The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 26

02 THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL MEMPHIS THURSDAY JUNE 15 199 Versatile Phish earns devotion of island crowd Triumph of the Will influenced the trailer for trailer features military images and a huge statue of Jackson that fans appear to venerate of those things are true not political not fascist not dogma pure' simple he said Responding to a remark that the trailer was an example of self-deification he said Good1 what I wanted I wanted when he jumps in the bed even out They jump in the bed with she said Sawyer asked him about lyrics on They Care About Us a song on I the new album which contains the lines me sue I say 'Jew Me sue me everybody do me Kick me kike me you black or white talking about myself as the he said also denied the Nazi film talking about sex then a nut not Presley said she never asked Jackson about the charges precisely mainly because ne kept bringing the subject up She Delieve he could harm children either But she sees the children at the ranch seen these children They let him go to the bathroom without running in' there with him and they let him out or their sight So REVIEW From Page Cl Jackson overnight at the ranch in light of the charges wonders when kids sleep over at my he said all moral all pure not in my heart on the level of purity and love and innocence just complete innocence If Pearl Jam gives in to Ticketmaster SEATTLE (Reuters) The rock band Pearl Jam capitulated in its long battle against Ticketmaster Corp Wednesday and said it would use the services to sell tickets during its current national tour the large venues where Ticketmaster nas an exclusive monopoly they will have to go back to said Barbara Lynch a publicist for ETM Entertainment Network the alternative ticket agency backed by the Seattle-based band Pearl Jam launches its US tour Friday at the 9205-sea Casper Events Center in Casper Wyo the first of about a dozen venues the band arranged without the help of Ticketmaster which has an ex- elusive arrangement with many of the biggest arenas and stadiums Pearl Jam has been boycotting Ticketmaster since last year when the band canceled its summer tour after the agency refused their request to limit service charges While Pearl Jam was able to arrange concerts this year in several stadium-size facilities the grunge rock group was virtually shut out of large East Coast halls Lynch said By Larry Nager Tha Commercial Appaal Around 40 minutes into Wednesday concert at Mud Islana Amphitheatre the members of Phish left their instruments behind and headed to the front of the stage With no introduction and without the aid of microphones or any other amplification guitarist Trey Anastasio bassist Mike Gordon keyboardist Page McConnell and the namesake drummer Jon Fishman the latter of whom sported a frumpy banana-patterned housedress sang a letter-perfect barbershop quartet arrangement of Amazmg Grace as the sellout crowd of 5234 stood in silent rapt attention If there was any doubt that this was not your typical rock concert that bit of Phish business clarified things The Phab Phour of a new generation Phish with its decidedly eccentric musical approach has become a frill-scale phenomenon selling out concerts all over the country to a devoted following of Phish Heads Just as the Grateful Dead sprouted their free-form psychedelia from their roots as folkies Phish uses the Dead as a springboard While Jerry Garcia and company hint at i'azz or bluegrass Phish goes ull-tilt at times sounding like a hardcore fusion band then transforming into an electric bluegrass band Most importantly Phish is just a superb school of From Page Cl TV news Once you get past the first 5 to 7 minutes of that each station certainly can have its own Tyll been at Channel 13 less than a year said noticed the three current newscasts are similar that all three have a conservative look to them seem like a market taken risks When No 1 or No 2 in the market I can understand that I have less to lose and more risks to take than my he said Channel 24 has hired Jeff Wald a 26-year veteran of local news in Los Angeles as its consultant in helping plan its own foray into news Wald also worked a few years for Frank Magid Associates a consulting firm that had WMC-TV Channel 5 as one of its clients So naturally when Wald started consulting for Channel 24 he called WMC-TV general manager Mason Granger and said he was interested in hiring Kim Hindrew at Channel 24 Granger who is married to Hindrew and who co-anchored the news with her at Channel 5 told Wald she available Gee too bad If looking to make a newscast credible the person to get She is the best anchor this town has seen in a decade So Wald will have to do other And while the show may have lacked some of the magic and emotional resonance of such Dead classics as Dark Star or Playing in the Band musicianship clever humor and unerring ability to find the backbeat (something the Dead has never quite figured out) carried the day Phish kept its crowd up and dancing A