Derek and Romaine,Generation Q and Out Q in the Morning.
We share much in common with our satellite radio counterparts: we're trying to make a successful enterprise of creating gay content for gay audiences and we want that audience to grow. We recruit. We want to give a heartfelt thank you to Larry Flick and his staff and to the Derek and Romaine Show. It really meant a lot to us to be on the show and the experience was invaluable.
The pacing of their shows however are very different than what we do here on the FOF. For one thing they had lots of ads cutting into the conversation during show. Maybe it's the tradition of radio that makes them sound different to me, but being on their shows really made Marc and I appreciate the intimate space we create every day here in our home or out on the street.
Listen to today as Amanda Steinstein, Marc Felion and I, Fausto Fernós, talk to our favorite stalker and full time lesbian Shannon as she gives her take on our sattelite radio debut, the pressures of high-money media, and why we enjoy podcasting so much.
We also talked a bit about how some people couldn't pronounce Marc's name right. Here's a link to the history of Marc's family name which he translated from the original French for a distant cousin. Bet you didn't know he was that talented.
Click here to see pictures of our visit to Sirius. Click here to see pictures of our Meet & Greet at Vlada Lounge.
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Sal'e tips and ticks on how to survive the holiday season and how to best celebrate it, Mexican style. And you better check this one out!
The second half of the show gets taken over by what we thought would be a short phone call to Yayi, but then turned into this long conversation about an obscure bible quote, Yayi's breast augmentation surgery and her up and coming face-lift. Yayi is proud to say she's 61 years old and loving every minute of it.
FOF #441 - Journey into the World of Chocolate - 12.07.06
As delicious as it sounds, every year one the AIDS Foundation of Chicago organizes their holiday fundraiser in a ballroom filled with pastry chefs, choclatiers and all-around chocolate experts for their one-of-a-kind event- World of Chocolate.
This year was their most successful event yet, drawing over 1,500 people from around the midwest to the most delicious AIDS fundraiser you will ever lay your taste buds on.
Listen as Amanda Steinstein, Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós, explore this magical world of chocolate as we talk to all the fans and makers of that thing that Montezuma gave to Cortéz almost 600 years ago.
Whats your favorite type of chocolate and it's form?
Click here to see all the fabulous photos of the event.
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I think a lot of gay men have a love/hate relationship with Broadway. What is happening in the state of affairs of Broadway today? Do we really need stars to sell a show? Can't a show just be good and people will come see it? Do we really need Rosie or Usher to fill the house?
Today we have comedy couple Smith and Grimm in the house to defend the title to their show "Give Our Retards To Broadway." Are they insulting mentally challenged people or Broadway performers? You decide.
Well, we put their talent to the test and these guys certainly passed with their intro song for the Feast of Fools. We hope you like it too.
Lots of live cabaret music on today's show including "Ya'll I Saw His Balls" a country styled song that about the shock and awe of seeing someone's scrotum peek out from under his shorts. So be careful around these two and don't make them angry or they will immortalize you in song. And they sing a Christmas song about Balls as well. Hmm I think I am noticing a theme here-balls, balls and more balls.
Jim talks about his experience as performer aboard a cruise ship. And in case you missed it because Marc's joke got all stepped on-He thinks lesbians are inherently lazy and that's why they like to go on cruises and sit and watch the leaves change because they want the leaves to do all the work.
Attention Chicago Area Listeners! Listen for details on how you can win tickets to see Smith and Grimm in concert at the Lakeshore Theater this Saturday night, Dec. 9th. Come hang out with Fausto and Marc and enjoy the show. Oh, and Smith and Grimm are both single so stay after the show and get some digits.
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Give Our Retards to Broadway, starring Smith & Grimm: Buy Tickets Here.
Do you know how to survive growing up in a rich and famous Hollywood family? I know it's probably not your concern, but just suppose you were someone like Drew Barrymore or Liza Minnelli. What would you do? Would you be any better adjusted than they are?
On today's show we have author, food critic, founder of the famous "Night of a Hundred Drag Queens" and school teacher, Rick Karlin, in the house to discuss his new book, "Show Biz Kids." Rick's book follows the lives of six children growing up in Hollywood’s “Golden Age,” with all its hidden desires and intrigues. These children of celebrities in turn grow up to be celebrities themselves.
It's a wonderfully campy story set against the backdrop of historic events such as the JFK assasination, Stonewall and the Bicentennial Celebration. The book traces the outrageous follies as the kids try to step out of the shadow of their famous parents and become true to themselves.
The characters, although celebrities, come from varied backrounds, races, genders and sexual orientations. They all share a yearning to express themselves. How they transform their lives and come to terms with their identities is the importnat message of this book.
Attention Chicago Area Listeners! Go see author Rick Karlin tonight at Big Chicks at 5024 N Sheridan Road. RIck is going to read some of his book at our good friend Scott Free's Homolatte, a night of queer words and music.
Shoot first, ask questions later. Sometimes you wonder what's going on in GLBT journalism circles when you hear about the whole misunderstanding with Carol Channing. You may have missed it since the Rosie-Kelly-Clay tiff took so much of the queer tabloid's mindshare. Well, we'll give an inside look into the whole affair.
On today's fabulous podcast, our good NYC pal John Q Sanchez joins Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós, to talk about the recent Carol Channing debacle.
Carol Channing had been interviewed by writer Kaizaad Kotwal for the Gay People's Chronicle who asked her why she thought she had such a large and loyal gay fan base. According to the article she was quoted as saying "I don't think about them. I'm grateful that they seem to like me. They're terribly loyal to me. But I'm knee-deep in the Bible, and you know what it says about that."
Boy you can imagine the response. Carol Channing has had a long and colorful acting career and was one of the most outspoken celebrities to stand up for gay men and HIV/AIDS causes. So it seemed a bit odd to a lot of people.
So the gay biweekly Los Angeles Magazine gave her a rebuttal interview where she tried to dispel the notion that she's had a change of heart on gays.
In the rebuttal Channing said "I never said that! I've never read anything in the Bible about being gay, or at least I haven't read that part. But it is true that I don't think about them in that way. They are gay. Who cares? The Bible says, 'Love thy neighbor as thyself."
Even though she's trying to explain her views, she still comes across as someone who really likes her new found religion and her bible. I wonder what her pal Elton John, who has recently came out of the "I hate religion" closet, has to say to her about all that.
