Metro Times 02/19/1980

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= very neatly, is transferring the amount of money that we intend to increase the military by, billion. This is precisely the same figure by which we are intending to cut the domestic programs.

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ow, where have you ing raised. 99 Rep. John Conyers

N the brilliant columnists, economic experts, political writers that are busy writing all of these complicated, interesting, fascinating stories? You mean that I am the only person who what is really going on? Of course they know. That s what the whole thing is. And, notice nobody is talking about economizing in

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Interview with John Conyers, by Ron Williams

We All Have Immediate Cause, by Celine Belanger Machinists Charge Union Busting, by Pam Weinstein Briefs, by Michael Mariotte and Florence Walton FEATURES

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LETTERS

Your story entitled American Federal Confronts Squatters on the cover of the Jan. 22-Feb. 5 issue was excellent except for a glaring omission of a fact in the story. The writer did not mention that ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, was the community organization providing much of the support of the Tysinger family in their efforts to rehabilitate and move into an abandoned house. By way of compensation for your error, hope you will print the following information: Other people who might want to move into an abandoned house and fix it up, with the idea of becoming eventual owners, please call ACORN at 963-1840.

James R. Delcamp

SENIOR PROGRAMS

In reference to the article Senior Citizens Oppose WCCC Cuts which appeared in your Feb. 5-19 edition, I wish to make certain observations.

The overview of your article suggested that the cost-cutting plan at Wayne County Community College will severely affect a number of programs, among them the HUS Program, a special outreach project for senior citizens. As Assistant Dean for Community Services/Continuing Education at WCCC, I feel that the tone of your article may suggest that the college is somehow willingly sacrificing certain of its senior programs to meet its goal of a $1.8 million budget reduction.

WCCC has always sought to consider service to all members of its community, with special regard for minorities, the poor, women and seniors. To suggest that there

is a lesser regard for seniors would be wrong. We are presently considering the realities of how to deal with financial restrictions upon senior programs; of how to maintain or restore offerings which are affected.

It must also be indicated that WCCC s Board of Trustees did act upon a recommendation to reduce senior classes at extension locations. The recommendation was made by myself, approved by the college administration and the Board. The meaning of the recommendation was not to curtail senior programs but to relocate them, given our financial restraints.

Let-no one believe that cutbacks to any programs at WCCC are taken lightly by its staff or administration. As you know, this institution was founded on the principle ofeducational opportunity for all who desire it and this is still the case.

Jo-Ann Toy Wayne County Comm. College

HAPPIER, HEALTHIER

am writing to: agree with 81-year-old Elsa Zemene, who said in your last issue Older Americans helped build this country and something should be done for them. Thank you for writing that story. am 74, and | know that moving WCCC classes from senior centers to branch campuses does mean many older people won't be able to take classes anymore.

The older people know who take classes or have something else to be involved in are happier, healthier people. What kind of country stops caring about its citizens when they are no longer able to work? We gave this country the best years of our lives.

Emmett Marshall

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cause We all have immediate

by Celine. Belanger

We All Have Immediate Cause every three minutes a woman is beaten every five minutes woman is raped/every ten minutes a li'l girl is molested every day women s bodies are found in alleys and bedrooms

Ntozake Shange

Last spring approximately 1,000 women, men and children marched in Detroit as part of an international movement reacting to violence against women: Women Take Back the Night. Take Back the Night demonstrations originated in Rome four years ago and spread throughout Europe and across the United States with thousands participating. They were successful in all of England, including SohoLondon, capital of sexploitation.

In West Berlin torches lit the way

for -dramatic pauses at the marked sites of violent assaults~ against women.

The first march in the States took place in Boston. In Minneapolis task forces and neighborhood actions were formed. San. Francisco s_ effort fostered a major educational organization exposing violence in film and pornography.-Others were held in Philadelphia, Vancouver and elsewhere.

In Detroit last May 3, arally at Palmer Park featured Ntozake Shange s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf. in part performed by WSU Women s Theatre and a precision selfdefense demonstration by karate black belt, Jay Spiro, and her student, Yvonne Scott. Both were exceptional displays of the beauty and strength we are, recalls Catherine Daligga, a participant. Equally exhilarating was the interaction with

supportive bystanders and

The following letter (which has been edited for length) was sent to UAW President Douglas Fraser in January by 45 rank and file union members. Detroit Metro Times believes the issues raised are a valuable contribution to the ongoing discussion of the crisis in the auto industry.

Dear Brother Fraser:

As concerned laid-off and employed UAW members, we object to the International Union using our dues money for_ newspaper ads clamoring about foreign imports. We believe this $200,000 would be better spent educating and organizing our membership and friends to control the power of the Big Three auto monopolies at home.

We do not wish to ignoreShe realities of foreign companies having sliced off a huge chunk of the U.S. car market. However, we reject the International s view that this situation is the primary, or even major, cause behind the massive unemployment and economic insecurity haunting our members.

Foreign car makers are not succeeding here because of unfair trade practices or

workers in the northeast John R neighborhood, like cooks in their apron whites cheering. -The march itself gave the participants a liberating sense of our power as women, while it expressed our anger and our determination to have our freedom every night, everywhere.

The planning of the march was a collective effort requiring the work of upwards of 30-women during the month preceding. Even the _ philosophical-informational statement distributed at the rallywas collectively written. Support-

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disloyal consumers. Rather, they have struck gold in a dry-gulch economy because they have been producing the good. quality, fuel-efficient small car that GM, Ford and Chrysler refused to build long ago because it wasn't profitable enough for them.

Furthermore, we reject the idea that government-imposed_ trade restrictions, even temporary ones, on foreign importsoffer U.S. autoworkers any kind of real short-term or long-term relief.

We cannot see U.S. auto workers and taxpayers making sacrifice upon sacrifice to retool the industry without also retooling the corporate decision-making process that helped get us into this mess in the first place. What will trade restrictions have accomplished if U.S. and Japanese companies still dictate decisions concerning plant closings, shop floor. policy, distribution of profits and how new technology will be introduced? We must no longer tolerate the management rights of a few super rich to hand down life-and-death decisions affecting millions from behind closed doors with little regard for anything but what s good for company profits.

The union s ads should have been aimed at these powerful industrialists and bankers

ive men marched and poe child care. The issues that Take Back the Night were meant to dramatize have not disappeared since last May. According to Rape Counseling Center statistics, a study by Dr. Menachim Amir and the Federal Commission on Crimes of Violence,~there were 2,800 reported rapes in Detroit in 1979. Numbers rose in 1980. Most occurred between 9 pm and 3 am, particularly on Saturday. Of the 2,800, 1,204 were by breaking and entering, 98 involved rob-

who have been milking our nation s industrial base for all the dividends, interest, bonuses, expenses and other rip-offs they could get. We can only reflect bitterly over how much better off Chrysler employeesand the country would be if the UAW and the American public had the power to force the corporation to re-invest the nearly $400 million it paid out in dividends during the 1970s into modernizing its facilities and downsizing its products.

If the union had aimed its guns at restricting the export of investments by the Big Three, for example, thousands of jobs could be opened up: For instance, GM is investing $8 billion overseas during the next five years. According to analysts Robert H. Frank and Richard T. Freeman, each $1 billion of direct U.S. investment in foreign countries eliminates at 26,500 domestic jobs on the average. Thus,. restrictions on export of profits made here could pessibly. create some 212,000 new jobs in just GM s case alone. This is more than all of the JAW members on current lay off from all of the Big Three combined. What s more, GM and Ford are already producing more than 2.2 million cars and trucks in Europe while this country exports a mere 425,000 vehicles. If

bery. Rape by strangers numbered 1,012; 798 by someone they knew. Generally, rape is not a crime of impulse. Men convicted of rape were found to have normal sexual personalities, differing from the norm only in their greater tendency to express violence and rage.

Some statistics arere canmisientiy difficult to obtain such as those from Public Safety, Wayne State University s Crime Prevention Unit. Even the above-mentioned incidences may only represent 50% to 10% of actual cases.

On Jan. 31 a small group of women gathered at the Mejishi Karate Dojo (school) to assess the energy and interest in plan-ning an event this year. Results from the brainstorming were solid ideas for broadening the outreach and ' participation of coalition work, Still to be decided is whether the event will include a march,a speakout, an informational fair and, importantly, a community network-building session prior to or as part of the event.

The next open meeting for women to plan Detroit s second Women Take Back the Night March will be Sat., Feb. 21, at 3 pm, in the Mejishi Dojo, 940 W. MeNichols. Childcare will be provided. Call 571-4036 or 8755239 for information.

GM, Ford and Chrysler were forced to Build In America, this would do much to improve our balance of trade, strengthen the dollar and avert the inflationary rise in prices that would be the inevitable result of putting restrictions and a higher duty on foreign imports.

We, too, are concerned about re-industrializing America. Our livelihood depends on.it. But there are two ways of doing that. One way would create enough jobs to at least replace the ones that have been lost. Your way would not. One way would win auto workers and the American public more democratic control over basic corporate decisions. Your way would not. One way would promote international labor solidarity against the multinational corporations that play one country against the other. Your way would not. One way would help counteract the dangerous rise of racism and anti-foreign sentiments dividing our people and obstructing the unity needed to win. Your way would not.

Brother Fraser, if you decide to take the: lead in challenging so-called management: rights, we will support you 100% and sc will most. of the Labor. Movement and the: American people. The Union Makes Us Strong.

Conyers Talks About the Reag

by Ron Williams

DMT: Many observers see the new conservative Senate and Reagan administration as preparing to wage an assault on the gains of civil rights, anti-war and women s movements of the last 20 years. Is that what you are seeing in Washington right now?

CONYERS: think that is what we will see. The Reagan administration and their supporters are really no new phenomenon in American politics. They are the conservatives, the reactionaries who have now come to victory. They have won. This isn t some new form of political animal that we are confronted with. What we are confronted with now is that they are now in control.

remember when Nixon won in 1958, made some dire predictions. The predictions that made about Nixon didn t come to pass, because his paranoid tendencies and criminal predilections were exposed before he could consolidate the Republican national empire and that was interrupted. There was something else that happened. Nixon could not do all the things that he wanted to do to us because of a rather large and formidable Democratically controlled Congress and the continuing unpopularity of the Viet Nam War.

With Ford we had a different phenomenon. We had to override veto after veto against domestic problems. As a matter of fact, the Reagan administration has clearly re-examined the Ford regime to get their battle plan together. Many of these approaches are pages right out of the Ford administration.

