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P age B 2 N ovember 5. 1997 • T he P orti 111 ' ■ ■ ..... — and O bserver t (Tljr IJortlanò © hscrurr r T? Z / ) ENTERTAINMENT ou know the d r ill M u sic p u n d its w ill get th e ir hands on H oney, I in H o m e ly !, the new (5 1 0 )/ MC A Records album from Dance H all Crashers, and im m e d ia te ly begin ana lyzin g the data. " W h o are th ese g u y s ? ” T h e y ’ ll wonder. K in d a p o p . kinda ska. kinda punk; upbeat m usic, dark ly ric s , tunny and sarcastic. Anyone a tte m p ting to track D -H -C on the m u s ic a l radar screen w ill lik e ly miss out on the I u n. The revered Berkeley band has been w in n in g o ver Ians across the co un try and around the w o rld lo r years, thanks to an endearing o il a ltitu d e anil an engaging m u sical s p irit captured on the new album. That s p irit comes in handy, and is ram pant on H oney, I'm H o m e ly !, from the campy title and ‘ 50s pulp fic tio n c o v e r a ll to most o f the fifte e n tracks. Y A bund d I Title lighters, musical Naseems, constantly and consis tently the boldest, coolest, h e fti est. b e s t-lo o k in g c o n te n d e rs around. The Charlatans U .K . have spent the last seven years proving themselves the hard way. 1997 sees payback time T c llin ’ Stories is the story o f hard w ork and crazy amounts ol upsets and mishaps. Backtracking through the yeai s. the story goes like this The band, singer T im Burgess from Manchester, g u ita rist Jon Baker, keyboardist Roh C ollins, bassist M artin Blunt and drum m er Jon Brookes, all from the midlands, formed in 1989 and is labeled a "M adchester” band after the tw in headed Happy M ondays/S tone Roses beast turns the music w orld on its head. Based far more in mod territory. The Charlatans U.K. built an incredible fo llo w in g that sees their debut single "Ind ia n Rope” go on to sell 20.()()() copies on their very own Dead. Dead. Good label, w ith very little press or radio airply. The debut album, Some F riendly enters the charts at # I . As they begin to work on their l ollow-up. the band starts to fall apart. Jon Baker leaves the group and is replaced by Mark Coll ms and Martin Blunt suffers a nervous breakdown. Between I Olli and I lilt is an under standably moody set o f songs w hich sounds like it was recorded outside, in a rainstorm. The album is released to critical indifference. Rob C ollins is involved in a id ing and abetting in an armed rob- bery. As he sits in jail fo r 4 months, the rest o f the band gets down to business w orking on the third a l bum In early 1994 the aptly titled. Up To O ur Hips is released, de spite the fact that Roh was absent fo r much o f the recording. A ll R ob’ s parts were either fra n tica lly put down before he went Io ja il or slapped on after Ins release when the record was finished. That sum mer, after a handful o f feverish B ritish gigs. J im is asked to sing on "L ife Is Sweet” by longtim e fans the Chem ical Brothers It sees the light o f day almost a year later on the Chemicals debut album. Exit Planet Dust. The Charlatans U .K head back to the studio to make a new record in less stressed circu m stances. Relieves Anxiety Stress And Pain. John Blake is regarded as one of the premier jazz violinist in the world. A dynamic player and charismatic |K‘i lormer. Blake presents w hat critic David Hollenberg calls "a state-ol- art display o f current level ol jazz. \ io lin ” Bom m Philadelphia Inhn'searly studies on violin began in the Phila delphia public school system. Settle ment Music School, West Virginia University, and the Institute for A il vanced Studies in Monlreux, S w it zerland John has also studied East Indian music through a grant he was awarded m the early seventies He is a four tune winner o f the Down Beal critics poll in the "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" category, and was voted one o f the lop two jazz violinists in the 49th, 5()tli and 51st annual Down Beat Magazine readers Polls V io lin ist, composer, producer. ktMrJP • 89-1FM Homegrown JAZZ Saturday 4 -5 p.m. It’s the tamper-evident seal, and if it's to rn there's a chance your medicine has been tampered with. So check the seal, inspect the package, look at the contents. D on't take your medicine for granted. o S f i F a MIIV HEALTH D rug A dministration . Features the music of local musicians, interviews and live music from the studio. In the coming weeks, host Mary Burlingame will be interviewing folks like... Rebecca Kilgore, Glen Moore and Gary Hobbs. SPONSORED BV THE COUNCIL ON and the F ood and John ßlake Jr - Jazz Violinist teacher, lecturer and author. Blake first gained international prominence as a sideman in the Grover Washing ton, Jr. Band in the m id-70’ s where he toured and recorded for three years. The group was one o f the first to successfully cross over from the jazz field into the R &B market with Blake’ s violin playing a major role. Hecredilshis five year stint in McCoy Tyner’ s band w ith strengthening him as an improvisor and establishing him as one o f the top violinists in the field In the mid-eighties. Blake made his debut as a band leader and com poser w ith 5 Gramavision record ings from 1983 through 1988 His sixth and most recent album. Quest, released on Sunnyside records in 1992. marked a return to the studio as a leader follow ing a four-year hiatus. He was joined by Joe Ford. Charles Famhrough. Ben Riley. Omar H ill and Joey Caldcrazzo, and on two cuts by legendary saxophonist. Grover Washington. 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