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      Daily Tertangala

      The journal of the University of Wollongong Students’ Association, Vol 24.5, September, 1997

      ° THIS is the face of Mr Rupert Murdoch, as today in
      the London offices of his immense News Corporation
      he broke his silence on the death of Dana, Princess of
      Wales ~ a face revealing a humanity few have seen
      from the corporate-raiding tycoon

      fie modern phenomena of the ‘cult of personality’

      is notliafmore than a commodification of identity by
      the mass media” read Mr Murdoch from a prepared

      statement. "The media outlets which I control — and

      ‘\
      V

      \[...]es for no greater rea-
      son than to profiteer from the ‘fascination value’ of
      their circumstance. In our pursual of saleable titi11a-
      tion, we have respected no privacy; we have kicked
      down the doors of family tragedy, we have pulled

      PLASTIC

      PEOPLE

      PLASTIC

      PLASTIC

      PLASTIC



      open the curtain of grief,” he said

      “As the world watches the televised funeral of Dana.
      considers purchasing the Elton John tribute album.
      reads the latest tabloid conspiracy theory surrounding
      her death and waits for the inevtiable movie,“ contin-
      ued Mr Murdoch. “the money wheél continues to
      spin” ' ‘

      “While it does, our behaviour will not change. THE
      MARKET MAKES US DO IT!”

      INSIIDIE:

      POLITICS
      Well, the Plastic edition of the Tertangala is
      now out on the streets,after close to 20 million
      catastrophes including the fatal system errors
      of two computers and the editor's brain,
      stress, angst and resentment all round and
      the painful realisation that sometimes even
      though yo[...]ntrol.

      I write this from Melbourne, having spent the
      past couple of days in this beautiful city in the
      not particularly beautiful environment which
      is one of the other hats on my very crowded
      head; as a member of the NUS National
      Executive,at its final meeting for the year. In a
      forum which does not bear the restraint of
      age (nor maturity?), nor the scrutiny of the
      mass media (who really cares what these
      government—runners and party honchos of
      tomorrow are doing today?) the plastic
      nature of human politics reveals itself in all its
      dubious glory. Over the past few days we
      have had the treat of textbook—case plastici-
      ties demonstrated in these forms; personal
      moralities suppressed by a binding caucus
      line; rhetoric failing action; “[...]ical debate replaced with personal attack.
      This, of course, alternates between experi-
      ences of selfless accountability, attention to
      duty, some[...]fleeting, non—plastic and beautiful sensation
      of political solidarity.

      More than anything, it is that moment of soli-
      darity which unsettles my heart, for the
      National Union of Students is — notoriously — a
      highly factionalised organisation, its groupings[...]com-
      mitments. This, as you can imagine, provokes
      a tribal atmosphere within its forums — t—shirts,
      chants, banners and flags, the whole bit. By
      this point in the year, however, a lot of the tra-
      ditional acrimony between factions is water-[...]ugh familiarity we have dis-
      covered some strands of common experi-
      ence anc (egad!) of friendship. When the
      meeting is over, we'll all go out for drinks — girls
      and boys from the left and right (never the
      extreme of either side though, funnily
      enough) sit down together, dance to the
      Spice Girls (as a joke,okay?), play pinball and
      look and talk and act like real students.Yet as
      we travel towards the end of the year, the
      time when Decisions Get Made, a horrid sus-
      picion undermines our social interaction; will
      you knive rne, friend, when the numbers fall,
      and that plastic allure of “power” shines on all
      of us’? Are political hearts made of plastic’?

      It is an unusual and upsetting suspicion to
      have.

      You will notice that the political comment of
      this Tertangala bears a much greater acidity
      than its traditional gentle poison. There is
      good reason for this; the nasty political envi-
      ronment in which the writers and compilers of
      the paper live is one which, understandably,
      provokes nasty responses. The “travel rorts"
      scandal of federal parliament which broke
      just as the paper was being completed is an
      excellent example of this; waves of revela-
      tions, confessions and sackings breaking over

      the broadcast media has boiled the blood of
      citizens already suspicious that their “repre—
      sentatives” in the corridors of power treat
      them with contempt. At this stage of the fed-
      eral Liberal government’s term, so safely[...]elections, it is worth remember-
      ing how plastic the pre—e|ection promise can
      be. “Plastic”, by definition as an adjective and
      not a noun, means “malleable, fluid" — this, at
      least to this writer, carries the implication of
      responsiveness, which is, after all, a not nec-
      essarily bad thing. When I declare this gov-
      ernment to be Plastic, however, it is not
      because of this definition — to be a responsive
      government would not have been one whi[...]tually expanding higher edu-
      cation sector. To be a responsive government
      would have been to apologize to indigenous
      Australians, given the horror which overcame
      the entire nation when the Stolen Children
      report was finally released. To be responsive
      would to have a ministerial code of conduct
      which, lauded by the people, was actually
      followed. This kind of plasticity, that which
      applies to satisfying the demands of the citi-
      zenry you have been elected to govern,
      despite the ideological position you or you
      party comrades ho[...]term to describe John
      Howard's government because of the defini-
      tion attributed to the adjective from the
      noun: plastic as a substance that substitutes
      for the real thing. Plastic meaning fake. Fake
      was the promise that they were going to be a
      government “for all of us", because indigi—
      neous people, women, students, the unem-
      ployed, pensioners, artists, the sick, parents,
      workers, people in public housing,[...]f Prosser, an one?) have gained NOTH-
      ING through the efforts of this government. In
      fact, in that above list, most of these groups
      have been penalised — and for what? For the
      status they hold. Now that's a government for
      all of us, isn't it? Fake was the promise of
      “quality, diversity and choice” in universities,
      fake was the promise of a safe environment in
      which to live, fake was the promise that work-
      ers would be “better off"... fake, indeed, as
      the travel rorts scandal has proven, was the
      promise that the government would be inter-
      ested in anything beyo[...]and truly would not have
      been possible if not for the legendary efforts
      of Stuart Hatter, Harrison J. Chadd, and
      Warren “W[...]hour
      performances to get this beleagured baby
      off the ground. Thanks also to Mikey, Mez and
      Ben. Thanks[...]ered Country (espe-
      cially Capalupo), Graham (for the lift), Juliana
      Dickinson (for everything, as usua[...]who restrained themselves
      from strangling me over the past month (I
      know what you've been going through[...]times), NUS and all its
      lovely hacks. Let's hope the mystery isn't
      ruined and we're still a family when summer's
      over. Special Thanks: Elizabeth Martin and Tim
      Cahill, the wonderful work experience kids. I
      had fun[...]
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      within the confines of the law. If you don't like
      the bits we have printed, you reserve the right
      to get 1.) your own copy and 2.) a big pair of
      scissors and snip them all out. On the other
      hand. you can take your copy home in a paper
      bag and. at your own discretion, whip it out and
      have a good chuckle at what sociologists refer
      to as “undergraduate humour”.
      Please bear in mind that each copy of the
      Tertangala comes under the scrutiny of SRC

      DISCLAIME

      and
      WARNING

      The Tertangala, being part of the honourable

      tradition of student newspapers in Australia
      functioning as an altemafive, non-profit media
      reserves the right to print naughty pictures and President, Carol Berry, who acts as publisher of

      be satirical and silly wherever it chooses - thi[...]D

      CVBEFITECH
      SUPPDFITEF-I
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      too. that the opinions contained within this
      publication are those of the authors, and not
      necessarily those of the Editor, Students’
      Representative Council nor even the Students‘
      Association of the University of Wollongong.
      The paper is printed at Manickville
      Newspapers - 02 9519 1022.

      The Editor would like to, in closing, follow the

      Matt Groening tradition of pledging allegiance

      to Frank Zappa, and the nation of maniacs for
      which he stands. You can sit down now.
      here's a new McCrap store being built at
      Woonona. It only takes twelve weeks to
      erect one of the evil units - so much of the
      process has been streamlined. They
      managed to upset the surrounding store
      owners before construction even
      commenced. On-street parking is very
      limited in the area, and McDonald's
      organised to remove even more of it to make sure there was
      access to its Drive-Thr[...]sses, already
      contending with losing customers to the Multinational, are now
      finding there are less pla[...]n June 16th, judgement was finally
      handed down in the McLibe| case. Helen Steel and Dave Morris,
      penniless activists sued by McDonald's, were at last able to hear
      the result of their years of hard work. While McDonald's had
      spent somewhere b[...]0 million pounds on lawyers
      and litigation costs, the pair managed to raise just over £35,000
      for their defence- most of it spent on court transcripts, air fares
      for witnesses and photocopying.
      Mr Justice Bell, in a lengthy verdict, found mainly in favour of the
      plaintiffs, that is, McDonald’s. There were significant portions of
      the disputed fact-sheet, however, that he did find to be true. This
      gave the defendants cause to rejoice. Their effort had not been
      in vain. In the other areas they claim they lost for reasons of
      semantics. McDonald's, despite the massive sums they invested
      on the proceedings, are refusing to comment. It's difficult to
      know what the best course for the company is. Ignoring the
      protesters in the first place would have legitimised the views of
      those purporting to criticise, yet fighting them[...]unmitigated nightmare. It's probable that seeing the case has
      been such a major public relations disaster for the company
      their legal advisers have suggested they sit quietly in their
      bunker and hope for the after effects of the judgement to simply
      fade away. Given the Stoicism of Steel And Morris, however, this
      is an unlikely scenario in itself, as they are planning an appeal.
      The “What's Wrong With McDonald's Factsheet was found to
      have been (legally) accurate in the following areas:

      * Justice Bell confirmed that there are enough instances of
      animal cruelty in McDonald's food processing meth[...]in that area. As he put it in
      his judgement: “(The criticism that McDonald's) are culpably
      responsible for cruel practices in the rearing and slaughter of
      some of the animals which are used to produce their food is
      j[...]this sentence next time you're about to bite into a Big Mac or
      Chicken McNugget. Images of cattle having their throats slit
      while they bellow in fear and pain remain strong. The conditions
      for chickens and pigs are no better. The RSPCA is now
      investigating.

      * Justice Bell also confirmed that McDonald's do pay such a
      minimal amount and have such a large employee base that they
      are partially responsible for lowering wages in the entire youth/
      casual work sector. “(McDona|d's[...], thereby helping to depress wages for workers in the
      catering trade in Britain. (They are also) strongly antipathetic to
      any idea of unionisation of crew in their restaurants." (One can
      assume they have a similar responsibility for the same low
      wages rates here in Australia- $5.90 per hour.)

      * The judge also confirmed that McDonald's exploit chil[...]advertising and
      marketing makes considerable use of susceptible young
      children to bring in custom, both their own and that of their
      parents who must accompany them, by pesteri[...]o consider next time you find yourself seduced by
      the bright lights and artificial atmosphere of one of their stores.
      Do you question the value of nutrition over the convenience and
      dubious gastronomic quality of one of their ‘plastic’ burgers?
      Justice Bell went on to concede that McDonald's promotion of
      their food as healthy was a deceptive act. find that various
      of (McDonald's) advertisements, promotions and booklets have
      pretended to a positive nutritional benefit which McDonal[...]
      -I \."1"k"'.??L“ ..::i~’~.«--.'~

      In other areas the judge found against the defendants, who
      argue the reasons he reached these conclusions was because
      of petulant Iegalese rather than the fact they were actually
      wrong. For instance, alth[...]ectly, there’s still
      room for an interpretation of facts which states that as a flagship
      for the culture of the hamburger, they do in fact retain a degree
      of culpability for poorer third world nations who try to emulate
      the affluence and lifestyles of their richer neighbours. If this
      means knocking over a few acres of pristine forest in the name
      of keeping up with the Joneses, then who’s to argue - except
      for a couple of penniless activists in London.

      This is not to su[...]be
      aspiring to affluence, but rather questioning the value of their
      adopting the more negative aspects of modern Western culture
      - instant gratification, for example, and the “its better if it’s sterile
      and wrapped in plastic and doesn’t taste of anything strong
      enough to give it an actual identifying flavour other than the
      sauce or condiments which accompany it" mentality[...]al/social shifts - but they are in many instances the
      vanguard- witness their forays into Moscow and Beijing— in
      essence saying, relax, the cavalry is here - this is the finest fruit
      of Western Civilisation - two all beef patties on a sesame seed
      bun etc etc. Yeah, it looks and tastes like plastic, but it's the
      nadir of our gastronomic evolution.

      Speaking of cultural imperialism, for some reason your
      correspondent found himself at the opening of the 25th “Lone
      Star" restaurant in Australia. There are planned to be 34 here by
      the end of the year. Yes, there is now a little piece of Texas in
      the heart of Chullora. up to and including ha|f—hour|y line-
      dancing. Yee ha. The food was predictable (hey, it was free) but
      I found myself not so much questioning a need to import culture
      (and I use the word very loosely) but why there was no home
      grow[...], cheap and clean
      kangaroo and emu burgers, slabs of damper, and mugs of hot
      tea to wash down your Magic Puddinga?

      But I digress.

      McDonald’s have been so frightened by the bad

      publicity ensuing from the McLibe| case
      they are not bothering to collect

      the damages awarded to

      them. No. they're

      keeping their heads
      low and ducking
      the shrapnel
      that’s still falling.

      It is landing
      around their

      ears in the form

      of anti—store
      protests. These

      are occurring not
      just in London, which
      has borne the brunt of the

      anti—McDonald’s cause due to

      the proximity of the McLibe| case, but

      around the world - even in the USA, which

      should, after all, be McDonald’s he[...]Arlington, Virginia. (Yes, Santa
      Claus, there is a Virginia.) After a Ronald McDonald statue was
      dragged from the store and burned, what is described as a
      “melee” ensued. 18 people were arrested, alth[...]s in jail and told to pay $1500
      in restitution to the multinational after they placed a banner on
      the roof of a store in Santa Cruz as part of a demonstration. One
      of the arrestees suffered a concussion at the hands of the
      police.

      And as if McDonald’s assault on our cu[...]nough, now they‘re even attacking our language. The editors
      of the Oxford English dictionary have been advised they may
      themselves feel the brunt of legal action if they go ahead and
      include the word “McJob" in their new edition. It is reported that
      the definition would be -

      McJob n colloq (freq derog): A poorly paid job with few
      prospects, esp. one take[...]rker because

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      of a shortage of other prospects, or lack of ambition.

      |t’s not all grim news, however. On the night of Friday, June
      20th, 1997, the elected house of Bermuda voted 22 to 13 to ban
      fast - food restaurants from the island colony. Great
      grandmother Phyllis Harron, 83, an instigator of an anti-
      McDona|d’s petition, stated: “It is[...].”

      It's worth noting that Bermuda is also free of billboards and neon
      signs.

      -Simon Luckhur[...]
      The Politics o’ Plastic Politics:

      ‘Reality’ and Sirnulacra
      in an Age of Artificial Reproduction

      R‘-
      Everywhere, plasti[...]y #.'7._ ._ _‘2 time”, because it tastes like the last time. The
      consider yourself one of a select few. To write 3,. words coming out of his mouth, moulded
      this article I am pressing my fingers onto together to produce a certain effect,
      pieces of plastic that are connected to a often aren’t even sentences, but in
      larger machine cased in plastic as are the extreme short term,

      innumerable other objects around
      me, the bag I am eating nuts
      from... Most food, even a lot of
      “fresh” produce is sold as units
      with a plastic shell. Coke
      have changed their bottles
      to[...]ne for what

      was inside. Most
      Australians turn on a
      machine in a plastic

      box each night to see

      an image — itself

      plastic — of a
      newsreader — a man

      with plastic hair and

      a plastic face telling

      them words
      generated for a

      specific short-term

      purpose, thinkihg

      they’r[...]g at
      times.







      However this tactic of
      talking plastic isn’t
      confined to television
      stars on network
      payrolls; it is the
      modus operandi
      of’, another group
      of‘\television stars:
      p up 1 i t i c i a n 5
      [including vice-
      cliancellors] will
      stlring together
      al bunch of
      s ‘e e m i n g 1 y
      rle 1 e v a n t
      biuzzwords in a
      rpw and the
      talker’s mouth
      will move and
      sound will
      come ou[...]hese people
      don’t even speak
      real sentences. In
      the immediate
      short term,
      however, it’s not
      that hard to be
      fooled by the
      confident smiling
      salesman. This is why
      politicia[...]ing about being quoted
      that which is artifi= ial; a out of context — when they
      thesaurus gives synonys suc[...]lastic is used to su" ‘ f " ' T ' .- some kind of meaning on
      real; a shining exam "e-of this is plastic their babble.
      surgery — implan-[...]rea ' Politicians er;day construct press
      there - a connotatien helped along by s . . .. ‘ _ _ releases .ia““.,_g2-1” y fa)J on shiny bits of
      that a lot of the stuff is see—through. ' . "5' ' “ l paper and contain N-finds tlglat the miglister
      , , _ supposedly “said today”. The minister only sa_-'.t¥:l_ the
      The plastic man on the plastic screen,i,sii1.fact talking plastic. words while dictating to their secretary, yet the “statement;

      The word ‘plastic’

      brings to mind

      many connotations.

      Plastic suggests
      notions of falsity, the
      substance itself is
      conjured up — not
      many of us know how

      - by humans seemingly

      out of nowhere, as a
      petroleum by—product,
      rather than being grown
      or built in a more
      traditional sense. Thethe media pipeline, where it will become_News. It
      sym[...]ted that “Senator Blah Rhubarb today; issued‘ a
      employed for this very ability. Yet people seem t[...]s release to say...”; it will be reported as if the staterherit took
      marketing tools to accept what issues from their autocues as True place in a forum of some significance, as if the statement weren’t
      — in much the similar way people trust McDonalds’ plas[...]
      A politician may visit a local cheese factory and meet some
      workers; the media will come along to see the politician do so.
      However, the battery farm has been slipped in front of the egg
      — the media are supposedly there to cover the story, but there
      would not be any story - the politician would not be there - if the
      media weren’t going to be present, and the media wouldn’t be
      there if the politician wasn’t, but because they will, they are... An
      unholy, circular, fake alliance is formed; the media and the
      politicians help each other out, give each other a reason to be,
      but none of it’s real or organic - and all of it will appear on the
      nightly Truth broadcast. An ‘event’ that ‘t[...]be media there to ‘cover it’ has been coined a “pseudo-
      event” — like the hair that a politician will wear to such a pseudo-
      event, it is plastic, synthetic, artifici[...]iana is dead, they tell us. It seems that this is a Big Deal,
      important News, as evidenced by the fact that ail media you look
      at has been reporting it, some stations running it non—stop. But
      the reason that it is a Big Deal is that Diana is a Big Deal — the
      stuff in the car in the tunnel is important and worthy of much
      media coverage because Diana has been gettin[...]is [as opposed to was, because it is her image on
      a screen, not her corporeal self, that has always been the
      important thing, and there are plenty of such images stored on
      computers and photo files] a true Celebrity, famous for being
      famous. The media haven’t lost a powerful ally as much as rolled
      her over for a lump sum — watch the Special Edition and
      memorabilia—containing papers sell now. With no way for most
      of us to tell if any of it is actually real, indeed if Diana ever
      existed in the flesh at all, you can really choose whether to take
      part in the circus or whether to treat it as one would a plastic
      bubble containing snow falling over a Mercedes wreck. The big
      question isn’t whether her death was a hoax, but if Diana was
      ever a human being at all, ever anything more than a pseudo-
      event. To imagine the most real she could ever have been, we
      arrive at not very — she is at once both the image - the simulation
      - and the ‘original — the referent from which the image might
      once have been taken. An author called Baudrillard calls this the
      simulacrum. Maybe Diana’s dead; in the only forum within
      which I ever ‘saw’ her [if an image can have a gender], she
      seems more alive than ever. [Apologi[...]y existed, or even felt something other than fear of the
      media onslaught upon hearing the news. I am sorry for you.]

      However, plastic is real; it is the physical embodiment of the
      fake. You can feel it in your hands, in your thro[...]damage. Plastic is dangerous; it is produced out of
      the drilling of the earth’s crust to obtain [limited] fossil fuels,[...]y
      pollution]. Most purchase-units come wrapped in the stuff, and
      it doesn’t go away, it hangs around,[...]and polluting
      and suffocating. When it’s burnt, the vapours are toxic. Plastic is
      manufactured with the short term almost exclusively in mind; a
      key aspect of the plastic phenomena is disposability. It came
      from[...]ap your food unit and throw it away -
      gone. Sure. A bushwalk along a path marked by Pepsi bottles or
      the sight of an animal strangled by a sixpack holder might cause
      a rethink here. Even in the near future, its ‘disposability’ is
      extremely[...]education funding arerft cuts at all,
      but rather a “cap” against further increases in funding: n[...]ed by universities —
      constantly rising, how can a “cap against forward estimates”,
      which is wha[...]ing changes off as,
      amount to anything other than a cut? Vanstone generated these
      ‘sentences’ because she could include the words “not cuts” in
      them. with scant regard f[...]k, they were disposable wordsfbabbleti
      to get out of a tough situation or to appear as though a stance

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      .[...]they had no more substance than
      plastic wrapping. The words, however, made their way into the
      public discourse, and like plastic wrapping making its way into
      the ocean, may have caused people to believe them, to[...]Vanstone’s government really aren’t slashing the equity of
      education access.

      Vanstone faxed us a press release on shiny paper on 26 August
      in which she attempted to bag the ALP shadow minister for
      education & youth affairs[...]nts he
      made that sounded like they were defending the TER system in
      the face of the NSW government downgrading it. She had
      “some ad[...]ortunities for further study, not ration them”. The
      press release continued to ‘state’ that “the TER creates bias on
      class and regionai tines”. With the equity—reducing cuts to
      education funding and A[...]she have to make such statements from other
      than the shiny paper the words are on and the TV screen you‘ll
      hear about it on? None, but that’s all she needs — as long as the
      words get out there they'll have a chance of polluting the
      political environment, of causing real damage, when their
      benefit could only be false The same press release continued to
      include the words: “There are many people who can be
      systematically disadvantaged. The Mt. Druitt High students who
      gained prominence ea[...]good examples." At no
      stage did she say she gave a fuck about such systematic
      disadvantage, or that[...]ing about exactly that with
      her own policies, but the plastic words on the pseudo—event’s
      shiny page could make it appea[...]erboards at all, but painted plastic
      moulded into the shape of wood grains. However, a five—second
      sound bite on the news that night allows her to throw the
      McDonalds wrapping out of her speeding car, and maybe even
      convince someone that it was a good thing she did so, as she
      was cleaning up the car’s interior.

      - Ben Langford

      “p_qs[...]
      [...]lly, in Europe, when
      they commence excavation for
      a new office block. they come
      across a graveyard hundreds
      of years old. Crumbling bones
      and fragile skulls are lifted
      briefly into the light,
      examined. and usually
      replaced somewhere.
      Now picture the scene 200 years hence. “I
      think this is a male skeleton is from 1996"
      says the leading archaeologist. “How can you
      be so accur[...]sed
      assistant. “Have you some new and novei
      way of determining sex and the date people
      were buried?" “Not at all,” replies the first. “I
      just read the date on the pectoral implants.”
      That's right. thousands of exhumed burial
      sites will be littered with shards of medical
      plastic and silicon, extant long after the last
      bones have dissolved back into the dirt that
      formed them. “Ashes to ashes. dust to dust,
      and. er. maybe we could recycle the rest."
      “I got my biceps enhanced really cheaply
      using second—hand parts.“ You tick the
      option box in the organ donor cards. “I'd like
      my breast enhancing bags of saline to go to
      Cousin Ethel she needs them, afte[...]us ground.
      “Yes, he's dead, but who has custody of
      the penile implants?"
      It’s avaricious, litigatious. possibly the result
      of yet more of the American lifestyle thrust
      upon us, and it's very
      probably about to
      happen. How
      have we come
      to this
      point.
      the

      extreme position of allowing. even
      condoning, cosmetic enhancement of the
      human body?
      Plastic surgery. like so many aspects of late
      twentieth century "advancements" -
      microwave[...]ved
      from military applications. Not just changing
      the faces of master spies, but the result of
      treating war injuries in soldiers ~ repairing
      the gross deformities derived on the
      battletleid to enhance the quality of life of
      the survivors. Obviously injuries are not
      restricted to times of war. and so such
      procedures began to enter civilian life. Firstly
      to improve the circumstances of everyday
      accident victims and those with congenital
      deformities. but then. as the rich and
      powerful stumbled across them, just on a
      whim.
      We're beginning to see the genesis of the
      freak show. Michael Jackson, Anna Nicole
      Smith and Dolly Parton to name a few.
      How long will it be before some neo-
      Madonna or David Bowie. in espousing the
      nature of the chameleon. goes beyond mere
      changes in costume and haircut? When will
      the rich and incontrovertibly insane go
      beyond make-up and begin to transform
      themselves under the surgeon's blade.
      aiming for something truly “different.” If it
      sells a few records or lands them another
      movie role. it can be only a matter of time
      before the director's cry of “Makeup!” is
      replaced by one of “Medical!”
      “Here's Val Kilmer. fresh from his
      operation for the "Creature from
      the Black Lagoon" remake."
      Giving someone surgery to
      “improve" how they look
      allows the presumption
      some features are
      “better" than oth[...]n flab.
      Hair is better than
      skin — but only on
      the head, in fact,
      it's the opposite
      everywhere else.
      In times long
      past. it was the
      tribal elders
      who were
      revered, who
      people aspired
      to be. They held
      the wisdom of
      their moiety.
      could recount
      ancient
      knowledge, and
      had the final say
      on matters
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      - Som[...]ants to be young.

      If you're going bald there are a number of
      options available to you, besides accepting it
      an[...]hormones than growing hair."
      You can have strips of hair covered skin
      removed from the rear of your head and
      placed forward. You can have the bald area
      surgically removed. with the remaining hairy
      skin stretched tightly over the hole. Both
      these procedures can become problemati[...]as scars may be
      revealed. or you may be left with a “island”
      of hair prominent on the top of your
      forehead. while all behind is bereft. Other[...]either in
      bunches or. more expensively, thousands of
      individual strands.

      Faces. of course, are a hotbed of cosmetic
      surgery, for both males and females. The
      original face lift removes skin near the hair
      line allowing wrinkles and sags to be pulled
      taught as the incision is stitched back up.
      Chins and jawlines[...]agen. checks are
      raised or lowered like flags in a busy parade
      ground, even eyelids are routinely al[...]nly I didn‘t have these awful
      eyelids...")

      And of course, if you‘ve recently spent some
      money and had the paintwork on the car
      stripped back and resprayed, then why not
      do the same to your face? Phenol
      trichloracetic acid is used for deep
      chemical peels which have the effect of
      basically sucking the skin off your skull.
      Beauty is pain. remember.

      Liposuction, too, is here to meet the needs of
      an expanding population: fat can be sucked
      from all areas of the body, but
      predominantly the areas it is removed from
      are the stomach and buttocks. Imagine
      slicing open your chubby tummy and
      inserting the business end of an industrial
      strength suction device.

      Breasts c[...]t I ~patowic /boggle /
      for before and after shots of Pamela
      Anderson. if you must.) Sure implants may
      leak, are implicated in a host of medical
      conditions. and are associated with a degree
      of discomfort. but they’re one way of
      ensuring you find and keep the person of
      your dreams. Lucky you're not trying to
      attract s[...]this area. It’s
      possible now to avoid hours in the gym, or
      the potentials of anabolic steroids, with the
      insertion of plastic “pectoral enhancers.”

      It doesn’t stop there, of course. Penises
      (Penii?) can also be made larger with the
      addition of body fat from other areas of the
      body and a bit of deft nipping and tucking.
      There are approximately 30.000 penile
      implants a year performed in the States. and
      at $20,000 each. that works out to be quite
      a few Mercedes and condos in Beverley Hills.
      A wonderful birthday present for the woman
      of your dreams: “I have something here for[...]
      [...]surgery really frightening. Not only because I am a big
      pansy who is pain-phobic, but because of the whole idea of hating
      yourself enough to go under the knife. to allow someone to slice you
      open. to extract parts of your body. to insert silicon into other parts
      of you, to have your fat cells vacuumed away, to all[...]e you immense pain and to put you at immense risk of death.
      deformity and disease because you think that you look fundamentally
      wrong. and that you will have a better life seems to me to be the
      symptoms of a very sick society.

      Cosmetic vs Plastic

      Please n[...]bs], breast implants. collagen injections to
      make the lips plumper and more sensuous. facial reconstruction and
      face lifts, liposuction, dermabrasion (scrubbing the top layers of the
      skin away with a coarse brush or paper to get rid of wrinkles and
      blemishes}. cheek implants, eyelid surgery. labiaplasty (reshaping of
      the labia), arm/thigh/ buttock lifts, acid or chemical peels to remove
      the top layers of skin and the list goes on. Almost any part of your
      body. if you be male or female. can be "impr[...]d” surgery.

      Sources

      I have never had any form of plastic or cosmetic surgery, so I clon’t
      profes[...]l experience. My knowledge
      comes from two friends of mine undergoing cosmetic surgery
      (rhinoplasty) an[...]who had her breasts reduced. 1 saw
      one friend in the hospital a few days after the operation had taken
      place: her face was swollen.[...]usly bashed her. She couldn't wear sunglasses for
      a year. She was 16. I didn't see my other friend for a week after her
      operation. I thought. and I still[...]re
      beautiful before they had rhinoplasty. For me, the change to what
      they currently look like was minim[...]em it
      was obviously very important that they have the operation done and
      they both say that they felt m[...]ate. and I find it
      hard to accept that I live in a society where it is perfectly justifiable to
      put yourself through such pain for the fear of not being accepted as
      you are. Excuse the hippiness. but I find that a deplorable attitude
      which is being condoned. You[...]you look like. nor should
      you be judged as such.

      The other place I got most of my information from was a 1994
      supplement to She magazine on cosmetic surge[...]zophrenic in nature. it both promotes and demotes the benefits of
      surgery. On the first page is a picture of a sleek naked woman in
      profile. surrounded by the prices exacted to change certain parts of
      the body, titled: "The price of perfection". She quotes often from a
      book entitled Cosmetic Surgery: Your Questions An[...]s as straightforward cosmetic surgery
      operations. The section entitled. ‘What can go Wrong‘?" is in point-
      forni. non-specific and only half a page long. Surgery options take up
      l7 pages. A psycliiatrisfs opinion takes up one column. The
      photographs of Lyle bovatt. Camilla Parker—Bowles and Sandra
      B[...]have". I find
      this worrying. needless to say. As a woman, I dont. understand why
      causing insecurity and worry in women is the priority of women's
      magazines such as this one, rather than e[...]believe in their own strength and value. And yes. the almighty dollar
      is part of the answer. but I am a strong believer in the fact. that
      money is way overrated.

      Barbie

      There is a woman named Cindy Jackson. on American who lives in
      England, who has had over $60,000 worth of cosmetic surgery to
      make herself look like Barbie. Using the money that she was left in
      her fathers will, she[...]—long dream. Says
      Cindy, “I considered buying a flat or going on a round-the—world
      cruise. But then I decided I‘d get a whole bunch of surgery done." In
      the 12 years between 1983 and 1995, she has had count[...]ore, now she looks like Barbie at least as far as the plastic goes.



      She runs the London-based Cosmetic Surgery Network. designed t[...]in death. At: least 4
      women to date have died as a result of liposuction. While these may
      be negligible odds for essential medical surgery. cosmetic surgery is
      not a necessity. You won't die if you don't have it, but you might if
      you do.

      I Problems of surgery include deep scarring. irregular healing,
      migration of implants, thickening of skin, loss of hair from face lifts,
      permanent loss of sensation due to nerve damage. bruising and
      infec[...]ose bleeds weeks after operations. Not to mention the
      fact that there may be a communication problem between yourself
      and the surgeon (resulting in you not getting what you pa[...]unhappy with it even if it was what you wanted or the
      surgeon may make a mistake.

      - Cosmetic surgery is painful and unnat[...]ng hits out or putting bits in yourself.
      changing the shape of your body. results in bruising and pain. You
      are hurting yourself. It is against the Hippocratic oath, taken by all
      doctors before the[...]harm.

      - Cosmetic surgery has been advertised in the past as a means of.
      and could be used in the future. correcting “racial problems”, such as[...]ds for
      oiientals.

      Feminism and Cosmetic Surgerv

      A lot of what I believe does come from my feminist ideas,[...]dergo cosmetic surgery. After
      reading Naomi Wolfs The Beauty Myth, I am now well aware of her
      theory that women as beauty consumers was a concept designed by
      patriarchal structures to nullify women's growing social equality.
      (Note: the patriarchy is a name given to the social behaviours which
      all westerners are continually conditioned to enact. Thus, the
      patriarchy is not just: caused by the behaviour of men. but by the
      behaviour of men AND women.) I think that the power of cosmetic
      surgery. like the power of beauty and wealth and grey haired old
      men. is a social construct which is part of “the patriarchy“. And until
      society starts to realise the damage done by this construct and
      develops a construct that does not include such an unequal power
      base. be it inequality of gender or race or age or wealth. cosmetic
      surgery will just be a symptom of what is wrong in our society.

      Choice

      This does[...]t, and drink caffeine after
      they have been warned of the risks. you could choose to have plastic
      surgery.[...]surgery if you want it. and to try
      and point out the fundamental facts that pro—surgery information[...]surgery is painful, possibly fatal. and caused by a whole
      spectrum of politics designed to put beauty and personalities[...]ffensive what I said about
      them. This article was a very hard one for me to write. I love you both
      de[...]ndum

      Since completing this article I came across a snippet of info in the
      new and revised looking Good Weekend that basically said that there
      is a new form of cosmetic surgery on the way: genetic transplants.
      This means that if you don't like that chin you won in the genetic
      lottery. no worries. we'll just change your whole genetic structure to
      cater to your lack of self-confidence and self-esteem. The magazine
      seemed to this that this was a good idea because it was more
      permanent and irreversible than the average cosmetic surgery. I just
      think it's really scary because it could more easily pave the way for
      eugenics, or changing people before birth to improve the resulting
      offspring. Hitler thought this was a good idea for preserving racial
      purity, and we all know that Hitler was certainly the most invited
      guest at every ethical person[...]
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      a superficial generation o, ‘i sposable bag)
      On the 18th of August a great Aboriginal rights
      activist passed into his[...]activist is
      controversial and he has been accused of being
      too conservative and too self-interested. In view
      of the substantial evidence, those accusations
      are gross[...]nable, and have
      probably resulted from any number of narrow-
      minded and dogmatic ideologies.

      Burnum Burnum was born beneath a sacred
      tree upon the banks of Wallaga Lake, on NSW's
      south coast. His mother di[...]was taken from his people, when only
      three months of age, to a mission in Bomaderry.
      From there, Burnum Burnum was sent to a
      ‘reform school‘ and went on to become one of
      the first Aboriginal people to matriculate and
      enter[...]ng reluctant to
      become an Englishman) and entered the Public
      Service. ‘Burnum Burnum’, also the name of his
      grandfather, means ‘Great Warrior‘.

      Burnum Burnum was well ahead of his times. He
      successfully campaigned for the removal of the
      grossly discriminatory Aboriginal Welfare Act
      and served as the Deputy General Manager of

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      ‘‘I am a stolen child and quite frankly I am sick and
      tired of the first people of this country always coming

      Shirley Lomas, telling her story at to the National Inquiry into the
      Separation of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait-Islander Children.

      nal Ho
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      estigating riginal la o rights legislation
      and had recently sought Party preselection for
      the Australian Senate. However, he is best
      remembered[...]um travelled throughout Australia, lecturing
      upon the virtues of a lasting reconciliation of
      Aboriginal people's issues and upon the
      Aboriginal people's Dreaming. In doing so, he
      ext[...]riginal people's
      heritage and spirituality.
      I had the privilege of meeting Burnum Burnum
      two years ago at a South Coast Environment
      Day in Gerroa. I still vividly possess the lingering
      sensation of enchantment which I received from
      him that day. B[...]oducing myself to him, I was immediately
      taken by the depth of caring human character
      which he extended to me. All at once, I was
      somehow aware of an incredible range of
      courage and reluctance, happiness and
      sadness, st[...]e and
      we exchanged deep and meaningful discussion
      of the weather, the surf, dolphins and my new
      woollen beanie before h[...]r.
      Bunum Bunum's most recent project was to

      : “Of course we treated Aboriginals very, very badly in the
      past but to tell children whose parents were no part of
      ; that maltreatment... that we're all part of a sort of racist,

      bigoted history is something that Australians reject.”
      The Prime Minister, John Howard

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      of Aboriginal 3.. le which is fifty-five (twenty
      y[...]m will be most
      commonl embered for having claimed the
      British n . on behalf of the Aboriginal people.
      During =.« eady intoxication of the bicentennial
      of Invas Day (1988); he travelled to England,
      to the white cliffs of Dover, and erected the
      Aboriginal nation's flag for all the world to take
      make note. The international community
      listened as well, as Burnum Burnum declared
      that he wished no harm to the natives of Britain,
      but rather, that he sought a new start (a
      'Komparoo') to Aboriginal /Anglo relations.

      In his lifetime, Burnum Burnum strengthened the
      lives of his people and countless other
      individuals from as many walks of life. His
      reluctant and endearing style of leadership
      enchanted the life of anyone whom noticed him
      passing by. In passing on to his Dreaming,
      Burnum Burnum has left us with a lasting legacy
      of an unique leadership style, which achieved
      many lasting and sustainable improvements to
      the reconciliation process of Aboriginal people's
      issues. Burnum Burnum has subtly
      demonstrated to each any every Australian, a
      path that is ours for the
      The Tertangala was saddened, shocked and mildly horrified to receive this e-mail

      posting from America the other day. As our country publicly and messily attempts to
      come to terms with the consequences of our brutal, racist past, other nations are
      becoming more aware of our ugly, racist present. This posting is, as it states, part of a

      broader international campaign to boycott the 2000 Olympics because of the
      government of this nation's failure to adequately address recon[...]eople. It is being co-ordinated by Lorenzo Ervin,
      the American civil rights activist, who was imprisoned and deported by the Australian

      government when he brought a speaking tour to Queensland in July. The header of the
      email bore the addresses of civil rights organisations and individuals across the globe
      — and it is this hideous picture of our nation with which we must now contend.

      “£’aa,cazt Emma! ;4a¢zmem./ "

      In 1993, after fierce bidding, the year 2000 Olympic Games
      were awarded to AUSTRALIA over China by the
      International Olympic Committee, allegedly because of a
      better human rights record. But is this so? You be the judge.
      Here is a list of crimes by the white racist regime:
      - mass murder [genocide] of 500,000 Aboriginal (black)
      people and the continued theft of their lands. These murders
      continue with deaths in H.M.S prison service and police
      custody to the present day. AUSTRALIA is based on the rape
      and theft of the lands of Aboriginal peoples. Even the courts
      of the country are recognizing this, but the government is
      openly defying the court system, as well as international law
      and public opinion by refusing to abide by the Mabo, Wik,
      and other rulings granting native land title.
      - The rise of Pauline Hanson, the openly white racist
      politician, who is against Asian immigration and the human
      rights of Aborigines, and who is for a “white AUSTRALIA"
      restricted immigration policy, which discriminates against
      non-whites. She calls the Aborigines “savages” and
      cannibals" who should be eliminated from “civilized society.”
      The rise of her One Nation Party, a fascist, white
      supremacist electoral movement, is a serious development
      which will continue to impact on AustriaIia’s position in the
      world making it a pariah nation, based on her present
      influence on the government, and likelihood of being elected
      Prime Minister.
      - Government stealing of 100,000 Aboriginal (black) children
      and giving them to white families, in some cases sending
      them out of the country. This was done by police agents, who
      literally came and dragged them out of the arms of crying
      parents, theft of newborns from hospitals, and forcing the
      parents to give them to white authorities or be i[...]into foster
      homes and juvenile prisons. This sort of thing has not been
      seen since Nazi Germany, and was clearly a policy of racial
      genocide. The federal government refuses to punish those
      responsible for this criminal policy, return the persons to their
      rightful families, or make any sort of restitution. It has taken
      an unrepentant white ra[...]or that anyone should be concerned 30 years
      after the crimes were committed. Not recognizing that
      yesterday's children must live with the result of these harmful
      policies...
      - The deaths of ‘numerous Aboriginal persons in police
      custody,[...]would establish their deaths as homicide, instead of
      rubber-stamping their deaths as “suicide” has[...]persons have been killed like this,
      according to the Royal Commission on Deaths in Custody,
      although others in the Indigenous rights movement have
      said as many as 1,000 may have died in as little as the last
      two decades.
      - One of the highest levels of police shootings of civilians in
      the world, and a reputation for police brutality, especially
      against the poor and racial minorities. Literally hundreds
      have been killed in the last decade alone by the racist and
      repressive police forces of AUSTRALIA.
      - Sydney, the site of the Olympic Games, has one of the
      world's worst ghettos, Redfern, which is a historically black
      community. The white government has slated the community
      for demolition, rather than rebuilding housing fit for human
      beings; the residents are subjected to daily police brutality,
      random racist violence, poverty and degradation. The
      AUSTRALIAN government should be held accountable[...]conditions, and made to build decent housing
      for the black community of Redfern, keeping the community
      intact, not driving out the poor!
      - The Austrailian government is holding Denis Walker, an
      Aboriginal leader, in prison as a political prisoner. Mr. Walker
      is a co-founder of the Austrailian Black Panther Party in the
      1970's, cq_-founder of the Aboriginal
      Tent Embassy in Canberra, site of Parliament, and has
      engaged in numerous struggles on behalf of the indigenous
      people of the country over the last 20 years. As a result he
      was framed on criminal charges in 1993 of assaulting an

      officer and resisting arrest, when[...]d
      one cop, but did not otherwise harm him, during a
      government harassing raid. That is why he is being held in
      prison as a “dangerous criminal". Mr. Walker has been called
      the “Nelson Mandela ofAUSTRALlA", and his confinement is
      clearly politically motivated. We call upon the Austrailian
      government to release Denis Walker and to stop persecuting
      him because of his race and political outlook. He is a political
      prisoner, held unlawfully by the Austrailian regime, in
      violation of international law and human rights standards.

      - For several years the Austrailian government has been
      engaged in milita[...]intervention in Papua-New
      Guinea, which has cost the lives of over 10,000
      (predominately Black) persons in Bougainvillea territory,
      which seceeded from the white settler regime for its own
      independent nati[...]lands with strip-mining.
      AUSTRALIA, working with the mining companies and the
      puppet PNG government, provoked a civil war, and is arming
      the colonial regime.

      - The July 1997 false imprisonment, beating, and deportation
      of visiting USA black activist, Lorenzo Komboa Ervin, when
      he was attempting to speak to the Aboriginal population and
      general public of AUSTRALIA during a book speaking tour.
      The government deportation charges came at the behest of
      racist politician Pauline Hanson and her One Nati[...]pposed to his talking to Aborigines, accusing him
      of “spreading terrorism". This tour was cut short because of
      biased immigration policies which allow the political banning
      of speakers out of favor with the government, in clear
      violation of international law. In addition, AUSTRALIA has no
      policies of civil rights for the black population, nor any civil
      liberties for its citizens including freedom of speech for
      controversiall unpopular persons. The national government
      routinely spies on and repres[...]ational visitors.

      - Political banning and denial of travel visas to activists,
      political figures and others that the conservative government
      is opposed to. This inclu[...]Sein Fein leader, Gerry Adams, but also thousands of
      other Left-wing political or social figures. The government
      has admitted having a list of at least 100,000 persons for its
      immigration exclusion list, which includes many persons
      strictly on the basis of their political beliefs or affiliations.

      - For over 100 years, the Austrailian government had a White
      Austrailian immigration policy, which effec[...]from visiting and/or receiving citizenship, until
      the late 1960’s. The government is still enforcing parts of the
      1958 Immigration Act laws which still are discrim[...]rpose are
      especially harnessed, searched, accused of “dealing drugs",
      summarily deported and jailed. The Olympics will only
      increase the number of such cases.

      - Giving a safe haven to WWII Nazis and other fascists.
      AUSTRALIA is one of the main destinations for fugitive war
      criminals because it gives them political asylum. It has had a
      long-standing fascist movement of its own, and many
      government officials in the current government are
      sympathetic to right-wing ideology and organizing. For
      instance, the Ku Klux Klan has been given a free hand to
      organize in Queensland state especially, and the National
      Action movement, Pauline Hanson's “One[...]iescence, even when they engage
      in or incite acts of violence.

      If the truth be told, Austrailian is an outlaw nation wh[...]movement against its
      trade and tourism similar to the anti-apartheid sanctions
      campaign. We call on all[...]join us in this protest campaign.
      We must expose the racist Austrailian police state to the
      world and tarnish their false image of democracy and
      tolerance.



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      1. Do not attend
      the 2000 Olympic
      Games in
      Sydney,
      AUSTRALIA, and
      tell everyone you
      know not to
      attend. Call on
      them to begin a
      tourist and trade
      boycott of
      AUSTRALIA
      before and after
      the Olympics. In
      fact, advise your
      church, club,
      union, college
      and other
      community
      institution about
      the racist
      mistreatment of
      AUSTRALIAN
      Aborigines and
      get them to join
      the economic
      boycott
      campaign.

