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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1973
Page
19
Two weeks of listening to the top forty reveals indecipherable lyrics and puzzling plots. The piece compares unclear songs to classic film noir, noting violent themes and a sly critique of trial justice.
The piece critiques 1960s popular songs including yellow ribbons and oak trees, paranoia in a ballad, and the mind as a musical motif. It notes radio prominence, themes of imprisonment, fate, and longing, with a blunt take on sentimentality and cultural trends. It also mentions Jesus on Broadway and the enduring appeal of golden oldies.
Four art groups present exhibits this week as part of the Festival of Arts in Decatur. The Decatur Art Guild juried show runs daily through next Saturday with a panel judging. Top prizes include 500 for Hard Hats by Albin Beyer of Athens and 100 for Frank Nelsons Untitled in watercolor. Other prize winners include Don Davi s Storm Cellar and Richard Brough View From a Canoe. Youth class and additional displays from the deGrummond Collection and National Gallery on loan complete the offerings.
More than 200 invitations have been mailed for the first annual Bertha Awards Banquet at the Old Bank Building honoring the Decatur Civic Theater actors and Mrs Bertha Timberlake. Nominees will be named next week and a well known Alabama theatrical figure will give the main address.
A capacity 1500 audience views highlight reel of Joan Crawford’s career at Town Hall. Crawford, 64, appears on stage, answers questions, recalls rivalries with Bette Davis, and reflects on silent to sound era shifts. The program, part of Legendary ladies series, features clips from 20 films and Crawford’s Oscar winning Mildred Pierce.
Snow was so scanty in New York City last winter that city administration figures it saved about 3 million dollars in snow removal costs.
Huntsville Symphony conducted by Marx Pales will present a free Pops in the Park at Big Spring Park on May 13 at 5 30 pm. The program features 76 Trombones Polovetsian Dances Moon River This Is My Country and selections from Oklahoma with Royce Boyer and Lady Shivers Tucker among soloists in a family friendly outdoor concert drawing about 2500 attendees. Bring lawn chairs or cushions for the lawn seating.
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