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VOLUMEI, NUMBER 16 * MAY 28-JUNE 11, 1981
pet wh L Immaculate.Lawn SyndromeKilling You
by Michael Betzold.
2, 4-D the chemical ae widely used by homeowners, commercial lawn care companies and municipal sprayers to kill dandelions and other broadleaf weeds has been linked to cancer, genetic damage, birth defects, disorders of the nervous system and flu-like symptoms.
Stabilizers found in 2,4-D and other common dejeer J pesticides have been linked to Reye's ee
Syndrome by Canadian scientists. Yet 100 million pounds of 2,4-D are sprayed annually in the U.S., mainly to keep unsightly weeds out of manicured
lawns.
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LETTERS KNOWLEDGE BLACKOUT
The more traditional sources of news in Detroit are trying to keep certain types of information from-us! For almost the past two months eastern coal miners have been on strike while we, in the rest of the country, have gotten only the most cursory details of that struggle. Why? In 1978, during the last coal miners strike, the news media did a rather extensive job of covering that event. Whatis the reason for such censorship in 1981?
To find the reason one need only tie together current events happening in the U.S. labor scene involving .concessions. Throughout the country, including in the coal fields, workers are being asked by corporations and their own union leaders to accept cuts in their standard of living: This is seen in the concessions Chrysler workers made last year and in the concessions Ford and GM are asking their workers to accept this year.
The coal miners response to attempts at cutting back on black lung benefits and aid to miners widows has been an emphatic extension of their strike an extension which could very easily serve as an inspiration to other workers, particularly in Detroit and the auto industry, that you can" be successful at saying NO!
However, the auto industry stockholders and their collaborators who own the news media would hardly want workers inspired in such a direction. Their way of insuring this is a news blackout of the coal miners strike.
The coal miners will succeed in saying NO! to concessions only with the support of the people in such cities as Detroit, including students and workers. We can all succeed if we take the coal miners example when responding to cuts in such things as wages, food stamps, health and safety programs, university faculty and school lunch programs. But to do this we need information we need to know!
Joseph Gawel
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George Crockett sues the President of the United States, and we don t even hear about.it from the News and Free Press? I don t know much about El Salvador, but Crockett sounds like he knows what he s talking about. People like George Crockett are the fighters we need to keep the government honest.
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BUMMING IT: Today, a theatre production that hits home, at least with a few of you baseball fanatics, continues at the Attic Theatre. Bleacher Bums was written by Chicago's Organic Theatre Company about the Cubbies, a team who, like the Tigers, inspire loyalty in their fans against all odds. The bleacher bums are all we see on the stage, learning the score through their various antics. Seems like drama verite, but maybe the bleacher creatures at Tiger Stadium are stranger than fiction. Call the Attic Theatre at 963-7789 for more information about the production and reservations.
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Emily's Downtown Detroit Fun Run, deadline June 1. Now. But that s not all, folks: reggae with Onxyz, gospel from several area choirs, dance from. the Younique Daneer and That's Them Daricers (not to mention tap dancers Lloyd Storey and Fletcher Bones Hollingsworth), rhythm and blues from the Urbations and blues acts throughout the season including the legendary Howard Armstrong, whose string band work is cherished by audiences around the world and who is virtually unknown here in his home towh. The J-C - CDC has more details at 8220007, but programs will be distributed at the first concert today at Alfred Brush Ford Park - (Lakewood at the river) at 2 pm get out there and expand your musical horizons.
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by David Finkel
?m so angry I m shaking There, in the well-appointed inside. luxury of the fourteenth floor, That s what one member of | those who own, manage andMACO (Michigan AvenueCom- collect dividends from General Motors were ratifying the fate of thousands of workers and community residents who live below them.
Residents of two of Detroit s munity Organization) was saying as he strode away from the scene of the May 22 General Motors Shareholders Meeting at the GM
oldest, most integrated and culturally richest communities Poletown on the east side, Michigan Avenue on the southwest had come to the meeting, sympathetic to each other s concerns but working indépendently, to protest the destruction of their neighborhoods.
The southwest side of Detroit faces an economic catastrophe with the planned closing of GM s
Clark Avenue Cadillac plant and
Fisher Body Fleetwood, the economic heartbeat of the Michigan Avenue communities for decades. Meanwhile, clear across town, the churches and homes and small businesses of Poletown are going down under. the wrecker s ball to make room for a new high-technology plant, which may employ (in good times) perhaps half the number of people as the plants which are closing.
MACO, in particular, was prepared for this shareholders meeting. Enough shares of GM stock had been purchased to ensure that MACO members could attend: the meeting. GM s directors invited MACO representa- tives to attend the meeting and promised that six MACO spokespeople would be called on in the first hour of the meeting.
want them to promise preferentialtreatment for parts suppliers to remain in Detroit, or move here. This would provide jobs in Detroit for people all over Detroit not just the southwest side where we live.
T know there just aren t jobs out there right now. I ve been laid off myself for nine months.
At first glance, GM s ability to allow one token . two-minute speech on behalf of thousands of community residents and workers, after promising them a full hearing, might look like a shdw of overwhelming corporate strength. It is more correctly seen as a sign of weakness, according to a MACO spokesperson.
General Motors, it is argued, cannot win a fair, open debate before the people of Detroit. over what it is doing to the Poletown or Michigan Avenue communities. They say GM could never convince the majority of Detroiters that wiping out 12,000 jobs by 1983 at Cadillac and Fleetwood not to mention feeder plants like Hancock Steel, Robin Steel, Ojibwa Industries, Kelsey Hayes and numerous others is a contribution to Detroit s survival.
building and go up to the fourteenth floor to look down at us. They don t know who we are. That our kids need shoes. That people who losé their jobs won't be able to make their house payments. All they care about are their dividends.
We put the profits into those plants. Where are our dividends?
Detroit City Council member Ken Cockrel also spoke to the crowd, voicing strong criticism of his fellow. council members who voted to approve GM s request for a tax break for the Poletown plant. Before they gave GM that 12-year tax abatement on the new plant, they should have de-_ manded that GM do something to protect the jobs at the old (Cadilfac) plant, he told the cheering group.
MACO plans to press ahead on its Campaign For Jobs, aimed at stopping the flight of capital and jobs from the southwest side and from Detroit in general. They seem determined that the May 22 action at the GM shareholders meeting will signal the beginning of a revival of their community not a wake.
had six speakers lined up. Then
things.
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Helen Swoish, MACO press representative, told Detroit Metro Times what happened next: We only one, MACO President Virginia Davidson, was allowed to speak. They had body got the instructions correctly that we were supposed to be able to speak and present our demands. Se
We want them to invest to save and create jobs at the Cadillac and Fleetwood plants, and we
At the rally outside the GM Building attended by 350 MACO residents and supporters, Virginia Davidson got to say some of the things that GM s directors. didn t want its shareholders disturbed by.
finally got a chance to speak, after listening to all kinds of resolutions. After two minutes, they cut off my microphone. After not allowing our speakers, you'd think they could give us one extra minute.
We've got nothing yet, but this isn t the end. Next time, we'll make them come to us to meet. They drive up to this: beautiful
Between 1950 and 1975, MACO points out, Detroit lost 291,000 jobs. In the 1970s alone, Detroit lost 90,000 manufacturing jobs. In 1980, the following large plants closed in the Detroit area: Chrysler Dodge Main, Lynch Road Assembly and Eight Mile Stamping, Ward Bakery,e Woodall Industries, Dana Corp., Dearborn Specialty, Uniroyal, BASF Wyandotte, Lear Siegel, Voight Corp., Parke Davis.
For facts and future plans regarding MACO S Campaign For Jobs, contact the MACO office at 898-5000.
Drifting on neighborly breezes to vegetable gardens, 2,4-D can cause plants to twist grotesquely in an orgy of abnormal growth, making tomato vines look like something from Mars, according to Don Juchartz, Wayne County director of the Michigan State University Extension Service. About three-quarters of 2,4-D breaks down in a month after application, but it can take up to 18 months for its residues to dis-_. appear completely, says Juchartz.
2,4-D (2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic) a common ingredient in scores of over-the-count-er household pesticides is a herbicide that, with the now-banned sister chemical 2,4,5-T, comprised Agent Orange, the defoliant used by the U.S. government against the Vietnamese which has resulted in cancer and birth defects in -| American soldiers stationed there.
The giant chemical concerns and the government insist that 2,4-D is toxic only in concentrated doses and perfectly safe to use in diluted form for lawn care. One commercial lawn sprayer, Roger Fleming of Cal Fleming Landscape Co., claims that you could probably drink the stuff if its mixed according to label instructions. Yet an Environmental Protection Agency official has admitted that laboratory tests used to certify the, safety of 2,4-D and dozens of other herbicides and insecticides are invalid.
FALSIFIED TESTS
n 1977, the government learned that Industrial Bio-Test Laboratories, the nation s largest commercial toxological .testing company and a subsidiaryof Nalco Chemical Company,had been falsifying test results on thousands of studies of pesticides, cosmetics and other chemicals and drugs. These studies were the basis for such products being registered as safe for public use by various government agencies. The Swedish government responded by banning the sale of six chemicals tested by IBT labs, but the U.S. and Canadian governments have not yet banned the sale of any of the faultily tested chemicals, among which is 2,4-D.
Dr. iiane Reiss of the EPA has stated that 99 percent of the long-term studies (which would determine whether the chemicals tested were carcinogenic) were invalid, and that the majority of the tests performed for birth defects, genetic mutations and toxic effects also were completely useless.
IBT is only one of ten fecing labs under investigation by the EPA for careless or deliberate falsificationof studies. Almost all the labs are owned by the same companies. which manufacture the chemicals being tested.
The consumer is really at the mercy of the manufacturer when it comes to: pesticide safety, according to Oakland University chemistry professor Paul Tomboulian. The testing labs in the past have not always had good laboratory practices. Some.of their work has been very shoddy.