      2. Write letters of
      protest to the
      Austrailian
      government
      about its racist
      and politically
      biased
      immigration
      policies, including
      the permanent
      banning order
      against Lorenzo
      Komboa Ervin
      filed by Philip
      Ruddock, Minister
      of Immigration,
      (to the Prime
      Minister below).
      3. Don't use
      products made[...]uuwu,.

      as Foster’s beer,
      Qantas airlines,
      etc. A full list of
      products and
      services will be
      posted later.

      4. Write letters to
      the Austrailian
      government
      about its racist
      treatment of the
      Aborigines and
      Torres Island
      Straits people
      living in the
      country to:

      Mr. John Howard
      Prime Minister
      Parli[...]LIA
      e-mail:
      john.howard@libe
      raI.org.au

      5. Begin a
      campaign in your
      county to
      convince
      Olympics team
      oflicials and the
      government of
      your country not
      to send athletes
      or to participate in
      the Austrailian
      Olympics in the
      year 2000.

      6. Begin a
      sanctions
      campaign in your
      country to
      convince the
      government
      authorities and
      business
      associations[...]ther foreign aid
      to AUSTRALIA
      until it Fecognizes
      the human rights
      of the Aboriginal
      people, gives
      them reparations
      for centuries of



      abuse, and
      recognizes their
      title to the land.
      7. MAKE A
      DONATION to
      the Boycott 2000
      Coalition. We will
      need money to
      fight, for printing,
      copying, mailing,
      phone calling and
      a host of other
      things. Your
      financial
      contribution is
      impo[...]wsletter,
      newspaper, or
      internet
      newsgroup to get
      the word out on
      the boycott. Write
      newspapers, call
      radio talk shows,[...]n
      news
      departments as
      well.

      9. If you would
      like a speaker to
      visit your college,
      community or
      your country to
      talk about the
      boycott and
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      Is my mos[...]r,

      Her gingham frock coat hanging there...
      . and the way she copes with mucous flows;
      a right royal finger right up royal nose.

      If a picture does indeed equate to a thousand words then
      this column could possibly be expressed in a single
      cartoon, a caricature of John Howard as Mr Peabody, a
      disbelieving nation as Sherman, and a raft of policies,
      indecisions and lack of commitment to form the body of the
      Wayback machine.

      Australia has been dragged, in some cases screaming and
      kicking, all the way to the fifties. Policies and concepts
      we've grown up to believe are part of our birthright- such
      fundamental premises as equa[...]ting somewhere.

      Australia is being criticised by the U.N. on its attitude
      towards women, its indigenous inhabitants, and its
      environmental direction. The nation was previously a
      leader in such things - perhaps this is a reminder of the
      dangers of complacency.

      But perhaps it goes deeper than that, and heads towards
      a dangerous area where the fifties are viewed as some
      kind of iconic good time, where all was well and the nation
      prospered in peace, if a little sleepily. Well, except if you
      were black;[...]u were female-
      preparing meals for your man after a hard day's yakka,
      ironing his hankies and polishing the Mixmaster was
      probably the high point of your aspirations. Or if you were
      an artist. in wh[...]ork and slave merely
      to find enough money to buy a ticket to Europe, to then find
      acceptance and critical success.

      The problem with the fifties is that it is only the images
      which are so clean- the reality was very different. Not that
      stability an[...]oals- but they should
      be for everyone, and not at the expense of some members
      of society.

      If you think we're not all stepping into the wide open portals
      of the Wayback machine as Mr Peabody ushers us
      fowvard, consider the following scenarios:

      1. The rise of the Ips-Witch. In the fifties it was the White

      Yo, bitch - you either
      get hip with a return
      to outmoded 19505

      values or we'll give

      you Cl hairdo like
      ours — dig?

      {'0 7 ‘

      — A Poem by John Howard

      SN ORT! I

      — The Queen

      Australia Policy and the Ku Klux Klan. Now it's legitimising
      racism, all dutifully claimed as the right to Freedom of
      Speech. Um, that doesn't seem to include Gerry Adams,
      the leader of a political party in Ireland which happens to
      be anti-British. or Lorenzo Ervine, a once jailed speaker for
      the Black Panthers. Nor does it embrace those who wis[...]Menzies. He's becoming
      more autocratic, with none of the style usually associated
      with such behaviour. The number of issues and questions
      he refuses to discuss keeps on expanding. We're
      witnessing an era of Cricket Diplomacy - on his recent
      overseas trip John Howard constantly reiterated any
      criticism of his little junket, and his visit to the cricket, as
      being what any right-minded decent sp[...]st know he would
      have creamed himself when he met the queen.

      3. The Olympics are due soon. This happened in the mid-
      fifties as well.

      4. It's likely the Queen is going to open the Olympics. Well,
      how embarrassing. Haven't we managed to obtain our
      own leader yet?

      5. The ABC is going to have to broadcast in Black and
      Wh[...]C
      staff members will in all likelihood be driving the same cars
      their forebears drove- FC Holdens and F[...]ecause they won't be able to afford new ones.

      6. The Opposition are divided and deluded. In the fifties
      the ALP was split by the formation of the DLP, became
      ineffective, and remained powerless until Gough came
      along. Today the Labour Party has a similarly low
      chance of seeing power while Kim Beazley and his
      minions continue arguing about what really went wrong
      at the last election. The ALP betrayed its heartland, it's
      as simple as tha[...]ks up badly. nothing will change

      for Labour.

      7. A clampdown on Student Protesters a la anti-Vietnam
      Protests. At the sit-in at UTS earlier this year the dog
      squad was called in. Let's face it, Martin Bryant didn't even
      get the bloody dog squad. They didn't react too well to
      constructive criticism in the fifties, either. Remember
      McCarthyism? It can't b[...]hope. I'm not suggesting anyone
      hand John Howard a towel and a pair of togs and point him
      in the direction of Portsea, as attractive as such an option
      may be, but the smart money is betting on the fact that
      given enough rope, the Libs will eventually wrap
      themselves up like kittens with a ball of twine, trip over the
      edge of the precipice, and strangle themselves on the way
      down. A few, David Prosser for example, have made the
      big leap already. This self-destruction should theoretically
      lead to a stronger and more galvanised opposition.
      Hopefully it will be able to learn from its mistakes and take
      the reins firmly, leading us into a new age where the status
      of our country and its inhabitants is not measured in terms
      of credit ratings, but in the value the citizens find in living
      there, in how happy they[...]hen economic rationalism has become passe and out of
      fashion, we might be finally able to leave the Wayback
      machine, and enter a new era. And the sixties should be a
      lot more fun.

      — Simon Luckhurst

      “John
      Howar[...]ust
      know he
      would have
      creame
      himself when
      he met the
      '\.

      1

      if anything symbolizes the
      irresponsible corporation in the
      minds of many theorists, it is the
      manufacturer of that epitome of
      20th-century wastefulness,
      plastic.

      Typically made from oi|,a nonrenewable resource, plastic
      has come to repres[...]ur “throwaway culture.”
      But is plastic really a significant environmental problem?
      Does it provide no benefits to human health and safety or
      the environment that need to be weighed?

      William Rathje, a professor of archeology at the University
      of Arizona. has spent years studying solid-waste disposal
      patterns. His excavations of landfills have found that
      plastics make up about 7 percent by weight and T6
      percent by volume of the typical iandfill — much less than
      paper or yar[...]s
      McDonald’s abandoned, makes up only T percent of
      landfill volume. Fast-food packaging amounts to no more
      than one-third of T percent, Of course, environmentalists
      fault plastic for much[...]d transporting all. But since less than 2
      percent of the world's petroleum is used to produce
      petrochemicals of all kinds, from fertilizers to plastics. the
      impact on oil consumption of using plastic to make
      consumer products is negligible.

      Consider, on the other hand, the benefits of plastic. Even
      something as banal as plastic wrap has been a
      tremendous boon for Americans‘ health and safety. A
      hundred years ago, grocery stores had little in the way of
      prepackaged foods. At the turn of the century, paper
      packaging began to enter food reta[...]ions. Meat.tor example,was still often shipped in the
      form of whole carcasses only 50 years ago. Consumers
      would request particular cuts of meat from butchers, who
      kept carcasses until they were all sold or completely
      spoiled. The meat was expensive. particularly because
      butchers spent so much time carving it.

      During the T9505, however. the advent of plastic
      packaging began to change food deiivery. Dow
      Chemical of Midland. Michigan, was an industry leader,
      not on[...]iciently and effectively One study estimates
      that the modem system of packaging lowers the price of
      beef by about 40 cents a pound, while improving its
      quality.

      Furthermore, the use of plastic and other types of
      packaging for foods seems to have reduced, not
      in[...]logy team to Mexico City In T990, they
      found that the average household there discarded 40
      percent more refuse each day than the average U.S.
      household, because Mexicans ate more[...]iners. From an
      environmental standpoint, this has the effect of
      accumulating the food debris in a central location, thus
      making it easier to dispose of in the form of compost,
      animal feed, and other products.

      Today, the American plastics industry is one of the most
      innovative in the world. By finding new ways to
      manufacture, packag[...]nger, require fewer resources, and reduce harm to
      the environment, the industry is constantly improving the
      way we live. Since World War ii, innovations in the
      manufacture, design, and use of plastics have yielded
      tremendous benefits for the public in terms of safety.
      health, economy, and

      quality of life. Consider these examples:

      ' Plastic tubing made possible the first dlsposabie. ready-
      to-use hypodermic needles. initially introduced for
      combat use in the T9405, the disposable needle soon
      made it possible to conduc[...]lations against disease in America and throughout
      the world.

      " in T945, Earl Tupper introduced the first flexible plastic
      storage containers to re[...]shables.
      His product, Tupperware, vastly improved the freshness
      and quality of stored food.




      ‘ Plastic siphon tubing made mass irrigation possible in the
      T9405 and T9505, thus contributing to the Green
      Revolution that increased agricultural productivity and
      eliminated famine in much of the world. in the T9605,
      plastic pipes began to replace other forms of piping for
      water distribution and drainage, becau[...]han alternatives.

      ‘ Piasiic innovations during the past three decades by
      such companies as Phillips[...]rdant,
      high—impact-resistant plastic parts made the first home
      computers —— manufactured by Appl[...]s.

      Lingering environmental controversies such as the risks of
      dioxin -- which many view as a potent human
      carcinogen - are being resolved by plastic designers
      who,just in the past few years, have developed products
      that redu[...]tal problems. GE Plastics, for example,
      developed a new flame—retardant product that doesn't
      produc[...]hat is also easier to make and costs
      no more than the plastic it replaces, Apple Computer is
      using the product in its Macintosh line of personal
      computers. Waste—to-energy piants, which dispose of
      about 60,000 tons of refuse each day and supply
      electricity to nearly a million Americans, also employ a
      series of technologies that reduce dioxin emissions to
      almost immeasurable levels. o



      A HOLE

      |l'| ‘HOUR HE/ID
      (andyour head ain’t made of plastic)

      You too can have a hole in your
      head, and it will make you a
      more enlightened being! And I
      jest you not trepanation, or
      trephination, is the act of drilling
      a hole in the skull and has been
      going on for a milennia now.
      Skulls have been dug up on
      archaeol[...]ave
      not one, not two, but about
      eight(l) holes in the skull. There
      have been people who in the
      last 30 years have again
      undertaken this most intriguing of
      personal enlightenments.

      The theory of becoming more
      holy/holey is as follows. Babies
      ar[...]unsealed, which is why you have
      to be so careful of their heads
      just after birth. The bony
      carapace of the skull doesn't
      form until adulthood, and it is at[...]intense perceptions such as
      you had in chi|dhood.The reason
      is said to be that the pressure of
      blood in the brain is low during
      childhood because of the
      greater space available in the
      skull, and that when the
      carapace grows over that
      pressure is increased, therefore
      restricting the imagination and
      so on. The term
      “b|oodbrainvolume" was coined
      to explain this phenomenon by
      Dr Bart Huges, the Dutchman
      who was the first man of
      contemporary times to trepan
      himself in T962. Thu[...]xtra hole or two in your
      head, you are decreasing the
      bloodbrainvolume and thus
      reaching a more infantile or
      higher state of consciousness.
      Bart Huges' first of two(l) disciples
      was Joey Mellen,who he meet in[...]nd planned to trepan
      himself. He even wrote about the
      adventures in a book called Bore
      Hole, which goes through his
      trepanation and that of the
      doctor's second disciple, Joey's
      girlfriend Amanda Fielding. The
      first line of this book says “This is
      how i came to drill a hole in my
      skull to get permanently high.‘

      The trepanation itself is
      performed with a trepanning
      tool, a medical instrument
      designed to screw into the skull
      and remove a sliver of bone. it
      took Joey four attempts to reach
      the enlightenment he desired: his
      first attempt at self—trepanation
      failing totally, the second being
      assisted by Amanda but failing
      when he fainted and had to be
      rushed to casualty, the third time
      he finally had a hole in his skull
      but it wasn't good enough so the
      fourth time he used an electric
      dri||,just to be sure. During the four
      hours following his final and
      successful attempt, he ‘felt his
      spirits rising higher until he
      reached a state of freedom and
      serenity which he claims has
      been with him ever since".
      according to John Mitchell.
      author of Eccentric Lives &
      Peculiar Notions where much of
      this information appears. Joey
      describes the results of his third
      attempt: “After some time there
      was an ominous sounding schluro
      and the sound of bubbling. I
      drew the trepan out and the
      gurgling continued. it sounded
      like air bubbles running under the
      skull as they were pressed out. I
      looked at the trepan and there
      was a bit of bone in it. At |astl"





      But that's not the end of this
      remarkable story. When Amanda
      trepanned herself, Joey was
      filming it. The final film, entitled
      Heartbeat in the Brain caused
      London audiences to “drop off
      thei[...]”. it wasn't designed,
      however, to be gruesome: the
      surgical scenes were in fact
      alternated with delightful motion
      studies of Amanda's pet pigeon
      Birdie as a symbol of peace and
      wisdom. Joey and Amanda are
      now married and have a (non-
      trepanned) child. When I found
      out about this little gem, there
      were about a million other linked
      sites on the net. The best ones i
      found were of a band who
      called themselves
      “Bloodbrainvolume”, plans for a
      new horror film called “The
      Trepanator”, the existence of the
      American Trepanning Society, an
      advertisement (which I presume
      (hope!) was a joke) for the D—l—Y
      home trepanation kit, alias the
      Trep—o—matic 2000, a step-by-step
      guide to home trepanation
      (including the prices and
      availability of Black & Decker
      tools to do the job with), two
      letters by people wishing to
      trepan themselves in response to
      this guide and a few dazzling
      pictures of Amanda in the
      process of self-trepanation
      (possibly here with this article[...]Files comic entitled
      Trepanning Opera.

      So that's the adventure you may
      wish to undertake this year, my
      friends. Remember, it's all in the
      interests of reaching a higher
      plane of spirituality

      — Jodie Martire
      [...]to Know About

      Plastic.

      Could Ever Want

      WlTHlN A FlVE—DAY STRETCH this year, we lost
      three people who gave the word plastic much
      of its meaning: the discoverers of polyurethane.
      nylon, and Styrofoam all kicked the injection-
      molded bucket between Jan. 31 and Feb. 4.
      Was it chance? Or were they, like the repeating
      molecules that make up all polymers, linked in
      an endless chain that led straight into the
      hereafter?

      William Hanford,Ju|ian Hill, and Ray[...]mity and died en
      masse, but their works and those of other
      scientists have built empires and transformed
      lives. Just think of World 4 Kids: where would
      that company be without the materials that
      make up the Frisbee and the Superball? Can
      you imagine a world without Tupperware,
      floppy disks, crack vi[...]eflon-
      coated cop—ki|ler bullets?

      In some ways,the plastics that Hanford, Hill, and
      Mclntire invente[...]t or rot, and
      they can assume an infinite number of forms.
      You want a shag rug—covered nightstand in the
      shape of a hippo’? Nylon to the rescue. An arm
      to replace the one you lost to the lawnmower
      last summer? Polyurethane will do the trick.
      What other substance could be used to make
      both skateboard wheels and artificial hearts?
      “The body sees it as a very friendly material,"
      Dr. Stanley C. lsrael, chair of the chemistry
      department at the University of Massachusetts
      at Lowel|,told the New York Times.

      Plastic's usefulness is impossible to deny, but its
      “friendliness” may be in the eye of the
      beholder. Many of its components are derived
      from petrochemica|s,so producing plastic
      requires the constant extraction of oil, coal,
      and natural gas. Repairing anything made of
      plastic is nearly impossible, and the notion of
      recycling it is a robust fallacy at best. The
      Styrofoam container your lunch came in will
      probably end up in a landfill, along with your
      frayed polyester shirt[...]resisting
      biodegradation, they'll all rest until the Second
      Coming.

      Time in a bottle

      In its strengths and weaknesses, plastic is almost
      everything we wanted it to be. The search for
      such a substance — one that was infinitely
      malleable[...]our three pioneers fired up their Bunsen
      burners. The term plastic is derived from the
      Greek and simply denotes something that can

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      be[...]clay is wet, it's plastic: when
      granite is inside a volcano, it's plastic too. But in
      its larger sense, plastic describes a substance
      that can be manipulated and, ideally, t[...]ant to manipulation. Granite could be
      turned into a building, but it had to be
      chopped from mountains[...]ly
      shaped. While we learned to make due with
      what the planet would give us,we were always
      looking for s[...]tter.

      It took us until 4000 B.C. to come up with the
      first plasticlike material: bronze. It could be[...]poured into molds — not just one
      spearhead for the best hunter, but spearheads
      for everyone. Bronze was not the end of the
      line, of course. During the next 5,000 years we
      discovered a host of new materials. First we got
      the ones that melted at relatively low
      temperatures:[...]refining tin and steel and
      coaxing aluminum from the earth. This drive to
      improve what nature had given us became so
      ingrained that we codified it into a philosophy:
      alchemy, the quest for a means of transmuting
      base metals into gold, extending life, and
      curing all disease.

      From the Renaissance right up to the industrial
      revolution, we ceaselessly cast about the globe
      for new and improved substances. Lacquer,
      r[...]orcelain arrived in ships and
      caravans, and still the search continued. No
      longer could materials from the natural world
      satisfy us — iron and steel were[...]to shortages. What designers,
      manufacturers, and the newly anointed
      consumers wanted was something light and
      cheap that would resist the importune
      advances of nature, something warm to
      thetouch — something friendly.

      The crucial moment came in the mid-T8005.
      The American empire was growing —
      imperialism really looked like the way to go —
      and throughout the world brawny patriots were
      digging, unseating pot[...]oric about God and country, and,to relax,
      playing a lot of billiards. Billiard balls were then
      made of ivory, and so the needs of pool-
      playing men at home and abroad could be
      met only one way: by relieving thousands

      of elephants of their tusks. This was a modern,
      scientific empire, however, and so the idea that
      we depended on an animal for our recrea[...]eo Baekeland. In 1907
      he whipped together phenol (a poisonous
      crystalline acidic compound) and

      formaldehyde (a pungent, irritating gas) and out
      popped a blackish substance he modestly
      named Bakelite. It[...]etimes
      infringing on Baeke|and's patents). dozens of new
      plastics danced out of the lab during the next 20
      years. They first slipped into consumers‘ pockets
      as pens, buttons, and combs. When the stock
      market crashed, however, their low cost made
      them irresistible: given the choice between a
      $5.95 tortoiseshell bracelet and a l5—cent Lucite
      one, a laid—off worker couldn't grab the plastic
      one fast enough. Besides, it came in fla[...]have to
      worry if it broke — you could just buy a dozen
      more.

      As the Great Depression ground on, plastics
      started to be seen as a miracle solution, the one
      substance that could replace many scarce or
      expensive natural materials and usher in a
      dazzling world of low-cost plenty.

      One problem intruded on this dr[...]y,
      developing new plastics was expensive. Without
      a well-equipped laboratory and a stable of
      Ph.D.s with a thirst for toxic chemicals, you
      weren't going to discover anything. That limited
      the game to the truly big competitors, ones not
      noted for their s[...]bide, among others.
      These companies thought about the

      expensive materials that plastics could replace —
      and the profits that could be made —— and went
      on a binge of “pure research." Here Hanford, Hill,
      and Mclntire ascend the stage in their lab

      coats, bearing pipettes and steely gazes.
      Insulated from the chaos of the outside world,
      they and other scientists swiftly[...]olyvinyl chloride,
      polyurethane, and Styrofoam on a grateful
      public.

      It was a heady time. There wasn't anything we
      couldn't do with a batch of alcohol- and
      carbon—based molecules. World War II

      came along and we kicked up the pace, turning
      synthetic materials into parachutes[...]airplane tires, bazookas, and even components
      for the atomic bomb. Now plastic was more than
      useful —[...]n better. Nine million soldiers were mustered
      out of the U.S. armed forces, plump with cash
      and entranced by technology. In a postwar
      world, plastic became ubiquitous. It did the job
      of dozens of materials with ease and could be
      turned into hair[...]lates, and jewelry. It could be
      >> continued over the page.

      Can you imagine
      a world without
      Tupperware,
      floppy disks,

      ' crack vials,
      contact lenses,
      Barbie dolls,

      plastic A
      explosives, CDs,
      ‘sticky tape,
      Videocass[...]
      [...]out Plastic. (continued).



      designed to outlast the customer who bought it or made to be thrown away after a single

      USS.

      You didn't have to worry about wher[...]get your raw materials because
      they all came out of an oil well. What's more, plastic goods were born to be made by
      machine. Give your workers the day off —— heck, move them and the entire plant to California.
      It was time to go play in the ocean on a foam—core surfboard, or start working on those plans

      for a one-piece personal helicopter.

      “There is no ‘end’ in engineering," read an ad in the September 1946 issue of Fortune
      magazine. “Each step forward simply lays the foundation for another step: each height scaled
      becomes but the basis for further achievement." Indeed, in l979 the plastics industry reached
      a new pinnacle: it outstripped the steel industry's annual production. Needless to say, steel

      has yet to make a comeback.

      To be real

      The debate that once surrounded plastic — will it f[...]n Jeffrey Meikle’s new book,

      American Plastic: A Cultural History, sidesteps all the big questions. Sweeping from the first
      days of celluloid straight into the Disney era, Meikle concludes by stepping into the arms of
      William Gibson: “Fulfilling our dreams has become ever easier through the deformations and
      extrapolations of chemical and electronic synthesis." Yes, but where does that leave all of us

      back here on earth?

      We are now so comfortable with plastic that we aren't even aware of it. Today plastic is just
      another material, and a pretty good one at that: we snap up polyester she[...]d anything else.

      “Once plastic products filled the stores, people had no choice but to consume what they
      were offered," Meikle writes of the 19503. A field trip to the supermarket in 1996 reveals that
      thats even more the case today: see if you can buy soda,yogurt,or sha[...]her than plastic. After you've failed,try to talk the clerk out of double plastic-bagging your
      groceries; you won't have much luck there, either. Want a CD player or a computer

      in anything other than plastic? You'll have to have it custom-made.

      Can't we recycle our way out of this synthetic Hades? Unfortunately not: plastic may be
      reusable, but it isn't recyclable. The plastics industry spends $20 million a year to tell you
      otherwise, of course: it's in their interest to do so. But while an old plastic bottle can be
      shredded and turned into a lunch tray, it will never be a bottle again; and when that

      lunch tray is discarded, there's nowhere for it to go but the landfill.

      The world in which William Hanford, Julian Hill, and[...]ere born knew no plastics.
      These dutiful servants of industry invented them to fill real needs, but it[...]eds and our ability to fulfill them had spun out of control — all within the space of their
      lives. As Hill said in a 1988 interview, “The human race is going to perish by being smothered[...]earts and space probes. For most everything else,
      the best material to use probably isn't the ideal one we invented.

      — Leighton Klein

      Do you recycle? Sure you do: you're a child of the
      nineties and you care about the planet (even if the
      government doesn't). Thing about recycling is that it's a
      very small step — one of the major things we do to
      reduce our rooting of the environment as best we can is
      to eliminate the amount of waste we create before we
      shove it into the recycling bin thing.

      85% of all garbage is reusable or recyclable.

      Experts are now questioning the cost versus the benefits
      of recycling. And, in some cases, they say the costs of
      recycling far outweigh the benefits. As these experts
      agree and disagree on the solutions, we still do what we
      think is correct:[...]they have in council bins,Then we give
      ourselves a little rub on a nice place because we think
      we've just saved the planet.

      Over 55% of solid waste that goes to landfills is paper,
      pape[...]there
      are several things we can do to help reduce the
      creation of waste. First, refuse to accept over-packaged
      products. Use the “two rule": if a product has more than
      two layers of packaging, do not buy it. Cereal is a good
      example. One larger box of cereal with an inside
      wrapping and an outside box fits the two rule.

      However, purchasing ten small individual-size boxes does
      not fit the two rule. That product will have 22 wrappings:
      in[...]wrapping for each box times ten plus

      (<9;

      3,
      x

      the tray that holds them and an outside overall wrapper.
      At the Supermarket...

      At the supermarket, exercise your consumer power and
      opt for not only the above “two rule'', but also the jute
      bag rule. Jute bags are those string bag things, and the
      waste they help prevent if you remember to take one
      with you shopping is a real winner: no more crappy,
      strap-snapping plastic bags. If you (like me) are the
      haphazard kind who never plans to go shopping, bu[...]you can get into your backpack
      before you opt for a plastic bag. You'll probably find it a
      lot easier to carry, too.

      Each year each American household receives nearly
      two tons of junk mail. Crazy shit!

      Third, reduce junk mail.[...]ly tricky, but very
      satisying. Every time you get a piece of junk mail, take
      down the address of the company who have distributed
      it to you,or, if that does not appear, the company whose
      product or service is being advertised. Write them a
      sharp and nasty note, asking if they can remove y[...]op shoving things into your letter
      box. Something a friend of mine did was to collect up all
      the junk mail and mail it back to the company (satisying,
      but expensive) Another good idea is to whip on down to
      the Wilderness Society and buy one of their “NO
      ADVERTISING MATERIAL” stickers and[...]Mm... The fashion
      of tomorrow -
      today! Sexy plastic
      suits for you to
      s[...]but there
      you go) - probably because
      (at least on the ones we have)

      they come with a little cute
      possum picture and who could disrespect a possum,
      really?

      Americans threw away 31 billion[...]our entire commerical air fleet four times
      over.

      The fourth thing you can do to help reduce our waste[...]ped by no South Australian, no sirl).

      Recycling, of course, is important, but let's remember to
      start at the beginning by reducing our waste stream. We
      would do well to remember the following old “We lived
      through the Depression, my word” proverb:

      Use it up.

      Wear[...]thout.

      — Van Badham, with bits ripped off from the lnternet.
      always keep your

      smack



      Just what happened to
      the ACT heroin trial?

      Did the users

      suddenly stop
      dying?

      On the 20 of August the Federal cabinet vetoed the
      proposed A.C.T. heroin trial. The veto was pushed by
      John Howard. who stated that he “didn't want to send
      the wrong message“ about heroin use. Although the
      trial proposal was about finding effective treatm[...]laws
      or legalising heroin Howard declared he was a “ a
      profound sceptic about the social advantage of
      legalising things that constitute a problem“. Howard's
      comments about the trial seem to betray his ignorance
      about the trial. and can cause an observer to conclude
      that his decision was based on morality - the certain
      kind of knee-jerk morality preached by The Daily
      Telegraph and assorted talk-show hosts. Howard's
      decision about the trial and his apparent inability to
      deal with this issue in a rational or objective manner
      prompted A.C.T. Chief Minister Kate Carnell, the major
      supporter of the trial. and Liberal colleague of
      Howard's, to comment after the veto decision: “Maybe
      what John Howard should do is abolish the Ministerial
      Council on Drug Strategy and set up h[...]on it Piers
      Akerman, John Laws and Alan Jones."

      The federal government is to convene a special
      Taskforce to deal with Australia's spiralling drug
      problem. but after rejecting the A.C.T heroin trial. one
      wonders why. The A.C.T heroin trial was to be a
      scientific study into alternative methods of treating
      heroin addiction. If rational approaches to the problem
      - one Australian dies every 16 hours due[...]heroin overdose - are rejected. that leaves only the
      current irrational and failing policies of strict
      prohibition.

      Johnny Howardos recent actions are a telling insight
      into how our version of democracy works. In 1990 the
      A.C.T Government set up a Parliamentary Select
      Committee on H.I.V. Illicit Drugs and Prostitution; four
      years later the committee recommended a scientific
      trial of controlled heroin treatment modelled on a
      successful heroin trial conducted in Switzerland. The
      trial was to be an attempt at seriously treating heroin
      addiction as a health problem rather than as a criminal
      problem. The aim was to compare the advantages and
      disadvantages of expanding addiction treatment. to
      “ask pertinen[...]. However. it seems that
      Howard would rather keep the lunatic fringe on side.
      treat the public as mushrooms. and condemn on
      average 500 Australians to die each year - not to
      mention the 8000 Australians incarcerated each year
      for drug offences - instead of displaying any sort of
      positive leadership.

      Initially the Australian Medical Association opposed
      the trial, but commonsense won them over. and earlier[...]ster Michael
      Wooldridge. they managed to convince the State health
      ministers to accept the trial. The Wood Royal
      Commission. N.S.W. Director of Public Prosecutions
      Nicholas Cowdrey. N.S.W. Poli[...]n
      and Jeff Kennett also all gave their support to the trial.
      Jeff was even planning to run his own his own heroin
      trial in Victorian prisons. With all the prominent
      support given - even from members of Howard's own
      party - what was Johnnyos problem? Machiavellian
      weakness? The first signs of trouble were heralded by
      Howard signalling that the Federal government would
      have to change the law to allow the importation of
      heroin and that they would have to justify to the
      international community Australia's desire to import
      the drug. The Swiss managed without a problem. but
      these concerns were raised after Woodridge had given
      Federal support for the trial.

      Enter a long list of moral bogeys: the Christian Faction
      of the Liberal Party (the same dudes who opposed the






      hidden away, girls...

      Northern Territory[...]t
      Murdoch and his Australian gutter press [mainly the
      Daily Telegraph] - interesting that the Telegraph's
      admitted tirade against the trial began at the same
      time Rupert himself flew into the country to check on
      his minions - bodgy opinion polls. rich mates, The
      Salvation Army and. of course. Howard's so-called
      receptive ears [selectively receptive. it seems]. The
      Christian Faction bitterly opposed the trial. and due
      to factional in-fighting Howard re[...]one to encourage process or enlightenment. threw
      the Daily Telegraph into an anti heroin Trial mania.[...]at there were papers to be sold
      if they were full of anti-drug diatribe.

      The Telegraph ran a scare campaign against the trial.
      giving high profile position in the paper to any story
      about negative aspects of heroin. such as overdoses
      and drug-related theft.[...]iers Ackerman‘ called politicians who supported
      the trial “drug pedlars" and claimed the trial would
      lead to the horrors of heroin legalisation and it would
      be signal for kids that heroin is okay. They totally
      overlooked the fact that viewing a heroin addict as a
      criminal is far more attractive to children than
      viewing addicts as they are. sick people with a
      possible fatal health problem. After sixty years of
      prohibition propaganda the media needed to handle
      the issue in a mature. responsible manner, infonning
      the public not misleading it to suit the ends of their
      boss. The scare campaign had its desired effect -
      opinion polls showed that the narrow spectrum of the
      public surveyed were against the trial.

      That's all Howard needed to keep his promise to his
      rich mate Tony Wood - yes. father of Anna. Wood -
      who appeared on the 7:30 Report on the 20th August.
      believes Australia has gone soft on[...]rams) should be scrapped. and whose daughter
      died of an ecstasy overdose. was able to have a chat

      That's right, girls! With the new Liberal Party Smack-o-Matic”" system, your heroin
      addiction is kept safely out of sight. That is, of course, until you die of an overdose,
      AIDS, a heart attack or collapsed veins. But that's no-ones problem but yours, is it?





      with Howard at a Liberal Party luncheon [not a cheap
      lunch) - just like any one of us who haven‘t had a
      daughter die in a media frenzy can get to talk to the
      P.M. Johnny promised Woods that while he was in
      power there would be no softening of the drug laws.
      Woods returned the favour by repeating this on the
      7:30 Report.

      The Salvation Army. who do commendable work with
      addicts. were also able to gain the P.M’s ear. They
      opposed the trial; they would also ban alcohol and
      tobacco in the same breath if they could. Asking
      abstainers what they think of a heroin trial is a bit
      like asking the KKK what they think of non whites.
      but Johnny claimed he was available to consult with
      the interested parties. Funny thing is. his office
      didn't even reply to one of the repeated letters, faxes
      and telephone calls from anyone who was connected
      to the trial. including the parents of dead addicts
      hoping to prevent the tragedy of addiction claiming
      more lives. Howard would not r[...]d
      opinionmongers who had something to say against
      the trial. And what was Honest Johnny’s excuse for
      perpetuating ignorance? That it may send a negative
      signal to kids that heroin is okay. In reality the
      negative signal comes from the gutter press. and in
      reality one Australian dies[...]cheap. about $18 per daily tbse. in comparison to the
      synthetic treatment drugs recently developed and
      being pushed onto the market by the multi-national
      pharmaceutical companies. which cost upwards of
      $200 a pop. Cheap treatments are not good business
      for powerful and influential corporations.

      The last word goes to the Dutch Parliament. who on
      the same day that Howard closed the door on hope
      and reason. opened their doors by passing a bill to
      allow their own heroin trial due to the acknowledged
      success of the Swiss trial - with the 75% approval
      rating of their population.

      — Jason Leske
      East Gippsland #2:

      Cops and
      Loggers

      the further adventures of two Wollongong

      girls who are only trying to save the
      world...

      Welcome back to Goolengook. Since the first anicle
      Bee and Carl and I wrote on East Gippsland. a hell of a lot
      has happened: logging, arrests, devastation, violence, anger,
      the whole kit and caboodle. Here's a brief summing up of the
      situation facing Goolengook at the moment.

      * The forest is being logged extensively. despite the boggy
      conditions caused by minor bursts of torrential rain.

      * Of the 8 coupes set aside to be logged at Goolengook. at
      last count one had been completely logged and the second
      was nearing the end of its resources.

      * Despite the fact that claims are often made that no East
      Gippsland timber is being woodchipped. in the immediate
      area around Goolengook there are 4 wood[...]e takes only 7 seconds to completely woodchip.

      * Of the |2.()00 cubic metres of Goolengook being logged
      weekly, 3,000 are being c[...]00 are
      being burnt because exporting woodchips at the rate of 20c
      per tonne is not economically viable.

      * 40% of logging jobs have been lost since the introduction
      of woodchipping.

      * Because the bridge put over Goolengook‘s World Heritage-
      class river by the Dept. of Natural Resources and
      Environment (equivalent of Dept. of Forestry) was not wide
      enough to allow bulldozers easy access, the dozers simply
      drove straight through the river to get to the logging coupe.
      * Police, loggers and representatives of the Dept. of Natural
      Resources and Environment now sleep in the logging
      coupe to try and deter funher action by p[...]locking on
      to equipment or climbing tripods).

      * The safe house where most of the protesters are staying is
      attacked daily by groups of Orbost teenagers who throw
      rocks at the house. Greenies walking in Orbost (the town
      nearest the blockade and “Victoria's Premier Timber Town")[...]even to
      spitting and worse. Walking alone wearing a t—shirt that says
      “Forests for Life" is defin[...]sted for
      “obstructing police" or “obstructing a legal forest operation"
      are now receiving a $l()()t) fine per offence for pleading Not
      Guilty. The first person to receive this was a student from
      Melbourne. who on his first ever blockading experience fell
      asleep on the road to the logging coupe in Goolengook and
      awoke to being charged with “obstructing a legal logging
      operation“. Formerly. a Not Guilty plea would incur a $300
      fine. The idea seems to be "Since I65 people so far have
      be[...]elly
      have come out to say exactly what they think of logging
      Goolengook. Senator Bob Brown got arrested for the cause.
      as did Brigitte Muir. the woman who recently climbed the
      seven highest mountains on seven continents. Brig[...]tone Tyres. immediately after this. Could that be a
      coincidence‘?

      B.es'.z

      On Wednesday we got the Red Alert: the blockade had been
      broken up and support was needed IMMEDIATELY. Within
      24 hours we had a crew of I8 people together. I wasn't
      particularly into it, what with assessments due and the end of
      session being two weeks away, but the call had gone out and
      I felt a duty to answer. More than being caught up in the Uni-
      thing though. I was scared of what was going to happen. The
      first time we'd gone down to the blockade I hadn't had much
      of an aim in mind. just to look and be in the forest. but this
      time it was crucial: the cops had busted. logging had begun.
      I was going with the express purpose of “doing something"
      and I wondered: to what extent would I go? The thought of
      being arrested didn’t particularly disturb me.[...]was doing was good and right; what scared me
      was the thought of being hurt. (I had some vague mental
      image of Victorian police brutality and I'm no good with
      conflict at the best of times...) At any rate, we did a midnight
      run on Friday night. and when we entered Goolengook at 6
      o'clock in the morning I got out of the car and smelt the
      forest and remembered why l‘d come: you get so caught up
      with the bullshit of living in the city that it's easy to misplace

      I ,nw_.

      ting"

      the memory, of how much this place feels like home...

      There was a makeshift camp set up where the blockade had
      been with about 40 people already th[...]Uni students
      who'd driven up from Melbourne. All the old structures that
      had taken forever to build were gone. the tripods and the
      huge monopole on the bridge - apparently the police had
      smashed everything up and thrown it in the river. The first
      thing I did was make myself walk up the track into the coupe
      to see what devastation the loggers had wrought since last
      time. It was nothing less than vandalism. They'd bulldozed
      the leaf—strewn, meandering sunlit path and completely, and
      needlessly, trashed everything on either side of it - tree—fems.
      vines, everything lay cmshed on the ground. and amongst it
      all the toppled crowns and huge hacked stumps of thousand-
      year—old grey mountain gums and stringybarks. It was like
      the forest had suddenly gone horizontal. There was a hell of
      a lot more sky. Standing there I suddenly fully realised the
      enormity of GONE: that once something is gone. that's it, it
      is never coming back. The concept of “never" is very very
      hard to comprehend. The view from the top of the track from
      last time now existed only in the photos we'd taken... it was
      unbelievable and bizarre and very, very sad. Standing there
      in the scar left by the bulldozer it felt like every step I took
      hurt the damaged eanh funher; I could feel the heat from the
      wound rising through the soles of my boots; I was numb and
      cold and could not cry. and all I could say was I ‘m so sorry
      And I made a promise to the forest, that whatever I could
      do, I would. It is[...]o, at 5:30 on Tuesday morning. I “locked on" to the top arm
      of a log loader in the coupe, about 12 feet off the ground. I
      was attached by means of a concrete pipe. either end of
      which l‘d put an arm through and locked on to a bar in the
      centre. The pipe was bent and hooked over the hydraulic arm
      of the machinery above me, so] was lying below it wrapped
      up in everything warm I could find. and apart from the fact
      that my hands inside the pipe were fucking freezing. it was
      actually quite comfortable. I got to see the sunrise over
      Goolengook Forest. coming in over my left shoulder. from
      the best possible vantage point. l‘d been a bit iffy about
      being up so high - to be perfectly honest the exact words I'd
      used the night before when scoping out the equipment were
      “There is NO FUCKING WAY I'm getting up there ‘ — but it
      really was the best place in terms of degree—of—difficu|ty—for-
      Police—Rescue. and it reall[...]nd. hell. I said to myself. in fora penny. in for
      a pound.

      I was up there for six hours. After the first hour I started
      getting restless, after the second hour I really really needed
      to go to the toilet (the cold in my hands plus four hours of
      busting for a piss are my standout memories of the
      experience). and after that I got used to it; it was almost a
      meditative experience. There was no shortage of action on
      the ground to keep me entertained. what with paddy wagons
      zooming up and down the track by the dozen. people being
      shooed out of the coupe (only one person, Fiona. who was
      acting as[...]h other
      underneath another dozer) and I were OK), the loggers
      down below me keeping up a steady stream of comments and
      media people from the Herald Sun trying to photograph
      everything from the optimum angle. I got the feeling very
      strongly that I wasn't alone up there - perhaps it was
      something to do with being on the same level as the treetops,
      but I felt the forest supponing me, being there for me while
      I was being there for it...

      The most dramatic thing that happened was that the chief
      logger. a charmer called Wayne. tried to start the log loader
      while I was chained to it telling me “I'm going to lower the
      arm, we'll have you down in no time...“ I explained calmly
      but firmly that I was less than thrilled with the plan,
      considering my head would've been crushed like a walnut.
      and when he jumped in the cabin and started the engine I
      coo-ee’d at the top of my lungs and the police came running.
      He was only trying to put the wind up me, the bastard - it's a
      regular source of entertainment to them (some of the loggers
      had even brought their kids as a family outing to see the
      greenies get their heads kicked in), and it was scary to see
      how churnmy the cops and the loggers were...

      To cut a long story short, they had to get a crane in from
      Orbost, the nearest town. to get me down. It took them an

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      men are named Plod.

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      hour and a half. I was quite proud of that. Unfortunately my wrists are skinny so. rather
      than having to get a bandsaw and cut through the concrete pipe, the cops simply shoved
      a pair of pliers in there and snipped the hooks attaching me. I was chucked in the back
      of a paddy wagon with Colin and Keith (who'd been cut off a couple of hours before
      me) and Tony who had done the nicest thing anyone‘s ever done for me: shimmicd up a
      hasti|y—erected tripod on the bridge and locked on to stop the crane getting into the
      coupe to cut me down. It would‘ve worked, too, if the tripod had been a little bit higher.
      but considering there were onl[...]to put together) they'd
      done very well and it was a lovely gesture.

      Don't believe the hype - getting arrested is not much more than a process (I’d been quite
      curious to see ifthey actually do the “anything you say can and will be used against you"
      hit like on “The Bill" and they really do!) After a hell of a bumpy ride into Orbost, we
      were put in a cell with beds and a hot shower and air conditioning (after 6 hours up a
      log loader, jail is positively luxurious) and given a vegetarian meal (not a bad one.
      either). ()ne by one we were taken out for “processing". which for the four of us took
      about half an hour. and then we were let go. I was charged with “obstructing a forest
      operation" and "delaying police" and the case goes to court in August, along with those
      of about I65 others. How do I feel about it? Pretty[...]what
      I‘d set out to do. that time. I had taken the strongest stand I knew how to; I‘d earned my
      stripes as a stinking fucking greenie; I'd given the forest six hours more of existence,
      and HI be going back.

      I went to Goolengook after the horror of end-of-session "|ife“ finished. and I didn't have
      as m[...]g moments as Bec did. I in fact spent two days at the safe house drinking.
      smoking, reading and wondering why the fuck I travelled interstate to do it. What I
      real[...]go to Goolengook and get arrested, because it was the most
      dramatic personal sacrifice I could make at[...]e didn‘t happen, I was understandably more than a little disappointed.
      There were lots of minor reasons why I wanted to get arrested as wel[...]r people's arrest stories about being shoved 6 to a 4—seat paddy-
      wagon and police stupidity such a[...]nted to go to court and see first-hand if my lack of faith in the justice
      system is justified. I wanted to be able[...]t arrested under my real name. even though
      giving a false name is really easy and people get away with it all the time, my self-
      respect (and a bit of fear for consequences) wouldn‘t let me try and make a statement
      about the importance of East Gippsland and why it should be saved ifl can't even put
      my real name to it and get a criminal record for it.

      Nonetheless. I had two really imponant and enlightening experiences at Goolengook.

      The Plastic Art
      of Complicity

      One was the realisation that I was actually putting myself physically on the line for this
      forest. which was something that I[...]entering my
      blockade equation simply because I am a big pansy and violence just doesn't exist in
      Jodietopia. It took a fairly dramatic event for this actuality to impress itself upon me: a
      long, curvy. bumpy. slushy. scary drive on a very dark. windy. drizzly night in a forest
      where you knew there were people who would[...]RE (Forestry)
      people) and people who were just on a power trip. so you should try and avoid them at
      all costs (cops). We had to walk in silence on this road on a reconnaissance mission of
      sorts to try and determine if it was friend or foe we could hear talking in the forest. On
      discovering that it was actually a car full of loggers. we then had to run back up the road
      to the car and drive very quickly away. in the full realisation that we didn‘t know where
      the loggers had gone or what they were going to do to[...]Mztrtire. who deliberately forgets there is such a thing as violence because
      she is a pacifist so who would want to hurt her‘?, idealistically excessively naive, faced
      with the unsavoury prospect of a burly and irate logger. in the dark, in the forest. away
      front any source of help or medical attention should she need it. Now you might
      understand why this was “the coming of fear to Jodie".

