Herald & Lantern 27 June '84 - - ^ 51

For Chip , a Dream Come True

(From Page 1) ' ahead of what I projected. "We learned from our mistakes, he said. "We tried to do a mainstream hi! and learned it's /most profitable to go for a known, smaller audience. "There are 200 records released a week," said Lamey. "You only hear two or three on the radio. There's not much room ^-to-break iri' new talent." He has the tape mastered in New York ^ City, a mold made in Sommerville, N.J., the record manufactured in Philadelphia, the album cover designed by himself and aHist Peter Davidson of Stone Harbor and - jiroduced in Mechanicsburg, Pa. HE CALLS ABOUT 10 key distributors in 'tins country and in Europe to get an idea how many records can be sold. If the artist has a following, the buyer for the distributor will know," said Lamey. "Otherwise we manufacture a smaller number and I really do a job promoting." Lamey aims almost entirely at college radio; "that's where the most adventurous radio is. It's open-minded. You should see their play lists; they, play everything. That allows us a chance to get played, and radio sells records." 1 Lamey's records sell well on the East and West coasts: poorly in the South and Midwest. / "We se^l more in Australia than in the South, A^sai^.. Swim Ban Urged (From Page 1) line to the list Monday after the Herald and Lantern questioned its omission (see related story). Sutton's letter to the municipalities asked "that the areas surrounding all treatment plant outfalls be posted as NO SWIMMING areas ... as a precaution to prevent the possibility of water-borne diseases beiflg transmitted to bathers. "WHILE GENERALLY bathing does not occur in these areas," he wrote, "we must concede that it can and does happen and the unenlightened vacationer must be pntffctted. Water samples taken June 19-20 showed a number of high counts of fecal coliform bacteria, the standard test for human r sewage pollution, in the back bays (see story). in said he 'assumed they were the ■Lrunoff from storm drains after a rainfall the day before the samples aken. DEPARTMENT is in the fourth wfek of its water quality testing, a program it calls "the most elaborate water monitoring program in New Jersey. '> Weekly samples are taken at 44 ocean water sites, from Ocean City around Cape May Point north to Villas; 92 back bay water sites; at 18 sewage treatment plants, and at an additional 10 "inland" sites in lakes and rivers. Samples are taken Mondays and Tuesdays, analyzed by the county lab, and results available on Fridays. They are sent to the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and to local municipalities and also appear in a chart in the Herald and Lantern the following Wednesday. Sutton made these points about the data and their interpretation: DATA IS REPORTED as MPN (Most Probable Nunf&er) of fecal coliform bacteria, "the standard test for human steerage pollution, the only major water pollutional concern in Cape May County. " The DEP sets 50 MPN as the "upper limit" for ocean waters and 200 as the upper limit for the back bay. "No single sample which shows a high bacteria count constitutes a problem," said Sutton. Instead, "a series of five polluted' samples are required before waters might be posted or closed to recreate in. "WE ARE LOOKING for trends in water pollution. Only repeated high bacteria counts at a given site would be construed as a public health hazard. "Due to wind and tidal action, any given ' bacteria county may well be 'diluted' and have disappeared long before the data is published. Therefore, figures which are forwarded can easily yield a false sense of alarm (or possibly a false sense of security, for that matter). "Rainfall and associated runoff will contain fecal matter and will elevate bacterial counts across the boards," Sutton wrote. "This is usually very short-lived and does not constitute an .ongoing health hazard. For this reason, data for samples following major rainfalls must be regarded as inconclusive."

HE THOUGHT a second. "We sell more in Poland than in the South," he added "I never sold anything in Texas. I have nc idea why." Lamey has a tie-in with a French label, Lolita Records, which is doing "very well ; the French are very interested in American '60s music." And he is closing deals in Germany and England. Lamey's price is "a little over $3" to distributors who charge $7.95 or $8.95. The artist gets 5-10 percent of the list price, may'* a dollar. Lamey's manufacturing costs are over a doll^. So he makes the least. 50 cents to a dollar. A good sale is 5.000 records, which Lamey achieveftthis winter with an album called "The Rebel Kind." featuring 14 groups. "That was my project from the start." said Lamey, "and was a huge success as m far as publicity." It was reviewed in the New York Times and USA Today. ONCE THE RECORD comes out. Lamey said he seldom listens to it. ^T 've heajd FRem a lifetime in test press4^5. etc." he said. "By the time it's out. I'm fed up with it." Lamey is "bothered" that more people aren't aware of musical talent, but he feels that the artist should consider fame "the icing on the cake. If they can make a living at it, they should be satisfied. Some want to be stars so bad, it's sad. You only hdvi/a few years. There are not many successful rock musicians over 40. If you hit 30 and are no further than when you were 20. you'd better think about something else. You've got to look the part. There are not many rock stars with bald spots or gray hair, especially now with MTV." Lamey himself plays the guitar (about an hour a day) plus the piano and organ, and writes songs, but "never wanted to be a musician." His current taste is for "old New Orleans rythm and blues, but I listen to everything." HE H AS TWO PORTABLE organs in his office and "if I get too depressed, I swing around in my chair and play the organ." Depressed? "I worry a lot. I worry about business. I worry about never getting paid after I've sunk all my money into it." Lamey, Karen, and their dog. Skates, live in a "second floor, rear" on 92nd Street. Karen works "about 80 hours a week, in Hugit's and managing the book department in the Stone Harbor Hoy's. "SHE'S LIKE my editor." said Lamey. "I'm not artistic. She helps make things look presentable. She also listens to the tapes and I use her opinion. If she says it stinks ..." He's '^ddicted to yard sales," follows basebalff and hockey, and has a new 10-speed bike. Her hobby is cooking; "anything but American. She loves the Reading Terminal. " They also watch a half-dozen movies a week. "I could watch four a day." said Lamey. If he did, he'd never get his writing done and "it's a good discipline to write something every week He wrote a weekly column on reissues [ ("a big business right now") for the Prairie Sun, an alternative weekly in Peoria, 111. . from its first issue in 1977 to its last one in 1983. HE WRITES 14 to 18 reviews a month for "OP," the trade magazine that is to independent labels what "Billboard" is to the majors. And he will soon be co-editing a music i magazine called "Bomp," out of Los Angeles for the "older audience < 1 8-35 1 ." He is one of the authors of a music book. "Trouser Press Guide to New Wave." published last year by Scribners ( "a big career boost, but not much money"), i He completed a screen play in January for a friend who is a film producer It was a . rewrite and "hopefully he'll have the money to shoot it in the fall." Title is i "Catamaran Summer."' a teen-age comedy. "You do it for nothing when you're trying to make your first sale." Lamey I explained. HE'S WORKING on three screen .plays , now;) two originals and one adaption of a I friend's story. i Lamey was raised in the Media. Pa.. : area by his grandparents. Mr and Mrs Edwin Harer. He attended Media Friends . * School through the third grade, then mov ed to Stone Harbor in 1962 when his grand . father retired from teaching at Upper Dar I by High and Drexel University. Lamey attended Stone Harbor Elementary and ; graduated from Middle Township High ♦ School in 1971. i "My grandparents have been very sup- ! portive," he said. "They're never after me to get a normal job."