Then we come to Carter, conservative, cautious, afraid half the time, with no real politicalideology, unable to feel that he would even want to consolidate the forces of liberalism and to energize and to politicize most of the people in this country. So he temporized, and he tried to. move to the right; and as he did so he made all the classic mistakes that compromising, liberal politicians continually make. So you have a liberal moving to the right trying to out-right rightists, and you can never do that in politics. It is a traditional thing that everybody thinks that they can be a little cautious and try to play the middle of the road, but if you are doing that up against a person who is talking serious rightwing politics, if the people are going to buy that, they are going to buy the genuine version of that.

The one thing guaranteed as we move into the era of Reagan is that there is no way the program that has brought him to office is going to work. We can be assured that that is going to fall asunder. If is an impossible andcontradictory mishmash of notions and harebrained schemes and blatant optimism, This - brings us up to what we are up against. The capacity of Americans to live from a week-toweek basis politically is still incredible to me.

I am amazed that people are not absolutely furious at the decision, with some gas and oil companies posting 200% increasesin a quarter before regulation. Now government lamely suggests that this will give them an incentive to produce more oil by allowing them to charge in many instances more than OPEC is charging for foreign oil. We will be paying more for domestically produced oil.

We can t see anything beyond this week s news as opposed to last week s news. We are trained that way. The whole media- summarizes everything to happen in the world inside the evening news. Most of the important things are never even mentioned, much less summarized. Nevertheless, we are continually blinded to anything that requires any long-haul consequences. say that because now, of course, as more and more people realize that the decision that was made by 28% of the eligible voters in America that netted Reagan 51% of the presidential vote is now going to have a very serious effect on many of the people who went in and stormed the polls and angrily voted Carter -out of office.

DMT: One of the first acts of the Reagan administration was the deregulation of oil and natural gas prices. How, in your opinion, will that move (1) affect inflation and the economy in general and (2) the auto industry in particular?

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CONYERS: The energy question, of course, is a microcosm of the economic woes and pathetic national approach towards dealing with serious economic problems. To think that tying domestic pricesof crude oil to the world price, which is set in effect by OPEC, is going to have anything but a horrible impact on the lifestyles of working people and middle-income people, not to mention poor people, is to miss the importance of energy in terms of inflation. Its been determined that at least six to eight points of the inflation rate are directly energy related. And so it is with some degree of unconcealed hypocrisy that all of these people who are chanting that inflation is the number one problem would turn around and deregulate oil and gas prices. In fact, that is probably the leading economic myth of our decade, because inflation is a symptom of the problem of a crumbling economic system. It is not the number one problem. You could cure inflation and have an incredible number of problems still remaining. But it has been repeated by enough

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people and editorialized enough and enough members of Congress have said it that even the Democrats have adopted it. am amazed that people are not absolutely furious at the decision, with some gas and oil companies posting 200% increases in a quarter before deregulation. Now government lamely suggests that this will give them an incentive to produce more oil by allowing them to charge in many instances more than OPEC is charging for foreign oil. We will be paying more for domestically produced oil. An incredible state of affairs which points out the hypocrisy of the earnestness of fighting inflation when we are allowing this most single inflationary item in our economic agenda now to go through the ceiling. It is not insignificant that the president s very first political act was to pike the deregulation of crude oil.

DMT: Programs such as CETA, UDAG, the Community Development. Program, EDA, impact aid, ACTION, DOE information programs and the Consumer Cooperative Bank are targeted for substantial cuts. What will the likely impact of such cuts be on northern cities such as Detroit which are heavily dependent on these federal programs?

CONYERS: They will be even farther decimated in terms of the modest progress that was being made before. You have to remember that we weren't doing all that well when these programs were being funded at their normal level. | argued that those programs even then were inadequate. So, what is going to happen is that we are going to experience an incredible deterioration of the cities in America. We are going to hasten all the ills and incidentally the flight that accompanies that. Of course, it is going to make even more desperate the municipal leaders who will have to figure out how to keep this all tied together somehow.

Housing is one of the great scandals in America. A multi-billion dollar agency and we are building so little low-co8t housing in America that it is a scandal. As in Detroit with our housing situation, it is a very typical situation. . Now in the transit area we have always been in this position even before Reagan. You have increasing numbers of regions finally getting mass transit programs together coming to Washington to a mass transit pot that is getting smaller and smaller. It is the most pathetic joke of all. As everybody starts realizing that we have overlooked for a generation the intelligent and rational development of mass transit in America, people keep coming up , with programs and there isn t any money to fund them. So in other words, we are now closing off effectively any possibility of intelligently dealing with the transportation needs of the majority of people. Continued on page 8 res Private Guitar Instruction by Frank DuMont

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MASS PICKETS CALLED FOR Machinists Charge Union-Busting

by Pam Weinstein

By most standards, it s-not a big strike. About 35 workers, members of the International Association of Machinists (IAM), Local Lodge No. 82, have been on strike against their employer, Seneca Electric and its sister firm, Seneca Control, since Nov. 15, 1980. Through the course of the 13-week strike, their members have dwindled somewhat, as bills mount up and foreclosures on homes begin.

The strikers are not eligible for unemployment benefits or welfare, although they can get food stamps. Its cold out on the sidewalk at 8300 Grinnell, on Detroit s east side. The picketers huddle around a small fire and tell what is becoming an all-too-familiar story in Detroit, once known as a union town.

He s hired scabs to do our jobs, explains Lou Bartulio, a motor repairman who s worked for Seneca for 21 years. We hear a lot of rumors some say he wants to shut the place down; others say he s just waiting for us to drop away, one by one. Mainly, he s out to bust the union, Bartulio says flatly.

He is 31-year-old Robert Fortunate, owner of Seneca Electric, man who describes his attitude toward union as neutral, and when questioned about hiring what he calls replacement employees, says that the law allows me to run my business. Fortunate reports midnight phone calls threatening his life ( What do you expect from a union? he commented), and says the union is being entirely unreasonable. He maintains he has offered the Machinists a 15% wage increase over three years and an improved benefit package. I ve even offered to open the books, he says, exasperatedly. When a local TV crew came by recently to shoot footage of the motor repair shop and the picket line, Fortunate likened his striking employees

behavior to that of the Iranian militants: They really started acting up once they turned on those TV cameras, Fortunate says. He claims $35,000 worth of property damage has-been done since the strike began.

The Machinists tell a different story. Stanley Glass, president of IAM Lodge No. 82, says Fortunate wanted a 5% wage reduction (wages in the shop range from $5 to $7.50 an hour presently), elimination:of Christmas holidays and replacement of Blue Cross/ Blue Shield with an inferior health plan.

Greg Blondell,. an electronic technician at Seneca for the last year and a half, told Detroit Metro Times We even offered to take a one-year extension of our old contract, and he turned that down, too! Both Blondell _and striking coil winder Pat Scott (two years seniority) admit that at first they weren t enthusiastic supporters of the union. The-strike has changed all that, Scott says, without the union, we'd be nowhere.

Meanwhile, with over 900 police officers in the city on layoff due to budget cuts, two of Detroit s finest sit across the street from Seneca Electric, their scout car parked in a seemingly permanent, 24-hour-a-day,

seven-day-a-week vigil, keeping a watchful eye on the huddled strikers.

Fifteenth Precinct Commander MacDouglas says he has made the assignment: When there s:a threat of violence, we are responsible for the security and protection of the owner s property. A Police Department Public Information spokesman admits such an assignment is not normally made, but to the extent we can, we help out.

A mass picket called on Monday, Feb. 9, turned out over 65 supporters of the striking Machinists. The response was so encouraging we had steelworkers, seafarers, farmworkers, students, other Machinists we've decided to do it every Monday. Anybody who supports unions and opposes union busting should come out and join with us, -President Glass says.

Its not a big strike, true. Not much publicity or glory or fun. And its cold out there on the sidewalk on Grinnell Street. But the Machinists seem grimly determined tg stick it out. They say they plan to help keep Detroit a union town.

WOMEN S RIGHTS DAY

WASHINGTON

Responding to a clear-cut threat to hard-won gains on women s and social issues, some 3,000 women twice the number expected representing over 80 organizations, rallied, lobbied and packed Congressional hearings in Washington Feb. 4. Billed as Wom__en s Rights Day, the event was called to inform the most conservative Congress and Administration in decades that women will not back down from their interests. At a rally in a House office building, much attention was focused on the proposed Human Life Amendment, sponsored by New Right activists Jesse Helms (RNC) and Robert Dornan (R-CA). The amendment would define a fetus as a person from the moment of conception, thus outlawing all abortions and even some birth control devices, such as the IUD. The women heard their congressional supporters, including New York congresswoman Shirley Chisolm and Baltimore Democrat Barbara Mikulski, predict that the amendment will pass this year unless a united women s movement begins applying pressure on their congressional representatives now.

The women were also told that their lobbying effort. should go beyond traditional women s issues, to include fighting budget cuts of social programs. Said Mikulski, Every issue is women s issue. We have too long been identified with single issues. A budget that gets balanced by cutting food stamps is a budget balanced on the backs of women. As long as military aid is sent to El \ Salvador and used to kill and mutilate women, foreign aid is women s issue.

Although right-wing anti-busing advocate Bobbi Fiedler (R-CA) predictably told the women to fight for realistic goals, such as fighting inflation, many of the women stated that codewords like realistic and inflation fighting are becoming merely the latest in a long series of euphemisms for attacks on the poor and minorities, as well as women.

Michael Mariotte

PETITION UPDATE

Two local citizens groups, the Michigan Coalition on Utilities and Energy (MCUE) and the Detroit Tenants Union (DTU), are petitioning for a change. Angered by - continued increases in utility rates, MCUE is sponsoring a petition drive to replace the three appointed Michigan public service commissioners with a five-member elected citizens board.

We feel utility regulations in the state should be made by people who are directly accountable to those directly affected by their decisions, said Eileen Haggerty, director of MCUE.

Citizen response has been overwhelming, according to Haggerty. Out of the 400,000 signatures needed to place the issue on the November, 1982 ballot, MCUE has: already collected 30,000. People are growing weary of seeing utility companies receive rate hikes while they must pay for the hikes, she said.

If the issue is placed on the November ballot and voters approve the change, the first election of the fivemember commission will be held in November, 1984.

Concerned citizens are urged to participate. If interested call 963-2465 or visit the MCUE office at 23 East Adams, Detroit, MI 48226.

The second group, the Detroit Tenants Union, is sponsoring a petition drive to get a new law regulating rent control in Detroit placed on the Nov. 1981 ballot.

The proposal calls for nine-member elected citizens. control board to regulate rent increases in the city. The law would limit rent increases to one half of the consumer price index or the inflation rate, said Vicky Kovari DTU member.

Our target is speculating rent gougers and absentee landlords who have no interest in the city, Kavari said. Hardship cases (buildings with special problems), new construction and owner-occupied homes with three or fewer tenants would be exempt from the law.

