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JASON JEFFERS
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NEW YORK? The long and wind- She's with Re^ll
ing road that led to this weekend's new YORK Kath
^Beatles Reunion" apparently was jsutogherfeudwjtt
dnven in part by cash. ...
"Kicking and screaming" all the T ' ?
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way, George Harrison agreed to par- , . ,,
Caries Grodin that i
TV special mainly because he needs , . rMT .
the money, Geoffrey Giuliano told qu\ ^ ? ?J ^
the New York Post. Giuliano has a Kathie Lee if si
written 20 books about the Fab Four, to start calling some
Harrison will earn $80 million for e comPlains thi
hia part in the production of the 'er judge of guests t
three-part, six-hour documentary Gelman, who produc
to be shown on ABC. The group will catea morning lain sj
alan release six CDs of Beatles songs "Most of our audiei
anH two songs with new music orig- she says. "Most of thi
inally performed by John Lennon era, and they don't liv
before his 1980 death. - environment, they're
Lennon's former personal as- America.''
sistant, Frederic Seaman, told the Gifford, whose fe
paper Harrison "didn't want to par- man is mentioned in I
ticipate until his accountant ripped recent book, pokes f
him off for millions of dollars.'' year-old producer:
Harrison filed a $25-million law- him, we get him to b
suit in January against Denis A spokesman for the
O'Brien, his former business part- Gelman would not d
ner and financial manager. Harri- terview.
son accuses O'Brien of mishandling Giffoid's contract <
his investments for years and cheat- gating
him out of millions.
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ly in cheek, Barbara Bush joked J5' Natu f
that she isn't sure she wants a school 311 w coach U
named after her. countl7 sm^r
"This new experience of having pP61"3 singer Kathlee
people want to name things after *n common?
us is really quite flattering until you They are all recei
realize they usually do it for people awards from the Ti
who are very, very old or dead," Mrs. casting System. The c
Bush, 70, said Wednesday. ment awards for bla
The Mesa school district is nam- take their name fron
ing an elementary school after the the Rev. Martin Lu
former first lady to recognize her The awards will be p
long advocacy of literacy and edu- 22 in Atlanta and wi
cation, said school board member Feb. 24 on TBS. Turn
Marilyn Wilson. The school opens the O.J. Simpson la
in mid-August. tend.
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?57^2? INNER CITY BLUES Marvin Gaye
??k a guest. ^ (out of four stars)
program said
iscuss the in- Give everything time. First the Berlin Wa
then Carnie Wilson gets her own talk show a
expires in Au- a Marvin Gaye Tribute album.
OK, maybe Marvin Gaye actually does ou
Carnie Wilson in talent, and that's a bad comp
I'S horn but so is this tribute CD. In an age when eveiyt
t do Johnnie everything can have a tribute album, the novt
. ? r . worn off and the quality of a decent remake has <
Tirn' " ?clearly evident in Gaye's tribute album "Ini
enny Wilkens, Blues"
ley Pride and Yet this album is a nice effort on the partic
n Rattle have n.;?i
artists part. At urst giance, unc uiigiiu umu
? CD with Madonna, Bono, Digable Planets and
vmg Trumpet
lrner Broadareer
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Talk shows am
ther King Jr.
resented Jan. AttfAkafrwl Press
11 be televised WASHINGTON ? Sally makes them aid
er officials say cry jerTy aouts" them. And Geraldo clo
iwyer wi at- brings out the criminal files. In one Joi
way or another, America's television six
talk show hosts score an average of mc
16 "ambush disclosures" an hour on ^hi
guests, according to a study released j
HH Thursday. ^
"Often guests have either little or
no control about the disclosure," said S1X
Sandi Smith, one of the Michigan State
MflBBBBl University researchers who conduct- a11
ed the analysis. "These are ambush
MPIC disclosures," she said. ou
I y f"f The Kaiser Family Foundation aci
commissioned the study, released at W<
Bk a news conference in Washington, say- <g(;
Hl ing it was an independent attempt to W?
analyze the content of top-rated TV
talk shows in light of criticism over
their content. ca
"The level of personal disclosures
rnUI wm&'ft, is a trend," said Matt James, a
spokesman for the Kaiser group. "In se'
head's early talk shows something racy might w*
and it is a ; 1 have been Phil Donahue taking belly he
fheirlast J dancing lessons.... Now it's all dis- wi
run-of-the closures, particularly about sexual ac- inj
noise tivities."
album James said talk show hosts were
aad out :. invited to a panel discussion built ^
by around the release of the study, but _
*3' fPS? they all declined.
tehlhg guK > The study said the most common 113
re male disclosures Der hour were: ta
m0$*The Five of a sexual nature, including sh
nonVahlA one a"30u^ sexu?d orientation. T1
on the last M ' Four about a personal attribute such ^
kthis or&iljp ^ addiction or health. jy
i level of Three about abuse. ^
fop, but BTwo about an embarrassing situa- ^
mewhers. tion.
Two about criminal activity.
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nt Director madp the disclosures about themselves, v*
30 percent were made by other guests si
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leans well, but doesn't
Cherry is worth the money, but this one is not.
