FOF #471 - Dying to Lose It - 01.31.07

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It's not even February yet,
and everyone seems to be getting spring fever.

Allegations are rising up again that Clay Aiken is back looking online for a little action. And of course the usual suspects are rallying on both sides of this endless debate.

This time around, I think Clay's being set up. Mostly because the phrases that he's being quoted look almost identical to the exchanges he had last year with North Carolinian real estate broker John Paulus.

You can see the blurry photos here. Do you guys think its for rizzle or for fizzle? Note his screen names: "Happychap2" and Skippermageeblue."

This gossip stands in stark contrast to the real story of 22-year old Nick Wallis, a termanily ill disabled man who hired a sex worker with the blessings of his nun caretaker to experience sex before he dies.

Join Marc and me as we unveil the truth behind Donnie Davies (the internet televangelist) and the REAL truth behind the "God Hates a F*g" video, the horny physically disabled, snake therapy and our listeners fantasy lovers.

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FOF #470 - My TV Boyfriend - 01.30.07

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Relationships come and go, but true love is eternal.

And what truer love can there be than the love between a fan and their favorite celebrity?

We love you and you love us. And that's what makes show business so much fun.

So who are WE in love with? Jake Gyllenhaal of course! He's the star every star dreams about. Even straight men like Matthew McConaughey and Lance Armstrong love to pal around with our favorite gay cowboy, cause it just feels right.

We are smitten. Raptured. Ready to share the tent. But what we're really in love with is the characters that he plays and not the person who the actor really is. I'm sure Jake in real life is a lot tighter than Jack Twist ever was.

The perfect thing about having a television/film character as a boyfriend is you don't need to ever be disappointed. You never have to compromise anything, you don't really have to give them anything and you never have to smell their farts.

Who are you in love with? Who captures your imagination?

You all know that Amanda Steinstein likes them big and hairy but she has a written a "Dear John" letter to her former celebrity boyfriend and is now trying to woo the image of the new man who graces her TIVO.

Who is this new love interest in Amanda's life? Who does Marc dream about? Listen and find out!

Join Amanda Steinstein, Marc Felion and me as we talk about foods you shouldn't eat, Mexican transexuals and their rights, and falling in love with television characters or programs.

And no, eating trans fats will not make you into a transsexual. In case you were wondering.

You say Jill-en-hall, I say Gil-in-hall, lets call the whole thing off.

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FOF #469 - Research on Microfilm - 01.29.07

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Electronica, techno, synth pop,
whatever you want to call it, Microfilm has got it. And now they have a new album to prove it.

Microfilm is a partnership between real-life partners Matthew Mercer and Matt Keppel. They wanted to merge an early 80s synthpop and disco ethos with a more modern electro and tech-house sound. The end result is a 10-track debut album titled "After Dark."

We discovered Microfilm when they got named by Time Out Chicago's "Queers of the Year" along side yours truly Fausto Fernós and my beloved Marc Felion. We figured they must be fabulous to make the list so we just had to have them on the show.

On today's show we talk about what it is like to work on a project as a couple, which drugs people take while partying at clubs and just exactly how you get those crazy sounds in electronic music.

Marc also implores the listeners to stop sending us links to "God Hates a Fag" video from Donnie Davies, an ex-gay minister. We have been inudated by them. We poll the audience as to whether it is a hoax or parody or if it is for real. Listen to find out what people are saying and which out gay music stars think this guy is for real.

Do you think Donnie Davies is for real or not?

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FOF #468 - Pregnant with Possibilities - 01.26.07

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Superbowl fever is here!
Everyone wants to go see the big show, and by "show" I mean a football game between two really really good teams.

So much in fact, that a nine-month pregnant woman by the name Jennifer Gordon (a professional publicist) is offering the surface of her pregnant stomach for advertising, in exhcnage for tickets to the superbowl.

And it looks like she might be getting offers to put someone's logo on her tummy.

If this catches on, will fat people do the same thing? I can see it now, an ocean of fat people with logos plastered on their bellies. That's hot.

Being a fan of atheltes and not athletics, the fun for me personally is recording the Superbowl and skipping past the game to watch the tacky ads and even tackier hafltime show. Remember this is where breastgate happened, where you got to see Janet Jackson's exposed tittie and Justin Timberlake's cowardly recoil.

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FOF #467 - Swimming with Sharks - 01.25.07

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Under the sea!
Under the sea. There are no accusations, just friendly crustaceans under the sea!