Interested persons can contact DTU at 963-3310, or drop by net office at 47 E. Adams, Detroit. Florence Walton.

The one thing guaranteed as we move into the era of Reagan is that there is no way the program that has brought him to office is going to work. . It is an impossible and contradictory mishmash of notions, harebrained schemes and blatant optimism. >

DMT: Food stamps, heating assistance, medicaid, child care, unemployment compensation, TRA, school lunches are also targeted - for cuts right now. At the same time that these reductions are being fashioned and presented in the name of reducing federal spending, there is a call for a large increase in. military. We are talking about 1.5 trillion dollars in the next five years. What impact are these increases likely to have on inflation, and who is going to benefit from this stepped-up government spending on defense? Are we getting ready for war? "

CONYERS: Yes, of course. There is no way you can continue this obscene escalation of war armaments and nuclear weapons and now exotic missile systems without eventually somebody using them, either deliberately or accidéntally. But, this question goes to the whole economic scam that is behind the premise that we must now enter into a huge economizing in the public sector. What we are doing, very neatly, is transferring the amount of money that we intend to increase the military by, which is about from 45 to 50 billion dollars. This is precisely the same figure by which we are intending to cut the domestic programs. Now, where have you read that? From all of the brilliant columnists, economic experts, political writers that are all busy writing all of these complicated, interesting, fascinating stories? You mean that I am the only person that has determined what is really going on? Of course they know. That s what the whole thing is. And notice nobody is talking about economizing in defense; not. a hand is being raised. All that these people are demanding is that people eat less and live less

well and do without transit and even do without police. This is the insanity of the whole economic theory that is now being pressed upon the American people. All they are doing is rationalizing how we can build up a larger military.

DMT: A real interesting thing that happened recently was that Senator Thurmond called for the repeal of the Voting Rights Actof 1965. On. what grounds doeshe oppose the Act, and is there any kind of organized opposition or is he sjust whistling dixie?

CONYERS: Senator Thurmond is a very interesting person now. The make up of the Senate has become so conservative that Thurmond is now a moderate compared to some of his new colleagues who have come in. But even in that environment, one had to smile if not shake your head sadly when it became clear that he would become the Chairman of the Judiciary, Committee, an irony of ironies. That the Committee charged with handling Constitutional questions, ___ framing the federal, criminal and civil laws, determining enormous human rights and first amendment questions would now fall under the control of the gentleman from South Carolina. That really has to be a watershed mark in - American political history.

Now with regard to civil rights, of course there are a number of states that are automati- cally still under the restraints of the Civil Rights laws of 65 and 68. There always has been an effort to get them out from under it, and it has taken great effort to prevent that. Now we are going to be with our backs up against the wall in terms of trying to continue the Civil Rights legislation.

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There is an implicit unfairness in cutting across the board. If cut 10%, that 10% is: a far larger loss to you than a 10% cut at the top.

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DMT: The President has repeatedly claimed that any cuts will be fair and felt across the board. The Black Congressional Caucus met with the President last week. I m wondering if you could discuss what was covered and the group s reaction. What was your reaction?

CONYERS: First of all, let me talk about these fair cuts across the board business. If you cut _across the board it can t be fair.-There is an implicit unfairness in cutting across the board. If you are down at the bottom of the economic ladder and you are cut 10%, that 10% is a far larger loss to you than a 10% at the top. The same way with this incredible tax cutting business. To get a 10% cut at the bottom is useless. Who will notice $100 or $200 which has been figured out as what the average person will get?

But if you are at the top, 10% of hundreds of thousands of dollars of. income really is big -money. So much for across-the-board fairness.

To me, thé Caucus meeting was done because Reagan desperately needed to attefpt to_ deal with the notion that his administration is anti-Black. This is the new Republicanism shining forth again. They know that they have got to extend their base.

One thing might say about the Congressional Caucus which is very important to me is that it is now more important than it has ever been since its creation 12 years ago, because it is now the single most progressive political body in Washington, single most. And if we are in fact the leading progressive unit in the govern: ment, we need to go beyond just arguing with a conservative administration. We ought to be defining where we ought to be going across the board. have been advocating among my Black Caucus colleagues that we become more internationalized. First of all, just as corporations are operating globally as a matter of course, we sit here with the largest automobile manufacturer on the face of the earth a couple

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of miles from us and they are planning on a world-wide level. So must progressive legislatures. Here we have Nestles spreading infant formula, still with complete disdain for the deaths and the suffering that it is causing. We have millions of, people still starving and famines going on in the African continent in which our best reaction is to collect some money and send over some cans of food. The whole thing is incredible.

Another position that the Caucus has to deal with is that after a dozen years of representing the black interest, the black needs, the black. view, the black position, all of a sudden we ve

S to the needs of the people who are living in the most different parts of this state. That is what we begin to see. The things that the Caucus is arguing for are central to most people s needs in America and here is the contradiction.

The problem is this: Why don t those Black Congressmen who are arguing these wide and central and basically fundamental issues to the American body politic, why aren t they being supported across the country? Here is the whole question of the reluctance of people to lay down the question of color and, of course, of the completely distorting lens through which all of our politics are analyzed by the media.

ce .ummediately after the election, where is Ted Kennedy now? Well, he is building up a machine to run for 1984. What is he going to raise as the central issues? Some more tired, beat-up liberal slogans. Where is the labor movement? Well, they will be supporting some weak-kneed Democratic candidate.

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stepped back in a moment s reflection and realized that these views are really consistent with the needs of most working people in the country. Indeed, ,when | went to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan there in the 11th Congressional Distict was the second highest unemployment rate in the State. So all of sudden the fanfare that was centered around the uniqueness of an inner-city Congressman who was Black going to the Upper Peninsula was not unique at all. The same programs that I argue for my constituents are desperately and equally as needed in a completely different geographical area of Michigan, in a different ethnically composed district. In other words, what was arguing was not unusual or radical or contrary

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DMT: Everyone seems to be on the defensive. Now we are goingto be focusing in on cuts and how to stop or minimize those cuts. I m wondering what form any kind of mobilization could take that would not only be able to hold cuts but would begin to reorder priorities in general. How can people get out of the context of cuts in the first place and start talking about priorities such as defense or domestic spending?

CONYERS: We can bemoan all the cuts in the programs from now until the publication of your next issue. We are going to fight them all the best we can, but the deeper and more important question is the one you ve posed to me now and I have a couple of thoughts about it.

There is nothing more disappointing in my public career than to see the weak and uncommitted liberal and progressive leadership that has emerged in this country at the national level. Very simply, it is the whole game of everybody personalizing their political career to see how far up the political ladder they can go. All we have had in my view in American politics is a succession of self-interested liberals whose concerns can never go beyond running for the presidency.

George McGovern, who was the titular head of the party, what did he do nothing. Ted Kennedy, my favorite of the Kennedys, tried to run a campaign against an incumbent democratic president without even raising any issues. It was only until he was forced that he began to surface the real issues. And then immediately after the election, where is Ted Kennedy now? Well, he is building up a machine to run for 1984. What is he going to raise as the central issues? Some more tired, beat-up liberal slogans. Where is the labor movement? Well, they will be supporting some weak-kneed Democratic candidate.

Here with millions of workers fed up, disgusted with the system, fundamentally exploited, and the labor movement says we can t form an alternative,that would be heresy. We can t do that. We'll let Winpisinger and a few others hang out there on their own, but we won't dare do what has been begging to be done.

We either stiffen the spine of the Democratic party to make it a reflective vehicle for working people and for senior citizens and for all the people who need government to operate effec-. tively, or we must form an alternative vehicle. And then they wonder why they lose their constituencies, why people refuse to continue to support a Democratic machine that can only say its less conservative than its political adversary.

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ESCAPING THE ELEMENTS: An Eclectic Tour of Area Hot Spots

by Amy Culverwell, Nicole Duncan and Warren Westfall

EDITOR'S NOTE: We sent three of our most intrepid correspondents into the frozen depths of February on a vital mission identifying some tropical hotspots in our own backyard, less than a plane fare away. Rather than aiming for an exhaustive listing of every non-membership public sauna, steam bath, whirlpool or hot tub in the area, we attempted an eclectic tour of winter warmups, guaranteed to shake the chill from your bones. Culverwell, Duncan and Westfall filed the following reports:

DEARBORN ATHLETIC CLUB

2145 Telegraph, Dearborn 274-2337

_ Picture yourself floating to the sounds of splashing water while calming music fills your senses. An expert masseuse smoothes your face and relieves the tension in your neck and back.

Peggy Northcott knows her job and enjoys giving a good massage. She will tell you where your stress points are and answer-any of your questions. For $3, you are her guest at the Dearbom: Athletic Club where you can enjoy the sauna, exercise room or the swimming pool before you ascend the stairs to the small but airy massage room. The massage itself costs $15. They provide a nursery for harried parents and plan to add masseurs to their staff so that men can also take advantage of this deal!

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FINNISH FAMILY SAUNA

26900 W. Eight Mile, Southfield 356-9523

One of the oldest saunas in the Detroit area, the Finnish Family Sauna is 25 years old. If you're feeling nostalgic, you can use one of the two original saunas still in use from when the facility was a small white farm house. The house has

been added onto and painted brown, but, as in the beginning, it remains a simply steam bath/sauna combination catering to families.

You can choose between a large or small sauna. Each sauna has a private changing area which opens onto a private steambath/shower which sepa_ rates_the changing area from the dry sauna. There are no frills at the Finnish Sauna, but the atmosphere is friendly and the facility is well maintained. The manager, Vince Moore, outshines the plain knotty pine and stone interior with his sincere concern for his clientele and -their well being. Rates are reasonable: Individuals are charged $4 per hour, two persons or more $3.50 an hour, and children under 11 are free when.accompanied by an adult.

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THE SCHVIIZ 8295 Oakland Ave., Detroit 871-9707

The Schvitz is Detroit's oldest bathhouse and has been a Detroit institution for 50 years. For its patrons, it is more than just a sauna: it is a place where they can 'go to take some heat, relax, eat and enjoy the company of both close friends and new acquaintances. Patronage to The Schvitz is a tradition, one in many cases that has been passed from father to son for several generations. Clientele run the gamut from professionals to business to media and sports.

Present owners, Carl Weiner and Ron Tomaszewski, have created a warm and informal atmosphere that defies you not to enjoy yourself. A general admission charge of $11 entitles one to use the whirlpool, steam room and plunge pool for an unlimited time. Massages are available for an additional $12. Not to be missed is the food. A basic fare ofsteaks, chicken, ribs, etc. is prepared by Eugene Toots Johnson who has been the cook

at The Schvitz for 50 years.

