raw—‘7 7;“, “:75: N N: .. I ,,V_ 2a,: _ l H) M . BEST ALBUNS 1980 lalpEEticaIIy Ested) 1:11:63th Boss "Minimum Wage Rock and roll" Ablackranwave band? would ever have it. 'Ihisdebut albun is full of life and hunour, and the. the brothers O'Neal have made a definite must for peqale who want to laugh and dance at the same 2 .THE Calling" - 'nais double album set ‘ could be the difini- tive (for the lack of a better lable) punk _, Theft-00M” Ba“ \ but rather buy it as a reminder of his life. (Personally this is my favorite of the year.) 5. JM mm "Shadows and Light“ Once again the girl fran Saskatchewan gives us a challenging, yet often brilliant live album Although her seriousness in becoming a jazz artist may leave many old fans wishing her to return to her folk roots, I feel_ she may be entering mr most creative period. Be- sides, her rendition of. "Why Do Fools Fall in Love' is worth the price if the album. Beware the Jubjub bird and Friday, January 16, 1981, page 11 nd the Bearded-H-B-s-bvline .8. THE Pm'mre W Pretenders" 4 Downchild Blues Band Chrissy Hynde is something ' BAND very special, and so is ————————_———— the album.' Cooperfield ' BEST PIANIST afiegdsmu Jane Vasey of Down- child (sorry Jayne) BEST BEARDED TRCMBWE A three sister a PLAYER ON THE U.P.E.I. cappela vocal group that cattbines Cole Porter standerds, traditional Irish. la- ments and songs with lyrics as " nghat a pig, she's such a pig, I'd like to stick a turd in her mailbox". You either love 'em. . . . . CAMPUS No one qualifies Of course hand in hand with the best go the worst. It is always easy to pick on a group or musician who is extremely popular, and argue demise of talent in question. I try usually 10. Ratlin TRADE "Avoid Freud" to avoid this, however this past year it seems that everyone was record. Not since the late sixties have words and music been blended the strong mess- age that THE» CLASH 3. PETER GABRIEL "Peter Gabriel" In his third self titled work, Gabriel has given us a musi- cal tapestry rich in thought and miracu- lately performed and produced. ‘4. Joe: m/Yortu ONO "Double Fantasy" 6. THE MONKS ' "Bad Habits" I ldved this album, frcm the first instant Iheardittothelast _ time itappeareduponmy turntable. The Monks music is funny verg- ‘ ing on hilariousness, very melodic and smartly performed. What more can one ask? 7. THE PCWDER BLUES "Uncut" Canada is privileged to have two of the best Carol Pope is not the girl you take hate to ‘ mother, but her rather bizzare outlook on life produces an album that is witty and rough, teasing and revulsive and thoroughly enjoyable. HONOURABIE MENTIONS The B 52's "The B 52's"; DAVID BONIE "Scary Monst- ers"; BRUCE SPRINGSI'EEN "The River"; PAUL SIMGJ "One Trick Pony"; PETE TONNSHEND "Empty Glass". BEST SImIES PETER GABRIEL: Games with- juttping on the new wave band wagon, and the re- sults were horrific. THE WORST (I MEAN REALLY BAD) CHICAGO: "Gticago 14" This one really stinks. BILLY JOEL; "Glass Houses" Mr. Joel should sing and play what he does best, honky tonk ballads. PAUL ltCARI‘NEY : "McCartney II" WHY PAUL, WHY?? LINDA RONSTADI‘: "Emotional Rescue" Mick Jagger is a genius but this product is on par with 'Goats Head Soup' WORST SINGLES Without question, with blues bands to .be found out Frontiers X'I'C: Making Plans For PAUL yummy: Coming Up ERIC CLAPTON: Cocaine death of John Lennon the world lost one of it's most articulate menbers. This album of lennon and Ono songs demonstrates , the mastery that both have in their craft. John sings about the happiness that he had finally found, and Yoko contributes sane of the strOngest material to the albtm.‘P1ease do not buy this albun as a tribute to his death, list because it is one of ' anywhere, in the formes of the Downchild and. Powder Blues Bands. What makes "Uncut" such a joy to listen to is the ' sence of pure unadultera- tedjoy Messrs Lavin & . Nigel - . PRE'IEMIIRS: Brass in Pocket THE BOG’IIUNN RATS: I Don't Like andays THE MONKS: Drugs in my Pocket Above all this year will be remembered as a year of great tragedies: The Who Concert in Cincinatti, the deaths of Led Zeppelin, drummer John Bonham, and Co. seem to get when they play. 'Iheir premiere albun although technically rel- BEST LINER CREDITS « Pete Tomshend for jazz great Bill Evans. Most of all, this past year will be kndtm as the year John Lennon lost eased in 1979, makes my my most played albums of «1980'. A truly first- rate albun. thanking Remy Martin Cognac "for making the bloody stuff so expen- his life. Without Dr. Winston O'Boogie around, the next years won't be as exciting. Thanks for ,Nai cont'd from pagelO ‘sive and saving my life." we Canadians 1 Survival School, Pan Of the this environment that attractshim Toronto Board‘of Education. The children are taught the same One major finding ofthesurvgyrumcmum as any other public is the families (Oncems in school, but they also learn about ensuring that their children 'eceive all the educational, health and support programs needed to make sure they are not handicap- ped later in life. Native leaders ~‘have tried to ensure that their children growing up inthe city will beabletopossess the skills needed to survive in the white man's world, but also not to forget they are a distinct people— Native Canadians. Manyrnatives send their children' to a public school called _ Wandering Spirit ~ , , T V .'—,...~ ,, j. > E. 'a neat 5:35.136, “‘91-” their culture, their language and what it means being Indian. Trying toteach children what it means to be a Native in the 'city could be most difficult. When I asied'fs'atives n hat it meant to bea Native—in Toronto, they Could not really‘answer the question. What they did sayisthattheurban Native isinthe processofdelininghimself as he becomes-a part ofthe urban scene, - ' ‘ * Ashkewe said the Native in Toronto is not sure of himself in from his reserve, whether for jobs or simply to see the bright lights. "The Native has three choices before him," said Ashkewe. “Separation, assimilation or integration.” Natives can completely separate from the white man, they can totally ‘assimilate and become a white man with red skin orthey can learn I to integrate themselves, takingthe' best from the white man in lcarning to survive in an urban emironrnent while still keeping . the best ofbeirigindian. Hoiota said he is optimistic ‘about the Native’s future in the city; Already he sees the . employment community developing and strengthening it economic and political power and pushing for the Name’s fair shake in the city. Once Natives learn self- sufficiency. they will kick the drinking habit and the sad. tragic stories of death that periodically come from KenOra will disappear. “Sure, I’m optimistic. There’s no . point in what i’m doing if I’m a pessimist,"_said Hoiota. ‘ Ashkewe also sees a lot of reasons for being optimistic about _the Native’s future in the city. WhileinLerviewingfishkeweinhis office, he received continuous telephone calls from other Native counsellors. They everything, John. established a new program for Natives where they would be taken rightintothe workplaceand learn the requirements of the job and then receive pre-training in that occupation. He had lined up a number of unemployed Natives to take the program to help them find employment. Unfortunately for the program, these unemployed Natives found other jobs for nine, seven and six dollars an hour while they were waiting to take the program. ' As i left Mr. Ashkewe, he was running arouhd with a smile on his face, trying to find other Natives to . fill the program.