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ello, this is your captain speaking. Your airline industryflight todayis projectedto be a bumpy one. A high-level recessionover thecoun­ tryhas created severeturbulence, which, along with mechanical failure of our complex on-board hub-and.­ spoke routing systems, fare-war terrorism, managerial human error and a host of other problems, may cause us to drop billions of dol­ lars without notice, so remember to tighten your belt. We are now awaiting recoveryclear­ ance fromthe state and federal control towers, where the industry s flightplan has been under debate. Our in-flightmovie today, providedwe are still solvent at takeoff, is Airplane 3: The Capacity Crisis. Our meal service will include healthy portions of crow with a side of bitter pill. Enjoy the ride; over and out. Ready to reach forthe barf bag conveniently located in the seat pocket in frontof you? You're not alone. Among the most tumultuous economicissues of the day, both locally and nationally, is the plight of the struggling airline industry. Continued on Page 3 Letters Recycled shoes?... Get real, Tony. No Godzilla clogs forme. Radio Rebuttal illl This is in responseto y�:mr storyon KCCN How about an open mind, FM-100 ("Local Air," HW 8/4). First, thank you foryour complimentsto KCCN Sister? Chic, classy khaki, forits "profoundeffect on the local music black, natural - hi-top, low­ industry." That has been our plan and top Eco Sneaks, slip-ons. Do I purpose fromthe beginning! Secondly, this is to refutethe untrueand sound like an ad or what? unjustified comments by Jacqueline (Skylark) Lindsey: "Chic?" Tony.. goes chic?? 1. It was I - not Skylark - who championed a separate fonnat forthe new (Opening box) Wow, these are FM. That's why she was hired. Otherwise, a great present. Forgive me, we would have simply simulcasted. oh generous one. 2. 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gies that worked during the spending spree of the '80s but came due when News the recession hit forthe industry's ,4c,,:; ti9 3 • ---;- Since 1979 Jfow 7Joes worst problems today. <:> Since deregulation,the airlineshave fineorigtizaf Yaur9arden become addicted to schemes that �� undercut each others' prices, fre­ U, wearing apparel 9row.? quently driving themselves into the dec1igneJfro m red in the process. (Locally, the vis­ � Ptiztage.iilk kimonoc1, itor industry has blamed such fare wars -which often do not include U,., ., obi, d other �a,�;/\ ticketsto the Islands -fora portion M"i? � "1\ llfll/Jlle of tourism's slump.) While reregula­ :r. w ' tion- advocatedon the nationallevel , fabric.J... as a jobs-protectionmeasure by trade quality unions -would end such practices (costing consumers more in the process), it doesn't seem necessary (f))@�Zt:�· to end airlines' losses. Theonly major flau: carrierto be profitablein recentyears, . � Southwest, has average fares that are fourtimes lower than those of United. 11-48 l,Colw Head 1\\·cnue According to analysts, Southwest has 7.,-i-3-iS7 made money by keeping costs low in the areas of labor (Southwest's • • pilots forexample, earn about $10,000 less a year thatthose with other major Waler 9ardens airlines but work 30 percent more • hours), frillsand routing. While the 9arden2300£.s 9aal airlines arequick to blame unionized • labor costs (which, undeniably, are SMALLads can have very Obin .

I'J21 :riot .su:re at what poi:rit e�actly the J21il.kcove:r.s wo:ri the battle fo:r YP.J .soul. t.i.ke J21a:riy othe:r.s i:ri the I.sla:ricl.s, le.s.stha:ri a yea:r ago I had a:r:roga:ritly .scoffed at thi.s :rei:rivigo:rated phe:rioJ21e:rio:ri, p:redicti:rig it.s i:rievitable deJ21i.se befo:re J210.St adult.s would :reJ21erp.be:r how to .spell ?-0-G. 'Yet he:re I .sat, .slouched with fatigue i:ri thedepa :rtu:re lou:rige of Kauai'.s t.ihue ai:rpo:rt, havi:rig fi:rially coJ21pleted a:ri e�hau.stive crue.st fo:r a pa:rticula:r .set of ?OG.s. It had bee:ri a dau:riti:rig u:ride:rta.ki:rig, o:rie that had led Jl1e to all of the J21ajo:r lfawaiia:ri i.sla:ricl.s i:ri le.s.s tha:ri a week. No crue.stio:ri about it, I had bee:ri .sucked i:rito the c:ra�e a.s badly a.s a:riyo:rie could be.

y case is made particu­ larly pitiable by the kind of POGs I'd been tracking. With the amount of effort that had been expended during my journey, you'd think that I was hot on the trail of an earth-shattering find -something akin to a discovery of prehistoric POG clusters at one of the state's most ancient heiau sites. Sadly, my search had been for a much more moderncollection of cardboard rounds. It is fascinating how jokes can sometimes grow to incredible proportions, ballooning well beyond their initial impact into uncontrollable beasts. I still remember well the day that my friends and I sat around the television and witnessed the inauguration of McDonald's new promotional POG advertisements. "A different McCap at every store," the ad proclaimed with glee. "Collect them all!" Yeah, right. Not McLikely. I remember our shared laughter, the confirmation of our mutual values and beliefs: we knew without a doubt that there was no way on earth that anyone in this beauty we could experience together if I obviously not going to be able to sell the available for a limited time only, and several state -nay, in the world -would escorted her to the coast to gaze upon the idea to my friendon American cultural precious weeks had already wasted away. I seriously consider such a preposterous wayward lava as it poked its way toward grounds alone. I had to come up with had to move fast. endeavor. The idea of a single individual the sea. another plan, and fast.Tak ing full The leeward side of the Big Island is also hopping fromcity to city, island to island, Sorrowfully, my first notions were advantage of our differing nationalities, I blessed with three separate McDonald's with the sole purpose of hoarding different nothing of the kind. With shock I found decided to intentionally slur my words and outlets, but unlike their counterparts on the milkcovers fromeach of Hawaii's 50 (!) myself pondering instead how I might be thus avoid having to come up with any windward side, miles of open roadways and McDonald's restaurants was unthinkable. able to nonchalantly steer our rental car acceptable explanation. I left the Big Island hours of unintelligible radio signals separate Not to overlook the insurmountable through the three McDonald's on the Hilo later that day, the three POGs carefully the westernstores fromeach other. One obstacle that each distinctive store POG side of the island, covertly scooping up a protected in my shirt pocket forthe journey learns quickly why the Big Island is could only be obtained by purchasing an POG fromeach while making the whole back to Oahu. And I felt powerless to nicknamed for its size. Another lesson extra-valuemeal at each location. The affairseem as routine to her as a Hawaii prevent what I knew I would happen next. impressed itself on me almost as swiftly: thought of seeing 50 fast-foodmeals, much volcano-viewing tripcould be. Heck, I was Less than a full day later, I was in Kana, whether I liked it or not, I was going to learn less eating them, was more than I could going to be on the island anyway, I mused. alone, and bereft of any excuse or everything about the state's geography as I handle. It had been years since I had How could I let a chance like this slip by? rationalization that I was up to something traversed each island in turn. One thing is laughed so hard. I did my best to ignore her raised - anything - other than chasing POGs. I certain about McDonald's -there will The sickness progressed with expert eyebrows as I stammered through a series arrived in Kona with the sole objective of almost assuredly be one at nearly every subtlety. Beforemy immune system could of lame excuses on why it was necessary obtaining the remainder of the Big Island important city intersection and in front of react, I was celebrating the fact that, as an for us to pull up at yet another drive-thru milkcaps. The McDonald's TV commercial each major tourist attraction. I was going to Oahu resident, I would be well placed for window on our sojourndown the coast. Not had indicated that the rocket through varied landscapes and past such a quest should I ever become hopeless that it was easy. As any recent visitor to POGs would thousands of years of Hawaiian history and enough to want to undertake it. Oahu Japan knows, McDonald's has