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By Preston Havens
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It soars, it flies, it does stunts, it is ... a can?
To be more precise, it is a TOQBEE, and it is
closer to half a can.
The T00BEE is an aluminum cylinder re
sembling the tcp half of a pop can, open at both
ends. It weighs less than a marshmallow, and is
tossed via overhand spiral, like a football. There,
the resemblance to any other known product
ends. According to its manufacturers, no ens
really knows why it flies, but it does fly well.
Greg Siromberg, President cf T00BEE Inter
national Inc., ssid he feels strongly about the
success of the T0GB2E. Sternberg's co-party
bem offering the toy about three years ago.
"Initially, the inventor (Dale Klahn cfEcrkely,
Calif.) offered it through a Milwaukee can
company. I thought it was r.eat, so I called him,"
he said.
Stromberg discovered there was a good
response to theTOODES in California and wound
up buying the patent for the toy. Strcs&crg said
Ms company works mostly in the promotional
"We're a very small corporation and we can't
compete with the major toy companies," he said.
"So we went to tho set. drink arid beer people
and pat their names en the TOOEEE."
The strategy worked. More long, the TCCHED -was
featured nationwide on the TV shew "Til
Mag&dne' 'in several newspapers and a TOOEEE
convention wa3 held. -' -
- "We feist a new world distance record at the
convention," Stromberg recalled. 'Two hundred
and eighty three feet, with a tail wind."
Stromher-3 say3 the market for the TOOEEE is
actually larger overseas.
"People take them over to other countries,
then we get inquiries from those countries,"
Stromberg said.
Vim
'A side &nd frost view f Tosbees,
So for, the TOOBEE is zooming over Germany,
Japan, Australia, France and Britain. Here in
America, the Baltimore Orioles seem to be
among the biggest fans.
"A Baltimore radio station gave some cf the
toys to the Orioles pitchers, who tossed them to
the catchers," Stromberg said. "They even figured
out ho.? to throw curves."
Fait of what makes the toy so successful,
a new, gliding tcy osdo
n tSa csas en. d marketed To&e Intermit isnsl,
Recording to Strcmbcrg, Is tha cppoitunity to
belong to the TOOBEE air force.
"There is a TOOBEE tit flight trainirg
ntanud," he said, "and e'jir.rrissicn is to fly
around the world." Strcsberg added that the
aim of the air force is to brir.g about world peace
by bringing people together with the motto,
"Success comes in cans, failure comes in
cannots." - - . ,. -. ,
. : A few yesis the TOODSS was cslled Mths
newFrisbee." Has this prediction held up? "No
prcMem3 whatsoever," Etrcrabcrg says. "U?j
Daina, co-author of the 'Fiisbse Pkyer'3 Hand
book,' his fallen in lcfe with it. We drsited him."
...Strcmbcrg is currently working cn.a specid
promotion with professloasl Frisbee plsj'cis
arour.d the world to incrss.se iwmmm of tle
TOOEEE. . . :-h, .. :
.eviewer says bneena
only sings for money .
. . Scott BeiTah
StiSTEeporter
True musicians are also artists who
express their inner feelings, desires
and perspectives tiirough music. Today's
pop chart's are inundated with a rather
reprehensive breed of commercial
musicians who only make an album if
they feel it will sell.
Scottish pop diva Sheen Easton is
the epitome of a commercial musician,
and her latest L.P., A Private
Heaven, proves it.
REviEwnnrnrinri
' Eastcn wss cast into the music
scene a fear yesrs bk with "Morning
Train," a kit song tbout a housewife's
love of domesticity. "Ifodera Girl," the
fcllcw-np zizp.2, W23 ironlcslly about
the joys cf being a ssccessM woman Sn
a msie-criested EOciety. Even in her
early ds, Eastoa wsa a princess cf
psrsdexes.
M-er he srlns the first two sors c.i
her new -tdm, listeners will ' fed
compiled to crown hsr the Queen of
Contrdictlens.
"Strut," tho cut feat opens" the
alfeuia, Is a riduculoss feminist number
with a lackluster best and questionably
. cogent lyrics;
StrvtPtottPuttt cut 'Ttiot's
whoi you want from, vxmm .
This cut, purportedly written and
arranged by Prince, is m atonal week
: that contains some of the most blatantly
sexist lyrics ever on tfr.yl:
The blood races to your pri
vate spotsYou cant fight
. pa&sionAVhen passion's hot
Come spend the night inside
- my sugar walls.