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Annual membership is not available to women, but the facility is open to coed groups of 20 or more on the first and third Saturday of each month. The second and last Saturdays are couples nights.

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WANNA SAUNA

2434 Rochester Rd., Royal Oak _ 543-7254

Clean white snow surrounds you as you lean against the redwood rub and count the stars in the clear night. The air may be chilled, but you are toasty as 94degree water swirls around, revitalizing you. Wanna Sauna is the only sauna in lower Michigan which offers both indoor and outdoor hot tubs.

The outdoor hot tub is communal, as is the large indoor hot tub. There are also smaller private indoor hot tubs where you can relax alone or with someone special. The rates are $15 per couple per hour for a private dressing room, shower, sauna and secluded hot tub. Although only fruit juices are served in the lounge, you may bring in your own beer and wine. S :

Wanna Sauna offers massages, a tanning program, hair styling and-a lounge complete with color television, pool table and an electronic game.

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WATERFORD HILLS COURT 6810 Dixie Highway, Waterford 623-9622

There s something primal about the sauna at the Waterford Hills Court. The moist, warm air, the dimly lit room, redwood paneled, the peace punctuated by the distant thud of racquetballs bounding off the walls of eight courts it s an opportunity to regress, to immerse yourself utterly in Sybaritic delights.

And you can do it cheaply. For only $3 a person, you get a private 8-by-10-foot sauna, moisture and heat control, a dressauna, moisture and heat control, a dressing room appointed with mirror, electrical outlets, shelves, hangers anda bench to sprawl on after your bones turn to jelly.

But everyone s facing hard times, right? Then, for $2.50 a head, sauna in the men s or women s locker rooms. Listen to the wall ball chatter, feel you ~should cover your genitals, dash 15 feet to the nearest shower, limit yourself to unisex company. is four bits much ofa splurge?

There s only one private sauna at the Waterford club, so make reservations well in advance. Anyone who saunas may use the exercise room outfitted with pumping: iron machines gratis. For parents, a cheery nursery with nanny is available for 50 cents per hout, per child. Call in advance to arrange for a sitter. Bring up to five companions. No questions are asked. =

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RON JOHNSON TRIO: Feb. 22, Cafe Detroit, 831-8820.

SOURCE: Thursdays, Cobb's Comer, 832-7223.

SPANKY WILSON & THE TEDDY HARRIS SEXTET: W-Su, Dummy

URBATIONS: Sundays, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374, DISCO

CARSON II: Tu, 882-5910.

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BILL MURPHY: Th-Sa, Ballads at the Crash Landing, 751-4444.

BITTERSWEET ALLEY: Feb. 19, Uncle Sam's, 538-8200. Feb. 20-23, 24 Karat, 531-2332. Feb. 24-28, Jagger's, Pontiac, 681-1701. March 4-5, Main Act, Rose-

Westland, 261-9640. RADIO CITY: Feb. 19-21, Bentley's, RO, 583-1292. March 3-4, Jagger's, Pontiac, 681-1701.

ROCKABILLY CATS: Feb. 19-20, Song Shop Saloon, 832-8032. Feb. 27-28, 3010. oe Sundays, Crash Landing, Warren, 751- George, 341-2700. ville, 778-8150. Lili's, 875-6555. 4444. Mondays, Jimmy's, Farmington, SUSKIND & WEINBERG: W, F, Sa, Cov BDOLE SKE: Five nights weekly,

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ALEX KALLAO TRIO: T-Sa, Top of the Pontch, 965-0200.

ANDREA CHEOLAS TRIO: Th-Sa, Sir Charles Pub, RO, 541-9593.

BESS BONNIER: Sundays, 1-4 pm, Detroit Institute of Arts Crystal Gallery, 832-2730.

BILLY KALLAO QUINTET: Tu-Su, Excalibur, 358-3355.:

BILLY TAYLOR TRIO: Feb. 20, Ford Auditorium, 224-1070.

CARRIE CAMPBELL & FRIENDS: Wednesdays; Cobb's Comer, 832-7223.

CHARLES BOLES: Sunday evenings, Union Street II, 831-3965.

CLOE MARTIN & THE JOHNNY GRIF-FITH TRIO: Feb. 27-28, Cafe Detroit, 831-8820.

CUT GLASS with ORTHEA BARNES: Th-Sa, Piper's Alley, Edison Plaza, 2370022.

DIVINE SOURCE: Th-F, Agaricon's, 867-3102.

DONALD WALDEN QUARTET: M-F, 123 pm, Music Station.

DUANE PARHAM & GREG MATHIS: Tuesdays, Cobb's Corner, 832-7223. FINE ART: Feb. 24, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483.

FOSTER & RITCHIE: F-Su, Gregory s, 832-5732.

FRANK ISOLA TRIO: March 1, Cafe Detroit, 831-8820.

JOE SUMMERS JAZZ TRIO: Thursdays,

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B. B. KING: March 2-7, db's, 593-1234. BLUES BOYS: Mondays, Ethel s Cocktail Lounge, 922-9443.

CATFISH HODGE: Feb. 19, Punch & Judy Theatre, 881-4510.

CHICAGO PETE: Thursdays, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374. Feb. 27-28, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483.

DETROIT BLUES BAND: Feb. 27-28, Alvin's, 832-2355.

EDDIE BURNS BLUES BAND: Feb. 22, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483.

GUITAR JUNIOR: Feb. 27-28, bisea Kitchen, 259-1374.

JIMMIE JOHNSON: Feb. 20-21, Soap Kitchen, 259-1374.

KEITH FERGUSON: Mondays, Union Street I, GP, 331-0018.

PROGRESSIVE BLUES BAND: Wednesdays, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374. Feb. 20-21, 26, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483.

THROW DOWN: Feb. 25-28, Blue Parrott, Southfield, 357-4067.

WEST SIDE BLUES BAND: Feb. 19, Delta. Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483. Feb. 20-21, Union Street I, GP, ee 0018.

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DON TAPERT: Thursdays, Union St. I, GP, 331-0018.

R. P. McMurphy's, 285-4885. DON TAPERT & THE 2nd AVENUE ree hes

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CRAX: Feb. 23-24, Studio, Westland, 729-2540.

FANTASY HILL: Feb. 18-21 & Feb. 25March 1, Al's Dancing Club, Taylor, 946-7510.

FREEMAN JAMES: Feb. 22, Harpo s, 823-6400.

THE GOOD REASON BAND: Feb. 2526, Kegabrew, 343-9558.

RICK HALL BAND: Feb. 20-24, Piper's Alley, GP, 885-9130.

1.0.U.: Every night thru February, 300 Bowl, Waterford, 682-6300. March 4-7, Way Station, Lake Orion, 628-9721.

JERRY LEE LEWIS: Feb. 23-28, dbs, Dearborn.

KING GEORGE: Feb. 22, 25-26, Papillon Ballroom, Dbns 278-0079.

KNUCKLES: March 5, Uncle. Sam's, 538-8200.

THE LOOK: Feb. 25-26, Main Act, Roseville, 778-8150. Feb. 27-28, Papillon Ballroom, Dbn., 278-0079.

LOOKOUT: March 5, Jagger's, Pontiac, 681-1701.

MARINER: Feb. 24-28, Token Lounge, Westland, 261-9640.

MARY ROBERTS & THE INSIDE/OUTSIDE BAND: Feb. 19, Alvin's, 832-2355. Feb. 20-21, Cafe Detroit, 831-8820. Feb. 25, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 5455483. Feb. 27-28, Song Shop Saloon, 832-8032.

MAYHEM: Feb. 23-24, Exit Lounge,

featuring Americans & Hang Tough, Freezer Theatre, 3958 Cass, 554-0352, 869-0109 \or 832-2264.

puzzTONES: Feb. 19-21, Kegabrew, ROCK AGAINST RACISM: Feb. 27, CLUB UB.Q:: Th-Su, 923-2357. DILLON'S: W-Sa, 546-4466. 477-4000.

ROCK BOTTOM: Feb. 27- 25 Kegabrew, 343-9558.

SPRINGWELL: March 4-8, Exit Lounge, Madison H¢gts., 588-3121.

SCOTCH: Feb. 19-22, Sidestreet, LP, 388-1186.

SHADOWFEFAX: Feb. 20-21, Alvin s, 8322309;

SKIDS: Feb. 19, Jagger's Pontiac, 6811701. Feb. 26-28, Harpo's, 823-6400. STING: Feb. 22-23, Token Tounge, Westland, 261-9640.

STROKE: Feb. 25-March 3, Exit Loin Madison Hgts., 588-3121.

STRUT: Feb. 26, Uncle Sam's, 538° 8200. Feb. 27-28, Harpo s, 823-6400. March 2-3, September's, Warren, 756-6140. March 4-5, Papillon Ballroom, Déarborn, 278-0079.

TEEZER: Feb. 19-21, Main Act, Roseville, 778-8150. Feb. 24-March 1, Sidestreet, Lincoln Park, 388-1186. TEEN ANGEL: Feb. 19-21, Harpo's, 823-6400. Feb. 23-24, Main Act, Roseville, 778-8150. Feb. 25-28, March 4-7, September's, Warren, 756-6140. TILT: Feb. 19-21, Harpo s, 823-6400. Feb. 23-24, September's, Warren, 7566140.

TOBY REDD: Feb. 19-21, September's, Warren, 756-6140. Feb. 27-28, Main Act, Roseville, 778-8150.

MARK FINN: Thursdays, Union Street. BLUES BAND: Feb. 26, Alvin's, 832- none peerer Madison Hets., 588-3121. NEW WAVE Tl, 831-3965. 2355. Feb. 27-28, Union St. I, GP, 331-

MILLERZ KILLERS: Feb. 19-22, Exit BOHEMIA: Feb. 28, Bookie's, 862MAYNARD FERGUSON: Royal Oak Music Theatre, 547-1555, call for dates.

0.G.D.; Th-Sa, Gallery Lounge, 9638076.

RICHARD GROOVE HOLMES TRIO featuring PERRY HUGHES: Thru 0018.

EXECUTIVE FOUR: Feb 20-22; Henry's Palace, 341-9444.

MODIFIERS: Feb. 20-23, Ethel s Cocktail Lounge, 922-9443. av ROD LUMPKIN TRIO featuring GRETA

_V'ESPRIT: Nightly, 963-6902.

OSCAR'S: Nightly, 353-6806. STUDIO 54: In the Leland House, 9630045.

ASIA: Feb. 25-28, Way Station, Lake

Lounge, Madison Hgts., 588-3121.

