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The Other Press

Monday, August 27, 1984

 

 

ENTERAINMENT

 

 

NIGHTLIFE

 

NEWTON-JOHN recorded a solo LP,

hairdo at the Eurythmics concert in
Los Angeles.

by OMAR-SHARIFF

writing with other members of the
band is often a gruelling ego-bruising

somehow in the end it always comes
together..

Ex. J. Geils Band leader PETER
WOOLF is eager for the public’s
reaction to his new soon-to-be-rele-
ased solo album, co-produced by
Michael Jonzun.

PAT BENETAR: ‘‘Sometimes |. look
out in the audience and see lust on
these teenage faces. | think: ‘Mv
‘mascara’s running and I’m sweating.

can i really look that sexy?

ANNIE LENNOX and DAVE
STEWART wanted their band name to
represent the type of music they play.
Since their music has a ‘euro’
(European) sound and a ‘rhythmic’
beat, they combined the two words
and came up with EURYTHMICS.

JON-ERIK HEXUM eis making a
fortune on his hot-selling poster.
Besides being happy over his new Fall
show, Cover Up, in which he plays a
detective who does -his undercover
work posing as a model.

’england’s favorite tabloid girl, KOO
STARK, is appearing in PAUL

 

but she still loves music. She was ||
recently seen with her new shorter |

Queen’s FREDDY MERCURY admit-
ted in a recent interview that song- :

experience. ‘Egos play a big part. |
There’s a lot of bad vibes, but |

AQUICK READON PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

It’s been three years since OLIVIA &&

“Don’t crack up, bend your brains,
see both sides, throw off your mental
chains,’’ sizzles Howard Jones’ philo-
‘sophy of life in his record single, New
Song. These earth shattering lines

by OMAR-SHARIFF

beckon the reader to question that
|which is most comforting -- authority.
» 6’... always want to write song-

“| think taking risks is a great
thing

Jed Hoile, a mime, conducts himself
onstage along with Howard, facially
expressing the content and mood of
the songs. &

“Well he simply expresses SiMe
songs in a visual way. Sometimes it’s
very specific, you know, relating to
each line of the song. And sometimes

 

Howard Jones

 

where people can get some kind ot
stimulation from the lyrics. I’m really
sort of introverted so it be natural for
me to write lyrics that would run along

| | those lines. It’s just the way | am. The
= |great thing about music is that you

= | don’t have to take the lyrics if you

| don’t want to. You can just listen to the

_{music.””

   

SIMON‘S video Think Too Much.

The new MATT DILLON film,
Flaming Kid, will be released at
Christmas-time.

TATUM O’/NEAL and IRENE CARA
are starring in a new movie called
Nowhere To Run! They play juvenile
delinquents and they have just finis-
hed filming right here in New West-
minster.

The THOMPSON TWINS. actually

. began in 1977 with the objective of

producing dance music.

Before naming themselves DURAN
DURAN, this hot British group
thought about calling themselves
RAF, which stands for Royal . Air
Force. But, they liked the sound of
Duran Duran after a character in the
Science Fiction movie, Barbarella star-
ring Jane Fonda.

1 While Howard and his wife, Janet,
were in England they were involved in
a traffic accident. A drunk hit their car
and Janet strategically invested their
claim money in a set of synthesizers,
This mishap was responsible for the
lively beat of New Song.

Howard has his own unique fan
magazine called Risk. The name is an
implicit reference to his rock career.

it’s just a general impression of the .
song. He’s onstage with me for about
four or five numbers. Each time its a
completely different character that he
plays.’’

All in all Howard Jones is a
conscientious song writer with his eyes
set on humanity.

“41 think taking risks is a great thing ©
to do. If you don’t take risks, you never.
have a chance to gain anything big. |
mean, you can lose, but if you. don’t
risk then life is very bland and safe.’’

His most recent album is. titled
Human’s Lib. When he is on stage, he
does not rely upon tapes, rather
Howard conducts a one man show
singing and playing his two synthe-
sizers. *

 

 

 

Top Ten LP’s

 

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1. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Born in the USA - Columbia

2. HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS
Sports - Chrysalis

3. PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION
Purple Rain - WB

4. THE CARS
Heartbeat City - Elektra/Asylum

5. THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS
Mirror Moves - CBS

6. BILLY IDOL
Rebel Yell - Chrysalis

7. GHOSTBUSTERS
Soundtrack - Arista

8. CINDI LAUPER
‘She’s So Unusual - Portrait/CBS

9. POISONED featuring Art Bergmann
Poisoned - Independent

10. TINA TURNER
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