By Fausto Fernós on November 6, 2007
Get your salad fork ready because New York City’s finest drag queen comedian, Hedda Lettuce is here! The obscene green queen who makes Halloween seem serene joins us on today’s show.
Hedda was forged in the fires of AIDS activism and in the New York City Cable Access television scene of the early 90s. Fifteen years later Hedda’s still going strong, traveling the country with her hilarious stand up act, and is a six time winner of “Drag Queen of the Year” by HX Magazine.
Hedda joins Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós to talk about why her hair is green, being Samantha’s boyfriend on the TV show “Sex and the City,” Miss Understood and running for President of the United States of America.
We’re not sure if she’ll get on any ballot but she’s got my vote! As Hedda says, why be forced to choose between Hillary and Barack, when you can have both?
Pictured here is a wonderful photo of the three of us taken by Sal-E at the Lakeshore Theater last month. Hedda’s show was hysterically funny as she spontaneously went from ribbing a gay couple sitting in the front row to being pummeled by twinkies.
A ton of Chicago drag celebrities were there, including Sal-E, Kevin Aviance, Tina Torch, Velicity and Teriyaki. Why Velicity chose such a hard name to understand is beyond me, but Hedda explains it all.
ATTENTION New York City listeners! Go check out Hedda’s hilarious act tomorrow night at the Vlada Lounge in the Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhood. Hedda is hilarious, you wont be disappointed. Show starts at 10pm. Vlada is one of my favorite places to visit, with cute customers and a fantastic selection of flavored, all-natural vodkas. Try a margarita made with gingered vodka. Yum!
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By Fausto Fernós on October 31, 2007
There is a presence is in the room today! The spirit of Janis Joplin is haunting us in a very good way since we’ve been joined by her modern day equivalent- the rockingly awesome Jen Porter.
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By Fausto Fernós on August 28, 2007
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Chris is just as […]
By Fausto Fernós on August 6, 2007
Tay Zonday:
Sheltered on a Monday
Wrote on Tuesday,
Recorded on Wednesday,
Posted on Thursday,
Famous on Friday,
Got even more famous on Saturday,
Interviewed on Sunday.
This is the show
with Tay Zonday
Yes Virginia, there is a Tay Zonday and he’s on today’s show!
Today we’re talking to musician and YouTube overnight celebrity Tay Zonday, who in recent weeks has landed himself […]
By Marc Felion on January 15, 2007
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Mekole Wells wants to get into Oprah Winfrey’s The Color Purple musical here in Chicago BAD. We here at the FOF think Mekole would be a fabulous Shug Avery screaming out “You Sure is Ugly!”
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Mekole Wells began her carreer (like most divas) singing in Church. […]
By Marc Felion on April 10, 2006
Lesbian folksinger Ferron bought her first guitar as a young woman from cutting grass for $1 an hour. She was so nervous at her first gig, she could barely stand up to play.
Through the years a lot has changed, she’s gotten married, is a mom, struggled with a major record company, and has become […]
By Marc Felion on December 7, 2005
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