Why is it that children and the elderly love their religion? Is it that they are closer to dealing with death (recently born, soon to die), that in their minds the world is very uncertain or what?
So now the damage is done. The JC Penney Carol Channing Ventriloquist Dummy had originally sold for $49.99 has been slashed down to $39.99 and now is going for $29.99. Gay men are buying the cheap dolls and burning them in effigy, and let me tell you the dolls do not look pretty melting in the flames.
So join us as we chat about Carol Channing, her impersonators, celebrity vomiting trend including "The Chunder from Down Under" from Elton John and Paris Hilton's vodka induced on-stage yak fest, gay life in Australia, the low ratings of Madonna's concert on NBC, Orgasms for Peace, more news about the package from Thailand, and Josephine Baker.
The flavor just lasts a little bit longer on the Feast of Fools podcast.
Featured Music:
Jim Verraros - Rollercoaster: iTunes | Amazon | Site
If you didn't help to cook the meal, you don't get to eat. Those harsh words echo the sentiment Marc Felion, myself and a lot of other openly gay media types share when it comes to our closeted counterparts.
We made a personal sacrifice by coming out, but we have also benefited. By coming out early in our careers we have seen the positive impact it's had on our personal lives and our communities.
And then there are closeted gay people who despite the money, despite the power and comfort refuse to come out. Why?
We sympathize with the fear they have. We understand that their careers will be changed by sharing this very personal matter with the world, but they don't get to reap the benefits of those who have made the sacrifice to come out. They do not get to put pictures of themselves online to solicit sex. They do not get to send sexy emails to high school lacrosse players. There is no having one's cake and eating it too without the contempt and retribution of the media.
Now, we are not saying we at the Feast of Fools would out someone, but we would certainly report someone outing somebody else. So, for example, if we had sex with say someone like sexy Jake Gyllenhall, we would not out him. But, if he had sex with someone else and then they outed him. Well, there would be hell to pay! We'd never forgive him.
Marc came up with a good metaphor- "If you didn't help cook the meal, you don't get to eat." We also propose that many closeted gay men lack the full range of experience, emotion and sexual fulfillment out there because of their hidden status. They become stuck in a less mature mode of operation and by coming out they can become who they truly need to be.
Listen to today as Miss Ronnie, Marc Felion and Fausto Fernós (thats me) talk about funky flavored sodas, why Swedes trust IKEA more than the church, and why some pop stars should never bother with the whole celebrity game.
Happy World AIDS Day everyone! Today we give thanks to all our friends living with HIV/AIDS who are still here to talk about it, the the progress made with health care and treatment and the way this terrible disease forced America to come face to face with its homophobia.
At the same time we remeber those who are no longer with us and the long road ahead to overcoming this terrible disease. The Feast of Fools wish you a very blessed World AIDS Day and hope that this year will be the last.
Oh no she didn't! We all watched the car-wreck on our Tivo's as the awkward pairing of Clay Aiken with Kelly Ripa turned for the worst when a frustrated Clay put his hands on Kelly's mouth so he could ask a question to the guests.
Kelly responded by saying "Thats a no-no, I don't know where those hands have been." Which was funny and they got over it and moved on.
Then the following Monday Rosie O'Donnel on the View said that Kelly's comments were "homophobic" and if a straight guy or an attractive guy would have done the same she would have reacted differently. Ouch.
So of course Kelly calls in and the whole group of women have a lovely time talking about gay issues and talk-show propriety all the while Clay Aiken is nowhere to be seen.
Knowing full well what it feels like to be on a talk show where you can't get a word in edgewise, I know the frustration Clay Aiken must have felt at that point in time. But that's what commercial breaks are for. I personally thought it would have been best for him to turn to Kelly and say "Am I doing okay? Because I don't feel like I'm getting much of a chance to ask my own questions on the show, and I would really like to do so."
Listen to today's show as our lovely Miss Ronnie weighs in to talk about talk shows and celebrity bytchfights, Kelly Ripa's hot husband Mark Consuelo, the cancellation of the Big Booty Contest and Prince Harry's Spiderman bedsheets.
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If you're lucky, your mom breast-fed you. But if you're not chances are you're ok. So why do it?
Breast-feeding is one of those generous loving acts a mother and child can do that creates a special bond and helps give an infant what they need to build strong immune systems, teeth, and bones.
But oddly enough all through the 50s, 60s and 70s doctors were telling women not to breast-feed their kids and women were believing them.
On today's show my lovely mom Patricia Fernós joins us to talk about breast-feeding, her experience in being a La Leche League leader for over a decade, the breast-milk bank and the issues surrounding healthcare, the environment and child-rearing, with hilarious results.
Remember when we told you yesterday about the Brazilian lady who claimed her cat gave birth to pups? New DNA evidence removes any doubt about the possibility, but illustrates the appetite for outlandish news to distract us from the painful front pages, and the mess in the middle east.
Man do I love to eat. And how do I love to cook! Nothing puts me in a good mood like Thanksgiving leftovers. This year we had a blast making vegetarian harvest loaf, free-range turkey, fructose-free cranberry sauce, organic green beans, and Marc's special apple streudel. We can hardly walk.
My mom's fear that we made too much food was for nothing since today I am eating the last of the leftovers. As the Nestle Quick Bunny used to say in spanish "Que triste es cuando se acaba!" (How sad it is when it's all gone).
On today's post-thanksgiving podcast, Miss Steinstein joins us once again to feast on leftovers, of all kinds. Lots of cruelty free animal news- why pengins are the new frogs, "hands of the gay sheep" says Martina, and the miraculous brazilian cat that gave birth to puppies.
Every time you tell a friend about the Feast of Fools, a drag queen gets her wig.
Featured Music:
Don Juan Dracula - Young Debutantes II: iTunes | Amazon | CD Baby| Site
Angel and the Reruns - Just Released!: CD Baby
We are bringing sexy back. Where did it go? Why did it leave? We don't know, but we need it now more than ever and we're working double time to bring it back.
On today's delicious Feast of Fools podcast, our purple-powered-pal Amanda Steinstein joins us to talk about her glamorous celebrity friends and her recent business trip to California.
Somebody in the U.K. really loves the new James Bond film. So much in fact, he's changing his name to all the films titles in a row, framed by the name James Bond.
To clarify, that is-
James Dr No From Russia With Love Goldfinger Thunderball You Only Live Twice On Her Majesty's Secret Service Diamonds Are Forever Live And Let Die The Man With The Golden Gun The Spy Who Loved Me Moonraker For Your Eyes Only Octopussy A View To A Kill The Living Daylights Licence To Kill Golden Eye Tomorrow Never Dies The World Is Not Enough Die Another Day Casino Royale Bond.
