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I have salami bloat.
The Gilmore Gang is the best tech podcast – they really know their shit.
George W. Douche gloats about killing people.
As an honest lesbian I have to go down to my manimalistic instinks and admit I’m glad Zarqawi is dead because he can no longer kill people for fun.
A fruit bowl would taste really be good with this chocolate.
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George W. Douche likes to make paper hats for chariot races.
The food here is very third world – although the homemade meat is good.
Congress hasn’t done a thing to restore the wetlands around New Orleans.
Cheryl Merkowski flew all the way to San Francisco with the Willing Warrior and then could not get in to Vloggercon – nobody loves Cheryl.
Zinka Milanov sings the highlights from Tosca – it itches.
Really been enjoying Chris Weagel’s videoblog at Human-Dog.com – check out his sister Sara’s feed.
Roger Small’s new intro for Pizza BlubberCunt.
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Too late. Bush’s approval rating went up 2%.
That is make me so hapi!
Thanks for playing the Xiu Xiu (pronounced shoe shoe) tracks I sent you. I love them. I have alot more music I can send you that I think you’d like – I also have the new Peaches album “Impeach My Bush” along with some Vashti Bunyan (a 1970’s folk artist who inspired Joanna Newsom, beautiful voice).
The Tosca album brought back heaps of memories for me. I was in a children’s chorus for the Opera Australia’s production of it about six years ago. Such a great show.
Great show, Romania really seems to be bringing out the quirk in you.
I’m really sorry about my audio comment being too long, in the wrong format, off the point (I was more reacting to Straight Chris) and with 17 fans whirring on my PowerBook, because I am a Mac-using Mac developer, you whore!
However, it did fulfil my ambition to get lamb-basted by Madge. How I LOL’d. 😀
Anyway, sorry for boring everyone.
I don’t get this shit from Miss Penang. She thinks I’m cute.
Can I comment on your comment for a second? I totally disagree with you. I understand that using the word “gay” as a replacement for “bad” or “lame” within most contexts isn’t usually directed at any individual in particular but at the same time, it’s contributing to the continued marginalization of the queer community. By using “gay” as a euphemism for “bad” little by little the two words will become synonymous with each other and over time not many people will be able to tell the difference. Think about it. Even if it’s not directed at any gay person, by saying something like “that ringtone is gay, i hate it” – homosexuality is being put on the same level as what a person dislikes. As for “choosing battles” I think every little thing helps. This is a small problem but with huge consequences.
Plus it’s just plain fucktarded and makes no sense in any context. It’s like saying “I hate the essay I’m working on, it’s so Asian.” I mean, what does that even MEAN?
Matt, I actually agree with you in that using gay as a euphemism for bad is clearly wrong, but I admit I’m no longer sure whether it’s worth making a fuss about incidents where the intention isn’t homophobic.
Then again, I was (still am) furious that Adam Curry deflected this very issue during the time of the whole “faggots on XM” rant and that’s probably where the caution has come in. I would hate another opportunity to be wasted because it didn’t quite hit the mark.
If I had made my comment snappier so Madge didn’t cut it off you would have heard me finish by contradicting everything I had said by saying that because it was Chris Moyles, whose morning show is very popular, the issue got quite a bit of attention thanks to someone complaining about it and that had to be A Good Thing, which actually proves your point.
You’re both retarded, and gay.
Look who’s talking, Mary.
There is a point that’s being missed here, re: Chris Moyles. Moyles’ act is that of a naughty schoolboy, there is no valid comparison to Howard Stern.
Moyles also has a gay team member, Aled, who is featured on every show. Just this week they did a whole segment about Aled and his boyfriend losing their airline tickets when the show was on their way to The World Cup. The Moyles Show and Radio 1, in general, is very gay friendly; the afternoon/drive time show is hosted by Scott Mills who was the first out gay DJ on a national radio programme in the UK.
I love Madge’s show (and still look forward to meeting up in Amsterdam, honey!) but Madge seems representative of a certain denial in the gay community in the U.S. Namely, their penchant for dismissing the strides the gay community has made in Great Britain.
We have civil unions (The Civil Union Act of 2004), as of October 2006, The Equality Bill will be enacted that protects gays and lesbians from discrimination on a national level, we have had immigration rights since 1997 and just last week, two men were jailed for life with a minimum 28-year sentence for a hate crime that unfortunately resulted in the death of a young, gay bartender in 2004–a crime for which a very strong message has been sent that it will not be tolerated or treated with any leniency. Also, gay people are free to serve in our military and are not asked to remain in the closet.
Aside from small pockets of legislative tolerance, gay people in the U.S. have zero rights on a federal level–you don’t even exist. One can’t help but feel there’s a certain amount of displaced concern over a slangy adjective that has been used with full force on Keith and The Girl for well over the last year–and probably a lot of other media outlets in the U.S. It’s just so prevalent, you probably haven’t noticed. The usage is not exclusive to the UK and probably originated in the States and has been passed by teens communicating on the internet, would be my guess. It’s probably much more a case of the gay community’s failure and general impotence in the States that we now have to put up with a proliferation of this usage over here (in the UK).
And though I know Madge feels strongly about it–and I certainly respect her right to do so–it’s a little bit rich that someone who lives under the thumb of George W. Bush would refuse to visit the UK on moral grounds, due to an objection against Tony Blair. Believe me, I understand and object to him as well. But still, one can’t help but feel there’s some displacement going on here, a denial almost of the situation your own country is in.
Things are not that bad for gay people in the UK. Everyone is legislating for us, not against us and we’ve had major legislative victories over the last 9 years.
I don’t think there was anything untoward about Moyles’ usage of the word “gay” other than it is inappropriate to some. The BBC investigated the matter and returned their findings. (The BBC, btw, also broadcasts live from Pride/Gay Days–or whatever–every year, considering it Europe’s largest free music festival.) In short, we don’t lead a marginalised existence here and I’m sure we can withstand multiple meanings for the word “gay.”
To object is to sound a bit like those people who were pissed off when homosexuals hi-jacked a word that used to just mean “happy.” Now, aside from “happy” and “male homosexual,” it also means “uncool.” That’s a progress of sorts.
Or, dare I say it, it’s almost like those people who object to Madge calling herself a “lesbian.”
Cheers Madge, ya dumb whore. Keep in touch, l let’s meet up and maybe we’ll meet up on Skype some time. Love the overseas shows! xxx
Bonquisha?
Yes, it’s Bonqueesha….she spells her name after she says it. However, I like Bong Queefer better. How DOES one queef a bong? Let’s ask the resident expert……Cheryl?