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C2 Wednesday, April 1, 1998 LIVING The Atlanta Joumal-Constitutloih- Bailey gets boot DJ roulette continues as ill Just as things seemed to be settling down after highly publicized turnovers at talk radio WGST-AM and metal-powered 96rock, Z93 is shaking up its staff. On Friday, longtime disc jockey Bob Bailey said his farewell, signing off after more than nine years as afternoon drive-time host (3 to 6 p.m.) on the classic ON RADIO MIRIAM LONGING PeachBuzz rock station. Although his ratings have been fairly consistent, Bailey said the pink slip wasn't a shock he had been working without a contract for two years. Also, rumors have been flying since Kaedy Kiely resigned from competitor 96rock. RICHARD ELDREDGE 'Colors' critique by GOP'ers continue on Z93, sans Bailey.

But Bailey will still do his blues show at 9 am Sundays. NEW GOSPEL STATION: It's called Glory 1340, and it will soon be Atlanta's newest urban gospel music station. David Dickey, the aggressive young owner of station Kiss 104.7, is converting his two AM properties 1340 and 1230 into simulcast gospel stations, beginning April IS. Although, Atlanta's AM dial seems to be overloaded wjti, Christianreligious formats, Dickey says his programming will be a bit different no preaching, just music. "Research showed us that there was a great hole for a more contem-1 porary gospel station, one that played music 24 hours a day, seven days a week." Glory 1340 will feature gospel music from artists, such as Dottie Peeples, Kirk Franklin and CeCe Winans.

Reggie Gay, who now does; the Sunday-morning gospel show on Kiss 104.7, will be the full-time morning drive-time 'r host TALKING TIBET: Atlanta radio is gearing up for the Dalai Lama's visit On Saturday, the "Paula Gordon Show" (2 pm, WGUN-AM 1010) visits with Lloyd Nick, director of the Oglethorpe University Museum, who will view the exhibit "Mystical Arts of Tibet" (Sunday through June 7). They will be joined by Tibetan Buddhist monk Geshe Lobsang Tensin Negi, who will discuss political threats tn Tihetnn relicrinn anrl culture. Bailey The story goes like this. Kiely was reportedly As for Bailey, his voice will be missed by many fans, particularly classic rock devotees. His seemingly bottomless well of information about the genre is something he developed firsthand.

And he is one of the few radio personalities in town who has never worked in another market A native of Sandy Springs, Bailey began his career at Georgia State University station WRAS-FM. He then spent nearly a decade (1977-86) spinning Van Halen and Aero-smith at 96rock. After two years at 94Q (now Star 94), he took the job at Z93 when it became a classic rock station. Listeners may also recognize Bailey as the guy who left commuters smiling with "Traffic Jam and Jokes," in which 30-second sound bites, from comedians such as Elayne Boos- ler and the cast of Monty Python, were interspersed with the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton to break the monotony of afternoon drive time. The spots were compiled from Bailey's personal computer database of more than 15,000 comedy bits.

Douglas says "Traffic Jam and Jokes" will "Primary Colors" director Mike Nichols made a few shekels the other night off of an unlikely demographic group: the Atlanta Young Republicans Club. After a meeting last week (they meet at 7 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of every month at Chicago Sports Bar Grill), members of the local chapter decided to head out to a showing of the Ginton-esque comedy at Perim unhappy when 96rock moved her from afternoon drive time to middays last fall. When her contract expired Jan. 31, she opted not to renew.

At the time, her spokesman tossed out a tantalizing prediction, saying Kiely "would be back in communication with her Atlanta listeners." Many believed that meant she'd landatZ93. Z93 program director Dwjght Douglas refuses to confirm or deny that the station has hired Kiely. But get this: The noncompete clause in her 96rock contract expires April 30. And Bailey says that Z93 management originally asked nun if he could do his show until (you guessed it) April 30. Coincidence? The only hint Douglas will throw out is that Z93 will soon be making "a major announcement" E-mail: mlonginoajc.com VI Vjl DOONESBURY By Garry eter Pointe.

Reviews were mixed. "If was extremely sympathetic to Clinton," member and Oglethorpe University senior communications major Phillip Childress, 25, muttered to Buzz afterward. "Basically, the film's message is, 'Whatever character flaws you have can be overcome if you have the right I thought it really toed the party line." Fellow member Martin Detain gave the cruller-chomping John Travolta (above, with Emma Thompson) and company a teensy bit more slack. "I don't think Democrats were walking out of the theater after seeing that and saying, 'Thank God we elected this said the 29-year-old Dunwoody stockbroker. "Actually, a lot of them probably were walking out apologizing.