proliferated be civilization in mere days. features37 of the stores in question; the as thoroughly in the Far East as it has in our With the looming shadow of Manna Kea remaining 13 are scattered haphazardly own country, maybe even more so; I was as an eerie backdrop, I journeyedinto throughout the rest of the island chain. Yet Kailua-Kona town for breakfast at the Kona despite such flagrant temptation, for weeks I store, a much-needed and well-deserved rest managed to repress any desire to entertain after the grueling 30-rninute flight. Then on this absurd proposition. down the coast to the fabledCity of Refuge heiau ruins at Honaunau, just a stone's throw away from the Kealakekua branch, where I had a light snack; and finally up into the he first sign of trouble cooler hills of Parker Ranch where I feasted came with a long­ on a proper McDonald's lunch in historic distance phone call from Wairnea. a friend in Japan who Never one to shy away froma complete would be arriving in day's work, I chose to fly directly from Hawaii later in the week. Kana to Maui to see if I couldn't gather Her eternal gratitude POGs fromeach of Maui's five stores in the would be mine, she same day as well. Six hours later and vowed enticingly, if only I could somehow seemingly 50 pounds heavier, I had findthe time to accompany her to the Big successfullyadded all of the Va lley Isle's Island and introduceher to the wonders of POGs to my collection. My sojournhad Volcanoes NationalPark. How could I taken me halfwayup the imposing slopes of refuse such a delicate entreaty? My first cloud-tippedHaleakala crater, down the thoughts should have centered on how to island's coastline to the resort strip of Kihei, best share Madame Pele's splendors with and around to Maui's glittering western my friend, or perhaps on the indescribable waterfrontthoroughfares, seeing everything

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for POGs. That revelation provided some respite from the weariness I was already starting to feel;they were, thankfully, enturing to Kauai substantially less expensive than the forthe last pair afternoon combos. As I pondered whether I of rnilkcaps was wanted my eggs a la carte, shoved in nearly anti­ between pieces of bread, or commingled climatic by with chunks of meat by-products, I comparison; the observed a man limping in my direction day's pilgrimage from the roadside, staggering and shouting was to a much nonsensical phrases to no one in particular. more serene island with only two He's crazy, I mused, but then again I'm the McDonald's franchises to boast of, in Kapaa one circling McDonald's .... and Lihue. But my hour-long stay on the Visiting nearly 20 differentMcDona ld's Garden Island was replete with symbolism. outlets in a single day necessitated The tradewinds were cool, the smiles warm, putting all of my creative the french fries deliciously hot - the island juices into overdrive if I had obviously bounced back with vigor had any hope of fromthe ravages of Hurricane Iniki. And circumventing the like Kauai's rebirth, I too could now look requirement to buy a forward to the beginning of my own combination meal at recovery and new life, a journey that I was every stop. Much to already praying would keep me far away my chagrin, no from McDonald's for several years to come. single excuse Like most Oahu residents, with the worked uniformly passage of time I had come to live on � well, and I stumbled island within an island, seldom ventunng fromone fabricated beyond the familiar territories of friends and story to another. Claiming work. Five days, seven flights and exactly that the previous attendant had 50 milkcovers later, I feltlike I had been forgotten to give me a POG on my last visit reborn. The greatest consequence of this seldom worked; equally ineffective were unusual POG quest has been the resulting my pleas that I was on scavenger hunts reacquaintance with my own home island, of twisted varieties. The moments of her varied peoples and, above all, her greatest desperation were my natural marvels. The Marines in formation shameless attempts to redefine the on patrolnear Kaneohe and the throngs of concept of "combination meal"; on sunburnedtouri sts scrambling for shelter one occasion, I tried (unsuccessfully) fromthe suffocating humidity, the waves to convince a hapless employee that a that pound relentlessly against the northern small order of McNuggets should itself coastlines and the whistle of the winds qualifyas a form of combination by through Kolekole Pass, the acres of new virtue of the fact that six tiny individual housing developments that blanket the Ewa pieces of chicken are involved. plains and the expansive fieldsof pineapple Nonetheless I pressed forward fearlessly, and sugarcane that fill the island's interior, and only my steadfast determination to the sweet fragrance of wildflowers that rises succeed provided the strength to overcome above the rain-swept forestsand the blazing at times what seemed like impossible odds. sun as it inches along the horizon behind the A man of lesser courage might have been Waianae Mountains - this infinityof intimidated by the Barber's Point Naval Air sights, sounds and smells of Hawaii Nei i�, fromthe old state capital of Lahaina to the Station soldiers who stood between me and in the end, the most lasting memory of tp.is y alarm the base McDonald's that was my final most gaudy Kaanapali and Kahana resorts clock bizarre week-long, multi-island adventure. en route. objective for the day. But I drove defiantly Thank you, McDonald's, forthe food, sounded up to the guard and beseeched him for The trip was not without its surprises, at five the folksand fun. however. After touring Iao Valley and compassion; it was certainly not my fault, I next pointed out, that this particular McDonald's • beginning my wind back down to the island morning, floor,I spied an unexpected set of golden was beyond the reach of the general public. forcing What transpirednext is a mystery - arches in the sleepy community of Wailuku. me to I stood dumbfounded in front of the perhaps he had fallen under the same spell admit that I had lost all control. So much for as I. But for whatever reason,after a partially built restaurant, straining to figure "you deserve a break today." McDonald's out how I was going to acquire a POG from fewmoments of agonizing silence had dictated the hour at which I went to bed and a quick glance over his a store that had not yet opened for business. last night, and the fast-food giant was the Disheartened, I retreatedto the outlet in shoulder to verify the lack of single driving forcebehind my pre-dawn witnesses, the sentry allowed Kahului on my way back to the airport, haul out of bed this morning. In my effort to coolly collecting the last Maui milkcap me to pass quietly onto the amass Oahu's 37 individual POGs in one base. while being reassured by the perplexed staff day, I was going to have to start early. If I that the Wailuku store was still under Circulating through the was to be at the firstMcDonald's at six a.m. plethora of Honolulu outlets construction and, as such, remained outside fortheir opening bell, I had just under an the currentpromo tion's boundaries. I wiped on my moped the following hour to shower, find appropriate clothes day seemed less challenging the perspiration frommy weary brow, flew (whatever that was supposed to mean, in back to Oahu in relief, and retired for the but equally enjoyable once view of what I was doing), and finalize the the realization that I was evening almost day's strategy. immediately. almost finishedset in. After With maps strewn across my kitchen sauntering through the hallowed I tood table, it took less than three minutes to du. .S halls of the city's principal shopping l?l..bfou.l'lded hi confront the glaring reality of my districts and primary recreational venues, I r>o predicament: I was going to need at f l'lt of t}ze was pleased to note that my POG collection Pa.r>tiaJ.Iy .btti..I least two days to thoroughly canvass had swelled to include all but two of the Pe.st 'Qr, t my whole island. Honolulu and its coveted cardboard objects. t a. c9.l'ltI immediate environs house more .S r>. . . ff to ou.t }zow, figu.r,e than half of the island's to I w-c9..so g hl.ff franchises within its a. r,e PCC tangled traffic arteries, r>o c:'['ll.i a. f '2]:1 a. .Stor, so I did what any real lza.d e tlza.t man would do and l'l e e for,.D'tts O( Y t ope.s.l'l d decided to put those off bie.s until tomorrow. Today would be a day of rest - peace, relaxation and tranquility, as I drove up, down, through, near and around all of Oahu's more remote locations. It would not be a day of fasting. Six o'clock found me stalled in the creeping sequence of idling cars at my first drive-thru of the day. Fortunately, breakfast-value meals also qualify the buyer

