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Dissing the trustees Letters Congratulationsfor having the guts to print John Pritchett's caricatureof Chopper madness 1 secret constitutional amendment the trustees for Bernice Pauahi The helicopter problems Pat allowing helicopter pilots to disre Bishop's estate (HW6/2). Theestate Tummons cites(''Birds of Prey,"HW gard everyoneelse's safety, privacy, is a classic example of a good idea 6/2) are not confined to rural areas. peace and quiet in favorof profitable gone bad. While the estate watches Right here in urban Honolulu, heli and irresponsible joy riding. its portfolio grow and the trustees copter pilots and aviation officials LarryMeacham enjoy their ride on the gravy train, have ignored residents' noise and the Hawaiian people continue to safety concernsfor years. Chopper madness 2 decline. Is this what Princess Bernice For example, a few years ago a heli I've just finished reading the "Birds Pauahi Bishop envisioned when she copter hovered about 75 feetabove of Prey" articleconcerning the many set up the trust?These trusteesshould BeretaniaStreet at Pensacola for about adverseeffects of helicopters.Without becustodians of her will, not the ben 10 minutes, deafening the whole reciting those many effects and the eficiaries of it. neighborhood in what we thought numerous crashes we have heard The Kamehameha Schools is one of was some sortof emergencyor SW,AJ' about, I wouJd like to propose a solu the most heavily endowededucational team operation. It turnedout he was tion.All city and county councils and institutions in the world, yet out of waiting to drop flower petals on a the state Legislature should pass res the 55,000 childrenqualified to attend, McKinley High School reunion.The olutions to the effect that the heli current enrollment sits at about 3,200. helicopter company said hovering copter tour companies have three By all rights, the Hawaiian people belowthe roofline was perfectlylegal months to agreeand two years to should be the best-educated people as long as there was a landing spot implement a conversion from heli on the face of this earth. Why isn't nearby (the Safeway parking lot?). copters to blimpsor other silent vehi therea KamehamehaSchool on every The FAA did nothing. So much for cles if they are to avoid a barrage of island and an education program at the 500-footheight restriction. regulations, investigations and court OCCC for the Hawaiian "children" Helicopters alsoregularly fly up Pauoa battles. I say "resolutions" since, who have fallen through the cracks? and other valleys below the ridge according to the articles,the FAA is I'm sure that the trusteesjustify their lines, making major noise and con unwilling to undertake serious regu obscene salariesby saying thatthey're stituting a safety hazard. The pilots lation. Let us take whatever actionis merelyfollowing the letter of thetrust, claim they are following the law necessary to drive offthese preda but obviously they adhereto the ones because they are 500 feetabove the tors. Sightseeing- fine.Noisy sight that benefit them. Whateverhappened valley floor. Neighborhood boards seeing - no way! to The Children of the 'Aina? have problems following up these If the helicopter tour companies con Pegge Hopper complaintsbecause unlike themovies, tinue their supreme arrogance, as Susan Dorsey the pilots arenot requiredto fileflight revealed by quotes in the articles,let plans or to follow them. us citizensfind appropriate methods In other words, the so-called author of rendering their work supremely itieshave no idea who is flying around unprofitable.One way would be to Honolulu Weekly welcomes your up there. As an experiment, forsev convince tourists that helicopter rides letters. Write to: Editor, Honolulu eral weeks I-called the FAA and the are dangerous, citing the number of Weekly, 1200College Walk, Suite airport tower every time somebody fatalities.Steady leafletingof tourist 212, Honolulu, HI 96817. You must buzzed our neighborhood. Not once sites is just the beginning. Using include your name, addressand in dozens of calls were they able to imagination and working together, telephone number ( only your name identifythe helicopter. many other worthwhile effortscan will be printed). Letters maybe The FAA couldn't care less as long be made to forcethe conversion to editedfor length. Pleaselimit your as nobodyactually dies. They and the silent sightseeing. letters to 200words maximumif pilots apparently believe there is a you do not want to see them cut. •
HONOLULU Come a"'d feel the ex pe.-ie"'ce of "The Healit,9 Room" WeeklyVol.J, No. 24 June 16, 1993
Publlsher and Managing EditorLaurie V. Carlson SeniorEdHor Julia Steele AssociateEditor DerekFerrar Calendar: The 1,1ltimate i"' Editor: David K. Choo Film Critics: Bob Green, sfress t Tax Snal{e Pit Giftcertificate., availahk. I inethe fool.:on theirfaa when theyd/ip into a new pairof Bir/.:endtockd. ® Withmaga conto=dfit and dhocl.: abdor6in Jo/.e,they re enoughto makanyone dmile. g Already BirkenAockFootprinl:cl 1050 AlaMoana Blvd. stumbling, the Honolulu.,HI 96814 Bllkendod&·IThe original comfort shoe. TM (808) 531-6014 president has © 1993 Birkenstock is a registered trademark. now fallen into ASHINGTON, two countries will become porous D.C.- Already in the viper's nest and Mexico will bemore or less disarray, the Clinton just another state. This means col Remember Dad and his Mother/Earth administrationhas of congressional lecting taxes, even from U.S.-based now floundered into corporations, will be next to impos the tax committees tax committees, sible: Mexico itself doesn't bother of the Congress, where some of to collect taxes fromforeign com snake pit of the lob panies. In effect, it will become one byists who have long dominated the worst stings immense tax haven. Democratic Party politics. The And Clinton's proposal includes result: The president's only victory have been a tax-collecting scheme which to date - his budget blueprint - would create yet another bureau is in danger of being tom to pieces coming from cratic boondoggle: He wants to by leaders of his own party. Among members of his require corporations to pay tax the most ominous signs of this is based on their own records of the news that the president gave up own party. The transfers. What that means is more last week on his BTU (British work forlawyers, economists, and Thermal Unit) energy tax, the cen firstcasualty: accountants - a sort of grand new terpiece of his enterprising attempt Clinton's BTU annuity fund for Beltway lobbyists. to combine deficit requction with Clinton promised during the Products to protect our planet new investment. energy tax, cen campaign that his proposals for Setting social policy through the new taxes on multinationals would Kilohana Square: 1016A Kapahulu Avenue tax system is generally not a good terpiece of his generate $44 billion in new rev idea, since goals are likely to get enue over four years. The adminis Mon. - Sat. 10:00 - 5:00 735-6825 twisted in the Byzantine behind budget plan. trationnow concedes the true the-scenes debates in the House figure is about $1 billion per year. Ways and Means and Senate Finance, the two committees of sion" he told The Washington Post. nother way to replace the Congress that broker tax law. This "I don't believe the president wants BTU tax funds is by raising time, the debate was furthercon it either. That's why he should take A corporate income taxes torted by being scrambled through us up on our offer... to crafta plan across the board. In the 1986 tax the manipulations of the energy that can gain greaterbipartisan reform,a corporate "alternative industry. acceptance." minimum" tax was set up to ensure President Clinton had proposed Beneath this ridiculous rhetoric, that all profitable corporations pay the BTU tax in his ambitious State the reality is that tax politics are at least some reasonable amount of of the Union address - a straight, just back-room horse-trading,and federal tax. But, at the administra across-the-board levy on fossil what's going on here is taking tion's request, the new House tax fuels (oil, gas, and coal) at the fromthe elderly and poor so that bill would