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Watch on a jumbo screen as Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion raid Amanda’s closest, try on some of her clothes, stalk her around town and then surprise her with a makeover in this reality TV…

Come join us at Hydrate in Chicago, 7-9pm for our special What Not to Wear Viewing Party!Watch on a jumbo screen as Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion raid Amanda’s closest, try on some of her clothes, stalk her around town and then surprise her with a makeover in this reality TV show.

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Feast of Fools + What Not To Wear: Regulars of Popular Chicago Gay Podcast Appear on Reality TV Show

Feast of Fools + What Not To Wear: Regulars of Popular Chicago Gay Podcast Appear on Reality TV Show

CHICAGO, IL- Amanda Steinstein of the “Feast of Fools” podcast may be the worst-dressed woman in the world to be documented in what is the gayest episode ever of TLC’s reality TV show “What Not…

Amanda SteinsteinCHICAGO, IL- Amanda Steinstein of the “Feast of Fools” podcast may be the worst-dressed woman in the world to be documented in what is the gayest episode ever of TLC’s reality TV show “What Not To Wear” airing Friday October 17th at 9PM EST, 8PM CST.

Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion, hosts of the top-rated podcast “Feast of Fools,” nominated their friend, a regular guest of their talk show, for a much-needed makeover to help her recover from her fashion disasters on “What Not To Wear” (WNTW) . Fernós and Felion found an ally in WNTW hosts Stacy London and Clinton Kelly for their “War on Ugly” to combat Amanda’s wardrobe of mass destruction.

The producers of the long-running reality TV show say the episode featuring the fashion-flawed diva Amanda Steinstein is the “gayest episode ever,” as her friends Fausto and Marc ransack her closets and try on her sequins and tiaras as if they are in their own drag pageant. Producers of the show, which is in its seventh season, suggest that Amanda may in fact be the “the worst-dressed woman in the history of the show.”

TLC’s website describes the episode as “Single in Chicago, Amanda’s looking for the right man, but she likes to dress in drag and hide her feminine side. To her, everything is a costume, and style is not a concern.”

Fausto and MarcFausto Fernós, host of “Feast of Fools,” insists that the poorly-dressed Amanda “practically lives in black leggings, and all her shirts and sweaters are oversized. In summer she wears these horrible Hawaiian shirts which have a nautical theme, as in Titanic meets the Poseidon Adventure.”

Marc Felion, co-host of “Feast of Fools” who nominated Amanda, claims he knew she needed an intervention for her fashion sense when he saw her in what he describes as “vintage 80s Ray Ban sunglasses, a Hawaiian shirt, black leggings and a black beret!” The first thing he said to her was, “I am embarrassed for you to be dressed like that.” Amanda replied “Yeah, I know. Whatever.”

Amanda Revealed!But there is hope for Amanda, and the duo who nominated her say she is, for the most part, sticking with her “What Not To Wear” makeover. Amanda says of her new look, It takes a little more planning than I’m used to; like something may need to be steamed or ironed before I put it on. The hardest part is the shoes. I know they look better, but they hurt.”

Come join us at Hydrate in Chicago, 7-9pm for our special What Not to Wear Viewing Party!The gang plan on watching the episode with friends and fans of both “Feast of Fools” and “What Not To Wear” at Hydrate nightclub in Chicago with drag queens impersonating the “before” and “after” “Amanda.” Join them for what should be an enlightening and fabulous evening watching what producers describe as “four or five years of therapy crammed into an hour long show.”

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FOFA #632 – Candy Corn

FOFA #632 – Candy Corn

 
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Chicago's Halloween Costume Parade 2006.Ah candy corn. This delicious but deadly candy confection connotes images of the fall in the United States, of childhood and our beloved neo-pagan holiday, Halloween.

Thanks to a growing acceptance of weird things in our culture, Halloween has grown in a big way to rival Christmas as American’s favorite holiday. For many queer folks, it’s the first time they don a drag outfit and explore what it’s like to dress up as a man or a woman. For me, it’s a chance to do really weird things in the name of Holiday Spirit. You should see me at a Christmas party. “Is that mistletoe above your camel-toe?”

