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To simply call Ronald Reagan a hypocrite of the most obvious order is to trivialize his mania. Although his letter to PATCO (DMT, Sept. 3-17) can be taken as just another politician s lie, itis just a small part of his frightening 1984-like use of the English language to obfuscate away through double-speak. the scandalously small amount of progress made since he arrived on the political scene.
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Buried amidst the food section of last week s Detroit Free Press was a short item reporting that an audit by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has found that President Reagan s 1980 Campaign Committee may have misspent a modest $1.5 million in federal campaign money. The Associated Press further disclosed that this news was only being made public after a suit brought by the Reagan committee. attempting to block release of the audit elicited a response by the FEC. There has been no final determination whether the Reagan committee will be ordered to repay that amount, which would be the largest such order since the FEC was created after Watergate The book-burning Moral Majority has set into motion a national movement to ban from library shelves and schoolrooms the widely acclaimed feminist self-help book Our Bodies, Ourselves authored by the Boston Women s Health Collective. Right-wing evangelist Jerry Falwell, ina letter sent to the organization s members, called the book immoral trash and out and out humanistic garbage! and urged the rez der to take immediate steps to seek it out and remove it. The directive has had concrete results; among places where attempts to ban or restrict Our Bodies, Ourselves have taken place are the following: Helena, Montana; State College, Pennsylvania; Columbia, Missouri; San Bernadino, California; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Rockford, Illinois; Niagara Falls, New York; Prince George s County, Maryland; and. Spencer, Massachusetts. ....... Following on the heels of the recent congressional tour of southern Africa by American representatives, the South African apartheid government has conducted a mass arrest of over 200 black trade unionists in that country. The government is becoming increasingly con-
cerned about the growing strength of trade union activity and the potential for work stoppages and strikes to complement actions by other black groups. Detroit Metro Times did an interview with Detroit Congressman George Crockett recently regarding his first-hand experiencesin southern Africa. Look for that interview in the nextissue of the paper 2... Recently received a legislative alert from Handgun Control in Washington, D.C. calling for the defeat of the McClure Firearms Reform Act. The McClure bill: would, according to Handgun Control, increase opportunities for criminals to acquire handguns and reduce, and in some Cases eliminate, criminal penalties for using a handgun to commit a crime. To counter the fierce National Rifle Association s lobbying ~ in favor of the bill, they ask that you write your senator immediately, as the vote is expected to come upinmid-September .... -..- Mean_while, as Congress returns from summer recess, Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah has announced his intention to introduce a new constitutional amendment to restrict access to abortions. Up to now the abortion debate has centered on a proposed constitutional amendment designed to overtum the landmark 1973 Supreme Court abortion decision and on legislation which would redefine lifé as beginning at conception. The new Hatch move seeks to avoid directly the abortion question and instead raise the timely states-rights issue by allowing each state to arrive at its own abortionpolicy ........
Detroit Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) reports that there are now officially 21 military advisors in Honduras. At least eight of these soldiers are members of the Army s Special Forces unit known commonly as the Green Berets. Although they are instructed not to carry arms, a number of them have been photographed recently not only armed but working with regular Salvadoran troops in an effort to locate guerillas in that country. a
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_by Howard Miner
et s be honest. They are L not paying me much: to write this column. The main incentive is that if my dog dies, they have guaranteed to make it a front page news story just like the Detroit News did with Charlie Manos Rosy.
In fact, chances are that you've noticed that Detroit s journalism, especially print, seems to be going to the dogs in more ways than one. It s as though the National Enquirer or maybe Steve Dahl has taken over the editorship of the News -and the Free Press.
What s a front page for after all but to tell us day after day that the world s troubles consist of dying pets and the evils perpetuated by the likes of Cora Galvin, or is it Walker, or is it Collins; Carolina Ortiz and Tom Estes?
None of this should be surprising. It is not the job of the mass communications industry to expose the system but rather to defend it and serve as its mouthpiece, and make a profit like any other business. And in the early eighties as in the early sixties when we stand on the threshold of major social upheavals, it is reasonable to expect that the mass media will do their utmost to distract and divert people.
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cies there are in this direction are aided and abetted by at least two particular recent developments. One is the growth. of show biz news on television and its profitability. The other is the aggressive stance toward press control by the American Heritage (that is Ronald Reagan) administration. In its suppression of the distribution of Granma, the Cuban English-language newspaper, its attempts to impose decorum on the already highly obsequious Washington press corp and the recent legal action by the FAA against a TV station in Fort Lauderdale which aired some rather frightening air traffic tapes, the Reagan administration has made clear that the already self-censorship of the mass media is not quite narrow enough for them.
What is probably even more disturbing is the degree to which the press has neither covered nor resisted these efforts.
TV news is a rapid-growth industry. With the proliferation of such news-gathering aids as helicopters, mini-cams, computer graphics and all sorts of other exotica, a situation has developed in which the technological tail is wagging the proverbial dog of serious news reporting (there s that damn dog again). Recently, we have been treated to gossipy items about $300,000 per annum contracts and up for local anchor stars. Consider for a moment, if you will, that $300,000 could hire six reporters at the ridiculously low wage of $50,000 per year or for that matter underwrite most of the total budget of WDET for an entire year. a
Speaking of WDET, its interesting to see that the efforts. of
many people have succeeded at least temporarily in saving the station for the public. ee That struggle has been a fascinating one of which many details have never been told. Politics does make strange bedfellows, and the support of the mighty WXYZ, which took many forms, was an important alliance for WDET.
Do WXYZ-TV and WRIF radio, wholly owned ABC subsidiaries (known in the business as O&O s), really support the concept of public, non-commercial - broadcasting? Well sure they do. But it also happens that WRIF, which had three consecutive books of downward ratings is right next to WDET on the competitive FM dial. It would do them no good to see the powerful signal and dial position of WDET fall into the hands of WABX or another commercial challenger along the lines of Doubleday Broadcasting whose corporate formula rock and toll took the Detroit area 12-34 year old white demographic by storm.
In addition, sophisticated advertising types have argued that a public station like WDET serves as a Safety valve for commercial stations by relieving pressure to clutter their air time with increased public service programming.
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Rate Rebels Take on Consumers Power
We know that the increase is unjust and unnecessary. Studies say thereis plenty of gas and oil to last us the next 600 years.
onsumers Power and C many of its customers appear to be heading for a showdown over that utility s astronomical price increases which are scheduled to take effect this winter.
Consumers Power recently announced that home heating bills are expected to increase by .50 percent over last winter, because it is buying liquid natural gas (LNG) from Algeria at a much higher cost than it pays for other, mostly American, natural gas. Furthermore, prices are
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expected to increase another 50 percent by winter 1982, based on the present timetable of federal__ de-control of natural gas prices.
The utility says it has no choice in the matter, since its supplier, Trunkline Gas Company, is actually purchasing the Algerian fuel, expected to arrive at U.S. docks in November.
Gerald Carvey, general customer services superintendent of Consumers Power southeastern Michigan region, explains: The pipeline company adi the contract with
Algeria. They wanted to insure a supply of natural gas to their customers of a fairly permanent nature.
Carvey said that even though Trunkline is only one of several gas suppliers, Consumers Power must go through with the contract to insure this year s fuel needs are met.
Not everyone sees the situation that way.
The state attorney general has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to invalidate the contract that
requires Consumers Power to take the gas or pay for itanyway.
- In our view, once the world market price goes above the contract price, the Algerians will not abide by it, Stanley Steinborn, chief assistant attorney general, told Detroit Metro Times.
The Jackson-based _ utility - should not have relied on a foreign fuel source, particularly after its experience with its synthetic natural gas plant in Marysville, says Steinborn.
That plant was fired by Canadian feedstocks, and when the Canadians increased the price and reduced the supply, the plant became too expensive to run and was shut down.
Carvey maintains buying the Algerian fuel is cheaper than restarting the Marysville plant. at current market prices. He added that newly de-regulated Amenican natural gas soon will be more expensive than the Algerian LNG.
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Don Bonnell, a St. Clair Shores resident, is working on a grassroots campaign to force the utility to reduce its rates or face a bill payment strike and customer takeover through purchase of a majority control of the company stock. The group is called the Rate Rebels.
_ We know the increase is unjust and unnecessary. Studies say there is plenty of gas and oil to last us the next 600 years, Bonnell says.
A 46-year-old welder equipment repairman for Chrysler, Bonnell is trying to collect 400,000 signatures to force Consumers Power to listen. He saysthat number represents about half the company s residential customers in southeast Michigan. Signatures also are being sought by the Michigan Citizens Lobby to eliminate the automatic fuel adjustment charge _ that appears on monthly gas and electric bills. The charge is the difference between what the utility estimated and what it actually paid for fuel used that month.
If sufficent signatures get the question on the November 1982 ballot and voters says yes, the state Public Service Commission (PSC) would have to hold a public hearing on rate increases based on rising fuel prices.
Support has come from the Michigan Coalition on Utilities and Energy (MCUE), an activist group which helps individuals with utility bill problems and is involved in regulation reform issues. It is just a giveaway. There s no accountability, charges Sam Cataldo, a Coalition staff member. MCUE is conducting its own petition campaign to increase the PSC from three to five members and have them elected rather than appointed by the governor as they are now.
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Project ELF:
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The people of Michigan do not want Seafarer, nor do I.
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1977
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the plan, the Reagan administration may place Project ELF, a top-secret experimental Defense Department communications _ system, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan after all. Known through the | n spite of continued opposition to years as Pisces, Sanguine, Seafarer and now ELF, the beleaguered project has metamorphosed, hopped from state to~ state and changed names to go along with new PR schemes so many times that even the Navy might have gotten confused.
But there is more than a new acronym that sets Project ELF apart - from its lineage: it may actually be built. The Reagan administration has begun quietly informing members of Congress that the President will request a supplemental appropriation of $200 million to construct a scaleddown version of the giant grid which in an earlier incarnation was project- ed to cover some 4,700 square miles of the U.P. of this state.
The antenna is designed to be capable of sending extremely low frequency (ELF) radio waves through seawater to deeply submerged nuclear submarines. Subs must now either surface or trail behind them at slow speed long antennas to receive messages.
The Reagan announcement, which was due Sept. 1 and has been delayed to date, would make possible the construction of 130 miles of cable buried along roadways and other rights of way in the U.P. Such a grid would be divided into three 40-to-45mile-long antennas which would terminate at the K. I. Sawyer Air Force Bace near Marquette where the transmitter would be located. This facility would be linked by phone lines to the already existing test facility at Clam Lake, Wisconsin, which has 28 miles of antenna, yielding a 158-mile-long grid.
The reason the Navy is so interested in northern Michigan and Wisconsin is because the underlying layers of low-conductivity rock make that part of the continent the best ELF transmitter site. The communication system sends millions of watts of electrical energy miles deep into the northern bedrock, radiating an electric field up to the ionosphere. It is the use of this electromagnetic radiation which has spawned charges of health hazards connected to Project ELF.
UNNATURAL RADIATION
The resonance among the earth s surface, the magnetic field and the ionosphere naturally creates a
narrow band of electromagnetic radiation ranging from 1 to 30 Hertz. The brain-wave patterns of all animals, from worms to humans, fall in this ELF range. The question, which has been hotly debated, is: if basic brain functions are regulated by naturally occurring ELF radiation, how are they affected by man s introduction of new, much stronger electromagnetic fields never before found in the environment?
Dr. Robert O. Becker of SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, New_York, conducted research in exposure to 60 Hertz-range fields. In
Sanguine to Seafarer. And a new scientific committee was created to come up with a second set of findings. After an investigation by CBS News; Dan Rather stated on 60 Minutes that the second committee, chosen by the Navy itself, was a stacked deck of cards. The conclusion of the second scientific inquiry into the effects of the ELF system?
