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FOF #1133 – Max iPad

FOF #1133 – Max iPad

Yesterday Apple announced their highly anticipated tablet computer and they named it the iPad. The unfortunate name has gotten lots of laughs because it sounds like a feminine hygiene product.

Comedian Chris Condren joins us to sort through the iPad jokes plus: Leonardo Da Vinci’s head will be dug up for a forensic analysis to see if he’s the real Mona Lisa, European cemetery for soccer fans, Johnny Weirs battle over wearing faux fur and “Poltergesit” actress Zelda Rubenstein dies at 76.

by Fausto Fernós on Jan 28, 2010 12 comments
 
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Steve Jobs and Chris Condren

Yesterday Apple announced their highly anticipated tablet computer which just may revolutionize newspapers, ebook readers and academic textbooks.

And they named it the iPad. The unfortunate name has gotten lots of laughs because it sounds like a feminine hygiene product, even prompting one newscaster to talk about her cooter on daytime news, almost.

Was the prophetic Mad TV sketch on to something 3 years ago when it parodied the iPod as an iPad?

Listen as the very funny Chris Condren joins us to sort through the jokes about the iPad going around online and the five stages of iPad grief.

Plus, all the hot news of the day.

The debate on whether the Mona Lisa was a self portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci’s in drag continues with exciting plans to exhume his head for a forensic analysis.

Europe’s new cemetery for soccer fans. Will Star Trek, Showgirls or the Cubs fans get their own final resting place?

The World's Ugliest Fish might go extinct! Horatio the upside down goldfish, Johnny Weirs battle over wearing faux fur, and the world’s ugliest fish in danger of extinction.

And now she can finally go into the light, actress Zelda Rubenstein best known for playing the eccentric psychic in the film ‘Poltergeist,’ died yesterday of natural causes, she was 76.

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FOF #1124 – Frolicking with the Faeries

FOF #1124 – Frolicking with the Faeries

Deep in the mountains of rural Tennessee there is a thriving network of queer communities whose origins go back to the beginnings of the modern gay rights movement with the Radical Faeries.

Today two of our friends Tom Foolery and Maxzine Weinstein from IDA play their hilarious music and share their experience of living in a commune of gay musicians, trans pirates, lesbian warriors and pagan witches.

by Fausto Fernós on Jan 15, 2010 3 comments
 
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From Planet IDA, Maxzine Weinstein and Tom Foolery

Deep in the mountains of rural Tennessee there is a thriving, vibrant network of communities of queer people whose origins go back to the beginnings of the modern gay rights movement with the Radical Faeries.

Planet IDA, Short Mountain Sanctuary and Pumpkin Hollow are just some of the places where folks live in an open and free environment with the goal of stimulating personal growth and creativity.

Today we’re talking to two well known residents of IDA, Tom Foolery and Maxzine Weinstein from the Eggplant Faerie Players, the community’s traveling performance group.

What were you doing a week after Sept. 11, 2001? I was hanging out with Bitch in the mountains of Tenn. in drag Fausto and Marc share a kiss, Faerie Gathering at Short Mountain, Tennessee- May 1, 1999. Fausto at the 1999 Faerie Gathering, Short Mountain, Tennessee

We met Maxzine and Tom 11 years ago on the first night of the Feast of Fools Cabaret, the live performance series that gave rise to this podcast you’re listening to right now-Feast of Fun.

Listen as we talk about living in a commune of gay musicians, trans pirates, lesbian warriors and pagan witches. What are the challenges and rewards of living in a modern tribal community?

We’ve got a lot of music and fun- including a live performance of Tom Foolery’s famous song “Big Girl,” so stick around!

Check out there performance tonight at The Flopsy Teahaus. They are strongly encouraging people to dress up as whatever Magical Creature inspires you! Time to break out that Halloween costume again!

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FOF #1123 – Gay for God

FOF #1123 – Gay for God

Jesus is so gay for you, but are you gay for him? Join us for a “men’s retreat” with the Best Church of God’s Brother Mike Descoteaux and “ex- gay” Brother Andrew Ritter. Listen in as they play more hilarious music and talk about the value of prayer.