Juchartz, onthe other hand, claims that 2,4> D is the most tested pesticide in history and has no adverse effects upon humans although some people may be allergic to it. "The chemical was developed by Dow in the 40s, and in. early research stages it was used on pineapple crops. 2,4-D is a growth hormone and it enabled Dow pineapples to grow to the exact size that fit the standard supermarket can. Used on lawns since the 50s, 2,4-D causes broadleaf weeds like dandelions to grow themselves to death. The weeds get so big so fast that they starve, explains Tomboulian.
Even if the lab tests for 2,4-D were reliable, st doesn t matter whether the pure compounds are free from hazards because they have not been used in that form; he continues. Impure stuff has been used in the past and may still be in the marketplace.
Acute short-term health ollccis are more likely to come from the solvents used with pesticide -sprays than from the pesticide itself, according to Tomboulian. The petrochemical emulsifier used in an insecticide to kill spruce budworms in Canada and the northern U.S. has been linked to Reye s Syndrome, the deadly and mysterious childhood disease. that has claimed dozens of Michigan victims in recent _years.
that may possibly be linked to Reye s,
The pesticides were shown to alter in some fashion the cellular response to viral infections s, confirmed Dr. Ashok Sarnaik of the Reye s Syndrome Study Cerker of Children s Hospital of Michi_gan in Detroit. Sarnaik cautioned that the cause of Reye s has not been isolated, but said the link to pesticides was an important observation that should be pursued-and explored.
Pesticides may also be linked to flu. A California doctor, Granville Knight, found that 70 percent of his patients who had a virus infection had measurable levels of herbicides in their blood. Commercial applicators frequently complain of being sick with flu-like symptoms.
A Louisiana state senator became violentlyill with the the flu for two weeks after his car got stuck behind a State Highway Department truck that was spraying 2,4-D to curb roadside weeds. The senator, Elwyn J. Nicholson, immediately drafted a bill to prohibit the state from spraying any more herbicides along roads.
METRO DETROITUSAGE
he head of Detroit s parks program has ordered a halt to all spraying of 2,4-D in city recreation areas, following the lead of "the National Parks Service, which banned the chemical earlier this year. Dan Krichbaum, director of Parks and Recreation for the city, said he wants no more parks to be sprayed because there is cause for concern about thehuman health hazards of 2,4-D.
In Michigan, roadside spraying of 2,4- Di is conducted by state, county and some city crews to keep dandelions off medians and boulevard islands, though 2,4-D has been banned in Macomb County and near Paw Paw around grape and tomato vineyards. Spraying of 2,4-D will continue along some downtown Detroit boulevards where residents complain about dandelions, accordingto. Krichbaum.
- Some suburbs spray roads and parks with 2,4-D. Southfield puts 2,4-D in granulatedform on golf courses, in the Civic Center area, and sprays it on some medians, according to\city
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official Don Puffpaff. In Dearborn, crews spray parks and greenbelts around parking areas on an annual basis if funds allow, says Gene Gregorich, a foreman in the Parks Department. 2,4-D isn t sprayed after kids are out of school, and Gregorich claims all the fumes die down by afternoon or evening when parks are most heavily used.
In other suburbs, city crews maintain parks without the benefit of chemical sprays. In Warren, parks foreman Ed Leeman says the cost of spraying would be prohibitive because of the size of that suburb s parks, and besides, (they) are supposed to look natural; we make no effort to make them Jook like a lawn. In Troy, city official Bill Need says spraying -is confined to fire stations, outfields on ball diamonds, soccer fields and some boulevard medians, but crews keep parks well mowed and tolerate a few weeds.
We have an awful lot of chemicals in our society today, Need says in explaining his reluctance to conduct wholesale spraying of 2,4-D. The chemical companies say there s no problem with these things, and then someone s hair starts falling out.
Innone of the cities surveyed are any warnings given the public when 2,4-D is sprayed. The chemical takes from minutes to hours to dry, depending on weather conditions. Leo Toth, of Detroit s Forestry division, says Detroit was using 2,4-D in parks off and on for 20 years until Krichbaum s ban.
Scientific evidence that 2,4-D is a carcinogen was published as early as 1971. AHEW commission on pesticides reported in 1969 that 2,4D causes birth defects in animals. Ten years earlier, in 1959, a Mayo Clinic surgeon had found three .cases of peripheral neuropathy (numbing of the nerve endings) caused by skin contact with diluted 2,4-D.
2,4-D was also linked to miscarriages in northern Louisiana following Senator Nicholson s incident. And a farmer in that state died in 1979 after spilling some 2,4-D on his lap. Protests against the spraying of 2,4-D-have become widely heard recently in. the Pacific Northwest, where giant forestry companies Continued from page. 7
conduct widespread herbicide spraying. In Ashford, Washington, nine of 12 pregnancies over a year s time ended in miscarriages after extensive spraying in the area by the Weyerhauser corporation. Weyerhauser spokesperson, Dr. Illo Gauditz, responded to community protests by noting that babies are replaceable.
BILLION DOLLAR PROFITS
he pesticide business is huge, and still T booming. Over a billion dollars of profits are raked in yearly by more than 80 companies who produce at least one and half billion pounds of pest killers--30 times as much production as 30 years ago, when most people -engagéd in the primitive practice of pulling weeds by hand instead of zapping them with chemicals.
2,4,5-T was sprayed all over the country, on forests, farms, highways and lawns, as well as in the jungles of Vietnam, until veterans and domestic workers started surfacing with cancer and nervous disorders and producing children saddled with birth defects: Now that 2,4,5-T has been banned because of the Agent Orange controversy, manufacturers have launched a campaign to blame the whole problem of pesticide poisoning on the dioxins present in 2,4,5T. 2,4-D, it is argued, contains no dioxins.
Canadian scientists surveying supermarket shelves last year, however, found three pre-_ viously unknown dioxins present in various 2,4D products. As a result, the Canadian government launched an investigation into 2,4-D, the biggest seller among pesticides op the market in that country.
Washington state researcher Dr. Ruth Shearer, after conducting an extensive survey of published literature on 2,4-D, found 2,4-D poisoning victims from all over North America. There is a clear poisoning syndrome, she wrote a year ago, and it includes most of the complaints of the Agent Orange victims which %
are usually blamed on the dioxin component of Agent Orange in order to pass the buck away from commercially profitable 2,4-D.
Shearer s study also revealed that the first degradation product in the chemical breakdown of 2,4-D is more carcinogenic and fetotoxic than 2,4-D itself. Not muchis known about how 2,4-D breaks down and whether its intermediate compounds pose human health hazards, confirms Tomboulian.
Commercial lawn sprayers insist that whatever the toxicity of 2,4-D in concentrated form, diluting it with water before spraying eliminates the problem.
Before you dilute it, you got to watch that stuff, says Bill Lapeer, who operates Lawn Life in Dearborn Heights. If you get it on your skin, your eyes start dilating. But if you dilute it like it says on the label, its not as strong as aspirin.
Such an attitude that small amounts of a carcinogen do not cause cancer seems a luxury in a society where, according to National Institute of Health statistics, one out of every four people will get cancer in their lifetimes.
Small amounts of.some carcinogens, such as radiation and asbestos, have been shown to increase the risk from cancer, said U.S. Consumer Safety Commissioner Dr.R. David Pittle in 1978. No level of exposure to a carcinogen, no matter how small; has ever been shown to be safe. And exposure to one carcinogen may add to the risk from exposure to another.
GOGGLES AND RESPIRATORS
ost commercial lawn sprayers do not ML wear protective clothing, except perhaps gloves and boots, when applying 2,4-D to lawns. On TV advertisements, weed killer is sprayed on lawns by smiling men in shirt sleeves while children play happily nearby. Workers adopt a macho attitude.
There s no reason to be scared of it, its com-
pletely harmless, scoffs Roger Fleming, who s been spraying pesticides for 15 years. You don t wear a mask with any of that stuff, maintains Lapeer.
But state licensing manuals recommend that applicators wear long-sleeve shirts, hats, boots, goggles and respirators. State law requires that only one person in each company has to pass: certification tests. It also mandates annual blood tests for all employees, but only the large companies, like Chem-Lawn, which has five offices and 50,000 customers locally and a million customers nationwide, have employee health inspection programs. Many of the 400 lawn care companies in Michigan are not even licensed.
Many lawn-care. companies peddle a summer-long package which includes spraying 2,4-D in spring and fall months to kill dandelions, and applying insecticides and chemical fertilizers in the middle of the summer. Costs for this service, which includes no more than six applications, range up to $200. It has become an increasingly popular investment for busy homeowners who want their lawns to be more immaculate than their neighbor s.
66 The chemical companies say there s no problem with these things &nd then someone s hair starts falling out.
It s an issue of vanity, Tomboulian points out. 2,4-D has little practical purpose. There s no hazard posed to grass by dandelions. Its used because people have decided they prefer narrow-blade leaf plants to broad leaves.
The mono-culture lawn that results from repeated chemical sprayings is more likely to develop insect problems than a more diversified yard, Tomboulian says.
It s much to the economic benefit of the| people who make the chemicals, he continues, because, once your lawn is hooked on chemi-
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cals, you may need insecticides to control the bugs that flourish in a weak lawn.
The chemical lawn concept is a part of the suburban asthetic, promoted by advertisers for chemical corporations, and people who do not consider dandelions the enemy to be targeted for extermination are out of step with the majority.
TI still see people out there digging their weeds by hand, laughs Fleming. It doesn t help a lot. They grow right back.
Those who question the chem-lawn standard
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have little legal protection against spray drifting onto gardens, lawns and children s toys. Typically, commercial sprayers arrive at a house unannounced, spray, and leave a bill in the mailbox. Never are neighbors warned.