      The second seminal incident of the journey happened when I tried, and failed, to get
      arrested. I was sleeping undemcath the log-loader, where I had been since am. ready to
      lock-on at the merest hint of police. logger or forestry. I awoke at 7.30. basking in the
      silence around me. looking at and smelling the beauty I could see/smell from my
      secluded position under a whopping hunk of metal. and thinking that maybe the
      situation wasn't so bad. I hadn't actually seen what they'd done to the forest yet. you
      see. I looked to the mountains at the west. musing on the idyllic view of thickly-treed
      mountainside and random wisps of cloud presented to me. Then I was struck by the
      unpleasant fact that I was unable to see that vie[...]oolengook. I got
      up. and was greeted by an extent of devastation that is nearly impossible to describe[...]hs before there had been nearly untouched forest. a bewildering diversity
      and scene of life, now there was nothing except an area the size of 4 football fields
      covered in tom. fallen. mutila[...]r thinking in utter confusion
      that it was made up of all the same fundamental elements oflife as before. but now they
      were being used for the power of evil and not good. That was a soul-destroying
      experience which crystallised for me just why I am a raving greenie: because there are
      fuckers out the[...]tounding places like Goolengook
      for 20c per tonne of woodchip.

      So that is our tale to this point. But the blockade still goes on If you want to know
      anything about Goolengook or the blockade. call Bee or myself in the SRC office on
      2l420|. or call Goungerah Environment Conservation Organisation (the group
      organising the blockade) on (()35l) 540 I56.

      — Rebecca Nissim[...]Ingyqnazq oat}
      :>]ooSu:z1ooS

      Jose Ramos llorta. a prominent East Timorese activist and 1996
      Nobel Peace Prize co—laureate, gave a speech at the University of
      New South Wales on August I4. in which he condemned the
      international community. including Australia and the U.S.A.. for
      not doing enough to prevent gross violations of human rights
      worldwide. Giving a speech that the Vice-Chancellor who
      introduced him — As Joe-'/.ay — called the Wallace Wurth memorial
      lecture for I997. Josc Ramos Horta said that tnost governments
      who are in a position to perform any leadership in addressing
      violations of human rights are more concerned with pragmatism
      t[...]have been appeasing unjust regimes
      primarily for the sake of trade for years.

      In Australia. llorta gave a speech on Rmlpolilik and the Rule of
      Law. Rm]/mlilil is the practice ofThe
      Rule of Law is a term used to refer to human rights as enshrined
      in the United Nations Declaration — that is. that all people are equal
      and have the right not to have their freedoms arbitrarily or u[...]ed by governtncnts, or by that mater, by anyone.

      The practicing of Rmlpolirilt caused Britain and France to
      appease[...]being persecuted in Nazi Germany. Horta said that the
      Jewish holocaust could have been prevented were it not for
      Europe's leaders’ practitioning of Rculpolililt. Commercial
      pragmatism sees China st[...]rica's “Most Favoured
      Nation" status even after the massacre at Tianenmen Square in
      I989, because America has a lot of money to gain from trade with
      China. Political an[...]hn Howard
      refusing to give an official apology to the Aboriginal people of
      Australia for theof East Timor,
      despite widespread knowledge of the dictatorship‘s systematic
      human rights abuses both in Indonesia and East Timor. including
      the massacre of ’.Z7l Timorese people in I)ili in I99I. As lately as
      21 March this year, llorta said. a peaceful assembly of young
      Timorese was fired upon by the army. The Australian government
      responds to such abuses of human rights by censoring an
      exhibition of World War II memorabilia. sectningly fearing that
      the Indonesian government may take offence, and by spending

      $7.1 million a year on training the Indonesian army.

      It is the employment of this fonn of pragmatism that causes
      human rights abuses to be[...]y in his speech: “no-one is
      free frotn blame in the East Timor tragedy. Portugal. Australia.
      Japan, the U.S.. the U.K.. France. the United Nations - these have
      all failed the people of East Timor".

      Australia's governments from Whitlam to Howard have all
      recognised. legitimated. the Indonesian occupation of the fomter
      Portuguese colony and appeased Soehano's b[...]hants, making his speech about Rm]/mlilik failing the cause
      of human rights not only timely. but smooth — rather than directing
      a plea to our govemment to intervene. he talked about the broader
      issue of pragmatism and principle. making his point by allowing
      listeners to work the issues out for themselves.

      The Nobel Peace laureate also criticised John Howard's
      government for their failure to apologise for the “abobinab|e
      crimes committed against the original inhabitants of this
      continent". saying that if Australia cart de[...]son
      why Australia‘s “Ieaders“ can‘t utter the simple sentence “l‘m
      sorry" when the attempted genocide against the Aboriginal people
      was still continuing as late as I971. Horta echoed the words of
      historian Henry Reynolds, saying that to refuse to apologise is to
      promote a “white blindfold" view of history. and to seek to
      continue to deny - or extinguish - the country‘s original
      inhabitants their native title rights is “meanness”.

      Jose Ramos Horta devoted a significant part of his speech to
      criticising those developed nations taking part in the international
      arms trade, especially the sale ofof their populations are dying of starvation - to
      be spending millions of dollars on weaponry. Stating that sales of
      arms from ‘wealthy’ nations to developing nations totalled $21
      billion in I995 alone, Horta singled out the U.S.A. in his criticism,
      saying that as of I993, the land of the free accounted for three
      quarters of all arms sales to the developing world. Bearing in mind
      that ninety per cent of the recipients weren't democracies - a
      system of government that the U.S. is in the habit of enforcing
      with military force — and two thirds of the countries they sold arms
      to were listed by their[...]ting after military profit when it
      so compromised the wellbeing of the purchasing nations‘ people.
      This seems not to concern the “wealthy ‘democracies‘ of the
      north". though — Ramos Horta pointed out that the U5. was still
      selling weapons to Iraq long after[...]Saddam Hussein
      was using them to brutally oppress the Kurdish people of Iraq.
      llorta lamented the chance of a sudden change in this situation.
      though. pointing[...]who are supposed to guarantee
      peace and safety in the world. the five permanent members of the
      U.N. Security Council. are the ones who gain most from weapons
      sales, and instead are the ones “who contribute tnost to the rise in
      internal suppression and external conflic[...]nd others‘ oppressors. and was optimistic
      about the struggle for human rights. saying that the increasing
      globalisation of communication was every day “making the world
      a smaller and smaller place for tyrants". Ending hi[...]eference to Nelson Mandela's ascension from being a prisoner of
      apartheid only a few years ago to being president of his nation
      today, Horta — who was recently called to South Africa for talks
      with Mandela about the situation in East Timor, further giving him
      hope that things might change — said: “Nelson Mandela is the
      living proof that nothing is irreversible. ne reg[...]s do rtot last forever.“ After twenty-two years of brutal
      oppression in his homeland. after seeing m[...]ill hold strong
      hopes for change.

      Unfortunately, the brilliance of his speech was framed by bullshit
      politics. in the form of U.N.S.W. Vice-Chancellor. John Niland.
      Niland int[...]about how he himself
      felt when Horta was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. and tried to
      drag the Nobel laureatelwho dedicated the prize to those striving
      for freedom in East Timor]'s glory onto the university and onto
      himself. He referred patronisingly to thethe close
      relationship of which he boasted. however. the
      Stuart Hatter lands:
      an interview with a

      Fun Loving

      B1:

      Tert: Humphrey B. Bear, it's
      good to finally see you in the fur, it's been
      a life-long ambition of mine to shake your
      paw. (Humphrey extended his paw and
      shook my hand with a surprisingly firm

      grip.)

      Tert: You're one of Australia's
      most successful television personalit[...]ved television's ‘revolving
      door’ and avoided the axe where others
      have not. Two of your friends, Mr Doo-
      Bee and Fat Cat, have been removed,
      while Mr Squiggle [Mr Squiggle is only a
      puppet and thus cannot be regarded as
      a friend of Humprey’s] only appears in
      repeats. Rumour has[...]with President Clinton
      during his visit and held the prized place
      on [the late] Princess Di’s dance card at
      the Hilton. You are obviously a very
      influential member of our society. It is
      this fact that has incited me[...]t are debated by our nation
      today. To start with, the very hot topic of
      the supposed ‘Pauline Hanson factor’,
      do you thin[...]g
      partners, leading to an ever increasing
      balance of payments deficit?

      Humphrey: [His mouth moved
      up and down, followed by a blowing on
      his horn]

      Tert:
      didn't get that?

      Sor[...]controversial. Wall street has recently
      undergone a ‘serious correction’, worth
      about 20 billion[...]Tert:
      What's that Humphrey,
      you want to go out to
      the park?

      Humphrey:
      (More clapping)

      Tert: No,
      no Humphrey, this is a
      very important
      interview, we can go out
      and play later.

      Humphrey:
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      stereo and pushed play on the CD
      player. At this point piano music started

      Pla[...]: Look Humphrey,
      just because there is ‘walk in the park’
      music on doesn't mean we have to go
      and do it.

      Humphrey: (He grabbed a fake
      flower and started to caress and smell it,
      while looking wistfully out of the window.)

      Tert: Don't be naughty
      Humphrey we have to finish this
      interview.

      Humphrey: (Humphrey blew
      kisses to me again, but I swear, I saw a
      look on his face that said: ‘Shut up you
      stupid[...]rt: Okay Humphrey, we
      can go out to play with all of the birdies,
      and smell all of the lovely flowers. [Under
      my breath] Just don't expect me to push
      you on the bloody swings.

      INTERVIEW ENDS
      president’s report

      It’s reaching that time of year when one starts looking
      back upon what one has achieved (or not achieved, as
      the case may be).

      I have been on the SRC for two years now and have
      been involved in c[...]time -
      especially this year, being SRC President.A question
      which is fairly basic which I consider q[...](especially after observing and being involved in the
      decision-making process and organisational structure of
      the University) is how do things get done (changed,
      improved, etc..)? Well, the answer is obvious but the
      elements that lead to it are quite fascinating to[...]pecially as we are supposedly
      living in an ‘age of self—interest’.

      People notice that something[...]hould (in their opinion) and will work to improve
      the situation - either because they care about it at[...]ed or affected by it and have been pissed
      off. As a result an individual will either speak to other
      people about it and get their support or will take the
      problem or issue up with someone who they believe[...]about it. Sometimes this
      may seem confronting or a waste of time, and
      sometimes it may be (particularly depending upon your
      definitions of ‘confronting’ and 'waste’). But ultimately,[...]mselves, their environment and their
      community in a considered and respectful way - in
      whatever capacity they may choose to do this.

      An information forum about the reopening of the Port
      Kembla Copper Smelter was organised by the SRC and
      was held over lunchtime in the bar on the Tuesday of
      Environment Week.There were a number of speakers
      about the issue and there were quite a number of
      people in the bar. The SRC organised this forum
      because of the significance of this issue locally and
      because of the fact that the reopening of the smelter





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      and of the pollution of heavy industry is an issue of
      importance for many students.

      I was embarrassed[...]e and speak and many students who
      were sitting in the bar carried on their conversations
      and it was hard to hear what the speakers were saying.
      I got a sudden rush of contempt and thought about the
      ‘age of self interest’ with a horrible feeling in my
      stomach.All I could think[...]ike
      most people, I’m sure,I do not think highly of people
      whom I consider to be particularly inconsi[...]e just gone and sat
      somewhere else. We had to put the speakers in the bar
      because it was raining - we originally planned to have
      the forum on the lawn. I personally thought that
      people wouldn’t mind it for just a one off situation. If I
      had of been eating my lunch I do not believe I could
      have sat there and carried on a loud conversation -
      especially considering what the speakers were talking
      about. One speaker, Olive Rodwell, who is a member of
      IRATE (Illawarra Residents Against Toxic Environments)
      and a Port Kembla resident, has lost her husband and
      ot[...]r which she believes
      was caused by emissions from the copper smelter and
      heavy industry.

      Unfortunately I think this incident was the most
      significant thing that has happened[...]
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      the dogs. rather that it's computer system has. That'[...]ork day. Can't say either myself (Van

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      [ the Editor) nor Stuart (the News Editor) have been at all happy

      ‘ chappies trying to deal with the realities of our missing-half-the
      fucking-paper situation — especially as since we got the two sick f
      computers fixed up, they promptly got[...]e (or 5

      Well known for his friendly convos
      up on the graduation stage and
      famous for the quote "I'm glad
      students are demonstrating; it means we've
      become a real university", the lovely
      Chancellor Bob Hope has resigned (“Thanks
      tor the Memories”) and a new Chancellor is on
      his way in. The Chancellor is supposed to be
      the extreme authority of a university. much in
      the same way the Governor General is
      supposed to be the supreme authority in
      Australia. That means that they basically attend
      a lot of functions, do a lot of representing, sit on
      a thousand committees. shake a lot of hands
      and occasionally bell the Vice-Chancellor (who
      does the day-to-day stuff) in the face if he/she
      is getting a bit stroppy.

      Our new Chancellor is Michael H. Co[...]odd's CV reveals that, although only 58,
      he is in a good position to take out the “I have
      sat on more committees than anyone else
      ever" international prize; he's sat on the board
      of everything from IBM, to C&L, to Qantas,
      Telstra, MLC, ANSTO, Spencer Stuart, the
      Menzies Foundation, the Asia-Australia
      Institute, the Constitutional Centenary

      .- ' heads will roll, trust me; heads will goddamn roll). '-

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      Foundation and Toogoolawa Consulting. to
      name a few. Interestingly, he worked in the
      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
      for 23 years, under bo[...]s doing “intelligence
      and security functions in the Defence portfolio",
      which sounds very much like headkicking for
      ASIO. “He is currently conducting a further
      review in the Defence portfolio, and an inquiry
      for the NSW Government as a Commissioner
      under the Environment Protection Authority”
      according to the press release. Having worked,
      originally, as a statistician, the Tert has him
      picked as an economic rationalist with enough
      ability (or networks) to scare the living Christ
      out of some very powerful people. Of course,
      we could be wrong. If we aren't, we'd like the
      15% cuts to departments to be reversed, the
      student loans reinstated, Fred Nile ofl‘ the
      University Council, the Southern Copper
      smelter shut down and peace in our time,
      please.

      For those of you who
      might have been
      fooled by the
      airbrushed blonde hair
      and body, it is indeed
      the face of our former
      Ministress-with-the-
      Mostest. Mandy
      Vanstone, which
      graces the back page
      of this Terfangala. The
      origin of this page and
      its comment derives
      from the media
      interest generated
      earlier in the year from
      remarks made by
      Liberal MP for Lindsay.
      Jackie Kelly, that poor
      old Amanda was
      given a hard time by
      students because of
      the way that she looks.
      As a student who gave
      the dumped

      Education Minister a

      hard time. I was
      particularly pissed off
      that Ms[...]y
      person whom I know
      who has been
      involved in any of the
      student campaigns
      against the cuts.
      sackings, HECS
      i n c r e a s e s ,
      Austudy/Abstudy
      changes, clsoures etc
      etc brought about by
      Ms Vanstone, attacked
      her on the basis of her
      appearance. To do so
      would be to

      undermine the
      very kind of
      ‘treat people
      as people’
      politics which
      causes students
      to demonstrate
      against cuts
      and the like.
      F u r t h e r

      probably ALL
      w o m e n
      students have
      experienced
      0 C c a s t i o n s
      where they
      have been
      dismissed out of
      hand for no other
      reason than they have
      “failed” a totally
      superficial assessment
      of an imposed ideal
      standard of feminine
      visual appropriateness
      (usually by some[...]diot boy who
      wants to heal his own
      ego by hurting a girl).

      This picture exists to
      make the point that
      the body-attack line of
      Ms Kelly's is absolutely
      crap. Amanda could
      have had the body of
      a three-toed sloth and
      it would be irrelevant:
      the point is that she
      was (and remains) an
      incompeten[...]t benefits in
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      their livelihoods, and
      which are already
      creating a climate
      where only the
      wealthy gain access
      to higher education
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      [...]verseas aid program.

      60 million people depend on the Mekong River and its tributaries for food,
      water, transport and many other aspects of their daily lives. The construction
      of up to 60 dams on this river system will jeopardise this.

      WIIIIKSIIOI’ A'l‘ WOLLONGONG
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      Topic: Foreign Aid:[...]C
      EXIIIBI'l‘ION & PANEL DISCUSSION

      Presenting: A Night on the Mekong
      Chairperson: Paul Matters, Secretary South[...]Council
      Speakers: Bill Leslie, Pacific Projects Officer APHEDA

      Bruce Adam. photographer
      Lee Rhiann[...]ime: 7pm, Monday, 13th October, 1997
      Place: Foyer of Wollongong City Council, Burelli Street

      7pm viewing followed by panel discussion and refreshments in the library
      theatrette.

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      on display in the foyer of Wollongong City Council between 13th and 19th
      Oct[...]background on these events and this issue contact Zoe Nathan on
      (02) 9387 5210 or email aidwatch@peg.ap[...]AFE 0N
      IANIPU S?

      Disturbing reports have reached the
      Tertangala recently concerning what
      appears to be an oversight in the
      university's reportage of attacks which
      have happened on campus in the past
      couple of months. Aside from a mugging
      which took place near the ITC building,
      rumours have criculated amongst
      students regarding the apparent
      abduction of a female student from
      Building 19 a month ago. The facts on
      record is that a man approached library
      staff one afternoon/night,[...]issing daughter. Crime scene
      tape was seen around the front entrance
      to Building 19, while staff and students
      who use that area of the building were
      questioned by police. Presumably, the
      administration do not want an alarmist
      external m[...]ident.

      Also, it is worth knowing that apart from
      the mugger and abductor floating
      around the place,the university is not
      short on thieves, either. In the last month, 4
      cars and ii bicycles were reported stolen
      from our friendliest of campuses.
      Given the concerns students have with
      feeling safe on campus,the SRC, Campus
      Security and the administration are
      participating in various upcoming safety-
      awareness campaigns. The SRC—initiated
      whistle campaign will provide students
      with a neck—whistle as both a safety
      symbol and alarm,so keep your eyes
      open.[...]have nothing to fear around here.
      Let's just hope the administration doesn't
      do anything silly, like cutting the numbers
      of the security staff.

      FLEXIBLE DELIVERY

      has your lect[...]What is flexible delivery?

      Flexible delivery is the new
      education buzzword which has
      been given to any process of
      providing teaching to students
      which deviates from the
      traditional one-lecturer-talking-in-
      lecture + on[...]tutorial-group tyoe educational
      delivery.

      What's the deviation?

      Well, instead of hearing your
      lecturer speak, these days you
      might watch them on a video
      screen via satellite. or on video. or
      communicate via a web page or
      lots of emails. or hear them on a
      tape or a CD - maybe even on
      an interactive CD,Wow!

      Why is the word "depressed“
      mentioned above?

      it's underst[...]cademics around these parts
      might be depressed by the idea
      of flexible delivery. in the cost-

      cutting environment that the
      federal government has forced
      universities into,[...]re
      worried about keeping their jobs
      and see means of electronic
      delivery of educational material
      perhaps being investigated by
      the budget—conscious
      administration as a way of saking
      them and replacing them with
      machinery. Sounds a bit lilke Dr
      Who. doesn't it?

      Surely, that wouldn't be it...

      No. a lot of academics are rather
      diehard fans of the old
      educational model which
      approached teaching as a form
      of communication which was
      about human development
      through personal contact.
      instead of just shoving wads of
      information at people and saying
      ‘this will mak[...]ould like to see
      “flexible delivery” to take the

      form of smaller classes, studnt
      consultations (remember them?)
      or lectures with more than one
      lecturer or even just a university
      where academics could
      research and tea[...]ing to
      meetings where they were forced
      to swallow a lot of Chicago
      School of Economics modern
      managerialism horseshit.

      Flexible Delivery must have some
      advantages...

      Yes, it does. As a teaching aid,
      the use of electronic resources
      would be a great way to
      supplant the teachings given in
      face-to-face classes, or to
      provide illustrations of discussed
      material. Hopefully, that is wha[...]
      [...]Small and Regional Campus Officer
      National Union of Students, NSW

      University students often ask me w[...]ith
      NUS entails. When I reply, people usually run a mile or
      make some sort of apologetic confession to being
      "apolitical”. Quite a perplexing response!

      As I understand it, NUS - with all it's politics - involves
      the questioning of power, and those who posses it;
      whether it be at[...]me how power
      doesn”t affect each and every one of us! Nothing
      occurs in a political vacuum.: every aspect of our
      society operates within a power structure, albeit
      hierarchical or equal. Do "apolitical" responses
      indicate a lack of concern in one"s own identity? Or
      perhaps the old adage "ignorance is bliss" is more the
      point!

      People frame their actions and inactions within a
      political context. How can I get what I want? How[...]rom it!
      Aversion to politics generally relates to the
      institutionalised variety, nevertheless, even at[...]affected by political
      decision-making. This kind of politics has always been
      a dirty business. Contemporary performances tend to
      be plagued by self-interest and factional fighting at the
      expense of democratic representation and equality.
      John Stuart Mill once wrote that Othe worth of a state

      in the long run is the
      worth of the individuals
      composing it. I wonder if
      in the Australian context
      at least there might be

      somet[...]litically struck dumb.
      Very few are involved
      with the National Union
      of Students (NUS), Students’ Representative Counci[...]dney universities are lucky to have more than
      15% of their student population even voting at SRC and
      N[...]upon them? Are they
      too preoccupied with getting a job ticket? Action
      doesn't have to mean storming the VC’s office - simple
      communication is a good place to start!

      The current "debate" - headed by the Higher
      Education Review Committee - over the minor matter
      of the future of our universities has opened a
      Pandora's box on student issues. For example, the
      Chair of the "Committee” (Rod West) has been known
      to have s[...]m Vocational training. This "separation" has been a
      trend in higher education for some years, and has
      impacted on regional universities particularly hard. By
      the government's own admission:

      "The Coalition also recognises that rural and regional[...]dvantaged in
      Australia's higher education sector. The role of regional
      universities in improving access for suc[...]lly
      important."

      In what can only be described as a blatant show of force and power, a large armed force of Canberra police
      closed down all access to a building at the Australian National University, then entered the building and
      kicked out, with physical force, all students and academic staff - many of whom were midway through
      classes - on thursday August 28. The police force were called onto campus by A.N.U.’s Dean, who earlier in
      the day got wind of intentions by students to stage a protest on campus to protest cuts to the university's
      funding, particularly the intented cutting of the Classics department.

      As the culmination of the campus-wide rally, a group of students had intended to enter the A. D. Hope
      building, where the Classics department resides, and stage a peaceful sit-in to voice their opposition to the
      cuts. Upon hearing of this, the Dean pushed The Red Button and called in the wallopers to shut down the
      entire building and prevent anyone from entering. At first, the cops ‘only’ cordoned off all entrances, on
      suspicion that there might be an attempt to stage a protest. One student whom I spoke to had a tutorial
      presentation to give, but was told he couldn't enter the building until he could prove he had the authority
      to do so [which he eventually managed to do]. However, this was only the beginning of the trouble he and
      others were to endure. Midway through his presentation, a swarm of police entered classrooms and told all
      occupants that they had to get out. The students and teachers, of course, asked what was going on; their
      requests w[...]"don’t ask questions, do as you're told,
      we're the police” responses, threats, and offensive, derogatory language. Some lecturers who protested the
      treatment and refused to leave their offices were physically removed - manhandled out of the building, still

      protesting, as all they were 'guilty’ [as such treatment implies] of was trying to carry out their teaching jobs.

      The sudent I spoke to was indignant, saying: "I pay I-IECS; it's my right to be in the classroom when I have
      a class. Who does the Dean think he is calling the cops in to stop us doing what we're at uni to do?". He
      called the show of force by the Dean and the police proof that we still live under colonialism[...]ce, and protests against such arbitrary empoyment of
      force against people [who hadn't even done anything!] by the Authorities are met with "shut up and do as

      you're told, or we'll arrest you.”

      Following the deployment of attack dogs on pyjama’d students at U.T.S. in Sydney last session, it's hard not

      to worry that this is the new tactic authorities are now going to use to head off the dissenting voice, indeed,

      the mere threat of a dissenting voice. A rumour of an intention to stage a peaceful sit-in, as the students chose

      to voice their opinions, was met not just with university security, but a large number of armed police. The
      police acted before anything had even happened. W[...]d-them
      mentality, it is difficult to see this act of "pre-need” order enforcement as anything but a show of force, to
      send the message that ”we’re not flexible, we're in c[...]violently forced to shut up and comply." At risk of going cliche, the future of this "free
      country”, this "democracy” seems t[...]ndeed.

      - Ben Langford

      Therefore, any separation of critical inquiry from
      vocational training will only further entrench the
      inequality of access to higher education. Moreover, the
      across the board funding cuts to the sector have posed
      an especial threat to regional campuses of metropolitan
      universities. This is because institutions may be under
      pressure to identify areas of activity which can be
      sacrificed to the "greater vocational good’ - risking an
      overall erosion of quality. In addition, the proposed
      introduction of a voucher system in higher education,
      leads one to question the capacity of regional
      universities - catering for communities[...]low - to attract fee—paying students.

      In short the role of universities as a well-spring of
      social critique is being undermined through a process
      of "vocationalisation’ and "niche marketing” of
      graduates. lt”s difficult to market critical th[...]ctly what they
      want to hear.

      An associated point of contention is the almost
      universal faculty separation of politics and economic
      majors throughout NSW. The exception is the BEc
      (SocSci) at Sydney University. What impact would the
      fostering of broad—based political critiques of economic
      theory have on established methods of wealth
      production and distribution?

      To allow myself an indulgence of the Conspiracy
      Theory kind, I”m sure the splitting of these once-
      combined disciplines has something to[...]t way
      too, don't you think?! Much safer also, for the majority
      of the student population to remain apolitical!
      ‘Racha[...]nce writing this article, Rachael Wilson has left the
      National Union of Students to complete her university
      studie[...]
      [...]I start? So many exciting things
      happened during the mid year break in
      Townsville that I am already finding it hard to put
      them into words. But thats hardly a decent
      excuse for a feeble rendition of the occurences
      of 8&8 '97. So here goes.

      The S & 8 conference of I997 was my first and in
      many ways it changed my life, well in the short
      term at least. Enjoyable, informative and a[...]words that come to mind
      when I think back to all the wonderful people
      who I shared the experience with and all the
      daring things we did. A month later I still can't
      think of a better group of people or a better way
      to spend the mid year break.

      The pilgrimmage to destination Townsville began
      with the highly succesful fundraising campaigns
      organized with the cooperation of the
      Wollongong Uni Environment Society and the
      students of this great campus. The Two Moons
      Festival and the Vibelicious Dance Party, were
      both heaps of fun and succesful in raising
      enough money to send I5 ambassadors of
      Wollongong to the conference. For this we have
      to thank the organizers, the venues, the bands
      and Dj’s as well as all the people who decided to
      come along and enjoy the wonderful and
      diverse musical sounds of Wollongong.

      Before I begin to recount some of my
      experiences at Townsville this year, I'd like to try
      and explain the concepts behind the annual
      Students and Sustainability conference. Th[...]es, but also academics,
      activists and anyone from the wider public with
      an interest in environmental protection and
      sustainability. Recognising the important
      relationship that indigenous peoples have with
      the natural environment, and their exclusive
      spiritual and physical proximity with the land, the
      involvement of local aboriginal communities is
      also a priority. This year, for the first time, a large
      group of Papua New Guinean students were also
      welcomed to the conference. It was this diversity
      in cultural groups as well as the awesome
      enthusiasm, friendliness and overpowering
      energy of everyone involved that made the
      entire experience so unforgettable. Anyway,
      befor[...]try to express in
      words how emotionally inspiring the whole thing
      was, I must restrain myself and get back to the
      hard facts. The 8&8 forum is a week of plenary
      sessions, workshops, discussions and of course
      nocturnal recreation in the name of
      environmental protection and sustainability. It is
      one week of the year when people from all over
      Australia, (as well as Papua New Guinea),
      congregate in a chosen campus to contemplate
      the protection of our natural environment. This
      gathering of fine people enables cross campus
      networking, cam[...]storming. But S&S is more than this, and
      although the focus is on the environment, wider
      issues that plague our society[...]ely
      looked at. Although often seen as separate to the
      environmental battle, social issues like racism,[...]sumerism and
      specieism are all highly relevent to the mess of

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      problems[...]es. Environmental destruction is only one
      symptom of a fatal disease called greed and in our
      search for a cure all aspects of this condition must
      be examined. With such a diversity of people at the
      conference we were in an ideal situation to do just
      this. Consequently the wider issue of social change
      was a deep running motif to the conference.
      Indicative of such social problems, was the hostility
      we received from the local anglo saxophones of
      Townsville and the surrounding area. Obviously not
      impressed with an influx of energised hippies
      socialising and working with the natives, we
      received hostility in the streets, police harassment
      (which only occurred on the one night that the
      local Murri people partied on with us at the
      campsite) and worse than bad press from the
      Townsville Bulletin who compared us “in sight and
      smell” to the hippies of the 1960's and labelled the
      conference a “GuerilIa training school". We soon
      realised that Far North Queensland was not the
      Australia we have grown accustomed to in
      Wollongong. These sad occurences were also a
      grim reminder of the problems confronting us in our
      goal for collective environmental responsibilty.
      Nevertheless we took all the abuse on the chin and
      could only empathise with the friendly Murri people
      who have to cope with such intolerance on a day
      to day basis.

      Despite all the fuss we covered heaps of ground
      including campaigning against irresponsible
      multinationals, using the media as a means of
      campaign support, nonviolent direct action, legal
      action, population growth and sustainability and on
      a more practical level; permaculture, alternative
      e[...]re industry and
      waste treatment. Workshops run by the ‘Gong
      people included a discussion on the punk
      movement and how lyrics can influence people's
      ideals as well as a presentation and discussion on
      the campaign against the reopening of the
      Southern Copper Smelter. Both were huge
      successes with the later generating a lot of inter
      campus support and the formulation of lots of new
      campaigning strategies! Great! We also managed
      to see many of the local sites including Magnetic
      Island, Paluma rainforest, the Barrier Reef, the
      Pinnacles and beautiful Hinchinbrook channel and
      adjacent island. The latter was the location for a
      700 strong protest march against the resort and
      residential development of the World Heritage site.
      It still amazes me that we didn't even make the
      national news. Why?

      Anyway, the whole thing was incredible fun from
      start to finish, beginning with the Two Moons Festival
      and the Vibelicious Party and ending with the crazy
      train trip back to our respective homes. It is an
      experience that I won't forget for a long time and
      you can bet you'll see me doing the same thing
      next year, this time in Tasmani[...]
      The Plastic Welfare Report

      THIS report will be a short one so as
      not to bore you poor, stressed. little
      souls. There are a number of welfare
      issues that are taking shape or
      raising t[...]e heads at this
      point in time.

      #In about Week II the SRC, in
      conjunction with some elements of
      the University. will be holding a
      Cultural Awareness week or day. It
      will probably be over by the time
      you read this - due to computer
      problems in the TERT office. Never-
      the-less I hope you have fun and if
      this does reach you before week II
      and you want to help, contact the
      following bodies: CAROL BERRY OR
      ANDREW HAAS (that's me...) at the
      SRC (phone numbers below).

      tlThe DISABILITIES SERVICES UNIT is
      being moved from its current
      position in the library to up near the

      Dean of Student's hidey hole in the

      Jnicentre building. What this means

      5 that acce[...]self on access

      to disadvantaged students and all
      the attendent services implied, it
      doesn't really look that good does
      it? Perhaps the negative press the
      uni will receive if this scheme goes
      ahead will c[...]f you would like to know what is
      going on contact the SRC on the
      number below and someone will
      soon fill you in.

      #Quite a few students have
      approached/complained to the
      SRC regarding the issuing of Bus
      Passes. At this point it you are aged
      30 and over, you are not able to get
      a pass. If you think this smacks of
      AGEISM then you are absolutely
      correct.... Considering a sizeable
      portion of students are mature age
      and are indeed older than 30 years,
      it does not seem to be a smart idea
      of the government's to not allow
      them passes. Not only would it help
      keep cars off the roads, it would help
      increase the use of an under utilised
      public transport system. Also it should
      be noted that many of these people
      are no longer in the workforce and.

      due to the fact that they usually rely
      on a spouse for household income,
      most of the time they cannot
      receive Austudy. Thus they find it very
      hard to find the money to transport
      themselves to uni. I guess it is another
      question of access for various
      authorities to ponder. The SRC is
      looking into this problem and will try
      and[...]on.

      #One last thing. As you are no
      doubt aware, the SRC elections are
      being held in October. I myself[...]anyone for that matter) but I do urge
      you to have a look at ALL the
      candidates for ALL positions. Since
      the SRC spends your money it is
      important that you have a say who
      governs that spending. So please
      HAVE YOU[...]this report at
      that. If you have any queries ring the
      SRC on (042) 214201 and leave a
      message for me or, alternatively e-
      mail me at: a[...]fficer's
      Report

      Howdy again.

      I'm just back from the National Resso Conference.
      which involved researc[...]ne and email every
      week, but whom I'd never met.

      The conference included workshops and papers on:
      privatisation of Universities; corporatisation, non-
      government in[...]equity issues; training SRC reps;
      Queer students; The Common Youth Allowance;
      undergrad and postgrad fe[...]that were raised by those whom attended.

      It was a pretty full-on three days, but I have arrived
      bac[...]d
      poke several sticks at.

      I will be implementing a survey within the next month
      or so,which will ask the student population to give any
      suggestions as to what you think the SRC should do or
      be doing. Your help will be greatly appreciated in the
      completion of these surveys. Look around on the
      notice boards for any further info.

      Remember tha[...]need any help with
      Austudy/ Abstudy ,if you have a tenancy problem, a
      problem with your Uni work or anything, the only way
      that the SRC can do anything about it is if you come
      and tell us. If I'm not there, Pat or Bart will leave me a
      message to contact you.

      ENJOY, Matt Williams

      Re[...]s and LIniCentres

      Universitv Chancellor Retires

      THE UNIVERSITY of WolIongong’s Chancellor has
      retired after twenty—two years of continuous service.
      Chancellor Robert Hope announced his retirement as
      the longest serving University Chancellor in Australi[...]thought it was timely
      given both his long period of service and his belief that
      someone else could bring further benefits to the
      University in this position. The retirement of the
      Chancellor will also mean that his wife June will also
      play a lesser role in the University community. Students
      will sadly miss their “Chancellery team”.

      Robert Hope earned the respect of many
      students. He is the type of person to whom students
      could appeal for sound re[...]largely
      slanderous material into his hand in 1995 the
      Chancellor entertained me with a brief address which
      amply demonstrated the paradoxes of both my
      behaviour and that of the V.C.'s, at the time (I'm
      confident he was not patronising me). During the
      inaugural anti-Rev. Fred Nile demonstration outside of
      Uni. Council Chambers, the Chancellor (having this
      time unequivocally patronised students for walking on
      the flowers) demonstrated his ample ability to handl[...]usly: by replying directly and
      sympathetically to the concerns raised by students.
      however, without compromising the Rev. Ni|e's
      appointment to Council.

      Over the past year, I have enjoyed the privilege
      (granted by students) of being the Student Member of
      Wollongong Uni Council. During Council meetings, I
      observed that Robert Hope was unquestioned as the
      “Chair” and that he contributed concisely and[...]in
      question (contributing as an invaluable source of
      lateral thinking and viable alternatives). Follow[...]rtunities to share
      in informal conversations with the Chancellor. I found
      that Robert Hope possessed a great wealth of
      humanitarian insight into the trials and tribulations of
      our times. He was comfortable sharing anecdotes,[...]rt Hope was an
      invaluable and revitalising source of intelligent humour
      as he subtly demonstrated a reserved contempt for
      ideologues and bureaucrats alike.

      The University of Wollongong is now at a serious loss
      without Robert and June Hope as “Chancellors”, and
      the new Chancellor has a big pair of warm, well-worn
      boots to “fill”. Students can only live in faith, for now,
      that the new Chancellor won't march into the fray
      with a stiff new pair of “right-wing rationalist's”. “l”ve
      got a job to do”,“head—kickers" on.

      Students wil[...]humanitarians with an ample and

      endearing sense of humour. Students would like to
      take this opportunity to wish Robert and June every
      success of their future personal endeavours and a
      peaceful and relaxing retirement.

      i n ni

      The great new—look graphic, which adorns the
      UniCentre buildings and staff, is an apt representation
      of the Aboriginal expression “Wollongong”, which is
      taken here to mean “land between the ocean and
      sky". The graphic is not all that is new for UniCentre
      which was once The Union. The change has been
      principally and controversially driven by a perceived
      need for the Union to “incorporate" within the structure
      of the University of Wollongong.

      During l996,a debate took place on campus as to
      the nature of the perceived need and real intention
      behind the change from supposed “free association
      ofThe Vice Chancellor could
      have introduced the need for change with a little
      more diplomacy than by stating (however accurately)
      in effect the need for a more professional board of
      management given the restrictive practice of students
      taking turns at improving their vested P[...]UniCentre”s board. (2) Students, some fresh out
      of diapers, are generally in little relevant position of
      responsibility to constructively give effect to the
      sustainable social, economic or financial
      management of a multifaceted service-provider such
      as UniCentre.

      Incorporation of the UniCentre as a legal and
      financial entity of the University of Wollongong means
      a step froward for the University, the UniCentre, its staff
      and all students. Students r[...]orward plan with enhanced sense and security.
      and the University is fully and unequivocally
      accountable for UniCentre outcomes.

      Additionally, the UniCentre is not in poor financial
      condition: in[...]h.
      with sound management. will ultimately profit the
      University, it"s staff and students. Furthermore, any
      sweeping rhetoric of “student control" of the
      UniCentre is baseless without heed to an issue of
      effective “student responsibility”. In the case of any
      desperate retention of the word ‘union",take a strong
      laxative: if symptoms of romantic allusion to the word
      “union” persist,then join the blue-collar work-force and
      experience the paradoxes of a substantial reality!

      -Andy Cochran, Student Member of University
      Council
      ' An alternative Aboriginal translation tor
      "Wollongong" is "See, the monster comes!". - Van.
      [...]O.K., BLUE Stocking
      Week is now over. For those
      of you who missed it...You
      missed out on heaps of
      fun! The Post Feminist
      Forum was a huge
      success, covering a wide
      range of definitions of
      feminism and a great
      discussion on the
      relevance of feminism
      today. This provoked quite
      a bit of discussion which
      was great to see. If you are
      interested in this topic, the
      Women's Centre in town is
      currently holding a series
      of forums on the role of
      feminism,past, present and
      future. There was some
      discussion at
      the last forum
      about starting

      the ball rolling
      for a new
      wave of
      feminism to fit
      the next
      century... This

      IS a really
      interesting
      and puzzling
      concept, and any input
      you have on the topic is
      always welcome. We in the
      office are a |ittle...sha|l we
      say overwhelmed (?)...by
      this p[...]ays
      forward...So come in and
      talk to us, or leave a
      message in mine or
      Rebecca and Jodie’s
      pigeon holes in the SRC
      office.

      i can't say I had
      anything to do with the
      organisation of Sexuality
      week, but I was at heaps of
      the events and enjoyed it
      no end. Michael asked me
      to be a part of the
      Sexuality Week debate
      held on the Wednesday,





      which turned out to be
      both entertaining, and
      informative. Whether the
      Sexual Revolution as we
      were debating, has been
      a[...]existed, or
      is still weaving its path
      throughout the world
      today, one thing was clear,
      life today hold[...]open,
      diverse and accepting
      society somewhere in the
      future.

      Whilst both Blue
      Stocking Week and
      Sexuality Week lasted only
      one week on campus, it is
      not a sign that the issues
      these weeks deal with are
      then shelved
      and put aside
      until the same
      time next
      year. It seems
      to me, it is
      important to
      remember
      that these
      weeks exist
      b e c a u s e
      fundamental
      flaws exist in our society,
      and until the inequalities
      and injustices which these
      weeks see[...]is my spiel over
      with. Keep your eyes
      peeled for the whistle
      safety campaign we will
      be running in the next
      couple of weeks...3,000
      whistles will be floating
      around the place for all
      people on campus, and
      will be given[...]!

      —Erin Cahill, General
      Representative





      The Missionary
      Position

      This article was inspired by, and
      borrows from the l.C.l.S. (lllawarra
      Committee for International S[...]etter #14 dated July/97. l.C.|.S.
      can be found on the ground floor of
      the Unicentre building (ll). near the
      IMB. (Which is apparently moving out)

      As most of you are aware, there are
      a number of groups on campus that
      actively approach students[...]become
      overzealous in their enthusiasm and
      become a nuisance. A number of
      International Students have expressed
      their conce[...]oaches
      by missionaries.

      If you are approached by a person
      on campus and you are not interested
      in wh[...]seem
      rude or impolite, but by approaching
      you in the first place they are making
      the same judgement (eg. are they
      being impolite or ru[...]owever if
      they keep on trying and start to
      become a nuisance, making you feel
      uncomfortable, you can complain
      about them to Security, the Dean of
      students, the SRC and the
      International Student Adviser.

      NOBODY at all is[...]luding other students and
      academics), contact any of the
      following:

      ‘Security (042) 214555

      ‘International Student Adviser (042)
      213173

      ‘Dean of Students (042) 213667
      ' SRC (042) 214201

      Please[...]and they often have
      something worthwhile to say.

      The above was written about a
      month ago in early August and since
      then we have[...]you do not wish to. Don't waste your
      money buying a publication if you're
      not going to read it or if you're only
      buying it in the hope of getting them
      off your back. By doing so you are o[...]haps
      improve their images on campus if
      they acted a little more friendly.

      -ANDREW HAAS.
      [...]CORNER

      ANACONDA - jittery theme that belongs to the bad

      For those of you who asked for it (repeatedly so, I might add - thanks - _ - - -

      _ _ I _ H “ soundtrack/Rand guy of the piece this time, a giant
      for the interest), this month we re debuting our Soundtra[...]e Tension Sets in and mounts
      Herein you will find a wide range of soundtracks reviewed, from the (Shock) steadily, and as our heroes journey

      big commercial releases and compilations right down to the

      instrumental stuff - you know, the actual score of the films. This latter
      category is one which is all-too-often ignored, and we here at the
      Tert are trying to do a little something towards rectifying that.

      The material reviewed in this column was kindly provided by the
      lovely people at Brashs Wollongong. Thanx to them[...]I

      mean).

      And now - read on. If this column gets a positive response, we'll
      keep it up, and possibly let it grow. And we promise - no puns about

      how great a "score" it was.

      WE HANDLE IT.

      Brashs



      KANSAS CITY -
      soundtrack/various
      (Verve/Polygram)

      We've received a lot of mail and comment here at the Tert
      complaining about the lack of jazz reviews in our music
      section - well, here's[...]lling that
      particular gap in our repertoire.

      And a glaring gap it is; jazz is a unique form of musical
      expression, and one of the greatest of American art-forms.
      I'm a jazz fanatic myself, and so I was more than eager to
      listen to the score from Robert Altman's moody film Kansas
      City. Actually, it was more like a re-listening, as I
      remembered it from when I saw the film itself, but like all
      good scores it was perv[...]intrusive; in
      short, I needed to really listen to the music on its own.

      This score, produced by Hal Willner, functions not only as a
      supplement to the film but also stands very well on its own.
      It's an hour-plus of solid jazz, running the gamut from dark
      and brooding to more up—tempo pieces, and all of it
      gorgeous. There are officially twelve tracks on the disc (with
      such terribly jazzy names as “Blues in the Dark", "Yeah,
      Man" and "Pagin’ the Devil"), but they flow together so
      seamlessly tha[...]re no discernible
      breaks. This is not to say that the tracks are all identical; it's
      just that jazz musicians have always been masters of the
      transition. They can change mood and tempo withou[...]ome
      beautifully untidy segments, and yet it forms a perfectly
      coherent whole. Remember: jazz more oft[...]'s meant to be experienced, not
      studied.

      There's a great line-up of musos on this album. The talented
      trumpets of Nicholas Payton and James Zollar are stand-
      outs, but my greatest love has always been the sax, and on
      Kansas City they used seven of ‘em. There's also three guys
      on bass, a couple of soulful trombones, and the beautiful
      clarinet of Don Byron (also a featured saxophonist). Kevin
      Mahogany provides vo[...]esake; it's very easy to fall in love with him on the basis
      of his humming alone. Throw in the piano, drums, cornet,
      guitar and some masterful a[...]nd you have an
      album that will remind jazz lovers of exactly why they love
      jazz.

      And let's face it — we all know that jazz lovers are the coolest
      people.



