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Idol hits hot in the city
By Vicki Archila
Of The Print
Billy Idol is back. This time
with a new band, a new album
and a hit song, “Hot In The
City.” At the Pine Street
Theatre, (Friday, Nov. 19)
from his opening number
“Baby Talk,” to his last “Danc­
ing With Myself,” Idol and his
band pumped out a powerful
set of energetic D.O.R. (dance
oriented rock) music.
This is Idol’s first time back
since the demise of his last
band, Generation X, (a band
that came out of the British
Punk Movement with The Sex
Pistols). Idol did songs from his
new album, his four song E.P.
(put out a couple months prior
to the album’s release) and
even pulled out two Genera­
tion X songs, “Kiss Me,
Deadly” and. “Ready, Steady,
Go.”
“Ready, Steady, Go” was
one of Generation X’s biggest
hits. Idol’s rendition was
superbly done by his new
band. On one verse the song
originally goes “I’m not in love
with television, I’m not in love
with the radio.” Idol changed
radio to Solid Gold, an amus­
ing change since the band was
on Solid Gold about a month
back. The song “White Wed­
ding” done live was everything
the recorded version promised.
Death visits campus
By Brett Bigham
Of The Print
“Appointment With
Death,” this term’s drama pro­
duction, will open tomorrow
night in the McLoughlin
Theater at 8:00 p.m.
The play will run through
Saturday this week and next
Fii. and Sat. at 8:00 p.m. with
a 2:30 p.m. matinee on the
12th.
The play, a mystery by
Agatha Christie, hosts a 19
member cast under the direc­
tion of Clackamas Community
College’s Drama Instructor,
Jack Shields.
Reservations are recom­
mended and can be acquired
by calling the College, ext. 356
or 283. Cost for tickets is $3 for
general admission, $2 for
students, $.50 for students with
student body cards and Gold
Cards get in free.
It is a dark, haunting song clim­
bing to a dangerously explosive
climax. The backing vocals and
primitive pounding of the
drums gave it an eerie feel.
“Hot In The City” was the only
song that lacked in excitement.
Especially at the usual climax­
ing point where Idol screams
out “New York,” he instead us­
ed “Portland” which fell short.
It didn’t have the same impact
and left the audience hanging.
Idol’s encore of Tommy James’
“Mony, Mony” was outstan­
ding. From the E.P., his revi­
sion was one of the best covers
recorded this year. Live, his
band kept it fresh and exciting.
Idol’s new band, with
Steve Stevens on guitar, Phil
Feit on bass, Judy Tocier on
keyboards and Greg Gerson on
drums are all from New York.
Stevens and Feit are the only
two members who played on
the album, and have been with
Idol for over a year now; they
later brought in Tocier and
Gerson for the tour. Most of
the equipment used on stage
was built by Stevens, who is in­
terested in electronics and col­
lects robots. The band had no
trouble winning over Genera­
tion X fans. Stevens says that
in England they were “taken
better than Generation X.”
Billy Idol
Photo courtesy of Chrysalis Records
Idol seemed fascinated
with crucifixes. Around his
neck he wore three rosaries,
and in his ear a crucifix earring.
At one point in the show, dried
ice filled the stage illuminating
the band. Red lights made the
ice look like red fog, and at
center stage there was a light
shaped in a crucifix. Idol cut a
kind of sinister figure leering at
the audience, prowling the
stage, jumping and kicking. His
vocals were strong and power­
ful, from his Jim Morrison type
lows to his screeching highs, he
never once lost it.
Opening up the show for
Idol were The Confidentials
and Theatre of Sheep, both
local bands. Good choices for
this bill, both displayed there is
some good music right here in
Portland.
Standing room only at jazz night
By Rick Obritschkewitsch
son on bass, and Jeff Andre
behind the drums, all extreme­
ly absorbed in the evening oc­
cupation. Johnson rounded
out the group’s performance -
with sweet vocal tones.
The 208 Jazz Ensemble
climaxed this edition of Jazz
Night, with direction by LeRoy
Anderson. Johnson came back
once again during the middle
of this section to add her
vocals. The night ended with a
For The Print
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After a slight delay, due to
a larger than' expected turnout
in audience, Jazz Night got off
to a rolling start on Wednes­
day, Nov. 17.
“There were probably
over 300 people there,” LeRoy
Anderson, head of the
Clackamas Community Col­
lege music department, said.
The 201 Jazz Ensemble
started the evening’s program
with “Tangerine,” featuring
solos from guest trumpeteer
Dave Crow, and a tenor sax
solo by Julie Rampke. The first
emsemble, directed by Gary
Nelson, completed one-third of
the evening’s entertainment.
Next up was the Vocal
Jazz Ensemble, under the
direction of Lonnie Cline,
feature guest artist Ellen
Johnson. The audience was
greatly rewarded for its at-
tendence with Dehner Franks
at the keyboard, Rick Ander-
CASH
spectacular rendition of “Sweet
Georgia Brown,” with Franks
doing a piano solo, and Scott
Franklin soloing on tenor sax.
LeRoy Anderson said he
was very pleased with the per­
formances, but would prefer a
better place to entertain. “It’s
hard to perform there (Com­
munity Center Mall) because of
the accoustics,” Anderson said.
The next Jazz Night will be
on Dec. 6, in the CC Mall.
Shields slates cast call
Tryouts for the winter
theater production, “An­
drocleas and the Lion” are be­
ing held Thursday, Dec. 16 in
the McLoughlin Theater bet­
ween 12 and 4 p.m. announc­
ed Clackamas Community
College Drama Instructor Jack
Shields.
“It’s not necesary for the
person to be at the audition for
the entire time,” Shields said.
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Tryout materials will be
ready in the theater on Dec. 10
for people to pick up. There
are six women and nine men in
the production.
“Androcleas and the
Lion” by George Bernard
Shaw is the second Shaw play
presented at the College under
Shields’ direction.
The play will be performed
the 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, and the
13th of March with the show
traveling the Coaster Theater in
Cannon Beach during spring
vacation. This is the 10th an­
nual road show to Cannon
Beach done by the College.
Persons with questions on
tryouts contact the Theater
Dept., ext. 356.
Special thanks to Joette
Rose for the “Appointment
With Death” photos, which ran
in the Nov. 17 issue of The
Print.
Clackamas Community College