And then there are sharks. Sharks who eat things. On todays fabulous show our in-house Jewish diva Amanda Steinstein shares with us her recent adventures of her trip to the Bahamas where she went scuba diving at a shark feeding.

Did they bite her? Did she fear for her life? Is she all right? You'll just have to listen to the show and find out, won't you?

Join us today as Amanda, Marc and I talk about ABC's tv show "Ugly Betty", the Oscars and sloppy animal rights activists who have lost their mind.

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FOF #466 - State of the Poontang - 01.24.07

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People, we are at a crossroads!
Drilling has begun, there is a missle crisis, and everything is in dissaray. What to do?

Miss Ronnie to the rescue! Our very own President of K.I.R. (Keeping It Real) reads her own "State of the Poontang" undress, where she shares her vision for a better tomorrow by respecting the va-jay-jay today. OK?

Ronnie has gone ga-ga over this little store in Chicago that sell almost only cookie jars (they also sell vintage salt shakers) and you can look forward to checking out Miss Ronnie's flickr gallery. (It's not up yet.) You wouldn't believe after what they stylize cookie jars. It seems everything pop culture beomes a cookie jar - from a company logo to a vintage Cadillac, even your old mami, chances are, it's a cookie jar.

Get ready to get pussy whipped and join in on the fun on todays show as Miss Ronnie, Peter, Marc and I talk about Australian shark attacks, sexy iguanas, and Clarks on Clarks (the place where we had our Meet N Greet) closing.

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FOF #465 - Don't Mess with Heklina - 01.23.07

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Heklina is one tough broad.
She came all the way from Iceland, where the land's geothermal activity seeps into the psyche of it's people. I mean, Bjork is one of its largest exports. Don't get in her way, she will hurt you bad.

Over a decade ago Heklina started a drag variety show called "Trannyshack" at Stud, a gay bar in San Francisco which continues to this day to entertain audiences, give a voice to newcomers and redefine the art form of drag itself.

This drag extravaganza has been such a hit that drag queens and club promoters all over the world have attempted to co-opt the name into their local drag shows in one way or another.

In attempts to try to keep her show's identity, Heklina has started successfully suing nightclubs all over the country (most recently in Ft. Lauderdale Florida) to stop them from using the Trannyshack name.

We think that Trannyshack is a great name for a drag variety show, but isn't it odd that drag queens all over the world would want to confuse the public by calling their own drag nights Trannyshack as well. What are they getting out of it? Why don't they come up with their own logo?

It doesn't escape us the irony that many drag queens start their careers by imitating famous female celebrities while lip-syncing their music, and that innocently they might be trying to pay homage to Trannyshack in San Francsico when naming their own shows by the same name.

Listen to todays show as Sal-E, Marc Felion and I, Fausto Fernós talk to Heklina about drag queen identity crises, why RuPaul doesn't want her fans to take her picture and the performance tradition of drag.

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FOF #464 - Emperor Cho's New Clothes - 01.22.07

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We all make mistakes.
To err is human, to forgive divine. So what do you do when you are disappointed?

Last week Marsian, Marc and I caught the Sissy Butch Brother's variety show extravaganza "Gurlesque Burlesque" at the Vic, which featured "homo-phillic" (because she loves the gays and the gays love her) comedian Margaret Cho unveiling her new burlesque act for Chicago audiences.

We all awaited with baited breath in the audience for something extraordinary. After all this is a woman well known for her brilliant, funny and politically savvy stand up comedy. And she's got resources. The concert film of her one-woman show "I am the One I Want" holds the record for the most money grossed per print in movie history.

Margaret Cho has the resources, the know-how, the contacts and the imagination to put on an burlesque act that could rival Madonna's, Cirque Du Soleil's or even Annie Sprinkle's.

Instead what we got was an run of the mill strip-tease. TEASE being the key word here. Amateur night at a strip club. Nothing unusual or remarkable, and really not that sexy to begin with. Just Margaret Cho "chowing" it all, wearing some clumsy off-the-rack costumes.

So why is Margaret Cho taking her clothes off for audiences?

As a person who's subjected many an audience to my own naked body, I understand why Margaret Cho is going in this unusual direction and trust me, she hasn't gone nuts. Not yet.

Margaret Cho is taking her clothes off because she wants to empower herself and other women. Let me clarify "empower" here. She wants people to get over thinking of women as objects by objectifying herself.

Girls just want to have fun. And when you have a taste for comedy and touching on society's taboos, it's a lot of fun to show off your body for an audience.

