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[L]et us go out with a "divine dissatisfaction.". . . Let us be
dissatisfied until the tragic walls that separate the outer city of wealth
and comfort and the inner city of poverty and despair shall be crushed by
the battering rams of the forces of justice. . . . Let us be dissatisfied
until slums are cast into the junk heaps of history, and every family is
living in a decent sanitary home. . . . Let us be dissatisfied [until] men
will recognize that out of one blood God made all men to dwell upon the
face of the earth.
It has been more than three decades since Martin Luther King left us, but
we still have a long way to go from here.
Right here in Minnesota, the median family income of African American
households was only 71 percent of the state average in 1980. But in 1990,
it had fallen to only 55 percent.
It has been nearly four centuries since settlers brought men in irons to
these shores, but we still have a long way to go from here.
Here in Minnesota, half of African American children live in poverty.
It has been a century and a third since this Nation adopted the 13th, 14th,
and 15th amendments to its fundamental charter, in which this Nation
promised itself that every citizen no matter what "race, color, or previous
condition of servitude" shall have the equal protection of the laws, shall
have the same right to vote, and shall be forever free, but we still have a
long way to go from here.
In the Twin Cities, the poverty rate among African Americans rose from 26
percent in 1980 to 37 percent in 1990.
It has been two and twenty years since the fourth of July day when the
President gave Martin Luther King the posthumous award of the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, the citation of which stated in part: "[H]e continued to
his last days to strive for a world where the poorest and humblest among us
could enjoy the fulfillment of the promises of our founding fathers." And
we still have a long way to go from here.
In Minnesota, African Americans are 2-1/2 times less likely to own their
own home as white Minnesotans.
It has been 35 years since
"they passed a law in '64
"To give those who ain�t got a little more,
"But it only goes so far
"Because the law don't change another's mind
"When all it sees at the hiring time
"Is the line on the color bar" 2/
And we still have a long way to go from here.
In Minnesota, African Americans are twice as likely as average to be
without health insurance.
It has been 18 months since the President spoke at the commencement at the
University of California at San Diego, when he said he wanted "to lead the
American people in a great and unprecedented conversation about race." And
we still have a long way to go from here.
In Minneapolis, African Americans represent nearly two-thirds of homicide
victims.
It has been this past week three score years and ten -- the Bible's
proverbial span of a life -- since at 501 Auburn Avenue in Atlanta,
Georgia, a child was born whom they named Martin Luther King Jr., and we
still have a long way to go from here.
Here in Minnesota, African American and Native American children are eight
times more likely than white children to live out-of-home in foster care,
emergency shelters, residential treatment, or juvenile corrections.
It has been 35 years since Martin Luther King said that "Injustice anywhere
is a threat to justice everywhere." And we still have a long way to go from
here.
In Minnesota, African American youths are five times more likely than
average to be incarcerated.
It has been three decades since that April 9 when they buried a great
prophet who sought to lead a People to the Promised Land, but the hearts of
too many have been hardened, the hearts of too many have been stubborn, and
we still have a long way to go from here.
Here in Minnesota, African American and Native American babies are three
times more likely than white babies to die before their first birthday.
It has been 135 years since the 16th President of the United States
dedicated us all to the proposition "that this nation, under God, shall
have a new birth of freedom." In the name of Martin Luther King, let us
rededicate ourselves to that solemn promise, for we still have a long way
to go, from here.
**1/ From the band U2's song "Pride (In the Name of Love)"
**2/ From Bruce Hornsby's song "The Way It Is"
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>From BBC Online:
Entertainment
Storm protection
Sunday, January 17, 1999
Top dance acts have joined in efforts to help the victims of
Hurricane Mitch, the worst disaster to hit Central American
this century. Acts like Fatboy Slim, Massive Attack and
Underworld are featured on a charity album which goes on
sale on Monday.
Double album with 19 tracks
The double album, called Protection, has been put together by
the Earth Love Fund, (ELF), an Oxford-based rainforest
conservation group.