Although we think this is just a cheap publicity stunt thought up by the movie studio to promote the new 007 film, we think its still a great idea.
I'm sure it's only a matter of time before someone changes their name to:
Madonna Vision Quest Desperately Seeking Susan Shanghai Surprise Who's That Girl? Bloodhounds of Broadway Dick Tracy Shadows and Fog A League of Their Own Body of Evidence Dangerous Game Blue in the Face Four Rooms Girl 6 Evita The Next Best Thing Star Swept Away Veronica Louise Ciccone Ritchie
or
Cher Chastity Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Silkwood Mask The Witches of Eastwick Suspect Moonstruck Mermaids Faithful Tea with Mussolini In the Pink Bono.
I wonder what name would one of our listeners change their name to?
On today's most fabulous show we talk about the worlds longest names and why people use them. Copyright laws in Japan and details on how you can spend a glamorous day in drag with Amanda Steinstein for the filming of the new Mystech's video. [Running time 49:57]
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Featured Music:
Mystechs - Escape from Planet Love: iTunes | Site
The holiday season, because it's tied to religious activities can be both a great source for joy and pain for many people, especially gay men. Today we look back at another classic show where we talked to the remarkable singer/songwriter Levi Kreis about his music career and the reconciliation of his religion with his sexuality.
[Originally posted on March 17, 2006.]
Levi Kreis is nice. A childhood musical prodigy, his parents were blown away when at the tender young age of six he learned to play "Pomp and Circumstance" after coming home from his kindergarten graduation.
Levi spent most of his life honing his fine singing voice and musical skills, as well as dealing with being a gay man. It wasn't easy for him. In junior high he secretly went to Exodus Ministries, hoping they would be able to "cure" him of being gay. When he came out in college, he was kicked out of his dorm room and lost a lucrative recording contract with a Christian music label.
Levi's story has a happy ending. Nowdays Levi travels with his good pal Eric Himan around playing their catchy acoustic music in venues all around the nation. He's out and proud and rocking out!
Levi helped compose the theme music for the show "Southern Baptist Sissies" and has his first single "I Should Go" in rotation on scattered radio stations throughout the country, and it was selected to be the theme song for the long-awaited reuniting of two characters on NBC's "Days of Our Lives." Soon after, CBS's "Young and the Restless" (or Y&R for you soap-addicts) debuted another track off Levi's album entitled "Hardly A Hero."
We'd like to think that Levi is a modern day, sexy, non-cheesy version of the 80's crooner Christopher Cross.
Listen to our in-depth interview with Levi Kreis, a deeply passionate, soulful and sensual man - it's no coincidence that this show's number is TWO-SIX-NINE! (As comedy legend Frank Nelson would say: "Oh yes.")
Rock and roll all night and party every day with the Feast of Fools.
Featured DVD:
Frailty - Starring Matthew McConaughey, directed by Bill Paxton (features Levi Kreis as a young Matthew) buy it on Amazon
Featured Music:
Levi Kreis - One of the Ones: iTunes | CD Baby | Site
We really do love Ru-Paul. Today we dust off an old chestnut and no, not RuPaul s-himself, but one of our earliest shows from waaay back in 2005. This phony crank call got many people speculating weather the Supermodel known as RuPaul really was suffering from manic depression. Was this all a ruse?
With respect and apologies to the "little black girl from the brewster projects" we re-post this classic Feast of Fools podcast with Berbacia Clemmons playing the role RuPaul.
[Originally Posted on August 8, 2005.]
It's easy to find celebrities' home phone numbers listed in the phone book. They often forget to have their numbers removed, even though the service is free.
On todays show, Fausto and Marc pay a suprise phone call to the "little girl from the Brewster Projects" who in the early 90's skyrocketed to the top of the charts with her hit song "Supermodel" -Ru Paul Charles.
Unfortunately, we got a little more than we bargained for, since RuPaul was a handfull on the phone.
PLUS: New info reveals that Marilyn Monroe had a lesbian affair with Joan Crawford, controversy over minstrel drag queens, and Dwayne Speaks finally makes it to Seattle, Washingon.
I have only one thing to say to you: you bettah listen to the Feast of Fools podcast.
Featured Music:
Baby Teeth - The Baby Teeth Album: iTunes | Amazon
We have so much to be thankful for. Number one, we have the delightful charming chanteur Jim Verraros in the house once again to help us remember the true meaning of Thanksgiving.
But before you stuff your goose, turkey or tofurkey, before you get your best friend a RED Feast of Fools t-shirt for the holidays, it's time to reflect on what is good and fabulous in our lives.
Listen to Jim, Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós talk about a Thai zoo's recycling of Panda dung into souvenirs, girls with knifes and the fact that 400,000 people in the U.K. declared "Jedi" as their religion during in the 2001 census.
The act of people delcaring themselves as religious Jedi's illustrate the fact that many religions use fiction as a way of gathering followers and spreading their message, no matter what that message is.
Fiction is a BIG part of religion, since myth and faith are closely intertwined.
We just hope they stay on whatever the opposite side of the Dark side of the force is. What is it anyway? The Light side of the force? Is George Lucas their POPE?
These are things we didn't know we wanted to know, but now that we know about them, we want to find out!
Listen for a sneak preview of Jim's new up and coming album! What's it like to have deaf parents? What common word do non-native speakrs make when they are trying to sign the word lunch? You wont belive it. (HINT: the photo above is the common mistake people make when trying to sign LUNCH.)
There is always room for a little more FOF.
Featured Music:
Jim Verraros - Rollercoaster: iTunes | Amazon | Site
Art abuse has to stop! Besides the truly awful and inane shows they put out on a regular basis, these people churn out abuse wherever they can to whomever they may please.
I'm not talking about "Dancing with the Stars."
We're talking about Barnum and Bailey Circus and their cruel treatment on animals, particularly elephants.
The "circus with the smell" gouges elephants with bull hooks to coerce them into performing all sorts of tricks they would never want to do otherwise. They beat them into a state of fear and keep them in terrible conditions until the next show where they perform yet again to crowds of whiney kids and miserable adults.