This angers people like Jeannine Cohen and Maureen Dunphy, who are trying to grow organic vegetables in their Northwest Detroit backyards. At community potlucks this spring, they and other neighbors began organizing a challenge to 2,4-D. Their group, called Grass Roots Organization, is seeking a city ordinance requiring that warnings be given before pesticides such as 2,4-D are. sprayed.
Skip Schmidt, an employee of Chem-Lawn in Madison Heights, claims there is never a prob: lem with drift because the spray goes right from the nozzle to the ground, just like watering with a hose. But on windy days in spring, the stench of chemicals is obvious in many subdivisions. Opponents of the spraying say the chemicals can be picked up by the sun and can drift up to 50 miles away in a strong breeze. There s always some drift when you use any kind of above-ground chemical spray, notes Tomboulian.
Some sprayers advise children to remain inside for an hour until the 2,4-D dries, but neighbors children are not warned. Why are children to be kept indoors when the chemical spray is perfectly safe,/as commercial operators claim? ie
Just because something is safe doesn t mean
its completely safe, answers Fleming. It s - safe to cross the street, but you'd better look both ways first. Despite the burgeoning
David, Choi and Jeannine Cohen. spray firms in the past decade, most home-owners still mix and apply 2,4-D and other pesticides themselves. Following the label should insure safety, except that labels on the scores of household products that contain 2,4-D do not mention its links to. cancer, birth defects, nervous disorders, flu and other health hazards. Many cancers take 20 to 30 years to develop. 2,4-D was first used in the 50s. So, it may soon become clearer what the real price of having a weedless lawn is. The révenge of the dandelions may soon be at hand.
ALTERNATIVE _ LAWN CARE
Y ou can have a nice-looking lawn without using chemicals. It takes a little more work than calling a commercial lawn sprayer, but its less expensive and poses none of the potential risks.
The concept of Integrated Pest Management has been developed for homeowners who want to take control of their own lawns and gardens without using chemicals. It involves monitoring yards for pests and deciding how many pests you will tolerate and how you will keep them under control. A Michigan State University group called Project Pest has materials which present alternative approaches to urban pest management. They can be reached at MSU s Department of Resource Development, (517)353-6787.
The Grass Roots Organization (GRO), a Detroit community group seeking to educate neighbors about alternatives to the chemical approach to lawn care, has recommendations for organic lawn maintenance. Their methods will not eliminate every single
dandelion, but they will promotea stronger, -
healthier lawn that will maintain a natural balance and acceptable appearance. They suggest:
@ Lawns should be aerated in the spring by digging with a small conventional garden fork, and then filling in the holes with compost.
® Grass should be kept at least 2% inches long and mowed frequently. Set the mower blade high. Taller grass is stronger and does not allow weeds enough sunshine to grow.
@ Don t start watering your lawn unless you can continue to do so all summer. Grass will become accustomed to extra water and start depending on it. If you must water, do so thoroughly and water in the morning so the sun can dry out the lawn, preventing fungus infection. -
@ Try interspersing other kinds of grass, such as
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BOB SZAJNER S TRIAD with ED PICKENS & FRANK ISOLA: May 28, World Stage Cafe, 962-4124.
BILLY MITCHELL with the CLAUDE BLACK TRIO: May 28, 7 & 9:30 pm, DIA Cabaret Jazz, 832/2730.'
DAKOTA STATON: June 3-14, DummyGeorge, 341-2700.
DENISE WILLIAMS: June 5, 8 pm, Music Hall, 963-7680.
DYNAMIC THREE Cs: June 7, Cafe Detroit, 831-8820.
EXPORT: June 5-6, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483.
GARY WEINBERG: Thursdays, The Gnome, 833-0120. x
GEORGE HIGGINS: Th-F, 6-8 pm, Song Shop; 832-8032.
GLEMI DERRALL & HIS BLUE BOYS: June 10-11, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 5455483.
JAMES BLOOD ULMER with SAM SANDERS & VISIONS: June 5-6, World Stage Cafe, 962-4124.
JAMES BROWN: June 18-21, Henry's Palace, 341-9444.
JILL PHILLIPS: June 7, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483.
JIMMIE SMITH: May 27-31, Dummy George, 341-2700.
KATALENIC-KWEK: Mondays, Jamie's on 7, Livonia, 477-9077.
KENNY PANCHO HAGOOD: Thursdays in June, World Stagé Cafe, 9624124.
KERRY CAMPBELL & FRIENDS: Wednesdays, Jay Bee s, 961-1121.
KEVIN O'CONNELL: Mondays, The Earle, Ann Arbor, 994-0211.
KEVIN O'CONNELL TRIO: June 5-6, The Earle, Ann Arbor, 994-0211.
KRIS LYNN: F-Su, 101 Lounge, 9612338.
KRIS PETERSON: June 5-6, Cafe Detroit, 831-8820.
LARRY MANDEERFIELD: June 11, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555.
LARRY NOZERO QUARTET: Tu-Sa, Excalibur, Southfield, 358-3355.
APPEARING
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LENORE PAXTON: May 29-31, Baker's Keyboard Lounge, 864-1200.
MARCUS BELGRAVE: May
LYMAN WOODARD ORGANIZATION: May 29, Cobb's Corner, 832-7223. June 4-27, Th-Sa, Rembrandt's, 9631053. Pe 28-30, Rembrandt's, 963-1053.
MARCUS BELGRAVE & THE NEW DETROIT JAZZ ENSEMBLE, KEITH FERGUSON & THE PEACE & GOODWILL BAPTIST CHOIR: June 7,2-6pm, Concerts by the River, Alfred Brush Ford Park, 822-0007.
MOTOR CITYJAZZ QUINTET: Wednes-days, World Stage Cafe, 962-4124.
NOEL POINTER: June 20, 7:30 pm, Orchestra Hall; 833-3700.
PHENIX: F-Sa, The Gnome, 833-0120.
RALPH KOZIARSKI: Wednesdays, The Gnome, 833-0120.
ROD LUMPKIN-& ALLAN BARNES: SuM, Blue Chip No. 2, 538-4850.
ROD WILLIAMS QUINTET: June 4, 7.& 9:30 pm, DIA Cabaret Jazz, 832-2730.
RON BROOKS TRIO: Tu-Th, The Earle, Ann Arbor, 994-0211.
SAM SANDERS & VISIONS: May 2930, World Stage Cafe, 962-4124.
SCALARE: W-Th, 5-10. pm, The Lady, 824-2900. -
SONNY STITT & THE CLAUDE BLACK TRIO: June 5-21, Baker's Keyboard Lounge, 864-1200.
STANLEY COWELL: June 11, 7 & 9:30 pm, DIA Cabaret Jazz, 832-2730. SUSKIND & WEINBERG: Sundays, The Gnome, 833-0120.
THREE STRONG MEN: June 3-4, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483.
URSULA WALKER & BUDDY BUDSON: June 5, 5:30-8:30 pm, free Jazz orf the Terrace at Northland.
WENDELL HARRISON with PAMELA WISE: May 28, Cobb's Corner, 8327223. May 29-30, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 965-8555.
R&B
BLUE FRONT PERSUADERS: Wednesdays, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374. CHARLIE HARRIS featuring BESSIE
BARNES: Thursdays, Blue Chip No.2, 538-4850.
DICK SIEGEL: June 5-6, Rick's American Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747. DON TAPERT & SECOND AVE. BAND: May 29-30, Cafe Detroit, 831-8820. June 8, Rick s American Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747.
MIDNIGHT SRY: Tu-W, Blue Chip No. 2, 538-4850.
URBATIONS: Sundays, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374.
BLUES
BILL HODGSON: Sundays, Alvin's Twilight Bar, 832-2355.
BOOGIE WOOGIE RED: Mondays, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555.
BRYAN LEE: May 29-30, Rick's American Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747.
BUDDY FOLKS: Wednesdays, Song Shop, 832-8032. *
CORKY SIEGEL BAND: June:2, Rick's American Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747. June 5-6, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374. DETROIT BLUES BAND: June 3-5, The Code, 259-0677.
GUITAR JUNIOR: June 11, Rick's American Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747. HOUNDSTOOTH JONES BAND: May 29, Song Shop, 832-8032. NADS: May 30, Song Shop, 832-8032. PROGRESSIVE BLUES BAND: June 56, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555. SAILCAITZ: June 3, Rick's American Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747.
SIPPIE WALLACE: June 3, Alvin's Twilight Bar, 832-2355.
STREETLIGHT NIGHTS: June 10, Rick s American Cafe, 996-2747. SUNNYLAND SLIM: May 29-30, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374. WEST SIDE BLUES BAND: May 29-30, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483.
REGGAE
MANDINGO GRIOT SOCIETY: June 6, 8 & 10:30 pm, UM University Club, Ann Arbor, 665-0378. ONKXYzZ: Thursdays, Alvin's Twilight Bar,. 832-2355.
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BOB MARLEY LIVES
Some people say that he was prophet. think he was. Some people say that he was messenger. think he was. Some people say that he was perhaps the only entertainer that could stretch from north to south, from east to west. think he did:
From America to England: from Kingston to Narobi, fon Gmbabwe to Atlanta.
Alt be been reported that until Monday (May 11) Bob Marley sold more records than anyone else alive. Only one person had outsold him in international sales: Elvis Presley. In England, he broke attendance records set by the Peace and Rolling Stones.
He was not a musician for slacks zalone, but for whites as well, not just for Jamaicans, but for the world community.
There are those SEES think that on Monday, May 11, 1981, Bob Marley died. But I say that on May 11, 1981, the lightof BobMarley started to shine brighter than it had ever covered the earth before. And that to me is not death;
SIRIUS ROOTS: June 10, Star Bar, Ann Arbor, 761-0109. WELDERS: May 28, Red Carpet B85-0881.