MORIAH: Feb. 19-21, Papillon Ballroom, Dbn., 278-0079. Feb. 22-Mar. 5, Bentley's, RO, 583-1292.

MUGSY: Feb. 25-March 1, Studio, Westland, 729-2540.

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BOHEMIAN DREAM: Feb. 22, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881. CADILLAC KIDZ: Feb. 20, Bookie s, 862-0877.

CLUB HEROES: Feb. 20, i 366- Feb. 28 except Mondays, Baker's Key- HENDRICKS: M-Tu, Blue Chip Lounge, Orion, 628-9721.

NAZARETH: March 6, 8 pm, Cobo 8633. board Lounge, 864-1200. 538-4850. Wednesdays, Piper's Alley, BARUGA: Feb. 18-21,WayStation,Lake Arena, 962-1800. THE CUBES: Feb. 21, Bookie's, 862Edison Plaza, 237-0022. Orion, 628-9721. PRESTOZ: March 4, Nunzio's, 383- 0877. ROBERT LOWES QUINTET featuring LYMAN WOODARD: F-Sa, Cobb's Comer, 832-7223. T.F.0.; Th-Sa, Blue Chip Lounge, 5384850.

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GRANTSMANSHIP & FUNDRAISING FOR INDIVIDUALS & SMALL GROUPS: Rackham Memorial Bldg, 577-4665. A workshop Feb. 28, 10 am4 pm. Call for more info.

MOTOR CITY MIDWIVES BIRTH CENTER: Learn to do aftercase visits for women birthing at home. Call Marta, 255-6899 or Betty, 532-5205 for more info.

PUBLIC RELATIONS ON A SHOESTRING: Rackham Memorial Bidg., 577-4665. A workshop Feb. 28, 9:30 am-4:30 pm.

UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT: McNichols Branch, Main Library, 3rd Floor. Registration for intensive language classes in Chinese, French, German or Spanish. Feb. 25-26, 6-8 pm. Call 927-1237 for more info.

UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION: Southfield H.S., 24675 Lahser Rd., Southfield, 927-1025 for info. Beginning Feb. 24, 7-10 pm, 6-week seminars on Analyzing Small Business Operations. WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS: Masonic Temple, 962-7225. Feb. 25, cocktails, dinner and forum on What Is the Future of Free TV? James Lynagh, general manager of WDIV-TV will lead the panel. The event begins at 5:30 pm. Call for reservations.

Y.W.CA. WOMEN'S AWARENESS SERIES: Downtown Branch, 2230 Witherell, 961-9220. Feb. 26, 7-9 pm. Support Group for Women Alone, Hester Bell-House will facilitate. Child care provided only with 24-hour notice.

AIRWAVES

COOLING OUT: M-F, 6-7 pm. Call 2592303 for an opportunity to air your views. Hosted by Larry Bird. WGPR, 107.5 FM.

DETROIT BLACK JOURNAL: Airs every Friday at 9:30 pm & Sunday, 2:30 pm. WIVS, Channel 56. DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MARATHON: Feb. 28-March 8, 70 hours of music associated with the DSO. WARS, 105 FM.

KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR: Su, 910 pm. BBC-produced show presents music from rock's finest. WRIF, 101 FM.. MORPHOGENESIS: Unique forms of creative music from all places and periods with Judy Adams. M-F, 3-5 pm. WDET, 101.9 FM.

MUSIC FROM THE ART INSTITUTE: Su, 1-2 pm. Classical concerts recorded

With Bach. WQRS, 105.1 FM. NOT FOR MUSICIANS ONLY: Su, 11:30 pm. Host Carl Coffee talks with people involved in all facets of the music biz. Charlie Martin, former Seger drummer, co-hosts. WRIF, 101 FM. OLD N GOLD: Sunday evenings, 6:308:30 pm. Featuring R&B and Rockabilly. WDTR, 91 FM.

PRISONER CELL BLOCK H: MF, 11 pm. This intellectual soap from Australia has attracted a cult following

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MAHAFFEY: IBEW Hall, 1358 Abbott, 534-5567 (ask for Norma Barth). Feb. 21, 8:30 pm-midnight. Dancing, entertainment and birthday cake. $10 per person.

ROCK AGAINST RACISM: Freezer Theatre, 3958 Cass, 832-2264. Feb. 27, 9 pm, Americans and Hang Tough.

FAMILIES

ADAPTIVE BQUATICS: YWCA, 25940

field Village s Menlo Park. Class size limited. Every Tu-Sa, two films on giantsize screen: Atmos and The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens.

DETROIT YOUTHEATRE: DIA, 5200 Woodward, 832-2730. Feb. 21, llam& 2 pm, the musical play Sojourner. Feb. 28, 11 am & 2 pm, the film Aftica East to the Kahlahari, a discussion follows.

MAKE YOUR OWN PLAY CLAY AT HOME: Entertain future Henry Moores with basic kitchen ingredients. For recipe, send long self-addressed stamped envelope to Arm & Hammer, PO Box 369, Dept. PC-F, Piscataway, NJ 08854.

MASONIC TEMPLE THEATRE: 450 Temple, 832-7100. Thru Feb. 22, matinee and evening performances of Sesame Street Live.

SERVICES

FREE CERVICAL & BREAST CANCER

SCREENING: 15600 W. 7 Mile Rd., 8330710. Breast exams will be given Feb. 19, 9 am-4:30 pm. Pap tests will be given Feb. 24, 9 am-4:40 pm. Sponsored by the Mich. Cancer Foundation.

INSURANCE REFORM ACT HOTLINE: Leam about your rights in buying insurance, new policies available under the law and variations in premiums by calling toll free 1-800-482-1789, M-F, 9ampm.

Dental Health Month, and children visiting the Clinic will each get a complementary apple.

VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE: Find help and shelter by calling toll-free 1800-292-3925, 24 hours a day.

VIETNAM VETS who have been exposed to the lethal defoliant Agent Orange can get legal and treatment info from the Veteran s Multi-Service Center, 14631 W. McNichols, 272-7070.

VOLUNTEERING

HOUSING FOR EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE: Needs volunteers to work at group homes. Call Divina Moro, 532-0444, weekdays 1-9 pm.

MACOMB ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS: Recruiting Aides over 35 years old to visit older retarded individuals. Contact Mary Ann Pitocchi, 949-0151 weekdays 9-5.

MICHIGAN CANCER FOUNDATION, Needs mature persons to answer phones, prepare mailings, etc. Call Karen Belluomo, 833-0710, Ext. 266, weekdays, 9-5.

DANCE

LAR LUBOVITCH DANCE COMPANY: Music Hall, 350 Madison, 963-6943. Feb. 18-21.

for its realistic portrayals of women in prison. WKBD, Channel 50. WDET BLUES AFTER HOURS: Sat. evenings 12-2 am. Blues with the Coachman on WDET, 101.9 FM: WHISKEY BEFORE BREAKFAST: Sat., 11 am. Hosts Judy Donlin and local singer/songwriter Joe Vermilion bring you the finest in folk both recorded and live. WDET, 101.9 FM. YOU & YOUR PROBLEM: Tues., 9 pm, Wilson Brown helps listeners with problems. Phone yours in, 259-5226. WGPR, 107.5 FM.

BENEFITS

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MARATHON: Beginning Feb. 28, a nine-day radio marathon on WQRS, 105.1 FM. Over 70 hours of radio time will be devoted to music associated with the DSO, and sales of special premiums to benefit the Orchestra. March 8, 3 pm, DSO Benefit Concert, Masonic Aud. Call for tickets. at DIA music events including Brunch BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR MARYANN

. Grand River, 537-8500. Swimming lessons for children and adults with handicaps every Monday 2:30-3:30 pm., CHILDREN S MUSEUM: 67 E. Kirby, 494-1210. Parent-Child Workshops (47 year olds): Feb. 21, 10 am, Mr. Glad Tooth Visits Open Sesame, a puppet show put on by members of the Detroit Dental Hygienists Society. Feb. 28, 10 am, Storytelling Workshop focusing on African folk tale hero, Ananse the Spider. Discovery Workshops (8-12 year olds): Feb. 21, 2 pm, learn about West African traditions. Feb. 28, 2 pm,

Fun with Mathematics, learn metric: measurements of capacity and temperature.

CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: 550 Lone Pine, Bloomfield, 6453200. Feb. 22, 2-4 pm, the Observatory will be open allowing visitors to view the sun. Sundays in Feb. will focus on various aspects of electricity at the Museum.

DETROIT SCIENCE CENTER: 5020 John R, 833-1892. Feb. 21, 10am-1 pm, Electricity Workshop, field trip to Green-

LANDLORD TENANT CENTER: 149 W. Lafayette Bivd., Room 218, 961-4095. Free service for both landlords and tenants with problems or questions.

MOTHERING ART SUPPORT NETWORK: 24-hour support number for women who need help dealing with the frustrations of mothering: Lynn (Royal Oak area) 546-0925 or Cheryl (Detroit area) 593-1210.

NEWSLETTER FOR EMPLOYED MOMS: A monthly aimed at supporting working women. Topics dealing with challenges, demands and guilt will be included. To subscribe call Kathy Bufton, 721-6565.

NEW SOURCES: A network of women helping each other. Get togethers, seminars and resources to enable women to take effective control of personal and career life. Call 851-3150 for more info.

PROBLEM WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE? Call Share House for help with drugs or alcohol abuse, 894-8444.

U of D DENTAL CLINIC: 2985 E. Jefferson. The School of Dentistry offers a complete range of dental services at low prices. February is National Children s

MUNTU DANCE THEATRE: Feb. 27, WSU Old Main Dance Theatre, 6 pm. Aftikan Dance Workshop Dance is Forever. Feb. 28, WSU CommunityArts Aud., 7 pm. Returnity, Muntu Dance Theatre in concert. Both events in celebration of Black History Month. WAYNE STATE FOLK DANCE CLUB: WSU Old Main Bidg., Room 246, 5474273. Swing partners Feb. 21, 11 am1:30'pm, 4-6 pm and Feb. 22, 11:30 am- 2 pm, 4:30-7 pm, American Square and Contra Dancing. Party Feb. 21,

AUCTION UNLIMITED: The Players Aud., 3321 E. Jefferson. Feb. 21, doors open at 7 pm, auction begins at 9 pm, lots of unusual items to be bought. Cash bar, $5 admission. Call 882-6464 for info. Sponsored by the Grosse Pointe Inter-Faith Center for Racial Justice. CRANBROOK HOUSE TOUR: 380 Lone Pine Rd., Bloomfield Hills, 645-3152. Feb. 22, 2-4 pm, the public can tour the 1908 home of George and Ellen Scripps Booth, furnished with treasures from around the world. $1.50 admission.

