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ENTERTAINMENT
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B.B. King is
blunt when asked
to assess his new
MCA Records al
bum There Is A l
w ays O ne M ore
Time. The legend
ary singer/guitarist
describes it simply
as “The best album
I’ve recorded in my
career.”
T hat’s quite a
statement when one
considers that the
M ississip p i-b re d
a rtist’s recording
career spans more
than four decades
and encom passes
over 50 albums, in
cluding acknow l
edged classics like
1965’s Live at the
Regal, such unfor
gettable singles as the Number One
R&B hits “Three O ’c lo c k Blues” and
“You D on’t Know Me,” King’s 1970
pop crossover h it,“The Thrill Is gone,”
plus various collaborations with prom i
nent artists from all across the musical
spectrum.
N everthelcss.ThercIsA lw aysO ne
More Time fully live up to K ing’s effu
sive assessm ent, striking a graceful
balance between blues basics and state-
of-the-art studio technology. The al
bum, produced by noted board-man
Stewart Levine (of the Crusadcrs/Sim-
ply Red/Joe Cocker Fame), features
nine new songs matching K ing’s sear-
i ing guitar and vocals with such stellar
musical collaborators as pianist Joe
Sam ple, K eyboardist Neal Larsen,
drum m er Jim K ellner and b assist
Freddie Washington.
King has dedicated the album to
the memory of the late, great songwriter
Doc Pomus, author of the song “One
More Tim e,” which provides the disc’s
m usical and them atic cen terp iece.
Pomus had worked often with King,
who recorded an album of Pomus com
positions, the Grammy-winning There
Must Be a Better W orld Somewhere
(produced by Stewart Levine) several
years ago. Ironically, Levine played
King’s recording o f “One More Tim e”
for the ailing Pomus the day before the
songw riter’s death.
In addition to the Pomus tune, There
Is Always One More Time showcases
King’s vocal and instrumental intensity
on such key tracks as the tightly-coiled
urban dramas “ Back in L.A .” and “I m
Moving On” (both written by Joe Sample
and Will Jennings), die slyly rootsy
since then. King
has been too busy
making music to
spend much lime
looking back.
O n the rare
o c c a sio n s w hen
he’s not perform
ing live or w ork
ing in the record
ing studio, King
has m anaged to
find time to engage
innum erousentcr-
tainm ent and phil
anthropic projects.
He has lectured on
college cam puses,
dabbled in acting
inT V and film,and
recently starred in
a th re e -v o lu m e
hom e-video g u i
tar-stu d y series.
King is also a lead
ing advocate of prison reform , and is a
con-founder o f the Foundation lor the
Advancement o f Inmate Recreation and
Rehabilitation (FAIRR), through which
he has played numerous free concerts at
prisons across the nation, represented
on such albums as the classic Live at
Cook County Jail and 1990’s Live at San
Quentin. King has also been die recipi
ent of prestigious musical and humani
tarian awards too diverse and numerous
to list here (including four Grammy
Awards, the Presidential Medal of Free
dom and his own star on the Hollywood
Walk o f Fame).
Recent years have also found King
engaging in musical partnerships with
some of the younger musicians whose
work bears his influence. His collabora
tion with U2 on “W hen Love Comes to
Tow n,” for that band's album and film
Rattle and Hum, remains and AOR
staple. K ing’s duel w ith Bonnie Raitlon
a cover o f the Dr. John hit "Right Place
Wrong T im e” was featured in the movie
Air America. King has also recently
joined forces with a diverse list of stars
lor the pro-recycling single and video
“ Yakcly Yak -- Take It Back.”
In the endlessly fickle entertain
ment world, B.B. King continues to
thrive, playing tus tunelessly passionate
music for longtim e fans as well as recent
converts, and showing no signs of slow
ing down. “W hat else am I gonna do?,’
laughs the perpetually humble legend.
“ I’ve got bills to pay. I enjoy working,
and I’ll keep working until the people
don’t want to hear me anym ore.”
In other words, you can expect B.B.
King to be working for a long lime to
come.
“ Mean and Evil” and “ I’ve G ot Som e
thing up My Sleeve” (written by blues
vet Arthur Adams), and the spellbind
ing “The BluesC om e O ver M e,” which
seems destined to emerge as a contem
porary blues classic.
The new album is just die latest
accomplishment in a legendary career
that has earned B.B. King his status as
one of the w orld’s most respected m u
sicians, named as a seminal influence
by virtually every major rock guitarist.
Never content to rest on his laurels,
King has m aintained a consistently
prominent profile on the international
music scene, keeping a busy schedule
o f personal appearances, including and
average of 250 concerts a year. King s
work overseas—he was one ol the first
W estern m usicians to tour in the
U.S.S.R. , and he plans to play in China
in the near fu tu re-has won him a repu
tation as an international ambassador of
the blues.