In the news: Obama finally moves forward to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Italian prison for trannies, Sex Robots from New Jersey, Sarah Palin at Fox News and our condolences for the people of Haiti.

by Fausto Fernós on Jan 14, 2010 10 comments
 
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Best Church of God Mike Descoteaux and Andrew Ritter

Jesus is so gay for you, but are you gay for him? In Revelation 3:20 Jesus said: “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock. If any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him.”

That’s nice, but does he buy you dinner first?

Bend over and get ready to spread the gospel with a special part two of our show with the Best Church of God, the only church that fills that dark hole inside you with Jesus’ bright white love.

Join us for a very special “men’s retreat” as Brother Mike Descoteaux and “ex- gay” Brother Andrew Ritter play more hilarious music and talk about the value of prayer.

Hot news:

President Obama finally moves forward to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the unpopular military ban on gay folk serving openly. Will we see recruitment campaigns in gay bars in the near future?

A new Italian prison for trannies.

Sex Robots from New Jersey that Mike knows way too much about.

An Irish bookie takes odds on when Sarah Palin will quit her new job at Fox News

And our condolences for the people of Haiti. Please keep them in your thoughts and ignore televangelist Pat Robertson who blames the earthquake victims as “cursed” by a “pact to the devil.”

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FOF #1122 – The Best Church of God Will Make You a Believer

FOF #1122 – The Best Church of God Will Make You a Believer

Hallelujah! Get ready for a hilarious musical treat with Sister Erica Elam and Brother Mike Descoteaux, from the Best Church of God, the only Church with a 110% approval rating from Jesus.

Listen as we conjure up the holy spirit and learn musical comedy techniques from masters at the legendary Second City with an improvised song about adult film star Pavel Novotny.

by Fausto Fernós on Jan 13, 2010 9 comments
 
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Best Church of God's Mike Descotaux and Erica Elam

Sing hallelujah, come on get happy! Get ready for a hilarious musical treat.

Today we have Sister Erica Elam and Brother Mike Descoteaux, from the Best Church of God, the only Church with a 110% approval rating from Jesus.

Listen as we conjure up the holy spirit and learn musical comedy techniques from masters at the legendary Second City with an improvised song about adult film star Pavel Novotny.

Plus- what’s up with their new friendship with the Borg Queen of Christianity, Shirley Phelps?

What do you do when actual religious fundamentalists start enjoying your parody of their religion and make it their own?

Plus hot news:

Conan O’Brien says he’s not going to budge from his Tonight Show slot.

And authorities arrest Alesha McMullen, the woman who wreaked havoc at McDonald’s for what was probably “The Unhappiest Meal” ever.

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FOF #1108 – Jen Porter is Grateful for What She’s Got

FOF #1108 – Jen Porter is Grateful for What She’s Got

While camping in Minnesota, musician Jen Porter got trapped inside her tent at night while a terrible tornado raged on. The next morning Jen awoke not in the land of Oz, but next to an enormous tree trunk that crashed next to her tent, only a foot away from her head. Listen as Jen plays songs from her new album “Closer to the Surface” and sings her musical version of the viral “Brad Pitt” poem that’s become an online hit.

In the news: Bruce Springstein wants gay marriage, Chinese health scares, Edward Scissorhands and Fausto’s quest to be a mall Santa.

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While camping in Minnesota, musician Jen Porter was trapped inside her tent at night while a terrible tornado raged on.

The next morning Jen awoke not in the land of Oz, but next to an enormous tree trunk that crashed next to her tent, only a foot away from her head.

Jen’s always been appreciative for what she’s got, and this near-death experience really fueled her latest album “Closer to the Surface.”

Freshly back from Aruba to celebrate the holidays, we’ve got Jen in the home studio with her new album and a new tattoo. Will her new symbol replace her name?

Join us as we play music for her new album and Jen improvises a musical rendition of the viral “Brad Pitt” poem that’s become a big hit online. The over the top poem by Aaron Smith questions whether Brad Pitt ever gets anxious about his body.