DISCO
CARSONS II: Tuesdays, 832-5910. CENTER STAGE: Canton, Sundays, 455-3010. CLUB U.B.Q:: Th-Su, 923-2357. DILLON S: W-Sa, 546-4466. FACES: Nightly, 852-6450.
431 EAST: F-Sa, 836-8218.
JAY BEE'S: Thursdays, 961-1121.
L'ESPRIT: Nightly, 963-6902. THE LADY: F-Tu, 824-2900.
OSCAR'S: Nightly, 353-6806. TWO FINGERS: F & Sa, 757-1250.
ROCK
ADRENALIN: May 29-30, Harpo's, 823- 6400.
ALICE COOPER: June 10-11, 8pm, Joe Louis Arena, 962-2000.
9818.
GARY U.S. BONDS: June 2, Center Stage, Canton, 981-4111.
LEPERS: June 1, Rick's American Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747.
LOOKOUT: June 4-6, Univ. of Windsor. June 10-14, September's, Warren, 7566140.
MARIAH: May 28-30, Token a Westland, 261-9640.
MILLERZ KILLERZ: June 8-9, Token Lounge, Warren, 261-9640.
- PANIC: June 6, pm, Eagle Theatre,
Pontiac, 335-5470.
PHOEBE SNOW: June 18, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610.
PULSTAR: June ee Token Lounge, 261-9640.
RENDEZVOUS: jue -2, Bentley's, Royal Oak, 583-1292.
SKIDS: June. 3-7, 10-14, Bentley's, Royal Oak, 583-1292.
SLANDER with AXIS: May 30, pm, Eagle Theatre, Pontiac, 335-5470.
383- 3121
INSECT SURFERS: May 6; Nunzio Ss, Lincoln Park, 383-3121.
KNOTS: June 5, See Ss, Lincoln Park, 383-3121.
MARY ROBERTS & INSIDE OUTSIDE BAND: June 4, Lil's, 875-6555.
NATASHA: May 30, Radio City Cafe, Windsor.
NELSONS: May 29, Nunzio Ss, Lincoln Park, 383-3121.
PHIL THE BLANKS: May 30, Nunzio s, Lincoln Park, 383-3121.
-PLASMATICS: July 17, pm, Masonic Auditorium, 832-7100.
- _RAGNAR KVARAN, THE FLEXIBLES, MOHAWK BROTHERS, TULSA CITY
TRUCKERS: May 29-30, Exploitation Weekend at The Bowery, 871-1503.
REPUTATIONS: May 27-28, Traxx, 372-2320.
RESISTORS: _June- 5; Red are Lounge, 885-9881.
- COUNTRY
COSMIC COWBOYS: May 28, Rick's American Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747. IRON MOUNTAIN COUNTRY: Thru June 13, M-Sa, Phoenix City, Berkley, 542-9797.
KENNY MILLER & THE COUNTRY LADS: W-Su, All Around Bar, 292-6838. SOUTHERN BREEZE: Tu-Sa, Filthy McNasty's, Warren, 757- 1120:
FOLK
ASPLIN FARMS BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL: May 28-31, Asplin Farms, Mt.Mortis, Michigan, 640-2214. BAKER'S BLUE JAY YAWN: Th-Sa, -Nemo s Fairlane, 336-8550. DAN CANTWELL & GUESTS: Tuesdays, Delta Lady, Femdale, 545-5483. THE GAELS: Tu & Sa, Four Green Fields, Royal Oak, 280-2902.
Angeles to Little Rock, from Kingston to Nigeria all over the world your light will always shine.
Mojo, on WGPR, May 13, 1981
Taped, transcribed and edited by Leni Sinclair.
To the fans of Bob Marley he is just flying. in space, checking you out right now. So you might as well that is life. That is energy. He simply Siveit up, because it snothingbuta changed forms from the physical punkie-reggae party, a celebration He s a man. He s a brother. He form to the spiritual form. And with of life. was/is and will me be my his message and his songs that he To brother Bob Marley: Mission friend. left behind, how can anybody say completed. Fly on. May your spirit that Bob Marleyis dead. He is more fly freely in the wind and constantly alive today than the expanse ofall remind us of the challenges we face of his 36 years that he spent-here to make this world better place.on earth. From Detroit to New York, from Los
by Michael Betzold
_NO I'M NOT SWEARING AT YOU orWHAT THOSE WEIRD THINGS IN PARENTHESES MEAN
The first 3-D rating system in filmdom was developed and tested in Chrysler laboratories tight here in Detroit. Here's what each scale means: STARS measure movie's overall quality: etek Wonderful aed Worthy ee Weak - (none) Woeful - WWW 's are for Weird: WWW Flipped Out ww Far Out WwW Passes for Straight (none) Prim and Proper
ZZZ's measure the Slumber Quotient of the viewer
drop and metaphor, John Guare s story examines what happens when 30s gangster groupie and small-time numbers runner (Burt _Lancaster) gets mixed up with an aspiring legal blackjack dealer (Susan Sarandon), her cos- mically insipid young sister (Hollis McLaren), cast. and their jointly owned husband Dave, aluckless cocaine dealer from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Must viewing for anyone considering bringing casino gambling to Detroit, Atlantic City is frightening and entertaining all at once. It's a richly interwoven, flawlessly executed story that says more than any movie in alism. memory about what is really happening to American. culture in an era where what was once sinful is now practiced by nuns and Boy Scouts, and the state skims off a fixed percentage of everyone's lives while giving the citizenry the illusion of being participants in the game. A movie like the movies which they don't make movies like anymore.
BREAKER MORANT. (**x*xW) War crimes
ZZZ Comatose didn t start in Vietnam, and following orders
(none) Wide Awake
AUTOMATIX: June 28-31, Bentley's, Royal Oak, 583-1292.
BITTER SWEET ALLEY: May 26-31, Side Street, Lincoln Park, 388-1186. June 3-6, September's, Warren, 7566140. June 7; 24 Karat, 531-2332. June 8-9, Bentley s, Royal Oak, 5831292, THE BOYS NEXT DOOR with WINDJAMMER: May 29, pm, Eagle Theatre, Pontiac, 335- 5470. CLAYION JACKSON BAND: May 28, The Bowery, 871-1503. COLOGNE: June 9, Rick s American Cafe, 996-2747.. EMISSIONS: F-Sa, Club Bavaria, 824-
nialism. The parallels to Vietnam are obvious. Béiesford' s exposition is brilliant. Jack Thompson, as the back-country solicitor who rises to the challenge of defending his countrymen, gives a brilliant performance, heading superb Breaker Morant never wavers, never flinches, never ducks the issues; its courtroom arguments prefigure all the debates about government atrocities that will mark the new century. Its hard thesis: abnormal men don't commit war crimes, normal men following orders do. Its target: the many faces of imperiIts perspective: an unfailing, comic humanism. Stupendous, invigorating and intelligent a remarkable film.
BUSTIN LOOSE. Imprisoned in Stir Crazy, Richard Pryor is out on parole here, driving Cicely Tyson and busfull of bad young kids across the country, trying to raise enough money to finance that free-base habit.
STEVE NARDELLA: May 29-30, Star Bar, Ann Arbor. June 4, Rick's American Bar, Ann Arbor, 769-0109. June 4, Rick's American Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747. June 5-6; Alvin's Twilight Bar, 832-2355.
TIGHT: June 3-7, aren Lounge, Warren, 261-9640.
TOBY REDD: May 27-31, September s, Warren, 756-6140. June 2-6, 24 Karat, 531-2330. June 8-9, September's,
Cadillac Kidz, Tupay's, May 30. Wafren, 756-6140. TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAK- NEW WAVE
CHEATERS: June 5-6, Lili's, 875-6555. ERS: June 5, 8 pm, Cobo Arena, 962- CULT HEROES: June 5, Red Carpet 1800. BORIS SAVAGE & THE PRIMATES: Lounge, 885-9881. TYRANT: May 31-June 2, The Token, June 3, Nunzio s, Lincoln Park, 383- HOI POLLOI: June 7, Rick's American Livonia, 261-9640. June 9-14, 24 Karat, gi. Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747. 531-2332. CADILLAC KIDZ: May 29, Nunzio s, HUMAN SEXUAL RESPONSE: May 30, Z.Z. TOP & LOVERBOY: June 13,8 pm, Lincoln. Park,, 383-3121. May 30, Bookie s, 862-0877. Joe Louis Arena, 962-2000. Tupay s, 521-1717. HYPE: June 4, Nunzio's, Lincoln Park,
being loved to death by an overly ae admirer.
FOUR SEASONS. Another comedy about multiple couples, but this one has the stamp of writer-director Alan Alda.
THE GRASSHOPPER. Russian film series concludes with this 1955 film by Samson Samsonov, based on Chekhov story about an unromantic surgeon and his wife who is involved with the artsy dilettantes of late 19th century Moscow. Jewish Community Center, May 30, 661-1000, Ext. 111.)
ROCK-A-BILLY CATS: May 27-29, The Code, 259-0677. June 4, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555. June 5-6, Song Shop, 832-8032.
ROOMATES: May 30, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881.
ROUGH CUT: May 29-30, Paychecks, 872-8934. May 6, Red Carpet oats, 885-9881.
SEATBELTS: May 29, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881.
SENDERS: June 5, Nunzio s, Lincoln Park, 383-3121.
SILLIES: May 29-30, Station 10.
SOPHISTICATES: ine 4, Todd's, 3668633.
JIM PERKINS & JOE VERMILION: Sundays, Four Green Fields, Royal Oak. 280-2902.
MARTY BURKE: Fridays, Four Green Fields, Royal Oak, 280-2902. NEW MOON SWING BAND: May 2931, Griffs, Pontiac, 334-7651. PATS PEOPLE: Thursdays, Four Green __ Fields, Royal Oak, 280-2902. RICH MANDERFIELD: Wednesdays, Four Green Fields, Royal Oak, 2802902. SHAR: Sundays, Griffs, Pontiac, 3347651. STRING FEVER: June °5-6, Griffs, Pontiac, 334-7651.
