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ing Nick Nolte and SaturdayN,ight Live's Ed­ at a private screening in New York). The . In Best FriendS, Burt Reynolds and the die Murphy. Opens Dec. 8. <;Titles are gQing out on a limb and prOclaim­ gifted and appea1iOO Goldie Hawn play suc­ .~. /:~~e interesting side trips into the ing this performance by Paul Newman his cessful screenWriters who work together and ~l~~tic Jesse James legend with The Long Riders best to date. He plays a washed up, alcoholic live together. They decide to get married America's largest an­ and a thrUler set in the Louisiana swamps lawyer who sees a malPJllCtice suit as the and, as Jewlson insightfully observes, "Her $pending spree, Hollywood moguls with Southern Comfort, one of HoIIywood's perfect opportunity to bri!\g hi . mother is' now his mother-in-law." That's ~n the .same vtsions. The holiday' at­ more intelligent directors returns his atten­ the limelight. Newman is su when the hilarity-and-tears begin. m~ere makes the week .right after tion to the city, with this offbeat cops-and­ fine actors as Warren Oates, J~k Studio hype is comparing this ChriStmas a terrific one for the movie in­ robbers film. 48 Hours takes place in one and James Mason, Reynolds/Hawn pairing to Tracy and Hep­ dustry, but not necessarily for the public. weekend in San Francisco. Nick Nolte is a burn. Pay $3.50 and find out for sure. Althovgh this year's selection is slightly im­ police officer who has been ordered to stay Stin of the Night, directed by Robert Ben­ proved over last year's barrage, it a off the case, but, nonetheless, he sets Qut on ton and starring Roy Scheider and Meryl The TO" directed by Frances Veber and that Hollywood is once again banking the trail of a man who killed two fellow of­ Streep.Opens Dec. 17. starring Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason. dkd:es being too snockered with egg~to ficers with the aid of Nolte's own surrendered Writer-director Robert Benton's first film Opens Dec. 10. notice that, for the most pa.rt:¥ t~~~satne gun. Along the way, he's joined by a young since Kramer Vs. Kramer doesn't have any The Writer who gave us La Cage aux old faces to the same hacl\rie~ea st4f§ lines. black ~ng member who has his own reasons cute little kicls sneaking into the freezer for ice Foiles now directs this tale of a millionaire "The Fourth of July is very good, but that for stalking the killer. The two men develop a cream. However, there was life before who tells his son he can have anything in the week between December 25th a!)d 31st will mutual respect. Kramer, and Benton's earlier films The Late store he wants. The boy picks janitor Richard ~n be the best of the whole year," says A sneak preview filled an 1,100-seat Show and Bad Company depict as seamy a Pryor. Remake of early 70s French version, Jock PoessIger, president Of the y~ed Mo­ theater and Initial audience reaction has world as his new suspense thriller, Still of the which starred Pierre Richard. tion Picture Association, cpubJicity director of been excellent. It's "damn good," according Night. (continued on page 22) Commonwealth Theatres and host of the to one report. Roy Scheider plays a psychiatrist who KV-I02 show "Jock Goes to the Movies," finds .blmself attracted to gallery worker "It's.a tradition, They bundle them up and Tootsle. directed by Sydney Pollack and Meryl Streep, although he suspects her of ~ th;em at the public all at once, Starring Dustin Hoffman. Opens Dec. 17. murdering one of his patients. Variety Sometimes gOod films get lost in the crowd Pollack Is an uneven director, c1aimjng reports that Still of the Night has some and are pulled after only aJ'{eek." both the stark, unco!Opromising They S~: serious plot flaws, but Is "literate, well acted, The worst I!8a5On is right.· Labor Day Horses, Don't 17feJ,i and the shallow The and beautifully made." and the first three weeks iri'~ are - Electric Horseman to his credit. Last year "terrible, because everybody's ~ frahtic Pollack gave us Absence of Malice, a AIrplane U-the Sequel. directed by Ken ~ut ChriStmas." Despite the fact'that early thought-provokioo film with some dynamite Finkleman and starring Robert Hays, Peier December Is a bad time for the business, performances and some believability prob­ Graves, Chuck Conners, Sonny Bono, many c()mpanles release ·films then, hoping lems. William Shatner, Lloyd Bridges and,Julie to build audience excitement, All roads lead to Rome and everyone Is Haggerty. Opens Dec. 10, . "You can do that If you have a quality saying Tootsie wiD be the hit of the season. The same kind of madnesswe saw the first . product," Poessiger said, "If it can buUd The plot concerns a starving New York actor time around, this time concerning the first through word of mouth, If the film 'has (Dustin Hoffman) who notices that the only commercial space flight. legs.''' avaUable roles are for women, so he dresses Apparently the Betty Grable of this season up like a woman. Sounds pretty dynamic. Best Friends. directed by Norman Jewlson Is 48 Hours, direcior Walter HiD's first film in and starring Burt Reynolds and Goldie ah urban settiOO since The Warriors, It opens The Verclict, directed by Sidney Lumet and Hawn. Opens Dec. 17. first, on December 8. starring Paul Newman. Opens Dec. 17. "Love and laughter" - that's what the Here's a rundown on what to expect this Sidney Lumet's directing talent is un­ people want to see, director Norman Jewis season: disputed after last year's powerful Prince of was ql,l9ted on as saying in a studio press the City (which Japanese director Akira release. His claims of fame include Fiddler 48 Hours, directed by Walter HiD and starr- KUFosawa loved, by the way, when he saw it on the Roof and In the Heat of the Night. Page 2 kC PITCH December 1982 ------KC PITCI1 4128 Broadway KalUfas:City, Missouri 64111 816-561-2744 PUBLISHER...... :fialBrody KC PITCH Is hot responsible for unsolicited EDITOR .. . . Donna Trussell manuscripts, although they are welcomed. ASSISTANTS ...... John Yuelkenbeck KC PITCH is not liable in respect to any Bleys Rose claims made as a result of errors in advertis­ ART ... . Brookes DeSoto ing copy and do not necesSarily endorse any ADVERTISING...... 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Hollywood's Gold Mine Replies Even in my young career,l'vetUtd hun­ dreds of interviews, ~andt1etJel: 'ha~ '~nyone come close to expressing themslflliiesqnd me with as much pure honesty as you did. You are a wonderful writer.' . I enjoyed the intervikw as much as you said you did. so we'll have to do ~La~in a few films down the roail Bythe:.• ~y, this C one is going real well-might ~vensurprise you and L

of in- Self Portrait &om Paris terest in the upcoming James Bond film star· 1-~~~_~~~~~..~~ri~ng::::~~. r~:: The Who with Nadine Wanono, a French an­ thropologist who specializes in Mali. Mozam­ at the CeJllent Palace bique aM the Dogan tribes. Dateline Seattle. There are so many films and film festivals. you would go crazy. I saw ~_s Greetings from the Emerald City. It· has Secret of Veronika Voss. The music scene is been four days sinCe The Clash aml The difficult to enter. although I have my foot in Who concert and I'm still not over that sad-­ the door and a radio show here in Paris on night in the history of rock and roll. It was Wednesdays. Much theater and dance here pitiful-as bland and impersoO'aI a show as I too. Tomorrow I see traditional Indian have ever seen. The boring event took place music. at a cement pala~e known as the Kin-gdome· Rev. Dwight Frizzell and the crowd numbered close to fifty thou­ Paris, France sand. The highlight of the evening was when the crowd flicked their Bics and one large flamethrower in ~ expectation of brilliance to What's Up North (Hal) follow. However, my date fell asleep doring This is your on the spot reporter north of The Who's second song. I originally decided to b:f the" show to the river searching for something that's "real­ 90 see The Clash but they too were disap­ ly happening" on this end of the city. F'll'st of a pointmenj. their talent is better left in a small all to understand this article you must know club anl certainly on vinyl. Their electricity that there is no one north of the river over onl!! communicated itself to the first thou­ the age of nineteen. I am 21 but live up here sand people crammed into a standing area for financial reasons only. directly in front of the~ stage. The Who at If you've got a good fake ID yOu can go to least sparked half of the audience so that was Bogart's in Antioch where all the young a minor bonus. "bucks" and "buckettes" hang out. Or you ~ The following day radio listeners were re­ could wait until the weekend and cruise An­ ~uested to call in their opinions about the tioch shopping center unless the police chaSe show. Those who called in with glowing everyone off. (Remember people, it's three reports must. have been under the influence Gi\tetheJdft times one way then you have to switch:) +of musk. BaSically speaking there's nothing hap­ of good .ch~mlcal additives. pening up north. Maybe next month I'll tell After h<':!ving seen The Who twelve years ago at Freedom Palace on Main Street Kan­ Available at: you about my trip into the big city of Liberty. sas City, I could make no positive com­ Hardley A. Hangout paris;n. They had not the charisma or savage power of that hot' summer night when the electricity went out and they used Camelot Peaches AtII .,g~ .f)II-I! generator power to perform. Several concert goers passed out from heat exhaustion and poggJ!§.g.f)Q,qg, others were cooled off by huge bags of ice broken open and thrown on the audience. PennyLane Capers lJtlll.ctl"fl "lll.ttuJfl No one dared leave. The Who's pure rock elfl J '·911. J_ energy kept them glued to the artificial grass carpet. liiiiiiiiiil- JpttcltZl cnelfl'U tZf!4lltZ61 fl I have learned my lesson. I will never again purchase tickets for a concert' booked 11-6 "fld. u,'tll. J II. 11.. into a sports arena. Rosie Scrivo g 43Jt 931-5932 December 1982 I(C PITCH Page 3

~Spr1ngsteen Feedback~

I was surprised at the reactions I received Springsteen." One of the most vehement to the Springsteen record. Comments were. reactions I got was: "What the hell does he split pretty close to even. know about the Midwest and why doesn't he On the positive side: Larry Parnacotti told stick to writing about Asbury Park?" me, "I like it, especially 'Open All Night.' " I would like to thank everyone for their in­ Derek Alexander said, "I think it may be too put and ask for reactions this time on the deep for the the average listener but I like new record from an E Street Band member, 'Open all Night' and 'Johnny 99.' I about fell Miami Steve. It's called Men Without asleep the first time I listened, but it's grown Women by Little Steven and the Disciples of on me and I definitely enjoy it now." Soul. Write me in care of KC Pitch or drop There were some negative reactions, such by PennyLane Records and tell me face to as my pal Mark Matarazzi, who said, "I don't face, as many of you did last time. think I could like anything acoustic by ~-LeRoi®

