Metro Times 12/10/1981

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Iggy Picks Up the

by Mark J. Norton

He s just.a bad imitation of Jim Morrison, and Morrison was. never any good anyway. Lou Reed on Iggy Pop, Creem Magazine, 1975

T he legend of former Ann Arborite Iggy Pop

nee Jim Osterberg has endured many years, mostly due to people tike myself, who witnessed the Ig through most of his phases. We counted ourselves among the musical elite, cognizant of the fact that most people in the biz had written him off as just another self-destructive clown who didn t waste his time he wasted-yours. But we knew better. His true spirit was something we cherished and fed upon. When we needed

that indescribable rush of self-nihilism in a safe, vicarious fashion, we called on Iggy Pop to satisfy that urge. And he did.

All things considered, Iggy was probably the most influential figure on the new wave scene. Groups utilized the groundwork that the Stooges had laid down almost a decade before. Its all there on vinyl, the living proof of the Pop s influence can be heard in the work of the Clash, the Sex Pistols, the Vibrators, the Stranglers, the Damned, the Dead Boys and every lousy group from El Lay who are too numerous to mention and scores of groups all across the country that will cheerfully admit that they lifted ideas from our hometown heroes. Its like Iggy and the Stooges are public domain, which maybe they should be.

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Detroit Plugs in

Cable televisionservice is finally coming to Detroit, and it looks like it was worth the wait.

by Hugh Grady

able television has been popCc ping up like some exotic new growth all over the Detroit metro area in the last year, but the biggest plumtree of all the franchise for the city of Detroit still awaits fertilization.

Planning within city government for awarding a cable contract hit a snag last March when some City Council members complained they were not consulted in drawing up cable plans and worried that proposed supervisory machinery gave too much power to Mayor Coleman Young.

Consequently, Council refused to approve the draft Request for Proposals drawn up by the City s Cable Television Advisory Committee, chaired by Charlie J. Williams of the City Housing Department, who is a member of Young s executive staff.

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NO APOLOGY

This isn t an apology for DMT, only an acknowledgement that any publicationcaters to an audience. An audience is not everyone, ergo, why should the DMT provide any more points of view than the. Freep or News? Right, it shouldn t; that would turn off its audience. Besides, that s what these letters to the editor are all about.

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LESS FUN

Your new logo is striking, but have to say that really liked the old one it gave more of an alternative feel. This new logo may help you sell ads in Birmingham, but the old logo emphasized the flavor of the city. Your new cover designis less fun all words and smaller pictures. Can't you combine the best of both, the way the content of the Metro Times does?

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IMPROVEMENT

Your new cover design is a huge improvement over the old one. The logo is clean and modern. In addition, your gift guide has convinced me that important journalism. can co-exist with holiday fluff and fun. Thank you, Metro Times!

VOL. II, NO. 5 * PUBLISHED BI-WEEKLY * DEC. 10-24, 1981

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Detroit Plugs In, by Hugh Grady ............. lis So Cover *-Newsreal, edited by Ron. Williams. > 00. v: oon Sis oe ne os poe Pressure Mounts to Recall Judge Halstead, by Victoria Cross Hugley ss 7 Veterans Seek Compensation for Radiation Exposure, by Herb Boyd . p. 9

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Iggy Picks Up the Garbage, by Mark J. Norton ................ Cover CABART Fares: First 1/4 Mile: Poems, by Tom Robinson....... pees Record Reviews: AC/DC, Motorhead, by Bill Rowe; Human Arts Ensemble, by Kofi Natambu ..............0005 p. 24

Theatre: A Fine Farce The Imaginary Invalid, by Cindy Clothier p. 27 Cinema: Reds Radical Chic from Hollywood, by Michael Betzold p. 29

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What a great entertainment source that sis long overdue. Coming from 60 miles away, we like to know what is happening the paper when its too late. Its great to be part of the Detroit entertainment scene, and rely on the Detroit Metro Times to

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Maxine Hihala Bloomfield Hills ahead of time instead of reading about it in deliver what we need.

was pleased to see the Free Press doa big spread on your groovy DMTcartoonist John McCormick. may not always understand all his cartoons, but the guy is clearly brilliant,and deserves the exposure. Only one. problem how come the Free Press said his work had never been published? The Metro Times has been running his work for as long as I ve been reading the paper. What s the matter; doesn t Polk Laffoon (Free Press Detroit Magazine editor) know the Metro Times exists? You all aren t doing your homework if your competitors down the street haven t heard of you. Or is Polk just jealous that you found McCormick first?© Michael Kramer | Detroit *}~

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T THE HIGHLIGHTS OF EVENTS

ART EXIRAVAGANZA: The Ann Arbor Winter Arts Fair begins today at 10 a.m., presented by the Arts and Craftsmans Guild. It continues tomorrow from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., with demonstrations on the fine arts of wool spinning and watercolor painting. Mime artists and classical music are also part of the entertainment schedule. The fair will take place in the U of M Coliseum in Ann Arbor. For more information, call 763-4430.

RELIGIOUS AGENDA: Being Jewish in the Eighties: A Renewed Commitment to Social Justice is the title of a conference that begins tonight at Workmen's Circle in Oak Park. Tradition, racism and antisemitism are among the topics to be discussed tonight at 8 p.m., beginning with the Detroit premiere of a documentary, Leaving Home. The film deals with the story of four Jewish women exploring their identities as they mature. Following the film will be a lecture by Arthur Waskow of the Institute for Policy Studies. The con-

ference continues tomorrow from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. at the Oak Park Civic Center. For further information, call the New Jewish Agenda at 6451357.

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WATTS THE PROBLEM?: Tonight Channel 56 presents a special report called James Watt's Environment: The Prom: ised Land, which will investigate the fight between Interior Secretary Watt and environmentalists over strip mining and other land-use issues. Starts .at 11:30 p.m.

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CLASSY NOTES: Tired of the same old wave of music currently being played on the tadio? Help is on the way. Propa Propaganda, or new, music for now reasons, is being offered by an anonymous cadre of entertainers, retailers and record company people who want to demonstrate what they think radio should really sound

like. At 9 p.m. tonight, the first part of their four-show series begins at Jaybee s, near Grand Circus Park, with local reggae kings Onxyz. Dance Against Repression to sounds which you will never hear on commercial radio but would probably like to. More information can be had by calling Modern Classics

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OPEN SESAME: The gang's back in town no,' not the Guardian Angels, those crazy critters from Sesame Street Live! A million dollars worth of sets and costumes were spent to insure a show that would dazzle adults as well as kids, and the first performance is tonight at 7:30 p.m. Specific show times for the spectacular, which runs through Jan. 3, can be had by calling the MasonicTemple box office at 832-2232.

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registration deadline for three musically related workshops given by the Alliance of Recording Arts and Science (ARAS) in January. The topics are: basic music theory, lyric writing and the recording industy. ARAS is a support

group trying to provide resources, training and development for musicians. The workshops will be held at the Detroit Federation of Musicians Hall in Detroit. To register, write to ARAS at 8580 Wyoming, #7, Detroit 48204.

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by Ron Williams

With so much discussion about the question of objectivity going on, a quick look at the placement and play of a couple of major stories in the Free Press recently might shed some insight. In the Dec. 5 edition of the Freep, three stories which the Metro Times would consider extremely important can be found on page 8D, which in case you don t know, was the second page of the comics section. Under the day s Grin and Bear It cartoon appeared - the following articles: Reagan Loosens Limits on CIA Spying, Haig Calls for the Taming of Nicaragua and Reagan Picks Nixon Cohort for U.S. Post. It probably doesn t need to be pointed out that the mere placement of a story implies a very heavy editorial judgment which determines ultimately how many readers may see it.

I m not aware of the kind of play the News or suburban papers gave to any of these stories, but it may be safe to assume that further coverage is in order.

Reagan Loosens Limits on CIA Spying : After an eight month drafting process, President Reagan issued an Executive Order on intelligence activities which called for a fundamental shift away from the former restrictions that had been placed on domestic intelligence activities since wide-spread abuses were brought to light in the "70s. The new rules allow physical surveillance of U.S. citizens and corporations abroad in search of foreign intelligence and allows the CIA to. infiltrate a U.S. organization inder procedures approved by .xe attorney general. The Campaign for Political Rights, a national c aringhouse group working with over 200 national organizations and individuals on issues of government accountability and intelligence abuse, immediately condemned _ the move, saying the Reagan order is a step backwards in a process which has never gone very far. The Campaign s petition, which was endorsed by over 100 organizations. across the country, further opposed. - any move to unleash these doeheios to the detriment of constitutional rights.

Haig Calls for the Taming of Nicaragua : Interesting choice of wording by the writer of the headline the implication being that an entire country is in need of domestication, as one might at-tempt in the case of a wild animal. This story is the Associated Press version of Secretary of State Haig s speech before a meeting of the Organization of

American States (OAS). In the continuing American offensive of words in the service of diplomatic positioning, Haig s statements attacking Nicaragua are nothing less than astonishing. While those statements are dutifully disclosed within the story, they are left dangling without any context. Consider this Haig quote to the OAS: The U.S. government is ready to work with other nations in doing whatever is prudent and necessary to prevent any country in Central America from becoming the platform of terror and war in the region. Fact not included in the AP dispatch: The U.S.trained and funded Salvadorean military has killed at least 26,000. civilians, according to reports by the legal aid office of the Archdiocese of San Salvador. Another Haig quote to the OAS: .the principle of non-intervenfon is being violated as arms, ammunition and other military supplies flow from Nicaragua to the Salvadorean _ insurgents. .Fact not included in the AP dispatch: The current. governing junta of El Salvador has been the recipient of more than $350 million in U.S. economic and military aid, and there are presently an undisclosed number of military advisors from this country now serving in El Salvador.

Reagan Picks Nixon Cohortfor U.S. Post : President Reagan has the dubious distinction of nominating the first convicted Watergate criminal to a federal |, post. The felon in question is none other than Maurice Stans who was the finance chairman of the infamous Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP) in 1972. Along the way to raising $62 million, the record for political campaign fundraising, the committee under Stans direction engaged in a degree of illegality so unprecedented (even in this day and age) that it spawned in its wake a general overhaul of federal campaign laws. It was Stans who authorized the payment of some $83,000 to G. Gordon Liddy, who subsequently used the money to assemble a black-bag political intelligence operation which has gone down in history. Stans new position? Reagan would like him to become a director of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation which | spends millions annually to promote investment in Third World. countries.

Incidentally, while the Freep buried these stories next to Dondi, the Haig and CIA stories were both front-page news in the December 5, 1981, New York Times.

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|Pressure Mounts to Recall Judge Halstead

by Victoria C. Hughley

n Oct. 23, 1981, an 11year-old girl slipped between the cracks of the Social Services system and the Juvenile Court system. The child, pregnant as a result of neglect and incestuous rape, will be giving birth to a baby sometime in January. Judge Donald Halstead, the Juvenile Court Judge in the case which involved hearings on neglect, as well as decisions regarding whether or not the child should be allowed to have an abortion despite her mother s opposition to it, is the focus of a growing drive to remove him from the bench.

The girl, though a ward of the court, is now in the custody of her mother, whose lover is currently awaiting trial for the rape that resulted in the girl s pregnancy. The _case has become the focal point of many issues, including judicial malfeasance, local methods of dealing with incest and child neglect, rape, and the ability of the Department of. Social Services (DSS) to provide proper service to clients.

Shortly after Thanksgiving, the Kalamazoo County Commission denied requests to investigate the handling of the case by the DSS and the Court. However, efforts are still underway to force an investigation of Judge Halstead.

The Committee to Remove Judge Halstead reports that several thousand petitions have been returned protesting Halstead s conduct in the case. The Committee is requesting an. investigation by the Judicial Tenure Commission for allowing his personal opinion on abortion to delay his decision to the point where it became no longer possible for the child to have an abortion.

The Judge had a clear record of being anti-choice, reports Carol King, spokesperson for the Committee. He purposely delayed making timely decisions in the case because of the abortion _question. This represents a clear case of judicial malfeasance. It is our position that he should have removed himself from the case immediately. Petition signatures will become part of a grievance and are designed to show citizen outrage at the handling of the case, which has received national attention.

Petitions loaded with signatures are coming in from all over the country, King told Detroit Metro Times.. This one has organized itself. Its not just the abortion issue that has everyone so upset. People.are angry about our inability to respond to the needs of the children who are

abused and neglected in this society. Its case about rape, its a case about incest. The Committee had originally planned to end the petition drive this month, but due to the widespread response, the drive will continue.

It was the right to lifers that turned this little girl s life into an abortion issue, stated Susan Wagner, public affairs coordinator for Planned Parenthood in Kalamazoo. We're calling for an investigation of the whole procedure. The Department of Social Services was aware of the case at least as early as July. We want to know why someone isn t acting in the best interests of the child and others like her. We re looking at all aspects of child abuse and

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funds, and the Social Service system cannot deal with the pressure. We have lost our contract on counseling referrals regarding incest. There is just no money. If someone had been there to help that girl and-her family early on, maybe this whole business could I can honestly say that if this case had happened in Wayne County it would have been dealt with a lot better.

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Recent estimates neglect and abuse state that it occurs in one out of five families.

The same people who are against abortion are cutting off funding to the Department of Social Services, pointed out during her interview.

Carol King

There is going to be more of this kind of thing. We re in a depressed economy. Children and their families bear the brunt of this. It s played out in child abuse and that involves rape and incest. Washington continues to cut off funds and the Social Service system cannot deal with the pressure.

Phil McPeek, Children s Aid Society

neglect. wonder if people have ever stopped to think about the incredible number of cases involving child abuse and. child. sexual abuse there are in this state.

A spokesperson for the Wayne County Probate Court Juvenile Division says that there are over 2,000 cases of child neglect on the court docket at the present time. Though court records are not sorted in a manner that would allow retrieval of the exact number of cases that involve sexual abuse, a supervisor in the records department stated that it would not be unrealistic to assume that at least one-third of all neglect cases involve some ipenn of sexual abuse.

Frankly, wasn tsurprised at all about the case, remarked Phil McPeek, a casework supervisor at the Children s Aid Society. We see things like this all the time. was just-surprised that there was so much fuss:about it in the press. Incest and rape are very common occurrences. | know of at least five cases involving minors who became pregnant as a result of incest in Wayne County last year. McPeek sounded tired when the Metro Times interviewed him.

There is going to be more of this kind of thing. We re in a depressed economy. Children and their families bear the brunt of this. Its played out in child abuse and that involves rape and incest. Washington continues to cut off

Somehow we have to unite all these issues.

In the Halstead case we're talking abouta little girl s life. Now we have to deal with her baby s life and what kind of choices that infant is going to have. Right now we have to force an investigation of Halstead, if only to shed a little more light on how this system works. realize that asking the Judicial Tenure Commission to investigate a judge is a bit like asking a fox to guard a henhouse, but even the Judicial: Tenure Commission can feel the heat if its applied proper-. ly. That is why the petition drive is so important.