end up repealing most of wellhead or mine shaft. But within the energy industry can maintain this measure. days, the oil and gas, farm and util its drag on the overall economy. This means that the companies ities lobbies had Washington doesn't that paid next to nothing in the wrung a lengthy even talk about the 1980s will go back to their old string of exemptions. James Ridgeway lavish subsidies to ways. Between 1982 and 1985, 16 Eventually, they man- the energy indus members of a group of companies aged to gut the proposal, shifting tries. According to a recent study that lobbied for reduction in the IJ"'9$55 pn, I'/2 M"1l, � - 4pe«at the tax fromproducers to by the Alliance to Save Energy, corporate income tax paid an aver oUe,t, � daad consumers. Now Clinton has sur those subsidies amounted to $36 age effective tax rate of just 1.4 155-A HamakuaDrive • Kailua, Hawaii96734 rendered controlof the tax entirely, billion in 1989. percent. Without the corporate min (808) 262-6068 • FAX (808) 263-9723 announcing that he will leave it up But there are any number of imum tax, many of these compa to the Senate Finance Committee ways to close the BTU tax gap nies would get a handsome rebate. to decide how to structurean ener other than Boren's mean-spirited According to analyses making gy tax as part of a comprise aimed proposal.During the campaign, for the rounds of Capitol Hill, the big at enabling him to win Senate sup example, Clinton said he would beneficiaryfrom Clinton's aban Do you sort your M&Ms by color? port forwhat's leftof his economic require foreignmultinational cor donment of the corporate minimum package porations cloingbusiness here to tax is the tobacco industry- Has your checkbook balanced to the pay U.S. taxes. which he is at the same time he collapse of the BTU tax According to a study by the promising to tax more heavily to penny since 1979? will mean a loss of $70 bil General Accounting Office,about help finance Hillary's health plan. Want work in a stimulating, Tlion in projected revenue 72 percent of these firmspaid no Troubledbackbone industries like over five years. Last month, the taxes from1987 to 1990. And the automobiles, tool and die makers, press was full of attacks on loopholes they employ are also and semiconductor manufacturers coffee--rich environment? Clinton by Oklahoma Sen. David used by American-owned interna don't stand to get any realrelief. Boren - a Democrat - over the tional corporations- 59 percent of A third means of raising funds to Are you bright, capable and BTU tax. Boren's proposal to them don't pay taxes. Worse, replace the BTU revenue is through make up the $70 billion: penaliz according to Citizens forTax a stiffened schedule for estate and obnoxiously organized? ing senior citizens and the poor Justice, a nonprofit watchdog, these gift taxes. There's always been sup through spending cuts in Medicare loopholes even provide incentives port forthat. Both Theodore and Social Security. for these companies to move plants Rooseveltand Andrew Carnegie Sen. Boren arguesthat his plan and jobs overseas. thought such taxes were a good Honolulu Weekly needs a bookkeeper/receptionist. to make up forthe lost BTU tax The NAFTAagreement will only way of limiting excessive accumu 35,40 hours a week. Salary dependent on revenue is actually a "bipartisan" compound the problem. If the lation of wealth, especiallyfair experience. Medical+ vacation benefits. move to end congressional grid administrationsigns on, setting up since the wealth didn't come from lock.''The countrydoes not need a free market between the U.S. and any real work. Call Laurie, 528;1475. four more years of political divi- Mexico, the border between the Continued on Page 8 June 16, 1993 • Honolulu Weekly• 3 PHOTO ESSAY BY FRANCO 5ALMOIRAGHI Danceof Titans hat is it about the sumo? When 40 of Japan's top wrestlers were in town last week for anW exhibition tournament, the Big Pineapple was inundated with sumomania. Through the media, we watched the players arrive, learned how the sumo arena is constructed, read what the sumotori ate, how they train, what their love lives are like. We witnessed the first-ever live TV broadcast of sumo in the United States. We were told end lessly about the sport's 1,509 year history, its com plex rituals and arcane symbolism, its strict hierar chy, its consuming lifestyle. It was sumo overload, and we ate it up. The sumo tournament was the place to be, price be damned, as the state's power elite Top: Ground zero. In the tachi Right: The yokozuna from al, the wrestlers' Initial Waimanalo.There's nothinglike colllsion, lnesistibleforces and a hometown champ, especlally immovableobjects one become whenthe titlecomes with semi andthe same. divinestatus. But withAkebono It goeseven further. n•s as If Above: MassesIn motion. there's a kindof collective llber Consideringthat sumo bouts atlon when a Polynesian- son areso quick (most last under of a people who havebeen halfa minute) andthat, In the madeoutsiders In theirown 15-day official grand lands- achievesthe pinnacle toumaments, each upper,cllvl· ofdignity within a societyso slon rlklslllwrestles only once a frequently closedto outsiders. day, sumoIs the ultimate do-or Uke a DukeKahaamoku, or, Photographs © 1993 Franco Salmoiraghi diesport; there arenosecond arguably,a JoeLouis, Akebono chaces. n•s all very zen - the Is an Inspiration, a nativechaffl. countlesshours dlsclpllne of pion reigningsupreme In a for culminating In a flash of satori eign land. In the ring. 4 • June 16, 1993 • Honolulu Weekly . - - WORDS BY DEREK FERRAR descended on the Blaisdell; it was a expense-account jockey's dream. The stands were filledwith just about everyone you could imag ine: Japanese matriarchs screaming for their favorites, corn-fed soldiers, Hawaiian families, smug yuppies, giggling tourists you name it. Why? No doubt the frenzy had much to do with the successes of the Hawaii horn rik-ishi (wrestlers). especially the high honor bestowed upon Yokozuna (Grand Champion) Akehono. who is. after all. hruddah Chad Rowan from Waimanalo. Tournament audiences were treated to the sight of the local boys challenging each other at the summit of their dramat ic sport, producing a dream all-Hawaii Grand Final matchup, resulting in the thrilling upset of Akehono by Musashimaru (Fiamalu Penitani). As one T\t com mentator remarked. the tournament came down to Kaiser High School vs. Waianae High. Leeward vs. Windward. And maybe some of the fascination had to do with the commitment required by sumo, with its enveloping code of discipline. In many ways, it seems more like a religious order than a sport. It's a 24-hour a day job, dictating how you eat, dress, speak, behave, Top: Wot, boddah you? The art was still worth the price of the maybe even who you marry. of stink-eye, shikiri, is a formal Hawaii tournament's admission The attraction could he element of the wrestlers' purifi· just to marvel at his presence in the sheer dignity of the cation and psyching.up routine. . in the flesh. But the local boys, with their sport. There's no scoffing moke's touch, have elevated Above Right: Sumo, dance of at the ump here; no face the traditional technique to titans. Sumo matches fly by, masking, no bench-empty new heights, as they demon with one rikishi usually promptly ing brawls, no emotional strated to the Hawaii dumping his opponent to the audience's delight. Here, floorforcing or him out of the high-fives. The gyoji Musashimaru, the tournament's ring. But frozen in time, the doesn't have to instruct the upset champion, lets Akebono sumotori'sgrace and perfection rikishi not to hit below the know what's coming. ofform arecaptured, as with thesetwo wrestlers, whose mas belt, for what is victory AboveLeft: There's only one sivebodies resemble a crested without honor? Konishiki. Weighing in at over a wave poised to pound against In the finalanalysis , much quarter-ton, Salevaa Atlsanoe Is the shore (or, rather, the floor of of sumo's appeal lies in the the most massive wrestler in the dohyo). sumo; the force he can bringto sheer visual spectacle of bear is boggling. Thevisual Right: Blessed rewards. these mountainous men Impact of his sheer size Is mes Akebono andthe gyoji