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Daily Nebraskan
Monday, April 27, 1987
Kurtenbach supporters say
firing attempt was arbitrary
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"But what is really involved here
is an attempt to get rid of Ron Kur
tenbach," Snowden said. "Ron was
not trying to titilate; he was speak
ing his heat, striking to verbally and
risking his position to say some
thing strongly."
Martin claimed that any number
of verbs could have been used to
describe Kurtenbach's feelings and
that, as far as she knew, "f --" was
not a political term.
The feelings of Kurtenbach sup
porters in the room were character
ized by the comments of KZUM pro
grammer Peter Schmitz.
"I don't think ambivalence is
given enough credit here," Schmitz
said. "But if we boot Kurtenbach
out this way, it makes it easier to
boot one of us out arbitrarily."
After deliberating for more than 1
12 hours, the hearing board decided
to clear Kurtenbach of wrongdoing,
but suggested that KZUM forbid the
use of all indecent language in the
future and clarify the station's defi
nition of "socially redeeming con
tent." Afterwards, Kurtenbach said the
decision "favors basic free speech."
He said KZUM has to protect its
license, but it should protest FCC
rulings by publishing any objec
tionable materials in Horizons, the
KZUM programming guide.
"We should not cave in to the
FCC," Kurtenbach said.
Regarding his relationshp with
the station that in his words was
trying to relegate him to the "status
of a dead man," Kurtenbach said
the "decision might cause some
calming and make the station work
at having a coherent, cohesive
structure."
Kurtenbach previously criticized
the station for hiring programmers
who used their shows to plug
commerical enterprises outside the
station, canceling elections, having
a secret board meeting, hiring a
board member who was already on a
board at another radio station and
using commercial underwriting
indiscriminately.
"The station should drop its efforts
to suppress the free flow of ideas,
hold open meetings in a civil manner
and begin to reform the station pru
dently," Kurtenbach said. "Hope
fully this decision will clear the air
and make room for positive change."
Review Board
Many people, after hearing the blues does it best on "Harmonica Party,"
for the first time, say, "It all sounds the which might be a better name for the
same to me." People usually say the
same thing about jazz, reggae and clas
sical music when they first hear these
genres. But as listeners start to explore
and really listen to the blues, reggae or
whatever, they soon pick up the
differences.
Many of the differences one finds in
the blues today are regional. The Texas,
California and Chicago beats each have
distinct styles. California bands reach
way back to the '50s for a traditional
style, while the Chicago musicians
often remain on the cutting edge.
Little Charlie and the Night-
cats, "All the Way Crazy" (Alii- record storeS) 5ut the band probably
will bring copies to sell when they play
whole album than just one song on the
first side.
The first song on "Playin' in Your
Town" is "Hey Doctor," featuring some
nice country picking by guitarist Pat
Chase. But that song is the first and
last country-blues number. The rest of
the LP goes back to the '50s, adding
one part rock'n'roll and one part
straight-ahead blues. Some songs go
over the blues edge to rock'n'roll, like
"Seven Nights to Rock," a unadulter
ated rock'n'roll song, and "Last Thing
(On My Mind)," a slower rock ballad.
This LP might be tough to find in the
Storytell
for Motlker s
er to weave fHi tale
Bay fnnn at Joslyiu.
Spend Mother's Day May 10 at
Omaha's Joslyn Art Museum when
America's "Story Lady," Jackie Tor
rence, conjures folk tales to the delight
of children and adults alike at 3 p.m. in
the Witherspoon Concert Hall.
This "Afternoon of Family Fun" runs
in conjunction with the exhibition,
"Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists
in 19th-century America," which con
tinues through May 17. The event is
free to the public with museum admis
sion of $2 for adults and $1 for children
under 12 and senior citizens
often delves into her childhood for
tales she heard from relatives, friends
or teachers years ago. She specializes
in ghost stories, Afro-American tales
such as the Brer Rabbit stories and
Appalachian mountain lore.