If Judge Halstead remains in office, his term will not expire for five more years. He was elected in _November, 1980, to serve a sixyear term. The method of election does not allow for a citizen recall procedure. The only way to remove him would be either through the Judicial Tenure Commission or by an act of the Michigan legislature.

While petition signatures gather, a little girl who has been the victim of rape and incest will be waiting for Christmas in maternity clothes.

Persons interested in circulating the petitions can do so by contacting the Michigan Committee to Remove Judge Halstead, P.O. Box 37, Mt. Clemens, MI 48043. a

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by Herb Boyd

o you remember seeing D those films of atomic bomb explosions from the various U.S. Department of Defense test sites? You know, the films that opened with a blinding flash of light, the ominous mushroom of smoke and test shacks, placed sonie distance from the explosion, disintegrating and flying apart? You don t remember? Well, Richard Bennett of Keego Harbo will never forget. He, unfortunately, participated in nine of them.

In the spring of 1951 was standing in the South Pacific near the Eniwetok atoll. While was there, Bennett continued, I participated in four A-bomb tests. Then, later that year, was sent to Nevada where witnessed five more blasts.

And then, Bennett paused, three years later, in 1954, was operated on for cancer.

Though Bennett, 50, is totally

cancer free now, he still contends that his affliction was the result of ionizing radiation from the bomb tests. The radiation also left me with a bad rash on my legs and chest, and it affected my hair, he told Detroit Metro Times.

If there s a sudden change in the weather, he explained, the rash itches so bad that scratch until bleed.

A mechanic for 25 years at Ford s Plymouth-Middlebelt

plant, Bennett is the Michigan representative for the National Association of Atomic Veterans (NAAV). The NAAV, which was founded by the late Orville Kelly in 1978, is primarily interested in locating other atomic veterans who may have been exposed to radiation and to seek financial compensation from the Veterans Administration in their behalf. Kelly, who succumbed to cancer last summer, was one of the few atomic veterans to be. granted service-connected benefits.

Bennett pointed out that he was no longer seeking compensation for his disability. But I do plan to submit an application, he said, to let them (the VA) know that my illness was service related and due to radiation.

He explained further that when he did seek compensation he was told that his army records were lost in the 1973 fire that swept through a federal government storage building in St. Louis, destroying 17.5 million folders.

The NAAV, headquartered in Burlington, Iowa, has chapters all across the country and has a membership of over 2,000. Last year, Bennett noted, at our national meeting, there were 35 representatives in attendance. This year we had 135 representatives. We re among the fastestgrowing organizations in the country.

According to NAAV estimates, there are 400,000 people

who were involved in the 183 atmospheric nuclear weapons tests between 1946 and 1962. By the government s count, only 250,000 people were involved inthe experiments.

Recently, to further the organization s impact, the NAAV drafted.a resolution and launched a campaign to gain congressional recognition for the atomic veterans: Bennett has taken an additional step.

T called Senator Carl: Levin and he said he hadn t heard at the World s Fair, the

anything about it. mailed him an information packet and sent him some of our newsletters.

While the core of the NAAV is composed of Nevada and South Pacific atomic veterans and their widows, the organization has expanded to include Hiroshima and Nagasaki veterans. And next year, group plans to share a booth with Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange. a

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Detroit Plugs In

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But with elections over and such turf skirmishes less central to everyday city operations at the moment, most observers believe the city will be accepting bids for the wiring of Detroit sometime in January.

Part of the legal vaaehinery is already in place. One ordinance passed last spring makes it a crime to operate a cable system in the city without a franchise awarded by the city government, and another sets up a Detroit Cable Communications Commission to oversee Detroit cable operations.

What remains is to make official the lengthy recommendations of the Cable Advisory Committee

ing to Advisory Committee member Michael Turner. City officials expect to receive bids from perhaps eight different companies, assuming no major changes are made in the specifications now in draft form and still awaiting Council approval.

As it exists now, the Detroit plan calls for an impressive mix of state-of-the-art cable technology and guarantees for public access and service and affirmative action for women and minorities. .

The draft bid proposal requires a 72-channel capacity and an activated, two-way capability, making the basic cable infrastructure as advanced as any in the country. In addition, the plan calls for inter-connecting all city hospi-

interest specifications of the Detroit plan, according to Advisory Committee members. Also notable in the Detroit plan are strong requirements for women s and minority rights at all levels of the cable system. The Draft Request for Proposals states, The City finds that there has been an historic exclusion of minorities from participation and ownership in the communications field, and therefore it has included provisions in granting the franchise for the City that are intended to provide opportunities for minorities to remedy the discrimination that has prevented them from access to the communications media, its operations, management and policy boards.

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and to begin accepting bids from private companies to begin wiring.

The Detroit franchise will be one of the largest cable contracts ever awarded anywhere and is expected to require from $160 to $200 million in investment over a five-year period. Many other cities New York, Los Angeles and Philadelphia, for example were broken up into smaller cable. districts served by different companies, but the Detroit Advisory Committee explicitly rejected that approach as not inthe best interest of the citizens of the city.

discrimination against neighborhoods,

The committee argued in its report to Mayor Young that districting would probably result in poorer hinder hooking upresidents in public-service networks, and result in unnecessary duplication of facilities and equipment.

Because of the large percentage of single-unit houses in Detroit, however, laying cable will not be as expensive as it has been in other large cities, accord-

tals, public buildingsand educational institutions in closed-circuit networks and for providing two public-access channels, two local government channels and four leased-access channels, two of which are to be- reserved for minority persons or firms. To insure local access, the plan requires the cable company: to provide four staffed access studios for public use and two more for municipal and educational access. The plan stipulates that more studios and access channels must be provided when existing ones become 80 percent utilized. S

These remarkable provisions te protect the public interest in cable systems have become a normal part of the business, - thanks to the work of numerous cable TV activists who saw the system s expansion coming and worked on publicizing ways cable could be made to serve as more than a_ simple _ profit-making endeavor. A non-profit group in Washington, D.C., Television Information Center, provided many of the publicthe Cable

As it exists now, the Detroit plan calls for an impressive mix of state-ofthe-art cable technology and guarantees for public _access-and-service and affirmative action for women and minorities.

Among such provisions is a requirement that the selected applicant provide training programs for women and minorities in installing, managing, operating, marketing, programming and maintaining the cable system. The company is also required to hire Detroit-based workers and businesses and contract or sub-contract with minority-owned firms for at least 20 percent of total business.

Significant minority representation on the board of directors of the franchise is also mandated.

The:plan requires the company winning the franchise to offer a 20 percent share of equity in the company to individual Detroit investors, with no. one buyer allowed to purchase more than $2,000 of the hundred-dollars-ashare stock.

The plan allows five years for a company to wire the whole city and requires that a reasonable number of lower-income areas of the city be included in each year s construction. a *

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Iggy

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Nobody cares anymore, but its the truth. Stooges guitarists Ron Asheton and James Williamson are directly responsible for the likes of anyone from Johnny Thunders to Bryan James of the Damned to Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, etc., ad nausetim. There is no denying this. The verve and dumbbell self-nihilistic tendencies that are the very heart of Iggy Pop can be heard in the grooves of every group that has been mentioned thus far. But every time | hear the Pistols or the Clash or the Damned | get this incredible sensation that _all these English bozos owe Iggy and the boys a hell of a lot more than the lip service they spout every now and then in Brit periodicals. It just doesn t seem to be fair.

What are you gonna do? Should Iggy sue? For what? Being original? Being the first? Huh? Id just like to see what they re going to write a hundred years from now about Iggy Pop. If he turns out to be nothing but a footnote in the history of new wave, someone who knows better (meaning the truth) should contact whoever s responsible and shove their head into an exhaust pipe. Or worse. If Iggy did appear to be nothing but a footnote for someone else, then journalism should be held in suspect.

The most important and critiéal figures in music like the Beatles, Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, the Who, the

Doors, Janis Joplin, etc., have been sufficiently chronicled and documented to stand the test of time. Hopefully, Iggy Pop will also. Of course, all these aforementioned Big Names have sold many more records than the Pop. And the reason they have sold more records is because they re more consistent in. delivering quality product. Which brings up another topic.

A BAD IDEA

Let s be brutally honest. Not only is Iggy the absolute worst parody of himself, every album past The Idiot just plain stinks. Fhat is to say, great poetic lines like So when it hits you in the dead of night/Love in the middle of a firefight have given way to such dog fluff as I wish life could be Swedish magazines. Here s one reason for the music and lyrics being so Godawful: Fred Sonic Smith encouraged him to play guitar.

Iggy always had the best co-writers to work with in Ron Asheton,James Williamson and, of course, David Bowie. All he ever had to do was yowl or mumble until something hit. Then, the little worm gets the Big Idea, Hey! I'll write the music too, which some people aren t cut out to do. Like Iggy. When read reviews that say things like Iggy s new LP Party is the _ most danceable slab of vinyl for 1981, it

makes me ale capes the fact that I have arthritis.

Iggy also has the problem of No Where to Turn. Granted, people like Danny No One Here Gets Out Alive Sugerman are trying to unite the remaining Doors and Iggy, but what s that going to be called? Iggy Pop and the Doors ? The Doors and Iggy Pop ? What a turkey. shoot that would be. And truly, in the rock n roll sense of the word, sacrilegious. The big problem hee is that respect both Iggy and the Doors early work. They were two viable talents who contributed heavily to pop culture. Jim s been dead n gone for over a decade now, and the Doors still sell a lot of records, more than Iggy does today. And whose fault is that? Iggy s incapable of making a good record anymore, sorta like the Norman Mailer of rock. Naw sorry folks, Ill keep that title for Lou Reed.

Here s the biggest problem of all: Iggy has been assisted by the best people in the business, and it hasn t made a difference. First there was Danny Fields who, while at Elektra Records, was instrumental in the success of the Doors. Danny got Iggy signed to the label, and the first album was produced by John Cale. Meanwhile in England, David Bowie was listening to Iggy and the Stooges and loving them. Bowie comes to the Statesin 72 and meets the Pop at that legendary dive Max s Kansas City in New York City and tells Iggy he wants to work with him. Raw Power was the fruit of that labor and how sweet it was. Everybody and their virgin sister thought that This Was It, Iggy Goes Big Time. Didn t happen, for various reasons.

Everybody who was anybody pulled so hard for Iggy for so long its no small wonder he flopped. The Stooges broke up and went their separate ways, and all of a sudden there s these rumors of Iggy being so high and obnoxious in California that even Alice Cooper resorted to giving hima is double sawbuck and dumping him somewhere in Hollywood to get rid of him. It was. truly gut wrenching. Here was a guy so ini credibly talented and energetic, with three of the best records of all time, letting it all slip by.. Fini. Like so much sperm in the

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rumors again pop up that wretched. Holding my breath, bought Low and was pleased. Hey I don t ask much of the Iguana I was happy he was alive and working again. Period. That particular album turned out to be the tease before the orgasm. Logically (to Iggy fans) we expected a Bowie-produced effort and were rewarded for our patience with Iggy s brilliant return-to-the-living with The Idiot. There has never been a finer comeback album in the history of rock music. It was so heavy that no matter what s been written about it, none of it has held a candle to what The Idiot really was. The Idiot tour was the icing on the cake: there Iggy was, looking so healthy and so in control of the situation on the stage of Masonic Auditorium that-not even the thrown bottles, eggs, etc: disturbed him. Iggy got nailed in the back with an egg, then turned to look at Bowie. Bowie just .shook his head slowly as if to say Don t bother. If you let them think it bothers you, sthey ll throw more. Iggy was, dare I say, Continued on page 25

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Here s another two weeks worth for all you calendar junkies. Inevitably, lastminute changes are bound to occur, so call first to make sure your event is still happening. And keep sending your info to Linda Solomon, DMT 2410 Woodward Tower, Detroit, MI 48226. Deadlin for the next issue is Dec. 16.

MUSIC JAZZ

ALEXANDER ZONJIC QUARTET: Sundays, Crash Landing, Warren, 7514444. Mondays, Jimmy's Lounge, Farmington Holiday Inn, 477-4000. Tu-Sa thru Jan., Archibald s, Birmingham, 6429400.

ALLAN BARNES BAND: Dec. 11, 1-6 am, Park Avenue Club, 965-5089.

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

BESS BONIER: Sundays, 1-4 pm, DIA Crystal Gallery, 832-2730.

BROOKSIDE JAZZ ENSEMBLE: Dec. 13, 3-6 pm, Cranbrook's. Performing Arts Center, 645-3500.

CHANGES: Th-Sa in December, Stage Door, Ann Arbor.

CHARLES GREEN QUARTET: Dec. 1013 Baker's Keyboard Lounge, 864 1200.

CHERYL RENEE: Saturdays, midnight6 am, Oakland Express, 871-9614.

CHRIS JAMES & THE REBOB ENSEMBLE: Dec. 20-22, Music Man Loan. 838-5430.

CUT GLASS: Th-Sa, ee Alley, Edison Plaza.

DAVE BRUBECK: ee 15, 8 pm, U-M Hill Aud., Ann Arbor. Tickets at CTC outlets. DR. DICK S GOOD VIBES: Dec. 11-12, Cafe Detroit, 831-8820.

Luther Allison, Soup Kitchen Saloon, Dec. 11-12.

GEORGE HIGGINS: Th-F, Gregory's, 832-5732. GIGUE ORCHESTRA: Sundays, Pappy s North, Mt. Clemens, 791-9050. INFINITY BAND SWEET FINGERS GREEN: W-Th, Cobb's Corner, 832-8022. JAZZ IS H.F.C.C.: Dec: 13, 3 pm, MacKenzie Fine Arts Bldg., 271-2750, Ext. 476. Free. JESSIE & CHARLIE: Sa & Su, Gregory's, 832-5732.

JUANITA McGRAY & HER MOTOR CITY BEAT: Dec. 11-12, Delta Lady, Femdale, 545-5483. KOKAYI BAND: Fridays, Cobb's Corner, 832-8022. KRIS LYNN: F-Su, 101 Lounge, 9612338. LADY D QUARTET: Dec. 18-19, Old Detroit, 222-7972. LYMAN WOODARD ORGANIZATION: Th-Sa, Larned Place East, 963-1053. MASTER WORKS: Dec. 10-13, Watt's

Club Mozambique, 864-0240. MONTELEON & WEINBERG: Wednesdays, Union Street II, 831-3965. OAKLAND UNIVERSITY VOCAL JAZZ

ENSEMBLE: Dec. 15, Varner Recital Hall, Rochester, 377-2030 or 377-2045.

ORANGE LAKE DRIVE: Dec. 10-12, Cafe Fior, Southfield, 358-4540.

PALEDOFSKY & REISS: Thursdays, Union Street II, 831-3965. PARADE: Dec. 18-19, Cafe Detroit, 8318820.

PERRY HUGHES QUARTET: Dec..1620, Baker's: Keyboard Lounge, 8641200.

RALPH KOZIARSKI & ROB ABATE: F & Sa in December, Steve's Place.

RICK BAUDRAND & PAUL JOHANNES: F-Sa, Union Street Il, 831-3965. RICKEY ROUSE CLUB: Tuesdays, Cobb's Corner, 832-8022.