The organisers hope record sales will raise around half a
million pounds for projects, including helping farmers to
replant and pay for medicines and homes.
Hurricane Mitch killed an estimated 11,000 people and left
a further million people injured or homeless.
Leading the way
"Musicians have shown that they can lead the way in raising
awareness and their influence has always been powerful in
getting people's attention - especially young people," said
songwriter and record producer Kenny Young, who co-founded
ELF.
But Mr Young admitted it is not easy to get people to buy
records for charitable causes.
"It is always a difficult thing, but what we've tried to do is
put a really good album together. We've had some great
reviews from music papers, which is a very good start."
Others featured on the album, with either new or remixed
tracks are the Chemical Brothers, Bentley Rhythm Ace and
Dreadzone.
'You see it on TV and it's hard to take in but hopefully we're
doing what we do best by giving some music," said Tim Bran,
Dreadzone's producer/remixer.
"We're not politicians, we're not going to get up there and
stand and talk about politics, we want to donate something
we do best."
ELF was founded in 1989. So far it has released five charity
albums, with an overwhelming list of contributing artists
including Queen, U2, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Dire
Straits, Eurythmics and Sting.
But their latest offering marks a complete departure from
the fund's previous albums as it eschews mainstream artists
in favour of a a more select group of dance acts, a number
of whom are making their debut on the album.
It was a deliberate choice in an attempt to target a much
younger group of people.
"With this album we can hit an age group of kids who have
a lot of energy, a lot of influence," said Mr Young.
"We could have gone with sort of mainstream artists and
people would go 'Oh, that's predictable', and we wouldn't
get as much attention as with an album like this."
Protection track listing
CD One:
Massive Attack - Protection (The Brian Eno Mix)
Bentley Rhythm Ace - Why is a Frog Too
Fatboy Slim - Soul Surfing
Manmademan - Ozone
Chemical Brothers - Lost in the K-Hole
Beth Orton - Tangent
LTJ Bukem - Horizons
Les Rhythmes Digitales - Music Makes You Lose Control
Dreadzone - Captain Dread (Voices of Kwahn Mix)
Banco de Gaia - Drunk as a Monk
CD Two:
U2 - Mofo (Phunk Force Mix)
808 State - Baton Rouge
Eatstatic - The Brain (Neuron Mix)
Face on Mars - The Bug
Medicine Drum - Alpha Return
Roni Size - Brown Paper Bag (Roni Size Sound Mix)
Electric Skychurch - Dreamcatcher
Astralasia - Kalahari Bush Man (ELF Mix)
Underworld - Oich Oich
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Thanks to Gary Odero for the following questions and
answers which appeared on Jeopardy! last week:
$100: Irish eyes were smiling on this town, where the band
had formed. Answer: Dublin
$200: The band recorded such hits as "Angel of Harlem" in
this Memphis studio also used by Elvis and Roy Orbison.
Answer: Sun Studios
$300: The U2 hit "Pride (In the Name of Love)" was written
for this political figure. Answer: Martin Luther King
$400: This was the superhero which was the basis for the
song "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me." Answer: Batman
$500: The success of this album resulted in a Time
magazine cover. Answer: The Joshua Tree
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Condensed from The Irish Times:
An Irishman's Diary
(Prarit's note: the article is on a speech by John Hume)
On a large screen a video showed the SDLP party-political
broadcast from the Assembly elections, beginning with U2's
MLK, as Martin Luther King intoned "I have a dream. . "
followed by John Hume explaining that "an eye for an eye
leaves everyone blind." There was Seamus Mallon and David
Trimble in Boyntzpass early last year, after the shooting of two
young men, a Catholic and a Protestant. There were clips of Bill
Clinton in Derry and U2 in concert at the Waterfront Hall, when
Bono brought David Trimble and John Hume centre stage for a
moment of silence in memory of the dead. The video ended to
lengthy applause.
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>From John Hlavaty(of John's Chart News):
In it's 10th week on the U.S. charts, U2's "Best Of
+ B-sides" has dropped to #68. However, it has
now been certified as DOUBLE PLATINUM!
