THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #709, distributed 10/29/01 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) "AudioFile" music from 3 Marys, a solo Sonia, and the one & only Janis Ian; The life and literature of legendary gay author Felice Picano; A gay mayor and tolerance triumph in Berlin, Bavarian couples cream partnership rights resistance, a gay Brazilian dad and a Taiwanese trans- mom prevail in parental court rulings, South Africa apologies for census insensitivity to queer couples, Montreal to host Gay Games 2006 + more news "TWO" FEEDS via the PRSS EACH MONDAY @ 14:30 ET on A72.3*, EACH TUESDAY @ 16:00 ET on Pacifica`s KU band, is available online in mono and stereo MP3 files at www.radio4all.net, and is mailed on cassette to non-satellite/non-wired stations and to individual subscribers *==> Weekly feeds are scheduled by PRSS on A72.3 through June 2002 <== -------- AIR THE ENTIRE HALF-HOUR AND/OR USE SELECTED SEGMENTS ------ STILL FREE OF CHARGE! 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[no teases this week] . . . :40 SEGMENT #1 – NewsWrap: Berlin voters elect Germany's first major openly-gay politician, Klaus Wowerweit, to a full term as Mayor, while federally-established "registered life partnerships" will finally become avail able in the conservative German state of Bavaria; the parliaments of Britain and the Czech Republic each consider legal recognition for gay and lesbian couples; on the heels of California's enactment of expanded legal rights for same-gender couples, a new bill is introduced in the state legislature that would create Vermont-style civil unions, but a California state appeals court ruling challenging the legal status of gay and lesbian second-parent adoptions could threaten thousands of children there; however, in queer parental firsts for each country, a Brazilian court awards a gay dad custody of his 2-year-old daughter in preference to her mother, and a Taiwanese court approves an infant's adoption by his transwoman next door neighbor; South Africa's "Census 2001" apologizes to the country's same-gender couples for initially failing to count them; a gay Perth couple, Damian Meyer and Rod Swift, makes history as each becomes their party's candidate -- one for the Senate, the other for a seat in the House of Representatives -- in Australia's upcoming elections; as Sydney announces plans for the Gay Games 2002 cultural festival, Montreal is selected to host Gay Games 2006; and New York City's 10% Productions launches a million-dollar ad campaign for a gay male-targeted fragrance called Ten, while New Zealand's Maruia Nature Catalog is targeting gay male customers with thongs and nipple warmers made of P.C.-approved possum fur [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, JASON LIN, BRIAN NUNES, CHRIS AMBIDGE, REX WOCKNER, LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, and anchored by CHRISTOPHER GAAL and CINDY FRIEDMAN]. . . . . . . . . . 10:05 SEGMENT #2 – "AudioFile" billboard [:20] + FELICE PICANO is the author of more than 20 books, including best-selling novels like "The Lure", "Looking Glass Lives", and 1995's award-winning "Like People in History", as well as nonfiction works like "The New Joy of Gay Sex", and the literary memoir "Men Who Loved Me." This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE had a chance to chat with Picano about his life's work and gay life, including his most recent and semi-autobiographical novel "Onyx", his contribution to the anthology "Loss Within Loss" about his friend and fellow writer Robert Ferro, his membership in the famed Violet Quill Club (which included Ferro and other renowned writers like Edmund White and Andrew Holleran), and if he minds being called a "gay writer" (brief intro/outro music from "Everyday I Write The Book" by JALLEN RIX) [8:15] + "TWO" I.D. over outro music by EDMUND WHITE [:10] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:45 SEGMENT #3 - As we open this month's "AudioFile", alumni of two favorite vocal groups (The Flirtations and Destiny) unite in "political harmony" (excerpts from "It's Alright" and "Something Inside So Strong" from the self-titled debut CD by THE THREE MARYS), there's hootin' and hollerin' for a solo performer "Live At The Down Home" (the title of her third solo CD by disappear fear's SONIA, featuring excerpts from "Fallin'" and "Me, Too"), and a legendary singer-songwriter whose career has frequently been controversial (JANIS IAN) takes aim at "God and the FBI" (excerpts from "Play Like A Girl" and "The Other Side" from that tellingly-titled new CD) [hosted by CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE, written & produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM, and with comments by each of the featured artists]. 8:05 = contact info for the featured artists currently available = THE THREE MARYS SONIA JANIS IAN PO Box 655 disafear@aol.com Rude Girl Express Provincetown, MA 02657 www.disappearfear.com PO Box 121797 www.thethreemarys.com Nashville, TN 37212 mailjanisian@aol.com www.janisian.com Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:25 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:00 ----------------------------Please note-------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or *news stories* is encouraged to email Coordinating Producer Greg Gordon at TWOradio@aol.co ----------------------------- thanks! --------------------------------- STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", "AUDIOFILE" WORDS AND MUSIC FROM THE THREE MARYS, A SOLO SONIA, AND THE ONE AND ONLY JANIS IAN, AND A CHAT WITH LEGENDARY AUTHOR FELICE PICANO ABOUT HIS LIFE'S WORK AND HIS GAY LIFE... 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