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6D Sunday December 31 1995 THE MONITOR McAllen Texas YEAR IN REVIEW murder skewed the Tejano music scene for 1995 By MARIO TARRADELL Dallas Morning News If looking for a summa tion of Tejano music in 1995 go to your local newsstand: People mag azine has named Selena one of the 25 most intriguing personalities of the year The recognition caps a year filled with unprecedented media attention showered on a Latin artist who was only a re gional success before her tragic death In predictable pop culture fash ion Selena Quintanilla Perez be came a superstar after she was shot by former fan club president Yolanda Saldivar on March 31 Since her death sassy smile has graced the pages of En tertainment Weekly Spin and US People dedicated an entire issue to her brief life She made the evening news almost as often as OJ After her death four of her Te jano alburns landed on pop album chart making her the first contemporary Tejano act to ac complish the feat Her record label EMI Latin get the CDs to stores fast enough In July EMI Records released Dreaming of You a collection of her biggest Tejano I'IWt IT wSa xfll The Associated Press No Me Olvides: Slain Tejano singer Selena is captured on film in Los Angeles this August "hits a few new Spanish tunes and four English pop tracks she had recorded for her planned crossover album The CD entered the charts at No 1 and landed Selena on Top 40 radio another first for a modern day Tejano artist But the repercussions of her posthumous success have both REVIEW YOUR PORTOLIO GAME PLAN Are your investments appropriately diversified for 1996? Join us for answers at our live satellite broadcast The Year in Review and Outlook for 1996 Thursday January 4 1996 4:00 PM Our featured guest will be the Chairman and CEO of The Gillette Company Alfred Zeien explain how this razor sharp international company got into more medicine cabinets in 1995 ollowing the program equity and bond specialists will answer your questions on an array of bonds and more than 200 of the most widely held stocks in American a Amerllech a a Banc One a Cash a a Corporate Bonds a ord a Gillette a Home Depot a Intdl a PepsiCo a Tax ree Muni cipal Bonds a US Govern ment Bonds Wal Mart This event is free but seating is limited so register early Year in Review Outlook OR 1996 Call or stop by today for more information Jim Pox CP 2106 Griffin Pkwy Mission IX 78572 210 580 2900 or Pat McClellan 1111 Pecan McAllen IX 78501 210 630 5154 EdwardJones Serving Individual Investors Since 1872 helped and hindered Tejano music Her demise focused a glaring spot light on a genre relatively foreign to those outside Texas Yet her success also has inadvertently cast an overwhelming shadow over all other Tejano artists vying for an audience particularly the women Tejano is notoriously male dominated Selena was the only bona fide female star The at tention generated by her death should have opened doors for sing ers However take a glance at the Latin album charts and see Dreaming of You which has spent 19 weeks at the top it for women On the singles chart she occupies four slots Again the only female Te jano artist on the list New albums by Elsa Garcia Ste fani and Stephanie Lynn Tejano singers on the fringe of mainstream acceptance before the Selena trag edy have gone unnoticed this year Shelly Lares the only other female Tejano artist with the chops to match Selena had to sit out 1995 record wise while she negoti ated a new recording contract On the male front Emilio re corded his first mainstream country album Life Is Good and new comer Joel Nava mixed Tejano and country on his self titled debut Both projects were well received Emilio even became Miller billboard model but they were unable to divert media focus from Selena The climate should change tn as the impact of death fades Lares will release fresh ma terial in the spring In May Aus Arista Texas will release music from its first female vocalist Nydia Rojas In addition to Emilio whose next album will be a Tejano record and Nava male stars Pete Astudillo and Jay Perez could gain larger audiences But that mean Selena will be forgotten Her impact on fans is too personal too heartfelt to disappear in a time talk about unreleased Tejano re cordings that may surface in future Selena compilations featured on a Leonard Bernstein tribute album The Songs of West Side Story that will hit stores Jan 30 A video retrospective also may emerge in 1996 Still the future of Tejano depend on Selena The industry should seize the exposure she cre ated to seek and sign talented art ists develop the worthy acts al ready on label rosters and promote the music in the mainstream mar ket Tejano music deserves the op portunity to be recognized as a genre not as a trend Selena would have wanted it that way I top 10 Latin albums 4 Dallas Morning News 1 Mana Cuando Los Angeles Lloran (WEA Latina) Rock en espahol movement gets a propulsive kick from this energized set by the popular Mexican group 2 Joel Nava Joel Nava (Arista Texas) Tejano and country embark on a musical courtship that proves the styles are more like husband and wife than distant cousins i 3 Gloria Estefan Abriendo 1 Puertas (Epic) A paean tp 5 Latin American music from a I woman with the spirit to embrace the rhythms the idioms I and the cultures 4 Albita No Se Parcce A Nada (Crescent MoonEpic) Debut by unknown Cuban 5 singer songwriter arrives fully formed and bursting with character 5 Vicente ernandez Aunque 1 Me Duela El Alma (Sony Discos) Robust ranchera king continues to turn out stylish odes to life and love and the turmoil that lies in between 6 Alejandro ernandez Que Seas Muy eliz (Sony Discos) You could call him the ranchera prince but judging by this exemplary set the young ernandez