Last year, glitter rained down on the cultural and political landscape. The year kicked off with Glitter Day, the queer Kwanzaa holiday we came up with the celebrate the sparkle inside all of us.
Inset: Nick Espinosa, the man behind the Glitter Bombs. Gingrich gets showered in glitter.
With “Occupy” as the word of the year, we can expect to see more creative non-lethal forms of protest as more Americans get fed up with the corporate takeover of their political system.
On today’s show we predict what 2012 will be like by looking at the events and trends that made the headlines — last year.
Joining us is visual and performance artist Marsian DeLellis, known for his work with puppets and costumes. Marsian is great at picking out the crazy things happening around us and extrapolating them into the future. Think of him as the love child of Lady Gaga and Nostradamus.
Listen as we talk about- the Battle for the Internet itself. SOPA and PIPA, not an 80’s all girl rap group, but two horrible censorship laws aggressively being lobbied by corporate Hollywood to force us to watch their shitty shows and movies.
Discover daring new ideas: Glitterbrasion, Astroglittering, Skunking, Stop and Plop, Mission Accomplishedonistas, Pink Exodus and Fauxbitiuaries.
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Lady Gaga and the Forbidden Zone.
The transgender kids of Generation ZE.
Designer Fleshlights, Pepper Spray Lube.
And which predictions from last year actually came true- like Lady Gaga’s Thanksgiving Special.
Featured Music:
Haikaa: iTunes
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Great show, guys! Thanks for the shout-outs.
Yeah, I wanted to see the lighter side of the Libra tampon commercial, but when I first saw it I felt kind of put-off instinctively, and my friends (both trans women and cis women) shortly after were crying foul on it. Most people “got” that it was meant to be a drag queen and a bit of fun, but the angles they chose to play were too familiar in a painful way to the ways in which “real womanhood” gets policed, both between cis and trans women and within cis women circles (reproductive status is surprisingly important, it seems!).
I totally believe Gaga will do as you predicted. She’s done it so much already!
Gaga + 2012 = aluminum foil wigs (or at least metalic hair)
RE: Gay appropriation of “Bro”.
If Jeremy Piven uses it, then you know it’s Douchey.
Interesting predictions!
Thanks, Gabe! Which predictions seem most likely to come true to you?
Astroglinting!
Always one of the best shows of the year, boys.
Marsian, you’re always great on the show. Keep up the hard work.
I told you she was going to do a Rock Opera!
I’m convinced she listens to the podcast and does these things just to drive you guys crazy. Come on Gaga! Go on the Feast of Fun!!!!!! LOLZ
Good trend spotting, Marc! I forgot one prediction too: I predict that there are going to be Sex Toys with Hydrogen Fuel Cells that you don’t need to change the batteries for weeks. Apple has already taken out a patent on Hydrogen Fuel Cells for laptops and since all technological advances are driven by sex, its only a matter of time before they wind up in our sex toys. In a related trend, plastic fitted bed sheets will also see a spike in retail.
Your prediction about fleshjacks also seem to be true, they start to change the design and functions. According to an article of “Queer.de” there will be fleshjacks with a more discreet design.
(translated by Google)
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=15712
Do you have one?!?
No, I don’t have one but I would like to try it once.
Another future trend may be bio-computers which use actual slime molds for better information processing.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-japan-scientists-slime-intelligence-key.html
I think I read about that in the Singularity is near