That Seafarer s risks appeared to be acceptable.
Bonnie Passamani, who lives in Iron River in the U.P. doesn t agree. Passamani, who is the Chair of Iron County Citizens Against Sanguine/
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his words, What emerged was a pattern of changes in hormones, body weight and blood chemistries similar to those found in animals under chronic stress.
Project Sanguine was one of the first military plans requiring an Environmental Impact Statement. The biological/ecological effects of ELF were reviewed by two separate research teams. When the first, after reviewing numerous studies, found disturbing effects on the central nervous system and data which indicated Sanguine would affect the levels of triglycerides in the human bloodstream (a warning of stroke), the committee called for an urgent and absolutely necessary continuation of study.
The Navy was not pleased. Although the report was unclassified, it was not released to the public. None of the recommended studies were undertaken. Instead, the name of the entire project was changed from
Seafarer, says that it is precisely the health aspects which have sparked her enmity. Personally, oppose it because have looked at the health hazards. The NAS (second committee) report, if read completely, contradicts its own conclusions. Passamani has been fighting one version or another of ELF for, as she puts it, seven long years. A lifetime resident, she feels she will have no alternative but to move out of the state if the project goes through. Those seven years have beén spent talking to politicians and spurring a populist letter-writing campaign to state and federal officials.
I was very apolitical when | first got into it, and guess had a Pollyanna kind of attitude. thoughtall we would have to do is let our elected representatives know how we felt up here. Passamani, when asked how she will feel if Project ELF is built in the end, describes the experience as traumatic.
It is difficult to. accept that money speaks louder than truth, she says.
THE TRIGGER
When the proposed system was called Sanguine and was designed to be a massive grid covering close to half the state of Wisconsin, the facility was supposed to be too large to be destroyed by Soviet attack and therefore was conceivably of a defensive/last-strike nature. The most recent plan calls for a scaled-down grid that would be vulnerable to nuclear attack, which means its only value will be in a first-strike scenario.
This is consistent with Directive 59 signed by President Carter in August, 1980. Faced with the Reagan campaign charging that the Carter administration was soft on defense, the directive was meant to cut the criticism off at the pass and send a message to the American people that the Democrats could get tough too.
The directive accomplishes a major retargeting of American warheads away from Soviet cities and industrial targets to missile silos and troop depots. When this country snuclear might had been aimed at Soviet population centers and theirs at American cities, the term used was Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD). It made the use of nuclear weapons a desperate last resort on either side.
With Directive 59 now being implemented, the concept of a first strike now dominates American nuclear strategy. The unthinkable becomes more thinkable. The idea of a winnable nuclear exchange -(that candidate George Bush alluded to in 1980) becomes policy. The impact on the arms race is predictable the Soviets know that there is only one defense against a preemptive first strike by the U.S. and that is to launch their own.
It is within this global positioning that Project ELF must be understood. Such a low-frequency communications capability would make seabased nuclear submarines, which can get close enough to the Soviet Union to destroy missile silos within 15 minutes of launch, a cornerstone in an American first-strike strategy. It would also quite possibly enable those conducting a nuclear exchange to communicate half-way around the world while remaining sequestered away in deep command posts untouched by the nuclear firefight above. Project ELF could be the trigger finger for World War III, with Ronald Reagan in the saddle.
DECISION. ANY DAY
Opposition to ELF crosses the lines which separate hawks from doves, however. Many Americans who in
fact support a strong defense posture do not favor the plan. The federal General Accounting Office (GAO), a watch-dog agency of Congress, found in a 1979 staff study that the project was of questionable worth to the nation s defense.
The agency reported: GAO recommends that the Secretary of Defense terminate any plans to construct an ELF system transmitter and to install ELF system receivers on strategic submarines, since the ELF communications system is_ not needed; enhances communications capability only marginally at best; and, at the price of $283 million, cannot be justified.
The imminent Reagan Saucon to go ahead with the system would even be in direct conflict with a recommendation Chief of Naval Operations
- Services Committee.
Adm. Thomas B. Hayward made in March, 1981, to the Senate Armed Hayward reversed a 15-year position (and $150 million investment) of the Navy in making that recommendation, calling ELF vulnerable to nuclear attack or sabotage and citing its limitedtransmitting capability as considerations. In an unusual move, Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger overruled the Admiral and recommended continued funding.
In Michigan there has been close to a decade of non-partisan opposition to Seafarer and ELF. Two weeks ago, upon word that a final decision on the system was being formulated
Walk. On March 18, 1977, Milliken sent a letter to then-Defense Secretary Harold Brown which said, The people of Michigan do not want Seafarer, nor do J. A series of referenda -in eight northern Michigan counties in the mid-seventies found ELF opposed by U.P. residents by over a four-toone margin.
It is not clear exactly when a final decision will be announced or whether it, if a green light as expected, will call for a northern Michigan location. Stop Project ELF s Peter Dougherty in East Lansing told Detroit Metro Times that public opinion continues to be a crucial factor in any decision. The probability is strong that they will have the audacity to push ahead despite the long-term opposition the project has faced, he warns, but encourages people to write to the White House and Secretary of Defense now while the decision is still up in the air. Dougherty also believes that a decision to proceed, even in the U.P., would not signal the end of the fight. Although many of the older opponents have become inactive over the sheer length of the struggle, he described a-new dialogue taking place between those who are against ELF for environmental and health reasons and others concerned with nuclear proliferation and peace issues. He says the emerging coalition could spark a resurgence in the campaign in response to Reagan s support of the system. a
The Navy was not pleased. The name of the entire project was changed from Sanguine to Seafarer and a new scientific committee was created to come up witha second set of findings.
by the administration,seven midwest lawmakers restated their request that ELF be scrapped. In a letter to President Reagan, they stated, We seriously question whether the taxpayers of this nation will be well served-by the expenditure of $200 million for an ELF system even further reduced in capabilities than the original project ELF, which we also opposed.
The Michigan Gin signing the letter included conservative Republican Rep. Robert Davis of Gaylord, Democratic Senators Cart Levin and Donald Riegle and Rep. Dennis Hertel of Detroit. Gov. William Milliken has been a longtime opponent as well, most recently reaffirming his position during the annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge
NEW IMPROVED PERSULAN SCALP TREATMENT
STOP PROJECT ELF is a citizens group organized in Michigan and Wisconsin which opposes the construction of ELF anywhere. The following pamphlets are available for 50¢ each: Environmental & Health Effects of ELF; Military Aspects of ELF; Does ELF Affect Weather?; and Introduction to ELF. Write them at: STOP PROJECT ELF, 1148 Williamson St., Madison, WI 53703. To contact Michigan STOP ELF, call: (517) 338275\.
This Welnesda, Thursday and Friday, listen to a special three-part series on Project ELF on All Things Considered, WDET-FM, 101.9 FM, 5-6:30 p.m. a
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NOTES
Kudos to the two U of D flaw students who filed suit in Oakland County Circuit Court to stop the Pontiac Silverdome from selling festival seating tickets for the upcoming Rolling Stones concert. Festival seating means first come, first seated and was cited as a major contributing factor to the December, 1979 accident in which 11 people were trampled to death at a Who concert. x
They're the Peppers, as it were. WRIF and Dr. Pepper are co-sponsoring a homegrown Detroit rock 'n roll concert for Detroit's troubled public radio station. The benefit, taken along with their summertime Hart Plaza concert series, may signal a renewed community effort on RIF's part. Though we hope it means they're taking local music and community-based organizations more seriously, next we'd like to hear more of both on their airwaves. *
Our apologies to the Kitharos series which was mentioned in last issue's Fresh Fortnightly. We failed to emphasize that it is primarily a guitar series. We were also under the misimpression that the series was sponsored by the Pastiche Chamber Players, when in fact it is not. We apologize to all of the cooperative of musicians who have mounted the concerts at the Birmingham and Grosse Pointe Unitarian Churches. The next Kitharos concerts are being held on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 at Grosse Pointe and Birmingham respectively and will feature guitarist Michael Bryce and vocalist Susan Caroselli., x .7 Mile
- MODISH ; METAMORPHOSIS
If your winter wardrobe wasteland leaves you wondering which wand to wave, we've a solution: Kathryn's. The Birmingham dressmaker can transform sixties garb like bell bottoms and Carnaby collars into more current modes. The cost, of course, is far less than that of new garments, especially with today s prices. Kathryn's most popular crime of fashion is to taper bells into pegged pants, with fashionably narrow ankles. Or, she very simply can amputate the bell, leaving you with walking shorts that are all the rage, or yet again turn them into balloon pants with gathered ankles. Big collars can be made smaller and rounded at the ends. Wide lapels can be narrowed to match your pants legs. To redoa wool pantsuit by narrowing both lapel and leg would cost about $50. A modest sum, it would seem, considering that you cannot buy a blazer alone for that price. Though Kathryn's address is on Maple, she is tucked away at the rear of the building; you can reach her shop through the parking lot on Woodward just south of the Midtown Cafe. Kathryn's, 222 E. Maple, Birmingham, 644-6070.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
To those who are emigrating to Washington this weekend, forspeaking for those of us who would but can't. kK kK kK wk
THE MOUSSE WITH THE MOSTEST
Does the cool weather invigorate your taste buds? Are you a chocolate hound? Then celebrate with a treat from the trendy new eatery, What's On Second? Their Janet's Chocolate Mousse Cake is only -$1.50 and contains an interesting contrast of crumbs of airy cake floating in thick mousse. Topped with the standard whipped cream and red maraschino, it arrives at your table in a smallish goblet. And tastes unquestionably rich and delightful. If you try it tonight, the 17th, or next Wednesday the 23rd, you'll also get a treat strolling magicians. The magic, however, is also in the mousse. What's On Second, Second Ave., Detroit, 8731313.
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Hope all these events generate some good times. If you have an event others may be interested in, send information to Linda Solomon, 2410 Woodward Tower, Detroit, MI 48226. Deadline for the next issue is Sept. 23.
MUSIC JAZZ
ANDREA CHEOLAS TRIO: Th-Sa, Sir Charles Pub, Royal Oak, 541-9593.
BESS BONNIER: Sundays, 1-4 pm, DIA Crystal Gallery, 832-2730.
BOB JAMES: Oct. 25, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610.
CATS MEOW featuring GAIL BAKER: Sept. 18 & 25, World Stage Cafe at Detroit Jazz Center. Sept. 19-20, 22-24, 26-27, 29-30, Dearborn Towne House.
CHARLES BOLES JAZZ QUARTET: Sept. 18-19, Old Detroit, 964-8374.
CHICAGO PETE: Sept. 30, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483.
Located in the Cornice Slate Building Across from B/C-B/S Bldg. We Offer Spirits & Everything from Steaks & Seafoods to Vegetarian Entrees Your Hosts: Botsford and Catchings AE, CB, DC, MC, VISA 731 St. Antoine, Detroit 963-4013
Peter Tosh, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610. MAGIC: Wednesdays, Cobb's Comer, 832-7223.
MILES DAVIS: Sept. 19, U-M Hill Aud., Ann Arbor. Call Eclipse Jazz, 763-6922 for info.
-MOSE ALLISON TRIO: Oct. Baker's, 864-1200.
NANCY DE SANTIS: F-Sa, Union Street Il, 831-3965.
PARADE: Sundays, Pappy s North, St. Clair Shores.