It just demonstrates how divorced people are from their faith in leadership. America has to learn to live with its truths, whether it's Nixon or Clinton." IF THEY ASK kB'tV Mt.BumisHtmFiNe Egyptologist set to join Carlos staff SOfiBMBMBBt-IF LAWMAKERS ULUNS TOCUrOFFOUI. PM- MAK SOUKS OF mAOM SI HAionmA I THBTOBAOOO SMOKING, mis sememir HI TOHAPFBMWf.lf 5f 131 r. Hard Rock Cafe in which he informed an employee that the eatery's latest celebrity acquisition would be David Crosby's former liver. Also preserved for posterity is morning-show sidekick and audio daredevil Tom Sullivan's oft-discussed broadcast trip to Waffle House, where he ate off of a stranger's plate.

Of the release, Sullivan told us, Captioned version of 'Titanic' to run hi SHORTTAKES July 1 9 John Fogerty July 2 1 Dan Fogelberg "I'm really excited. I have lots of July 23 Culture Club, Human League, Howard Jones t' jury 40 wiuie neison By Catherine Fox VISUAL ARTS CRITIC Atlanta's Michael Carlos Museum has appointed its first full-time curator. Peter Laco-vara will begin as curator of ancient art May 1. Lacovara, who is assistant curator in the department of ancient Egyptian, Nubian and Near Eastern Art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, just returned from an excavation at the Pyramids at -Giza, Egypt It is his breadth of experience from curatorial and field work to writing and research skills that attracted Carlos Director Anthony Hir-scheltohim. "Dr.

Lacovara is an outstanding addition to the staff," Hirschel says. "His responsibilities will span the ancient world, resulting in increased acquisition, exhibition and publication activity." Lacovara, 44, plans to hit the ground running. "The Carlos has a lot of potential," says the Egyptologist "It has a nice collection of Greek antiquities. I'd like to add things of equal importance to the Egyptian collection, and I already have some collectors anxious to lend." CDs in my house, but until now, none with me on them." Ride, ride, ride It's Day 20 and eight of those roller-coaster-riding fools are still at it at Six Flags Over Georgia, The seven men and one woman, all listeners to 96rock, are riding the Scream Machine around the clock (well, from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

daily), all vying for a 1998 Jeep Wrangler. "It's really unbelievable," the amusement park's Terrie Ward told us Tuesday. When the park opens for spring break April 3-12, Ward says, an additional Saxophonist tribute The late and many say great soprano saxophonist George Howard will be memorialized tonight (from 8 p.m. until) with an impromptu concert at the Level 2 Gallery of Fine Arts and Special Events. Howard, well known for his smooth jazz instrumentals, died recently of colon cancer at age 41.

The musicians who recorded and performed live with Howard who will be participating in the free tribute concert include Sonny Emory (drums), Phil Davis (keyboards), Ronnie Garrett (bass), Derek Scott (guitar) and Vance Taylor (keyboards). "Most of the guys were all out on tour when George passed, so this is their chance to get together and jam in his honor," said Gregory Peeks, a Level 2 spokesperson and Howard's former road manager. "Everybody's taking it hard, because it was out of the clear blue sky. It's like one day he was fine, then the next day he was sick with cancer and a month later he was dead. It was a very untimely passing." For more information, call 404-522-8477.

Best of Steve, Vikki Is 4V4 hours every weekday morning not enough of Star 94's Steve McCoy, Vildd Locke and crew for you? Then troop down to any metro-area Blockbuster Music, where the station's "Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Steve and Vik-Id!" has just arrived. Contained on the hourlong CD are classic bits from the show, including McCoy's "phone scam" call to Willie Nelson on July 26. A second or series, also promoted by Alex Cooley and Peter Conlon, will be added to the schedule at the venue. Located about a mile northeast of Lenox Square mall, the city-owned facility also is home to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's classical and pop series, along with non-series performances. Series A schedule All shows at 8:30 pm at Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Powers Ferry Road at Stella Drive.

404-636-5004. May 1 6 Steve Winwood May 22 Grand Funk Railroad, with orchestra May 24 Clint Black, Michael Peterson, the Kinleys June I Michael Bolton, Wynonna June 4 Moody Blues June 23 Al Jarreau, with orchestra July 1 3 Michael Crawford, with orchestra July 14 Chicago, Hall Oates RussDeVauk Blockbuster dropping Ticketmaster service; Concertgoers and others accustomed to buying tickets at Blocks buster stores are going to have to, change their habits. ,1 As of Wednesday, Blockbuster stores will no longer be master outlets, according to Karen Swope, local general man ager of Ticketmaster. Swope sajd, the change meant to enable Blockbuster to focus on its music and video sales and rentals wify affect 11 metro outlets and a total of 28 in Georgia. The loss of Blockbuster, she said, is more than offset by addition in the last three years of.

outlets in Publix stores and inde- pendent retailers. Swope added that Ticketmaster has about 70 metro outlets and 96 statewide. For the Ticketmaster location- nearest you, call -RussDeVault train will be added to the coaster to accommodate other paying customers. No word yet on whether Six Flags intends to drape the contestants in cobwebs for its annual "Fright Fest" on Halloween. Met concert to air Remember Atlanta soprano Indra Thomas, who sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York Hearing-impaired Atlantans, take heart There's a "Titanic" for you, too.

