Shine
on Me. I Love It. Shine a Light…
The lyrics rattle in your brain like loose rhinestones from granny’s glasses.
Remember ’em? Like the back of your Smiley Face Mug, eh, Fonzie? This bit of
brilliant verse is from the hit penned in homage of the baddddest foxy-female
Seventies superstar mama of the racquet racket. Tennis star Billie Jean King is
the object of Elton John’s love in the smash “Philadelphia Freedom,” according
to one local Reginald Kenneth Dwight aficionado. And don’t ya know that those
two very same megastars are teaming up with fellow net nuts: Andre Agassi,
Martina Navratilova, Chandra Rubin, Pete Sampras, Monica Seles, Natasha
Zvereva, and more… How can there be more?? Who more do you need to entice you
out to Houston for this World Team Tennis All-Star Smash Hits Party, Live
Auction & Tennis Exhibition, Thu, Sep 12 at the Renaissance Houston Hotel
and the Summit? The events benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation and Austin’s
own HIV Wellness Center. Word has it that a) if enough folks are
interested, the Center will arrange for a bus ride, and b) the great
bespectacled one, himself, will join the mighty B.J.K. in some mixed doubles
fun with the others. 467-0088.
A Fix of Love Friendship, fellowship, caring, and brother/sisterly love go a long way to
heal the infirmed, but sometimes it takes the chilly I.V. of cold, hard cash to
do the trick. Such is the case with our David Powell Clinic, the only clinic in
Central Texas to provide medical services to folks with HIV+ or AIDS diagnoses
who don’t have access to private-pay medical providers and are left to navigate
the tricky maze of Medicare, Medicaid, or other medical assistance programs.While the staff of DPC assists patients in obtaining funding for medication
through a variety of sources, the clinic is appealing for Cash Donations to
subsidize the Purchase of Medication necessary in the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
Donations will be used entirely for these meds. Cold, hard cash from some warm,
gentle hearts is sometimes all it takes. 479-6121. Itchy & Scratchy Show Rove over, Rover, to the Humane Society`s Celebrity Dog Wash, Sat, Aug 24,
10am-4pm. Bring Satan’s Little Helper, or whatever poochie’s name is, to get
his/her fleabag pelt massaged and kneaded by local celebs, including: Toni
Price, Jimmy LaFave, the Bad Livers, and members of our snazzy TV & radio
community. Bring a current rabies vaccination certificate (in case poochie gets
pissy) to the Humane Society digs on Hwy183. 837-7985, ext. 226. Go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-al!!! The inspirational spin from the Centennial Olympic Games could go either way:
After one look at Michelle Smith and her fellow gold-standard women’s soccer
crew, one might feel compelled to commit to life on the turf or give up all
sport in shame and indignation forever. Somehow, kids usually transcend this
latter option, and opt for the former, especially when they witness a bona fide
hero do something really cool. The University of Texas hosts a free Longhorn
Soccer Clinic, Sat, Aug 24, 8-9:30am at the new fields at 26th & Red River.
All kids must be accompanied by an adult. Please bring your own ball and water
bottle. 495-GOUT (which we hope is pronounced, “Go, UT” and not, well, any
other way…) See ad below. Fear of Flying If we weren’t such big wussies, we’d be all a’flutter about this fab Annual
Raffle thingy touted by the Center for Battered Women. The grand prize this
year is a set of round-trip tickets to anywhere in the world that American
Airlines flies. And it’s not that we don’t have anywhere we want to go. No way.
In fact we can see ourselves recovering from the droogies in a small ‘burg on
the African coast. No, friends, we’d be there, chilling in the winter winds if
it weren’t for the giant structure that we’d be required to board, that somehow
looses itself from this earth’s grasp and streaks across the night sky to
climes distant and inviting. But, please! Don’t let our crippling fear stop
you. No! No! Go purchase the $5 tickets en masse! CBW will be selling
at: Whole Foods-North, Sat-Sun, Aug 24-25; at Book People, N. Lamar, Sat, Aug
31; at Whole Foods-Central, Sun, Sep 1; and at The Arboretum, Sat-Sun, Sep 7-8.
Or run to CBW’s thrift store, Sacks II, located at 4631 Airport
(yikes!!!!) in the Concorde (gasp!!!!) Center.385-5181.
This article appears in August 23 • 1996 and August 23 • 1996 (Cover).