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Sorry, this bit isn't funny, just interesting. Perhaps.

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=276

This is a rather awkward summary of a much better articulated chapter I recently read in a book called Radical Son by David Horowitz which isn't online, so this shamozzle will have to do.

Basically, it's the story of the two sides of the argument over shutting down bathhouses in San Francisco in the early years of AIDS in the 80s. On one side, some peeps saw immense political value in the bathhouses and promiscuous sex (fuck I hate using words like "promiscuous" it makes me sound like Bronwyn Bishop). On the other side some saw them as public health menaces.

I'm well aware that in some circles David Horotwitz is a declared lunatic, and I ain't sayin' nothin' 'bout nothin' but I think it's at least interesting to consider that a) how we have sex is a powerful political act, and b) when and how to weigh up those politics against practical problems.

And c) I must admit, having largely missed them, I have a powerful nostalgia for the days when being gay was still a bit edgy. Sometimes I think all the bow ties and Robyn concerts in the world won't make up for that.

Also, if I'm late to the intellectual party, and we covered this at Uni  in the '90s when I was busy wearing happy pants and unsuccessfully dating women, sorry to have wasted your time, here's a heinous Jennifer Rush remix for your trouble:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk9fsGiN2Z0

Thanks to listener Gilla for putting me onto this shit.

There may be a Monday (or two) without a Poofcast before we kick off Season 5. If you have a Dear Talking Poofy query, now is the time to send it in before we record Block 13. You can post or message us on Facebook, comment here or email poofcast@talkingpoofy.com.au. If you ask for anonymity, you will be called Bevan.

Talking Poofy (Scott Brennan, Adam Richard, Toby Sullivan) present The Poofcast 74 (Season 4 Episode 13) Season Four Finale at Mannhaus.

Talking Poofy are embarking on an exploration of the leather scene, and the first step is buying an outfit so our three Cinderellas can go to the Amyl Ball. Join us for a demented shopping trip to Mannhaus in Melbourne's inner north to try on all manner of leather accoutrement. This is possibly the most chaotic mess of a show we've ever done. Bonus and Premium subscribers can check out a video of our trip to Mannhaus at the Talking Poofy website.

Huge thanks to the guys at Mannhaus for all their help, and for putting up with our malarkey!

WARNING The Poofcast contains adult themes, coarse language, sexually explicit discussion and  electric sex toys.

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So, this bit of work has been circulating on the emails of those in whose circles I move, this week:
http://www.beat.com.au/music/one-direction-hisense-arena

In summary, it's a fairly hilarious hatchet-job review of the recent Melbourne One Direction gig, from one of our free-hipster-street press. You know, the kind of smug inner-city newsletter that refers to "Sufjan" without further qualification and features a special micro-brewery liftout just so they can rate every single one "no stars (irony)".

This review is so boring, do you even need to read it? There will be a derisory reference to the proportion of teenage girls in the audience - tick - although this dude has the scuzzy courtesy to at least note that the fourteen year olds he's sitting next to are hot - nice one, Mister Kelly! There will be a reference to the manufactured, automated nature of the music - tick...

...and then the pubic hair thing. Always the pubic hair thing! Every time someone talks about One Direction, there's a quip about their  lack of pubic hair. Like that's the issue. "Did you know Mozart wrote a sonata when he was 9?" "Pfft. Skinner.". And in any case, you can be so sure? For all we know Harry's got a bush downstairs so furiously expansive you could hide Ewoks in there.

If this guy wants to be consistent in his criticism of a commercial act that shamelessly targets a specific demographic with formulaic music, why isn't he paying out on LMFAO, the gonzo ringtoners whose bullseye is a Gold Coast uni student wearing a surf singlet and gurning merrily on either his eighth beer or first half-pinger?

Let's play an amusing parlour game! Help this nubile young chap fill out his sign:

Get busy with your pithy Photoshopping and post your work to the Facebook page. Here are some I've prepared earlier, to fire your filthy imaginations:

 I guess you can click on them or something to make them bigger or something.