I've seen shows and the feeling you get when you see an elephant reluctantly lumber onto the stage makes me sick. Now, I've seen a lot of theatrical productions where the actors were almost on the same level, but the difference is when their show was over, they got to go home to their Wicker Park lofts and smoke pot. These elephants live in cramped environments against their will.
Our good friend, Mike Brazell, works full time with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (P.E.T.A.) to get local municipalities to change their laws to prevent exactly this type of animal abuse. Pictured on the right is our Miss Ronnie feeding Mike a delicious vegan dessert from the Chicago Diner.
Visit Circuses.com to learn more about how you can stop elephants from being tortured in your own back yard.
UPDATE: Here is the link to Thomas Edison electrocuting an elephant. Warning! This will give you nightmares, and is very violent. [During the early part of last century, George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison had a tense rivalry, traveling the country promoting the benefits and dangers of AC vs. DC power. As part of the scare tactics against Alternating Current, Edison’s employees used to electrocute animals, including this elephant.]
Last time Mike Brazell came on the show, podcasting journalist and soy candle maker Mike Hipp shared his many opinions on vegetarianism saying such things as "Humans have canine teeth. Canine teeth are there to pierce and tear flesh. If we weren't designed to need animal protein to survive then we wouldn't have them."
Not long after this episode aired, Mike Hipp chose to become a vegetarian. So of course we had to call him up and ask if listening to the show made him go veggie.
Although we ourselves love to eat all sorts of delicious foods including animals, we feel that Americans don't get enough fruits and vegetables in their diet and would encourage anyone to try for a while to go veggie.
No animals were hurt during the making of the Feast of Fools podcast.
Featured Music:
Hey Willpower - Dance EP: Amazon | Site
Gail Ann Dorsey - I Used to Be: iTunes | Amazon
Audiences loved to hate his confrontational nature of the TV show and it was all an act.
On today's show Tyler Wilson Duckworth (that's TWD for you hip folks) comes to talk about how orchestrated reality TV shows are and the consequences of being portrayed as a gay villain on TV.
Listen in as we explore the sexy and empowering side of gay athleticism, what you can do to get on MTV's Real World, tips on how gay men can seduce straight men and one simple thing you can do in the morning to lose weight.
For a sexy gay villain, Tyler's just full of good advice.
Check out the Tyler Duckworth photo gallery we made.
The podcast that not only looks good on your iPod, it sounds delicious- the Feast of Fools.
Featured Music:
Jim Verraros - Rollercoaster: iTunes | Amazon | Site
My babies are coming home! These two talented ladies, I mean fellas on the show today are so much a part of my past.
Way back in the day, when the Feast of Fools was just a pipe dream, gender queer performer Johnny T and my homies down in Austin Texas were busy shaking things up with ACT-UP and later on with the Lesbian Avengers.
My friends and I did so many fund-raisers, demonstrations and actions with the Lesbian Avengers that they made me an "honorary lesbian" and taught me how to eat fire. Being an "honorary lesbian" is a title I still hold near and dear to my heart.
Our other guest, Gremlin spent half a decade helping to stage manage the live Feast of Fools shows and keeping things rolling smoothly in a very bumpy rough and tumble live theater show.
Today they are working with eight other talented women as the Sordid Collective on a show called "The Lola Project."
The Lola Project is a collaborative year long performance project that narrates the experience of working class imigrants in Chicago in the 1920's, put together as a silent montage of songs that ties gender, race and class into a burlesque show... with sexy results, of course.
Marc Felion and I are planning to go see Friday's show and we recommend that you all go see it as well because it's bound to be a lot of fun. Listen to today's show to find out details on how you can win a pair of tickets to Fridays show!
Whatever you want, you will get on the Feast of Fools.
An haunting, lingering feel from the free flu-shots we had last week is leaving Marc and me off-center. Help!
Call on Miss Ronnie to the rescue. What better way to expel the bad spirits that surround us than with little chicken blood sacrifice? Don't tell P.E.T.A.
But what better way to fight a botched flu vaccination than with Santeria? Isn't the flu vaccine made from chicken eggs?
On today's santeria-cast, our in-house Santeria priestess Miss Ronnie (you DO know she's a Santeria priestess don't you?) joins us to talk about surviving bullets and nails in being shot into your head and weather a burrito a sandwich or not.
"I think religion has always tried to turn hatred toward gay people," John said in the Observer newspaper's Music Monthly Magazine. "Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays."
"But there are so many people I know who are gay and love their religion," he said. "From my point of view, I would ban religion completely. Organized religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into really hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate."
Maybe his approach is throwing out the baby with the bath-water, but this is one ugly baby. You know, the baby from the film "It's Alive" that ate all the people.
The only podcast that is hotter than a bowl of chili with a big slice of cornbread- the Feast of Fools.
Dressing up in drag is like eating a potato chip- you can't do it just once. The enticing nature of dressing up in drag appeals to everyone because it's a whole lot of fun.
The language of drag is one of those traditions that still stays true to its roots, despite its embrace by Hollywood and politicians alike in the past decade. Put on the wig, put on the heels, the makeup, the dress, and presto-chango, you're a drag queen.
It's a quick way for someone who lacks visual appeal to instantly get a lot of attention. It's also not a very imaginative way to do it. When drag works, everyone is having a good time, especially the performer. When drag doesn't work it just looks like someone couldn't come up with a better excuse of why we are looking at them.
I don't buy the whole concept "everyone is in drag." Just as I don't buy that you're a diva just because you say you are. The title is something earned, not bought.
I always cringe when I hear people say "Do you DO drag?" since to me drag isn't an action, it's a style of dress and performance. You don't DO rock, you play rock. You dress in costume, you don't DO a costume. (Unless you're into plushies)
On today's Feast of Fools, our in-house costumed crusader Sal-E joins Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós, to compare and contrast the show "Drag" a deconstruction of people's personal ideas of drag now playing at the Neo-Futurarium and Paper Doll Drag Revue, a drag show that happens every Thursday night at Mary's Attic, just blocks away from the show.
If you REALLY want to super-soak yourself in drag go see both shows on the same night (Thursday is pay what you can) and compare the academic way the Neo-Futurairum treats drag versus the gritty way the girls at Mary's Attic do it. Both shows won't cost much.
Pictured above is Vanity Fair looking at Lauren Jacobs' shoes backstage before going on to lip-sync "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun." You can just see the joy in their eyes at looking at each other in costume backstage.
Fall is in full swing and most of the leaves in Chicago are all over the freakin' place, so Marc and I decided to take the show out of the house and go see a play in our neighborhood.
