Last week I told you about the urgent action needed to stop a bill seeking to water down Illinois’ potent gender identity and sexual orientation inclusive employment non-discrimination law. Republican gubernatorial front-runner, Bill Brady, had…
“Whether Avatar is racist is a matter for debate. Regardless of where you come down on that question, it’s undeniable that the film – like alien apartheid flick District 9, released earlier this year – is emphatically…
“Whether Avatar is racist is a matter for debate. Regardless of where you come down on that question, it’s undeniable that the film – like alien apartheid flick District 9, released earlier this year – is emphatically a fantasy about race. Specifically, it’s a fantasy about race told from the point of view of white people. Avatar and scifi films like it give us the opportunity to answer the question: What do white people fantasize about when they fantasize about racial identity?”
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Standard Podcast [55:15m]:
Ding dong, the cuckoo clock has run out for Governor Blagojevich. Yesterday the Illinois senate unanimously voted to impeach the unpopular Governor on corruption charges, in their best Donald Trump impersonation- you’re fired.
Meanwhile HBO aired the awkward documentary, The Trails of Ted Haggard, which focused on the fallen homo-hungry evangelist. The short documentary sheds a light on the complex wall of lies that fundamentalist Christians construct when declaring war on same-sex love. Will Ted Haggard rehabilitate his career as a religious leader, or will you buy life insurance from him?
Chicago bear movie night community organizer and viral YouTube star Jaimie Williamson joins us to weigh in on their fates.
President Obama describes the 18 billion Wall Street executive bonuses as shameful.
A New York State High school student gets caught cross dressing to cheat on a Regents exam.
Xanadu the Broadway Musical roller skates into Chicago, much to the delight of fans of the campy 1980 film.
The film was an unofficial remake of the 1947 film “Down to Earth” starring Rita Hayworth. (That’s why they used all that WWII stuff!) Xanadu, the film, attempted to capitalize on Olivia Newton John’s success in “Grease” but it didn’t pan out and she was blamed for the box office bomb. The other leads didn’t fair very well either- a very old Gene Kelly, in his last film performed an awkward three way dance number on roller skates and Michael Beck garnered a Razzie award for “Worst Actor.”
The film took place in the 1980s, but actually was shot in 1979. It was a never-to-be realized vision of what the 1980s could be- a decade of creativity, decadence and sexual liberation. Sadly, conservative Reaganomics, AIDS and the Cold War got in the way of that dream.
Check out these screenshots from the “Dancin” sequence in the film:
Featuring a over-the-top score by ELO and an appearance by The Tubes, the film was an oddball combo of musical styles and tacky sets. In one memorable scene, the Tubes dressed up as a punk/new wave band merges and moans with a 1940’s big band. The result was hilariously catastrophic. Click here to see the video.
Is that Darcel Wyne and Deborah Jenssen, two of the famous Solid Gold dancers? Yes it is!
By contrast, Xanadu the Musical is a candy coated take on the darker film, poking a lot of fun not only at Olivia Newtown John, the 1970s and disco, but also at the conventions of musical theater itself.
It carries the self-deprecating tone popularized by shows like “The Producers” and “Urinetown” and continued in “Spamalot!”
The Broadway version of Xanadu closed in October, but you can catch it in all its glory at the Water Tower Drury Lane Theatre. It’s star Elizabeth Stanley easily dominates the show and surpasses Kerry Butler who originated the role on Broadway. If she pursues a career in pop music, Elizabeth Stanley easily could be the next Olivia Newton John.
With all the bad news, it’s nice to be able to escape to “a place where all your hopes survive, they call it Xanadu” and with tickets starting at $25, you can’t afford to miss this wonderfully hilarious show.
Thank Zeus for Xanadu!
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For over 25 years, Kate Clinton has worked as a political commentator and comedian on stage and television, succeeding as an out lesbian.
Before Ellen, Before Rosie and even before Lily Tomlin, there was Kate Clinton.
A self-described Stonehenge lesbian, feminist humorist or fumerist, Clinton paved the way for many queer people in the world of comedy at a time when being gay was the butt of the joke, not the person telling them.
Because of people like Kate, we can do what we do today on our talk show. Thank you!
Kate just participated in the ancient ritual of sage burning to clear the bad mojo at the White House left by the Bushes and she got into trouble
But not with the Feds, but with Native Americans. Find out what happened on today’s show.
Listen as Kate joins us to talk about video blogging, her hopes for the new president, her long career as a comedian and the future of the gay rights moment.
Thanks to Paula who put us in contact with Kate. Listeners like you make a real difference.
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Bad cops, no donuts! That’s one of Andy Thayer’s favorite chants. Andy is a hard working longtime activist fighting for gay and lesbian rights with the Gay Liberation Network.
Andy is leading this weekend’s demonstration against the Defense of Marriage Act. Will President Elect Obama repeal this awful measure?
President to be Obama seems to speak from both sides of his mouth about gay marriage and we wonder what are Obama’s true feelings on marriage equality.
