By Fausto Fernós on September 14, 2007 | Share & Save | Link | Print |
Let’s hear it for the future, yeah yeah yeah. Tomorrow may only be just a day away, but there are so many times when we wish it were here and now.
What is it about the future that paints such a rosy picture? There are seldom homeless people, junkies or lazy slobs in science fiction films and tv shows, yet here we are in the present day struggling to count calories and clean up our mess.
In the early 20th century European artists and writers were starting to fall in love with technology as a way of humans triumphing over nature. They called themselves “Futurists.” They even named fonts after the future like “Futura.” Not realizing that they were also a part of nature, many futurists set the political and cultural landscape for future environmental catastrophes, exploitation of people and fascism. They didn’t see World War I and II coming. The future isn’t always rosy but it’s plump with promise and so it will always be fabulous.
Marc is back! My sweetie had such a terrible bout with strep throat and has begun to recover and start taping podcasts again. Don’t we look good wearing the new “Deliciously Digital” black t-shirts?
On today’s show we’re talking with Steven Peterson over the phone about Antonio Sabato’s love for his gay fans, a man’s successful attempts to build a self-decapitating guillotine, a buffet workers ridiculous use of work boots to peel garlic and one of our favorite topics, ALIENS.
I don’t think alien life has landed on earth. I don’t think any government has hid any information from us. That said, a clever physicist, Stanton Friedman has pitched a case for not whether intelligent alien life has landed on earth, but why our governments would fight to keep it a secret.
Here goes:
1- You can’t handle the truth.
Society would be shaken up, the stock market would crash and people would run off the sides of cliffs in panicked chaos.
2- Aliens don’t believe in Jesus.
The discovery of intelligent alien life would throw most people’s religious beliefs into the cosmological blender.
3- Finders Keepers.
Any government that finds alien technology would obviously want to keep the military and technical advantages for itself.
4- We can keep a secret.
Secrecy is a way of life in most governments because it makes their job easier.
5- We’d be cosmopolitans.
If you knew there really were others out there, we’d all stop being Americans, Russians, or Saudi Arabians, we’d be Earthlings. That’s work.
The fascinating thing here is that studying the way people think about aliens reveal a lot about how we perceive our government and our leadership.
I’d like to paint a different picture here. Let’s suppose intelligent alien life did land on earth and everyone found out. Considering the technological requirements needed to travel here, I doubt we’d able to offer any kind of resistance if we needed to do so. We’d be at the alien’s mercy.
I strongly doubt any advanced civilization would spend the resources needed to travel over here to enslave us. The only reason to come pay a visit would be curiosity. E.T. would probably be a good guy.
What about them bringing in the “blob” accidentally or needing humans as fuel or food? If you can travel here, you can breed anything you need locally much cheaper. Alien biology, like many diseases that affect some animals and not others would be alien and not a threat. We’re always being bombarded by crap from outer space that may or may not burn up upon entry. We’ve survived millions of years.
I think alien life landing on earth would be wonderful and bring out the best in all of us but at the end of the day, life goes on. We all dreamed of a day we could watch TV in the palm of our hand but our needs as people still remain the same. Life goes on.
Until tomorrow comes, there’s always the Feast of Fools.
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Cliff Dix says:
September 14, 2007 at 08:33Guys,
When I was a teen way back in the 80’s before Tivo and before we had a VCR. I would look in the TV guide for any R-rated movie with nudity in the description i.e Blue Lagoon. Set my alarm clock, get up, sneak in the living room, disconnect the cable box, sneak back to my room, hook it up to my little TV, and enjoy my nude Christopher Atkins. I would have my favorites like Blue Lagoon, Endless Love, Midnight Express, or American Gigolo. I eventually made notes to exactly when the nudity occured like 35 minutes in and readjust my alarm clock. That was my porn growing up. Kids got it easy today. Porn everywhere.
PS Fausto, sorry you didn’t like the lip balm but we figured you could drink out of the Wonder Woman mug will watching your WW DVDs.
Fausto Fernós says:
September 14, 2007 at 11:36I have to say I really REALLY liked the WW mug! I’m drinking from it right now.
Mike from Bolingbrook says:
September 14, 2007 at 12:57I think that I should try and comment every day for a month, what do you think?
Is that annoying or participating?
I have commented on every episode all week, 3 more weeks to go.
Welcome back Marc. Strep is rough I know.
Steven says:
September 14, 2007 at 13:43If you comment every day for a month, Fausto will worship you. It’s a little-known secret, but Fausto’s biggest pet peeve is when people who have an opinion about the show don’t comment. These comments are what shows how popular the show is on the front page and they also encourage celebrities to come on the show. 
I say GO FOR IT!! Maybe even collection sponsorship donations for your Comment-a-Thon! 
Steven says:
September 14, 2007 at 13:47The number one reason the government doesn’t tell us about aliens is because they have infinite supplies of renewable energy and they would ruin the fossil fuel industry. Even though GWB would tell us that the aliens hate our freedom, the reality is that they know how to turn oxygen into fuel.
Tony says:
September 14, 2007 at 13:56Welcome back Marc, and I feel the same way about you visiting the vodka palace (of sorts)! There are too many things to do here in the city, and who would DAAAARRE cross that bridge if given the choice. Who would! If you want to try tastings, try it in the city, do wine at Vino Venue.
You’re still my podcasting hero’s!
Maia says:
September 14, 2007 at 14:09Glad you’re feeling better, Marc! Although I did enjoy your participation from the sidelines yesterday… you might want to try being the official heckler, instead of sitting at the mic; very entertaining.
Fausto, I love your Patricia impersonations. So cute.