Hot Ho! Ho! It's that time of the. year KATE BOSH ***** GEOR,GE HARRISON @~ Leroi's Top 31 of '82 again-Christmas cheer, hustle and bustle, The Dreaming Gone Troppo 'i...~ 1. Roxy Music Avalon ihat whole bit. Please remember that it's also EMII7084 $8.98 list Dark Horse 23734 r: $8.98 list 2. XTC English Settlement a season of peace, joy and understanding, Produced by Kate Bush Produced by George Harrison, Ray Cooper, 3. Dave Edmunds DE 7th so don't get uptight while shopping and This one may take even the biggest Kate a~d Phil McDonald 4. Clash Combat Rock remember the lesson of Christmas past­ Bush fans a while to adjust to. As fans know It pains me to dcrtpiS b1Jt I'm afraid thi~ 5. lceHowse Primitive Man beware of "Greatest Hits" packages. by now, Kate is never stagnant-she's one is destined for th! cut-outs. 6. English Beat Special Beat Service always changing, always experimenting, and 7. Russell Smith Russell Smith JONI MITCHEll. § this record is no different. After last year's :THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS 8. Men at Work BUSiness As Usual Wild Things Run Fast . rJ/I). amazing Never For Ever, many people T-Bird Rhythms * * * * * 9. Lou Reed The Blue Mask Chrysalis 1395 $8.98 list Geffen 2019'$8. 98 list wanted more of the same, but it just doesn't 10. Elvis Costello Imperial Bedroom Produced by Nick Lowe Produced by Jonl Mitchell happen that way. Given enough tries and at­ 11. Chas Jankel Questionnaire This is a very satisfying record, showing a tentive listenings, this album holds up. It may Steamin', rockin' R & B from the band 12. John Martyn Well Kept Secret lot of resourcefulness on Joni's part. Ap­ be different, but it's good. that has become the darlings of the musical 13. Van Morrison Beautiful Vision parently she hasn't lost her ability to stay In jet set. With the added refinement of Nick 14. Squeeze Sweets /rom a Stranger the mainstream of modern rock, yet she still TOM PETTY **** Lowe's production, the T-Birds have a win­ 15. Black Uhuru Chill Out maintains a slight touch ohhe jazz and avant AND THE HEARTBREAKERS ner this time. 16. Rosanne Cash Somewhere in the Stars garde present in her more recent works. Long After Dark 17. R.E.M. Chronic Town Backstreet 5360 $8.98 list Best of the Bunch 18. T-Bone Burnette TrapDoor JONI MITCHELL Produced by Jimmy Iovine and Tom Petty MARViNGAYE 19. Paul McCartney Tug of War This is not as raw as previous Petty efforts. Midnight Love 20. Marvin Gaye Midnight Love Wild Thin Run FClst It takes a more ethereal approach that will CBS 38197 $8.98 list 21. Gang of Four Songs of the Free Produced by Marvin Gaye 22. Little Steven Men Without Women Il!III!I•• prove to be a big plus in the long run. That heavy rocking Byrds sound was getting a lit­ Remember the good old days when radio 23. Bonnie Raitt Green Light tle old, and this may be the shot in the arm wasn't so color defined and stations would 24. Joni Mitchell . Wild Things Run Fast Petty needed. playa good mix of soul and pop? Today it's so 25. Joe Jackson Night and Day rare that a station calls a black record a "cross­ 26. Donald Fagen Nightfly CULTURE CLUB **** over" if it's played on a white station or vice 27. Warren Zevon Envoy Kissing to Be Clever versa. Well, Midnight Love should crossover 28. Tom Robinson North by Northwest CBS 38398 $8.98 list all over the place. It's the best record Marvin 29. Bruce Springsteen Nebraska Produced by Steve Levine Gaye has done in ten years as well as one of 30. SplitEnz Time & Tide This record was not what· we expected, the best ever for someone who has had a lot 31. Morells Shake & Push and we weren't even close. It's a fine, slightly of hits on both the black and white stations. 32. Stray Cats Built for Speed new wave record. with a heavy r l:_~iI~lIfH~a~r!~~~,~theaf" fitlence. mis it· a good ~.. ill'N , ve into dealing looking for something fresh and different. more with middle age, but it's still strong, viable music. (Let's .face it-we're all getting SPOONS *** older.) Arias &: Symphonies A&M4920 $8.98 list PRINCE Produced by John Punter ATTENTION 1999 **** This is a record with definite hit potential. If Warner Bros. 23720 $10.98 list you liked A Flock of Seagulls, you should MUSCIANS! 'S~\.. Produced by Prince give this one a trip. The one flaw is that the The rude boy of funk and roll is back and songs fluctuate too much. A definite can­ stronger than ever with a cheap double didate for having fewer songs and a lower list record. For those of you uninitiated to Re.t\e.~R price. Prince's music, It's not for the weak of heart • • or for those of strong moral fiber. However, if you want funky dance rhythms and don't Shake and Push Award S100 \0 mind pornographic language, Prince is for you. RANK AND FB..E LOW GOOD Sundown RATES! EQUIPMENT! JOHN MARTYN * * * * * Slash 114 $8.98 list Well Kept Secret Produced by David Kahne Duke 90021 $8.98 list This record is a shining example of the Also: 2 & 4 Track Tascam Recording at Very low rates Produced by Sandy Roberton concept of Shake and Push. All you shake A very awesome recording, maybe his . and pushers (you know who you are) should Call Mike 353·1333 finest. . get a real kick out of this one.

PETER GABRIEL Security PETER GABRIEL Peter Gabriel/Security. Some !' PE i ER GABRiEL say he's the most creative individual working in rock today. SECURITY Check out his new solo album and hear for yourself the master of imaginative rocking. His songs are like cinematic short . features; his voice a theatrical wonder. His music is strange and totally compelling. Experience "Shock The MonkeY,' "The Rhythm Of The Heat:' "Lay Your Hands On Me:' On Geffen Recorda and TapH Mfr.llatprlce ...98 (Cess."'98) Appearing LIVE Dec. 4th GHS2011 ~thegiftofmusic. Memorial Hall + On Geffen Records and 1iIpes Page 4 .KC PITCH December 1982 and Garfunkel and Hall and Oates emerge by B.W. Rose as music to "KUDL" up by. The station is, in short, the one you dial Kansas Citians have a love-hate relationship when searching for songs to play at your with the rock and roll radio stations in town. wedding or background music when your They love to hate them. folks come to visit. Most rock radio station listeners indulge in To its credit, KUDL maintains a more con­ wild swings of the dial and frenetic button sistent tone than other stations and its disc punching when searching for the best tunes. jockeys are scrupulous about identifying ar­ More often than not, listeners settle for the KC's Rock Radio Void tists every three odour songs. station that plays the least offensive blend of KUDL is big on television and movie rock. soundtracks,playlng themes from "A Star is How long has it been since you heard so­ Born," "Dynasty" and "American Gigolo" meone volunteer that they are excited about (obviously the seduction theme and not the rock station they tune in? Blondie's "Call l)1e"). Each station has a program director who carves out an audience by offering a certain type rock that might keep listeners from KLZR moving the dial. Also, each station offers its disc jockeys varying degrees of freedom in which is a departure from his car radio oldies, called "classics" here, tend to be Lawrence Lazer Rock squeezing in favorite songs not on the station rockers. KY 102 solves the problem by selections from Eric Clapton, Jethro Tull and The best rock radio station in' Kansas City play list. resurrecting old Springsteen material and Ten Years After that mine th~ same heavy may well be in Lawrence. KLZR (FM 106) The result is frequently a blood and guts largely ignoring Nebraska. metal vein as that of the station's current appears to be the only station attuned to fight for the same set of listeners as is Don't expect to hear new album selections playlist. newer groups highlighted on MTV videos. evidenced by the current spate of billboards first on KY 102. Because KY 102 concen­ KCI takes aim at the concert-gOing portion The MTV cable channel connected to and TV ads that boast of "more music" and trates on certified hits, it is usually behind of the rock audience by frequent an­ stereo receivers is sure to present local rock "less talk." another station that was playing selections by nouncements of concerts at the Uptown, stations with a most formidable challenge as Most stations that brag they play' more the Clash, Stray cats, SUrvivor, Asia, Joe Parody Hall, Municipal Auditorium and cable service extends throughout the Kansas music are lying. TheKC Pitch spent two Jackson and Men At Work about a month Kemper Arena. City area. MTV can offer what radio can n~t weeks in November surveying the six area before KY 102. KCI gives the appearance of playing less - the music and the video. stations '-- KKCI, KLZR, KBEQ, KYYS, KY 102's loyal follOwing can also be commercials by using its "commercial-free KLZRplays its share of Billy Joel, Rush KLSI and KUDL - that play some form of ascribed to the popularity of the Dick and ride" of a half dozen songs back to back. and Michael McDonald. But it is also the on­ rock and found they all play an average of Jay show, during which the duo continues Also, KCI offers some news which other sta­ ly place, other than MTV, that one hears 13 songs an hour. their brand of running jokes, morning tions don't. new sounds from Bananarama, Adam Ant, The airwave war over which station plays newspaper critiCism and whimsical fantasies. One of its more controversial programm­ Missing Persons and Translator. the most hits is also a toss-up because all sta­ As one of the pair recently joked on the air, ing ideas is its "Midnight Classics" program, Its emphasis on newer music from lesser­ tions play top selling tunes. It just depends "We're playing the music of your life if you which airs entire albums. Record company known artists lead to its playing groups such on what songs one considers to be "hits." were born after 1945." sources here say they are not pleased when as Men At Work, Paul carrack, the Stray Rock radio's large audience operates to stations play entire albums because record Cats and Joe Jackson before other stations listeners' categories of rock, album-oriented sales are lost to home taping. But these same picked up on their popularity. While KBEQ rock, adult contemporary and mellow. The sources also acknowledge that taping off the sponsored the Neil Diamond concert and trouble is that rock's commerciality also KLSI radio has diminished as an industry concern KY 102 sponsored Jefferson Starship, KLZR prevents kindred forms of music from finding "Sniffling" because local stations have become more sponsored the Stray cats, Novo Combo and their audience. Virtually nowhere on the dial cooperative by not programming such a reggae show. is there an extended home for reggae, with Dan and Pam shows. In addition, record company Along with KLZR's tendency to follow rockabilly, show tunes, ethnic music, big KLSI (FM 93), a new station billing itself as representatives say they are more concerned MTV, it also leans toward New Wavers such band sounds, rap or traditional American. "Classy (get it, KLaSsIe?) 93," plays an adult with home taping of unreleased albums than as Elvis Costello, Dave Edmunds, Blondie, KCUR (FM 98), the University of Missouri contemporary format that seems geared for with .older material. the Clash,.the Po1ice;1he Go-GO's and the - Kansas City station, engages in an orgy of upwardly mobile young professionals. Pretenders . innovative programming on Saturday~ that It features the popular OJ duo of Dan This station's disc jockeys are more likely includes some of the above. Programs on big Donovan and Pam Whiting who ~ep, ,the K~~Q .. s'0f.