Join Marc Felion and me Fausto Fernós as we walk around in our neighborhood and talk about getting our free flu shots from a scary looking doctor, Rick Santorum, cooking pumkin seeds, mexican spicy candy, more talk about the election, and listener's woes about their iPod not being able to play our show!
So we whooped ass, now what? Marc and I sat at the Howard Brown Annual Gala last week as Gov. Blagojevich promised the good people of Illinois UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE if he got re-elected. And he's been re-elected. So today begins the clock towards Universal Health Care in Illinois. Day #1 without Universal Health Care. Lets see what happens.
Our therapist friend Jeff Stahl joins us to talk about the ramifications of putting former dictator Saddam Hussein to death for war crimes, Rumsfeld's resignation, heterosexual icons for gays and the nature of political equilibrium.
Pictured above is now ousted violently anti-gay Senator Rick Santorum weeping for losing the election to a almost equally conservative Democrat. [Thanks to Aaron Cockroft for telling us about the photo!] Makes you happy to see this image, doesn't it?
The euphoria of an intoxicating drink without the hangover- the Feast of Fools.
Featured Music:
Jim Verraros - Rollercoaster: iTunes | Amazon | Site
People, we are going to whoop some ass! I am feeling so good about the election results.
The American public, fed up with the meaningless war in Iraq and with the sexual hypocrisy of conservative Republicans, spoke loud and clear yesterday and voted them out! This is way more exciting than watching American Idol.
Sing along! "So you had a bad day..."
Democrats have taken the power away from the Republicans in the House of Representatives, and made some serious gains in the Senate.
Bush better get his plane ticket to Brazil ready.
So today we rejoice, because the horribly misshapen Rick Santorum is out of a job as Senator. I refuse to pay attention to the harsh reality that he's been replaced by a slightly less hateful Democratic counterpart.
Arnold, Rod, Hillary and Joseph kept their jobs, you decide weather thats a good thing or not.
Unfortunately, anti-gay marriage amendments were passed almost anywhere they could be, because straight people were worried that us gays would ruin the institution that they so hold in such high regard.
Speaking of which, Brittney Spears just filed D-I-V-O-R-C-E papers today. 24 years old, twice married, twice divorced, and FOR the War in Iraq. And she puts her babies on her lap when she drives a car without a seat-belt. And WE can't get married?
How does one follow up winning the Gong Show? By becoming a chorus girl in film Xanadu, of course!
Or even better, by writing two kick ass books Girl Power and Queen of the Oddballs. But the best follow up is being on the Feast of Fools podcast. Ahem.
Singer, actor and juggler Hillary Carlip in the 1970's dazzled American audiences with her delightful juggling act where she created a gesture for certain key words in her original song, which was played by an unknown at the time Michael Feinstein.
Through the years, Hillary has created many "alter-egos" as a way of getting her foot in the door of a very competitive entertainment industry. One of her alter ego's a time was "Angel and the Reruns" an all-girl, ex-con band that sang songs inspired by old TV reruns.
Listen as Hillary dishes talks about growing up in Hollywood, stalking Carol King and Carly Simon, cruising for hot women on the set of Xanadu and being on the Oprah show, before Oprah had her religious awakening.
Visit Hillary's MySpace page to see the video of her 1970s appearance on the Gong Show that won her the grand prize. She had some tough competition- a chicken lady and the undiscovered disco diva Cheryl Lynn.
Entertainment Weekly says: "Hillary Carlip has lived a life that would make Leonard Zelig jealous. It's not everyone who can claim to have won The Gong Show and seen John Cusack in acne medication."
Visit Freshyarn.com an online salon for personal essays. Every month, FRESH YARN presents six new pieces of personal essays from various authors who otherwise work as directors, producers, artists, and performers.
Doogie Howser is gay! What's a Doogie Howser? I was awaken by the news from my friend Nic Tips on Saturday morning over the phone with a sense of urgency that reminded me of a leader being informed that Russia had launched the bombs.
It seems since we started doing this podcast back in February of 2005, the whole world has gone gay- • George Takei (Sulu from Star Trek) • Lance Bass (NySync singer) • RJ Helton (from American Idol) • TR Knight (Star of Grey’s Anatomy) • James Lipton (Inside the Actor's Studio)
• Jim McGreevey (Creepy politician) • Rep. Mark Foley (Another creepy politician)
• Rev. Ted Haggard (still another creepy evangelist)
and now Neil Patrick Harris the actor well known for playing the medical whiz kid Doogie Howser on TV. And by inference, his longtime partner David Burtka has also come out.
Have we really had that much of an impact?
What's in the air out there that has caused so many gay men to want or be forced to come out recently? Are we missing anyone from this list?
Because there are so many closeted celebrities and politicians coming out we need to add the letter "C" to the Gay Alphabet, making it GLBTQC.
On today's FOF Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós talk about a little black swan that fell in love with a giant swan-shaped boat and how German zoo officials are making plans to keep the couple together for life, the issues and challenges of taking care of the developmentally disabled and the "WonderJock" a new mens underwear that lifts and seperates.
Click on the extended entry for the Feast of Fools CODE OF CONDUCT for CLOSETED GAY CELEBRITIES, POLITICIANS and other hidden homos in positions of power.
The podcast that comes with extra sauce and a whole lot of cheese- the Feast of Fools.
Featured Music:
Jim Verraros - Rollercoaster: iTunes | Amazon | Site
Good things do come in small packages. Even better, we like it when big things come in small packages. We love to see attractive people squeezing into tight fitting RED Feast of Fools t-shirts!
Today we conclude Marc Felion's trip to England with his backstage interviews at TrannyShack done at London's Soho Revue Bar, formerly known as Too2Much with of some of the area's most outlandish and memorable drag queens.
Listen as Marc talks to a Dutch drag queen Vanilla Lush, who isn't into dykes an ex-pat drag queen from the original Trannyshack in San Francisco, Suppository Spelling and a super Euro-trash musician Dusty O.
Dusty used to hang with Boy George in the 80s and found herself portrayed in his musical about Leigh Bowery's life "Taboo." She had much to say about intellectual property rights among drag queens and the problems with impersonation, imitation and stealing.
Click here to see pictures of Marc's visit to the UK and the drag queens at TrannyShack.
If you listen to the Feast of Fools podcast often enough, your face will look fabulous.