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Feb. 22, games start at2 pm. Afterwards rock 'n roll with Syrinyx.

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MEET: Rogell Golf Course, 18601 Berg Rd., 224-1180 for info. Feb. 22, 11 am, cross country ski competition sponsored by Blue Cross-Blue Shield. Entry fee $4.

FRESH ASPARAGUS & SPRING WINE

FESTIVAL: Meriwether s Restaurant, Telegraph N. of 10 Mile Rd., Southfield. Thru March 16, experience dramatically different ways to enjoy the celebrated vegetable.

GET READY FOR SPRING ROLLER

SKATING PARTY: Ambassador Roller Rink, 96 W. 14 Mile Rd., Clawson, 3993955 for info. Feb. 24, 7-10 pm, Michigan Roller Skate Company Club presents their Pre Spring Skate. Open to the public, call for reservations.

- POLITICAL

BREAKING WITH OLD IDEAS: Cass City Cinema, First Unitarian Church (Red Door facing Forest), Cass at Forest, 832-6309. Presently banned in China, this film depicts China while Mao was still alive. Filmed in 1975. There will bea discussion afterwards. Sponsored by Revolution Books.

CELEBRATE THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE SHAH S OVERTHROW: WSU, Student Center Bidg. Ballroom, 5440352. Feb. 22, dinner at 6pm, speakers begin at 7:30. Speakers include Fedati Guerillas and Peykar. Sponsored by the Committee to Support the Revolution in Iran.

LESSONS OF NICARAGUA ITS MEANING FOR EL SALVADOR: 6404 Woodward, 875-5322; Feb. 22, pm. Sponsored by the Militant Labor Forum.

SOUTHERN AFRICA APARTHEID & U.S. ECONOMIC CRISIS: WSU General Lectures Bldg., Feb. 19, 7:30 pm. Call 577-2321 for info. =~

TOWARD THE AFRIKAN REVOLUTION: WSU General Lectures Bldg., Room 150. Feb. 25, 6 pm, featuring representaties from African Liberation Fronts. A Black History Month event.

UNEMPLOYMENTI ISSUE OF THE *80s: UAW Local 600 Hall, 563-2023 for info. Feb. 28, 8-9 am registration. An allday conference. Featured speakers: Maryann Mahaffey, Tom Turner, AFLCIO. Sponsored by the Labor Community Coalition for Jobs.

WOMEN TAKE BACK THE NIGHT: 940 W. McNichols, 571-4036 or 8755239. Feb. 21, 3-6 pm. Organizational meeting for women only.

EXHIBITIONS

AFRO-AMERICAN MUSEUM: 1553 W. Grand Bivd., 899-2500. Thru Feb. 28, 75 paintings by Ontarior artist, T. R. MacDonald.

THE ART CENTER: 125 Macomb St., Mt. Clemens, 469-8666. Thru March 6, Michigan Annual IX, a juried exhibit for Michigan painters and sculptors.

ARTRAIN GALLERY: 316 Fisher Blidg., 871-2910. Thru March 27, sculpture and paintings by the artist Bzzz Zzzz Zz. BIRMINGHAM-BLOOMFIELD ART ASSOCIATION: 1516 S. Cranbrook, Birmingham, 644-0866. Opening Feb. 28 thru March 14, Student Show II.

CA.D.E. GALLERY: 8025 Agnes, 3311758. Thru March 6, recent sculptures and reliefs by Robert Bielet.

CANTER/LEMBERG GALLERY: 538 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 642-6623.

-Gallery showing of recent acquisitions including Claes Oldenburg, Sol Lewitt and Ralph Humphrey.

CENTER FOR CREATIVE STUDIES: 245 E. Kirby, 872-3118. Thru March 25, paintings by Bradley Jones; prints and drawings by Theo Wujctk.

CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF ART: 500 Lone Pine, Bloomfield. Thru Mar. 1, Viewpoint '81, six nationally known artists environmental pieces.

DETROIT ARTISTS MARKET: 1452

Randolph, 962-0337. Thru March 14, Michigan Ceramics 1981, an exhibit fea~ turing a wide variety of pottery.

DETROIT GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS: 301 Fisher Bidg., 8737888. Thru Feb., exhibition of the Crafts Dept. Faculty of the Center for Creative Studies. Opening March 2, extensive collection of ovenware and tableware.

DETROIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: 5401 Woodward, 833-1805. Thru April 5, We'll Never Turn Back, an exhibition of 13 photographers associated with the Civil Rights Movement.

DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: 5200 Woodward, 833-7900. Thru Feb. 22, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing. Thru March 15, David Smith: the Drawings, and Ritzi and Peter Jacobi.

DETROIT REPERTORY THEATRE GALLERY: 13103 Woodrow Wilson, 868-1347. Thru March 1, works by Nora Chapa Mendoza and Barbara Pearson.

DOSSIN GREAT LAKES MUSEUM: Strand Drive, Belle Isle, 824-3157. Thru March 31, Great Lakes, America, 62 photographs detailing the Great Lakes. DU MOUCHELLE GALLERIES: 409 E. Jefferson, 963-0248. Ongoing exhibit See

and auctions.

FARWELL BUILDING: 1249 Griswold:

Opening March 1 thru March 14, mixed media works Academy of Art students. Thru March by 40: Cranbrook 21, an exhibit titled Ivory Towers: Festering in the Comers of Our Towers Are Tiny Images of Every City.

FEIGENSON-ROSENSTEIN GALLERY: 310 Fisher Bidg., 873-7322. Opening Feb. 20, paintings by Detroiter Bradley Jones. There will be a reception with the artist Feb. 20, 4-7 pm.

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March 10, portraits by Alice Neel.

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: 6600 W. Maple, Bloomfield, 661-1000. Thru Feb. 25, etchings, watercolors and prints by Israeli and Jewish artists including Danielle Peleg.

KIDD GALLERY: 107 Townsend, Birmingham, 642-3909. Opening Feb. 21 thru March 21, sculpture by Gary Kulak.

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GALLERY: 885 Cranbrook Rd., Bloomfield Hills, 645-3134. Thru March 13, ten pieces by Hanna Stiebel.

graphs of Pictures Thru a Window, by John Pfahl.

PITTMAN GALLERY: 300 Ren Cen, 259-2235. Thru Feb., paintings and_ collages by James Strickland.

PONTIAC ART CENTER: 47 Williams St., Pontiac, 333-7849. Thru Feb., drawings by Ron Scarbough.

POSTER GALLERY: 304 Fisher Bidg., 875-5211. Fine Art posters.

PYRAMID GALLERY: 240 Grand River E., 963-9140. Thru Feb., works by Ugandan printmaker Mathais Muleme, pencil drawings by Ron Scarbough, seriagraphs by Romare Bearden.

RUBINER GALLERY:621 S. Washington, RO, 544-2828. Thru March 6, Works on Paper.

SCARAB CLUB OF DETROIT: 217 Famsworth, 831-1250. Thru March 7, Advertising Art.

TRINKA GALLERIES:

SHELDON ROSS GALLERY: 250 .Martin, Birmingham, 642-7694. General Gallery Selections including works by Beckman, Bearden and Grosz. 1140 N. Telegraph, Dearborn, 562-2300. Classic and special interest automobiles.

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FOCUS GALLERY: 743 Beaubien, 9629025. Thru March 14, Paper Works, photos, drawings, books by Michigan artists.

GALLERY RENAISSANCE: 400 Ren Cen, 259-2577. Thru March 10, paintings by Daniel Rosbury.

GALLERY 22: 22 E. Long Lake, Bloomfield, 642-1310. Thru Feb. 27, recent paintings by Marilynn Derwenskus, Delbert Michael and Charles Gale.

GRAFISKAS INC.: 218 Merrill, Birmingham, 647-5722. Contour sculpture by R. H. Carol, art posters and limited:edition prints.

HABITAT: 28235 Southfield, Lathrup Village, 552-0515. ThruFeb., newworks by Marvin Lipofsky and William Carlson.

HALSTED GALLERY: 560 Woodward, Birmingham, 644-8284. Opening Feb. 24 thru March 28, landscapes by photographer John Ward.

HAMPTON-IVEDEN GALLERY: 330 Hamilton Row, Birmingham, 646-2030.

HENRY FORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE: 5101 Evergreen, Dearborn, 2712750, Ext. 303. Thru March 22, The Art Department Collects, a selection of works from the teaching collection.

HILBERRY GALLERY: 555 S. Woodward, Birmingham, 642-8250._ Thru

KLEIN GALLERY: 4250 N. Woodward, RO, 647-7709. Thru Feb., selection of original prints to celebrate the Gallery's 10th anniversary. -

LAWRENCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: 2100 W. 10 Mile Rd., 3560200: School of Architecture Faculty Show.

LONDON ARTS GALLERY: 321 Fisher Bidg. 871-3606. General gallery selections.

MEADOWBROOK ART GALLERY: Oakland Univ., Rochester. Thru Feb. 27, Meadow Brook Invitational: Outdoor Sculpture.

MORRIS GALLERY: 105 Townsend, Birmingham, 642-8812. Thru March 14, recent monotypes by Matt Phillips.

MULLALY GALLERY: 1025 Hayes, Birmingham, 645-2741. Thru Feb. 5, BiAnnual National Small Painting exhibit. NORTHWEST ACTIVITIES CENTER: 18100 Meyers, 224-7595. Portraits of famous people by Clarissa Johnson.

PEWABIC POTTERY: 10125 E. Jefferson, 822-0954. Thru March 15, pottery by Joan Rosenberg and Joe Zeller.

PIERCE STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

GALLERY: 217 Pierce, Birmingham, 646-6950. Thru Feb. 28, recent photographs of Cambodia by Sen. Carl Levin. Opening March 2, Colored Photo-

TROY ARI GALLERY: 755 W. Big Beaver, Troy, 362-0112. Thru Feb., Prints East & West, international prints.

VENTURE GALLERY: 28235 Southfield Rd., 552-1551. Jewelry by Patrick Irla, plus a variety of clay, glass and fiber pieces.

WILLIS GALLERY: 422 W. Willis. Hours: W-Sa, 4-7 pm. Opening Feb. 20 thru March 7, Gary Mayer.

WOODLING GALLERY: 42030 Michigan Ave., 397-2677. A craft gallery representing over 150 artists and craftspeople.

YAW GALLERY: 550 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 647-5470. Thru March 11, Indonesian Ceremonial Clothes. YOUR HERITAGE HOUSE: 110 E. Ferry, 871-1667. Thru Feb., Emerging Black Artists, contemporary works by young Detroit artists.

XOCHIPILLI GALLERY: 568 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 645-1905. Thru March 14, Notation Series, aa by Doug Warner.

