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Nick Starr feels more comfortable text messaging than he does placing a phone call. Watching him work his iPhone, I see that his text message function gets used a whole lot. As an internet junkie Nick embraced texting early on, before it became many people’s primary form of communication.
He was also one of the first podcasting super-fans, actively participating as a listener and informal contributor in many of the online shows we now know as podcasts.
The fun ended when he got outed as a gay man on one of his favorite shows, Nobody Likes Onions.
Nick sold his blackberry cell phone and a listener bought it and sent his gay online personal ads to be ridiculed for the world to hear.
Later he came into the national spotlight when he attempted suicide and micro-blogged about it on Twitter. He got a lot of sympathy from his friends, family and an in-depth article about the experience in the New York Times.
Today Nick is looking great and living a healthy, happy life as an openly gay man in San Francisco.
Listen as we talk with Nick about cyber-bullying, guilt over what turns us on and the future of podcasts and online communities.
Ernest Borgine, star of such classics as The Poseidon Adventure and Marty credited the secret to his longevity to masturbating. The 91 year old actor told Fox and Friends that he likes to release the pressure in hushed tones but it was picked up by his mic. Love that Ernest-ness!
The Internet and television is all a buzz about what’s on US Olympic champion Michael Phelps’ iPod. He seems to never be with out it in photos these days. Could he be listening to Feast of Fools? I don’t know but the idea of him spending some time listening to Tracy’s sexy stories, or Sal-E take on the nightlife, or even Amanda’s sci fi geek tangents makes me giddy.
Finally a president you would want to see shirtless! Photos of Barack Obama playing in the surf in Hawaii are making the rounds. Maybe Obama took a page from former Russian president Vladimir Putin and decided to sex up his image by appearing shirtless. We We hope and pray that McCain doesn’t do the same.
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SAM469 says:
August 19, 2008 at 09:57Nick Starr: You are a person worth knowing. Great show guys!!!
valhum says:
August 19, 2008 at 11:25Oh lord, first of all guys, i am so happy to hear you again. I was without internet connection at work for 2 damn weeks, HORRIBLE!! and i was not able to listen to you. It was like missing a friend, i swears :oP
So, Nick, uhmm, i dunno, i got a weird vibe from you, like you say u don’t like to talk to people that is why u text but then u say you wanted to move to SF to be in all the parties, etc, weird.
Anyway, miss you a lot Marc and Fausto xD
Nick Starr says:
August 19, 2008 at 12:07To Valhum’s point…I think it was addressed in the show, but I am not much of a person who likes to talk “on the phone”…. I am better face to face or thru text (whether it be im, sms, email, twitter, etc)
..and it isn’t that I don’t like to talk on the phone b/c of any reason other then it is just as easily for me to get what I want to say across via sms. Why pay the extra $40/month for a voice plan which I was using maybe 15 minutes a month for?
valhum says:
August 19, 2008 at 15:05Lol, i get you. In my case, here in Mexico calling comes with the plan and texting is an extra fee and still, every call and text cost 10 US cents so i like to call better than text, it is faster haha :oP
Jaycub says:
August 20, 2008 at 01:58Just thought I’d let you guys know, V-Mar shows up on the 4th page of google images whe nyou search “anne coulter”.
ha! when i saw that i lol’d for like a good minute.
Marc Felion says:
August 20, 2008 at 02:02That’s so funny. I’ve actually been thinking of asking her to come on and the show sometime. If we can talk to Shirley Phelps, we can talk to Anne Coulter.
I really want to know why she thinks John Edwards is a “fag.”
joost says:
August 20, 2008 at 03:24I’m not sure I understand …. was this (nick) some sort of phenomenon? If so, I totally missed it. Seems like much ado about nothing.
Marc Felion says:
August 20, 2008 at 03:48Joost, are you Dutch? If so, then yes, twitter suicide would not be interesting to you since assisted suicide is so common in the Netherlands.
TrickyToro says:
August 20, 2008 at 10:33I’m well acquainted with Patrick from NLO and I belive his nastiness stems from his self loathing brought on by his morbid obesity. Nicks just one of many in a long line that he’s bullied.
Felix Bedingfield says:
August 20, 2008 at 17:57Hmm…
For a person who says he doesn’t care what people think of him…this guy seems to do/say a lot to explain himself/save face. There have to be more interesting people to interview in Las Vegas…right?
Fausto Fernós says:
August 20, 2008 at 18:21We all care what people think about us, but I think what Nick is trying to say is that he’s hoping to move beyond obsessing on others negativity.
Jonathan says:
August 21, 2008 at 05:39OMG Nick has lost so much weight.
I remember when we met him at the media expo, this “straight” boy with a very limp wrist quickly picked up on me, marc, and fausto. But I am not surprised that his blackberry would be the thing that outed him, he was showing off his iPhone completely packed with porn with book marks on squirt.
Anyway Nick, I am so happy you are out and doing well.
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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Thank you for the glowing review Randall! If you have a moment, please go to the iTunes music store and share your review there: www.tinyurl.com/feastoffools
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Fausto Fernós | November 20, 2008
Thank you for the glowing review Randall! If you have a moment, please go to the iTunes music store and share your review there: www.tinyurl.com/feastoffools
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?
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Jann’s face in the iTunes podcast photo reminds me of Liev Schreiber…or is it just me?
DavidMcD | November 19, 2008
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Justin Scott says:
August 19, 2008 at 00:45Great show, awesome to be talked about. Just wanted to clarify, the picture of me is not air brushed. You can access the exif data on my other site http://www.piczarphoto.com. That’s what I look like, used a fisheye lens with wireless strobe to get that look but no air brushing or touching up whatsoever.
Again, great show, awesome to get to hear Nick’s voice since, as you discovered, he doesn’t talk on the phone to… well anyone really!