Riley B. King was bom on Septem
ber 16, 1925, on a cotton plantation in
Indianola, Mississippi, and began sing
ing and playing early in his life. After
growing tired of playing on street cor
ners for spare change, King hitchhiked
to the musical m ccca ol the South,
Memphis, Tennessee, where he received
further guitar tutelage from his uncle,
the revered bluesman Bukka White.
W hile playing in Memphis and w ork
ing as a DJ on the legendary local radio
station W DIA, King adopted die flashy
professional m oniker“The Beale Street
Blues Boy,” later amended to the sim
pler “ B.B.” King. He was recording
regularly by the late 1940s and began
louring nationally in the early 50s.
David Douglas
Safety Action
Team To Deliver
Gifts
KBOO Seeks Diversity In
Broadcasting Volunteers
In an effort to create more diversity
in its volunteer and hiring practices,
KBOO, a local community radio sta
tion is offering free training for indi
viduals interested in radio news broad
casting, local reporting, editing and
writing for radio.
Eugene Rashad, News Director ,
tates “ KBOO radio is required to bring
in as diverse a group o f volunteers as
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possible”. KBOO’schartcr reads...shall
be a model of programming, filling
needs that other media do not, provid
ing to diverse communities and unserved
or underserved groups. KBOO shall
provide access and training to those
communities.
For additional information, con
tact Belli Hyams or Eugene Rashad by
calling 231-8032.
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On W ednesday, D ecem ber 23,
1992, the David Douglas Safety Action
Team will begin delivering gifts to
many residents o f low income housing
within the East County area.
Accompanying the Safety Action
Team will be a bi-lingual Santa Claus
that will greet and talk to children in
both English and Spanish and pass out
presents.
The presents were made possible
by a donation from the Multnomah
County Deputy Sheriff’s Association.
For information o f delivery times
and locations to be visited, contact
Blanca Ruckert at the David Douglas
Safety Action Team, 248-3468.
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Fans will celebrate over twenty
five years of the hit television and movie
series when Michael Darn (Lt. W orf)
pays a visit to the Holiday Inn Airport.
M ichael will ap p e a r in person at
Creation’sS aluteT oS tarT rek And The
Worlds O f Science Fiction, taking place
Saturday January 9th and Sunday Janu
ary 10th. The special added guest is
R ic h a rd A rn o ld , th e la te G ene
Roddenberry’s right hand man. Rich
ard will take us behind the scenes of the
series with slides and sneak previews of
upcom ing episodes. Other presentations
include news and information on the
newest Sci-Fi series including SlarTrek:
Deep Space Nine, Bablon Five and
space Rangers. Adding to the fun will
be contests, auctions and a giant sci
ence fiction m erchandise bazaar.
Tickets are available in advance
for $ 14.00 (plus serv ice charges) through
G.I. Joe’s Ticketm aster outlets. Tickets
at the door will be $17.00; Kids twelve
and under $6; and those under six are
FREE Kids rates are only available at
the door, special reserved seating is
also available through Ticketm aster for
$35. The convention hours are Satur
day and Sunday 11AM to 6PM. The
Sheraton is located at 8439 NorthEast
Columbia Boulevard.
Oregon Ballet
Theatre’s Creative
Movement Outreach
Program Awarded
$10,000 Grant Form US
West Communications
The S chool o f O regon B allet
Theatre’s innovative Creative Move
ment Outreach Program, which brings
dance education to economically dis
advantaged and physically challenged
children, has been awarded a $10,000
grant from US W est Communications.
Initiated in Fall 1989 in conjunc
tion w ith the A lb in a M in iste ria l
A lliance’s (AMA) Head Start program,
the Creative M ovem ent Program has
grown to reach nearly 600 children in
nearly 20 centers, including not only
AMA Head Start but also W ashington
County H eadStartand the YW CATran-
sitional School. The Program ’sclasses-
-taught by professional instructors from
the School of O B T -a re aimed at devel
oping self-esteem, physical coordina
tion, conf idencc, and creative problem
solving skills among economically dis
advantaged and “at-risk” children.
US W est has been a key sponsor of
the program since its inception.
PORTLAND OBSERVER
’The Eyes and Ears ol the Community
O flice: (503)208-0033
Fax#: (503)288-0015
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D on’t rely solely on the Better
Business Bureau or other consum er
agencies to find out if a shop is honest
(or qualified). The only information
you’ll receive is how many unsettled
complaints they have on the shop in
question. A dishonest shop knows that
if he gets caught cheating, he had better
make a settlem ent immediately if he
wants to continue cheating. Sound a
little strange? Let me explain.
Ninety-nine percent o f the people
who get cheated aren ’ t even aware o f it.
