European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Morris Day is making it his own Way by Frank spotnit7 United press International Morris Day the Sharp dressed Wise cracking Oil to prime in Hist year s purple a in insists he is not the arrogant Womanizer he portrayed on the screen not All of the time . I like a Good time but i really Don t go out a lot a subdued Day said recently. I m a Moody person. I m Laid Back a for most audiences it pc /?.i/n was their introduction to Day who for years had successfully been Lead Singer Lor the time. But just As Day was gaining a wide audience he decided to disband the time to pursue a Solo career. That about face left a bad taste in the Mouths of his sex band match and led to reports that Day had been feuding with Prince who worked closely with the time. He confronts the Issue head on his new album the color of Success. It s my life got to play to win sings Day who maintains quitting the time moving from Minneapolis minn., to Beverly Hills calif., and embarking on a Solo music and film career was not a sellout it was gaining control Over his life. There s no getting around that some people think that it was a sellout he said. The songs arc for those who do that s just something i wanted to say to set the record As or his relationship with Prince and former members of the time Day said if there s a distance in the Friendship there s still a Mutual respect in the work we re All the other members o the time have not faded into obscurity since the band broke up. Guitarist Jesse Johnson has released a Solo album Jesse Johnson s revue while keyboard player Jimmy Jam and bassist Terry Lewis Are successful dance music producers. Day s work takes him on the Road in an East coast tour that started in Massachusetts and ends nov. 27 in Minneapolis. Like the time Day said his Solo band is heavily choreographed in concert. One of the dance numbers they will be performing is Day s hit the Oak tree which carries on the dance song tradition of time hits like the i try to not necessarily do the expected Day said. Because the song was so reminiscent of what we had done in the past i was tempted not to do it but it was just such a fun song and the Groove Morris Day left the time and Prince behind in Minnesota and moved to the big studios in California. Was so right it seemed wrong not to include Day whose work with the time included songs with blatant sexual subject matter said he supports the movement by some parents to impose ratings on records with questionable lyrics. I think my new album is a Good indication of where i m at he said. I m not opposed to rating records because mine Aren t going to fall into any categories that Aren t although he has signed a three picture Deal with 20th Century Fox Day said he has yet to choose a film but wants a role that is not just an Extension of something that s been done in purple rain. I Don t want to repeal Day said he is Happy because for the first time he has control Over his own career. Before i would just jump to the beat he said. You just jump when you re told to jump and that s it. Now i jump when i want to. There s a big mail to households has proper pecking order United feature Syndicate dear miss manners what it the proper mailing address for the non traditional household there is a John ones and Mary Smith elderly widowed brother and sister who now make their Home together. Then there is Betty Brown widow and her daughter Greta Green Divorcee and Greta s daughter by first marriage Whitney while College student. And the list goes on. We considered wedding invitations addressed to occupant or to whom it May concern but decided that would be poor taste. What about a gift that is meant for the whole family such As a Basket of fruit or Flowers do we Send an Orange to Betty an Apple to Greta etc., or the Basket to one with a note admonishing her to share like a Nice girl gentle Reader Pardon miss manners Tiller but do you consider blood relatives living together to be non traditional households my my. Whether they Are traditional unconventional or posit Cly weird households of unmarried adults Are addressed with the individual names ladies names appearing before the gentlemen a and ladies of different generations in order of seniority. When you you put All names on in that fashion you need t specify who gels which grape in the fruit Basket. Dear miss manners when my sex husband and i divorced All the relatives were on his Side except a widowed sister in Law and one brother and his wife. They were the Only one who talked to me or had anything to do with me. My sex and i have talked about getting together again. I told him i would be embarrassed to face those who turned away. He said i should not be like that As they were the ones who did the turning away the reason being that they did not want to hear about our breakup. Am i wrong about my feelings am i being silly should i be the one to make the first move gentle Reader yes. You have some experience at forgiving and starting Over. It is surely easier to Overlook Mere family loyalty than something you once considered bad enough to justify a divorce. Why Don t you invite them All to a Celebration of your renewed happiness and Tell them you re glad to have them As family again and by the Way Aren t you glad now that they did refuse to hear your Side of the breakup had you reported whatever you then found intolerable in your husband to his very own family miss manners doubts that you would have any etiquette problems in connection with a remarriage. Feeling incorrect address your etiquette questions in Black or Blue Black Ink on White writing paper to miss manners in care of the stars and stripes Apo 09277, . Forces. 20 stripes Magazine november 14,7985