Featured Music:
Gail Ann Dorsey - I Used to Be: iTunes | Amazon
Boy did we have a good time on Halloween this year! Marc had decided early on to dress as a crook, a villain inspired by the wacky Batman TV show from the 1960s, and I was hopelessly trying to figure out what to wear.
So I went to the Halloween superstore looking for a cowboy outfit that would work well in warm weather, and found nothing of the sort. So my second choice was to be a vampire, but the costumes there simply looked like crap. One outfit that stood out to me was the "King of the Knighthood" because it looked wacky and inspired from the fabulous Camelot musical that is such a hit on Broadway these days.
But I wanted to be a vampire! I was resourceful and combined the vampire teeth with the king's robe and it was a hit! Marc and I walked up and down the Halloween parade spreading the FOF gospel and talking to the fans out in the streets.
But those darn fangs. I felt more like a hillbilly crack dealer than a vampire, so I started talking like Gomer Pyle, asking the confused people of Chicago if they wanted a slice of apple pie.
Listen to todays show as Miss Ronnie, Marc Felion and me your true blue pal Fausto Fernós talk about our not-so-frightening Halloween experiences, news that will REALLY scare you, Korean closet queens, and voting on November 7th.
Congratulations to all the nominees for "Best Podcast" both locally at the Chicago Free Press and Internationally at the Gay Bloggies! So start practicing for Nov 7th by voting for us today!
Click here to see pictures of Marc and Fausto at Chicago's Halloween Parade.
Every time you vote for the Feast of Fools, a drag queen gets her wig.
A show so nice we had to post it twice. {Originally posted on Oct. 3, 2005.}
Everything you ever wanted to know about putting on makeup to look like a drag queen but were afraid to ask!
Listen to our fabulous NYC correspondent Miss Understood as we chat on over the telephone about how to put on makeup, as well as a ton of other things like drug abuse, Craigs List rants, and Puerto Rican superstar Iris Chacon.(She was big in the late 70's).
COMING SOON: An in-depth hour-long interview with Dante's Cove star Charlie David! And yes, he's met Smallville's Tom Welling. And we got to talk to his roommate. Find out who he is.
How would you feel if your parents dressed you up as Aunt Jemima? Now how would you feel if you were a six year old BOY and your parents dressed you up as that? Granted, it was the 1950s, but making your son cross-dress in a minstrel-styled breakfast themed outfit is a bit too much.
We have to take his word for it that it was his parents idea but I have a sneaking suspition that it may have been his only means of cross-dressing in that era. Yes, six year olds do like to cross dress. We saw it on 60 Minutes.
On today's spooky podcast, Fausto and I talk about Aunt Jemima, racism and corporate logos and embrassaing Halloween costumes.
We also have some on location interviews with the Trannies at Trannyshack in at the premier club Too2Much in London. Listen as I talk with Glendora about her life in drag, riding poles and the English fascination with sploshing.
Say tuned for some more of the girl's from Tranny shack later this week, including an American girl, Suppositori Spelling who is living large in the UK and Dusty "O" a collegue of Boy George who has dirt to dish and some explaining to do about how they stole Trannyshack from an American Drag Queen.
Listen as my wonderful host Wayne, a Canadian living in London, takes us on a soundseeing tour of the infamous Jack the Ripper's hunting grounds. Listen to creepy slums of London as we encounter rats and zombies(tourists) in their quest to find the legacy of Jack the Ripper.
Click here to see pictures of Marc's trip to the UK.
Featured Music:
Jim Verraros - Rollercoaster: iTunes | Amazon | Site
FOF #418 - Reality as a Form of Perspective - 10.30.06
How would you deal with the sudden and random death of your lover?
In 1995 I had moved to Chicago to go to graduate school and knew almost no-one. One of my close friends at school, William Gaudiani was a beautiful, intelligent, funny, young man with a new future in graphic design. We had always made plans to meet his boyfriend Jeff Stahl but school and work got in the way and decided to have dinner together after the winter break.
When I got back from Puerto Rico that January, I called William to see how his holidays were, when his partner Jeff picked up the phone and told me that William had died in a car accident on his way home from Indiana- his car slipped on a patch of ice, tumbled and he died on the spot.
At first I thought this was some sort of odd joke William was playing on me, but after an hour on the phone I realized it was no joke. And I was floored. I wasn't ready for William to be out of my life, and made it a point to get to know his surviving partner Jeff. We became close friends in the memory of my friend and his lover William.
Eleven years later, many things have changed. Jeff now works as a therapist helping others deal with all sorts of issues, including sudden loss. Listen to today's walk through memory lane as we talk with my partner Marc Felion about kissing and passion, growing up poor on Chicago's South Side, coping with death, caramel apples and reality as a form of perspective.
Like a candy apple: delicious, sweet and nutty- its the Feast of Fools.
FOF #417 - The Jim Verraros Comedy Hour - 10.27.06
American Idol finalist Jim Verraros holds the distinction of being the first person to come out as gay on the show. He was never in the closet.
Before RJ admitted it, before Clay denied it, there was the one and only Jim Verraros. Jim was going to college downtown when a friend suggested he try out for the television show, which at the time was unknown what a hit it was going to be. He just walked and sang his way into the top ten, next to Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini.
Placing 9th on the first season, Jim was one of the most talked about contestants to ever appear on American Idol. Because he was raised by deaf parents, he is fluent in American Sign Language. As a child, Jim ironically excelled in singing and acting at a very early age so much that the school's music teachers had the task of explaining his talent to his parents who were naturally unaware of Jim’s abilities.
When you meet Jim face to face, you get a sense like you've known him all along. Warm and embracing, he's the kind of person who you would have been best friends with in high school.
On today's show Jim joins Gregg Shaprio, Marc Felion and me your true blue pal Fausto Fernós to talk about the sacrifices and benefits of being out gay man in the music and film industry.
Jim comes to talk about his new film, "Eating Out Two: Sloppy Seconds" a bedroom face about where queer youth try to find sex. Although these new type of films owe a lot to the works of the great John Waters, they share a common thread with films like "Porky's" and "American Pie" in their sophomorphic goofiness and superficial sex escapades. It's fun, like eating cotton candy, but it's mostly sugar. Did we mention there's full frontal nudity in the film?
Jim has been keeping busy this past year working on a follow up to his album "Rollercoaster" which he collaborated with Gabe Lopez. Some of the songs have a catchy disco groove like "I Want You" and others get darker and sexier with the irresistible "So Deep." So go buy it here, right now.