perform clashing in a ballet of merizing. Lastyear, Konishikl a ritual ofthanks over about created a media spectacle $400 In prize money, provided forthe wrestler by a sponsor. momentum, like gods mak when he married the popular - by corporate sponsors whose The wrestlers are freeto choose ing thunder. This is not golf. their own designs and to change and tiny - model Sumika logos are displayedon banners In this photo essay, Shloda. What photo editor could walked around the ringas the them as often asthey like. At refuse the incrediblecorporeal sumotorl go through their pre the Hawaii toumament, one acclaimed Honolulu pho contrast between the sumotori match ablutions. There is a fas sumotori's apron stood out: It tographer Franco borethe Pepsi logo. The sight and his bride? Although cinatingjuxtaposition in modem Salmoiraghi's unique eye Konishikl Is not the athlete he sumo between ancient Shinto was incongruousonly to was, due to repeated injuries, it ritual and modem sports com American viewers, however; captures some of sumo's mercialism. In the opening and Japanesefans take the comma,,, visual splendor. Enjoy. closing ceremonies, for exam cial aspectsprofessional of ple, the rikishi appear in omate sumo as a given. silk aprons that cost thousands ofdollars and are often bought June 16, 1993 • Honolulu ii.·eekly • 5 Pritchett Clinton inthe TlP OF TH E IC EBERG Tax Snalie Pit From Page 3 ally not reported to the loaner's home government either. The result Yet while estate and gifttaxes is that the U.S. itself has become a can be fair, they can often be avoid major internationaltax haven. ed through trusts,partial-interest gifts, and other tax avoidance hile the BTU tax was dodges. As the law stands, people · meant to raise money, it who inherit property can turn also was supposed to around and sell it without paying W functionas a lever on the energy any tax on gains that accrued business to make the industrymore beforeit passed into their hands. efficient.That goalis now threat According to Citizensfor Tax ened as well. Justice, "Treasury analysts estimate The Democrats seem be suffer that as much as two-thirds of all ing froma split personality. On the capital gains escape taxationentire one hand, they have been portrayed ly due to this loophole - which all too accurately as a party of pup will cost $27 billion in fiscal1992 pets on the lobbyists' string. And and close to $150 billion fromfis on the other, they stillpretend to cal 1992 to fiscal 1996." honor the legacy of being a partyof Even if this loophole were common folk.Wh ichever is more closed, of course, a heavier estate truethese days, it makes no politi tax could be a serious blow to cal sense forthem to abandon the Clinton's middle class. And there president so soon. Are we witness areother alternatives for taxing ing the evolutionof the new business profitrather than personal Republican Majority? wealth that aren't being given a The best hope is forthe president serious enough look. One is to put to quit runningaround the country an end to tax breaks for mergers like a chicken with its head cut off and acquisitions.($9 billion over and to remember that this is not the fiveyears). Another is to limit Arkansas Statehouse. Then perhaps meals and entertainment deductions he could talk past Congress to the to 50 percent; the current rate is 80 people and trulyend the gridlock. percent. That alone would save $16 But to do that he'd have to abandon billion over fiveyears. the by-now sickening media circus Still another is to tax interest he has constructedat the White earnedby foreigners in the U.S. on House. He ought to get it through loans to American companies and his head that Bill is not Dave. • the U.S. government.A 5 percent tax would yield $13 billion over David Sigmund did research fo r fiveyears. This tax was eliminated this story. in 1984, and these loans are gener- -VillageVo ice "'------HON . O. LULU ACADEMY OF ARTS FRI DAY NITE LIVE Live Jazz � Food � Drawings Refreshments � Art� And More Fun! 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Cill 521--121->6 CALENDAR June 16 -- 22 sion and sublimation by cuisine, and, with its the music - original and indigenous - was prowling warriors, ghostly visitations and sen written and compiled by Michael Steams suous cinematography, it makes Babette'sFeast ( Chronos). Is it wortl1 seeing? Yes ... but such a looklike drive-thru fare. The performers them tourist-oriented product denies the full poten selves look good enough to eat. (In Spanish tial of the IMAXprocess ... again. (Waikiki IMAX) with English subtitles.) i � Stonesat the Max Probably thebest Lostin Y•ers The PulitzerPrize-winning play concertfilm ever made. It's huge (IMAX is shot here gets a ·savvy director.{.Martha Coolidge of with 70mm film, which is then turnedon itsside Va lleyGirl, andRambling Rose fame), and, until foreven greatervisual range, including part of it sinks into pathos, Yonhm' is the bestNeil Simon your peripheralvision); it's spectacular(the apoc filmin years.It's abouttwo male siblings sent to alypse-chic se� a synthesis of Blade Runnerand live with a new family. With Richard Dreyfuss MadMax motifs, is a triumphof size, scale, ramps, (carefully controlled), David Straitharn (Passion ladders, towers and parapets); the editing and Fish) and Mercedes Ruehl (Tbe FisherKing) . soundare first-rate (the filmunderwent 10 months Made inAmerica Real-lif e scandalous couple of post-productionsound mixing; the seamless Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson (sporting editing incorporates concertfootage shot in three a differen� non-Cheerstoupee) star in this com locations); the Stones are in top form (Mick Jagger edy abouta teenage black girl who discovers is still one of the world's best performers); and her father, by artificial insemination, is a live it's cunning - the huge IMAX cameras prowl white vulgarian. Directed by Richard Benjamin. the hugestages like narcsand shoot from every Will C. Smith co-stars. where, including helicopters, from within mes i MenaceII Society,Thewidely touted debut merized audiences and from the murky depths filmof 21-year-old brothers Allen andAlbert of concert-stage subculture peopled by techni Hughes, this is the tale, in the tradition of Boyz cians, back-up singers, brass and reed sidemen in the Hood, of a fatherless boy growing up in and unidentfied Dionysiacs. The filmhas been the inner city of Los Angeles. With pointed held over fiom the ChaminadeUniver.,ity fundrai£. cameos by Charles S. Dutton, Bill Duke and ing run. (Fridays and Saturdays at 9 p.m. at the Samuel Jackson(Amos andAndrew ). Unknowns WaikikiIMAX) Tyrin Turner and Von Sweet star. The SandlotWritten by Radio Flyer'sMickey i PosseMario Van Peebles (NewJa ck City) Evans (who directs as well), this is a comedy directed and co-stars in this revisionist Western with mystic undertones aboutbaseball-playing about black soldiers who foughtin the Spanish kids who confronta mys,ery more complexthan American War but who could find no peace the rulesof the game. With the ubiquitousJames afterward when tryingto establisha communi EarlJones and underused Karen Allen. ty on the frontier. A host of black rappers and SidekicksJuvenilia of a sort. Clips from old peiformers ro-star, among them Big Daddy Kane Chuck Norris flicks are interspersedwith new and Mario's father, Melvin. footage in this tale ofa boywho dreamsfight of Ringof Fire This movieis a mixed affair: it has ing alongside Norris. The villain is played by Joe an irresistiblepremise (it's a photographic study Piscopo. Heard enough? of the volcanoesof the PacificRim); somespec SiverHigh -techvoy eurismand soft-coreporno tacular computer-generated graphics and ani unite in this Sharon Stone thriller( directed by mation that "explain" how eruptionshappen; AustralianPhillip DeadCalm Noyc e), which had and uneven photography, rangingfrom mediocre to castrate much of its male frontal nudity to get fish-eye lens shots to the spectacular.The dull its ratingadjusted. Double standards rule the as-dishwatervoiceovers areby RobertFoxw orth; Continued on Page 10 from the dead to slash and snuff. Written and this movie, too- but don't worry, it's only petty directed