Yea, we get it: women's bodies are beautiful. As a mainstream comedian, Cho wants to bring the burlesque into the mainstream, and she wants to join in all the fun.

So good for you Margaret, but next time, hire a choreographer. Spend as much time as you do on planning your stand-up as you do on planning your burlesque act.

Fortunately, the rest of the show was amazing! This sold-out event featured some of the best and brightest in the world of burlesque entertainment and had some serious talent onstage- Alotta Boutté, Tina Angst and Julie Atlas Muz were among some of the phenomenal acts that simply stole the show and took our collective breath away with their inventiveness, charisma and power of their fabulous performances.

Margaret Cho would be wise to take notice of the people in her own community of burlesque and step up to the plate if she wants to add dancing naked onstage to her range of repertoire.

Listen to this show as Sal-E, Marc Felion, and I, Fausto Fernós talk about this and Paula Abdul's drunkness, the best cable company in Chicago, Oprah's "va-jay-jay" and why celebrities make such odd demands when doing gigs.

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FOF #463 - Weird Science - 01.19.07

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Grant Stoddard was the kind of geeky intern
everyone made fun of but yet still wanted to get in the sack.

The editors for the online magazine Nerve.com thought it would be hilarious to have their intern go on assignments exploring the outlandish, extreme or unusual in sex.

And thus the column "I Did It for Science" was born. After three successful years Grant left the magazine amid talks of Viacom wanting to turn his stories into a television show, but then the pilot never came to fruition.

Today we're talking with the "accidental sex-tourist" Grant Stoddard about his book "Working Stiff: The Misadventures of an Accidental Sexpert."

Listen as Grant shares his sordid tales trying out a broad range of sexual fetishes like infantilism, sploshing, latex shrink wrapping, bondage and making out with twelve gay men in a bar while his girlfriend watched.

Did we mention this guy identifies himself as straight so far?

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FOF #462 - Get on Your Knees for Levi Kreis - 01.18.07

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Levi Kreis fought back the tears
when he sang this past summer at the closing ceremonies of the Gay Games VII at Wrigley Field. Opening for Cyndi Lauper, Levi felt he had come a long way in a bumpy ride of his life as an openly gay man in pop music.

Today Levi lives in Los Angeles with his hunky husband (who are legally domestic partners) and just finished his new album "The Gospel According to Levi." In his new album, Levi presents a broad range of musical styles, from barbershop boy bands to ragtime-infused gospel.

You might remember seeing Levi in the movie Frailty where he plays the younger version of Matthew McConaughey's character in Bill Paxton's directorial debut film about a man's confession to an FBI agent about how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders.

When we first talked to Levi he was touring with another FOF favorite, singer/songwriter Eric Himan. He had recently come out as a gay man and this past year he's been working hard to re-establish himself as a musician. Things are looking good, and so is Levi.

Take a good look at Levi's album art. We rib Levi over his album art designed by illustrator Joe Phillips who is best known for his luscious cartoons portraying the romatic life of REALLY hot young men. He makes everyone look REALLY good.

Don't think for a moment that Levi has lost his good looks just because he's using a cartoon to represent his album art! As you can see in the picture here, Levi is in the best shape of his life.

So much in fact that he's scheduled to play the stripper who finds his spirit in Dell Shore's film adaptation of his hit play Southern Baptist Sissies.

Sorry gals, he promises no full frontal nudity. Dell, can you help a brother out? Get those panties off!

Listen as we talk in-depth with Levi about getting married and finding the man of his dreams. Disappointed? Don't be. You might still have a chance!

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FOF #461 - It Came from Marsian - 01.17.07

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Marsian, Marsian, Marsian!
Before we boldly go into 2007, we need to take a thorough peek back at 2006 and examine the words, ideas and trends that shaped the past year.

Today we continue our "trendcast" with our in-house Walter Mercado, Marsian De Lellis. This guy is so psychic, he makes Miss Cleo look like Star Jones.

Listen as we talk about the unreasonable prediction that the human species will split into two in the coming millenia, digital fashion hacks, new words of 2007, and which celebrities will come out as gay in 2007. I bet you didn't see this one coming!

Marsian's biggest prediction for 2007 is that Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump will be paired at an awards show as best friends. I believe it.

Marsian does an uncanny Rosie O'Donnell impersonation a la "Riding the Bus with my Sister." You GOT to listen to this show to hear it.

Listen to part two of our "trendcast" for 2007.