One of the best things about living in Chicago is our local, small and low-key Halloween parade centered in the heart of the gay part of town, Lakeview. Also known as Boystown, the modest parade attracts people from all walks of life, but a good percentage of the audience is Korean tourists. Don’t ask me why, it just is.

Fausto attacks Korean tourist San HwanHere’s a picture of me with Saan Huan, a costume-less, Korean Christian minister who somehow made his way to Boystown last year and was acting all weird around us, but somehow wouldn’t stop following us with his camera.

We invited him to hang with us for the rest of the night. It all turned bad when he thought we were putting drugs in his beer.

I love to dress up as a combo of any costume and a vampire, because it’s sexy and weird all at the same time and because it’s an excuse to bite someone on the neck! Last year I was a knight in shining armor + vampire. This year I think I’ll get myself a cowboy gear and be a cowboy vampire.

Amanda Steinstein standing next to a Steamworks banner!Amanda’s Halloweens turn out to be like Charlie Brown’s Christmases. One costume idea Amanda had is to take a cardboard box and turn it into a Rubix cube. Another year she had nothing to wear and so she took her purple curtains and turned it into an awkward puple ghost costume that unintentionally offended a lot of people. Think the Teletubbies meets the Klu Klux Klan.

Here’s a bad costume idea: go as a “blind” date (a date wearing dark sunglasses). Be prepared for everyone to ask you if you are Ray Charles or Hellen Keller.

Sexy listener Sid!Marc suggests wearing underwear, wrapping yourself up in salami and saran wrap and going as leftovers. I think he just wants to wear a costume he can eat.

Another cheap, messy and dramatic costume idea is going as the classic Sissy Spacek character Carrie. Just put on a nightgown, a blond wig and a tiara, then drop a bucket of fake blood on yourself at an inappropriate time.

But the best costume you can wear 365 days a year is as a Feast of Fools fan! Get your black t-shirt here now. Click here to see a fabulous photo gallery of people wearing the shirts. Send your photos in now!

Listen as Amanda Steinstein joins Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós to talk about Halloween news, cake-sitting, offending witches, sex parties in Canada. Are you invited?

[Originally posted on 10.18.07]

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FOFA #567 – Snickers Nixon

FOFA #567 – Snickers Nixon

 
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Amanda Steinstein gets photographed up close and personal!Have you ever played this game with your friends? Think of the name of your first pet you had when you were a kid and the street you lived on, combine those two and you get your Adult Movie Star Name. Mine would be “Jimmy Barbe”

Still this formula leaves a lot to be desired. How about we come up with a new one! Here is a helpful list of combinations you can make to come up with your Adult Movie Star, stage name, faerie name or drag name in a cinch.

• Favorite Snack + Conservative Politician = Snickers Nixon
• Innocent Girls’ Name + Movie Stars’ last name = Victoria Lamarr
• 50’s TV Sitcom Character + Greek/Roman God = Tony Zeus
• Civil Rights Activist + Jungle Cat = Cindy Cheetah
• Car Model + Type of Wood = Mercedes Mahogany
• Suburb in your city + Artificial Food Ingredient = Waukeegan Olestra

Okay, so they are not all winners. Still, this way you can be pretty clever when you’re creating an online profile and don’t want people to know what your real name is. Wouldn’t it be fun to be chatting with Skittles Liddy on the forums?

Keep in mind alliteration (Fausto Fernós, Vernonica Vera or Jessie Jackson) are great names because you get the bonus of having some cool initials like F.F.

Rhymes, or name combinations or puns are great too.

Share with us your favorite formulas for names and your results on the comments below.

Join Amanda Steinstein, Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós as we give honest advice to our hetero female fans who are dying to ignite their love life but find themselves spending a LOT of time with gay men.

When do you let go of a bad situation? How do you train a dog to learn that “NO” really means NO!

The podcast that is like a warm bath full of bubbles- the Feast of Fools.