PEPPER ADAMS and the CLAUDE BLACK TRIO: Sept. 18-27, Baker's, 864- 1200. Ra
RAY CHARLES: Oct. 11, Grand Circus 211; born Sept.23 0) =
Live, 965-5563,
RAYSE BRIGGS QUINTET: Tuesdays, open jam session; Dummy George s, 341-2700.
ROD LUMPKIN TRIO featuring GRETA HENDRIX: Th-Sa, Jimmie D's Celebrity Room, 341-3050. SAM SANDERS & VISIONS: F-Sa, afterhours, World Stage Cafe at the Detroit Jazz Center.
STEPHANE GRAPELLI: Oct. 10, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610.
TERRY CALLIER: Thru Sept. Dummy George's, 341-2700.
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VICKI GARDEN: Sundays, Union Street II, 831-3965. WAS (NOT WAS): Oct. 3, Madison
WHYSHOPAT OFF THE RECORD?
Theatre, 961-0687. Oct. 4, Nitro, 5381645.
BLUES
BILL HODGSON: Sundays, Alvin's, 8322355.
BOOGIE WOOGIE RED: Sept. 21, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555.
BRYAN LEE: Sept. 25-26, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374.
BUDDY FOLKS: Sept. 20, Old Detroit, 964-8374.
DETROIT BLUES BAND: Sept. 25-26,
Alvin's, 832-2355.
APPEARING
EDDIE BURNS BLUES BAND: Sept. 2526, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483. EDDIE CLEARWATER: Sept. 18-19, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374. HOUNDSTOOTH JONES BAND: Sept. 16-17, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483. Sept. 18, Bowery, 871-1503: J.P. AND THE ALLSTARS: Sept. 25-26, Rick s American Cafe, Ann Arbor, 9962747.
JOE DUNLAP & THE ELITES: Sept. 2324, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483. JUANITA McCRAY & HER MOTOR CITY BEAT: Sept. 18-19, Delta Lady, Femdale, 545-5483.
MIGHTY JOE YOUNG: Sept. 30, Rick's American Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747.
DICK SIEGEL & HIS MINISTERS OF MELODY: Sept. 17, Soup Kitchen, 2591374. Sept. 18-19, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555.
GENTLEMAN & I CLASS BAND: Th-Sa, Blue Chip #2, 538-4850.
MIDNIGHT SKY: Tu-W, Blue Chip #2, 538-4850.
RICK JAMES plus TEENA MARIE & CARL CARLTON: Sept. 25, Joe Louis Arena, 962-2000.
SHADOWFAKX: Sept. 832-2355.
URBATIONS: Sept. 18-19, Lili s, 8756555. Sept. 30-Oct. 3, Bentley's, Royal Oak, 583-1292. Tuesdays, Post Bar, 962-1293.
REGGAE
BLACK MARKET plus MAKAH RHYTHM TRIBE: Sept. 29, Rick s American Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747. ONKYZ: Sept. 17, 24, Alvin's, 832-2355. PETER TOSH pilus HERBAL EXPERIENCE: Sept. 19, 7:30 pm, Royai Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610. 18-19, Alvin's,
Thurs. & Sun. ARMS DUO Fri. & Sat. EILEEN ORR TRIO EVERY SUNDAY 11 am-3 pom Brunch with the Classics with live classical entertainment 4124 Woodward Ave., 4 blocks South of
STRUT: Sept. 17-19, Main Act, Roseville, 778-8150. Sept. 22, Off Broadway, Lake Orion, 693-1977. Sept. 23-24, Traxx, 372-2320. Sept. 25-27, Papillon, Dearborn Hts., 278-0079.
TEEN ANGELS: Sept. 17-19, Center Stage, Canton, 981-4111. Sept. 23-27, September's, Warren, 756-6140.
TEEZER: Sept. 18-20, Papillon, Dear-
RARE EARTH: Sept. 27-28, Traxx, 3722320. 17-19, Jagger's, RENDEZVOUS: Sept. 24-27, Bentleys, - Sept. Royal Oak, 583-1292. ROLLING STONES plus PRINCE and SANTANA: Dec. 1, 7:30 pm, Pontiac Silverdome, 857-8000. (Nov. 30 SOLD OUT)
by Michael Betzold
RATING SYSTEM
The following ratings have been approved for use in the Detroit Metro Times by Reverend Jerry Sinwell and the Immoral Majority: **k** are the conventional film critic's measure of quality, from four (masterful) to none (miserable).
WWWWs indicate degree of Weirdness. The more s, the more creative strangeness you should expect, to good or bad effect.
2222s are for sleeping. The more Z's, the more shut-eye you get for your money.
No parenthetical ratings indicate the reviewer has been unable to screen the film before press time. (The reviewer tries to screen as many as possible but is hampered by the fact that this paper has only one private jet, which is (of course) communally shared.)
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. In short promotional film clip which until recently seemed to run every half hour on late-night TV, director John Landis (Animal House, Blues Brothers) declared his devotion to the classic tradition of horror movies and avowed that his
American Werewolf would be faithful toa con-
temporary extension of the genre. is and it isn't, for Werewolf suffers from the same kind of triteness, the same cliches, and the same unsteadiness that flaw even the best of its predecessors. This time, though, in place of the Toccata and Fugue in D-minor, we hear Blue Moon and Credence Clearwater's Bad Moon Rising, proving only that change in tempo _doth not new tune make. Peter Ross
BAND OF ANGELS. Pee enters on Nazism, with two other flicks on the fascists: Night and Fog and Before Hindsight. (Wayne Cinema Guild, Sept. 24.)
BREAKER MORANT. (x**W) War crimes didn start in Vietnam, and following orders didn't start at Nuremberg, as this powerful movie about the Boer War proves. When the British Empire needed scapegoat forits brutal war policy in South Africa in 1900, it courtmartialed three Australian soldiers who were part of special Green-Berets-type guerilla force. The charge: shooting Boar prisoners and German missionary. No matter that shooting 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 inddents being testified to. Bruce Beresford, the director _of The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, doesn't apologize for what the Australians did; but he places it firmly in context of barbarous colonialism. The parallels to Vietnam are obvious. Beresford's exposition is brilliant. Jack Thompson, as the back-country solicitor who rises to the challenge of defending his countrymen, gives brilliant performance, heading superb cast. 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 dont commit war crimes, normal men following orders do. Its target: the many faces of impenalism. Its perspective: an unfailing, comic humanism. Stupendous, invigorating and intellisent a remarkable film.
VENDETTA: Sept. 17-19, Main Act, Roseville, 778-850. Sept. 22, Off Broadway, Lake Orion, 693-1977. Sept. 23-24, Traxx, 372:2320. Sept. 25-27, Papillon, Dearborn Hts., 278-0079. ZOOSTER: Sept. 17-19, Danny's Canadian Club, Windsor, (519) 256-2393. Sept. 20-22, Main Act, Roseville, 7788150. Sept. 27, Silverbird, 538-2678. Sept. 28-29, Token Lounge, Westland, 261-9640.
NEW WAVE
CADILLAC KIDZ: Sept. 19, Red Carpet, 885-3428.
COLDCOCE: Sept. 27, absolutely fast night at Nunzio s, Lincoln Park, 3833iZi.
CULT HEROES: Sept. 18, Red Carpet, 885-3428.
DAVID & THE HAPPENINGS: Sept. 26, Bookie's, 862-0877.
DURAN DURAN: Sept. 27, Nitro, 5381645.
EARTHMEN: Sept. 17, Bowery, 8711503.
EMISSIONS: Sept. 18-19, Traxx, 2722320. Sept. 25-26, Red Carpet, 8853428.
FALCONS: Sept. 17-18, Red Carpet, 885-3428.
FIGURES ON BEACH: Sept. 17, Gold Dollar Show Bar, 833-6258. INCREDIBLE MOHAWK BROTHERS: Sept. 25-26, Paycheck s, 872-8934. JAMES CHANCE & THE CONTORTIONS: Sept. 26, Bookie s, 862-0877. JOHN BRIO SHOW: Sept. 17, Bookie s, 862-0877.
FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER. (ZZZW) Ever think that the goings-on in the Supreme Court would make great sit-com? Well, here it is, flick that looks like TV pilot, complete with John Phillip Sousa march music which fades into the boob tube dum-dum-dum when the one-liners begin each scene. There area few good one-liners here, but Walter Matthau and Jill Clayburgh, hardly heavyweights to begin with, hit new lows as, respectively, the crusading underdog super-liberal Supreme Court justice and the ultra-conservative first woman on the bench. As the men who wrote and directed this movie conceive it, our nation highest court is composed of wisecracking, hand-slapping brothers who bring college fraternity wit and glibness to mejor judicial questions, Clayburgh fits right in, because she as jocular and sharp tongued as the boys, but the incredibly sexist script (which keeps throwing boomerangs at its intended audience of liberals) has Clayburgh proven to be wrong headed (a prude and defender of corrupt corporations) and naive (but appropriately apologetic). And what can you make ofher confession to Congress during nomination hearings that her law-partner husband died of overwork after she had to leave the firm to becomea California judge? Poor male ego is so shattered by wife's success that he kicks off! First Monday isnt the first, but may be the worst, example of how the mass media portrays feminism as just another salvo in that never-endit:¢ laughSetter, the battle of the sexes.
GALLOPOLI. Australian director Peter Weir (The Last Wave, Picnic at Hanging Rock) details the globe-trotting friendship of two young men.
(Opens Sept. 25.)
HITCHCOCK RETROSPECTIVE. Sunday night film chronology begins Sept. 20 with recently
creche silent, The Pleasure Garden, whid: started the master career in 1925, and continues Sept. 27 with The Lodger, or A Story of the London Fog, Hitchcock's first famous suspense flick, made in 1926. (Detroit. Film Theatre.)
JUGGERNAUT. Richard Lester's overlooked 1974 caper film, with Anthony Hopkins, Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, Shirley Knight and David Hemmings. (Detroit Film Theatre, Sept. 19.)
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KAGEMUSHA. (**x**W) Kurosawa fuses Shakespearean tragedy with magnificent battle scenes in this grandiose epic about 16thcentury warlords fighting for control ofJapan at the end of its feudal days. Tatsuya Nakadai gives the best male performance ofthe year ina dual role as the warlord Shingen and petty thief who becomes the fierce leader's double after Shingen's death. In the middle of sweeping panoramas of war, Kurosawa offers strik-ing contemplation about play-acting and the helplessness of even the powerful stuck in the cracks of history. Kagemusha is mesmerizing, slow paced, awesome to behold, and great antidote to the mediocre movie blahs.
LA DROLESSE. Detroit premiere of strange French study of the relationship between an 1year-old girl and 20-year-old boy who kidnaps her and hides her in the loft of his parent's farmhouse. little soft kiddie porn, anyone? (Detroit Film Theatre, Sept. 25.)
MX 80 SOUND: Sepi. 25, Bookie's, 862- 0877. MARCO & THE JETSETTERS: Sept. 1819, Traxx, 272-2320. Sept. 25-26, Red arpet, 885-3428. EATMEN: Sept. 30, Bookie s, 8620877.
MINK DeVILLE: 1645.
THIRD COAST: Sept. 18, Bookie's, 8620877. THE TIES: Sept. 25, Paycheck's 8728934.
TRANSFORMERS: Sept check s, 872-8934, TUBES: Oct. 6, U-M Hill Aud., Ann Arbor, 763-6922.
NECROS: Sept. 30, Bookie s, 862-0877. NELSONS: Sept. 19, Bookie s, 8620877. NEWT THE SALAMANDERS: Sept. 17-19, Rick s American Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747.
STEVE NEWHOUSE & THE FUNKABILLIES: Sept. 25-26, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555. STORK THE SHRUBS: Sept. 30, Bowery,871-1503.