younger cleaner-cut version of the folks at the Pyramid shows back in April the 20-something Phish dan while flailing arms At this rate Phish looks bound for The Pyramid next advance sellout came without benefit of a new album and with a new live disc due this month the band shows no signs of slowing down Or Decoming too predictable After a half-hour intermission following the first 65-minute set Phisn returned to the stage with its version of the old disco arrangement of the theme from 2001 Thus Sprach Zarathustra for you classical music fans) Then after a 40-minute-plus freeform jaip the quartet Eulled another switch again eading for the lip of the stage this time to each pick up an acoustic guitar and play a gentle instrumental Then it was back to rock formation As the band did a surging take on the Whue My Guitar Gently Weeps Not only is Phish a band that can it it does it all in just one night LIBRA (Sept 23-Oct 23) Your possibilities for success today will be only nominal if you let self-defeating thoughts overcome positive ones SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 22) If you must gamble on anyone today do it on yourself Better yet avoid taking any chances at all SAGITTARIUS (Nov 23-Dec 21) Do not involve outsiders or in-laws in your domestic disputes today Their input could help make a bad situation even worse CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19) If you have a service performed for you today and you oversee the job personally leave clear detailed written instructions of what you want done AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 19) Avoid window shopping today at stores that carry merchandise you afford Your need for instant gratification might make you to do something rash PISCES (Feb 20-March 20) Matters upon which you and been suggested that a news operation costs at least $2 million to start up and1 doing it cheap Neither Wald nor station officials will say what the start-up costs are: but they are considerable' Equipment and people come cheap And with four stations slicing up the pie the stakes just got higher for all involved when a station makes a commitment to news they want to put on something that' will be respectable and Wald said is relatively cheap if already there' When got to start front scratch got to make the commitment ana this company has made the commitment They want to do it 1 r- 30 28 Hemnhlu MITllnm at 65 things a major deal and a major he said He says his company Intercom-con is advising the station on personnel conducting market research and providing suggestions on formats and the style of the news the product has to be really is a reflection of what Memphis is all about Though based in Los Angeles and my experience is mostly in large markets not going to suggest they put on an LA-style newscast in he said He added that whatever Channel 24 puts on the air will be sound (and) interesting to Whew! 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In-foLine at 544-6000 extension 4084 from a touch-tone phone burg Va will be here for the Alumnae Weekend Friday and Saturday The weekend will center around an alumnae tour of the Tombs of exhibition Saturday morning at Memphis Cook Convention Center Following the tour the resident and alumnae will go charter bus to Memphis Brooks Museum of Art for lunch and a viewing of the Paley Collection Later take a tour of the Gauguin exhibit at Dixon Gallery and Gardens and have tea and a tour of Kurts-Bingham Gallery to see the Gary Bukovnik exhibition Lisa Kurts the gallery owner is an alumna of Randolph-Macon The opening event a wine and cheese reception Friday night in The Louis XVI Room will precede a dinner during which the president will address the alumnae on the internationalization of higher education Boyd October 22 I The Witch A-Tbe Wardrobe November 2 -December 23 Memories -December 23 Five Giiyd Namec July Beefkve Auguit l8-Septmtp7Vl- A Month In The Cmintry September 29 PeterPanl 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night attended by about 1' people at the home of Louise ana Bill Purcell Dr Tom White's trio that also included Jamieson Brant and Sidney Katz provided soft jazz throughout the party Louise and some of the centers other supporters prepared the food which included 300 yeast rolls baked by Dr Martha Porter She was with her husband Dr Peter Ray Mi mi Graves attending with her husband Paul created the flower arrangements throughout the house including for the in theme Some of the guests were Jenny and Bill Grehan Frances and Frank Cianciolo Mary Sewell with Tom Cowley of New Orleans Emily and Buddy Keesee Anne and Tommy Keesee Meg Turner Tricia Oates Dodie Calil Martha Robinson Ginger and David Caywood Dorothy Kirsch Bnnny and Robert Oates Sally and Buddy Thomason Rose and Walt Klimek Sissy and Walk Jones Drs Karen and Ron Johnson Debbie and Steve Schadt Betsy Rucks Charles Inzer and Susan and Bill Houston George Beggs Abodes abroad Former Memphians Pat and Ned Cook of Palm Beach are 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