Brandon Anderson and Jeremiah Clark- photo by Fausto Fernós

Even the Empire State Building got into the rainbow colored fun.

Despite the lack of floats advertising the latest cough syrup and mortgage refinancing services, the parade rolled right along and everyone once again discovered the true meaning of Pride. Stupid haters! Everyone knows if you want to stop any celebration, cut off the supply of booze.

Joining us today for a live music session are the hunky and delicious Jeremiah Clark and his pal Brandon Anderson who just wrapped up a 20 city tour across the country.

Listen as we talk with Brandon about lost love and Jeremiah tells us about his kooky southern mom Terry who named her dog Cooter.

Plus the hot news:

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been found guilty of trying to sell President Obama’s former senate seat. Jurors say it was tough to find him guilty because the grew to like him during the trail.

Cee-Lo Green dresses up in drag as Patti LaBelle for a tribute to the soulful diva at this year’s BET Awards.

Forced sex changes on baby girls in India.

A new genderless preschool in Sweden.

And a Russian cat gets caught barking like a dog.

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Comedian Lauren Maul- photo by Fausto Fernós

Comedian Lauren Maul does a lot of deliciously kooky characters- the naive Cindy Sunday can’t have any babies, no matter how long and hard she prays, cabaret queen Marilyn Summers doesn’t get just how bad her jazz standards are, and Connie Howe is forever stuck in the 90s wave of feminist stand up comedy complete with tragic fashion choices.

Today our favorite gal behind the felt puppet shows in Chicago’s hit comedy group, The Best Church of God, joins us to take a look at some of the reactions to Osama Bin Laden’s death.

Which celebrity seemed to know about the take down before the President? The biggest mindfucks, Fox news’ big fail and what exactly did they do with Bin Laden’s body, since no one wanted it?

Gary Weddle, the kooky man who vowed not to shave until Bin Laden was captured finally shaved his long, scruffy beard.

The new white iPhone isn't any thicker than the black one, it just lives in a better neighborhood.

The new white iPhone isn’t thicker just cause it’s white.

Cher talks about Chaz Bono’s sex change.

Justin Beiber gets egged during a concert in Australia, and then told to sit down on the plane ride home.

Rick Springfield wishes Jessie’s girl would pull him out of the drunk tank.

and Kellan Lutz accidentally goes shirtless on muscle beach.

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The wait is over, Tom Goss‘ new album “Turn it Around” hits iTunes tomorrow, but before that happens, we’ve got Tom in the home studio to play a live music session of some of his favorite songs from his new album.

Stick around for “Turn it Around,” you don’t want to miss this speical show.

Plus the hot news:

Target loses out to gay petitioners.

NOM bus driver and social media director comes out as pro gay.

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Tom Goss: iTunes

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You may not be instantly familiar with cultural visionary Allee Willis, but the songs she wrote just may be on your iPod.

Allee’s hit songs have sold over 50 million records, including Earth Wind & Fire’s “Boogie Wonderland,” The Pointer Sisters’ “Neutron Dance,” and the Pet Shop Boys’ “What Have I Done To Deserve This.” Allee even won an Emmy for her #1 hit, “I’ll Be There For You”, the theme from Friends, and a Tony for The Broadway musical version of “The Color Purple.”

But one of her most unusual musical projects was discovering the Del Rubio Triplets, the blond go-go boot wearing guitar trio, in real-life triplets, who became the toast of the late 80s camp scene for their funky appearances on The Golden Girls, Married with Children and Pee Wee’s Christmas Special.

You can feel Allee’s influence over the music and television of the 80s, but in the early 1990s she had the bright idea of bringing the music industry onto the Internet by starting an online social network — the music industry didn’t bite.

Listen as Allee Willis shares with us stories of her incredible career, her online Museum of Kitsch and her up-coming collaborations.

The secret history of the Del Rubio Triplets.

Her fearless alter ego- Bubbles, the “bad” artist.

What the music industry can do to survive.

And what is the real meaning of the song “Neutron Dance?”

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She's a very freaky girl, the kind you don't take home to momma.

When we told our listeners that we were going to Austin, Texas, everyone said “Bring back Christeene,” one of the trashiest drag queens in the Southwest.

The creation of Paul Soileau, Christeene rose out of the skanky waters of Hurricane Katrina like a greasy Venus floating in a garbage can.