CLASSICAL
THE KINO EYE. Unusual EES films continue at the Art Institute. May 27-31: Georges Franju The Blood of Beasts, a surrealistic study of a slaughterhouse, and Hotel des Invalides, film about human war relics, circa 1950. June 3-7: Three films by Lindsay Anderson, director of If and Lucky Man, made with the Free Cinema group in London in the 50s, focusing on consumerism; Every Day Except Christmas, O, Dreamland, and Thursdays Children. June 10-14: Chris Marker's 5, Letter from Siberia, 1956 study of the remote Russian tracts of the Far East. (Afternoon Film Theatre.)
WALKIE TALKIES: May 28, as S0/56555. WHITE LINES: May 29-30, Litt , 875cos movie.
Space Invaders for the same price and three times as much entertainment.
SAVAGE HARVEST. Why would lion want to eat former Mama? If that question keeps you up nights, don t miss Michelle Phillips (of the old Mamas and Papas) who plays lunch for some hungry kings of the jungle in this meaty
Unrated movies betray that the reviewer is not omnipresent, but lives in Detroit, does not frequent Hollywood or New York, and some-
ZZ Deep Sleep didn start at Nuremberg, as this powerful v4 Naps movie about the Boer War proves. When the British Empire needed scapegoat forits brutal war policy in South Africa in 1900, it court-martialled three Australian soldiers who were part of special Green-Berets-type guerilla
CITIZEN'S BAND. Largely overlooked whenfirst released as Handle With Care, this 1977 film about truckers and CB radios was directed by Jonathan Demme (Melvin and Howard) and stars Paul LeMat (who played Melvin Drummer) and Candy Clark. On the basis of Melvin and Howard, it deserves look. With Humphrey Bogart flick Beat the Devil. (Cinema Two, May 29.)
THE HAND. (xZZWW) Michael Caine goes from psychotic transvestite psychiatrist killer (Dressed to Kiff) to psychotic repressed macho cartoonist in this umpteenth recycling of the not-very-scary horror-flick device of murderous detached hand creeping around choking anyone who upsets its owner. Writerdirector Oliver Stone thinks his audience is so stupid that he has to have his characters tell us flat out that Caine s detached hand is symbolic castration, as if the hateful glares of his wife are not obvious enough. The Hand proves the danger of mediocre screenwriter reading little bit of Freud. Lots of laughs, but not, think, where Stone intended them.
LAST OF THE BLUE DEVILS. new jazz documentary with color footage of dozens of jazz artists, including Count Basie. (Detroit Film Theatre, May 29.)
LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER. Re-spinning the famous radio myth by director William *Fraker.
DEATH HUNT. Yet another Charles Bronson times goes to baseball games instead of movies.
ATLANTIC CITY. («*x*xW) Louie Malle s remarkably perceptive vision of the bulldozing of an older, romantic way of life and the erection of new, sanitized, heartless, corporatecasino existence isa pleasingly entertaining, sometimes Altman-like, tour de force. Using the destruction and AS of Atlantic as back-
- German missionary. No matter that shooting force. The charge: shooting Boar prisoners and prisoners was British army policy; the Germans had to be mollified: Morant is courtroom drama about the Australians military trial, with flashbacks detailing the truth of the incidents being testified to. Bruce Beresford, the director of The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith; doesn't apologize for what the Australians did, but he ae it firmly in context of barbarous colomovie, with Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson giving chase to Bronson s outlaw trapper across the Canadian Northwest. Sort of Dudley Do-Right meets The Rifleman.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. It time for more blood in the school hallways when Melissa Sue Anderson wreaks Carrié-like vengeance on her teenage enemies; even psychiatrist Glenn Ford can't stop her.
THE FAN. Apropos in this year when entertainment figures have become targets for politicaltype assassinations, The Fan is about famous actress (played by famous actress Lauren - Bacall, coming out of retirement) in danger of
JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY. The great 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, recorded on film in the first big jazz movie ever made, featuring Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Chuck Berry, Jack Teagarden, Dinah Washington, Thelonious Monk and many more. (Detroit Film Theatre, Bt! 30.)
OUTLAND. (ZZ) The Wild West goes to Outer Space, specifically, to mining colony on lo, one of Jupiter's moons, where a brave federal marshall (Sean Connery) fights alone againsta corrupt company man (Peter Boyle) who supervises amphetamine distribution forworkers to speed up production. Hopelessly cliched, Outland features comic-strip heroism with few noteworthy special effects and lot of breathless, frantic, close-up camerawork. There are Black Holes in the simplistic plot large enough to drive a spaceship through, with Connery being both-a helpless puppet of the corporation and super-cop with wide-ranging surveillance powers. Absolutely no excitement ee in the very transparent proceedings, unless you Sean Connery in Outland. get thrilled by watching computer consoles, in ee case, go to bar and play 16 games of
TELL ME A RIDDLE. (xx) A pervasive and refreshing feminist perspective gently guides this story about the emotional separation and reconciliation of an aging pair of Jewish immigrants from Russia (Melvyn Douglas and Lila Kedrova). Lee Grant makes her directorial. debut in this adaptation ofa Tillie Olsen novella, and the result in film produced-and edited by women as well speaks volumes about the need for more woman-made films. So accustomed have we become to the bang-bang male style of film exposition that the quiet, simple style of the opening frames is totally disarming. The film does not flinch from depicting the severe isolation and loneliness that old age can
Photo: Leni Sinclair
Bob Marley. He's a musician.
Detroit Dance Collective, Oak Park High School, June 5-4.
JAZZ 'N' JAM: M, Tu, Th, 9 pm to midnight. Community Block Radio with Lou Jones. WNEC, 830 AM. 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 at DIA music events, including Brunch With Bach. WQRS, 105.1 FM. NOT FOR MUSICIANS ONLY: Monday, 12 midnight. Host Carl Coffey talks with people involved in all facets of the music biz. Charlie Martin, former Seger drum_mer, co-hosts. WRIF, 101 FM.
OLD 'N GOLD: Sunday evenings, 6:308:30 pm. Featuring R&B and Rockabilly. WDTR, 91 FM.
RADIOS IN MOTION: Fridays, 1 pm.
Alternative rock for an_ alternative society. Hosted by Mike Halloran. WDET, 101:9 FM.
SPORTSWRAP: Mondays, 7:20-10 pm.
Featuring in-studio guests from Detroit's major sports teams plus an opportunity for listeners to call in their Questions. Hosted by Frank Beckman.-WJR, 7.6
DETROIT ETHNIC FESTIVALS: Hart Plaza. May 29-31, Arab World Ethnic Festival. June 5-7, Irish Ethnic Festival. June 12-14, German Ethnic Festival. June 19-21, Italian Ethnic Festival.
American-Lebanese Food ENTERTAINMENT
Ralph Koziarski Wednesdays Gary Weinberg ® Thursdays Phenix @ Friday & Saturday 833-0120 Suskind & Weinberg @® Sundays: 4124 Woodward Ave;, 4 blocks South of Cultural Center in
WYANDOTIE ETHNIC FESTIVALS: Yack Recreation Center, May 29-31, German Festival; June 5-7, Hungarian Festival.
POLITICAL
AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY: May 30, 11 am. Meet at Inner-City Sub Center, Forest at Iroquois, for march and rally. 861-5124 for info.
BICYCLES FOR TRANSPORTATION: Berkley High School, 2325 .Catalpa, 547-1097 or 881-4555. May 28, 7:30 pm, organizational meeting to increase recognition of bicycling - as transportation.
LANDLORD/TENANT RELATIONS
TRAINING DAY: Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, 18700 James Couzens, 963-3310. June 3, 9:30 am-3 pm, training and discussions of the rentalhousing dilemma. Address eae by Maryanne Mahaffey.
LOS ANGELES FEMINIST WOMEN S HEALTH CENTER: Michigan NOW, 302 S. 8th Ave., Lansing, (517)485-9687. May 29-30 trainers from the LA. FWHC will lead Gyriecology Self-Help workshops. Instruction will include cervicalcap fitting, menstrual extraction and the political strategies of self-help. Free of charge.
MICHIGAN COALITION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: St. Paul's Cathedral, 4800 Woodward, 832-4400. June 9, Rev. H. Coleman McGehee, Jr. and Sen. Doug Ross will debate the prayer in public school issue. Call for time.
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD: May 2831, National Executive Board Meeting. Various committee *meetings, workshops and presentations. The title ofthe meeting is ] Don't Mind Working, But Do Mind Dying. Keynote speaker Arthur Kinoy will address Current TLPAY S LOUNGE 16926 E. Eight| Mile (near Kelly) 594-1717 Ph May 29 TRAINABLE & the Strangers Sat. May 30 CADILLAC KIDZ & the Johnnys Fri. June 5. THE STINGRAYS & special guests Sat. June 6. MYSTERY BAND call Club for info Sun. open jam session with the DETROIT SHAKERS
born May 28, 1917
Trends in Civil Rights and Constitutional Law. Call 963-0843 for info. This event is open to the public.
0.C.C. WOMENCENTER: J-Building, Room 308, Orchard Ridge Campus, 476-9400, Ext. 509. June 3, 7:30-9 pm, ERA Ratification by June, 1982, Requires Taking the Offensive NOW. PEOPLE'S LAW SCHOOL: Dave Miller UAW Retiree Center, 8731 E. Jefferson, 224-4950. Free courses offered to Detroiters to learn about legal rights and how to handle legal problems. Classes meet at 6 pm. June 2, Debtor/Creditor Rights and Consumer Rights. June 9, Women s Rights.