Jen Porter was nearly crushed to death by a tree that fell by her tent.

Jen Porter was nearly crushed to death by a tree that fell by her tent.

Here’s what’s hot:

Bruce Springstein comes out in support of gay marriage in New Jersey.

Chinese health officials are still trying to crack down on the use of recycled condoms for hair bands.

Valentino Clawz,real-life Edward Scissors Hands in Florida.

Becoming a shopping mall Santa,

And an update on our Kombucha brewing.

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FOF #1076 – The Legendary Gaye Adegbalola

FOF #1076 – The Legendary Gaye Adegbalola

Blues musician Gaye Adegbalola plays in our studio her greatest hits. She’s wrapping up her farewell tour with her band Saffire, talking about her work in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, what drives her passion in music and why fighting shame is so critical for gay liberation.

by Marc Felion on Oct 19, 2009 5 comments
 
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Gaye Adegbalola

We’ve got a special show for you today, blues musician Gaye Adegbalola plays her greatest hits in our studio. She’s wrapping up her farewell tour with her band Saffire and getting ready to work on a new solo album. Today Gaye is here to talk about her work in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, what drives her passion in music and why fighting shame is so critical for gay liberation.

We first met Gaye back in 2005 at the Out Music Awards where she wowed the crowd with her audacious song “Big Ovaries” looking absolutely stunning wearing a white tuxedo with tails that complimented her silver shock of hair and dark skin. We were charmed by her then and we are so pleased to finally have her in the studio performing such wonderfully outrageous songs such as “Bareback Rider” and “I Can Do Bad All By Myself” which tells the tale of love that just may not be worth it.

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Gaye’s put out six critically acclaimed albums, a live album and thousands of shows with her musical collaborators Ann Rabson and Andra Faye in Saffire, which is on their final tour, so catch these fabulous woman while you still can.

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FOF #1075 – Matt Alber Hides Nothing

FOF #1075 – Matt Alber Hides Nothing

Live music session with Matt Alber playing songs from his new abum “Hide Nothing.” Matt opens up and shares the touching story of how he came out to his parents and what he’s looking for in a man.

by Marc Felion on Oct 14, 2009 19 comments
 
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Musician Matt Alber on the Feast of Fun podcast

Hey, hey, hey, it’s Matt Alber! Na, na, na, gonna have a good time.

In November 2008, Matt Alber released “Hide Nothing” after five years, seven albums and two Grammy Awards as a soprano in America’s premier classical a cappella ensemble, Chanticleer.

Coming from a conservative Christian background to become one of the hottest out gay musicians, Matt Alber is in the studio today performing songs and taking your questions through Facebook!

Matt’s popularity is on the rise and we’re happy to have this very talented and sexy musician on Feast of Fun for an hour of good time and music.

His music video “End of The World” set in a barbershop in LA is big on YouTube with over 200,000 hits.

Listen to the show to find out who the lucky guy is that got to lock lips with Matt.


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FOF #1063 – The Best Church of God Will Save Your Soul

FOF #1063 – The Best Church of God Will Save Your Soul

Aemilia Scott and Mike Descoteaux from the Best Church of God play music from their show and reflect on the bizarre world of religion. Beyonce is set to perform in the Muslim city of Kuala Lumpur, will she be doing “Single Ladies” in a burqua?

by Marc Felion on Sep 25, 2009 12 comments
 
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Best Church of God - Aemilia Scott and Mike Descoteaux

Get on your knees, it’s time to receive the Feast of Fun.

Today we have a very special musical treat for you- the hilarious Sister Aemilia Scott and Brother Mike Descoteaux, from the righteously outrageous Best Church of God- the only Church that has 110% approval rating from Jesus.

Every Sunday at 1pm at the Lakeshore Theater in Chicago they welcome everybody to their services, even the unborn.

Aemilia Scott works as a freelance writer, comedian and is a founding member of the Best Church of God. Mike is Artistic Director for the group and also the head of the Music Program at the esteemed Second City Training Center.

