======================================== To listen to "This Way Out" online copy/paste into your browser www.outinamerica.com/arts/two.asp, use the OIA link at www.thiswayout.org, or click on AFFILIATE STATIONS for our 175+ local broadcast outlets ======================================== THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,047, distributed 04/21/08 via the PRSS Content Depot, Pacifica's Audioport, and free online downloads at www.radio4all.net and www.indymedia.org (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Folksy rockin’, classically bent, and topical tunes in the "Audiofile"; iTunes exiles homophobic hate songs; A 2-dad adoption strengthens lesbigay Israeli families, a Melbourne anchorman comes out, ex-cons outrank queers in the U.S. military, a "sexual bullying" study shows the need for the "Day of Silence," gay fans are relieved "As The World Turns" their way, and more global news = RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Israel further expands its recognition of families headed by same-gender couples by approving the adoption of a now-8-year-old Cambodian boy by a gay male couple and granting the child Israeli citizenship, and a gay male couple in the Australian state of New South Wales wins a discrimination lawsuit against a Uniting Church-affiliated welfare agency for rejecting their application to become foster parents solely because of their sexual orientation, while 62-year-old veteran Melbourne TV anchorman Peter Hitchener comes out; lesbigay enlistees discharged from the U.S. military under "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" are fuming over newly-released data that recruiters are admitting convicted ex-felons to fill the Pentagon’s depleted ranks; a new study suggests that "sexual bullying" in U.S. schools does more harm than other forms of such abuse, while hundreds of thousands of U.S. students, from middle and high schools to colleges and universities, participate in the 12th annual National Day of Silence; and queer fans of the U.S. soap opera "As The World Turns" celebrate a new on-screen kiss between "Luke" and "Noah," the show’s gay teen lovers, after protesting a more than 211-day absence of such televised lip-locks (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by JON BEAUPRE and DONNA ANN WARD). . . . 9:56 SEGMENT #2 - "Audiofile" billboard (over instrumental beginning of intro music to this segment) [:14] + Many queer activists are hailing a decision by leading North American online music retailer iTunes to remove from sale 3 notoriously homophobic "dancehall" songs that advocate the brutal killing of gay men. Buju Banton’s "Boom Bye Bye," Elephant Man’s "Log On," and T.O.K. ’s "Chi Chi Man" are no longer available at iTunes in Canada or the U.S. – in fact, any album tthey’re on has been stricken. Speaking from Toronto with "This Way Out" correspondent HEATHER KITCHING [from "Queer-FM" on CiTR/Vancouver, B.C.], AKIM LARCHER of Stop Murder Music Canada insists that it’s not a question of "censorship." His group has also targeted other "kill-the-queers" songs, but he thinks they’ve made a good start (with intro music from "One Love" by BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS) [8:46] . . . 9:00 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" ID by screenwriter/director C. JAY COX ("Latter Days," "Kiss the Bride"). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :06 SEGMENT #4 - A beloved duo (excerpts from "This House" and "Higher Ground" from WISHING CHAIR’s "FOLK AND ROLL"), a touring Californian ("Halo" and "Judy (for Shame)" from SACHA SACKET’s "LOVERS & LEADERS"), and a relative newcomer ("When Is It My Turn" and the title track from STEVEN FRANZ’s "SKINS & SHIRTS") are the entertaining artists in this month’s "AUDIOFILE" (with comments by the performers, hosted by CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE, and written and produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM/www.audiofile.org) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:13 = artist-supplied contact information = WISHING CHAIR SACHA SACKET STEVEN FRANZ miriam@wishingchair.com sacha@sachasacket.com steven@stevenfranz.com www.wishingchair.com www.sachasacket.com www.stevenfranz.com Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:27 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:52 ================================ * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," FOLKSY ROCKIN’, CLASSICALLY BENT, AND TOPICAL TUNES IN THE "AUDIOFILE"... I-TUNES EXILES HOMOPHOBIC HATE SONGS... AND IN OTHER NEWS, A TWO-DAD ADOPTION STRENGTHENS SAME-GENDER ISRAELI FAMILIES, A MELBOURNE ANCHORMAN COMES OUT, EX-CONS OUTRANK LESBIANS AND GAYS IN THE U.S. MILITARY, A "SEXUAL BULLYING" STUDY SHOWS THE NEED FOR THE "DAY OF SILENCE," AND GAY FANS ARE RELIEVED "AS THE WORLD TURNS" THEIR WAY. ALL THAT, AND MORE THIS WEEK, WHEN YOU DISCOVER "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] =================================================================== "This Way Out" operating expenses are funded by a grant from The Kicking Assets Fund of the Tides Foundation, VOLUNTARY "PROGRAM ACQUISITION" PAYMENTS FROM YOU, OUR STATIONS, and through tax-deductible donations from our listeners. 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