THE LADYKILLERS. Alec Goines and Petr Sellers, the two great British comics of the last generation, in 1955 flick. (Wayne Cinema Guild, Sept. 29.)
THE LAST METRO. (xx) Truffaut's elegant allegory about the roles played by Parisian citizens under Nazi occupation goes limp at the end, victim to the writer/director's own timidity. Catherine Deneuve is wonderful in the pivotal role of Madame Steiner, caught between her loyalty to husband Lucas, who she is hiding from the Nazis in the basement of the theatre they jointly run, and her ambivalent attraction toward Gerard Depardieu, lukewarm Resistance fighter who is her co-star in romantic play. The Last Metro is insightful in illuminating the reasons behind the various adaptations (collaboration, resistance, exile, spying, acquiescense, etc.) different people . make to enemy occupation, but in regarding political behavior as mere role playing, another kind of acting, the film trivializes the Resistance and its fighters. Rather than strong resolution the triangular plot, Truffaut opts for cloying symbolism. Despite many fine performances, the real star of the film is cinematographer Nestor Almendros, who has salvaged genuine sentiment from Truffaut's sentimentalism with fons, exquisitely lit portraitures throughout.
The Last Metro is strikingly beautiful but annoyingly shallow in its climax; never has an ending left so unfulfilled the pregnant promises of film. Yet the flaw tTruffaut stagey view of human behavior is present throughout, destroying admirable intentions and fine craftsmanship.
LES BONS DEBARRAS. In English, Good Riddance, which is what demanding young French-Canadian girl wishes of her mother in this 1980 film that won wheelbarrow full of
VIA SATELLITE: Sept. 25-26, Traxx, 372-2320.
VIBRATORY SYNOD: Sept. 17, Book ie s, 862-0877.
CLASSICAL
BRUNCH WITH BACH: DIA Crystal Gallery, 832-2730. Sept. 20, Instruments Have Known and Loved. Sept. 27, Shaul Ben-Meir, flautist. Reservations required.
CLASSICAL ARABIC MUSIC: Sept. 19, pm, DIA Recital Hall, 965-7680 or 882-9693 after5.
DETROIT COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL: Sept. 27, pm, DCMS Aud., 200 E. Kirby, 831-2870.
FATHER JIM MILLER & THE SWEET
ADELINES: Sept. 26, pm, Royal Oak Music Theatre. Tickets available at Redford Theatre, 521-2127 for info.
NIGHICAP WITH MOZART: Fridays, 11 pm, Birmingham Unitarian Church. Afterglow follows concert. Call 8518934 for schedule.
PASTICHE CHAMBER PLAYERS: Sept. 30, pm, Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church Oct. 1, Birmingham Unitarian 19, Pay-Church. The Universal Language: Music for Voice Guitar featuring Michael Bryce, Suitarist, and Susan Caroselli, soprano.
ATRWAVES
Urbations WDET, 101.9 FM.
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED: National Public Radio's award-winning nightly news magazine is broadcast weekdays 56:30 pm and weekends 5-6 pm. WDET, 101.9 FM.
ALL TOGETHER NOW: lues., pm. Metro Detroit's longest-running radio show produced by and for women addresses events and music from feminist perspective. WDET, 101.9 FM.
CARIBBEAN CONNECTION: luesdays, pm. Music, interviews and news from the Caribbean hosted by Horatio Bennett. WDET, 101.9 FM.
COMMERCIAL-FREE JAZZ: M-F, midnight-1 pm. M: The Revisited Series; TuW: Jazz Album Review; Th-F: assorted musicians. Hosted by Calvin Euseary. WIZZ, 105.9 FM.
COSMOS: Tuesdays, pm & am, beginning Sept. 29. Award-winning weekly series written and hosted by Carl Sagan. WIVS, Channel 56. DETROIT JAZZ: ANCIENT TO THE FUTURE: Sept. 24, pm & am, Sept. 27, 11:30 am. Premiere edition of Detroit Black Journal. Highlights artists from the Montreux-Detroit International Festival. WIVS, Channel 56.
ELECIRIFYIN MOJO: MF, 10 pmam. The show that takes the off jazz and kicks azz. WGPR, 107.5 FM.
MORPHOGENESIS: MF, 3-5 pm. Unique forms of creative music from all places and periods with Judy Adams.
Canadian beadeny Awards. (Detroit Film Theatre, Sept. 18.)
MOSCOW DOES NOT BELIEVE IN TEARS. Audiences and critics alike were stunned when this then-unknown Soviet export won last years Academy Award over Truffaut's sure bet The Last Metro, but now that the film is making its long-overdue appearance, it's easy to understand how happened. Moscow is avery quiet, very understated work of extraordinary emotional clarity and power, non-epic like Tree of the Wooden Clogs. traces the lives of small group of women friends who stow older and, in some cases, wiser, pursuing their hopes and dreams, always looking out for each other, and often on the lookout for love. The picture is not specifically feminist but is distinctively rewarding in this light, since it sives Western viewers chance to see how feminist objectives are formulated and frustrated behind the Iron Curtain. What is more important is the light Moscow sheds on modern issues which transcend the political; its protagonists strive to find and to put meaning in their lives, and in doing so face the same obstacles that arise in all sections and se of ey world. Peter Ross *
NEWSFRONT. [he Australian New Wave washes up political melodrama about the dark days of the early 50s when witch-hunters saw teds under every bed. Director Philip Noyce uses near-experimental techniques, mixing old newsreel footage with his story, which is full of entertaining characters. (Cass City Cinema, Sept. 18-19.)
THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN
GEORGIA. (*ZZZW) No one involved knew quite what to do with movie loosely based on 10-year-old pop-country hit, so Lights is part Hee Haw, part soap opera, and part rockand-roll road movie. The story, such as is, unfolds as slowly as Georgia Sunday afternoon. Kristy McNichol salvages something with performance straddling the edge of cute adolescent tomboy and worldly wise, sexy young woman.
PRIVATE LESSONS. Another, yet another, of those ostensibly pithy films about sexual initiation, this one good deal more explicit than the norm due to the presence of Sylvia Kristel of Emmanuele fame. Eric Brown plays Philly, rich 15 year old obsessed with sex, particularly that well and frequently displayed by his new French (naturally) housekeeper (Kristel). Brown is an appealing young actor, with gangling walk and face-splitting grin, but his soggle-eyed looks of astonishment as he beholds the wondersof the flesh wear more than little thin after while. So do the charms of Kristel: various portions of her anatomy grace the screen in obligatory close-up so often one wonders if there were specifications in her contract but at least they keep her from trying to act. The first two-thirds of the picture, when Philly is alternately pursuing and fleeing from Kristel and diligently making progress reports to his chubby and equally prurient pal, are mildly entertaining. But when plot rears its ugly head, largely to account for Kristel interest in Philly and to explain Howard Hesseman role as the snide family chauffeur, things go rapidly downhill, Peter Ross 13 SHADES OF BLACK. Film Noir series at the Art Institute winds up with three big classics: John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle (Sept. 1520), Fritz Langs The Big Heat
FAMILIES
BELLE ISLE ZOO: Belle Isle, 398-0903. Open daily10am-5 pm.
BOBLO: Departure from behind Joe Louis Arena. Amusement Park. Call 962-9622 for info.
CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: 500 Lone Pine. Thru Oct., optical illusion exhibit and planetarium demonstration.
DETROIT SCIENCE CENTER: 5020 John R, 833-1892. Open Tu-Su, exhibitions and two films, The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens and Ocean, peoieeled ona 180-degree domed screen.
DETROIT ZOO: W. 10 Mile Rd. near Woodward, 393-0903. Open daily 10 am-5 pm.
RENAISSANCE DAY: Belle Isle Fitness Trail. Sept. 20, 2-5 pm, games, contests, music, dancing, refreshments. Free event sponsored by Detroit Neurosurgical Foundation.
UPLAND HILLS FARM: Oxford, MI, 628-1611.Sa & Su in Oct., 11 am-5 pm, hayrides, farm animals, a pumpkin patch and more.
FESTIVALS
AUTUMN FESTIVAL: St. Gregory's Social Hall, 15031 Dexter. Sept. 19, 10 am-10 pm & Sept. 20, 1-10 pm. Games, raffle, arts and crafts, refreshments.
DOWNTOWN DETROIT ETHNIC 18-20.
FESTIVAL: Hart Plaza. Sept. Octoberfest. Sept. 25-27, Blues Festival.
EAST WARREN FESTIVAL: East Warren, 886-1112 for info. Sept. 20, 2 pm, parade from Alter to Balduck
Temple, thru Sept. 20.
Park. Sept. 25-26, games, contests, music and food.
MICHIGAN RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL: Colombiere Center, Clarkston, 645-9640 for info. Thru Oct. 18, Sa & Su, 10 am-6 pm, Where fantasy doth rule the day.
LEARNING
BLACK READING MONTH: Sept. 19, 10 am-4 pm, WCCC Downtown Center, BRM Committee Book Fair. Sept. 27, UD Student Center Ballroom, Poet s Corer presents Nubia Kia Salaam, Ray McKinney, Calvin Murry & Amiri Baraka (tentative). For more info on either event, 345-6391.
CENTER FOR NEW THINKING: Sept. 24, 10 am, Baldwin Library, Birmingham. Sherwin Wine will lead lecture/ discussion on Ambition, book by Joseph Epstein. Sept. 27, 2:30 pm, Somerset Mall Aud., Troy, Sherwin Wine lecture/discussion on Love Affirming Ourselves and Others.
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FOR SMALL BUSINESS: Rackham Mem. Bidg., Woodward and Warren, 577-4665. Sept. 26, 8:30 am-3 pm, workshop to cover balance sheets, cost variables, income statement analysis and more. INNER POWER: A PRESCRIPTION
FOR THE '80s: WSU McGregor Mem.Conference Center (Rm. B), 994-5625. Sept. 24, 7:30 pm, lecture by Dr. Eugene Callender, human rights activist and Harlem minister. Sponsored by SYDA Foundation. Free.
MOTHERING ART: Royal Oak. Call Elfen, 549-8064, for info. Sept. 23, pm, local rap group meets.
OAKLAND UNIVERSITY CONTINUUM CENTER: Rochester, 377-3033. Fall courses including Hitting Our Stride: Good News About Women in their Middle Years, Holistic Lifestyle and Managing Stress.
PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC VISION: WSU Extension, Barnum School, 746 Purdy, Birmingham, 872-7400 or 577-4665. Mondays, beginning Sept. 28, 7-9 pm, for 10 weeks, a photograph-
ic workshop for individuals. who have been photographing and enlarging fora prolonged period of time.
WOMEN S SYMPOSIUM: Walsh College, Troy, 689-8282, Ext. 216. Oct 4, 1 pm, Job, Family and. Home Two Sides of the Coin, with presentations by men and women.
POLITICAL
ACTION ALERT: SAVING THE 80s: Oakland County Community College Womencenter. Call Mary White, 4769400 Ext. 266 for details. Sept. 17, 9 am-1 pm. _ALL-PEOPLES CONGRESS: Cobo Hall, Oct. 16-18, workshops and seminars organizing to overturn the Reagan program of cutbacks, racism and war. Initiated by the People s Anti-War Mobilization. Call 832-4847 for more info. COMMITTEE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF EL SALVADOR (CISPES): WSU Hilberry Lounge, Sept. 21, 7:30 pm. Frank LaRue, trade unionist, labor lawyer and member of the FDCR in Guatemala (Democratic Front Against Repression) will be speaking on current events in Latin America. Dona-. tion $2, $1 unemployed. For more info call 593-1222.