POLITICAL POLICE ON TRIAL: St. Andrew's Hall, 431 E. Congress, 8755322. May 31, 7 pm, rally sponsored by the Political Rights Defense Fund. Speakers. include Richard Sobel, National Lawyers Guild and Hector Marroquin, eyewitness at Socialist Workers Party trial. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?: Alexander Crummel Center, 74 Glendale, 345-6987. May 31, 2-5:30 pm, -public forum, keynote speaker James McFadden, chairperson NOAR.
WOMEN & THE MEDIA: Book Cadillac Hotel, 1114 Washington Blvd., 8859389 or 356-6073. May 29-30, Conference on Options for Women and the Media in the 80s. Workshops, lectures.
WOMEN TAKE BACK THE NIGHT: June 6, rally and march beginning 7 pm in Richard Park, Jefferson side Belle Isle Bridge. June 7, 11 am-6 pm, Women Take Back Our Lives conference at the downtown YWCA. Workshops will include Keeping Abortion Safe, Legal and-Cheap and Rape: Myth and Reality. Childcare will be provided. 6466128 or 838-7274.
LINES: NEW AMERICAN POETRY: Dl:, 5200 Woodward, 832-2730. June 11, 3 pm, informal talk in Holley. Room, 7:30 pm reading in Lecture Hall, Anne Waldman. METRO DETROIT WRITERS SOCIETY: Union Street Too, 831-3965. May 16, 6 pm, arts family reunion, open poetry réading and book fair. POETS CORNER: WSU, Minister's Lounge, 2nd floor, Student Activities Bidg., 491-2164 or 927-1238. May 31, vibration poetry with Ayo Hogan and Ife Darah Hogan.
SONICS: THE SPOKEN WORK: Southfield Parks and Rec. Bldg., 26000 Evergreen. May 19, 8 pm, Edward Hirsch and Charles Baxter. Free of charge.
LEARNING
BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY WOMEN S CENTER: 746 Purdy, Room 201, 642-1132. June 4, 5:30-8 pm, Linda Kayes will lecture on Why a House and How?
CENTER FOR CREATIVE STUDIES: 245 E. Kirby, 872-3118. Registration currently underway for 1981 Summer program.
CENTER FOR NEW THINKING: May 28, 10 am, Baldwin Library, Birmingham. Sherwin Wine will discuss Sidney Hook and his book, Philosophy and Public Policy. June 4, 10 am, Grosse Pointe Hunt Club. Sherwin Wine will present a lecture discussion of Alvin Toffler. June 9, 8:30 pm, Somerset Mall Aud., Troy, Sherwin Wine will discuss the New and the Bold. DETROIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: 5401 Woodward, 833-1805. May 27, 6 pm, Freep executive Frank Angelo discussing newspapers and his new book, On Guard.
OAKLAND UNIVERSITY CONTINU-
963-1053
(Btw. Elizabeth & Adams)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Sui de the Rainbow is Enuf, Common Ground Theatre Ensemble, June 4-7.
UM CENTER: Rochester, 377-3033. May 30, 9:30 am-4 pm. A seminar to address the needs of teens of divorced parents.
FAMILIES
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: 67 E. Kirby, 494-1210. May 30, 10 am & 2 pm, Spring Paint Out for children aged 4-12.
DETROIT SCIENCE CENTER: 5020 John R, 833-1892. Open Tu-Su, exhibitions and two films, The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens and Ocean, projected on a 180-degree domed screen.
DETROIT YOUTHEATRE: DIA, 5200 Woodward, 832-2730. May 30, live on stage, David of Sesame Street.
UPLAND HILLS FARM: 481 Lake George, Oxford, 678-1611. June 7, noon, 21st season opening of Family Visits with demonstrations, horse rides.
DANCE
BALLROOM DANCING: Vanity Ballroom, 14201 E. Jefferson, 822-3393. May, 31, 3-8 pm, Donald Walden s Wood and Brass Septet.
DETROIT DANCE COLLECTIVE: Oak Park High School Little Theatre, 5458055. or 546-4949. June 5-6, 8 pm, original modern dance works.
UNIQUE DANCE THEATRE: DIA, 5200 Woodward, 865-3650 or 866-8397.:May 17, 7:30 pm, special guest dancer" Warren Spears, also featuring the Ujima Dance Company.
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COMMUNITY HOUSE SINGLES CLUB: Poolside Terrace, Troy Hilton, 6463909. May 27, 5:30 pm, outdoor jazz and cocktails.
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FOURTH STREET PLAYHOUSE: 3u! W. Fourth St., Royal Oak, 543-3666. June 1-2, auditions for Loot. Anyone may audition but appointments are necessary.
M.O.T. PUB CRAWL: June 4, 6 pm til taverns close, 963-3717 for information. $5 buys crawl space on the bus, proceeds benefit the Michigan Opera Theatte.. -
WAVE-ACTION POOL: Waterford Oaks County Park, Pontiac, 858-0906. The 1981 season opens May 22. Hours: 11 am-8 pm.
ONSTAGE
- ACTOR'S RENAISSANCE THEATRE: Ren Cen btw. Towers 200 & 300, 5682525. Thru July 4, F-Su, Good Evening from Beyond the French, written by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook.
ATTIC THEATRE: 525 E. Lafayette,963-7789. Opening May 22 thru July 4, Bleacher Bums. Midnight performances F & Sa, An Evening at the Paradise.
BIRMINGHAM THEATRE: 211 S. Woodward, 644-3533. Thru June7, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
COMMON GROUND THEATRE
ENSEMBLE: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, Ann Arbor, 994-5455. June 4-7, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf. DETROIT REPERTORY THEATRE: 13103 Woodrow Wilson, 868-1347. Thru June 28, Th-Su, Bosoms and Neglect.
FISHER THEATRE: Fisher Bldg., 872 1000. Bob Fosse s Dancin . FOURTH STREET PLAYHOUSE: 301
W. Fourth St., Royal Oak, 543-3666 Opening May..29, F-Su, Uncommon Women and Others. Midnight performances F-Sa, Reunion and Baron s Light.
LANGSTON HUGHES THEATRE: 13325 Livernois, 935-9425. Thru June 28, F-Su, Why Old Men Sit On Park nches.
MADISON THEATRE: Grand Circus Park, 961-0681. May 28-June 14, The Peddy Players present Jesus Christ Superstar.
MUSIC HALL: 350 Madison, 963-7622. Thru May 31, Count Basie and His Orchestra with Anita ODay and Joe Williams.
RED DOOR PLAYERS: First Unitarian Church, Cass at Forest. June 5-7, 12- 14, You Can't Take It With You.
W.S.U. THEATRES: Hilberry Theatre: Cass at Hancock, 577-2972. Opening _June 10, Something's Afoot. Studio Theatre: Cass at Hancock, 577-2972. Opening June 10, Thinking of You: Tales from Black America. Black Theatre Program: Community Arts Aud., Cass at Kirby, 832-2730. May 23, 8 pm, Wine in the Wilderness.
WILL-O-WAY REPERTORY THEATRE: 775 W. Long Lake Rd., Bloomfield Hills, 644-4418. Opening June 12 thru Aug. 16, As You Like It.
DINNER THEATRE
ALFRED'S SOMERSET DINNER THEATRE: 2475 W. Big Beaver, Troy, 6438865. Thru July, F & Sa, Sleuth. BOOK CADILLAC IN DETROIT: 1114 Washington Bivd., 288-0450. Thru June 6, Ragged Andy.
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THE WINE TASTERS RESTAURANT THEATRE: 17 Mile Rd. and Van Dyke, Sterling Heights, 288-0450. Thru June 27, The Owl and the Pussycat.
AFRO-AMERICAN MUSEUM: 1553W. Grand Bivd., 899-2500. Thru June,,an exhibit highlighting six black insurance companies. THE ART CENTER: 125 Macomb, Mt. Clemens, 469-8666. Thru. May 31, watercolors by Dee Knolt and Jean Wetzler.
ARTRAIN GALLERY: 316 Fisher Bldg. 871-2910. Opening June lJuly 22 (opening reception June 5, 4-7 pm), recent paintings by Karen Linder. AWFUL TRUTH GALLERY: 447 Congress. Thru May 23, Pre-Institutional Art in Detroit.
C.A.D.E. GALLERY: 8025 Agnes, 3311758. Thru June 11, drawings and soft sculpture by Betsy Lewis and feltpieces
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CASS TECH ART DEPARTMENT: Plaza Hotel,-Ren Cen. May 29-June 7, 16th Annual Senior Art Show.
CANTER/LEMBERG GALLERY: 538 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 642-6623. Opening May 30 (reception 3-5 pm) thru June 20, D. K. Semivan.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE STUDIES: 245 E. Kirby, 872-3118. Thru May 31, 55th Annual Student Exhibition.
DETROIT ARTISTS MARKET: 1452 Randolph, 962-0337. Opening May 29 (reception 5-7:30 pm) thru June 27, Portraits by Carol Backus, Douglas Bulka, Sybil Oshinsky, Carlo Ye and Robert Wilbert.
DETROIT ARTISTS MARKET Ss OTHER SPACE: 7th Floor, Hudson's Downtown, 962-0337. Thru May 30, Paul Seinberg and Nelson Smith.
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DETROIT GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS: 301 Fisher Bldg., 8737888. Thru June, Flower Containers by various artists.
DETROIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: 5401 Woodward, 833-1805. Thru October, The Detroit Free Press: 150 Years. DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: 5200 Woodward, 833-7900. Thru September, The Nude: Prints, Drawings & Photographs from the Permanent Collection.
DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY: Main Branch, 5201 Woodward, 833-4043. Photogallery: Public Monuments in Michigan by Pee Robert Mosher.
DONALD MORRIS GALLERY: 105 Townsend, Birmingham, 642-8812. Thru June, recent paintings by ene # Johnson. -
DOSSIN GREAT LAKES MUSEUM: Strand Drive, Belle Isle, 824-3157. Thru May 31, Great Lakes artistry by William A. Moss.