~ecords and are band, fqlk, Celtic and American blues go a: morning show rolling with news, sports in­ Yam~efthg and Yelling long way to making up for the dearth of formation and traffic reports. cians and songs. The station is also willing to variety on the local dial. KLSI's play list tends toward ballads and on the Q do what no other station will - play selec­ Another side effect of rock radio's com­ pleasant melodies, the sort of music to KBEQ (FM 104) is a throwback to the tions from an entire new release. KLZR is merciality is its shabby treatment of older ponder yesterday's loves" and lost oppor­ 1960s AM radio days when disc jockeys also the only station playing several selec­ material played as "oldies" fit only for con­ tunities. Donovan recently best described the sounded like they were yelling into an oil tions from Springsteen's Nebraska. One of juring forgotten memories. Few stations pre­ music on the air as "sniffling music." drum and when they yammered during a KLZR's better programmings efforts, albeit af sent their music as history and they fail to The station takes its easy listening rock for­ song's opening chords. a strange hour, is the 12:20 A.M. preview­ draw the connections necessary to show an mat from artists like Bread, America, James Once known as Super Q blasting from ing of new releases. artist's evolution or the changing form of Taylor, Barry Manilow, Billy Joel, Aeet­ River Quay, KBEQ now goes after a more That said, It .should be noted that KLZR rock and roll. wood Mac and Simon and Garfunkel. KLSI laid back audience. This is the station where used to be a t:ietter station. It used to offer Instead, most rock radio is presented as also leans heavily on women artists such as bigh school and college grads from the 70s "fourplays" that featured back~to-back old "the hits just keep on coming." Linda Ronstadt, carole King, Anne Murray will feel c.omfortable. and new selections by a single artist or and Olivia Newton-John. The KBEQ playlist is heavy on 70s musi­ group, which is an intelligent use of oldies. The Identity of most of the artists, cians still making records such as America, Regretably, the station has also dropped a KY 102 however, will remain a mystery because disc Neil Diamond, Doobie Brothers, Chicago, weekly program on recordings of live con­ We Rock Pem-Day jockeys rarely identify songs or performers. Elton John, Steve Miller and Crosby, Stills certs. And worst of all, KLZR lost to a (The record companies must love that.) and Nash. This is also the station where 70s Wichita station their well-versed morning No rock station appears to command KLSI's continuing search for an audience band members now pursuing solo careers disc jockey, Lisa Traxler. listener allegiance as does KYYS (FM 102), is evidenced by its on-air pleadings for are likely to find their audience - Michael popularly known as KY 102. The prolifera­ listener feedback. It advertises a suggestion McDonald (Doobie Brothers), Donald tion of KY 102 bumper stickers support line, in order that listeners might help it Fagen, (Steely Dan), Joe Cocker and Paul KCUR-FM ratings that show this station consistently on become "one of the world's great stations" McCartney. top. KY.102 makes good its boast that "We and it sponsors several contests. New artists such as Lori Branigan, Men At Highbrow, Guilt Rock Kansas City" by playing what sells - While KLSI doesn't brag about Its amount Work and Sheena Easton will occaSionally Supported Rock or sold - in the record shops. of music, the Pitch survey showed the station be heard, but their work generally fits the laid KY 102 playlist tilts toward the played an average 13 and a half records an back mold. The only divergence from this rut The final work word on Kansas City rock Midwestern party-all-night rock played by hour during the test period, or a half a record comes during the "Listener Lunch Break," radio must be left to Bill Shapiro's "Cypress REO, Foreigner, Journey, Rush and Styx more than the average of the other stations. when three requests on a postcard assure Avenue" show on listener supported KCUR (that genre of macho, one-name groups That average, however, was aided during that the station playa listener's tastes. (FM 89). which airs Saturdays from 6 to 7 dubbed by Rolling Stone magazine as the late morning hours when KLSI apparent­ Q104 offers music news and is big on con­ PM,. If you have only one hour a week to "faceless bands") . This bias is excellent ly goes on automatic pilot and manages to tests to win concert tickets for the likes of Neil devote to rock, make this the one. marketing strategy on KY 102's part because squeeze about 16 records in an hour and Diamond. Although Shapiro is frequently opi­ surveys show that these bands are popular dispenses with disc jockey chatter and com­ nionated and sometimes pompous, his with a suburban, affluent, teenage audience mercials. weekly shows concenirate on themes that no with the disposable income advertisers love. other station tackles. When looking for If there is any doubt about the interconnec­ KUDL themes he occaSionally reaches too far tion of marketing in the music business, take Cute and Cuddly back-to-school, oceans, ecology. But there a look at Rush's "Subdivisions" video on KKCI is no equal to his shows on Van Morrison, MTV in which Johnny fights suburban Grounded by Fog at KCI It stretches the definition of rock to include Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, Jerry Lee alienation by finding happiness in the video RUDt' (FM 98) in this survey since the sta­ Lewis, Ry Cooder, rockabilly and reggae. game parlor. A harder brand of rock and roll can be tion boosts Itself as "mellow music." , Shapiro's show is also the only place KY 102 also plays the New Wave of the found at KKCI (FM 106.5) which advertises Proudly enuciating its call letters as "cud­ listeners can hear non-commercial rock by Clash and the Police, the rockabilly of the itself as "your concert station" and "your die," the "mellow 98" plays Muzak pop. Soft Laurie Anderson (Big Science), Grand­ Stray Cats and. the Los Angeles rock of new home of rock and roll." Home, that is, tu~es pumped out by the Carpenters, Anne master Flash (blaek rap), T -Bone Burnett Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt - if for lovers of the-Iouder-the-better school of Murray,' Air Supply, Roberta Flack, Olivia (Trap Door) and Richard Thompson ("rock's their records sell well. But don't expect to rock as practiced by Lover B~, Uriah Heep, Newton-John" and Captain and Tennille are best kept secret" according to Rolling Stone) . hear these artists if their stuff isn't on the im­ .38-Special, Heart, Scorpions, Thin Lizzy, KUDL's lifeline. Mellow selections from Eclectic rock, to be sure. But commercial mediate hit list. A current case in point is the PointBlank and Spies. albums by John Lennon, Elton John, Juice stations can learn something by tuning in. new Bruce Springsteen album Nebraska, KCI plays little pre-mid-1970s rock and its Newton, Chicago, Neil Diamond, Simon .,.,December ..•..1982 ,., •.....•.• ,..... ,.,.,.,.,.,-.,.,.,.,.".,.,kC PITCn ...... 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Pull out the alQum and you'll find This classy lady has always be~n able to Diana's face, on both sides of the label ~ sing the soft stuff and yet stilt belt with the '!face" A and B. Perhaps thafs because best of them. But here, there's too much silk Diana Ross produced this album for Diana and not enough vibt;atiog vocals to make it Ross Productions, which could be pint of the stick. Ip ;,the final cut, Diana pirates ~nd problem. adapt~:,tll~/~I~, saying, "I am Me, go~d or "Face t>;' is eSpecially troubling. Maybe bad''''lSI:\~!pnJot to include mediocre. Silk Ms. Ross was the victim of a bad mix, but her Electrjc cQuldn~~e a'~ttery recharge. lead vocals often sound more like back­ '" -c ViddAtkins ground vocals. For the same reason, "Still In CHARLENE Love" is something you'd rather hear Barbra Used to Be Streisand sing, just to put SOl'fle punch Motown 6027 $8.98 list behind the lyrics. Ross experiments with If you had occasion this.past,summerto Skanking82 several musical styles. In "So Close" Ross listen, to Top .40 or Adult ,Cof\tempqrary 1982 has been a year of growth and ac­ listeners to .dig a little deeper' to find out ' tries to put across a late '5Os'sound with a radio" YO!J probablybeatcl that roman<=fl ceptance for reggae music, not only interna­ where this significant sound Is really coming SOphisticated update. She attempts to rock novel in capsule form. "rve N(!v,ef Been to tionally but domestically as well. On a local from. There are countless Jamaican groups QJ:\ "Fool For· YourLove,"but~ the Me,:',as rendered by tBeiwarblim.J:~ level, we Kansas Cit\ans have had more op­ who posses the. ability to create crucial guitars override the vocals and the percus­ <;harlene. , ,;,' '~; ~h ,'r"" portunities to enjoy top acts this year than sounds but they get so little exposure that sion sounds as if it's coming from a cave. Well . . . her second hit siq~~,\r;\fI ~I\mm ever before, .such as the prestigious Black only those on the island or die-hard roob On the plus side, Michael Jackson wrote ha\le been released. Somewpat leSwmized Uhuru With Sly and Rot?bie, (iregoryJsaaes freaks here or in England ever catch on to and produced the steamy "Muscles," and by phone-in duet 'vocals by Stevie Wonder. with Root? Radi,us; Peter Tosh, Jimnw Cliff them. that Jackson craftsmanship comes through the song "Used to Be" identifies .all ; the and other making the rounds. There was a in the percolating guitars and slinky singing: world's problems and offers. inJoul' minutes. lot of serious skanking going down. Some meltingly pretty string arrangements love and truth as the solution .. WbaLan Besides the international'favorites, we've and a myriad of extra musicians lend a fujI original idea! also had our own heroes, the Blue Riddim sound to a couple of other sOngs. I doubt that anyone with the inteJli~ed Band, who between croSs-country touring Iteggae . "Love Lie" features the album's best a dried sponge could make it through",this and their sensational guest spot at Jamaica's arrangement-interesting, quirky harmonle~ without wincing. No doubt that by the time Sunsplash festival, continue to pack every and some knowing lyrics about cooled-out you read this. t'Used to Be'; will beweltoMts venue ~hey choose to play in K.C. and Since there is virtually. no atrplay of reggae way up the charts to instant suCCess: ,Lawrence. Another new local addition is the music, it can be difficult deciding what is hot -T_On_yPr_O_C8_CC_bli Zoo, who have a great reggae/ska sound and what is not. Although there is more and 'Warp Dancing ____..... that's fun to listen and dance to. more music being recorded, it's sounding For the masses, groups like the Police and more and more the same. 