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Monday, August 11, 2008 05:33 AM
Sorry for the posting delay of this latest podcast. Frankly, there was a screwup, and we'd like to put it behind us and commence with the synopsis: Randy unwraps but does not uncork a bottle of champagne that was a gift from the Oxygen net in appreciation of the spectacular ratings the Tori & Dean show has been getting. James is reading an oral history, if you will, of porn – and discovering things he never knew! Times Square in the '70s. Dollar-a-Lick, anyone? New York sex clubs. Hellfire. West Village clones. Christopher Street. Leading conversation back to present-day LA, James says that in his 30 years of going out he finally had a good time at Mustache Mondays – despite the fact that the entire bar was united in asking him to leave. Conversation veers back to New York in the past: Pizza-a-Go-Go, Area, the gay sabbath. Hillary back on the ballot? Does she want the GOP to win? Solange Knowles. Cazwell. Kathy Griffin and the problem with reality shows (the new sitcoms) in their third or fourth seasons. Margaret Cho. CNN Headline News!! The CBS morning show. Carla Bruni. The Dark Knight reviewed by James. Jenna Jameson pregnant. Mad Men. Breaking Bad. Big Brother 10. Secret Life of the American Teenager. 7th Heaven. Gossip Girl. Then, a surprise cupcake and a heartfelt chorus of "Happy Birthday" for James.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 08:10 PM
Big Brother 10, Wii Fitness, and Facebook are Randy's new obsessions. Fenton boasts Maya Angelou among his Facebook friends. James argues against it. Discussion. Randy and Fenton, who's begun reading Christopher Ciccone's book, imagine a documentary about Madonna's backup dancers. James, in that way he has, calls Ciccone a "tweaked-out meth monkey." "Madonna and her brother are not comfortable in their own skins," says Randy. What Michael said in 1997 about going on a murder spree when he's released from prison has come back to fuck him in the ass at his recent parole hearing. Can anyone joke about committing a gruesome crime and still be considered remorseful? "The parole board is not made up of fierce New York drag queens," notes James. Sarah Jessica Parker has had her mole removed. Like it even matters a this late date. Is Julie Andrews still singing? Celebrity Family Feud. Wipeout. Mamma Mia! Honey bees vs crows. Steven Corfe gets off with a warning. The New Yorker cover cartoon. The recession. James says he's broke now because of Indymac. Kate Moss on Vogue cover. Khloe Kardashian. Weeds. Jesse Helms dressed in drag.
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Friday, July 11, 2008 05:05 AM
James embraces the just-arrived-back-from-the-Arab-Emirates Fenton, who then commences to dominate the conversation with absolutely enthralling tales and vivid descriptions of skyscrapers, construction sites, sun, sand, and unimaginable wealth in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, using such words as "epic," "vast," and "touchable bubbles." Dubai's a place where you can reinvent yourself, he says. "It's the new frontier" that makes LA look like a village. Much later, he summons WOW producer and fellow traveler Jane Fitzgerald to divulge stories of Dubai's Star Wars-like underbelly of nightlife, with its hidden hooker bars and all-girl Filipino bands. Apparently, we'll all be living there in 10 years or sooner.
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 06:50 PM
Bizarre opening sequence, then Randy makes an entrance with a perfume demonstration. Cupcakes for Lindsay Lohan's birthday, courtesy of Lydia. Thairin, who sold 13 photos at his "Homo-A-Go-Go" show in the Gallery, pops in. When Randy asks him about his art, James answers for him, but Thairin manages to squeeze in where the photos were taken. Steven, it's revealed, wouldn't allow a photo of himself in the show. Thairin and Pam Anderson and their green disco bus ride to Vegas. Ali Lohan. Ashley Lohan. "Happy birthday to you" to Lindsay, then the cupcakes are eaten. Denise Richards, briefly. Madonna and A-Rod. Madonna has the vag of a 10-year-old, says Randy. (What did that 10-year-old get in return?) The Hogans. James' hectic soap opera-viewing schedule: Lydia says the same things are happening that were happening when she was watching in high school – Sonny's running from the Mob, Sonny's going to jail. And there's always a new Lucky. Oprah. Dr Oz. The woman whose husband set her on fire. Randy suspects Oprah doesn't know who's on her show until she reads it on the Teleprompter. Liz Taylor at the Abbey. Hancock poster deconstructed. Eddie Murphy and Eddie Murphy. Thairin says he rented Norbit – and laughed. Sylvester. Small Town Gay Bar. Cindy McCain on the cover of Newsweek: James calls her a fabulous bitch; Randy says "very Mommie Dearest." And, look, it's Pam in the latest Radar.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 08:46 PM
