======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20050530.rm or click on the PlanetOut link at www.thiswayout.org [our current show is usually up by Wednesday nights US Pacific Time each week] or check thiswayout.org for a list of our 150+ local broadcast station affiliates ======================================== THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #896, distributed 5/30/05 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) A renaissance of the Harlem Renaissance brings "Brother to Brother"; Humor, homage, and heartbreaks hum from the "Audiofile"; Another Saudi Arabian raid snares 92 more "deviants," global pressure forces Bucharest's mayor to ACCEPT GayFest, couples in Rome and Brooklyn demand marriage equality, U.S. psychiatrists support civil marriage but a White House honcho denies a federal worker bias ban, and more GLBT news FEEDS MONDAY MAY 30 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY MAY 31 from 15:00-15:29 ET on Pacifica's KU satellite; Also available online at www.radio4all.net and Pacifica's Audioport, and on postal-mailed audio CD to non-satellite/non-wired stations and to individual subscribers -------- AIR THE ENTIRE HALF-HOUR AND/OR USE SELECTED SEGMENTS ------- ALWAYS FREE OF CHARGE! USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! => RUNDOWN <= Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Saudi Arabian security forces raid a "deviant party" in Riyadh and arrest 92 men in a continuing crackdown on gays that has been forcefully condemned by Amnesty International and other human rights groups; global pressure and Romania's President force Bucharest's mayor to ACCEPT Pride, while activists in Warsaw, Poland claim they've found a way to maneuver around their mayor's ban of a pride march there; Tories on Britain's Westminster City Council complain about the "visual clutter" of rainbow flags flown by Soho's numerous lesbigay businesses; queer couples celebrate informal "pacts of solidarity" within view of the Vatican, while as many as 2,000 marriage equality activists cross the Brooklyn Bridge for the second annual "Wedding March", but New York's high court says New Paltz Mayor Jason West must stand trial for "solemnizing" same gender marriages last year in violation of the state's prohibition of such ceremonies; the American Psychiatric Association endorses civil marriage equality for gay & lesbian couples, but the Texas legislature okays an anti-marriage equality constitutional amendment for the state's November ballot and a Kentucky judge rules that a similar amendment his state's voters approved in November is constitutional; Maryland and Colorado governors each sign queer-inclusive hate crimes bills but veto (respectively) spousal healthcare rights and anti-workplace-bias bills, and White House Office of Special Counsel head Scott Bloch denies 20 years of workplace anti-discrimination protections for lesbigay federal employees; filmmaker Ismail Merchant, who during 44 years of both personal and artistic partnership with James Ivory produced several lavishly-staged adaptations of English-language literary classics including "Maurice" and "The Bostonians", dies at the age of 68; and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" wins five U.S. TV Daytime Emmys, including Best Talk Show and Best Talk Show Host (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to Graham Underhill, Rex Wockner and Greg Gordon; reported this week by CINDY FRIEDMAN & JON BEAUPRE) [10:45] + "Audiofile" billboard [:15]. . . 11:00 SEGMENT #2 - Last year a small film about a gay Black man won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for four Independent Spirit Awards. Its dual and intersecting storyline explores the spiritual link between a contemporary Black gay New York artist and the queer trailblazers of the Harlem Renaissance. Just in time for Pride Month, "BROTHER TO BROTHER" will enjoy its broadcast television debut on PBS and simultaneous DVD release in the U.S. in mid-June. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE shares some clips from the film and chats with writer/director/producer RODNEY EVANS (with outro music from "I've Known Rivers" performed by COURTNEY PINE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:50 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by ELLEN DEGENERES [:10} + A variety of musical styles with a delightful sense of humor (excerpts from "Hurricane" & "A Little Chocolate" from JAMIE ANDERSON's "A PROMISE OF LIGHT"); fan-chosen cover versions of songs with an appropriately-queer twist ("Sorry For Myself" & "Fallin'" from SKOTT FREEDMAN's "JUDGE A BOOK"); and musically-cathartic break-up ballads ("Silo Song" & "Cynical" from CHRIS PUREKA's "DRIVING NORTH") are served up buffet style in this month's "AUDIOFILE" (hosted by CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE and written and produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM) [6:55] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:05 =artist contact info= JAMIE ANDERSON SKOTT FREEDMAN CHRIS PUREKA 4201 University Dr. 1010 University Ave. #659 P.O. Box 1254 Suite 102, Box 417 San Diego, CA 92103 Northampton, MA 01061 Durham, N.C. 27707 skott@skottfreedman.com info@fauxpasproductions.com tsunamiinc@aol.com www.skottfreedman.com www.chrispureka.com www.jamieanderson.com Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:50 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," A RENAISSANCE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE BRINGS "BROTHER TO BROTHER", AND HUMOR, HOMAGE, AND HEARTBREAKS HUM FROM THE "AUDIOFILE"... IN THE NEWS, ANOTHER SAUDI ARABIAN RAID SNARES 92 MORE "DEVIANTS," GLOBAL PRESSURE FORCES BUCHAREST'S MAYOR TO "ACCEPT" GAYFEST, COUPLES IN ROME AND BROOKLYN DEMAND MARRIAGE EQUALITY, AND U.S. PSYCHIATRISTS SUPPORT CIVIL MARRIAGE BUT A WHITE HOUSE HONCHO DENIES A BIAS BAN FOR LESBIGAY FEDERAL WORKERS. 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