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*1 Burlington lesbians and gay men
should make themselves aware of Sam
'I(inison’s presence in Burlington on No-
ivember 2 at the Memorial Auditorium to
perform material from his new anti—gay,
‘anti-women, racist comedy album mar-
lleted by Warner Brothers Records.
‘ Kinison’s “Have You Seen Me
lately?” is the highest charting comedy
album of the past decade according to Bill-
‘board magazine.
The segment which has drawn the
il0St outrage is the following: “
« Safe sex? God damn those fucking
liastards,” Kinison shouts to a cheering
Lrowd. “Get off our backs! Because a few
‘flags fucked a few monkeys...they got so
‘iored...their own assholes weren’t enough.
lhey had to go into the fuckin’ jungle and
grab some fuckin’ monkey and fuck him in
in ass and bring us back the plague of the
80s. Thanks guys. And because of this shit
icy want us to wear rubbers? Do we like
ibbers, guys?”
‘ “No,” the audience shouts back.
“No, we hate’em,” he bellows, as he
zontinues to talk about “these

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fags...dropping like flies.”

Warner Brothers apparently had reser-
vations about this routine but decided to
release it with stickers on the album stating
that “some employees at Warner Brothers
disassociate themselves with this work.”

After outrage began building about the
album, a meeting was called between
Warner Bros. and a coalition of gay and
AIDS groups. The coalition demanded that
the record be pulled from circulation or at
least re-edited.

The record company decided instead
to insert an AIDS educational flyer in new
copies of the record. Activists say this is not
satisfactory.

Members of Gay and Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation (GLAAD), the Na-
tional Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (AC-
TUP) are brainstorming action plans
against Warner Bros. Possibilities include
a boycott, demands for a public apology
with Kinison present and substantial dona-
tions to a gay anti-violence, anti=defama-
tion or anti-homophobia group, and dog-
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around the country.

Actress Whoopi Goldberg and Moth-
ers Against Drunk Driving have also been
very active in confronting Warner Bros.
(Kinision asserts on the album that drunk
driving should be “left to the experts”)

Sales of the record are being boosted
by aheavily played video of the one song on
the album, a heavy metal remake of the
Troggs’ 1969 hit “Wild Thing,” starring
Jessica Hahn. Kinison is an ex-child
preacher.

Protests to Warner Bros. can be made
to the following address: Mo Ostin, Chair-
man, Warner Bros. Records, 3300 Warner
B1vd., Burbank, CA 91510.

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