      Despite the fact that I thought
      Anaconda was one of the worst films
      this side of Showgirls, I really enjoy
      listening to the score. The fact that the
      CD runs for only 36 minutes while the
      film labors on for three times that
      length may ha[...]use composer Randy
      Edelman, whose credits include The
      Last of the Mohicans and Gettysburg,
      has succeeded at creating a compact
      score that perfectly captures the
      atmosphere of a pulp adventure
      matinee serial. That's basically what
      Anaconda was, although the director
      Luis Llosa (who also made the
      atrocious Stallone flick The Specialist)
      didn't quite manage to make it work.[...]rchestral themes, Ede|man's score
      escorts us into the depths of the
      Amazon. There's a rollicking sense of
      adventure before the music shifts
      gears into the more ominous tones
      that foreshadow the horrors to come.
      We're introduced soon enough to the

      upriver the music takes on an almost
      palpable heaviness - as thick as the
      mists of the Amazon itself, it would
      seem. There are even times when the
      score sounds uncannily like the
      creaking hull timbers of the riverboat.
      There's even a brief interlude and a
      gentle love theme for Eric Stoltz and
      Jennifer Lopez, but it doesn't take long
      for the anaconda's theme to resurface.
      We are regularly lulled into a false
      sense of security only to be thrust back
      into suspense and tension, and then
      into full-blown orchestral terror as the
      action begins. It's formula and it's
      predictable, but there's an adrenal
      allure to this kind of enthusiastically
      produced and performed music. The
      tunes tell the tale - and in this case,
      they tell it
      better than
      the film
      itself did.
      -Harrison
      J. Chadd
      big white
      hun[...]-
      soundtrack/vari
      ous
      (Island/Polygra
      m)

      To me, a real soundtrack
      is one that contains the
      actual score of the film
      and not just a slip-shod
      compilation of songs. The
      Speed 2 soundtrack is
      one of the latter,
      unfortunately.

      I can't figure out how they
      managed to pull together
      enough songs to fill out a
      full album. They must
      have included the full
      version of that reggae
      song we heard coming
      from somebody’[...]drove past
      Sandra Bullock in Scene
      7, as well as the
      extended dance mix of
      the love song that Sandra
      and Jason danced to in
      Scene 35, plus the three
      songs that played over
      the end credits.

      Hell - this may even be
      one of those pathetic
      excuses for a soundtrack
      that contains "songs from
      and inspired by the
      motion picture”. This
      abominable practice
      started way back in the
      eighties, with albums like

      Jon Bon Jovi’s Young
      Guns 2 soundtrack;
      basically it lets the
      studios slap a couple of
      hit songs from a film onto
      a disc, fill the rest of the
      space with crap that no-
      one would listen to
      otherwise, and make
      millions of marketing
      dollars off of it.

      The only actual nod to
      Mark Mancina's score for
      Speed 2 on this CD
      comes in a techno/dance
      version of the main
      theme, re-mixed in the
      same fashion as that
      ghastly dance version of
      Mark Snow's X-Files

      /3. // l’ I,’



      theme. Needless to say,
      I'd rather have my
      scrotum slammed in a
      drawer than listen to it
      again.

      The rest of the album has
      a fairly reggae tone to it,
      which I guess suits the
      film (predictably, UB40
      and Maxi Priest both pop
      up somewhere amongst
      the mess), but I really
      can't imagine anyone
      a[...]
      [...]ygram)

      It seems that I've been complaining about the idea of “retro" a lot this
      month. I understand that fashion and art[...]our mistakes. To
      paraphrase someone famous: those of us who forget the mistakes of
      the past are doomed to repeat them. If this is true,[...], because they've
      been resurrecting fashions from the seventies for years now, and
      most of these clothes were a big enough mistake the first time
      around.

      And as if the re—animation of disco wasn't enough of a degradation,
      the powers—that—be (I hope they suffer horribly p[...]ties retro.
      That means Kylie and Madonna, and all of the horrid crap that Stock,
      Aitken and Waterman (I th[...]aulted our
      ears and insulted our minds with. It's a little known conspiracy theory
      that the eighties pop scene was nothing more than one huge testing
      ground for the US government's first cloning program. Fortunately for
      us, most of the initial subjects failed to survive.

      Eighties ret[...]es Officer Phil
      Hulcheon, unwittingly working for the forces of darkness, organised
      the Retro dance party.

      There are even retro computer games — see the computer game
      review section of this very paper if you don't believe me.

      However[...]certain times when retro can be appropriate, and
      the soundtrack of Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion is one
      such example. For a start, the music is perfectly in context because
      of the film's setting; the high school reunion of a class that graduated
      in the mid—eighties.

      There are some real classics on the album (well, as close to classic
      as a song from the eighties can get). Culture Club's ubiquitous
      “K[...]makes an appearance, as does Bananarama's
      version of “Venus”. The Go—Gos cheerily proclaim that “We Got The
      Beat”, Belinda Carlisle claims that “Heaven is a Place on Earth",
      Wang Chung reminisce about “Da[...]r Time”,
      even though it featured prominently in the film, but they did include
      Tears For Fears’ excellent “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”. The
      song that I was really hanging out for, though, was The Vapors‘
      “Turning Japanese". I've been searchi[...]oing squinty from his efforts. After listening to the song
      (repeatedly) I think the jury's still out on the actual meaning of the
      lyrics.

      Rumor has it, though, that Pauline Hanson is thinking of adopting
      “Turning Japanese" as the official party song of One Nation, to be
      used at their planned Beer Hall Putsch of 1998. If this is indeed the
      case, I would be willing to concede that wanking[...]E -
      soundtrack/various
      (IslandlPolygram)

      This is a strange but
      compelling little
      compilation of sounds from
      America's South. There are
      a number of sleepy songs
      on this album, all of them
      sandwiched between
      chunks of the film's original
      score by Daniel Lanois.

      The score itself is
      intriguingly different. At first
      listen I thought it owed a lot
      to certain segments Jack
      Nitzsche's twangin' score
      to The Hot Spot, but this
      notion didn't last long.
      There's more of a palpable
      sense of tension to this
      score, and in places it's
      downright black-hearted.

      The opening tracks are
      quirky compositions, which
      are quite appropriate to the
      quirky film that they
      accompany. There's some
      kind of quivering sound
      hovering throughout, and
      I'll be[...]ie). There
      are lighter moments too,
      which capture the friendly,
      funnier side of the
      character Billy Bob
      Thornton played in the film
      - but these spots are
      merely precursors to the
      ominous tones that form
      the guts of this music. Like
      the (excellent) film itself,
      Sling Blade's score is[...]’.§I‘.J<‘ts

      and it's extremely effective.
      The songs included are a
      nice touch, as they add
      that touch of Southern
      flavor to the album, and
      provide a break from the
      building tension of the
      score. They make the
      album as a whole
      eminently more listenable.
      It's not a casual listen, this
      soundtrack; like Sling
      Blade itself, the score
      requires a bit of attention to
      fully appreciate. It's a bit
      like riding the Mississippi in
      a rowboat - you're easily
      lulled by the sleepy
      scenery, but there's
      mangroves ‘n gators waitin'
      jus' ‘round the bend....
      -Harrison J. Chadd

      ridin' shotgun on your
      musical experience

      CONSIDER yourself a budding young
      photographer, but have never had the
      opportunity to prove it apart from the
      odd ‘slide night’? Well the Tertomgala
      wishes you to fret no more. Magazine
      Blacle+W/bite have created a
      photographic competition for anyone
      interested in catching still moments on
      film.The competition is called Louder
      Than Words and all it requires is for you
      to send in a disposable camera that has
      captured the way you see your world.
      You don’t need any previous
      photographic experience just an AGFA
      disposable camera.And a personal vision
      of life as a young Australian.The best
      photographs will be published in a book
      dedicated to the Disposable Art project,
      Celebrating the culture and creativity of
      Australia’s youth.And if your
      photographs are that good you could
      also receive $1000 as the winning entry
      for each theme.The themes are:
      Extreme, Hyper Active, and Defaced.

      }.'.'Il':,»"P -«fix», .
      *9 -5. .

      The deadline for the AGFA disposable
      cameras is October 31, 1997.You need
      to get an entry bag which can be found
      in the October issue of juice, at your
      local Ted’s Camera Store, or by[...]ou may
      be able to show your guests your photos
      in the Disposable Art coffee book as
      well.

      Now if you think taking photos with a
      disposable camera is about as creative as
      witting[...]ite magazine have
      created another competition for the
      more serious photographer. Again you
      must be between 12 - 25 years and again
      the topic is youth orientated.You must
      capture images[...]uth culture. If you do good then you’ll
      be paid the regular rate of a

      Blacle+W79z'te photographer plus you’ll
      receive a 12-month subscription of
      Blacle+Whz'te magazine.To enter you
      should send a transparency of one of
      your best photographs - which must be
      unpublished and original. Include a
      stamped, self-addressed envelope for its
      return a[...]ct number. Also indicate whether
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      FHCE/OFF



      John Woo is a god.

      I saw Face/O17” on opening night, and it was obvious
      from the respectful hush that fell over the crowd as
      the credits started that I was surrounded by fellow
      Woo-Nuts.

      The Western Branch of the Woo-Cult started about a
      decade ago, when maverick Hong Kong director
      John Woo’s films made their way into the western
      world. The Killer and Hard Boiled made such an
      unexpected impact on a market that was already
      glutted with action films[...]rs.

      ()f course, Hollywood has always believed in the
      idiom:“if you can’t beat ‘em, get ‘em to join you.”You
      could almost hear the cries of studio heads around
      the world screaming “Bring me the head of Johnny
      Woo! ‘The rest, as the man wrote, is history.

      Today, Mr.Woo has been elevated from cult status to
      the top of the heap.After last year’s excessively loud
      action[...]t
      effort yet.

      He started by pulling together one of the best crews
      in Hollywood. The cinematographer was Oliver
      Wood, who started his career under the tutelage of
      another action guru, Michael Mann, on theTV serie[...]land's Opus, as well as shooting music
      videos for The Cranberries. Production/costume
      designers were veterans Neil Spisak and Ellen
      Mirojnick.The score was composed by ex ad—man
      John Powell, under the talented producership of
      Hans Zimmer, who has composed scores for a long
      list of films that includes Rainman. Bacledraft,
      Black Rain, The Lion King, True Romance and
      Crimson T ide.The editor, who must have known he
      was in for one hel[...]start on Tony Scott’s Revenge, before
      becoming a Scott-brothers favorite and editing Days
      of Thunder, The Last Boy Scout, True Romance and
      The Fan, as well as tons of ads for Tony and Ridley
      Scott’s British advertising company.

      The plot of the film (and there is one — a definite
      novelty in the action genre), revolves around an
      intensely perso[...]I'm not going to spoil
      any more plot details than the trailer has already
      done, but lets just say that they end up swapping
      lives. And lets just also add that, of course, the fit
      hits the shan.

      The scriptwriters (Mike Werb & Michael Colleary)
      have[...]«)riginal idea and run
      away with it.They exploit the humor and tension of
      the ol’ “swaperoo" situation to its fullest, but[...]eems to have
      overlooked; they’ve really tackled the emotions of
      the characters involved.There’s a real bond (not a
      happy one, but a bond nevertheless) developed
      between the two protagonists, and the fact that
      they get to live life in each other’s shoes lends an air
      of sympathy to both of their roles. The bonds of
      family are also strongly apparent on both sides of
      this conflict, and provide much of the motivation
      for the escalation of hostilities.

      Of course, due credit must go toTravolta and Cage,[...]ement
      here. Not only do they have immense amounts of
      fun taking the piss out of each other, but they each
      earn some throat—lump points for providing
      moments of genuinely touching drama.The script
      allows them to basically play two roles each, and
      they both rise to the challenge with unerring
      grace.

      And then we have the god himself.

      John Woo directs Face/Off with his trademark
      energy and flair, but it’s in his handling of the
      characters relationships that he lifts the film above
      run-of—the-mill-action and into the realms of the
      classic. He’s not afraid to linger over character
      development, knowing that his action set-pieces
      are all the more powerful once he’s made you care
      about the people involved; and it’s in these set-
      pieces that the almighty Woo really struts his stuff.

      Comparing an Arnie action film to a John Woo film
      is like comparing a bar brawl to the Bolshoi Ballet.
      Woo doesn't so much stage an acti[...]choreographs it. His shootouts are literally like a
      dance of death - a lovingly filmed ballet of violence
      that is guaranteed to take your breath away. Bodies
      fly, glass smashes, scenery explodes - and all the
      while Woo guides his camera gracefully through
      the carnage, capturing the intensity of the conflict
      with instinctive certainty. An eye for camera
      placement and a sixth sense for editing such as his
      are few and far between.

      There’s a special style in the physical staging of his
      action scenes, too.Whether he’s filming a Mexican
      stand-off in a church, intercutting with shots of
      frantic doves and religious iconography, or staging
      a massive gun battle in a loft apartment, shot in
      gloriously anguished slow—motion and cut to the
      strains of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow", there’s
      always something unusual abou[...]ver angles, hectic tracking and full exploitation
      of the emotional impact of a good score - again,
      trademark Johnny Woo.

      But thats not all - in the midst of such explosive
      violence,Woo keeps the focus firmly fixed on the
      characters involved. He shows the anguish on their
      faces, the blood from their wounds, the terror in
      their eyes - everything that keeps remi[...]they’re not real people. We’re only
      watching a movie. Ah—hah! Now you understand
      the power of a John Woo film - he makes you
      believe. He draws you in, shakes you around by the
      throat for two hours, and then gently lets you go.
      He’s a world-class story-teller and dream-weaver,
      and I, for one, am honored to be part of his
      audience.

      -Harrison J. Chadd

      your local Woo[...]flI.I.|fl'n'

      Greater Union and Tertangala have a pile of
      double passes to Face/Ofl to give away.

      To win one, you simply have to answer the
      following question:

      Q. Is John Woo a god?

      Correct entries will win a free pass.
      Incorrect entries will earn a death mark for
      the person responsible.

      Put your name, student numbe[...]number, together with your answer,
      on any old bit of paper and submit it to
      Harrison J. Chadd c/0 Tertangala, SRC, or
      drop into the media room in Building 11
      (we're just behind the bar, you bunch of
      alcoholics) and stuff them into our
      competition b[...]st animated
      “classic” (preordained as such by the
      almighty Disney publicity machine) looks
      to be another hit, packed with enough
      in—jokes to keep the adults happy as well
      as the kids; but beware Donald
      Wildmon's Religious Right, who are
      already scanning it frame—by—frame in
      search of hidden smut and filth
      (September 18).

      A SIMPLE WISH — More kid's fare, with
      Martin Short as a doofus fairy godfather
      and Kathleen Turner as the evil witch
      (September 25).

      SPEED 2 — Ho hum (September 2'5).
      GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE — T ake—off of
      Tarzan — just the trailer has already made
      me want to take up seria[...]— Relatively un—hyped
      sci—fi thriller about the first spaceship to
      travel faster—than—light beyond the
      bounds of our galaxy; the ship returns
      minus lifeforms, but it sure ain‘t[...]elatively over—hyped sci-fi,
      with Jodie Foster the scientist who
      translates the first ever transmission
      received from deep space. This message
      contains instructions for building a
      machine of some sort, and, foolishly (as
      well as typically) the scientists do so.
      Haven't these guys ever seen Sp[...]r hair
      rather than her clothes, and tries to make
      a comeback after a long line of stinkers —
      and with Blaclerunner director Ridley
      Scott at the helm, she just might stand a
      fighting chance (October 23).

      GREATER UNI[...]
      BOUND

      Directors: The LUochouJski

      Brothers
      Writers: The Lllochowski
      Brothers

      Starring: Jennifer Tilly, G[...]John Ruon
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      Bound was a cool film.The basic plot -
      two lovers come up with a plan to steal
      $2 million from the mob and set
      someone else up to take the fall - isn't
      startling original, but the execution of it
      was.

      For a start, the two lovers are lesbians,
      which added a somewhat.... difl”erent
      erotic slant to their relationship (of
      course, being a guy, maybe I just got off
      on the image of two girlies having a
      snog). And then there was the
      wonderfully stylish direction/writing of
      ‘The Wachowski Brothers’, Andy and
      larry (actually, being a director myself
      I'm baffled as to how the responsibilities
      of helming a feature film can be divided
      up between two people; they must have
      a roster worked out, or else they played
      tag-team directing on the set in order to
      preserve their stamina).The \X/achowskis
      are like a cheaper version of the (Ioen
      brothers (and I don't mean that in a
      derogatory sense), and if you know the
      (Ioens' work you'll spot some remarkable
      similarities between the two. In fact, if
      the Wachowskis keep making films as
      quirky and styli[...]was, then we
      may soon see an underground War ()f
      The Siblings for control of the alternative
      film market.

      Bound pretty much all[...]utifully
      decorated, and yet strangely cold, while
      the other is a mess of renovations. The
      two lead characters are sort of reflective
      of their respective environs - there's the
      cool, aloof and impeccably well-dressed
      Violet (lennifer Tilly), and next door,
      doing the renovations, there's the
      leather-jacket wearing, paint-splattered,
      short-haired ex-con, (Iorky (Gina
      Gershon).

      its these kind of character/set design
      parallels that make Bound so
      aesthetically interesting, as well as the
      fact that the Wachowskis never let the
      camera rest for more than a few seconds
      at a time. There's a lot of aggressive
      tracking. most of it accompanied by an
      inexplicable but atmospheric whooshing
      sound (a particularly effective tactic that
      was perfected by both the (Ioens and
      David Lynch). The cinematography (by
      Bill Pope, whose work I know b[...]lly
      superb. with lighting in particular taking
      on a major role.

      inhabiting these two interestingly l[...]y and Gershon are both
      excellent, particularly in the earlier
      seduction sequences (and helped along
      immensely by the Wachowskis amusing
      usage of close-ups of leaking plumbing).
      Tilly's trademark voice sits w[...]fismin hLL'i PANIOLIAND

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      characterisation of the not—as<luml»as
      she-seems Violet, and (iershon seems
      suitably bemused by proceedings as the
      boyish (‘.orky.They’re backed up well by
      Joe[...]rned my admiration) playing
      characters like Guido The Killer Pimp in
      Risky Business and Robert De Niro's
      bail-bondsman friend in Midnight Run.
      He's a bit of a loon, old Joe - just a few
      royals short of a funeral (Harrison, that's
      my line - Ed./).

      The real fun in Bound comes from
      watching these oddball characters trying
      to out—maneuver each other. The plot, as
      I've said, won't really set you on fire, but
      the energetic thrill with which the
      Wachowskis set everything up before
      knocking ever[...]ything
      back when dealing with sex and gore
      (hence the “R" rating), but the images of
      sex and violence are so absorbingly
      staged and ph[...]may have earned
      an “R” rating purely because the two
      main characters are lesbians. The
      Censorship Board doesn't want
      teenagers polluting their minds by
      watching a film about dykes, now does
      it? i mean, if we show teenage girls how
      cool it is to be a dyke, they'll all be
      running about fingering the[...]-rocket. No—one would be out
      wildly propagating the species. Dogs and
      cats would start living togethe[...]to
      me. Ever since I saw Bound, I've been
      thinking of becoming a lesbian.

      -l larrison J. (Ihadd
      developing vagina envy

      We have a bunch of copies
      of Bound to give away,
      courtesy of Roadshow

      entertainment. If you too

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      THINNER

      Director: Tom Hollond

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      It actually took me quite a while to get up the steam to write this review. Ordinarily
      I can trash a bad film without thinking twice, and really enjo[...]ty just couldn't rear its unpretty head.

      I think the main problem was that I really wanted to like Thinner. I enjoyed the
      nasty novel upon which it was based, and thought that there was a lot of potential
      there for a big screen version. Unfortunately, as is the case with many Stephen King
      - oops, I mean Richard Bachman - novels, something gets drastically lost in the
      translation.

      The plot focuses on a successful lawyer and staunch family man from Maine (of
      course - this is King territory, after all) who happens to have a weight problem.Years
      of dieting and exercise have failed to make a dent in his impressive paunch, but
      when he accidentally runs over an old gypsy woman and is struck with a thinning
      curse by her family things take a turn for the better - and worse. lie loses weight,
      and loses weight, and loses weight.....

      One of the greatest failings of this film version ofThinner is the fact that it looks like
      a cheap telemovie.The fault has to lie mostly at the feet of the writer/director,Tom
      Holland. I liked Tom's earlie[...]efforts have all been made forTV anyway — like the two-part adaptation of Stephen
      King's The Lungoliers. Thinner looks very much like The Langoliers - and that's not
      a good thing.

      in fact, I got so used to the telemovie feel of Thinner that l was literally shocked
      when somebody said “fuck”. I'd settled into a complacent TV mindset, and the
      sudden intrusion of language that is normally restricted to M 15+ features seemed
      grossly out of place.At least I can honestly say that the film managed to surprise me
      - only once, and not in the way the writers had probably hoped, but it's better than
      nothing.

      And then there's the fact that Aaron Spelling bankrolled the whole project.’l'hat fact
      on its own should have warned me of impending doom. Most telling, however, is the
      lack of Australian theatrical release; Thinner ran at US[...]unt put some money behind it), but down here it's a straight-t0-
      video film, baby.

      There's not even much to say about the cast; it's pretty much a non—event in the
      acting department.Joe Mantegna, an old fave of mine, has a bit of fun playing a Mafia
      hitman, but he's not on-screen for long.Also earning my attention was the supremely
      sexy Kari Wuhrer (recently seen taking it off before being snaked to death in the
      dreadful Anaconda) as a feisty young gypsy girl with very nice underwear. And
      Stephen King, of course, made his requisite appearance - this time as a drug store
      clerk. Nothing else stands out in memo[...]was just plain oi‘ indifference - and that’s the
      sign of a truly bad film.

      -Harrison J. (Ihadd

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      The Flight-Lounge Punch-
      Up Incident: Newspapers of
      Sunday. June 20. 1997
      report a “pun('hup" which
      occurred between Foreign
      Minister. Alexander Downer.
      and the Shadow Minister for
      Industry and Regional
      Development. Simon Crean.
      in the Ansett Flight Lounge
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      the subject of an (unvtm'tten]
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      tried to punch Crean in the
      head. calling him an
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      Kooyong. Georgiou and a
      non—aligned witness in the
      lounge both attested to the
      media that Downer did use
      the word "fucker". but
      Downer's office has denied
      this."Motherfucker" is theof his iamtty to parliamentary allowances. Juli forc[...]"Doubtless Labor failed by not getting
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      ' ~‘--‘T'*.'.' 3; ~ ‘ _ _ — Having made it to the dizzying heights as parliamentary secretary to
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      I _ , ‘ ' Association of Forest Industries, burned out last October. He wa[...]- forced to resign after it was shown he had made a decision with the
      l _ 1 I 2 _ potential to substantially benefit a company. Boral, in which he had
      ' » shareholding[...]he lost his job. he kept his shares. He
      even had the nerve to complain to the President of the Senate about
      Green senator Bob Brown drawing attention to his shareholdings
      when the Senate was considering resources issues and demanding
      he declare his interest in the woodchip company. His complaint was
      dismissed and[...]to declare. Well. Gibson doesn't
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      specialised section of the TV
      audience. If astronomy isn't one
      of your interests, don’t bother -
      the narrator's voice alone will
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      This is another enthralling creation
      of the Discovery Channel, depicting,
      as the title states, the many wonders
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      twenty-five minute epis[...]borate detail: cosmic collisions.
      star formation, the sun, the nature of
      moons in our Solar System, and the
      possibility of life proceeding and

      documentary on being able to[...]est for as long as it did. I
      would credit this to the realism of
      the computer simulations, which
      vastly improved on, and added a new
      dimension to, the grainy images
      we’ve had beamed back by real-lif[...]explorers such as
      Voyager ll. Also impressive was the
      narration on the possibility of life
      existing elsewhere
      System — it had an ambiguity that
      appealed to me.

      Overall, the presentation was a bit
      dry - after all, it is aimed (like most
      Discovery channel programs) at a

      existing throughout the galaxy.

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      I want you to think back to the
      documentaries that screen on
      channel 9 or 7 in the
      bewilderingly early-morning
      time~s|ots. You know the ones
      that l mean - Nostrodamus
      Tells All, or I /I<‘() Mysteries. or
      Great Mysteries of l)apto.
      Well, Great liooks:
      Frankenstein is in the same
      vein. Nice titles build an
      abstract sense that something
      eerie is going on, violins
      scream all over the place and
      drums beat in accordance to
      the Scary Legislative Act 1934.
      In short its a cliched and
      uninspiring piece of work,
      with an archetype monotone
      American voice l[...]us Canadian
      actor l)onald Sutherland

      American ll the sub-ed]
      telling the “chilling” story of
      Frankenstein. it is cut away
      with footage ()f various
      moments of Fntnkenstein film
      history, and lecturers around
      the world giving their two
      cents worth on the value of
      Shelley’s creation.

      Admittedly, there are some
      interesting pieces of trivia: f()r

      instance, the documentary
      discusses Shelley’s
      background in radical

      philosophy, and the way she
      became obsessed with the
      idea of re—animation after her
      child died only two weeks
      after its birth. The doco also
      analyses the theory that
      Frankenstein acts as a
      metaphor for the power of
      science and the disaster it
      creates (with the help of the
      Scary Legislative Act, the
      producers have included
      footage of nuclear bombs et
      al). However, in the end, you
      feel a little uninspired and
      short—changed. Perhaps it[...]tein has
      already been said, or maybe it's
      because the program is so
      conventional. with its

      astronomy and novices alike will
      learn from and enjoy it.

      And, on a final note - if you’ve
      just managed to get your self-
      esteem to a point where you
      think you're actually important,
      Wonders of the Universe will
      promptly destroy all that by
      making[...]inuscule in this vast universe.
      -Troy Douglas

      in the Solar

      considering it's a made—for—7V
      documentary — H the sub-ed]
      it becomes farcical to a cynical
      viewer like myself.

      Anyway, it’s on the Discovery
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      THE LEISURE HIVE

      Director: Lovett Bickford
      Writer: D[...]i Rated, 88 minutes, $24.95

      Another release from the BBC's massive
      archive of l)r.Who episodes. For the legions
      of fans there are only a few places that you
      can catch the time lord's exploits. ()nce a
      mainstay of the ABC in the afternoons at1d
      evenings, now it is relegated to cable, video
      or through some of the Sci Fi clubs around
      ()2. Roadshow has been releas[...]as picked
      up since last year’s US/UK tele-movie of the
      doctor's latest incarnation.

      This tape comes from a later season in the
      career of the fourth and most popular
      doctor. Tom Baker, and contains all four
      parts of The Leisure Ilive. Beginning on a
      wintry beach in Brighton (UK), the Doctor,
      his companion Romana and (recently

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      fried) pet? K9 travel to the world Argolis.
      llere they get involved with a radioactive
      planet, a dying people, scientific
      experiments, sabotage and murder. Filled
      with the usual BBC low budget special
      effects and costumes (although well done
      considering the time and cost) it retains
      the wonder and enjoyment that it first had
      in 1980.

      Much of the pleasure is in watching Tom
      Bakers eccentric time[...]ffy at this stage but
      that plays off well against the chaos around
      her, while K9 is atypically annoying when
      it’s there. Unlike many seen today, this is a
      ‘cult’ sci-fl TV show from an age where the
      emphasis was on the characters and story
      rather than the special effects. Go get it
      before your time is up.

      -Guru

      We have two copies of Doctor Who: Leisure
      llive to give away to any fans who may
      be lurking out there in the shadows. See
      below _for thea boxed set)

      This is the final Volume in a three-part
      set that covers a wide range of warrior
      cultures throughout history. Made by
      the US cable-based Discovery Channel,
      this volume details the Macedonians,
      the Spartans and the Romans.

      This was definitely my favorite
      instalment in the series; I've always had
      a bit of a soft spot for the Romans.The
      ancient history lectures that I recall
      from my dim and dusty days of
      schooling were always the highlight of
      my timetable, and I never ceased to be
      fascinated by the complex political and
      military histories of both the Spartans
      and the Romans. l’lus,I thought that the
      Romans were terribly sexy in their
      burnished breastplates (I think I found
      the uniform appearance of their legions
      to be awfully impressive, but that was
      long before I became a radical, anti-
      authoritarian university student a[...]ly dangerous but highly
      exhilarating battles with a few dozen
      other armed and armored loonies. The
      Roman re—enactments were particularly
      fun, but they really made me develop a
      heartfelt respect for the legionnaires
      themselves, since they had to wear
      s[...]rtable armor and
      yet still managed to conquer all of their
      neighbors. In fact, my advice to modern
      gen[...]t() their deaths (cue maniacal
      laughter). We have a medieval re-



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      st‘. 4 .~.-:[...]iety on campus, though,
      if anyone's interested in the blood,
      sweat and steel approach — contact us
      here at the Tert for details.

      Anyway,l really enjoyed this series. As I
      pointed out in reviews of the earlier
      volumes, the re-enactments are
      occasionally a touch too “America‘s
      Most Wanted”, and the narrator is really
      trying to sound like ()rson We[...]pretty good.
      Highly educational and not as dry as a
      text book either, if you’ve got kids
      and/or siblings who could benefit from
      a viewing.l wish they'd had a Discovery
      Channel when l was doing ancient
      history at school.

      I have to go now — one of my C0-
      workers is making some crack about
      how the[...]ory when I was at school. I’m going
      to give him a taste of my steel.
      —Hannibal J. Chadd

      calling all warriors to my banner

      We have a couple of boxed sets of
      Ancient Warriors to give away to any
      buddi[...]
      [...]mins, $29.95

      Do not miss this series.

      There are a million wonderful things I
      could say about this B[...]wo-cents worth, and no poxy ‘re-
      enactments”; the entire series is
      compiled from real footage of the
      events, and interviews with people
      who were actually present. Never have
      I been so impressed with the depth of
      research that has been put into a
      documentary series, and rarely is the
      outcome as powerful as it is in People's
      Century.

      This first volume contains three
      episodes, which cover the first ten
      years of this century, World War One
      and the Russian Revolution, through to
      Stalin's rise.

      Qu[...]literary elephantitis

      If you want your own copy of this, the
      most brilliant documentary series
      since The World At War, see the
      competition box below for details of
      how to go about winning one.



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      IOm really going out on aof choice is write down its
      name, your name,your student number and a telephone number
      where you can be reached.That’[...]lly competition this
      time. No questions regarding the color of your underwear or
      your pet gerbil’s sexual pref[...]l you have to do to win is
      spell your name right (of course, considering the illiteracy
      statistics in this country, we might have to be lenient).

      Once you've scribbled down all of these details, send them to

      Feel free to write h[...]e you needed
      permission or encouragement anyway).
      Of course, in my defence, I had the
      Pfeiffer incentive.That woman just keeps
      getting[...]onfidence, and thereOs nothing
      more attractive in a woman
      than confidence. Redford
      himself is also quite a
      babe.... or so IOve been
      told by my female co-
      workers.

      These two are the main
      strength of Up Close And
      Personal. The film is
      basically a star vehicle, and
      Pfeiffer and Redford have a
      respectable amount of star
      power. They also have a
      great chemistry together,

      ROBERT



      and this lends an air of volatile
      believability to their on-screen
      relationship.

      The backdrop to the story is the energetic

      8( PERSONAL

      world of network TV news, which
      provides a few hints of political statement
      and some refreshingly effective moments
      of humor. The script, adapted from the
      semi—factual (I think) novel The Golden
      Girl, uses this background as just that — a
      background. Wise move, that - the
      characters and actors are strong enough
      to carry the film on their
      own, and are given free reign
      to do so by director Jon Avnet
      (Fried Green Tomalos). The
      focus remains fixed on
      Redford and Pfeiffer - on[...]Harrison J. Chadd,Tertangala c/o SRC, University of Wollongong,
      Northfields Ave, 2522. Or, if that's[...]spelling your name

      right), drop your entry into the Tertangala

      office in person — we're on campus, in Building 11. In case you

      need a landmark, we're right behind the bar (we're sure you

      know where that is).
      Our tha[...]ly Jennifer Muir and Briony

      Cameron, who exhibit a great deal of patience with the Faceless

      competition a few
      “Who would win if

      copy of the video).



      Return to the
      Undiscovered
      ’ Countru

      UNDIS COVERED
      C 0 UN T[...]ECTED BY
      JANYS HAYES

      some Wag said one time that the best View of
      Wbllongottg was through the rearvision mirr()r
      of the car as you left town via Mt. ()usley. Of
      course. we who live here know better and don't
      have to dignity that opinion with a riposte.And
      besides, there's a lot to be seen — and seen from
      a different and fascinating perspective — in a
      reatview mirror.

      While I dnnt want to flog this[...]new play
      Urzdiscotxered Country (commissioned as the
      I99I_r‘CF(£A gt'at.luation play) holds ( as rwere ) a
      mirror to the city's past to reflect a brief
      moment in its history. a special m()ment
      reclaimed and given renewed signi[...]gain. much t() learn from
      such revisitations Most of us are so embroiled in
      the problems and pleasures of the
      contemporary world as to have an anmesic
      attitude to the way things were For most of us,
      as in I. I’. l~Iartley’s aphorism. The past is another
      country’ they do things differe[...]ch she. Janys
      Hayes and her young cast take us on a journey of

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      rediscovery — and one which points up not only
      the roots of the present, but also the continuities
      and parallels, many of which raise alarms about
      the future.

      The setting is Wollongong during the years of
      the Second WorldWar, but the focus is not on the
      heroics of the men fighting, nor on the big P‘
      international political issues involved, but on the
      personal narratives of a group of women
      workers who had been ‘manpowered‘ (a
      delicious term from a feminist perspective), that
      is, had been drafted into compulsory industrial
      war—work‘ in the ‘national interest‘.

      One of the several plot—lines follows the
      resistance of the women to the exploitative and
      unsafe work practices spawned by such a
      system, resonating with echoes of the wider
      context of working—class struggles, but these
      issues are personalised, interwoven with stories
      of the social relationships and emotional
      experiences of the group and their milieu:
      history brought alive, giving the past a
      recognisable human face, individuals whom we
      can[...]Undiscovered Country recuperates and
      revivifies a history largely ignored or even
      repressed but not totally forgotten, for the
      source material for Badham was the rich seam of
      the oral history of the period and the region.The
      stories of the workers themselves become the
      stuff of lively theatre, reworked for dramatic and
      themati[...]t retaining
      authenticity, ringing true.And, as in a number of
      comparable texts. the oral narrative counter or
      subverts the official, the received‘ history.

      But there's another line taken in the play as well,
      one implicit in the double conceit of the title,f()r
      the ‘undiscovered country‘ is not only the past
      but (as Bill Shakespeare would have it) that
      domain “from which no traveller reurns“ — death!
      The action of the play is framed by the concept
      of death and the fact‘ of a death, with recurring
      references and resonances that keep it as a’
      constant factor, no matter what character
      inte[...]and
      games, what issues take our attention. It is a
      spine of irony — and of tragedy — that lends the



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      play a seriousness and a profundity that play off
      in tonally and thematically interesting ways
      against its other elements.

      The Shakespeare reference (from Hamlet ,
      dontcha know!) also opens up the use of the
      well—worn conceit of the play—within—a—play’,
      which is deployed here (as customarily) to
      provide parallels intended to deepen the
      significance of and as a casting light on the
      primary text, as well as providing interest (and in
      this case, entertainment) on its own terms.

      It's a potentially effective dramatic device, but I
      found the scenes of the rehearsal and playing of
      a parody Hamlet by a group of second—rate
      travelling players stranded in the Gong jarred
      somewhat. Sure, they were fun and were
      relevant to the primary characters, plot and
      themes, but the undergraduate level of the
      comedy distracted this reviewer from the main
      game: perhaps retaining the original text and
      relying on the ineptitude of the playing for the
      required humour could have stiffened this
      element[...]dramatic impact.
      However, I did enjoy enormously the notion of
      the disreputable and opportunistic thespians as
      a version of the rude mechanicals‘ from A
      Midsummer: Night's Dream, which added
      another level to the company's shenanigans.
      Which leads me to the acting and the staging.
      Once again the young FCA students impressed
      me not only in the vigour. the vitality of their
      performances — something we've come to ex[...]from
      what I've seen. But I was also impressed by the
      technical competence of the majority of them,
      especially as the play demanded that they had to
      move to and from s[...]aight‘ dmmatics, to broad
      comedy, to pathos, to the truly tragic.

      And because this was effective ensemble playing
      (a tribute both to direction and to their previous
      co—operative efforts) I am loathe to single anyone
      out for particular praise.

      The staging was another matter As implied
      above, the direction of the acting by Janys Hayes
      deserves accolades, bringing out as it manifestly

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      Voices-()n-The-Phone from the Tertangala) for their continuing
      support and provision of box-loads of goodies. And, as a final
      note, we specifically want to thank Graem[...]our Ancient Warriors

      months back. His answers to the question
      Xena and Hercules had a biffo?" were fairly

      amusing, but the reply of “Ten’s ratings” took first prize (and a

      d()es both the strengths of the actors and the
      pleasures, nuances and power of the text. She
      takes us, with the cast, on the journey of
      discovery on which we have the benefit of their
      communal exploration of this new work from
      working draft to performance t[...]ded.

      However, as with others on other occasions, the
      venue almost confounded this. The vast,
      unsympathetic space of the auditorium and the
      inhospitable, bleak stage pose problems that
      only[...]echnical and scenic
      production can solve.At times the action - and
      the attempted scenic solution of the modular
      truck as central set device — looked a little lost,
      and as a consequence there was some loss of
      focus for the audience.

      The production probably would have been
      better served by the (sadly unavailable)
      Performance Space, the natural home of such
      performances. but when will the F(jA/
      U niversitv fund such showcase theatrical events
      as these to the level they demand and deserve?!
      Other comparable[...]pedagogic and
      professional) benefits.

      Even so, the performance worked well and, I
      trust. will be further refined in text and
      performance. if the writer and company are
      given the opportunities they require and
      deserve.

      It is a paly about andfor Wollongong that takes
      its place with those of Wendy Richardson, Linda
      Aronson and Kathryn Thompson (to whom.
      incidentally, she owes no debts), a play in which
      the word country begins to have the resonances
      we associate with Aboriginal uses — rather than
      those of Dorothea Maciiellar — or Pauline
      Hans()n. It deals in and with women's business‘
      at a certain historical moment in this particular
      plac[...]y, passionately heitl ideological
      responses to to a past she has recreated
      dramatically. bringing the past to confront the
      present — and us. The past is not another
      country‘, but is reclaimed to be part of our
      country and to inform (:()ntemptJr:1ry concerns.
      It was a big ask for a young platright and
      performers and a neat trick if you can do it - and
      Variessa Badham,Janys Hayes and the east just
      about pull it off.

      I Maurie Scott
      circular pieces of plastic



      BEN HARPER - The Will to Live
      (Virgin)

      This latest effort from Ben Harper is without a
      doubt one of the best albums you'll be able to get
      for yourself this year. Harper is a really interesting
      guy, and chooses to express himself through that
      classic medium of singer/songwriter. His
      influences are many, the various tracks covering a
      lot of musical styles from jazz and funk to folk and
      ballad. However, he does sound a lot like Cat
      Stevens, not only in the particular tunes he sings,
      but also vocally. There is a real sense of searching
      in his music, and it's obvious that he[...]passionately about his subject matter.

      Harper is a real down-to-earth kind of guy, and is
      mainly concerned with the more painful aspects of
      life. In songs such as “Homeless Child" and
      “Widow of a Living Man", Harper pours out his soul
      on such issues as street kids and child abuse. Yet
      as a man with Christian beliefs, Harper still has a
      sense of hope. He admits that he is more afraid of
      living than he is of dying, but believes in making
      the most out of his short time on earth. The
      appropriately titled “The Will to Live" is a very
      inspirational album.

      “Hope is alive

      While we're apart, only tears speak from my heart
      Break the chains that hold us down

      And we shall be forever[...]stance (?), and $357 to Buddhist Monk
      sponsorship the team got together and after much
      deliberating produced a CD with a bunch of the
      artists that played at the Gigs. The majority of the
      material is live and ranges in styles from the funk-
      hungry Bliss, the darkwave of Reckoning, and onto
      the world sounds of Ruby Fruit Jungle and the
      guitar heavy Testeagles. Sandwiched between all
      that are stints from Snout's Ross, the ‘Hamburger‘
      ditty from the Whitlams and other Australian rock
      sounds.

      Unfor[...], this CD falls into that category.
      Whilst I love the myriad of styles, they've focused
      too much on genre—grouping (ie; all the funk bands
      together, followed by the guitar bands, and so
      on...). This is a prime candidate for liberal usage of
      the "random p|ay” function on your CD player. The
      actual recordings are quite good considering the
      obvious shoestring budget, and the packaging is

      truly unique, as well as complimentary to their
      cause. For fans of the featured artists this is a
      must-have. The same goes for those socially
      aware individuals who love a good cause. For me
      and the other two people who like music just for
      music's sake, it's worth no more than a passing
      listen.

      —Warren Wheeler



      BLUES TRAVELLER - Carolina Blues
      (A&M/Polygram)

      These days the distinction between a CD single
      release and an EP are getting more and more
      blurred, so I'm going to call “Carolina Blues" a
      short EP, because I think it sounds more
      accomplished - and Blues Traveller deserve all the
      credit we can throw at them! The four tracks on the
      EP are fresh new blues—rock pieces, but still with
      that distinguishable blues flavour.

      This selection of tracks are lifted from the A&M
      album “Straight On Till Morning," and if this sample
      is anything to go by, the album would make a great
      addition to any blues—lover's collection.

      What more can I say? The music is great, the
      vocals have a unique combination of traditional
      blues—rock style, injected with enthusiasm, the
      rhythms are of the toe-tapping variety, and overall
      “Carolina Blues" is a short taste of things to come
      from Blues Traveller. Not only do I recommend
      getting the EP or album, but I suggest you set your
      stereo to “repeat"!

      —Be|| the Red Head



      ABHINANDA - Abhinanda
      (Shock)

      Abhinanda is out of Sweden, and have just
      realised there third (but d[...]ver their resume it seems to me that
      they're part of that re-emerging punk rock scene.
      With a number of tours, two other albums and a
      couple of band restructurings behind them, they
      seem to have finally hit their speed.

      Although I'm not a real punk rock listener, this
      album seemed a bit tame; it just doesn't quite
      make it as a punk rock album. And overall,
      although the album contains a few okay songs, I
      would only class it as a "maybe" to buy.

      —Jason Ronczka

      Bl]fl9_J__l]___[I_





      Bodyjar - Strange Harvest
      (Shock)

      This is a seven track EP to try to elicit interest in
      their forthcoming CD release. Full of fairly typical
      neo—punk/thrash tracks with two tracks that will be
      on the new CD, ‘You Say’ and the next single
      ‘You've Taken Everything’. ‘Racist Friend’ is an
      inferior cover of a They Might Be Giants’ song.
      ‘Clout’ is a speed/thrash studio track only for this
      release - probably the best of the lot. A Demo track
      of ‘Alone At Last‘ is utter crap with indecipherable
      screeching vocals. A message follows denying that
      the band actually performed the track, but the
      press release (written by the band) states that the
      track “had our drummer banned from the studio."
      ‘Windsok’ and ‘Glossy Books’ were recorded live at
      CBGB's in New York. The recording of these is
      exceptional for a live gig.

      At a low price it's good value for those fans and
      lovers of the style.

      -Guru

      has-my -an-u no-ru-: no.-r-an q;--u-rvvua-u--ru-r-u



      THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES - You are the
      Universe
      (London Records90)

      Probably the funkiest British band of the 1990's.
      This, their latest single, is highly polished and very
      typical of the band's style. It's an open, warm, sing-
      a-Iong happy-vibed tune; certainly toes will tap and
      hips will swing to this song.

      The CD single features five good mixes including a
      couple by the famous “fingers-in-a||—pies" (that's
      Roger Sanchez, Curtis 8. Moore and Ray Haydon
      - all ‘biggies’ in the London dance scene [Bridget's
      a pom import. so she's an expert on these things -
      H]). Track three is the slowest, funkiest with a
      serious element of swing fused in. Tracks four and
      five are the most up—tempo, definitely for getting up
      and dancing to!

      A typically outstanding track from the Heavies, with
      the remixes as an extra bonus; expect this - and
      better - on the full album.

      —Bridget Davis

      BATMAN AND ROBIN -[...]/various
      (WEA/Warners)

      It seems to be so typical of Hollywood to spend so
      much money on a film to pay for the set, the action
      and the biggest names in the business to produce
      the biggest movie we've ever seen, and yet totally
      forget the simplest elements to a making film -
      storytelling, cinematography etc. And what I'm
      afraid of is that the general public is getting used to
      these big budget flicks and are only turning up to
      the movies because of the name of the actors and
      directors that appear in bold on the poster. And
      now it seems that Hollywood is applying this same
      marketing to their music, the latest casualty being
      the Batman and Robin soundtrack. Some of the
      biggest names in the pop music scene have come
      together to produce a very ordinary pop album. My
      guess is that by simply having bands such as The
      Smashing Pumpkins, Jewel, and Unden/vorld the
      producers hope to sell as many records as
      possible and follow up on the success of the
      movie. The sad thing is that the names that appear
      on this album are just that — names. The quality of
      the music is just not there. I mean the Smashing
      Pumpkins song “The End is the Beginning is the
      End" is a catchy little number, but after the third
      listening it gets shit boring. There are de[...]prises to be had listening to this album, such as
      the joy of discovering an unknown band who totally
      cream the bigger name on the record. All the
      bands and artists are known and the result is fair.
      Perhaps a change in heart from the execs may see
      a different creative result and perhaps an album
      wi[...]ty. But then again, that's who
      we wanted to hear: the Smashing Pumpkins,
      Undenlvorld, Jewel - all of them artists of the
      moment. And so that's what you get. Hope it was
      w[...]- Still Climbing
      (Sony)

      Oh gods - if only I had a dollar for every black
      female R&B trio out there.

