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Fortiani» (Dbscrucr Page 16 Y o u r C a re Our First Priority X A Dr. Marcelitte Failla Chiropractic Physician 1716 N.E. 42nd Ave. Portland, OR 97213 (Between Broadway and Sandy Blvd.) V' • Automobile accident injuries • Chronic headache and joint pain • Workers Compensation injuries Call for an appointment! -^ F (503)228-6140 Arts X ENEEDI ENTERTAINMENT R&B Singer Opens Up Ocean says his first love was a m an We are located at July II. 2012 (A P)— Ocean — the rising R&B singer behind the single "Novacane" and the self-released album "nos talgia, ULTRA," which critics her alded as among the best of 2011 — announced on his Tumblr page last week that his first love was a man. He also tweeted a link to the post. A few days earlier, CNN's Ander son Cooper acknowledged that he was gay. But the admission from the 24-year-old Ocean — who is part of the hip-hop collective Odd Future and was prominently featured on Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Watch the Throne" album — is notewor thy because he inhabits the world of rap, where anti-gay sentiments have a t h e r ’ s H o use the leading website allhiphop.com. He called Ocean's announcement "a sign of the times," noting Cooper's a n n o u n ce m e n t and P resid en t Barack Obama's recent support of gay marriage. Ocean wrote: "4 summers ago, I met somebody. I was 19. He was too. We spent that summer, and the sum mer after, together. Everyday almost. And on the days we were together, time would glide. " Ocean concludes the post: "I don't have any secrets I need to keep anymore. ... 1 feel like a free man. If I listen closely, I can hear the sky falling too." While Creekmur stressed that Ocean's announcement did not hold Frank Ocean arrives at the 16th the same weight as if a rapper had annual GQ "Men o f the Year" come out, he said it was significant party in Los Angeles. The rising that the hip-hop community's initial and highly acclaimed singer reaction was positive. revealed last week on his "I don't believe that Frank Ocean website that his first love was a revealing his gay experience at the man. (AP photo) age of 19 will cause a bunch of long been part of the regular vo rappers to come out of the closet. I cabulary. Gay epithets are often don't think that we're there yet. I do used in lyrics — one of Lil Wayne's think that we ll see a lot of support catch phrases is "no homo." for him .... I think that it's a process," "I think it's definitely important he said. "Just a few years ago, if this and it really signifies that there is a had happened, it could have marked changing of the face of hip-hop," the end of his career. This could said Chuck Creekmur, founder of mark the beginning of his career." / M I N I S T R I E S Come and Experience Faith and Miracles! i R Pastor^ Night of Ballads and Blues a * ' Jerry & Ann ie PDX Jazz at The Mission Theater presents the Devin Phillips Quartet Gutierrez^ with special guest vocalist Richard e .y e r ,y FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7PM Services will be held a t New Song Community Center 2 5 11NE MLK BIw L Comer of NE MLK Blvd & Russell Street in Portland Doors open at 6pm for every service tor directions or more information, 503-488-5481 w w w .m fh m p o r tla n d .c o m Arnold in a program titled "John Coltrane Remembered - A Night of Ballads and Blues" on Thursday, July 19at7:30p.m . An alumnus of several Portland Jazz Festivals, including perfor mances with Branford Marsalis and Pharoah Sanders, Phillips has be come a mainstay of the city's jazz scene since emigrating from New Orleans. His lifelong passion for saxo phone began at the age of eight. At 14, he enrolled at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Studying music theory and multi-styles com position, Phillips graduated with top Devin Phillips honors in 2000. Tickets are $15. The Mission Theater is located at 1624 N.W. GlisanSt. A Film on Fatherhood A docum entary film on fam ily and fatherhood w ill be held on Saturday, Ju ly 14, at the G enesis church, located at 5 4 2 4 N E 27th avenue, beginning at 11:00 a.m . T he B lack F atherhood Project ev en t w ill inspire discu ssio n s on fathers, fath erh o o d and the d iffi culties o f raising boys to be m en. A ttendees w ill get to m eet direc to r Jo rd an T h ierry at the event, h osted by P asto r D onald Frazier. F o r in fo rm atio n o r R SV P, visit www.TheBlackFdthedxxxlPiqecUorn.
