The News and Observer from Raleigh, North Carolina • 60

1 0 The News and Observer Friday May 31 1991 Better the third time around --1F--1 IRPOMPlegPI an 4itinsammilmata f-y-( l'-'-'1- -A Alr-411e'--n17-12177 )1 '7-' tit I 211 1 I i v4' 1 ''4 q-- 4 117 4A tZ I I '''i 'r --------1-4 ma 4itinsammilmata t-y-t1 C2- 1 :::) )t- I 4 1 11 1' 731-74': llx 1-7-1 4 J111-) 4 10 1 -Ap' i414- -'r 1-4r---: ---i------ r- 1-- I -L4a- LA wiNe1it ch1 1v) e-- 7 --47 7131111 1141- 11 ii 77tril to fi tpg itti Itifr 1 e-v 111- BEAUFORT INN "The Inn Place To Be" in Bistoric Beaufort Come enjoy our fine accommodations friendly atmosphere and famous breakfast 101 Ann St Beaufort NC (919) 728-2600 :1 i i :::::1: 4 1 1 l': ri-- 14i c- 't- 1r t'' :5:3 04f 'xi golQ l'ik) t1C 1 'A 0i iiii4if 4 1:11 ttiiyit ''i i 410 4 1 too 0 0 41 04- 'L-tt- 0 :::::::14 fli: :44 1 1 i 1 ATi 4 7 I 7:1:::: 11: ri:" AA SPAGHETTI kkrittirtuir Lcz--r s' y-- TONIGHT Blue Ridge Rd 1 All You Can All the spaghetti with meat sauce you can hold Served with a house salad and garlic bread $595 Raleigh's Accelerators Gerald Duncan left Brad Rice Jon Wurster and Mike Johns have returned with album No 3 91 ITfIfLDS 's 144 ON THE BEAT Ramada Inn Blue Ridge B32-4100 By DAVID MENCONI Staff writer I was driving home from work one evening with the radio on when a particularly irresistible song came on WRDU The song's snarling guitar riff chugging along like a somewhat more leisurely version of Rex's "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" was what hooked me And the song's vocal was an understated croon like JJ Cale or Leon Russell I did the sensible thing of course I turned the volume way up "Boy Girl" it was called a great song a hit song Even better "Boy Girl" is also a local song by Raleigh's own Accelerators It's the lead-off track to the group's third album the new "Dream Train" (Profile Records) None of the 11 other songs on "Dream Train" is as good as "Boy Girl" But the album is a solid eclectic piece of work that makes significant strides over the Accelerators' previous effort 1988's "The Accelerators" This time out there aren't any obvious throwaways like the last album's cartoonish "Black Slacks" or so-so cover of the Box Tops' "The Letter" With a name like the Accelerators you'd expect a band to do a lot of songs like "Drivin'" "Where's Jeff" and "Los Angeles Is Falling" rocking rave-ups that bring stomp-along big guitar bands like Cryin' or Webb Wilder to mind But "Dream Train" also includes some interestingly moody guitar-pop songs such as the REM- styled "Widow's Peak" (which would make a fine follow-up single to "Boy "She's Not the One" and "All of Blue" Unfortunately the Accelerators don't have any upcoming live performances You can however see Accelerators guitarist Brad Rice on June 8 Mr Rice also plays in the group Finger which is one of the scheduled acts at the NC Music Showcase Chicken Wire Gang Dahli Llama Lady Luck and The Point are also on that night's bill The cover is $5 and the show starts at 9 pm at the Cat's Cradle 206 Franklin St in Chapel Hill 967-9053 Also as part of the Showcase the Accelerators' leader guitarist Gerald Duncan will perform at a singer-songwriter showcase June 8 at The Cave 42512 Franklin St in Chapel Hill Jim Smith Tracy Drach Jeff Hart Joan Miley and Jack Wenberg are also on the bill The show starts at 2 pm and cover is $2 968-9308 THE MOTHER OF ALL GUITARS: Everything's big in Jasonville Ind Or at least everything's big in the industrial arts class at that town's Shakamak High School Last year Shakamak studeids Wilt the world's largest operational yo-yo (although at 820 Daddy's Favorites! 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June 2nd Deadline Father's Day Portraits NAME GAMES: It has been almost 40 years since radio disc jockey Alan Freed tried to copyright the phrase "rock 'n' roll" While Mr Freed may have been the first person to try this he was by no means the last Chuck Berry tried to get a copyright on it a couple of years after Mr Freed But nobody has ever been granted a trademark on rock 'n' roll because the federal government's copyright office saw these attempts for what they were: attempts to cash in by staking a claim to an existing phrase In the case of "rock 'n' roll" the phrase had been around long before Mr Freed started playing rock 'n' roll records on his "Moondog Show" in Cleveland and long before Mr Berry wrote "Rock Roll Music" in 1957 Given that you'd think the same rule would apply to "world beat" By now it's like "rhythm and blues" or "country and a generic phrase that has entered the music-industry vernacular Record companies bands and critics use the phrase to describe music all the time and Spin magazine has had a column called "World Beat" since 1985 But incredibly a Philadelphia-based reggae musician named Richard Ace has somehow managed to register it with the US Patent and Trademark Office He applied for the copyright in January 1989 and paid the $800 fee After it was determined that nobody had ever tried to secure a trademark on "world beat" Mr Ace was granted the rights to the phrase in December 1989 as registration No 1569393 Continued onnext POO I 1- J1 --r ForF -'A: IL vgtc 17 '-1atigi i 44 4-V APP' 4'1't 5 'i'V170-'-''1 'p3 44 S'''''1'P ii i e1-'-fltit(441iik'i )- 4' 4f744411C1 1' GI Oi tivi'-" 4 I F1(1 'e: 4' I ''''''18bt Ito' Nw 0 i le a 1-4 1 crki A ''77 I1 -vilfili' fira4 pe4 i 4 2 1711448 I milm-- 1 3 For pounds and 6 feet in diameter it takes a giant crane to operate) For an encore they recently built the world's largest electric guitar Modeled after a Gibson "Flying the instrument weighs 1865 pounds and is just over 38 feet long That's twice as long as the 19-foot-long guitar that now holds the record in the Guinness Book of World Records It takes 12 people to play the Shakamak guitar (two per string) which was unveiled May 17 with a performance in the school's gym The Associated Press reported that the players broke it in with "a very loud 'Smoke on the Water' CHART LIKE A WHEEL: Strange doings continue to abound on Billboard magazine's album-sales chart in the wake of the switch to computer monitoring One of the big losers on last week's first computerized chart was REM whose "Out of Time" album took a steep drop from No 1 to No 5 after just one week at the top But in an unusual reversal REM has jumped back up to No 1 on the June I chart knocking out the heinous Michael Bolton Along with increased volatility another feature of the new chart is that albums are entering a lot higher up Paula Abdul's new "Spellbound" for example de buts at No 5 this week one of 'the highest debuts in modern' chhrt hittoty'1 $2995 $5 OFF With This Ad $2495 Some restrictions apply Glamour Shots Photo Session Includes: Glamorous makeover and hair style Four wardrobe and jewelry changes from our extensive selection High fashion photography session with 15 poses Instant viewing of your video proofs Take home instant color proofs HIGH FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY Durham Northgate 286-2929 Cross Favettexigti 4414 407:30144 4A14144g44 -fltag011rokOtea CALL TODAY Raleigh Appointments Available Crabtree Valley Mall across from Piccadilly Cafeteria 782 -4 6 0 6 LAMOUR SHOISCS tREGISTERED TRADEMARK 4.