She’s a lost child, with the soul of killer shark, chomping through preconceptions of drag and entertainment, and audiences everywhere love it.

Christeene just got back from from sold-out shows in Paris, New York and San Francisco. She’ll be performing at SXSW and her new video single “Bustin’ Brown” about the birth canal and the booty will be featured as part of SXSW Midnight shorts.

Join us as Paul talks about how Christeene is taking over his life and soon will take over yours.

Plus– Austin has a Queer Bomb. Dissatisfied with the organizer’s attempts to over-commercialize Pride, alternative LGBT folks started their own celebration, with many more to come. They aren’t terrorists, they’re just folks having fun.

Lady Gaga and Target part ways over the retail giant’s relentless support of anti-gay politicians.

A singer may face 20 years in prison for editing a video to make it look like kids were watching him perform a lewd song.

and Cosmo the toe eating dog is up for adoption.

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We’re just crazy for our pal Tom Goss, a former wrestler, who almost became a priest, and is now one of the rising stars in the nation’s gay music scene.

Tom Goss and his husband to be MIchael Briggs. We're not sure why they like miniature golf so much.

Join us as Tom plays us three brand spanking new songs from his upcoming untitled album and we take a look at how gay Christianity really is.

Tom’s been working with Dignity, the nations largest gay Catholic organization to rewrite the music for mass to make it hip, modern and very very gay.

But don’t worry, we won’t let him get too churchy on us!

Listen to today’s show for this and all the hot news:

The gold standard for insanity is gold. Ron Paul, the Libertarian Texan congressman fuels a decades old conspiracy theory that the U.S. government sold off all our gold, and didn’t tell anybody.

Lauren Bacall, restoring America’s deep rich flavor!

Police in Bosnia found the infamous girl who videotaped herself drowning puppies in a river and social media sites have been calling for her head after a video showing her drowning puppies went viral.

And Australians finally figure out the other meaning of the world gay, it also means fun! An school in Australia banned the word gay from the classic Aussie folk song Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree.

What are the scandalous lyrics that are threatening their school children’s innocence? Listen to today’s show and find out.

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All Hail Queen Joan, the boogie woogie queen from the Bayou! We are thrilled to have discovered musician Joan Atwell’s YouTube channel, Ivory Tickler Mama, where she plays love songs on her accordion to all the animals on her farm.

Think of Joan as the horse whisperer but instead of whispering to the horses she’s banging on her accordion and wailing out her favorite ditties to all the cats, dogs and cows.

Joan claims her menagerie of animals love her music and we do too! We love hearing her animals bark and moo along in a wonderfully wacky chorus to her music. It’s just a matter of time before Joan’s wild videos become a viral hit.

While her husband works a long hard day in a chicken processing plant, Joan also jams on the piano with her mom, who she calls momma Kat, or is it her cat named momma cat? We’re not sure.

Listen as Madame Joan talks about her creative life as a video blogger, eating beaver and singing telegrams as Elva, Elvis’ kissing cousin who taught him everything he knows.

Joan also pulls out the accordion and wows us with some great American classic tunes.

[Originally posted on 04.21.10]

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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.

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!

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Like many news and podcasting apps, the Feast of Fun app will allow people to quickly access all the fabulous shows and content on FOF with their iPhone. You’ll be able to interact with the site by submitting you own content, like comments or blog entries, directly from an iPhones.

[Originally posted on 01.15.09]

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1960s Hollywood sex symbol Mamie Van Doren can still kick it! Photos by Alan Mercer and others.

At one point in Hollywood, Mamie Van Doren, along with Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, was considered one the most beautiful women on the silver screen. The three of the them were collectively known as the “Three Ms” and shared a special bond of sexy sisterhood.

Always at odds with the censors during one of America’s most conservative periods, Mamie Van Doren was known as the Bad Girl. Viewed as too darn hot, Maimie was sidelined to roles in B movies where she could show off her shapely feminine form.

Yeah he was that hot. Taken in 1954, Mamie Van Doren might have been one of the few women ever to get her groove on with gay actor Rock Hudson. Photo courtesy of Mamie Van Doren.

Today, Mamie Van Doren is as alive and kicking as ever and has a fantastic new Country music album “Still a Troublemaker.” The album features a trio with country music stars Lynn Anderson (I Never Promised You A Rose Garden) and Linda Davis.

Listen as we talk with Mamie about her amazing life and she gives us a rare look at dating many of Hollywood’s Golden age hunks, and even Henry Kissinger.

