CLINTON ST. QUARTERLY Vol. 4, NO. 2 SATISFYING BUT NOT FILLING Slimmer 1982 Cover, Mary Robben How That Building Got To Look That Way Michael Graves.......... 4 Bruno Loewenberg, Artist and Survivor Iphano Blair................... 6 The Great Bus Caper Paul Missal, Shannon Mayfield, Bill Will, Joel Deese, Lucinda Parker, Christopher Rauschenberg, Isaac Shamsud-Din, The Girl Artists, Don Merkt, Henk Pander, Jan Ross....................... TO Post-Conservative America Kevin Phillips............... 76 Fourth of July Fireworks Walt Curtis............... 78 Post-Industrial Portland Dana H o yle ............... 23 Warming To The Freeze Martha Gies .............. 26 Garbage: The Burning Issue Steve Dodge, Jim Johnson, Stan K ahn..................... 30 Louis X Ike Horn................. 34 Eddie Harris Can Play Anything Lynn Darroch ............... 37 Red Beans, Rice ‘n’ Red Hot Music Lenny Dee................. 47 E.T. And Beyond Penny A llen............... 42 New Light On Women Filmmakers Peggy Lindquist........... 43 Northwest Artists Workshop Finds A New Home Leslie Tose............... 44 True Comics Lynda J. Barry............ 46 The Clinton St. Quarterly is published by the Clinton St. Theatre, 2522 SE Clinton, Portland, OR 97202. Unless otherwise noted, all contents copyright © 1982 Clinton St. Quarterly. HELP WANTED The Clinton St. Quarterly needs an experienced ad person comfortable in both agency and small business contexts to supplement our dynamic sales staff. Periodic full time. Generous commission. The Quarterly also needs a fundraiser experienced in all aspects of non-profit and/or media solicitation on a national basis. Strict commission. Part-time long-term prospects. For both positions, apply by mail only to: L. Dee/CSQ 2522 SE Clinton Portland, OR 97202 The Great Bus Caper _ EDITORIAL ©ummer is the time when we, citi- zens of a great nation, pause to celebrate our political heritage and consider what, 206 years after the fact, it all means. The greatest aspiration shared by our diverse body politic is freedom . .. freedom as opposed to slavery, as opposed to tyranny, as opposed to unreasonable constraint. What inevitably results, however, as we cast our projectiles and eyes skyward, in honor of the brave men and women who have struggled to create and defend that freedom, is that those in power take it upon themselves to reduce it all to jingoism. Freedom becomes prosperity, freedom becomes unsurpassed might, freedom becomes a military solution to every challenge, threat, slight or rebuff we as a nation experience. This year, as our economy sinks ever further into a morass of indebtedness, fueled now largely by defense spending, we are being challenged to enter into the space wars, where once again we're assured we are far behind. Our near-sacred notion of freedom becomes the rationale for even further plundering of the public’s purse. Part of the problem is our nation’s obsession with and genius for creating new technology. It requires its own language, and ultimately its own way of thinking. Such language consists of precise, scientific descriptions for a world that is totally mutable, whose essence is change. Or when such language proves unpalatable, euphemisms are substituted to cloud the bitter reality. Thus a garbage burner becomes a “resource recovery’’ plant. One of the strengths of our culture has been its ability to adapt, to adjust constantly to the future in our present. But in many ways this has left us uncertain, confused, unsure of what things mean, what is right. Ronald Reagan and his cohorts have taken it upon themselves to set us straight, to reduce all this confusion by a return to the “tried and true,” however mythological, while they plunge further into the world of high-tech solutions to their concerns. We can never return, nor would we want to, to the simple world of our forebears, for behind the facades of peaceful streets and happy families lies another reality of sexual and racial oppression and colonialism we have been struggling to overcome these past 30 years. If things seem confusing now, it is because the old models no longer apply, and the new world is not yet a reality. Confused or not, few of us are incapable of listing a long litany of problems that face us. But what we need now is a larger vision of freedom not limited to our shores, not limited to our time. The challenge of surviving into the next century is upon us. To make it, together, we must commit ourselves to long-term efforts which avoid the easy fix or the idea that our freedom is possible at the expense of others on the planet. Let us celebrate our freedoms, our hopes and opportunities. May we make them universal. DM Co-Editors David Milholland Peggy Lindquist Lenny Dee Jim Blashfield Design and Production Jim Blashfield Production Assistant David Milholland Proofreader Walt Curtis Theresa Marquez Ad Production Peggy Lindquist Stacey Fletcher Ad Sales JoLynn Amstutz Denny Chericone Lenny Dee Sandy Wallsmith Typesetting Jill Wilson Richard Francis Publisher’s Friend Thanks — Archetype Camerawork Paul Diener Publisher’s Friend Contributing Artists Joel Deese The Girl Artists Susan Gustavson Michael Graves Dana Hoyle David Kline Stephen Leflar Shannon Mayfield Don Metkt Paul Missal Henk Pander Lucinda Parker Christopher Rauschenberg Mary Robben Jan Ross Isaac Shamsud-Din Bill Will Steve Winkenwerder Matt Wuerker Contributing Photographers Betsy Beres Iphano Blair Jim Blashfield Robert Bogue Paul Diener Laurie Meeker David Milholland Thanks Derek Abrams Elizabeth Bunker Tom Clark Laura Di Trapani Jeff Jacobs Ed Reckford Charlotte Uris John Wanberg Advertisers call 222-6039 THE AWARD WINNING PAPERC A N Y d a i E t d y m P r _ . e e _ s _ s. 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