Click here to check out our photos taken of us with Jim Verraros. Click here to visit Jim Verraros' website.
ATTENTION CHICAGO LISTENERS: Come to the opening night screening of "Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds" and meet Jim Verraros (we'll also be there) in person!
November 2, 7:15pm Music Box Theatre:3733 N. Southport Ave
Featured Music:
Jim Verraros - Rollercoaster: iTunes | Amazon | Site
Put the FOF player on your MYSPACE page, homepage or blog and we'll give you a shoutout: •Jim Verraros •Noé Velasco •Jaime
(Be sure to send us an email to let us know.)
People, the November 7th election is just around the corner and it looks like it's going to be a great big shakedown.
One of the most fabulous and gay friendly politicians in Chicago, my personal favorte politician Rep. Sara Feigenholtz joins us today to talk about how you can get motivated to create change not just in your community, but everywhere.
Taking the personal and making it political, Sara fights for gay rights, the rights of women to control their biological destinies, and for people who were adopted to find their biological parents.
On today's show Ronnie, Marc and I talk with Rep. Feigenholtz about her personal tale of finding her biological mother, and how it impacted her work as a politician. Also the fighting for health care and the FDA, and the hope for a better tomorrow. Will Barack Obama run for President? Listen and see.
Click here to learn more about Rep. Sara Feigenholtz.
Informing you and entertaining you by any means necessary- the Feast of Fools.
Featured Music:
Rachael Sage - Blistering Sun: Amazon | Site
Put the FOF player on your MYSPACE page, homepage or blog and we'll give you a shoutout: •Mike from Boilingbrook •Noé Velasco •Jaime
(Be sure to send us an email to let us know.)
Who knew that men who work in Mortuaries were so hot? Kamm Cares, a non-profit breast cancer survivor group recently came up with a macabre yet titillating hunk calendar of real sexy men who work in mortuaries.
One of the captions for Mr. August (David Fisch) reads "After discussing it with his mother, David felt that the calendar was a great idea. His aunt had breast cancer, and he felt that this would be a great way to help. [Besides being a full time mortuary director] His hobbies include weight-lifting and bodybuilding."
Pictured to the right is a part of the cover of the calendar that has David along with eleven other men looking quite dashing, posing with a funeral casket, shovels and ropes lowering what is presumed to be the recently deceased into the ground.
Listen to today's show as our good friend Matt Simonette joins my husband Marc Felion and me, your true blue pal Fausto Fernós to talk about the new Russian Vodka museum, the consideration of the Dutch government hiring sex workers as "entertainment" for men in the battlefield (I guess they assume all women in the military are lesbians) and tough talk on net neutrality, and why you should vote Democrat in this next election.
The podcast that is just dying to entertain you- the Feast of Fools.
Featured Music:
Don Juan Dracula - Young Debutantes II: iTunes | Amazon | CD Baby| Site
The Broadband - God Save the Internet: SITE
Put the FOF player on your MYSPACE page, homepage or blog and we'll give you a shoutout: •Mike from Boilingbrook •Noé Velasco •Casey
(Be sure to send us an email to let us know.)
My lovely husband Marc Felion is back in town, Miss Ronnie is in the house, and I'm feeling quite fabulous myself, thank you! I missed Marc so much, it really was a dark time for me personally not having his sunshine around to warm my heart.
Special thanks to Shannon and Nic who have given me so much love during the time he was away.
This past week a gazoogle of gays just came out of the closet to the point we can hardly keep up. The very snuggable TR Knight from ABC's hit show Grey's Anatomy came out, RJ Helton from American Idol came out and Geroge Michael came out as a pot lover, smoking a joint on national television, to nobody's suprise. You go George!
Listen to Marc Felion, Miss Ronnie and me Fausto Fernós talk about Paris Syndrome, buying bullets online, stuff that makes Ronnie happy and lots of delicious Madonna bashing.
Everyone is a little bit gay every now and then on the Feast of Fools podcast.
Featured Music:
Ellen Rosner - The Perfect Malcontent: CD Baby | Amazon
Put the FOF playuer on your MYSPACE page, homepage or blog and we'll give you a shoutout: •Mr Right... Now •Noé Velasco •Donnie Dee
(Be sure to send us an email to let us know.)
In the early 90s cartoonist Robert Kirby simply wanted to see the romantic stories of young gay men reflected in the publishing world and to reach out to other cartoonists like himself.
He started drawing his comic titled "Curbside" and then later (along with his friend David Kelly) started putting out the zine Boy Trouble, a self-made magazine featuring the drawings many artists who wrote illustrated stories about unrequited love, the desires of young gay men and survival.
Many years before the internet brought us blogs and chat rooms, the way many gay men found each other was through the small scale world of zines.
Today Robert Kirby joins us to talk about his new book "The Book of Boy Trouble" a collection of greatest hits from the popular zine's first ten years. In addition to Robert Kirby and David Kelly, the book includes favorites like Michael Fahy’s "Valentine’s Day Love Poem," Andy Hartzell’s "Dinner at Achmed’s," and Anonymous Boy’s "The Non-adventures of Wayne," plus 24 pages of spanking new work from both regular contributors and up-and-coming talents.
Listen as Gregg Shapiro and I talk with Robert Kirby about why gay men sometimes refer to each other as boys, the internet's effect on self-publishing, and the need for a frank discussion of love and sex in gay culture.
The podcast that gets into trouble with sexy results- the Feast of Fools.
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Miss Ronnie and Sal-E break into Fausto and Marc's apartment but find an unexpected suprise.
Listen to today's podcast as we talk about the Chinese goverment's futile attempts to stamp out "Chinglish", webcam politics, and Dinsey's pledge to improve the food at all their theme parks.
I am racking my little blue brain trying to remember that Whitney Houston song where she admits that she smokes some crack (I've made some mistakes.) But what is the name of that song!?
Every time you download the Feast of Fools podcast, a flygirl gets her bling.
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Almost every single question you have ever had about Amanda Steinstein gets answered in this show, as well as every
Listen to today's show as we tackle the easy and hard questions like:
What do you say to your gay friends who hit on you when the feeling is not mutual? How do you survive if you don't agree with the values of the conservative christian community? What is the best place to come out to your parents? What is Amanda's dream job? How does Jesus influence the Feast of Fools podcast? How did Fausto and Amanda meet each other? Is the Feast of Fools patriotic? Is beauty more important than intelligence?
