You are invited to
The Institute for Single
Jewish Mothers Conference
a community-wide free event
Sunday, October 22, 1995
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Jewish Community Center
6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield
Featuring Claudia Shear,
actress and author of "Blown Sideways Through Life"
Workshops
1. Attitude "Affect"iveness: Combating Negativity with Jo Bruce
2. Single Parenthood: Trials and Rewards with Dr. Neil Kalter
3. Spiritual Survival For You and Your Family - panel discussion
Free developmentally appropriate child care by reservation only.
Registration required call (810) 354-1050
The Institute for Single Jewish Mothers (I.S.).M.), is a program of Jewish Experiences for Families
(J.E.F.F.). J.E.F.F. is a division of the Agency for Jewish Education. 1.S.J.M. Is a recipient of the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Max M. Fisher Community Foundation.
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ROCK-SOLID page 79
The turning point in John's life going," Taupin says. "I think at
came on July 28, 1990, when he times our friendship has been
checked himself into Chicago's wallowing in self-pity, with us
Parkside Lutheran Hospital de- woeing on each other. Now it's
termined to rehabilitate himself rock-solid. It's gone even beyond
from nearly two decades of drug that — it's now a brother to broth-
abuse and alcoholism, bouts of er, blood on blood relationship."
bulimia and at least two suicide
Nowhere is that more evident
attempts. At the time, John says, than on Made in England, which
he was consuming eight grams of John calls the best of the albums
cocaine a day.
he's made since he's been sober.
He was also a fairly nasty per- Crafted and reflective — the title
son. "I used to complain if hotel song is autobiographical, right up
rooms had the wrong furniture to his tabloid scandals — the al-
in them," he told Britain's New bum finds John fully involved in
Musical Express. "Once ... it was its making; he even takes a co-
windy outside and I didn't like it, producer's credit.
so I phoned the front desk and
"I was there at all times during
asked them to stop the wind."
the making of this album," he ex-
The underlying reasons for all plains. "I think it's really the first
this behavior would make a fas- album I've done where I feel very
cinating psychological profile. vibrant about it. It was going
Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, back to the process of how I used
John was the product of a doting to record albums in the 1970s,
mother and a strict father. He writing with the band around me
was short, squat and, in his view, so they would learn the tunes as
unattractive. He was a gay man I was writing them, and then
who denied his orientation to the putting them on tape. "I've en-
world — either by admitting only joyed my music, but I wanted a
to bisexuality or via his marriage challenge. I don't just want to
to Renate Blauel in 1984, which coast for the rest of my life."
lasted just nine months.
He doesn't seem about to do
It's been its own kind of long, that. Besides the tour, which he
strange trip, which has finally claims will be his last major out-
landed on smooth ground. John ing for a long time (he's said that
is living happily with a compan- before), John has been working
ion — the first name David is all with lyricist Rice on Disney's new
he allows — splitting time be- Broadway adaptation of Aida.
tween homes in England and At- And he and Taupin are already
lanta. He wears a stylish, if discussing song ideas for the next
obvious, hair weave. He's still a album.
soccer devotee, with ownership
"Maybe I can't recapture that
interest in one England team, old energy," he told Time, "but I
and a voracious music fan who can recapture the spirit of that
buys as many new releases as he energy. I have a lot left in me.
can.
Rubinstein was playing bril-
"It's always been the music liantly at 80. Picasso didn't stop.
that's kept him alive, kept him Why should I?" ❑
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he audience giggled and
Alex thought the movie, Dis-
cheered, including my 7- ney's latest, was funny, "but
year-old niece, Alex. But mostly serious." Presumably, she
The Big Green is pure meant the touches of social real-
formula.
ism throughout. One team mem-
Think Mighty Ducks or further ber copes with her alcoholic
back to The Bad News Bears, sto- father and abandonment by her
ries of victory snatched from the mother; another, by the evil
jaws of defeat, thanks to
machinations of the
good, old-fashioned
Knights' coach, is forced
teamwork.
to leave town with his
The Big Green is the
mother, an illegal im-
soccer team in dusty
migrant from Mexico.
Elma, Texas, that must
Alex thought the act-
vie for the state champi-
ing was good, particu-
onship against the men
larly Patrick Renna's.
acing and winning
JULIE EDGAR
He plays the chubby
Knights, in Austin. They
STA FF
goalie, Larry, who pro-
start out scrappy and es-
WRI TER
vides most of the
sentially inept, but with
laughs. Guttenberg,
the help of the hapless sheriff too, does a fine turn as a good-
(Steve Guttenberg) and their natured hick. The Big Green
pretty teacher (Olivia D'Abo), be- probably won't appeal to kids
come a formidable team.
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