RON JACKSON: F-Sa, Evelyn's Place, 834-0584.

SHAKERS featuring GENE MORGAN: Dec. 18-19, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 5455483.

SHEILA LANDIS & HER BANDITS OF BEBOP: Mondays, Baker's Keyboard Lounge, 864-1200.

STAN BOOKER QUARTET: Dec. 11-12, Old Detroit, 222-7972.

TONY CALDWELL: Sundays, Union Street II, 831-3965.

W.S.U. JAZZ LAB BAND III: Dec. 16, 8 pm, Community Arts Aud., 577- 1795. Free.

BLUES

BILL HODGSON: Sundays, Alvin's, 8322355, DETROIT BLUES BAND: Dec. 15, Cafe For, Southfield, 358-4540. Dec. 16-19, Pappy s, 882-2010.

JIMMY JOHNSON: Dec. 18-19, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374.

LITTLE SONNY: Wednesdays, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374.

LUTHER ALLISON: Dec. 11-12, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374.

MUDDY WATERS plus JAMES COTTON: Dec. 11, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610.

STRICTLY BLUES BAND: Wednesdays, Ranch Bar, 534-0877. No cover.

Reduced drinks for all til 10 p.m. (Except Special Concerts)

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Dec. 17-19 TEEN ANGELS

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Greg St. James, WABX The next REO. Wally Palmer, ROMANTICS Fabulous. Mike Duffy, Free Press A gem. Gonzo! Eric Morgeson, Studio A The next KISS, only better. Ted Nugent, Self-proclaimed guitar champion NO!

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Dec. 11-12 Bowery 871-1503

Dec. 19 Star Bar (AA) 769-0109

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DICK SIEGEL HIS MINISTERS OF MELODY: Dec. 18-19, Alvin's, 8322355. Tuesdays, Soup Kitchen, 2591374.

MOTOWN REVIEW with JR. WALKER & THE ALL STARS, THE MARVELETTES, THE CONTOURS, THE ORIGINALS, FANTASTIC FOUR AND MARV

JOHNSON: Dec. 26-27, Madison Theatre, 961-0687.

URBATIONS: Sundays, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374.

REGGAE

BLACK MARKET: Dec. 10, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483. Dec. 20, New Miami, 833-4897.

HERBAL EXPERIENCE: Dec. 21, Cafe Fior, Southfield, 358-4540.

MAKAH RHYTHM TRIBE: Dec. 13, New Miami, 833-4897. -

ONXYZ: Dec. 17, Alvin's, 832-2355. Dec. 18, New Miami, 833-4897. THE RASTAFARIANS: Dec. 19, New Miami, 833-4897. Dec. 21,: Second Chance, Ann Arbor, 994-5350.

RASTAFARIANS plus RAS MICHAELS: Dec. 19, New Miami, 833-4897.

REGGAE FUNK FESTIVAL: Dec. 12,Aknartoon's, 867-3102.

ROCK

ADRENALIN: Dec. 11-12,Harpo s, 8236400. Dec. 22-23, Papillon, Dearbom, 278-0079.

ANDRE THE ACTION: Dec. 16, New Miami, 833-4897.

AUTOMATIE: Dec. 11-12, Traxx, 3722320. Dec. 16-20, Bentley's, Royal Oak, 583-1292.

BABY JANE: Dec. 14, Kegabrew, 3439558. BADFINGER: Dec. 12, Harpo 's, 8236400. BITTERSWEET ALLEY: Dec. 10-12, Jagger's, Pontiac, 681-1701. Dec. 14-15, Baby's, Wayne, 722-3060. Dec. 16-19, September's, Warren, 756-6140. BOLTS: Dec. 10-13, Struttin Club, E. Detroit, 778-2650.

Rastafarians, New Miami, Dec. 19. BOUNTY HUNTER: Dec. 23, 26, Traxx, 372-2320. BUZZIONES: W-Su in December, Danto's Lounge, 526-9450. COOL METRO: Dec. 10-12, Kegabrew, 343-9558. CULT HEROES: Dec. 15, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, 994-5360. _DALLAS HODGE & THE ALLSTARS: Dec. 23, 26, Kegabrew, 343-9558.

DANGERPOINT: Dec. 10-12, Danny's Canadian Club, Windsor, (519) 2562393. DESTINY: Dec. 14-16, Danny's Canadian Club, Windsor, (519) 256-2393. DON TAPERT & THE SECOND AVE. BAND: Dec. 11-12, Mr. Flood s, Ann Arbor, 995-2132. Dec. 17, Lili s, 8756555. Dec. 26, Union Street I, Grosse Pointe Park, 331-0018.

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DON TAPERT & THE SECOND AVE. BAND with CATFISH HODGE: Dec. 19, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555. Dec. 20, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-3428. DOUG BROWN & THE ONES: Dec. 1012, Otello s, Livonia, 474-2880. Dec. 1619, 23-26, Nauti-Times, Mt. Clemens, 465-9321.

EXCURSION: Dec. 13, Kegabrew, 3439558.

FLIRT: Dec. 11, Free Style, 531-1311. Dec. 14, Cafe Fior, Southfield, 358-4540. FLYTE: Dec. 10-13, Token Lounge, Westland, 261-9640.. HOUNDSTOOTH JONES BAND: Dec. 10, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-3428. Dec. 17, Free Style, 531-1311. Dec. 19, Paycheck s, 872-8934. Dec. 23, New Miami, 833-4897. INCREDIBLE MOHAWK BROTHERS: Dec. 11-12, Bowery, 871-1503. Dec. 26, New Miami, 833-4897.

JESSICA SPRUCE BAND: Dec. 20-22, Kegabrew, 343-9558.

KIMDAN: Dec. 16-19, 23-26, Otello s, Livonia, 474-2880.

LOOK: Dec. 22-23, Danny's Canadian Club, Windsor, (519) 256-2393.

LOOKOUT: Dec. 14-15, September's, Warren, 756-6140. Dec. 16-20, Main Act, Roseville, 778-8150. Dec. 22-23, Sidestreet, Allen Park, 388-1186.

MADAME kX: Dec. 18, Traxx, 372-2320.

MILLERZ KILLERZ: Dec. 18-19, Traxx, 372-2320. Dec. 21-27, Bentley's, Royal Oak, 583-1292.

MISSILES: Dec. 10-13, Bentley's, Royal Oak, 583-1292.

MUGSY: Dec. 16-20, Token Lounge, Westland, 261-9640.

MUSICAL UNIT: Dec. 11-12, Union Street I,, Grosse Pointe Park, 331-0018.

PRODIGY: Dec. 10-12, Wagon Wheel Saloon, Troy, 689-8194.

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- PULSTAR: Dec. 21-23, Token Lounge, Westland, 261-9640.

PURPLE HAZE EXPERIENCE: Dec. 26, Harpo's, 823-6400.

PUSH BAND: Dec. 10-13 17-20, Blondie s Lounge, 535-8108. RADIO CITY: Dec. 10-13, Bentley's, Royal Oak, 583-1292.

by Michael Betzold

THE CONTROVERSIAL BETZOLD RATING SCHEME

Want snob appeal? Want to impress your friends at parties with your knowledge of film noir, auteurism, mise en scene and other French words which no one understands? Here's quick and sleazy film rating system which will guarantee that you can one-up even Jack Mathews. Here's how it works: xxx Stars are for quality

WWWW W's for weirdness

ZZZZ Z's for sleeping.

The more (up to four) the more. Four Z s isa sleeper; four W's is Strangeness itself; but don't bother to look for four s, cuz Mr. Controversy is snob. He don t give four stars to anything that comes down the pike. If movie doesn't have any rating, missed it; and you can figure out whether did it on purpose.

stacked, as if Luedtke wanted to exercise his self-doubts (and every journalist has them) about his job. The Common-Man hero (Paul Newman) who is wronged by the free pressisa hopelessly idealistic construct, and his victimized friend, pathetic assistant principal in Catholic school, is laughably overdrawn to evoke sympathy more sorry cat than real person. Luedtke can t shake the blinders about _the objects of reportial prose that this movie accuses Field of having. And the Field-Newman romance is so minimal that it almost not there. One-salvation is another excellent bad- guy performance from the slight, commanding Bob Balaban. (Open Dec. 18.)

press.

ABSENCE OF MALICE. (**Z) All the hardened cynicism and mangled idealism of the typical reporter float in sea of editorial guilt in former Free Press editor Kurt Luedtke waking nightmare about the power ofthe irresponsible Trouble is, misogyny gets mixed in, too. By the end, we are to assume that Sally Field s character is at fault for shoddy, overzealous journalism, but why does her kindly editor escape the finger of blame? Malice is enlightening and disturbing in that shows how reporters can be stooges of higher powers, and how freedom of the press can have frightening consequences for people falsely Se about. But the deck is unfairly

BEING THERE. (**ZWW) Though has its oddball moments of good fun and fine acting (by Shirley MacLaine as well as Peter Sellers and Melvyn Douglas), this Hal Ashby movie makes even less sense than the Jerry Kosinski novellette it was adapted from. Why does TVaddled Chance not know how to use a real telephone or an elevator? Why is he practically somnolent? A real boob tube addict would be hyperactive with an imperfect but childish knowledge of the real world. The premise is thin, and the jokes come too easy, and what might have been frightening film is merely an interesting parlor game. (Cass City Cinema, Dec. 18, 19.)

BUDDY BUDDY. Billy Wilder, Walter Matthau and Jack: Lemmon reunited for laughs for the first time in eight years. Anyone for another odd couple? (Opens Dec. 11.)

DETROIT FILMMAKERS. Open screening for area shooters includes animation, narrative, experimental and documentary in both 16 and millimeters. (Detroit Film Project, Dec. 12, 871-Cees

ERASERHEAD. («*xx*WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW) Before The Elephant Man, David Lynch turned modem American cinema inside out with this visceral experiment, shot on shoestring budget, that combines grotesquery and comedy into one of the most horrifying and entertaining nightmares ever dreamt by filmmaker. Definitely not for the squeamish, Eraserhead pushes some primitive emotional buttons, combines science fiction with psychiatry and vaudeville, and allows deadchickens to dance. If you wondered where all the pulsating, steaming machinery around the edges of The Elephant Man came from, the answer is in Eraserhead, where dark technology is the milieu for journey into inner space. You will never look at a radiator in quite the same way again. (Punch Judy, Fri. and "Sat. midnights through December.)

15th INTERNATIONAL TOURNEE OF ANIMATION. Best short subjects from around the world in an annual DFT feature. (Detroit Film Theatre, Dec. 11.) FROM MAO TO MOZART: ISAAC STERN IN CHINA. A stunning documentary about the acclaimed composer's tour of the People s Republic of China is an upbeat travelogue.

(Detroit Film Theatre, Dec. 18-20.)

GHOST STORY. More screen nursing home than topical movie, this particular haunting brings together Fred Astaire, Douglas: Fairbanks, Jr., John Houseman and the shade of Melvyn Douglas. Spooky. (Opens Dec. 16.).

HEARTBEEPS. swear I'm not kidding .. this one s romantic comedy, set in 1995, about two robots who escape from repair factory. Oh boy. (Opens Dec. 18.) IT GIFT. W. C. Felds night at the DFT features this 1934 masterpiece along with the 1933 classic, Tillie and Gus, in which W. C. plays cardshark Augustus Winterbottom.

(Detroit Film Theatre, Dec. 12.) _JONAH WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000. (**k**kWWW) Real people who survived the '60s struggle through the 70s with hope for the-

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REFLEX: Dec. 22-23, Danny s Canadian Club, Windsor, (519) 256-2393. RENDEZVOUS: Dec. 10-12, Spanky's, 538-7960.

EFAS;

REPUTATIONS: Dec. 12, Free Style, 531-1311. Dec. 17, Traxx, 372-2320. ROMANTICS: Dec. 27, 7:30 10:30 pm, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 5467610.

ROUGH CUT: Dec. 15, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, 994-5360.

SKIDS: Dec. 10, Baby's, Wayne, 7223060. Dec. 16-20, Main Act, Roseville, 778-8150. Dec. 21-23, Jagger's, Pontiac, 681-1701.

SKYDANCER: Dec. 11, Harpo s, 8236400. Dec. 15-20, Papillon's, Dearborn Hts., 278-0079. Dec. 21-23, Struttin Club, E. Detroit, 778-2650.

STAGE: Dec. 10-13, Silverbird, 5423630. Dec: 15-20, Riviera, Windsor, (519) 969-7100. Dec. 22-23, Struttin Club, E. Detroit, 778-2650.

STREETWISE: Dec. 14-15, Bentley's, Royal Oak, 583-1292.

STRUT: Dec. 11-13, Papillon's, Dearborn Hts., 278-0079. Dec. 17-19, Danny's Canadian Club, Windsor, (519) 256-2393. Dec. 21-22, September's, Warren, 756-6140. Dec. 23, Main Act, Roseville, 778-8150.

SWEET CRYSTAL: Dec. 14-15, Token Lounge, Westland, 261-9640. TEEN ANGEL: Dec. 17-19, Harpo s; 823-6400.

TOBY REDD: Dec. 10-13, Main Act, Roseville, 778-8150. Dec. 15-20,

VENDETTA: Dec. 11-13, Papillon s, Dearborn Hts., 278-0079. Dec. 17-19, Danny s Canadian Club, Windsor, (519)

future: Alain Tanner s anarchic, funny, pierangly accurate account of the agglutinating and dissolution of rural Swiss commune is full ofheart and understanding, one of the few movies street, Allen Park, 388-1186. TRIFECTA: Dec. 16-19, Cafe Fior, Southfield, 358-4540. ULTIMATE RUSH: Dec. 19, Traxx, 3722320.

Trainable, Paycheck s, Dec. 17. 256-2393. Dec. 21-22, September's, Warren, 756-6140. Dec. 23, Main Act, Roseville, 778-8150. ZOOSTER: Dec. 10-13, Sidestreet, Allen Park, 388-1186.-

NEW WAVE

AMERICATZ: Dec. 10, Lili's, 875-6555. BARB WIRE & THE FENCES: Dec. 12, Free Style, 531-1311. CADILLAC KIDZ: Dec. 11-12, 23, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-3428. Dec. 18, Free Style, 531-1311. Dec. 19, Paycheck s, 872-8934. Dec. 21, Danny's Canadian Club, Windsor, (519) 256-2393.

BORED YOUTH, MEAT MEN, YOUTH PATROL, SUBURBAN ANGER, VIOLENT APATHY: Dec. 12, 9pm, Crooked Beat, 3955 Cass Ave. (formerly The Freezer Theatre). NOVO COMBO plus VIA SATELLITE: Dec. 16, Traxx, 372-2320. OUR DAUGHTERS WEDDING: Dec. 10, Bookie s, 862-0877. PRIVATES: Dec. 11-12, Bowery, 8711503. Dec. 18, Paycheck s, 872-8934. RETRO: Dec. 19, Bookie s, 862-0877. RHYTHM METHOD: Dec. 11-12, Paycheck s, 872-8934. Dec. 18-19, Ranch Bar, 534-0877.