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JUDY CARMICHAEL ALCOHN Two-Handed Stride **** Overtones Sultan of Swi Progressive 7065 list $8.98 list $8.98 ,Concord 194 STANGETZ ***** You are a young jazz pianist making your The Muter I always think of AI Cohn as the sort of Columbia 38272 $8.98 list recording debut. You have the option of Pete Rose of jazz: Mr. Hustle and Consisten­ It's always exciting, to me at least, when either fitting into the current jazz market with cy. For many years, other musicians sang his some beautiful jazz material from an original material or recording jazz standards praises to the high heavens while the majori­ unreleased session suddenly appears. That's in a style of which you have become pro­ ty of the ~uying public was more familiar with the case with this recent release of an Oc­ digious, a style many consider extinct. What the work of Stan Getz, Zoot Sims and others tober 1975 session by Stan Getz. At that would you do? of the Four Brothers persuasion. point in time, StaR released material' that Judy Carmichael has successfully chosen After some years working mainly as a took him in a different direction than the the later avenue. The twenty-nine-year-old, writer and arranger, AI is now recording straight-ahead jazz approach that most of us self-taught pianist from Lynwood, California most prolifically for the Concord label, so wanted to hear. leaves no doubt about her status as a con­ more and more fans are becoming aware of Side one opens with a sadly neglected AI temporary stride pianist. (Stride is the style what other musicians have always known: Dubin and Harry warren standard titled that followed ragtime. James P. Johnson' . that AI is "too much." This latest album puts "Summer Night," After a niftyrubato intro, and Fats Waller were the original masters.) him in the company of two of the most Stan is off and running at a nice medium Carmichael has obviously chosen seleC­ respected players in jazz - pianist Hank tempo. That great Getz sound and style is •There is also'lots of room for Dailey. The se­ tions well within her repertoire and shows Jones and bassist George Duvuvier. Also very much in evidence. The other track on cond track on this side, and last of the authentic technique in her delivery. The cuts featured Is Akita Tana, the fine drummer side one is a contemporary work by the fine album, was actually the first one recorded at on the album represent the staple crop of with the Heath Brothers since 1979, and as guitarist/pianist Ralph Towner called the session. It is the marvelous movie theme tunes you could hear in any bordello in the ~ most pleasant bonus, AI's son Joe on "!!!:!.ven's Wood." written by Bronislaw Kaper for the 1952 film 20s. She plays rags of Fats Waller such as, guitar. / Side two opens with a long reading of one of the same name, "Invitation." Although "Honeysuckle Rose," "Viper's Drag" and "A Side one of the album contains three of jazz's greatest ballads, "Lover Man," by usually done as a haunting ballad,' Stan Handful of Keys" as well as other sentimen­ Cohn originals (he writes as well as he plays) Ram Ramirez. This is Stan Getz at his lyrical swings it from start to finish. , tal numbers like "Ja-Da." On that particular and one of Cole Porter's "swlngingest" stan­ best .. , the Stan Getz I enjoy the most. - Dick Wrigbt tune you can barely find the piano, due to dards, "I Love You." The three Cohn tunes the great sa)< lines that alto saXophonist Mar­ are: "P-Town'" (a nice finger-snapper), shall Royal blows. The feeling on the album "Woody's Lament" (I assume for his old BOBBY HUTCHERSON discernible rhythm, sounding almost like a coffee commerciarjiilgfe-:--' ' ------,.- is upbeat and poSitive, without blinding you­ ~ss, Woody Herman) and "High On You." Solo Qnartet ** with the bright, jumpy ~und that a lot of Contemporary 14009 $8.98 list HutchersOn takes the more conventional quartet approach on side two. His talent on ragtime/stride pianists have commercialized. If you like hells, chimes, the vibrophone, vibrophone becomes infinitely more allUring This quality is due in part to the outstanding w.hen blended with McCoy Tyner's lyrical sidemen on this album. xylophone, marimba and boo"bam, you'll '- azz../ --I find enchantment in Bobby Hutcherson's piano, and guided along by Herbie Lewis on Seasoned saxophonist Royal helpS to tone J down the highly syncopated rhythms, mak­ new album, Solo, Quartet. I, however bass I and Billy Higgins on drums. The developed a fear of someday being taken quartets's intimacy is clearest on "MeSsina," Ing them more listenable. You'll also hear Side two opens with a nice original by hostage by leftists doorbells. a free-form composition In· which' Hutcher­ two Basie alumni - guitarist Freddie Greene pianist Jones titled "Vignette." Next comes Side one consists of Hutcherson on bells, son and Tyner lunge at one another with and drummer Harold Jones. Providing the • another fine Cohn tune, "Pensive," featuring chimes, the vibrophone, marimba and boo­ swirling solos, only to retreat into reconciled strong bass line is Red Callender. Never do great ballad tenor work by AI. The third track bam. With one exception-John Koenig unity. , these gentlemen stray from the support so is a seldom-heard Herb Magidaon.Jule plays bells on "The Ice Cream Man:' If a bit self-indulgent, the album necessary to a new player. They add just the Styne gem called, "I Don't Want Anybody dominated by heavy, pulsating boo-bams. nonetheless breaks some new ground. Hut­ right amount of sound to an album that At All." Why this tune isn't done more often , The monotone is interspersed with the light cherson, In: showing off his prowess on the celebrates a renewal of an almost lost style in is a mystery, especially after hearing Ai's twinkling of bells, but It doesn't fit. It's'sOrt of mallet instruments, has tried to make musical jazz piano. This album presents a new talent blues-drenched version. The closer for the like Lena Horne tackling a Russian Dirge. sense out of some unlikely material. He suc­ capable of capturing the feeling and techni­ album is another obscure standard, Cole The album opens with "Gotcha." Eclectic ceeded, to a degree. But who will listen? que of the great stride pianists. Porter's "Let's Be Buddies." at the outset, it gradually perco1ates :intOa ~... ,Peterson - Martha Hamblen - Dick Wright

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Hooker,a Washington, Mike White, Claude "Fiddler" legendary Mississippi blues guitarist and Williams, Chick Willis and the Stoop Down vocalist, represents the evolution of the blues Band and Lawrence Wright and the tradition as well as having influenced rock ar­ Starlighters .. tists such as the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton The~lues festival is sponsored by the Kan­ and the Animals. sas City Blues Society and is held in conjunc­ AIlison grew u"p in the Chicago blues tradi­ tion with the society's annual membership tion and has established his own style which drive. Admission is $7 for the general public, is best described as a combination of B.B. $6 for members of the Friends of Jazz and $5 King and Jimi Hendrix. for members of the Blues Society. The cost Joining the headliners will be more than of food is not included in the pric~ of admis­ 60 musicians who keep blues alive in Kansas sion. City. They include: Tom Bark and Street Life, Blue ,Plate Special, PrisciI1a Bowman, -B.W...... 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Festivo Box 6770 028 (7 discs, specially Pulcinella (complete ballet), The Ensemble Intercontemporaln offers an priced) Suites Nos. 1 and 2 for small orchestra. impeccably polished performance which will BEETHOVEN: Symphonies (9) complete; Yvonne Kenny, Soprano; Robert Tear, make this album a necessity for the Vienna Philharmonic, Karl Bohm conduc­ Tenor; Robert Uoyd, Bass; Academy of Sc:;hoenberg collector, easily topping recor­ ting. DG Bargain Box 2720 116 (8 discs, St. Martin-In-the-Fields conducted by dings' on Oiseau-Lyre, Nonesuch and specially priced) Neville Marriner Maestro Boulez's previous performance on - Both are fine sets. 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Doug Moore success. However, Tibbets' tolerance for ig­ Film Reviewer, KCUR-FM norance is small. KC Flick Picks Dan crutcher, in and out of town to oversee a production of a play he has writ~ If a film critic can be considered controver­ ten, has a schedule obese with going to the sial for hating My Dinner With Andre, then movies. He sees every film as having some KCUR-FM critic Doug Moore is a reaction­ entertainment value-a position he tries to ary. "What people see in it, I'll never under­ ~xpress in his reviews. who is h~ to judge stand," he said. He found it pqJllPOUS and how many severed heads people want to stupid. Its French director could be a reason see? If blood and guts is for you, he will point as well, since he prefers Amerifan/apple pie out the fun slasher fans will have at the movies like E. T., Officer and a Gentleman various splatter films he reviews. This is not and Frank Capra films. Also, he finds himself to say he always likes these films-he hated at any ftlm with Peter O'Toole or Mia. Far­ Halloween I and II. But he liked Tobe row, though seeing 600 films a year tends to Hooper's The Fun House. include every working actor alive. For him, picking a favorite film is as dif­ As aprofessor of film history-at UMKC,­ ficult as picking a favorite child. It will suffice Doug Moore" is strongly influenced by the to say he has a couple hundred. Thirties . historical aspects of film, never tiring of the screwball comedy is his favorite genre, silent miracle Birth of a Nation William S. or maybe because Crutcher is something of a Hart's work. Moore look,s to the day when screwball himself. As to what he dislikes, on movies return to the tried and true pure nar­ Blade Runner: "I" didn't know shit had rative format, "with a story and characters, sprocket holes." On Neighbors: "I envied my with long shots, medium shots and close wife' who slept through it." He felt Pirate ups. And you don't have to actually view the Movie was pathetic, though Kristy McNichol sex., I think people are starved for relevant is to him "what Jodie Foster is to John stories, as in Kramer vs. Kramer and Miss­ If You're Wrecked ... Gates of Heaven (1980) Hinckley." ing." , Bijou, Dec. 10-11. Crutcher sees reviews themselves as Moore said the sci-fi cycle we're now in is Rio Bravo (1959) A documentary about a pet cemetery (you entertainment. When "Screening Room" just a reflection of our electronic age. "Tron Summit One Cinema, Dec. 15-16. want funding for what?). Sounds mind was on the air, he and Tibbets had less than was made because video games are big." Strange. Floodlit as bright as a soap opera numbing, but supposed to be very amusing. three-and-a-half minutes' per film, hardly However. he feels it's probably being pushed and as talky as a Western as you'll ever see. Ebert and Siskelloved it and included in on enough time to. be informative, much less further than it ought to go. "When you have ("I'm going to throw you the gun now." their ten best list for 1980. entertaining. They look forward to working a Star Wars, you're bound to have ad "Okay. I'll catch it." "Here it comes." "I got together on television again, but where and nauseum imitators. It's what nudity was to it. ") This film has a cult follOWing of Howard Ben Hur (1927) Fine Arts, Dec. 5 when remains to be seen. the late '60s and early '70s. We'll probably Hawks freaks, but 1 liked its glow of surreal­ Ben Hur {l959) Fine Arts; Dec. 19-21 always have it, but someday it will be like: ism. Why not see both versions? As to the more Ho-hum, there's a special effect." recent one, the memorable chariot race Asked if there was a particular film that Jack Poessiger Infra-Man (mid-70s) turned him against foreign films, he replied, FUm Commentator, KYYS Fine Arts, Dec. 18 (midnight show). "Last Year at Marienbad. I remember think­ A laughable gem that played well in New ing, 'What th.e hell is all this fuss about?' " Publicity director. for Commonwealth York but bombed when it played last April at Theatres Jack Poessiget has a duty as a the Bijou. Don't miss it .this time. It features pusher, not only for Commonwealth houses some of the most ridiculous monsters I've but for any and all films that would be of in­ ever seen. The director must have been con­ terest to the 16-30 age bracket known as cerned about getting his money's worth out KY-I02Iisteners. Instead of actually review­ of the costumes because he apparently in­ ing films, Poessiger explains what. is being structed the actors·to jump up and down and shown and why, looking inside out from an vigorously shake their rubbery, numerous industry perspective. With four of arms at the slightest excuse. Not very "Jack Goes to the