August 11, 1993 • Honolulu We ekly• 5 the entry of new companies into the interisland market. "It's our job to make sure we have Pritchett a viable transportation system in Airline Hawaii," says Marilyn Kali, spokes­ From page 3 woman forthe state Department of Transportation, which has supported suffer large losses, can no longer be the reregulation law. Like most viewed as revenue-generating observers, Kali emphasizes the impor­ machines forthe government." tance of aviation in an island state. Among the stimulus measures the "If one of our airlines went belly up, commission is likely to suggest: the other would not be able to handle • Reducing current ticket and the load, and we'd have no way of cargo taxes. getting goods and people between • Exempting airlines from Clin­ islands quickly." ton's proposedtransportation fuel tax. But the reregulation law, attached • Exempting airlines that are los­ to a measure providing $14 million in ing money from paying income tax. state loan guarantees to Hawaiian (or, On the whole, though, the com­ in the future, any other troubledlocal mission seems ready to leave the bur­ airline), is far froma done deal. For den of recovery on the airlines, a the law to take effect,Congress would position many observers endorse. have to pass a measure exempting ''The airline industry's complexi­ Hawaii from the federalderegulation ty doesn't lend itself to simple solu­ legislation. Although Alaska already tions," writes reporter Kevin Kelly, has such an exemption(which, how­ who has coveredthe issue forIn These ever, it has never used to regulate Times. "Poor labor relations, for intrastate flights), even the Hawaii instance, aren't something the gov­ measure'ssupporters agreegetting an ernmentcan solve. Instead, hopeful­ exemption here will be an uphill bat­ ly the commission will take the tle. opportunity to create an intellectual State DOT director Rex Johnson c;µmatethat supports change... That said in a recent speech that U.S. will disappoint those looking for Departmentof Tr ansportation Secretary drama. But to build a healthy indus­ Federico Pena is not hot on the idea of try, it is exactly the kind of govern­ interisland reregulation. ''Without the ment action that's needed." secretary's support, we can't see the bill making it," Johnson said. Island skies Jennifer Goto, head of U.S. Sen. In contrast to the federal commis­ Dan Inouye's Honolulu office,admit­ sion's inclinations, the state govern­ ted in another speech that winning · . . .\.\.:·.:· .- ::· ·. ·.· .·..··.·. . · . · ment has taken a decidedly the congressional exemption would {irgwrr•. . . . · ·. . .\·.. : ..·.·.-:•·::· .. ··. ··.· ·· . ··:.· ·.: :�.. .. :_·.:..·,.=.. ··.·.:,·.:.·, y: .. · ·.: · interventionist stance, with a new law be a"formi dable t.ask" but said Inouye that would not only provide loan guar­ remains hopeful. (Inouye has sever­ antees to deeply troubled Hawaiian al times supported measures to prop � 1qq3 JOHN S. PRlTC�ETT Airlines but re-impose regulation in up existing local airlines, including the form of a state aviation commis­ one that blocked United fromenter­ sion appointed by the governor. The ing the interisland market.) commission would oversee localair­ Despite much rhetoric about pre­ line operation------, as well as controlling serving airlines perceived as local I I I cond: I I rsary1 I Special: : · Just $7.50 for our classicHonolulu Weekly T�shirt, fe aturing LindaFang's fan ciful Honoluluni ghttimeskyU ne. And we'll 1 includea free Honolulu Weekly decalwith each order! I

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(Hawaiian is, in fact, largely owned Nobles, a Mainland executive with lost the whole enchilada." by out-of-state investors), the legis­ experience at a number of airlines, lators who overwhelmingly approved including a commuter system simi­ Clear skies ahead? the new law see it mainly as a jobs­ lar to the interisland market. "I am Hawaiian's Wagner says those who protection measure. "It was a jobs not here to tum out the lights and close blame Hawaiian's problems on the Unapologetic�� bill," says Republicanstate Rep. Gene the door," Nobles, who has seen at airline's expansion into the interna­ Ward, who early on fought the regu­ least one airline through banlauptcy, tional market are ignoring the larger lationpo rtion of the measure but says told The Honolulu Advertiser. "I'm forces that have affected the whole he later feltforced to vote for it when here to make this place successful. industry. "A combination of factors blatantoff er it was attached to the loan guarantee. And I believe it can be." starting with the war in the Middle • "In a state where 90 percent of all In regard to the restrictiveness of East ap.dcontinuing with the world­ I businesses have 20 employees or less, the reregulationlaw, Wagner says the wide recession have been the major a company like Hawaiian with more airline pushed forthe law as a means breaking point for the industry," to�I newadve I than 2,000 employees is important," of "preserving a viable, competitive Wagner says. "It came just as the Ward says. "It's like looking at industry here," despite having to major carrierswere in the middle of General Motors on the nationallevel. accept extensive government over­ big expansions, and it brought the The prospectof losing those jobs per­ sight. industry to its knees; the entire indus­ suaded a number of people who had "Of course, no corporation likes to try has been scrambling to recover." doubts." be overly regulated," he admits, "but Most analysts agree that the best Indeed, Hawaiian is clearly close life is give and take, and there are solution to the airlines' problems to the edge. It has consistently lost tradeoffs to be made." would bean easing of the recession's money for several years, and a The law's many critics, however, impact, and some optimists see hope Securities Exchange Commission fil­ say it unfairly protects the existing on that front. Air travel is up 5 per­ ing this spring revealed that, despite localairlines fromcompetition, since cent overall this year, and industry extensive restructuring and a $10.5 the state commission would likely expertsthink that will increase if con­ million cash infusion from a stock make it very difficult fornew carri­ sumers continue to feel better about afr ee week in the Weekly. offering,the airline has beenin default ers to enter the market. the economy. Major airlines have can­ We know you're out there: advertisers who really like the and on its aircraftleases and only paying "The law is clearly anti-competi­ celed almost $40 billion in aircraft Weekry the expenses necessary to continue tiveand anti-consumer," says Adams. orders in the past year, which could make sure to pick it up every week and keep hearing it talked about all flight operations. "It creates a whole new state bureau­ help bring capacity more in line with over town. Advertisers who really want to run ads in the Weekrybut, for The airline's second restructuring cracy and, in the end, doesn't really demand, reducing the need forpred a­ some reason, just haven't made the move. in a year continues, however, with create profitsfor theairlines involved." tory fare wars like the one last sum­ the goals of cuttingexpenses, increas­ Travel executive Robert Iwamoto, mer that cost the industry more than So here's a brazenly undisguised come-on to get you moving. During ing revenues and reducing debt, aided who has a lot to lose if the new law $1 billion. The big airlines, too, are August, if you agree to purchase three ads of any size, we'll give you by the new law. "If we can complete gains federalapproval beforehe and startingto back out of inefficienthubs; a fourth ad of equal size - the restructuringas planned,and we're his investor groupcan start their pro­ American has alreadycut its SanJose on schedule so far," says Hawaiian posed small local competitorMahalo hub service and United has scaled spokesman Keoni Wagner, "this will Airlines (yes, that's Mahalo Airlines, back operationsin Washington, D.C. FREEOF CHARGE. be the final fixfor our airline, reduc­ as in the Rap Reiplinger sketch), is "We are witnessing a fundamental ing our expensesto a profitablelevel, even more cynical. The reregulation restructuring of the industry,"David Is that an inducement, or what? even though we're still in difficult law, he says, is "a total scam" enact­ Burnes, of Washington D.C. 