European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Is Pho ii Fay Anita Gosch Prince helped put Minnta Pault anal on tit map with me by to of rack known at the Minim Apollo Minneapolis America s newest musical wonderland by Dirk Johnson new York limes after strumming the blues in an Iowa roadhouse Lor the last time Eric do Woll packed his bags and his guitar and lit out for Tho Bright lights of the music world. He is chasing his dream not to new York or los Angeles bul to Minneapolis a City that has become one of the hottest centers Lor pop music in the United Stales. This is where it s happening said he 21-year-old native of Sioux City. Iowa one of the countless aspiring musicians who have hockey to Minneapolis in recent years this is the place to get in Iho three years since a South Minneapolis native Prince Roger Nelson catapulted to International stardom with the album and movie purple rain nearly two dozen recording artists Here have signed contracts with National record companies. The booming Success of the rhythm and blues creations of Prince and his proteges a style Rock devotees Call the Minneapolis has Brough ii the cily the Label of America s newest musical won Cleiland irom q mxwro1, the entertainment Industry Magazine out several bands of other musical genres especially Post Punk have also gained National acclaim Here recently. The City s musical fortunes seemed certain to soar even higher with the completion in september of Pence s new $10 million recording studio Paisley Park Erma Bombeck in suburban Chanhassen Aboul a mile from the musician s Home. The Post modern aluminium wrapped multimedia Complex across the Road from an old red barn frees Prince from commuting 1o los Angeles for recording sessions but it also gives local per owners the Chance to record at discounted rates with equipment thai ranks with the Best in the world. Prince believes there s a lot of Talent in Minnesota that goes said Robyn Riggs the musician s publicist. This gives them something to work fora time earlier this year by Twarry s top three Black singles and six of Trie first nine were he work of Minneapolis based performers. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis the 1386 grammy producers of the year have been responsible for eight top 10 pop singles in the past year. Musicians in the City Are winning acclaim in every Stylo from hard edged garage Rock to gentle acoustical Folk music but it is the Urban Black sound that has put Minneapolis on the music map. Something of a curiosity Lor a place with a Black population of Aboul s percent. Bui if outsiders View Minnesota As an Odd Mecca Lor this style the people who live there seem no at All surprised. With More than 100 outlets Lor live music the Minneapolis area has always been a place where fledgling performers could hone their talents without starving. Moreover promoters of the arts contend that the socially progressive tradition of Minnesota has always encouraged Row kinds of musical expression while supporting the arts generally most businesses in Minneapolis belong to the five percent club whose members donate s percent of Gross earnings to the arts and other philanthropic causes. Even Iho infamous Minnesota Winters Are said to play a part in the Rich musical cultivation Here. The discouraging Winters said Jon Bream music critic for the Minneapolis Star Tribune encourage musicians to stay Home and whatever the reasons he Rich cultural life in the City once prompted the Magazine interview founded by Andy Warhol to Call Minneapolis outside new York the hippest cily in the Tyrone Guthrie theater there is considered by Many critics to be the Premie regional theater in the nation and the St. Paul chamber orchestra is Iho Only full time chamber orchestra in the United states. Reruns of Garrison Keillor s a Paitie Home companion the music and storytelling show that was produced in St. Paul until it ended this summer enjoy the highest ratings on Public radio. And the top Winner in the Alco awards or advertising excellence this year went to fallen Mcelligot a Minneapolis Agency. For All its creativity. Minneapolis has never received the National attention it eels in deserves. Bui Prince s new studio seems sure to change that. The studio will be the recording Home for the performers on Prince s new recording Label. Paisley Park As Well As or other musicians from Minneapolis and from As far As London. The Complex which looks a bit like something from a Sel Lor Star wars has two 48 Irack recording studios a 12.000-Square-loot sound stage a rehearsal dance Hall and Complete rigging Lor music videos television commercials and feature films. It also has a basketball hoop just outside one of the studios. Prince they say is a sure shot there Are three maybe Lour places in the world with recording capabilities like this said Richard Henrickson one of the managers of the Complex. The artists love ii they Don t have to run around to tour or five places to get everything done. And this being Minnesota they Don t get hassled by sightseers and with 80 much music Talent there business and civic interests Are scrambling to exploit it gov. Rudy Perpich has appeared in advertisements in National magazines boasting about local Talent and urging tourists to visit Minneapolis one of the hottest recording Sites in the country the music Industry pumps an estimated s100 million annually into the local Economy and a study by the City predicts the volume will double every four years through the 1990s. Minneapolis has always been a Center Lor record distribution As the Home base for Lieberman enterprises Pickwick International a Tel mus Dand Navarre and target. Now other businesses tied to music Are experiencing tremendous growth from Rock to shirt companies to sound and lighting Procew totals. At the first Avenue & seventh Street entry nightclub where fledgling bands get a Chance to play and where Prince pops in occasionally aspiring musicians Hope they will be discovered. To s like a snowball effect said Jimmy Jam. Prince gave us our break. In turn we should give opportunities to others there s a Strong sense of loyally to Minnesota. A lot of us went out came Backbone because it s More comfortable he said out there everybody is a want to be Star. But in Minnesota your waitress is really a fact. Women Are in the work Market to stay fact real men Don t hush Wax mop wipe defrost vacuum shop babysit Iron or bleach. Fact. Deals by housework is a reality. Fact something has to give it s True. American women can no longer go on trying to keep House they Way their mothers and grandmothers kept it and hold Down a Job outside of the Home Al the same time. It s time to take a rank look at what is important and what you can let slide by. Some of these ideas May be revolutionary but believe me when i Tell you they can save your tile. My theory on housework is if the item does t multiply smell catch fire or Block the refrigerator door Lei it 6e. No one else cares. Why should you despite what your Mother told you no one Ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who actually remake the bed after their children do it Pago 16 the stars and stripes because there is a wrinkle in the spread or the Blanket is on crooked. This is sick. Cleaning out a catch All drawer is nothing to do. Once you get beyond the Lack that when you die strangers will come in after the funeral and see what a Lousy housekeeper you were you have ii made. Dust was put on Earlh to measure Lime. You have to believe thai or you will be rearranging it every Day of your life. If you notice dust particles they float around until you leave the room then they Settle in the same spot from which you have just removed bpm. Don t let shoes in the Middle of the floor make you crazy. Oriental mothers used logo trim and then they Learned id live with it. And today it s an important pert of their culture. At Toast you know where the shoes Are and Aren t looking for them at the Lime ironic 3 by demand is a trend whose Lime has come. How Many of us have ironed clothes in our closets that monday october 12,1987 have been hanging there for three years and w have to be ironed again before we car Wear them i Cay leave them in the dryer until there is a need for hem. Women have got to get Over the bathroom Totich. On my Mother s Driver s sense under occupation she listed bathroom Handmaiden. Alter each and every person used it. Mother would go in and wipe the beads of Wales off the Shower Wal Lum off the Laureto. Retrieve the Towel from the boor and the soap rom the Drain. Then she would itt Gurten the Rug Crook two under the door and put the id Down on the sort of a commode. We of not respect he for Thea. Housework to a readmit from futility to Obion Wei stops off Al tedium and . If you wart to be a woman who i removes Lake Tarm Chicken from the Box and arranges it on Plata go ahead and be a Martyr. Bui Don t be surprised that when you put this on your resume no one Carer if 1ht. In a