Movies" oontimle; dierice into interesting. His personal interests are presented as well Ramon Nouarro, Ben Hur (1927) and his shunning of "message films" is often Hard Day's Night (1964) noticed. He wants entertainment pure and Bijou, Dec. 25-31. scene alone (my landlady once effused, "It simple, from the tear-jerking character films Remember how you strained to hear the seems like those chariots are going to jump like Officer and a G~ntleman to belch and Beatles over all the screaming when this film out at you") is worth the price of admission. fart films like Stripes. first came out? Go see this early Marx Also, if the only Charlton Heston movies As current president "af the United Motion Brothers style comedy about the Beatles on you've seen are The Omega Man and Earth· Pict,ure . ASSOCiation, Poessinger hosts tour in England again, this time in better quake and you're confused about his legen­ Showarama. a convention serviCing ex­ viewing conditions. The print is new and the dary status, go see Ben Hur and you'll sud­ hibitors, the 2nd largest in the Midwest. Dur­ sound is redone, and this version is prefaced denly understand. ing his twelve year association with with the original trailer. - Donna Trussell Showarama, he has come to know and ad­ John Tibbetts mire Clint Eastwood, who .is involved in all Dan Crutcher aspects of filmmaking. "I can show him FUm Reviewers, KXTR what's the latest in projection equipment and X-Rated he'll be interested. He's not fluff, like so The performances were average at best, many stars. He's smart." Toots La Rue That the pairing of film critics is sellable is but sometimes the director had the well built, These days, the public too is much more without question, but for what purpose? voluptuous actresses attempt to play aware of the film business than ever before. American Desire John Tibbets and Dan Crutcher wish to leave themselves at an earlier age, a big mistake. the boxing to sports programmers and the in­ "These people grew up with film .. They know I must admit that the film American Desire <;:onsistency was good, as the actresses, doctrination to Reverend Moon. They"want. directors: In the old days, people would say, tried some diversions besides sex to keep when clothed, carried through the theme by instead, to present films to the public in such 'Who's in it?' N JW the young people say, your attention. Instead of the typical dumpy sticking to western wear. a way that complements instead of con­ 'What's it about?' In the old days, if a film hotel room, the setting was a, much nicer, tradicts. For a while, they had the chance on wasn't doing too well, you could change the rustic couritry home the old beach house Channel4's "Screening Room" and are cur­ campaign, chan~e the title. We did that with routine~ However, the effeCt was spoiled Some readers have inquired about what rently doing the same on KXTR radio. Town Withou' - changed the name to somewhat by the interior, which looked like it's like to go to the X-rated movie house. For As host of "AM Live" on Channel 41. Tib­ The Shocker an sold a lot of tickets. But a dumpy hotel room with a little makeup, those too shy to go and find out for bets reviews films alone, not so neutrally pro­ now it's very h !o fool the public. They're OccaSionally I thought I knew what the themselves, here is a synopsis of a recent feSSing a love of science fiction and fantasy too sophisticiV plot was about. I gathered that a couple was evening: films (though he hated The Sword and the Immigratir United States in 19b- having problems and was trying to "spice The woman at the counter is dressed in Sorcerer.) H~rdcore social realism attracts from Leipzig, Germany, it may be nc up" their relationship. An Asian woman ap­ the usual November style red satin shorts, him also, like last year's Missing and Jean coincidence . lime favorite film Dr peared suddenly, and so did someone's a black sparkly halter top and black velvet fur Renoir's '30s claSSiC, Rules of the Game. A Zhivago. Th he liked My Favorite Year father. There were some scenes'in a house shoes. I ask to buy a ticket and she put the positive review wiIf only come if he has been and despisl flie and Tron. His least across the street from a cemetary. And there cigarette she was smoking in her mouth and moved, by either the story or by dazzling favorite stars are Jerry Lewis and Mariette you have it. took a drag, sold me a ticket, ripped it in special effects. Hartley. "My ultimate fantasy is that Mariette There was no ending - just fade to black. half, exhaled smoke and tuined her back on Peopl~ fuming that good films aren't being Hartley mouths off to James Garner once me. made any more ignores the fact that turkeys too often and he hauls off and knocks her I walked into the musty smelling theater have been produced since the nickelodeon. teeth out." and, in the darkness, stumbled to the front Dallas Schoolgirls Tibbets feels the issue hinges on what people where I took a seat. No one was eating pop­ expect when they. venture to the movies. Editor's note: There's a new kid on the This film took place at a slumber party, corn it's not your usual moviegoing ex­ Violence shocks and repels but violence, as block. Theater critic Robert Eisele is now also where three old friends exchanged "life ex­ perience. There were some previews, but part of our world, must be addressed on reviewing films for the Kansas City Business , periences." Some well-known actors and ac­ generally, one movie runs right into the next film, as was done, in The Wild Bunch and JournaL tresses were featured, including Misty Mid­ and you hardly realize it, unless you're trying Taxi Driver. So, too, is ignorance a part of Next month: A look at Kansas City's . dleton' and R. Rolla, but some of the to keep track, like me. our world, 'a big reason why the recent ver­ reviewers of books, music, dance, theater "unknowns" were Hee Haw rejects who fit It's strange, alright, but then, there's no sion of Tarzan, the Ape Man was a financial and restaurants. into the Texas scheme but not much else. screaming kids, either. Page 16 KC PITCH December 1982

by Smitty For all you little WANTED 17 people out there, the Mortal Micro. Today marks thirty BY FBI Friday NOD will be des- 1. years in my life and I cending upon Adrian's tonight and Satur­ hope the next thirty is day. Wednesday not like the past thirty. One of the more popular groups to One of KC's outstand­ come our of the West, Steel Breeze. will be 18 ing jazz trios, Pete at the Uptown for only $5.25 at 8 PM. Or Eye is at the Alameda how about bteezing over to the Jazz Haus in Saturday Plaza every night ex­ Lawrence to hear John MeNeiland his cept Sunday, so stop in and hear him tickle guest, Bob Bowman. at 9 PM. those white ivories. Don't forget to Swing by the Jazz Haus in Lawrence to hear the Jazz Guess who's at the Haus Swing Band. 2 Uptown at 8 PM? Guess Who. If Stop in at the Sub's Thursday you are tired of Photo Taken Photo Taken Photo Taken Pub~ I'm sure Kathy guessing, grab the 01' hubby and stop by 20 or Cat will get your 1973 1975 1976 Stanford and Sons to hear Bill Riblck and his Monday spirits high. At style of comedy. 5:30PM they serve tacos and "Happy NICHOLASKRISTOPHER KRINGLE Draws". At 7:30 and 10 PM 3 Richard Pryor INTERSTATE FLtGHT- CONSPIRACY - BURGLARY When was the last will be on celluloid at 21 time you were at Friday the Sunset Strip to­ Known Aliases: "Saint" Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Sandy, Sandy Claws, Milton's? Why. not night and Saturday at UMKC Haag Hall An­ Rudolph the Red ' Tuesday tonight? I hear that 'lex at 52nd and Charlotte, Room 116. It their bad check wall has gotten a little bit De~cription: Subject .isfive ft. four inches tall,. weighs 277.lbs •. sitver· le' also plays Sunday at 7:30 PM, $1 for larger. . students and $1.50 for the public. There's grey hair, blue eyes, ruddy complexion, stout build; known to affect 'also a. midnight showing .tonight and Satur­ "hippie type" appearance. day of Monty Python's Llle 01 Brian. If you A TTENT/ON - SubjeGt is known to have committed numerous break· want to rock around the clock, Nazareth ins and forcible residential entries and has crossed interstate boun· 22 will be at the Memorial Hall at 8 PM for daries to elude capture. Subject pilots light aircraft, and is suspected tenders are Wednesday ing $~.po. If you're all fingers, Thumbs will be of smuggling contraband within United States borders. Subject is also at Adrian's tonight and Saturday at 8 PM. ing's and they'll be there known to control large gang of henchmen headquartered in foreign row beginning at 9 PM. country. Approach with caution - considered armed and dangerous. Peter Gabriel, an in­ novator in contem- art: Brooks DeSoto Tonight through .. the: 4 26th, Stanf<)ifd' porary music, is at 23 and Sons. will host .Saturday Memorial at 8 PM for $10:50 - well worth the admission. DECEMBER Thursday "The Best We.t,ort Ballet Is performing at Park Col­ Comedy" with John Pinney. and at 2 PM for the Saturday and Sunday Naster, Paul OrwIck and Walter lege ~ 8 PM. Or go to the Midland Stage II will play at All Souls Unitarian Church. and welcome Phil Joseph of Mimewock, matinees. Tickets are at Classical Westport. Anne page. back from his. engagement at the World's Stewart will be at Pierson Hall, UMKC Fair: It's at 8 PM, also on the 11th and the Why not go to the University Center at 8 PM. Tickets are $1.50 for ~dents and $3 fo~ the. public. 18th. For ticket info, call 421-2404. 8 ZOO and ~~h th't ,animals hide~4" from Nell Diamond is We41l~~du~~~U~~~ souled ot,1t - sorry for adults and It's open seven aysa 0.'" la"!~IJ~!~~~.rn=:.A~~!!. 5 At Adrian's you can see Jason and the if you missed this one. overlook Westport Sunday The Second Annual Nashville Scorchers for a $2 cover. Sunday- Square for your Blues Festival is happening tonight at the shopping. Footlights has some wonderful gift Uptown. they are bringing John Lee Oh, what fun it is to ideas. Max Groove. Franklin Mint and Hooker, Luther Allison and 13 local bands. 9 ride, over to Stan­ Borderline are having a benefit for the It all gets underway at 1 PM. If you don't like ford and Sons to see Spinal Cord Society at the Uptown at 5:30 getting blue, tip toe over to Park College to Thursday David Naster and PM. $6.50 gets you in. An "Old Wa"e see the Westport Ballet at 3 PM. his funny way of things from 9 PM to mid­ Wash Up a New Wave PJ Party" at the night. Jazz Haus in Lawrence at 9 PM. Sounds like fun. If you're into the Plaza, any group 6 I wishing to sing All want for Christ­ Monday Christmas carols 13 mas is for it to be call Patty at 753-0100. She will give you a It's time to get your over with. Svelte Monday and Gangly, are~ Phil Joseph of Mimewock time and place. Or how about a horse and 10 hair cut in a buggy ride? Call 931-2330 or 764-2646. mohawk, dye it white, appearing at Midland Stage II at 13th and Main at 8 PM. They will give us "Mime, Jug­ Friday put on your pasties, Let's bring in the'new gling an~ other Nonsense." On Tuesdays at 9 PM, get out your chains and sleaze over to the 31 year right and go see Uptown to see Wendy and the the Point is comedy. Danny Cox and the 7 Plasmatics at 8 PM, all for just $9 or $8. If Go and see Elliot Tonight and tomor­ Friday Extenders at Tuesday Threatt, C. Wayne you are not into that, run over to the Hyatt 15 row night Harling's Harling's fonight. Jeff Cesario, straight Owens, Edmond Johnson and many and see Steve Miller this afterno~n and Bar has Danny Cox from Minnesota, is at Stanford and Sons others for no cover. (If you're lucky, maybe Saturday at 4:30 PM. Ida McBeth and the Wednesday and the Extenders Comedy Shop at 9 PM. He's ready for a big Edmond will do some "juggling.") Rich Hill 'Trio will be at the Jazz Haus in playing from 9 PM to 1 AM tonight and bash. McBunns is at the Jazz Haus in City Movie Center is showing local talent Lawrence at 9 PM.j tomorrow. Lawrenc;e playing. the "History of Rock 'n' tonight - filmmaker Steven Hill Brown's Roll at 9 PM. What a way to break in the Self Image is at 8 PM. Blue Riddlm Band Hello, if's me, Todd Ladies and gentle­ New Year. Well, another one down the is playing a benefit at the Uptown at 8 PM. 11 Rundaren and 16 men, please welcome drain. All proceeds go to Planned Parenthood. $6 Utopia. will be at the straight from LA, Ms. If you know of an upcoming event that gets you downstairs and it's $3 for upstairs. Saturday Uptown at 8 PM Thursday Diane Ford tonight could be Itsted in the calendar, call 561,2744 Don't cry for me, you twerp. Evlta is at the - with tickets $10 and $9. Celtic musicians at Stanford and Sons, now through the or drop a line at 4128 Broadway, KCMO Midlan? tonight through Sunday at 8 PM Gerald Trimble and John CUDl'~ingham 19th. 64111. Page 17