's O.K. We admit it, we're trying to get you hooked. But advertising in times." And the airline is under new ed forunspecified " politicalreasons." Aviation Research and Analysis, told the Weekryis a constructive habit - and it doesn'tcost a lot. And it's management: Both lawyer Mitch The law's critics are displeased the Detroit News. "The airlines are for a good cause: your continued success. D'Olier, Hawaiian's president since that the governmentis expected to simply going to have to find more 1989, and John Ueberroth, chairman step in over problems they believe efficientways to compete." Remember: this extravagant enticement expires on August 16th. of the airline's parent company, HAL Hawaiian created itself. "Hawaiian Until then, please remain in your For rates and more information, call Leo or Jill at 528-1185 Inc., resigned since the reregulation used to have 70 percent of the inter­ seat and be prepared to assume the or Zoe at 528-3144. law passed the Legislature. In June, island business," says legislator Ward. crash position. • the airline handed the wheel to Bruce "Then they went international and New Low Color Copy Price!·

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kid on theroster of the ChicagoCuh5. An over-the­ i LeSamoural (1967) Alain Delon at his zenith, hill pitcher ( Gary Busey) instructs the boy wonder in this very French look at the rigid, codified on the vagaries of life. It's a comedy, first-time behavior of a hired killer. Director Jean Pierre Film Pick directed by actor Daniel Stern (the adult voice­ Melville makesDelon "attractive"so as to implicate over on Tbe Wonder Years 1V series). the audience in the proceedings. It works. Highly Sleepless in Seattle A shameles.s love story, recommended. Movie Museum, 35(,6Harding Ave.: lheFilms of K.inuyo Tanaka: directed by Nora Ephron (This isMy Life) , starring Thur. 8/12 & Sat. 8/14,8 p.m.; matinees8/14, 3 & 11le Moon HasRJsea, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan (with a cameoby Rob 5:30 p.m. $5. 735-8771 Lowtette,s and Reiner). Hanks is a widower whose young son i Molher(1952) Seealso Film Pick. Mikio NanJSC's 11le Etenral Breast$ tries to find theperfect woman for old dad. This study of Japanese working-2) With a terrific lead­ ofTanaka's directorutl effons will bescreened: Low The alive Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman) ro The EternalB�tr and The Wandering Empress. The serieswill beintroduced by who must pretend their friendis still alive. Written, performance by Jeremy I ns, this adaptation of Japanesefilm scholar ,\kira Shlmi.Zu. as was the fustBernie film, and directedRobert by Graham Swift's cult novel - about the crisis in Klane, Master of the Tasteles.s (Folks). the life of a historyteacher -is one of thebest and ofKhtQYO Manoa i What's LoveDo Gotto With Angela Bassett most unusual dramas ofthe last few years. His TheFilms Tanaka:Art Auditorium, UH campus: n marriage in peril, his students uninterested, the Thurs.8/ 12-Sun. 8/15, 7:30 p.m.Thur. & 8/19 -Sun.8/22, 7d0 p.m.$4. 9So-7221 playsTm a Turner andLaurence FlS hbumeplays Ike in this Disney take on Ms. Turner'sbattle for teacher begins to intertwine his own historyand independence and self-esteem. Good acting - personalinvolvements into hislectures. With F.than Lucky for us, it has an environmental theme and with 70mm film,which is then turned on its side Hawke (DeadPoets Society) and SineadCusack. by but the realstar is the music, which makes the it does an OK job - as faras it goes. Music for even greater visual range, including part of movie worth seeing. Highly recommended. Academy Theatre, 900 S. Film Oscar-nominated Mark Isham (NeverCry Wolf). your peripheral vision); it's spectacular (the Beretania St.: Thur.. 8/12, & Fri. 8/13,7:30 p.m.; Criticism byBob Green unlessotherwise noted. (Waikiki IMAX) apocalypse-chic set, a synthesis of BladeRunner matinee Sun. 8/15, 4 p.m. $4. 532-8701 i, the Weekly's dingbat of aa,rotxl/, indicatesfilms HocusPocus Bette Midler, Sarah Jes.sica Parker and Mad Maxmotifs, is a triumph of size, scale, Short Run and Revival of more than average interest. and Kathy Najimy (SisterAct) portraytluee 17th­ ramps, ladders, towers and parapets); the editing i lhe Best of the New Cinema A series of century witches whosespirits are conjured up in and sound are first-rate (the film underwent 10 justifiablycelebrated short fihns make up a special modem-

0 P T O M £ T R Y Edge twist. In a smarter movie, Ford Film actuallywould be the killer. But here GRAND OPENING! we know he's not because the movie I Clear Vision Begins with I is The Fugitive and Harrison Ford is I The Fugitive is little more than I HarrisonFord. His bullety eyes may I HEALTHY EYES I one long chase scene peerout fromunder Cardigan Ridge, I but he's always the good guy. No, Dr. Glen Tanaka. 0.0. they aren'tbeing cle ver. They'rebeing Eye Exams •Contact e L.ensProblems \iotlon on• SportsHeadaches/ • : stupid. Those puzzling bits of plot t::;a��:�:��='�:�� Contact L..ensTrials With Ad (Exp.9�51'13) \ri9, si5 2015 : flotsam aren't red herrings, they're s· - : loose ends. Fortunately (or unfortu­ American Savings Ban� Bldg. 1831 S. King St.. Ste. 203 1 Block post Washington lnterm. SchooVZJppys)j nately, dependingon your tolerance ------(1 for being in the dark), the casting is so unimaginative that we know the villain the instant we see him. Good thing too; otherwise there'd be no clue at all -this isn't a movie that He's a very harried plays fair or makes sense. When it's · guy: Harrison Ford is The Fugitive over, we still don't really know why Kimble's wifewas killed. Or care, -1he leadinqedge in Custom Photo I.lb Seruices - forthat matter. She only appears in a series of tiresome, stylized, MTV 1051 W. St. flashbacks. She is, like so many Honol � HI 96814 women in the movies, not a person Tel 533-2836 Fax 521-7351 but A Murder Victim. Oddly enough, the reduction of Ford's wife to a plot pointis the most Wbistleblowers. disagreeablething about TheFu gitive. Yo u Have 90 Days To File Suit.. The pervasive nonsensicality, which If an employer has discharged,threatened or discriminatedagainst you would sink almost any other movie, for reporting a violation or suspectedviolation of the law, you may be doesn't matter that much. Ford, with protected under theWhistleblowers' ProtectionAct his pained expression, distracts us IillUi H. (:A.�R.llERE 1 from the lowIQ of the material. He's A'rro1:...�uv AT L'-W taking it seriously, so it can't be as dumb as it seems. And TheFugitive 523-7600 is pretty good at delivering the manda­ CityFi nancial Tower, 201 Merchant St., Suite 2300 tory narrow squeaks. Ford leaps off Erperienced, aggressive rep resentation in civil rights& constitutional mntters. a dam, scurries through the woods, disappearsdown a sewer, popsin and out of hospitals and prosthetics labs in searchof the mysteriousone-armed Interisland Coupons murderer. (Tender tough guy that he is, Fordalways comes closest to being from $43 nabbed when he hangs around the emergencyrooms. He can't help stop­ Deliveryavailable ping to pull thorns out of people's paws.) In short, Ford delivers exact­ PH: (808) 942-2855 • FAX (808) 957-<>056 ly what we expect. Lots of running 2600SOUTH KING STREET #204 and thinking,sometimes - be care­ HONOLULU, HAWAII 96826 ful,for God'ssake -atthe same time. Tommy Lee Jones goes one bet­ ter: His sarcasticdetec tiveis a much more engaging character than the worried, scurrying Dr. Kimble. Grumpy, mean, funny, sweet, he pur­ sues the fleeingsurgeon with a team make a couple of friends,he'd eat at of doggily eccentric investigators. BRIVITONE MARY BRENNAN a diner, he'd readthe newspaper, he'd Joneshas his favorites on the gumshoe ,,, ..,\, investigate. He'd muse. He was staff. No, that's not quite right; he fterall these years of knit­ always musing, even though he real­ pretends to, which is more interest­ tinghis brow, HarrisonFord ly didn't have time forit. He had to ing. "How come you never yell at has a face like a ribbed stay one step ahead of his pursuers her?" gripes one of the boy agents, sweater. He drops a few while simultaneously trying to track after