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B9i Tuesday. April 4, 1989 The Pittsburgh Press ENTERTAINMENT Elvis Costello is as contrary as ever 1 i By Tom Moon Elvis Costello Opening act Nick Lowe. Where: A.J. Palumbo Center. When: 7:30 p.m.

tomorrow. Tickets: 16.75; 333-9550. whose work will be remembered in 50 years. Chances are good that 11 Elvis Costello will be among them. When pop historians review his i output 12 studio albums, various production assignments, the out-takes and the B-sides he has careful-ly compiled they will be forced to acknowledge a number of successes.

Not just the bitingly ironic songwrit- ing that distinguished pieces such as "Alison" and "Accidents Will Hap- pen." Or "My Aim Is True," "This -Year's Model" and "Armed Forces," the early albums that helped Costel- lo establish new standards for buoy- ancy and barbed wit. Or the sophisticated updates of Tin Pan, Alley songform that crept in about 1982 with his orchestrally decorated "Imperial Bedroom." True, there will be the less artistic footnotes "Goodbye Cruel the country-standards homage "Al- jj most Blue" but there also will be evidence of grand experiments that worked. Like 1986's "King of Ameri- ca," a collection of jaundiced love JJ songs that pitted Costello's pathos against spare, acoustic-based settings that screamed Americana. I And then those archivists will Press news services PHILADELPHIA The grueling exercise known as the promotional tour has Elvis Costello slightly frayed. Every day is the same: Meet with the press, visit radio stations, talk to retailers.

Dressed in a black leather jacket and glasses that exaggerate his buglike eyes, Costello the guy who once sang "I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused" sounds as if he's back to being disgusted. He's complaining about airplanes getting on a bus anymore, which is a scary thought for And interviews such as this one, done over a meal always say 'and then he took a bite of his No doubt about it: Declan Mac-Manus, a.k.a. Elvis Costello, a.k.a. Napoleon Dynamite, is campaigning in behalf of "Spike," his first album of new material in more than two years. He'll be in Pittsburgh tomorrow for a solo concert at the A.J.

Palumbo Center at Duquesne University. Nick Lowe will open. Nobody has to remind him that there was a time when he wouldn't have done promotion such as this. A student of the entire discipline of pop-music presentation, he burst out in 1977 with a look, a sound and an angry-young-man stance so fresh it couldn't be traced to any one place. In the years since, Costello, now 34, has pursued the path of the uncompromising artist, embracing as many forms of music as his muse can master.

He hasn't sold out But he has been far enough away from "It's always nice to come back home and be honored," says Pittsburgh bassist Ray Brown. Jazz Fest to honor bassist Ray Brown Oscars boost 'Rain Man' at the Elvis Costello Outraged by "Pepsi pop" Pepsi rock, Pepsi pop. It's the only kind of music there is these days, to most people. "The really ironic thing is, I do firmly believe in 50 years' time nobody will remember Michael Jackson. He'll be like Zelig.

He'll be like a statistic: 'He sold millions of He'll be like a forgotten kind of icon because the music won't last, because it's been superseded by another image and that image is fizzy sugar water." The unspoken implication: that there are some pop performers Ed Blank Craig and Carrie Pono star in E. K. Evans' production of the drama about two brothers and a bride conspiring to receive an inheritance. If, as scheduled, Harvey Fier-stein's "Torch Song belatedly opens at the Squirrel Hill April 14, it will be Cinema World's first exclusive-run artforeignspecialty film since "Bird" opened at Kings Court Dec. 2, and Squirrel Hill's first encounter "Spike." Costello seems to know that he's got something here.

It has to do with the album's songwriting more allegorical, less woe-is-me personal, "Spike" is Costello looking outwardy admitting that perhaps the early crafted couplets don't quite tell all. (Philadelphia Inquirerdistribut-'n ed by Kaight-News-Tribune.) box office since "Madame Sousatzka" Nov. Terry Gilliam's "The of Baron Munchausen" may eventu- ally open in Squirrel Hill. We haven't really been missing much, though, because Filmmaker at the Fulton and The Pittsburgh Playhouse have picked up most of 1 the slack and then some. Indeed, we get runs of a week or more on pictures that never even played i Manhattan's main battery of art, houses.

una w. Auditions and interviews for Center Stage Players' summer season at Washington Jefferson College's. Olin Fine Arts Center will begin at p.m. Sunday at the theater, 285 E. Wheeling Washington, De- tails: 223-6546.