What was it like to be intimate with gay hunk Rock Hudson?

What did Joan Crawford really think about Marilyn Monroe?

Mamie shares it all on today’s show, you don’t want to miss it!

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We all know people, who regardless of life’s circumstances, never seem to stop complaining. Well, instead of writing a book about their endless supply of bellyaching, some have turned to putting their grousing into a song for the whole world to hear.

That’s exactly what Finnish-German duo Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen did when they traveled as far away as Chicago to Singapore to organize regional choirs that come together to compile a list of complaints that will later be set to music and sung.

The complaints are mostly mundane and involve the everyday little things that get to you, but in some areas of the world where free speech isn’t the norm, the complaints are more controversial.

The Complaints Choir is like a modern day Martin Luther’s 99 Thesis, but instead of the complaints being nailed to the church door, they’re nailed into your ear.

Chicago blogger Mia Jones answered the call to participate in the Chicago choir where they sang lamentations about the public transportation system, out of town baseball fans and how everyone is a moron. She’s also featured in the documentary that accompanies the CD release of the Complaints Choirs.

Listen as we take a closer look at how to constructively deal with your own unhappiness and what it means to be truly heard.

Bye Liz.

Howard Stern may ditch Sirius in favor of iTunes

Words that will be overused in 2011.

And rest in peace, Elizabeth Edwards- a long time ally of the LGBT community, she posted her final Facebook update and died the next day.

Please vote for Feast of Fun in the 2010 People’s Choice Podcast Awards in the “Best GLBT” category and the top prize of the “People’s Choice.” We can’t win without your help. Thank you!

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Fist Me This Christmas – The Wet Spots: iTunes | Site

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Live music session with Levi Kreis - Marc Felion, Levi Kreis, Eric Himan, Jason Antone, Fausto Fernós

Nobody was more surprised than Levi Kreis when he won the 2010 Tony Award for Featured Actor in a Muscial for his explosive portrayal of the legendary rock and roll pianist Jerry Lee Lewis in Million Dollar Quartet.

It wasn’t that long ago that Levi was kicked off a Christian record label for coming out as gay. Ironically, it was that very label that hoped he would become a contemporary version of Jerry Lee lewis.

Those are Tony award winning flips over the piano.

Levi has a new album out and so does Eric Himan!

Listen as Levi Kreis joins us with his very own boyfriend Jason Antone and Eric Himan for a live music session you don’t want to miss.

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America’s Got Talent producers saw Amy as next the viral sensation to come out of the reality TV show and Entertainment Tonight even went so far as to hail Amy Armstrong as the next Susan Boyle.

Then, suddenly, without explanation, the producers passed on having Amy and Freddy appear in Las Vegas even though they were popular with both the judges and the audience.

For over 15 years, Amy Armstrong and Freddy Allen have been celebrated in nightclubs and gay resorts across the world for their hilarious mix of comedy, gay anthems and blue b-side songs.

A lot of Amy’s repertoire comes from her long time friendships with drag queens who dig up rare gems like “The Pussy Cat Song.”

Today Amy and Freddy join us to talk about life as entertainers in gay clubs, how having a good gal pal can help you fight the blues and Amy’s long time romance with Chicago drag queen TeriYaki- yes folks, they almost got married, if you can believe it.

If you’re in Chicago, be sure to check out their live show on Oct. 22 & 23 at the new nightclub the Mayne Stage.

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You wouldn’t know that the 1980s was one of the most conservative times in American culture by looking at the famous pop stars of the day. From Madonna to Michael Jackson, sexual androgyny was look that many musicians took to capture the imagination of the public.

Across the pond, Annie Lenox of the Eurthymics, Boy George from Culture Club and Pete Burns from Dead or Alive all blurred the lines of sexual expression and often made it onto the tabloids for what seemed at the time, an outrageous mainstreaming of drag.

One musician who took the tranny train as far as it could go, is musician Pete Burns, best known for his quarrelsome love songs “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” and “Brand New Lover.”

Since the 80s Pete Burns has been in the news for not just his music but for his extreme plastic surgery and emotional outbursts on reality television with his husband Michael Simpson.

Today we’re talking to Pete Burns over the phone from who knows where? Maybe a piercing parlor where he just got a lot of work done.

Originally we had scheduled an entire hour for the in-depth interview but unfortunately we only got 8 minutes.