a scolding. Jones just smiles stitches in the early scenes down the one-armed man who was beatifically. At first, the crotchety of The Fugitive, where, tug­ the real culprit in the murder. Each marshall acts as a moral placebo in ging Biblically at his beard weeksomething would go wrong, the the story, unencumbered by consid­ (he lookslike Noah with a hangover), net would tighten, David would trot erationsof right or wrong. He's like he mimes to us the depth of his offto the next town to get ready for a foxhound- he only cares about anguish at this wife'smurder. The the next week's show. It was a great the joy of the hunt. In an early scene, mountain & city bicycles anguish appears to be about a cen­ formula. Nair TV: action plus mys­ he comers Kimble in a tunnel. timeterdeep; Harri son is better at con­ tery plus tragedy plus endless fore­ The desperate doctor has his first veying other emotionslike angriness. play plus a nice, worried, innocent conversationwith his pursuer. "I didn't McCUllYAND SPORTINGBICY GOODSCII And upsetness.Wi llingness to punch. man. killmy wife," Fordshouts, a bit queru­ 2124 S. King St • Ph.: 955-6329 And I'm sure we'll think of some Very little has changed in this ver­ lously. more later. The beard is an interest­ sion, except that it's a two-hour movie "I don't care," Jones shoots back, ing piece of work, though. As soon (a little longer, actually) instead of a the thrill of the chase in his voice. as we see it, we know it's only there years-long serial. Everything, natu­ The Fugitive allowsJones to devel­ to be shaved offlat er. (But that's no rally, is all telescoped together, and op a nice, grudging respect forhis excuse; they could have glued one an updated background villain turns prey. On top of that, Jones' oily old­ Yo ur employees know all about together that didn't look like themoths out to bepulling the one-armedman's boycharm mitigates the idiocyof the drugs, theft, vandalism and other had beenat it) An)"Yay,The Fugitive, strings.Other than that, it's the same writing. Jones doesn't seem like an which opened Friday, is a peculiar plot Fordis a Chicago surgeonwhose imbecile, even when the screenwrit­ things you can't afford to ignore. movie. Despite the factthat it's quite wife is brutally murdered one fine ers are having him do idiotic things. Yo u need a hotline that is confidential, badly written, and despite the fact that evening. He's convicted, the victim The sheer illogic of the narrative available toll free dayor night, it foolishlyforces Ford outside his of a damning weight of circumstan­ becomes perversely awe-inspiring, agreeable but narrow rangeas an actor, tialevidence, and packed offto Death because TheFugitive is actually the provided by HawaiI's pi; it's a pretty entertaining chase pic­ Row. During a prisoner transfer, he simplest movie in the world. It's one ee misconduct investigati ture. escapes. Back to Chicago he goes, long chasescene. If that's what you're Perhaps that's because of the nos­ determinedto prove his innocence. going to the theater for, you proba­ talgic pull of the material. Everyone (All this happens beforethe credits bly won'tbe too disappo inted. If you who had a television in the '60sprob­ are over.) Tommy LeeJones heads a think of TheFugitive as a decathlon, ably remembers the plight of Richard posse of U.S. marshalls determined it's prettyeasy to forget aboutthe plot Kimble, a man wrongly convicted of to apprehend the fugitive. holes, the vague, perfunctory villainy, his wife's murder. Each week Richard The story is written so foggilythat the embarrassment of watching a (David Janssen, who had a similarly fora while it seems the screenwrit­ "grieving" Ford. Just watch Harry corrugated forehead)would come ers might be leaving themselves run, jump, swim, fight, crawl. And 1000 Bishop Street • Suite 608 • Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 running into some new town. He'd enoughroom for a last-minuteJa gged don't ask why. • Phone (808) 526-2002 • Fax (808) 523-3826 August 11, 1993 • Honolulu We ekly • 9 �· ---

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Aloha Bar. says composerGunther Sd!uller.Academy 1beatre, Fresh Catchw/Jon BasebaseVariety; JonahCumni,cs Contemporaiy Hawaiian; Pua Melia TrioContemporary Hawaiian; Victoria Springer Contemporary; Rex'sBlack 900 S. Beretania St.: Sat. 8/14, 8 p.m. $10, $15 for Oink's Duke's Ha rry's 6 - 9:30 p.m. HonoluluContemporaiy Hawaiian; Captain'sTa ble Canoe Club.4 - 6 p.m.; 10 p.m. - midnight Bar.3:30 - 7 p.m. Orcbid. whole series. 532-8700 Kimo Bicoy Guitar; RaptureDance; Thomas Chapin Trio The avant-garde jazz of Lounge. Mezzanine Restaurant. Rex'sBlack Orchid. J.P. Smoketrain Rock;No Name Bar. Lance OrilloContemporary Hawaiian; Chart Raslnando & The Afn"kan HerbsmenReggae; 15/Sunday saxophonist/flutist/composerChapin and his crew Jeff Burton & The Corvettes 50s - 60s Rock; 5 - 8 p.m. Asher Perrin Jazz; (bassist Mario Pavonne and drummer Steve Johns), House. BlaisdellGarden Cafe and Pub. Hilton Hawaiian Village. Kento's. LeroyKahaku Contemporaiy; Rex's Black Orchid. ScottWilliams Alternative Folk; Java JavaCafe . Azure McCall, Betty Loo Taylor & Lonnie an early mainstay of New York's now-famous JoeRecca Trio Contemporary Hawaiian; 6-9:W p.m. Shirley Walker DuoVariety; 4 JacobsonJazz; Knitting Factory, has earned the triocritiatl respect Harry's Jolly Roger&/st. Neu, Orlea11SBistro. Bar. 3:30 - 7 p.m. LesPeetz Pianist; Michel's. 7p.m. Billy ChapmanVariety; Wa ikiki Broiler. 4- 9 p.m. in the Apple, Europe and South America. "His JonahConte Cwming1 mporaiyHawaiian; LorettaAbles Trio Jazz; Leum SonyaJazz; Billy Kurch Piano; Leum writing," opines the "balances rock­ Duke's Lounge. Nick'sFisb market. Lounge. BostonGlobe, CanoeClub. 4 - 6 p.m.; 10 p.m. - midnight New Heights Contemporary; Nicholas Nickolas. Strangers British Invasion; Sa nd Island R&B BradoContemporary; Chart House. style ostinatos, references to hard bop, rhythm & LeroyKahaku Contemporary; Nightwing Contemporary Pop; Sweet RushContemporaiy Hawa iian; Bryan and Julie HuddyFolk; blues and free jazz gestures in very flexible open Rex 'sBlack Orcbid John Dominis. Scuttlebutt's. Coconut Willie's. 6-9:W p.m. North American BushBand Funk, Rock:Anna TheEdge Jazz, R&B; Wa ikiki Broiler. 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. forms." Part of the Honolulu Academyof Arts'two­ LesPeetz Pianist; nmothy Kallen Contemporary; CacheLatin; concert "Jazzfest '93." 900 S. Michel's. Bannanas. Mabina Lounge. Rex'sBlack Orchid. . Academy Theatre, LorettaAbles Trio Jazz; I.ewersLounge. PacificSt BandContemporary Hawaiian; Jfa/ia's. 5 · 7:30 p.m. CarolAtkinson Jazz; Mabina Lounge. BereraruaSt.: Wed. 8/11, 8 p.m. $10, $15 for whole Mango 3 Contemporary; Pat Silva Contemporary; Tit o BerinobisContemporary Hawaiian; Danny Dez Rock; series. 532-8700 Bandito's. Sunset Lanai Lounge. Chart Piecesof Eight. MattaioBand Contemporary Hawaiian; Chuck's Pua Melia TrioContemporary Hawaiian; Ha rry's House. 5 - 8 p.m. Dean & Dean Contempomry Hawaiian; Cba,t KaHimeni Ana 1993 The 11th annual contest of 3:30 - 7 p.m. Tommy D & theD Band Rock; 9 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. old, unamplified Hawaiian songs. Mililani. Bar. Mai Ta i Lounge. House. Orvis NeldaAlvarez Contemporary; Horatio's. RandomCowboys Country; Scuttlebutt's. TrevorJones Unknownsand the Contemporary EdenAlternative Rock; Wave Wa ikiki. Auditorium, UH Manoa campus: Fri. 8/13 & Sat. New HeightsContemporary; Rapture Dance; Hawaiian; FranciosKahale Contemporary Hawaiian; 8/14, 8 p.m. $10. 842-0421 Nicholas Nickolas. Rex'sBlack Orchid. Malia 's. Cbart Nightwing Contemporary Pop; John Dominis. ScottWilliams Variety; Shorebird. 4 - 8:W p.m. House. 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Sun DrumVillage This extended artistic family, RolanoLatin; Sanchez The EdgeJazz, R&B; whose centerpiece is a 15-piece percussion KabalaHilt on. Wa ikiki Broiler. 