It's a shortish one, with the trinity of James, Steven, and Lydia to entertain you. Pregnant Jamie Lynn Spears vs Angelina Jolie. Summer staycations. Gaycations. James finds it creepy and wrong that Vh1 is repeating episodes of Hogan Knows Best which feature John Graziano, whom Nick drove into a vegetative state. The reality-show curse. Gay marriage: Why James doesn't believe in it. Gay divorcées for real. Michelle Obama on The View – about as far from Jackie O as you can get. Barbara vs Elisabeth. Gossip Girl. Kyle XY. Is the CW going kaput? Online viewing, etc. Weeds. General TV talk. Tom and Katie and Chace and Penn, oh my! Some celebrities who are rumored to be bald: Tyra Banks, Dolly Parton. the B-52s girls, Tina Turner. Say good-bye and... scene.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 09:56 PM
James revisits his thoughts on the Dina Lohan and Denise Richards reality shows. Cute guest podcaster Tim Hancock, head of development at WOW's London office, hasn't seen the shows, but is sure they wouldn't go over in the UK. Fenton points out that with the addition of Tim, the Brits are three to the Amercans' two at the table, and as a dual national he holds the deciding vote, if necessary. Tim explains how he got to know the US staff by creating cocktails to represent them. James asks Tim about his hair. Discussion. Fenton and Randy saw Jackie Collins when they were in New York with When I Knew, and were also on Michelangelo Signorelli's radio show. James deconstructs Signorelli. Everyone talks about the weather: lightning, tornados, wind. Dubai. Tall buildings. Work is fun! Imelda Marcos. Sex and the City. Indiana Jones. Adam Sandler as an Israeli hairdresser vs Mike Meyers as a Hindu love guru. Fenton remarks that the Pop Tarts' first single, "New York City Beat," is in the Zohan trailer. Robert Downey Jr. Chris Crocker. Celebrity Rehab. Rodney King. James names a number of things that Christopher Ciccone COULD put in his Madonna tell-all. "Ugly buildings and whores become respectable with age." The Kooks – "They're no Coldplay," says Tim. Walking with Dinosaurs. Randy's Wii Fitness. Fenton's Wii age is 82. Says Randy re Wii: "It's great for kids but also for middle-age queens."
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 09:53 PM
James raves about former club kid Michael Tronn's 20-foot-high genitalia on display at an LA gallery. The show, he says, is sold out. We suspect he might be exaggerating about the size of the works and the number of sales. James and Fenton go over highlights from the opening of the "Dial M for Madonna" show at the WOW gallery: the clamor of press and cameras, the benefit of turning off the air conditioning, James' advice to the bartenders to get shit-faced and naked. Chuck Close as a Gap model. Fenton's tearsheets from a book showing fans of certain celebrities: Snoop Dogg, Marilyn Manson, Madonna, Radiohead, Rod Stewart, Willie Nelson. Is Michael Alig responsible for Kim Kardashian's $25,000 fee for taking her photo with your cameraphone? "Celebrity's evolved to a unique level of pointlessness," says Fenton. He and James come to verbal blows over the content of Denise Richards' and Dina Lohan's reality shows. See Blake Run. Those Mayans and the crystal skulls. The years 2012 and 2014. Fenton reports on seeing The Police and Elvis Costello, which turns into a whole thing. "Rock 'n' roll," he says, once a young person's thing, "has become an old person's thing." Then he shocks James with his take on aging men vs aging women. Lydia brings out the "forever" burger from McDonald's, a science experiment she's conducting with Steven Corfe. The burger, bought on March 13 and left out untouched since then, hasn't deteriorated at all. A horrified Fenton says it reminds him of the foreskin of Jesus, which one of the popes "was testing for elasticity." And on that note....
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 08:41 PM
That new guy you don't recognize is Mick Kaczorowski, executive producer at Animal Planet, who happened to be in the office when the podcast was starting. And he happened to be in the office because he's working on a project with WOW, but no one needs to know that yet. He leaks that when Meerkat Manor starts up again June 6, Stockard Channing will be its new narrator. James gets started on American Idol. Randy wonders if David Archuleta and Michael Alig are an "Of Interest." Blue pants suits. Gayle's droopy surgery face on Oprah. Is Oprah so much happier now that she's back to being fat? Randy and A New Earth, his essential self, and Oprah. Tom Cruise and his scripted minions. Barbara Walters: her daughter, her book, Rosie, Star Jones. Sex and the City, the movie, its stars. Sarah Jessica's Lady Bunny hair on a billboard. Sparkle fonts! The Miley Cyrus ploy. The Kardashians. Gossip Girl. (Gossip Girl gossip continues uninterrupted as Randy and Mick leave the podcast.) Where in the World Is Matt Lauer? Will Perez Hilton be remembered long after Paris Hilton is forgotten? Obsolete communication gestures. Does David Archuleta know he's gay? Mariah's wedding suddenness seems suspect. And...scene.
