FOF #630 – Live From Akbar!
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Archive for October, 2007
19 commentsThe wait is over! Here it is, the taping out live show from the Akbar in Los Angeles.
What a great night it was for us. Performing before a live audience always is such a thrill. We had the best audience any podcast could ever ask for.
All of us here at the FOF compound are very proud of everyone who participated in the live show and blown away by their performances. Ronnie, Sal-E, Sabrina Matthews, Steven Peterson and Buzz were all were amazing and delivered their bit with great skill. Ronnie and Sal-E, we discovered have a great knack for stand up and so we’re looking forward to seeing them exploring this talent. We’d go see them anytime anywhere.
During the middle of the show, Fausto saw the opportunity to electrify the audience with a demonstration of Buzz’s, one of our dedicated listener, fetish- taser electrocution. He picked himself to get shocked, just to get a little taste of what that poor student in Florida went through. Many of you asked him afterwards what it felt like, and all he could say was that he didn’t need to drink any caffeine afterwards! It certainly woke me up. Buzz certainly knows his way around a taser. (more…)
FOF #629 – Putting the PH in Phabulous!
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Gonna fly now, because today the Feast of Fools takes you to Philadelphia. We’re knee deep in cheese steak sandwiches, Liberty bells and the origins of fabulous 70s disco music, we’re talking about the city of brotherly (and sisterly) love: PHILADELPHIA.
The city that’s home to the first Oscar-winning Hollywood motion picture about HIV/AIDS wants the gay tourists to come and shake your booty. So listen up as our pal Gregg Shapiro talks this fabulous city and all the great things they offer. One of my personal favorite is the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival (Philly Fringe) that draws thousands of performers and audience members in what probably is the nation’s best live theater, music and new art festival.
My advice is get yourself a festival pass and try to get on the list to the more popular shows, as those sell out quickly. But don’t fret, most of the stuff happening in the two week extravaganza is high quality work, and sometimes the quieter shows are some of the more exciting ones.
In 1997 I performed there as part of the Ladybeast Linkup, where Asimina Chremos (one of the founders of the Feast of Fools) and I and a bunch of other dancers and queer inspired performance artists shook our booties on the Philly stage. I popped out of a paper egg and sang some cabaret songs while balancing a martini glass on my forehead, all the while eating fire and looking like a hallucinogenic extra from a Sid and Marty Krofft TV show. (more…)
“Technoviking”
Have you seen it already? This post-apocalyptic stunner was shot in the streets of Berlin.
FOF #628 – Is Clay Gay?
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Is Clay Aiken gay? Does it matter? We get this question all the time. Being the top rated gay podcast in the world makes people think you are privy to personal information on celebrities and sometimes we are.
When we first heard the juicy details of pop musician Clay Aiken and real estate agent and former Green Beret John Paulus, we were in gossip heaven. The story was full of hilarious details and unusual sexual positions involving “Quarter Turns” as well as the fact that Paulus claimed to keep Clay’s semen as DNA evidence of the alleged triste.
Then after about a year and a half, one porn video later and many appearances by both Aiken and Paulus on talk shows and a sarcastic recantation by Paulus we are still left to wonder: what was the big fuss all about and why would John Paulus continue to talk about the story to this day and is Clay Aiken gay or not? (more…)
FOF #627 – There’s a Fire in My Pants
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We have no idea what to wear for our Halloween costumes. Last year I followed my favorite theme, which was to combine costume clichés into a hilarious new combo, kind of like peanut butter and chocolate.
Pictured here on the right is Marc dressed as the Hamburglar (not really) and me as a Knight/Vampire from last years Halloween parade. It was hot. The Halloween Parade in Chicago is a fabulous event, drawing hundreds of gay folks, lesbians and trannies and Asian tourists to Chicago every year. Don’t ask me where all these people come from, but we’re just delighted they showed up!
What should we dress up as for Halloween? Post your comments here and we’ll pick the most popular one or the one that appeals to us the most. Marc wants to be a milkman or a mongol warrior. I’m thinking Klingon or something spacey like that. (more…)
“Queen Kong” Trailer
Kooky FoF pal Miss Understood sent in this campy clip. Though it’s a comedy, “Queen Kong” looks very much like “King Kong” but with boobs (not on the ape, though). The beauty who attracts the…
SHOW #10 – Who Wants Cake?
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FOF #626 – It Takes Two to Tango
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Pets love company, and our favorite pet, our People’s Choice Podcast Award for “Best GLBT” podcast now has a twin to play with. Don’t they just look so cute together?
We are delighted and honored to win for two years in a row the prestigious award for podcasting and for being nominated for “Podcast of the Year.” Thanks to everyone who voted!
We’re now back in Chicago working on putting together all the delicious footage from our travels and live shows taped in California, and boy are they a hoot! Our cameramen Steven Peterson (in Los Angeles) and Andy Daulton (in San Francisco) did a terrific job of framing the camera and keeping it focused on all the delicious action. We’ll be posting video clips of both shows in the coming month and in the following weeks our live versions of the shows. (more…)
FOF #625 – Hungry for More
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Why do people decide to become porn stars? Although being a “porn star” may carry a certain mystique. you don’t usually make a lot of money at it. Being in entertainment generally takes a big toll on your psyche and your finances. Your really better off selling real estate if your in it for the money.
Porn stars also have to contend with the social stigma of their trade, sexually transmitted diseases and the reality that quite a few porn producers can be very shady.
Being a porn star just isn’t the same today as it was in the past. A lot of people are posting cheeky pics of themselves online and with sites like x-tube, anyone with a video camera and a virtual tip jar can become a porn star. It’s just that easy.
So why then become a “porn star” when you can just do it online anonymously? Why do it with a production company? (more…)
FOF #624 – Where Dreams Come True
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We had a great time hanging out with our friends and fans at Gay Days at Disneyland in California. It’s incredible that the time has passed so quickly in our two week California tour.
Where did the time go?
Gay Days is a celebration and get together of queer folks who decide unofficially to attend Disneyland wearing red t-shirts. Sound familiar?
I felt like we were surrounded by all our California listeners, as the average attendance for the event is equal to the number of people who listen to the show in a week– 40,000 or so.
Listen as Sal-E, Marc Felion and me your blue fairy Fausto Fernós chat on a park bench in Frontierland about the modernist design style of vintage rides such as “The Enchanted Tiki Bird Room”, “It’s a Small World After All”, and “Space Mountain.”
It’s really remarkable that a visionary like Walt Disney was able to infuse his inspired view of entertainment and theme parks that wasn’t just a shock ride but a place for people of all ages to connect through fantasy and art. (more…)