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FOF #460 - Future Imperfect - 01.16.07

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Marsian De Lellis is in many ways in touch with something magical.
We're just not sure what that is, but in all his outlandish talk about full-body botoxes and Whole Foods Express at the airports, he makes a lot of sense. If you ask me, the guy's a freakin genius.

On today's show Marsian, our in-house resident Truman Capote, who just happened to be in town to promote the Handmade Puppet Dreams Film Series.

Marsian, Marc and I share our predictions for 2007, things we are just SURE that will happen. How do we know these things? Let's just say we're REALLY good guessers. We're the kind of people you want at a horse race.

What colors will people be obsessing about? Will the iPhone be a dud? Will it be used for good or evil? What kind of horrific plastic surgery trends can we see? Who will Jennifer Aniston be having sex with next? You can wait for the future to roll around like a boring person or listen to todays show and find out now! The far-distant future is now just around the corner, waiting inside your iPod (or Zune, Dell DJ, etc...)

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FOF #459 - Let Them Eat Cake - 01.15.07

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Marc and I rang in the New Year
drinking cheap champagne at a tiny little bar in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood, surrounded by trannies, grungy bikers and wholesome young folks wanting to have a good time. On the stage was "Big Girls Eat Cake" singing in the New Year with cover songs from Queen, Heart and Prince.

What better way to ring in the new year than by listening to the hot new up and coming band "Big Girls Eat Cake?" And boy, did we have a good time!

Before we started podcasting, the Feast of Fools was a live musical variety show that had it's own band, which featured on keyboards, Taylor E Ross, or as he was known on stage as "Blitzkreig Martinez" or "Link Pinks" and on the drums, the incomparable Aaron Smith. Click here to see the guys in action at one of our live shows.

Podcasting took a grip on Marc and I and these talented folks moved on to work on a whole slew of other projects including writing music for plays and starting new bands like "Flesh Hungry Dog" and "Big Girls Eat Cake."

Big Girls Eat Cake is great! They pull up some goodies developed from their past incarnations into a whole new delicious sound, grounded by the powerful and divinely bold (and single) Tracy Tyler as the lead singer.

Join us today as Tracy and Taylor (now know as Terry Diamond) join us to talk about their music, the legacy of sexual ambiguity in rock and roll music, "tanorexia" and are the Beatles on iTunes or not?

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FOF #458 - Screamgirls - 01.12.07

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We're just crazy about the new Dreamgirls movie.
It was so worth the wait. Just how long did we wait for it to become a movie? Well, at one point in time, Whitney Houston was even considered for the lead role in the movie. So that must have been at least 20 years ago, because nobody's considered her for anything anytime recently.

Miss Ronnie and Fausto are just so amazed at how spicy food makes Marc sweat. Marc explains that it has something to do with getting his wisdom teeth surgically removed. Somehow nerves were severed that confuse his brain and it sends messages to the skin to "salivate." You can read more about it here. Maybe someday we'll get Marc to a video of him eating chicken vindaloo. You will be amazed.

We chat about a millitary widow, Cynthia Summers who is charged with poisoning her dead husband with arsenic. The greiving widow has spent the $250,000 she got from death benefits on a boob job and wild parties at her home on the base. This is a woman, as Miss Ronnie says "with ambition."

Ooops! We accidentally left our instant messager on asking listeners to ask questions of Jim Verraros. Miss Ronnie was more than happy to answer the random questions asked by the listeners. Miss Ronnie shares her personal experince of talking with Jim on the phone.

We do a dissussion of music and how it has changed through the years. Was music more hopefull in days gone by? Has music become bitter? When did it change and how? These are just some of the topics we love to cover.

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FOF #457 - Cock is Cool - 01.11.07

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Everyone remembers the angst
ridden haunting music of 90s grunge rocker Kurt Cobain, but what you may not know is that he (and his widow Courtney Love) were very pro gay people who had a lot of gay friends and spoke out against homophobia both in their music and in their lives.

"What else can I say? Everyone is gay." Kurt wrote in his song "All Apologies." I read an obituary about the beautiful talented, soulful man where he stopped a concert once and was rumored to say "hey man, this is 90s. It's okay to be gay. Cock is cool."

In 1994, I thought it would be a great idea at the time to create a t-shirt with the slogan, and include a photo of myself and four other friends covered head-to-toe in body paint posing like Madonna. We thought these shirts would sell like hotcakes. They didn't.