Listen as we contemplate all the world’s religions and discover why The Best Church of God is the perfect one for you.

Even former guest of Feast of Fun, Shirley Phelps, of the Westboro Baptist Church weighs in. What does the Borg Queen of Christianity have to say about these guys?

Single Ladies in a Burqua? Beyonce is set to perform in the Muslim city of Kuala Lumpur, will she be doing Single Ladies in a burka?

A Malaysian ghost ravages young women in their dreams by conducting lewd acts in the nude.

Witch doctors put to death in Tanzania for killing albino people to capture their magical essence.

A man says the devil made him kill his wife and children and he now wants to be executed by the state because suicide is a sin.

And scientists announce the world’s first somewhat successful AIDS vaccine. Don’t throw out your condoms yet, the vaccine had a 31 percent success rate or a not so sexy 69 percent failure rate.

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FOF #1035 – Joshua Aaron Guthals Finds His Voice

FOF #1035 – Joshua Aaron Guthals Finds His Voice

Live music session with Joshua Aaron Guthals of the band Kind Monitor, one of the most celebrated New York Indie musicians.

by Marc Felion on Aug 10, 2009 5 comments
 
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Joshua Aaron Guthals from Kind Monitor on the Feast of Fun podcast

Musician Joshua Aaron Guthals’ work with his band Kind Monitor has been highly praised by New York’s gay musical celebrities. John Cameron Mitchell, best known for his musical film Hedwig and the Angry Inch, calls his music “Sweetly melancholy pop perfection.” Lady Rizo exclaims that his music is so indie that it’s actually indie!

Everybody loves Kind Monitor’s dark melodies matched by Joshua’s sensitive brooding voice.

Today, Joshua is in the home studio playing songs from his EP Album, Somebody Saves My Life Most Every Single Day, currently available on iTunes. Please buy the music through the link on our site.

Joshua coined the name of the band, Kind Monitor after eavesdropping on the tragic stories of recovering heroin addicts hanging outside his bedroom window in San Francisco.

Listen as we talk with Joshua about overcoming stage fright and the ties between perfectionism and procrastination. Why are so many performers afraid to perform? Why do some musicians never get their songs or albums finished?

Joshua shares his experience of living in New York City during the events of September 11 and how he moved to San Francisco to recover from the tragedy.

[UPDATE: there was a technical error with some of the songs, it's been fixed.]

You can catch Kind Monitor at Joe’s Pub on Aug 30 at 7:30.

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FOF #1009 – Our Gretchen Phillips Experience

FOF #1009 – Our Gretchen Phillips Experience

Interview with living lesbian music legend Gretchen Phillips on the early days of her band Two Nice Girls, nurturing your creative spirit and her first new album in five years “I Was Just Comforting Her.”

by Fausto Fernós on Jun 22, 2009 5 comments
 
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Gretchen Phillips on the Feast of Fun podcast

Way before Melissa Etheridge and k.d. lang came out of the closet as loving the ladies, Gretchen Phillips wrote songs about the joys of being queer. Being a lesbian in her view was not only fabulous, but hilarious! One of her biggest hits was with the band Two Nice Girls and their song “I Spent My Last $10 (on Birth Control and Beer)” gained national attention, including a mention in Rolling Stone Magazine.

outweek Two Nice Girls Debut Album Gretchen Phillips New Album: "I was Just Comforting Her"

The band broke eventually up, but their music lives on. Last year, they re-released their first album on iTunes for everyone to enjoy.

Since then, this living lesbian legend has been part of The Gretchen Phillips Experience, Dusty Trails, Joan Of Arkansas, Phillips & Driver, Lord Douglas Phillips and The Gretchen Phillips Ministries as well as performing as a solo artist.

She has more bands than I have ex-boyfriends!

Listen as Gretchen plays some hits from the past and performs songs from her first new album in five years, I Was Just Comforting Her.

Join us as we talk about how survive creatively when your band breaks up, appropriating Southern Christian religious right wing culture and the magic of low-fidelity music in a digital world.

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