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James flaunts a giant faux blood diamond. Randy is amazed that in 2007 there’s an Armand Van Helden remix of the Pop Tarts’ “New York City Beat.” Fenton unveils a framed blow-up of an Elizabethan-costumed James to be hung in the James St James guest room of his house – if there was one. Does Queen Elizabeth II have Sapphic tendencies? “She must,” says Randy. Annie Leibowitz and Susan Sontag. James is hot for Spidey. Fenton briefly deconstructs part of the Spider-Man 3 trailer. “The leitmotif of these movies, the shit that sells them,” he says, “is how they do the falling CGI scenes.” Kevin Spacey’s “a dreary screechy queen,” says James – plus he makes for a dull villain. Fenton and The Seam. Blake on American Idol! – OMG, he gave Bon Jovi a good name! Oprah with Jim McGreevey’s wife. Verdict: Oprah hates the gays. The Green thing. Vanity Fair‘s Green issue: How many trees did it use? Afraid-of-the-dark James, who sleeps with the lights on, fears he’ll be the first to get strung up by the Green witch-hunters. Randy describes his fabulously fabulous retro experience on Disco Night at Oil Can Harry’s in the Valley. People with tambourines! The Bump! Fans! Meanwhile, Fenton had been to Copycats in Palm Springs for an evening of “make-boylieve,” and saw a former Madonna “Vogue” backup dancer impersonating Michael Jackson. Steven relates a bit of Coachella gossip. And James closes the Pod Squad meeting with his disastrous tale of being on a panel with wheelchair-bound Warhol star Holly Woodlawn and ancient drag legend Flawless Sabrina (The Queen, 1967) at a seminar on the history of drag at Cal Arts in Valencia. Didn’t they know better than to leave drag queens alone in a dressing room with alcohol and makeup for six hours?