So now over a decade later, we come full circle as my friend Jim Verraros, the openly gay rock star poses with a artifact from the 90s, my unsold cock is cool t-shirt.

In many ways artists like Jim represent how far we've come in gay visibility. Despite his struggles, Jim is open, proud and candid about his sexuality and his music is awesome! If you haven't gotten it yet, go to iTunes and listen to it NOW.

It's touching to me to see Jim wearing the t-shirt and feel the world isn't so bad when I hang around him and by beautiful partner Marc. Click here to get an exclusive vintage "Cock is Cool" t-shirt.

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FOF #456 - Now's Your Chance - 01.10.07

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Ch-ch-ch-changes!
Spring is just around the corner and change is in the air.

Our good pal Jim Verraros is going through a lot of changes in his life, and like all changes not all of them are easy to make or painless.

Even though we are at the cusp of knee-deep snow, I remain an optimist and refuse to give in to the winter blues! The only blues I need is the bottle of dye I put in my hair.

Right now Jim is pounding the pavement of New York City hoping to get cast in the Broadway production of RENT. We are rooting for you Jim and belive in our heart that if those producers know what's good for them, they will hire you and rename the Nederlander Theatre the Jim Verraros Theater. And for crying out loud, learn how to spell T-H-E-A-T-E-R like NORMAL people!

Listen to Jim V, Marc F and Fausto F as we read one of our hard-core fan's letter about the nature of relationships, love and being single. Will Jim get the role on Broadway? Can Jim sing in falsetto?

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FOF #455 - Burlesque Bombshells - 01.09.07

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Comedian Margaret Cho
is about to do something really interesting. After many years of making a good living as a standup comedian, she's trying something new.

Margaret is taking a risk and putting herself out there as a burlesque dancer. Not for the money, not for the fame, but for the pleasure of the performance itself.

Today we'll be talking to Red Tremmel and Jessica Halem who are busy organizing the Sissy Butch Brothers' new happening: "Gurlesque Burlesque."

Of course everyone knows Jessica from the show as the organic melon eating lesbian. But did you know that this year Jessie and her partner Red joined us on the very short list of Time Out Chicago's "Queers that made our city better in ’06?"

They made the list both for their outstanding activist work, artistic contributions, and because they are fabulous lesbians.

Join Jessica and Red and Marc and Fausto as we have a gay couple pow wow, talking about the history of burlesque, how to motivate your local community into action and what do trannies really want?

Listen to the show for details on how you can win a pair of tickets to Saturdays Gurlesque Burlesque show!

GO SEE:The Sissy Butch Brothers' "Gurlesque Burlesque"
with Margaret Cho • Julie Atlas Muz Miss Exotic World 2006/07
Satan's Angel • Miss Indigo Blue • Harlem Shake's Alotta Boutté
Nomy Lamm • from NYC La Divina Cucina and the very best of Chicago's burlesque, including Jessica Halem as your Mistress of Ceremonies

Michelle L'amour Miss Exotic World 2005/06, Claire de Lune, Dic Cheney, Honey Maker, iconoclash, La Kaj, Miss VonLIVID, Muff Daddy, notorious CHOcha, Sage, Sassbox, Surgeon Scofflaw, Tamale, Teena Angst, the c*nt, and Chicago Drag Kings.
DJ Reaganomix after the 10 pm show • ASL Interpretation @ 7pm show

Saturday January 13, 2007
Two shows: 7pm, 10pm
Click here to buy Tickets!

It's all that and a bag of spicy jalapeño kettle chips- the Feast of Fools.

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FOF #454 - Julie Loyd Delivers - 01.08.07

Podcast
Singer and songwriter Julie Loyd
says she lives in Chicago, but in many respects her home is the open road.

Today we have the lucky chance of being able to talk to Julie Loyd in person about her music, her fans and why she enjoys traveling so much.

Known for her albums "Fate Says He's Sorry" and "The Waiting Room" Julie Loyd captures a modern traveler's spirit in her music as she spends a good part of the year traveling from town to town serenading the good people of America with her special warm sound and caramel rich voice. The woman does over 170 shows a year! Almost as many podcasts as we put out.

Respect! That's a lot of live music.

Because Julie believes in her fans and the magic of the live experience, her latest album is composed of mostly live recordings of the songs she most often gets requested.

Join Gregg Shapiro, Marc Felion and me Fausto Fernós as Julie sings live in the home studio for you the song "Fate Says He's Sorry."

