CLINTON ST. QUARTERLY vol. 3. NO. 4 HELLO AGAIN Winter 1981 STAFF CONTENTS Co-Editors Jim Blashfield Lenny Dee Peggy Lindquist David Milholland Design and Production Jim Blashfield Production Asst. & Proofing David Milholland Ad Production Peggy Lindquist Dana Hoyle Ad Sales Denny Chericone Lenny Dee Pat Sumich Aide-de-camp Randy Shutt Typesetting Cathy Siegner Publisher’s Friend Thanks—Archetype Camerawork Publisher’s Friend Jeff Jacobs Contributing Artists Steve Blackburn Dennis Cunningham Dana Hoyle Nancy Norman Contributing Photographers Mark Albanese Eric Edwards Steve Johnson Milholland Archives Pete Sukalac Ragnars Veilands Thanks be to thee Derek Abrams Tom Clark Yvonne Cooper RAIN Magazine Stan Sitnick John Wanberg Advertisers call 222-6039 The big blow...Friday, November 13,1981 One of the struggles precipitated by the Reagan "mandate” is over the tremendous resources of our part of the country. Though our corporate friends have been overcutting our timber for years (with USDA acquiescence) and our hydropower and water reserves have been consistently sold for pennies on the dollar, people have generally gone along with these practices because they were seen as providing jobs and buoying up the economy in general. Now with hard times upon us, the screws are being turned to free up even more of our resource base to hasty, unconscientious operators who see the Northwest as simply another stop on a global hop from one set of easy pickings to the next. Even such long-term Northwest companies as Fred Meyer, Jant- zen, and Evans Products are now being bought up by outside investors, Georgia Pacific is dodging southward again, and others (Weyerhaeuser, Boeing, Tektronix), large and small, are equally subject to this preying of footloosecapital. This corporate maneuvering is the first round of Reaganomics, a waiting game until the Watt strategy and other elements of the "get the government off our backs” program can be implemented. Where does that leave us, a continent away from the decision centers? Perhaps in a position not so much different from our Central American neighbors, now struggling to obtain their autonomy, as we might like to think. This issue of the Clinton St. Quarterly is largely dedicated to an exploration of regionalism, what we are and what we must do to change the course of our history. This may all sound lofty and unattainable, or unnecessary, or visionary, but consider the alternatives. Exploitation by distant capital, a decaying (or abandoned) system of social services, jingoism and militarist adventurism once again in the ascendency...isn’t it time for serious reconsideration and change, for as Bill Williams says in his article, we are now "simply projecting the present on down the line. ” The last issue, for the record, was Vol. 3, No. 3 (not No. 2 as it stated) making this the 12th CSQ and the completion of our third year of publication. In that period we have been called every epithet under the sun, complimented equally highly, received awards, sold hundreds of subscriptions (to a FREE paper) and generally worked hard to make this a valuable and entertaining periodical. If you support what we're doing, let our advertisers (and potential advertisers) know your sentiments, send those subscriptions (for yourself and distant friends) our way, and pass this on to other interested souls. Happy Holidays. Cover, Jim Blashfield; Insert Photo, Mark Albanese Radicals and Regionalism, William Appleman W illiams.......................... 4 Bob Benson, Patron of our Place, Richard Plagge..............................4 The Regional Motive, Wendell Barry................ 6 Tillamook, Walt Curtis... .9 Seattle and Portland, Martha Gies............ 12 A New Wave in Santa Monica, Micheale Williams................. 13 Farewell, Monroe Doctrine, Carlos Fuentes.......18 On Carlos Fuentes, David Milholland.....19 Future is Now Shopper, Jim Blashfield.........23 The Flight of the X-51, Albert Drake....27 River Beds, Alan Brown.. 37 Sports and Other Ramblings, Lenny Dee. 41 Angst!, Lynda Barry....... 41 In Pursuit of Sun Ra, Robert Hughes, Ragnars Veilands....... 44 The Clinton St. Quarterly is published free to the public by the Clinton St. Theatre, 2522 SE Clinton, Portland, OR, 97202. Unless otherwise noted, all contents Copyright © 1981, Clinton St. Quarterly. , CSQ RETRACTS In the Summer 1981 issue of the Clinton Street Quarterly, we included an interview with Jeffrey Frederick which made reference to a Latvian wedding. Unfortunately the article contained some inaccuracies and caused embarrassment to the wedding party involved. It should have been clear to the reader, as it was to us, that any misconduct described in the article was attributable only to Mr. Frederick and the members of the band and was not intended to refer to the conduct of the wedding party or to reflect upon the behavior of Latvians in general. The statement that an elderly member of the wedding party was dead and any impression that the members of the wedding party did not participate in the party that followed the wedding are not factually supported and we regret their publication. Clinton St. Quarterly 3
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