Stevie Wonder's "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" and
Boyz II Men's "Let's Get It On" are commendable efforts,
as are Madonna's "I Want You" and Sounds of
Blackness' "God is Love/Mercy Mercy Me." Actually,
ill falls, all of the songs on the disc are good songs, but when
nd now compared to their originals, they seriously pale in comparison.
tweigh Naturally, like any artist, the artists on this CD
>arison, reserve the right to interpret their songs in any way
ine and they see fit. It seems that the artists on this CD abide
slty has by this credo.
iropped Yet, when it boils down to it, the effort of the CD
ler City must be commended. Marvin Gaye was one of the most
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ipating tuiy. Like the liner notes aptly summarize, "doo wop.
; that a r'n'b. SOul. funk. sex. jazz, love and hate seep into its
Neneh (Gaye's music) every groove." The merging of all of
bush guests Da
The study authors noted that Ger- &C)Ok 0/2
o Rivera had the most criminal dis- SOUND Asms
sures, at seven per hour; Jenny ROBERT BERNTSEN Stafl
ties revealed more sex secrets, at SUNNY PAY REAL ESTA
per hour, Jerry Springer disclosed Sunny Day Real Estate
re about sexual orientation, with *** (out of four stars)
ree incidents per show; and Sally The 365 days that wen
ssy Raphael made more guests cry, overall somber tone when i
closing the most abuse stories at sic. Francis Bean lost herd
: per hour. Oprah Winfrey and Phil den turned into the arti
nahue were least likely to disclose, Known as sounagaruen.
d they used more experts. a big punk revival werer
"My show in particular is about tx>r^'on ?rAenn??V13e', u*
, , ocnty. Sifting through a
trageous people and outrageous ^ monotony ^ mon
to * Springer said in an interview md music television, the
sdnesday. "And unlike a show like called Sunny Day Real Es
' Minutes,' the people on talk shows leased their debut "Diary,
int to be surprised." beautiful and compelling
Most of the recent criticism stems cate rhythms, powerful yi
>m a talk show disclosure murder cals, and swarms of me]
ge. In March, a male guest on Jen- More intangible, the albuir
Jones' show was set up to meet a of hope blasting througl
cret admirer and was humiliated Hope quickly turned
ien the admirer turned out to be a when internal divisions w
nonsexual man. He was charged S^ Day to brei
, . ,, , . c ? mer William Goldsmith
th murdering the admirer follow- Mende, are now fighting
=> the tapmg. Foo and what could've be<
The incident led to some soul-search- Before Sunny Day Real E
g within the industry and a "talk oration, they did manage
ow summit" in New York last month other album, simply title
lis week, Procter & Gamble Co., the
ition's largest advertiser, said it had Efl^B
ken ads for its products off tour talk
ows they regarded as too raunchy.
le company declined to identify the gm
lows, but the Jerry Springer and SalJessy
Raphael shows acknowledged ___
at P&G did not renew contracts for MF
tose programs this season.
The Kaiser Family Foundation,
ised in Menlo Park, Calif., is a priite
group that studies health care is- | fg j|
res. It is not connected with the Kaiser
sspital organization.
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being commonplace and pushed it over he edge into
being respectable.
There's a bit of doo wop, r'n'b, soul, fink, sex, jazz,
love and hate in each song on "Inner Ciy Blues," but *
never all in just one song.
Besides the headlining artists featured on the CD,
there are other individuals who shouH be noted for
working on the CD, such as producer Jmmy Jam and
multimusician Me'Shell NdegeOcello. Knowing that
these professionals lent their talenfe to a CD that
doesn't quite make the cut makes the whole album a
bit more palatable.
All in all, this CD should be throwi in the used CD
bin at Papa Jazz's or CD Central imnediately, but because
ifs for Marvin Gaye, maybe it fcould be listened
to more than once.
y Real Estate cbses \
areer with new album
Real Estate."
"iTTT This album falli slightly within the
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= extremes of "Diary." There isn't the strict,
rigid intensity of "Seven" or the almost
child-like fragility cf "Shadows." Theal
bum doesn't go as far out at the edges
51994 had an as "Diary" and initead concentrates in
tcametomu- the inner-core soind. The songs build
ad. Soundgar- well, usually flowing from light guitars
.sts formerly and sedative vocds to a harsher, more
fhe leaders of impassioned plateau. "Iheo B" boils over
i't Social Dis- into a tense tranquillity while "Friday"
, severe medi- is the exception to the rule staying mod11
the unemo- erately light throughout. The dark guiopolizes
radio tars in "Waffle" are increasingly lightre
was a gem enec* until, with subtle warnings, the
tate Thevre- light is overwhelmed by darkness. The
" whirh hurt ? sing61- Jeremy Enigk's eyes blasts
. f. , . through the speakers refusing to let go.^
'/j13i ? !n n Besides the annoying misstep
et delicate vo- ?J,Nuh? ^ Qnly flaw ig that
0 guitars. ?rgj. gjbvun was so bleakly beauti1
was a stream Sq much eniotion has been poured
i uniformity. ou^ listening to "Diary," ifs almost gone
into darkness the year and a ]ialf later. The new alithin
the band hum successfully completes the seemak
up. Drum- ingly impossibls task of rekindling the
and bassist + affection into this album. Stylistically
for or against different, "Sunn? Day Real Estate" serves
sn is just that more as added chapters to "Diary" than
Istate's deteri- as an entirely new novel. The problem,
i to record an- of coarse, arises with the bands demise
d "Sunny Day ? the unresolved ending.
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