Banner Graphic, Volume 22, Number 107, Greencastle, Putnam County, 8 January 1992 — Page 6

THE BANNERGRAPHIC January 8,1992

People in the news Rappers create video violence NEW YORK (AP) Public Enemy has released a rap video in which make-believe public officials responsible for thwarting creation of an Arizona state holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. are assassinated. “It’s a trip into the fantasy world of Public Enemy. You know, the big payback,” Chuck D, the group’s lead rapper, said Tuesday. The video, “By the Time I Get to Arizona,” begins with “a David Duke-type character as governor of Arizona” denying he is racist, Chuck D said. Throughout are re-enactments of civil rights struggles from the 19605. By the end of the video, a senator falls to his office floor after eating poisoned candy and the governor's car is blown up after he steps into it. The killings are interspersed with re-enactments of King’s assassination. Douglas Cole, spokesman for Arizona Gov. Fife Symington, called the video “extremely unfortunate.” He said Symington, who became governor in March, campaigned on a promise to work to make Martin Luther King Day a state holiday. At his news conference. Chuck D was asked if the group’s violent fantasy clashed with the philosophy of non-violence that King preached. He noted that King was shot to death and said, “We’ve got to be able to say ... ‘lf I get hit... you’re going to get hit back.’” Jewish groups criticized Public Enemy two years ago, claiming its record “Welcome to the Terrordome” was anti-Semitic. MTV spokesman Carol Robinson said the cable music channel would show the video, but each time “in a context where it is discussed prior to airing.” “The message we’re concerned about is that ‘if you don’t see things my way we’re going to kill you,’” she said. “We respect Public Enemy’s passionate position, but we do think it warrants discussion.” NEW YORK (AP) Diane Keaton isn’t at all like the flaky character she played in “Annie Hall,” colleagues say. Connoisseur magazine’s January issue portrays the 46-year-old Keaton as a sensitive actress and filmmaker, but also a tough businesswoman. “She’s very precise and organized in her thinking,” said Gerald L’Ecuyer, a director who worked with her on “Wildflower,” a movie she directed for cable’s Lifetime network. “Her father was an engineer and she has his mind.” Keaton won an Oscar in 1977 for Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall.” Most recently, she played Steve Martin’s wife in “Father of the Bride.” NEW YORK (AP Actor Martin Sheen says a state of emergency ought to be declared to help get homeless people into proper housing. “I think that’s a very, very good idea,” Sheen said after a public hearing on homelessness where the idea was raised by another man Tuesday. “It has to be looked at as that kind of emergency. People are on the streets through no fault of their own, but the reflection of the economic disaster that our country is undergoing.” Sheen, whose films include “Apocalypse Now” and “Badlands,” is active in several other causes. He has protested against pollution and nuclear weapons.

Grammys seen as sales boost

LOS ANGELES (AP) The record industry which saw sales hit a sour note during most of 1991 is counting on Wednesday afternoon’s Grammy nominations to continue a revival that began during the Christmas shopping season. In the past, the nominations have given a second chance to some recordings that buyers overlooked when they first came out. “I THINK THERE’S a definite impact,” said Jay Berman, president of the Recording Industry Association of America in Washington. “Hopefully it will take place.” The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences was to announce nominees for the 34th annual Grammy Awards Wednesday in New York. The awards will be presented Feb. 25. The industry could use a boost from the highprofile awards. The RIAA said in a mid-year report that music shipments were down 11 percent from 1990. Figures for all of 1991 won’t be released for about a month, but a survey indicated strong holiday buying helped salvage the year.

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ROGER MUDD To teach politics

LOS ANGELES (AP) Bob Vila, once the star fixer-upper of the PBS program “This Old House,” will play himself in an episode of ABC’s hit “Home Improvement” being taped Friday for broadcast later. Vila will be doing a guest appearance on “Tool Time,” a make-believe home repair show on cable TV that is part of “Home Improvement” The makebelieve cable show is hosted by Tim Taylor, who really is comic Tim Allen. Vila, meanwhile, currently has a new syndicated handyman series of his own, “Home Again.” “Home Improvement,” the highest-rated new series of the season, airs Tuesday nights on ABC. • WASHINGTON (AP) Roger Mudd is stepping out of the TV studio and into a university classroom. The “McNeil-Lehrer News Hour” announced Tuesday that the correspondent is leaving to accept a professorship of journalism at Princeton University. He will teach a seminar on presidential politics. Executive Producer Lester M. Crystal said Mudd will continue reporting for the program when his time permits. Mudd joined the program in 1986 after 25 years with NBC and CBS. MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) A burglar stole a slingshot that belonged to Andy Griffith from a theater in this town that served as a model for TV’s Mayberry. The slingshot, made for Griffith by his father, was taken from the Cinema Theater over the weekend, said Patrolman Mitch Whitener. “I don’t think it was targeted,” Whitener said. “Those people might not know what they’ve really got.” Nothing else was stolen, Whitener said, although other Griffith memorabilia was in the building. Griffith is a Mount Airy native. “The Andy Griffith Show” used characters, names and settings based on Mount Airy. The actor currently stars in the NBC series, “Matlock.” LOS ANGELES (AP) Two-time Olympic gold medalist Edwin Moses is divorcing his wife of nine years. His management company said in a statement Tuesday that Moses and his wife, Myrella, were breaking up because of irreconcilable differences. “Mr. Moses wishes his former spouse the best in the world and will continue to support her in her endeavors as a free-lance artist,” it added. Moses was the 400-meter hurdles champion at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics and set the world record for the event in 1983. He is training for this year’s games.

“I think if I were to guess, for the total year, units might be up 1 or 2 percent and dollar volume 7 or 8 percent,” Berman said. “Considering the recession, it’s a pretty good performance.” HOLIDAY BUSINESS was up 3.7 percent over last year, according to a survey by Macey Lipman Marketing, a Los Angeles music industry marketing company that polls 200 retailers nationwide. Sixty percent of those polled said holiday business was up compared with a year ago, 24 percent said it was down and 16 percent said it was the same. Eighty-five percent reported a noticeable change in the categories of music sold in the past year, with country music the most frequently mentioned category, followed by alternative and pop. MEANWHILE, Billboard Magazine reported that Bryan Adams’ “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” was the top single of 1991, followed by Color Me Badd’s “I Wanna Sex You Up” and C and C Music Factory’s “Gonna Make You Sweat,” Mariah Carey’s “Mariah Carey” was the year’s top album, followed by Garth Brooks’ “No Fences” and The Black Crowes’ “Shake Your Money Maker.”

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