[Originally posted 07.12.07]

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Fun With FOF Week Continues

Fun With FOF Week Continues

Wednesday, July 23 – Live Podcast Forum
“Let’s Take a Glass Together”
6pm, Sidetrack. Please join the Feast of Fools as we record a live podcast forum on the LGBT community and alcohol at Sidetrack. Come discover…

Wednesday, July 23 – Live Podcast Forum

Let's Take a Glass Together“Let’s Take a Glass Together”
6pm, Sidetrack. Please join the Feast of Fools as we record a live podcast forum on the LGBT community and alcohol at Sidetrack. Come discover how we can have a healthier relationship with alcohol in this unique event presented by LifeLube, Project CRYSP and the Chicago Task Force on LGBT Substance Use and Abuse.

Light food and refreshments and a cash bar. You must be over 21 with a valid photo ID to attend on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at Sidetrack. Doors open at 6 p.m. Please RSVP here.

Thursday, July 24 – Reveal Party For What Not To Wear

Amanda Steinstein bites down on her whip5-8PM at Green Dolphin Street. Come see Amanda Steinstein as you’ve never seen her before as we celebrate and react to the transformation, courtesy of TLC’s hit reality tv show “What Not To Wear.” Show your support for the brand new Amanda and be among the first to gawk at her new look!

This is your chance to be a part of our exciting reality tv show project. Green Dolphin Street is located at 2200 N. Ashland St. Chicago, IL 60614

FOF #798 – Big Secrets Revealed!

FOF #798 – Big Secrets Revealed!

 
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Amanda is freaking out about getting on "What Not to Wear!"We can’t keep it in any longer. It’s time to release the pressure!

Today we announce the juicy details of our upcoming reality tv show project and Amanda Steinstein is all over it. The producers of TLC’s #1 show “What Not To Wear” starring Stacy London and Clinton Kelly have found what may be the worst dressed woman in North America in our friend Amanda. Eek!

Marc gives Amanda her first housewarming gift- A Vintage Poster from the Sci-Fi Film "Blade Runner"Did you really expect anyone else? Amanda loves to combine black leggings, loud Hawaiian shirts and flip flops and call it evening wear. And like my past obsession with the color blue, Amanda just can’t get enough of the color purple and I’m not talking about the Oscar Nominated film starring Whoopi Goldberg.

Conspiring together: Stacy London, Fausto Fernos, Clinton KellyWe have been having so much fun being a part of this project, breaking into Amanda’s home while she was at work with a camera crew, going through her stuff and saying some really funny, but really mean things about Amanda’s taste in fashion and clothes.

I’m afraid I might have gone too far, but that’s fashion. I just hope people don’t start hating me like they did Jeffrey Sebella when he was (and won) Project Runway. After all, the similarity in our looks is a bit scary.

Amanda will be flown for an all-expenses paid trip to NYC to be torn apart and like the bionic woman, she will be put back together as a better, stronger and more fabulous person! We’ll finally have the Amanda we’ve always wanted. Thank God!

The taping of the show has been so much fun and we’d love to invite ALL of you to Amanda’s unveiling, which I’m hoping will resemble the scene from Rocky Horror Picture Show as Frankfurter unwraps Rocky. We are all cheering Amanda on in her new transformation! Yeah Amanda!

Amanda says that when lots of good things happen to you all at once, it’s like having lollipops raining down on you. At first they hurt when they bonk you over the head, but afterwards you have a bunch of lollipops to enjoy.

Listen as we talk about the brand new iPhone 2.0 and all the new apps that allow you to cruise and bruise wherever you choose, your skin’s ability to make it’s own marijuana chemicals and the new gay Republican sex scandal featuring Alabama Attorney General Troy King.

We know Troy is a good name for a porn star, but this jerk has spent many years fighting against people getting sex toys in Alabama and actively worked against gay rights legislation. Rumors say that he got caught getting jiggy with his male assistant by his wife.

Also, a blackbird in England learns how to sound like a ambulance to the delight of neighbors and the sexy Chilean Subway Goddess.