Cliff, I really admire how industrious you were as a kid, getting up in the wee hours to steal the cable box! We didn’t have cable… But I used to sneak my mom’s cheesy victorian romance novels and flip through them. I had a knack for finding the steamy parts. Oh man… I am just now realizing that it’s probably because the spine was broken in those places, from frequent reading… ew!
Fausto Fernós says:
September 14, 2007 at 14:18I agree Steven- Comments are our currency. Comment often and every time.
What many bloggers and internet people don’t realize is that by commenting on the blogs/sites you regularly visit, you draw attention to what you’re up to (your own blog, videos or podcasts) and help ensure the continuation of the sites you like.
That’s why I always say when you hate something (like Dr. Laura) sometimes the best approach is to not give them any attention.
patchouli_stink says:
September 14, 2007 at 14:30Great show and welcome back Marc.. my outlet for porn was IRC(InternetRelayChat) which I logged into via my Unix shell account that I had to dial in long distance over a 14.4k modem.. was really hot and it honed my typing skills in those teenage years.
Ventura79 says:
September 14, 2007 at 17:15What a great way to end the week to have Marclicious back ! THANX for the Laughs guys!
Steven says:
September 14, 2007 at 17:53By the way, Marc, you’re looking GOOOOOOOOD in that FOF shirt! Have you lost weight since December?
blnkfrnk says:
September 15, 2007 at 02:25I’m looking forward to this one! (Not that I don’t look forward to the show on a regular basis, but I have an even keener interest.) Extraterrestrials! Wow!
I think my favorite theory about where aliens come from is this: they’re just humans from a dystopian future where everyone’s been so mutated and destroyed by technology that they can’t reproduce, so they’re using time travel to visit the ancient past (us!) They just want to figure out how our bodies used to be so they can fix the mess our species has made and save us from dying out. Hence all the anal probing.
Who cares if it’s true or not, it’s a heck of a story!
xio says:
September 15, 2007 at 08:45Yeahhh Marc your a zombi!!!!
Now i’ll contiue the show ^^ my hour of fun before going out!
Henry says:
September 15, 2007 at 09:37Back in full force, take cover all!! woohoo.. Marc!
Something about them black shirts.. you guys are right! put it on.. and Ta-Da! instant weight loss.. sign me up…
I have always wondered about UFO’s, growing up in a rural area for most of my life - weird lights in the sky always turn into the talk of the town. Living in the city, it is difficult to see the sky at night. Therefore, maybe it is true. the world IS full of “odd” people, there just might be an explanation. I’ve come across in my day! I just have not yet ran into anyone who smiles like “alien”, until i do - i’ll be sure to keep an eye out!
Great show… much love!
RedSpazioM says:
September 15, 2007 at 09:50FOF is my new morning routine, nothing gets done until I have coffee and listen to the show.
I was recently talking-up the show to a friend of mine, and was surpised to hear that he also listens to it while at work. When we see each other out at the bar, we have our FOF recap.
We both agree our favorite Drag Queen, Stinketta Beaverhausen should be a guest on the show!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtJJuCCafss&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNguMdHSI5w
And, we also agree that the FOF gang should be the Des Moines Pride Marshalls this year!
Fausto Fernós says:
September 15, 2007 at 13:27We’d be happy to Pride Marshall the gay pride parade! Get us in touch with the parade organizers.
Fausto Fernós says:
September 15, 2007 at 13:29Henry, you’re the first Native American gay man I’ve seen wearing a faux-hawk. Looks great in your photo! Did you order a new black t-shirt? We’d love to see a photo of you wearing it.
Henry says:
September 16, 2007 at 20:15If only I could pull off the blue hair, i use to do Manic Panic in college - red. I’ll be sure to get a black t-shirt - awesome design! Can’t wait for the next show
RcktMan says:
September 17, 2007 at 00:31Marc, I’m so glad you’re back and feeling well again! As someone who used to get strep throat on a fairly regular basis (until I got my tonsils removed a few years ago), I know very well what you were going through. 
Fausto, when I was a kid I was fortunate enough to have a VCR and a TV in my bedroom. You might say I was spoiled, but I essentially got my dad’s hand-me-down VCRs when he bought newer and better ones, and my TV was an ancient monster box with a manual dial. I used to search the channels for movies of hot guys with their shirt off and record them and watch them over and over and over. I also used to sneak into the basement and go through my dad’s old Playboy and Penthouse magazines to find stories and pictures. Surprisingly there was a lot of gay– or bi– content in the early 80s, especially in Penthouse. *sigh*… life was so innocent back then.
Andrew J says:
September 19, 2007 at 06:12I’m with jeffo336 - we are so fortunate to have Steven twice! I was so excited during the opening of this show when they said he was going to be on. I absolutely love listening to Steven. And it’s also great to have Marc back!!
I also loved the opening music … “do you take it”. It’s awesome!
trullyandutterly says:
September 20, 2007 at 08:11It is so good to have Mark back, missed him so much. How great is Steven Peterson, I mean come on give up can he get a round of applause.
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Fausto Fernós created the Feast of Fools in 1998 as wacky artists variety show in Chicago, Illinois.
Along with his partner Marc Felion, he hosts the world's most downloaded talk show for gay people on the internet, Feast of Fools.
Fausto loves pomegranates, waterfalls and 70s retro funk music.
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I’ve always loved horror even as a young kid. Thank you for having Peaches on the show to discuss some of her faves. Good solid choices for sure,...
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Marc Felion | October 7, 2008
Interview with a Vampire doesn’t really appeal to me as a horror. It’s more of a Gothic romance than anything else. Did you find it...
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Barbara says:
September 14, 2007 at 08:30It is great to have Marc back.