VOL U NO. 1 S T A F F £^d itor/Pub lisher David Milholland Associate Editors Jim Blashfield, Peggy Lindquist, Walt Curtis, Paul Loeb, Lenny Dee Board of Advisors Alana Probst, Ken Margolis, Stan Amy, Theresa Marquez Contributing Artists Jim Blashfield, Sharon Bronzan, John Callahan, Jessica Dodge, Zak Margolis, Ricardo Pelaez Contributing Photographers American Indian Basketry—John M. Gogol, Walt Curtis and fellow travellers, Lynn De Weese-Parkinson, The Grabel Family Archive, Tom Heidlebaugh and friends Guest Designer Barbara Lamb Proofreader Walt Curtis Business Manager Rhonda Kennedy Advertising Representative Fiona Martin Typesetting Harrison Typesetting, Inc., 4M, Qualitype Camerawork/Cover Separations Toucan Scan Distribution Coyote Distributing, John Wanberg Thanks Robert Anderson, Alan Baily, Mark Baker, Linda Ballantine, John Bennett, Steve Bloch, C.T. Chew, Kathleen Cornett, DNAD, Foothill Broiler, Lee Emmett, Bill Foster, Ira Frankel, Martha Gies, Bob Jeniker, Craig Karp, Allan Kittell, KOPB, Corliss Lamont, John Laursen, Stephen Leflar, Deborah Levin, Marjie Lundell, Mimi Maduro, Lola Maria, Zak Margolis, Melissa Marsland, Enrico Martignoni, Tony DeMicoli, Alice & Del Milholland, Kevin Mulligan, The Multnomah County Library, Larry Needham, Oregon Historical Society, John Platt, Mary Reinard, Linda Shirley, Norman Solomon, Missy Stewart, Tom Taylor III, Joe & Charlotte Uris, John Wanberg, Lou & Rosa Weinstock, Lynn Youngbar, The Clinton SOOand many more who gave generously of their time. The Charter Group Artichoke Music, Avalon Antiques, Jim Blashfield, Bill Bowling, Breitenbush Community, B.J. Bullard & Paul Loeb, Cascadian Farm, Escential Oils, Gazelle, Hawthorne Auto Clinic, Harrison Typesetting, Inc., Hood River Brewing, Hunan, Julia’s, KBOO, KCMU-FM, Key Largo, La Paloma, Music Millenium, Nature’s fresh Northwest, Organically Grown Coop, Park Avenue Records, The Pastaworks, Pine Design, Rejuvenation House Parts, Springfield Creamery, Lynn & Paulette Wittwer, Zenith Supply. ON THE COVER Cover image: Home Plate. Sharon Bronzan of Portland, teaches printing and design at Portland Community College. She is represented by Maveety Gallery. This is a selfportrait. Clinton St. is published by CSQ—a project of Out of the-Ashes Press. Address: P.O. Box 3588 , Portland, OR 97208—(503) 222 -6039 . Unless otherwise noted, all contents copyright ©1989 Clinton St. Clinton St. NOW 6 TIMES A YEAR! Madwoman—Alice Evans 6 Where are those voices coming from, out in front or inside my head? Are we our sister’s keeper? At what price? Blue Hole in the Oregon 8 Cascades—Walt Curtis Just when the Poet sets his plans to see Crater Lake, some fool decides to drain it. Horny Campfire Girls, Native American lore and penny fiction. / Should Have Called Him 14 Daddy—Leanne Grabel Daddy wins a war, moves to Stockton, woos a Princess, and lives on to hear some final words from his daughter. Poem. TEN GOOD REASONS FOR CELEBRATING THE END OF THE '80S 7 We survived. Most of us. The human species and our • fellow lifeforms, outside the tropical rain forests. In the 44 years since Fat Boy swallowed Hiroshima, we’ve actually kept it together enough to avoid the truly ultimate solution. 2. The War o f the Grim Reaper, between Iran and Iraq, is over. The U.S. armed both sides along the way, as did so many civilized nations. When children become cannon fodder, even Allah’s will loses its appeal. 3. The Wall came tumbling down. Few symbols of arrogance have stood so high as the Berlin Wall. Now from the Baltic to the Adriatic, Soviet hegemony is suddenly kaputski. Yet more exciting, this change is being driven fromwithin. This makes plans for European economic union in ’92 far more complex, and the potential for a dynamic, interwoven world economy yet more promising. Gorbachev’s efforts to redress false Soviet history provides a valuable model for us as well. 4. The U.S. stayed out o f full-scale war in Central America. This seemed quite unlikely only 5 years ago, as the Reaganauts ran drugs, sold