14/Saturday RubberSole British Invasion; Rex's BlackOrchid. nmothy Kallen Contemporary; Mahina Lounge Continued on Page 12 10 • August 11, 1993 • Honolulu Weekly the band pioneered will be replaced Law Offices of Created foryour Dining & Music by something harder in anew album Entertainment Pleasure by due in March '94. Is the shift a ALOUEITE'S CUSTOM response to the current climate of DESIGNED CATERING In the new milieu of commercial Khaled S. INC. (537-2333) thrash and trauma? Ritchie says no: grunge , the are "It's a response to the climate with­ Blaisdell Garden elders of angst in our own band. It's a lot of fun to Mujtabaa Cafe and Pub rock out. I think we are over the nov­ "Hard to pronounce, elty of acoustics, especially as a lot easy to talk to. " where you can ((Shake The of people are imitating that now. It's • Bankruptcy Blues Away)). become gimmicky and that takes the • Divorce balls out of it. It no longer sets us • Personal Injury Serving Breakfa st & apart." • Wills/Living Trusts Lunch Monday - Friday In its early years, though, the band • Real Estate/Home was so set apart by its sound that it Repair Disputes Cocktails, Free Pupus, was isolated. "In in 1981," recalls For Free Dinner & Live Ritchie, "people listened to blues or Consultation Entertainment Nightly heavy metal and not much in Call 538-7907 Monday - Saturday between. People saw us as a nerdy MELIM Building, suburban offshootof punk. We were 333 Queen Street, Suite 605 1154 Fort StreetMall forcedto play coffeehouses and on Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 536-1035 the streets, because the rock clubs weren't interested. One day in '81, Chrissie Hynde from ThePretenders saw us busking and got us to open forher. It was great, but it didn't get us a recording deal or anything." Such hard luck stories are a far cry fromthe round-em' -up, sign-em' -up moneyed scene new bands glory in today, but Ritchie and his band are far frombitter: "We're not million­ aires. Bands like Pearl Jam have becomehugely successful. It's a mat­ ter of timing. We were ahead of our timewith low-volume, semi-acoustic TO YOUR COURIER ONE HOUR IS A "RUSH." rockand roll. Despite this, we've had TO US, IT'S JUST A RIDE IN THE PARK... a lot of success. I don't begrudge the We 'll deliver your package 30-60 minutes afteryou hang up the success of younger bands." The Violent Femmes have been phone -- dependably and at no extra charge. We do it all day long. around long enough to be accused ...AND NOW ONLY $4.9S DOWNTOWN of both shocking their listeners and Please call 523-5166. All we ask is one chance to impress you. boring them. Ritchie is philosophi­ cal about their bad boy/goad boy MOKES ON SPOKES image. NO JOKE. emmes " was undoubtably our most obnoxious song. I never felt comfortable about that line 'Why can't I get just one fuck?'But in terms of scandal, rap has far outstripped us. Certain bands are merely con­ frontational,such as the early Sex ew Pistols. We tend to engage a wider variety of music. We're not trying to problems. After the mania generat­ harrass the listener. We like to irri­ ANNA JOHNSON ed by their first album, the Femmes tate them, but not all of the time." diversified their sound, incorporat­ More irritating to the jaded mod­ he Violent Femmes made ing bluegrass, gospel, psychobilly em ear are the Femmes' outbursts of RESTAURANT going psycho groovy.Way and beyond. Their previously raw niceness rather than nastiness. The The Only Restaurant before the grunge trouba­ acousticsgot swamped by overpro­ question remains: How does Gano dours elevated angst to a duction andtricky arrangements, and, combine his Christianity with his To Bring Both Incredible Food professional level, VF lead lyrically, Gano swerved from apoc­ menacing snarl? Is he housing a dou­ singer had alyptic angst to ponderous morality. ble personality? Ritchie's response And Outstanding Value pressed his sweaty mouth On top of it all,he startedto talk about is laid-back. Back To Waikiki against our ear and rasped God. When Gano twanged, "Jesus "Gordonis a devout Christian,but plaintively,"Why can't I get just one walking on the water, sweet Jesus not in the Jerry Falwell sense. His fuck?" Spawned, like bad seeds, at walkingin the sky" or '1 got my faith, is a liberal form of Christianity. He the beginning of the '80s in baby, in the Lord," you couldn't tell plays in a gospel band (The Mercy Milwaukee, the trio created a sweat if he was mockingevangelist zealor Seat), but he doesn'tnecessarily pre­ Four-Star Food festof anger, jealousy, sarcasm and embracing it. Songs on the 1986 ferthe company of the b\essed to us pent-up sperm; Victor DeLorenzo album The Blind Leading the Naked sinners. He's not into spreading his accompanied Gano's primal whine were a long way from ''the city'srest­ beliefs in an evangelical fashion. At 'I\vo-StarPr ices with relentless drums, less, it's readyto pounce,in your bed­ He's loose about it, but he's sincere. with twanging guitar. This Sunday, room, ounce forounce." But every It (the religion issue) is one aspect Conveniently Located In a decade later, theFemmes willtake time the fans thought the Femmes of our music that has been overly thestage at KualoaRanch's Big Mele were going "soft,"another sour-puss focused on. Lou Reed will always The Waikiki Terrace Hotel festival with the likes of Primus, hit would puncture the airwaves. be associated with drugs, because 2045 Kalakaua Avenue Stone Temple Pilots, Tool and Constantly mocking popstardom and of a handful of songs. We got stereo­ At The Entrance to Waikiki Fishbone. Wedged in with rock's rock standards, they did a booming typed with 'the religious thing.' brat pack, the Femmes seem virtu­ cover of the T-Rex anthem Children Americais a countrywhere the focus Free Validated Parking al New Wave grandparents. In con­ of the Revolution (in 1986) and even of faith becomes fanatical and puri­ trastto the new superstarsof grunge, a cover of Boy George's saccharine tanical.... Gordon's lyrics have a great the Femmes are modest, devoid of Do You Really Wa nt to Hurt Me? (in appeal. People love someone who Reservations Recommended- baroque liner notes (see Fishbone), 1991). Their last album, Why Do is successfulbut has problems. Stars pop psychology manifestos (Stone Birds Sing?, saw a returnto the lean like Sting and Bono portray them­ 955 • 6000 Temple Pilots), shockadelic cover essentials: grating lyrics, swooping selves as messiahs. Gordon is the art (Tool, which favorsPolaroids of guitars, crazy drums and sardonic polar opposite of that." • Double-Award Winning necrophilia and nude obese women) tone. "Every timeI look at that ugly and heavier-than-thou walls of sound moon,it remindsme of you," wailed "Best Seafood"And "Best Pizza" In Honolulu (Primus). Pre-MTV musicians, the Gordon, and apprehensive atheists The Bi ThisWee k's Specials: could breath again. g Mele Femmes don't make a lot of money App etizer: Mezzanine ShrimpCocktail or a lot of noise. They prime their But two years later, the Femmes Kualoa Ranch are again in flux. DeLorenzo has Su Entree: Stuffed '!rout viciousness with irony ... and you nday, 8/15, noon never really know when they're jok­ been replaced by Guy Hoffman $26 Stop In To Pick Up Yo ur Copy Of The We ekly ing. (formerly of The Bodeans), and bass 545-4000 And A Complimentary Cup Of Coffee Fromsuch ambiguitieshave sprung player Ritchie says the acousticsound During Service Hours August 11, 1993 • Honolulu Weekly• 11 From Page 10

Jesse Vance Boden Hawaiian, Contemporary: Raga & Derryl McKayJazz; Nl!ll' OrleallSBistro. Sundays, 8 p.m. Through 8/15. S10 - S12. 922- J/iktiiHo tel 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Rendezvous Contemporary; .Vicholas Nickolas. 5998 Joanie Komatsu Contemporary Island, Yacht Renegade Classic Rock: No Na me Bar. ComedyWorkshop A new, free, late-nightseries Club Restaurant. 7 - 1I p.m. RubenYap Variety; Mahina Lounge. 5 -7:30 p.m. where both rookies and established comedians Jonah Cummings Contemporary Ha,;vaiian; The Fabulous Classic 60s Rock; Ken to 's. caniron out the bugs in new material. lizard Loft, Duke'sCa noeClu b. 10 p.m. - midnight. TimBogdetl Contemporary; so� Sunset - I.a11ai Lounge. Java Java Cafe, 760 Kapahulu Ave.: Thursdays, JoyWoode TemysonJazz; Tit o Berinobis & 1\'ell' Odem,sBistm Contemporary Hawaiian; Cbart JO -11 p.m. Free. 732-2670 . Kapena Contemporary Hawaiian; Ma lia's. House. 8:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. LooseScrews Impovi sational comedy and music Kilauea Contemporary Pop; John Dominis. Tommy D & the D BandRock; Ma i Tai Lounge. Chased on audience suggestions), featuring this Find romance. latinExplosion & SalsaHawaii Latin; Swjboard Ukulele Tree Hawaiian; Aloba Bar. 5 - 7 p.m. troupe, a musical opening performer and a Lounge. "somewhat belligerent' host. LizardLo ft,Java Java LesPeetz Pianist; Michel's. Cafe, 760 Kapahulu Ave.: Fri. 8/13, 8 p.rn. S5. Ulikoi Sisters 11/Fuesday (And win a freedinner. ) ContemporaryHaw aiian; Harry's Asher Perrin Jazz; Hilton Hawaiian Village. 