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Show Local musician's dream of a lifetime comes true at Saltair ;by DALE L. GARRARD ; Record guest writer , I can die now. I have accomplished no, I have sur- j passed my wildest life dream. i I have shared a stage with the Ramones. . Touring in support of their latest (and rumored to be last) album titled Adios Amigosf, the Ramones treated a J Saltair audience to their rodenticidal music on August 1 23. j Bv some haPPy twist of fate, United Concerts hired , Headshake to be the opening band, thereby setting my I feet on the same stage with a band that has been my idol ' since I first say "Rock and Roll High School," the J Ramones1 cult classic movie, in the late 70s. ; In order to do a proper concert review, I suppose I ; will have to say something about Headshake. Our 40 ; minutes seemed to not stink too badly, I guess. To tell ; the truth, I barely remember much of what we did ; because I had a high fever and was severely whacked ;out on cold medicine to the point that it was all I ; could do not to pass out during our set. But I think we must have done o.k. because: no one in the crowd threw ! anything at us, and I can remember looking over to the !side of the stage while I was singing and seeing Joey Ramone peeking over his violet-tinted granny glasses at me with his characteristic smirk-smile on his face, j I took that to be a superb compliment, j After our turn on stage, while equipment was being shifted around for the headliner's performance, we got a chance to talk to Joey and Johnny Ramone. They treated us like friends right from the get-go and even asked us to take a few photos to send to them as they posed in front of a gorgeous sunset on the beach of the Great Salt Lake. Not only did they not complain about the characteristic characteris-tic rotten Brine Shrimp smell (though Joey later announced to the crowd that the odor was a product of a "Pet Semetary" before ripping through a slash-and-destroy version of the Stephen King moving theme), but they asked a lot of questions about Utah. Johnny seemed particularly amazed to hear that the camp-classic moving mov-ing "Carnival of Souls" was filmed at the old Saltair remains. Apparently it's one of his favorite films. The Ramones' 90-minute set was nothing if not the purest of punk rock. Joey took the stage wearing a tattered tat-tered leather jacket over a loose purple shirt, dark jeans (original color unknown), and some worn, unfluffy, sky-blue sky-blue moon boots. Lifting a mike stand high in salute to the crowd, he was a surprisingly powerful figure, considering his humble, hum-ble, friendly demeanor off-stage. The Ramones seemed as enthusiastic as if they were playing their first gig at CBGB's when they were starting and much to their credit, the extra-raw sound was of that same flavor. Throw your Green Day CD on the floor and trample and spit upon it. It does not hold a candle to the late 70s genuine noise rock it swiped its every idea from. The first half of the show was pretty much dedicated to much-demanded classics like "Blitzkrieg Bop," "The KKK Took My Baby Away," and of course "I Wanna Be Sedated." Each song was separated only by a rapid (and audible) 1-2-3-4 count. The second half of the show pushed material from the new album, some of which was sung by new bassist C.J. Ramone. C.J. is a good singer and everything, but sorry he's not Joey. It just made me feel uncomfort- continued on B9 A neighborhood reality check continued from B3 given a short sentence? The detective detec-tive starts pressing Strike in an effort to get at the truth. Lee begins his film with police photos of young black men shot to death, then illustrates what happens hap-pens on the city streets before and after those snapshots are taken. The police refer to the young blacks as Nubians or Yo's. They frisk their suspects as if they were animals. They make ghoulish jokes around the latest corpse, including holding their noses because the victim soiled himself at the moment of death. Lee vividly etches in other characters. A concerned mother flies into a rage when her son comes home with a new toy or game from an anonymous source she knows what that means. Hit man Erroll lectures any kid who will stand still about how drugs wasted his life. Erroll, who was once Rodney's best friend and senior partner, now works as his stoned killer. A car full of pasty white boys from Connecticut cruises through the neighborhood to find dope. A black woman once a beauty waves weakly at Rodney. One of Lee's most fascinating sub-themes involves Victor everybody's idea of the decent, upstanding black man. Although Victor is married and has two children, we also see the struggles he encounters. He works at two jobs where his main function func-tion is seen as acting like the "good Negro" who politely wards off "dockers" and other dangerous-looking blacks. The film suggests that Victor pulled the trigger because his feelings feel-ings of exhaustion, confusion and anger finally boiled over." These strong characters cannot overcome the fuzziness generated by the vague character of Strike whom we are supposed to empathize with because of his bleeding ulcer and his dreamy fascination fas-cination with trains The plot is also vague in J. LADE HEATON, Attorney at Law 314 Main Street, 200A P.O. Box 682170 Park City, UT 84068-2170 (801) 647-3756 Estate planning 'Real Estate Business Formation mmm0fm ' rtfiw ni I "' '"'" a , niiri--4-'"'-nTi i I 5u Glacomo Puccini The World's Most 5eloved Opera A flickering candle A lovely woman in the moonlight The devotion of friends The frailty of love Sung in Italian with English Supertitles October !, 6, S 20, 995 - 7:50 p.m. October 22 -2:00 p.m. Tickets now on sale at the ; Park City Albertson's ArtTi'x or call 3-ARTS (2757) , explaining why Klein, unlike the other police and his partner (played by an under-used John Turturro) cares so much about this particular shooting. The bond that forms between Klein and Strike is never fleshed out well. Strike's fate which grants his release from the street life looks like a wish fulfillment sequence. Still, Lee's final scene leaves us with another corpse. It's a harsh reminder of the power that "Clockers" has in its best moments. 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