An open-captioned version of the box office record-buster will be shown Friday through Wednesday at the North DeKalb Mall AMC 16 theaters in Decatur. There will be two shows a day, at 3:15 and 7:15 p.m. The multiplex will continue to show an uncap-tioned version in another theater. This "Titanic," which features English subtitles of spoken dialogue along with the regular audio track, is the result of a joint effort between Paramount Pictures and Tripod Captioned Films, a nonprofit organization out of Bur- bank, Calif. Paramount paid to caption five prints (about for each); Tripod will distribute the James Cameron epic to 150 cities across the country.

In the past, Tripod has rented captioned films to the local organization Atlanta Hears, which until December held showings once a month at the Sandy Springs at Parkside 8 theaters. "Titanic" marks the first time a major studio has picked up the cost "We're hoping that if we can attract a lot of hard-of-hearing people, other studios will take notice," says Connie Stratigos, president of Atlanta Hears. Patricia Johnson, operations coordinator for Tripod, had a personal stake getting "Titanic'' captioned. "I have a 12-year-old daughter who's deaf," she says. "She's a big Leonardo DiCaprio fan." For more information on Tripod Captioned Films, visit their Web site (http:www.tripod.org).

Doug Hamilton Bolton, Wynonna on bill for Chastaln The intriguing pairing of blue-eyed soulman Michael Bolton and country-pop crossover star Wynonna tops the latest summer concert series announced for Chastain Park Amphitheatre. Tickets, priced at for the 12-8how Michelob LightCoca-Cola Series will go on sale at 10 a.m. Sunday by phone (404-636-5004). Only orders for two or more concerts will be taken. Single-show ticket sales will begin April 25.

The series opens May 16 with Steve Winwood. Other headliners include Clint Black on May 24, John Fogerty on July 19 and on Sunday after winning the Met's national competition? WABE-FM (90.1) will broadcast the recorded 2'hour Metropoli tan Opera National Council Audition Winners Concert in its entirety on April 12 at 7 p.m. Pope's screenplay on painter-saint to hit big screen THE GUARDIAN Rome You've read his book, now see his movie. The first film with a screenplay written entirely by a pope is coming to a cinema near you or it will if the Vatican has a say in the matter. "Our God's Brother" is the cinematic adaptation of a play written by Pope John Paul before he joined the priesthood.

Produced in English and starring American actor Scott Wilson Cold the movie made a discreet debut at the Venice Film Festival last year. Now a dubbed video version is being made available on Italian newsstands, ahead of the film's official premiere in Rome in May. Directed by Poland's KrzysztofZanussi.it tells the story of the 19th-century painter Adam Chmielowski, who renounced a glittering career to become a monk and devote himself to the poor, One-fourth of the film's proceeds are to go to the order he founded. PUBLICATION NOTICE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 -v BellSouth Telecommunicttkms, Inc. tnd USA Tdecommunicttions, Inc.

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CELEBRITY NEWS OUTSIDE ATLANTA Culkin still needs permission from parents Can't you just picture Macaulay Culkin's parents doing the "Home Alone" slap-on-the-face, eyes-and-mouth-wide-open scream when Mac came to them with the good news? But the adults may still have a say in this approaching development in their family tree. The millionaire child star may have gone to court last March to have his 'rents removed as guardians of his $17 mil nest egg (accountant Billy D. Breitner replaced them). But he and bride-to-be Rachel Miner, both 17, still need their parents' permission if they want to wed before their 18th birthdays. He turns 18 in August, she in July.

His parents may take comfort in that their son's relationship reporteoUy has meUowed out me movie star and made him more civil in public. Also, earlier this month Culkin reportedly signed for his first adult movie role, "The Body Piercer." Robert Downey Jr. leaves jail, enters rehab Robert Downey who caused a stir when he was escorted from jail to work on a movie, was released Tuesday to complete his 6-month sentence at a drug rehabilitation center. Officials said Downey has completed nearly 3V4 months of his sentence. He will spend the next 67 days at the treatment center.

Downey was sentenced for violating terms of his probation and using drugs. He had been set for release on March 29, but three days were tagged on to make up for controversial work release days Downey was given out of jail to work on the movie "In Dreams." (i Contributing: A Scott Walton and news services. If you have an item, co 404-222-8503, 404-614-2749 or fax 404-526-5S09. E-mail: buzzajc.com i USA Telecommunications, Inc. Attn: Ethel Henry President 1541 West Blue Heron Blvd.

Riviera Beach, FL 33404 BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. Attn: Fred McCallum Jr. General Counsel Georgia Room 376 123 Perimeter Center West Atlanta, GA 30346 The pope made Chmielowski a saint in 198 imunkala 0198 SeUSowh Tekram.