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The story cpf"O"continues "KLAUS KUNSKI and ISABELLE ILUERS in in the Orient- beyond fantasy.•• FRlJiTS OF PASSiON "be,ood inhibition••. ,; A JAPAN/FRANCE CO·PROD~CTION' :.beyond love itself. rArectal'fIH>Kr;:~~~~~~\~.~ s=D Pa~e 18 KC PlTcn December 1982 Memories Misused At his best, Ji(Il Morrison was an intellec­ "Jim" was one dimensional. having only a tual interested in knowing and expertencing repertoire of dirty words and, using tne as much as he could as soon as he could. He / microphone as a phallic symbol. wanted tire world now, a world that included "Jim's" voice was a bit high~pitcoed, but literature, theater, mysticlsm,music, drugs remarkably competent, although some lyrics and, of course, sexuality. At his wofst, he often came close to parody because of ols became caught up in his "temperamental ar­ exaggerated sneer. The music wasn't exactly tist" image, at times coming off sophomoric. designed for a true Doors afficianado either. and undisciplined instead of truly eccentric. With the e.xception of the stagey, opening Strange Daze picked Morrison's least recital of a few lines hom "ThesC.bration memorable side to portray in their recent of the Lizard," Strange Daze stuek to the Doors tribute at the Uptown. If this version of compilation albums for their matertal." More Morrison had performed at that infamous esotertc interjections such as the beautifully Miami show, he would would have been ar­ simple "Indian Summer,t' "Yes, The River rested for inanity instead of obscenity. Knows" or even "Horse Lcrutudes;' would The band, perhaps out of shame, never have brought more depth to the perfor­ introduced themselves and studiously avoid­ mance. By the way, Morrison didn't have a ed direct facial lighting even though only two beard during his "leather pants" .penod and members made any attempt at resembling he wouldn't have put much enthusiasm into the originals. The other two must have the Krieger tune "Love Her Madly." He assumed that no one knows what Ray didn't even.want to sing it on L.A: Woman. Manzarek and John Dinsmore look like The Morrison'revival began around 1978 . artyway. Strange Daze,just couldn't decide when Elektra released An American Prayer, what they wanted to be when they grow up: a spoken poetry album augmented with new Eau d'Mello a Beatlemal1ia - style revue or, simply a band music by th~ other three Doors. Apocalypse that Doors songs. Now featured "The End" in its opening and 1wanted to like the "Fresh Aire Concert of loved the performance. Standing ovations climactic scenes, but things started snowball­ Multi Images" by the Mannheim Steamroller. were the standard of the evening. You coUld ing when, the Hopkins/Sugerman biography Although the groUp's publicist had provided tell when the groUp decided to gi~ an en~ No One Here Gets Out Aliue scaled the best aD kinds of material hyping the event as "ex­ core --:- theY put their headsets, connecting seller list and suggested Morrison may still be quisite" and "something powerful," I went to them with inission control, back on. There's alive. A newly mastered and re-mixed the Lyric Theatre November 13 with a com­ no life on the ,stage - just operato,rs··oon­ Greatest Hits collection followed. and the ,pletely/open mind. Unfortunately, the Fresh nected by headset to a computer telling tbw Doors.are now receiving as much airplay. if Alre folks did little to fill it up. when to play, with no improvisation .~~. not more, than in their heyday. Their performance certainly didn't lack ef­ edt . Morrison published a book which is now fort, but 1came away just slightly "mellower" For this audience, fog ,machineS; ~ back in print, entitled The Lords and The for the experience. For those not familiar lights, multi-image slide shows and the Mo1\~ New Creatures, ,It was more a collection of with the Mannheim Steamroller and their nheim Steamroller"s brand of c1asslcally­ images and meditations than a book of "Fresh Aire," a brief description is in order. based music with a jazz/rock rhythm is all poems, but insightful nevertheless; One of This is the type '9f group that inspireS the very new and exciting. The middle aged lady "crazy" loved the show. the best Doors recordings, Morrison Hotel, is comment, "Oh honey, let's unscrew the bot­ seated behind me actually oohed and aahoo Indicating that history will reme~ber Mor- 'also one of the least familiar to today's tle of Lambrusco, tum on the gas logs in the during the strobe light sequence. A welJ-to~ riscm;as an early promoter of the "sex drugs StraJ.1ge Daze type audience, An evening ex- . fireplace and put Fresh Alre onthe'turntable. do, over 40 gent was heard to say that-when'· and ,Ockand roll" .mentality.· The extant film ploring it would have been better spent than Too bad ii's not on 8-track.'! he's had a tough day at corporate hEiad­ clips of the lizard King, however, show his with this Interpretation of what the Doors muscians, all talented quarters. he unwinds by putting a Fresh,Aire hedonism as one devices were all about. This "new" Jim Morrison LP on the stereo. That really sums it Fresh Aire>music to soothe the savage ~'i:i~ ".7",h,,,i.m,,,!:se,,,,.,I,f,~a,,n.d,,,., .. ,,_d~eserves a :.:.~,;»fk~~:~r~~':~~~i1~~m:n~it @ffMrJO:' utive. ' "

fessionall;i. and the show is a marvel of me a technical gimmickery. Perhaps I've become the idea a computer. jaded after years gfrockand roll show 'biz event designed to lult"'me 'ToM PETTYAND pizzaz. because the'fZresh'Aire show didn't mindless bliss. I'lUake my music live and my THEHEAR11IIIEAURa break any fresh grounde for me. That isn't to musicians alive, thank you. LONG AFTER DARK say that the rest of the audience didn't like the show: Saturday's near capacity house , I AVt\ILABLE ON BACKSTREET RECORoS& CASSETTES' Wendy O. Williems Exposes Her-s~lf . by ,John Yuelkenbec.k ' '. played to crowds of 3~,OOO when tlJere --'--...;..-:;-'----:.:...... -:.:.:.:...... :-:.:..:-:.:....:- haven'fbeeri anyofoi.l~tecorCls~'in£Rt(iwn:''''· <.' In support of their new, album, Coup l"Jilis time we have new material out ahead of d'etat, the Plasmatics will perform at the Up- us. What we do is uncomPromising, retJoiu- town December 10. Lead singer Wendy 0: tidnary rock and roll. That sugar-cQated crap discussed (otis that disgusted?) the state of on radio and video removes content and DONNIE"IRIS the world,the status qu() and the emperor's meaning, leaving only the Hollywood finish. new clothes with m.e. Q. You have a new video for your song THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY "The Damned." Does it have, a Hollywood .Q •.Your press release interview is very ar­ finish that adds to the status quo? AVAILABlE 9N MCA RECORDS AND CASSETIES ticulate. As spokesman for the Plasmatics, A~ We do what we feel. The video isn't just why aren't any of the songs on Coup d'etat the producers using ~ lot of special effects to credited to you? . jerk themselves off like in the others. Our art A. Many people work on putting the songs is very cathartic. You feel good after ex­ " together, and 1don't write whole songs. I am perienCing it. behind them, but I don't do it 100%. Q. But can art be so aggressive that it loses Q. With the current economic downSwing, its impact? is conspicuous consumption still an artistical­ A. To me the only art form that's any good ly viable theine? is aggressive art, and the only hope for .the A. Cert~nly, What I strike out against is the planet is to overthorw the status quo. THEFIXX i~ons of society. People should be more con­ Q. What's 'the difference between the SHUTTERED ROOM cerned withJhemselves than with these ob­ "catharsis~' of a Plasmatics concert and the jects. Some people might say w do is shock effect of someone like Ozzy Ozz. A¥AtI.A8t.E ON MeA RECORDS AND CASSETTES insane. but to me it's one ofthe w breaths bourne? of sanity in an insane world. A. (pause.) (like Ozzy. By the WqD.· .... c$.plEi of days making it? < Qi.::6en:rlany? .; , At.. No, we n~d thespac~.• 'f; Itt. Germany's a real c~tender. A lot of srtw at whey you do, why'bqlher?l of ~opIe say Beind, Lebaru:>n. Act teft songs~":~ did ,Ilt hUndred an~ ~rtfick­ ·tafcen irt~Jto."x,;on ~~~ edten. ,~agan and' Carter 9Ifve·speeches on Q~ How do you plan to ng the .inrier·cities~ over the adied did here earlier this year? ' eSt It's anyone's' ba4 yard, aJ1~'-.m-~g~:,C;i;. A. l guess you'll have to buy a ticket. We've U:SA We.ditln'f do a ~ to it. December 1982 kC PlTcn Page 19

Th~ shopworn theme of the closing . number. "Cry If You Want," is saved Who's Last Laugh scorching guitar solo. Unfortunately, shows, tour merchandi:;e rent album. Always a bit more blatant "Let your (ears go" chorus sounds like Alice other acts, The Who have made their swan Cooper's closing rhyme in "School's Out." song official. The announcement has left In the studio, The Who leaves as its Earlier I mentioned the inconsistent record­ fans depressed, accountants happy and oeuvre a canon of inconsi~ent and patchy ing history of The Who. Sometimes they Schlitz brewers ecstatic. The closest to Kan­ ideas, a few of which are fully realized and turned it into an advantage when they mixed sas City that this band's last waltz will come is quite powerful. Their brilliant Who's Next is several competing elements together to pro­ a December 6 appearance at the Checker­ f.olI.owed cl.osely by tW.o slightly flawed near­ duce a sou!1d that brought them to the edge dome in St. Louis, an American League masterpieces, the ambiti.ous and 'pretenti.ous and occasionally out of control. The glossy beer re-match with those National League T.ommy . and the self-indulgent Quadr.o­ It's Hard lacks this. But who's kidding who? Clydesdales. The1iCkets? A paltry $16, by phimia. Froll) here you have t.o g.o t.o in­ Let's face it: this is the better of the two Pete -'~ail ~rdero';I~. dividual songs f.or several, inSightful flashes Townshend albums currently on 'the market .over a c.ouples decades' time: '''Summertime only because it has better vocals. Blues," "Squl1eze Box," "Wh.o-.Are Y.oU," Obviously rushed to press to remain cur­ "Mary~Anne With the Shaky Hands," and rent, Richard Barnes' The Who: Maximum many m.ore. R & B book has a weak binding and could Tbe new album, It's Hard is a fairly use a little more text, but it's a pretty decent listenable but n.ot altogether spectacular photo-essay that traces four equipment­ record that critics are declaring. a masterpiece smashing mods through celebrated