arms to archenemy Iran and generally acted the fool to maintain their Monroe Doctrine imperium. Too much blood continues to flow in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Our low-intensity-warfare strategy will prove bankrupt in the ’90s. seasoned pilot plans his escape. The Them, 1956—Martha Gies 17 Over the hum of the dishwasher, a Roger Margolis It ’s the sex thing again. Man wanting woman, finding it exceedingly hard to connect. Please pick up that phone. Crossing the Bridge of Poems—Tom Heidlebaugh A Bridge of fantastic proportions is forged between the Deep North and a Nation of Dreamers to the south. 20 Someone Else’s Moccasins— 30 Rich Wandschneider Craig Lesley’s River Song is fodder for a traveling reflection on changing cultures and writers who interpret them. Please pass the pozole. E D I T O R I A L 5. Deep ecology is here to stay. From the mountains to the prairies to the ocean depths, our planet is suddenly vulnerable. Awareness of chemical pollution, over-exploitation, global warming and dozens of human- caused forces is rising universally. People are putting themselves at risk for our fragile, one-of-a-kind Earth. Recycling, organic farming, and direct challenges to resource stripping have gained undeniable logic. This change is very recent, and despite the dire threat, very heartening. Let’s keep the pressure on. And celebrate Earth Day, 20 years old in early 1990. 6. Racial justice is on the table. We hear only one hand clapping, as the ’80s has no bragging record. Yes, South Africa is changing, as is Palestine. In the U.S., inner-city blacks are still languishing, and black children have again become scapegoats for the mercenary policies of men who run drugs themselves to finance dirty wars. Our nation’s disgraceful WWII-era treatment of U.S. citizens of Japanese descent was finally acknowledged. Only when we meet the challenge of truly providing liberty and justice for all can the U.S. experiment be deemed a success. 7. Sexual equality and gay rights can no longer be denied. The emergence of AIDS and the anti-abortion activists have unfortunately outshined the considerable developments of the ’80s. There will continue to be DEC. ’89-JAN. ’90 Historieta Negra— Ricardo Pelaez A hired killer seeks his only legitimate revenge. A new talent direct from Mexico, D.F. HEX ON EXXON— John Callahan Four from America's newest political cartoonist. Winter Baseball in Havana— 35. Lynn DeWeese-Parkinson “ Let’s play two” in the land where '50s baseball is still at home. Toss down some chicharrones and watch the sluggers bat .400. On the Road with Napalm Beach—Jan Celt Inside the Euro Rockhaus scene and dancing on top of the Berlin Wall. You should have been there. 38 ebb and flow, but these essential human rights will not return to the closet. Now it’s time for a little more sexual joy, whatever the configuration. 8. Children are on everyone’s agenda. At the tail end of a decade of neglect, we’re again realizing what a critical resource we’re responsible for. Our nation’s investment is far too small, to help each and every child realize a hopeful future. Another challenge being passed on to the ’90s. 9. Reagan stands naked before us, (as Bush soon will), exposed as a man who sold us out for the Yen of it, leaving the treasury door wide-open to sleazy financiers, defense industry plutocrats, and grafters of every tinhorn variety. Since we’ll be paying for his shoddy enterprise longer than any before it, let’s hoist a frothy cup of decade-ending cheer to his retirement. 10. We’re still laughing a t ourselves. The human predicament is little changed. Moliere’s Tartuffe brings us 17th century irony quite appropriate for our disappearing decade. Greed, arrogance, cupidity and venality have all survived down through the years. They burst into full flower in the ’80s. So what if the joke’s on us, we’re still yukking it up. D’ya hear the one about the corporate raider?. . . DM Clinton St. Dec. ’89-Jan. ’90 5
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