      Sometimes I think that these women are the
      second generation results of the cloning program
      that the CIA perfected back in the eighties with the
      Minogue experiments.

      There's not really that muc[...], you'll find them to be not entirely
      unpleasant. The three (that's 3) girls have those
      typically sexy/[...]irly well, I guess. Don't expect any surprises in
      the lyrics, however; and I dare you to try and count
      the number of times they say “baby” (though I bet
      you it's a number that's divisible by three). Even
      the cover of the CD looks completely familiar - soft
      sepia tones and stylish photos of the gorgeous trio
      of girls.

      I must admit that it was the girl's pictures that
      finally convinced me to revi[...]eakness for dark—skinned
      ladies. I think that's the most insidious part of the
      covert cloning operation that keeps pumping out
      R[...]be
      completely gorgeous, which distracts you from the
      fact that their music basically sucks.

      The other thing that really bugs me is the fact that
      female R&B groups are usually trios, wh[...]that. If you have any
      ideas, write to me here at the paper. The first
      person to offer a decent explanation will win a free
      Brownstone CD.

      -Harrison J. Chadd

      seeing triple, baby

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      EDWINA PRESTON - Hirsute
      (ABC)

      Ms. Preston is one of the increasingly popular
      ‘spoken word’ Australian[...]oetry) using music/sounds
      that combine influences of rock, folk and jazz into
      a wonderfully emphatic, moving, emotive album.

      The title perplexed me so much so that I had to
      look it up in the dictionary; I found that Hirsute
      means ‘hairy,[...]airs’ [this term is also often used to describe the
      culture sub—editor of this very magazine - H]. After
      just one minute of listening I found her art form to
      be in no way rough or even hairy, but perhaps this
      is intended as a metaphor for the intertwining of
      many strands. The album is highly complex - each
      poem contains a storyldreamlcomment regarding
      her perceptions of woman/man and the cycle of
      birth-life-death. Her words are sometimes painful,
      displaying a level of maturity that only comes from
      experience.

      Presto[...]rt stories and
      performances at art festivals like The Fringe and
      Next Wave. Her aim is “to blur the boundaries
      between low and high art practices."[...]ck)

      Garden Variety Manic

      For those who have had the unique pleasure of
      witnessing this crusty five-piece perform live, news
      of another album would be particularly pleasing.
      Not so pleasing (unless you enjoy violence) is the
      music itself, as it somersaults its way around pu[...]velocity. Occasionally (and I mean
      occasionally) the quintet will slow for some kind of
      demented melody as with ‘It's Only Life’ or ‘Johnny
      The Song‘, but the crux of the tunes (?) is - in the
      words of vocalist Richard Kelly - Total Chaos.
      Similar in[...]uthful angst mixed with societal
      questioning and (of course) humour. Once again
      drummer Matt Harrod rides the graphic seat and
      has delivered an exceptional pac[...]indecipherable anyway. Beanflipper are cool. And
      the origins of their name is even cooler. Think
      about it...

      —[...]ur Bright Ray
      (Shock)

      Has anyone out there heard of the of the group the
      Go—Betweens? After their sp|it—up some years ago
      one of their band members has been doing it solo.
      The guy's name is Grant McLennan, and his fourth
      album release is ‘‘In Your Bright Ray”. The album
      itself is made up of thirteen of Grants coolest
      tunes. It's hard to describe Grant[...]en too. It's soft pop/easy listening, and it hits the
      right spot after a hard day at uni or on a hungover
      Friday morning.

      The album's thirteen songs are a nice mix, from
      hazy country to opaque psychedelia. This mix of
      anti—stress could be just the thing you need when
      exams hit, or to help you get[...]gene 7-13
      (Epic/Sony)

      Mr. Jarre certainly is one of the fathers of modern
      synthesised music. He has had many imitato[...]be
      heard in music today. This 20-bit remastering of
      some of his most seminal works makes for
      gorgeous listening, and reasserts the fact that his
      greatest works have still never age[...]ly re—mastered and re—re|eased)
      contains some of Jarre’s more famous and
      recognisable tunes, but I have always preferred
      the second album. There are echoes of the earlier
      pieces throughout, and some of the parts are
      immensely more complex in their arrange[...]Jarre’s music is
      like an extended symphony — the whole is so much
      more beautiful than its parts. I[...]This music, more than most others, fully exploits
      the capabilities of modern digital technology.
      Whether or not you think that “re—mastered" re-
      releases are a great idea orjust a money-spinning
      gimmick, you have to appreciate that Jarre’s work
      was screaming out for an update. The man wrote
      far ahead of his time, and now that technology has
      caught up with his compositions we can finally
      hear them with the kind of crystal clarity and
      superlative processing that I[...]p band © (Shock
      can quote me on that) Cords have a new record
      out. Not that I have heard their other[...]hey rock pretty hard. Influenced by
      Sonic Youth, The Fall, Girls Against Boys and
      Simone de Beauviour, their noise pop is pretty
      infectious and exciting. The Boston Phoenix (and
      we all know how influential they are to the music
      scene!) believes that gir|—leader Simone Holsbeek
      has “the rage of a riot grrrl with the sensitivity of a
      poet."

      Which leads me to an interesting point - I wouldn't
      go so far as to say that the lyrics were pure poetry
      (as some people have said[...]other examples
      but who really cares, because for the first time in a
      very long time I felt really cool. HoIsbeek’s vocal
      intensity is simply outstanding; the guitars and
      rhythm section are a crazy catastrophic madness
      that brought back memories of listening to Rage
      Against The Machine when I was 15, and telling
      my parents to “stick their rules where the sun don't
      shine“ (or words to that effect - this is a family
      paper remember). In other words this album[...]ooh, now there's
      an appropriate comment to put in a “family” paper,
      Phil - H the sub-ed]. On the other hand it serves as
      a wonderful soundtrack for a night that includes
      money, drugs, alcohol and sex.

      —Phillip Hutcheon reporting from the Killer Iller.



      LUNA - Pup Tent
      (Shock)

      “A little game of pup tent, with a blanket and a
      broom. I had a friend in high school who would ask
      all the girls if they wanted to play pup tent. They
      always said no." The words of lead
      singer/songwriterlguitarist Dean Wareham. It's
      taken me a long time to be able to write this review.
      I've h[...]ogether - not
      because I'm bowled over by any kind of stunning
      musical complexity and not because it's[...]alytically it
      is quite hard to ‘box’ this but the genre of the music
      is nothing that you won't have heard before[...]heavy, light, off—hand and in places beautiful. The
      lyrics are essentially surreal, appealingly truthful
      poems full of angst, love, desire, voyeurism,
      obsession and paranoia.

      For me the third track is the best. Maybe it's
      because I like the idea of the vocal being recorded
      through the microphone in a toy robot.

      It is REM—ish, but I suppose that’s because it was
      produced by the same guy (Pat McCarthy). Luna
      (they’re American - in case anyone cares) have
      been around for a while and have produced three
      albums to date, the last one being “Penthouse”.
      “Pup Tent" is b[...]cool. I can
      see this band becoming BIG (but then of course, I
      may be wrong - you have to consider the
      fickleness of the music industry). I don’t think "Pup
      Tent” is the type of album that will ever end up
      getting dusty at the back of your CD collection.
      -Bridget Davis



      MEREDITH BROOKS - Blurring The Edges
      (Capitol/EMI)

      Well it had to happen sooner or later. With the
      success of prominent female artists like Alanis
      Morissette and P.J. Harvey in recent years, it was
      only a matter of time before the imitators began
      emerging. This is Meredith Brooks[...]ilst being
      nominated for ‘Best New Artist’ at the MTV Awards.
      Sporting a distorted Telecaster and singing songs
      like ‘Bi[...]ooks is going for that
      ‘Bad Girl’ image. Yet, the CD booklet has pretty
      little pictures of her as a school girl to match the
      song ‘My Little Town‘. Nevertheless, she is a
      talented singerlsongwriterlguitarist and you'll find
      yourself singing along to the catchy choruses. If
      you still love Alanis and are looking for more of the
      same then get your hands on a copy of ‘Blurring
      The Edges‘. However, if you are in search of
      something new and fresh, then steer clear of
      Meredith Brooks.

      —Mark Galbraith

      COSMIC PSYCHOS - Oh What a Lovely Pie
      (Shock)

      The first time I heard the Cosmic Psychos I threw
      up. Granted, I was fifteen years old and had just
      sculled a whole bottle of Miranda Spumante, but I
      think it should still be[...]t. After
      listening to their new album, “Oh What a Lovely
      Pie", I managed to vomit copiously without the aid
      of any intoxicating sparkling white wine.

      The title should be enough of an indication, but for
      the stronger-stomached among you I shall go on.
      Every song sounds exactly the same so I can't tell
      you which song is musically the best, but there are
      some lovely track names such as “Can’t Keep a
      Good Man Down" (with obvious innuendoes) and
      “Satan’s Undies" (lyrics include the classic: “We

      are not Reg Grundies/We are Satan[...]ust
      root me" and “They took my guns away/What's a
      boy supposed to play?"

      Basically the Cosmic Psychos think that they are
      the only band in the world who is really, truly cool
      and not a bunch of try—hards. Obviously to be
      really, truly cool y[...]ything back, Al - tell us
      how you really feel - H the sub-ed]. Good luck to
      them.

      -Alison Turner



      P[...]nd
      (Shock)

      Although I personally had never heard of Paradise
      Lost before finding this CD, it is in fact their sixth
      album, following in the wake of the immensely
      successful “Draconian Times", which at last count
      had sold half a million copies world wide.
      Paradise Lost have been compared to Garbage,
      Depeche Mode and the Smashing Pumpkins, but
      when I listened to the first track, I couldn’t help but
      think of Metallica during their recent “transition"
      period. Yet somehow as you progress through the
      album, their individuality begins to shine throug[...]put my finger on just what it is that makes this
      a good “mood" or “background” album, but it’s
      probably got something to do with the “weaving of
      hard rock with Gothic melodrama....atmospheric
      rock" that the press release waffled on about.

      The lyrics are melancholy and the melodies
      haunting. Nick Holmes’ vocals are almo[...]s, mingling and
      occasionally becoming lost within the harmonies.
      As the words float in and out of the music it's easy
      to similarly let your mind float[...]ly go in
      amongst my “CD’s for studying to”, the ones that
      can be listened to with out a great deal of
      concentration, yet still infiltrate the mind and the
      imagination.

      —Be|| the Red Head.

      FRONT END LOADER - Pulse
      (Shock)

      Fron[...]ew
      single “Pulse" is no exception to this rule. The
      world-shaking bass guitar that makes Front End
      Loader so unmistakeable and so wonderful is
      there, and so are the vocals which manage to be
      so blokey yet so harmonious at the same time, but
      there is also something a little different which adds
      some spice.

      Front En[...]love this song, but even
      if you have never heard the band before you
      should really like it and undoubtedly want to hear
      more. Never fear, they have a new album due out
      about now. Buy it!

      -Alison Turner



      RADIOHEAD - O.K. Computer
      (ParlophonelEM|)

      Be wary of the band that makes it big very quickly.
      They will no[...]they
      will be very bitter for having gone through the



      experience. We all heard Radiohead’s hugely[...]ck in 1994, which
      thrust this Oxford quintet into the limelight (I
      thought it was creepy that so many of us could
      relate to the song). Radiohead earned for
      themselves the reputation of a band very keen to
      end this life and move onto som[...]sting, and their anxiety
      soon became magnified by the very thing that
      Radiohead wanted not to be a part of — popularity.
      However, this year Radiohead have[...]puter". This record is
      an oustanding achievement, the songs coming
      from all areas of discussion and imagination, as
      well as being a superb effort from a band that felt
      so insecure with the whole phenomenon of being
      known globally.

      So what do Radiohead sound[...]st, they sound bloody unreal. They are
      fronted by the complex character of Thom Yorke,
      who draws on his experiences of a tough life
      growing up in Oxford. Yorke on “OK. Computer”
      continues to express his feelings of insecurity and
      self—consciousness; this is very evident in the tone
      of their first single release ‘Paranoid Android’.
      Almost schizophrenic in style, the subject flicks
      from one idea to another. At various stages it is
      quite introspective, at other stages a loud
      expression of frustration.

      Musically, the album isn't really that thrashy or
      angry, but rather tears at the soul in a very different
      way — which is good, because it[...]and feeling doesn’t need to come entirely
      from the volume dial. Aurally, the music is more
      plaintive, more melancholic, appropriately
      paralleling the searching and pensiveness in
      Yorke’s voice. It'[...]lently disagreed. Radiohead
      have their own sound, a sound that that has
      already proved to be popular, but this time round
      has also proven to be capable of producing more
      than one hit. I really recommend that you get
      “O.K.Computer”; it's a great sounding album, and
      certainly gives you something to think about long
      after the CD has spun its final revolution. This
      record will be one of the top 10 for 1997.
      -Stephen Foxe



      HOWIE B - Angels Go Bald: Too
      (Polydor)

      Never judge a CD by its cover. I originally thought
      this CD was[...]CD, but on closer inspection realised that it was
      the new Howie B single. Howie B, being one of the
      most prolific (and probably profitable) remixers of
      late (he remixed most of the latest U2 stuff),
      returns with a single in its own right. But what
      about the single? Its alright - not exactly mind-
      blowing or a breakthrough, but its an okay tune. It
      sits somew[...]rner ‘dancey’ is like Stretch and
      Vern and in the other corner there is ‘chilled’ with
      phat beats such as The Orb or Death In Vegas.
      While Daft Punk and Chemic[...]BC Jazz)

      If you ever listen to ABC Classic FM on a Saturday
      or Sunday afternoon after 5:00pm, you’|l know that
      they have a jazz segment. You may have heard
      them prom[...]
      [...]id record and release it! Originally hailing from the
      UK, where she was once married to Joe Jackson,
      Rogers-Wright feels she truly belongs in the jazz
      category. It was through Joe Jackson that sh[...]this release. There is no doubt Rogers-Wright is
      a talented songwriter, but something is lacking on[...]ne, it is more like an EP with only
      six songs and the voice just doesn't cut it in the
      jazz arena - sounding more like Tracy Chapman
      than Billie Holiday. However, jazz purists will
      appreciate the gifted Fitzgibbon on piano — who, for
      me, is the highlight of this recording. The overall
      sound is similar to that of Sade and the Latin-
      sounding rhythms also help to give the songs
      atmosphere. This is definitely something di[...]ark Galbraith

      - I III
      Jazz lIIllHl(‘.l'r-t



      THE JAZZ MASTERS: VOLUME
      Hardcastle
      (GRP Records)

      ll - Paul

      ‘Smooth, sensual, soulful sounds for the senses’ -
      a quote from the album cover of
      producer/composer/mu|ti—instrumenta|ist Paul
      Ha[...]g
      music. Well known for his dance compositions in
      the 1980's, Paul Hardcastle has written, arranged
      and[...]e) some sweet and
      soulful R&B. Don't be fooled by the ‘Jazz Masters’
      title. Although there are jazz overtones throughout,
      this music has more of a 90's flavour to it.
      Hardcastle teams up with vocalist Helen Rogers,
      who creates a cosy warmth for that post-midnight
      atmosphere. In[...]Freedom’ and ‘Smooth Groove’, which include the
      unique sounds of the flamenco guitar and haunting
      flutes. So if you'r[...]ight and inspire peaceful and romantic
      dreams (in a funky/jazzy kind of way), then this is
      the album for you.

      -Mark Galbraith

      [Sub-editor's note: this remarkably coherent review by Mr.
      Galbraith was the piece of writing submitted to me this
      month which required the least number of spelling
      corrections, grammatical corrections and[...]h made only one mistake, and that was to describe
      a guitar as a “flamingo” - something we'll forgive him, since
      there's been a rise in the number of flying pink guitar
      sightings in the last few months. Marky-Mark is hereby
      awarded the Tertangala Merit Badge for Literary Prowess,
      and is extended a very heartfelt thankyou from the staff here
      at Mistake Correction Genterl Central - H.]

      The Mutton Birds - Envy ofAngeIs
      (Virgin)

      At a particular time in musical history, when a lot of
      the stuff heard on the radio has either been
      sampled with a passion or been attacked with
      distortion, The Mutton Birds have gone against the
      tide by releasing their third album, “Envy of

      Do you own so
      How about a tum

      Angels". Headed by singer/songwriter Don
      McG[...]uitar quartet from New Zealand
      has continued with a pop music idiom that has
      certainly been around for a while. It is a style that
      is reminiscent of past definitive groups such as the
      Beatles, the Chills and Elvis Costello. The Mutton
      Birds choose to express themselves through their
      music in a no—fri|ls, down—to—earth kind of way.
      They put more of an emphasis on soulful melodies
      and intriguing ha[...]volume. McG|ashan could
      quite easily have trodden a career in poetry or
      story telling; his chosen topics in his songs
      reflecting the sublime and the everyday. It also
      helps that McG|ashan has such a great voice. He
      is backed up well by the rest of the group: Ross
      Burge on drums, Alan Gregg on guitar and David
      Long on bass. Their songs are catchy; thethe Birds so satisfying is
      their choice of chords. Just when you think you
      know where the piece is headed harmonically,
      there will be a slight change to the chord
      progression. It upsets the expectation, yet it is
      comfortable enough to allow yourself to see them
      through to the end of the song.

      -Stephen Foxe



      TONIC - If you could onl[...]ram)

      On first glance this CD cover is deceiving. The
      picture of four cute guys gave me the impression
      that I would be listening to a ‘boy-band’ tune.
      Surprisingly, the four tracks featured are not at all
      in that genre[...].

      Tonic is an American rock band who incorporate a
      heavy base line, loads of guitar, good melodies
      and a depth and feeling to all tracks.

      The songs are well balanced with a huge variety of
      influences, including Irish folk ballads (which,
      apparently, the lead singer/guitarist Emerson Hart
      first discover[...]various musical boundaries, from
      alternapop - ie. The Pixies — to a new—wave sound
      that is very REM and U2.

      Generally heavy rock does not appeal to me but
      the tunefulness outweighs the need to thrash my
      head around. Intense and wholes[...]o ArtlBMG)

      Ratcat were huge at one stage, and in a sense
      they were a band that took everyone in Australia
      by surprise.[...]P and really blew everyone away.
      I mean, here was a young three-chord band from
      Sydney blitzing Michael Jackson - or whoever —
      out of the charts. However, it is now 1997, and






      ‘ my?

      a
      I
      1
      5

      Well get on down to the Tértangala Tummy-Tuck (and other
      improvements) service in the SRC building on campus.

      their new album sounds l[...]too late. I cannot imagine anyone giving this CD a
      good review; it's average at best. Simon Day has
      made a good career out of producing other
      people's stuff, so why does he ne[...]try to Pixies-out with “Easyrider”
      (probably the best song on the CD), I feel
      embarrassed for them. In fact, if the[...]ng that I once loved
      them, embarrassing that most of the world have
      moved on, leaving our high school memories
      distant and happy. Ratcat have unearthed a
      sacred memory that should have been left well
      alone, and I for one cannot forgive them. Trivia
      note: this is the band that supported INXS back
      then too. Coinciden[...]e Freaking Me Out
      (Shock)

      My ears perked up from the very first song, ‘‘Full
      On". By the second song, “She Found You" (which
      I will be singing to myself for the next million years
      because it's so bloody catchy), I was pretty much
      sold. The first two tracks are the best, but the rest
      of the album is still worth more than a passing
      listen. These guys have been around since 1988,
      when they formed out of the ashes of various East
      Bay punk rock bands. Despite having a huge chip
      on their shoulder because Green Day made it and
      they didn't, Samiam have a groovy - albeit
      unoriginal - sound. The blurb that came with the
      album described their music as “sensitive
      emotional tunes" that touch “the fine line between
      hardcore, punk, and alternative sounds" but I
      personally think that's going a bit too far. Don't get
      me wrong, this is a good album, and lots of the
      songs have a real kick to them. Great for dancing
      to or playing loudly on your bedroom stereo while
      you mime the words into your hairbrush (not that I
      would ever[...]ator is perfectly acceptable, isn't it, AI? — H the
      sub-ed]).

      -Alison Turner.

      SATANIC SURFERS - 666[...]usually need around three hundred words to
      review a CD. For the Satanic Surfers I need just
      two. It sucks.

      These guys come from Sweden and sound nothing
      like the brilliant Wannadies. As you can probably
      tell fro[...]they're probably pretty tough, although they
      have a good sense a humour, which is the part you
      need to listen for. With titles such as[...]e
      Should Do With Our Bodies, You Filthy Bastards"
      the songs are predictable and boring. Punk is not
      dead, and is still riding strong within the ranks of
      Epitaph and such, but I can't see the point of
      bringing out an album which sounds this dated —
      although I am sure that it would sit well in a 14 year
      o|d’s stereo (I'm only generalising for the group of
      kids that listen to Punk when they turn 14 in ord[...]their parents that they are normal). But
      can I be the first to say that Punk, to me, is like
      Agatha Christie - a real mystery. You disagree? -
      well Fuck Of[...]
      One of the first things I ask about when I
      am introduced to music I have not heard
      before is where the band is from; a
      reaction almost as automatic as picking
      your nose[...]it at least feeds some curiosity. It is as
      though the answer will give me greater
      insight to the band and its style, when
      generally it only helps conjure up names
      of other bands from the same place. In
      this delightful commercialised world in
      which music has become a profession
      and music production has become an
      industry, it would seem more revealing to
      inquire where the band bases itself. Yet
      for some bemusing reason,[...]g
      down some questions in preparation to
      interview the Simpletons I felt more
      inclined to ask where they came from
      than where they base themselves. I
      guess the impression I got from their
      playful folk rock music and lyrics was of a
      band more concerned with playing good
      music to an[...]han
      making albums and money. So it turns
      out that the band known as The
      Simpletons formed itself in Lismore. but
      ironically it also turns out that the band's
      base [or lack thereof] is in fact the point
      of greater interest.

      The Simpletons first realised they were a
      band ‘way back‘ when they played in and
      won the first regional heat of the National
      Campus Band Competition in Lismore. a
      pretty good effort seeing it was their first
      ever gig. Shane, the guitarist and lead
      singer had only recently started writing
      songs on guitar [he was a drummer
      before he went overseas says the bassist
      Brad] and the band had not been
      together all that long. Enthused and
      inspired by this win they went on to lose
      the following final, but retained the
      passion and desire to keep playing
      together. The next year they re-entered
      the uni band competition, and this time
      with a little more success; not only did
      they win the regional finals but continued
      on to take out the whole thing. Before
      they had a moment to contemplate what
      winning the National Campus Band
      competition could possibly m[...]gigs for
      their first nation-wide tour. This was the
      prize for winning the band competition; a
      sponsored national tour of universities
      around Australia without any pre-
      arranged shows. Many of the universities
      on the tour schedule had not even heard
      of The Simpletons and it was left up to
      the band members to explain their
      circumstances to these unis and
      convince them of the band's apparent
      standing. It basically ended up being a
      crash course in lining up gigs while on
      tour, also referred to as advanced band
      networking.

      Upon completing the tour, the group had
      come to the conclusion that the touring
      life was a good one and decided to use
      the connections they had made during
      their travels to establish themselves as a
      touring band‘. The band, originally a
      three piece, soon picked up a new
      member to become a rock quartet and
      start recording some material. The line-
      up now consisted of Shane, Brad and the
      original drummer, plus a new guy on
      guitar named Darren. Being unsigned
      and recording contract-free, the band set
      about creating their own label through
      which they could distribute their first
      recording, the EP ‘Smother’. With their
      popularity gradually rising thanks to radio
      exposure on Triple J, The Simpletons
      were beginning to make a name for
      themselves. They produced a second EP

      \y
      4 9’ - T --



      called Nod‘[...]ce Matter. Since
      then they have changed drummers [the
      current drummer Ryan has been with the
      band for about a year now] and just
      recently released their second[...]abel Candle
      Records. Their other releases include the
      singles Crash Out‘ and ‘Light A Candle’
      from the albums Matter and Tandem
      respectively as well as a new EP called
      ‘F

      During the interview with Brad and Ryan,
      I asked the standard question about who
      their major musical i[...]y consider
      themselves stylistically eclectic with a
      wide range of influences but no staple
      listening diet of any particular artist or
      group. There are very few musical styles
      they actually dislike so they aim for a
      holistic’ approach in their playing which
      becomes apparent after a good listening
      to their music. They certainly don't write
      songs for a particular audience. Most of
      their material is written on tour with
      Shane as the main source of ideas for
      new songs. They will put together one of
      Shane's concepts for a song just before a
      set and then often commence the set
      with that song and arrange it as they go.
      Because they are constantly touring, the
      band does not have to routinely get
      together to p[...]its
      repertoire simply by playing gigs
      regularly. The poetic lyrics that I regard
      as the centrepiece of the music of The
      Simpletons come mainly from the lead
      singer Shane. His contemplative yet
      positive writing style shows he has a
      perceptive and critical eye, and gives the
      music much of its meaning.

      The band also has a fairly open policy
      when it comes to playing gigs. They
      rarely have a set list of songs for a show,
      preferring to play to the moment. By this
      they mean attempting to gauge the
      crowd and the atmosphere on the night
      and play to it rather than merely churn
      out a bunch of songs like a frozen
      microwave dinner. Every set they do has
      the potential to be entirely different from
      the last, depending on where they are
      performing and what sort of crowd they
      attract. They usually try to avoid doing
      covers of songs, occasionally throwing in
      one or two into a set, often when they
      can't think of what to play. In the delivery
      of a song live they generally try to stick to
      a set structure of hooks and riffs and
      improvise around them by playing
      around with licks, fill-ins and solos.

      In the studio, The Simpletons mostly
      record songs that they have played
      frequently on tour. Any new songs are
      rehearsed a couple of days beforehand
      and refined during recording sessions.
      They insist on making recordings of
      songs that are totally reproducible live
      and henc[...]yles. Although they are generally
      able to produce the sounds they want
      with what they have, they describe their
      equipment situation as ‘a shambles’;
      most of their stuff is old and falling apart
      and they have not a single road case for
      their instruments.

      Until now, The Simpletons have only
      experienced Australian crowds as they
      are yet to toss themselves into the
      international arena. They have had some

      airplay in Europe through radio stations
      that play songs off the Big Backyard‘
      CDs [which are compilations of
      contemporary Australian rock music] but
      have not[...]et. They
      are planning, however, to venture across
      the oceans some time in the month of
      August. Which brings us to the topic of
      promotion and accordingly the
      aforementioned base location. Being of
      their own label, The Simpletons with the
      aid of their manager Chris [the fifth
      member of the band] who tours with
      them, promote themselves and publicise
      their own appearances. They promote
      the label itself by distributing flyers and
      putting mail order forms in the CDs they
      sell. The label is effectively a collective of
      friends and musicians between The
      Simpletons and two other bands [one of
      those being the Lucksmiths who support
      The Simpletons on tour] that works to
      promote its musical product. It could also
      be described as a small business. This is
      where the band's base becomes a point
      of note. Most bands locate themselves in
      a single city where they try to play gigs
      regularly[...]eir label from
      Lismore, do not base themselves in a
      city. Rather than having to wait to gain
      enough popularity and money in a
      particular city to enable themselves to
      tour more broadly as most bands are
      forced to, The Simpletons gained their
      initial popularity from touring nationally.
      Their base is thus the Australian national
      band circuit.

      The Simpletons played an energetic,
      crowd-pleasing an[...]ig at Wollongong university late last
      session [on the third of July to be exact].
      The set included a bunch of songs from
      their new album Tandem, a few off their
      first album and a cover of a song by
      Canberra-[there's that base thing again]
      band Monga Patrol about Ned Flanders.
      It was good to see a group of young
      musicians fulfilling their desires and
      earning a living doing in doing so. without
      having to compromise their artistic
      integrity to a record company. It was also
      good to see a bunch of ‘unkempt’ former
      university students whose vo[...]passions.
      - Jules Fyfe



      CUSTARD

      Custard have aa good marketing ploy), and you
      end up really liking it. It has a fairly basic
      structure and it's silly - two thing[...]re. I
      assume it will be big for them.

      I spoke to the band's guitarist, Matthew
      Strong, about the new single. He's pretty
      happy with it but he does[...]u'd have to ask him.” He
      couldn't even remember the lyrics so that
      we could analyse its poetical and
      philosophical contextuality together. Oh
      well. The single is recognisable by it's
      horrifically “low-fi" computer graphic
      illustrations on the cover. This was
      designed by the band's new drummer,
      Glenn, who must have just bought a new
      computer.

      Custard recorded their new single and
      latest album, which is called “We Have
      The Technology", at Easley Recording in
      Memphis, where many absolute legends
      have recorded, including the late Jeff
      Buckley. The album was mixed by Eric
      Drew Feldman who has played for (among
      others) Frank Black, and recorded a Pixies
      album. (The interview was held up for a
      few moments while we both gushed over
      how much we love the Pixies.) The band
      met Frank Black, and even smoked “a big
      fat joint” with him. According to Matthew,
      Frank Black isn't really the rude,
      egomaniacal prick that the media and his
      publicity manager have built him up to be.
      “He's actually a really nice guy,” Matthew
      says. He was very friendly and even flew
      out all his guitars to the studio in Memphis
      so that Custard could play them on the
      album. (The interview was interrupted
      again while we gushed over the fact that
      Matthew had actually touched a guitar that
      the Pixies played with.)

      Anyway, Custard are touring the nation
      with their new single and are even[...]
      [...]AcclaimlRoadshow,
      G rated, $89.95

      Twelve months of playing the
      most cutting-edge, up-to—date
      games on my console has made
      me kind of jaded and snobbish
      (refer to my Xevious review for a
      windy example of this).

      I'm baffled, then, by the fact that
      I've become mildly addicted to
      Battlesport. The graphics and
      sound are distinctly
      unimpressive, and the idea
      behind the game isn't terribly
      original either. But it's still an
      awful lot of fun.

      Battlesport is basically a violent
      futuristic ballgame, played out in
      an obs[...]tween two competitors in
      ultra-slick hover tanks. The aim
      of the game is to retrieve the
      glowing ball and shoot it into a
      moving, rotating goal - simple
      enough, but when y[...]omplicates matters
      slightly.

      You can shoot back, of course,
      and if you manage to destroy
      your opponen[...]nds grace before
      they're reincarnated. This helps
      a little, but the ball is so damn
      slippery and the goal so damn
      fast that it's a hassle to score
      any points even without any
      interference. The tank controls
      are frustratingly realistic too, and
      until you get used to their
      particular level of
      responsiveness you'll probably
      find yourself slam[...]really helped
      me exercise my extensive
      repertoire of four-letter words.
      There are tons of different

      GUTS ‘N
      GAR'l‘El{S

      PC CD-ROM
      OceanlRoadshow, G
      rated, $69.95

      Guts ‘n Garters is a shocker. Just
      about the entire game, aside from
      some of the graphics, sucks. Let's
      start with the plot. You can play
      either agent “Guts" (male) o[...]e -
      female). You work for some secret
      agency like the CIA, or something,
      whose primary role is to save the
      world from Wrong-Doing. You



      arenas, each with different
      obstacles and power-ups, and if
      you play a league game you'll
      find yourself fighting a long
      string of successively tougher
      opponents, whilst trying to win
      enough credits to purchase a
      faster and sexier tank. It's this
      savable league aspect of the
      game that has kept me so
      addicted, I think - it's[...]t
      I've become obsessed with
      earning enough to buy the
      biggest and best tank in the
      league.

      One thing that deserves special
      note is the suitably enthusiastic
      match commentation - it's so
      authentic that you'd swear a real
      sportscaster had provided the
      voice, and his cries of “Ooh,
      that's gotta hurt!" are hysterically
      appr[...]ttlespon‘ ain't real flashy, but
      it's certainly a whole heap of fun.
      The most gorgeously rendered
      animations and most
      impressively mastered surround
      sound can't save a terrible
      game, but a good game is a
      good game, no matter how plain
      the trappings are. And
      Battlesport, while definitely

      unpretty, is a good game.
      -Harrison J. Chadd

      learning to never judge a book
      by its cover

      GET THEE BACK TO THE
      HELL THAT SPAWNED THEEI!

      have been ordered to an[...]o get certain things in order to
      progress through the game, sort of
      like getting the little dots in
      Pacman, only in Guts ‘n Garters
      they're a little harder to find (but
      not that hard). In your way are
      seemingly thousands of guys that
      want to shoot or bomb or hit you.
      For some reason, most of the
      goons are identical: is there a
      brave new world on this island?
      You get to shoot all of the foes but
      it takes several bullets to kill them.
      I thought that this was bad
      enough. until it took about a billion
      bullets to kill me! Am I the only one
      that wants a bit of realism? This
      isn't Rambo, surely?



      THE TERT'S NEWS EDITOR
      TORCHES ANOTHER DEMON!



      It gets worse, though, because the
      control interface runs like this: you
      use the mouse to move the cross
      hair around and to shoot things,
      and you use the arrow keys to
      move yourself around the place.
      Plus you use the rest of the
      keyboard to: run, search, change
      weapons and inve[...]ur hand-held computer,
      and scratch your burn; all the
      while seven hundred people are
      attacking you. Thi[...]ally
      silly.

      This game is not even worth using
      as a trendy beer coaster - don't
      waste your limited st[...]Roadshow,
      MA rated, $79.95

      Are you obsessed with the sight of blood?
      Do you get a kick out of kicking a recently
      severed head like a soccer ball? is killing
      everything in sight (even innocent people)
      with the most devastating weapon possible
      thrilling? Well Blood is yet another Doom
      clone that gives you the opportunity to
      engage in all of the above social activities.
      As in Doom, Blood gives the player a first
      person, 3D perspective, with the only visible
      part of the player being their hands that
      operate the various weapons. I found that
      Blood dealt with this format very well. The
      highly detailed graphics flow smoothly, so
      smoothly that it is possible to swing right
      past a baddie when turning to find them.
      One interesting detail was the way that you
      can effect your environment. If you jab your
      pitchfork into a wall, pitchfork marks appear.
      If you throw a bundle of dynamite at a tree -
      the tree shatters into a million pieces (my
      personal favourite... but don't tell the
      environment officer). Other impressive
      features are the extra little add-ons to your
      environment like the “Rat Burger" shops,
      which you can walk into, ch[...]rkmafes with various
      implements - we are thinking of suing the
      designers of Blood for warping his mind - H
      the sub-ed].

      The sound, however, _ is the most
      encompassing aspect of Blood. I was totally
      shocked by how great my comp[...]o sound - it literally was like
      actually being in the Blood world. From
      dripping echoes in the background, to the
      sizzling sound of a burning fire, the sound
      effects truly are realistic. In one scene I
      walked up to a jukebox and (after repeatedly
      jabbing it with my pitchfork) switched it on;
      but instead of music I was rewarded with the
      most evil sounding, totally chilling moans
      that I've ever heard. The worst thing is that it
      didn't stop until I left the room. One monster
      in particular made such an horrific noise that
      the hairs on the back of my neck stood up
      every time it attacked me.

      The game play is superb, with a range of
      controllers to choose from. You can
      combine the keyboard with either: the
      mouse, a joystick, or a gamepad. The
      different combinations all amount to a very
      easy interface.

      Oh, yeah, the point of the game: your
      character has been expelled from some[...]know, this doesn't make sense, and yes,
      there is a proper plot - ljust didn't think that
      lovers of games in the “kill everything” genre
      really care about the story-line.

      This game is a must for would-be killers and
      first-person[...]
      [...]t literally —
      she turned up on my doorstep with a gigantic
      pair of pliers, which she used to jam the disc
      deep into my oesophagus. I'm trying to be
      tolerant of her though, because she's an ex-
      goth with one to[...]d Wipeout 2097
      from my bowels and actually played the damn
      thing, I started to see what she was on about.
      I've never really been into racing games. The
      thrill of driving in circles has never really
      caught on with me, and even the greatest
      graphics still aren't enough to make me[...]ome.

      You can race in about five different types of
      hovercar, on tracks that are increasingly (and,
      I might add, obscenely) more difficult than the
      previous ones. But, oh joy ofjoys, you also get
      weapons. There are rockets, homing missiles,
      mines and even a special attack that makes
      the entire road whiplash upwards, tossing your
      oppone[...]ely) tunnel ceilings. These weapons
      come along in the form of single-use pickups
      that you get by driving over certain lit portions
      of the track. There are non-offensive pickups
      as well, including anti—weapon shields, speed
      boosters and even a five-second auto-pilot.
      The cars themselves all have different
      specialties, tending to be stronger in the
      armor, handling, acceleration or cornering
      departments. The one thing they all have in
      common, however, is the fact that they're all
      ridiculously fast. Too fast[...]get heart palpitations every time you
      scream into a corner, clipping walls and
      kicking up impressive gouts of hot sparks as
      you go. And that's before you pick up the
      boosters. If you're ever silly enough to use the
      boosters, you'll probably find yourself belting
      into the nearest wall before you even realise
      you've accelerated. Obscene.

      The control interface is pretty simple, and
      since you can only carry one special pickup at
      a time, VI/ipeout 2097 doesn't even require
      that you use all of the pad‘s buttons. This is
      handy, as your prime con[...]avoid slamming into anything.
      Apparently, there's a particularly Wipeout 2097
      phenomena that can over[...]ours straight. My
      aggressive pal at Psygnosis was the first
      person to draw my attention to this strange
      mental state, which she calls "in the van,
      man." After a while, the track edges start to
      blur, the Chemical Brothers soundtrack starts
      to merge with[...]everything
      becomes clear. That's when you're "in the van,
      man." It's then that you'll descend into a
      tormented fit of racing apoplexy, emerging
      only when you've won a gold medal on every
      track, sweating and drooling like a rabid
      madperson. I myself have yet to experience[...]nd it very easy
      to believe that my good friend at the company
      has achieved it (Mins is such a nice girl).

      As is usually the case with Psygnosis
      products, the graphics and sound are both
      top—draw (and that's not a transparent attempt
      at crawling to the company - I actually mean it.
      Years ago, when I w[...]first Amiga computer, I was heartily
      impressed by the games that bore the
      Psygnosis ow|—face logo, and after I hooked
      my Amiga up to a stereo system, I was totally
      blown away by the quality of sound. It was kind
      of like a hint of things to come). Wipeout 2097
      has beautifully rendered scenery, without any
      of the clipping problems that seem to plague
      games of this ilk (including this very game's
      successor, VI/ipeout, if I recall correctly). The
      vehicles themselves are nicely detailed too.
      The audio effects, as well as the techno
      soundtrack (including Prodigy and the already
      mentioned Chemical Brothers) sound
      beautiful, particularly in surround sound. The
      opening video sequence, too, is really
      impressive, and well worth watching.

      The one complaint I have is that the replay
      value on this one isn't terribly great; th[...]et. That would greatly increase my
      enthusiasm for the game.

      All in all, however, I love it.

      -Harrison J. Chadd

      hunting for the van, man

      REAL BOUT :
      FATAL FURY

      Playstation
      Sony, G-rated, $69.95

      This is a typical arcade-style beat-em-up game, and there's
      a horrid lack of anything even resembling originality and
      creativi[...]l Bout: Fatal Fury you are required to choose one of
      sixteen martial artists and then defeat all of the other
      opponents in order to earn the right to challenge the current
      champion - a guy with the unlikely name of Geese Howard.

      Does that plot sound familiar to a[...]) may be challenging and
      relatively enjoyable for a short period of time, it quickly
      becomes repetitious and static i[...]ay. Over and
      over you find yourself doing exactly the same thing, with the
      same surroundings, in the same atmosphere. This not only
      created intense boredom but gave me an almost
      uncontrollable urge to punch the “off” switch.

      I must admit that when I first[...]me I was
      relatively keen to play it. I did so for a number of days but
      have since stopped altogether, becoming unimpressed with
      the aforementioned repetitiveness. The quality of the
      graphics is also fairly poor in comparison to the standard of
      other Playstation games, and I'm sure that my con[...]life expectancy has decreased considerably due to the
      constant fiddling that was required to perform each
      character's specialised moves.

      I guess the combat aspects of the game were fairly
      challenging, and I probably woul[...]very
      now and then. I think it will appeal more to the 11-17 year-old
      bracket, though.

      All in all, Real Bout: Fatal Fury was a disappointing effort on
      the part of Sony - I think we've all come to expect a bit more
      from them.

      -Brennan Douglas

      Wizard of 02, there
      will be a new
      addition to the cast -
      Plastic Man. Alan
      Menken and Tim
      Rice, Oscar TM
      nominees for Aladdin
      and Pocahantas,
      have written a new
      song for this

      HOLLYWOOD
      GOSSIP &
      OTHER FILM

      Only Had A
      Backbone”.
      Rumors that the

      Dorothy will be
      played by Pamela

      TR|V|A.....

      Yes, it's true; in the

      1998 remake of The yet unsubstantiated.

      source: Rooters



      charact[...]improved"

      Anderson—Lee are as

      X-MEN: CHILDREN OF
      THE ATOM

      PC CD-ROM
      Acc|aimlRoadshow, M rated,
      $69.95

      How many one-on-one fist-em-ups can the
      computer game market bear? It seems as if every
      other week sees the release of yet another sequel
      to Mortal Kombat, Streetfighter, Tekken or one of
      their many clones. People keep buying them, I
      gue[...]ill keep pumping them out.
      There also seems to be a sense of one-
      upmanship with these games, as each new fist-
      fest becomes slightly more violent and just a little
      harder to beat than its successors. However,
      there's not just this escalation of the on-screen
      hostilities to contend with - there's also a
      noticeable increase in the complexity of the
      controls.

      That's what struck me the most about X—Men - the
      fact that I had to play Twister with the keyboard to
      get anything to happen. The basic commands are
      pretty straightforward; direct[...]and six different keys for three
      different types of both punches and kicks. That
      was all well and good, but I'll be damned if I could
      manage to achieve any of the special moves.
      Against another player this wasn't too much of a

      drawback, because we both suffered from the
      same handicap - namely, having only two hands.
      Against the computer, however, I didn't stand a
      snowbaI|'s chance in hell. I basically had to hang
      on for dear life, frantically typing in a completely
      random sequence of commands in the desperate
      hope that I could just keep out of harm's way. After
      an hour or so of suffering humiliating defeat at the
      hands of the computer, I came away with nothing
      more than a bad case of RSI. I haven't had hands
      cramped up that badly since I was twelve and I
      obtained my first contraband copy of Penthouse.
      My friend had moderately more luck, but even he
      couldn't figure out any of the special moves.
      Occasionally he got lucky and pulled one off by
      mistake. We even looked some of them up in the
      book, but a special glowing sword attack that
      requires a keyboard command sequence of right,
      right down diagonal, down, left down diago[...]ust about impossible to achieve
      - especially when the enemy is being so terribly
      inconsiderate and keeps kicking you in the face.
      Thankfully, you can turn on auto-guard, whi[...]ong as you're not
      performing any other maneuver.

      The graphics and sound on this game are a tad
      better than a lot of the fist-em-ups I've seen. If
      you're a fan of the X—Men comic books you'll
      probably love it. Trying etfrt all of the different
      characters is always part of the fun with these
      games, and you'll probably end up favoring
      certain ones. I was particularly fond of Psylocke -

      those ninja jumps and flips were awe[...]my comrade-in-bruising ended up playing
      Wolverine a lot. The characters were all fairly
      faithful to the comics, both in their appearances
      and their special abilities. The backgrounds were
      pretty good too (not that you ac[...]h
      time to pay attention to details like this when a
      Sentinel starts pounding on your head). The
      Danger Room locale in particular was impressive,
      as the holographic scenery around the
      combatants flickered from deep sea scenery to
      ju[...]ts game aficionados will get off
      on this one, and the really obsessed among you
      may even perfect a few of the special attacks.
      Just make sure that you invest in a tube of Deep
      Heat, ‘cos after playing X—Men you're gonna need
      it.

      -Harrison J. Chadd

      still reeling from the
      [...]his game up my jaw literally dropped - and not in a particularly
      positive sense.

      In fact, if I hadn't just seen and heard the famous Playstation signature, I
      would have sworn[...]ver there was an award for most
      inappropriate use of the word “Master”, the Sega would win it hands-down),
      and then evilly slotted a copy of the Action
      Fighter shoot-'em-up. I think they heard my
      walls of dismay in Bangladesh. This game is
      an old arcade-style shoot-em-up, in which
      you fly your jet against a veritable horde of
      baddies. There are actually four different
      versions of Xevious on the one disc,
      including the so-called “3D" version, and all
      of them are identically poxy. In this way, I
      think Xevious compares to any number of
      bad techno EPs on the market - five
      indistinguishable remixes of the one lame
      song, all hyped up to give you the feeling that
      you're getting more than you actually are.
      It's not so much the style of game that I
      object to, but rather the graphics and sound -
      or relative lack thereof. Your jet looks like a
      two-dimensional rectangle with genitals, the
      backgrounds are very reminiscent of pre-
      school level crayon drawings, and the bad
      guys resemble nothing more intricate than
      rubber washers.