by the infamous BernardRose (whose larceny. Plenny cheap laughs. Film 1988 Paperhousewas a wondetful fantasy and Indecentterrible ProposalA movie. The plot, Criticism tryBob Green unlessotherwise noted. who directed the notorious Frankie Goes to a vestige of the out-of-style '80s sensibility that 'l, theWeekly's dingbat ofapproval, indicates Hollywoodvideo} "greed is good," fits in a thimble. That's where filmsof morethan average interest. Cliffhanger Sylvester Stallone's comeback it ought to stay. Happy couple (Demi Moore film,a much publicized thrillerwith a terrific and Woody Harrelson), down on their luck, are First Run trailer about a mountain-climbing expert faced witha tempting, sordidproposition. If the (Stallone) testing his mettle aftera high-alti- wife will spend one night with a billionaire Briefreviews of selectedfi rst-run films townin . tude criminal gang takes survivors of a plane " nhound" (Robert Redford), they'll be·a mil Confirmtheater:, � datesand times. poo crash in the Rockies hostage. Ka-boom. Ka- lion dollars richer. They do it, of course, after i Aladdin Disney goes hip - well, sort of. blam. Directed by action expert Renny Harlin. pretending to be shocked forabout three min When, 30 minutes into the movie, the Genie i DaveKevin Kline is in top form in this rather utes. Then their relationship, which they had appears, things pick up considerably - Robin toothless "satire" by comedy-meister Ivan Reitman thought could surviveanything, begins to wob Williams, who supplies the voice of the shape abouta dupe taking over the duties of the U.S. ble. Paranoia, recriminations, etc. That's the shifter releasedfrom themagic lamp, was let Prez when the real guy is felled by a bad tick- whole story. Thefilm is as hollow and prettyas looseon this vehicle, and afterhe'd recorded er. Kline's timing is impeccable; it's his best role a two-hourCalvin Klein Obsession ad, and the his wild track, the animators simply drew it in. since A Fish Called Wa nda. SigourneyWeaver final indignity is tl1e tacked-on moral - that Other elements of the film are more conven- co-stars as the (surprised) wife and there are there are some things money can't buy ..This tional:Aladdin, the teensteron the Arabian streets, somealarming cameos by some verywell-known platitude seems especiallycreepy coming from is the likenessof Tom Cruise and the big musi- people. It's currentlythe bestcomedy out there the voyeuristic Lyne, who has spent two hours calnumbers are patterned after Broadwaymusi- (unlessyou count IndecentProposa l). making certain rhat his main charactersare grab calsof the late '50sand the '(i()s.Said to befunny i Dragon:Lee 1he8nlce Story Oahu's Jason by and unappealing. -MaryBrennan and charming,with a visualstyle pattemed some- Scott Lee achieves instant stardom in this visu- i Jurassic Park Spielberg, dinosaurs, fast what after the New Yo rkers Hirschfeld curvy ally ambitious take on the life of Bruce Lee, the foodtie-ins, the biggest-budget publicity cam caricatures. Music by Alan Menken, Howard first worldwideAsian movie box-officestar. It's paign in film history, Kauai, toys, magazine Ashman and Tim Rice. big, loud, vivid and nicely staged. Don't write covers and everyone's childhood 9 mins.) A farce about a lesbian's Film coming out, which doesn't exactly SAVE ON ART at "The Art Stop" go as planned. NOW OPEN WITH THE BEST VA LUES IN TOWN ON Honolulu's 4-year-old Adam TheFair y WhoDi Wed. 6/23 at UH ManoaArt ueerlmages Auditorium (6:30 - 9 p.m.) onolulu's fourth annual torical progress of gay and straight Peach (New Zealand, 16 mins.) A Adam Baran Gay and perceptions of homosexual lifestyles. lesbian coming-outstory set in a tough Lesbian Film Festival, fea Others show the comically ironic side NZ neighborhood. turing short and full-length of shiftingcultural mores in the U.S. My Father is Coming (Germany, films and videos from and elsewhere and the differences 82 mins.) Monika Treut's comedy FENDER FAN! Hawaii, theMainland, New between traditional and activist drama about sexualadventures com Zealand, Germany, Canada approachesto creatinga general social plicated by family expectations. �1Iw� and Fmla nd, is setto run from Sunday, awareness of gay realities. Using a Wm ner of the awards for bestfeature June 20 through Thursday, June 24. variety of generic stratagems,the pre film and audience favoriteat Italy's As a sign of the times, the festival, sentations rangein length fromthree Torino Film Festival. Which was originally underwritten to 90 minutes. Local prize-winning by only one sponsor, is now supported videos will be shown in special cer Thur.6/24 atHula's (7:30 -10 p.m.) by 17 Oahu businesses and service emonies in honor of Adam Baran, a P.S., Yo u'reDead (USA, 11 mins.) organizationsand will feature expand Honolulu-based music-video editor A parody of the private-eye genre of ed opening and closing ceremonies. who died of AIDS in 1991. filmnoir. This is Net proceeds fromthis four-day event Three locations will be employed Kiev Blue (USA, 28 mins.) A The Fender Store. will benefit the Life Foundation, the this year: one forvideos (Hula's Bar prize-winning documentary about nonprofit organization that, forover and Lei Stand on Kuhio Avenue), the lives of Kiev gays, in which nine A staffthat's on it. Prices a decade, has provided support and one for 16mm films (McCoy men and women risk all to go before that're waydown there. community information for those Pavilion at Ala Moana Park) and one the cameraand explain their joys and Oh, yes: Gibson and with AIDSand pre-AIDSconditions. for 35mm films (UH Manoa's Art sorrows. Aria, Takamine and Auditorium). Beginning times for PMS (Positioning My Sexu ality) Ovation too. G R E E N presentations vary. Special opening (Canada, 12 mins.) A serio-comic B O B and closing ceremonies will take study of themedia's notions of mas Let's get The originalaim of the festivalwas place at Hula's June 20 and June 24, culinity, which affect gays and together,st rung to provide alternativeprogramming starting at 6:30 p.m. straightsboth. and wired. on gay-related themes - essential Here's a short rundown on this The Lady in Waiting (USA, 30 Then you're ly, to present positive portrayals of year's diversifiedfare: mins.) A repressed British house on your own. issues confronting those lifestyles. keeper "discovers"herself when she's While it retains the festival's man Sun.6/20 atHula's (7:30 - 10 p.DL) trapped in an elevator with a black date, this year's programming appears She Can Probably FixI t (USA, 7 drag queen. moreambitious, often examininggay rnins.)Revisionist engine trouble issues criticallyand sometimescom means revisionist romance in this Local prize-winning videos will ically. The controversial work of short parody of The Road Film. also be featured - at times to be Germany's Monika Treut, for exam The Letter of Introduction (USA, announced,organizers say. Lastye ar's ple, will befe atured, as well as prize 6 mins.) A farceabout the mistaken fest raised more than $5,000 for winning inquiries into the lives of identities that result when want ads AIDS-related support work. • Eastern European and Russian gays, get mixed up with personal ads in a HIV-positive women in prison, and local newspaper. sexism in the rock 'n' roll culture of To Ride a Cow (USA, 24 rnins.) the United States. Many of the filpis The personal politics of bisexuali 1142 Auahi Street are satirical, thereby creating a bal ty are explored in this Cantonese (AcrossWard Centre) ance for the darker-themed presen oriented comedy, which won first Ph: 593-0999 tations. Some, like the study of Tom prize at the Hong Kong Independent of Finland, a stereotype-breaking gay Video Fest. illustrator, attempt to chart the his- Guess Who'.\- Coming to Visit (USA, June 16, 1993 • Honolulu Weekly• 9 C.ive Nlwsic Venwes AnnaBannanas · 2·!40 S · Beretmi:, St john Domlols, 43 Ahui523-0'}55 St 2005 Kalia Rd.9'194321 9l6-5190 Jolly RllgtrWailriki22+1 KabkauaAve. luooRlverCaf e, 99-016 Hv.).,Kameh:uneha . Andrew' Ward Ce!llre 1200Ala Mmna ' 923-1885 Aie!.'187-;;3) Blvd S�i7 JollyllllgtrEasl lSO Kaiulani Ave. 923-2172 Pi=lofE!ght,250tewer.; 1� Bandltos 91>151 Pali Momi St. 48S8lil8 Kahalaffillonllold,5(XX) Ave. Kahal, 7}!