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Ben’s back in town to perform at Mary’s Attic this Friday and Saturday and we highly recommend the show.
We chat with Ben about his FAME moment when he started posing for “artistic” photos and wound up naked with only his ukelele to cover his manhood.
Madonna’s was awfully courageous to do a collaboration with Justin Timberlake, after all, the last diva to share the stage with him had a wardrobe malfunction that left her titty a poppin’ in front of millions of eyes.
We borrowed some of Madonna’s courage and took on her invitation to create our own cover and video of the song, “Four Minutes.”
Madge is picking the “best ones” to feature in a TV special. We’re SO wanting to be in this. Will it happen? Only if you believe in faeries.
The controversial memorial to the the gay victims of the Holocaust was unveiled in Berlin. The memorial is simple grey rectangular stone and features a video clip of two men kissing.
Some people are comforted that the memorial is ready for the 75th anniversary of the Nazis raid and book burning of the Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute, which was run, of course by Magnus Hirschfeld, an early gay activist. The Institute advocated sex education, contraception, the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, women’s emancipation, worldwide civil rights and the social acceptance for gay and transgender people in a time when most people couldn’t even begin to discuss these things.
This raid on the Institute signaled the beginning of the persecution of gays under Nazism and some people say that the famous pictures and archival newsreel film of Nazi book-burnings are usually of Hirschfeld’s library ablaze.
On a local note, Henry Gerber, founder of Chicago’s Society for Human Rights in 1924, the first gay rights organization in the United States, was in contact with the Hirschfeld Institute and was inspired by the German homophile emancipation movement. The local gay and lesbian Gerber-Hart library, is partly named after him.
Join us as we chat about twins separated at birth suing for damages and our cover of Madonna, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland’s new song “Four Minutes.” Hey!
We also open up Van Man’s fan art, is awesome- I want to collect all the fan art and do an art exhibition in a year from now, so please send all your paintings, collages, and drawings to :
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Omerta says:
May 29, 2008 at 01:38I’m the dumbass that put my comments about Ben in the wrong spot yesterday. I LOVE THIS MAN!!! he’s so damn funny and I loved all the stuff on his Myspace profile. I’m listening to the podcast now and hope it never ends!
Matty says:
May 29, 2008 at 02:15Inside the heart was my name in Korean but I did it wrong. So I re-signed it in the bottom left corner in the back, it says “Matt” in korean. Glad you enjoyed it. I am working on more paintings at the moment that go with that one from its series. I’ll have to come to the fan art exibit. And I am also doing a FoF ipod cover for the third generation ipod nano. I’ll take pics when I’m done. Glad to here Ben on the show again he is absolutely adorable! Love him. Great show guys, glad you got your painting Fasuto. Happy birthday honey! love ya’ll
Matty
Matty says:
May 29, 2008 at 02:31Oh almost forgot. On the twins thing. I am friends with too twins here and they are twin boys, one is gay the other isn’t. They’re both wonderful although Xavier (the gay one) isn’t as hot as Link (str8 one) but they are still both adorable they look like Hollister models *drool*. I hate that I cant tell them apart, and they even used to switch their clothes mid day to screw with everyones heads. Until Xavier’s boyfriend kissed Link accidentally. Which was hilarious. but yeah, great show and I absolutely love Ben, he’s a doll. So, yeah. 
Matty
RcktMan says:
May 29, 2008 at 02:37What a FUN SHOW!!! Ben is adorable and so funny- and your version of 4 Minutes… well let’s just say if I could download it now, I would! But wait- I just did! Woo hoo! I can listen again and again and again. You all did a GREAT job.
As for you, Marc Felion, it’s just poop. Everyone poops. Don’t sweat it so much!
Matty says:
May 29, 2008 at 02:48Oh dear, I forgot to comment on that to. Yeah great song guys. Wish I could download it. I hope Madge pics it!
Jos says:
May 29, 2008 at 07:40You are such a great artists! Love you all. Love your song on this rainy clammy day.
Teddy says:
May 29, 2008 at 07:55i love Ben!
ps: that 4 minutes was definitely hot enough to save the world!
Marc Felion says:
May 29, 2008 at 10:03I’m not freaked out by poop at all, I’m just freaked out that a dude would reach between his legs to wipe. Why not go from behind?
Cray says:
May 29, 2008 at 11:58I think you should cut out the ‘4 Minutes’ song and offer it for download. I’d put it in constant rotation on the iPod.
Ogmaloki says:
May 29, 2008 at 13:09so… imma sound liek anoying internet guy but….
In Santeria, when the animal is sacrificed (which is done rarely), the blood is left for the Orishas (gods) and the meat is ritually eaten afterwards, unless teh animal was sacrificed for a funeral or to cure a sickness.
Christian83 says:
May 30, 2008 at 01:30Great version of 4 minutes !
By they way I have never doubt everyone would go from behind to wipe till that discussion came up. If a guy reach between his legs to wipe his penis cannot be too big, otherwise it would be in the way.
patrick says:
May 30, 2008 at 05:23it pains me to say this but everytime fausto does a musical “collaboration” with a guest it almost always ends up a hot mess (and i say that lovingly!) but this version of 4 minutes rocked!!! the best part of the whole thing was marc! YAH! ;-D
PureeTofu says:
May 30, 2008 at 11:44Once again, I love Ben, I think he’s hilarious and very witty.
The song at the end “Unshaven” was even better because my roommate (female) and good friend (homosexual male) spent the other day talking to upset my friend (hetrosexual male). The topic of conversation though was “squatting over mirrors” (talking about shaving where you can’t see).
epilonious says:
June 4, 2008 at 13:28Lovely episode.
“Unshaven” had me laughing a whole lot in the office.
Originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, Marc Felion works as a bartender. As co-host and producer of the Feast of Fools podcast, he helped launch one of the most successful podcasts in the world. He lives in Andersonville with his partner and co-host Fausto Fernós. he loves to watch sci-fi tv shows, read murder mysteries and fix cocktails.
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Levi’s openess about sexuality and his philosophy about love are incredibly refreshing. And, its very hot that he hangs out at the Faultline. It was a hoot...
Marc Felion | October 11, 2008
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Marc Felion | October 11, 2008
Folks, tell your mommas to vote for Obama!
Jon-paul | October 11, 2008
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Levi’s openess about sexuality and his philosophy about love are incredibly refreshing. And, its very hot that he hangs out at the Faultline. It was a hoot...
Marc Felion | October 11, 2008
Stalk away Tomaz! Thank you so much for the lovely compliments.
Marc Felion | October 11, 2008
Folks, tell your mommas to vote for Obama!
Jon-paul | October 11, 2008
I just love this performance live in your apartment!
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Matty says:
May 29, 2008 at 00:45Omg omg omg omg I cant wait to listen!