Enjoy it!

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Never Marry An Icon – Pete Burns (of Dead Or Alive):iTunes

Horse Meat Disco, Vol. 2 – Various Artists: iTunes

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In the late 1970s radio stations were in revolt, declaring Disco music dead, culminating in the notorious Disco Demolition night at Comiskey Park, a promotional event that backfired into a full-on riot.

“Disco Sucks” became the battle cry against the decadence of the club scene, its association with gay culture and because the music genre was overexposed- people got sick of the disco beat in bubble gum ads and celebrity vanity records- even the gay robots from Star Wars had a Disco Album.

Out of the ashes of Disco’s demise, DJs in Chicago developed a new sound for a new generation which became known as House Music. This style became a hit in clubs catering to black, latino and gay folks, and is now what most electronic music is based on.

Today we’re talking to one of the pioneering DJs of House Music, Ralphi Rosario. Recently, the City of Chicago named a street after his DJ group “The Hot Mix Five” for their contribution to the international House Music scene.

Join us as Ralphi Rosario gives us some amazing stories about remixing songs for all the divas: Cher, Madonna, Donna Summer and even Jennifer Holliday.

Are celebrity DJs ruining everything? Wedding DJs and the role of drugs in dance music.

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Ralphi Rosario – You Used to Hold Me ’08 (featuring Xaveria Gold): iTunes

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There is a presence is in the room today! The spirit of Janis Joplin is haunting us in a very good way since we’ve been joined by her modern day equivalent- the rockingly awesome Jen Porter.

Jen is truly a powerhouse diva and one of my favorite local talents. A lifelong musician with a great set of pipes, Jen has performed a wide range of gigs. From singing the National Anthem at many Major League Baseball games to “sing-a-longs” with the Girl Scouts at the National Mall in Washington D.C., from large rock and roll venues to small intimate cabaret clubs- Jen Porter is a versatile woman, and not just in a musical sense! Wink, wink.

Known for her uncanny vocal resemblance to Janis Joplin (and looking a bit like a Posh Agent Starling/Jodie Foster I might add), Jen transcends her own soulful voice to create a modern, folksy sound that appeals to just about everyone. With a wide repertoire of pop covers and original music, Jen can hammer out pretty much any song you ask of her as you will see on today’s show.

Anyone got a quarter for her? She’s a human jukebox.

I love doing these type of shows. From time to time we bring some of the best musicians you may not know about and have them strut their stuff in our home studio, a sort of “unplugged” setting where their song and their voice stand alone and shine.

Listen as we talk with Jen about the music industry and why she prefers to be an independent artist, how she comes up with her original songs and being a third generation Girl Scout.

[Originally posted on Oct 31, 2007]

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Cass King and John Woods first started dating under the pretense of wanting to collaborate musically. The first year the couple met, they spent mostly discovering each other in BED.

The now married polyamorous couple turned their love for each other, sex and music into a superb act called The Wet Spots. Think of them as the sex-ed class you never had but should have had, reincarnated as a jazzy cabaret musical show.

Check out this hilarious video of their song “Do You Take It in the Ass?”

The Wet Spots’ music seems to be a delightful fusion of “Exotica” (post-World War Two Polynesian influenced lounge music), Cabaret, rock, and lots of sexy lyrics thrown in for good measure. This polyamorous couple bring in influences of Martin Denny, Yma Summac, Esquivel and Perez Prado into one hypnotic, entrancing, hilarious show about sex education.

Listen to today’s show as Marc and Fausto hang out in their swinging pad with these cool cats and talk about their show, taking it up the backside, how they met, bisexuality, polyamory, religion as a disease, why acid and syphyllus are making a big comeback, and why embracing sexuality in all its rich and colorful forms is so important (and fun.) Thanks to fab listeners Bradford from Durham NC and Jim Leija from Michigan for turning us on to them!

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Hello Kinky – The Wet Spots: iTunes

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It’s not easy growing up in a macho sports family of rugby players when you’re a gay man who rather be making music.

As a young man, Australian musician Brett Every had to beg his family to drop sports in favor of music.

And lucky for us! Join us as Brett takes us to the land down under for a live music session with songs about Rue McClanahan, gay sailors and finding your Prince Charming.

Brett’s on a Gay Pride tour that will take him to the UK, Finland and Germany. Maybe he’ll be playing near you.

