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Write your name, address, phone number, preferred classification (just friends, help wanted, etc.) on the paper with your ad and MAIL YOUR AD WITH PAYMENTTO: just out, P.O. Box 14400, 796-1703 Portland, OR 97214-0400 by George Bernard Shaw When Vivie discovers the true nature of Mrs.Warren's occupation, the stage is set for a heart-shattering struggle for understanding between mother and daughter. B o * O ffice P h o n e : 2 7 4 - 6 5 8 8 a l» o av a ifeb l« at FASTIXX: 224-T IX X T ic k e t P rice« : $ 1 1 . 0 0 - $ 3 5 . 0 0 sponsored in part by just out Bigotry is marring the queer dance club scene in Portland — but itfs a bias aimed at music , not patrons T ADS FOR BUSINESS: Ads for busi PORTLAND HOMOPHOBIC I n C lubland JUST FRIENDS ADSUust Friends ads THE HAWTHORNE COFFEE MERCHANT REPORT THE VIOLENCE. GET SUPPORT. TONGUE IN GROOVE JÊ&fâLàà W ELLS FARGO Donald Byrd, Noel Pointer, Ronnie Laws, Gene arlier this year, I had the unexpected Harris, Horace Silver and several other jazz greats, displeasure o f DJing at a dyke-ow ned the product is a fresh set of songs that carry contem club which mandated that DJs spin porary flavor mingled with classic smoothness. only “neutral m usic,” by which they meant disco and techno (does this mean hip-hop, soul and rap are “biased” music?). R obi -R ob For an all-around audiophile like myself, this type Robi-Rob’s Clubworld • Sony Music o f music ignorance and bigotry cannot be toler ated. So listen up and listen carefully: There is his latest release comes from half o f the C + more to club music than disco and techno— no C Music Factory: Robert Clivilles. A w el com e relief after hearing the M acarena played all over the place so dam n m uch, these Latin- inspired grooves mark R obi-R ob’s first release since the unexpected death o f the other C, David Cole, earlier this year. Clubworld 's bilingual beats (som e of the songs are sung in C livilles’ native wonder P-tow n’s queer club music scene sucks. tongue, Spanish) are made even better by big- But, negativity aside, h ere’sa buncha music that name vocalists like M artha W ash and Ya Kid K you’d be lucky to hear anyw here in the so-called adding their unm istakable voices on some o f the "dance clubs,” a m ixture o f old and new releases tracks. that range from acid ja zz to house to dance hall Definitely not much like the more popular C + music. C stuff played on the radio, R obi-R ob’s mixed tracks are the product o f a DJ whose reputation in V arious A rtists the highly com petitive New York underground club scene has steadily risen over several years. I Jungle: The Sound o f the Underground • Sony/ especially liked the first track, "B oriqua Anthem Colum bia ’96 Rem ix,” for its beautiful blend o f R obi-R ob’s rapping with a Latin flavor that underscores the rom that ever-evolving British music scene M acarena’s bland redundancy. com es the sound o f the jungle. O riginating from a group o f predom inantly black and ragga- inspired DJs w ho inevitably fused the sounds o f the then em erging techno scene with their ow n original mix o f ragga beats. That fusion then evolved into w hat’s better know n as jungle: fast and frenzied beats m ixed with slow ethereal am bient sounds that m ake for a unique com bination indeed. This compilation includes one o f my favorite “sing along at the top o f your lungs” versions o f “Come Together.” Though a mix o f sounds that perhaps may be too strange for those whose ears are used to hearing a particular kind o f dance music, jungle— like jazz— is the result o f DJs’ continuing experimentation with the tunes and influences o f music styles from around the globe. Unlike sounds you’d hear in Tarzan’s world, however, this sound doesn’t go with lush green plants and trees— it’s meant for those o f us trapped G ay Classics, Vol. Ill in the concrete jungle o f urban living. E T F V arious A rtists V arious A rtists Da Undaground Sound: East Side, Vol. / «Priority G ay Classics, Vols. I-X • SoBe/Hot Productions f you are down w it’ da beats, you’ll greatly appreciate groovin’ to this CD. With rappin’ hip-hoppin’ funkstas like Wu-Tang Clan, Das Efx, A Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr ( a k a Guru), Slick Rick, Brand Nubian and KRS-One, to name but a few, you’ll be wondering why the current popularity o f hip-hopsters like The Fugees didn’t happened sooner. I’ve noticed that the rap and hip-hop style o f delivery and mixing o f beats are being appropri ated by more and more altema-bands like Cake and Soul Coughing. Oh well, at least they know how not to be neutral! he arrival o f this set of CDs was not a surprise to me. After all, we all know how much queers have been a part o f the club scene. How ever, having neither the time nor the energy to listen to all 10 CDs in one sitting, I enlisted the help o f a friend to determine if this set was any good. Lo and behold, my disco-delighting friend found most o f the songs on each CD poor imita tions o f the original hits they were supposed to have embellished upon and therefore improved. The remix o f the disco hit “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor (the original is one o f my friend’s favorites) was bland and mediocre in comparison. I can’t honestly say, however, that there isn’t a song worthy o f a listen among 120-plus tracks. Eighties hits like “Stay with Me” by India, “Stormy Weather” by Viola Wills, an old-style remixed “West End Girls” by Pet Shop Boys, and a good lip-synching song like “All American Boy” by Barbara Pennington were tolerable. But a handful o f OK songs among a bunch o f CDs wouldn’t be a good buy, would it? I V arious A rtists The New Groove: The Blue Note Remix Project • Blue Note oming from Blue Note is another great com pilation featuring great jazz tunes that provide more than toe-tapping music. Remixed tracks from C T