-2211 Proudi'<3rock,W:nmea F 531 11ruryanSheraton Veranda, Mo:ma Surfrider, Kaplolan!Monsernu ParkBandstllld,2lll5 RamsayCafe, Galleries& 1128Smi 'lh St 2353 Kabkaw Ave 922-3111 Ave. 5234674 537-ARTS Bayview J.oungeTwtle Bay Hil!oo,S7-®I o' LOO\!-,MAtJ, M'1 Ktnl s. Hyan RegencyHotel, 2124 Kahlaw Raodys,� Mall 732-�I . Kam Hw . 2933j11 Ave . 923-7<00 Rtnl's,91>713 Kuahao Pl., PearlCily .• 487 • -,36 5 Ct.ASS�OOM. I� C-S. � Sandlslaoo s. Access Rd. 84S-0990 KohJo Saloon, 2200Kuhio A,e., 9�20>1 Ra's Black. Orcbld Re,;uurantRow, iOOAla PAC.�ED "TO THE.. CafeSlstioa, 1314 King St 526 later, the Soulsrecorded string a of Jamaican hits on Marley's TuffGong label. Recently, the duo 17/Jbu rsday hasrelocated to LA. last summer, "Shark Attack," Asher Penln Jazz; Hilton Hawaiian Village. off their crossover album, All Over theWo rld, BettyLoo Taylor & Rachel Gonzalez Jazz; became a charthit and earned them the first slot New OrleansBistro. for a reggae band on Jay Leno's TonightShau•. BlueBlues; Bandits Jaron 's Kailua. WE HAVE:.t-lo SENSE Wa ikiki Shell, Kapiolani Park: Sat. 6/19, 5 p.m. BradoContempora1 y; Coa;1er.s OF L06tC, NO HISTOelCAL $12.50 - $1750 plus servicecharge. 521-2911 Bry111 HuddyVariety; Barulito's A\.JAR..ENtSS' NO A..>At.jTtCAL. LA.Style Think "lire techno" is an oxymoron? CarolContemponuy; Atlcmson Mahi1U1Lo1111 ge, S�t\..LS , � C.OM.MANO OE= This Belgian-Dutch duo, among the pioneersof Ala JfoanaHo tel. l..ANGVA6€, ANO the ultra-amped rave samplefest, begs to differ Dean &Contemporary Dean Hawaiian. Chart T'{E. Alt e.,.JT101J LA. Style was one of the /ii,t to bring techno House.8 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. Sf'Ar.l OF A out of the warehouses and into the mainstream J.P. Smoketrain Rock; No Na me Bar GNAT. with its 1991 Billboard hit, "James Brown is Kimo Bicoy Guitar; MezzanineResta urant. Dead.' (But he's 1101 dead, you say?Hey, this is LanceOrillo ContemporaryHawaiian; Chan a Euro band we're talking about.)The group is House.5 - 8 p.m. the brainchildof Dutch musician/producerDenzil Les Peetz Piano;Michel 's. Slemming, who spentplenty of time raving in Loretta Ables Trio Jazz; Lell'ers Lounge. LA. (hence the bandmoniker). Indeed, it was LynNanni Variety; BayviewLounge. in the City of Angels that Slemmer hearda club Mojo HandBlues; Jaron 'sKail ua. deejay declareJ.B. deceasedThis bold lie freaked Na Mele RastaReggae; Fast F.ddie's. Siem out so bad he had to run home and write New Heights Dance; Nicholas Nickolas. TIDES - June 16 to June 22 a highly mechanized dittyabout it... and the rest tfdllwiCContemporary Hawaiian;} From pro jazz guitar to amateur beach volleyball, it's the Life of Linsky Hajjibaba's is a great place for the family on Father's Day. For Mom and Dad, it's an extraordinary dining experience in an exotic setting. For the kids, it's a fantastic ride on a magic carpet. Hajjibaba 's ., multi-course feasts are ideal for a family dinner, and they begin at just $16.50 per person (for twoor more). For smaller appetites,ordering ..Jhµ� a la carte from Hajjibaba's menu is ' I (/'I M;,.--=CAN CU<5'NE easy and fun. Dad'II be glad you 4614 Kilauea Avenue (next toKahola Mall) brought him to Hajjibaba' s. Dinner servednighdy from 6 to 10 p.m. For reservationscall 735-5522 very time he Riviera, Florida, Mexico. It records, jazz gui was a school of lifethat gave tarist JeffLinsky Linsky his versatilechops. As has to give up his he puts it '1t was the bestway secondlove forhis to build a repertoire so I could first: He signs a play from the top of my contract with his head." producers promis- Afteraccepting invitations ing he won't play volleyball to appearat prestigious gui until the project is finished. tar festivalsfrom Scandinavia A supple-fingeredguitarist, to California,Linsky was widely noted for his impro able to land his firstrecord visational wizardry, playing a ing deal over the phone with thumb-breaking,· knuckle nary an audition; The execs smashing sport? ''I've always at Concord Jazz Records beena sensually-orientedper were hip to Linsky's repu- son," Linsky - who is among tation eventhough they had several prominentguitarists in never heard him play. He town for the University of started creating original Hawaii's Jazz Guitar Festival compositions that bear a WardC..dre, Honolulu 521 -9023 -explains overthe phone from hallmark slinkiness, no his homein San Francisco.'The doubt rooted in the envi guitar tiesin becauseit's a very able "Life of Linsky."He's cut most complete physical and emotional me so happy," he recalls. "I didn't of his recorded tracks withsidemen experience. There you are touching knowyou could do so much on the versed in Brazilian music. "It's not the strings withboth hands, produc guitar." He describeshimself as a typ just thatthe Brazilian stuff is niceand ing the sound and makingthe pitch ... ical teen who had mastered the three pleasant," he says. 'The guitar music all at once. It's not toodiff erentfrom chordsneeded to play the simple surf fromthere lends itself to the combi diving into the hot sand aftera ball." music of the times- stuff byDick nationof jazz and classical." Dale and Duane Eddy. He'd been Slightly embarrassed, Linsky LIZA SIMON through a few garage bands and even admits that "new age" radio stations picked up some jazz technique. But sometimes claim him as one of their At 41, Linsky has gained consid the Segovia experience drove him own. He jokinglyconf esses that he's -aMHIIIHII/HIFSM·144- erablerespect in thejazz guitar world straight to the studio of Vincente heard tennthe pronounced '"n ewage,' His fourCDs have earnedcritical Gomez, a great Hollywood guitar to rhyme with sewage." DON'T LET THE NAME SCARE YOU acceptance across the jazz spectrum, player of the '40s and '50s - the "But my only real complaint with We 're professional, service-oriented and not as frightening as you from straight-ahead to crossover. soloist you hear, forexample, behind [ new age] music,'' he says, "is that it might think. We have fun, and we love what we do. It shows. While most criticsmention Linsky 's Gregory Peck's dialogue in movies doesn't go anywhere.Harmonically, ability to meld heady jazz technique, like The Snows of Kilamanjaro. it's not too interesting. You'd think ... AND NOW ONLY $4.95DOWNTOWN beatific classical tone, and warm "I could actually do a lot of things the piano players didn't have any Please call 523-5166. All we ask is one chance to impress you. Brazilianrhythm andmelody, it's his that Gomez couldn't do, harmoni black keys on their pianos." MOKES ON SPOKES improvisationthat reallywows 'em. cally speaking," Linsky says, "but Whatever genre hemight get stuck Want to hear Linsky transform a he could make it all sound so beau in, Linsky seems confounded that NO JOKE. Beatles song? No problem, gushes tiful. He taught me that the key was he's attained any fame at all. He says Guitar Magazine; make a request, listening, always listening to what his years on the road taught him there and he'll not only play the song but you play." are many wonderful guitar players break it down and reinvent it with Emerging fromadolescence in the out therepeople have never heard of chordal variations of his own. early 70's, Linsky decided the world and probably never will -likea guy Linsky'sflair for improvisation can could be his woodshed and settled Linsky came across in Florida one lend a degree of immediacy often on Kauai, where he gigged at the night '1t was one of those places with absentfrom the remoteperf ormances Coco Palms Hotel. He soon moved tacky booths and a few guys passed of many jazz guitarists. Take, for to Waikiki, where he found cheap out on the bar," he remembers. 