' October 1977 RAIN STEP RIGHT UP, FOLKS! The more, the merrier. It really is time that the a.t. movement got some fun and games into its repertoire. The enthusiasm and excitement it engenders is much more hopeful than Carter's doomsday energy speeches. It's neat for the theater people and musicial)s too, many of whom have been longing for a way to ply their craft to move things along. All of them •emphasized to me how much·greater their energy awarc;ness is now after their activist summer. A.T. ENTERTAINMENT OF THE MONTH (if you can't see AERO's New Western Energy Show) Cultural shifts and turning points are often heralded by_seemingly insignificant events. The most important omen to me this past month has been hearing my first anti-nuclear 45 rpm record. I played it over and over, getting so mad at what they are doing to us I cried at first. Then I got this new sense of resolve to do what I can to end that tul-de-sac, that dinosaur, the peaceful atom that Mr. Wizard forgot(?) to warn me about in the 1950s. Who needs it? There really is a world of safer, solar options out there, even if it's not so visible to the mercenary bureaucrats at ERDA/DOE. The societal mythos is moving away fro·m the stupidity they're pushing, and w_e can kick the habit, and them with it. This will help. . Anyway, it's got "No Nukes" on one side and "Karen Silkwood" on the other. Proceeds go to,the Clamshell Alliance. It's $2.30 per copy frop,: No Nukes Record (make check out to that), 94 No. Leverett Rd., Leverett, MA 01054. Now all we need is some good rock-country solar, wind and biomass songs. Who's got 'em? - LJ The AERO people will be working this fall on keeping the New Western Energy Show on the road. In the meantime (and . for those who can't get up to Montana for the show), they are putting together a video tape and a film of the show that should be almost as good as the real thing. For further information about their availability and prices, write in November or so to AERO, 435 Stapleton Building, Billings, MT 59101 (406/25~-1958). - LdeM RAIN is interested in knowing about other groups who are using theater to get across the same messages we are saying in print. We know about the Family Circus (221 S.E. 11th, Portland, OR 97214), who do a fine anti-nuclear show as well as several other things. We've hear<;l of the Caravan Stage Company, which travels in horse-drawn gypsy caravans through B.C., the Two,Penny Circus that does anti-nuclear stuff in Vermont, and two groups d.oing theater with kids- the Narnia Messengers in Seattle and Friends Mime iri Milwaukee. Does anybody have addresses for these groups? Do you know of any others? Let us know and we'll run the information in an upcoming issue.
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