By Marc Felion on January 15, 2007
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?
Click here for photos of Big Girls Eat Cake at thier 2006 New Years Eve Show.
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By Fausto Fernós on January 1, 2007
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 […]
By Fausto Fernós on December 6, 2006
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 […]
continueBy Marc Felion on November 3, 2006
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 […]
By Marc Felion on October 26, 2006
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 […]
By Fausto Fernós on August 31, 2006
Why do male computer voices sound gay? Is it their nasal superiority, their stoicism, or their crazy synthesized lisps that make them so?
On today’s show Marc and I recreate two of the most famous computer voices- “Hal” from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey and “Fred,” Apple Computers MacInTalk Speech synthesized voice. We hook them […]
By Fausto Fernós on August 15, 2006
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!”
What is your favorite line from “The Color Purple” film?
Mekole Wells began her carreer (like most divas) singing in Church. […]
By Fausto Fernós on August 11, 2006
Just WHAT does the exultant phrase “Quarter Turns” mean? Boy do we get that question a lot.
Earlier this year in January, American Idol finalist Clay Aiken’s squeaky clean image had a bit of a tarnish when the National Enquirer printed the “sordid” details of his one night stand with North Carolinian real estate agent […]
By Fausto Fernós on June 8, 2006
Proudly going where no other Star Trek actor had gone before George Takei got back into the national spotlight last year 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 […]
By Fausto Fernós on May 1, 2006
Comedy heroine and freedom fighter Margaret Cho joins us today in an exclusive podcast interview to celebrate the 300th episode of the Feast of Fools podcast. Happy May Day!
Born in the late 60’s in San Francisco, Margaret Cho grew up in a counter-cultural atmosphere that helped shape her comedic sensiblities.
In the mid-90’s she joined […]
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miguelito | November 20, 2008
I don’t blame African-Americans; I blame the No campaign. They didn’t make a persuasive argument in their ads. They allowed the Yes...
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brain-fork | November 19, 2008
Fantastic! Any chance we can get “Doing Time” in the Feast Blast?
Bobby In Oklahoma | November 19, 2008
Jann’s face in the iTunes podcast photo reminds me of Liev Schreiber…or is it just me?
DavidMcD | November 19, 2008
I am praying for all the world’s religions to stop pushing their beliefs down my throat. I agree with you Fausto, if all reverends were as...
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DavidMcD | November 19, 2008
Great show, great interview and great music guys. You have the greatest photos of all your guests, nice work!
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miguelito | November 20, 2008
I don’t blame African-Americans; I blame the No campaign. They didn’t make a persuasive argument in their ads. They allowed the Yes...
15 comments on FOF #882 - Rev. Straight Talks About Prop. 8 - 11.18.08
brain-fork | November 19, 2008
Fantastic! Any chance we can get “Doing Time” in the Feast Blast?
Bobby In Oklahoma | November 19, 2008
Jann’s face in the iTunes podcast photo reminds me of Liev Schreiber…or is it just me?
DavidMcD | November 19, 2008
I am praying for all the world’s religions to stop pushing their beliefs down my throat. I agree with you Fausto, if all reverends were as...
15 comments on FOF #882 - Rev. Straight Talks About Prop. 8 - 11.18.08
DavidMcD | November 19, 2008
Great show, great interview and great music guys. You have the greatest photos of all your guests, nice work!
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