Part of your daily requirement of fabulousness- the Feast of Fools.

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FOF #453 - Flip That Sh*t - 01.05.07

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"Babies, it's going to be all right."
There is something strangely comforting about listening to Miss Ronnie's catch-phrases, where she implies that problems have a way of working themselves out.

The "bomba atomica" of podcasting, the lovely BMW (Big Mexican Woman) Miss Ronnie is always coming up with delightful catch-phrases for the good people of the world to hold onto when times are tough.

Sassafraction. Six Footers. Inspect, Select or Reject. Our Husband. A Slice of Heaven in Oh Seven! You Have The Whopper and I Want It My Way. Make Every Day Extra-Ordinary.

Ronnie is full of it, (and by "it" we mean sassafraction) and that's why we love her so much.

Today Miss Ronnie debuts a whole new attitude and catch phrase for 2007, which is "Flip That Sh*t!"

What does it mean? Listen to today's podcast to find out and how you can use it in your every day life to fight back.

All the flavor, none of the calories- the Feast of Fools. Who needs anything else?

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FOF #452 - Got Over It - 01.04.07

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Could it be the Rainbow? Maybe it's Crimson and Clover?
Well, on today's show we continue Amanda Steinstein's "Top 27 Things I'm Over" for 2006.

At the top of our list is of course, Spam. We are a little xenophobic about our spam at the Feast of Fools. It's one thing to get spam in English, but when you are getting offers for Viagra in Chinese it get's to be a bit too much. Wasn't the language of the Internet suppossed to be English anyway? And, more importantly, how are we supposed to answer all those spam emails if we can't understand the language in which it's written.

Amanda wants everyone to know that she is over "cock shots" on the personal dating sites. She feels that if you want to date someone, the best way to do it is to use a photo of your face, and not one of your member, no matter how handsome it may be. Marc likens the surprise cockshot to being flashed in public. This leads to stories about flashing incidents and the motivation of flashers. have you ever been flashed?

We are also thinking about redesigning the Gay Flag. We are a little sick of the current one. Maybe something in Polka dots...... How would you reimagine the gay flag if you could?

We chat about the recent deaths of underwear super models Gerald Ford and Saddam Hussein. Yes, Gerald was an underwear model when he was younger and of course there is the famous photos of Saddam in his boxers. So it seems that underwear models come in two flavors-vanilla and mass murderer. Which one will Markie Mark fall into? Time will only tell.

We also give lots of advice to parents on how to raise their miserable brats. No, if you are a parent, we don't mean you, we mean the bad parents and their horrible children...not yours..er, well, you know what we mean....those brats over there.

Listen as Marc and Fausto chat with the amazing Amanda Sylvia Steinstein!

The podcast that's on the down low on your iPod- the Feast of Fools!

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FOF #451 - Get Over It - 01.03.07

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Because your kiss is on my list...
today we continue our slow news week, I mean our Week of Lists with part one of Amanda Steinstein's "Top 27 Things I'm Over With" for 2006.

Stuff you just have to get off your chest, annoying things like annoying people, useless laws, and ideas: stuff that pisses you off so much you're just over it.

Listen as Marc and Fausto chew the fat with everyone's lovable curmudgeon Amanda Sylvia Steinstein!

It's a bird, it's a plate of baked beans, it's the Feast of Fools!

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FOF #450 - License to Thrill - 01.02.07

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As we watch the odometer turn,
nursing our hangovers, it pays to look back on the not-so-great events of the past year as a way to learn from our mistakes and hope we don't repeat them in the following year.

"Moaners and Groaners" as we like to call them, is times we were left wondering "what were they thinking?" Times we were laughing at the ridiculousness of the situation, times we were hoping for something deeper, something better.

Then again, at this time of the year, its a REALLY slow news week. Oh sure, some scientist will make some outrageous claim after the holidays, some politician will make an outrageous claim (remember Bush's Axis of Evil speech?) but for now, Peace on Earth equals "List" based news.

So sit back and enjoy this week as we walk down memory lane of some of the silliest, funniest, strangest and most award events of the past year that made us giggle.

Also on this show, we name our "Gay of the Year" a person whose actions or inactions has stayed in our minds and made us reflect upon his or her actions time and time again.

Wait, don't click! Can you guess who that is? Who was your gay of the year?

For all aquaintence be forgot and never... how does that go? Aww heck, I'll just stay home and listen to the Feast of Fools.

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• Brokeback to the Future
• Clay Aiken on Good Morning America

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