CONGRESSMAN GEORGE CROCKETT: The Sheik Restaurant, 316 E. Lafayette. Sept. 21 Crockett will be speaking on his recent trip to South Aftica and the Voting Rights Act. The luncheon is sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild. $6.50 ($5.50 students and unemployed). Reservations must be made by Sept. 18. Call 963-0843. NATIONAL SOLIDARITY DAY: Sept. 19, Washington, DC, rally for jobs and
justice. Call National Lawyers Guild,
963-0843, for info.
WOMEN AND THE LAW: Church of Our Savior, 6555 Middlebelt Rd. at Maple, W. Bloomfield. Sept 22, 7:30 pm, judge and lawyer present to discuss effect of specific laws on women. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Farmington-West Bloomfield.
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ANN ARBOR FESTIVAL OF FOLK, SONG & DANCE: Cobblestone Farm, 2781 Packard Rd., Ann Arbor. Sept. 20, noon-11 pm, rain or shine. Admission $4, under 12 free.
ART IN THE PARK: Shain Park, Birmingham, 645-9676. Sept. 19 & 20, art show and entertainment. Sponsored by Common Ground.
CIGARETTE SEND-OFF: Holy Cross Hospital, 4777 E. Outer Dr. Sept. 23, 7 pm. The Cigarette Send-Off combines the most effective methods known to help smokers kick the habit. Call the American Lung Association's Smoking Phone at 963-3029 for more info.
DETROIT LIBRARY USED BOOK SALE: Main Library, Cass entrance. Sept. 24, 10 am-4 pm, rain date Sept. 25. Proceeds will go towards new books.
HISTORIC CHURCH TOUR: Tour of historical churches in the Detroit area, sponsored by the Detroit Historical Society. This month's tour is to seven area churches. Call 833-7934. Reservations must be made at least eight weeks in advance. Reserve now for November.
HUGHES & HATCHER RACQUETBALL
TOURNAMENT: Franklin Racquet Club, 29350 Northwestern Hwy,., Southfield. Tournament Oct. 8-11, entries must be in by Oct. 2. Call 352-8000 for more info.
LANDSCAPE NURSERY DAY: Eastern Market, 831-0152 for info. Sept. 20, shrubs, trees, plants and bulbs.
PALMER PARK HOUSE TOUR: The
sponsoring a tour of homes in Palmer ing lot, Sept. 27 at 12 noon. Call 9654556.
ROBERTO'S: 2485 Coolidge, Berkley,
- Woods. Tour begins at U of D main park-
POSTCARD SHOW: Ferndale Community Center, 400 E. Nine Mile, 968-3505. Sept. 27, 10 am-5 pm, sponsored by Wolverine Postcard Club of Detroit.
SUNDAY STROLLS: Woodlawn Cemetery, 2 pm. Tour the mausoleums, grave stones and the beautifud duck pond. America s premiere Art Deco cemetery. Call 833-7934 for more info.
THIRD THURSDAY FORUM: Christ Church, 61 Grosse Pointe Blvd., Grosse Pointe Farms. Thursday, Sept. 17, Creating Places for People: What is the Future of Detroit's Waterfront? Call 882-6464.
TOURS OF DETROIT: Tours of different Detroit neighborhoods and places of interest. Oct. 4: The Cultural Center; Nov. 14: The New Center Area, Poletown and Virginia Park. Sponsored by the Grosse Pointe Inter-Faith Center for Racial Justice. Call 882-6464.
DINNER THEATRE
DOUG'S BODY SHOP: 22061 Woodward, Ferndale, 399-1040. Thru Oct. 24, Le Brel Carousel.
JOANNE S RESTAURANT: 6700 E. 8 Mile Rd.,527-3202. Merrymaker Dinner Theatre presents their Wassail Feast.
KOMEDY PLAYERS DINNER THEATRE: Bambi's Welcome Mat, 5835 Allen Rd., Allen Park, 661-1383. Opening Sept. 25-Nov. 21, My Heart Reminds Me. LUPE S: 1250 Wide Track West, Pontiac, 338-0120. All American Rhythm. MOBIUS THEATRE: 57 W. Huron, Pontiac, 398-8831. Thru Sept. 26, & Sa, I Do! I Do!
MR. MAC S STABLE: 1 Parkland Tower, Dearborn, 288-0450. Murder at the Howard Johnson's.
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STOUFFER S EASTLAND DINNER THEATRE: 18000 Vernier, St. Clair Shores, 371-8410. Thru Oct. 31, The Owl and the Pussycat. THE WINE TASTERS RESTAURANT THEATRE: 17 Mile Rd. and Van Dyke, Sterling Hts., 288-0450. Heaven's Advocate.
ACTOR'S RENAISSANCE THEATRE: St. Andrew's Hall, 431 E. Congress, 5682525. Thru Sept. 20, Bullshot Crummond.
ALIVE & WELL DETROIT: Book Cadillac Hotel, 1114 Washington Blvd., 2880450. Seascape by Edward Albee. ATTIC THEATRE: 525 E. Lafayette, 963-7789. Opening Sept. 18-Oct: 31, Macbeth.
BIRMINGHAM THEATRE: 211 S. Woodward, 644-3533. Thru Oct. 4, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
FISHER THEATRE: Fisher Bldg., Grand Blvd. at Second, 872-1000. Thru Oct. 3, Little Johnny Jones. FORD AUDITORIUM: Jefferson at Woodward. Oct. 9, 7:30 pm, Rodney Dangerfield. Tickets available at CIC outlets only.
FOURTH STREET PLAYHOUSE: 301 W. Fourth St., Royal Oak, 543-3666. Thru Oct. 10, Nuts. Midnight performances F & Sa, Charlie and Out At Sea. JAYBEE S: 2030 Park, 961-1121. Thru Dec. 12, WSU Black Theatre and Film Production Guild presents The Death of Sister Caroline, The New Wine and Detroupe, Linda Jackson. MASONIC TEMPLE: 350 Temple, 8327100. Thru Sept. 20, jazz musical One Mo Time. Thru Sept. 27, Richard Harris in Camelot.
MUSIC HALL: 350 Madison, 963-7622.
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Thru Sept. 20, Dance Theatre of Harlem. OAKLAND UNIVERSITY THEATRES: Rochester, 377-2000. BARN THEATRE: Thru Sept. 27, Hair. STUDIO THEATRE: Thru Sept. 27, Murder at the Howard Johnson's.
WILL-O-WAY REPERTORY THEATRE: 775 W. Long Lake Rd., Bloomfield Hills, 644-4418. Opening Oct. 2, The Fantasticks.
AFRO-AMERICAN MUSEUM: 1553 W. Grand Blvd. 899-2500. Thru Oct., Needlepoint as a Black Art Form. THE ART CENTER: 125 Macomb, Mt. Clemens, 469-8666. Thru Sept. 30, traveling exhibit from Battle Creek. THE ART EXCHANGE: 415 S. Washington, Royal Oak, 398-7011. All works of art by students and professionals at affordable prices.
ART GALLERY OF WINDSOR: 445 Riverside Drive West, (519) 258-7111. Thru Oct. 11, La Pieree Parte: Lithography in France, 1848-1900.
C.AD.E. GALLERY: 8025 Agnes, 3311758. Thru Oct. 9, recent drawings by Susan Mulcahy and Sherry Hendrick. CANTOR/LEMBERG GALLERY: 538 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 642-6623. Thru Oct. 3, selections from Holly Solomon editions.
CAROL HOOBERMAN GALLERY: 155
S. Bates, Birmingham, 647-3666. Outrageous humorous pieces of art. CENTER FOR CREATIVE STUDIES: 245 E. Kirby, 872-3118. Yamasaki Bidg., thru Oct. 30, Self, an exhibition by students of CCS.
CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART MUSEUM: 500 Lone Pine Rd., Bloomfield, 645-3312. Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection.
DETROIT ARTISTS MARKET: 1452 Randolph, 962-0337.
DETROIT ARTISTS MARKET'S OTHER SPACE: 7th Floor, Hudson's Downtown, 962-0337. Thru Oct. 3, chastity pictures by Daniel Simas.
DETROIT GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS: 301 Fisher Bldg., 8737888. Thru Sept., stoneware by potters
Donna Polseno and Rob Forbes. DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: 5200
Woodward, 833-7900. Thru Oct. 18, paintings by Helen Covensky. Thru Nov. 1, The Golden Age of Naples: Art and Civilization Under the Bourbons.
DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY PHOTOGALLERY: Main Branch, 5201 Woodward, 833-4043. Opening Sept. 26-Oct. 24, 1975-1980 retrospective photographs by Rita Dibert. Reception at Xochipilli Gallery, see listing.
DONALD MORRIS GALLERY: 105 Townsend, Birmingham, 642-8812. DONNA JACOBS GALLERY: 574 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 642-9810. Thru Sept., coptic tiles. Gallery specializes in ancient art.
ELOQUENT LIGHT GALLERY: Birmingham Camera, 145 S. Livernois, Rochester, 652-4686. Thru Oct. 23, photographs by Bruce Beck.
FEIGENSON GALLERY: 310 Fisher Bldg., 873-7322. Opening Sept. 18Oct. 17, group show featuring new works by gallery artists.
FOCUS GALLERY: 743 Beaubien, 9629025. Opening Sept. 18 (reception 68:30 pm) thru Oct. 17, Mary Aro, Charles Caswell, Kathy Constantinides, Dennis Guastella, Gregory Ludwa and Joseph Wesner.
by Libby Kowalski, installation by Larry Cressman, sculpture by Doug Hoppa and installation by Victoria Stoll.
GRAFISKAS: 218 Merrill St., Birmingham, 647-5722. Fine Art posters.
HABITAT: 28235 Southfield, Lathrup Village, 552-0515. Thru Oct. 1, glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly.
HALSTED GALLERY: 560 Woodward, Birmingham, 644-8284. Thru Oct. 10, photographs by George Tice.
KLEIN GALLERY: 4250 N. Woodward, Royal Oak, 647-7709. Thru Sept., 19th and 20th Century European and American prints and drawings.
LOOKING GLASS GALLERY: 1604 Rochester Rd., Royal Oak, 548-1149. Thru Oct. 12, color photographs by Todd Weinstein. PIERCE STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
GALLERY: 217 Pierce, Birmingham, 646-6950. Thru Oct. 17, Bernice Abbott, Lotte Jacobi, Ruth Bernhard and Carlotta Corpron.
PONTIAC ART CENTER: 47 Williams St., Pontiac, 333-7849. Thru Oct. 3, installation by Jer Patryjak.
POSTER GALLERY: 304 Fisher Bldg., 875-5211. Thru Sept., jazz posters.
PRINT GALLERY: 29203 Northwestern Hwy., Southfield, 356-5454. Fine art posters, reproductions and _limitededition prints.
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A special advertising section devoted to the art community. Artery debuts this issue and will always run in this area. Contact Jim Coch for advertising info.
RUBINER GALLERY: 621 S. Washing-
Townsend, Birmingham, 642-3909. Thru Sept., B. Taggert, D. Hughto, W. Toepp, A. Bayer, H. Amman, B. Coleman, R. Bloom and L. Rosenfeld. ton, Royal Oak, 544-2828. Thru Oct. 10, 50 new craft artists from across the country.
SUSANNE HILBERRY GALLERY: 555 S. Woodward, Birmingham, 642-8250. Thru Oct. 3, Objects in Multiple by Richard Artschwager.
U of D LIBRARY: 4001 W. McNichols, 927-1070. Thru Sept., hand-blown glass works by Janet Kelman.