'There example, Linsky's UH concert last rent at the old Edgewater Hotel and was hardly anyone in there, except summer. "I didn't really have a pro plenty of small restaurantswhere he for two or three guitar players like gram," he remembers of the show, could make a living playing four myself. Our mouths were hanging "and I was noodling around, seeing hours a night, six nights a week. For open because over in the comer this what it would tum into. Therewas a the next two decades he cultivated left-handedguitar player soundedlike moment when a baby in theaudience the "guitar man" lifestyleat beach a couple of guys at once. He was startedcrying, so I turned whatever resorts around the globe: the French doing some amazing things!" I was playing into a lullaby." Linskysays he triesto tell his few Linsky confesses to having been students that they, too, can learn to enamored with the guitar ever since Hawaii Guita do "some amazing things." At the the firsttime he held one around the F r UH festival,Linsky will be opening age of ten. "I loved the sound, the estival the improvisatoryroad to all who care UH Manoa feel, the smell of its insides," he says Su to travel it. "People who were great n. 6/20 - Sun. See &/27 with a chuckle, "and still do." Calendar for musicians, like Bach, would proba Originally fromTo rrence, Cal., performance s bly beclassified jazz musicians if they Call chedule. Linsky credits a Segovia concert he workshop sc were alive today," he says, "consid S hedule. attended at age 14 forputting him on 956- UMM ering that improvising is the key ele the road to guitarcr eativity. "It made ·� ment they all shared." • June 16, 1993 •Honolulu Weekly• 11 From Page 10 ��� ScottVariety; Wililms Shorebird. 4 - 8:30p.m. Club Restaurant.7 - 11 p.m. ShirleyWalker DuoVariety; Jo llyRoger Fast. JITt WoodeTamyson I Jazz; New OrleansBistro. Hawaii's Home of 4-7 p.m. Kapena Contemporary Hawaiian; Malia 's. Theater 1beStrat,gers Blues; C-5. KiaueaContemporary Hawaiian; Joh n Dominis. TitoContemporary Berinobls Hawaii an; Chart LesPeetz Piano; Michel's. and Dance lO ioaRow House. 5 - 8 p.m. LikoiContemporary Sisters Hawaiian; Ha rry's AnotherWay to Say AlohaJazz and street Tommy DI theD BaldRock; Mai Ta i li>unge. Bar.3:30 - 7 p.m. dance from Pam Sandridge's Big City All-Star Naill! Contemporary Hawaiian; Duke'sCa noe Dance Team. Fountain Court Stage, Royal Evecy Hotrn 19/Saturday Club. 4 - 6 p.m. Hawaiian Shopping Center: Fri. 6/18, 7 p.m. BettyTaylor, Loo Denyl McKayJazz; ILou New Heights Dance; Nicholas Nickolas. Free. 373-5175 New OrleansBistro. Over theNew IiiGatg OrleansJazz; Randy's. Calla1CU, Revuesong-and-dance This show, BradoContemporary; SalsaRita 's 3-5 p.m. designed by local musicial11impresario Abe GUARANTEED Bryanand Julie Folk; Huddy Coconut Willie's. Pipes Danceand Drums Rock; Waw Wa ikiki. Weinstein to celebrate the music of Duke 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. ScottVariety; Wilams Shorebird.4 - 8:30 p.m. Ellington written during Ellington's years at DannyDez Rock;Pieces of Eight. Strolling Hawaiian Duo Contemporary Harlem's famous Corron Club in the '30s, fea Dean IContemporary Dean Hawaiian; Chart Hawaiian: Jarons Ka ilua. IO a.m.- l p.m. rures a 13-piece orchestra and a host of local or Yo.uWIN! ! House. 7:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. Tommy DI theD BaldRock: Ma i Ta i li>unge. glinerati. Weinstein's CCR played last year at Electric LunchBand Rock: Jarons Ka i/ua. UkuleleTree Hawa iian: AlohaBar. 5 - -,p.m. the Blaisdell;this year it'sgot a new venue and FrogBlues. Child Jazz. Funk: ./CllXl JCl/Xl Cqle.9 - :;ereral new stars. The venue: Diamond Head midnight. 21/Mondqy · •1eatre. The stars: headliner Leonard Piggee, Ho'alaleContempolll!V Fa Hawaiian: st Eddies. Asher Perrin lazz: Hilton Hau•aiian \ Wa,�e. who has appeared on Broadway; lead dancer Honolulu Jazz Duet Jazz: Cappuccinos. Billy Chapman Variety: Irish Rose Sa/non. Andrew Saguchi: blues singer Freddie Jackson: JesseVa1C8 Boden Hawaii an, Contemporary: Billy KurchPiano: l.ezrers Lounge. :ind locJI vocJlist� Ektaraand Faline. Diamond Proud Peacock. -1 - 9 p.m. Bryanand Julie Huddy Folk : Coconut Willie:, Head Theatre. 520 Makapuu Al'e.: Wed. 6/16 - JimmyBorges Jazz: Hilton Hazrniian Vi//aRe. 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. 'i;ir {J 19, 8 p.m.: Sun. 6120. -1 p.m.525 - $32.50. John Basebase Contemporary: Horatios. Dean &Contemporarv Dean Hawaiian: Chart -�,-0274 Kimo Bicoy Guitar: Hezza nine Restaurant. lfO IL\f! 'i - p.m.8 In theoven OccNonal Honolulu \VeeNr miter Lawai'a Contemporarv Hawaiian: Malia :� . Joanie Contempordf)'Komatsu Island: lc1cbt renn Alper"s one-:tct. two-person work-m- Ledward Kaapanalkona and Contemporary Club Restaurant. rogress deals surrealistically wid1 "the twen Hawaiian; Duke '., Ca noe Club. � - 6 p.m. Kapena Contemporary Hawaiian: Ha/ia s. tvsomething mating rituals of Generation X. LesPeetz Piano: Wcbe/'s. KiaueaContemporary Haw Jiian: Joh n Dominis. Through a seriesof soliloquies. telephone con affectsevery one Hams Melodious Thunk La.oiContempor Sisters .iryHawaiian: Rock: Anna Bannanas. rersations and brief sexual emptions, the char you may have HIV which leads to AIDS Bar.3:30 - 7 p.m. Musicians Jam with Fiji Jazz: Rex �- Black .1cters reveal the challenges of finding truelust Loretta Ables Trio Jazz: Lezters Lounge. Orchid. 9:30 p.m. - I -10a.m. ..nd the meaning of life in the safe-sextjust-do- MelodiousThunk Rock: 'ia nd ls/and R&B. OwanaSalazar Trio C'.omempor.iry Hawaiian; lizard Loft, 1t confusion of the 901 s." 760 New Heights Dance: .Vicholas Nickolas. Ha rry'sBar . 3:30 - -,p.m. l\apahulu Ave.: Timr. 617, 8 p.m. $5. 732-2670 Treatment Available �ContemporaryHawaiian: jdm funinis. Raga & Deny!Jazz; McKay NewOrleans B6tm. Nueva Vida's Big Thang R&B Dance: Rex :, Rendezvous Dance; .VicholasNickolas. Black Orchid. 9:30 p.m. - HO a.m Tit o BerinobisContemporary Hawaiian; Chart for free testing 6 more info call One Contempolll!VPeople Hawaiian; BandiJo's. House. 8:30 p.m. - 12JO a.m. Galleries 9221 1313 PaganWorld Babies Dance: AnnaBanna na.,. Tommy D & theD BaldRock: Jfai Ta i l.n1111ge. Pahinui Brothers Contemporarv Hawaiian: UkuleleTree Hawaiian: Aloha Bar. 5 - 7 p.m. Op ening AirportHolidav Inn. Pastels in Paradise Oil pastels and acrylics A Message From Coffee Manoa & The Hawai'i Department of Health PanoramaVarietv: Rav'sPark Bistro. 22/I'uesday Pipesand Dance Rock: Wa w Wa ikiki. by Brenda Cablayan. Opens Wed. 6/16, runs Drums AsherPerrin Jazz: Hilton Hmcaiian Vil/age. Koo/au Galleries. Polpcuric'I.Im.Jazz; RamsavGal/eril5.2-5 p.m through 6/31. Windward Mall. BettyTaylor Loo & Derry! McKay Jazz; New 247-0709 Random Cowboys Country; Los Ch iles. Orleans Bistro. Rolando Sanchez & Salsa Hawaii Latin; Billy Chapman Varietv: Wa ikiki Broiler Captain'sTa bleli>unge. BradoContemporary; Coasters Continuing Roslyn Contemporary; Roy s Park Bistro C8rolContempolll!V: Atkinson M.abinali>w1ge, luyier"Pop" Diamondretrospective A of the Rudy Molina Guitar; Yacht Club Restaurant. Ala Moana Hotel. photographer's work recording the history of ScottWilliams Va riety; Shorebird. 4 - 8:30p.m. DefCon 5 Alternative Rock: Kamehameha Schools. Through 6/30. Midkiff 1beStrangers Blues; Snapper's. J.P. SmoketrainRock; No Name Bar. ImmingCenter, Kamehameha Schools. 842-8873 Tommy DI theD BaldRock: Mai Ta i Lounge. Joanie Komatsu Contemporary Island; Ya cht NonnanOil Kelley and aaylics. Through 6/18. TropicalBlues;] llbls awJaw Cafe . 7 - 9:30p.m Club Restaurant. Coffe e Talk, 1152 Koko Head Ave. 737-7444. UkuleleTree Hawaiian; Aloha Bar. 5 - 7 p.m. LanceOrillo Contemporary Hawaiian; Chart l.anentationsfur a Wounded WollclAn envi House. 5 - 8 p.m. ronmental exhibit by a dozen of Hawaii's con 20/Sunday Loretta Ables Trio Jazz; Lewers Lounge. cernedartists. Through 6/25. Galleryon the Pali AlmostFamous Band Country; C-5. Lyn NanniVariety; Bayview li>unge. 2500Pali Hwy. 595-4047 Asher PerrinJazz; HiltonHa waiian Village. MotionJazz; Coffee Manoa. Love SuiteWorks by John "Ohno" Nichols. Billy Chapman Variety; Irish Rose Saloon. �ContemporaryHawaiian;]obnDominis. Through 7/10. Cafe ChePasta, 1001Bishop St. BillyKurch Piano; I.ewersli>zmge. NoctumalTransmlaslon: Local Band Night 524-0004 Brado Contemporary; Chart House Dance Rock; Wa ve\V aikiki. 1beMagic: ofStained GlassGlas.s work by Bryan andJulie HuddyFolk: Coconut Wi//ie's. Owana SalazarContemporarv Trio Hawaiian: Yvonne Andersen. Through 6/30. Arts of 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. Harry'sBar. 3:30 - 7 p.m. Paradise Gallery, International Marketplace. DannyDez Rock; Pieces of Eight. RockfordHolmes Quartet Jazz NightJazz; 924-2787 Dean &Contemporary Dean Hawaiian; Chart Nicholas Nickolas. A Questionc'I Conscience Drawings byWren. House. 