I've been traveling and fell ill on the two days I planned to finish the episode I've been working on. I should have something out by 11/24.

Wonderful Friends,

 

This message is possibly worth $10,000 to me.  I need your help. 

 

I am happy to announce that your votes helped me get to the final round of the FameCast competition.  As one of the five finalists, I was flown to Austin (where I’m currently typing this email) and performed a 12-minute set of poetry at Antone’s, one of the city’s most popular venues.  I’m writing you for three reasons:

 

1)      You can check out the video footage of me performing my set by going to www.FameCast.com, clicking on stage 9 (the spoken word stage), and clicking on my name and picture.  I think most of you will really enjoy the video.  This is TOTALLY UNLIKE any of the cheaply made videos I’ve made in the past.  This is professional (and I don’t mean in a hooker kind of way.)  I did a piece that makes fun of Paris Hilton’s incarceration, a poem about my father’s Alzheimer’s-related death, the ribbon magnet piece, and a poem about disease.  Unlike the previous videos, the finals video quality is amazing.  I also encourage you to check out videos from the other four finalists, including Da Boogie Man, Corbet Dean, Anis, and Talaam Acey. 

 

2)      I’d really appreciate your vote.  The five finalists will be battling it out this week online to see who gets the most votes for their video.  If I win the competition, I’ll be awarded $10,000! If you’ve already registered on the site, voting, as you already know, takes a few seconds.  If you haven’t registered, please know that registration takes only a minute or two, it’s free, and the site doesn’t spam.  Once you’ve registered, you can vote for me.

 

3)      If you enjoy the video, please encourage your friends and family to vote.  I will not be able to win this thing unless my friends work to promote my video and advocate on my behalf.  Ask friends at work to vote.  Ask you family members to vote.  Introduce people who you think might enjoy my work to the video and encourage them to vote.  In other words, my winning depends on my wonderful world of friends.  Pass me around, like a virus!

 

I know it’s annoying to receive messages like this; and I promise this will be the last self-promotion email you get from me, as there are no more rounds in the competition.  $10,000 is a LOT of money and could really put a large dent in my 6-figure student loan.

 

I hope you’re all having a fantastic summer! Sorry to bug you.

 

Best,

 

Ragan

New show is about halfway done. It will be posted by Sunday.

Sorry, kids. I had a good friend come into town last week and my mother's been in town all this week. I'm drowning in a sea of "AAAAAAAAAAAnywAAAAAAAAAAAAys." I should manage to pump out a new show by Tuesday. While you wait, please go to PodcastAwards.com and vote for you favorite LGBTQ podcast, whether that be Fox and the City or any of the other contenders. xoxoxo, Ragan

This year, the Podcast Awards have an LGBT category. If you have ever enjoyed Fox and the City, please take 1 minute out of your day to nominate the show for Best LGBT Podcast. PLEASE ONLY VOTE ONCE A DAY AND ONLY FOR THE GLBT AWARD. If you nominate the show in more than one category, the ballot is thrown out. The nomination form can be found here: http://www.podcastawards.com/index.php?option=nominate FatC's "RSS" is: http://foxinthecity.libsyn.com/rss New Fox and the City special coming in less than ten days! I'm over at April's. I don't have internet access at home until tomorrow. Expect a lengthy update then. Miss you and love you all.

Hey Kids, "Mighty Morphin Power Bottom," a new FatC special, appraoches. Anyone willing to make some art for the show. Feel free to take a picture from my Flckr account; there's a link at hometown.aol.com/utcooper/ragan.html xoxo, Ragan

Hey Kids, I'm almost done with the new special. Would one of you help me out with artwork? In a nut, I need a promotional flyer type thing that includes a picture of me (any up at the flickr site), the title of the special (Ragan Fox is America's Next Top Bottom), the date of the show's release (June 15, 2006), and www.raganfox.com. xoxo, Ragan

Ragan Fox is America's Next Top Bottom, a one-hour special of FatC, is coming! I'm about 1/3rd of the way done and, the more I complete, the faster I want to go public with the new work. Butt baby doctor says to expect the birth on or around June 15. xoxo, Ragan

From now on, please leave comments on the new Fox and the City forums located at http://xthost.info/RaganFox/

Rock and roll chick! Courtney love goes cuh-razy. Comment line 602 266 0825; email findragan@gmail.com; www.raganfox.com.