WILLIS GALLERY: 422 S. Willis. Hours: Tu-Sa, 2-6 pm. Thru Oct. 3, picture paintings by Denise Corley.
XOCHIPILLI GALLERY: 568 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 645-1905. Opening Sept. 26 (reception 2-5 pm) thru Oct. 24, hand-tinted infrared photographs by Rita Dibert. Related exhibit at Detroit Public Library.
U-M NORTH CAMPUS COMMONS: 2101 Bonisteel, Ann Arbor, Opening Sept. 26 (reception 5-8 pm)-Oct. 26, etchings and lithographs by printers of the Studio.
YAW GALLERY: 550 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 647-5470. YOUR HERITAGE HOUSE: 110 E. Ferry, 871-1667. Thru Sept., Faculty and Youth exhibit.
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hough it still remains a fairly wellkept secret, more and more folks are becoming aware of Detroit's
rich blues tradition, which is replete with a number of nationally acclaimed musicians. For example, there's Sir John Lee Hooker, Cow Cow Davenport, Sippie Wallace, Blind Blake, Charlie Spand and Sonny Boy Williamson each of them worthy of any city s pantheon of pluckers, blowers and wailers.
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For more than a quarter of a century Little Sonny, born Aaron Willis in Greensboro, Alabama, and a former professional baseball player, has been one of the most dynamic and captivating blues performers to ever romp across a Detroit stage. At a recent concert during the Montreux-Detroit International Jazz Festival, Sonny joined one of his idols and influences, Eddie Burns, in the only blues segment of this year s festival. And Sonny's performance was superb, showing again why Stevie Wonder considers him among the country's best harmonica players.
I guess did all right, but I know | could have done better, was how he evaluated a performance that others cheered. Well, if Sonny s capable of doing better, then the blues festival would probably be a logical place for it to occur.
The inspiration for such an effort will certainly be all around him and within immediate reach will be his two sons, Anthony (bass) and Aaron, Jr. (guitar), and former Detroiter, singer Jody Drake. Not far from him and sharing the bill will be Sonny's former boss, Washboard Willie; Joe L. Carter, who with Rudy Robinson scored the popular Please, Mr. Foreman ; Big Jesse Williams; Willie D. Warren, Kris Peterson, Chicago Pete, Junior Cannady and one of the city s real legends, Bobo Jenkins.
SOver the last 20 years, this long blues tradition has been bolstered by the contributions of Bobo Jenkins, Alberta Adams, Joe L. Carter, Washboard Willie, Mr. Bo and Little Sonny, who is scheduled to headline this year's annual Metro Arts Blues Festival at Hart Plaza, September 25-27.
- And if that s not enough inspiration, there will be on hand a number of outstanding gospel choirs, all of them equally proficient at calling on the ultimate Inspirer. Included among these able witnesses are Rev. Jay Collins and the Shaw College Dancers, featuring Ms. Willie Ferguson; the Heavenly Lights: Choir; Morning Star Baptist Church, with soloist Joyce Henry; God's Echoes; the New Day Church of Deliverance; Kim Weston and several other prominent choirs from around the Detroit area. It is rare to have such a combination of blues and gospel on the same program, and Little Sonny could not have requested a more ideal environment in which to strut his stuff. And for Sonny to have the privilege of opening and closing the festival is like being the lead-off man and batting clean-up, and surely such an honor should provide the ex-ballplayer with any additional inspiration he might need. |
Detroit.
We give a lot of people the blues. And Jazz. And Rock. And every other kind of music in The Metro Times tells you What's Happening.
Guess who's gonna be one year old on October 15? And guess who's gonna throw one helluva party?
Little Sonny
Photo: Leni Sinclair
and the-atmosphere he creates. Particularly worth noting on this release is the title song Wrecked on Love. It is a bouncy rocker that could make all our radios jump.
This LP is an excellent local release and deserves to be heard.
Warren W. Westfall
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The Times Fuehrer rings me, says, Gimme ranting digressions on hot new rock 'n roll EP: Solid. eS
Little Feat Hoy-Hoy!
Warner Bros.
Flashback to college radio days.
sometimes send
It's Wednesday and the packages that the record companies to carrier current stations out in the collegiate hinterlands usually arrived on Wednesdays if at all. Maybe it'll be some interesting stuff that we've seen the hype on in Billboard. Nah, it's all this unknown stuff. Hmmm. The bio says that two of these folks are from the Mothers of Invention. (I., recognize Roy Estrada s name, but can't figure out who this. Lowell George is.) The drummer, Richie Hayward, was once with the Fraternity of Mann, a group that had a minor league hit single with drug lyrics that used to segue well into Com-mander Cody s Back to Seeds - and Stems. The piano player, Bill Payne, is an unknown. Oh, look! Ry Cooder plays slide guitar on a couple of cuts. (I was heavily into my blues period then.)
Being willing and suitably primed to brave the unknown, I. put the album on the turntable and gave it a spin.
These guys are kinda eclectic. Little Feat, eh? Well, admire someone who can program a couple of truck drivin songs ( Truck Stop Girl and the first version of Willing ) on eitherside of a ballad with plaintive vocals and lush strings ( Brides of Jesus ), and then to follow that with a weird, stop time, fullout slovenly rocker with guitar sliding dirty all over the place ( Hamburger Midnight ). Shows a certain rough class and
style. Good music that boded well for the next album. Their second album was an: improvement indeed in fact, far more than I expected. went
from being pleasantly disposed toward the band to being rabidly in favor of the band practically from the first cut, Easy to Slip. These guys are no clones; these guys write and play their asses off.
Objectivity went further out the window when I had a chance to see the band with its newly revamped lineup shortly after their third album, the now legendary Dixie Chicken. was awed. The interplay on stage that night between the members of the band, both musically and personally, was phenomenal. And the songs! Have mercy, the songs.
Songs in the band s repertoire have since been covered by people and groups as diverse~as Linda Ronstadt ("Willin and All That You Dream ) _and Nazareth ( Teenage Nervous Breakdown ). The musicians themselves, in particular George and Payne, the original songwriting duo in the band, are showing up on all sorts of other people s albums. The band s influence keeps showing up in that of groups making bigger bucks (the Doobie Brothers, for instance) or lesser bucks (Robert Palmer is a case in point) than they did. Critics have gone bonkers over their albums while performances and fellow musicians are turning them, in retrospect, into one of the seminal bands of the American rock and roll seventies.
Over ten years have passed since the first album, and now with this newly released HoyHoy!, the ninth one, we're offered up something to tie up the last decade. Basically, the album is full of out-takes, live cuts and other essential elements in a good Little Feat overview. There are three cuts from the first two alburns ( Strawberry Flats, Easy to Slip, and a remake of the Howlin Wolf tune Forty-Four Blues ), a ver1, 1981
sion of All That You Dream . performed live by Linda Ronstadt and members of the band at the Lowell George Tribute of 1979, along with tunes written and performed by Bill Payne and Paul Barrere after George s death and the final breakup of the band.
Hoy-Hoy! is a two-record set that is more than wonderful stuff for the fan musicologist. There's substance here that goes beyond mere history and into pure pleasure. Required listening for that medium-sized army of Feat freaks out there, but its sure to be enjoyed by other adventurous souls.
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Ragnar Kvaran Wrecked on Love ATC Records
With the release of their miniLP Wrecked on Love, the Ann Arbor-based group/artist Ragnar Kvaran have shown themselves to be one of the most exciting Michigan rock bands to be heard in years. This quartet plays a brand of straight-ahead rock that commands attention in ways that so many of their peers fail. Theirs is not fashionconscious music. Rooted firmly in the mainstream of the rock/ pop songwriting tradition, their use of imaginative lyrics and ; ingenious music create a captivating visual listening experience that gives rise to comparisons such as Bob Seger and Bruce Springsteen. ye
Led by the Icelandic-bo Ragnar Kvaran, vocals and % guitar, the group consists of Kurt Browne, bass, Dave Whipple, drums, and Terry Vogel, lead guitar and vocals. Ragnar functions as the group s main songwriter and possesses one of the most distinctive and compelling voices to be heard in some time. His songs are highly descriptive in both the action he captures.
versy, his soon-come LP's title cut. Christ! Light! Whoa, Silver. I m of the street consensus on the Dirty Mind LP, it being the hippest 35 minutes since Christ talked the Mount, since Coltrane sermoned Seattle. But, has. Prince blown his cards? What's on deck? Joker's wild, eh?
Wait a minute. Ain't jack-shit happening. The mainstrearn farts itself into gaseous nitrate, so much juicing white dust. Just to the left, we got Any Trouble, Tom Verlaine, extremely fine LPs, but predictable, nothing to St. Vitus dance about.
Funk. Was (not Was). Material. August Darnell. But that stuff has metamorphosed into Culture, encyclopedias scribed, journalistic iconology. Has led, not leading.
Funk. We're not talking black radio, with the transitorily arrogant Time the only thing lately worth slapping loud. I m Cool. Right.
New York. Promises, promises. Ornette. Miles. R. S. Jackson. Blood Ulmer. But face it, we're not talking rock 'n roll. What about these thousands of white bands stumbling on the one? Give it up, huh?
England s worse. Gang of Four and Kraftwerk have spawned a million verbosely touted prodigies, with funk (quotation marks mandatory) stiff as R. Reagan, and about as glibly prosaic. Synthe-blip, guitar stutter, skank to the same .damned bass line, chant like metro-modern monks. Gimme Sly.
People expect Prince to come out rocking, a la Gotta Stop Messing Around, a fa his image, his press, the mood of the hour. Everybody knows better than to buy Prince s usual light touch as the meat of the matter. So, when Controversy s intro breaks open its cage with disco-bombast-batedbreath, bottom buckling floors, you wonder. Splat! goes that chunky popcorn guitar, back home, Prince out-funking kingpin Nile Rodgers of Chic in rhythm-method shootout. And his usual punch-pulling, lowkeyed self: I just can't believe all the things people say/Are you black or white, are you straight or gay? Still such a shy
The chorus is vocal-boiling volcano, Prince with more voices than Bell Telephone, taking on his heritage, God, chemical relaxation, and the release of death. Second verse,, chorus, and communion: guitar and synthe in loving karate, sweating with cool at breaking point.
You don't expect the postcommunion disco interlude, so here it is. Serious biz, folks. This character, prepared to blow lids with the groove, recites, verbatim, the Lord s Prayer, like bombardiers preparing for battle. He means it. We got a new ball game.
The theme is still on it, taking back over with vengeance. Another pleading cycle. Then a spoken rondo like the kind of thing you did in grade school to divide time, distantly menacing: People call me rude/I wish we all were nude/I wish there was no black and white/I wish there was no rules. A scream to wake the ghost of Sly Stone. Speed-shift the gears, tease, slam the brakes. 7:18.
To cite all the facts here would be like detailing petty crime during the N.Y. blackout. Summary. This is the hottest damned thing this Torch-type has done. It kills on contact anything resembling funk these days. It s narcissistic, disposable. Uh-huh, sure it is. The talk of the times is sexual politics. Prince is just not on it, he s about it. Loudly, with freedom at the core.
_What, then?
The mail from Warner Bros. comes yesterday. Prince! The 122 (7:18) version of Contro-
If this is a harbinger, we all might be doing some praying. P.S. Thanks, Mojo. Bill Rowe
and the Artistic Truth with Leon Thomas Detroit Institute of Arts Sunday, September 6, 1981 by David/
Finkel
n the Friday of the MontreuxO Detroit InternationalJazz Festival, a visitor from Windsor happened to be walking around the Hart Plaza stage when the following small incident took place.