      In the early eighties I probably would have been raving over this game; the
      frenetic pace of the action would have really put the zap on my head. Last
      time I checked, though, it w[...]have handled Xevious if they'd tried to update it a little. I
      mean, if you're going to release games on the Playstation, which is really the
      most superior console the market has ever
      seen, you might as well use the system to its
      fullest. Playing Xevious on your Pl[...]old Jethro Tull 45 rpm records. Granted,
      there's a certain retro appeal, but it's such a
      waste.

      There's nothing more annoying than forking
      out mounds of cash on a console, a
      gargantuan television and a throbbing great
      surround-sound system, only to use it for a
      game that has a soundtrack comprised of a
      series of pissweak electronic whistles and
      beeps that R2—D2 would be ashamed of. And
      while we're on the subject of R2—D2 - Star
      Wars has retro appeal too, but it took a bit of
      a makeover to get people to flock back to the
      cinemas; you'd think Namco would have
      learned something from that.

      Finally, there's the question of cost. If you
      compare the forty cents that it used to cost to play Xevious in the arcades
      with the absurd sixty-dollar cost of Xevious on Playstation, you can figure
      that the disc costs about the same as 150 credits in the arcades. I think even
      Stevie Wonder would be able[...]ame with substantially less than
      150 credits. And the arcade's more fun anyway.

      In 1982, I was playing[...]sneaking guilty
      peeks inside Playboy magazine at the newsstand and being grossed out by
      girlie bits.[...]-Harrison J. Chadd

      thinking that “retro” is a dirty word

      LOOKOUT FOR THOSE
      WASHERS - THEY'RE
      KILLERS

      THE PLUMBERS
      CONSPIRACY
      CONTINUES - MORF
      WASHERS AHEA[...]iew (or whinge, if you prefer) was spell-
      checked the computer wisely tried to replace "Xevious" with "[...]II.llll.ll-Il.'lli|

      Ir|‘l1II:

      COMING SOON TO A
      COMPUTER MONITOR
      NEAR YOUII

      While we Playstation owners are holding our
      breath in anticipation of the imminent release of
      both Tomb Raider 2 and Resident Evil: The
      Director's Cut, PC owners have some
      upcoming rele[...]rges.

      First off, there's Dark Reign, which is in the
      Command & Conquer/Red Alert/Warcraft
      I//Krush Kill ‘N Destroy mould. Tert staffers have
      been invited to the National Premiere of this
      new strategy game at the Village cinema
      complex in central Sydney; we'll fill you in as to
      the goings-on in next month's issue.

      Also for the PC is Constructor, the newest
      “Sim" game. It's going to be like Simcity with a
      sense of humor. In Constructor you not only
      design and build a city, but you decide on the
      kinds of people you want to inhabit it. You can
      purposefully attract a high percentage of
      "Undesirab|es", such as bugs, gangsters or
      hippie[...]e used to
      picket factories, set up raves, and all of those
      other things that we uni students are so fond of.
      Cool game - it appeals to the Right-wing
      capitalist in you. Constructor will be available
      from October 3rd, with a Playstation version
      due later this year.

      There's a lot coming up for Playstation, and one
      of the biggest racing games, Formula One '97,
      is due to hit soon. Tert staff are also attending a
      launch party for this one, and, if still able to type
      after all of those dry martinis, will thrill you with
      the details of the night next issue.

      Burn rubber

      RHETORIC
      DISSEMIN[...]DEDNSTRUETDR
      no nsuws exr-scrap.
      we APOLOGIES FOR THE Izouvevneuce

      THESE ARE NOT REAL
      BREASTS.
      YOU HAV[...]MANIPULATED AND
      AIRBRUSHED THESE
      BREASTS, IN MUCH
      THE SAME WAY AS

      THE CIA
      MANIPULATED
      PHOTOS OF LEE
      HARVEY OSWALD.
      [...]‘- ;’~t,.

      roleplay‘ n g
      ga1nes

      DEADLANDS: The
      Weird West
      Roleplaying Game

      Pinnacle Entertainment Group
      Hardcover, $47.50

      I haven't looked at a new roleplaying game in
      ages. Vampire and Shadowr[...]y
      favorites for
      years now, and
      nothing that's hit
      the market in the
      past few years
      has really caught
      my eye. The only
      game that was of
      passing interest
      to me was
      Bloodshadows.
      which was a
      cross-genre
      blending of
      magic/horror
      with 1930's pulp
      detective thriller
      (very Cast A
      Deadly Spell, if
      you saw that
      HBO film). Part
      of the West End Games generic RPG system
      called Masterbook, B/oodshadows
      unfortunately died a dusty death on the back
      shelves of most game stores, along with its
      siblings Necroscope, Tank Girl, Indiana Jones,
      Species and Tales From The Crypt.

      It's poignant, then, that the next new RPG to
      snare my attention was another cr[...]Lacy Hensley, is described in its own back

      TUBE OF
      MOISTURISER
      HANDY?

      cover blurb as "The Spaghetti Western - With
      Meat!" Very apt.

      ln Deadlands, “the year is 1876, but the history
      is not our own". The American Civil War is still
      raging, with Jefferson Davis only barely holding
      onto the Presidency of the CSA, and Ulysses S.
      Grant leading the Union. The Sioux and various
      other Native American tribes have reclaimed
      their tribal lands (a la Shadowrun). Ghostly
      magics have sunk most of the state of
      California. Evil spirits stride the land, hunting for
      souls and trying to avoid the wrath of the Texas
      Ranger anti-supernatural posses. In the wild
      west, things are outright ugly. Tumblebleeds roll
      across the wastelands, eager for fresh blood.
      Mad scientists[...]ed engines. Cattle ranchers and rail
      barons fight a never-ending war over the
      almighty dollar, each side recruiting the most
      awful living dead abominations into their ra[...]stand now why I fell for Deadlands
      straight away? The possibilities in a cross-
      genre game are immense. Usurping and re-
      writing genre conventions is the biggest thrill
      with games like this, and Deadlands had my
      imagination running overtime. Imagine the
      huge potential for plots in having Wyatt Earp
      possessed by an evil spirit. Picture the impact
      of typically western images when you throw in a
      gory slice of pulp horror - now the mask-
      wearing bandits who rob a train can pull off their
      kerchief disguises to reveal the maggot-ridden
      rotting flesh of a zombie gang. And what about
      a lynch mob riding skeletal horses?

      The system for character creation and combat
      is based, of course, around dice rolls (although
      they're cutely called “bones” in Deadlands), but
      a regular deck of playing cards is used to
      enhance the process (Pinnacle has marketed a
      specially designed Deadlands poker deck for
      the really fanatical). Basic achievement of any
      action in this system depends on rolling a
      number of dice equal to your skill rating and
      picking out the highest scoring die. This is
      compared to a GM-assigned difficulty number,
      and the more you succeed by (or fail by) is how
      well you do (or how badly you botch it).

      The combat system is a touch heavy, and
      potential GM’s should either improvise a lot or
      be prepared for a lot of paperwork. l prefer to
      play RPGs almost completely systemless
      anyway, so the weightiness of the combat
      doesn't phase me.

      No - I'm into this game for the mood. The book
      is gorgeously printed, with a great cover and

      NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL
      A GHOST TOWN

      some fantastic color plates inside. The western
      fonts and cowboy lingo used make it a nicely
      atmospheric read, and there's a tongue-in-
      cheek sense of humor present throughout.
      There's no index, but the table of contents is
      extensive enough to almost make up for it.
      There are a couple of expansions due out soon
      or already out. The makers of Deadlands are
      also publishing monthly/bi-monthly $9 booklets
      (called, of course, "dime novels’'), in which they
      have fic[...]en tried on many other RPGs, with
      varying degrees of success - we'll have to see
      if Pinnacle can keep up the good work).
      There's also a miniatures game just out, and a
      collectible card game due late this year. Of
      course, you can also bet that novels and
      computer[...]er all,
      gaming's big business these days.

      lt’s a great idea, Deadlands. There's a wealth of
      potential stories lurking between the covers of
      this book. Like all good RPGs, it sets up a
      fascinating world and allows you to unleash
      your[...]outlet for my
      storytelling - it's limited only by the imagination,
      and that gives me a lot of exploring to do.
      -Harrison J. Chadd

      warming up my

      Walter Brennan

      impersonation

      Deadlands: The Weird West Roleplaying Game was provided to the Ten‘ by Neil at Tin Soldier Wollongong. Tin Soldier is the best
      gaming store this side of Middle Earth, and has just about everything the nerdy gamer could possibly desire (apart from b|ow—up
      dolls of Jessica Rabbit). Roleplaying, card gaming, miniat[...]lies and even
      chess sets (although they have less of these than usual since the last break-in). If they don't have it, they can get it, usually in just
      a few shakes of a lamb's tail (or a few wiggles of Jessica Rabbit's butt, if that image floa[...]
      card galnes

      -._... _.-cu-a._

      VAMPIRE: THE
      ETERNAL
      STRUGGLE
      In this game you play
      ancient va[...]sfying.

      LUNCH MONEY
      This CCG involves
      beating up the other
      players. It's simple, but
      it's fun - and the card
      graphics, all of which
      depict a pretty young girl
      in various aggressive
      poses, are mildly
      disturbing. The photos,
      shot in dirty sepia and
      looking like the Millenium
      opening credits, are the
      highlight of this game.

      MYTHOS

      Based on the works of
      H.P. Lovecraft, this game
      is unadulterated, vintage

      horror. The players are
      all investigators who are

      trying to uncover the
      horrible truth.... the catch

      is that the truth is so
      damn horrible that it will

      probably[...]d
      excellent for multi-player
      games, Mythos is one of

      the most underrated

      CCGs on the market.

      "'

      INTRODUCTION TO COLLECTIBLE CARD GA[...]layed poker. And snap. And maybe even bridge. But a lot of readers out there
      are probably completely unaware of the existence of a newer, cooler type of card game. There are dozens
      and dozens of these new games on the market, ranging widely in style, genre and tactical complexity.

      It all started in 1993, when a |ittle—known Seattle-based company called Wizards of the Coast set up a
      booth at GenCon. Gen Con is the biggest annual gaming convention in the world, held in Wisconsin each
      August and sponsored by TSR (producers of the original Dungeons 8. Dragons role-playing game).[...]been known to attend this convention, and in '93 a sizeable proportion of these
      visitors were unknowingly witnessing gaming history.

      The founder of Wizards of the Coast, Peter Adkison, had conceived of a new type of fantasy game. He'd
      put his head together with a professor of combinational mathematics named Richard Garfield, and the end
      result was Magic: The Gathering. Elegantly simple in mechanics but loaded with complex strategies,
      Magic took the gaming world by storm. The aim of the game was to take the role of a wizard/ruler, and to
      exile your opponent by achieving mastery over the magical and economic resources of the land. The
      theme and objectives of the game weren't exactly anything new; it was the format that caught people's
      imagination. Beautifu[...]and designed playing cards were used to represent the lands that the
      players fought over, and the resources that were at their disposal. Each card played affected gameplay in
      a different way, with the details of such described on the card itself; this in effect made the basic rules
      easy to learn, but an actual winning[...]ue. Like sport trading cards, there were hundreds
      of different cards in the basic set, and collecting them all was part of the fun. The cards were distributed
      into three different categories of rarity: common, uncommon and rare. The rarest cards had an inherently
      higher trading value as well as a substantially more powerful impact on the game itself. Trading sessions
      became all the rage, but instead ofjust trading for collector's[...]s to enhance their decks. Trading in this way had a greater sense of achievement to it; obtaining a
      Tom Glavine for your baseball card set paled in comparison to the thrill of trading for a spell that you could
      actually use in a game to flatten your opponents skeletal hordes.

      Not long after Magic debuted, other companies jumped on the trading card game bandwagon and soon
      the market was inundated with countless new games. Ea[...]ter, card games have become big business. Wizards of the Coast are no longer
      a basement operation in Renton - they're a booming company that just recently bought out TSR, the
      gaming giant at whose 1993 convention they made their first tentative steps out of anonymity.

      Magic: The Gathering has been reprinted and revised innumera[...]s currently in its fifth
      edition. There are heaps of expansion sets, which expand on the basic game by introducing new locales,
      new spells, new monsters, etc. Magic has to share the market, however, because it seems that every
      game designer and his canine has now released a collectible card game of their own. A list ofjust some
      of the collectible card games (CCG's) available includes: Star Wars, The X-Files, Highlander, Star Trek,
      Vampire (by Magic's Richard Garfield), Rage (a werewolf combat game), Mythos (1920's pulp horror
      inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft), Spe//fire (the Dungeons & Dragons game), and on and on. There
      ar[...]e to save
      souls from damnation - I kid you notl). The inspiration for card games comes from a wide range of
      sources; from films and TV, from the works of authors like Clive Barker, J.R.R. Tolkien and Wil[...]er games (SimCity and Wing Commander stand out in the
      memory). Card games run the spectrum of genres, from fantasy to horror and, of course, science fiction.
      There are a plethora of magazines devoted exclusively to CCG's, in which previews of upcoming games
      are featured, as well as trading p[...]and newsagents everywhere, and

      several producers of CCG's have -s

      released special boxed sets aimed
      at capturing a more mainstream
      audience. Another indicator of these
      games‘ success is the fact that
      they've become the target of various V
      religious nutcases, who see them as
      “occult tools" (according to some of
      the more paranoid Christian soldiers
      out there, Wizards of the Coast is
      really an insidious coven of
      warlocks, who are intent on
      spreading satan’s works throughout
      the world; there are some fascinating
      anti—CCG sites on the net, if you ever
      want to look them up - they're always
      good for a laugh).

      Basically, CCG's are BIG (if you've
      never heard of them. now's your cue
      to hang your head in shame). We
      here at the Teri are big fans of these
      games - if you drop into our office on
      a Thursday afternoon you'll usually
      find us deeply embroiled in a
      desperate battle for dominion over
      some fictional world, all played out
      on top of our Mac scanner.

      What follows is a review of a just-
      released CCG - Shadowrun. This will
      be the first of several such columns,
      as, in the coming months, we'll look
      at various styles and genres of
      CCG's that are being released.



      STAR WARS
      Players take the side of
      Light or Dark, and set
      about to control the
      Force. The aim is to
      drain your opponent of all
      of their Force, and this
      can be achieved in
      several[...]resources or try to win in
      an all-out battle, or a
      combo of both. Great for
      SWfans and newcomers
      alike.

      SHADOWRUN

      Cross-genre blending of
      cyberpunk and fantasy;
      players take on the roles
      of shadowrunners,
      people with no official
      identities. You travel the
      mean streets of 2058
      Seattle, taking on the
      dirty jobs that no-one
      else wants to do, trying
      to gain enough reputation
      to become King of the
      Sprawl. Fast and furious,
      with atmosphere to
      spare, this new release
      looks set to become a
      hit.

      VARIOUS CCGS(Ieft)
      There's a whole universe
      of gaming in CCGs, and
      it all fits in your pocket.
      in fact, we think that card
      games are the second
      most fun thing you can fit
      in your pocket.
      (on the left, clockwise
      from top left) Doom
      Trooper, Mythos, Star
      Wars (Dark), The X-Files.
      Spe/lfire, Star Wars
      (Light), Lunch Money, On
      The Edge, and (centre)
      Vampire: The Eternal
      Struggle

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      SIIAIJIJWBIJN: THE
      TBAIIIIIII IIABII GAME

      FASA Corporation - 70 card Starter
      decks $14.95; 15 card Booster packs

      $4.95

      The following is

      from the

      S h a d o w r u n

      TCG rules

      booklet:

      “The year is

      2 0 5 8

      Advances in
      technology are
      asto[...]s
      able to blend with computers and travel through
      the virtual reality known as the Matrix. No longer
      mere flesh, many humans have tu[...]er than ever before. But even
      more astonishing is the return of magic to the
      world. Elves, dwarves, dragons, orks and trolls
      h[...]ue forms, and spells and
      spirits serve those with the talent for controlling
      this legendary force. The balance of power has
      shifted, too; megacorporations (rather than
      political superpowers) now rule much of the
      world.

      Moving through this world like whispers in the
      night are the shadowrunners. Though they can't
      be found on any[...]no one publicly
      admits their existence, they are a reality in 2058,
      for no one else can do their secret work.
      Shadowrunners do the jobs that are too dirty for
      corporations to do th[...]o have done. Sometimes, shadowrunners even
      change the world for the better ....

      This brief synopsis barely scratches the surface
      of the world of Shadowrun, but I'm working with
      limited space.

      The Shadowrun trading card game is based on
      FASA’s successful roleplaying game of the same
      name. The political, economic and social issues
      of the game are impossible to translate into an
      abbreviated format such as card gaming, but the
      atmosphere is still there. The artwork, game
      mechanics, game goals, tech and character are
      very much Shadowrun. The unique cross-genre
      feel of cyberpunklfantasy, “man meets machine
      meets magic” is very much alive in the TCG, and
      it has such vibrant, energetic gameplay[...]l game, will find it
      appealing.

      Card games being the visual art form that they
      are, it's extremely important that a game has
      aesthetic appeal. Shadowrun scores big points in
      this category. Most of the artists are veterans of
      the extensive range of Shadowrun books,
      including Timothy Bradstreet, Jo[...]stein, Karl Waller, Janet Aulisio and Rick
      Berry. The talents of these people immerse us
      totally in the unique experience that is
      Shadowrun, as they capture not only the weary,



      dangerous and unforgettable faces of the people
      who inhabit this fictional world, but also the sense
      of gloom and decay that so pervades the society
      through which these characters move. Look[...]world is like seeing it in surround sound
      (pardon the apparent paradox); the design is so
      total, the attention to detail so precise, that it isn't
      hard at all to get a tangible sense of the streets of
      2058. Clothes, vehicles, buildings, logos,
      weapon[...]ed-in, that it feels as if you
      could step through the surface of one of these
      cards and materialise on a Seattle street, circa
      2058. The ultimate craftspeople at FASA have
      taken a leaf out of Bladerunner director Ridley
      Scott's book, and realised that the best way to
      hook your audience is by making them[...]hing every prop and every costume with
      his vision of the future. The people at FASA, who
      list Bladerunner as one of their major influences,
      have applied the same tactics, with startling
      success. Brush—strokes of rust over the canvas of
      their future have made it all look so realistic that
      you can't help but believe it.

      The physical design of the cards themselves is
      also quite superb. Rust-stain[...],
      metallic-looking fronts, and easy to read text. The
      skill symbols used are elegantly conceived and
      illustrated - like most things with this game, the
      designers have built it so that you can find out a
      lot of information from a quick visual scan (on the
      sample card, “Cherry Bomb", the skills of
      Demolitions, Firearms and Melee are represented
      by the three circular symbols on the upper right-
      hand side). Cumbersome chunks of rules text are
      kept to a bare minimum or completely eliminated,
      and this adds to the overall high-energy pace of
      gameplay.

      The rules are
      simple and the
      o bj e c t i v e s
      simpler. To win,
      you have to
      defeat enough
      Objective cards
      to earn the
      r e q u i s i t e
      number of
      R e p u t a ti o n
      points. Objectives can be easy and worth o[...]angerous Objectives are worth up to
      forty points. The total amount of rep needed to
      win depends on the players; the higher you set
      the goal, the longer and harder the game will be.
      To achieve Objectives you need Shad[...]ing into play by paying their hire cost
      in Nuyen (the currency of 2058 - this is shown on
      the sample card in the upper right corner; a
      crossed letter “Y" for Nuyen, and a number "7" for
      the amount). Gear, such as Matrix programs,
      guns, arm[...]s and cyberware, also
      costs Nuyen.

      This is where the other players come in.
      They play Challenges (such[...]wn, on each
      Objective in play. Runners attempting the
      Objective must face each Challenge in the
      stack. If they have the number and types of
      skills needed to "s|eaze” (ie: dodge or
      evade) the Challenge, it is discarded and
      they move onto the next one. If they can't
      sleaze, they must fight. This is done with a
      straight comparison of Attack values;





      everybody does their Attack[...]take their Body value in damage
      before dying (on the sample card, Attack and
      Body values are represented on the lower right by
      the two numbers 5/6). This process continues
      until the Runners are all dead, decide to pull out,
      or successfully defeat all the Challenges and
      reach the Objective.

      That's basically all of the rules. The cards
      themselves contain extra complications to this
      basic structure, but that's where the strategy of
      building a great deck and playing it well comes in.
      Things are especially complicated by the Specials
      and Stingers, which have a varying range of
      effects, from simple dirty tricks like giving
      someone's Runner diarrhoea or a hangover, right
      up to attempting a drive-by shooting on them or
      even putting a bounty on their head.

      One of the other benefits of the game mechanics
      is that any number of people can play. In fact, it's
      definitely a case of The More The Merrier; I've
      played a number of four-player games that
      absolutely ripped.

      I don'[...]minor gods (and that
      really would have convinced The Anti—Gaming
      Christian Network that all gamers are satanists).
      Of course, I did describe John Woo as a god in
      my Face/Off review, so I might as well go the
      entire swine....

      Oh, let's face it - the creators of Shadowrun are
      gods.

      There. I'll probably be struck by lightning when I
      leave the office tonight, and so this may be the
      last thing i ever get published. If that's the case,
      you'd better horde copies of the Tert, because my
      work's value will sky-rocket.

      Anyway - I highly recommend the Shadowrun
      TCG (duhl). If you know the books and
      roleplaying game already you'll love it, and even
      if you don't, the card game is a great entry to the
      world. Go play it.

      (And if you're looking to trade rares, drop me a
      line.)

      —Harrison J. Chadd

      FASA’s newest toady

      Shadowrun: The Trading Card Game was provided to the Tert

      by Neil at Tin Soldier Wollongong. Tin Soldier is a groovy little
      place, and Neil can fulfil just about every wish or desire a

      gamer’s mind could possibly have (well, except for those kind

      of games, but there is a Venus just four doors down the street).
      , i If you drop into Tin Soldier and men[...]may even be





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      by Ramon (The Funky South American expert)

      Well hello,

      I've only been in the country a few short weeks, and already I’m
      starting to notice a common pattern in the field of sports training,
      which is our main topic this week! But first I am Ramon with an
      accent over the ‘o’ and welcome to my world. Don’t think of this as
      an information or just discussion section ,but more see it as a journey,
      our journey together, for as the great Cervantes said ‘the journey is
      better than the end!’

      Lets begin our journey this month by add[...]ch I see many young fella‘s (fella-
      coming from the Latin fellacomaclm, meaning ‘people of all sexes
      having fun and doing things’) falling into the trap thereof, and then
      answer some probing and in depth questions from the public.

      When training for sports, no matter what type of sports, there is
      always a goal or time when each indivdual will want to be[...]t! This is commonly referred to as ‘peaking’. The common
      fault many people make is they get stuck doing a certain program and
      don’t change it, in some ca[...]ch you
      will receive initial ganes, and then reach a plateau and perhaps even
      suffer from decreases in performances. Reasons for this are many, the
      body being the great healer and adapter that it is reacts rather quickly
      to these training loads and soon becomes used to the overload and
      therefore does not need to adapt to this familiar overload. To me
      doing the same program year after would be kind of, um. oh that’s
      right BORING, NOT FUN ie kind of silly!

      What we need to do hear is called periodisation, whist I wont bore
      you with all the technical talk, this is basically splitting up the training
      year into different sections with the aim to peak for certain times or a
      certain time where the athlete wants to perform their best.

      Hopefully m[...]without emotion! I’mn not emotional,
      OK, thats a load shit! Let’s enter the world of the question and
      answer and begin our journey:-

      Ms A.Craft,I’anania

      Q.After reading your article in the previous addition, I was “tickled
      pink” that someone as talented and handsome as you was writing for
      one of my favourite pieces of print media! I followed all your articles
      in the Colombian Times periodical and thought you really had some
      special qualities which used to really give me the horn! Anyways what
      lreally wanted to know and I believe it’s the question on everybodies
      lips is why do so many team sports ie all the football codes do 200-
      400m sprints in the middle of the season, and is it the best form of
      training at this stage?

      A.I will answer this question in two parts,A.Why? I don’t know and
      B. Is it the best form of training at this stage? No,you silly CS of course
      not! Think about it, in season training should be as specific as possible
      to the game situations, in sports like rugby union and rugby league
      how many 400 and 200 m sprints are completed in a game, none you
      dumb shit, so why do you waste my[...]p
      questions! They have their place in training in the off season for
      interval work (many repeated intense efforts, with short recovery
      elevating the heart rate for a prolonged period, stressing both the



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      aerobic and anaerobic energy systems) where desired is improved
      aerobic fitness (a good aerobic base will aid in the recovery of the
      ATP-PC enrgy system ie short powerfull bursts of work and also guard
      against overtraining) and anaerobic endurance. However, as the
      season approaches the training should be shorter and sharper and
      involve plenty of changes in direction ,contact, lateral and backwards
      running which is very specific to the game. Yes my work for the
      ColombianTimes also sometimes gave me the horn, and then on other
      occasions I’d get it for no reason at all!

      K.Threbom,The Army (North QLD)
      Q.Is it true weights make you slower?

      A.Very good question, no! If you have the right program and maintain
      your flexibility via regular stretching, your speed will actually
      increase.

      Miss A.Fagina,Beavertown,Washington State

      Q.Are you the Ramon that rode bare back on the lone ranger’s horse
      “Silver” across America from New York to LA in 20 days making love
      to a different women in each state you crossed! The same Ramon that
      did this is the man for me, it was once said that you could fit twelve
      donuts on your cricket stump, we’ll I’m the girl that can eat every last
      one of them, you must be that Ramon, are you?

      A.No!

      E.Murphy, Dundas

      Q.I hear black men have tremendous dicks, but I don’t believe it! Is
      this true?

      A. How would I know, do I look like I)r Ruth?

      M.Me[...]t’s your favourite song this month, and give us a report on it?
      A. Bittersweet Symphony by the Verve, it's a splendid tune, quite
      magnificent, good Work from the young fellows!

      P.Costaldi, Glebe

      Q.What’s the movie that stick‘s in your mind this month?

      A. Well after much debate and torment in my mind, I would have to
      say Austin Powers. In this splendid piece of cinimatography Dr Evil
      stole the show, and Liz Hurley wasn’t far behind,Aww doesn‘t she give
      you the horn! I rate this movie four out of five horns!

      R.Moranis, Bonnydoon

      Q. I don’t really have a question, but let me just say this “Let’s get[...]mble!”,I always wanted to say that! Do you know the Great Corn
      Hulio?

      A. I am Corn Hulio! Are you threatening me?
      Thank y[...]ways to stay in tip top shape.

      We’ll also have the first ofThe great Ramon
      visual art



      Body

      Art Gallery of NSW

      15th September - 16th
      November

      Entry 3515/ $7 concession

      I saw this show on the second day
      that it opened, and it was absolutely
      packed! Of course, everyone was
      clamoring to see masterpieces fr()m
      the last

      150 years - Duchamp, Gauguin, Miro,
      Bourgeo[...]Bellmer, Dix, Balthus, Pollock, Bacon,
      Neel, and the list goes on and on and
      on. Due to both the quality and the
      number of the artworks, a show like
      this is a must see.The 160 works in
      the show are on loan from 6()
      national and international galleries.
      According to the complimentary
      flyer, this is the biggest exhibition
      ever staged in Australia that has been
      devoted to the “representation of
      the naked body in Western art”.Tony
      Bond - the curator - had to make
      some difficult decisions ab[...]tworks to select for this
      show.

      Although this is the first exhibition
      in a long time to get my heart racing,
      I have a few gripes about it. First of
      all, where was the Kahlo? Press
      releases and the exhibition
      publication both advertised Frida
      Kahlo’s 1939 painting, “Two Nudes
      in the Jungle ’. Not only was it not in
      the show but none of the
      administrative or floor staff knew
      where, or even what, it was!

      The build up of tension for seeing a
      Kahlo in the flesh was transformed,
      for me, into an enormous
      disappointment.

      My second gripe rests in the lack of
      male bodies represented in the
      show.

      Now, if you are a woman, of course

      you'd like to see pictures of naked
      men (especially when you see a
      stupendous amount of naked female
      images seemingly made for male
      viewer gaze). While one of the
      sections (out of eight) - “Anxious
      Males” - contained images of the
      nude /semi nude male, none
      adequately catered for female visual
      pleasure. The only thing that saved
      me from screaming blue murder and
      creating a scene was a drawing by
      Egon Schiele. Amongst the meagre
      collection of images of the male
      body was Schiele’s “Eros” ( Self-
      Port[...]his
      image stood out as an honest and
      humble image of the male
      body/psyche.

      While on the subject of
      masturbating, did anyone know that
      Rodin’s sculpture of Balzac depicts
      him masturbating? Not only is Balzac
      missing a head, but his hand is
      grasping his erect penis. While I was
      left wondering what the artist was
      trying to say about Balzac, you can
      draw your own conclusions.

      No exhibition concerned with the
      representation of the human body
      would be complete without
      performance art. Photographic and
      video documentation of
      performance art was accompanied
      by scheduled live performances.
      Only those

      with a strong stomach should
      attempt to spend a substantial
      amount of time in this section, as
      self-inflicted—bodily mutilation is one
      of the main features.

      This show, however, represents far
      more than a few blokes
      masturbating and a number of
      images of the female body which
      verge on pornographic. Split into
      thematic sections, the show raised
      many issues regarding the body, and
      above all, gender. Whatever you do,
      don't miss it.

      -Heidi Hillier

      BODY

      (THE BOOK)

      Contributors: Anthony Bond
      (Exhibition Cur[...]es Merewether.
      (Catalogue accompanying
      exhibition of the same name
      featuring at the Art

      Gallery of New South Wales, 12
      September - 16th November
      1997)

      Published by Bookman
      Schwartz Melbourne and the
      Art Gallery of New South
      Wales.

      I vaguely remember being told
      about the coming of this
      exhibition last year, looking back
      I know I was only half—listening,
      as I see that two of my ex-
      lecturers are major contributors
      to the BODY exhibition
      catalogue.

      The catalogue is introduced by
      Anthony Bond, exhibition
      curator and catalogue editor,
      with “Embodying the Real”.This
      introduction provides an
      overview of the artworks
      included, and informs the reader
      of the exhibition’s physical
      structure - which is based on
      arbitrary groupings.Anxious that
      the exhibition would be a
      history of the artistic
      predominance of the nude, 1 was
      pleased to find the focus of the
      exhibition is the relationship
      between the viewer and the
      artwork. It became apparent that
      there was to be a select group of
      ‘major’ artworks within the
      exhibition, including Richard
      Baique’s simulation of
      Duchamp’s Etant Donnes and
      anything by Courbet.[...]ctioning to justify
      Baique’s ‘reproduction’ of the
      artwork which secretly
      occupied twenty years of
      Duchamp’s life. Although
      originality is not a pet belief of
      mine I did wonder whether the
      original had been
      destroyed/unavailable or just n[...]nd this fed an inkling I
      have that Australians as a whole,
      rarely view significant ‘original’
      artworks .

      "Just Looking? The Body, The
      Gaze and Syncope” by Susan
      Best looked at the repercussions
      of Laura Mulvey’s essay, “Visual
      Pleasure and the Narrative





      Cinema” which aimed to
      “destroy the visual pleasure
      which derives from our
      fascination with the human
      form” (p 86),and which
      identified visual pleasure as an
      offshoot of patriarchal ideology.
      For example, Michelangelo
      P[...]ates and
      maintains this objectification by
      using a mirror to reflect the
      image of each viewer into the
      frame of the artwork.

      The title of Sarah Faunce’s essay
      could almost have been
      predicted, “Courbet: Feminist in
      Spite of Himself". However, the
      content of the essay was new to
      me. Courbet a feminist? After
      being reminded of his infamous
      remark to Prudhon, “Woman,
      who has[...], must be
      subject and faithful to man", I
      thought the task Faunce had set
      herself to be impossible. While
      she put forward a strong
      argument concerning Courbet‘s
      attempts to undermine the
      distinction between subject and
      viewer, with artworks like Origin
      of the World and The Sleepers in
      mind, I believe the feminism
      sensed may be thethe
      persistent clutches of Courbet.
      Krell investigates the means by
      which bodily desires and sexual
      temperaments are embedded by
      visually peripheral aspects of
      artworks. Krell departs from the
      other essayists by reserving a
      large proportion of his essay for
      discussion of the male nude, and
      his “Fearful Desires” focuses
      primarily on representations of
      masculinity. Nonetheless, the
      predominance of the female
      nude within art history disputes
      this allotment.

      “Kama and Eroticism: The Five
      Senses in the Work of Francesco
      Clemente and Pierre
      Klossowski" is the title of Jill
      Bennett’s essay. This uses (as a
      starting point) the observation
      by Foucault that within Western
      culture we have largely ignored
      the senses of touch, taste and
      smell, preferring the sense that
      enable us to communicate over
      distance (these becoming the
      basis of our scientific
      investigations). Jill Bennett then
      explores the ways in which the
      art of the titling artists attempts
      to realign our se[...]
      the Question: Rodin‘s lris and the
      Modern Body“ states that the
      definitive characteristic of
      representations of the modern‘
      body is movement. One
      weakness of this essay is that
      Bromfield fails to articulate the
      time period of his theory: has this
      ‘modern body been superseded
      by a ‘post—modern’ body?
      Bromtield claims the point at
      which this tendency begins is
      Rodin‘s lris, a sculpture of a
      female nude which needs to be
      propped up. suggesting a
      continual, perhaps
      uncontrollable movement.

      “The lfnspeakable (Zondition of
      Figuration", by Charles
      Merewether examines three
      areas of Figuration:
      I)is/embodiment. Dissolution and
      Aban[...]do repectively. This essay
      focuses essentially on the
      affiliation between the feminine
      body and

      nature. the potential for
      motherhood being the
      connection between the two.

      An interview with Australian
      performance artist Mike Parr
      turns the attention from the

      Untitled

      The Simple World of Mr Green

      HEAI)LAND

      How much of the hillside

      traditional art forms towards
      more contemporary
      consideration of the body.
      Disappointingly, this interview is
      more a superficial history of
      l’arr‘s art rather than a
      deliberation on its relation to the
      phvsicality of the body. The fact
      that the alliance between
      performance art and the body is
      assumed and considered uniform
      is certainly questionable. The
      latter part of the interview
      concerning the association

      between his performances and
      their photographic traces is
      interesting.

      Although I appreciated the re-
      readings of Courbet I did think
      his work could have been
      confined t() one contributor,
      leaving the rest freer to explore
      the artwork of less well known
      artists. However. this is the only
      real complaint I have in regard to
      the catalogue. Each of the essays
      presented an original point of
      view, often running
      contradictory to accepted beliefs
      and consequently shaping a new
      understanding of the body
      within art.
      Jackque Atchison

      (Ian I cram onto one page
      Without reducing the white

      With fold up chair
      And eager hand fl-Oth
      I take my stetch book
      to the shore
      -another attempt
      at capturing that
      escarpme[...]face
      and its dazzling white
      reflection dancing on the
      sea



      Random Incidents of
      Memory

      thighflesh pressed against cold mosaics,
      the touch of polyester fur. the pub
      bellowing for our distance, the interstate
      phonecall — made, but not answered.

      the chemical perfume of clean hair, suede
      shoulders, trouser legs snatching at an
      ankle, two pairs of the same-coloured
      eyes.

      lip-kiss of gin, kebabs, and coke - air not
      too cool for skin, the glass bottle rolling
      on the ashphalt (I’ve kicked it twice), the
      length of my leather boots.

      we remain an enigma; the second song
      never came, the French movie on the
      wall had the subtitles out of focus....

      and the last taxi. you took it, not me.

      - ‘Kristin Jho[...]. g \ 4
      - -..-.1’. .... . \

      crashing waves to a small

      The scale defeats me

      and I set off home

      with one blank page less.
      If only I could afford a

      -Craig Davis()n

      In the morning, Mr Green walks

      through the garden. He stands tall and strong

      amongst the trees. He raises his arms and touches clouds.
      He feels the dampness on his fingertips.

      When Mr Green goes to the shopping centre. he shuffles
      uncomfortably. Peopl[...]They float past his eyes.

      He is walking through a kaleidoscope.

      In a window, a mannequin wears
      deep mossy velvet and she is beautiful.
      Mr Green taps on the window posing for a waltz.

      But he sees no response.



      Outside the cinema, Mr Green stops.

      He remembers a movie ‘Fried Green Tomatoes’.
      He had felt important and sat in the front row.
      He rubbed his neck. It had been a mistake.

      In the park, he watches the children playing.

      He giggles at their games. He understands.

      When Mr Green walks through the park, the grass springs back.
      He leaves no footsteps.

      In the evenings, two little pills roll

      >from a paper cup into his hand. Mr Green sleeps
      peacefully in his white room.

      A picture of a rainforest hangs over his bed.

      - Elizabeth Hodgson (= lst, UniCentre Poetry Competition)

      The third winning poem in the 1997
      Unicentre Poetry Competition - “Eclipse”

      by Erica Lewis - will appear in the next
      edition of Tertangala



      bare

      See here this foot

      with its[...]ce it off.

      These knees, llecked with
      scars

      like the pits on a half
      rotted peach.

      Twist the out.

      A blackened sole is
      beautiful,

      the top seems so much
      clearer, and

      grass doesn’t feel

      the rough red blister.

      You could cut it, watch it
      bleed.

      Does the knife feel

      skin, or only

      wonder

      where its red stains come
      from?

      Bare foot, watch for the
      shards-

      they’re shiny, they glint in
      the sun.

      Little crystals in the dirt.
      They may hurt but you
      can usually sp[...]
      [...]epic is to do it injustice. Credo is essentially a
      love story skilfully interweaved into the violent times of the 600's, when
      the Celtic church was under attack - both intellectually and physically,
      by the all domineering Roman Catholic Church, whilst trying to
      continue converting the local heathen. The violence is often garish and
      shocking, yet essential to the essence of the story, providing an insight
      into the dark days of medieval Celtic society.

      Not a story for the weak-hearted (or stomached) Credo follows the
      path of Padric and Bega. He is a Celtic Noble of Rheged (who were
      overrun by the invading Teutonic tribes) who returns to Britain from a
      self imposed exile to raise a defence of his friends and kin in an
      attempt to win back Rhe[...]m her father’s fury.
      Once back on British soil, the two are separated as Bega is enveloped
      by the church, and Padric goes in search of supporters for the final
      attack. Bragg cleverly follows the action between these two characters
      as their live[...]ctions
      suppressing their love for each other.

      As a Christian I found the novel very challenging as it subtly asks the
      reader to take a side in the Celtic-Roman debate, to judge Bega’s
      decisions[...]but Non-Christians may find it an
      unusual read as the story is driven by Christian faith. I found it very
      affronting and having read it though much more of the way in which I
      relate to God.

      All the more intriguing is the afterword included by Brag, detailing
      those characters and events which are adaptations of actual
      characters in Celtic history - in the author's own words “many of the
      historical events of the second half of the seventh century are used in
      the book,” and a number of the characters “are freely based on
      historical figures.”

      Credo is truly one of those books that you can't put down, providing all
      the essentials of a good story — romance and heroes, conflict and
      v[...]llectual debate and personal conflicts.

      —Be||e the Redhead

      ' “t.f‘I. -.‘\::V g--,

      LIVING ON THE DARK
      EDGE...

      ‘Never judge a book by its cover‘ they say. After reading The Dark
      Edge, I think that should be changed to ‘N[...]ook’. After reading this book you would imagine the author to be a
      tall, lean, mysterious gentleman with Spock eyebrows and a
      Transylvanian accent. A meeting with him would be entirely shrouded
      in shadows, with him speaking ominously of his plans for the
      destruction of the universe before laughing maniacally and
      disappearing in a puff of smoke.

      Actually the author is our very own Richard Harland; the lovable ex-
      Wollongong University English lecture[...]ngs to his vulnerable first years. But be warned! A dark imagination
      lurks beneath that disarming exterior. The Dark Edge contains some
      of the most graphic, violent, b|ood—and—guts splattered murder scenes
      I have ever read.

      The story follows the futuristic adventures ofa murder case on Independent Planet P-19.
      Within the first few pages it is painstakingly obvious that there is
      going to be lots of fiery sexual tension between the two, but this is the
      only predictable part of the book. The rest of the story will blow your
      mind. It is very tightly written, with every aspect of the plot neatly
      interwoven, making the story fall together slowly but perfectly. There’s
      loads of action, big guns, big scientific words, treachery, destruction
      and death. Definitely a space—age thriller with a difference.

      It took Harland a bit over a year to write this book, but before he even
      began[...]itting his ideas together. No
      wonder. This is one of those books that seems like it must have been
      written backwards; the plot is so amazingly complex, yet upon
      finishing you still slap your forehead and say “of course!” as all is
      revealed. It turns out that the murder that our heroes have been sent
      to solve su[...]ther
      similarly gruesome murder is committed after the capture of the initial
      guilty party. I won't give the ending away, but more murders follow,
      until it be[...]is something much more sinister
      behind this than a couple of axe-wielding maniacs on a field day. We
      are treated to such stomach—churning details as “a writing pen had
      been driven through the left eye socket and into the brain...she had
      been pierced and slashed on all parts of the body...|eading to profuse
      b|eeding....shoe was found forced down into the victims gu|let” and
      “The bath was filled with a murky slop, dark red with bits of pink and
      browny-purple. The pink bits were segments of human flesh, the
      browny-purple were human organs....He got into the bath with the
      dismembered body. He wallowed around in the blood and slop. And
      then he.....” Need I say mo[...]|ate—night urges. Harland says there is always a
      horror element in everything he writes. Apparently his previous book,
      The Vicar of Morbing Vyle, is even more grisly. Of course, he realises
      his luck in that the sci-fi/horror/thriller genre is popular at the moment,
      (thanks to such television shows as The X—Files,) and therefore
      people are much more de[...]htly
      annoyed by Who Weekly’s review, which gave the story away.
      Actually, knowing the ending doesn't make that much of a difference.
      The book is so complex you have to read it in its ent[...]de it all up.

      His greatest challenge is to write a book that people just cant put
      down, and he hopes that The Dark Edge achieves this. One of his
      visions for the future is a certificate that can be presented to an
      employer/[...]someone from work/class because they
      were reading a book that they couldn't put down. Being an avid
      reader myself I heartily agreed that this was a fantastic idea that
      should immediately be put for[...]g in 1996 in order to concentrate
      on his writing; a decision that was very difficult for him. He enj[...]immensely, his old students remember him as being a
      particularly enthusiastic and energetic teacher, but he just did not
      have the time to both teach and write seriously. He now has a
      contract with Pan Macmillan Australia to fulfil, and is currently working
      on a sequel to The Dark Edge which promises to be equally as gory.
      Here's a tantalising glimpse: Eddon and Vai/‘s adventure continues as
      their spacecraft is hijacked by a gang of brutal marauders. While
      Eddon is trapped in froze[...]r
      ferocious lusts .... ..

      Harland plans to write a continuing series of Eddon and Vail books,
      and has at least another eight stories in the works. The sequel, as
      yet untitled, is set for releas[...]
      [...]E.Warfe

      Hodder & Stoughton

      $19.95

      This book is a jolly good, rip-
      roaring, spiffing whizz-bang of a
      laugh. It is a spoof of all those
      dodgy girls boarding school
      novels that[...]oulder away in every primary
      school library, like the ones Enid
      Blyton wrote titled “The
      Naughtiest Girl is Monitor”. And
      yes, I frankly admit to having read

      Cast the First Stone

      Jane Adams

      Pan Macmillan
      $14.95

      A crime novel like most, it takes a
      few chapters to fully understand
      the story forming in Cast the First
      Stone, and as the focus shifts
      from one scene to another there
      is the required dropping of all the
      clues that will be essential later in
      the story. Enviously enduring my
      boyfriend looking up[...]you'd really like this
      book," I ploughed through the
      first few chapters, instinctively
      knowing that it[...]t to
      take on some meaning soon.

      Set primarily in a quite suburban
      cul-de-sac, Cast the First Stone
      involves the Pearson family (ex-
      cult members) who seem to stir
      up trouble wherever they go. The
      head of the house - Eric Pearson

      House Guest

      them. I read everything that was
      prostituted to the 14 year old
      female audience: Trixie Beldens,
      Nanc[...]tried (or perhaps,
      bothered) to parody these gems
      of adolescent fiction until now.

      And Warfe does it[...]rrives at
      Greyfriars expecting it all to fit into
      the traditional mould, what with
      midnight snacks, head girls, dorm
      monitors and the odd bit of well-

      - claims he's only protecting his
      family from the persecution he is
      suffering because he holds a
      crucial piece of evidence for an
      upcoming criminal appeal. The
      journal Pearson holds was
      destroyed shortly before the
      initial trial, and tarnishes the
      name of many powerful figures,
      people who want Eric Pearson
      kept quiet.

      Adams successfully taps into the
      mistrust held for those in control,
      support for the underdog, and
      empathy for the young mother of
      two, Ellie Masouk, who's life - like
      that of her neighbours - has been
      turned upside—down by the local
      reaction to the arrival of the
      Pearsons.