CATS: Dec. 18-19, Lil's, 875-6555. ROOMATES: Dec. 11-12, Paycheck's, 872-8934. Dec. 18-19, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-3428. STEVE NARDELLA BAND: Dec. 11-12, Alvin's, 832-2355.

of any country to look without flinching at the political issues of the mid-'70s through the eyes of people whose confusion about their personal lives is a reflection of the social condition. Delightful, unforgettable characters. (Cinema Two, Dec. 11.)

MAN AND A WOMAN. Claude Lelouch s story of the romance between widow and widower who meet at their children's boarding school. He s race-car driver. (Palmer Park Film Forum, Dec.'17, 18.)

MAN OF MARBLE. (**ZZWWW) Andrzej Wajda's allegorical tale of Stalinist post-war Poland and modern young filmmaker's attempts to come to grips with the hero making of that era is an overlong and difficult (for West-emers) film that is rich with satire and zest. Though horribly flawed, especially by the frantic characterization of the fledgling moviemaker, Man of Marble is also wonderfully adept at documenting the changing moods in Communist Poland, through the saga of Cracow farmer who becomes the nation s number one bricklayer. Man of Marble is movie about the genesis and impact of propaganda. (Ontario Film Theatre, Dec. 15, 16.)

NEIGHBORS. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd mix up in movie that is designed to appeal to anyone who has ever had strange people living next door. (Opens Dec. 18.)

PENNIES FROM HEAVEN. Would you believe Steve Martin in a straight role, Christopher Walken in dancing role, and 1981 movie that tries to recreate the profound existential themes of Busby Berkeley movies from a halfcentury ago? Why not, with Reagan in the White House, turn back the clock? (Operis Dec. 18.)

MARY PICKFORD FESTIVAL. Two features and six D. W. Griffith shorts starring America s first movie sweetheart. Dec. 15-20: Little Annie Rooney, with three shorts. are 22; 23, 26, 27:

Sparrows, with three different shorts. (Afternoon Film Theatre, Institute of Arts.)

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. Philippe (King of Hearts) de Broca satirizes the French sex farce with this tale of rich, dithering concert pianist who is an unsuccessful but unflagging womanizer. (Ontario Film Theatre, Dec. 9.)

RAGTIME. E. L. Doctorow s bestseller about life at the turn of the century becomes the latest Milos (Cuckoo's Nest) Forman picture, with a cast headed by James Cagney making his first film appearance in two decades and oldtimers Pat O'Brien and Donald O'Connor, as well as the talented Mary Steenburgen. (Opens Dec. 18.)

REDS. (See review this issue.)

ROLLOVER. Jane Fonda works longer than nine to five as head ofa petrochemical corporation threatened by Arab financiers. Kris Kristof ferson co-stars in this Alan Pakula film. (Opens Dec. 11.)

SHARKEY S MACHINE. Burt Reynolds directs Burt Reynolds who plays Burt Reynolds-type cop who gets his kicks in the vice squad. Recommended for Burt Reynolds fans and relatives. (Opens Dec. 18.)

SINGIN IN THE RAIN. Gene Kelly classic is paired with Busby Berkeley classic 42nd Street in Toe Tappers salute to great Hollywood tapdancing. (Detroit Film Society, Dec. 11, 12.) SOME LIKE IT HOT. Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and George Raft in some kind of steamy caper. (Palmer Park Film Forum, Dec. 10, 11.)

TAPS. Ordinary People meets Patton as Timothy Hutton, ace cadet in a military academy closing for lack of funds, takes George C. Scott gting-ho teachings to

HATS

STRAIGHT AHEAD: Dec. 11-12, Ranch Bar, 534-0877.

SUITS: Dec. 19, Bowery, 871-1503.

TRAINABLE: Dec. 13, Rick's American Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747. Dec. 17. Paycheck s, 872-8934. Dec. 19, Bookie's, 862-0877.

THE WAITRESSES plus THE FLEXIBLES: Dec. 14, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, 994-5350.

ZYCLON plus YOUNG BROTH: Dec. 19, 9 pm, Crooked Beat, 3955 Cass Ave. (formerly The Freezer Theatre).

FOLK

ALIEN MEATBALLS: Dec. 11-12, Griffs, Pontiac, 334-7651.

BILL SNEAD: Tuesdays, Green, Ypsilanti, 483-5511.

BRYAN BOWERS: Dec. 11-12, The Ark, Ann Arbor, 761-1451.

DON TAPERT: Wednesdays, Union Street I, Grosse Pointe Park, 331-0018.

KAREN BOUCHARD: Dec. 10, 17, Union Street I, Grosse Pointe Park, 3310018.

MARIE SCHLEPERS: Mondays, Union Fiddler's Street I, Grosse Pointe Park, 331-0018. -

NEIL WOODWARD: Sundays; Aberdeen s, Northville, 348-3490. Dec. 2122, Back Seat Saloon, Keego Harbor, 682-5777.

VIKKI GARDEN: Dec. 10, 17, Old Detroit, 222-7972.

WOLF PAUL: Sundays, Union Street I, Grosse Pointe Park, 331-0018.

CLASSICAL

BACH BACON & EGGS: Sundays, live classical brunch, Cafe Detroit, 8318820.

BRUNCH WITH BACH: DIA Crystal Gallery, 832-2730. Holiday break; no concerts.

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BRUNCH WITH THE CLASSICS: Sundays, live classical brunch, The Gnome, 833-0120. CENTRAL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Central United Methodist Church, 9655422. Dec. 13, 11 am, Vivaldi s Gloria. CONCERTS IN THE GARDEN: Prudential Town Center, 354-4717. Dec. 13, 10 am, The Michigan Trio. DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Ford Auditorium, 962-5524. Dec. 11 &13, Christmas Pops. Dec. 18-26, Nutcracker Suite.

DOMINIC BERTUCCI: F-Sa, J. Michael Bottoms, Windsor, (519) 255-1503.

NIGHTCAP WITH MOZART: Birmingham Unitarian Church, 851-8934, Fridays, 11 pm.

RENAISSANCE CONCERTS: Orchestra Hall, 851-8934. Dec. 15, 8 pm, Misha Rachlevsky, violin; Linda SneddenSmith, violin. WINDSOR SYMPHONY CHRISTMAS CONCERT: 586 Ouelette, 254-4338. Dec. 13, 7:30 pm, Laszlo Gati, conducting.

MUSIC ETC.

BONNEVILLES: Dec. 10, country & western, Alvin's, 832-2355. FRANK SINATRA: Jan. 20, Ford Auditorium, 962-5524. MOOSE AN DA SHARKS: Dec. 17-19, oldies, Kegabrew, 343-9558. VOICES: Dec. 18-19, a capella deowop, Union Street I, Grosse Pointe Park, 331-0018.

AIRWAVES

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED: National Public Radio's award-winning nightly news magazine is broadcast weekdays 5-6:30 pm and weekends 5-6 pm. WDET, 101.9 FM.

ALL TOGETHER NOW: Tues., 7 pm, Metro Detroit's longest-running radio show produced by and for women addresses events and music from a feminist perspective. WDET, 101.9 FM.

BLACK MAGIC: Fridays, 11-12 pm, Ken Donaldson recounts different eras in the 80-year legacy of Afro-American music and its influence on society. WMZK, 1400 AM.

CARIBBEAN CONNECTION: Tuesdays, 1 pm. Music, interviews and news from the Caribbean hosted by Horatio Bennett. WDET, 101.9 FM.

ELECTRIFYIN' Mojo: MF, 10 pm- 3 am. The show that takes the J off jazz and kicks azz. WGPR, 107.5 FM.

EVENING EDITION: M-F, 10 pm. Bruce Brown anchors local and world news with emphasis on the broader issues behind the headlines. WIVS, Channel 56.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: Satur-. days, 10 pm-midnight. The Golden Era of Rhythm and Blues hosted by Fred Zelanka. WDET, 101.9 FM. JAZZ YESTERDAY: Saturdays, 8-10 pm, vintage recordings with Jim Gallert providing background info on the music and the perforrners. WDET, 101.9 FM.

AFRO-CENTRIC THEATRE: Langston Hughes Theatre, 13125 Livernois, 8378879. Dec. 17-19, 7-9 pm, auditions for the winter actor training workshop. Call weekdays between 5-9 pm for application.

O.C.C. COMMUNITY THEATRE: 703 S. Center, Royal Oak, 552-8900, Ext. 285 weekdays, 552-8900 weekends. Dec. 18, 5:30-8:30 pm and Dec. 19, 11 am- 2 pm, auditions for the musical Marat/ Sade.

SOUTHFIELD OPERA WORKSHOP: Southfield Parks and Rec. Bldg., 26000 Evergreen, Room 115, 354-4717. Dec. 19, 1:30-5 pm.

KALEIDOPHONE: Saturdays, 6-8 pm. Music of the '50s, '60s, '70s and up into the 80s, with Geoff Jacques. WDET, 101.9 FM.

MORPHOGENESIS: M-F, 3-5 pm.: Unique forms of creative music from all places and periods with Judy Adams. WDET, 101.9 FM.

RADIOS IN MOTION: Thurs., 10 pm. Alternative rock for an alternative society. Hosted by Mike Halloran. WDET, 101.9 FM. -

RIFF ROCK CAFE: M-Sa, 2-4 am, 354WRIF. Best of new and old rock, reggae, modem and local music hosted by Carl Coffey. WRIF, 101 FM.

SELF-RELIANCE: Saturdays, 10 am. The state of recession/depression in metropolitan Detroit mandates that people make more efficient use of their resources. This live, call-in program hosted by Michael Grofsorean offers practical information on food and energy topics. WDET, 101.9 FM.

SOUND PROJECTIONS: Fridays, 10 pm-midnight. Featuring contemporary black creative music and literature with Kofi Natambu. WDET, 101.9 FM.

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MARCH OF DIMES POMP-A-THON: Macomb County College Athletic Fieldhouse, 864-6000. Dec. 12, 8:30 am4 pm, pompoms, aerobic dancing and the. Piston s Classy Chassis action to benefit March of Dimes projects relatingto birth defects.NO CHILD WITHOUT A TOY. Dec. 20, 7 pm. Presentation with proceeds going to children who would otherwise be unable to experience a merry Christmas. Call 863-7302 for information.

FAMILIES

CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: 67 E. Kirby, 494-1210. Open M-Sa. Parent/Child and Discovery Workshops every Saturday.

CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: 500 Lone Pine Rd., Bloomfield Hills, 645-3210. Planetarium demonstration, films and special exhibitions continuously.

DETROIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: 5401. Woodward, 833-1805. Antique Doll and Toy show. Workshops every Saturday for all ages.

DETROIT SCIENCE CENTER: 5020 John R, 833-1892. Open Tu-Su, exhibitions and two films, The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens and Ocean, projected on a 180-degree domed screen.

D.LA. YOUTHEATRE: 5200 Woodward, 832-2730. Performances at 11 am and 2 pm. Dec. 12, the musical, Christmas All Over the Place..Dec. 19, the Robin Reed Marionettes present Pinocchio.

ICE SKATING: Hart Plaza, 224-1000. Daily through March, free ice skating on the Plaza s rink. Rentals available.

KID'S CABARET: Stafford s, Maple at Orchard Lake Rd., W. Bloomfield, 851-

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8952. Saturdays, 1 pm, magic, mystery, comedy and audience participation. MACOMB THEATRE FOR THE |. YOUNG: Macomb Theatre, 31 N. Walnut, Mt. Clemens, 468-6285. Dec. 12 thru Jan. 3, Sa & Su, The Stingiest Man in Town, musical based on Dicken's A Christmas Carol.

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LATE PREGNANCIES: Northland Mall Community Room, 534-4263. Dec. 12, -10 am-noon, seminar for men and women to discuss major concerns about late pregnancies. Sponsored by the Health Resources Center. SURVIVING HOLIDAY PRESSURES: Samalona Clinic, 240 Daines, Birmingham, 642-5650. Dec. 19, 10 am-4 pm, Leading the Singles Life Seminar. Dec. 14, 8-10 pm, People Where They Are, How to Meet Them Workshop.

NUTRITION LECTURE SERIES: Hamilton Place, 30333 Southfield Rd., 5573110. Dec. 13, Felor Jourdikian discusses Vitamin D in health and diséase. LINES: MICHIGAN POET SERIES: DIA, Holley Room, 5200 Woodward, 833-7978. Dec. 13, 3 pm, Melba Boyd reads from her work.

WORLD ADVENTURE SERIES: DIA Auditorium, 5200 Woodward, 8322730. Dec. 13, 2:30 pm, Mediterranean Discovery Tunisia Holiday wit. Kenard Lawrence.

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NS BEING JEWISH IN THE EIGHTIES: Conference dedicated to Jewish struggles and victories against. oppression. Dec. 12, 8-10 pm, Workman's Circle,

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26341 Coolidge, Oak Park. Detroit film premiereof Leaving Home and speaker Arthur Waskpow. Dec. 13, 1:30-6 pm, Oak Park Community Center, 14300 Oak Park Blvd., workshopsand speakets on Jewish Identity and Social Justice.

FAIR HOUSING CENTER: 303 Tobin Bidg., 963-1274. Dec. 12, am-12:30 pm, training session for volunteer testers.

ITALY'S AUTO CRISIS: WSU General Lectures Bldg., Room 150. Dec. 13,. 7 pm, Guido Martinotti, Turin city official, will discuss problems in Turin, Italy, resulting from the automobile industry similar to those in Detroit. Topics include declining auto sales and disinvestment. Sponsored by the Labor Solidarity Committee and the East Side Alliance.

THE UPRISING: WSU General Lectures Bidg., Room 100, Warren at Anthony Wayne Dr., 593-1222. Dec. 11-12, 7:30 pm, Detroit film premiere about the daily life of a Nicaraguan family during the Sandinista revolution.

ETC.

ATTIC THEATRE MIME: Gronow Galleries, 3001 Miller Rd., Hamtramck, 963-7750 or 874-0360. Dec. 12, 10 am2 pm, holiday entertainment from the '20s, 30s and '40s.

ALLIANCE OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCE: Detroit Federation of Musicians, 19161 Schaefer. Eight-week workshops in Basic Music Theory, Lyric Writing and the Recording Industry. Enrollment deadline for all classes is Dec, 20.

DETROIT TABLE TENNIS: Cobo Hall, 962-2000 or 962-5921. Thru Dec. 14, ping pong competition.

INSTALLATION CALLING: Detroit Focus Gallery, 743 Beaubien, 9629025. Entries for the Installations for Detroit Focus Gallery exhibit will be accepted until Dec. 19.

NEW YEAR'S EVE RUN:.Downtown Detroit, entry forms available at Hughes & Hatcher. Dec. 31, 4:30 pm, four-mile walk/run begins at Cobo Hall. Spaghetti dinner and champagne toast afterwards included in entry fee.

PROPA PROPAGANDA: JayBee s, 2030 Park Ave., 893-9442. Dec. 17, 9 pm, Modern Classics features Onxyz in their attempt to promote new music by offering an opportunity to hear music seldom or never given airplay.

