8B - Tt Michigan Daily WeekelMgze - Decemberp996" Ie Community Feature Kerryt own represents bourgeois, historical side of A2 0 The Michigan y Weekedfd iN Retro remakes flood airwaves, make money on old recordings By HaeiAn Kim Daily Arts Writer With Thanksgiving just passed and Christmas quickly approaching, many Ann Arbor residents head over to the Kerrytown Shops, located in Ann Arbor's Historic Market District, to tend to their holiday needs. To prepare these two most important dinner events of the year, the locals know exactly where to go to find the freshest and highest-qual- ity foods. Grace Jones, Ann Arbor resident and regular at Zingerman's Practical Produce, said one can find almost any- thing in Kerrytown. "People are very I I helpful and I can find generally every- thing I need here. The food is very fresh and the prices are reasonable. They (Zingerman's Practical Produce) offer a variety of selection, especially on items you can't find in the grocery," she said. Zingerman's Practical Produce, locat- ed on the ground floor of the Kerrytown complex, is one of the many diverse shops in the Kerrytown shopping center. It offers a colorful medley of items on sale, from juicy ripe tomatoes and imported dried goods to a tantalizing display of pastries and baked breads. With vivid orange floors, bright tissue paper piniatas of scarlet peppers hanging from the ceiling and other such festive decorations, the store becomes a bright pick-me-up during the gray winter months in Ann Arbor. Familiar words are frequently exchanged between vendors and regu- lars, the atmosphere is light and easygo- ing ... no more pushy patrons struggling to squeeze their shopping carts past each other, and no more reading the tabloids about Hillary Clinton being abducted by aliens from outer space while waiting in line. Apparently, the Zingerman's Practical Produce billboard outside the brick building stating, "Remember: food is fun!" isn't just another cheesy logo - there may actually be some truth behind it when shopping at Kerrytown. Paul Stebleton, employee at Zingerman 's P r a c t i e a t Produce, finds this aspect of his job perhaps the most enjoyable. "It's so great here because the peo- ple are just won-n derful. I've worked at the deli for nine months' and it's a lot of fun over here," he said. Zingerman's Practical Produce is locat- ed in the three Kerrytown build- ings, along with The Kerrytown shopp dozens of other stores, including Monahan's Seafood. Paul Saginaw, one of the founders and owners of Monahan's Seafood, believes the set up of the Kerrytown Shops to make for a truly one of a kind shopping experience. "You don't see a layout like this or have this experience, I don't think, anywhere else shopping in this area. It's not mall, it's a lot of small stores together without that feel of a mall in any way. You get a much different feel when you come in here, it's not slick. It's much more folksy or down- home. I think that the energy here (Ke rry town Shops) is a lot more real than at a Briarwood or Arborland," he said. Kerrytown is located in the ULLY PARK/Daiyxheart of Ann tg complexArbor, between Fourth Avenue, Fifth Avenue, Catherine Street. and Kingsley Street. Access to the three buildings is fairly easy due to the bridges connecting each of them. See KERRYTOWN, Page 9B The Washington Post Turn on the radio, and prepare for a major retro trip: the Steve Miller Band's "Fly Like an Eagle," Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry," the Stylistics' "Betcha by Golly, Wow" and Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." There's even a long-neglected chest- nut, "Fallin' in Love," by the long- forgotten Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. But you're not tuned to an oldies show.M You're hearing today's hottest itcan be "new" songs - a slew of '70s o c ,i hits recycled and recast by hit agail1 such stars as Seal, the Fugees and the Red Hot Warner Bros.i Chili Peppers. "These are Good songwriting is in a slump, some industry observers say. And '70s nostalgia is in full and terrifying swing throughout popular culture. Maybe it's all part of our current national stasis. People like their music familiar and safe, like a big fat smiley face. "It's sort of a passive time right now - in music, movies or any medium, there's a lot of pablum," notes Lewis redo is: If Largent, MTV's vice president of music. "... I think people 2 C pin STUDY GUIDES FROM ETS -. THE TEST MAKER. Taking the GMAT*, GRE, NTE, PPST*, THE PRAXIS SERIES', TOEFL or TWE*? Don't panic! Get help from the official study guides published by ETS, the company that makes the tests. 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Soundtrack pro- ducers love to use oldies because they know that deejays and veejays will jump to play them. "My credo is: If it can be a hit once, it can be a hit again," says Gary LeMel, president of music for Warner Bros. Pictures. He oversaw the "Space Jam" soundtrack featur- ing Seal's silky version of 1977's "Fly Like an Eagle," as well as covers of Cheech and Chong's 1973 novelty hit "Basketball Jones" and KC & the Sunshine Band's 1975 smash, "That's the Way (I Like It)." Never mind that "Space Jam," the Michael Jordan / Bugs Bunny movie, is set mainly in the '90s. "If a song touched people's souls 20 years ago, it can touch the same chord today," says LeMel. And he's right: Seal's "Fly Like an Eagle" was immediately added to playlists and roosted at No. 10 in Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart last week. The current batch of remade-for- Hollywood tracks also includes the Chili Peppers' version of 1976's funky No. I song "Love Rollercoaster." MTV is running it as an animated trailer for the "Beavis and Butt-head Do America" movie due in theaters Dec. 20. And a San Francisco Bay Area hip-hop duo named the Braids covered 1976's "Bohemian Rhapsody" for the movie "High School High." "Bohemian Rhapsody" was revived once before - on the "Wayne's World" soundtrack in 1992. Says one record label executive in L.A.: "Even the soundtracks are getting recycled - now that's scary!" Desperate for strong melodies, pro- ducers and managers have no compunc- tion about pillaging the past. This is especially true in the rap world, which has a proud tradition of "sampling" the hooks of Motown and funk classics. "The writing was great back then - it was a wonderful time in music," says Washington entertainment attorney Jay Rosenthal, who represents hip-hop singers Salt-n-Pepa. L" Seal covering the Steve M I- Available now at your campus bookstore. Education Testing Se * rneo.'dwJIS i , al ervice ey 08541 r Prnon. 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