      I found it a great holiday read,
      keeping the mind guessing at
      who did what and who to believe,[...]e all good writers he has

      regulated rebellion in the games
      hall. She meets the headmistress
      Miss Blyton (I don't think that that
      can be a coincidence), and her
      new chums, who promptly
      chr[...]name is too boring. Naive Zig
      manages to survive the school
      term in blissful ignorance of the
      illicit drug-taking, sexual
      adventures and madcap[...]e
      who used to actually think that
      Enid Blyton was a good writer.
      Even if you didn't read anything
      remotely like it, you should pick it
      up to look at the images of 1950s
      schoolgirls with snappy 1990s
      quotes like O[...]'re
      clitorises yet?O I guarantee that
      you'll have a top-hole and simply
      scrumptious time, and that yo[...]CANDAL AT GREYFRIARS

      R. E. (Elizabeth) Warfe

      ‘A naughty schoolgirls’ story’

      ’’It was when the space
      alien led me to his bed-
      chamber that I rea[...]gh Mackay
      Picador Australia
      $16.95

      After reading the blurb, which contains
      comments on Hugh Mackay fir[...]- Sunday Mail) I am not
      scared to say I expected a bit from his
      newest creation ‘House Guest’, a[...]second published fictional novel.
      Hugh Mackay is a Fellow of the Australian
      Psychological Society, and a researcher,
      broadcaster, columnist for the Weekend






      used his knowledge base and personal
      experiences, although it is stated at the
      beginning of the novel that "...the characters
      and events in the novel are fiction and that
      any resemblance to rea[...]tever his motivation for this novel, it
      makes for a very good read.

      The novel itself is set in the inner city of
      Sydney, where Alice - a working professional
      in the marketing business - is at home at her
      apartment relaxing when she gets a knock on
      the front door. On opening the door she
      meets Max - the other main character - for
      the first time. At first, Max's seemingly
      innocent[...]y allows him to enter
      Alice's apartment. Then for the next forty-
      eight hours Alice and Max are involved with a
      intense psychological drama, in which Alice
      must[...]t herself that are unpalatable for her. It is
      one of those books where you cannot guess
      how it will re[...]as being
      frighteningly astute in its observation of the
      innermost workings of the human psyche. In
      all it is a very clever and original novel.
      Although it wasn't like the novels that I

      usually read, and more than likely I wouldn't
      have picked off the bookshelf in a book store,
      it really captured my interest and de[...]as well any
      psychological students interested in a way
      NOT to conduct a survey. I personally give it
      three and a half out of five, but don't take my
      word for it - buy the book and develop your
      own opinion.

      - -Jas[...]
      [...]ustralia

      $14.95

      I’m always overtly
      suspicious of a newish
      writer who is compared to
      a relatively high profile
      established one. The blurb
      on the cover (from
      Cosmopolitan) states that
      Anne Hilton Bruce is
      “Shaping up as the
      Australian Mary Higgins
      Clark”. Now obviously the
      prospective reader base is
      defined in this simple
      quote — those who are fans
      of Higgins Clarke (or
      perhaps those who are fans
      of female writers with
      double barrelled names?)
      and those who may also
      read that bible of the left-
      over-8()’s-power-driven-
      woman myth,Cosmo. I fall
      into one of those
      categories. No prizes for
      guessing which one.

      I must admit the Higgins
      Clarke reference did get me
      curious, as s[...]r
      avid audience category. Not
      that I remember any of the
      titles of her novels though
      hold on, there was one
      about “And the Cradle will
      Fall” or something similar
      but that[...]Mills
      and Boon novels to relax,
      get caught up in a good
      yarn and have a smattering
      of tantalizing bits thrown in
      to keep them happy (in[...]ltra-soft-pretend-porn, in
      thriller novels it’s the
      suspense & violence).

      I expected no less from this
      novel - a flawlessly
      constructed thriller, with
      internally consistent plot,
      slightly two—dimensional
      characters with the
      possible exception of the
      main protagonist, nice
      pacing of the action as it
      progresses and a clueing

      system evident but not
      glaring in its necessity, and
      a tie-it-all-together ending.
      I didn’t get it.

      I got some of it. Hilton
      Bruce was actually quite
      ambitious in her scope — for
      example, trying to include a
      gay couple into the
      narrative as the
      parents/illegal guardians of
      a young boy who is
      abducted. Unfortunately,
      the plot gets too messy
      with issues involving
      guardianship of the boy, a
      pedophile ring and a shaky
      past in one half of the
      couple in question - but I
      must admit any mild
      association of the terms
      “gay” and “child molesters”
      in any[...]hat Hilton Bruce is
      questionable in her
      treatment of these issues,
      but within the context of
      the story I just seemed to
      cringe at the link, even
      though it was dealt with
      tactfully (in terms of the
      fictional structure
      employed).

      However, leaving my
      subjective irritations aside,
      the plot seemed
      inconsistent and - in parts —
      force[...]real
      sympathies/identifications
      being coaxed via the
      characters (except the boy
      obviously, who was the
      intended victim character
      throughout the whole of
      the story).

      6 points for effort, and I’ll
      keep a look out for her later
      work. I

      suggest you do thethe warning that
      confronts in the opening couple of pages of Gypsy Hearts:
      “This book is a lie, a confidence trick, a wicked jab in the
      eye of truth. Read it at your own risk. Those with high[...]NOW. Management will not be held responsible for
      the consequences!”

      Hmm. American Psycho set in Pra[...]lead you to think so (if you completely
      bypassed the humour inherent in it). It is a nice ironic
      touch actually - as most of the novel is made up of the
      serious musings and machinations of a character called
      “Nix” who is both a pathological liar and obsessive
      compulsive — who spends most of the book compulsively
      obsessing about a stunning young scam artist called
      Monika.

      The novel is essentially a “love” story involving two very
      mixed up Euro[...]wer, and
      what happens to people when teetering on the edge of
      madness and socially acceptable behaviour (well the two
      do go hand—in-hand, dont they?) Nix is, besides his obvious
      shortcomings, a supremely likeable character, and Monika
      is beautiful and damaged - great attributes for a scammer.
      They both operate in such an amazingly bizarre yet
      believable world - full of murder, deception, and lies - and
      the ending seems almost pre-ordained, definitely
      adeq[...]non-contrived.
      Eversz certainly knows his stuff.

      The only criticism I would level at the novel is when
      different fonts are used to indicate Nix’s part
      fantasies/script musings. The use of various font shifts
      seem somehow unnecessary as the flow of prose itself
      conveys the fact that these sections are not essential[...]
      The 1998 Sandman Dimjy
      Illustrations by Michael Bell[...]t’s
      bloody hilarious. If you
      don’t know about the non-
      exploits of Sandy (The
      Sandman to Triple] listeners)
      then don’t even b[...]ng this up. I mean, you
      CAN pick it up, but whats
      the point? As Sandy would
      and does say, in this diary[...]t after every
      swear word you appear
      tougher.”

      (The last two quotes have
      absolutely no relevance to
      the aforementioned point I
      was trying to make. They
      a[...]ude them. In fact, I’m
      even severely stretching the
      relevance of the first two.
      Gawd, it’s the Sandman
      effect taking hold I’m
      feeling guilty about the
      irrelevancy of quotations!
      He must have had a catholic
      upbringing too.)

      From the bizarre notes
      under certain dates (for
      example, New Year's Day is
      labeled and so is the
      following day - as “The Day
      After New Year’s Day”) to
      the almost unbearably
      humorous cartoons of
      magpies, icy poles, hot chip
      buckets, surfing du[...]and—boys
      among us, there is some
      semi—threads of truth in
      there, like:

      “Don’t underestimate your
      eyebrows, especially if
      you’ve got a plain face.”

      —Mary-Anne Breeze

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      [...]GENERAL ELECTIONS

      In accordance with Section 24 of the University of Wollongong Students’
      Association

      (SRC) Constitution, the Annual Ghenlelral Elections of the Association shall be
      e on:

      l uesday, 21 st Octob[...]ctober, 1997
      In accordance with Section 17 and 18 of the SRC Constitution the following positions

      shall be elected by and from the members of the Association at the Annual General Elections:
      1) President




      :_?[...]?-j'


      and eleven (1 1) General Representatives of the Association, elected hy and from the members of the

      Association at the Annual General Elections.
      Also election of five (5) NUS Delegates in accordance with National
      Union of Students Constitution and Regulations for the Election of NUS Delegates from the

      University of Wollongong campus.

      In accordance with Section 26(a), (b) and (c) of the University of Wollongong Students’ Association
      Constitution,[...]ber, 1997. Nomination

      forms can be obtained from the Students’ Association office.

      Please note - Un[...]. Nomination
      forms will still be available during the recess until 13th October, 1997

      lo be a candidate in the Students’ Association Annual General Elections ou must be a re istered
      student at the University of Wollon ong and a member of the Students’ Association.
      Nominations will close o[...]tions shall be in writing on forms availahle from the Students’ Association office and be
      signed
      hy two memhers of the Association, and accompanied by the written consent of the candidate.

      Nominations shall be lodged in person by the candidate with the Returning Officer at the
      Students’Association office.

      Candidates are advised to obtain a copy of the Regulations Governing Elections from the Students’

      Association office.

      Authoris[...]
      fiction...

      THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF

      COMMANDER X,

      AND HIS INTREPID
      COMPANIONS, AGENT[...]f you recall, we left our heroes trundling
      across the desert in a 4-wheel drive designed by God
      and General Motors.[...]mewhere else,
      higher: colder: and. er whiter than the Sands of Time.
      Now. read on...

      All secret agents. long ago, pledged an oath. An oath
      that became the very cornerstone of their lives. An oath
      that amassed the complete resources of their minds
      and souls in their quest to obey its dictates.
      Meanwhile. at a rage in Kashmir, Agent Orange's
      birthday.

      ‘Wil[...]ntain with only their bare Sherpas. so
      we bludged a lift up the South Col of Everest. and rode
      a couple of avalanches down the other side.’
      “F..a..r..o..u..t,” breathed Orange in a very twisted way.
      The Commander paused for a moment. perusing the
      room. filled with the pulsating and gyrating energy of a
      hoard of people going completely wild to the live
      ambience of John Lennon and Elvis Presley as they
      launched into a truly evil version of “Roadhouse Blues.”
      In a corner Jim Morrison kissed Janis Joplin. possibly
      oblivious to all external stimuli. only a tiny shamanistic
      beat of his left foot to indicate he could even hear what[...]took out in every major
      metropolitan newspaper on thea party.
      Drugs. bongs and sundry medical aids available at the
      door."

      "Farout." Orange repeated.

      “A word of advice, old man.” whispered X to his trusted
      companion.

      “What's that?’

      “Don't let the Den/ishes get started. The mess is
      unbelievable.”

      “Thanks, X. I'll try[...]party’? Fuck! Last time I was over there it was a
      debauched depraved org! of all vices known to the
      human race." said Orange. astonished.

      ‘Yeah, w[...]re likely to be any more nibbly things?" wondered
      the Commander.

      ‘I just saw Saddam Hussein leave wi[...]le.“ Durbin
      remarked.

      ‘God. I thought it was the Dervishes." explained
      Orange.

      ‘I especially li[...]sy things. Where do
      you think I would I find some of them. Orange?”
      wondered X.

      Secret Agents are a[...]calculate them, add them up, invert and
      multiply the little rascals. divide them by four and
      subtract them from the number they first thought of.
      and generally swap them about to suit themselves.
      Besides being a hell of a bunch of nice people. they're
      also devious arseholes.

      ‘[...]met here. I was trying to get in
      touch with both of you." X announced.

      “What do you mean?” asked[...]” explained his leader. “I actually projected the
      thought about this party into Orange's head— so we
      could meet.” X sounded efficient. “It's a little trick I
      picked up in Chad.”

      “What's i[...]t projected in my head to go there." he

      There is a dead man in our shrubbery. He
      has grey hair and a yellow shirt and his
      shoes are full of money- $75,000. to be exact.
      Everyone in our house is late for Uni and
      somebody has to catch a plane; we are all
      running around caught firmly in the grip of
      first—thing—in—the—morning—mayhem and
      nobody has any time to deal with individuals
      who have had the bad fortune, not to
      mention the considerable bad manners. to
      wind up face down and inanimate in our
      shrubbery. Chris. however, does take a
      moment to remove the man's shoes. and
      because some body has to do some thing I
      take it upon myself to phone for the police.

      “Excuse me.” I say, “we live in a big
      brown terrace house. the floors are made of
      wood and the roof is caving in and there is a
      dead man in our shrubbery." The woman on
      the other end turns into a man and then into
      another woman- they are all mum[...]vy and
      potatoes, and although I cannot understand
      a word any of them are saying it soon
      becomes clear that the police have no idea
      what to do about the dead man in the
      shrubbery. Neither do I. I take the phone
      outside to have a closer look at him: the first
      time I saw him I really hadn't wanted to se[...]g or
      something gross like that, but it seems that
      the most obvious thing to do is to try and
      identify h[...]ed up
      and his socked feet are placidly resting in the
      rhododendrons. He is quite an old man. but
      a dignified and kindly—looking one. despite
      having the air of a little boy who has been
      prematurely woken from a long nap. He
      looks a bit like the father from “Diffrent

      concluded in a slight starry haze.

      “OK. Mr Brain-O-Matic. where's my 20 bills
      for the stuff we bought in Denver?’ asked
      Durbin. a light bulb coming on In his head.
      "20 bills? He o[...]you want to hear about our next
      mission?” asked the Commander. suddenly
      impatient.

      “No. man. I want my 20 bills.”

      “Yeah. Mine. too."

      “It's a really good adventure," pleaded X.
      “Fuck the mission. Where's my money?’
      demanded Durbin.

      “I..um..er. that is..I had to..er..get rid of it."
      explained X in athe toilet for the whole flight. It was very
      good gear,” he added[...]n.” said Durbin. “Cause I
      brought you over on a frigging boat. You
      locked yourself in our cabin f[...]to people whose last
      name was Turtle."

      Just then the heavens opened the windy lofts



      Strokes". I feel quite sorry for him.

      “Forget it." I tell the receiver, and
      throw the phone into the bushes. “Hello,” I
      say to the man. His eyes are blue but all
      swirly and vacant. as if he is really stoned.
      He blinks a couple of times to clear them
      enough to focus on me. “Oh,[...]ore in my life.

      He his feeling all around him on the
      grass. “Fuck.” he mutters to himself. “my
      s[...]strange to
      hear an old man swear. I assume it is the
      $75,000 he is concerned about having
      misplaced and not so much the shoes. which
      were brown leather lace-ups and quit[...]at inappropriate to tell him that
      Chris has taken the money (as well as
      possibly dangerous to ourselves[...]s around dropping dead in
      people's shrubbery with a ludicrous amount
      of cash in their shoes more than likely has
      dodgy co[...]s.
      “you noticed”. Slowly. unsteadily. and via the
      aid of the rhododendron bush. he rises to his
      feet. looks dazedly around. then climbs down
      out of the shrubbery and ambles off in his
      socks down the road. I watch him go. and the
      further down the street his figure recedes.
      the brighter the sun shines and the bluer the
      sky looks and the stranger the whole thing
      seems. The more I think about it. he really
      wasn't the sort of man you would expect to
      find lying dead in your shrubbery. Except for
      the fact that he was wearing a somewhat
      garish yellow shirt. more than vaguely
      reminiscent of “Hawaii—Five—O". It was
      obviously a crime of fashion.

      - BEC

      of the sky and exploded inside the minds of
      those who knew how to listen. A message was
      written in blood and gold and really.[...]sh oil, giant Chinese characters that
      filled half the sky.

      Three people. having a slight
      misunderstanding somewhere in Kashmir
      saw and heard the message.

      “Looks like it's going to be one of those
      adventures.” X said nervously. backing aw[...]out wanting their dirty cash.
      “Look. what about the sign?“ reminded X.
      "The jeep's got a flat. We'll have to take the
      hell-jet.” said Durbin. now in total control ofthe message
      said?" Orange continued.

      “Yes, old chap.” asked X. interested. and not a
      little thankful for the divine. if hard to
      interpret. distraction.[...]
      Once upon a time I woke up at eight o'clock in the morning,
      threw my plastic alarm clock across the room, cleaned my
      teeth with a plastic tooth brush and wrapped my meagre
      sandwiches in plastic wrap. I then caught the bus to Uni with
      my plastic concession pass, paying with a (plastic) five dollar
      note. On the bus I thought of the plastic television I had
      watched the night before Plastrek ‘The First Generation’
      where the evil Bakelite along with an army of Mattel“ Biker
      Mice from Mars wearing designer H[...]rs.
      Clingon Wrap calculates his trajectory, takes a three
      dimensional space walk, sorts all of em out with his lazer and-
      the credits roll. Was this the same series which a group of
      l960’s Trekheads petitioned and protested for,[...]was plastic? What did it mean to be
      plastic?

      In the library, after several hours of feverish study, I discovered
      that the Ancient Greeks really took the idea of plastic by the
      horns. They not only explored the plastic nature of the human
      soul, but were unafraid to mock the elasticity of the human
      psyche. The definitive plastic work of the Ancient world was
      Aristotle's ’Plasteticks'. In this great work, under the shadow
      of Plato's study of polymers, Aristotle attempts to define what
      plast[...]es us feel how we do; He analyses
      tragedy through a plastic lens, goes for lunch and forgets to
      write the other half concerning comedy.

      Safely grounded in[...]ugh to formulate my own plastic theories. I paced the
      corridors of library shelves, interrogated my mind, demanded
      answers of myself but plastic theories did not come as easily as
      that. I thought of Nietzsche’s wild eyes and flailing
      moustache,[...]el had
      disappeared up his own antithesis. Finally the true
      significance of plastic and what it meant to be plastic struck me
      and l have set my ideas down here for all the world to read.
      This is a modest plastic proposal, by no means a
      comprehensive argument. I intend in the future to expand
      these arguments with irrefutable proofs but for the moment
      the reader must content themselves with my thoughts on how
      we may move towards achieving a plastic world.

      Plasticity is the only model for permanent social change. No
      more the elasticity of the U.S government solemnly signing
      The Test Ban Treaty but revealing (ha,ha, ha, ha, ha.[...]their nuclear program is growing by 4
      billion USD a year, just higher than the annual cold war
      growth rate of 3.7 billion USD. Plasticity is, plastic scientists
      tell us - and such a profession really does exist - the ability of a
      object to change permanently without returning to[...]or rupturing (scenario: ‘all bloody chaos’). The
      idea of plasticity shows us the very simple choices that are left
      to us as we approach the new millennium. For centuries
      human society (the object in this case) has lived elastically with

      A Plastic Portrait
      of the Artist
      as a Young Man

      by Issac Bickerstaff

      constant setbacks to the social prerequisites for a peaceful
      planet which include: equalitv of the sexes, abolition of
      prejudice and the removal of the extremes of both wealth and
      poverty. While humankind has developed mate‘ ‘ally,
      technologically and culturally the story so far has been one of
      elastic history, recurring problems. World War One was hailed
      as ’the war to end all wars’, there was dancing in the streets,
      but as everybody knows The War was followed by part II in
      1939. An example closer to our generation is the Nuclear Fear
      of the 1980’s. A fear that found its most intense expression for
      m[...]o’ novels. This threat was
      apparently lesser in the early 90’s we became more concerned
      with chemical weapons culminating in a cults attacks of the
      Japanese subway system with the gas Saarin. It seems to me
      however that the nuclear issue is back in all seriousness. It is
      n[...]what ever
      country feels they want to contend for the position ‘King of the
      Castle’. My perception of the nuclear debate may well be
      rather misty, there are others more qualified to talk about it,
      nevertheless the persistence of the elastic history can still be
      seen.

      The elastic state however cannot continue - we are
      approaching the extreme (still tragically far from a plastic
      mode) of ’rupture.’ Rupture is a reality much more serious
      than the world is in already, it is the logical outcome of our
      elastic behaviour, a complete breakdown of the world as we
      know it. Among many things driving the world towards
      rupture are outdated attitudes. If[...]must give up these attitudes and become plastic. The example
      I will use is racism but other attitudes such as sexism have just
      as serious repercussions. The assumption that I see surrounds
      the now ’reigned in’ Pauline Hanson is this, that - racism is a
      harmless world view or attitude handed down to us[...]us ancestors. Sadly one need look no further than a
      small tiff in Rwanda several years ago, where several million
      people got hacked to death, for an example of how a ‘world
      view’ or attitude can seriously endanger the longevity of other
      human beings. The human tragedy in Rwanda was carried
      out with the knife, popular since the bronze age and was not
      without a long history of previous conflict. This is not to say
      that Africa or Africans are backward, European wars have
      raged in much the same fashion for just as long. What Rwanda
      demonstrates, however, is that only now, armed with just the
      simple knife, has the climate been such that racist attitudes can
      threaten the lives of whole nations of people. Because human
      society is still clinging to the old attitudes at the root of
      historical tragedy, these tragedies may well be precedents for
      an even greater tragedy. The solution we have is to become
      plastic, to underst[...]tdated individual attitudes
      contribute greatly to a dangerous experiment in ignorance,
      and give them[...]people make for plastic social
      change. Faced with the possibility of rupture what other choice
      do we have? For those a[...]Fantastic
      Plastic?

      I have reservations about the suitability of
      plastic as a fashionable material. For
      accessories, I think itOs great. I mean, plastic
      has a versatility that no other medium
      appears to offer, certainly not as
      inexpensively. I mean, letOs start with the
      basics - dancing with a guy whoOs had a
      few, his arms flail madly and break the string
      of pearls that you are wearing, scattering the
      small, white beads of perfection all over the
      dancefloor.....no worries, they were just
      plasti[...]s heirloom pearls
      are still tucked away safely in the bottom of
      you sock drawer at home. And as I
      mentioned earli[...]hugely expensive,
      allowing you to experiment with a different
      look each day - size, colours, try them[...]t factor. However I must
      admit that I did one own a pair of plastic
      sandals in a very fashionable shade of pink. I
      used to get a huge thrill being able to wear
      them into the river and the kiddies wading-
      pool, but somehow they lost their[...]I have seen
      becoming popular over recent years is the
      plastic carry-bag. By this IOm not talking
      about the type you get at the supermarket (of
      course, good little Tert readers are unfamiliar
      w[...]ags when we go
      shopping) - I am referring to more the PVC
      style of bag. IOve seen cute little bags and
      backpacks, te[...]lso seen larger, more
      practical bags toted around the Uni, great for
      carrying all manner of every-day stuff.
      Other great ideas for those of us into the
      Ogoing outO scene are neon plastic
      schooners avai[...]bs
      now only allow plastic drinking receptacles
      in the vicinity of their dancefloors, so plastic
      schooners, shot glasses an so on were
      introduced - for safety purposes. As the
      trend caught on, clubs began to introduce
      coloured drinkware, sometime in colours
      significant to the venue, and some just for
      the sake of originality. In one Canberrra
      nightclub ( donOt ask me exactly where, it
      was Canberra, 1996 A.Ll.C.. week, OK?) I saw
      fantastic glow in the dark schooners, that
      gave drinkers an eerie glow to the face as
      they drank. Very trendy!

      A final word on plastic, before I sign off.
      Who dec[...]hout
      practically removing all you fingernails and
      a few layers of skin first?? IOm thinking in
      particular of blank cassette tapes here. Does
      anvone else have huge amounts of difficulty
      *I(‘llll1L'_ the plastic to tear along the little red
      line, or am I just Pl:l’>llLtlll\’[...], those things
      are hell on your nails!

      —I3elle the l\’L‘Cl head
      [...]01

      Na-nun-uoionnooniu ‘.90 I10!)-

      toll.

      from the
      cute: 5 o
      Kembla
      In 100

      Findings of the inquiry include:

      The Workers Inquiry has finally completed the 10 month investigation into cancer and it's link to industrial
      pollution in the Wollongong area. This is the first time that an inquiry into this matter has been conducted
      with out the involvement and input of official authorities. The independent Workers Inquiry has been
      organised and commisioned by the working class itself, involving steel workers, re[...]concerned
      scientists and health workers. Also for the first time ever, an inquiry into the link between cancer and
      industrial pollution has concluded that industry is directly responsible for the elevated number of
      leukaemia and cancer fatalities.

      - Residents living in the suburbs surrounding the Port Kembla industrial complex are up to 10 times[...]CBD. These rates also apply to
      those living near the coke works at Corrimal and Coal Cliff.

      - BHP steelworks and the Port Kembla Copper Smelter are responsible for the rising cancer and leukaemia

      - The Illawarra Public Health Unit leukaemia report, (which concluded that the leukaemia rate among 15-
      24 year olds was 10 time[...]ribed to any particular source),
      was organised by the labour government to protect BHP and other corporate interests, as well as the
      government itself.

      - The Cancer Council and the EPA, among other government agencies, have been i[...], suppressing vital evidence connecting cancer in the area to industry.

      The scientific and statistical research of the inquiry is based on postcode by postcode data supplied by the
      NSW Central Cancer Registry. On the other hand, the Health Unit report was based on data supplied by
      BHP itself.

      The statistics used showed an inverse square relationship of incidence of cancer with proximity to the
      industrial complex.

      On the 21st of October, the Tuesday of week 12, the Commissioners of the Workers Inquiry will be presenting the
      findings, conclusions and recomendations of the report in 14 C01. If you live in the area, take an interest in your health
      and wellbeing and place these above the corporate interests of industry then you have a responsibility to find out about
      the health risks we are exposed to everyday, the official coverup organised by the government to protect BHP and also
      how we can act to recover a safe living environment.

      The published findings of the Workers Inquiry are also available in the SRC office.

      Moorhouse:

      Plastic Jesus





      We were resting on the fringes of the
      forest, sitting on a fallen log and
      snacking on the usual museli bars and
      dried fruit that you eat on a bushwalk.
      We had come a long way and were
      feeling the toll of the distance we had
      covered. After finishing our snack, we
      checked the map and began to enter
      the Pencil Pine forest. An eerie world
      of stunted trees, cropped grass, moss.
      It was perceptibly darker. Not unlike
      the Mirkwood Forrest in Tolkien’s "the
      Hobbit”, we decided. As we walked
      the mist began to blow down the
      valley. Trees and Wallaby sprang out of
      the mist at odd intervals, as pockets of
      mist raced passed cart-wheeling,
      rolling, swirling by. Without warning
      we emerged from the forest at a saddle
      between sheer dolorite walls. The mist
      cleared enough to see over the valley
      below us, to the pools and tairns of the
      Walls of Jerusalem in Central
      Tasmania.

      Is our Spirituali[...]anufacture, that we conjure to help
      us make sense of the world in which
      we live? Is our Spirituality something
      that grows from within, a gift, a
      blessing? That first walk in the Walls of
      Jerusalem National Park was a
      strongly spiritual time for us, and it
      remains a special place. It was a time
      of Spiritual awakening, of connection
      with something larger and more
      profound. It's a feeling, a knowing,
      that has stayed with most of us vividly
      for the last 14 years. A knowing has
      shaped us and changed us and called
      us back.

      I grew up in a Christian family, which
      isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it does
      explain why an aunt would give me a
      plastic Jesus bed-side lamp one
      Christmas. (Altho[...]maybe it doesn't...) So here's this
      plastic mould of a benevolent looking

      guy with a beard and a shepherd's
      crook that lights up at night to keep[...]u're twelve!
      Needless to say I didn't really find the
      bedside lamp comforting or helpful.
      There seemed[...]. It certainly didn't fit
      with my existing images of Jesus from
      the stories I had grown up with, as I
      grew older it continued to clash with
      my spiritual experience. The lamp
      now stands at home as a proud
      monument to our family's foray into
      the world of kitsch, and I have come to
      understand that Spirituality is not
      something that can be captured in a
      plastic Jesus bedside lamp.

      If you haven't guess[...]something that
      comes to us, that grows up within, a
      gift. A gift given to each of us, but for
      which we each have the responsibility
      to nurture and help to grow. It seems
      true also that each of us has our own
      spiritual experience, our own know[...]Spirituality is not
      something we can catch, like the flu.
      Spirituality is a gift to be accepted and
      cherished, nurtured and c[...]importantly though, Spirituality
      is as normal as a glass of water, a beer
      with friends, a day at the beach. There
      are a number of ways in which we
      understand and interpret our
      experience, in the way we feel, in how
      we think, and in our spirit.[...]at spirituality is quite
      simply another dimension of ordinary
      life. Our connection with the divine is
      not something unusual or bizarre, but a
      normal way of being.

      The Christian tradition speaks of a
      divine being (God) who is with us in all
      of our life. A God who is present
      within the whole environment, who
      saturates the whole cosmos. The





      Christian tradition speaks of this same
      God interacting with individuals and
      communities, of maintaining caring
      relationships. Most importantly the
      Christian tradition recognises that our
      experience and interaction with the
      divine is normal, even ordinary, that
      spirituality is part of all our lives.
      Whether we come to awareness of our
      spirituality in Tasmanian Wilderness,
      or on the steps of the Esplanade Hotel
      in St. Kilda, God seeks connection with
      us.

      The journey through the Central
      Highlands of Tasmania was the
      beginning of a journey of discovering
      my Spirituality. It was also a the
      beginning of a search for language and
      symbols to speak of and understand
      my Spirituality. A journey that
      continues, as I discover more about[...]vering that my Spirituality is an
      organic process of discovery and
      change. A process that reflects the time
      and value I place in the journey.

      The Uniting Church, my spiritual
      community, uses a great image to
      describe itself, that of "being a pilgrim
      people, a people on the way".[...]o read (from
      Australian people):

      ¥ David Tacey "The Edge of the
      Sacred”, McMillan

      ¥ Veronica Brady - anything[...]David Moorhouse is the Uniting Church
      Chaplain, apart from being interested in
      spirituality, he has a passing interest in
      doing silly things, preferably miles from
      civilisation. David is also on a national
      search for the best Guinness in Australia.[...]CAR PHQNE~"-1021)



      Plastic
      Jesus

      A song by the Gold Coast
      Singers, found on the
      Internet

      ‘CLICK!’

      Spoken:
      Good morning, friends, this is the
      Hour of Reckoning.

      Sung:

      Hello, friends and neighbors,[...]g at five—thirty AM, brought to
      you by... by... the Pink and Pleasant
      Plastic Icon Company of Del Rio,
      Texas, every morning at five-thirty AM
      in the morning (hallelujah). Friends,
      now we have word for you from our
      sponsor, the Pink and Pleasant Plastic
      Icon Company of Del Rio, Texas
      (hallelujah)...

      Sung:

      I don't ca[...]es

      '5 long as I've got my Plastic Jesus
      Glued to the dashboard of my car.

      You can buy Him phosphorscent
      Glows in the dark, He's Pink and
      Pleasant,

      Take Him with you[...]lujah) friends, yes you too can
      own one, for only a dollar and ninety-
      eight cents (no COD's, please)[...]o your Pink and Pleasant
      Plastic Icon, you'll get a gen«u—ine,
      stimulated, Pink, Plastic Baby Jesus
      Television Light for your television set,
      with a halo that glows and rotates,
      easing eye-strain, a[...]), you friends, will receive,
      every day next week a different, a
      different member of the Holy Family,
      with a halo that glows and rotates, a
      television light antenna. Imagine,
      friends, the envy of your neighbors
      when they come in to watch Mitch
      Miller at your house, and they see the
      en-tire Holy Family, sitting on top of
      your television set, with their halos
      glowing and[...]and neighbors (hallelujah),
      what better place for a family altar than
      the top of your television set?

      Sung:

      You can buy a Sweet Madonna
      Dressed in rhinestones sitting on a
      Pedestal of abalone shell.

      Gain’ ninety, I'm not wary

      ‘[...]s
      ‘s long as I've got my Plastic Jesus
      Glued to the dashboard of my

      '1 l.l('K"
      [...]ome

      Recently, I had another close encounter with the men's
      movement.

      For years, the only exposure that I'd had to "The
      Movement” was via talk shows like Donahue, where a
      bunch of long-haired and bearded hippies held hands
      and whined about the inequalities in society. Some of
      them were even wearing skirts. This confused me,
      because I wasn't sure what cross-dressing had to do
      with the men's movement.

      Then there were the "spiritual" types that I met a few
      years back. They were from a different branch of The
      Movement, but they were proclaimed equalists
      neve[...]y were touchy-feely nature types —
      tree-huggers of the first degree. Not that's there's
      anything wrong with greenies, but these guys had the
      line: "Mother Nature doesn't sexually discriminat[...]'re all equal; we're all just animals
      crawling in the dust on our bellies.” Now, as much as
      I agree with the basic theme behind that statement, I
      couldn't get into these guys’ style of living. Some of
      them had personal hygiene that left quite a bit to be
      desired - I think they took the "crawling in the dust on
      our bellies" bit too literally. They also[...]ith native people. When they
      found out that I had a set of beliefs that are based on
      those of the Lakota Sioux, they got really interested in
      me. When they then discovered that I had a totem
      spirit, and occasionally attended sweatshop[...]d annoying, because it took
      weeks to wash and air the hippie smell out of my
      clothes. From that point on, the guys started giving me
      presents every time they s[...]leaves,
      sticks, flowers and little pebbles. For a while there I
      thought they were expecting me to build a nest or
      something.

      However, the thing that most bugged me about my
      "earth-brothers" (aside from the excessive drug use,
      and their tendency to wear so[...]e pouches and peace symbols that they
      walked with a slouch) was their attitude towards
      women. Their version of equality seemed to involve
      obsequious fawning. With some of them it was a
      genuine respect and awe, with a few others it was
      curiously forced.

      After some time of observing these creatures in their
      natural habitat, I theorised that the hippie branch of
      The Movement could be broken down into two
      distinct sub-species. First, there were the guys with
      vagina-envy. Second, there were the guys who
      pretended to be in the first category, but who were
      really there because they figured it was a good way to
      meet girls and get laid.

      The reason for all of this woman-worship was clear;
      new-age hippie beliefs are totally matriarchal. The
      biggest giveaway is the fact that the god of this
      religion is a woman - Mother Nature. Christians have
      a boy god and consequently a patriarchal society; it
      naturally (pun intended) follows, then, that a group of
      people who worship a girl god will develop a
      matriarchal society. I don't have a problem with their
      beliefs - they're just as free to have them as the

      ‘._ \-.- -.‘g.. g.
      5:? Tu F"’4\"

      Catholics are to have theirs - but any extreme end of
      the scale, be it matriarchal or patriarchal, is not g[...]y lend itself to true equality. I don't even have a
      problem with the worship of nature; hell, my own
      personal belief system is founded on the very ideal of
      nature as the one and only true "god" - but I do object
      to the identification of nature and the earth in the
      feminine aspect. "The entire world is a womb, from
      which we are all born." If this is the case the I'd like to
      believe that shooting stars are just cosmic balls of
      semen, spurted out in an effort to get Mother Earth
      knocked up. According to the hippie branch of The
      Movement, I will only become a truly equal man by
      accepting the wonder of the womb. I must accept my
      place in the dust as a product of the Cosmic Cunt, and
      by implication I must accept my basic uselessness -
      because I'm male, and I therefore have a completely
      expendable role in the creation of life. Hmm. I'm
      afraid that me and the male seahorses are going to
      disagree with that.[...]to say is that I've discovered an all
      new branch of The Movement. These guys wear suits,
      carry mobile pho[...]communications, and are entirely articulate about the
      inequalities that they perceive to exist in our society.
      These new proponents of The Movement fight the
      courts for the custody of their children, and object to
      the fact that women are favored in custody battles just
      because they carried the kids for nine months.
      According to these guys, a womb does not
      automatically make someone a better parent.

      These men object to the practice of minority quotas in
      employment - the fact that some companies employ or
      promote a woman (or a member of another so-called
      "minority") over a better-qualified man, purely to
      appease the equalist movement.

      And then there's the depiction of men in the media;
      the trend in sitcoms to portray fathers as insensitive,
      incompetent clods, the objectification of men in
      advertising, the general social contempt that is
      displayed towards mens’ genitals every time a guy
      gets a boot in the balls and the audience roars with
      laughter.

      This new branch of The Movement says that society is
      emasculating its me[...]g
      about equality all we've managed to do is
      swing the scales in the other direction.
      These men feel disenfranchised a[...]emancipation took far too long,
      but according to the men's movement,
      the male half of the population is still
      imprisoned.

      I don't know about the rest of you guys,
      but I know for sure that I'm lost. And[...]believe
      or who to listen to. I guess I don't like the
      fact that male soldiers have been dying
      by the millions in wars throughout
      history, but I also know that I wouldn't
      want women to have to slog through the
      trenches at their sides. The men's
      movement tells me that this is a natural
      instinct to protect the childbearers, but
      that it's gender genocide anyway, while
      the women's movement argues that it's a
      patronising attitude, and that patriarchal
      society is responsible for wars in the first
      place - I don't know who to listen to.
      That's the crux of what I'm trying to say,
      I guess - I get confused. I don't think I'm
      the only one, either. I think that there are
      a lot of people out there who aren't sure
      of exactly how they're supposed to act.
      The simplest solution for me has always
      been to simply be secure in who I am. Me,
      as an individual. In the truly cosmic
      scheme, I don't see myself as male,[...]ght - I see myself as human.
      I purposefully avoid The Movement - it's
      just too one-sided. The men's movement,
      in particular the suit-wearing incarnation
      of it, focuses too much on an adversarial
      approach t[...]e, and just as
      unhelpful.

      I have no solutions to the social inequalities that have
      been pointed out by the men's movement, but I do
      know this: inequalities arise through the abuse of
      power, and that, at its core, has nothing to do with
      gender. The abuse of power is all about politics and
      economics, which have always been the archenemies
      of freedom.

      The larger social issues can only be solved by a united
      front of people; a group that is not divided into two
      antagonistic g[...]sponsible for it. We can only free ourselves
      with a lot of hard work and complete co-operation.
      What I'd like to see is the men's movement and the
      feminists sit down together for a peace summit. The
      blaming has to stop and the healing has to begin. I
      want the men's movement to quit wearing skirts, quit
      worshipping nature's womb, and quit complaining
      about the men who died in Vietnam. What would be
      infinitely more productive is to find a way to stop
      wars altogether, so that no-one has to be senselessly
      slaughtered. And instead of turning a divorce into a
      custody battle and an issue of gender politics, maybe
      we should all remember that it's not the parents who
      suffer most from it all, it's the children.

      And that's where our greatest hope lies - with our
      children. The next generations have to be educated to
      believe i[...]that they're empowered individuals who can change
      the world. If we don't do this, if we don't stop
      encouraging the victim mentality, then we'll never
      move forward.

      Over the past six months I've found that this rambling
      column of mine has brought me back to the same
      point over and over again - the fact that we need to
      evolve. Socially, politicall[...]rything we are and everything we do. Evolution
      is the one key to survival.

      And so there's my point, after a whole lot of
      complaining; the evolution of the men's and women's
      movements is long overdue. We've all got a lot of
      growing up to do.

      Harrison J. Chadd
      [...]and English, no
      Russian. Hate math.

      She has been a stewardess, a doctor, a
      skin diver, an astronaut, a fashion editor,
      and a rock star, among other
      occupations.

      Born in New[...]year. Her nickname at
      Mattel. lnc. is “Our Lady of Perpetual
      Income." She drives a Porsche 911
      Cabriolet.

      She, of course, is Barbie, and she is
      sweeping through Russia like a latter-
      day Genghis Khan. Unlike the great
      invader from the East, however, she is
      coming not only by land (in[...]rse) but by sea as
      well (in her Barbie Yacht with a real
      working blender you can make

      drinks with.)

      But is there really a market for Barbie
      here in Russia? Will she appeal to the
      tastes of the first post-Soviet generation
      of doll buyers? To find out,we went to
      the source: four-year-old Ksenia
      Vishnevskaya, Barbie owner, voice of a
      new generation.

      Who do you love more, Barbie or[...]Barbie.

      Who do you love more than anyone
      else in the whole world? KV: Mama.
      Barbie may be made of plastic, but she
      knows something about real estat[...]t to Mayakovskaya Metro station.
      Inside, there is a whole crowd of tanned,

      well-coiffed Ba_ies t oose from:
      Doctor[...]e Western

      Star. But wrlfiis l? .
      "Ken sold 0 at the en of the summer,"

      says
      salesperson at the s re. "We expect to
      get more Kens Qfil 'me in the future.‘
      Poor Barbie} She'll , ~ have to console
      herself by climbing xufi-to the sunroof on
      her two-story ,dream house and





      watching h pec -designed hair
      develop sunstre r maybe a spinfin
      the Barbie n would help. But

      to Barbie, a side
      e very

      there is another
      that is rarely see[...]ers and has sold
      900 million outfits worldwide, the very
      same Barbie who Ksenia Vishnevskaya
      may or m[...], is |eadin% dual life as...
      Mercenary Barbi . By the entrance to
      Peter and Paul Ffirtress she stands (or,
      more correctly, sits) guard at a table
      owned by one ‘Mikhail Petrov. She is
      wearing a Red rmy uniform, complete
      with a hamme nd sickle on her belt
      buckle and a r star on her be—f|apped
      cap. She look ‘ posi[...]at proclaim “Barbie in
      Russia!"

      Petrov, who is a photographer by trade,
      includes in each package photographs
      of Barbie wearing various outfits that he
      makes for[...], traditional Russian costumes,
      peasant dresses.

      The obvious burning question presents
      itself; what is Barbie's rank in the Army?
      “She is a sergeant-major," Petrov
      states, pointing to her epaulettes. And
      her Navy rank? “Ah, in the Navy," he
      responds, leaning forward
      conspiratorially, “in the Navy she is an
      anarchist. See how her uniform doesn't

      Lena Y$l:usl'@nkova, a .

      has had 500'

      All power to the
      Soviets! Peace,
      bread, freedom!

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      to v... fashionable."[...].

      So -~ thin'gs never ngg. d y? -
      She really has a plishe ch in

      look so oung? e

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      yo[...]us. B ne
      thing slflis riot: chégp. In any sen _ of
      the word. -it ' 5}‘ "
      The least expensive S'arbie in the
      Nevsky Prospect Barbie"'store (andethe
      only Barbie priced in roubles — the rest
      are in Deutschemarksr)‘ is Bedtime
      Barbie, who at 27,800 roubles is a steal
      compared to Gymnastics Barbie
      (81,200r.) an[...]e if
      she expects to _ .

      be able to afford either the Barbie
      Porsche (148,000r.) or the Barbie Yacht
      (344,400r.) '

      But why would any sen[...]child put her —— or his ——parents through
      the agony of spending the equivalent of
      two weeks’ salary on Doctor Barbie
      when there are all sorts of Barbie

      ‘knockoffs from China up for grabs in the

      city's kiosks? There's Wendy (11,000r.),
      a’pretty brunette in a cocktail dress;
      pink-booted Susana (6,500); a
      nameless blonde with a feather boa and
      no shoes (3,500r.) — all with the same
      glamorous hair and unblinking blue
      eyes as B[...]" says Lyudmila
      Pushkaryova from her perch inside a
      kiosk on Chernyshevskaya Ulitsa. “They
      can tell the difference between a real
      Barbie and a fake Barbie right away.
      You can't fool them. They want the real
      Barbie."




      her'35 yeis. A’d horses she

      manage _
      $1 ‘asked l§_e[...]
      the charred skeleton of his
      house. Glen Offield stood Tuesday
      and contemplated life without his
      Barbies. ‘They meant everything to
      me.‘ the unemployed collector said. “I
      could do without[...]can live without them."

      inside his gutted house. the broiled
      torsos of his cheap "Tammy" dolls
      jutted, unladylike. from a heap of black
      rubble. But there was no sign of the
      5.000 Barbies. which resided—-Ken
      dolls lnc|uded—in the master
      bedroom of Oflields rented Meade
      Avenue house in Normal Heights.

      No blobs of melted pink vinyl
      remained. No singed blonde
      bouf[...]at's because two
      fires were set deliberately over the
      weekend to cover up what is perhaps
      the largest Barbie doll heist in the
      nations history. About 51 million
      worth, none of it insured.

      ‘The only thing missing is every single
      bit of his Barbie collection," said Jeff
      Carle. an investigator with the San
      Diego Fire Department. “Somebody
      knew exactly what they were doing.”
      Fire officials say the Barbie-stealers
      doused the house with gasoline early
      Saturday morning while Offield was at
      a doll show in Los Angeles and set fire
      to it alte[...]y Christie. And all their friends.
      chnically, all of the dolls count as
      Barbies.)

      Ignoring Offie|d's brand-new TV, VCR
      and an autographed poster of Marilyn
      Monroe. they grabbed Barbie-sized
      houses, clocks, typewriters.
      appliances and pets. Even the Barbie
      Ferrari and Corvette. Everything down
      to the last little pair of Barbie pumps.
      When the house didn't burn





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      completely, Carle said, the crook
      returned Sunday morning and lit
      another fire to obscure the theft. But
      the complete lack of Barbie corpses
      made it clear they'd been stolen. Even
      at the center of a blaze, experts say,
      they wouldn't have disintegra[...]ection, which he says
      contains every single piece of Barbie
      paraphernalia made between 1959
      and 1972,[...]condition and ‘never played with.‘ he
      says.