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It was billed as A Henielie ar! Concert with Four Pianists from Detroit. It was held at the Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York City, on Sunday, January 25.

It was that and more. It was Super Bowl Sunday of the Super Detroit Bop pianists: Tommy Flanagan, Bess. Bonnier, Barry Harris and Sir Roland Hanna. Oliver Jackson on drums and Major Holley, bass, providing the rhythm. Detroiters all, together again in a reunion several hundred miles from native soil.

It was Bebop beneath the six or seven story high stone archs of the soaring ceiling, played to a full house. Dapper Tommy Flanagan, his gray hair glowing like a half halo in the spotlight, opened with Autumn Leaves. His intricate introduction unwinding. ever longer lengths of colored thread in a lacy. tapestry of autumnal tones. The crowd realized immediately they were in for an afternoon of extraordinary music.

A Duke Ellington medley, with the master s melodies emerging in gentle waves, followed. The set ended with a loping blues.

Bess Bonnier then began what was her first-ever New York appearance. As always she made herself right at home. Her Come Rain or Come Shine featured a more playful intro and stuck closer to the melody than the technique displayed by Flanagan.

The audience sat with rapt attention as she laid out her variations, her blues~ licks, classical flourishes, twisting lines and mixed tempos, adding embellishment on embellishment, but always relaxed and swinging.

Decked in bright red, Queen Bess waved triumphantly to the applause of her new-found audience.

Barry Harris, the keeper ofthe Bebop flame, opened with a solo ballad. His lines were shorter, and there were more single-note runs than with his predecessors.

When watching Barry play, am always reminded of a polished welterweight boxer. He bobs, he weaves, his shoulders hunch as his head dips, he leans back away from the keyboard ina

kind of Hastings Street Rope-A-Dope.

His darkly emotive Body and Soul was the first of two highlights of his set. The stark opening conjured the image of a hip grim reaper stalking down the center aisle. Holley s booming tones were like church bells tolling.

A Tadd Dameron theme taken ata seemingly impossible, lightening fast tempo, and featuring traded fours by the trio, ended the set.

Sir Roland Hanna played a solo set which was less inherently bopish than the others. He took us to many exotic places, places where Chopin hung out. with Errol Garner and the stride pianists, and where they all got along swingingly.

The first of the most obvious similarities between all of the Motor City keyboardists is their touch. With each of them the way in which they coax forth their sound speaks of their respect, their love, their reverence for the instrument they play.

The second similarity is that Detroiters play the whole tune. If other pianists could merely play the imaginative and beautifiully constructed introductory verses that these four do, they would consider that they had done a full day's work.

The finale began with Bess at the bass end and Sir at the treble on the same piano. Their Like Someone In Love

He bobs, he weaves, his shoulders hunch as his head dips, he leans back away from the keyboard in a kind of Hastings Street Rope-A-Dope.

was a funkish fugue for four hands. To __ Say that it was tasty is as understated as saying that Duke Ellington had class. Their version of Star Eyes, over a Latin beat, had those in attendance on the edge of their pews, stretching and craning to see who was playing what. Tommy and Barry played Lover Come Back To Me on a single piano. There was a section in which one would begin a thought with the other completing it.It was the history of the art of Detroit Bebop piano condensed in that one tune.

Darn That Dream". and T'l Remember April brought them all together. Barry with Roland; Tommy with Bess. And until three clones of Bjorn Borg come out of the tubes and team up, this will be the standard of the hippest doubles imaginable.

- Harris and Hanna traded places. for the final tune, a K.C. blues with a relentless underschufile from Holley and Jackson. It began with Bonnier standing, leaning on the piano listening to the others beat em down and dirty. She. then lead the handclapping before joining them in time to fill the first break.

Moved by it all, Barry Harris came down front and sang a laid-back stanza about a wrong doing 8th Street and Vine woman. He returned to the keyboard and in all it was like the flowing together of four mighty rivers. It ended appropriately with the theme from* Now s the. Time.

The New Yorkers expressed their amazement and appreciation with their enthusiastic applause which filled the massive church.

Throughout, the Detroit Gang of Four shone as brightly as the jewel-like glass of the Church of the- Heavenly Rest s stained glass.

Have no fear home folk, you were well represented. In the finest Detroit tradition, they done you and themselves proud.

Photo Leni Sinclair

DETROIT BANDS CREATE THEIR OWN LABELS | Reviewers Check Out Local Offerings

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is just-a taste of locally pressed 45s and EPs. Some that were sent in are not included, others that we didn t receive are reviewed here because a particular critic hada personal copy and wanted to do it.

Unless otherwise noted, the overwhelming majority of records mentioned below are available at any good local record store. Ifnot, ask why. Unfortunately, it will almost take an act of God to hear any ofthese on local radio. We will be doing more local reviews in the future so send upcoming releases to Detroit Metro Times, 2410 Woodward Tower, 10 Witherell, Detroit, 48226.

The reviewers this time around are Sam Mills, Susan Borey, Warren Westfall and Bill Rowe.

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She's Alright/Girl Crazy/ Zoom Zoom/Talkin "Bout You Big City Records

Rock n roll often functions at its optimum: state when its ap- ~ proached with a guerilla sensibility, refinement be damned in favor of walking an edge. Detroit, by character, is a breeding ground for folks with this attitude, as witnessed by the continued worship given the Stooges and the MCS. The most successful of the current crop is RU.R., whose new EP presents them as nasty modernists who damned well won't forget where they came from.

All of this is not to say that RU.R., since their inception years ago, has not exhibited a dedication to a solid pop approach, much in the same

fashion as the Buzzcocks or Stiff Little Fingers. All of the songs on this EP contain a melodic, orderly focus in structure, with belligerance: secondary but absolutely necessary. In a sense, R.U.R. is heavy metal at its best, with the punch provided not by interminable guitar sludge but by short, pointed bombasts. This is most evident on Zoom Zoom, with its riff heavy motion cycled by well-

timed ensemble stabs. She's Alright is of the same stuff, bottom-heavy sharpness _balanced by raspy vocals and careening power chords. Things modern up for Girl Crazy, as R.U.R. shows a command for the kind of quirky information splicing that dominates arranging today. And this is perfectly balanced by the EP s final cut, Ray Charles Talkin Bout You. All the cats get let out of the bag, as this might as well be Beatles 65, white boy R & B bounce doing justice to the taste of choosing a Ray cover. The production here is surprisingly good, with the vocals upfront and a decent balance overall. This is the best local thing I've heard since the AMoms or Retro singles: seek it out.

B.R.

Painlessly artistic is a term that may be used to describe this whimsical Ann Arbor-based group. They possess a lyrical and musical sophistication far surpassing the great majority of their Detroit-based contemporaries. No trend-setting new wave posing will be found here. Their brand of pop/rock is eccentric but accessible. If a band like XTC can garner sales anda following, then I would have to say that Ragnar Kvaran have more than a fair chance at achieving stardom. Truly, one of the best new rock bands heard in the Detroit area in years. Don't miss these gems.

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. Polanski s Tess:

by Michael Betzold

Roman Polanski is an exile first, from his native Poland, where authorities cramped his cinematic freedom; most recently from his adopted U.S., which he fled a few years ago after an unseemly affair with an adolescent girl.

Thomas Hardy's heroine, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, is likewise an exile. Disenfranchised from her noble roots in the ancient D Urberville clan, she is sent by her poor family against her will to woo other. poor relations. Enroute, she is raped by a slick fop ofa cousin whose rich family has bought the prestigious D'Urberville name. Carrying his child, she leaves the coarse Alec, stigmatized for life by his monstrous act, a permanent outcast, never allowed to escape her monumental misfortune.

Only a fellow exile could bring as much clarity to Tess s plight as. does Polanski, in an excruciatingly beautiful movie version of Hardy s novel that is the unlikely romantic masterpiece ofa director often dismissed in the past for his preoccupation with the macabre.

In Tess, Polanski shows us the horror of daily existence as lived by a victim of

Romantic Realism

gender and class prejudice. Though customs today are vastly different and sexual mores several revolutions departed from Hardy's setting, the plight of Tess is all too familiar to women everywhere. Blessed by a great beauty that is her biggest burden, Tess (Nastassia Kinski) ts hounded relentlessly by smirking men. As she walks down a countryroad, fat farmers in buggies leer and offer her rides. Alec (Leigh Lawson) bribes her with favors, makes her buy her poor family's daily bread for the price of sexual submission. Even her drunken, gap-toothed father remarks lecherously on her beauty. -

All women are permanent exiles in their own land as long as they are subject to this kind of persecution. Even at home, no woman is safe from rape. Tess is a symbol of this sexual victimization. Her story is a rude jolt from dreams of equality between the sexes as dreamt in Hardy's day and in our own by wellmeaning men and women back to the reality of world where women are prey.

All the more a jolt since Hardy s story and Polanski s faithful filming of it are firmly placed in the genre of the romantic epic. Like the novelist did in his day,

Polanski in Tess rips aside the fabric of chivalry and romance to reveal the dirty, mean truth of seduction and rape. And, contradicting his own reputation, Polanski achieves this unveiling not by brutal shock or savage titillation, but by subverting the romantic framework while strictly adhering to it, gently adding the damning detail:

Accompanied by stirring strings (the - required melodramatic musical score) and lushly photographed countryside, the cruel facts of Tess s life are made all the more harsh by contrast. The rape takes place in a splendid English forest on a lovely night, with radiant moonlight streaming through the stately trees. Tender, generous words are spoken. A regal horse stands proudly, watching. And, on the ground, Alec throttles Tess. The effect is devastating. Polanski destroys the hypocrisy of an entire fictional genre while exploiting the possibilities to the utmost. Tess is a more heart-throbbing, passionate and melodramatic movie than Dr. Zhivago and far more compelling. Yet all the balloons of the romantic convention are punctured by Polanski. Like Hardy, Polanski has made realism out of romanticism.

All the characters are trapped in an inhuman society. But Tess, most of all, retains her dignity. To the end, her pride remains unbowed. Kinski s is a stunning debut. At first, it is easy to see her asa European Brooke Shields who can act especially since we have heard of her being nasty Roman's latest teenage mistress. But that judgment is unfair. Never does Polanski exploit her beauty. She is no pouting Lolita, but rather a fiercely self-respecting woman battling to survive as a human being, refusing to be treated as apiece of meat. When Alec complains that all women say that, Tess shoots back: What all women say, some women may feel. Her eyes flash; she is quick to defend herself. Kinski is clearly nobody's pet. It has been too longa time since a young woman of such strength has appeared on screen. e Tess is the most powerful story of systematic sexual victimization have ever seen on screen. Itis the finest movie so far this decade, and one of the great masterpieces of the modern cinema.

