FOF #196 - The Quest for Fame - 11.15.05
Ezra Austin walks around the streets of Boystown with a cheap microphone and video camera asking the unwilling a single question: "Who is the most famous gay man in Chicago?"
This guy pounds the pavement and hustles himself in the gay parts of Chicago. He harrasses people with a camera and a microphone just to get his story. As you can see, Ezra is one of our beloved kind.
Although the question seems superficial and odd, the video that Ezra produces touches those deep needs in a lot of gay men (and a lot of other people as well) to be recognized and validated by complete strangers, even when you've done nothing at all worth meriting it.
Struggling with bills, loneliness, depression -it seems that the desire for fame can be a powerful mythical panacea, a cure-all for all your problems.
On today's podcast Marc and Fausto chat with Ezra Austin about his video, his real intentions in making the film, Alderman Tom Tunney, and who Scott Nash REALLY is.
Click on the extended entry to see the film. NOTE: The video "Who is the Most Famous Gay Man in Chicago" is NOT part of our RSS feed inside of iTunes, and you can only watch it by clicking on the website's extended entry.
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Hey bitches :o)
Now ive been thinking of something to do for your 200'th show... hurm i will come up with something..
btw, LINK meeeee.... I am going to cry profusely until you do, you did afterall ask me to link you first ANNDDDD i posted a huge entry in my blog about u lot ANND linked to the latest show (at the time) ANNND linked to your iTunes subscription... you think id get a little link back :o(
Anyway had to say, when you mentioned my blog on your show i got a surge (ok im calling it a surge because for me it was alot haha) of people checking it out Wooop
Thom
Said by: Thom at November 15, 2005 04:10 AM
Tom "i am so boring" Tanney or whoever
sat at work watching this and my god i nearly fell asleep at the keyboard... the rest rocked.. although i have now found what i need on those nights when i cant sleep
Said by: Thom at November 15, 2005 04:47 AM
Ezra's video is miraculous! Watched it first thing this morning. Can't wait to hear the show later this afternoon!
Fausto & Marc - sending you something via post that you should receive tomorrow. I think you might want to check it out. It's from some annonymous freak who's going around calling himself the "Feast of Fools Psycho Fan?!" Know anything about it? Just had to send your way....
Love; Ciao.
Said by: Aaron B. at November 15, 2005 05:37 AM
Great interview with Ezra! Also, Fausto, when you were talking about Ezra getting molested on the street I think you freudian slipped a few times in saying that Ezra had to "beat off" the guy.
Said by: Adam B. at November 15, 2005 10:59 AM
Adam! You're totally right! But he did have to whack the poor man with his microphone. Good thing it was a rental!
We hadn't heard from you in a while, so we figured you're totally swamped with school and rocks. Good to "see" you around.
Aaaron––– Feast of Fools psycho fan? There is somebody MORE psychotic than me? Can this be true? I wish we had more REAL stalkers... sigh... well at least the non-lethal kind. I love crazy people.
Said by: Fausto at November 15, 2005 11:06 AM
Okay guys,
This show totally sucked! What were you thinking?
Okay, now that I have your attention... it didn't suck. I liked it as usual! I can't wait to see the movie!
Marc- I emailed you a forward, don't be afraid to open it, it's not a virus (that I know of but you have apple so who cares?) I thought you might be interested.
Hear you tomorrow guys! You kick ass!
Joel
Said by: Joel at November 15, 2005 01:24 PM
I'd be a real stalker of you guys, but I am soooooooooo busy. I'd be calling you guys all the time asking you to adjust your schedule for my convenience. I'd be asking you to stay at the gym for another half-hour until I could get outside, hide, and then watch you leave. I'm a perfectionist, so if I'm going to be a stalker, I'd like to do it right. ;-)
Said by: Tom Holmes at November 15, 2005 01:47 PM
Actully - I think your "real stalker" really does exist. Worse - I think he is a neighbor - because he keeps leaving me fof things outside my front door on the mat. (Notes in chopped up newsprint, CDs with old FoF archival podcasts, etc. Why isn't he commenting on this site? What is his name? How does he know to leave little weired things at my front door while I'm at work? I don't know these things, Fausto. Should I be frightned? Should you? Hmmmmmm.....
AMNESIA!!!! How did it go tonight, honey?!! Are you there? Tonight was your one-woman show, right? Tell! Tell! Congrats, baby.
Love; Ciao
Said by: Aaron B. at November 15, 2005 07:39 PM
it's a small town here in chicago
last night when I got on the train to go home from work, i sat down and what was stuck to the wall next to my seat? A whoisthemostfamaousgaymaninchicago.com bumper sticker. Weird...especially since I had just finished listening to this podcast.
Said by: john s at November 16, 2005 10:58 AM
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