Listen as we talk all things Australians- from pop culture items like Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Mad Max, Sydney Mardi Gras and Aussie Bum underwear to what tastes better, kangaroos or emus?

Plus what’ up with all the hot men from the land of Oz- Sam Worthington, Ryan Kwanten and Hugh Jackman? And do Australians all go around saying “A dingo ate my baby?”

Crikey, it’s a podcast.

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Brett Every – Camping Out: iTunes | Amazon

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According to Radiohead’s frontman Thom Yorke, the music industry is on the brink of collapse. Many established musicians are successfully suing their labels to become free from deals that have soured. Damian Kulash of OK Go and Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls are some of the many artists who’ve cut their ties to a label and are now free agents in the brave new world of the internet.

But for many openly gay musicians faced with discrimination, being Indie has long been their only career choice. Philadelphia musician Aiden James creates his own music and controls his own career. In essence, musicians like him are their own record label and they turn to their fans to finance their latest projects to reap the rewards firsthand.

But what about Lady Gaga?

It’s impossible to go to hear live music without a reference to the incredibly successful and record label signed pop star. Inevitably, someone in the audience will scream “Play ‘Poker Face!’” or “Bad Romance” but “Alejandro,” not so much.

Music companies closely follow Lady Gaga’s career not just because she may be the savior of gay men or even because they like her music, but they do want to see how someone signed under a big name record label like Universal Music can survive in the age of independence and the internet.

Join us for a live music session with Aiden James as he plays songs from his new album On the Run, and we talk about making it as an independent musician, questions from you and of course, Lady Gaga.

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Levi Kreis brought some southern sensibility to this Sunday’s Tony Awards when he won for featured actor in a musical for his portrayal of rocker Jerry Lee Lewis in “Million Dollar Quartet.”

We interviewed Levi as he had just moved to Chicago to perform in the trial run of “Million Dollar Quartet” the musical that won him the Tony. Congratulations! Originally posted on Oct. 9, 2008.

Raise the roof y’all! Levi Kreis is in the house and there’s a whole lotta shaking going on.

Forgive my corny pun, but the dazzling singer and piano rocker is in Chicago at the Goodman theater co-starring in the new musical “Million Dollar Quartet” about the legendary Sun records jam session that took place on December 4, 1956, when four of popular music’s most extraordinary talents (Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley) who were all in their creative prime, came together for a night of music that would help lay the foundation for rock and roll.

Levi Kreis embodies the rebellious musician Jerry Lee Lewis in the show and wows the audience with both his on and off piano acrobatics and the power of his raw, passionate voice.

In many ways, Levi is a lot like the musical legend he portrays- Levi was expelled from his Baptist University for questioning the Bible’s take on homosexuality and Jerry Lee Lewis challenged the moral code of his day. They both reject of their conservative upbringing while still embracing its musical roots.

Click here to get tickets to see “Million Dollar Quartet.”

When we last talked to Levi, he was on tour across the country with his new album “The Gospel According to Levi” and shared with us a frank look at his life and his relationships.

You’re in for a treat today as Levi super-soaks us with his music and his voice and performs live in the home studio his hits and new songs from his upcoming album “Where I Belong” scheduled to be released in January 2009.

It’s rare to find musician whose sassy personality matches their mastery of the piano and whose showmanship only helps to reveal
the power of their music.

He’s such a dazzling musician, charming personality and a whole lot of fun. We wish the show didn’t have to end, and neither will you because having people like Levi on the show is what keeps me personally going.

Levi is also giving away a free song from his upcoming album to all the subscribers of the Feast Blast- click here to subscribe.

Levi shares with us every delicious morsel of music that he has in his body, as he spends over an hour chatting with us about his unusual career and how he reconciles his religious upbringing.

Goodness gracious it’s Feast of Fools!

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All Hail Queen Joan, the boogie woogie queen from the Bayou! We are thrilled to have discovered musician Joan Atwell’s YouTube channel, Ivory Tickler Mama, where she plays love songs on her accordion to all the animals on her farm.

Think of Joan as the horse whisperer but instead of whispering to the horses she’s banging on her accordion and wailing out her favorite ditties to all the cats, dogs and cows.

Joan claims her menagerie of animals love her music and we do too! We love hearing her animals bark and moo along in a wonderfully wacky chorus to her music. It’s just a matter of time before Joan’s wild videos become a viral hit.