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FOFA #258 – Feifdom of Freakishness

FOFA #258 – Feifdom of Freakishness

 
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One of the most loveable podcasters, Amanda Steinstein joins us today to talk about Domino’s Pizza founder Thomas S. Monaghan desire to build a ultraconservative town free of gays, pornography, drugs, and propbably non-catholics called Ave Maria.

If you thought your neighborhood was creepy enough, just imagine what this ultraconservative hell-hole will be like. And they WILL be willing to drink the Kool-Aid.

Listen to todays show as Amanda tries out the new microphone we got to accurately capture her deliciously high-pitched voice. Lots of talk about caviar, polygamy, golddiggers, gay-hatin’ fat people, pizza zombies, and faking your own death to avoid paying $500 in parking tickets.

[Originally posted on March 2, 2006.]

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FOF #696 – Let Me Hear You Say YEAH!

FOF #696 – Let Me Hear You Say YEAH!

 
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Paula Abdul made the network's nervous, so they hid her in an "undisclosed location" during her Superbowl pre-show performanceBack in the 2004 during the Superbowl’s halftime show, pop musician Janet Jackson’s awkward publicity stunt or “wardrobe malfunction” fueled a U.S. government crack down on broadcasting media, enticing talk shows and audiences to seek alternatives to the existing traditional channels.

Out of these fires of censorship emerged the Feast of Fools podcast. Before the word “podcasting” was declared as 2005’s Word of the Year by the Oxford University Dictionary, this show was just and an audio enclosure attached to a blog. Nobody, including the Superbowl has ever been the same since.

But, yawn! What a borrrring Superbowl! Not the game itself which was OK, but everything else, the shows and the commercials which is the really important stuff. This year’s event was the blandest in recent years and went without a hitch or a awkward moment to draw it’s hypnotized audiences back into reality. Where was this year’s equivalent to last year’s gay kiss?

It was weird to see celebrities being interviewed by Ryan Seacrest on their own “red carpet” as a way of trying to glamorize the event. Reuters reported that that the actual red carpet they talked to celebrities on lead nowhere and that was a half mile from the stadium in a beer-soaked parking lot. What a joke! Until the NFL gets superstud Tom Brady to wear a ball gown and parade down that red carpet, I’m not buying it. Like yellow brick roads, red carpets should always lead somewhere.

Why doesn’t the NFL put out their own “Gods of the Stadium” calendar?
We could use an American version of the famous French calendar that features hot soccer studs in the buff. If we can handle Brittany’s beaver shots, we can handle hot famous muscular athletes being photographed naked in sexually ambiguous poses.

Amanda Steinstein screams!Tom Petty’s and Alicia Keyes’ musical performances were great. But Paula Abdul’s awkward song montage in the Superbowl Pre-Show was really bad. Her lip-syncing rivaled wasted queens at your local drag review and her dance moves were awful. One of her crazy moves looked like she was trying to “air out her cooter.”

I’m not sure if it’s a coincidence or just an attempt to explain away her slurry behavior, but today it was also revealed that Paula was in a plane mishap in 1993 that caused her to have several back surgeries and drop out of pop music for half a decade.

Did you think Paula’s music career took “two steps forward, or two steps back” with this performance?

Rock stars should retire the phrase “Let me hear you say yeah!” I could have sworn that Alicia Keyes, Paula Abdul and Tom Petty all said it at the Superbowl last night. Did the cue card guy run out of card-stock and just recycle his signs?

Then again, how else can you get a crowd to all say “Yeah!” on cue? Come on everybody say yeah. She loves you yeah, yeah yeah. Twist and shout, yeah yeah yeah. I said, yeah, mony mony… Is yeah here to stay?

Join us as we present the quirkier and more unusual side of Superbowl XLII as Amanda Steinstein, Marc Felion and me, Fausto Fernós take calls from you our listeners about the commercials, pre-show and halftime show of the Superbowl, also known as the Oscars for straight people.

Go Daddy wants to show you it’s beaver. Do not attempt to jump-start your man-titties. Will the sound of a dog slurping make you buy stuff, like a Feast of Fools t-shirt?

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