also has a firm grasp on smooth romantic balladry 7 Pete Astudillo Como Te Extrano (EMI Latin) premier songwriter who penned biggest hits is also a talented singer who give all his good tunes away 8 Julio Iglesias La Carreteia (Sony Latin) Veteran vocalist delivers his best effort in years amalbum that melds sinewy tropical grooves with atmospheric pop ballads 9 La Ley Invisible (WEA Latina) Take Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet mix in a little Roxy Music sprinkle a dash of Wild Cherry and you have the musical makeup of this Chilean art rock band 10 Julian Siete Mananas (WEA Latina) San rancisco based singer shows maturity and promise on his third project a melange of pop rock dance and funk tracks What is New in Paging? The Gold Line Pen Pager Now Available! i We Sell reliable motorola Pagers Conversions Reasonable Reconnects Trade Ins Accepted 95 A PER MONTH 45 mo contract DTOCED PAGING BROWNSVILLE 546 6066 2039 Price Rd McALLEN 687 5119 1301 10th St HARLINGEN 412 1166 1418 Tyler McALLEN 631 7243 600 Ash WESLACO 969 9400 1519 Texas RIO GRANDE 487 0080 402 2nd St 1995 had its share of winners and yes losers By ROY CAMPBELL Knight Ridder Newspapers or many it will go down in history as the year of OJ When a verdict was reached not guilty the differing reactions of many whites and blacks played up by the media seemed to widen an already deepening gap betweein the races Most politicians try to heal the wounds They were too busy fighting their own battles The Republicans went after affirmative action welfare Medicare and the deficit The Democrats drew some lines and the government was shut down twice Who were the winners and the losers? one scorecard In Out Mumia Abu Jamal OJ Simpson CD ROM games Sega Estrogen patches Nicotine patches Web sites Bulletin boards Power yoga Aerobics 24 hour news shows Talk shows Marriott Ritz Carlton Hummer Bronco movement movement Barbie Loni Anderson CK jeans CK ads George Vanity air Medicare Health care George Clooney David Ca ruso Courteney Cox Courtney Love Hush Puppies timberlands Exhaling Inhaling Model Tyson Beckford Mike Tyson Green Day The Grateful Dead Internet shopping TV shop ping Unemployment checks Pay checks Notorious BIG Snoop Doggy Dogg Abs Chests Johnnie Cochran Chris Darden Windows OS2 Pinky and the Brain Mys tery Science Theater 3000 riends The Crew Colin Powell Pete Wilson Talking about sex Doing it The Associated Press Who Is The Real Enemy? Bi S' When you get your voting ballot during the first week of January vote "AGAINST" and kill this program before it kills you and everyone else! Can cotton farmers afford to throw good money after bad and gamble on another 1995 disaster? allowing secondary pests to become primary pests how could this program ever succeed? Why is is the government ignoring Dr research that proves the 1995 damage caused by this program? If the ederal Government is so about the ultimate success of this program why are they not willing to guarantee farmer losses? If these questions leave you scratching your head about why anyone would be willing to risk anoth er 1995 cotton disaster then the answer should be obvious If this program continues who will be running your farm and your livelihood you or a bunch of government bureaucrats? INORMATION CITY STA WISHES EVERYONE A SAE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! CITY CALLEN HOLIDAY GARBAGE SCHEDULE Who were the heroes and vil lains of 1995? The Associated Press asked members of the WELL a small but highly regarded on line community with members worldwide A few of their answers: Alex Jestrab (alexjes): family that made a board game out of it (a and oth ers who coldly and yet cheerfully profited from the Simpson trial as though there was never a Jon Glass (jon028): or dinary people on the Web who publish and proHtuIgatipg theJ dramatic in the written word since well you know the drill but I think true that this sudden ability to widely distribute material is incredibly powerful and impor Katherine Hardy (kayo): have to say the freshman class in the House of Representatives is the biggest bunch of villains seen in a long time And the corpora tions that own Microsoft for once again waiting for everyone else to do the pioneering work and take all the risks so they can then waltz into the market stick their noses up at what is blather on about how much better they will make it and then take it over And the guys who blew up the OK building whoever they are or if this pair is I convicted may they rot in hell I with the sound of the babies they forum names heroes and villains ACT! The 1995 cotton crop in the Rio Grande Valley was the worst in over 70 years The cotton industry lost over 150 million and the cost to the economy was nearly $1 Billion! WHY? There are many unanswered questions corjcwabg this we Deiieve iJi Uuirc Lw bquxucly uit tiie shoulders of the Weevil Eradication Program A total disaster in 1995 this program now raises more questions than it provides answers Questions like: aW Could this program ever work if Mexico (our adjacent neighbor) doesn't participate? When massive government spraying (nearly one gallon per acre in 1995) also kills the beneficials If you would like more truth about this disastrous program call us at (210) 425 2845 or (210) 428 8769 Paid for by a group of concerned farmers who can't afford any more government on their farms What kind of threat does wide spread aerial spraying of Malathion pose to the health of hurtwuf unu animat How many special interest groups stand to profit from continuation of this program? THE CITY McALLEN WILL COLLECT RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE DM NEW YEAR 3 DAY MONDAY JANUARY 1ST PLEASE HAVE CANS OUT EARLY IN THE MORNING CALL 972 7600 ATER 7 A ORMORE 2 COTTON ARMERS 1 0 I.