DINNER THEATRE

ALFRED'S SOMERSET DINNER THEATRE: 2475 Big Beaver, Troy, 6438865. Thru December; F & Sa, Tribute.

COOPER'S ARMS; 306 Main St., Rochester, 651-2266. Dec. 10, Chris peice

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DOUG'S BODY SHOP: 22061 Woodward, Ferndale, 399-1040. Thru February, According to John Paul, a Beatles musical revue.

MR. MAC S STABLE: 1 Parkland Tower, Dearborn, 961-0533. Thru Dec. 19, At Last . . Entertainment.

ROBERTO'S: 2485 Coolidge, Berkley, 546-7800. Thru Dec. 19, Ca Dance.

STOUFFER' S EASTLAND DINNER THEATRE: 1800 Vemier, St. Clair Shores, 371-8410. Thru Dec. 19, A Musical Salute to Vaudeville and Burlesque.

THE WINE TASTERS RESTAURANT THEATRE: 17 Mile Rd. and Van Dyke, Sterling Hts.,-961-0533. Thru Feb. 27, Murder at the Howard Johnson's.

ONSTAGE

ALIVE & WELL DETROIT: Book Cadillac Hotel, 1114 Washington Blvd., 2880450. Thru Dec. 19, A Cabaret, dinner available at Motor Bar.

ATYIC THEATRE: 525 E. Lafayette, 963-7789. Thru Dec. 19, Watch on the Rhine. Monday evenings only thru Dec. 14, New Playwright Forum, series of previously unstaged performances.

COMEDY CAPERS: Stafford s, Orchard Mall, W. Bloomfield, 851-8952. Dec. 11 & 12, Mary Micoli. Dec. 18 & 19, Tim Allen.

COMEDY CASTLE: Maximilian's, 4616 N. Woodward, 549-2323. Thru Dec: 12, Mike Binder. Dec. 16-19, Thom Sharp. DETROIT REPERTORY THEATRE: 13103 Woodrow Wilson, 868-1347. Thru Dec. 31, A Lesson from Aloes.

DOROTHY ROBINSON PLAYHOUSE: ~ 24 Winder, 964-5055. Creative Express Theatre Co. presents The River Niger thru Dec. 12. vie

FISHER THEATRE: Fisher Bldg., Grand _Bivd. at Second, 872-1000. Thru Jan. 9, Children of a Lesser God.

FOURTH STREET PLAYHOUSE: 301 W. Fourth St., Royal Oak, 543-3666. Dec. 18-Jan. 23, Habeas Corpus. Thru Dec. 11, the: children s workshop pre-~sents The Raft of the Medusa and The Play's the Thing.

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LEGE: Mackenzie Fine Arts Center, Dearborn, Dec. 11-13, Tennessee Willfiam's Summer and Smoke.

MASONIC TEMPLE: 350 Temple, 8327100. Dec. 18Jan. 3; Sesame Street Live!

MEADOW BROOK THEATRE: Oakland University, Rochester, 377-3300. Thru Dec. 27, Noel Coward's Hay Fever.

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MUSIC HALL: 350 Madison, 963-7622. Thru Dec. 13, Ebenezer, co-produced by the Harbinger Dance Co.

OAKLAND UNIVERSITY THEATR: Varner Recital Hall, Rochester, 3772000. Dec. 10-13, the Meadow Brook Estate and the Young Pioneers perform holiday music.

U of D THEATRE: at Marygrove College, 8425 W. McNichols, 927-1130. Dec. 1112, George Bernard Shaw s Arms and the Man.

W.S.U. THEATRES: HILBERRY THEATRE: Cass at Hancock, 577-2972. Dec. 11-12, The Imaginary Invalid. BONSTELLE THEATRE: 3424 Woodward, 577-2960. Dec. 11-13, 18-20, A Christmas Carol.

WILL-O-WAY REPERTORY THEATRE: -775 W. Long Lake Rd., Bloomfield Hills, 644-4418. Dec. 11-Jan. 30, Gypsy. Dec. 19-20, 26-27, a children s play, The Broken Doll.

PHOTOGRAPHY

DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY: Main Branch, 5201 Woodward, 833-4043. PHOTOGALLERY: Thru Jan. 6, Fields, 1978-81," photos by Robert Mosher. DETROIT REPERTORY THEATRE

GALLERY: 13103 Woodrow Wilson, 868-1347. Thru Dec. 31, photos of Solidarity Day and UAW Art by Bob Buchta, Russ Marshall, Barbara Weinberg and Jim West.

ELOQUENT LIGHT GALLERY: Birmingham Camera, 145 S. Livernois, Rochester, 652-4686. Thru Jan. 1, group exhibit featuring Brett Weston. FOCUS GALLERY: 743 Beaubien, 9629025. Thru Jan. 2, Select Photographers featuring the work of 26 photographers exhibiting! a variety of approaches including cliche verre and xerox. Juried by Martha Madigan. ~~

HALSTED GALLERY: 560 Woodward, Birmingham, 644-8284. Thru Jan. 14, Recent Acquisitions and Portfolios, photographs by Berenice. Abbott, Marsha Burns, Michael Burns, Christopher James, Misha Gordin, John Ward and Cole Weston.

LOOKING GLASS GALLERY: 1604 Rochester Rd., Royal Oak, 548-1149. Thru Dec. 21, photographs by Les Krims. Hours: Sa, 10-7; Su, 12-6.

MEADOW BROOK ART GALLERY: Oakland University, Rochester. Thru Dec. 13, Essence of Sculpture, photo exhibition of contemporary outdoor sculpture in Michigan. Twenty-one selected entries on display.

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GALLERY: 217 Pierce, Birmingham, 646-6950. Thru Jan. 2, photographs of Mexican life by Manuel Alvarez Bravo.

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EXHIBITIONS

THE ART CENTER: 125 Macomb, Mt. Clemens, 469-8666. Thru Dec. 24, Holiday Fair 81. ART GALLERY OF WINDSOR: 445 Riverside Drive: West, (519) 258-7111.Thru Jan. 10, survey of early works by American sculptor David Smith: Thru Jan. 3, fibers by Gregor, RousseauVermette and Staniszkis; paintings by

Mary Pratt, Goodridge Roberts and Charles Livingston Bull. BIRMINGHAM-BLOOMFIELD ART ASSOCIATION: 1516 S. Cranbrook, Birmingham, 644-0866. Thru Dec. 19, Holiday Sales Show, featuring hundreds of unusual gift items with more than 100 artists participating. C.ALD.E. GALLERY: 8025 Agnes, 3311758. Opening Dec. 13 (reception 3-7 pm) thru Jan. 7, paintings and drawings by Russell Keeter.

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CANTOR/LEMBERG GALLERY: 538 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 642-6623. Thru Dec. 31, recent watercolors and drawings by Mel Rosas.

CAROL HOOBERMAN GALLERY: 155 S. Bates, Birmingham, 647-3666. Thru December, Affordable Art mixed media show.

CENTER FOR CREATIVE STUDIES:

245 E. Kirby, 872-3118. Thru Jan. 25, faculty exhibit.

CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART

MUSEUM: 500 Lone Pine Rd., Bloomfield, 645-3312. Thru Jan. 17, oils, tapestries, constructions and models by George Ortman. Primitive folk carvings by Edgar Tolson.

CUTTERS ART GLASS: 1048 N. Wood-ward, Royal Oak, 544-3812. Continuous stained-glass exhibition.

DETROIT ARTISTS MARKET: 1452 Randolph, 962-0337. Thru Dec. 30, Annual Christmas Exhibition.

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OTHER SPACE: 7th Floor, Hudson's Downtown, 962-0337. Thru Dec. 30, recent works by Richard Jerzy.

DETROIT GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS: 301 Fisher Bidg., 8737888. Thru December, holiday show of American handcrafts with emphasis on functionalism.

DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: 5200 Woodward, 833-7900. Thru Feb. 14,A Selection of 17th Century European Masterworks from the permanent collection, including paintings, sculptures, furniture and textiles by Rembrandt, Rubens. Thru Feb. 28, 20th Century American Prints and Drawings from the permanent collection.

DONALD MORRIS GALLERY: 105 Townsend, Birmingham, 642-8812. Thru December, group exhibit featuring works by Lester Johnson, Avery, Hinman, Barr and Wilbert.

FEIGENSON GALLERY: 310 Fisher Bldg., 873-7322. Thru Jan. 2, paintings and sculpture by Robert Sestok.

G.M.B. GALLERIE INTERNATIONALE: 344 Hamilton Row, Birmingham, 6425647. Thru-December, graphics, paintings and sculpture by a group of gallery artists.

GALLERIE DE BOICOURT: Fisher Bldg., 875-7991. Thru Dec. 24, 16th annual. Folk Art of Christmas, featuring American, Mexican, Latin American, Central and East European and Scandinavian items.

GALLERY RENAISSANCE: 400 Ren Cen, 259-2577. Thru Jan. resin wall pieces by Mary Sobiechowski; also a collection of 19th Century Japanese woodblock prints.

GRAFISKAS: 218 Merrill St., Birmingham, 647-5722. Fine art posters.

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HABATAT: 28235 Southfield, Lathrup Village, 552-0515. Opening Dec. 12 (reception 8-11 pm) thru Jan. 10,-blown' glass sculptural pieces by Michael Glancy.

ILONA AND GALLERY: 14 Mile Rd. and Orchard Lake Rd., 855-4488. Fantasia's Dreams, mixed-media crafts for gift giving.

KLEIN GALLERY: 4250 N. Woodward, Royal Oak, 647-7709. Thru December, Landscapes Ancient and Mysterious iby Ac G> Smith.

MARYGROVE COLLEGE: 8425 W. McNichols, 862-8000. Thru. Dec. 18, mixed-media exhibit organized by Michigan Artists Equity.

PARK WEST GALLERY: 29469 Northwestern Hwy., Southfield, 354-2343. Thru Jan. 15, Sculpture Now, exhibition of contemporary American sculpture.

PEWABIC POTTERY: 10125 E. Jefferson, 822-0954. Thru December, invitational Christmas sale, featuring 50 Michigan potters.

PITTMAN GALLERY: 300 Ren Cen, 259-2235. Thru December, group show by regular gallery artists and Christmas sale of old poster reproductions.

PONTIAC ART CENTER: 47 Williams St., Pontiac, 333-7849. Thru Dec. 24, multi-media sculpture by Pi Benio, drawings and paintings by Chris Reising and clay forms by Linda Stewart.

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

ROBERT L. KIDD ASSOCIATES:107 Townsend, Birmingham, 642-3909. Thru Jan. 9, assemblages by Glenn Michaels and vessel forms by Susanne Stephenson.

RUBINER GALLERY: 621 S. Washington, Royal Oak, 544-2828. Opening Dec. 12 (reception 5-7 pm) thru Jan., The Monet Series, mono-prints, oils and paintings by Robert Burkert. SHELDON ROSS GALLERY: 250 Martin, Birmingham, 642-7694. Thru Dec. 19, etchings, lithgraphs and woodcuts by Kathe Kollwitz: SCHWEYER GALDO GALLERIES: 630 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 647-0390. Thru December, oils on paper ey Carulla.

SIXTH STREET GALLERY: Royal Oak, 541-3623. Opening Dec. 12 (reception 5-8 pm) thru Jan. 16, paintings by Vicki Brett and Clinton Kuopus, and work by metalsmith Richard Robinson. SOLIDARITY HOUSE: 8000 E. Jefferson, 926-5000. Opening Dec. 11-Feb. 11, artwork by workers and families represented by the UAW. STUDENT ART FORUM: WSU Community Arts Gallery, Student Center Bldg.,

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Each Additional 1/4 Mile: Xerox Art

by Tom Robinson

opping into the taxi you immeHee notice that something is different. You are not riding in a dingy cab filled with day old cigar smoke and the haunting smell ofa hooker's perfume. This cab is also chock full ofxerox art, dreams, doodles and poems. Yes, poems. The vehicle which is carrying this bizzare combination of passengers. is CABART, a periodical which runs on the fuel of cab driver creations.

Although not every piece in the magazine is by or about cabbies, some of the best are. For when the drivers write about life on the road, you are captured by the mystique of their lifestyle, charmed by their sincerity. And in an era when Rod McKuen peddles schmaltz as poetry, and businessmen like the Stones make a mint selling rehashed rock as art, sincerity and mystique are welcome traits of any artist or art magazine. But, unlike Tom Waits, the taxi driver who drove to Hollywood and picked up some big record contracts, these drivers don't stick to a standard route; they are always exploring new territory. The combination of these three characteristics experimentation, sincerity and mystique always makes a ride with these cabbies an adventure.

Marilyn Moran's anniversary issue piece Waving Back contains such characteristcs. In this story, an honest attempt is made to answer the question: What the hell is occupying that cabbie s mind as she cruises those barren highways at 4:30 a.m.? Her answer: utter

paranoia. And this is first-class paranoia. It does not stem from being trailed by police while blowing a joint or being passed by 15 wired truckers going so fast that they're airborne. This gut fear stems from being passed by 15 airborne saucers whose pilot's green heads are wired with antenae, and little webbed hands are waving at her. Why are they waving? Is this a plot, or politeness? Our cabbie heroine isn t quite sure, which increases the amount of sweat on her brow.

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And it is clear that these cabbies are thinking. Whereas most literary magazines one-line drawings are but a visual oasis in a desert of straight type, CABART floods its pages with xerox art

featuring Art Linkletter, doodles of irate dispatchers, and photos of dead-drunk salesmen reflected in rearview mirrors. Their interior may be a little sloppy, their edges a little rough (not all hardluck laments make for good reading), but overall the content is sound. This taxi © does not take you the long way, with lots of needless trips around the same block. It is direct, with plenty of highlights. And with a fare of only 75¢, this CABART is the best ride in town. Bass

For a copy of CABART, send°$1 and your address to: CABPRESS, 801 W. Madison, #2, Ann Arbor, MP-48103. @

Charles Bobo Shaw and the Human Arts Ensemble featuring Joseph Bowie P nk J'zz Muse Records

~JNow is the time to throw away all that weak stuff jazz journalists keep trying to sell us as criticism. The music we call improvisational never fit-_ ted into any of these quasi-

rational straitjackets we like to _think are so definitive: Jazz, Rock, R & B, Funk blah, blahblah. Listen closely to 1928 Ellington or 1939 Prez or 1947 Bird or 1958 Miles or 1964 Trane or 1975 Braxton. I mean from a purely artistic point of view, WHAT is it? Can IT and Otis, Jimi, Sly, Stevie, BB. Muddy, Pops and the Temptations possibly be the same

Like many folks, swing bit more stress during the holidays. My curse is working retail, a disease which incurs excessive courtesy, patience, tolerance, ad nauseum. As an antidote, instead of punching out Canadians, attacking wild dogs, or sniffing glue (not to knock those with such passions), abuse myself with near-terminal doses of heavy metal. Not any of thatradio diarrhea, however. Ilike my cures to the painful point: AC/DC and Motorhead. assume you're not an AC/DC fan. (If you are, you probably are having this read t0r. you.) Let me assure you, anything you figure about this pack of dogs is correct. AC/DC packs. all the subtlety of the plague. The Singer screeches like a Spanish inquisition experiment. All the damned songs sound the same, sorta. like Chinese machine-shop torture. So what. They're still one of the greatest pop bands on the planet, with hooks like scimitars

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and a sense of pace that leaves other metal bands bludgeoning like the Carter invasion of Iran. The rhythm section kicks like mutant mules, refining the Stones/Led Zip backbone theory to an Einstein/Bruce Lee 1981 conclusion. Nice guy

Angus Young carefully considers his constituency by jacking off his guitar incessantly, but also perversely injects melodic sense and.taste into his blitherings. The horror of Brian Johnson's voice is as necessary aS: fangs to Dracula.