rock simply because it's so much better than Face status and road retirement. Boo Who hoo? Dances. What wouldn't be? The same thing Cry if you want. happened when Tug 0/ War followed. Mc­ -John Yuelkenbeck Cartney II. Townshend's lyrics still have a didacticism bordering on preachiness, and the .mu~ repeats those familiar tempo down­ downshifts that parallel the introspection of the words, making me wonder more and more whether Townshend is really.articulate or just garrul.ous. '''I've Known No War" is the best cut because the music is a gutsy necessity, n.ot a backdrop for Rev. Townshend. The witty "Athena" would be more enjoyable if the "Look into the face of a child" stanza didn't bog it down, just as the "It never rains under my umbrella" section does for the otherwise catchy "Why Did I Fall For That." , "A Man Is A Man" has a nice sentiment, but "One Life's Enough" should have been In many:ways, it's worth the price. Sure, given to Greg Lake to cover. "Cooks Coun- the high tipket prices, corp~e sponsorship ., fy"'and "Eminence Front" sho.ot for early­ and TheWho's book, Maximum R & B (cur­ John Lennon primality, but they're no m.ore rently on sale) all point to crass c.ommer­ than tepetltious sermons. Even the John cialism, but so what? !fhe Who is most n.oted Entwistle tunes have lost their caustic touch. .for thf'!ir live act and if they want to go out in I loved his "Roller Skate Kate" (she's gone to style, chey deserve the big bucks. They also that great skating rink in the sky), but the .on­ deServe credit for introducing their. suc- . ly c.ontrast to Pete on It's Hard is the horn ceS!jOrs, The Clash, to a larger audience. section that .opens "One AtA Time." Phot.os: Richard Barnes, The Wh.o - MaxImum Richard Barnes. Reprinted by permission of St. Martin'sPress. New York. . . PARODY HALL CALENDAR

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Boob ~Tube Dude Tragic Scenes from· Westport History I had a refreshing interview with Allen channel, a classical channel, and a art: Brooks DeSoto. Hunter, an MTV V J (Video. Jock), and I was rhythm and blues channel as SOQn ils they surprised that he was as entertaining off the can wQrk everything QUt. Just like radio., COWTOWN BALLROOM Originally it swang and swayed at 31st and air as he is on the tube. different~ statiQns for different music. As GilIhllm as the El Torreon, one of the hOliest· ,....-,.,...... - Smitty fQr MTV, rock and rQIl can mean punk, dance halls of the 20s and 30s. Then it hoP­ new wave, Qr straight-abead music like ped and bopped as a roller rink until, at last, it found itself a dance hall again, only featuring the RQlIing StQnes. As rock grows, so will acts such as Alice Cooper and Captain I: we. Beefheart. Alas, now it sits in mute silence as a storehouse. Q. Do yQU feel MTV is ~s PQPuiar as it is Q. What feedback do. yQU get from radio. sta­ because you are expanding into. new tiQns? music that the radio. dQesn't cQver? A. Dutattittide is that we want to. be friends A. It's a cQmbinatiQn Qf things. Certainly yQU with the radio statiQns, and in many can"t deny the nQvelty Qf it - the guts Qf tQwns we hook up with them and scratch thestatiQn to. play the new music, and the each other's backs. SQme stations still feel visual aspects have to. be SQme Qf the MTV is a~threat. They think we are taking mQre important things that make it ex­ away their audience, but mQst stations citing for everybQdy. Irs an in one are expanding their playl~ because Qf package and it's all the time. the things we play. -Q. Do. yQU see mQre vlQlence cQming in, Q. There's still a IQt of good music not getting with vldeQs like the new Plasmatics Qr airplay, Supertramp songs? A. Yeah, unfQrtunately. We try to playas A. That is the sort of thing the committee much as we can. SQme peQple don't considerS, but I dQn't see a trend. understand that SQmetimes music on Q. The Supertramp Video, "It's Raining vinyl is riQt Qn video. yet. Or like Trio., a Again," started Qut easy gOing, then sud­ local grQUP out Qf Germany, has a video denly the guy's being beat up in an alley. that we can't get the rights fQr, to. put it Qn A. That one was tastefuny done, thQugh. I regular rQtatiQn: was afraid it was going t9 be worse, but it Q. HQw much has being a VJ changed your Why I Love Westport Women was brief andUiustrative Qf the story. It life? (Or Why I Hate MissiQn Hills Girls) was almost a dQwner, but it picked up ~ A. It's pretty IQW key on the street.PeQple in bit at the erid. Manhattan are indifferent because they Second in a Four Pait,Series Q. Do yQU have a favorite video? deal with so. many stars. I travel with my frQm their hQmes. If yQU are mQre interested A. A lot of us are into "Shock the Monkey," CQat collar up and my hair scruffy and no ) can think Qf nQthing mQre illustrative Qf but that changes 'as new Qne's come in. Qne botherS me. But it is a thrill doing in­ the difference between MissiQn Hills girls and in seeing a Three StQQges Film' Festival than a Fellini mQvie, Westport women dQn't think Peter Gabriel is the hQttest Qne right now. stQre app~ance like I will in KC. WestpQrt WQmen than something that hap­ yQu're de c/asse. Q. WUI MTV branch into R&B or Jazz Q. The VJ's all seem to get alQng well Qn the pened recently in the neutral territQry Qf videos? air. Did yQU knQw each Qther before Seville Square Theater. As the lights came WestpQrt WQmen lQok beYQnd the A. PrQbably nQt MTV, but maybe an Qff­ MTV came along? . up Qn the end Qf The World AccQrding to presumed sex rQles. They can actually open dQQrs and can hQld them Qpen for Qthers. shoQt channel. Who. knQWS what the A. No, we were all strangers who. gQt Garp, my date and) sat stunned and mQ­ They can put on their CQats all by themselves guys upstairs have Qn their minds? In fact, togethE!r abQut fQur days befQre gQing Qn tiQnless. I nQticed an Qld girlfriend bQunce up other channels are already in the works, the air. We had a dinner and they tQld us, a cQuple Qf rows ahead. "Wasn't that cute? and get into. cars under their Qwn power. FQr they just haven't gotten on the air yet. "Here are yQur fellow VJ's."·But it's just Let's go. to. Starker's:' she chirped to. h~r a man nQt to. assist a MissiQn H.iIls girl in. any There's going to be a country and western great and we're Qne big happy family ~ date. . Qne Qf these activities WQuid mQst likely end ) hate to. typecast, but let's face it, stereQ­ the relatiQnship. And chances are tl)e·~te types Qften liv~ up to them~lves. Since t1~h was h~rd to. arrange fQr the guY.irithe".first Decaffeinated Kitty schoof~ . ~ . Omvttiech~E;!rleader ta place. MissiQn Hills girls expect a certain the p rf woman., These and . He was Qnce the hQst Qf a ~"''''rI¥~.n·~. n¥.~_ were the women that. in high schQQI, were " '9M1\\.:.':;::~:"';~"::::.::.:;;;;:~;'~ TQday, "Uncle Ed" Muscare is the bespec­ gigantic breasts nQW they tacled, Qddly dressed hQst Qf All Night Uve are appealing with a subtle beauty tnat far W~Q has a craving for hats. Uncle Ed may be surpasses the.f1ashy, CQntrived gQQd fQQks Qf is nQt only a relief but also. quite flattering. I the host to. worn-Qut prints QfB-movies, ~; :fv1jssion Hills, girls, The lines arQund the eyes could never quite accept the fact that [had to Twilight ZQne, and the Three StQoges, but it Qf the WestPQrt WQmen, PQssibly gathered do. all the asking with the MissiQn Hills girls is his feline friend Caffeina who. steals the through many evenings spent alQne Qr with and that if I didn't ask, SQmeQne else WQuld. shQw. Qthers nQt meeting the standards of adQles­ These WQmen are marketing themselves and Caffeina dQsen't sing, tap dance Qr knQw cent boys, Qnly lend mQre character l

~~~ ..~ scene is conceptual Museum;' but that doesn't mean their hallow­ artist insipid stunt, "You'll ed halls have the final word on local art. Un­ Never See My Face in Kansas City," in fortunrely, that midtown monolith's na­ which he wore a ski mask during his entire tional reputation overshadows the several stay here. private galleries in town, which fill in the gaps The acadeqlic galleries are housed at the created by a conservative and prestigious in­ Kansas City Art Institute and the University stitution that has become stuffy and over­ of Missouri-Kansas City. Here they often whelming. feature works by faculty' and stUdents, but The Nelson does offer important tem­ porary exhibits, such as the current display of modem art on loan from MOMA in New York City, which runs through December 12. The MUseum has a superior permanent collection and gets good mileage out of their Asian exhibits, but the Nelson-Atkins' stature also means certain things either can not or will not be done. For instance, local contemporary artists ~e unlikely to be found In the museum unless they are featured at one of their regional art presentations, the Mid-Four Ex­ hibit, or the Mid-America Picture Show. Local artists, however, can find exhibition the effect is sometimes too insular for a space, at the Batman Gallery at 825 Westport general audience. The strong point of both Road or the Gallery Woodstock at 9041/2 academic galleries is their role as hosts for Westport Road. The Batman Gallery is par­ traveling shows exploring particular themes. ticularly fervid in supporting local artists and Recent successful examples include photographers, whereas the Gallery "Chicago Imagists" at the Art Institute and Woodstock has occasionally dJsplayed works the "Cuts" show at UMKC that featured by students. Sometimes overzealous to woodblock prints by Tom Wesselman and highlight local artists, though, these Westport Roy Lichtenstein. Road galIeries may contain exhibitions that Photographers and patrons have a barely rise above the mediocre, and occa­ photography gallery, 291, at 904ljz sionally the quality falls embarassingly low. Westport Road. Contrast, Westport's newest The nationally known contemporary ar­ gallery, is next door and it also features tists who are more firmly established usualIy photography as well as graphics. Contrast is tha.nk aU. OUlt ,~Jt.ie.>td4 who have 6UppoJLted U4 dwWtg find their way to the Douglas Drake GalIery an offshoot of the magazine of the same the pa4t !leal!.. We .invite you .to ~ei.ebJW.te the Ho.ti.do.1J6 at 4500 State Line or the Morgan Gallery at name and has a daring atmosphere. Both with U4 4t PAROVV HALL along with aU. !/aUlt oJt.iend.l 5006 State Line. The intimidating at­ galleries lean heavily on the side of local ar­ art" tau 06 lfa.ti.do.1J Sp.iM.:t. Fea.twt..Olg OO!!. you new mosphere here leaves a lingering impression tists. K1 NET1 CS ma.teJUa:t with Special Gue.lt Alt.tUt ()Ir.eg that the State Line, galIeries exist solely for Many of these galleries change shows ,lktcl!.endeJL an Sax!!! patrons willing and able to spend $9,000 to monthly with openings the first Friday of the

$28,000, as prices ranged in a recent show. month featuring wine, cheese and other chic Telephone 913-84i-4444 However, mixed in with the box office draws delectables served to the artistically hip. are some local artists with merit. Both However, if your main goal is to see the art galleries open to the public on Saturday and as opposed to being seen with the art, go provide worthwhile viewing not likely to be after the shaven-meet-the-unshaven parade found elsewhere in town. dissapates. Showcasing maj~r talent doesn't -Michael Cawthon Page 22 December: 1982

