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VTERTAINMENT Affla magine a place where there is no TV , no stereo, no electricity and no l ittle l eague. Most o f the year the ground is covered with snow. Imagine eating beaver stew, saving your favorite part, the tail, for last. Imagine a place where the people have never seen a movie and don't even know what baseball is. Pic ture traveling by dogsled instead o f in a car. George Attla lives in this harsh, snow-covered wilderness above the Arctic Circle until he is nine years old. ITien, because he has tuberculosis, (ieorge is sent to a hospital in Sitka, Alaska a world completely different from the one he knows. He learns the ways o f modem city life during the seven years he spends in the city while I being treated for his illness. He goes to movies, loves baseball, and discovers a world much larger than the one o f his childhood. When George’s tuberculosis is cured, he returns to his parents'home, not as a boy but as a young man. He quickly becomes bored with the peace and tranquility o f his childhood lifestyle. G e o rg e d is c o v e rs th e o n ly excitement in his hometown dogsled racing. Even though a physical handi cap left from his illness hinders his per formance as a racer, he keeps fighting against the odds. A ula is the story o f one man’s fight to overcome all obstacles in his path to glory. A ttla is the story o f a true champion. c ^ d 'en The Thompson Twins Here’s to Future Days Album review by Richard Kecskemeti ow that the Thompson Twins On "R o ll ()ver"and the Beatles’ “ Revo- have sold over 20 m illion records lution," the I hompsons adopt a much worldwide, they have become one harder, screamin’ guitar sound than ol the most successful and recognizable they've used in the past. Billy Idol's groups m pop music today. Their elec guitarist, Steve Stevens, handles the troshock haircuts, trendy stage cos guitar duties on those two songs. tumes. swooning synthesizers, m ulti- Stevens’ work literally wakes up John horsepowered percussion, and irresisti L e n n o n 's d u s t y , o ld s o n g ble singalong choruses add up to star “ Revolution.” status in today’s flamboyant rock and Two other songs that deserve roll world. particular attention are “ Lay Your Hands on M e” and “ Don't Mess W ith I he Thompson Twins biggest hits Doctor Dream.” “ la y Your Hands" is “ Hold Me N ow ," “ Doctor! D octor!,” the first hit from the new album and and “ You lake Me l i p ” show that the features a large vocal choir that I wins have what it takes to sell records. compels all listeners to jo in in. “ Doctor W ith the release o f Here's to Future Dream” is a warning about heroin's Days, the fhompsons have show n they pains and pleasures that is powerful but also know what it takes to create a fu ll not preachy. blown, live wire dance record with in W ith the release o f Here's to Future telligent lyrics. Days, the Thompson Twins have Most of the songs on Here's to shown their talent fo r creating Future Days are as addictive as potato relentlessly catchy tunes w ithout chips but pack a heck o f a lot more making an album that sounds like the wallop than mere salty fned potatoes Thompson Twins Greatest Hits. N 6*« a*- - , % - * ■ h t i .« ä j Ä T . - - V p sì TAKE A-HA ON MR. COOL (ila m n u r Magazine has named high-tech, streetwise M r Cool, Don Johnson <>l M iam i Vice, Man ol the Year I he magazine descr ibes Johnson .is A-ha can make it on their music alone, but their “ looks that could k ill"a rc n 't hurting their career a bit I he group is being compared to other “ pretty boy" bands, such as Wham and Duran D uran, but the group is trying to downplay all the fuss about their looks I heir video lor F L. b* CHARTUNE “ a vital, prim al male with predatory eyes, a warm seductive smile and a stubborn ‘ lll-w hatcvcr-l-please’ three- day stubble." Times certainly have changed. la s t year's choice was androgynous nice guy, Michael Jackson. - -X 1 t/U u lS “ Take On M e” features the group as sketchy comic book characters. ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME I he idea lo r a Rock and Roll Hall ol l ame has been around fo r years It w ill become a reality on January 23 when ten rock legends w ill be the first inducted To be eligible, the musician must have released a record 25 years prior to the year o f induction I his year’s nominees include F lvis Presley, Chuck Berry. Jerry I ee l ewis, Ray (harles and Kuddv H olly. W indham Hill Films Presents ATTLA Th* triumph ofCHARIOTS O f FIRE in tha land of NEVER CRY WOLF' PIUS SAYAGE SLIM PICKENS CHIEF DAN GEORGE RALPH LIDDLE JOHN LOGUE -■ WILLIAM ACKERMAN BUFFY ST. MARIE O ngm M y h n t f SPIRIT O f THC W HO WfSTQATI I HOWYWOOO n t- tn ia ero»« Hius Mve I > « * •* „ «<,■ « m u N O V E M B E R 1985 Y O U N G A M E R IC A N » ' PAGE 13 .