Talking Poofy (Scott Brennan, Adam Richard, Toby Sullivan) present The Poofcast 73 (Season 4 Episode 12) once again from a beer garden (and after several beers).

It's a cavalcade of guest stars in the beer garden at The Laird this week as Prue Lapse, Grunty MacFarkring and Jesus all pop in for a chat. We answer your questions in Dear Talking Poofy (email poofcast@talkingpoofy.com.au) about how to deal with difficult customers on an airline and should you tell your best fag hag that you've seen her husband on Scruff?

WARNING The Poofcast contains coarse language, explicit sexual discussion, adult themes and drunken homosexuals.

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Talking Poofy (Scott Brennan, Adam Richard, Toby Sullivan) present The Poofcast 72 (Season 4 Episode 11) guest-starring Paul Horan.

This week we take The Poofcast on the road to the beer garden at The Laird to discuss One Direction and The Logies. Mother Horan's Poofstory somehow manages to tie in Bob Katter and Norse Mythology. Plus, the most outrageous deleted scene you've ever heard.

WARNING The Poofcast contains coarse language, adult themes and sexually explicit discussion. 

PIC: Adam, Toby & Wes at the Peel as discussed in Poofcast 72

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Talking Poofy (Scott Brennan, Adam Richard, Toby Sullivan) present The Poofcast 71 (Season 4 Episode 10) guest starring Paul Horan.

Scott rips off a fart, Grunty cracks it with Adam Hills, Mother Horan's Poofstory covers Alexander the Great and Prue Lapse experiments with digital penetration.

Follow Prue on Twitter.

WARNING The Poofcast contains coarse language, adult themes, sexually explicit discussion and sexual harassment of a podcast recording taking place in the studio next door.

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 Yesterday I spent two Eurotastic hours with the delightful and dishy Hikaru Freeman at Joy FM, recording his Joy Eurovision podcast with him. Hikaru's a real Euro savant and it was great to talk shop. I taught him a few things about Norway and he really schooled me in Spain. We laughed, we cried, we sang a few choruses of Eres Tu and embraced.

Get into it here, I simply insist:

http://joyeurovision.com/2012/04/12/the-joyeurovision-discs-toby-sullivan/

The show consists of us discussing my "Eurovision Desert Island Discs" if you like. I had to choose 7 songs, plus Hikaru sprung a bonus track on me. And then in episode 2, we spent like 20 minutes riffing on this godawful Spanish piece of shit he'd dug up.

For those of you playing at home, here are the links to the actual songs:

Linda Martin - Why Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EakbBFYwDY
Chanee and N'Evergreen - In A Moment Like This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX7YoQ77fyY
Venke Knutson - Jealous 'Cause I Love You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koVTWBybYas
Pernilla Wahlgren - Jag Will Om Du Vagar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bljaYiFaeQ
Eric Saade - Manboy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtK7lsAdBos
Wencke Myhre - Ein Hoch Der Liebe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaT5jDSOIyE
Nanne Gronvall - Avundsjuk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX1nKSh2QGk
Svenne and Lotta - Bang En Boomerang http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19PempjBpVs

and in ep 2:

Las Supremas de Mostoles Erus Un Enfermo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj4M-S0zPOo

Talking Poofy (Scott Brennan, Adam Richard, Toby Sullivan) present The Poofcast 70 (Season 4 Episode 9) guest starring Nick Cook and Special Guest Star Wes Snelling as Cher.

In amongst the alcoholic claptrap that purports to be a podcast, we talk to someone who has tried being gay and found out that it's not for him and gone back to loving ladies, and Wes Snelling returns with his incomprehensibly lazy segment Wes's Word, this week involving strippers and Cher.

WARNING The Poofcast contains coarse language, sexually explicit discussion, adult themes and aggressive fag hags.