732-2670 cartWolfson Martha Bar. 3:30 - 7 p.m. Augie Rey Contemporary: Spa ts. and JelleWolfson's a new New HeightsContemporary; NicholasXicl..'Olas. Azure McCall, Betty Loo Taylor & Lonnie generation audio-visual humorist. (Sounds Over Hill the Gang New Orleans Jazz; Randys. JacobsonJazz; Nl!lt' 01iea11SBistro. something like Michael Bolton.) Jane 1s. an 3-5 p.m. Billy ChapmanVariety; \f'aikiki Broiler internationalcomedy starkno""n for her late rught ParadoxJazz; Oasis. Bryan Huddy TV show appearances. Honolulu Comedy Club, Looking for the love of your life ? Peter Moon Band Variety; Bandito's. Contemporary Hawaiian: CarolAtkinson Jazz; Mahina Lounge. Ilikai Hotel, 1777 Ala Moana Blvd.: Tuesdays - Place a free personal ad in HonoluluWe ekly. DukesCa noeClu b. 4 - 6 p.m. J.P. SmoketrainBlues; ,Vo Na me Bar Thursdays, 8:30 p.m.; Fridays 8 & 10 p.m.; Ras &lnando theAfrikal Heibsnal Reggae; No Joanie Komatsu Contemporary Island; Yacht Saturdays, 8 & 10:15 p.m. & Sundays. 8 p.m. You could get lucky and meet that special someone. Na me Bar. Club Restaurant. Opens 8/17, through 8/29. $10 - $12. 922-5998 RubenYap Variety; Mahina Lounge, 5 - 7:30p.m . Jonah Cummings Williams . Contemporary Hawaiian; And you could add to your good fortune by winning Scott Variety;. Shorebird. 4 -8:30 p.m. Duke'sCa noeCl ub. 10 p.m. - midnight. Straight Shot Country; Crouchinglion Inn. Kahaku HawaiianDuo Leroy Contemporary;Rex 'sBlack Orchid a free dinner for the two of you. Strolfq Contemporary Hawaiian; 6 - 9:30 p.m. Theater Ja ron'sKa ilua. 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. LorettaAbles Sweet Rush TrioJazz; lewersLounge. Contemporary Hawaiian; Lowell MiraJazz; Cof!ee Manoa. Scuttlebutt's.4 - 8 p.m. NightwingContemporary Pop; John Dominis. and Dance Beginning August 25th, and for the following 11 Tiffi BogdetlContemporary; Sunset lanai Lounge. Na Hula O Puamana 'Uniki a me 'Aha'aina Tommy D & the D Band NuevaV"Nla 's Big R&BThang Dance; Rex 'sBlack (Graduation and Feast) Rock; MaiTa i Lounge. Orchid. Top students in the weeks, the writer of the best personal ad (as determined Ukulele Tree Hawaiian; Aloha Bar. 5 - 7 p.m. Owana Salazar Trio halau of Puluelo NaipoPark, who is celebrating WildEdna Contemporary Hawaiian; Rock;Anna Bannan as. Harry'sBar. 3:30 - 7 p.m. her 41st year as a kumu hula, pass through the by HonoluluWe ekly's classifiedstaff) will be awarded a & TheAfrikan prestigious 'uniki ceremony accompanied by a Raslnando HerbsmenReggae; luau music performance and ho'ike (hula $50 gift certificatefrom theDowntown Bistro. So come 16/Monday Fast &ldie's. Asher Perrin Jazz; Hilton Hawaiian Village. Red SessionIsland Ska; Blaisdell Gardenfe Ca exhibition). Featured entertainers include Auntie on: pick up your pen and reach out forsomebody BillyChapman Variety; \Va ikikiBroiler. 4- 9 p.m. andPub. Genoa Keawe, Myrtle Hilo, Kulana and others. BillyKurch Piano; lewersLounge. Rendezvous Contemporary; NicholasNi ckolas. CastleHigh School 1beatre, 45-386 Kaneohe Bay special. And win a great meal in the process. Send your Bryan and Julie Huddy Folk; Coconut Willie's. RubenYap Variety; Mabina Lounge,.5 - 7:30 p.m. Dr.: Sat. 8/14, 4:30 - 6 p.m. (feast with music); Rudy Ochoco Vocal; Contemporary; Cupid's 6:15 - 9 p.m. ('uniki and ho'ike). $25. 261-1973 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. PracticeMakes PerfectA concert of Hawaiian ad in today - just use the coupon on page 14. carolAtkinson Jazz; Mahina Lounge. Lounge. . .. DeafCon 5 Pop Rock; Anna Bannanas. Spiny NormanAlternative Rock; Wa ve Waikiki. music and dance from RobertCazimero's Halau Na & The Corvettes Karnaiei. Mamiya Theatre, St. Louis/Chaminade Dean DeanContemporary Hawaiian; Chart Country & Western; Kento's. campus: Sun. 8/15, 6 p.m. $15. 735-9568 House. 5 - 8 p.m. TheEdge Jazz, R&B; Wa ikiki Broiler. Seascape with Sharks and Dancer FUIContemporary; Rex'sBlack Orchid Tiffi BogdenContemporary; Sunsetlanai Lou nge. A two­ FOR DINNER Joanie Komatsu Contemporary Island; Yacht Tit o Berinobis Contemporary Hawaiian; Chart character piece featuring Taurie Kinoshita and Club Restaurant. House. 8:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. Velton Ros.5; directed by Keith Kashiwada. Lizard 5-9 P.M. Jonah Cummings Contemporary Hawaiian; Willie K. Contemporary Hawaiian; Malia 's. Loft, Java Java Cafe, 760 Kapahulu Ave.: Mon. 6/16 8 p.m. $5. 732-2670 Q) Duke'sCanoe Club. 4 - 6 p.m.; 10 p.m. - mid.night. SlightlySlanted Kapena Subtitled "A Dance Exploration miffiITTi PASTA - SOIITHWISTIJIII- ffillllSEAFOOD - VIIITARIIN Contemporary Hawaiian; Malia 's. into the Far Side," this Big City Productionsshow, k Kilauea Contemporary Pop; John Dominis. Knuckleheads featuring jazz- and street-dance students fromBig Jazz; Blaisdell Garden Cafe and Comedy City's Summer Peiforrnance Workshop as well as Pub. Ronnie Bullardand Steve Caminiti QUEEN & ALIKIA VALIDATED PAR�NG with RJI Doesn't the Big City All StarDance Team, promisesstreet I� MusiciansJan Jazz;Rex's BlackOrchid. exactly rolloff the tongue like Abbottand Costello . 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. dancing to pygmy techno, Bulgananpop, Aliican Owana Salazar Trio or Martin and Lewis, but you never know. rock, Czechoslovakian jazz and other styles � J lf, M< Contemporary Hawaiian; Honolulu Comedy Club, Ilikai Hotel, 1m Ala generally absent from the mainstream. Directed 1 536-5344 Harry'sBar. 3:30 - 7 p.m. ys Paradox Oasis. Moana Blvd.: Tuesda - Thursdays, 8:30 p.m.; Jazz; Fridays 8 & 10 p.m.; Saturdays, 8 & 10:15 p.m. & Continued on Page 13

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by Big Cityboss Pam Sandridge and featuring by Jeanne Lopes. Opens 8/16, through 8/31. Ala Moana Blvd. 396-5427 choreography by Jared Ake. Paula Arcena,Mara Koo/au Gallery, 46-056 Kamehameha Hwy. Bacon, SoniaInfante, Kathy Kessler.Raina Ma!Sui 247-0-7()<) and Marie Takezawa. The production is the Art Events and Classes culmination of 10 weeks of training for 100 Keiko's ArtGarage SaleA linlited supply of sruden!S rangingin age from childto adult and in Continuing new and used artbooks and catalogues will be skill level from novice to expert. Bakken Gloria Foss andStudents A variety of works available at reducedprices. Titlesinclude books Auditorium, Mid-PacificInstirute, 2445 Kaala St.: fromThe Galleryon the Pall's "Art Teacher of rhe about John Singer Sargent, Robert Rauschenberg, Thur. 8/12 -Sat. 8/14, 8 p.m. $10 advance, $12 at Year" and her srudenrs. Through8/1 5. 1beGallery Brice Marden and Jasper Johns. Keiko Hatano the door. 373-5175 on the Pali, 2500 Pali Hwy. 595-4047 Studio& Gallery, 903 Waimanu St.: Sun. 8/15, 11 e.dh Trial of a Queen The People's International IslandImpressions Recent oil paintingsof Hawaii a.rn. - 3 p.m. Free. 536-4899 Tribunal Hawai'i, a panel of jurisrsthat over the by BJ Bandy. Through 8/15. Koo/au Gallerie5, Rubber Stamping A workshop for state ra1 .t legislators.Nah, just kidding. Learnhow to design .,. ne>.1 couple of weeks will belooking into crimes 46-056 Kamehameha Hwy. 247-07()<) of oppression against the Hawaiian people, Oedipus Rex Recentmixed media paintingsand and carveyour own rubberstamps out of square presen!Sthis drama based on transcriprsof Queen collages by Fredrick Woodruff. Through 8/26. or rectangular gum erasers. Te mari Center fo r Llliuokalani's 1895 trialfor treason before a military KeikoHa tanoStudio & Gallery, 903 Waimanu St. Asianand PacificAm, 1329 A !OrhAve.: Wed. tribunal. The play - written by local historical 536-4899 8/11, 6:30 - 9 p.m. S30. 735-186o ope Hiroko OkahashiFine art photographs. Through 1he BiannualSecond Wonklf.Mouth Art and playwright Victoria Kneubuhl and directed by Dallas Voegler, who produced Kneubuhl's 8/27. Ramsay Gallery Cafe, 1128 Smith St. Music Expobarrage A of multimedia expres.5ion dramatic re-enactment of rhe queen's overthrow 537-1787 including congos, acoustic guitar fdlll S, live ska, performed during the event's centennial Russian ArtAbstraa and realistworks by seven paintings, sculptures, slides, films, photographs commemorationin January - fearuresLeo Akana artists from the former Soviet Union. Gaffe and whatever elsecome along. Refreshmen!Swill (whose regal portrayal of Llli'uokalani has beenin Va le11ti110, 2139 Kuhio Ave. 926-2623 be served. Dress funky. Wear shoes. 310 much demand lately) and a cast of 17. Kumu hula Short StoriesAcrylics and drawings on paper PaoalialaniSt.: Thur.8/12, 6 -10 p.m. $5. 