‘ EWARE ALL readers with fragile sensibilities: the fol- lowing may contain material loaded with male Bineat bonding, macho boasting, spitting in the sawdust and cussin’ and lyin’ about babes. It will also contain another brief excerpt from Eat This: Confessions of a Professional Diner, a novel- in-progress in which readers are taken behind the big tips and rich sauces of the professional dining .scene for a close-up look at the ‘stains cn the ties and the flies in the soups of life on the restaurant 4 the boys were ‘back i in Timothy Renshaw: “town, and they were looking for ” “ some ‘action: Three deep breaths TABLE HOP P ING : “needed.here. Their type of action «was 'not pretty; it was grounded in-: those:bygone days aboard: : renegade abalone boats fishing in - the Queen Charlotte Islands, ; where thitsts ran high and table manners were Egads! not on the menu, and where an unnamed watering hole at a memorable, an- ; sone IS HEN ROGER. “ei Cole’s'eight-.. | ear-old started ': wing:an interest in the, “piano, he didn’t immediate: ly ‘rush ‘out and sign his son : up in a musical boot camp. : (Glenn Gold oréidicted: 20 years ago that the live concert was on the wane), Cole i is in an enviable, | position. * «: a “Orchestral jobs are hard to come by and Canadian sym- - phonies are carrying so much debt _-that it wouldn't take much for the “ wolves already at their doors to”. 5 blow some houses down. 202), Cole snagged the VSO job when @ was only:22 and fresh out of | “Yale and the Juilliard School of "Music i in New York. But like many | of his VSO colleagues (includirig . .. . wife Carolyn Cole; who plays vio- lin); today he finds himself juggling" various other jobs in addition to - his symphony work, to get by. “Some members of the public think that as musicians; we’ re lucky-to get anything at all,’ ‘Sighs . _ the North Vancouver resident, : ‘ = who also plays first oboe for the .° CBC Vancouver Orchestra. “But : they forget that if you have other, jobs a5 well'as playing in an or- * chestra; the orchestra j is going to . suffer.” |. “Three years ago, ‘when the VSO : the better part of 3 life to music, Cole was'well aware of the de- musicians,“and that despite the. ewards, it can.be’ draining vocation: t “bounced back from bankruptcy, it, _ :-for_at least one concert this - returned debt-free. But it wasn’ ‘long before musicians found themselves in a'leaky boat on choppy seas: two crippling short- falls and ‘dwindling government’. funds saw its deficit rise to just ~" over $1 million last year; When ‘it collapsed in 1988 ithad.a $1 7. couver, Siphon O Orchestra’s princi yal oboist since 1976. ."‘It. cian’s life takes ded . million debt. ' chorage offered but a single drink on its menu: a case of beer. I'll have a double... ; “Summon Arthur, the Table Hopping driver. Bring the bus; less to damage. We pray together thal time has removed the boys’ - rougher edges, though, yes, Ar- thur, they do come from the Island, where baseball hats are the preferred headgear for 95% of the population... “With scurvy crew loaded and Arthur wearing overalls, the bus is’ directed to Zen, the fine new Jap- | anese restaurant in West Van- couver, Though already reviewed. several weeks ago by Table Hopp- | ing staff, a revisit was required because the boys like things raw. So sushi it is,lads... |. “Air getting blue with off-color '* dialogue that is raising West Van- ». To’ make. up for: ‘the loss. ‘the symphony cancelled: a ‘US.’ tour: ‘and lopped an additional week off’ its’ regular-season, amounting toa 7% wage cutback for musicians. . Like most players’ Cole accepted the cuts, albeit reluctantly. But a ” ‘trend towards shorter seasons worries him, fearing the move , could eventually spell disaster for: the orchestra,” rls. “The danger of the cuts is, to a “have a first-class symphony i in the | - city/'you must have an ‘orchestra... ‘that is strong enough to offer good . contracts for players. (The musi- : cians sign a new contract this year.) . “Thirty. eight weeks iss precariously short for’a major’ ¢ symphony,"’ warns Cole, who was _ born in Seattle to musical parents. _and has played with over. 100 . conductors. ‘If the season is too’, .. short and the pay too low, players vk can’t afford to.live in Vancouver.’ > The situation is far gloomier for. ; other Canadian orchestras... * Musicians with the Toronto Philharmonic. have not been paid season, and the Calgary Philhar- monic has had financial difficulties . as well.” Montreal’s orchestra is deepest in the red with an-‘accumulated .. “* debt at the beginning of last - season of about: $2.5 million, vt iy When.a second dinner entrd oe ' equal or lesser value Is purchased. ‘« sunday Buffet $9.95 p.p."*:. “- §:00-9: 00pm - “© Dinrier from + 5-10pm, Mon.-Sat. Explres Jan. 14/93 ~ 985- 5477 « ° excludes beverages && Ever seen a geoduck, my dear? Good Gawd. 99 couver brows i in the elegant, Zen’ surroundings. a “Ever seen a geoduck, my i dear? Good Gawd. An emergency call to Arthur. The.bus is backed. up to'Zer’s entrance. Bills are. . paid. Thanks are given. Chefs are applauded. . “Escape to somewhere near: ‘the. waterfront so the seadogs can- “sniff the salt air and exchange po-° i ue lication — “AS tough as things are right across the country, Cole is looking: forward to the new year. Subscrip- _ tions and individual donations are "up and three-quarter-full houses’ are becoming the norm.. +. But at the same time he’ realizes ” that keeping one’s head above water can be a delicate balancing. ; act. “ While many see Canadian sym-= phonies as losing propositions,,h elieves the VSO can be vibran once again _ but that-success:: litically incorrect verbiage without fear of being arrested or hissed at by liberals. oe .//,.manage to arrive without: - much incident at the Rusty Gull neighborhood pub, where spirits. run high andthe live music is Usually first-rate. We are not: : disappointed, though ‘Arthur re-, “quires medication to control anx- “iety attack brought on by the boys’ » repeated yelling from.Table Hopp-._ ‘ing bus windows during the drive. > from Zen.” ; _.:..much good ale to e had at * the Gulland also, much: good pu "food. To complement’ ‘both are the + brilliant. Blue Shadows,:led by; Bill . Cowsill, the44-year-old.former ” member of the Cowsills 'Cowsill, resembling a _ weathered Peter‘Fonda, leads'a _ quartet ‘that rocks and swings with. ‘a Clarity and simplicin that rekin- -dles the rock ‘n‘:zoll flame in this age of rap and i ‘odes toinner “ty oafishness and vi “Much smoking; ¥ “clinking of glasses and nostalgic recollections of life on the hig “Quick. exit req - Sergio Momesso look-alike y, .weaves into tight corner occupie by Table’ Hopping: ‘demanding to” now:who wrote the réview.of th Mnony MGMT PER. Stttisl Die Re We resahy NiGHT 18 senthaesn Dhek fut .