Listen as we talk with Andy about politics, Blajovichian tactics, the fear of addressing the Middle East conflict, the bad economy and whether we hold Obama to too high of a standard.
A hostile letter to gay bars in Seattle Washington threatening to poison their guests with ricin sounds like it was written by a cheesy batman super villain. Was the author Catwoman or a pissed off gay man? We think it may be a Catwoman wannabe so Fausto does his best Eartha to read the man’s letter on today’s show.
An Australian court uses gay prison rape as a threat to a young driver if he does not stop speeding “You’ll find big, ugly, hairy strong men (in jail) who’ve got faces only a mother could love that will pay a lot of attention to you — and your anatomy… you’ll get to shower with the gorillas in the mist down at Long Bay jail.”
Gu Gu the panda fights back. Gu Gu attacked a visitor who jumped the barrier to retrieve a toy dropped by his five year old son and bit the man’s legs and refused to let go. The zookeeper had to pry his jaws open with tools to free the father. Just last year Gu Gu attacked a man who tried to give him a hug. The lesson here is simple, do not portend to mess with the panda.
And woes on snow, Austrian farmers are making money selling snow to German Ski Resorts. Even though Europe is as cold as hell right now, they aren’t getting enough snow at some resorts so they have to actually import snow for their ski trails.
Your tool to surviving the downturn in the economy- Feast of Fools.
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What would the world be like without gay people? On today’s show Marc Felion and myself Fausto Fernos try to go back into the closet, and play it straight.
Believe me, it doesn’t last for long as the pretense of banging chicks quickly goes out the window. It’s hard playing straight so may be that’s why we all want the day off.
Many queer people across America are taking the day off work and donating their time to a local charity in support of Marriage Equality in a Day Without a Gay? We hope that if you can take the day off, then please do as Equality is calling you!
To learn more about actions taking place in your area, visit jointheimpact.com
One person who’s not to hot for gay marriage is musician Rufus Wainwright. In an interview with the New York Press the openly gay pop star is ambivalent about the struggle for equality, saying: “if you want to marry a dog, why don’t you go ahead and marry a dog. I don’t care.”
He also claims to be a Libertarian which is like being an old school Republican who like to kick it back and smoke the ganja.
Well, we thought the idea of singing about marrying a dog could be Rufus’ next big hit so we a little ditty for him titled “So Why Don’t You Marry A Dog?” Listen to the show for its debut!
Somebody’s in love, American Idol finalist Clay Aiken is dating the incredibly sexy Broadway dancer Reed Kelly, a man who can do the splits while balancing on one hand. But we really want to know is can he do quarter turns?
The La Times reports there is a bias against adopting black dogs in animal shelters across the country, blaming our subconscious fear of the dark. They are offering specials on adopting
Saddams spicy Chinese chicken wings, the beavers reintroduced into Scotland, fake boobs lost at sea and the dangers of kissing too hard.
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Frustrated with the anti-gay measures in the last election? Stand up and make your voice heard. Join us this Saturday for a fierce rally to protest Proposition 8 which took away existing same-sex marriage rights…
Frustrated with the anti-gay measures in the last election? Stand up and make your voice heard. Join us this Saturday for a fierce rally to protest Proposition 8 which took away existing same-sex marriage rights in California. As Keith Olberman beautifully put it, it’s not just a gay rights issue, it’s about the human heart.
Besides, it’s the ultimate gay mixer. There will be lots of smart, brave and good looking guys and gals fighting for marriage. Why wouldn’t you not want to go?
Proposition 8 Protest
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Time:
10:30AM WEST COAST
11:30AM MOUNTIAN TIME ZONE
12:30PM CENTRAL TIME ZONE – Chicago
1:30PM EAST COAST
Location:
Your local City Hall, but if you’re in Chicago, it’s at Federal Plaza at Dearborn and Adams. Here’s a map.
To learn more, visit: Join The Impact, Gay Liberation Network or the Facebook Event.
Our gay pride shouldn’t be something we celebrate one month out of the year. We need to fight for equality! There’s no bigger turn on than a passion for justice.
Standard Podcast [55:22m]:
Just a few more days until Halloween! What are you dressing up as? When we’re not busy podcasting, we love to dress up as pandas. Panda, panda, don’t you wanna panda, panda?
On today’s show we’ve got Curtis Jensen, director of marketing for Steamworks- with an update on San Francisco’s struggle with it’s own Halloween Celebration and his return to dressing up in drag! Yoo hoo!
After all, in the late 80s Curtis was well known in Salt Lake City, Utah as Marlene Lovebird- one of the hottest fund raising drag queens with killer heels.
Although it seems pretty likely that Barak Obama will be our nations next president, the fight for equality has just begun. Will a favorable political outcome on November 4 diffuse the pressure for change?
Sarah Palin announces her new political enemy- French fruit flies. The You-Know-What to Nowhere is mad that federal money is spent on studying fruit flies in Paris, France.
What Palin doesn’t understand is that fruit flies are used by researchers to make scientific discoveries that are valuable to just the very causes she says she supports. Without fruit flies we wouldn’t have the advances in genetic research we need to better understand and treat possibly genetic diseases, like Autism.