A woman with leaflets promoting a Sunday night concert by Roy Brooks and the Artistic Truth with Leon Thomas, A Tribute to the Masters, approached the distinguished jazz-radio personality who was emceeing the festival at the time and asked if he would make an announcement of the Sunday concert.
No, was the answer. We're only allowed to announce official Montreux events. That s the policy. Roy Brooks concert wasn't an official Montreux event, which is to say it wasn't sanctioned by the Renaissance Foundation. It was a privately promoted concert to raise money for the non-profit M.U.S.LC. (Musicians United to Save Indigenous Culture) organization in Detroit.
The visitor from Windsor was lucky. By being in the right place at the right time, he found out about the concert. Hundreds of other people who might have liked to know never heard about it.
9/22, 9/23, 9/24 Which helps explain why, on the night of _.
reopens its doors 9/18 & 9/19 with STEVE NARDELLA . & HIS BAND
ings. That Roy Brooks is not only a oneman percussion choir, but a tremendous and subtle accompanist. That the Artistic Truth plays Freedom Jazz Dance with the revolutionary fervor which its composer, Eddie Harris, may have intended but has never (as far as 1 know) imparted to it in his own performances.
NOT JAZZ WAS MONTREUX
Sunday, Sept. 6, barely over 100 people showed up at the Detroit Institute of Arts Auditorium for one of the more memorable musical happenings of the year.
A nine-member edition of the Artistic Truth, led by Roy Brooks on drums, musical saw and tap dance (with Marcus Belgrave and Rayse Biggs, trumpet; Vincent Bowers and Phil Lasley, reeds and flute; Bob Allison, vibes; Claude Black, piano; Marian Haden, bass; and an Afro-Cuban percussionist introduced formerly of the MC5 ROB TYNER & THE NATIONAL ROCK BOYS 9/25, 9/26 THE IVORIES 9/29 RETRO 9/30 THE BLUE FRONT PERSUADERS
as Skip ) joined vocalist Leon Thomas in performing music composed by, or in honor of, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk, Horace Silver, Milt Jackson, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach and others.
Given 1,000 words might try to seriously review the concert. Here, Ican only mention a few highlights. For example, that Leon Thomas voice and unique style, especially on Night in Tunisia and the Monk tunes, moved mie in person as it has never done on record-
One current fashion seems to be to hype Montreux-Detroit to the skies, while another is to trash it. am not interested in either approach. am per& sonally very glad Montreux is here, not 5 8 just because of the free concerts, but = because without it my chances of seeing Bz artists like Archie Shepp and Mal & Waldron play in Detroit would be much g less. I very much hope it comes back £ next year. But a purely consumerist approach to the festival is not enough: one must also ask, what does this festival mean for the music and the musicians in this city?
A weekend when the whole Detroit media turns on to jazz should benefit Detroit's own world-class musical culture, not bury it by saying that if its not an official event it doesn t exist.
As much as the music the Artistic Truth and Leon Thomas played, an equally profound experience of the evening was seeing the musicians treat the music, and each other, with the respect worthy ofa priceless cultural heritage not just an entertainment commodity. If the folks from the Renaissance Foundation could have seen it, and maybe even learned from it, we might be gettingiy z, somewhere.
LIVE IN CONCERT
OCTOBER
Year-Round Detroit Mainstay for Jazz!
by Dan Acosta et
hurts me when a painting is taken home and then seen by only one person. Through illustrations I can share my four years old her red-wagon
work with the greatest number of A trips through the neighborhood
people. That's what makes it worth more were as much a part of the door-.
the Mona Lisa is so valuable because to-door scene as the Twin Pines man.
so many people have seen it. But the pint-sized Carol Wald was
Wald began drawing as a child; filling making pickups rather than deliveries
her sketchbook with the factories of Zug the artist was collecting magazines.
- Former Detroiter Carol Wald makes
Island and the canals near Alter Road, or
children at Edgewater and elderly men collages, as well as being an illustrator
on the streets of Greektown. Some ofand painter. She knifes books and maga-
SG that imagery was used in Detroit's Past zines to create other-worldly images a -
and Progress, oil paintings commisballroom mask floats on a sea, nearby a
sioned by First Federal Savings for their toad manages to stay afloat while a fruit-
she s closer to magazine publishers. She Wald puts together disparate ele-
& . illustrated Reagan's all-American goodments in a way that demands new
ness for the Time Man of the Year article examination. But her cut-and-pastes are
et last January. In October, Fortune will not accidental. It's all part ofa deliberate < show her series of agricultural-theme oil expression, as Wald proved by orches- . paintings. And if the pages of Time and trating Michigan Opera Theatre's new Fortune aren't your kind of pulp, check poster for the 1981-82 season.
The MOT poster is composed of a ee
future Penthouses for her monthly series
oe of fantasy dreams. violinist (compliments of a Caravaggio @. Wald's ability to illustrate anything reproduction) and an 18th century ee from food to erotica (although that pair drummer boy and dancer in a nowhere W. ALD has something in common); will be space of sky and mountains. Its an in- showcased Oct. 18 in a one-woman congruous staging but, rest assured, p a exhibit at.the Cranbrook Art Museum. MOT wouldn't permit dissonance even THE KNIFE es Cranbrook will show 40 Wald collages in a fantasy. and a suite of Ronald Reagan portraits -
Wald considered more than 1,000 through Dec. 6. Wald returns to Detroitin magazine and book pictures to com- returns. She's a magazine illustrator. Her That viewing and re-viewing that dog- | early November when she'll lead a plete the poster. (She admits its danger- art has been viewed in many publica- ears magazines attracted Wald to illus- | dozen Cranbrook students in constructous to leave illustrated books in her tions from the International Review of trating for wide-circulation publications. ing an Elmer s-loving collage of 280 feet. house.) But what Wald takes, Wald also Food & Wine to Saturday Review. ~~ Art belongs to everyone, saysWald. It &
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CHILD CARE With, a Human Face, C.ALLE Together Child Care Center: coop program, full & part time, vegetarian meals, toddlers (12. months) to kindergarten. WSU/Medical/Cultural Center areas. Hours: 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. Call833-4521 for more information. FOR INFORMATION about the Detroit Radio Information Service for the print handicapped, call WDET at 577-4204 or
FREEDOM FROM .SMOKING American Lung Association has a new self-help smoking cessation program. Learn to cope with the urge to start again ay calling 961-1697.
HOW TO FEED THE HUNGRY A guide to food resources. Call Welfare Reform Coalition, 964-3530. MICHIGAN CANCER FOUNDATION has a hotline for your questions regarding cancer. Call 1-800-462-9121.
SUPPORT for non-custodial mothers and women currently involved in child custody battles. Call Women s Alliance for Child Custody Rights (WACCR) at 331-1810 or 549-8225.
EMPLOYMENT .
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION Dynamic, progressive, Southwest Detroit community organization is seeking a Director. Person must have three years grassroots, direct-action organizing and some supervisory experience. Long hours, hard but rewarding work. Salary $13,000 plus excellent benefits. Send resume to: MACO, 6608 Michigan Ave., Detroit 48210. No calls please!
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WOMAN TO WORK IN MY HOME, 3-6 pm, M-F, Light housekeeping. Own transportation. 259-2161.
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SAN.E. Presents: LABOR CLIPS: a bimonthly collection of reprints from trade union publications designed to familiarize readers with current labor concerns and positions. For example, a recent issue included: labor response to Three Mile Island, progress in the J.P. Stevens battle, the law and working women, corporate influence on politics and the economy, concern over minimum-wage_ laws, worker safety and health. and more. Subscripts are $2.00 per year. Write: SANE, 514 C Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002.
LITERARY
MANY OF DETROIT S. MOST CREATIVE artists can be found in the pages of SOLID GROUND: A New World Journal. We feature essays, reviews, poetry, philosophy and interviews. A quarterly of the arts, politics and culture. Get your copy of the Fall, 1981 issue today! Published by Go-For-What-You-Know, Inc., 4929 Scotten, Detroit 48210. 898-0367.
101 PUBLISHERS and publications across Michigan; with up-to-date addresses and editors. To get one, send SASE to PRC of Michigan, PO Box 1322, Southfield 48075.
MUSICIANS
DRUMMER & GUITARIST WANTED to form
Pop/R&B group. West side. For part-time work only. Phone 455-8140 affer 6 pm or 353-9048 weekdays.
ENERGETIC LEAD SINGER seeks hardworking. Rock & Roll Band. Got the looks, moves and voice. Need musicians with stage presence and a professional aftitude. Influenced by the Stones, Doors. Craig, 274-1619.
FLUTE AND GUITAR Classical music for any occasion. 832-2175.
SINGER/SONGWRITER looking for musicians to collaborate with, possibly form band. Call 331-7324.
NOTICES
ALL TOGETHER NOW Detroit s 10-year old feminist radio collective (WDET, 101.9 FM) is encouraging new membership. You need only have interest and share a perspective. Regular meetings monthly. For info calt 837-2469 or leave word at 577-4146.
AUDITIONS .being accepted for script plays to be shown on TV-4. Youth needed; also talent. Write DMT Box 82. i. DETROIT RECREATION DEPT. has pushed a free brochure listing 16 fishing sites along the River. To get yours, call 2241000, M-F, 8-4. -
FREE CHILD CARE in exchange for grant writing for a parent co-op day care
Are things really that bad?
I think my failure with men stems from not seeing enough
soap operas asa kid. i
CALL. Together Child Care Center, 833-4521.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS (Mich. chapter) plans to publish member directory as well as -a newsletter featuring women-owned businesses. For info, call 425-3 730.01(616) 458-1015.
NEIGHBORHOOD
INFORMATION EX-.
CHANGE For information on activities
and issues affecting Detroit's neighborhoods, phone 861-3024.
PARTNERS PROGRAM involves special efforts/donations to Detroit s parks and recreation. A speakers bureau has been formed to inform citizens about the program. Interested? Call Detroif Recreation Dept. at 224-1188.
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS/SOLAR ELECTR CITY Workshop with Dr. Richard Komp. Oct. 2 & 3. Sponsored by Safe Energy Coalition. 531-8943. for info.
SOCCER! Fun game every Sunday, 11 am, E. 8 Mile Armory. All ages, sexes, skill levels welcome. Multi-ethnic.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION offers pamphlets to help. small business owners. Call 1-800-433-7212.
SOUTHWEST MENTAL HEALTH Fundraiser Tuesday, Sept. 22, Porter Street Station. Food, unlimited beer and wine, enter tainment-by Ron Parker on guitar. Call 895-3838 for ticket info. $10 donation tax. deductible.
WAYNE STATE students and friends: Help
humane, innovative, user-oriented campus planning. Join Preservation Wayne. We meet each Tuesday, 6 pm, Monteith Center, across from Bookstore.
MEETING: HUXLEY INSTITUTE, MICHIGAN. Sat., Sept. 19, 2-5 pm. Henry Ford Centennial Library, 16301 Michigar Ave., Dearborn, Rooms 111/111A. What is Food? Dr, Jewell Irvin Smith, MD. Also slides and film: Food: Green Grow the Profits. 4697900. (Orthomolecular Therapy) PERSONALS
HEY #1 You sure know how to thai one on! TIGERS! The Fan SHE AND seek a she for relationship times three. DMT Box 25. DEAR MISS MANURES; Should a person say excuse me affer the emission of a SBNS (silent but no stink),- thus taking credit for something no one would notice but remaining true to his or herself? Poot of Wyandotte ZIPPYITUS in deep let s go Tanging! No sanitary crisis with the undenwear.heads, C&P Artists ANNIE HALL woman looking for Woody Allen man. Julie, DMT Box 21. I'll see you in the sky above In the tall grass In the ones love. Root SINCERE black female, 57, wishes to meet non-drinking gentleman (56-62). Reply
CUTBACKS: Thanks for the noise! The Nomads
K More nights out with Warren, ok? like the results. J
TIM You can clean my house anytime.