9 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. Steven ColemanJazz: Java Java Cafe. Through 6/25. RamsayGalleries and Cafe, 1128 Francios Kahale Contemporary Hawaiian; Tit o BerinobisContemporary Haw aiian; Chart Smith St. 'i37-ARTS Chart House. 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. House. 8:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. Julie Kerns Schaper Recent watercolors. JesseVance Boden Hawaiian, Contemporary; Willie K. Contemporarv Hawaiian; .'1,falia s. 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The HawaiCenter Mariline Pier 7, Opendaily, 1329A 10th Ave.: Sat. 6/19, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. $7 adults, $4 kids. 536-6373 Learning $40. 735-1860 MuseumHi ghlights The history of Hawaiiis Baby-sittingCertification Course Aspiring the history of itsrelationship with the ocean. babysitters:Gain an edge over your compe Honolulu's waterfrontmuseum offers an excel tition. Students will receive Red Cross certi lent overview of thathistory with exhibits that fication in baby-sitting.Registration required. Museums cover the ancient Hawaiian voyages, Captain CastleMedical Center, 640 Ulukahiki St.:Mon. BishopMuseum 1525 BerniceSt. Opendaily, 6/21, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. $25. 235-8737 9 a.m. - 5 pm. $7.95 adults, $6.95kids. 847-35 11 Cook,the whaling industry, memories of the (, : ...: _: :) Iurlirze and Matson shippingthe and m ! Ii Unknow Me . l "Love's function is to fabricate l i i unknownness." Queer Jew, 25, exor i I cising unadventurous past, seeks risk, i I audacity, even love. Reasonably mature, I insightful 20-somethings respond Reply i I to HW Box 214.itn 700261t i I l I i I I I I I I ! I 14 • June 16, 1993 • Honolulu Weeklym------• flipped. This versionresembles a fat, Formica Tables round omelete. Also delicious. While the Hiroshima style is stillvery pop ular, a competingOsaka version has Okonomiyaki Chiba become the de fa cto do-it-yourself style. Although in Japan you would never find both types in one restau rant, you can sample either at one place in Waikiki - Okonomiyaki Chibo in the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center. When you eat at Chibo, you sit 24th Anniversary Home of the To o Taco bar-style around a large, flat grill, where everything is cooked right in Come Celebrate Ringside seats for the front you.of Even baked and steamed July I-7th Okonomlyakl action. appetizers are cooked tableside in small copper baking dishes. The PUB & MEXICAN FOOD Spinach and Tofu Appetizer($5.80), LNE MUSIC & DANCING which is stewed in a veryspicy teriya Hiroshima mon amour. ki-sesame oil sauce, was so good I - 1:30 am Open daily, 11:30 am While they're still virtually would have ordered a second one, 2440 SouthBeretania Street unknown outside of the coun were I not obligated to tell you about Phone 946-5190 try, in Japan okonomiyaki a variety of things. The Grilled restaurants arethe rough equiv Potatoes ($5.50) with onion and alent of the American pizza cheese (bacon optional) and a pizza '-' joint - a common dinner like flavored Asparagus with a Law Offices of hangout forcollege students, Tomato and Cheese Sauce ($7 .50) popular with young families were almost as good. on weekends and considered Besides being able to verify the ..: Khaled S.-�.:� a great winter lunch spot by freshness of the ingredients, a nice the average Japanese "salary thing abouteating grill-sideat Chibo's man" in a hurry. Not only did is the entertainment: You'll find knife · Mujtabaa ; the dish catch on, it inspired region flashing handiwork worthy of "Hard to pronounce, al adaptations throughout Japan. Benihana's and the KobeSteakhouse easy to talk to. " having taken pasta back to Italy from The original Hiroshima-style without the painfullytired Las Vegas • Bankruptcy DON DOUGHERTY China, many of the first East-West okonomiyaki has about as much in lounge humor; Chibo's large • Divorce culinary encounters actually involved common with Mexican food as a Japanese-speaking clientele appear • Personal Injury n its May 1993 edition,Goumzet Asian adaptations of Western ingre Hamburger doeswith Hamburg. The to have intimidatedthe local-boy chefs • Wills/Living Trusts magazine published a special dients: Tempura was created after dish is made by pouring eggy pan into silence. Kamaaina guests seem • Real Estate/Home feature on the Honolulu dining the Japanese saw Portuguesesailors cake batter on a grill (the tortilla?), welcome conversational company, Repoir Disputes scene. Like most "lifestyle cooking with oil. Untilpeppers were topping it with your chosen combi which may earnyou a willingness to zines," Gourmet was able to introducedalong the silk route,Indian nation of grilled octopus, squid, adapt fixed dishes and special treat For Free cover some very tired topics with curries were much milder. And, as shrimp,vegetables and/orbeef (came ment (like more of that spicy sauce). Consultation a surprising degree of superfi our contradictory Gourmet writer asada?), heaping on a pile of cab Unfortunately,while Chibo's prices Call 538-7907 ciality and pretension. I found one herself points out, missionaries to bage (the shreddedlettuce?), topping may be reasonable by Tokyo stan MU.IM Building. referenceparticularly unpalatable: Hawaii introduced salted salmon, it off with an egg (huevos dards, okonomiyaki is not a cheap 333 Queen Street, Suite 605 The author described Roy "which the Hawaiians adapted as rancheros?),flipping the whole thing meal inHawaii. The standard Osaka Hono1ulu, Hawuii 96813 Yamaguchi of Roy's Restaurant, as lomi lomi." In complete deference to over to cook, and serving it pancake style Okonomiyaki ($1 3.75), which the ''the fatherof modem East-West the many fine chefs involved, our side-up (burrito?) with a generous is Chibo's specialty, lets you choose cooking." Yes, and Columbus dis "modem" PacificRim thing is real splash of sweetteriyaki sauce (salsa?) any two ingredients (sirloin, pork, covered America and the mission ly just French cooking with a few and a sprinkle of nori (cilantro?)and bacon, chicken, prawns, scallops, aries civilized Hawaii. Though the local ingredients. If I see one more fish flakes (who knows?). Cooked octopus,squid and vegetable). Chibo •4 ,,,:; ti9:i • Since l979 Gourmetwriter did have the good foodwriter drop to their knees and tableside, the process is funand con calls their own fixed ingredient(sir � taste to say "this likable young chef reciteone "hail Roy'' and three ''I'm versational. And - trustme - the loin, prawn, squid) Hiroshimastyles [Roy] is too modest ever to make not worthy"s atthe Euro- Asian altar... result is delicious. Yo shokuyaki ($17) and Pu-monju �� fazeoriginal such a claim,"she feltperfectly jus I'm going to hurl. A simplifiedOsaka typecombines ($17), which add a layer of grilled W, wearingap parel tified in indulging in a little ethno The Euro-adaptationsyou can still the batter, cabbage and egg into a noodlesto the usual ingredients.Pu Juign.eJfr om centric imperialism all by herself. findin Asia arefar more interesting. single mixture which is poured on monju is a Tokyo student standard, As much as I respect enjoyand the One such delicious oddity is Japanese thegrill, layered with meats and veg but theincreased price and the unusu � vi.ntageJi.I.le ki.nwfl.Od, innovative flair of chefs Roy, Alan okonomiyaki. Sometime around gies, toppedwith more mixture and al crispy pancake make Chibo's \l1 ,,. obi.J dother Wong, Sam Choy and Jean-Marie World War II (no one is precisely Osaka standard the better choice. �""11 )1' Josselin, I must point out that cross sure when) an adventuresome The teppanyaki dining experience unique culturalcuisine is as old as tradeitself. Japanese guy returned from an is usually festive and boozy, which if?"W /abri.c.1... Okonomiyaki l Furthermore, many of the practi extendedstay in Mexico to his home Chi makes Chibo's a great place to see tioners of this cooking style today town of Hiroshima where he decid bo Japanese tourists let down their hair qualiiy Roy worlcm.aJMhip with are uncomfortabledescribing Pacific ed to createa restaurantthat featured al Hawaiian Sho a bit. You may even earn a beer or tm Ce pping Rim cuisine as a "movement." I, for the cooking style he'd experienced nter . 