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New art style pushes for recognition
Continued from page 1D
Some of the work, like
John Hairston Jr.’s “Darker
than you in the summer” is
somewhat abstract. In this
painting, he uses vibrant
red colors to show how his
white friends would tell
him, a light skin black man,
how when they tan in the
summer they get darker
than him.
Nicaraguan artist Jose
Espinal said hip-hop and
music have always been a
part of art to him. He was
drawn to hip-hop because it
talks about struggle and
not having.
“I come from a communist
coxmtry and hip-hop was a
way for me to escape,” he
said, describing leaving
everything at the age of
nine to come to the U.S.
and having to start all over
again.
The artist will have a
reception Friday at The
Green Rice Gallery from 7
p.m. to 11 p.m. The gallery
is located at 451 E. 36th St.
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Mint Condition returns with new CD and show
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of Minneapolis soul producers
Jimmy Jam and Ibny Lewis
as a result of a showcase per
formance in 1989. The band
had steady success beginning
with “(Breaking My Heart)
Pretty Brown Eyes” and “For
ever in Your Eyes” from their
debut Meant to Be Mint.
“Nobody Does It Betta” and
“(U Send Me) Swinging” were
hits from their second album
From the Mint Factory They
continued with the platinum
success of the single “What
the gold album Definition of a
Band.
Stokely said when a fan
leaves a Niint Condition con
cert, he or she will go away
feeling “high.”
“Seeing a Mint Condition
concert is an experience. You
KindofManWouldIBe”fix)m can’t get the same eneigy
fix>m listening to the CD. We
give back the eneigy we get
fix)m the crowd,” he said.
The band will be in Char
lotte PViday at Amos’
Southend for a show and
meet and greet.
The show starts at 8 p.m.
CD burning is bigger problem than first realized
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with similar copy restrictions.
The CDs typically allow users
to bum no more than a hand
ful of copies.
Velvet Revolver’s “Contra
band,” released last year, was
equipped with such copy-pro
tection technology and
grabbed the top sales spot in
its debut week. Some saw
that as a sign music fans did
n’t mind CDs with copy
restrictions. But other releas
es since, such as the latest
Foo Fighters album, have
sometimes spawned fan com
plaints that the restrictions
go too far or create technology
conflicts with portable audio
devices.
Simon Wright, chief execu
tive of "Vhgin Entertainm^t
Group International, which
oversees the \hgin chain of
music stores, said he’s in
favor of lab^ releasing more
albums in a copy-protected
CD format, regardless of the
potential for consumer back
lash.
‘Tf, particularly, the technol
ogy allows two-to-three
biims, that’s weU within
acceptable limits,” Wright
said.
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CHARLOTTE
Community. Television.
Blues legend Little MUton was one of a kind
By Bemic Hayes
77/£ ^'.WUIS AMFRICAN
ST. LOUIS — Grammy-
nominated blues singer, song
writer and giiitarist ‘Tittle”
Milton Campbell died recent
ly in a Memphis hospital. He
never awoke fix)m a coma fol
lowing a stroke he suffered on
July 27.
^th his passing, St. Louis
lost an adopted son who was
an internationally loved and
respected musician, motivat
ing writer and fiiend, and the
Campbell family lost a hus
band, brother and father.
Tributes flooded in from
across the coimtry as mourn
ers reacted with heartfelt
sadness to the death of a man
who epitomized the blues.
While remembrances came in
from the world over, many in
St. Louis said the dty also
lost a magnificent human
being.
His daughter, LaRhonda
James of East St. Louis, Ill.
said, ‘My father was a perfect
father. I do not compare
myself to him, because that is
an unfair comparison. I can
only attempt to measure up
to his perfect image. The best
• gift he gave me wasn’t a pre
sent, but it was his presence.”
His brother Charles Lynn,
also of East St. Louis, said,
‘His presence was often a
safety net for me. He was the
bridge that brought me over.”
Fontella Bass, who joined
Campbell’s band in the early
‘60s, said, ‘He was a deep and
aware man who kept his seri
ousness adorned by enter
tainment. He had a certain
gentleness united with inner
strength within him that
kept his audiences complete
ly mesmerized by his perfor
mance.”
Campbell was responsible
for Oliver Sain moving to St.
Louis. Sain once said, ‘T came
in 1959 to play a weekend
with Little Milton and Tve
been stranded here ever
since.” Ruby Sain, Oliver’s
widow, said, ‘Milton was an
artist who was significantly
above and beyond the aver
age blues musician.”
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COCA-COLA “CITIZEN” OF THE MONTH
Malcolm Saunders
Park-N-Rec Center Director,
St. Paul Ray of Hope Center
Motto for Working with Children:
“First teach them the basic fundamentals,
then they can compete on any level ”
• Malcolm Sanders
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Our “Citizen of the Month, ” Malcolm Sanders, spends the majority of his
spare time promoting children. The ironic thing is, ninety-nine percent of the time,
they are not his, but children from his brother Freddie’s Back-to-the Basics AAU bas-
ketnall team,
Malcolm finds that basic instructions are fundamental in the healthy development
of all children, and is not only an advocate of the idea, but an instructor as well. As
director of Park and Recreation's Ray of Hope Center at St. Paul Baptist Church,
Malcolm has an opportunity to touch the lives of many aspiring youth. And his goal as
director is to continuously surround them with excellent role models.
A native Charlottean, Sanders graduated from East Mecklenburg HiA School in
1980, and received his B.A in business administration in 1985 from j^palachian State
University. He never thought that one day children would be his business.
Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Army while still in college, Malcolm
was stationed at Ft. Benning, GA until 1986, was with the Army Reserve until 1995, and
began his civilian career with Life of Georgia. When the Hornets came to Charlotte in
19^, Malcolm knew it was finally time to put his business degree to work, and opened
Buck Long and Associates, an events planning and promotions company. His first big
assignment was not only promoting team events, but planning parties as well. Other
events included Charlotte’s first Black Family Reunion and a variety of festivals. Now,
Malcolm has accomplished what manv hope for, a career doing something you really
love. He is celebrating eight years with Park and Recreation.
Malcolm and wife of nine years, Renee, are the proud parents of 9-year-old Jalen,
and 5-year-old Janay. The family attends New Birth Charlotte Church, where they are
all verv active.
Best Wishes “Malcolm” From
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