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His dad had to stay home to give out candy, I mean." Sheriff Carlton "It was quiet the whole evening, up to the time I got the call from theV&C. I wasn't surprised at the call. I couldn't understand why it was so quiet." Farmer Kelley "They cut one of my dog's ears with an eggshell. They thinks it's funny, mutilating a man's dogs." Rich "Nothing was happening around the neighborhood, out on the streets. We couldn't go to a party, even though most of us was invited, because Mike wasn't in school, and nobody invited him." Sheriff Carlton "Sometimes I really hate my job. This town has a big problem with kids, and nobody knows what to do about it. I have to take a lot of responsibility." Farmer Kelley "I bought my rifle to shoot deer. I go over to Brennan's Woods, and shoot deer. I've been using a gun since I was 13.1 keep it loaded all season." Rich "We went to the V&C Grocery. Smitty said he was'going to buy some beer. We got in a fight about having no ID. Mike said skip the beer. We can take some pumpkins (they got pumpkins out front of the V&C, for Halloween) that's left over, and throw them off the old quarry cliff. So we just picked them up, and put them in the back of the camper. Nobody ever saw, I mean." Sheriff Carlton "The first call was sort of a relief. Kids stealing pumpkins. I was hoping that would fill the night's quota. I sent out of Peterson, but I knew there was nothing we could do." Farmer Kelley "I grow pumpkins, yeah. But that's what was growing on the farm when I bought it. They don't take up too much of my time. Kind of like a hobby, like hunting. And I sell them to the stores in October.' Rich "We threw all the V&C pumpkins off the quarry cliff. Smitty and Vince were down at the bottom, and they watched them hit. It was great. Mike and me didn't have enough pumpkins." Sheriff Carlton "I don't have any kids. In this town, it's not worth the risk. Besides, I'm already like a father now, with all the dropouts I have to keep an eye on. Mike Parker was a dropout." Farmer Kelley "My pumpkins don't bring in a lot of Long play By ByronL. Bull 7THE YEAR IN music has had its share of surprises. Some of them were bad; Pete Townshend broke up The Who, The English Beat broke themselves up, while the Clash kicked Mick Jones out who promptly recruited previously expelled Topper Headon, and formed their own band, called (and the lawyers have just begun to fight) The Clash. The Rolling Stones, mean- while, have shown no sign of breaking up. Warren Zevon was dropped from his label. Yet bleach-blonde Sting, a songwriter of little depth, wrote an album of cheap Psych 101 references and pathetically self-pitying con- fessionals about his divorce, that young girls just ate up. Michael Jackson, that one-dimensional plastic eunich of cor- porate PR machinery convinced Rolling Stone he was a consumate ar- tist and continued to sell millions of records. Fittingly, he also became the ultimate celebrity whore, turning one of his own hits into a Pepsi jingle. Lastly, techno-pop continues to thrive. The instrument of the decade, the synthesizer, grew even more sophisticated as those who relied upon it ( Talk to me, like lovers do. Walk to me, like lovers do)grew less so. . 1 money, but everyone says they're bigger than any other pumpkins around Dowagiac. People call them Kelleys, like MacIntosh apples. I get women coming to buy pumpkins all fall, even after Halloween, for pies and such. And like I said, the stores buy some too." Rich 4 "Smitty said there was a pumpkin patch he'd seen on the road to the quarry, and we could get some more pumpkins there. We were joking on the way about the Great Pumpkin, you know, like Charlie Brown. It sounded like fun, so we went out there."' Sheriff Carlton "I was about to go out and get some coffee. I thought this year it would be quiet after all." Farmer Kelley "When my dogs started barking, I r I _________ g vrrAi.4[F ECKRICH slender sliced meats COCA COLA products y. litres (thru April 23) GRANNY SMITH APPLE S e. 31b bags IDA RED apples %gallons MILK HAAGEN DAZS pints 11oz CHIPS AHOY OozWHEAT THINS _ Sb RITZ9 ' ,6oz S. Forest 995, w71 Wi .49 knew something was up. I thought maybe the delinquents were back, I grabbed my .22. I don't know why." Rich "When the dogs started barking, we all got scared shitless. I dropped my pumpkin, and ranto the camper. Smit- ty had two big ones, and so did Mike, and maybe Vince had some. They didn't drop theirs. I don't even think they were worried about getting caught, just the dogs barking." Sheriff Carlton "I was sure I heard shots. It's a quiet county. But they were so faint, I thought maybe I was dreaming. I didn't go for coffee, anyway." Farmer Kelley "I saw them running out of the field to the road from my front porch. At first I See PUMPKINS, Page 25 IT'S THE CHOICE OF THE COACHES JERRY ERICKSON'S Personal Distinctive Hair Care 668=8669 Appointments Available Open Mon.