FOF #502 – Suddenly Sabrina
FOF #502 – Suddenly Sabrina – 03.30.07 [49:34m]:
Archive for March, 2007
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Lesbian comedian Sabrina Matthews claims not to know a thing about lesbian culture. She knows very little about flannel, doesn’t have a girlfriend and doesn’t know why lesbians get bad haircuts. One thing she does know is that lesbians keep their fingernails short, and for good reason.
On today’s show Sabrina relates to us her experiences as a stand up comedian. She chats with us about the first time she did comedy and how she decided to turn it into a exciting career. Sabrina tells us that she gets a lot of feedback form her audience and that the audience’s reaction to her routine can greatly affect her delivery. (HINT, HINT- Comments on the website are like clapping, booing, cheering and laughing to us.)
She has a hard time in the Midwest because she doesn’t quite know why they love her so much but don’t laugh out loud like people in other parts of the country. Marc tries to explain that Midwesterners are very even in their temperament and that they don’t have the highs and the lows that other people have. What do you guys think? (more…)
FOF #501 – Southern Charm
Standard Podcast [46:07m]:
Summer is just around the corner and I’m feeling, I say, I’m feeling like I’m in a Southern mood. Like Scarlet O’Hara from “Gone with the Wind” or Ouiser Boudreaux from “Steel Magnolias.” I feel the South is going to rise again, this time with sexy-non-racist results.
I feel like a strong warm wind is blowing through my gauze curtains. Heavens! (more…)
FOF #500 – 500
FOF #500 – 500 – 03.28.07 [50:30m]:
500 shows! We had so much fun, where did the time go?
Today we celebrate and rejoice in passing another stone, a milestone in podcasting as we post our 500th Gay Fun Show from the Feast of Fools.
On today’s special show Miss Ronnie and Gregg Shapiro come over to discuss winning the Pressie Award for “Best Podcast” from the midwest’s largest GLBT newspaper, the Chicago Free Press. Check out our pictures from the event! (more…)
FOF #499 – Full Rhinestone Jacket
Standard Podcast [40:31m]:
Our handsome neighbor Justin McPhee join us today to talk about his real life experience serving these past four years in the U.S. army overseas in Iraq. Believe you me, it was work. We love our military men, especially cute gay men like Justin.
The interesting thing is, Justin went into the military service knowing full well what he was getting into, and being gay. How did he not get kicked out? How does someone survive being gay in the middle of Iraq? (more…)
FOF #498 – Everybody Loves Eric Himan
Standard Podcast [46:12m]:
Eric Himan is back! Also known as the gay Johnny Cash, singer-songwriter Eric Himan is in a different place in his head from the last time he was in the house.
After taking six months off to figure out where he wanted to go in his musical career, Eric Himan returned with a renewed sense of passion, a solo tour and two new albums- “Everywhere All At Once” and his acoustic “There’s Gotta Be Something.”
He’s now running his own record company and flying solo, at the helm of his career and future. From the looks of things, it looks like smooth sailing ahead. I’ve never seen him sound so fresh and look so happy. (more…)
FOF #497 – Living la Vida Musto
Standard Podcast [43:04m]:
Cultural commentator Michael Musto really enjoys his job. For over twenty years, Michael turned his passion for NYC’s nightlife and celebrity culture into a genre defining gossip column that has been the bread and butter for the weekly newspaper, the Village Voice.
In his new book “La Dolce Musto” includes a pu-pu platter of his “greatest hits” of his popular gossip column in the Village Voice. A mainstay of pop culture and a chronicle of the “hip and hopeful” Michael Musto’s outrageous weekly column has always been a pioneer in gay issues, celebrity news and politics. (more…)
FOF #496 – Casting Call
Standard Podcast [54:23m]:
Go f*ck yourself. Okay, not really. But what if you really wanted to do so?
On today’s show, Sal-E brings on over his partner in crime Jo-Jo to talk about creating a cast of yourself down there and what you should keep a eye out for. Talk about POD-casting! Warning! Do NOT try this at home. We are not going to help you out on this one. You are at your own risk. (more…)
FOF #495 – Polly Wolly Diddle All the Day
Standard Podcast [46:19m]:
You can find all sorts of interesting things on craigslist.org. Several years ago, we were in need of fresh new faces and talent for the live musical comedy show we used to to in nighclubs here in Chicago.
I put an ad in craigslist that read “Rejected by American Idol? Humiliated by your peers? The Feast of Fools wants YOU. Bring us your geeks, your misfits, your outcasts, your oddballs. We want big chested, bold women to sing, crack jokes, collaborate and dance in our musical variety shows.” Amanda Steinstein walked in the door and it was love at first sight.
Today Amanda shares with us her latest craigslist discovery, comedy/erotic writer Polly Frost.
Polly Frost says she and her husband are a boring, everyday couple- except they together they write erotica that gives even Ron Jeremy a boner (he even said so). Their comedy soap opera, “Sex Scenes” is creating another kind of sensation in staged readings around the country, and on Wednesday, March 21, our own Amanda Steinstein will appear in the Chicago performance. (more…)
FOF #494 – To the Celestium and Beyond
Standard Podcast [61:57m]:
A volcano explosion on the day my father died delayed us from flying down to Puerto Rico. The ashes from the cloud above the nearby island of Monserrat kept most planes away that evening. The ash from the volcano can get in the jet plane engines and cause it to malfunction. We left the next morning when the ash settled down.
As you might imagine the past two weeks have been full of all sorts of incredible coincidences, weird experiences and remarkable turns of fate for the Fernós family.
One of the oddest experiences we had was the funeral parlor my father had picked out for his funeral service. Many years ago, my father must have come across the Celestium in a local architectural journal. It’s an unusual structure with an unusual function and an unusual staff. It is a crematorium and funeral home in the shape of a “Monolithic Dome” and it appears to be run by Puerto Rican new-age lesbians.
A monolithic dome is a structure that is built much like a large-scale piñata, where fiberglass rods are glued onto a large inflated bubble and upon curing are reinforced by spray-on concrete. Not only is it cheap to build, it also withstands hurricanes and looks a bit like a concrete Atlantis on dry land. (more…)
Gracias Papi
For your curiosity, here is the English translation of the eulogy I spoke at my father’s funeral service last Friday at the Celestium, March 9 2007. We’ll miss you Papi.
Pictured here is a portrait of…
For your curiosity, here is the English translation of the eulogy I spoke at my father’s funeral service last Friday at the Celestium, March 9 2007. We’ll miss you Papi.
Pictured here is a portrait of my dad, Goznalo Fernós-Lopez (1919-2007) done at what I’m guess was the age of 30. Read more about Gonzalo Fernós-Lopez here.
Both the English and Spanish version are available in the extended entry. (more…)