KC PITCH c1asslfleds are still free for 25 words or less. Please fill out the form provided below. Please send your ad in by the 10th of the month for the next Issue. OUT address is: Movies Pitch Classifieds, 4128 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111. (continued from page one) teenaged nephew. Soundtrack should be in­ Dark Crystal, directed by Muppet creators teresting - Eastwood does his own singing. Jim Henson and Frank Oz~ Opens Dec. 17. Also featured are Frizzell and West. who ap­ This fantasy film features no human pear as a group auditioning for a spot on the characters, only puppets. It's supposed to be Grand Ole Opry, singing" "1:)iea-se ~llllllllllllllllll[lUWJj.JlllUlIMW "unique" and "undescribable" and, In E. T. Surrender." Appearing too are John Ander­ fashion, have as much appeal to adults as to son, Ray Price and many others. 1.00 1I I I I I I I I I I I I I I f I I I I I I I 11·1 I I I I I I I I I I I I children. However, New York gossip says UlOll.111111111·IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'I.1111 it's not what it's cracked up to be. Trail of the Pink Panther. directed by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers. 1.00 I II I / I I I I I I I 1·/ I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I II I I I. Six Weeks, directed by Tony Bill and sta~­ Opens Dec. 17. ing Dudley Moore and Mary Tyler Moore. Excerpts from all the Pink Panther movies. 1.00 I 1 I 1 I I I 1'1 I I l. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I t I.' I I I . If you wish to write more, one line equals 37·charaders. Opens Dec. 17. Not outtakes, but scenes that were filmed Tony Bill, the director of the 1979 film My and never used were spliced' together to Bodyguard, has taken on a new challenge. make this last entry in the Pink Panther series t'AYMENT. AD ads must be paid for in adva"l'" by check or money order for the total The plot of this film concerns an unhappily starring the late great Peter Sellers. amoun/. DO NOT SEND CASH! This Information Is strictlV confidential. However. we cannot print your ad without It. married congressional candidate (Dudley NAME ______Moore) and the president of a cosmetics Kiss Me Goodbye, directed by Robert

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Just go out to your favorite shop­ It's already past tense, blotted out­ ping mall and you'll recognize them ... by "Valley Girl" is just about dead. You old the shine of their brace~ There is no heaa or sad home so dreary mat - Feather Walt I cannot bring sunshine into it! rockers may have missed your chance to share in Frank ~ppa's first mainstream suc­ cess. Zappa. of Mother's of Invention fame. and his daughter Moon concocted a record Past -Present -Future which hit the charts fast. rode the airwaves to the max and inspired young teenagers. right People Are Stupid here in River' City. to adopt a bizarre new 3721 Main 931-8525' slang. My first week in Maui, some well meaning "Valley Girl" mimics the lifestyle and lingo Christians came to the door. They gave me a of the trend-obsessed teenage girls of Los copy of what they called The Living Bible. I Angeles' San Fernando Valley suburbs. told them thanks, but I really didn't want the known as "Vals." The key to the song's short hassle of feeding it and cleaning out a litter lived success isn't the music but the box. They left the little rascal in my mailbox monologue recited by Zappa's 14-year-old anyway. (That night I had a terrible Clream CALL MONA daughter. Moon. in prototypical Val-speak. that the Bible crawled out of the mailbox and As depicted on the record. Vals are fluff invaded my home. It ate all my cereal and heads. searching the malls 'for the perfect smoked all my cigarettes.) jeans, the perfect toenail cut. And they are The incident reminded me of when I was 9 years old and was going to a fundamenJ she or one of her everywhere. Or are they? A phone call .to the Camelot Music Store talist church. I c.ould never understand how sexy friends ,will in Oak Park. that nationally known mecca of come I. being "saved." wasn't all that happy, shopping malls. paradise to literally hun­ and all my "sinner" friends were. I asked my fulfill your fantasy dreds of trend setting teeny boppers. re­ pastor about that. on the telphone. vealed no sales of "Valley Girls." While "You're really happy but you just don't dozens of discs were selling each week dur­ know it," he said. "Your friends-they're 24 hours ing its high ride, now that it's off the charts no really miserable. but they just think they're one is buying. The manager of Camelot says happy." the only place he hears Val talk now is on Then he reminded me about the pearly Chips. gates and the stteets paved in gold. I told Record shops in Bannister Mall and Indian him. "No offense to God or anything, but PHONE Springs also reported no sales. One shop­ gold really doesn't excite me that much." But keeper said that "Valley Girls" was just a fad. it might be okay, I said, if I could bring my FANTASY like hula hoops ... they go round and then pet bird. fall to the ground. The only mall where any ·'Oh. there are no parakeets in Heaven," interest in Val culture still lingers is up 'north he said. When I asked him why not, he told at Metro North shopping center. While seil­ me that God didn't like me to ask any more VISA/MC ing 50 or so singles through the summer questions. (God must be fresh out of months. sales have now dropped to a answers, I thought.) modest but steady rate of 15 per week: - Margaret Shafer ( y

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are usually a blend of cheap wine grapes Going to ; grown in the hot San Joaquin Valley region. These wines infuriate the French, whose real G:>$ Chablis and Burgundy areas produce some of the world's best wines. Califomi ~ Unlike most countries, which . label wines by region, California wines of high quality~ are usually sold by the mqne of the grape. Yes, Virginia, there is a difference bet­ Some of the best white wine grapes, respec­ ween Foster Brooks and Orson Welles. tively, are Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Remember the last time you were at the li­ Johannisberg Riesling, Chenin Blanc and quor store and there were some dark bottles Gewurtztraminer. The best of the .red art! in thl:! bargain bin marked three for $5 and Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel yOu got .all excited a.nd lugged home a case? (unique to the state), Merlot, and Barbera. If the·friends you served it to are now either The best grapes are generally grown in ex-friends or d~eased, this expose is for Napa and, Sonoma counties, whereas the you. On the other hand, if you don't care if wines labeled Simply "California" can be you're wine resembles battery acid, feel free made of grapes grown anywhere in the state. to move on. California law will soon require that a wine 'With today's California wines, the general consist of 75% of the grape named on the rule of thumb is if it comes in a jug with a label, but better producers use 100% to screw lop . and Is called "Chablis" or make their wines. ~Burgundy", or worse yet "light Chablis", stay clear. Tilesecare the generic wines which Amie Rodnick

ATHENA on Union Hill balls for? Looks to me like they's servin' the 11 E. 31st St. . squirrel parts that otta be throwed out. Good Mon.-Fri.: 11:30 AM·2PM thing we lef the--Qirls over to the Budgetel so's Mon.-Sat.: 5:30PM·I0PM they could watch theyah TV programs." That's right ya'all-you're still in wonder­ Picture YQurself on a hilltop having dinner ful KC. Even though there ~re no soft in a ·small, elegant; open-air ,restaurant watching the Aegean Sea shimmering under a Max£iela Pal'{i!)h' sunset. The candles are flickering in the cool sea b~eeze and the fainf Dining $9und of a bouzouki wafts through the even­ Ing air as you sip Ouzo in anticipation of lamb ala gree, plump, ripe olives, dolmas and pita breezes 9r seaside tables with a view, the bread grilled to perfedion with just a hint of delicious fo~d makes a trip to Athena on ·oliV~\oil. Fordesert .. you have thick Turkish Union Hill a lI1ust for those who would coffee with flakeybaklava melting Ofl your rather indulge .in authentic Greek cuisine tongue. than watch belly dancers. Where else can Suddenly, hom out of nowhere, a sharp you eat gourmet food while dressed in n~.twang says, !'Gimm~that ketchup, Bil­ overalls? The owners, Yannis and Susie Drawing Board ly Bob. What time do them belly dancers Vantzos have done an excellent job in shakin' roun' this place? Hey! Boy! I creating a casual atmosphere where one can not a thimble full of this enjoy a fantastic meal witho"ut much advance­ planning, high fashion or fafPocketbook.

- Lillian Dish.

tersestlt·Was alf~lW8tidible. "Next time we;; n growl MOe TroO'St. play here. we bring our own sound system."~ in Walt Disney movies, and one white picket fence muttered one band member afterwards. The I'm always glad to see a new live-music of reading backs of cereal boxes morning you awake: hum band that next took the stage failed to live up club open its doors in Kansas City. but in the and understanding, songs like Lawrence Welk. read to tp,e promise of its 20 minute sound check. casa.of. Adrian's, I'm especially pleased. In of being terribly concernE!d only human i~t~rest stories The sound mix was exquisite. but the music taking over the building previously occupied about the clothes I wear. as you bring the happy (ace by Pizza U., Adrian Lonneeker has rid the ci­ was dull 12-bar blues. (Had I arrived earlier. coffee cup to your lips I could have witnessed a guy picking up a ty of one of its more abominable fast-food The wicker m~n comes and feel the hot wetness splashing establishm,ents. piano with his teeth, according to some speaking of the weather, last night's your tan insides as softly Although no more mutated pies oozing a reports.) television and Betty Cr~ker recipes: you sing through straw teeth: substanc:e resembling pasteurized process I have high hopes for Adrian's Talent "Gonna find a paper dolly Night. People drifted in and out of the club cheese spread will emerge from the ovens, a Beware his touch. I can call my own ... " pizzacparJoram~ience haunts Adrian's like a during the time I was there, but the sign-up It turns you to rattan - 'Spectre.·Lonnetker's plans to make the sheet at the door was full and the one band - Glen Enloe club's back room into a grill and game room that deserved it got a truly enthusiastic recep­ C~d, tlq'n :thiS, sit.l.IaHon to an advantage. tion. Such interest bodes well for the future Details "retnairt 'to be worked Qut. but Lon- of Talent Night. -Eden Stone , necker envisions a back room area accom­ modating a pool table, video games and a. grill serving "fresh food made to order." Hours of operation would be extended into -1&..... BEII.. - the daytime. Conceivably, one could satisfy . '.. &"1-...... ------a craving for Pac Man, punk rock. nachos and a gin and tonic all in the same setting. I I For the time being. however, Adrian's is open three days a week as a rock 'n' ,roll club. Lqnnecker books local bands to play on Fridays and Saturdays. Wednesday is "Talent Night," the night guitar cases line the walls as musicians of every caliber and per­ suasion show up to play on their own or with the assistance of the house band, Ed Toler and the Evil Scoutmasters. Those wanting to perform need only sign the list at the door and awaiftheir turns. At present there is no charge on Talent Night, but Lonnecker said one may be instituted later. (The usual cover is two dollars.) I • I Adrian's is small and tables are few. so anyone lacking the stamIna to stand or dance all night would be well advised to ar­ rive early. The music starts between 9 and 9:30 PM on Fridays and Saturdays. "Talent Night" gets underway at 8 PM. The hour and a half I witnessed of

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