'n' roll into three 1

C.O.D. packs everything you've ever wanted from roc exquisite extremes.

Up riffs with the Vardbirds fa

Sly Stone, no mean feat. Breaking the Rules is mindless adoTescent nirvana, cliche powered pelvic purity maximum. On a - couple of'cuts, these jerks slow down, but fear not, they rectify that real fast.

Although we're ostensibly. considering For Those About to

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music? And if not, then what is/was Roland Kirk, Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, Roach, the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Louis Jordan doing? How bout Nat King Cole, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Jimmy Lunceford, Fletcher Henderson, Billie Holliday and Clifford Brown?

Think about it. These are not idle questions. What does Sun Ra do? If Air plays Jelly, Roll, Joplin and Cecil Taylor, what does that tell us about black creative music s history and values? If Sun Ra plays 1932 Ellington tunes and 2012 Multimedia Explosions, then what are we really talking about in terms of the concept and spirit of creative values in the world today? It is my contention that if we begin to examine these questions seriously, then we will make some much-needed inroads. into understanding (and appreciating) the tremendous contributions of black creative music to world culture. It's better than sticking dried-out stars.on the backs of dead artifacts like some magazines know (Blindfold Test, indeed!)

poets,

All this rambling leads me to -a discussion of the latest artifact by Messr. Shaw and Co. Thisis a band that in its various. disguises has been recording since 1970. For example, Shaw, Bowie and the saxophonist with this band (Julius Hemphill) were all seminal members, of the legendary Black Artists Group (BAG) that emerged in St. Louis during the 1960s and included actors, painters and dancers, as well as musicians. This is important to note because a major stylistic feature of this ensemble is a highly developed sense. of multimedia theatre. This concernis reflected in their attitude toward group expression, which was highly influenced by these particular artists active involvement in the self-determination movement. among black artists during the past two decades.

In P nk J'zz we encounter the omnidirectional musics of an ensemble that is compulsively dedicated to completely destroying all traces of categorical divisions in their art. No style, idiom or idea in black music goes unplayed. Tricky Sam

- dueting with James

Nanton meets Bo Diddley and bumps into Johnny Hodges looking over Roscoe Mitchell's shoulder. But what is West Montgomery doing here? Why Bloom Ulmer, ofcourse. And could that be Dr. Funkenstein (Mr. Rittim 'n Bitness himself) dancing his way out of our constrictions to the popping polyrhythms of Art Blakey? Meanwhile Jackie McLean is playing cards with Sidney Bechet. Wait a minute, how did this African percussion choir get in the act? Oh well, if this stuff keeps up then none of us will have anything to write about. Sounds dangerous, doesn t it? Only if your vested: interest is in the maintenance of things-as-theyare that is. If not, relax. This music will permit you to laugh again. Which is quite rare and valuable in the absurdly jaded and cynical 1980s. Who says Dancing, Listening and Laughing are mutually exclusive? Not es in this band, that s for sure.

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- Motorhead No Sleep Till Hammersmith Mercury

Rock here, let me point out that journalistic calendarisms are pointless concerning AC/DC. Powerage, Back In Black, or any of their other mindless sludge is guaranteed to offensively satisfyyour most disgusting of needs. Compared to the heroic Motorhead, AC/DC comes off like Jerry Falwell. Sitting here ruminating, fail to find the lan- Suage to convey how transcendentally repugnant these cretins are.

Cross my heart, No Sleep is actually Motorhead s sixth vinyl _massacre, a testimonial to the --defeat of cerebral fascism, endemic to a post-Henry Ford confluence of Roland Barthelike semiotics and. Conan the Barbarian-like nepotism. In other words, Motorhead _personifies the modern age, adhering religiously to an exorcism of volume and speed, while observing; lustily, Rome s ~continuing Decline and Fall. A Solution, with terrifying in tensity.

- Fairies,

Motorhead. sprang from under its collective rock during the punk purge of '76, and learned that there s no reason to slow down, ever. Homicidal tendencies, coupled with a primordially practical _ political sense. (these germs actually. admire Joni Mitchell and express it as Godzilla would), have made Motorhead the archetypal heavy metal band (above the MC5, Stooges, Dictators, Pink et vitriol). Lead pig Lemmy is inexcusable. as a human being but is awonderful one and 1/2-note singer, and a bassist with the sonic concerns of an alarm clock with Mexican digestive burn on horse adrena- .. Jin. Fast Eddie Clarke will not be confused with Earl Klugh on guitar, but he does make enough noise for six Hiroshimas. And the Weapon: the ugliest and most scientifically improbable mistake within creation, the incinerating Philthy Animal on drums. My Main Catastrophe Philthy isn t up to

much different

than most primal pounders, except that he s probably the first drummer to achieve percussive White Noise via genetically impossible continuums of speed and violence. Together, these swine are awesomely tasteless.

No: Sleep is live. Overkill, No Class, Bomber, Motorhead and other love ballads are distorted beyond hope. Atrocities such as Love Me Like a Reptile and The Chase is Better Than the: Catch are soon to desecrate Volume Two! By the gods, life is good!

I'm convinced that garbage dike. AC/DC. and. Motorhead should be pumped through the Muzak systems of the world during the holidays, just to get us all in the shopping spirit. We're dealing with the real world here not the Boston Pops. Bill Rowe

Iggy

Continued from page 13 polite to the audience. Not that he ever was polite to an audience again, mind you. Which is only symptomatic of the real problem.

Which is God only knows. At the time of The Idiot, everyone was once again positive that This Was It. It had to be, we all thought. Two sold-out shows at Masonic, a great LP, a more subdued, intelligent stage demeanor . all flew out the window when Lust For Life was released.

What a fool. Iggy was on the verge of real success with The Idiot. He had come back against probably the worst odds ever just to ruin his career once again. Instead of doing something smart like hooking up with Giorgio Moroder or another high-tech producer and writing some slick material and never looking back, the jerk did a complete 360 and got stuck in his old pathetic self again. Pity.

And the blank, boring records just keep on coming (they're so flaccid choked when I typed that last word), floating out from various record companies like a severe shock victim too confused to know the difference between day and night. Lust For Life, T.V. Eye Live, New Values, Soldier and Party all add up to a big nada on the excitement scale. These records are so bad that Iggy should be proclaimed Public Embarrassment Number One and given the dunce cap he so rightfully has earned, then shipped to Australia where his talents can truly be appreciated. Okay, let s not

pick on Australia

just get him away

from-us. We have suffered for his art long enough.

POSTSCRIPT: Whoever was responsible for pairing the Stones and Iggy at the Silverdome has their head stuck where the sun don t shine. Iggy can barely sound good in a club, let alone a venue the size of the Plasticdome. Besides, judging from the way the audience looked and acted, they couldn t appreciate Iggy in the first place. Suburban America cannot comprehend subtlety, a fact proven every time you turn .

- on the television. Now, I realize it sounds

like I m doing an about face on the Pop (and maybe am in a way), but despite what I ve said, love the guy and would truly enjoy seeing him fan the flame that s dying. As pathetic as Iggy was in Pontiac, the Stones were worse. The Rolling Stones are a prime example of mediocrity. They haven t made a good record since Exile on Main Street, yet everyone still buys their records. If you think the Stones have made a great LP since Exile, show me one lead solo that compares to anything on Let It Bleed on Beggar s Banquet. There aren t any. The Stones write one memorable tune

per album then fill it up with absolute dog shit. And alot of people buy it. Even as bad

as Iggy s post-Idiot forays onto vinyl are, they're much better than the Stones. America still equates quantity to quality, which is the problem we're all guilty of.

Mark J. Norton is former associate editor of Creem Magazine. He will be appearing regularly in the Metro Times if localees Stones |-

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by Cindy Clothier

f you're feeling too young for the [<< R-rated movie down the street, and too old for the juvenile jive that passes for sophistication on television, then high-tail it to the Hilberry. Theatre on Wayne State s campus for an evening of intelligent, ironic farce that will tickle your mind as well as your funnybone.

The bill of cS is Moliere s The Imaginary Invalid, performed intermittently through December 19. Invalid is one of the great satires of all time. No wonder. In an evening, it affords the playgoer the opportunity to give Bronx cheers to doctors, notaries and unfaithful wives, as well as root for true love to triumph over tradition and flaky, would-be fiances.

On top of all the giggles and running in and out of doors, there are elements of the Three Stooges and the Hope and Crosby Road movies in brief musical

interludes that follow each act. Arising out of early theatrical stereotypes, these interludes offer songs and sight gags on themes such as love, blackmail and the plight of women:

The seventeenth century must have been pretty hip.

The entire evening is like an overstuffed three-decker sandwich on bread that is too small you have to keep working so as not to lose all the good stuff.

Our story centers around the hypochondriac Argan whose daughter Angelique has:secretly met and_fallen in love with the handsome and honorable Cleante. Unknown to her, Argan has arranged for her marriage to Thomas Diafoirus, nephew of Argan s doctor who is himself fresh out of medical school and a staunch antagonist of all the latest scientific developments in medicine. In short, he is the ideal son-inlaw for the gullible and stubborn invalid

who looks forward to his enemas and potions with the same zeal today's hypochondriac would approach an upper and lower GI series.

All of this pleases Beline, the conniving stepmother, who is only interested in Argan s money. She figures the daughter will marry the rich doctor or be sent to a convent for punishment. Either way, Beline gets the gold, and her boyfriend on the side can step to the front as soon as Argan dies.

The resolution of all this intrigue and conflict is saucily managed by Toinette, Argan's cheeky, common-sense servant. Played by Kay Towne, Toinette is the humane, competent.component in this chaotic household. Towne s. good cheer and grip on what's happening anchors the entire romp.

Most of the performances, in fact, are delivered with the correct balance of silliness and seriousness so that we may remain interested as well as amused by

madcap goings-on.

Also notable is Graham F. Smithin the title role an exhausting effort which he handled with aplomb and sympathy. Tim Caudle is astoundingly repulsive as the slobbering young doctor who would marry Angelique. Methinks the convent a vastly preferable fate. Larry D. Hughes is a pleasant and suave Beralde, the invalid s brother who speaks the voice of reason. Angelique is sweetly played by Mary Eldridge, who is reminiscent of the young Shirley Jones. And let us not forget Marian Mills as the two-faced, second wife whose behavior gives fingernails on the blackboard a good name.

Go soak up Erich Zuern's toothpaste rococo sets, Robert Hazzard s lively di-. rection, and a cast of one dozen who areobviously enjoying themselves.

Go out to the theatre. You can always get a Betamax later.

Kay Towne, Graham F. Smith and Gary Righettini in Moliere s The Imaginary Invalid. the

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THURS., DEC. 10 7, 9:30

MOSCOW DOES NOT BELIEVE IN TEARS (Viadimir Menshov, 1980)

FRI-& SAE, DEG: 14, 12, 18, 19 MIDNIGHT SHOWS ERASERHEAD (David Lynch, 1977)

FRI., DEC. 11 7,.9:15

QUADROPHENIA (Franc Roddam,1979)

SAT., DEC. 12 7, 9:30 _CITY OF WOMEN (Frederico Fellini, 1981)

SUN., DEC. 13 3, 7:30 GONE WITH THE WIND (Victor Fleming, 1939)

MON., DEC. 14 7, 9 WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE. (Howard Hawks, 1949)

TUES., DEC. 15-7, 9 NOSFERATV (Werner Herzog, 1979)

= WED., DEC. 16 7,9

MELVIN & HOWARD (Jonathan Demme, 1980)|

Classic Film Theatre continues to present a different film each night, featuring classics of the American cinema, the finest in foreign films and festivals highlighting Cary Grant through the month of December.

THURS., DEC. 17 7, 9

DR. STRANGELOVE, OR HOW LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)

FRI., DEC. 18 7, 9:15

MIDNIGHT COWBOY (John Schlesinger, 1969)

SAT., DEC. 19 7, 9 THE HARDER THEY COME (Perry Henzell, 1973)

SUN; DEC. 20 3,/5,7,9° 27% THE WIZARD OF OZ : (Victor Fleming, 1939)

MON., DEC. 21 7, 9

NOTORIOUS (Alfred Hitchcock; 1946)

TUES., DEC. 22 7,9 BLOW UP (Michaelangelo Antonioni, 1966)

WED DEC. 23, '7,9:15 REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE . (Nicholas Ray, 1955)

dical Chic fom Hollywood

by Michael Betzold

Reds is the best Hollywood movie that will ever be made about the life of journalist John Reed, American radical who chronicled the Bolshevik Revolution in the famous Ten Days That Shook the World. But that s only because there'll never be another.

Warren Beatty, it is said, had long wanted to film the story of Reed and his. stormy love for fellow journalist Louise Bryant. Movies like Shampoo and Heaven Can: Wait bankrolled his freedom, and Beatty was finally in a position to pull off a rare coup make a massaudience movie sympathetically portraying the struggles of American radicals.

The result looks tame compared with the possibility. Beatty has turned Reed s short life (he died at 33 from a kidney infection) into a marketable film, but in doing so has relegated its politics to a secondary position. The love story, with Diane Keaton as the unpredictable Bryant, takes clear precedence.

The politics aren't exactly in the background. They couldn't be. Reed s energy was consumed with writing about and participating in labor and anti-war politics during World War I, the Russian Revolution in 1917, subsequent Iandmark leftist political infighting in America just afterwards, and a disillusioning final stint as a radical American diplomat in the burgeoning Soviet peoples bureaucracy. Reds follows his volatile career doggedly, to its quick and poignant end, and along the way we are introduced to an Emma Goldman (played by Maureen Stapleton) who is much too humorless, a Eugene O'Neill Jack Nicholson) who is appropriately cynical, and scores of other historical figures, including se and Trotsky.

Reds is a somewhat raggedy epic which draws out to annoying lengths the conflict between Reed's consuming fervor for radical politics and Bryant's needs for her man s undivided attentions. In the film, Bryant's attempts:to be emancipated and her struggles to have her own work taken seriously are thwarted by her own conventional feelings. Their romance is a whirlwind of his activity, leaving her alone and pouting. There are far too many shots of Beatty gesticula-

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ting at some political discussion and Keaton looking angry and ignored in some corner of the room. In this way, activism succumbs to domestic melodrama.

