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Tom Petty is one of rocks premier rockers By DIAHANN NADEAU Herald Special Tom Petty and the Heart- breakers played a sold out concert at Kingswood on Labor Day Weekend Petty who is notoriously wary of reporters and interviews was totally open with his fans Relaxed grinning friendly and outgoing Petty was a delight to watch a charismatic master of ceremonies who had the audience enthralled from beginning to end The stage was decorated with a number of props including a full size totem pole stuffed grizzly bear ox head wooden Indian suit of armor and a few other oddities The band opened with American Girl from their 1976 debut album went on to The Reason Why from solo album the brilliant Full Moon Fever There followed two hours of old favorites such as Refugee You Got Lucky Even the Losers Rebels Breakdown Dont Come Around Here No More and Jamming Me complete with up dated lyrics take back Batman and Pete Rose Interspersed through the old songs were the new Free Falling like that Petty ad mitted at the end of it Yer So Bad my sister got lucky and married a Yuppie took him for all he was worth now shes a swinger and dating a singer I cant decide which is worse the incredibly pretty Pace in the Crowd and Run ning Down a Dream He also in cluded some covers Route Should I Stay or Should I Go Feel a Whole Lot Better and Dont Bring Me Down Heartbreakers Mike Campbell on lead guitar Benmont Tench the boy with the boogiewoogie brain on keyboards Howie Eps tein on bass and Stan Lynch on drums were all excellent But Pet ty is the man to watch Not just another pretty face in rock so meone once described him as hav ing a face only a mother could love and then only on payday he is too thin and weak chinned to be attractive However he is so charming and active that it is im possible to take ones eyes off him Petty led the crowd through lots of hand clapping and singing ad mitting after letting the audience sing most of Breakdown to being lazy and irresponsible He then amended that to being just lazy Petty is not an irresponsible rocker on this tour he has Greenpeace at the gates petitions and memberships on hand He castigated the sixties nostalgia trend Im really sick of that Woodstock s thats on TV only because I think nostalgias not a healthy thing it means nothings going on now But the most impor tant thing in the next decade is whether or not we can save the planet we live on These thoughts earned him tremendous applause Mind you this was a raucous crowd a partying crowd Petty would have elicited applause for reciting the alphabet Watching Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers m concert gives one an insight into the band that just cant be found on their records This is a group that is at its best on stage communing with the fans drawing on their enthusiasm displaying a playfulness and spon taneity that is a joy to watch Petty will be back and fans should make every effort to catch him next time These guys are a lot of fun and offer a brilliant repertoire to boot making this one of the best rock and roll acts around Veteran stars bubble forth in soap ASK DICK KLEINER By Dick Kleiner I believe Ive seen Linda Crista of General Hospital before Was it possible that she was on High Chap- with Mass I watched a 42 movie called Flying Tigers with John Wayne Is the girl who played In that movie the same that plays on General Hospital If so how old was she- In that picture LA Bay- town Texas A General Hospital is crowded with veteran actresses Linda Cristal was on High Chapparal and yes Anna Lee was in Flying Tigers she was 28 when that was made and is presently one of those quaint When I was a young boy In En gland more than 30 years ago we used to see a comedian In the tradi tion or the British balls named hTh DrvmONOFIlAlJONlIILLS HOLDING I AIRPORT SERVICE PARCEL DELIVERY Wilfred Pickles I wonder if Christina Pickles of St Elsewhere is related to him A Yes Christina tells me she is Wilfreds niece He died incidentally in 78- I love the show Empty Nest I know about McNichol Could you please tell me about the young lady who plays her sister Is it true that she Is the daughter of an actress If so who AE Houston Texas A Dinah is the name of the young lady in question won a Tony Award for I Ought to Be In Pictures and reprised the role in the film of the same name She was a regular on the TV series Soap and appeared in the TV movies Raid on Entebbe For Ladies Only The Seduction of Gina Flight 90 and Celebrity Her motion picture cred its include Childs Play Boys Life Backfire and Ordinary Peo ple And yes she is the daughter of Lee Grant How old Is JanMichael Vincent My hatband says he is to 50 1 say more like 35 to Whos right PP HI A The correct age falls between your two estimates JanMichael is As a family we enjoy the older shows My Three Sons and The Donna Reed Show Is Fred MacMurray still Hying What about Donna Reed and Carl Betz SDH Idaho Falls Idaho A MacMurray is still alive hes 81 but both Donna Reed and Carl Betz have passed away I recently saw Debbie Allen and Pbyllcia Rashail on The Debbie Al len Special beard they are sis ters true If so which is alder JB Sparta Mich A Yes they are sisters is the oldest of the two Send your questions to Ask Dick Kleiner co Newspaper Enterprise Association Park Ave New York Y 10166 Due to the volume of mail personal replies cannot be provided GOOEY GOOD TRY OUR NEW DELIVERY SERVICE 308 Guelpb St VIDEO RANCH NEW ARRIVALS BEAMS TED J ADVENTURE RAXED GUN SAT MACHINE RENTALS CAMCORDER VCR NINTENDO Available at The Herald Office In enter or Sizes tihteHBRAUD I TAVERN This Wed Sal Sept 8 9 MIKE McGIVERIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON MATINEES 36 TALENT CONTEST STARTS SEPT 6 COME OUT TO FOR SOME GOOD COUNTRY FUN THE HERALD Wednesday September 1989- Page 21 Take the plunge into The Abyss By DIAHANN NADEAU Herald Special Trie Abyss has created quite a stir since it opened a few weeks ago It hasbeen compared to ET although it is also billed as a thrillersuspense film This is an odd combination and one just doesnt quite know what to expect Well everything youve heard is true this is a heartwarming thriller a love story a movie about sweet aliens In short The Abyss is familiar in lots of ways but at the same time it is a unique film and compelling from start to finish A nuclear sub gets into trouble deep in the waters between Florida and Cuba A submersible otl drill ing complex is working nearby The Navy commandeers the ship and its crew to help the Seal team rescue any survivors off the submarine They are all offered huge bonuses and given little choice Foreman Virgil Bud Bngman Ed Harris is less than thrilled but agrees to the mission Along comes his soontobe ex- Mary Elizabeth the project engineer the woman who designed the ship The word ship is used loosely here Shes not a happy engineer the project will be ruin ed by this little adventure Besides that Seals leader Koffee Michael Biehn is one seriously disturbed guy No one realizes quite how disturbed unfortunately The rescue team finds a floating coffin and a bunch of nuclear warheads sees an alien creature as does Jammer a crewman who goes into a coma from the fright To make matters worse there is a tropical storm brewing on land further complicating matters for the underwater crews Contact is lost with the command vessel a huge crane pulls the ship off its ledge crew members die in a terrifying rush of water That is a lot of action already but it doesnt stop there Koffee goes around the bend armed with a nuclear warhead The alien thing visits the ship Murder threatens And and Bud rediscover love The Abyss is full of spectacular technical effects and the under water photography is superb This is a blockbuster movie there nothing little about this film Taut action sequences carry the au dience along at a breathless pace until a respite comes in the shape of the ETlike creature resting in the abyss But will one nutcase ruin the wondrous contact made Written and directed by James Cameron whose hits 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