Is Amanda Steinstein genetically a woman? Does Fausto think Puerto Rico should be a state of the United States? People, we stir up more controversy in one podcast before 8 AM that most talk radio does in an entire day. What is the most important thing in life?
The podcast that doesn't just ask, it tells- the Feast of Fools.
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Mystechs - Escape from Planet Love: iTunes | Site
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Amanda Steinstein begins the show today by singing the Hawaiian war chant in support of Hawaii and their woes with the earthquakes this past week.
We try in vain to get a hold of Amanda's dad to get on the show.
Justin Timberlake admits his music might make you consider you are gay, of course he is making all the babies he can with Cameron Diaz, in case you thought he swung that way.
Winners of the "Kama Sutra Musical" contest are announced.
The podcast that is like a broken bottle in your fight for fabulousness- the Feast of Fools.
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Way before J-Lo, before Chita Rivera and Rita Moreno worked Broadway, before Selena, there was Iris Chacón, a latin diva who shook her booty on the stage and small screen of Puerto Rico. Her incredible proportions, her outrageous sexy dancing and latin heat made her the toast of Latin America, and in many ways set the stage for decades of hispanic drag queens all around the world.
Today John Q Sanchez and I look back on Hispanic Hertiage Month with a look at the fabulous and bootylicious Iris Chacón. Born of the decadent 1970's Iris made her fame as a showgirl in the casinos of Puerto Rico, which at the time was THE place to be on the weekend.
In Puerto Rico a lot of people including my father would LOVE to go to the Casinos, the dance halls on the weekends to dance and socialize. One of the fabulous entertainers of her time, Iris Chacón broke into mainstream success with her daytime risque cabaret show "El Show de Iris Chacón." She was so memorable to so many gay men and straight men alike!
When I started my own cable access show, the title "El Chow de Faustina" was a nod to this decadent lavish woman of Puerto Rican fame, who could never pronounce the word "SHOW."
If you're wanting to get a really fabulous present for your local drag queen, get the Carol Channing ventriolquist doll from JC Penney.
The only podcast with lots of "SAZON" and no MSG- the Feast of Fools.
Just like the show's title, Sal-E does smell delicious! He went by a local restaurant to get a bite to eat before dinner and came into the home studio wafting a delicious scent of filet mignon, escargot, garlic mashed potatoes, steam asparus and blue mojitos.
Needless to say I'm jealous.
On today's show we are proud to join the Gobal Fund's fight for AIDS with a limited run of Feast of Fools red t-shirts! For every shirt you get we'll donate 5% of the money to fighting AIDS in Africa.
These aren't your ordinary Feast of Fools t-shirts. They are made on 100% combed cotton, the sexy stretchy kind everyone looks great it. These cranberry red t-shirts look great on everyone and feel even better too! Click here to see a detail of the design.
To make the deal sweeter we're throwing in a DVD of some of our favorite shows no longer available online.
Dick and Gina were a sexually frustrated couple who thought all was lost until they accidentally stumbled upon Swami Comonawannagetonya, a magical 1800 year old creator of the ancient Hindu sexual tradition, who just by coincidence lives inside a dildo, much like genie which they discover by rubbing it.
I'm not talking about some wacky dream I had, I'm talking about the loose plot of the all-new "Kama Sutra: the Musical" which ties together seventeen deliciously corny songs about sex and sexuality like "Size Matters," "Baby, Won't You Do Me Where the Sun Don't Shine," and our personal favorite "Meet My Clitoris."
Eve Ensler is biting her fingernails as we speak in jealousy!
Kama Sutra is written by Grammy-Award winner Terry Abrahamson, who is well known for creating the 1984 Hustler Magazine ad parody "Jerry Falwell Talks About HIs First Time," which inspired the Milos Foreman film, The People vs. Larry Flynt.
On today's show Gregg Shapiro and I talk to Brian Damson, the sexy star of this fabulous new musical about the show, how he decided to portray a 1800 year old swami, working with Joan Rivers, what her daugher Melissa is really like and how he manages to maintain those powerful muscular legs of his.
Kama Sutra the Muscial runs through Dec. 31 at the Theater Building in Chicago. With shows Thursday at 7pm, Friday and Saturday at 7 & 10pm. Call 1-800-809-3075 to buy tickets (prices range from $32.50-$36.50). Brian proves to be a powerhouse of musical theater and the ticket price is worth it alone to see him work the stage.
I'm going to go see it, are you?
Listen to today's podcast to find out how you can win FREE tickets to see Kama Sutra the Musical!
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Hello there babies! The "bomba atomica" of podcasting, Miss Ronnie and me the "chupacabra" of podcasting Fausto Fernós answer your very important questions about life, love and the nature of the universe.
How do you pick up guys at the gym? Do you practice santeria? Do you belive in reincarnation? Why are nerds so hot? Listen as we answer every single question honestly and truthfully. EVERYTHING.
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FOF #405 - Keeping the Junk on the Inside - 10.11.06
At our live recording in West Hollywood, there was a strange sign backstage that read "No Handkerchief Dances." We were all asking ourselves, what's a handkerchief dance, and why is it illegal?
On today's show the delightful Miss Ronnie comes over to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly side of West Hollywood- dishing the dirt about all she encountered in her adventures in California.
If you could send a message to aliens in outer space, what would it be? Yahoo, THE Yahoo is celebrating their 10 year anniversary with a digital "Time Capsule" which they will transit via a powerful laser beam into outer space from the top of an ancient Mexican pyramid. We don't make this stuff up.
As outlandish as it sounds, we've already submitted Miss Ronnie's moans and groans, as well as our personal favorite Feast of Fools shows into the capsule so that space aliens can get their dose of Miss Ronnie too. In space nobody can notice one black hole from another.
If humor is a weapon, we are doing some serious damage with the Feast of Fools.
Have you been to Japan? Our lovely friend Jordan Hochstetler is living there as an exchange student, surrounding himself with Japanese people, learning the culture and the language. And he's gay. And out. So we asked Jordan to put together some audio clips of him talking about his gay experiences in Japan, but the audio quality left much to be deserved, so we kind of kidding around with his audio materials.
Dive into our special blue brand of comedy as we talk about the violent side of Buju Banton's music, why we think he's full of bull to go around saying he doesn't hate gays (no, he just writes songs about killing them and was aquitted of the charges due to his celebrity status.) More flap on Mark Foley, do bisexual men really exsist, why people have hang ups about sex and how Asian culture is changing.