7 (Ed Blank is The Pittsburgh Press drama editor.) DANCE NOTES the world premiere of "Het Ander Kant." Following a buffet at 11:30 a.m., artistic director Patricia Wilde and guest choreographer Susan McKee McCullough will speak. Guests then will see a rehearsal of "Het Ander Kant." The program will be held at PBT's studios, 2900 Liberty Strip District. Admission is $7 for PBT subscribers, $8 for non-subscribers. Reservations are required. Call Beth Powell, 281-0360.

and guitarist Larry Carlton will perform in shows at 7 and 10:30 p.m. June 24. But the festival is hardly confined to Heinz Hall. It will open June 9 with trumpeter Ruby Braff at the Craftsmen's Guild at 8 p.m. The next day, organist Jimmy Smith will appear at the guild at the same time.

Bassist Ron Carter and guitarist Jim Hall will be there at 7 p.m. June 17. Although the festival opens with the concerts at the guild, the final week of concerts will kick off with a free performance by fluegelhomist Chuck Man-gione at 6:30 p.m. June 18 at the Point State Park Symphony Stage. He will be joined that night by the Dave Harger Group, the popular local band.

Adding an unusual touch will be the Mellon Jazz Festival Marching Dixieland All Star Band, which will perform from noon to 2 p.m. June 19-23 at various sites Downtown. Schreiber said this is the first time such an event was attempted by Festival Productions organizers of the festival. He said the band would be composed of five or six local musicians and the parade routes would be loosely organized. Besides the concerts at Heinz Hall, the festival also will feature performances at clubs on June 17 and 18.

They will include such well-known jazz figures as pianist Tommy Flanagan at Car-dillo's Club Cafe on the South Side and singer Dakota Staton at Cunimondo's Keyboard in Verona. Among other concerts at clubs and parks in area, the festival also will include pianists Slaying with guitarist Joe Negri une 19-23 at the Westin William Penn, Downtown. "We want to bring the community together in an extraordinary celebration of jazz," said Sandra J. McLaughlin, senior vice president and head of Mellon Bank's Corporate Affairs group. (Regional editor Bob Karlovits covers jazz for The Pittsburgh Press.) 7 choreographers win grants the public eye that even a song as explosive as "Veronica," his new single, runs the risk of being overlooked.

To compound the matter, since his hit-making days, there has been a change in the way songs get to the public. The tight clamp of formatted pop and rock radio has become very apparent on the promo trail, and it is another thing that disgusts him. "It's cowardice. (The radio industry) has got more to lose these days," says Costello, a pop connoisseur whose current favorites include the R.E.M.'s "Green" album and Bon Jovi's single "Bad Medicine." "Whether it's some group from Wisconsin, or something that none of us have heard of yet, or somebody like John Prine who is still writing these great songs and is just consigned to the oldies radio, (programmers) have more to lose by letting those people in because they show up the inadequacies of the format." Costello knows that his tirade is not on the list of acceptable ways to tell the world about "Spike," but he is onto something that genuinely makes him mad. "Money talks.

In fact, it talks quite loudly so loudly, you can't hear anything else. Vou can only hear that Michelob rock, or that AIDS Awareness Week. Two of the district's primary artistic directors will team for a program April 26 at Sweetwater Art Center, Old Post Office Building, Sewickley. At 7 p.m. Marc Masterson will discuss productions he has staged at City Theatre Company, including "Children of a Lesser God" and "Painting Churches." At 8, William Gardner will talk about the 15th season of Pittsburgh Public Theater.

Selected films by the late Charles and Ray Eames will be shown at 7:30 tonight at The Carnegie Museum of Art. They are identified with furniture design and a studio warehouse in Venice, which are shown in the films. Tears of Joy Theater, consisting of large puppets from Vancouver, will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday as the opening show in Uptown Mt. Lebanon's summer arts series in Washington School Auditorium, 735 Washington Road.