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008 10:41 PM
Priscilla Presley vs Julie Newmar. Randy's not-from-Target grey hoodie. Dancing With the Stars. James sniffs out a gay behind-the-scenes affair. Johnni Javier, WOW creative director at the London office, calls and a transatlantic pop-cultural exchange of sorts follows. James brazenly brings up the G-word as only James can, courtesy of Whoopi "Goldman" on The View. The N-word and C-word follow in quick succession. Discussion. American Idol. David Archuleta. Carly. Jason Castro – a pot-smoker or mildly retarded? David Cook. "Jesus and Gravity." Mariah Carey: "She and Britney are back on the meds and everything's great," says Fenton. James remembers that Glitter the movie and album were released on September 11, 2001. (Google it!) Madonna's new single. "People's worst singles are actually their best," says Fenton. "Look at Paula Abdul's 'Vibeology.' " Randy tells of the many changes he went through while watching "4 Minutes" over and over. Madonna, the vortex, the self-referencing pop star. Randy admits, sadly, that Madonna is his cultural reference. George Clooney. Renée Zellweger. The Pregnant Man. The View. Kathie Lee Gifford on Today's fourth hour. James admits that Kathie Lee is his cultural reference. Autism, the musical. The Moment of Truth. Emile Hirsch and Lydia. Speed Racer. Janice Dickinson in that Orbit commercial. Lydia describes seeing Dickinson in the courtyard at the ArcLight. And all the while, Johnni Javier is still on the phone from London.
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 05:07 AM
On Easter Sunday, says Lydia, her mother didn't know how to use the zoom feature on the video camera so just moved closer to people. James isn't excited about American Idol, yet the subject incites discussion. David Archuleta's ass. The Australian. "God Bless America." Scots vs Irish. South Park – has it gone too far? Britney on ...Mother. Hulu.com. Priscilla Presley. DWTS: the deaf one vs the one without the leg. Helen Keller as a Vaudeville performer. Pop Fiction. Celebrities vs privacy. Swag. Should Paris Hilton get everything free all the time? "Celebrity economics are not based on need," says Fenton. James gets on an anti-hypocrisy rant. Advertising. Yacult. Raw milk. The Kardashians. Dexter. Blatant product placement on Smallville. "Electile dysfunction." "Dancing With the SARS." Hillary's lie. Randy at the Escort Awards, then at an event with Heidi and Spencer. Bobby Trendy vs Michael Alig. Dorks vs twinks. During the bleeping, watch James's lips carefully. All about "taint." A WOW office in Dubai? The Village People's "YMCA" explained. How did stories become viral before the internet? Are jokes started by Jews? King Kong on the cover of Vogue? Meanwhile, until next week, James and Randy urge you to watch Robin Mead on CNN Headline News from 5-9AM every day.
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Thursday, March 06, 2008 08:07 PM
Fenton, James, and Lydia convene in the conference room, where Fenton is fondling the Adult Video "Oscar" WOW received. "It was a big AVN year," James says, bringing up the Jenna James controversy. Oh, the crossover perils of aging porn stars. Crossover drag queens. RuPaul achieved his due to a "perfect storm" of events. "Talk to the genitals," Fenton says. James notes that there are nude pics of himself (when he was "young and cute") in the possession of old boyfriends, but they haven't downloaded them on the interwebs. Yet. Do we still care about the Oscars, or have they jumped the shark? James goes totally OFF on No Country for Old Men! Fenton wasn't fond of There Will Be Blood. They both lose it over Angelina Jolie and those Charlie Chan accents she does, for God's sake! Barbara Walters: her View interviews vs her Oscar specials. Oprah devalues her brand with Oprah's BigGive. The joy of seeing the Queen at home in Buckingham Palace. The Marc Jacobs documentary and the genius club-kid mentality of Marc Jacobs. James explains the story behind the Snuffalufagus controversy. Lost. Chace and JC. American Idol. Danny Noriega. Austin Scarlet. Randy, late to the podcast, says he loves the gays being gay. David Archuleta. Transamerican Love Story. Perez and the divas. And, finally, Randy and Fenton express how impressed they were with Freddie Prinze Jr when he stopped by the office.
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Thursday, December 06, 2007 08:30 PM
After watching the WOW podcast I couldn't help but start thinking about the word service. There are so many different connotations: performing a good service, in service, out of service, being in the service, faithfully serving, servitude, service with a smile, being served, getting served. And after thinking on it, I realized that Randy is right. I really am into service! Oh, and James, I prefer the term "Power Bottom" – but to each his own. (Photo: AguynamedWayne in the service; I was young and intent on proving how butch I was, lol.)
– AguynamedWayne
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