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July 09. 2003
Zoo Tunes Concerts Open Sunday
Ghanaian drummer
Obo Addy founded
Portland's Homowo.
Rosanne Cash
kicks off a
summer of music
at the Oregon Zoo
RosanncCash, Grammy-winn ing
singer and songwriter will reignover
the Oregon Zoo as part ofthe Wells
Fargo Summer Concert Series on
Sunday, July 13 at 7 p.m. She will
perform with Iris Dement at the
Oregon Z oo's concert lawn.
Cash isaGrammy-winning singer
and songwriter who has released
10 albums over the last 20 years,
chart ing eleven number-one singles
and earning numerous accolades
for songwriting and performance.
The contemporary release fea
tures guest tracks with Sheryl Crow,
Steve Earle, Teddy Thompson and
Jakob Dylan.
Concertgoers can try the zoo’s
summer barbecue and nightly spe
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Dark Star Orchestra.
For ad d itio n al in form ation,
please visit the zoo’s web site at
www.orcgonztxi.org or call 503-226-
1561.
cials, then sit back and enjoy a
diverse mixture o f musical styles
throughout the summer.
Upcoming performances include
Suzanne Vega, Aimee Mann, and
Music Share Users Targeted
African Traditions to Come Alive
Park Blocks on the Portland State
University Campus between South-
w est H a rriso n and C o lle g e
Streets. Admission is a suggested
donation o f $5; children are free.
Portland’s Homowo (pronounced
Its roots lie in the heart o f West I lo-mo-wah) Festival replicates the
Africa, yet its heart is in the North traditional Ghanaian harvest festi
west. Each year, the Homowo Fes val held annually in West Africa.
Obo Addy, a master drummer
tival o f African Arts transcends
cultural boundaries and celebrates from (ihana, established the Port
community in the middle o f down land version in 1989. blending Af
town Portland.
rican music, dance, pageantry,
The festival will return for its crafts, food and demonstrations to
14th year A ug.9and lOat the South create an authentic ethnic celebra-
Annual festival to
fill PSU Park
blocks Aug. 9-10
tion.
The weekend draws in thou
sands o f spectators with its thun
derous drumming, colorful cos
tumes and exotic aromas. There’s
plenty o f joyful dancing in the
crowds, often by toddlers feeling
their first beat! The event attracts
patrons from all parts of the Pa
cific Northwest who come to feel
the energy and experience the heri
tage o f this vibrant festival.
For more information, call 503-
2 8 8 -3 0 2 5 o r v isit w w w .
Homowo.org
users w ho o ffer "su b stan tial”
collections o f mp3 music files for
dow nloading. It expects to file at
least several hundred lawsuits
seeking financial damages within
eight to 10 weeks.
(AP) — The embattled music
Executives for the RIAA, the
industry has disclosed aggressive W ash ing to n -b a s e d lo b b y in g
plans for an unprecedented escala group that represents m ajor la
tion in its fight against Internet bels, would not say how many
piracy, threatening to sue hundreds songs on a user’s com puter would
o f individual computer users who qualify for a lawsuit. The new
illegally share music files online.
cam paign com es ju st weeks after
The Recording Industry A s U.S. appeals court rulings requir
sociation o f A m erica, citing sub ing Internet providers to identify
stantial sales declines, said it subscribers suspected o f illegally
w ould begin to search Internet sharing music and m ovie files.
file-sharing netw orks to identify
The RIAA’s president, Carey
Sherman, said tens o f millions o f
Internet users o f popular file-shar
ing software would expose them
selves to “the real risk o f having to
face the music.”
“ It’s stealing. It’s both wrong
and illegal," Sherman said.
Alluding to the court decisions,
Sherman said Internet users who
believe they can hide behind an
alias online were mistaken. “You
are not anonymous,” Sherman said.
“ W e’re going to begin taking
names."
Critics accused the RIAA o f re
sorting to heavy-handed tactics
likely to alienate m illionsof Internet
file-sharers.
Label increases
fight against
Internet piracy
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A Day in the Country
Leam about Oregon's past and enjoy a day in the
country at the historic James Bybee House on
Sauv ic Island, open each weekend through Labor
Day. Visit the Agricultural Museum. Pioneer
Orchard, wetlands and picnic grounds, and join
in tours and educational programs presented by
the Oregon Historical Society.
Operated by
M ETRO
Suggested donation $3 per visitor No pets please
For program information and directions, please call
the Oregon Historical Society at 503-306-11 98 or
click on 'Bybee House" at www ohs org/educatiorV
With his unique baritone-a mix
o f velvet and gravel - R&B great
Barry White was the voice of
America's bedroom, his throbbing
compositionsconspiring with purr
ing vocals to seduce fans for over
threedecades. White, who had kid
ney fai lure from years ofhigh blood
pressure, died Friday at age 58. He
had been undergoing dialysis and
had been hospitalized since a Sep
tember stroke. His songs were in
fused with sexually charged verbal
foreplay, I ike on l975’s “LoveSer-
enade,” which began with the low,
intimate whisper: “I want you the
way you came into the world, I
don’t want to feel no clothes ...”
That year W hite’s chronic
blood pressure forced him to can
cel several live performances with
the group Earth, Wind & Fire and
he w as b riefly h o sp italized .
W hite’s survivors include eight
children, grandchildren, and his
companion Catherine Denton.
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Rose Kogeman, attorney for Rap producer Marion “Suge " Knight
(left) and Minister Tony Mohammed, speak at news conference
July 2 in Claremont, Calif., following his arrest for allegedly
assaulting a parking lot attendant outside a Hollywood nightclub.
(A P) — A law yer for w itnesses that the rap mogul
M arion “ Suge” K night said did not punch a parking valet,
she has statements from eight an incident that could return
him to prison.
ft
“ U nfortunately for Mr.
T.B. E n t e r p r is e s P r e s e n t s
Knight, it appears that he was
T h e I s l e y B r o t H E R S
arrested prior to a full inves
tigation ofthe al legation,” at
#1 Selling Album
torney Rose Kogeman said at
"Body Kiss"
a new s conference July 2.
Kogeman said it was another
patron, whom she did not
identify, who got angry and
shoved the valet while waiting
fora vehicle.
K night, 37, was arrested
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