At Joslyn, Torrence will present
selections from the "Conjured Images"
trilogy, a one-person dramatic presen
tation the artist has created from the
American oral tradition. Each segment
of the trilogy contains material with
European and African roots.
grandparents told, Torrence went to
her 14 aunts and uncles and her mother
for the details.
"When all of them get together," she
said, "I still can't get in that group of
tellers. They still have a corner on that
market of storytelling that I have not
yet acquired."
Her storytelling career began in
1972, when her job moved her to the
main library in High Point, N.C. One
day she was asked to fill in for volun
teer storyteller, who was sick. As Tor-
gator Records)
The Nightcats album cover promises
listeners lots of fun, and that's just
what they get. These four goofy-looking
guys spice their lyrics with tongue-in-cheek
humor, punctuated with Rick
Estin's blistering harmonica solos.
The California beat relies on a '50s
sound, heavy in harp and a steady,
rocking guitar. The things these Cali
fornia bands have over the '50s blues
masters are the '80s studios and a big
stereo sound, making every note clean
and crisp so you can hear every sweet
guitar riff and every note on a harp.
"All The Way Crazy" is full of novel
often sexist lyrics.
On "I'll Take You Back," Estrin
sings, "When rattlesnakes have knees
and money grows on trees. . . when
James Brown ain't funky, when King
Kong ain't a monkey, I'll take you
back."
Little Charlie and the Nightcats
also make smooth transitions to rocka-
the Zoo Bar on May 4.
The New Bluebloods, "The
Next Generation of Chicago
Blues" (Alligator Records)
The blues is a genre where 35-year-old
musicians are still "the kids" and
"the next generation." "The New
Bluebloods" is a fun collection of the
best new Chicago bands.
Many are following Albert Collins'
lead with a funky bass, and sometimes
a horn section. Only one song uses a
harmonica, The Sons of BluesChi-town
Hustler's "The Only Thing That Saved
Me," but the harp isn't nearly as prom
inent as in the California players' work.
Virtualy all the cuts on this collec-.
tion are worth mentioning. But the best
four, in no particular order are: the
Professor's Blues Review featuring Glo
ria Hardiman pleading her lover to
"Meet Me with Your Black Drawers
On"; Michael Coleman let his guitar
billy and bebop, jazzy numbers, never sin8 on a .song that could have only
l.ii; it . ii . i i ii Kaon Clinrt in iY a 'fiHo "Wmar T irro n
Torrence. who was born in Ch'wuen.
Torrence uses gestures, facial expres- was taken as an infant by her mother to rence recalls, "The kids loved it, but I
sions. vocal effects and the Doetrv of live with her eranrinarents in the small didn t even know I could tell stories.
her words in transporting audiences to North Carolina settlement of Second
worlds inhabited by giants, wily rab- Creek. The family moved to Salisbury,
Dits, gnosts ana ordinary toiks who tind N.C, where Torrence attended schools
through college.
She recalls her grandmother telling
her Brer Rabbit stories. When she could
not remember details of the stories her
That first story was "Sody Salleradus,"
one her elementary-school librarian
had told.
letting the album get dull
Mark Hummel and the Blues
Survivors, "Playin' in Your Town"
(Rockinitus Records)
Mark Hummel, the Nightcats, and
been sung in the '80s, "Woman Loves a
Woman," when he discovers the woman
he's in love with is in love with a
woman, too; Lil' Ed and The Blues
Imperials, one of Chicago's most popu
lar bands, letting loose their dirtv.
themselves in extraordinary circum
stances.
Drawing on an ever-widening reper
toire of hundreds of stories, Torrence
"The Story Lady's" Joslyn perfor
mance is one of the final special activi
ties scheduled in conjunction with
"Sharing Traditions" this spring.
California's favorite, The James Har- slide-guitar sound on "Young Thing";
mon band, all have one common and Valerie Wellington, featured in
denominator: a big harmonica sound. Chicago Tribune ads on WGN, baring
San Francisco's Mark Hummel can her soul in "I'm A Fool For You."
blow the harp with the greatest. And he Reviews by Stew Magnuson
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