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Obama Likes Rap, Rock and Classical
Candidate’s
iPod playlist
shows variety
Ernestine Anderson
Jazz Vocalist
Faces
Foreclosure
(AP) - J a z z vocalist Ernestine
A nderson is facing foreclosure
on her hom e in Seattle in yet
another sign that the mortgage
loan crisis is hitting traditional
w orking-class neighborhoods
hard.
A nderson, • who once sang
with the likes o f Q uincy Jones
and Ray Charles, is m ore than
$30,000 in arrears in paym ents
and penalties, public records
show .
F rie n d s and fam ily have
started a last-ditch effort to save
her Central District hom e by
pleading for donations. They
hope to raise $45.000 for the 79-
year-old to cover the back pay
m ents and taxes.
Jam es Kelly, president o f the
Urban League o f Seattle, said
counselors will try to find out
how A nderson got a loan that
now asks for a m onthly pay
ments o f $5,(XX). G ayton said
A nderson's monthly incom e is
$ 1 ,(XX) from Social Security, and
at her age, her perform ances are
limited.
"She never should have got
ten that loan," G ayton said. "It's
a difficult issue for her. The
house is her mom's and father's
hom e, since 1946."
(A P) - Bob Dylan. Y o-Y o Ma.
Sheryl Crow. Jay-Z. T hese aren't
musical acts in a sum m er concert
series: T hey’re artists featured on
Barack O bam a’s iPod.
“I have pretty eclectic tastes,”
the D em ocratic presidential con
tender said in an interview pub
lished in the current issue o f Roll
ing Stone.
G row ing up in the '70s, O bam a
said, he listened to the Rolling
Stones, Elton John and Earth, Wind
& Eire. Stevie W onder is his m usi
cal hero from the era. The Stones’
“G im m e Shelter” tops his favorites
from the band.
T he Illinois senator's playlist
contains these m usicians, along
with about 30 songs from Dylan
and the sin g er's “ Blood on the
T racks” album. Jazz legends Miles
Davis, John C oltrane and Charlie
Sen. Barack Obama, D-lll., on the July 10 cover o f Rolling Stone
Magazine.
Will Smith stars as ‘Hancock’
he saves the life o f PR execu
tiv e R ay E m b re y (Ja so n
B atem an), and the sardonic su
perhero begins to realize that
he may have a vulnerable side
after all. Facing that will be
H ancock’s greatest challenge
yet— and a task that may prove
impossible as Ray ’ s wife, Mary
(C harlizeTheron), w ho insists
that h e’s a lost cause.
O scar nom inee Will Sm ith is
bri nging another blockbuster re
lease to theaters this sum m er as
the superhero “H ancock,” in a
July 2 release.
H ancock is edgy, conflicted,
sarcastic and m isunderstood,
and his w ell-intentioned hero
ics might get the jo b done and
save countless lives, but always
seem to leave jaw-dropping dam
age in their wake. As grateful as
they are to have their local hero,
the good citizens o f Los A nge
les are wondering what they ever
did to deserve this guy.
Hancock isn’t the kind o f su
perhero who cares w hat other
people think— until the day that
In a July 2 release.
“Hancock” isn 't the
kind o f superhero
who cares what
other people think,
until now.
never lost track o f his roots, who
P arkerare also in the mix.
"A ctually, one o f my favorites know s w ho he is, who has never
d u rin g th e p o litica l se aso n is put on a front.”
A nd did he address him as the
‘M aggie's Farm ,” ’ O bam a said of
one o f D ylan s tracks. “It speaks to B oss?
“ Y ou've got to,” the candidate
me as I listen to some of the political
said.
rhetoric.”
Asked what he thought o f rap,
In the song, Dylan sings about
trying be himself, "but everybody O bam a said the genre has broken
dow n barriers w ithin the music
w ants you to be just like them .”
Several m usicians on O bam a’s w orld, th o u g h h e 's co n c ern ed
iPod support his bid for the W hite about his daughters — M alia, 9,
H o u se ,
in c lu d in g
B ru ce and Sasha, 7 — listening to it.
Springsteen. Earlier this month.
"I am troubled som etim es by the
D ylan told a British new spaper that misogyny and m aterialism o f a lot
he believes O bam a is redefining of rap lyrics,” he said, "but 1 think
politics in the United States and the genius o f the art form has shifted
could deliver change to a nation in the culture and helped to desegre
upheaval.
gate m usic.”
He said hip-hop mogul Russell
“I ’ve got to say, having both
D ylan and Bruce Springsteen say Sim m ons and rappers Jay-Z and
kind w ords about you is pretty re Ludacris were “great talents and
m arkable,” O bam a said. "Those great businessm en.”
“It would be nice if 1 could have my
guys are icons.”
O b a m a said he h a s n ’t m et daughters listen to their music without
S p rin g steen , but the tw o have me worrying that they were getting bad
images of themselves,” he added.
talked over the phone.
O bam a appears on the cover of
"N ot only do I love Bruce's m u
sic, but 1 ju st love him as a person,” the m agazine, which endorsed him
O bam a said. “He is a guy w ho has for president in March.
Cultural Center
Funds Restored
Financial support for the In Ave. is celebrating 25 years
terstate Firehouse Cultural Cen of awakening cultural aware
ter has been restored with ap ness by creating an environ
ment for artists and audiences
proval of a new city budget.
The Portland City Council to explore, honor and cel
adopted a revised budget ear ebrate diversity.
City support for the non
lier this month that includes
profit
center was in jeopardy
$80,(XX) for the IFCC.
The multi-disciplinary arts after an earlier budget pro
center at 5340 N. Interstate posal by Mayor Tom Potter.
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Sparks on Life One Year after American Idol:
Young star
almost lost
her voice
O ne y ea r after Jo rdin S parks
w as crow ned the 2007 "A m erican
Idol" ch am p io n , the 18-year-old
sin g in g sensation is taking the
m usic industry by storm .
From landing her second spot
on a m ajor national to u r alo n g
side A licia K eys and p erform ing
the N ational A nthem at Super
Bowl X LII to w inning O u tsta n d
ing N ew A rtist by the N A A C P
Im age A w ards, the th rilled n ew
c o m er is taking her "Idol" su c
cess to an asto n ish in g new level.
T h e y o u n g sta r, w h o se hi,
sin g le N o A ir topped the B ill
board Pop c h a rts, opens up to Jet
m a g a z in e in its c u rre n t issue
about her recent vocal cord h em
orrh ag e that could have ended
her career.
"T hat w as one o f the scariest
feelings I've ev er fe lt,” Sparks
recalls. She also d iscu sses the
latest In tern et g o ssip th at she
w as recen tly m arried to her "al
leged" b oyfriend , sin g er/m o d el
S teph Jones. "I'm o nly 18-years-
old. I'm not gettin g m arried for a
w hile," she said.
Jordin Sparks is crowned the 2007 American Idol champion.
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