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Clark Atlanta University Panther
October 9, 1991
SNAPSHOT
Gladys Knight is back on the scene with her new solo album
"Good Woman." Her latest single, a successful remake of Caryn White's
"Superwoman," features her good friends Patti LaBelle and Dionne
Warwick.
photo courtesy of Ebony/Jet Showcase
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Legendary jazz trumpeter Miles
Davis died Sept. 29 at St. John’s Hospital
and Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif.
He was 65.
Dr. Seuss, author of "The Cat In The
Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham," died Sept.
24 at his home in La Jolla, Calif. He was 87.
A judge fined rapper Df. Dre of NWA
$2,500, and sentenced him to 240 hours of
community service and 24 months
probation in connection with his attack on
Dee Barnes.
Black supermodel Iman and White
rocker David Bowie are currently dating but
deny being married.
BEATS
Music Profile: Eric Gable
By Veronica Fields
Entertainment Editor
Do you "Remember (The First Time)," you
heard Eric Gable's voice? His first solo album,
Caught In The Act, was released in 1989 and the
single "Remember...," introduced a new balladeer
who had a sexy, provocative voice reminiscent of
Marvin Gaye and Teddy Pendergrass.
Gable began his singing career in his
hometown of New Orleans where he performed
with local bands at various clubs. His
performances caught the attention of Charles
Huggins, CEO of Hush Productions, and landed him
an opportunity to audition. He sang over the phone
and was asked to fly to New York the next day. Two
days later he signed a recording contract with
Orpheus/Epic Records.
You can say that he was one of the lucky
people to get a contract that quickly. He said that
he preferred performing in local clubs as opposed
to making demo tapes because record companies
get swamped with tapes that just sit on desks for
months only to later get lost.
Gable said that he is concentrating on
becoming a premier artist and establishing his
mark on the recording industry. He wants people
to recognize him the way they do Marvin, Teddy
and Luther.
The entertainer prefers singing ballads because he
said, "That's my forte. Ballads are what I do well
and they are the best way for me to express myself."
His latest album. Can't Wait To Get You
Home, was released on Oct. 1 and includes remakes
of Margin Gaye’s "Sexual Healing" and Teddy
Pendergrass' "Come Go With Me." The title track is
the first single off the newly released album.
For aspiring performers Gable gives this
advice, "Make sure you keep focused. Anything is
attainable - you have to want it and it will come
through." - '
By Juan Conner
Contributing Writer
Before Spike Lee, John Singleton,
Matty Rich and the other host of Black
filmmakers that are emerging in the 90's,
there were many successful Black directors
during the age of cinema in the 1970's
commonly known as "blaxploitation."
One of these directors was Micheal
Schultz who directed such classics as
'Cooley High,' ’Car Wash,’ Which Way Is Up,’
and the 1985 rap movie 'Krush Groove.’
Schultz's newest entry for this "new
age" of Black cinema is "Livin' Large", a
socially satirical comedy that features
newcomers Terrance "T.C." Carson, Lisa
Arrindell, and Nathaniel "Africa" Hall.
The movie, filmed on location in
Atlanta, tells the story of Dexter Jackson
(Carson). In the movie, he is a recent
communications school graduate who sees
his dreams of becoming a T.V. news
reporter become reality after a local T.V.
newsman (11-Alive News sportscasater Joe
Washington) is gunned down. When
Jackson steps in using his 'street lingo' to
report the incident, a ratings-hungry
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The producer then begins to put him
through the ritual of turning him into a
'complete sellout' by doing away with his
dreadlocks, getting him out of his street-
clothes and into a conservative suit and
smoothing his street talk into a
conservative dialect.
Suddenly, the reporter finds himself
doing stories that betray his neighbors, his
girlfriend ( Arrindell), as well as his best
friend ( Hall) negatively. All this is done in
an attempt to get higher ratings his
producer so desperately wants and a chance
for him to advance to news anchor career.
His conscience, pictured as a White man in
the movie, begins to give him second
thoughts about becoming a news anchor by
telling him to completely change or
'sellout.'
The movie conveys an overall
powerful and timely message - no matter
how successful you become, never forget
where you come from. Although this movie
had it's funny scenes and not-so-funny
scenes, the overall performance of the cast
and the way the movie's message was
conveyed were very good. This movie is a
must see for everyone.
JOMANDI OPENS SEASON
By Micha Speights
Contributing Writer
Jomandi Productions, a historical
Black theater comany founded in 1978 by
Tom Jones and Marsha Jackson, has been
faced with overcoming a $100,000 deficit,
due to the decline in the American economy
and cuts by the government to fund the arts.
Jomandi is working fervently to stay
alive. From June to September they have
been conducting an "internal audit" to cut
spending, and they were forced to cut
employment as one of the solutions. But
with the opening of the new season, which
started Oct. 4, Jones said, 'We're going to
make a statement to the community and
the world that we are alive and kicking!”
Their first production for the season
will be a retrospective of 50 years of Black
music, "This show is going to be slamming,"
said Jones, "we're convering everything
from Charlie Parker to Prince."
'We are the community's sanity and
humanity; without music and stories we
would go crazy. " He said that we have seen
too many negative stereotypes presented by
the media. "We must tell our own story,
then we begin to lock into who we are and
love ourselves.." Jones also stated that
Black theater entertains the spirit and soul
of the people. "Blacks have made an impact
on the world... Only we could create an art
form like jazz.
But you take away the stories, you take
away the heartbeat of a culture, destroy the
culture you destroy the reason we exist.. We
must preserve the culture."
Jomandi has special ticket rates for
students, every Wednesday is Student Night
and tickets are $7.00.
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