While her husband works a long hard day in a chicken processing plant, Joan also jams on the piano with her mom, who she calls momma Kat, or is it her cat named momma cat? We’re not sure.

Listen as Madame Joan talks about her creative life as a video blogger, eating beaver and singing telegrams as Elva, Elvis’ kissing cousin who taught him everything he knows.

Joan also pulls out the accordion and wows us with some great American classic tunes.

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We are thrilled to finally receive the trophy for our 4th People’s Choice Podcast Award for “Best GLBT Podcast” in the mail and to celebrate we invited songbird Melissa Young to come over and shoot the breeze.

Listen as we chat with Melissa about the iPhone Madonna app, the upcoming Madonna Glee episode and the unusual Facebook page asking for a million people to have Lady Gaga be the single voice for gays. Good luck! Right now they have 963 fans.

Hot news:

The other shoe drops in Twitter’s master plan as the social media giant announces they’ll make money by placing ads in searches and eventually into your own updates. Will users get a cut of the action or will we all become slaves to that little blue bird?

Lady Gaga reveals to a press crowd in London that despite her love of sexually outrageous things, she’s actually not having any sex right now, saying she wants to celebrate celibacy.

A British food retailer is using chemicals to turn male moths gay, to keep them from mating and destroying fruit crops with their larvae.

Liza Minelli is a woman of few words.

Mike Huckabee tells gay couples who want to adopt children to go get a puppy.

And we give a standing ovation to Billy Elliot the Musical, now running at the Oriental Theater in Chicago. The fabulous adaptation of the popular film features children ballet dancing spastically onstage, a cross dressing boy and a brave young man who dances for his dreams. Go Billy!

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Watch out! Christeene is driving her way to you.

Paul Soileau’s drag character is exploding across the South, exploding onstage with her back up dancers as they spill out a hot mix of raw sexual shamlessness and original rap music. Is it too much to say that Christneene might replace Britney Spears as the new pop sensation from Louisiana?

Today we continue our shows from the heart of Texas with gender bending drag terrorist Paul Soileau. Paul shares with us his journey becoming both the outrageous Christeene and his other drag alter-ego, the more conservative Rebbecca Havemeyer.

Listen as Paul chats with us about Christeene’s chaotic sensibilities, his videos banned from YouTube that are making sites like Funny or Die rich, and the crazy things they eat in the bayou.

Plus hot news:

A prankster overtakes WallMart’s intercom system, announcing “all black people must leave immediately.”

Ampo, Indonesia’s soil snack food, eaten for generations in the village of Tuban, really is soil baked into squares. It’s eaten as a painkiller and to improve the skin of developing babies. Will we see it at Whole Foods anytime soon?

And Prinny the little cat from Australia that learned how to swim.

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We had a blast talking all things Madonna with Melissa in September 2009 that we thought might enjoy hearing it again-

For almost three decades, Madonna has captured the imagination of the public by identifying where we needed to be pushed and ooh ooh, taking us there like a prayer.

Whether you’re crazy for her or annoyed by her expressing herself, you can’t deny the impact this beautiful stranger has had on all of us.

Today we dedicate the first part of our show to Madonna- the woman, the iconoclast, the musician.

Cabaret singer and Madonna expert Melissa Young joins us before she sets off on her own “Lucky Star” tour- a one woman show dedicated to the life and music of Madonna.

Madonna’s new video for her song “Celebration” does it right, featuring her die-hard fans videotaped at her concerts dancing to the beat. But the big highlight is the pop diva’s baby girl, Lourdes, all grown up and wearing the wedding dress big momma wore in her 80s video “Like a Virgin.”

Plus, Madonna’s gay brother Christopher Ciconne insults her latest hairstyle on TV- is he keeping it real or is he just really jealous?

Also in the news-

Terrible Patrick Swayze, Kanye West joke that’s involves Michael Jackson that’s making the rounds online

The touching and colorful promise to a dead solider.

True Blood Hunk for gay marriage.

Hollywood gay gossip from the 1950s.[via]

Nicole Kidman set to play a transsexual artist.

And we mourn the loss of musician Mary Travers and comedian Henry Gibson.

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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.

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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Melissa Young is a firecracker with a big voice to match. She’s teamed up with some musical theater kids to bring back Cabaret to Boystown, the heart of Chicago’s gay neighborhood.

She thought she was invited to perform a couple of songs and found herself hosting the entire show. How does the smallest diva measure up?