732-7814 Kaha'i Topolinski will perform a rare recitation of and canvas by Lisa Neela Manis. Through 9/10. the queen's genealogy to _open the show Che Pasta Cafe, 1001Bishop St. 735-3183 ReorganizedMaM!i Church, 1666Mon-Smith Or.: VerySpecial Arts Hawaii The works of 10 gifted Sat. 8/14, 7 p.m. Donation. 5954i91 artists with disabilities. Through 8/21. Artsof Museums ParadiseGallery, International Marketplace,2330 Bishop Museum1525 BerniceSt. Opendaily, 9 Kalakaua Ave. 924-2787 a.m. - 5 p.m. s�.95 adul!S, S6.95 kids. 847-3511 Watercolor AbstractionWatercolors b)' Keiko aJIAZEi11g Scie11ce A giant maze highlights Galleries Thomas. Through 8/31. Arts of Paradise. this exhibition of educational adventures. International Marketplace, 2330 Kalakaua Ave. Through9/16. 924-2787 Jo1m1ey BySta rligbt/VoJ•agers Riski11g the Opening Wired to Sound Drawings and paintings by Dream ,\double-fearure progr am exploring rhe Erotic Abstrations Oils and photography by Vedika Dietrich. Through 8/15. Coffee Ta lk, 1152 voyaging techniquesof earlyPolynesian tm1'ders Koko HeadAve. 737-7444 through modern-day navigators. Fridays & RobertPost. Opens 8/11, through 9/10. Assaggios Zoids in Paradise Re5taurant, 354 Uluniu St. 261-2772. Island imagery, shaped Sarurdays, 7 p.m. S3.50. Fanily Favorites Recentacryl icsof island scenes canvasesand neon byJohn Kobelansky. Through hat's the name of that interestin him, which subsequently did 8/21. Roy'sPark Bistro, Alana Waikiki Hotel, 1956 Continued on Page16 black stuffathletes smear occur. on their fa ces to deflect This brings me to my point. Casey the sun?Does it work? - Kasem never spoke to me and none of Your Rita J. , Kansas City, the references he confirmsmy making SKIN DEEPTATf OOING Missouri were made by me. Yo u will findmany Body ls "interpretations " of myly rics but none It's called "eye black." It's supposed of them by me. Isn 't this fun? You to reduce glare and has the added Sorry to leave you all on your own Douglas Cooper, M.D. Understand & Release advantage of making you lookpretty like this but long ago I realized that Bioenergetic/Reicliian Psychiatry chronic bodytensions from childhood Video Movement analysis FEEL MORE: ENERGETIC fierce or pretty weird, depending on songwriters should make their Grounding/Breathing Exercises EMOTIONAL ALM the cast of mind of the beholder, and statements and move on, maintaininga Kahala • 4614 KilaueaAve. #20 I SEXUAL in any case like someone not to be dignifiedsilence. - Don McLean, 735-0264 Psychiatry of growth forhealthy people trifledwith. 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Sliced bell pepper, tomato,Crab lettuce, Louis carrot, crabmeat & olive. ____1cur ean Seafood Louis or Shrimp Louis CARRY-OUT ong beforeSting made "syn­ ordered one of these -Poached illu the chef who had opened Due's ORDERS: chronicity" a pop-culture with a Truffle Madeira Sauce with Bistro and inspired an instant fol­ 521-5681 buzz word, Carl Jung had wild mushrooms on a bed of rice lowing at a restaurant which subse­ �it•rdi�@Wa'"'��;- coined the term to describe ($22). She later described it as "pos­ quently (and foolishly, I think) what he called "meaningful sibly the moistest, best-cookedpiece abandoned his nouveau cuisine. I coincidences" - occur­ of fishI have ever eaten." But before had been searching foran explana­ Chicken and Pine Nut rencesof cosmic significance I get carried away describing our tion forthe magical transformations Fresh Pasta with no apparent causal rela­ entrees, I should point out that we of the Al Dente standards, and now Fettuccine tionships.Being the insensitive skep­ started out with Al Dente's signa­ I had one; and heaven help me if this Chicken sauteed with fresh mushrooms, tic that I am, I have never believed ture appetizer, Calamari Fritti ($6.95) wasn't synchronicity. spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, garlic and in divine intervention, had a reli­ with a piquant marinara dip: a heap­ Ye s, Chef Nick was the spirit mes­ green onions, then tossed with our spinach gious experience, or even looked for ing dinner plate of wonderfullycrispy senger of a higher power. When I'd fe ttuccine and sprinkled with roasted pine special significancein mere coinci­ calamari and a zesty hot sauce. We visited Due's a second time, deter­ nuts and parmesan cheese. dences. Not until I went to Al Dente, also ordered the Mozzarella and minedto writea glowing review, Nick 477 Kapahulu Avenue 732-5525 anyway. Tomato with freshbasil ($5.95) and was already gone. Now I here I was the Sweet Roasted Peppers ($4.95). at Al Dente, all set to discuss the joys DON DOUGHERT Y These dishes were far less inspiring; of simple Mediterranean fare, and the peppers were bitter and made there's Nick in the kitchen happily Completely remodeled, new :furnishedlarge I know a restaurant is a banal and even worse by the absence of the layering flavors,and turningthe old unlikely place to undergo a spiritu­ customary flavoredal' olio sauce to Al Dente menu items into something studios on Molokai beachfront al transformation, but, as believers mask them. My Salade Al Dente intricateand sophisticated. will surely tell you, God works in ($3.95) was equally boring. So we Then the desserts came, and a buzz mysterious ways. While riding a don­ got the Soup du Jour ($3.50), and ran through me, which I - ratio­ key through the desert, Saint Paul the transformationbegan. nally -attributed to the espresso saw a flash that literally knocked The rich and mysterious black ($3). But it wasn't the caffeine. It him offhis ass, and Saint Anselm bean soup was inspired. I decided was my firstreligious experience. I was transformed when he was to investigate the dishes of my axe­ am generally not moved by sweets forcibly castrated.My own person� murdering friends: He had Veal -I'd rather have the calories in al epiphany was far more peaceful. Piccata, she had Osso Buco (both another glass of wine. My date had Thank heavens. $18.95). Both looked far better than a good white chocolate cheesecake I went to Al Dente innocently, I remembered. The piccata sauce ($5), but my Peach Melba ($6.50) expecting to findwhat I always had: was piled with capers and the osso was truly divine. It was - and I solid, simple Mediterranean cuisine. buco looked tender enough to seduce don't exaggerate - the best dessert But the moment I passed through an animal-rights activist. Divineinter­ I have ever tasted. The flakycrunch their arched lattice entry, I stepped vention, perhaps? of the pastry,the rich smoothness of into the twilight zone. Much like that Back at my own table, enjoying the creme anglaise and a peach so of their next-doorneighbo r, the Swiss the subtle flavorsof my Penne a la sublimely prepared that I can only Inn, Al Dente's clientele has always Rabiate ($ 13.50) with peppers, shal­ describe it as tasting like what fruit seemed largely geriatric. Maybe it's lots and tomato, I caught a glimpse will become in the afterlife. their Niu Valley Shopping Center of the chef when he came out to the After dinner, I asked Nick what location. Or maybe it's just the sym­ bar. He looked only vaguely famil­ he was doing at Al Dente, and he bolic old-world neutrality of a culi­ iar to me, but my date recognized told me that he has a backer who's nary Switzerlai,d situated right next him instantly. It was Nick Fayada, in the process of buying the place Name to a sleepy bit of the Riviera. for him. He then plans to change the Whatever. When I recognized a 20- name and revamp the menu. In the Address something acquaintance and his date Al D meantime, for the next 60 days or dining at Al Dente's before the open­ ente so, he will cook their menu, his way. Niu Va lley ing of So I Married an AxeMurderer, Shopping Cen I can't promise you a religious expe­ 5730 Ka ter Phone I knew something was wrong. lanianaofe Hw rience, but I can assure you that if 5:3o y. While the menu looked much the to 9 p.m. Tuesd y there is a God, he'd eat at Al Dente t a 0 One Year: $5� 0 Six Month: $35 0 Please send advertising info. same as I remembered, Al Dente's hrough Sunday - now -beforeeveryone else dis­ daily specials had an other-worldly 373-8855 covers that Nick is here and the place Send to: HonoluluWe ekly, 1200College Walk, Suite 212 Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 sophistication far beyond it. My date becomes as crowded as hell. • August 11, 1993 • Honolulu Weekly• 15 From Page 13

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