Se xually-explictt material available to young audiophiles THE ALBUM Dogeystvle by American rap artist Saoap Doggy Dogg had a short life in 12-year-old Ashley Russell- ‘Taylor's CD collection, * By Douglas Broome Contributing Writer "Russell-Taylor’s collection tends to favor Bryan Adams. iHe chad heard Dogu's song Who Am i on radio and liked it so much that he used his earnings from refer- ‘eeing soccer games to get the album, His cight-year-old brother Shay heard the song and reported to his mother that the music was “rude and sick-and disgusting and not nice.” weeSo the boys’ mather Karen Russell-Taylor played a song from the CD. Twenty-five seconds of lyrics.convinced Karen Russell- Taylor that the CD had to go. “Pm ro priss by any means, Russell-Taylor said,.but the song was about two people in a bathtub -and they were doing a bitn miore than rub-a-dub- dub. DEVELOPERS ‘OF a West. Vancouver ‘condominium. pro- ject-are seeking a court injunc- tion. to end-an unofficial picket _ Lawyers c for. the’ Buron ; Company applied for the injunction on ‘Wednesday, but the judge delayed the hearing until Thursday “so that the workers could be repre- nted, company president Howard Addison said. : Twenty-three non-union con- truction workers shut down the project on. Monday in a dispute “over unpaid wages. The workers, hey have not been paid, some of. them for periods of up to five weeks. * : . “We're going to stop the work here il we © gel paid, come hell or employees of: -‘Trans-Northern Contracting, say. Although the CI cower can tinea a simatl sticker warning that sume people might be offended by: the lyries, Russell Taylor believes there should be better controls on ‘s ageess to stich music. d Russell-Taylor, “The kids can’t go inte a grocery store and buy explicitly sexual material. Why should they be able to just walk in and get this material ta a record stare?" She returned the dise to the 66 Twenty-five seconds of lyrics convinced Karen Russell-Taylor that ihe CD had to go. 99 Silver Disc store in North Vancouver and received a credit. Store manager Gord Everingham said that if he tried to prevent children from buying music, “parents would come in here saying. ‘Who do you think you are, saying what my kid can hear and can't hear." He dismisses the notion that ‘the music can have a harmful effect on children. high water,” said carpenter Ken “Steinhoff. Trans-Northern had been doing structural work on the 26-unit con- dominium project at 2271 Bellevue Ave. Workers say that the general contractor, BSC Construction, is behind on payments to their compa- ny. - . + However, BSC president Jim Bond said Trans-Northern has _“been ‘paid all along.” but has not ‘been paying its suppliers. “There was a substantial number of claims and the claims far exceed- ced any money due from us,” he ~ said. BSC. put Trans- Northern'on notice to clear up its debts, Bond suid, in order to lessen the risk of liens against the property from unpaid suppliers. ° “They're two months behind schedule and not paying their bills so they” re in default on their con- tract.” Trans-Northern owner Tom Zutz claims thar BSC has paid only $104,750 of the $344.000 that has “fdon't romember as a kil any- hody going around poking peaple’s eves oul just because the Three Stooges wis oa television,” Evering nut said, Hut said: Russell-Taylor, “iH you won't fet your children wateh a triple-X video why should there be free aceess to basically the same type of material?” In the record company’s promo- tional material, Doge denies that he ies sex and violence, The singer was recently charged with attempted murder. Another popular rap singer, Ice-T. released at song about killing police officers. Said Chris Kennedy ‘of Warner Music. Dogg's distributor, “We can’t predict the social consequences of any record.” Ashley said he agrees with limits on the music that children can buy. Meanwhile, the Grade 7 student at Queensbury School is sticking with golf, basket- ball and playing the bass clarinet in the school band. North Vancouver City Coun, Stella Jo Dean would like Attorney General Colin Gabelmann (to con- sider laying charges “against any media agency thal incites people to commit violence.” been billed by his, company y for work com pleted. “I've been in a negative cash flow since we've been on the site. I've kept all the suppliers informed.” : He said the project is behind schedule because BSC wasn't ready on time, “The foundations were improp- erly placed and the corrections weren't properly made.” Addison said the problem with foundations delayed work for one -week but Trans-Northern is more than two months behind schedule. Worker David Smith said Trans- Northern's owner Tom Zutz hail “an open ‘book policy,” sharing financial data with his workers. “Our work is 65% complete but we've only been paid for 20% of The picketers said their quarrel was with BSC and Buron, and not with Trans-Northern. One supplier whe joined the workers on their unofficial picket line was owner Rob Scaife of 33/22 Which Lions Gate Bridge improvement do you favor? Mrs. Armstrong West Vancouver Either renovate the existing bridge to make it another lane or maybe two lanes or (build) another bridge in the same proximity. Elaine Fonseca West Vancouver Jam in favor of the “herttage choice” bridge which is the two-tier bridge: retaining the existing bridge with a different infrastructure. Friday, Fabruary 4, 1994 ~- North Shore News ~ 3 NEWS phote Cindy Goodman ~ - AMERICAN RAP artist Snoop Doggy Dogg is in hot water with ‘his new CD release. Ashley Russeli-Taylor, 12, bought it at a local record store. Dismayed mother Karen Russell-Taylor took it back. “systems. “Jim ‘Bond said on the CBC news that Tom (Zutz) owed me $38,000. My contract doesn’t even add up to that,”’Scaife said. Carpenter Mike Cogan, 38, said, “There's been so many jobs I've been involved with where [ haven't been paid ~— half-a-dozen in the” past three or four years. By the time you get to court the company's changed names or filed for bank- ruptey. oe Laborer Colin Melan, 37. has had some bad experiences with contractors, “Some small contractor writes you a cheque and it’s no good, And then you never see the guy again.” Mehan is living in his van and hasn't had a real home for three years. The insurance on the van fs coming due and he has no money. Without insurance he'H lose his parking space. 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Sheila MeMinn West Vancouver I favor a combination of both a tun- nel and restoring Lions Gate Bridge, THIS WEEK’S QUESTION: Should municipalities have more powers to limit adult video stores? Jack Connell North Vancouver : | favor the double-deck bridge with a total of six lanes, with a raised causeway through Stanley Park along the existing alignment.