3rd Aoor two, simply by befriending your 2201 one, don't like scatological collo in Mexico. Unfortunately for this Kalakaua Avenu Nihonjin tablemates. And given \��:;,we 11 3 a. e quialisms attached to any food trend culinaryadven turer, none of the raw : 0 m .. 2 p.m. Mon Chibo's drink prices (domestics 5 1 .- Sat. - a movement is something you materials were available; he impro • 0:30 p.m. daily $3.25, imports$4) a fewrounds could 922-9722 have afterthe meal. vised. The result was okonomiyaki rapidly make a significant dint in the J J-18 l,oko I k.id ,\\ l'llllL' While Marco Polo is famous for (literally: grilled favorite things). tradeimbalance. • /,)-l-3-l :J/ Dining Guide In a world of mass-produced pizzas, you can still findan original. Delicious Chicago-style deep-dish pizza from Pizzeria Uno. Each one Delicious barbequed meats and tangy a masterpiece, filledwith the vegetables, discreetly freshest ingredients and seasoned at individually baked to perfection. inexpensive prices. Open every day 10:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. Take out orders Phone 737-0006 or 7373-6059 3569 Wa ialae Avenue RBSTAURANI' A BAR I la Kuhio at Seaside, Mauka, Upstairs 926-0646 rum•�=�= June 16, 1993• Honolulu ,We ekly• 15 FromPage 13 till you puke. Registration required. Chapel, Diamond Head More of a walk (replete with de around thedrum tower and watch the sun KCC Diamond Head campus: Sat. 6/19 & 6/26, handrails and paved stairs) than a hike, this set on Waikiki. KapiolaniPark Fri. 6/18, 7 - 10 a.m. - noon $10. 734-9211 excursion up Honolulu's famous landmark 9 p.m. Free. 923-2951 ex. 263 Traditional JapaneseStephanie Embroidery includes a look at the rmter's historica.1 back Chant,IMa Mo'olelo& John Kaimikauashares Nagata introduces you to the beautyand ele ground. Bring a flashlight for the dark passages the chants, hula and mo'o/elo (storytelling) of ganceof this 1600-year-oldart form. Through at the top. Meet at entrance to Honolulu Zoo. �ololrui. AthertonHa /au, Bishop Museum, 1525 the wondersof video. you·ll seecraftsmen cre 151 Kapahulu Ave Saturdays, 9 a.m. Free. BerniceSt.. Wed. 6/16. 7 · 9 p.m. Free. 848-4168 ,Jting formal kimono obis and other works of 948-3299 Daddy,BabyLook-Mi ke ContestOpen to all art. Chapel. KCC Diamond Head campus: Thur. Hall1tedHonolulu Explore historic downtown fathers with babies up to 30 months old. 6117. 7 - 8 p.m. Free.734- 9211 and learn :1bout Honolulu's collection of spir Categories include, "�lost Spirited Duo' and its Polyne,from ia, Asiaand the West Registration "Best Costumed Duo." Proceeds to benefitthe required.Meet alOld An:hiws Bldg., IolaniPalace March of Dimes. Registration required. Wa rd Grounds: Wed. 6/16, 6 - 9 p.m. $5 923-0371 Wa rehouseAmpbilbeater. 1050 Ala Moana Blvd.: Kids HistoricHonolulu Walking StepTour back in Sun. 6/20. 8:30 a.m. $7. 531-6411 JapaneseKite Expo Watch these paperwar time (but becareful crossing the street)on this Israeli Folk Dancing Keep the culture alive riors banle forsupremacy of the skies in this historic tour of downtown. which explores the and kicking. AlaWai GolfCo urse Ballroom, unusual sportfrom Japan. Kapio/aniPark Sat. .\-lission Houses, Kawaiahao Church, King -104 Kapahulu Ave Thur 6/17, 7 - 9:30 p.m . 6/19. 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Free. 923-2951 ex. 263 Lunalilo's tomb, the Kamehameha statue, the ·1. 373-2561 Rainbow Reel:Dragons, Dinosaurs, Bones Iolani Palacegrounds and St. Andrew's Cathedral. NewWritq FromVilsoni thePacificIslands andElephants Freeze! Put the Nintendo down, Reservations required. Call J1issionHouses Hereniko, VictoriaKneubuhl, David Farmerand back away from the television and head over J1useumfo r meetingplace. Wednesdays 9:30 Leo Anderson read from two new plays: to the Manoa Summer Film Festival. ThLs week's a.m. - noon. $7 adults. $2 kids. 531-0·i81 Hereniko's l.tistVirgin in Paradiseand John A. keiki features are Tchou, Tc hou, Dinosaur!, KuliououRidge HikeClimb to the crest theof Kneubuhl's Think of a Garden. Both plays are TheseBone; TheseBoner nnd Bearskin A1t Bldg. Koolau range and learn about the native and m the summer'93 L'i5Ueof Manoa.jolm A. Bums Auditorium. UH Manoa campus: Sat. 6/19. introducedplants that growa.long the tmil. Meet Auditorium. UH Manoo campus, Thur. 6/17, 10 a.m. $2. 956-9883 at Kulio11011Nei gbborhoodPark, 501 Kuliouou noon- L30 p.m. Free.956-3070 Tilapia Fishing Contest Why you'd want to Rd.: Sat. 6/19, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. $9 848-4168 P.O.V. Japanese-Americ.in filmmakerJanice catch one of them we're not too sure. but it'll ScandalousDays in OldHonolulu: Saloon Tanaka chronicles the search for ber father. beFather's I}.iy, fl) humorthe old man.Trophies Walk Be a part of Honolulu's checkered past whom she eventually finds in a halfway-house will beawarded for the shortest and longest and join in the "moralswars" of last ctiltury, for the mentally ill. KHET- Channel 11: Tue. fish.Pa radisePark, 3737 Manoa Rd.: Sun. 6/20, when drunkensailors encountered teetotaling 6/22. 10 p.m. 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. $2. 988-0205 temper.ince leaders.Registration required . Meet PsychicFair For thoseof us who haven't had at OldBlaisdell Hotel Bld g., 1154 Fort St. Mall: a premonition aboutthis yet, the Blue Moon Fri. 6/18, 6 - 9 p.m. $5. 923-0371 Readers. through astrology, palmistry, psy Siena Club HikesThe Hawaii chapter of the chometry and other methods, will give youa Hikes and Sierra Club sponsorsweekly hikes and other bener insight into yourself. Maima Kea activities. Call for a recording of the week's Marketplace, 1120 Maunakea St.: Sun. 6/20, Walks events. 538-6616 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. $10 - 20. 486-7827 Pau Hana at Salsa Rita's Chinatown Walking Tours The Chinatown Treasure HuntClue master Steve Brown will SecondAnnual Rock 'n' Roll10K RunThe Historica.1 Societyoffers two different walking test your commonsense along withyour knowl Hard Rock Cafe sponsors this benefitfor the Hawaii's Best Mexican Food, tours. The morning tour covers the heart of edge of Honolulu. Meetall olaniPalace, mauka homeless. After the mce, take a shunle back Chinatown and its arcades, herbal shops and side: Sun. 6/20, 8 a.m. Free. 836-4940 to the cafe and enjoy a chili-rice breakfast. Drinks & Rock'n'Roll historica.1 buildings. The afternoon tour visits Register by 6/18. Honolulu Hard Rock Cafe, Just Off-center at Restaurant Row! severalChinese and Japanesetemples and the 1837 Kapiolani Blvd.: Sun. 6/20, 6 a.m. $20. lush sanctuaryof Foster Gardens. Meetinside 254-2996 • · AsiaMall, 1250 Maunakea St.: Weekdays, 10 Whatevahs a.m & 1 p.m. $2 plus$1 fee forFoster Gardens. BonDa1Ce Everyone fromthe veteran dancer 521-3045 to the rookie in rubberslippers is invited to cir- RESTAURANT J}temdg-� � �. 0ayat (Y)W The Only Restaurant o/tkkd-� CJin the �Id! To Bring Both Incredible Food You are cordially invited And Outstanding Value Piazza SanMarco Back To Waikiki Choic,es of Minestrone or for Dinner Insalata Verde (Green Salad) Charming atmosphere, Four-Star Food � greatfood & drinks Manicotti alla fiorentina Monday • Friday At Two-Star Prices � Paillard di Pollo 5 p.m. · 9 p.m. Conveniently Located In or serving: The Waikiki Terrace Hotel Ahi aiFerri (GrilledAhi) 2045 Kalakaua Av enue or At The Entrance to Waikiki Veal Piccata Pasta Free Validated Parking � Gelato Southwestern (Jee Cream) or Creative Vegetarian Reservations Recommended- Creme Caramel 955 • 6000 $22.95 Fresh Island Seafood Signature Deserts Double-Award Winning Lunch Monday - Friday 15% discount "Best Seafood" And "Best Pizza" In Honolulu Open nightly fordinner This Week's Specials: Classical music from6:30 p.m to 9:30 p.m. 5jtJ·�j44 Appetizer: Baked Brie wrapped in Fillo Dough Entree: Blackened New Yo rk Steak Table-side violinist on Friday & Saturday Queen St. & Alakea Stop In 1b Pick Up Your Copy Of The Weekly Reservations 591-0105 Grosvenor Center - enter offAlakea And A Complimentary Cup Of Coffee free Validated Parking During Service Hours Nauru Tower 1330 Ala Moana Blvd. FREE VALET PARKING 16 • June 16, 1993 • Honolulu Weekly