**************************************************************** THIS WAY OUT RUNDOWN for Program #617, distributed 01/24/00 (produced and hosted by Lucia Chappelle and Greg Gordon) "TWO" FEEDS EACH MONDAY @ 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A73.5 and EVERY TUESDAY from 14:00-14:29 ET on Pacifica`s KU band (also distributed on audiocassette by mail to non-satellite stations and individual subscribers) ON THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM New music by an "Angry" cast, a transplanted Kentucky poet, & a "boy/girl"; Activist Steve Schalchlin reflects on his epiphany at the Falwell confab; Anti-gay TV ad campaign targets California Latinos, Vermont lawmakers get a marriage history lesson, prominent Norwegian lesbian signs "out" with her partner, accusations and lies fuel Scotland's "no promo homo" debate, and other news from around the world; >>>> RUNDOWN <<<<< Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 SEGMENT #1 - NewsWrap: Anti-marriage Proposition 22 forces surprise with a subtle TV strategy targeting California's Latino voters; meanwhile, Vermont lawmakers get history lessons that teach how nontraditional marriage has really been, while the state's Roman Catholic Bishop vocalizes his opposition to both marriage and domestic partnership, countered by other Vermont clergy issuing a statement in support of marriage; over 850 U.S. religious leaders from some 25 denominations endorse a sex and justice declaration issued by SIECUS, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, calling for ordination of lesbigay clergy and blessing of same-gender couples; a committee of the California-Nevada Conference of the United Methodist Church will decide in February whether to bring to trial 67 ministers who participated in the "ecclesiastically disobedient" blessing of a long-time Sacramento lesbian couple a year ago; registering her partnership with book editor Tine Kjaer finally settles rumors about author and former Norwegian Minister of Justice Anne Holt's sexuality, though to activists' chagrin she still won't publicly discuss her lesbianism; accusations, exaggerations and lies fuel Scotland's continuing debate over repeal of the "no promo homo" Section 28; and Ellen DeGeneres will be playing herself ­ totally ­ in her new CBS-TV sitcom scheduled to debut in the coming Fall season [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, CHRIS AMBIDGE, MARTIN RICE, BRIAN NUNES, JASON LIN, REX WOCKNER, GREG GORDON & LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and anchored by CINDY FRIEDMAN and JON BEAUPRE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:35 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Schalchlin feature [:05] + Winners of 2 Golden Mike Awards just announced at the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California's annual festivities, CHRIS WILSON, PAM MARSHALL & CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM offer new music from 3 very different CD's on their current monthly edition of AUDIOFILE: the Grammy-nominated Original Cast recording of the rock musical "HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH", DUDLEY SAUNDERS' "Restore", and ANGELA MOTTER's "Pleasure and Pain" (with comments by "Hedwig" co-creator STEVEN TRASK, Saunders and Motter) [7:10] + "TWO" I.D. by lesbian "fumerist" Kate Clinton [:10] over fading Motter outro music [:10]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:25 SEGMENT #3 - "A Peace Activist is Born": Songwriter, musician, performer, and person with AIDS STEVE SCHALCHLIN (the writer and composer behind the off Broadway and Los Angeles hit musical "The Last Session") was one of the Soulforce 200 -- the group of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgenders and their supporters organized by Rev. Mel White under a banner of non-violent confrontation to meet with Rev. Jerry Falwell and his followers in Lynchburg, Virginia last October. Schalchlin brings his epiphanal experience to life in this excerpt from his on-line diary (mentioned in the outro tag as being at ww w.geocities.com/Broadway/1173, but now with a pointer to the relocated site at www.bonusround.com); produced for "This Way Out" by STEVE PRIDE (with excerpts from Falwell on his "Old Time Gospel Hour" TV program, and music from "Amazing Grace" performed by JUDY COLLINS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:20 CLOSING CREDITS/CONTINUITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:55 ----------------------------Please note-------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or NEWS stories is encouraged to email "T.W.O." Coordinating Producer Greg Gordon at TWOradio@aol.co ----------------------------- thanks! --------------------------------- STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", A SOULFORCE ACTIVIST'S EPIPHANY AT THE FAMOUS FALWELL CONFAB, AND NEW MUSIC FROM AN "ANGRY" CAST, A TRANSPLANETED KENTUCKY POET, AND A "BOY/GIRL" ... IN THE NEWS, AN ANTI- GAY TV AD CAMPAIGN TARGETS CALIFORNIA LATINOS, WHILE VERMONT LAWMAKERS GET A MARRIAGE HISTORY LESSON, A PROMINENT NORWEGIAN LESBIAN SIGNS "OUT" WITH HER PARTNER, AND ACCUSATIONS AND LIES FUEL SCOTLAND'S "NO PROMO HOMO" DEBATE. ALL THAT AND MORE THIS WEEK ON "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. 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