U2's "Best Of" single CD jumped up to #46
this week. It retains its GOLD status for now.
"The Sweetest Thing" held at #12 on the U.S.
Modern Rock charts.
I haven't updated the chart news in the last week
only because some charts haven't been updated.
However, I have been keep track and will post
it when a more complete update when I have
more info. Also, to the kind person who has
a full list of the U.S. Hot 100, could you get
back to me on "The Sweetest Thing's" current
position? Thanks! Your input will *finally*
be credited (a long overdue credit) in the next
post.
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>From CNN:
MTV Awards Confirmed for Dublin
(JAN. 17) WENN/P - MTV AWARDS CONFIRMED FOR
DUBLIN Irish Tourism Minister JIM MCDAID has confirmed
Dublin is to host the 1999 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS.
The awards ceremony will take place in the Irish capital on
12 November (99).
MTV sources have said the official announcement will be made
shortly, naming the city's Point Theatre as the venue for the awards
which will be broadcast to close to one billion households.
Minister McDaid says, "The selection of Dublin for the MTV
awards can be seen as an acknowledgement of the major
contribution made by Irish artists and performers in the
international music scene."
Last month (DEC98) executives from the music channel
secretly visited Dublin to block book over 1,000 hotel rooms for
the guests and world press expected to attend the awards.
They have also booked all the single luxury suites - as well as
the $1, 600 (=9C1,000) a night penthouse suite - in U2's hotel
The Clarence.
(RXT/IVR/VC)
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Thanks to Derek Mark McCallister(items) for the following:
This years MTV Awards will be staged in Europes Capital of cool,
Dublin City. MTV will announce within the next two weeks that
Dublin City will host the Awards ceremony. Within the last month
MTV Co-Ordinators have been visiting Irelands Capital both checking
out the venue and block booking thousands of suites and hotel rooms
for the influx of Stars and press.
Already all penthouses and presidential suites throughout the City
have been booked out, including U2's Clarence Hotel, The Merrion,
The Shelbourne and The Westbury.
MTV have decided that The Point Theatre in Dublins Docklands would
be a perfect venue with its 8000 seater and sound. The Point has
already been booked for the wek 5 November until the 12 November.
The awards will take place on 12 November 1999.
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Saturday 16 November the boys and girls of the U2 clans got
together for U2 guitar Tech "Frasier McAllister" wedding to an
unknown Dublin girl. Both Bono and his wife Ali Hewson and Edge and
his lady Morleigh got together to watch their tech get hitched in
Dublin City. Paul McGuinness and his wife Kathy were also present
for both the ceremony and reception which was held in a top Dublin
restaurant.
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U2's Edge and Bono were also spotted at the weekend at The Corrs
Concert in Dublins Point Theatre. Other Stars that gathered for the
gig included Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones who lives in County
Kildare, John Hurt who lives very near P.McGuinness in Annamoe.
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Okay, I thought the U2-Simpsons was cool...
Tonight's episode, not only featured "Moose Jaw", but also had a major
kick-ass U2 reference -- Wiggum cuts off an Ice Cream Truck and says
to the group of kids, "Achtung babies..."
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There's a pretty good review of the POPMart Video available at:
http://www.ocregister.com/archives/1998/12/04/entertainment/seen004w.shtml
Thanks to DJ Gibigiane for this info.
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Condensed from The Irish Times:
The Whoseday Book is a unique millennium project
organised by the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) with the
additional highly practical purpose of collecting money for
hospice care.
Published by the IHF, which has set up a dedicated
publishing operation for the purpose, The Whoseday Book
has been made possible through significant corporate
donations as a result of which all of the cover price will go
directly to the cause of hospice care.
Simply put, The Whoseday Book is a kind of diary for the
year 2000 and an anthology of Irish art and writing
combined. The essential idea is that 366 (the year 2000
being a leap year) leading Irish writers, artists and public
figures have each been invited to take a page, i.e. one day
in the year 2000, which they have marked with an image
or piece of their writing. To begin with, it seemed like a tall
order, but through the efforts of project co-ordinator Eileen
Pearson and IHF chairwoman, Marie Donnelly, the pages
have now been filled.