ELOQUENT LIGHT GALLERY: 145 S.
Livemois, Rochester, 652-4686. Thru September, group. show featuring A. Adams, J. Sexton, Y. Karsh. FEIGENSON GALLERY: 310 Fisher
Bldg., 873-7322. Opening June 5 (reception 4-7 pm) thru July 4, works by Sally Young.
FOCUS GALLERY: 743 Beaubien, 9629025. Thru May 22, works by R. Downs, S. Gunsberg, N. Smith, P. Soderberg and M. Vidakovich.
G.M.B. GALLERIE INTERNATIONALE: 344 Hamilton Row, Birmingham, 6426647. Thru July, paintings on canvas and paper by Robert Natkin. = aneenee issue 400 Ren
Cen, 259-2577. Opening May 28 (reception 7-9 pm) thru June 19, works on paper by Jon Strand.
GRAFISKAS: 218 Merrill St., Birmingham, 647-5722. Fine Art posters.
HABITAT: 28235 Southfield, Lathrup Village, 552-0515. Thru June 6, works by Joel Myers" and Stephen Dee Edwards.
HALSTED GALLERY: 560 Woodward. Birmingham, 644-8284. Thru July 11, photographs by William A. Garnett. HEART GALLERY: 868 Dix, Lincoln Park, 388-7590. Thru May 29, fibres by Nancy Peel. Opening June 7-26, graphics 2 Paf Vartanian.
LONDON ARTS GALLERY: 321 Fisher Bidg., 871-3606: Thru June 12, sculpture by Norma Penchansky. LOOKING GLASS GALLERY: 1604 Rochester Rd., Royal) Oak, 548-1149. Thru June 22, protogrephs by Doug Aikenhead. MUCCIOLI STUDIO GALLERY: 511 Beaubien, 962-4700. Gallery regulars. NORTHWEST ACTIVITIES CENTER: 18110. Meyers, 864-2958. Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds. PEWABIC POTTERY: 10125 E. Jefferson, 822-0954. Thru June 7, pottery by Ron Lieberman.
PIERCE STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
GALLERY: 217 Pierce, Birmingham, 646-6950. Thru June 20, Lisette Model.
PITTMAN GALLERY: 300 Ren Cen, |259-2235. Thru May, linoleum block| prints and raku oes by Laura and Doug DeLind.
PONTIAC ART CENTER: 47 Williams St., Pontiac, 333-7849. Opening May 22 thru June 4, Pontiac Elementary School Art Show.
POSTER GALLERY: 304 Fisher Bldg., 875-5211. Fine Art posters. , RUBINER GALLERY: 621 S. Washington, Royal Oak, 544-2828. Thru May 29, watercolor constructions by Aviva Robinson. Batts
SHELDON ROSS GALLERY: 250 Martin, Birmingham, 642-7694. May 23-June 12, gallery selections including Bearden, Grosz.
SUSANNE HILBERRY GALLERY: 555 S. Woodward, 642-8250. Thru June 6, paintings by Alex Katz.
_TRIKA GALLERIES: 1140 N. Telegraph, Dearborn, 562-2300. Classic and. special-interest automobiles.
TROY ART GALLERY: 75 Big Beaver, Troy, 362-0112. Thru May, Michigan group exhibition.
VENTURE GALLERY: 28235 Southfield, 552-1551. Jewelry by Patrick Irla, plus a variety of clay, glass and fibre pieces.
WILLIS GALLERY: 422 W. Willis. Hours: Tu-Sa, noon-6 pm. Thru May 30, recent works by Diane Carr.
WOODLING GALLERY: 42030 Michigan Ave., 397-2677. A craft gallery representing the works of over ce artists and craftspeople.
XOCHIPILLI GALLERY: 568 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 645-1905. Opening May 30 (reception 5-7 pm) thruJune 27, Paradigm Series by Felice Shecter. YAW GALLERY: 550 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 647-5470. Thru June 16, works in paper by Margie Hughto.
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WALDMAN S VOICES
A MOVING EARFUL
by Sam Mills
Anne Waldman is both a fast-Sneak and fast-moving poet: former director of the St. Mark s in-the-Bowery Poetry Project in New York City, present co-director of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics in Boulder, Colo., recipient of several awards, editor of magazines and anthologies, author of overtwo dozen books of poetry. -will Waldman ever slow down? ~
D. TA'S LINES TO BE CUT?
George Tysh is a happy man now, but he s not too sure how long the feeling will last. Tysh is the moving force beyind Lines, the series that has been bringingin nationally and internationally known poets to read once a month at the Detroit _ Institute of Arts, thanks mostly to a grant he received last year from the National Endowment for the Arts.
It's been great, said Tysh, attendance has been better than expected, over 300 people attending some of the readings. This first season is ending on a very good note, but I'm sort of worried about the next one.
Anne
Probably not. Her works base themselves in an oral tradition, a singer and teller of tales that moves her and her voice into many different lands, different voices.
New York City, India
the NEA. I really don t know what's going
He. has good reasons to be worried; Reagan's administration has proposed cuts of up to 50% of the present budget for to happen with the funding for next year, but I hope the success of the Lines series this year will help with that, Tysh said.
At least one new facet will be added to the series next year, thanks to a grant from B. Dalton Booksellers. They approached the DIA earlier in the year and said how much they liked the series, Tysh said, now they are funding a series ofreadings and workshops specifically by Michigan poets, scheduled around the regular readings by out-of-state poets.
-Kudos to B. Dalton s for their corporate wisdom and support; whether the Reagan administration will show as much smarts in future funding for the arts and, inevi- tably, for the Lines series, remains to be
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Even though Waldman has a long list of publications to her credit, it is her voice, or a voice reading aloud, that contains the: essence of her -work. Oralpoetics can be transcribed, set ona page and published, but the power and true feel of the work is often missing it has to be heard to be understood. Waldman is a poet best seen live, with the words tight out there for your ears.
Chanting and conversation these release a power of sorts that belongs directly to the voice speaking and an ear listening. Perhaps this is why Waldman has encountered trouble from reviewers and critics in the past: on the page, many of her works lose the immediacy of her voice reading them aloud.
Fast Speaking Woman, perhaps one of her better-known works (published. first by Red Hanrahan Press here in Detroit), is a poem-chant that developed out of her travels in South Africa,
Mexico. On the page it is the repetitive_ness of the lines that makes the eye think this could be dull stuff, but it is for the ear that this was written. Waldman is creating out of an original definition of what a poet should do to sing, to tell tales, to speak to a listener. The page is almost secondary to. this, though by now the page is not by any means a stranger to. her work.
Aram Saroyan said of her poetry: Waldman s poems are a kind of highenergy shorthand, elliptical brain movies = of her life and times. .
Waldman senses that the ear re-| sponds to much the eye cannot see. If you miss her readingaatthe Detroit Institute of Arts, you do so at your ear's peril.
(Anne-Waldman will be reading in the DIA: Lines Series of poetry readings Thursday, June 11, at 7:00 p.m. in the DIA Auditorium, with an informal talk scheduled for 3:00 that afternoon. She is the final reader for the season; the Lines series will begin again next October.) AMPER YOURSEL
George Tysh
Waldman.
Photo: Peter Hofer
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OSCAR'S BEST IN YEARS
Oscar Peterson Live at the Northsea Jazz Festival/The Hague Holland, 1980
Pablo Records
Fact: There are very few universally accepted truisms, so--
Opinion: Oscar Peterson is the greatest living. jazz pianist.
Opinion: Jean Toots Thielmans is the greatest living harmonica player.
Opinion:Joe Pass is the greatest living guitarist.
Opinion: Niels Pederson is the-greatest living bassist.
Opinion: Norman Granz and his Pablo label have given recorded jazz its strongest voice in years.
So go opinions. Here come a few more. Oscar Peterson works a small group most especially a group of his friends and equals just as eel as Duke did his orchestra. This is a detail that local bookers should take note of. I've been terribly disappointed to see him solo everytime he s been near here these past few years. Apparently the promoters of the Northsea Festival have a, bitmere foresight, or money.
Be that as it may, this captured July, 1980, performance is pure vinyl magic! The two discs herein contain moments of lyricism and poetry and it occasionally gets really hot! Like Oscar s coda break on Caravan; the best Oscar Peterson I've heard on record yet. The collection is generously sprinkled with unbelievable energy on the smokers and the ballads.
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Insect Surfers Wavelength - WASP Records
Ever since the Insect Surfers won my heart two and a half _ years ago by doing the only version of the 13th Floor Elevators You're Gonna Miss Me that improved upon the original, I've been hoping they'd come out with a record that captured the urgency and dynamics of their best live performances.
Gidon & Elena Kremer Violin Recital - Stravinsky, Prokofiev, -Ravel, Milhaud & Satie) Philips Records
The last time heard this line up was on Pablo s Oscar Peterson Big Six at Montreux, 1975, which remains to this day one of my favorite LPs. This joins that list. They've gotten better.
Straight, No
On. Monk's Chaser, the rhythm section lays low for Toots Lester Young-ish harping. He s so low and dirty you fear he ll nod off, but the man is cookin . Niels, as always, is a whirlwind behind Oscar and long-time associate Pass. What more can be said about Oscar. Ditto Pass. But listen to these guys. An amazing orchestra in each member's hands.
Opinion: This is the best jazz release of 1981, the best any of the participants has sounded in years, and a bargain at any price.
Mark E. Gallo
The Surfers -self-produced first single (Into the Action b/w "Pod Life ) was disappointingly thin sounding. Their new _ record Wavelength, an eightsong 12-inch EP, corrects that problem but suffers from a heavy-handed production tnat robs the music of much o* its vitality in an attempt at reaching a professional radio sound. Still, that should not be read as a blanket condemnation. The songs are mostly first-rate, with all the hooks, fun, sliding keyboard passages, twangy guitars and danceability you'd expect from a band that describes its music as technosurf. It's just that the EP isn't as good as the live show the Surfers have taken on the rodd up and down the East Coast for the past year.
