Mw IW -Ww w T -W -qw .Mpr- , - , e, ; , 7 7 % , 7 , , - , Bo Diddley's breakin' through the B.S. By Mark Swartz Through the B.S. in a couple of Wood, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Schembechler won't be the only weeks. ("Who Do You Love" author) Willie Bo in town Saturday night. No, Ms. "We got old-time songs with old Dixon. "I love this country," he Derek won't be available; what we feelings and new songs with new says. But he's concerned about one got is much better. The Diddley feelings for the kids," he says, thing: "Drugs gonna bring us to our Diddley Diddley Daddy is comin' to previewing Saturday's show. That knees. Drugs will destroy us," he town, patented rectangular guitar is, expect a healthy portion of warns. So Bo's put together a two- across his knee, battered fedora on Saturday's shows to be taken from step plan to "clean the son of a bitch his head. the new album - Bo's been up." F4 N . One of the most venerated elder statesmen of rock 'n' roll, Diddley's recording career spans three decades and shows no signs of slowing down. "I'm just getting started. I'm making better music than ever before," he brags. His worldwide fan club will get to see whether or not he can indeed re-attain such heights as "Who Do You Love," "Mona," or any of the multitude of hits bearing his name (You gotta be cool to record tunes with names like "Diddley Daddy," "Hey! Bo Diddley," or "I'm a Man/Bo Diddley,") when Triple X records releases his Breakin' refusing to play the old hits. The Music Biz hasn't been kind to the pioneer of that "hambone" rhythm that still pops up on the radio when U2 sings "Desire," or George Michael sings "Faith." "I figure I got ten million dollars coming to me. Thieves ripped me off." Too much of a gentleman to name names, he promises, "They know who they are. They know who they are." A gentleman and a patriot, too. Bo played at the recent presidential inauguration with an all star lineup that included Joe Cocker, Ron "We gotta put the pushers on a rockpile. Then make 'em push a wheelbarrow around for two years," he insists. "'Cause they can't buy their way out of that."' Bo's no novice when it comes to law enforcement, either. He served as Deputy Sheriff in Los Lunas, New Mexico for two years in the '70s. Although he never ran into any drug pushers during those years, he did "bring a couple hot-headed kids in for shooting off their mouths. Bo Diddley appears at the Blind Pig, 208 S. First Street for two shows, 8 pm and 11 pm. Tickets are $12.50 lot, 01 .4: The venerable Bo Diddley comes to Ann Arbor this Saturday. How to By Nabeel Zuberi Dearest Beloved: To write "I love you" doesn't seem to be enough. But then again, my expressive needs vacillate between this mild three word statement which sums up a huge situation and a great flood of banalities that inevitably fail to encompass my feelings for you. I have so much to tell you but am too weak to write. In part I hope that this cassette will make up for my verbal inadequacies. I'm sending you The Go-Betweens' new album, 16 Lovers Lane. You remember: they're the Australian group whom we saw Ann Arbor Civic Theatre ---- MainStreet Productions. IA~im Presents- With the Support of the Michigan Council for the Arts W-1 The HouseY a of Blue Leaves A bizal a tale of love, jeaousy &i otn the day aPope cameto ew York. By John Guare Directed by Anne Kolaczkowski Magee At 8 pm April 6, 7,a8 13, 14. 15. and 20, 21, 22, 1989 1035 S. Main Street Slckets $5.00 * TwoFor-One on'Thumdaysj For infonnation call 662-7282. support Aztec Camera and who made even Roddy Frame's bittersweet love paeans seem merely ordinary. They just stood there blankfaced, oblivious to the audience and totally immersed in their songs. It was great! I'm seeing them again, tonight in Detroit. Every song on this tape is about love; songwriters Grant McLennan and Robert Forster are obsessed with the setbacks, irritations and vexations of amorous existence. Their previous albums - Before. Hollywood, Spring Hill Fair, Tallulah - did contain sublime love songs like "Part Company," "Apology Accepted" and "Right Here" but there were always other concerns too. On 16 Lovers Lane they've stripped everything else away; the album is like a smooth envelope containing ten love letters. The group's sound is gentler and slower-moving: simply a series of elegant, economic guitar figures of rare beauty encasing lyrics of anguish, desire and need. Every song on this tape is like a haiku answering the eternal question: "I'm in love. I want to understand. What is happening to me?" Grant and Robert mull over images and memory fragments and try and make sense of it all. Like all lovers they transform every trivial incident into an important event. When they sing "The Devil's Eye," the lines "I don't wanna have to say goodbye/ don't wanna wipe the tear from your eye/ I took this chance to write a message/ It's just to say that I'll miss you," don't seem banal, but are truly say "I love you" heartbreaking. It's so sad that modernity has made kitsch a pejorative term. Modern cynicism has made sentimentality unfashionable. In this climate, love's sentimentality is really a powerful transgression; it's no longer the sexual which is considered indecent, it's the sentimental. But The Go-Betweens have not been afraid to address every amorous episode in a clear, straightforward way. And they never avoid dealing with the pain that goes along with love. "You can't say no forever" and "Was there anything I could do?" explore the hurt. As the old Chinese proverb says, "The darkest place is always underneath the lamp." I apologize for my incoherence. I realize I probably sound 'ke a gushing Werther one minute and a tongue-tied mass of irritable substance the next. I can't help it. Love's the state I'm in. The Go- Betweens should put out a thesaurus of love music so that all our amorous sentiments could be better expressed. 16 Lovers Lane has been whirring around in my head for the last week. I just hope the concert is as intimate as the record. Dearest, you must witness them performing when they come your way. You shouldn't miss them. I must go now. Hope you like the tape. I love you. The Go-Betweens will perforrm at St. Andrews Hall, 431 E. Congress in Detroit Saturday night. Things get under way at 9 p.m., and tickets are $1350. The Return Of The Colorful Scarab, Scarab - symbol of good luck and great fortune worn by the Egyptians as an omen of immortality. The scarab beetle is carved on a variety of colored stones. Stop In And See Our Selection PAGE 4 WEEKEND/ APRIL .,1989 WEEKEND/ APRIL 7,1989