With Beatty, an excellent comic miscasting himself as Reed, Reds is sabotaged by too much wry comedy and cutesy touches, like a family dog who likes to intrude on the couple s lovemaking. Serious political talkis too often thrown: off like mere babble, as if Beatty decided that complicated iissues weren't worth full, explanations to ignorant

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American filmgoers. So the guts of Reed's life become talky embroidery, arcane intellectual chatter and, ofcourse, majestic backgrounds. Real-life witnesses all octogenarians with amusing and perceptive comments aren't identified during their inserted interviews, again because it seemingly wasn't worth the bother to try to identify little- nan radicals. * So Reds ultimately misfires ieaied we don't get a clear explanation of what moves this. man, Its enough for the box office that Beatty plays Reed as an eccen-

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Jack Nicholson as Eugene O'Neill.

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Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton as John Reed and Louise Bryant.

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NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION EXCHANGE For information on activities and issues affecting Detroit's neighborhoods, phone 861-3024.

PERSONALS

MR. C. If was in third grade, could be with you all day! Liz

who do not charge for their

MIKE M. of the Lords. Keeps on rockin forever. Call me. Love Iggie (Rene) !know Izzy's out there on the coast, but he never wrifes. Signed, Barb Wire.

Hey, have lots of envelopes with $1,000 in my safe too. Lay off. Richard, huh, he s doing a good job. R. Reagan

Izzy Furreal.is alive and living on the West Coast, but no one comes to visit him. Signed, FUBAR INC.have an idea to save the city. We could put ona show, all us kids could get involved, and Judy you could make the costumes, and could sing and.... C. Young

If hear one more Christmas song, mean Il really go crazy, mean... Bing Crosby singing that same damn tune over and over from now till Jan. 3. It going to get worse, too. Its all a plot, really, have a friend at Sears,,-he told me.

WARM, SENSITIVE WHITE GENTLEMAN, 30s, frim beard, non-smoker, artist-tumedprofessional photographer, BFA. Seeks attractive, slim woman (20-30) to share interests in photography, art, romance, quiet nature. walks, home-cooked candlelight dinners, etc. Send name, photo, phone number, PO Box 2575, Southfield, MI! 48073.

RAINBOW SINGLES NEWSLETTER Meet nice people without embarrassment. Send long, stamped envelope to: PO Box 62, Wyandotte, MI 48192.

SWM seeks SWF for GT and CS in 6rm TWH, frolic, fn dn, RSVP PDQ.

think all this hoopla about preppies is getting alittle out of hand. Everyone is trying to be a preppie. What about us JAP s, what about us, huh, we used to be fashionable, we used to be on top. We'll be back, you'll see. Contact Beth Lipschutz, Temple of the Perpetual Bar Mitzvah, Oak Park, MI.

SASHA Isn't it time for a little Live and Learn ? TB

LAURA Is if Christmas yet? Maybe New Year's? Would feel so good to fly! Hope you had an enjoyable birthday. T

Antoinette The nicest girl I've ever met/ One know won't forget/! think that someday 1'll regret/That had you once and left...

What's a couple of Europeans? . A. Haig

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_. But who can know/with six years to go (20 years as it turns out!)/That we may meet again... Always, Mike, CHS, 1961.

MIRIAM Whoever said doing. medical transcription is the pits never worked fora newspaper. Getting many visitors? T

WANTED: Female with/without children to share large home with Black father of two boys. Write S.C.Y., 18700 Greenlawn, Detroit, MI 48221.

really don t know what to say, I've never done anything like this before. You see I'm really shy but really want to meet new people, but you'd probablyall hate me, and we d have a terrible time, so never mind. tive

went to see Quarterflash/but before my own eyes/the Mohawks stole another show/I wasn t surprised!

YOUNG MAN, 24, looking for lonely young woman to share the simple things in life. Send letter and photo, if possible, to K.M., 3277 Whitney, Detroit, MI 48206.

FRANK CARISSIMI: Gosh! You re Wonderful! You're Fabulous! Signed, Every Woman in the Cass Corridor.

Well am glad the Stones finally came. Then went! Now maybe the radio stations will play them only every other time. Unstoned

think its outrageous that the UAW can afford satin anything to. wear, what with thousands of rank and file out of work. But why would a pimp be so conceme about it? P. Volker

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PETS

PATAGONIAN PARROT, with cage, $159. 886-5864, SEVEN-MONTH-OLD CAT, looks like Morris the Cat on television, wants good home. 532-3541. ~

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PUNK WHEELS! 1969 Pontiac Bonneville convertible from Seattle. Looks and runs great $1,950. 885-7839 eves. (Grosse Pte.)

VOLUNTEERS

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ROOMMATES

COMFORTABLE, SPACIOUS APARTMENT to share in Grosse Pointe Park. $165 plus utilities, 822-8638, evenings, Jack. wood heat, COOPERATIVE seeks fourth housemate. Palmer Park area. Primarily vegetarian _(except dog). Prefer woman but won't discriminate. Piano, reasonable rent, great eats! No swingers, please; lonely hearts club we're not. 366-1846. SHARE HISTORIC 7-BEDROOM HOME, fireplace, sail yacht, near Boston/Woodward, $125/month plus security, includes skiers, plumber, sailors, gardeners, musicians, electrician, artists, mechanics, student or prof. preferred. 961-2239 or 865-2645.

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A DIFFERENT GIFT IDEA oe Shapes of the Underworld

Photo: George Tysh

by Chris Tysh

hen in the early "70s, Germaine Greer, the notorious English feminist, proposed to do away with underwear as a binding tool of women s oppression, lingerie manufacturers around the world trembled in the seats of their pants. After the vindicive bra owe this was the ultimate menace.

A decade later, the lingerie industry is ee Undercovers, Mon Affaire, Beneath It All, these are some of the names of new shops springing up everywhere. They suggest a trend which has not only put underwear back in mainly on women s bodies lounging in and out of the house. In other words, lingerie has gilded the lily of lace and satin. What happened in that glorious time warp we call the Sixties? After some stoic years of getting our pubic hair caught in our revolutionary zippers and watching our unsupported chests bob up and down the aisles, we realized that demagogy was a rhetorical luxury. What we needed

the shop windows, the glossy pages, the billboards, but were essentials, bread and roses (yes). Nee

And so, not only did we start owning cotton underwear for every day of the month, to jump in, type in, stretch in, but also silky black ones for nights which are like open-toed sandals, red fluttery ones for bleak afternoons when we must curl up in bed with lipstick and Lester Young on, or maybe Prince.

Underwear is a swinging double door. What we open onto is a sense of waiting, a pool of possibilities to be peered into. It is that delicious deferment of action which announces pleasure. And it occurs to me that people who don't wear any must always be ready to dive in. They are.robbed of the white shimmering preface which reads as both danger and invitation.

The closing movement of any underwear is the necessity of veiling what is inmost, our hiding place. To wrap it in silk, ~ cotton or plain nylon is to protect its contents from the wolfish peeling of abrasive contact. It is no mere coincidence that lingerie products do not come in sheep's wool or papier-mache.

Lingerie effects a certain degree of romanticism. The body appears as ar illicit letter shoved to the bottom of a desk drawer. We know the author. Which is why the idea of ae parading a lingerie outfit to a cocktail party is rather 2 ; preposterous and amounts to wearing a for-rent sign.

What women crave in camisoles, slips, lacy teddies, matching bras and panties, is a secret idea of themselves which they layer like dreams and fantasies under, i unassuming extefiors of proficiency and exactitude. That mystery is ours, alone. Underneath, in a blur of asmoment, our bodies are caught in a rush of fancy. |

Some Classical Gift Ideas

Whether as an introduction for yourself or as a great gift idea for someone you know who is a confirmed lover of the classics, here isa quick guide to some of the best and most inexpensive classical music buys for your holiday shopping list.

by Garaud MacTaggart

ave you ever noticed how Hes« music intimidates some people? They may think that its too highbrow and/or boring in general, but chances are that those same folks often find themselves drawn to certain elements of bravura (the 1812 Overture of Tchaikovsky), power (the opening movement from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony), or serenity (Pachelbel s Canon) within the realm of the classics. The very fact that the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra can put out a record of disco-tized classical snippets called Hooked on Classics and have a hit with it would seem to prove that no matter how reluctant, the market for the masters is there.

Actually, classical music isn't that hard to enjoy cheaply and well. Plenty of fine performances are available in the budget category for under seven dollars. While the process of digital recording may be responsible for a clearer-sounding record and an imported pressing of high-quality vinyl may assure you of a record surface free of snap, crackle, pop and/or warp, neither guarantees a good performance.

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Quite a few record companies have recently revamped their budget lines and as a result, some performances that cost nine or ten dollars last year, now run around five or six dollars. CBS, for instance, has released some albums in a Great Performances series with uniform covers colored brown or beige and reminiscent of headlines on newsprint. They've also left some of those same performances in their full-priced series which seems rather odd to me. While all of the performances in the series may not be great, quite a few of them are good, and they do feature some artists that are familiar to a lot of people. Media stars like Leonard Bernstein, Isaac Stern and Eugene Ormandy concentrate on such popular classical works as Copland's Billy the Kid ballet suite, the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto and Pictures at an Exhibition written by Mussorgsky but arranged for orchestra by Ravel.

Angel Records has come out with what could be termed a mid-lineé « series. Going by the moniker of Red Line Classics, the records in this series cost a buck more than their normal budget line (Seraphim) but roughly three dollars less than their full-priced stuff and six bucks less than Angel's Digital line of recordings. Like CBS, Angel trots out its front line of familiar performers (Perlman, Previn and Karajan among them) playing relatively familiar repertoire. Performances of some of the Mozart symphonies with Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra are included in this series and are well

worth investigating.

The idea of a mid-line series between the budget lines and the fullpriced product is one that appears to be gaining some ground in the States after being considered a fairly common item in the product mix over in Europe. Polygram, a large European conglomerate iin the music industry, has had some success with midlines in Europe, and they've been releasing material here on the Philips Festivo and DG Privelege lines for the past couple of years. Most of the performances in the Festivo and Privelege catalogs were recorded in the 60s or early "70s and all feature the same high-quality pressings that characterize their full-priced records, and at a cost of less than seven bucks per disc.

If you're the sort of person that likes the idea of giving/getting complete sets, Privelege offers a nine-record boxed set of the Schubert Piano Sonatas, lovingly played by Wilhelm Kempff, that averages out to just under five bucks a disc. Other fine sets offered include the symphonies of Dvorak (nine records) and Schubert (five. records) as well as the cantatas for Advent and Christmas by J. S. Bach (six records), all for the same price per disc. Among the recordings available for Festivo are the Second Symphony of Sibelius conducted by George Szell and a traversal of the nine Beethoven symphonies by Eugen Jochum. Both conductors lead one of the world s finest orchestras, the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, in performances that many critics have judged to be among the best available.

Mercury Golden Imports is another long-standing midline from the same parent conglomerate that owns Philips and DG, although it has been available in the: United States for longer than either the Privelege or Festivo series. Among their recordings are blast-from-the-past performances of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra when Paul Paray was conductor, as well as recordings by both the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. and _the London Symphony Orchestra: with Antal Dorati at the helm.

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There s one record company which appears to be bucking the general trend being discussed here. Whereas CBS and Angel seem to be adding to their budget lines, one of the best known budget labels, Nonesuch, has been raising the price ceiling on some of their newer releases from $5.98 to /$11.98 per disc. If they hadn t come up with performances and pressings worthy of those prices, the experiment would have been off to a rough start. As it is, they've banished misfortune by releasing some of the best as well as the most interesting recordings on the market at present.

- Take for example, The Unknown Kurt Weill by Teresa Stratas, which

has to be the vocal performance of the year. The album contains rare songsfrom both the European and American ~ portions of Weill s career, performed with skill and verve. Nonesuch s handling of the mechanical aspects of this record, the engineering of the basic session and the actual pressing of the disc, is everything that a great performance such as this deserves. Let's stop here for moment, though, and consider some of the songs that didn t make it into this recital.

Kurt's more popular works arefamiliar to a lot of people who may never have even heard of Weill. The Moritat from The Threepenny Opera has seen life as Mack the Knife in versions by Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darin, while The Alabama Song from Mahagonny has been sung by Jim Morrison and David

Here s some other records that one could use to stuff the old stocking with. The local patriotism section Detroit Symphony Orchestra:

The DSO has had three albums released this year by London Records and all have received the benefits of digital sound and good pressings. Stravinsky's score for the ballet, Petrushka receives a strong, well characterized performance while the Prague Waltzes of Dvorak is just the sort of light, bouncy record for the classical neophyte. The DSO s recording of Szmanowski s i Symphonies 2 & 3 is rarer material reminiscent in atmosphere of~ a mysticism and impressionism with a slightly oriental feel from a Polish master of early 20th Century music. Symphony No. 3 is the more? substantial and/or interesting of the two symphonies, with some nice choral singing.

And on to the rest of the world section..

ORCHESTRAL RECORDS _

Mahler: Symphony Number 10 Philadelphia Orchestra James Levine, Conductor RCA Records

This massive work was left in an unfinished state by Mahler, and finished from his sketchbooks by Deryck Cooke. The textures of the music are broad and clear, and the

Bowie. September Song, from one of Weill s first Broadway shows, Knickerbocker Holiday, has now achieved evergreen status with recordings by Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and Willie Nelson.

In spite of the fact that these reknowned vocalists have recorded Weill s songs, none of them have come close to the idiomatic, classic stylings of those standards as Lotte Lenya. As Kurt's wife and an experienced actress on the musical stage, Lenya carried a special authority in performance of these songs, many of which were written with her in mind. Teresa Stratas however, has some of the vocal drama and tonal mannerisms that Lotte Lenya used to such good effect, and Stratas has an operatic control and polish that works to her advantage as well.

performance is outstanding. Definitely recommended for anyone with an interest in this composer.

Janacek, Sinfonietta/Taras Bulba Vienna Philharmonic Sir Charles Mackerras, Conductor London Records

The Sinfonietta is showpiece for orchestra with brass instruments in abundance. The piece lends itself well to rock, as Emerson, Lake and Palmer discovered on one of their earlier albums, but it sure does sound a whole lot better when you have an orchestra and conductor attuned to all of the nuances of the piece instead of "just the bombast. Taras Bulba is a tone poem about a Cassak warrior that also has its moments.

CHAMBER MUSIC

Bartok: Piano Works Murray Perahia, Pianist CBS Records

These are warmer, softer edged performances than some might be used to in these pieces, but upon repeated listenings, Perahia has convinced me that Bartok s material is flexible enough to respondto sucha humane treatment. Most of Bartok s important music for solo. piano is included here, but the piano work on - The Suite, Op. 14 and the Out of Doors Suite is especially rewarding.

Liszt: Liebestraume/Consolations/ Three Sonnets of Petrarch Daniel Barenboini;, Pianist , Deutsche Grammophon Records

Liszt was the romantic figure for his age. The last of the larger than life composer-pianists wrote music that went from the fiery, passionate end of the spectrum to the gentle, lush melodies that are on this record. Yes, that is the Liebestraume, and this is one of the most beautiful piano albums of the year. Highly recommended.

|| HOLIDAY CALENDAR

compiled by Diane Livingston

DEC. 10-13: The Meadow Brook Estate Christmas Show. Music and dance performed at the Varner Recital. Hall. Matinees and evening shows, call for time and price, 377-2000.