Join us as Melisa talks about her experience doing cabaret in Chicago and her fascination with the movie Breakin and Breakin’ 2: Electric Bugaloo. Did you know Jean Claude Van Damne was a break dancer in the tacky 80s film?

In the news:

Avatar on DVD will have a sex scene with glowing love!

Sarah Palin’s remix tape, courtesy of Howard Stern.

The tragic sudden death of Casey Johnson and the controversy on Tila Tequila’s twitter posts.

And the war on the obese, with hungry folks who fight back!

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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.

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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People go crazy during the holiday season. For many, the combination of family, religion, weather, money and false expectations can be too much to bear.

What to do? Today we’re joined by Marc’s divalicious gal pal Jenn Zias to talk about ways to make your holiday season less stressful and bring in the peace and joy.

Jen just came out with a new album of holiday music originals and covers- Christmas is Here. Listen as we play some highlights from the album and reflect on the hot news of the moment:

Tiger Woods sexy 3-way dream with two men and his addiction to sex while using the sleeping medication, Ambien.

Actor Ron Livingston sues to find the identity of the Wikipedia editor who keeps changing his biography to say he’s gay.

A Very Special Dog Named Christmas.

Adam Lambert is named by Barbara Walters as one of the most fascinating people of 2009.

and our Aretha Franklin Walrus Photoshop contest continues, with entries by Cristal Connors and Nomi Malone.

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Samwell, Marc Felion and Fausto Fernós - photo by Fausto Fernós

On the advice of a co-worker, Sam Norman, took one of his funny catch phrases and turned it into an outrageous song.

Just for kicks, he and his friend Andrew Swant made a music video for the song and it quickly went viral on Youtube, gaining millions of viewers and even the attention of actor Johnny Depp.

The song really went thought the roof when the TV show, South Park licensed it as a number for one of its characters.

What happens when your first video becomes an overnight sensation?

Today we’re talking to the one and only Samwell- in the flesh over the origins of “What, What in the Butt,” his future plans and his authenticity.

Believe it or not, some people think he’s a fake- just an actor hired by a marketing company.

In person Samwell is an easy going, witty, fun-loving guy who lives in Chicago and travels across the country to perform for his fans.

But- will there be a “What, What in the Butt” movie?

In the news:
All Bear Boy Band- Bear Force 1 take their last dump in the woods.

India offers voters the ability to choose “O” for other when declaring their sex in the voting booth.

NASA’s experiment to find water on the moon has turned out to be a “smashing” success!

When catch phrases go too far: Beaker’s “meep meep” banned in elementary schools.

And big surprise, Carrie Prejean has more than just one sex tape. How many sex tapes does a hateful, evangelical beauty queen need?

Feast of Fun is thrilled to be nominated for two prizes this year in the People’s Choice Podcast Awards! We are nominated for Best GLBT podcast and also for the top category of People’s Choice. Please vote everyday until Nov 30.

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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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For almost three decades, Madonna has captured the imagination of the public by identifying where we needed to be pushed and ooh ooh, taking us there like a prayer.

Whether you’re crazy for her or annoyed by her expressing herself, you can’t deny the impact this beautiful stranger has had on all of us.

Today we dedicate the first part of our show to Madonna- the woman, the iconoclast, the musician.

Cabaret singer and Madonna expert Melissa Young joins us before she sets off on her own “Lucky Star” tour- a one woman show dedicated to the life and music of Madonna.

Madonna’s new video for her song “Celebration” does it right, featuring her die-hard fans videotaped at her concerts dancing to the beat. But the big highlight is the pop diva’s baby girl, Lourdes, all grown up and wearing the wedding dress big momma wore in her 80s video “Like a Virgin.”

Plus, Madonna’s gay brother Christopher Ciconne insults her latest hairstyle on TV- is he keeping it real or is he just really jealous?

Also in the news-

Terrible Patrick Swayze, Kanye West joke that’s involves Michael Jackson that’s making the rounds online

The touching and colorful promise to a dead solider.

True Blood Hunk for gay marriage.

Hollywood gay gossip from the 1950s.[via]

Nicole Kidman set to play a transsexual artist.

And we mourn the loss of musician Mary Travers and comedian Henry Gibson.

Comment on today’s show using twitter- Include #fof1058 in your update for it to appear on the site. Learn more about hashtag searches in the Twitter Fan Wiki.

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