-Fri. 8:30-5:30 p.m.. Wednesdays 8:30-8:00 p.m. Saturdays 8:30-3:00 p.m. 806 S. STATE ST. music available it's impossible not to miss some gems. To examine even a reasonable representative chunk of new music would take up all of one's time and bank account. And in this great desert that is called the Midwest, much of it simply isn't available. Case in point, I went into a local record store to look for Van Dyke Park's Jump, a highly praised album on a major label, and got only shrugs from the gentlemen behind the counter. So out of necessity I've had to draw some rather strict lines to work in which will, quite understandably, an- noy many people. I've excluded classical because there are so many fine recordings of Chopin's Nocturnes that one more, even on digital, fails to excite me. I've ignored funk because outside of Bill Laswell's fringe work it's all trend-consciously silly (turn on a funk station and just try to find a song without scratching and vocoder effec- ts). And though I respect jazz, I openly admit to inexcusable ignorance for the most part. As a result, my top ten recordings fall into that vaguely encompassing term, popular music. Rock and pop and anything that the artists within care to extend and draw upon. What we have here is a collection of ten recordings that I feel extremely fortunate to have run into, and a brief description as to why. 1. T-Bone Burnett - Proof Through The Night (Warner) 2. Richard Thom- pson - Hand Of Kindness (Hannibal) 3. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (Sire) 4. Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak (Warner) 5. Peter Gabriel - Plays Live (Geffen) 6. Joe Jackson - Body And Soul (Warner) 7. Paul Simon - Hearts and Bones (A&M) 8. Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (Sire) 9. Ronald Shannon Jackson & The Decoding Society - Barbecue Dog (Antilles) 10. Jerry Gold- smith - Under Fire Soundtrack (War- ner) If I were forced to pick the one album of the year that impressed me the most, Proof Through The Night wins by a margin so wide it wasn't a race. T- Bone Burnett writes with a level of in- sight comparable only to Randy Newman, and with greater conviction. Burnett's songs are sad, bitter, hilarious portraits of the human soul, set to a charged blend of rock, folk, and Texas blues, aided in its delivery on this album by session work from Pete Townshend, Mick Ronson, and Ry Cooder. All of whom play with more inventiveness here than they have on tAURM- tyPi0q-50N any of their own recent works. Proof is not as cohesive an overall work as Burnett's previous solo works, but it's by far his most impassioned in its sardonic, painful look at the rem- nants of the American dream and the sort of people who haunt its wreckage. Burnett sketches them with com- passion and dignity. And as pessimistic as his tone often is, he refuses to relinquish hope. If America is sinking into the mire, Burnett, with his teeth and claws sunk into its hide, and heels dug into the ground, isn't going to let it happen without a fight. On Hand Of Kindness, Scottish songwriter/guitarist Richard Thom- pson, a Fairport Convention alumnus, released a collection of more personal, but deeply compelling songs. Mixing Celtic folk elements to rock (often hard, often gentle) Thompson explores the human heart through the most direct route, his own. In the more modern vein of music, the Talking Heads released their best album yet, Speaking In Tongues. With Brian Eno's auro of sterility no longer hanging over their heads, the band has finally achieved the boldness and full oloodlessness they've striven for, and only managed to capture before on their live album. Orson Wells once commented that a movie studio was the best toy a kid could have, but Laurie Anderson's Mister Heartbreak makes a strong case for the recording studio. This is a stun- ningly original album, fill of witty, quirks musically and lyrically, done in a grand fashion. Anderson's music is a mix of pop and the avant garde, drawing heavily upon funk, African rhythms, and traditional Japanese and Caribbean melodies, among many other sources. The result is a singularly beautiful aural tapestry, full of catchy hooks at the oddest place. Peter Gabriel, who contributed to Mister Heartbreak and to whom Ander- son mak4 live conc ts, i man ener a ra reini alive Mi Body mid- char ban nosta '50s; air o topic tros balla fun a Pa also more Too self Dista faile indic Azb Land of air acous amaz Fran are a be a adole you s Ba cross drum my o fusio borrc freely into Fir smith Fire. contr Often acces Gol Herr tryin hence of h Choosing the ten best albums of the year is a task I wouldn't curse my worst enemy with. It's like trying to find the ten most exquisite snow flakes in a bliz- zard. 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