The smart cheater knows that. He knows
percentages arc in his favor. If he’s
caught, he’ll return the money or settle
the com plaint immediately; therefore,
no unsettled com plaint on file. L et’s
carry it a step further. Ninety-nine per
cent of the people who think they got
cheated, really didn’t. There is a big
difference between frauds and incom-
petency.
If you look it up in your dictionary
you’ll find a “fraud” is a person who
willfully cheats or deceives others. “In
com petent”: lacking in ability or skills.
Totally different, right? ...but not to
most consumers. They ’re aware ol only
one thing... they didn’t get what they
paid for. I can assure you that very few
garages are actually fraudulent, and
T he N o rthw est Film c e n te r is
pleased to announce that the 16th Port
land International Film Festival will be
held February 18-M arch 6 ,1993. Spon
sored by The O regonian, KINK-FM
and ACT III Theatres, the Festival will
be held at the Portland A rt M useum ’s
Berg Swann Auditorium and at ACT
I ll’s Broadway and KOIN Center Cin
emas.
Portland film lovers will have the
opportunity to survey more than sixty
new films from m ore than two dozen
countries, all o f which will be having
their Oregon, in m osteases Northwest,
and in some cases, American premieres.
This year’s Festival will include a
“Pacific Rim Show case”, sponsored by
First Interstate Bank, featuring new films
fromChina, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong,
K orea, and a sp e c ia l p ro g ram o f
children’s films. O pening the Festival
on February 18w illbeR egisW argnier’s
Indochine starring Catherine Deneuve,
which is this year’s French submission
for the Foreign Film Oscar. Other high
lights are a live performance by the
O lym pia Cham ber O rchestra of F.W.
M um au’s The Last Laugh with an origi
nal score by Timothy Brock, and a
tribute to Laurel and Hardy.
The Festival, produced by the Port
land A rt Museum Northwest Film Cen
ter, receives support from the National
Endow m ent for the Arts, Oregon Arts
Com m ission, Metropolitan Arts Com
mission and the Rose E. Tucker Chari
table T ru st O ther Festival sponsors
in c lu d e A m e ric a n A irlin e s , th e
Heathm an Hotel and the Consulate
G enerals o f Japan and Canada.
A complete schedule will be re
leased February 1 and the Festival Pro
gram will be featured in the Friday,
February 12 Oregonian.
For further inform ation, please
contact the Film Festival at (503)-221 -
1156 or by fax: (503)-226-4842.
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willfully cheat or deceive. Incom pe
tent? W ell, I’ll adm it there are some
shops lacking in knowledge and skills.
Don ’ t try to buy auto repair over the
telephone. You can end up buying som e
thing you d o n ’t need. No one can diag
nose a problem on the telephone. L et’s
look at a tropical shop and a typical
custom er w ith a typical telephone call.
A custom er has an exhaust noise
and calls a muffler shop and asks
How much to install a new muffler
on my 1972 Ford?” The shop owner says
$36. Customer: “When can you do it?
Owner: “At 2 this afternoon.” So at 2
o ’clock the custom er drives into the
muffler shop. Customer: “ Hi, I called
about the muffler for the '7 2 Ford.”
Shop: “O kay, w e’ll get it right in.” The
shop ow ner calls one of his mechanics:
“ Hey, Charlie, put in a new m uffler on
this -7 2 Ford next.” Charlie gets the car
in the air and the exhaust pipe has pulled
out o f the m uffler (that’s where all the
noise was coming from). Charlie dis
connects the other end and puts a new
muffler on. There may not be anything
wrong with the old one, but you bought
a new one. The shop ow ner didn’t sell
you a new one, you bought a new one.
You told him what you wanted and that
was your mistake. Had that same cus
tom er driven into that shop and said “ I
have an exhaust noise, will you check it
out and tell me how much it will cost to
fix it?” , a totally different transaction
would have occurred. The ow ner would
have said: “ Hey, Charlie, get this -7 2
Ford on the hoist and see what needs to
be done to correct that exhaust noise.”
Charlie would have put it on the lift,
checked it, gone to the shop owner and
said “The exhaust pipe is pulled out of
the m uffler.” Garage owner: “W hat will
it take to fix it?” Charlie: “I can weld it
or just put on a new clam p.” See the
difference? If the shop had said “you
needed a new m uffler” that would have
been fraud. But that shop will sell you
anything you want to buy, and he cannot
be accused of cheating you. Have you
ever gone into an appliance store and
said “ I want to buy a new TV or refrig
erator: and have the sales man say
“W hat’s wrong with your old one?” I
never have.
Auto repair shops are no different.
If you want to buy a transmission, they’ll
sell you one. If you w ant to buy a tune-
up, they’ll sell you one.
Put the monkey on the shop’s back.
Let him do the diagnosing and if you
don’t think he diagnose it right, get a
second opinion.
The Portland Observer encourages our readers to write
letters to the editor in response to any articles we publish
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February 18 Opening for
The 16th Portland
International Film Festival
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