Porn Industry Regulation; History of the Singing Cowboy
Porn Industry Regulation
Did you know that the adult film industry is not regulated by the Department of Health Services? Production companies are not mandated to use only actors who provide a current certificate stating they have passed tests for HIV, Hepatitis and a range of STDs. At this time, the industry is self-regulated, with most studios requiring HIV tests, but not requiring tests for other STDs. Then there are the renegade studios that do not require actors to show any proof of a clean bill of health to perform on a set. Joining host Larry Mantle are guests Sharon Mitchell, founder and administrator of AIM, the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation, Tricia Devereaux, performer and DVD Manager for Evil Angel DVD, Dr. Peter Kerndt, Director of the Sexually Transmitted Disease Program for the County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services, and VCA Pictures producer-director Veronica Hart.
History of the Singing Cowboy
The 1930s, '40s and '50s saw the rise of a uniquely American performer: the Singing Cowboy in film, on TV and in radio. "Singing cowboys" grew out of real cowboys and traveling cowboy acts who portrayed the romance of the frontier to towns across America. Songbooks of cowboy ballads had begun to appear during the Civil War years, while ongoing westward expansion fuelled popular imagination of the lonesome cowboy taming the West. Joining host Larry Mantle is a modern singing cowboy, Douglas B. Green, author of Singing in the Saddle: The History of the Singing Cowboy (Vanderbilt University Press). Mr. Green, also known as "Ranger Doug" is a modern-day singing cowboy with the Grammy Award-winning group "Riders in the Sky."