DEC. 10: Mona, the puppet from the Hot Fudge Show on Channel 7, will perform in The Gift of the Juggler, which includes mime and autographs, in Penny's Court, 6:30 & 7:30 pm, at Fairlane Mall.

DEC. 10: Men's Night starting at 7pm at downtown Wyandotte stores. Refreshments.

DEC. 11-13: The Players Guild of Dearborn will perform Heaven Can: Wait. 565-5392.

THRU DECEMBER: Ice skating at Hart Plaza. Rental skates available. 9633131.

DEC. 10-12: Old-fashioned Christmas at the Fairlane Mansion. $20 for an elegant Christmas dinner by candlelight. Dinner at 7:30 pm and, after a tour of the mansion, carol singing. 593-5590.

DEC. 11: The Rochester Symphony Orchestra. performs the Nutcracker Ballet at the Avondale High School auditorium at Squirrel Rd. south of Auburn Rd. at 8 pm.

DEC. 11-13: The Avon Players Youth Theatre production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, at 1186 Washington Rd. in Rochester. 656-1130.

DEC. 11, .13: Christmas Pops by the Detroit. Symphony Orchestra at Ford Auditorium, 8 pm. 224-1070.

DEC. 12-20: The 20th Annual Christmas Carnival at Cobo Hall. Sponsored by the City of Detroit, there will be four acres of fun, including animated figures, fantasy playground equipment, an artificial snowball throw, a 25-foot-tall Santa Claus all on 12,000 pounds of artificial snow. Free.

-DEC. 12-JAN. 3: Poinsetta display at the Belle Isle Conservatory.

DEC. 12: Santa will be at the Dearborn Historical Museum in the Commandant s Quarters, 21950 uae Ave. Free. 565-3000.

DEC. 13: In Colchester, Ontario: Christmas in the Cquntry, a re-creation of Christmas in the 1850s, at theJ. R. Park Homestead. At Country Rd. #50 and Iller Rd. on Lake Erie. Tourist info: 2556530.

DEC. 13: Music Fontana performs chamber music, 1-2 pm, Westland Mall.

DEC. 14: Join the Free Press Action Line carol sing-a-long at Hart Plaza, 7-9 pm.

DEC. 15: Final day for registering by mail for the 12th annual New Year's Eve Run in the Cobo Hall waterfront area, sponsored by Hughes and Hatcher and the Belle Isle Runners. If you have not registered yet, you must do so in person on Dec. 26-27 at the Belle Isle Casino in order to pick up your packet (T-shirt, number, etc.) at Cobo - Hall on race day. There are different runs for all members of the family: one-mile children s run at 3:30 pm; a four-mile handicapped race at 4:20 pm; and a four-mile adult race at 4:30 pm. Trophies, T-shirts, a spaghetti dinner and champagne are included for the entry fee. Prices vary ($5-$7), and guest dinners are $5 each. Applications are available at all Hughes and Hatcher stores and most of the Detroit running clubs.

DEC. 15: Dave Brubeck will perform a Latin American interpretation of the Christmas story along with several local musical groups at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, 8 pm. 763-6922. DEC. 15: Senior Day presented by Kabaz (Black Jewels) Inc. Seniors invited or-call if you wish to sponsor a needy senior for $5. Held at WSU General Lectures Theatre, Room 150, Warren and Third, 3 pm. 834-5485.

The 20th Annual Christmas Carnival at Cobo Hall begins Dec. 12.

HOLIDAY HOURS

For a lasting impression ..

Mon.-Sat. 10-6 Dec. 16-23 til 8 p.m. 304 Fisher Building, Detroit; MI 48202

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THRU DECEMBER: Musical groups perform daily amid holiday decorations and Santa has his own house at the comer of Maple and Henrietta in downtown Birmingham.

DEC. 16: 5th annual No Child Without a Toy for Christmas benefit. Bring a cash donation or a toy to the Detroit West Private Business Club, 14400 Wyoming. A play will be previewed, and past Santas will be honored: .Rep. George Cushingberry, Sen. Jack Faxon, Dr. Arthur Jefferson and Councilman Clyde Cleveland. Complimentary champagne and hors d'oeuvres. 5-7 pm. RSVP: 8637302.

DEC. 16: Youth Day presented by Kabaz (Black Jewels) Inc. Young people invited, or call if you wish to sponsor a needy youngster for $5: Held at WSU General Lectures Theatre, Room 150, Warren and Third, 7 pm. 834-5485.

_ DEC. 18-20, 22-24, 26: The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will accompany The Nutcracker Suite ballet at Ford Auditorium. 224-1070.

DEC. 18: A dramatic reading of Dick-

ens A Christmas Carol at 6:30 pm:on radio station WDET (101.9 FM).

DEC. 20: A play A Child Without a Toy will be presented at WSU's MacGregor Hall, Cass and Kirby. Proceeds go to the No Child Without a Toy for Christmas organization, 7 pm. $3. 863-7302.

DEC. 20: Focus Hope s 13th annual Holiday Music Festival presents jazz, folk, gospel and theatre music performers: Ortheia Barnes; Barbara Bredius, Ron Coden, Phil Marcus Esser, Dean Rutledge, Ursula Walker, Josh White,Jr. and the Lyman Woodard Organization. WJR s Bob Hynes and the Free Press Bob: Talbert are the masters of ceremony. Food and drinks at a cash bar. 35 pm at the Book Cadillac Hotel. $10. Call 883-7440 for tickets.

THRU DEC. 20: Christmas Mapper ings for school-aged children at the Dearborn Historical Museum, 21950 Michigan Ave. Free. 565-3000.

DEC. 20: An operatic adaption of A Christmas Carol performed by Norfolk s Virginia Opera Association, featuring Frederick Burchinal as Scrooge, presented at 1 pm on radio station WDET (101.9 FM).

THRU DEC. 24: Choral groups and bands entertain every.day at the Ren Cen.

THRU DEC. 30: Monday-Friday evenings: Christmas music by different local organizations at 7 a at Westland Mall.

DEC. 31: New Year's Eve with Mitch Miller at Ford Auditorium. 224-1070. DEC. 31: 12th annual New Year's Eve Run around the waterfront/Cobo Hall area. See the Dec. 15 listing above for details.

THRU JAN. 1: The Ren Cen has Christmas scenes from around the world displayed.

TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING RATES IN EFFECT:

DEC. 19: Caccia-Pesca (that s Italian for sored by the Caboto Club of Windsor,

hunters and fishers) banquet spon-

2175 Parent, 6 pm=-1 am. (519) 25283832: THRU DEC. 19: Holiday Sales Show by ne the Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association features quality hand-crafted gifts, at 1516 S. Cranbrook Rd. in Birmingham.

DEC. 19: Last-Minute Sale, special savings from 7-10 pm at all downtown. Royal Oak stores. THRU DEC. 19: Caroling groups almost every day at Northland Mall. THRU DEC. 20: Craft Village featuring a potter and pottery, basketry, a hat factory, lace making, cookbooks, at Northland Mall. . give a poster.

DEC. 24: The Dearborn Recreation Department is throwinga Christmas Theatre Party for children. There will be movies and candy at 10 am in the Dearborn Civic Center. Free.

THRU DEC. 24: West Dearborn Merchants are sponsoring a drawing: first prize is a trip to Toronto, second prize is a $50 gift certificate, third prizeis a $25 gift certificate. Chances are free and available at West Dearborn stores.

THRU DEC. 24: Santa Claus at Hudson's. Displays of Santas from many lands and photos with Santa available at the downtown Detroit store.

The Semta train, the Train Deer, has a special Christmas round-trip rate of $3.50, and the Semta Semta Claus bus has a round-trip rate of $2.50 from all 13 Park and Ride locations to the downtown-Detroit area. Special downtown -Detroit parking rates thru Dec.-24 will be 50¢ all day Saturday and Sunday and 4-8 pm on weekdays at the following parking lots:

by Laurie Townsend

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a dictionary. At least you won't have to worry about size or color when giving the gift _of books.

There is, however, the problem of reader interest, and it is with that in mind that this holiday gift-giving suide to books is presented.

The Hotel New Hampshire

John Irving E. P, Dutton, $15.50,401 pp. -

Garp fans will rejoice in receiving this, Irving's latest novel. Let's face it, the man writes weird, although very popular books and Hotel is no exception. The Berry family grows up in hotels in Maine, Vienna and New Hampshire. There's a bear named State O' Maine, woman who wears a bear suit, grandfather, a.k.a. Coach Towa Bob, and the family dogSorrow, put to sleep due to his flatulence problem and later stuffed, only to appear at various points throughout this Marx-brothers-like family saga to remind one of the sorrows of fife: Other odd characters include the narrator, John Berry (who marries the - lady in the bear suit and converts the last Hotel New Hampshire into a rape crisis center), Franny, the effervescent sister, Lilly, the sister who stopped growing, Egg, who is deaf, and Frank, the older brother who sleeps with a dressmaker s dummy.

It's not all fun and games, however. Irving gives us a strong dose of rape, death, disease and sibling incest, as if. to ground us in some kind of twisted relationship to real life. Irving stands ~ with a foot in each world the rude reality of adulthood and the innocent insanity of our childhood: Have funreading but don t.think too much about it. SS OO

Good Words

In Your Face! Sports for Love and Money

Lee Ballinger Vanguard Books, $2.95 (paper), 151 pp.

The Second Stage

Betty Friedan Summit Books, $14.95, 344 pp.

The author who identified the - feminine mystique for us years ago cautions now that we may have set up another roadblock in our quest for human equality. Friedan identifies this as the feminist mystique. As women were once called upon to break out of their stereotypical roles of wives and mothers in the 60s, we are now being askedto re-evaluate the reactive stance against men we have taken which causes us to abandon or deny our needs for home, mate or children. By turning its back on those institutions, she feels the women smovement handed over the realm of home and family to the opponents of feminism, and that it is time to reclaim the platform on which the family policy agenda lies.

Although this may not rank as a landmark in liberation literature as did her first stage, it is important reading for all as we face the '80s.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz

Brian Case and Stan Britt Harmony Books, $8.95 (paper), 224 pp.

Jazz lovers, knowledgeable devotees and novices alike will appreciate the quality of this comprehensive contemporary compendium of modern and traditional jazz, blues and big band artists. With over 400 entries, arranged in an A-Z dictionary-like fashion, a clever within-the-text cross reference system, complete disco- graphies for each aftist/group, 275 record jackets reproduced in color and. 150 photographs, this will entertain and inform during the holiday and for years tocome. =

Some Recent Featured Titles: Art and Politics in-the Weimer Period: The New Sobriety, 1917-1933,by John Willett. $8.95 Atomic Soldiers: American Victims. of Nuclear Experiments, by Howard L. Rosenberg, $5.95 Blackwater, $7.95, and From The Grassroots, $5.50, both by Manning Marable The Cancer Syndrome, by Ralph Moss. $6,95 Chile: An Attempt at Historic Compromise The Real Story of the Allende Years by Jorge Palacios: $5.95...They Should Have Served That Cup of Coffee. 7 Radicals Remember the 60 s, edited by Dick Cluster, $5.50 How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, by Walter Rodney. $4.95 The Great Heroin Coup: Drugs, Intelligence, & International Fascism, by Henrik Kruger, $5.50 imperialism,The Highest Stage of Capitalism,by V.I. Lenin. $1.50.

Newspapers and magazines like: Akwesasne Notes, Black Scholar, CounterSpy, in These Times, MERIP Reports, NACLA, Off Our Backs, Revolutionary Worker

Here s a winner for the skeptical -sports fan in your life. Ballinger, an Ohio steelworker and Vietnam veteran, is the publisher of monthly newsletter of the same name, claiming its America s only blue-collar sportsletter. Here the author launches an incisive attack on the structure and financing of sports in America, the exploitation of the athletes and the role of racism. The emphasis is on professional sports, but there are chapters on amateurs as well. This is a first-rate beginners guide to the politics of sports from an up-front radical viewpoint. (Thanks to D.F.)

Tiger Eyes

Judy Blume Bradbury Press, $9.95, 206 pp.

If there s a young person on your gift-giving list, you're sure to delightthem with this, Judy Blume s latest. It is a sensitive and warm portrayal of 15-year-old Davey Wexler s adjustment to the tragic death of her father, the. victim of a hold up. With her mother and younger brother Jason, Davey moves to New Mexico to be with relatives and looks to her future, fearfully. Her new friends, Wolf and others, gentle her out of-her fright and into a world where there are good adventures. ee

Blume s characterizations are honest, the landscape beautifully depicted, and her female characterizations are consistently strong ones.

How

Can

I Keep From Singing:

Pete Seeger

David King Dunaway

McGraw-Hill Book Co., $14.95, 386 pp. Prepare your folkie friends for the ©

upcoming local Pete Seeger concert in February with this, a first-time bio--.

graphy of an extraordinary musician, performer and activist. Although a very public figure, little is really known of Seeger's personal life. The author, raised in Greenwich Village in the 1950s, first saw Seeger at the age of eight and has spent six years researching and writing this accurate, detailed labor of love. Dunaway chronicles Pete's years with the Almanac Singers, the Weavers, his friendship with Woodie Guthrie, his association with Irwin Silber and Sing Out! magazine, and his involvementin the civil rights, anti-war and ecology movements. Explicated here are the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) years, and a candid description of that time by man who was once sentenced to ten years for

_refusing to discuss his political affiliations. Included in the chronological discography are not only Seeger s solo works but collaborations and appearances with other artists. The extraordinary story of-a living legend.

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Gordon Parks Little, Brown, $14.95, 402 pp.

This recent volume comes from the pen of the author of the reknowned autobiographical book and movie, The Learning Tree. Parks interweaves the stories of two New York families beginning in 1913, with the War to end all wars through the reckless abandon of the Jazz Age. For munitions tycoon Meath Sullivan, the Wart means profit, and he attempts to exploit Kevin O'Farrell, an industrial engineer, to modernize his plant. Of course, Sullivan's beautiful daughter ~.meets O Farrell they fall in love and marry, against the fathers wishes, setting up a bitter feud. Another family s fate is interwoven with theirs: Hannibal Jones is a college educated black man who once saved O'Farrell s life. As the engineer moves from his modest tool shop into his own industrial empire, he repays his debt to - Jones, only to have his brother become the agent of Jones wife .Phoebe s destruction. Its all: there striking workers, fancy-dress balls, romance, vengeance and tragedy, ina well-written narrative. ae

_. Laurie Beth Townsend worksat the Detroit Public Library and is an eternal teenager.

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Many Holiday Pastries and Edible Gifts

Patés, Meats & Cheeses by the pound for the Party Salads, Spreads & Dips for the Party, too, ~ Sarah s Innocent Egg Nog ready fora spike.

Brandied Fruit Cakes will be on sale ~ December 13 in one pound and two-pound loaves.

Photo by Clyde Stringer