The word "Whoseday" is a coalition of Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, but with the unconditional
support of the other four days. Whoseday is a new day, a
familiar but renewed day, a no particular day, an everyday
day. Whoseday is a way to make each day at once special
and familiar.
Some of the glittering names in The Whoseday Book are:
Seamus Heaney (also the book's Patron and towering
inspiration), Frank McCourt, Christy Nolan, Bono, Martin
McDonogh, Edna O'Brien, John Hume, Maeve Binchy,
Roddy Doyle, Bob Geldof and Bertie Ahern. Contributors
were not offered specific days but preferences were
allowed on a first-come, first-served basis. Most opted not
to nominate any particular day, but were allocated days
appropriate to the content of their respective contributions.
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Condensed from The Irish Times:
Many of the great singers have several voices at their
command and will break into their falsetto when a certain
emotional impact is called for. Marvin Gaye and Al Green
have a near perfect understanding of it.
Smokey Robinson and Curtis Mayfield use the high voice
to achieve a wonderful intimacy with the listener. Roy
Orbison took things to operatic heights. Van Morrison used
it in one of his most delicate songs - Crazy Love - and
Bono too has it cracked, employing it as yet another
weapon in his vocal arsenal. The only place you won't find
a proper falsetto (except for yodelling) is in country music -
that Pauline place where men are men and women have
long hair.
The entire article can be found at:
http://www.irish-times.com/cgi-bin/highlight.plx?TextRes=bono&Path=/irish-times/paper/1999/0116/fea10.html
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Condensed from Yahoo:
Universal Music eyes staff cuts next week -- sources
By Sue Zeidler
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Universal Music Group, the newly
anointed largest record company in the world, is expected to
begin its lengthy process of staff cuts as early as next week,
sources near the situation said Friday.
The cuts, which could eventually affect 3,000 people, result
from the $10.2 billion purchase of PolyGram NV by Universal's
Seagram Co. parent last month.
Seagram and Universal officials declined comment, although
Universal Music Group Chief Executive Doug Morris last
month told Reuters the six-month process of slashing the work
force and artist rosters would begin in January. Most of the job
cuts would be made in North America, he added.
While Seagram has never disclosed the exact figure, sources
close to the company have put the cuts at about 3,000, or about
20 percent of the combined work force of 15,500.
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Thanks to Jane Gallatly ([email protected]) for the
following:
Condensed from the Sydney Herald:
The members of hot young Irish rock act Ash were told not to do it. The
band had been approached to appear at a historic gig in Belfast, alongside
countrymen U2, to promote the Irish peace process, but there were
extremists on both sides threatening violence against any who supported a
"Yes" vote in the then upcoming peace referendum.
"Many people told us not to do it", said the band's drummer Rick McMurray,
23 on the eve of an Australian visit.
"It was a big step for us because we are not a political band and it could
have had serious drawbacks. We actually thought many of our fans might
think it uncool, but a lot later told us they were really proud of Ash. I
have grown up among the troubles in Ireland, and finally it is time for us
all to move beyond it."
Appearing at the peace gig, Ash attracted criticism from Protestant
firebrand the Reverend Ian Paisley, who tagged the outfit "a Republican
band".
"He has slagged us before and said we are a bad example to the young people
of Northern Ireland. When asked about our music, he said he would rather
sing a hymn. The guy reads the bible, but he obviously does not understand
it".
McMurray said the band had enjoyed playing with U2, probably the biggest
act in the business.
"U2 used our instruments and the volume on stage for us was quite loud, so
when they started playing 'One' you could see them all freaking out going
'Turn it down! Turn it down!' When Bono came off stage he said "Well that
was a bit fast and furious"...I said 'Yeah - you should try it sometime."
"Seriously though, the guys in U2 were really cool."
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The Hot Press Christmas/New Years Bumper Annual 1999
with Gavin Friday and Pat McCabe is available at:
http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/BONO/gavin/hotpress.htm
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