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Talking Poofy (Scott Brennan, Adam Richard, Toby Sullivan) present The Poofcast 69 (Season 4 Episode 8) featuring Paul Horan.

There is so much filth in The Poofcast as a matter of course, we don't really know how we can address the inherent ridiculousness of the fact that this is Poofcast 69 so we will carry on as usual. We deal with the fact that the last of the Talking Poofy crew has finally crested the hill to become a 40 year old man, and answer a couple of letters to Dear Talking Poofy (email poofcast@talkingpoofy.com.au) about similar issues. Grunty MacFarkring is offended by the crassness on display in the podcast he sponsors, and is threatening to pull all advertising from the show (as if The Poofcast is hosted by Kyle and Yumi). Also, Mother Horan returns with Poofstory to educate us all in the old school Hollywood phenomenon known as the Lavender Marriage.

WARNING The Poofcast contains coarse language, adult themes, explicit discussion of sexual acts and some rather distressing bloopers featuring Grunty MacFarkring.

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Talking Poofy (Scott Brennan, Adam Richard, Toby Sullivan) present The Poofcast 68 (Season 4 Episode 7) with guest star Dean Beck and special guest star Wes Snelling.

Wes Snelling's offensively lazy new segment Wes's Word returns and for some reason it devolves into a discussion of jock straps. Adam and Toby accuse Scott of being a bad friend before discovering a newly found love of leather. To get all the ins and outs of becoming leather queens, the boys put in a call to Dean Beck from Joy's Hide and Seek programme.

WARNING The Poofcast contains coarse language, sexually explicit discussion, and Wes Snelling's indifference.

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Talking Poofy (Scott Brennan, Adam Richard, Toby Sullivan) present The Poofcast 67 (Season 4 Episode 6) guest starring Anthony Callea and Thomas Jaspers.

Find out what Scott and Toby got up to while Adam partied away at Mardi Gras with recording superstar Anthony Callea, who is our special guest this week. (Toby could barely contain himself, it's quite embarrassing). We also catch up with another of Adam's Mardi Gras party pals, Thomas Jaspers who had a terrifying experience at a Mardi Gras underwear party. 

Keep listening after the end to hear a bizarre rant about the KONY2012 phenomenon (amongst other rubbish).

WARNING The Poofcast contains coarse language, sexually explicit discussion and Toby's naked obsession with pop music.

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Talking Poofy (Scott Brennan, Adam Richard, Toby Sullivan) present The Poofcast 66 (Season 4 Episode 5).

Scott in Sydney has written in to Dear Talking Poofy to alert us to the delights of the website Douchebags of Grindr. While mocking the douches and their ignorance, Adam gets a bit riled up about 'fatitude' and the way thin people talk to and think about fat people. Grunty MacFarkring and Prue Lapse reminisce about the old days in the beer garden at Wrong 'Uns and in another letter to Dear Talking Poofy, Tim seems convinced that his Gaydar is broken. Somehow, this leads to a discovery involving Katy Perry and the Hamish Blake Pillow Fort. 

WARNING The Poofcast contains coarse language, adult themes, sexually explicit discussion and Katy Perry lyrics.

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Talking Poofy (Scott Brennan, Adam Richard, Toby Sullivan) present The Poofcast 65 (Season 4 Episode 4).

We attempt to answer a letter from Tim in Dear Talking Poofy about his impending first trip to a gay nightclub with his teenage fag hag. This soon descends into a discussion of straight women in gay clubs and the bizarre door policies that try to keep them out, so we put in a call to Grunty MacFarkring to find out what his policy is at Wrong 'Uns. We get sidetracked into talking about Scott's school camp, which was way camper than one might imagine, and Is That a Thing? wonders whether 'wimming' is weal. Sorry, real. Is wimming real.

WARNING The Poofcast contains coarse language, adult themes, sexually explicit discussion and a character with a swear word for a surname.

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