Tennessee Williams' seldom-staged "Kingdom of Earth" begins Thursday at Laurel Highlands Regional Theatre and will continue through April 30. T. C. Brown, Gary showcase EES ALL SCATS ALL SHOWS MONDAY 4 TUESDAY (2.50 BARGAIN MATINEE S2 SO FIRST SHOW ONLY WED FBI SATURDAY, SUNDAY HOLIDAYS JZ 50 TO 6 PM C0NT SHOWS SAT SUN 8 HOI (LATE SHOWS FRI A SAT 1969 2:00.8:00, 10 00 JBJ FAREWELL TO THI KINO 9:25 DAHOEPOUS LIAISONS 9:35 DEAD BANO 1:00.7:20.9:45 THE RESCUERS 100. 7:10 LEVIATHAN 1 45, 7:40, 9 50 FLETCH LIVES 1:15.7:15.9:20 LEAN ON ME 1:30.

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Brown, a graduate of Schen-ley High School, was chosen because of his strong bass work with musicians ranging from trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie to singer Ella Fitzgerald. John Schreiber, line producer for the festival, said Brown is well known for the "heart of his tone and the tastefulness of his solos." The festival promises more than 40 events, ranging from featured concerts in Heinz Hall to shows at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Auditorium and clubs. It also will feature a jazz marching band that will perform on Downtown streets at lunchtime and a cruise on the Gateway Clipper Fleet's Majestic. Brown will perform in a "Night for Ray" in the Grand Ballroom of the Pittsburgh Hyatt at 9 p.m. June 16.

That concert will be a benefit for the United Negro College Fund. Heinz Hall will feature some of the most glistening acts. On June 21, saxman Grover Washington Jr. will play with the a cappella group Take 6 at 8 p.m. On June 22 at 8 p.m., Mel Torme will sing with his trio while Rosemary Clooney will perform with saxman Scott Hamilton and trumpeter Warren Vache Jr.

June 23 will be a night of the blues featuring Johnny Winter, Albert King, Joe Louis Walker and the Kinsey Report at 8. Popular saxman David Sanborn "MODERN MAN" EVERY TUES. MUST BE 21 PARKWAY CENTER MALI 921-5637 AN EVENING WITH "THE LEGEND" PORKY CHEDWICK SPINNING YOUR FAVORITE DANCE NUMBERS EVERY WED. NITE 9-2 AT THE NEW ORLEANS INN BROWNSVILLE ROAD -NO COVER The four Oscars for "Rain Man," including best picture and best actor Dustin Hoffman, helped it considerably over the weekend here. The 16-week-old movie not only doubled its Erevious weekend's returns but did etter than it has since mid-February.

Its take this week is good for second place, just a little behind the leader, three-time-champ "Fletch Lives." "The Rescuers" is third, "Leviathan" fourth, "Lean on Me" fifth, "Troop Beverly Hills" sixth and "Dead Bang" seventh. "Dangerous Liaisons," winner of a couple of technical Oscars, returns to the fold in eighth place on the strength of return bookings. "1969," the only newcomer to make the list, is ninth, and "Chances Are" is 10th. "Sing" opened badly and "Farewell to the King" even worse. Woody Allen's "Another Woman," in an exclusive run at Filmmakers at the Fulton, is off to a good start in the smaller of the Fulton's two auditoriums.

It will be replaced April 21 by "Crusoe." An entertainment-filled rally was held yesterday to draw attention to the AIDS Task Force benefit performance of "Hedda Gabler" at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Hazlett Theater, Allegheny Center. Don Brockett emceed the rally, which took place at the Hazlett. Entertainers included jazz singer Etta Cox, gospel singer Toni Turner, guitarist Joe Negri, jazz guitarist Mark Koch, jazz singer Michelle Benson, actor Joe Franze, comedian Jimmy Krenn and disc jockey Steve Hansen, plus Larry Goldberg, Kathleen Marshall and Howard Elson from the cast of Pittsburgh Playhouse's "Chicago." City Councilman Mark Pollock read a proclamation declaring this I BARGAIN NIGHT! COUSINS (PG-13 7:40,9:40 WORKING GIRL 1 30. 1 30 52.50 BARGAIN NIGHT! SING PG 7:45, 9:55 FLETCH LIVES (PG17 50 9 55 RESCUERS (G) 7:00 only DANGEROUS LIAISON ms COUSINS (PG-1317 40,9 55 nTTHTtTTrMMI'B Um-LflLLMtll-l $950 COUSINS (PG-13) 7:30,9:30 I.

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