0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 p ! 0 " SHEA Continuedfrom Page 12 Ann Arbor doesn't belong to the students. Yes, it's a great college town, but Ann Arbor ultimately be- longs to the homeowners who pay thousands every year in taxes, As heavy-handed as the television campaign might have been, the statistics are not without accuracy. Had rent control passed, the city would have eventually passed the burden of lost revenue on to the homeowners. And in simple eco- nomic terms, the passage of Proposal C would have cause the abandon- ment of some housing complexes. Nobody wants to hold onto an in- vestment that doesn't promise great returns. The fact that rent contrpl has failed miserably in other cities, like New York, suggests that the effort to push Proposal C was doomed from the start. Ironically, one could argue that all the effort made by the propo- nents of the proposal worked against what they were striving for - clean, affordable housing. Lower-income people are lost in the middle of the rent control issue, and there are no two ways about it. For those newly-elected officials who gained office on the same night the ,flicker of hope died for those who can't afford to leave the streets, the challenge is to come up with some housing. Of course, I am dancing around the phrase, "higher taxes," but if somebody doesn't start making sacrifices and taking the initiative, the old man on the park bench is go- ing to have to move over and make some room really soon. M Create the Image A loyal clientele is built on a foundation I of excellence. INTER VIEW Continued from Page 12 D: Is your writing more linear or chordal? B: I'd say I'm both. I hope to have a very wide vocabulary of music and style and feeling. I hope that I make it all mean something. D: Is your goal to communicate a certain feeling? B: Well, that's the thing you com- municate. In the end, it's very much involved with emotions....I think a lot of music in the twentieth cen- tury in particular... is not very ex- pressive. It's been written by aca- demics who sit in offices, just like mine, and worry about what others think and it sounds like that. It doesn't mean that you can't write anything academic and it not be meaningful. Bach was.one of thou- sands of [academics] writing forget- table music, but his music just happen to stand out... Bob Premum of Eastman used to say that the worst thing about American music today is that this is the only time where we are judged almost exclu- sively by our peers...And the trou- ble with that is the peers judge peo- ple by themselves. "Does it con- form to my judgement of style? Is this composer an ally in this politi- cal game of composing"...which is such a big stake game (laughs). I love what one person said about composers gauging each others eyes out to get a tuba sonata played in the basement...it's so petty. So winning something like the [Pulitzer] isn't necessarily winning a world-wide prize, because I don't think people spend that much time listening to serious modern music. D: Do you think Jazz is American classical music? B: It depends on the music. Some of our classical music is jazz. Some of our classical music is ragtime. Some of it is neither one of those things. {Classical] music is what- ever has survived, because we find it is meaningful. I refuse to put things into categories whether it is tonal or atonal...I think this is a problem.[saying]" I like only this type of music."... "Whatever is good for soul the soul" as Samuel Johnson once said. Jazz is an important part of our lives, but I don't think it is the only American improvisational form.I think jazz in See INTERVIEW, Page 15 s W" . - > F B R- A A PS* ' 1: r.... - twaYN Stop On Over For A Free Month's Rent! c4 is~ I Z 1, Albert Terrace 1700 Geddes 1506 Gedde 0 0 Spacious 2 Bedroom Bi-Levels Large 2 Bedroom Aparti Heat & Water Included Furnished Air Conditioned Laundry Facilies Parking for Tenants 543 Church Street (313) 761-1523 S We also have other properties close to can PAE kWEED/PI ,18 PAGE 8 WEEKEND/APRIL 8, 1988 WEEKEND/APRIL 8, 1988