Hey, you whippersnappers. What's a birthday without cake mix? Let them be happy. Love, Betty Crocker.
HARRY A tech needs some pleasure too, Go on, pull the queue. #14
SKIER, TENNIS PLAYER, ART INSTITUTE FILM goer, 32, blond, seeks lady to while away long Detroit winters. Serious replies only. PO Box 72, Detroit, MI 48205.
ATTRACTIVE YOUNG BLACK professional female seeks sincere white professional male (25-35). Must like the arts and outdoors. Send photo, létter and phone number, DMT Box 11.
PERCEPTIVE, MELODIOUS, RED-BLOODED, professional male keen on attractive and gentle N. suburban woman for soothing courtship. 357-0616.
AVERY TALL white male who is interested in meaningful activities and who appreciates beauty and progressive ideas wishes to meet white female who is compassionate and emotionally stable. She must be interested in more than just a now-and-then rendezvous. DTM Box 31.
ATIRACTIVE 6'3 white professional male seeks positive relationship with female. Lynn, PO Box 211, Detroit, MI 48226.
WANTED: Redheaded Jewish male who cooks kugel. Can get kinky. Meet at Kirt s pool.
NATIONALIZE THE MEANS OF REPRODUCTION! Smash private parts! The people defeated will never be united! Peoples Anti-Spart Coalition
E.D.L. You can leave your socks under my bed anytime: Guess Who
How many City Council candidates can dance on Coleman Young's nose?
Coded message for Ami. You stink! Richard Honestly, this will work: The Israelis acquire the AWACS, then sell them to South Africa. The South Africans drop ship them directly to the Saudis from the USA. to - reduce transportation costs. The South Africans get paid in oil, the Israelis in diamonds. Its perfect!
CISPES, the Detroit Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, meets every Wednesday evening at 7 pm inthe Gabriel Richard Campus Ministry Center, 5001 Evergreen in Dearborn. Call 593-1222 for more info.
GUATEMALA. Hear Frank La Rue, official spokesperson for the Democratic Front Against Repression of Guatemala. Monday, Sept. 17, 7:30 pm, Wayne State University. Sponsored by MICAH and CISPES. 593-1222.
MEMBERS WANTED-Liberal Politics, Human Rights, Environmental Ecology. Good Neighbor Union, 838-6733.
ONLY A MASSIVE DISPLAY of opposition can slow Reagan down. Come to Washington Sept. 19. Buses $45 roundtrip. Call Detroit NOW at 961-2777 or 758-0272 for more info.
CISPES has two types of El Salvador eS shirts. $6/each. Sharp. graphics. Call 5934222.
1970 DODGE POLARIS (aka Swamp Hippo). Needs brakes, muffler and some electrical work. Boy, Detroit knows how to make big cars. 10 mpg. Starts up in the morning. Good first car. Greenish rust color, Call Marty, 841-5219. $100 takes it. Good for parts, second car or.imaginative planter for punk suburbanite.
1974 YAMAHA 500 cé, rebuilf upper engine. Runs so smooth. Many extras: CB helmets, trunk, etc. 642-0376.
VOLUNTEERS
AMERICAN RED CROSS needs persons for administrative positions and direct service jobs in school health, transportation, food services, hospitals and blood services. Orientation and training available for flexible commitments. For information, call 494-2854 or your local Red: Cross Office, 8:45-4:45 weekdays.
CHILDREN S CENTRAL REFERRAL AGENCY needs persons 17 years and older as Case Assessment Assistants. A 7-hour weekly commitment requested. Call Henrietta McElkone, 256-1472, M-F, 9-4.
DETROIT METRO TIMES is seeking persons knowledgeable in layout, proofreading, special projects and general office work. If interested in helping to put together Detroit's only alternative paper, call DMT Office Manager at 961-4060.
DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL and University Health Care need persons 21-81 as clerical. assistants. 4-hdour weekly commitment. Call 949-3495, M-F, 9-4.
NORTHEAST GUIDANCE CENTER needs persons with dramatic or visual arts skills to develop skits. Also, activity coordinators with craft skills needed. Call Jan Arndt, 824-8000, Ext. 290, M-F, 9-4.
THINK SNOW The Nordic Ski Patrol of the Independence Oaks County Park needs volunteer ski patrols: For more info, call 625-0877.
VOLUNTEER DRIVER urgently needed to transport community people to Southwest Detroit Community Mental Health Center. Approx. 3-4 hrs/day. Please call 962-3831 for info.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES GUIDE lists over 200 volunteer placement locations. Call Volunteer Action Center, EE et Ext. 71, M-F, 9-5.
WORK WITH EX-OFFENDERS in our community to give them a fresh start. Call Project START at 965-3517.
WANTED
BLACK & WHITE GLOSSIES of local bands to be used exclusively in What s Happenin . Send photos to Linda Solomon, DMT, 2410 Woodward . Tower, Detroit 48226.
CONTESTANTS wanted for Hot Ledenhosen and Yodeling Contests. Guys, if you've got great knees, sign up! Call Millie at 961-1403. Festival runs September 18-20.
FUR COATS, JACKETS, STOLES WANTED, to be sold on consignment. Call 399-0756.
WOMAN of exceptional capabilities seeks the exceptional financially rewarding opportunity in the rock n roll industry in management. Experienced in (mega)management, sales, marketing, advertising, project planning, scheduling, efc. Excellent references, DMT Box 35.
ROOMMATES
FEMALE VEGETARIAN/non-smoker looking for same to share large,.2-bedroom house, Warren area. Heather, 758-6429.
LAYWER seeks professionals or students to share 18-room house, fireplace, leaded glass, etc. Boston/Woodward area (close to. Medical Center/WSU). $110/month and share utilities. 865-2645 or 961-2239.
NON-SMOKING CAT LOVER needed to share 2-bedroom apartment in Palmer Park. $160/month. 342-7342.
HOUSING/REAL ESTATE
LAaROSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY Walk to WSU/Cultural and Medical area. Large efficiencies to 2-bedrooms. Utilities included. $155-$205. 833-5438.
DETROIT RIVERFRONT Minutes from Ren Cen, Modern highrise, one and two-bedroom apartments from $375. Includes beautiful views, valet parking, 24-hour doorman, «penthouse club, carpeting and appliances. Call 824-8288, M-F, 10-5. RENAISSANCE APARTMENTS, 1350 E. Jefferson. Newly decorated 1-bedroom apartment. $265, includes Meeham Co., 393-2700. utilities,
550 PARKVIEW, btw. E. Jefferson & the River. Historic Bemy subdivision, newly decorated, shag carpet, appliances, on<site lighted parking, large super studios. $163-$178. Call 823-3600. Robert D. Knox, Assoc.
IDEAL FOR SHARING 2-bedrooms, 2 baths, oak floors, fireplace, balcony, carpet, pets ok. Amber's Colonies in Troy, 549-4045.
AVANT GARDE PROFESSIONAL & GRAD STUDENTS
Art deco apartments and Victorian flats and terraces near downtown, New Center and WSU. Call 875-9660
THE MALVERN 1 to 4-room furn. apartments with hotel services (switchboard, main service, \game rooms, garden), library, roof deck, indoor & outdoor parking. $175 up, in New Center Commons. 3month min. lease, weekly rates.
CAPITOL MANOR 1 and 2-bedrooms furnished or unfurn. apartments. Billiard room, other amenities. $190 up. In Historic West Village.
GLADSTONE GALLERIA Restored flats and townhouses near New Center Commons. Fireplaees, hardwood floors, spacious yards. 2 to 5-bedrooms. Woodward transportation. $225 up.
HISTORIC PALMS HOUSE, 1394 E. Jefferson. Elegant suite in 100-year old mansion. $300/mo. Also. studio rooms, $125-$150. Ample parking.
CULTURAL CENTER Refurbished Victorian terraces, 4 & 5 bedrooms. Sanded floors. $225 up.
BELCREST APARTMENTS 5440 Cass Ave., New Center, University, Cultural area. 1bedroom units starting at $285 all utilities included. A/C, parking available, pool, rest., lounge. doorman and 24-hour switchboard. 831-5700.
FOR PROFESSIONALS near Ford Hosp. and GM New Center area. Newly furn: &unfurn. efficiencies $175 and up. IV system. 871-1849 or 874-1957.
PALMER PARK Spacious, clean, attractive, 1-bedroom apartments from $260. Heat, water, private security patrol. Very safe bldg. Clean, attractive. Call Sue at 861-5999,
AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY 1-bedroom apts. from $275 per mo., including heat. Harmonie Park area. Roycourt Apartments, 1720 Randolph. Call Mgr., 9640522.
WEST VILLAGE Shipherd Terraces 3bedroom townhouse. Shipherd/St.. Paul. $300 per mo. plus utilities. Calvita Frederick 823-3685 or 393-2233. Edward Stanley & Assoc.
FOR LEASE A spacious historic Boston/ Edison home (built for W.A. Fisher). $650 per mo., sec. dep. and references. Loaded with extras. 865-8263.
PALMER PARK APARTMENTS. Be sure to ask _if the building participates in Magnum Security Patrol for the Apartment Area. 1,790 units do, 237 units do not. Be on guard. We participate, PPAA, studio & 1bedroom apartment $195 to $240. Call 865-5105 or 863-5029.
THE PALMS 1001 E. Jefferson. Fabulous historic apt. building, designed by Albert Kahn. High ceilings, omate cornices, gas fireplaces. Within walking distance to Ren Cen, Greektown,etc. Quiet, safe bldg. for professionals working downtown. 2-bedroom, $475 including alll utilities. Must see to appreciate. The Meehan Company, 393-2700.
LEASE A MANSION! Chicago Bivd. home, 5 bedrooms, 2 fireplaces, natural wood, leaded windows. All the luxury of a bygone era. Good condition w/2-car garage. $450/month plus utilities, sec.. dep. and references, 865-8263.
VICTORIAN HOUSE Near WSU, 8-bedrooms, $500/month, plus utilities. Ref. & sec. deposit. Ask for Cotty, 833-1540. Renaissance Investment Co. PALMER PARK Classy, historic, beautiful building with security guard service. 1 & 2 bedrooms from $250, including heat, hardwood floors. Call 863-7324. APPLICATIONS accepted for apartments in Historic Corktown. Clean, decorated, small units some with view of the river. Some furnished. Parking. 885-4934 or 9636911.
& 2BEDROOM ar available adjacent to WSU and Med. Center. Safe, secure and friendly mgmt. Call Flossie at 8336278, 10-5.
2 & 3 BEDROOM, $310/month plus sec. deposit and references. Call Cotty, 833-
41540, Renaissance Investment Co.
PALMER PARK Studio apt. $180 and up. 1-bedroom $230: and up. Adults only w/sec. dep and references. And, yes, the Park comes w/security guards. 885-2120.
ON THE LAKE: BEACHWALK APTS. 1 & 2 bedrooms, sec. dep. required. Gas heat and stove, clubhouse, pool and lake facilities incl. Laundry rooms and car ports available. From $305. On 14 Mile Rd. btw. Haggerty and Novi Rds. Call 6244434.
DOWNTOWN AT YOUR FRONT DOOR! Alden. Park Apartments a few very select 1-bedroom units from $296 for a limited time to qualified new tenants. Full
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RARE & OUT-OF-PRINT DETROIT ROCK N ROLL BANDS.
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