If Sheena was known as a singer of
degrading little "T-and-A" tunes, people
might possible respect her as an artist
because that would be the kind of
music she performed. ' ' i
But anybody who sings songs about
women being treated like pieces of
mest and then sings another song
about the merits of her unmentionables
obviously care3 only about selling
records not ut or women's issues.
Esstcn is also overt about her lack of
' ciissiity and innovation. Her remake
of rocker Tim Scott's ftmky "Swear" is
tasumoii&taMy bad. One would think
that if she were gcir4 to copy a song,'
she'd sing" it with- seme grace crd .,
sincerity. Eat her vocals on this track
'are so insipid and devoid cf efTert that
thy mike "Swesr" sosd like an.
trertlsingjtingl. '
. Sheens is a msrgiBally talented
' vocalist who can sometimes sing a nice
ballad. Hits like "Afciest 0?sr You"
sad "For Your Eyes Only" are seme of
her best' But the two ballads on side
two, "Love aid Affection" tad "All by
Mpelf," are weak. They sound . like -they're
cf in seme pensive orbit, not
redly sure whether -they vr&nt to be
vibrant or rcssantic One thing is sure,
a&cut tfecoe tracks, hmmn: loth soo
are pt!rtcf apiece cf pabulum that isn't
wclh Erne's tins. .
If "S. 1
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Im czvlzzt ep&sode, He Argss '
kM. to leave orbit of the placet
Oag in order to rzzlzs ra cn-.es
gffacy delivery efffixza sssacbineiy
U the planet VwsL The iuvesti
Cti've tzzzx en ' hzd J'SEt
pssdthswrefecs ci&t Vesta
cfjeyfcajjpiaj Exteriors
. '- FiGrool
' t!ur!o fins might Ifs respected ludicrous lyrics, chesp vocals asd
ht.cr,a tor this sors light Eccisl o sashstic attitude maks Shecna
corxtentsiy if she hadn't recorded the ' Eaton's A Pri?s,t3 Eesvca public
tnsk eat Mows it, "Sagsr Walls." hcli
DrinkwatcrhoUered, nVhca nijal:
are you nmniii fort" "Have a lock,"
Shatfield said, holding cut his tinscu
krs. "StraigJt ahead" '
While Drinkwatcr focusedUie thoou
lars, Jack strained hi? eyes. II3 could
only make cut a blur of pirJt ar:d peca
In the.dstsnca. It was the enlyverUcd
ctjs'ct ia the hcrizsntal lar.dscje.
Drinkwaters Jiw flapped cpen. "
: "Maybe it's a jcke. Majts a;msbc
cfT the ship case dawn rirji tcr
ha slid.
He handed the fcinccuiars to Xkr'f.
"tt9 it's a trap Jack adl "Ikre,
let re see."
"Ar? you lildir;?" Wong said.
"Tr.:rft'j r.ctM'j tnho4y cadi hida
"lot me see," Jack repeated. Vionj
handed, the binoculars to Ehatfisld.
The column lurched forward. The tracks
they'd been following led right up to
the pink and green blur which proved
to be a sneTOsn, or rather a snsw
woman. It wore a pink bikini top. 'A
Srcen ' cunvisor was perched on its
'. ' "How did that got here?" ' . .
tkybe one cftheVesta-Eurvivors lea
it."
"Ma-jy scmebsdy oka jn ship
pr cbably carae dam Thsy're playinj a
priik." '
"Hey, tak8 a picture cf mo with ft!"
ackncticcdacebaboo-Iiketdi-ss
sticklrg out cf the sncr around the
SBr3r-wo2S2a. This pssled him. As the
suid drew clcsor, ShatSeld asssd
his fsot-ca scssthks s long, tint
airing r.:t 11 :r, a C're rcce up cut cf
th3 sic? a L ! z'-y t.:b. Then
z-zJrr burst Lah. A-.;ther end
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rrcv'.d t3 ta f rcJ-jjl cMn cr:
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thry r:.3 a'l f.It uttcly
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t 'u -d Ms c'f as if it r:rs a to-
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Eomct:iR3 ahcrHircuUed to Drink
water's train. Els instinct p thes
words ti lis ncuth: 'Thsy made ms do
it!" he bawled, until he regained Ms
composure
. "Oh fudge' thought Jack, locking
up at the enow-docoy koming above
him. "That could be the kst fidns I 23
in this life." .
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