The Insect Surfers will be appearing at Nunzio s June 6 as part of their first midwestern tour. Those who miss the show will have to settle for the EP, the rest of you will get the real thing but don't be surprised if you find yourself needing the EP to tide you over until their next Detroit appearance, or the next album.
Michael Mariotte
The selections on this album blend well. Side one is all French music (Ravel, Satie and Milhaud), while side two features music by two Russian composers (Stravinsky and Prokofiev) who'd lived in. France at one time or another. There s a tie-in with Bach as well. The Satie piece treats J.S. with sardonic wit, while Prokofiev bases his work more on the tradition of Bach for solo violin, but with a reverential twist.
This is an album of music by people who helped to shape the direction of 20th century music. The Stravinsky Duo. Concertant and the Prokofiev solo violin sonata are the two main reasons for picking this album up, but the other pieces are still interesting.
The violin playing of Gidon Kremer is swift, sure and convincing. The piano accompaniment by Elena Kremer is solid. This isn t a record for the casual classical buyer (Dahling, that Pachelbel s Canon is so beautiful!) as much as it is for the comprehensive chamber music fan.
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ALTERNATIVES IN MOTION
The radio is on. For two hours you've been sharpening your ears on fresh, unusual modern music. You've heard bands" found on the fringes of popularity, and appreciated a sampling of groups whose names have been laid on you for the first time. A few cuts by local bands inspire you to catch them , live this weekend. You haven't been subjected to a single commercial for pimple cream.
Is this a pleasant flashback from the days of free-form radio or a scenario from a utopian daydream? Well, it could be Friday afternoon.
For the past year, WDET (101.9 FM) has broadcast Radios in Motion, produced and hosted by Michael Halloran, on its 1-3 p.m. timeslot Friday afternoons. Although its not the only showcase on the airwaves for alternative music, Radios in Motion s popularity has garnered it a significantly expanding audience. Publicized mainly by word of mouth, the program nonetheless received
the highest number of new pledges during WDET' s last pledge period.
Detroit Metro Times recently tracked Michael Halloran down for a few comments about radio in general and Radios in Motion in particular.
DMT: Who makes up your audience, Michael?
Halloran: I'm looking for the people who have turned off their radios four years ago because commercial radio wasn't satisfying their needs. It's a good cross section of people who warit to hear something new.
DMT: Commercial radio stations insist that their playlists reflect their listeners tastes and that this justifies the narrow range of music heard there. What do you think?
Halloran: The way look at it, if you've never heard the Sex Pistols, how can you say whether you like them_or not?
DMT: Commercial stations don t want to alienate their listeners with unfamifiar music.
Halloran: I can see the logic ina certain amount of it, but there's one thing that bothers me. If you never played Led Zeppelin on the radio for the first time, where do you start? When's the first time you're supposed to play a band on the radio? I think the commercial stations owe it to themselves to give itatry,to see how people respond when they see there is something else out there. Ifyou say Detroit is the home of rock and roll, you should play music that comes from here. The only way you're going to get local bands signed (to record companies) is to give them exposure. If you don't get behind the local bands and support them, nothing will ever happen.
DMT: What are your future plans?
Halloran: I m not sure. I'm currently negotiating with WDET to have my show moved to a time slot where it would reach more people. If anyone has input of any kind, the best thing is to drop me a postcard (c/o WDET, 655 Merrick, Detroit 48202)..
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Every so often a talented performer is recorded live in a moment of greatness. Bob Allen s emotional treatment of Bubbles, Bangles and Beads is such a moment.
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FIVE-FAMILY GARAGE SALE Much furniture and children s clothes, many other household items. May 29-30, 10 am to 6pm. 4919 Ogden in Detroit.
GIGANTIC USED BOOK SALE Saturday, June 20, 9 am-5 pm. Books, magazines, records, comics. Monroe County Library System, 3700 S. Custer Rd. (M-oe Monroe, MI.
INVERSION BOOTS for backaches, stress, posture, Super construction and comfortable. $39.95 or trade. Money-back guarantee. Parkway, Box 402, Sterling Heights, MI 48077, or call 264-1458.
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SET OF SIX LITHOGRAPHS by Afro-American artistE. Catlett. Matted, framed: $60. 875-3799,
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PHOTOGRAPHIC MODELS wanted. Call Mr. Lawrence, Keller Photographic and Casting. 10 am-2 pm, M-F, 961-8534.SCREEN for slide projection. In the $25 range. Call Tim at 584-9435.
SEEKING BABYSITTING POSITION in my home. Responsible adult, reasonable rates, your transportation. Call Laura, 875-7141.
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EX-SINGER/LYRICIST for Sophisticates seeks dedicated musicians to form new wave/punk band. Chris 881-2529.
FLUTE AND GUITAR Classical music for any occasion. 832-2175.
JAZZ SCHOLARSHIPS HFCC offers this unique opportunity to 60 outstanding students. Audition tapes required to qualify. Scholarship recipients to perform at Montreux. Get application by calling271-2750, Ext. 228.
KING OF SOUL/Aquarius rock groupmotown vocalists. CIC concert tickets. For info call 961-1631. Send feedback on group and concert to DMT, Box 6.
TENOR SAXOPHONIST plays Top 40, Jazz, Rock, Blues, etc. Exceptional improviser, harmonizer, crowd pleaser. 469-3668.
THE SPUTNIKS seek contact with drummers, bassists, keyboardists, for hot act. Jose, 895-3298. John, 336-4251.
VERY SERIOUS, very original Rock Band needs female singer. Call 1-517-6769176, Joe.
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BOBB-O THE CLOWN Magic, balloon animals and fun for parties, festivals and other special occasions. Phone 843-3053.
FASHION SHOW Attractive women, 5'2 and taller, and men §'8 and taller needed for talent shows. No experience necessary. This is not a school. Call 5520050 for info. Institute of Creative Arts.
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HELP FIGHT for social change. Volunteer your time to work for MACO, the Michigan Avenue Community Organization, to fight for jobs Sate Lo esiee Call 898-5000.
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT NEEDS of regional government units on display on the first floor of the City-County Bidg., Woodward and Jefferson.
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM is available to support educational opportunities in broadcasting. Applicants should be a junior in Fall, 81. Open to. any full-time student majoring in journalism, communications or other broadcast-related field. Interested? Write to Personnel Administrator, Post-Newsweek Scholarship Program, WDIV, 622 W. Lafayette Bivd., Detroit 48231. oe
SOCCER! Pick-up game every Sunday noon, E. 8 Mile Armory. Any age, sex, skill level, welcome, Multi-ethnic. Everybody plays. Challenge. Fun. Competition. Exhaustion. Free!
STATE EMPLOYEES need aggressive unionism, rights to organize, collective bargaining, alliances. Join us. Fight the state. Write State Workers Organizing Commit-
tee, 19161 Ardmore, Detroit 48235.
THREE-MILE RUN FOR FUN Saturday, June 6. Starting time 10:05 am. Entry fee $3. Free T-shirt and refreshments. Registration from 9-10 am, in front of Student Center Bldg. on WSU s campus: For info call 577-3794 during business hours.
LEARNING
CHILD .CARE With a Human Face. C.ALLL Together Child Care Center, coop program, full & part time, vegetarian meals, toddlers (12 months) to kindergarten, WSU/Medical/Cultural Center area. Hours: 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. Call 8334521 for more information.
CENTER FOR CREATIVE STUDIES. offers summer classes in the visual arts. For info on courses/registration, 872-3118. The eight-week classes begin June 15.
LITERARY
AMBITIOUS Poetry by Sheldon Tannenbaum available June 12. Paperbacks Unlimited, 22634 Woodward. Reception details, 861-0274.
OBSIDIAN; Black Literature in Review. Since 1975 the best works.in English by and about Black writers young and old, worldwide. Articles, short fiction, plays, poetry, interviews of writers, etc. Editor: Alvin Aubert, English: Dept., WSU, Detroit 48202. Write for information or call 5773213 or 577-2450.
WDNV,Channel 4, is offering a training program for-persons enrolled in broadcasting at the college level. The disadvantaged are encouraged to apply. Multi-faceted experience opportunity. Programs lasts 6 to 12 months, trainees will be paid. Possible full-time employment thereafter. Send_applications to Personnel Administrator, WDIV, 622 W. Lafayette Blvd., Detroit 48231. Applications must be submitted by June 30, 1981.
PERSONALS
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FAMILY FOCUS of Birmingham has openings for Family Aides. Volunteers to share homemaking skills and provide info on community resources. Time commitment is hours per week for 8 months; persons needed must be 21 or older. Call Dee Dise at 642-3083, 9:30-5:30.
GREATER DETROIT SOCIETY for the Blind needs volunteers for a variety of needs, including reading, coordinating musical activities, driving. Time commitments vary, averaging 2 hours. Contact Gloria Perkins, 272-3900, 8:30-4:30.
SECRETARIAL ASSISTANCE is needed by The Sons and Daughters of GAMA, a selfhelp community improvement organization. Office is located on W. Grand Bivd. For info call Linda St. John, 896-6044, 1-5.
SUMMER PROGRAM SUPERVISORS needed at the Boniface Community Action Center. Phys. Ed. background needed. M-Th, afternoons; 10-week commitment. Call Anna Wheeler, 9623366, 9-5. ne
TEEN VOLUNTEERS at Children s Hospital, 3901 Beaubien. Excellent opportunity for those 14 to 18 to gain experience. Time commitment is 4-6 hours per week for 3 months. Call Helen Cooper, 494-5226, 9-5... a
FOURTH STREET PLAYHOUSE needs volunteers fo help with set construction, at the box office, and just about everywhere else. Call Jim or Roserra, 543-3666 after 6.
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