MARINE SCHOLARSHIP — John Porter, second from right, a senioijh Lower Cape May Regional High School, has been awarded four-year Marine ROTC tflklarship to attended Dominion University. With him are, left to right: I).J. Piro. gMance director S/Sgjt. Lewis II. Jenkins, Marine recruiter; Marine Capt. Perriet. and AIM Beattie. principal of high school.

Law's Stays Close To BuilHers

CAPE MAY - _Law's Printing remained on the heels of league leading ^fiurke Builders as it, won both its games lasj week to up [its record to 13 and 2. On Monday Law's edged Doc's Custard 5 to 3 as TCd Ferrante pitched an excellent game, including eight put outs. John Fuller led the offense with three hits, followed by John Yoegl with two hits and two rbi's. On Wednesday Law's shut out Captain Sig's 3 to 0

as Kevin Sherman collected two hits and pitcher Ted Ferrante threw a 2-hitter -,Burke Builders upped its league-leading record to 14 and 1 as it destroyed Eckel's Diesel 17 to 1 on Monday. Dave Stefankowicz and Chuck Matthews both banged out three hits to lead the offense. Ed Bosch chipped in with a home run. Doc's Custard remained amongst the leaders as it

downed Sptain Sig's 16 to 11 on FlHay Mike Reardon provroed much .of the offense as he banged out five hits,' followed by Chuck Dougherty and Charlie Maxwel^ who collected four hits apiece St\MilM,S * Burke Build*-* 14 1 Law s Printing 13-2 Pirate sDj^ «-■» Docs Cuafirm. , KckelsJ^B Alias Bayshanj^Hgr 6 The I Captainf^^r «» to

Dekelco Stretches Win Streak

CAPE MAY - Dekelco extended its unbeaten streak to 13 games as it captured two wins last week. On Monday Dekelco downed Cape Abstract 8 to 1 as Lee Anderson provided the offensive spark, going 2 for 3. On Thursday Dekelco nipped the Coast Guard Bears 6 to 2 as Mike Kelly went 3 for 3. Kindle Ford pushed its record past the 500 mark as it went 2 and 0 for the week to up its record to 7-4. I On Thursday Kindle put it to T.M.U. 18 to 9 in an awesome offensive display.

On Monday Kindle beat up on Charlie's Place 10 to 2 as Joe Tomlin went a perfect 4 for 4. # THE PRESS also went 2 and 0 for the week as it upped its record to a respectable 6 and 5 On Friday the Press downed T.M.U. as Steve Luteri had 3 hits and 3 rbi's followed by Mike Marducci with 2 hits and 3 rbi's. Bob Foltz chipped in with a 2-run homerun In a battle of two struggl #ing teams T M U destroyed the Cape Radiology Dawgs 13 to 4 Andy Szigeii led the way

with a home run. a triple and 5 rbi's Will lleacock and Greg Christman backed up Szigeti. going 3 for 4 and 3 for 5 respectively STAMIIM.S Dekelco 134) EECEN 83 Cape May Const les 7 2 Kindle Ford 7 4 IjSCG Bears 6-3 Charlie's Place 7 5 The Press 8- 5 Miami Inn 85 Chief Petty Officers 2-4 The Busty Nail 3-8 T M V 3 8 Wm Morey Dev Co 2 3 Mayer s Tavern 2-8 Cape Radiology Dawgs 19 Cape Abstract o 5

LANGUAGE AWARDS — Freshmen Sherri Wilson and Matt So be! of Lower Cape My Regional High School, with Alan Beattie, principal, look over awards students won in National Language Arts Clynvaid.