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by Chris Tysh eee

Cold streets, steamy-eyed windShields, grey momings. Ah, the dreary season! you mutter to nobody in particular. Don t despair, there s a way out, after all, it's Valentine s month. Put your polaroid glasses on, you're in for some fun. See new fashions, old hats, spike heels, pins and ties. Take a ride through the mirror: its DRESS UP TIME in Detroit. Here's a quick, sweet path of surrender to fantasy, glamor or just a change of heart. /

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Anewcomer to the world ofretro fashion, this shop features a small, but quality-oriented assortment of apparel for men and women. Good bargains on woolen skirts ($12), shirts and sweaters. And if you're in the mood for stopping traffic or enraging your mother, there s a pistachio-green pair of heels that will do the trick.

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Here s the new boutique that you've all been waiting for. The decor is minimal, but the clothes do all the talking and singing. The mood is up-tempo, the word is COOL and the image irresistible. It all spells confidence, ease, frivolity and a bit of midnight show-off. Parachutist outfits ($75), jogging suits, pants and skirts-a-gogo. Accent on black velvet, leather and silks. The most admired item: a 100% silk sleeveless jumpsuit ($75). Ciao, arrivederci, we'll be back.

CINDERELLA'S ATTIC

Open barely four months, this charming boutique offers the best of two worlds: vintage clothes from lingerie to coats, with a wide selection of 1950s beaded sweaters and a whole line ofnew fashions, leaning definitely on the punk side. Noteworthy: oversized sweatshirts, skinny stretch pants with stirrups in lollipop colors ($17). My favorite: a leopard- skin body stocking with the thinnest straps ever ($12), great as a camisole under evening jacket.

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With its cramped quarters, dim lights and overflowing stock, its everything you wish your grandma's attic was. Here s an exciting abundance of exquisite vintage fashions, small toiletries, gifts, plus original designs. Noteworthy: cigarette-tight pants in black and metallic colors ($20 and $28). My favorite: fresh cotton harem pants and a gorgous three-tone shirt ($19).

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In the limelight of the retro market, this vast store has something for everyone, from authentic tuxedos to baby vintage clothes, including unique creations byits owner-designer, also features the best accessories in town and a hat collection that is sinfully chic. Best buys: 1940s spencers ($40), silk scarves (from $3). Don't miss: nylons with embroidered heels, a sheer knockout ($3.50).

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For the followers of Real Chic and the well-mannered punk, this is a must. Always interesting windows, inside everything is perfectly tailored in natural fabrics from jackets to T-shirts. A penchant for French and Italian fashions. Gorgeous D. Hechter shirts and polos for men ($25 and $30). Easy-feel knit stirrup pants ($22) and running pants in thick cotton ($18), a real bargain. Hot: lovely gym shoes in bubble-gum colors ($22).

If you want to look like early-Mary Tyler Moore, Donna Reed and Harriet Nelson gone new wave, head to Phobia. Newly transported to funky Ferndale, this boutique has wonderful new and old clothing you'll have trouble finding anywhere else. One eye catcher was a red vinyl motorcycle suit with matching kidney belt. (What's that? you ask. A belt that reaches from waist to kidneys, natch.) Accessories, too, are Phobia s strong suit: ties, reptile shoes, sunglasses, buttons. You'll find something to give your wardrobe a shot in the arm at. Phobia, never fear. oe

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_ If for you the name Ron Aronson has a familiar ring to it, you are probably: (a) a Detroit Metro Times reader with an eye toward our gourmet guide; (b) an activist with roots in the Movement or around Wayne State; (c) a scholar with an avid interest in the philosophy of Jean Paul Sartre.

Or, as they say in such quizzes, all of the above which would give you all the requirements to sit and converse with Mr. Aronson himself. Of course, only one teal requirement isnecessary to have a word with Ron the ability to catch him as he speeds through a busy day.

_My strategy to harness him before the day was in motion paid off, and we arranged to have breakfast together. While I awaited his arrival at a small diner on West Eight Mile Road, thought back to _ our first meeting in 1968. We both were new instructors at Wayne State's Monteith College.

As one of the radical intellectuals

Aronson from Sartre to Saute _

involved with Studies on the Left, a Marxist journal, and with a fresh doctorate from Brandeis, Ron s reputation> preceded him with all this going for ~ him, wondered then and now, why had he chose to come to Wayne? had found the morning's first question.

Thad to be where the action was, he began, his fork poking absently at the eggs before him. The rebellion had happened the year before, there was a lot of political activity and, well, Detroit is my home, you know. didn t.

He laughed as he recalled the political climate at Wayne State when he arrived. It was crazy. was amazed at how so many students felt that the revolution was just around the corner. But that didn t keep me from joining them in the struggle.

My political development _really began in the early sixties during the Free Speech Movement. Listening to a broadcast from Berkeley, heard how students were being attacked and that was the spark.

I think I've always been for the underdog. Since was a kid I've always sided with the losers whether in sports, politics or whatever. This concern for the underdog and his interest in developing social links between members of

society were recurring themes in our discussion about his past.

Social links are very important. am always interested, he said, in finding ways to bring folks together. It may sound corny but that s exciting to me.

I listened to him and it was clear that he hadn't changed a bit from those days in the early seventies when -Ron, the democratic Marxist, always with- the mackinaw shirt, leather cap, corduroys and construction boots, was a featured speaker at every rally on campus from Vietnam to equal rights, you could count on Ron being there. Of course, on the side of the underdog.

In those days our offices were close together and it was easy for me to keep tabs on him. It was shortly after the Kent State incident that Ron began working on a book. Not a day went by, so it seemed, that I didn t hear his typewriter banging away.

Eleven years later Jean Paul Sartre Philosophy in the World. Yep, you're tight, he nodded, the ever-present smile spreading wider. I started this book right after the murders at Kent State. That ~ was a turning point for me.

Why Sartre? Well, it all began-as a continuation of my dissertation that kept evolving. In the Preface to his book he Beg

explains some of the problems, the false starts, the interruptions, the rethinking that extended the project over the years.

The Preface also contains what feel is the kernel of the book and Ron s basic disagreement with Sartre: If the main weakness I find in Sartre is that his peculiar individualism is blind to the social links at the heart of human life, the main experience have had in writing this book is how much it has depended on other people.

And high on Ron's list of people he has depended on are also his dependents his wife, Phyllis, and his two children. There is no room-here to review the book, which is already being hailed as the definitive work on the famed philosopher, but watch for it in a future issue of _the Metro Times.

From the neighborhood - around Dexter and Davison to a scholarly discussion on Jean Paul Sartre is quite an existential leap, but of equal importance are the solid social links he has formed through such organizations as the New American Movement (NAM) and the College of Lifelong Learning, where Ron is a tenured professor. And as his book is discussed and reviewed, it should assist him in linking even more people _ together.

Nationally Known Psychic Joyce Messick, listed in Who s Who, is doing consultation in the greater Detroit Area. A trance clairvoyant, Joyce_has appeared before many New Age groups, and has her own radio show.

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Hoi Polloi

Watcher b/w Waitin for the Phone

Forced new wave moderism. These guys are afraid to write an unabashed pop song. I suspect that they can produce something more substantial. want to hear more before counting them out.

wW. W.

Phil 'n the Blanks

Autosex b/w PRL-8-53 Pink Records

Sparse production of minimalist instrumentation lets nothing obscure the excellent vocals of this band from Chi_cago. I'm not sure if these folks hold serious views or are just playing word games with these songs; decide for yourself Feb. 20-21 at Nunzio s, when the quintet makes an appearance.

Available from Pink Records, 1342 West Newport, Chicago, IL 60657.

S.B.

Retro U-Boat b/w Picture Plane White Light Records

A pleasure to review. This first release by Retro proves them to be the Detroit band to watch in the future. Jim Atkinson, writer/ composer/lead singer and poet in his own right, shows his mettle on thesé two hot tunes, both refreshingly danceable and different. Retro s sound is too unique to be simply labeled rock or new wave; there is simply nothing like Retro in. the Detroit area.

Jerry Siclovan s analog guitar work is some of the best this reviewer has heard, and with Martin Bandyke on percussion, Frank Callis on bass; and Dan Cicchelli on rhythm guitar, the

sound is rich and complete. An admirable mix from Stix & Licks studio puts this 45 light years ahead of most local recordings you can hear. Hey, this is even well packaged; it even comes with a lyric sheet (catch those -Iyrics!). This 45.is a definite BUY.

S. M.

The Mutants I Say Yeah b/w Cafe Au Lait FIM Records

A pretty senseless ditty, I Say Yeah is nonetheless a great dance song. Especially suited to those who aren't thrown off by a little syncopation (provided by drummer Steve Sortor), the song incites your feet to riot while challenging your mouth to.sing along. Not your typical American in Paris tale, Cafe Au Lait spryly recounts the exploits ofa tourist - in France. Although the organ break that backs some gigolo's sleazy propositions is Italian, not French, the Mutants continental attempt at a- concept piece works well. ==. B,

Young and Dirty I'm So Sick b/w Medicine Man Scratch and Purr Records

Early San Francisco psychedelia meets the Tubes. Garage/ garbage rock at its best. One doesn't buy the record for the group's technical proficiency as much as for their sensibility (social and musical satire). When they learn a new chord, I say Look out world! eS W. W. Service

Time Release b/w Don't Be Sad Tremor Records

Hmm; nice packaging, good mix, yet this 45 is full of sound and (not much) fury, signifying nothing. This is close to rock and roll, but more like power pop, with two small p s. Lou Zazuwa on vocals, Gary Zazuwa on guitar and vocals, Pat Conaton on bass and vocals, and Kyle Klecknes.on drums put out a clean, tight sound on a well-mastered 45, yet all form, no content. Pretty little love songs you'll tap your feet to and then forget in a minute.

S. M.

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oo Qa IS Motor City Rockers Rocker Sound/Lizzie s Theme b/w Jag of Hearts/Stupid Girl Gangster Records

Not inspiring but hardly inept. These boys have their rock 'n roll sensibility in The Rolling Stones/Rockets genre. Musically competent, lyrically immature and unimaginative. Too , bad, as their basic rock 'n roll is preferable to much of the new wave dribble trying to pass itself off as art. 3

W. W.

Wippo

Totally Hip/Bad Reception/ Girl b/w Frozen/ Magazines/Rene Manmade Records

I understand Wippo comes from Oak Park but left in search of fame and fortune in California. This is quixotic new wave pop music lots of fun for those who don't take their music super serious and accept and love facile pop for what it is. Ref erence point is: ABBA, Eno and Skafish (a new law firm, I think).

W. W.