Is Daniel Cowart, the racist terrorist plotting to kill 88 African Americans including Barak Obama while wearing a white tuxedo and matching top hat a trannie? Maybe not a trannie, but he could be a little bit of a cross dresser. File photos seem to show him wearing eye makeup and pretty bright pink lipstick. While fashionable, they don’t exactly match his black swastika tattoo on his shoulder.
PLUS we perform a dramatic reading of a slash fiction story written by a devoted fan, Tanya, on how Feast of Fools made the two brothers from the Supernatural TV show gay for each other! There is a whole genre of slash fiction revolving around these two brothers.
Technically, this is incest, or as they call it, “Wincest,” but that doesn’t stop the fans from loving it!
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Ding ding, Round Two! Barak Obama and John McCain face-off once again in the fight for America’s Presidency, stabilizing the economy and our hearts.
What was up with that red carpet? It hurt my eyes!
Wasn’t it great when Tom Brockaw told McCain to get out of the way so he could finish the show?
Obama came across once again as eloquent, well informed and level headed. Is America ready to have a competent leader? I think so, Yes we can! Nail McCain to the wall Obama!
What does the sound of a failing political campaign sound like? “TERRORISM!” Last weekend Gov. Palin and Sen. McCain both directly declared their political opponent associated with terrorists and even scoff indifferently when their supporters jokingly threatened to kill Senator Obama. Is this what the election has boiled down to?
One way the Republicans can win this election is to simply lock away Sen. Obama in Guantanamo bay, but as Harold and Kumar showed in their movie, it’s way easy to escape.
I went with Michael Lehet to see the Scooty and JoJo’s Carpenter’s Halloween, a reenactment of Halloween John Carpenter’s Halloween set to the music of the Carpenters. It’s truly an odd mix of horror and camp. If you are a fan of camp, drag, the movie Halloween or the music of the Carpenters then this is a must see for you.
Get your tickets now if you want good seats. Also, the set is in FULL COLOR and you won’t believe how good it looks!
Michael and I also saw Watch Out based on Joseph Suglia’s book that features the super sexy Matt Riddlehoover as narcissistic Jonathan Burrows, who is only sexually attracted to himself and even makes love to a blow up doll that looks like himself.
Through Jonathan’s journey we encounter many strange characters, all of whom are sexually attracted to the very handsome protagonist but in who he has no interest whatsoever. He delivers a condescending diatribe against them about why he would never find them attractive and even kills some of them. This movie is a totally over the top cross between Strangers with Candy and Jeffrey Dahlmer.
Michael convinced me to go the Improv Everywhere’s MP3 Chicago which I initially didn’t want to go because it sounded a bit hokey- I was to download an mp3 audio file, be at a specific location and do what ever it told me to do at a precise time. Now, I’ve seen enough X-Files or Twilight Zone episodes to know how terribly wrong things like this can go. For all I know it could have turned me into a government assassin.
But, after a long night partying with Miss Tracy Tyler we all hopped in the car and experienced what turned out to be a very fun day. Sometimes it is fun to do just let yourself go and let someone else call the shots. And I totally kicked ass in the Epic Battle.
Listen as we talk about the bizarre Anglican Reverend Peter Mullen, who suggests tattooing gay men’s butts with health warning signs. How about tattooing priests faces with “Religion can seriously damage your mental health.”
What’s the secret to the Beckhams beautiful skin? Bird Poop! Yes, they are both getting sh*tfaced for beauty. Its an exotic beauty treatment for Japan.
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You may not immediately recognize Lizz’s name, but you probably enjoy the fruits of her labor.
Comedian and television producer Lizz Winstead created the news parody program “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central as a response to CNN’s paradigm shifting coverage of the first War in Iraq in the early 90s. Since it’s inception the show has become a major source for people’s news despite the fact that it’s a comedy show.
Lizz chats with us about about how The Daily Show was conceived, their original choice for host and wether she ever got an apology from Craig Kilborn about the nasty comment that got him suspended.
Ms Winstead has a had a lot of odd jobs, from working at the Red Barn to the relaunch team for Broadway Production of Grey Gardens She has come up with fantastic taglines for the show including “What’s wrong with snacking on a little cat food in your bathing suit?-Grey Gardens, The Musical” She highly recommends the show so get your tickets now.
It’s funny that Lizz takes us to task (and by surprise) for asking in a previous post why her good friend pornographer Chi Chi LaRue is on OUT Magazine’s “Power 50″ Who would have thought that this funny lady has a pornographer as a friend? It turns out they are friends from their days in Minnesota. Lizz lets us know that it might not be that ChiChi has made a gazzillion dollars in skin flicks that put him on the list but rather as top gay pornographer he knows where all the gay bodies are buried.
We like Lizz and what she has to say about the podcast genre. She thinks podcasts are comedically funnier than radio and TV. The word itself is funny and the medium is fresh.
Lizz blogs from time to time on the Huffington Post and you can befriend her on myspace.
[Originally posted on 04/09/07]
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