European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Stars and stripes former los Angeles gang member takes Calls from the Street by Andrew Glazer the associated press los Angeles Curtis con fides in a quavering voice that Hes been feeling sad and lonely As one of the few College students living in a violent housing project Hes dialled up to Taylor a radio Host whose show has be come something of a group therapy session for gang members their worried mothers and others living in neighbourhood Battle grounds i love god but in where i hate life right says Curtis who does not give his last name As someone who spent most of his teen years in a West Side gang Taylor understands people will always Knock you for being you Knock you for doing he says youre the first one to come out of projects and go to College the first one to come out of your family and make something out of yourself youve got it bad Man nobody wants you to be listeners Call from their Homes cars or prison cells they use Taylors Midnight monday program on station v100fm to sound off about Street violence poverty and Fric Tion with police their 41yearold Bald Andetat toned Host is unlike most others on mainstream commercial radio his sandpaper voice some times trails off into chunks of dead air during his two hour time Slot his topics Are ill suited for stations scraping for advertising Dol Lars with Market tested playlists and Golden throated deejays it took three years for Taylor and his producer to persuade v100fm to give Taylor a forum the to Taylor show has been on the air for a Little More than a month station officials say they Are pleased so far his show is about whats directly affecting the Community and that something that Reso nates deeply with our listeners and connects us closer to the com assistant program director Talala Sharp said outside the studio Taylor works to develop truces and ceasefires Between rival gangs Taylor refuses to disclose de tails of his own previous gang ties fearful that doing so would somehow glorify his criminal past the father of four instead Ann v100 radio talk show Host to Taylor uses his show to Converse with and counsel gang members in los Angeles regularly offers anecdotes about his current activism and self re form one recent show followed an announcement of an ant gang initiative that proposes that los an Geles draft a list of the cites most dangerous gangs the Host opened up the lines to gang members who lambasted the plan they warned that gangs left off the list would feel slighted and try to raise their profile with stepped up violence its like listening in on a conversation that none of us would normally said civil rights attorney Connie Rice a guest that night youre not going to Only hear from gang interventionists you Are going to hear from shot callers in gangs calling from its not so easy for passengers to fall off of a cruise ship by Beth j Harpaz the associated press new York How hard is it to fall 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