      Offield. 42, who would describe
      himself only as an unemployed art
      director for a video company, says he
      isn't a wealthy man and couldn't afford
      insurance. He has no family and. he
      says, not much of a social life. He was
      only ‘rich in Barbie dolls.[...]day." said Offield, who lives
      alone. “l‘m not the kind of person who
      runs around at night.”

      Barbies were a key part of his
      livelihood. He carted them, along with
      other[...]manufacturer, for promotional
      materials.

      Fifteen of his dolls appeared on the
      cover of Smithsonian magazine in
      December. 1989. The cover was so
      popular that Smithsonian created a
      museum poster emulating it and
      featuring 31 of 0tfield’s most stylish
      Barbies.
      His dolls also[...]flower children
      He even had what he describes as the
      only “Becky' in the world, a Barbie
      prototype that was never
      manufactured. Sadly, Offield held up
      her picture and told how someone
      re[...]ame was Becky,‘ he
      stammered. “it was Becky."
      Offield said he was devastated to
      return from Los A[...]drawing
      blanks here, |’m

      sorry. .

      suspicious of a certain person,
      someone who has been inside his
      house and knows where the valuable
      dolls were kept.

      He also cast suspicion[...]r, who he said claimed not
      to know how to turn on the burglar
      alarm, when the sitter’s own home has
      the same kind.

      “l find it strange that the only time in a
      year that the alarm isn't set, the house
      gets burglarized," he said. "There's
      something weird going on here.”

      But Offield said he feels confident that
      his collections fame will make it
      extremely difficult to sell the hot
      Barbies in this country. He believes
      the thief will try to take them to Japan
      and says he'[...]his dolls. Even though he has no
      savings and only the black golf shirt
      on his back, he's offering a reward for
      their return.

      “I'm homeless and pen[...]ck on my feet, I'll pay
      them back, (for returning the
      Barbies)," he said. “I'm totally
      devastated by this.”

      Offield said he started the collection
      eight years ago, buying individual
      Bar[...]ions. It was
      one more chapter in his long history of
      doll-collecting, which started when he
      was 2 years old.

      ‘I was always interested in fashion,
      and Barbie the doll had some
      interesting fashions over the years,"
      he said.

      Ruth Cronk. president of the
      International Barbie Doll Collectors
      Club, said Tuesday that she‘s heard of
      no other big Barbie heists, but
      acknowledged that interest in vintage
      Barbies has skyrocketed over the past
      decade.

      At the clubs 1980 convention, fewer
      than 100 people showed up. But 600
      turned out for a recent convention,
      she said

      Cronk herself paid $2,300 for a 1965
      Barbie, an extra—expensive doll
      because her hair is parted on the side.
      Most Barbies have a middle part.

      Pam.s Breast a Function
      ofTime

      We all know women are
      God’s gr[...]hat one woman,
      Pamela Anderson Lee,
      would be such a great
      source of mathematical
      wonder and really keen
      charts and tables?

      The Ratio of Pame|a.s
      Breasts over Pamela.s
      Head vs. Time
      [Breasts_vs._Time]

      Notice that in the early
      years, Pamela was lacking
      of breasts As they grew,
      they grew quickly then
      tapered off. Then, around

      the age of 22, she had her
      first implants. Her breast
      size grew exponentially for a
      time before tapering off just
      before the present, at age
      29.

      Pamela.s Breast Size vs.
      The Amount of Silicone in
      the Earth
      Breasts_vs._Si|icone]
      Please note that there is a
      distict, direct relationship
      between Pame|a’s Breasts
      and the amount of silicone
      remaining in the Earth

      [Layers_of_the_Earth]
      [Layers_of_Pamela.s_Bre

      ast]
      Notice the similarities
      between the Earth and

      Pame|a’s Breasts.

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      KARBIE QM TH? ENTFRPRlS.f'

      ._\'
      [...]”

      Dear Vanessa,

      I refer to your article about the various changes
      to the Wollongong UniCentre (previously
      University of Wollongong Union), in the August
      ‘97 issue of the Tertangala.

      I take th view that student newspapers are forum
      for opinion, the best of which is charged with the
      rhetoric and polemic. I was therefore not going to
      respond to your article until I was reminded by
      one of your journalists that he had indicated that
      he it[...]your instruction?)
      in order to obtain and present a balanced view of
      these changes. He was somewhat concerned
      that this had not happened.

      Your opinions about the outcomes of the process
      are your prerogative. However, a large part of the
      article was devoted to the proposition that the
      Vice-Chancellor had forced a name change on
      the organisation as some sort of anti trade union
      stance. The fact is that the Board of the time, led
      by students, had supported a change of name as
      a matter of importance for the organisation. The
      reason for this is that whilst University Unions
      predated industrial unions, the latter clearly now
      “own" the name. It is not oppositional to trade
      unions to recognise that confusion over our
      actual role as a service organisation is not helpful
      to us.

      Your[...]ed to
      propagate. I point out however, that giving the
      association a legal identity (incorporation) was
      also supported as being in the best intrests of the
      members and directors of the organisation.
      Yours sincerely,

      Nigel Pennington
      General Manager

      “...a Free-Sauce
      Society...”

      To anyone who has been into the Duck Inn
      recently,

      Today I purchased a cup of chips from the Duck
      Inn; this wasn’t an ordinary cup of chips - this cup
      of chips [the paper cup encasing the chips then
      encased in a paper bag] came with a squirt of
      tomato sauce that cost ten cents. Ten fucking
      cents for a squirt of sauce! Come on!! Only a few
      weeks ago one could saunter into the Duck Inn
      and the sauce would be sitting on the counter,
      ready for students to use as they needed. At
      worst, you might have to pay five cents for it in
      the bar. Now they hide all the bottles away out of
      reach of our grubby hands, and make you pay
      ten cents for a fucking squirt. Have they identified
      sauce as a ‘cost centre’ that needs to stop
      throwing money at students, like the loans-that-
      are-no-more? No... this isn’t about the amount of
      money they were losing . How many squirts in a
      bottle of sauce? Multiply that huge number of
      squirts by ten cents, and you get a price much
      further into the land of PROFIT than the cost of
      the full bottle of sauce. BASTARDS! What's next.

      the individually packaged sauce portions that
      cost 15[...]n 25...? NOTE THAT THIS
      CHANGE HAS TAKEN PLACE AT THE SAME
      TIME AS THE UNION HAS BECOME THE
      UNICENTRE CORPORATION. Even McDona|ds
      give you free sauce, and they never claim, as
      does the Unicentre, to be a “service
      organisation". FUCK THE UNICENTRE! FUCK
      THEIR TEN CENT SAUCE SQU|RT!!!

      Ben Langford
      Free Citizens for a Free-Sauce Society

      Uh, okay #4

      TERTAN GALA,

      Don't let the monarchists destroy you like Diana!
      Moanarchists[...]g, not even their own
      clothes! Monarchists are on the nose.
      Monarchists want Australia to enter the second
      millenium and not the third millenium.
      Monarchists love Ray Martin. Mon[...].

      Don't waste your votes on Monarchists to reach
      the Republican Convention. Monarchists live in
      retire[...]crowded republics”, “unbiased royals as
      heads of state", and ‘selective unsuccessful
      republics”.

      Australia needs to aim high in the Asian
      dominated 21 st Century as a mature adult nation
      free of the colonial age of Britain! Even Princess
      Diana wanted to fleefrom the monarchy and
      watchers. Don't let Monarchists destroy
      Australia's future. Demand an Australian for head
      of state.

      Demand a new flag and a republic of Australia
      before the Olympics. Thanks.

      Charles Tabore

      Uh, okay #5

      E[...]ase,
      universities become Childminding centres for the
      rich, unions attacked out of existence for lack of
      political correctness, private schools preferred to
      public schools due to perceived literacy
      deficiencies, the environment abandoned in
      favour of profits, and women returned to the
      kitchen as family slaves, prostitutes and child
      c[...]at next? HOMOSEXUALITY, HEROIN and
      AIDS to become the sane alternative to right-
      wing oppression of the unemployed and
      students.

      Thank you,

      Mark Baker[...]konnichiwa, we've been informally introduced by
      the hilarious italiano tancredi passuello ubder the
      undue influence of alcoholic hazes due to the
      fact that that was hisashiburino drinking
      excapade. being a bit of a geek nowadays for the
      exasparating contact law.(one jap girl calls it i[...]s
      one, jason crotty. she must be frustratyed with
      the responsible position of the supervisor in
      david jones. time to devote one extract from the
      bible to tanya lorraine crotty. the supervisor

      ‘Ms. Crotty'. (from pulp fiction’s samuelle I.
      jackson’ lines modified for ms. crotty) “the great
      career life of ms. crotty is beset on all side by the
      inequity of tanya mann(according to tanya she's
      the one who fed so much drink that day.) and
      tyranny of tequila shots. Smashed is she who on
      a name of scotch & coke and screw-driver
      shepherds the japa class to the drinking
      excapade of wollongong pubs for she's truly an
      irish drunkard and finder of lost memory. she will
      strike down upon thee with[...]w she can't
      remember anything and starts to think of the
      bullshit excuses like jap politicians ‘ Not to my
      recollection."

      (original from pulp fiction)

      “ the path of the rightous man is beset on all
      sides by the inequity of the selfish and tyranny of
      a evil man. Blessed is he who on a name of
      charity and goodwill shepherds the weak to the
      vally of the darkness for he's truly his brother's
      keeper and finder of lost children. And i will strike
      down upon thee w[...]destroy
      my brothers. And you will know my name is the
      lord when i lay my vengence upon thee."

      sayonara[...]re fun with you in it.

      c/- Tertangolo
      University of wollongong 2522

      or email the editor on veb02@uouI.edu.ou
      “...a corrupt individual, a
      troglodyte, racist, sexist

      or homophobe...”

      Letter to the Editor,

      What is it about power that corrupts? Why can people
      with the most noble of intentions become sullied by
      utilitarianism? How did the SRC loose its way so early
      and so comprehensively this year? Perhaps these are
      deep questions beyond the scope of a university
      student paper, but the manor in which this year’s SCR
      has compromised its stated values of inclusion,
      respect, and accountability can at least be
      documented. The event which encapsulates the
      degeneration of this year's SRC is the way it removed
      a fellow democratically elected member from office.
      This was no ordinary removal of some recalcitrant
      trouble maker, or a corrupt individual, a troglodyte,
      racist, sexist or homophobe - no. they removed
      someone who was guilty of not being “one of us” — a
      person who did not go to the right parties, recite the
      right poetry, and hold the same passionate conviction
      that the SRC's main function is the nursery of activism
      - he was not part of the VIVA group. The dye was cast
      during the elections when some individuals from the
      group VIVA, who eventually went on to a sweeping
      victory in those elections, disapproved of the light
      hearted and iconoclastic conduct of the MORE BEER
      group. Matthew Sweeney of MORE BEER, surprising
      many, had touched a nerve in the student population
      and returned the second highest recorded vote for a
      General Representative position in the 21 seat SRC.
      But. he was an outsider, and although some members
      of the VIVA dominated SRC encouraged him to bring
      the MORE BEER agenda to the meetings for debate
      and consideration, others noses were put out of joint -
      to them “more beer" was not a student issue and
      Matthew Sweeney was persona non gratia.
      The 1997 SRC did not get off to a raging start, in fact
      VIVA could not even get a quorum together at its first
      meeting and emergen[...]was around this
      time that Sweeney was undergoing the first of many
      surgeries related to a worsening serious medical
      condition. Over the ensuing few months his health
      declined and his appearance was that of a person of ill
      health having lost 30 kg in weight. The medications he
      was prescribed were equally as undesirable, one of the
      side effects being a statistical 1% chance of sudden
      death during the SRC's term, caused by soft tissue
      rupture and int[...]e
      continued to care for his three children (under the age
      of four years) and to work on his PhD. studies as a full
      time student. Over all of this was the blanket opiate
      analgesics markedly slowing work r[...]these were not enough and he was unable to attend the
      university at all for extended periods Contrasted with
      the commitments of other SRC unmarried members
      attending university at a part—time rate, Sweeney had a
      lot on his plate.
      Boo—hoo, so what’? Plenty of people have problems
      and they get by. And so it w[...]thing that he did not do. He did not apologise
      to the SRC for missing those monthly meetings - it is
      the rules you know - miss two months of meetings with
      out an apology and permission and you are out, baby
      (Clause 39g) - that is unless you are one of VIVA. The
      rational for this strategy is that the SRC needs doers,
      not idle baggage - such a fact is obviously true, but the
      question must be asked, was Sweeney baggage or just
      booted. The following review of events and a profile of
      Matthew Sweeney would seem to confirm the later.
      February - like body language, sometimes the smallest
      thing can indicate so much. The photographs of the
      1997 SRC where posted on an SRC display board.
      Sweeney was positioned at the far bottom right hand
      corner. It could quite easily have been pure chance.
      March — the said picture (nobody e|se’s!) was removed
      completely from the board — its original positioning was
      indeed, dr[...]wrote an extended and well
      researched article for the Tertangaia The subject was,
      unsurprisingly given his election campaign. the barious
      state of the University bar and the feckiess
      management of it. and the Union as a whole The
      article was also in response to a puff piece about the
      bar that appeared in a previous Tertangaia. Sweeney
      had miss-calculated and did not appreciate the “special
      cosy relationship” that existed between the SRC and
      the Union. Unfetted criticism of the master (Union) by
      the servant (SRC) would be a foolish step if privilege
      was to be retained Sweeney’s article. full of detailed
      cost/benefit analysis, pointed an accusing finger at the
      bar and Union management for squandering hundreds
      of thousands of dollars of the students money. it was
      submitted to, but not printed by the Tertangaia editors -
      it will never see the light of day.

      April 18 - SRC president Carol Berry sent a letter to
      Sweeney threatening “...formaI constitutional power to
      remove you from the SRC because you have missed
      [two months of] SRC meetings without giving formal
      apologies.“[...]le to discuss your future relationship (sic) with
      the SRC". This he did. At that meeting he informed
      Berry that he was unaware of the apologies rules and
      would comply in future. Better than that, he would
      definitely be at the next SRC meeting on May 6. He
      also stated to her that he had indeed prepared some
      proposals to put to the SRC and took some Notice of
      Motion forms to continue with the issues on which he
      had been elected. As gesture of good will he took an
      immediate action to indicate his commitment to the
      SRC, taking (SRC) posters and completing a poster run
      that very day. This was in spite of crippling destruction
      of his hip joints associated with his medical condition.
      May 6 - Sweeney was absent without apology from the
      SRC meeting Without, further ado, he was removed
      from the SRC by the meeting under section 39g of the
      constitution. Carol Berry, in spite of her previous
      discussions with Sweeney voted, as she later put it.
      “...for the constitution". What could she have been
      thinking of - certainly she was not thinking that there
      might have been a problem and that before final
      application of section 399, the SRC should ask
      Sweeney to “show cause". Even the University
      Administration extends the small “show cause"
      courtesy to failing students.

      May 8 - At 8:30 am Sweeney arrived at the SRC office
      to ask what time the meeting was to commence. An
      SRC member, Penny xx[...]nd informed him
      that he had inadvertently come on the wrong day,
      Thursday instead of the previous Tuesday and that he
      had been duly removed from the SRC by SRC. Later
      that day Sweeney confronted Car[...]his deep disappointment with her actions and
      that of the SRC. Although he did not swear at, verbally
      abuse[...]quite
      unprofessional and appeared to be one born of
      embarrassment. She said “You didn't turn—up,[...]off Matti". She then walked away red
      and shaken.

      A few days later, when Sweeney attempted to lodge a[...]oval under 39g, he found that there
      was not right of appeal. No right of appeal! Surely it
      was a flaw in the constitution that had not previously
      been encountered. Right of appeal is absolutely
      fundamental to all democratic institutions and the
      pursuit of natural justice. To her credit Berry agreed, at
      the time, and a motion would to be put to the SRC at its
      next meeting (June 2) to rescind Sweeney’s removal
      and immediately reapply his removal under the equally
      applicable section xx. This section did have an avenue
      of right of appeal related to it. Interestingly, both Carol
      and the permanent SRC secretary (Pam, whose
      integrity is well respected and is unquestioned here)
      made a mistake and informed Sweeney that that
      meeting was on a Tuesday. Sweeney later questioned
      this and it was agreed, after consulting a calendar, that
      June 2 was in fact, a Monday. Mistakes happen.

      June 2 - And so to the darkest hour of the 1997 SRC.
      The SRC (and Berry) voted overwhelmingly against the
      motion that would have allowed Sweeney the right of
      appeal. The anatomy of this vote needs no
      embellishment. It is its own executioner. A student

      representative, democratically elected by a strong vote
      was sacked without right of appeal. The election votes
      of ordinary students were not of any consequence to
      the VIVA controlled SRC. The Breathtaking arrogance
      of these people was displayed in one fell swoop and
      natural justice died on the vine. The VIVA controlled
      SRC could not bring there blackened hearts to give
      swift justice to Sweeney. However, in the interests of
      balance and probity, it must be said that the SRC did
      vote to convene a special general meeting to amend
      the constitution to give retrospective right of appeal to
      39g. Their move was however, a disingenuous gesture
      because the rules governing notice of motion and the
      run of meeting dates, meant that the process that they
      voted for was going to have stretched out nearly to the
      next election, thus effectively keeping Sweeney o[...]anted him.

      It IS difficult to fathom exactly how the minds of the
      neophyte politicians in the SRC operate. It is too cliche
      to say that they st[...]rrupted by political necessities in their pursuit of their
      original objectives. The SRC had nothing to fear from
      MORE BEER's Matthew[...]actual and
      stated objectives were (and still are) the promotion of
      student social and professional life. His proven[...]matters is quite public. in his capacities within
      the Chemical Society he has brought together students[...]honours courses for nearly all students that join the
      society. Further he has been successful in attracting
      thousands of dollars in sponsorship from organisations
      and corporate Australia for the Chemistry Society. This
      year he was part of the committee that instigated the
      new Science Alumni (University of Wollongong) which
      now addresses the needs of students after graduation.
      Together these achievements indicate that Sweeney is
      perfectly suited to a SRC position looking after student
      interests. Oddly, the VIVA dominated SRC does not
      agree.

      What is it about power that corrupts? Why can people
      with the most noble of intentions become sullied by
      utilitarianism? How did the SRC loose its way so early
      and so comprehensively this year?

      The following is a public statement by Matthew

      Sweeney on his removal from The 1997 SRC.

      I would have liked to continue with work I started for the
      students of this university in the capacity of General
      Representative (SRC), but this is now not[...]s:

      It has been conveyed to me by current members of the
      SRC that any appeal has absolutely no chance of
      success

      I feel hurt and grubbied by the shabby way in which I
      was treated by VIVA and have no personal wish to be
      associated with people of such low ethics or moral
      standing. Further, their[...]ommitments, I have
      applied for and received leave of absence for (at least)
      the second semester of 1997
      The article “The Black Heart of the SRC” is sure to
      attract a response from VIVA or its members. The
      strength of they denials will be a measure of their guilt
      I naively hope that there will be a unqualified apology
      from them indicating that they have at least a spark of
      decency left in them. But, I am really ready for a tirade
      of abuse and to hear the ravings of activists attempting
      to defend the indefensible.

      Be what may, I am considering running for election for
      the 1998 SRC (contingent on my health). I would like
      to here from any students who would like to join a group
      that will put real student issues be[...]
      Rootin’ Tootin’ Baakpackinfl

      SCORING a quick root on an
      overseas trip away with the
      boys has long been one of
      Australia's many fine
      traditions, but recent surveys
      have shown that perhaps not
      all of us are being quite as
      sensible about it as we
      should.

      We all love a holiday. Sun,
      sights, surf, sex. There's nothing[...]it all.
      But you could be carrying
      more than just a suitcase.
      According to Liz Millen,
      Manager of Family Planning
      NSW's Education Programs,
      HIV pre[...]don't want to bring

      your partner back that kind
      of souvenir. There's other
      nasties out there too. STD‘s
      certainly aren't racist.

      A survey released by Family
      Planning NSW revealed:

      0 48% of male backpackers
      consider it likely or very likel[...]have sex with
      someone they had just met,
      but 13% of these men did not
      intend to take condoms with
      them.

      - Overall,94% of men said
      they planned to use
      condoms if they had[...]intend to take
      condoms with them.

      0 Only 1 in 4 of the men
      would be travelling with their
      regular partner.

      o Over 60% of male
      backpackers plan to be
      away for more than 6
      months.

      0 56% of the men plan to
      spend time in South East Asia.

      0 48% of the men wanted
      more information on safer
      sex.

      0 72% of men thought
      backpacker services (such as
      hostels) should provide
      information on HIV and STDs.

      o 17% of male backpackers
      claimed never to have had
      educat[...]have
      had their heads stuck up their
      own bums for the last ten
      years.)

      Lucy Loona’s

      Starla!

      Libra[...]netrable problem
      will clear up under moonlight on the 17th.
      Before that paper could be an issue, as you[...]urself searching for that all-
      important receipt. A plastic person will
      approach you in a shop. and you will be
      surprised by their belly bu[...]g on your door. If you open it. . . (it
      will take a month or two for you to decide...
      stay tuned) Also there will be a winged
      visitor, and a strange co-incidence,that
      some would call destiny.

      Scorpio (for those born between the 24th of
      October and the 22nd of November).

      This month do not open anything with your
      teeth, as Pluto moving through your house
      of misfortune warns against premature
      palsies from a[...]reat happiness,
      or you could find yourself under the wheels
      of a moving vehicle. What you will have
      learnt by monthOs end can begin a new
      cycle of growth in many areas if you are
      prepared to take the risk. What you have
      been successful in recently w[...]me time yet.

      Sagittarius (for those born between the 23rd
      of November and the 21st December).

      The common or garden variety love that
      seems to have[...]denly mid-month. Those born in
      November have more of a chance of it
      improving, but for later Sagittarians not only
      will things deteriorate in that department.
      but the kitchen will become unruly, and the
      small patch of sun you had been enjoying
      career-wise will dry up[...]u in
      better stead for future activities, and lots of
      fun and games are coming your way...

      Capricorn (for those born between the 22nd
      December and the 20th January).

      If you can ever see your life in terms of
      peaks and troughs, then imagine yourself
      standing on a peak looking into a trough.
      Although there is another peak on the
      other side of the trough, the peak you stand
      on - with all its sunshine and glo[...]ferable to that nasty dark looking
      trough. Around the full moon you will
      actually have a choice of plunging into the
      trough or staying precariously on the peak.
      Although the trough will be dark and smelly

      and difficult you will come out again, and
      the danger with staying on the peak is that

      the fast flowing river to the west is eroding it

      as we speak...

      Aquarius (for those born between the 21st
      January and the 21 February).

      Caffeine will see you through the first half of
      the month, but then it will be _time to tidy up

      after the spree of quick deéffins ou
      made. The full moon will cause ,
      sleeplessness and a strange urge to howl. '
      Avoid olives, bitter love[...]person you
      thought was so passionatelyrypurs for the
      taking turns out to have other%ans...Fret
      not, be[...]ar and wide, and
      you will find yourself sampling a new life-
      style with an eye to altering yd,ur.qwn.

      Some good omen reaches ou on the 12th.

      and you have a lucky day We 221th. '

      ~51” ‘Va?
      Pisces (for those born betweVa1’i the 22nd
      February and the 20th March).
      Your self— control will be called[...]pe more,
      difficult than necessary Perslstence is the
      name of the game as far as that project or
      venture is concerned. You rfiayjeel lilge an
      ant or a bee. The obstac|e§’yQlll_‘b'§§i one
      larger then life cabbage; on enorrfious
      flower, and a series of loops w‘ ‘M v
      monthOs end you will be e '
      you[...]Aries (for those born betwe
      March, and the 20th April.)

      month) with care. What e ‘_
      have[...]s on thos

      Elopement with someone ’ ‘
      through the internet could am

      of a life-time but - more likel - it will ed in 3

      tea[...].
      stream.

      Taurus (for those born betw
      April and the 21st May).
      Your pride had been lacer
      a rather spectacular scab. ‘
      again if you pick at[...]. .., . some time to breat
      , -_-_.y_ou. Smite at the peopl

      ' ‘ Fm f.|_1ttrnes as Venus rises and b
      __’,__' h'or’n from two years ago fi a

      u ; ~ Leo (for those born between ~ .—
      K‘ ‘- ;-and‘tt1e'23rd'A‘Dgust)._
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      tions. The difficulties you -.-—— .
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      b" 't people will notice you if ‘c r a
      cardigan,and that you are a ,, rs lnherit
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      as you keep being un *~-: table and
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      the west of your bed—head.

      .94:[...]s are young,
      with close to two-thirds being
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      o Backpackers are well
      educated, with over two-
      thirds holding a graduate or
      post—graduate degree.

      Oddly there are no statistics
      available[...]and
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      them.

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      Daily Tertangala

      The journal o f the University o f Wollongong Students' Associ[...]
      [...]8Z W 70& S & !

      r fc t v e a tw ie b it t

      i

      Well, the Plastic edition of the Tertangala is the broadcast m edia has boiled the blood of workers, even small business owners (rem em
      now out on the streets,after close to 20 million citizens already suspicious th a t their "repre ber Jeff Prosser, an one?) have gained NOTH
      catastrophes including the fatal system errors sentatives" in the corridors of pow er treat ING through the efforts of this government. In
      of two computers and the editor's brain, them with contem pt. At this stage of the fe d fact, in th a t above list, most of these groups
      stress, angst and resentment all r[...]nes have been penalised - and for what? For the
      the painful realisation that sometimes even[...]s worth remember status they hold. Now that's a governm ent for
      though you know what's going on, that's not ing how plastic the pre-election promise can all of us, isn't it? Fake was the promise of
      enough to keep you in control.[...]ties,
      I write this from Melbourne, having spent the not a noun, means "m alleable, fluid" - this, at fake was the promise of a safe environm ent in
      past couple of days in this beautiful city in the least to this writer, carries the implication of which to live, fake was the promise th a t work
      not particularly beautiful environment which responsiveness, which is, after all, a not nec ers would be "better off"... fake, indeed, as
      is one of the other hats on my very crow ded essarily b ad thing. When I declare this gov the travel rorts scandal has proven, was th e
      head; as a member of the NUS National ernm ent to be Plastic, however, it is not promise that the government would be inter
      Executive, at its final meeting for the year. In a because of this definition - to be a responsive ested in anything beyond their own narrow
      forum which does not bear the restraint of government would not have been one which personal interests. I could be wrong; th a t
      age (nor maturity?), nor the scrutiny of the atta cke d an actually expanding higher[...]ares w h at these cation sector. To be a responsive government made.
      government-runners and party honchos of would have been to apologize to indigenous - Van Badham
      tomorrow are doing today?) the plastic Australians, given the horror which overcam e
      nature of human politics reveals itself in all its the entire nation when the Stolen Children This edition really and truly w ould n o t h a v e
      dubious glory. Over the past few days we report was finally released. To be responsive been possible if n o t for the le gend ary effo rts
      have had the treat of textbook-case plastici would to have a ministerial co d e of co nd uct o f Stuart Hatter, Harrison J. C h a d d , a n d
      ties dem onstrated in these forms; personal which, lauded by the people, was actually Warren "W om py" W heeler a n d D a m ie n
      moralities suppressed by a binding caucus followed. This kind of plasticity, th a t which Cahill, all putting in those freakish 1[...]ion; "ideologies" crum applies to satisfying the dem ands of the citi perform ances to g e t this b e le a g u re d b a b y
      bling before self-interest and careerism; po[...]you have been elected to govern, o ff the ground. Thanks also to Mikey, M ez a n d
      ical debate replaced with personal attack. despite the ideological position you or you Ben. Thanks to Mum n ' Dad n ' N anna, e v e ry
      This, of course, alternates betw een experi par[...]nvolved in Undiscovered C ountry (e s p e
      ences of selfless accountability, attention to am[...]d his fel cially C apalupo), Graham (for the lift), J u lia n a
      duty, some excellent social understanding,[...]they Dickinson (for everything, as usual), D a in a
      visionary action and even,once or tw ice, th a t are, and I use this term to describe John[...]ul sensation Howard's government because of the defini support) everyone who restrained them selves
      of political solidarity. tion attributed to the adjective from the from strangling m e over the p a st m o n th (I
      More than anything, it is th a t m om ent of soli noun: plastic as a substance that substitutes know w hat you've[...]ugh; I'v e
      darity which unsettles my heart, for the for the real thing. Plastic meaning fake. Fake thought it myself m any times), NUS a n d a ll its
      National Union of Students is - notoriously - a was the promise that they were going to be a lovely hacks. Let's hope the m ystery is n 't
      highly factionalised organisation, its groupings governm ent "for all of us", because indigi- ruined a nd w e're still a family when sum m er's
      defined by explicit party[...]ical com neous people, women, students, the unem over. Special Thanks: Elizabeth M artin a n d Tim
      mitments. This, as you can imagine, provokes ployed, pensioners, artists, the sick, parents, Cahill, the wonderful work experience kids. I
      a tribal atmosphere within its forums - t-shirts,[...]un - 1hope you did...
      chants, banners and flags, the whole bit. By unfairly dismissed, people formerly em ployed
      this point in the year, however, a lot of the tra as public servants, university staff or[...]ugh familiarity we have dis
      covered some strands of com m on experi
      ence anc (egad!) of friendship. When fhe
      m eeting is over, we'll all go out for drinks - girls
      and boys from the left and right (never the
      extreme of either side though, funnily
      enough) sit down together, d a n c e to the
      Spice Girls (as a joke, okay?), play pinball and
      look and talk and a c t like real students. Yet as
      we travel towards the end of the year, the
      tim e when Decisions G et M ade, a horrid sus
      picion undermines our social interaction; will
      you knive me, friend, when the numbers fall,
      and that plastic allure of "pow er" shines on all
      of us? Are political hearts m ade of plastic?
      It is an unusual and upsetting suspicion to
      have.

      You will notice that the political com m ent of
      this Tertangala bears a much greater acidity
      than its traditional gentle poison. There is
      go o d reason for this; the nasty political envi
      ronm ent in which the writers and compilers of
      the paper live is one which, understandably,
      provokes nasty responses. The "travel rorts"
      scandal of federal parliament which broke
      just as the p ap er was being com ple te d is an
      excellent exam ple of this; waves of revela
      tions, confessions and sackings br[...]
      The cast of Plas-Tert

      P U B L IS H in G C A P T A in G RAPH IC[...]IMER within the confines of the law. If you don't like too, that the opinions contained within this
      the bits we have printed, you reserve the right publication are those of the authors, and not
      and to get 1.) your own copy and 2.) a big pair of[...]necessarily those of the Editor, Students'
      WARNING scissors and snip them all out. On the other Representative Council nor even the Students'
      hand, you can take your copy home in a paper Association of the University of Wollongong.
      The Tertangala, being part of the honourable bag and, at your own discretion, whip it out and
      tradition of student newspapers in Australia have a good chuckle at what sociologists refer The paper is printed at Marrickville
      functioning as[...]Newspapers - 02 9519 1022.
      reserves the right to print naughty pictures and to as "undergraduate h[...]ooses - Please bear in mind that each copy of the The Editor would like to, in closing, follow the
      Tertangala comes under the scrutiny of SRC Matt Groening tradition of pledging allegiance[...]President, Carol Berry, who acts as publisher of to Frank Zappa, and the nation of maniacs for[...]
      here's a new McCrap store being built at[...]to
      erect one of the evil units - so much of the
      process has b[...]managed to upset the surrounding store[...]ry
      limited in the area, and M cD onald's
      organised to remove even more of it to make sure there was
      access to its Drive-T[...]es, already
      contending with losing customers to the Multinational, are now
      finding there are less p[...]June 16th, judgement was finally
      handed down in the McLibel case. Helen Steel and Dave Morris,
      penn[...]s sued by McDonald's, were at last able to hear
      the result of their years of hard work. While McDonald's had
      spent somewhere[...]million pounds on lawyers
      and litigation costs, the pair managed to raise just over
      In other areas the judge found against the defendants, who o f a shortage o f other prospects, o r lack o f am bition.
      argue the reasons he reached these conclusions was because It's not all grim news, however. On the night of Friday, June
      of petulant legalese rather than the fact they were actually 20th, 1997, the elected house of Bermuda voted 22 to 13 to ban
      wrong. For instanc[...]were fast - food restaurants from the island colony. Great
      not responsible for rainfor[...]grandmother Phyllis Harron, 83, an instigator of an anti-
      room for an interpretation of facts which states that as a flagship M cDonald's petition, stated: " It is not Bermudian. McDonald's

      for the culture of the hamburger, they do in fact retain a degree cheapens wherever it goes."
      of culpability for poorer third world nations who tr[...]It's worth noting that Bermuda is also free of billboards and neon

      the affluence and lifestyles of their richer neighbours. If this signs.

      means knocking over a few acres of pristine forest in the name -Simon Luckhurst
      of keeping up with the Joneses, then who's to argue - except

      for a couple of penniless activists in London.

      This is not to[...]aspiring to affluence, but rather questioning the value of their

      adopting the more negative aspects of modern Western culture

      - instant gratification, for example, and the "its better if it's sterile

      and wrapped in plastic and doesn't taste of anything strong

      enough to give it an actual identifying flavour other than the

      sauce or condiments which accompany it" mental[...]al/social shifts - but they are in many instances the

      vanguard- witness their forays into Moscow and Beijing- in

      essence saying, relax, the cavalry is here - this is the finest fruit

      of Western Civilisation - two all beef patties on a sesame seed

      bun etc etc. Yeah, it looks and tastes like plastic, but it's the

      nadir of our gastronomic evolution.

      Speaking of cultural imperialism, for some reason your

      correspondent found himself at the opening of the 25th "Lone

      Star" restaurant in Australia. There are planned to be 34 here by

      the end of the year. Yes, there is now a little piece of Texas in

      the heart of Chullora, up to and including half-hourly line-

      dancing. Yee ha. The food was predictable (hey, it was free) but

      I found myself not so much questioning a need to import culture

      (and I use the word very loosely) but why there was no home

      g[...]heap and clean

      kangaroo and emu burgers, slabs of damper, and mugs of hot

      tea to wash down your Magic Pudding3?

      But I digress.

      McDonald's have been so frightened by the bad

      publicity ensuing from the McLibel case

      they are not bothering to collect " as if M c D o n a l d 's

      remdamaN9:s" `
      The Politics o* Plastic Politics:
      ` Rtyli'eaandSimulacra

      in an Age of Artificial Reproduction

      Everywhere, plastic...[...]tim e" , because it tastes like the last time. The
      made from plastic right now, you can proudly words coming out of his mouth, moulded[...]together to produce a certain effect,
      consider yourself one of a select few. To write[...]the extreme short term,
      this article I am pressing m[...]they almost seem to
      pieces of plastic that are connected to a[...]as are

      innumerable other objects around

      me, the bag I am eating nuts

      from... Most food, even a lot of

      "fresh" produce is sold as units

      with a plastic shell. Coke

      have changed their bottles[...]However this tactic of

      to plastic - perhaps glass[...]
      \

      A politician may visit a local cheese factory and meet some was[...]in fact they had no more substance than
      workers; the media will come along to see the politician do so. plastic wrapping. The words, however, made their way into the
      However, the battery farm has been slipped in front of the egg public discourse, and like plastic wrapping making its way into
      - the media are supposedly there to cover the story, but there the ocean, may have caused people to believe them, to believe
      would not be any story - the politician would not be there - if the that Vanstone's government really aren't slashing the equity of
      media weren't going to be present, and the media wouldn't be education access.
      there if the politician wasn't, but because they will, they are... An
      unholy, circular, fake alliance is formed; the media and the Vanstone faxed us a press release on shiny paper on 26 August
      politicians help each other out, give each other a reason to be, in which she attempted to bag the A L P shadow minister for
      but none of it's real or organic - and all o f it will appear on the education & youth affairs, Mark Latham, about c[...]made that sounded like they were defending the TER system in
      there will be media there to `cover it' has been coined a " pseudo the face o f the N S W government downgrading it. She had
      event" - like the hair that a politician will wear to such a pseudo "some advice for him" , `telling Latham[...]portunities for further study, not ration them" . The[...]press release continued to `state' that "the TER creates bias on
      Diana is dead, they tell us. It seems that this is a Big Deal, class and regional lines" . With the equity-reducing cuts to
      important News, as evidenced by the fact that all media you look education fund[...]does she have to make such statements from other
      the reason that it is a Big Deal is that Diana is a Big Deal - the than the shiny paper the words are on and the T V screen you'll
      stuff in the car in the tunnel is important and worthy o f much hear about it on? None, but that's all she needs - as long as the
      media coverage because Diana has been getting much media words get out there they'll have a chance of polluting the
      coverage. She is [as opposed to was, because it is her image on political environment, of causing real damage, when their
      a screen, not her corporeal self, that has always been the benefit could only be false The same press release continued to
      important thing, and there are plenty of such images stored on include the words: "There are many people who can be
      computers and photo files] a true Celebrity, famous for being systematically disadvantaged. The Mt. Druitt High students who
      famous. The media haven't lost a powerful ally as much as rolled gained prominence earlier this [sic] are good examples." A t no
      her over for a lump sum - watch the Special Edition and stage did she say she gave a fuck about such systematic
      memorabilia-containin[...]hat she wasn't bringing about exactly that with
      of us to tell if any o f it is actually real, indeed if Diana ever her own policies, but the plastic words on the pseudo-event's
      existed in the flesh at all, you can really choose whether to ta[...]t appear so. Closer examination reveals
      part in the circus or whether to treat it as one would a plastic that those aren't weatherboards at a[...]ted plastic
      bubble containing snow falling over a Mercedes wreck. Th e big moulded into the shape o f wood grains. However, a five-second
      question isn't whether her death was a hoax, but if Diana was sound bite on the news that night allows her to throw the
      ever a human being at all, ever anything m ore than a pseudo McDonalds wrapping out of her speeding car, and maybe even
      event. To imagine the most real she could ever have been, we convince someone that it was a good thing she did so, as she
      arrive at not very - she is at once both the image - the simulation was cleaning up the car's interior.
      - and the `original' - the referent from which the image might - Ben Langford
      once have been taken. An author called Baudrillard calls this the
      simulacrum. Maybe Diana's dead; in the only forum within a plastic is the
      which I ever `saw' her [if an image can have a gender], she
      seems more aJive than ever. [Apolo[...]y existed, or even felt something other than fear of the
      media onslaught upon hearing the news. I am sorry for you.]

      However, plastic is real; it is the physical embodiment of the
      fake. You can feel it in your hands, in your th[...]damage. Plastic is dangerous; it is produced out of
      the drilling of the earth's crust to obtain [limited] fossil fuels,[...]pollution]. Most purchase-units com e wrapped in the stuff, and
      it doesn't go away, it hangs around,[...]and polluting
      and suffocating. When it's burnt, the vapours are toxic. Plastic is
      manufactured with the short term almost exclusively in mind; a
      key aspect of the plastic phenomena is disposability. It came
      fro[...]your food unit and throw it away -
      gone. Sure. A bushwalk along a path marked by Pepsi bottles or
      the sight of an animal strangled by a sixpack holder might cause
      a rethink here. Even in the near future, its `disposability' is
      extremely d[...]education funding aren't cuts at all,
      but rather a "cap" against further increases in funding: no-on[...]ced by universities -
      constantly rising, how can a "cap against forward estimates" ,
      which is what[...]g changes o ff as,
      amount to anything other than a cut? Vanstone generated these
      sentences' because she could include the words "not cuts" in
      them, with scant regard for[...], they were disposable words, babbled
      to get out of a tough situation or to appear as though a stance
      [...]ionally, in Europe, when extreme position of allowing, even So[...]condoning, cosmetic enhancement of the have shifted.
      O[...]Now everyone wants to be young.
      a new office block, they come Plastic surger[...]If you're going bald there are a number o f
      across a graveyard hundreds twentieth century "ad[...]lable to you, besides accepting it
      of years old. Crumbling bones microwave ovens[...]changing You can have strips of hair covered skin
      briefly into the light, the faces o f master spies, but the result of removed from the rear of your head and[...]placed forward. You can have the bald area
      examined, and usually the gross deformities derived on the surgically removed, with the remaining hairy
      battlefield to enhance the quality o f life of skin stretched tightly over the hole. Both
      replaced somewhere. the survivors. Obviously injuries are not[...]hair loss continue, as scars may be
      Now picture the scene 200 years hence. "1 procedures beg[...]revealed, or you may be left with a "island"
      to improve the circumstances o f everyday of hair prominent on the top of your
      think this is a male skeleton is from 1996" accident victi[...]deformities, but then, as the rich and methods include transplants, either in
      says the leading archaeologist. "How can you powerful stumbled across them, just on a bunches or, more expensively, thousands of[...]r much impressed We're beginning to see the genesis o f the Faces, o f course, are a hotbed of cosmetic[...]surgery, for both males and females. The
      assistant. "Have you some new and novel Smith and Dolly Parton to name a few. original face lift removes skin near the hair[...]line allowing wrinkles and sags to be pulled
      way of determining sex and the date people Madonna or David Bowie, in espousing the taught as the incision is stitched back up.
      nature of the chameleon, goes beyond mere[...]gmented with
      were buried?" "Not at all," replies the first. "I changes in costume and haircut? When w[...]the rich and incontrovertibly insane go[...]ears; lips are bloated (also known as
      just read the date on the pectoral implants." beyond make-up and begin[...]themselves under the surgeon's blade, raised or lowered like flags in a busy parade
      That's right, thousands of exhumed burial aiming for something trul[...]sells a few records or lands them another[...]shards o f medical movie role, it can be only a matter o f time love me if[...]before the director's cry o f "Makeup!" is eyelids...")
      plastic and silicon, extant long after the last[...]replaced by one of "Medical!" money and had the paintwork on the car
      bones have dissolved back into the dirt that "Here's Val Kilmer, fres[...]operation for the "Creature from do the same to your face? Phenol
      formed them. "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, the Black Lagoon" remake." trich[...]y to chemical peels which have the effect of
      and, er. maybe we could recycle the rest." "improve" how they look basically sucking the skin off your skull.
      allows the presumption Beauty is pain, rememb[...]Liposuction, too, is here to meet the needs o f[...]can be sucked
      using second-hand parts." You tick the Smooth is better than from all areas of the body, but[...]wrinkled. Thin is predominantly the areas it is removed from
      option box in the organ donor cards. "I'd like better than flab. are the stomach and buttocks. Imagine[...]n your chubby tummy and
      my breast enhancing bags of saline to go to skin - but only on inserting the business end of an industrial
      the head, in fact, strength suction device.
      Cou[...]it's the opposite Breasts can be inflated or deflate[...]past, it was the for before and after shots o f Pamela
      "Yes, he's dead, but who has custody of[...]who were leak, are implicated in a host o f medical
      the penile implants?"[...], who conditions, and are associated with a degree[...]aspired o f discomfort, but they're one way of
      It's avaricious, liligatious, possibly the result to be. They held ensuring you find and keep the person o f
      the wisdom of your dreams. Lucky you're not trying to
      of yet more of the American lifestyle thrust[...]dge, and possible now to avoid hours in the gym, or
      probably about to had the final say the potentials o f anabolic steroids, with the[...]o f law. It doesn't stop there, of course. Penises[...](Penii?) can also be made larger with the
      have we come[...]addition o f body fat from other areas o f the[...]body and a bit of deft nipping and tucking.
      to this[...]implants a year performed in the States, and
      point,[...]a few Mercedes and condos in Beverley Hills.
      the[...]A wonderful birthday present for the woman[...]of your dreams: "I have something here for[...]
      [...]She runs the London-based Cosmetic Surgery Network, designed t[...]surgery really frightening. Not only because 1am a big
      pansy who is pain-phobic, but because o f the whole idea o f hating Potted risks & problems
      yourself enough Lo go under the knife, to allow someone to slice you c 1/30,000 operations for cosmetic surgery end in death. A t least 4
      open, to extract parts o f your body,[...]into other parts women to date have died as a result of liposuction. While these may
      of you, to have your fat cells vacuumed away, to all[...]t you at immense risk o f death, not a necessity. You won't die if you don't have it, bu[...]you do.
      wrong, and that you will have a better life seems to me to be the
      [...]ostels. He was currently serving as convene a meeting of all Aboriginal people's
      a Liaison Officer with a NSW Select Committee Eiders over the age of fifty-five. His aim in doing
      elastic, malleable, ductile (n o t the `p la stic' o f investigating Aboriginal land rights legislation so was to highlight the average life expectancy[...]had recently sought Party preselection for of Aboriginal people which is fifty-five (twenty
      a superficial generation o r a disposable bag) the Australian Senate. However, he is best years less than the average general Australian[...]life expectancy). Burnum Burnum will be most
      On the 18th of August a great Aboriginal rights enchanting and en[...]commonly remembered for having claimed the
      activist passed into his Dreaming. Burnum[...]ustralia, lecturing British nation on behalf of the Aboriginal people.
      Burnum (1936 - 1997) is sadly missed and upon the virtues of a lasting reconciliation of During the (leady intoxication of the bicentennial
      fondly remembered by his family, his people and Aboriginal people's issues and upon the of Invasion Day (1988); he travelled to England,
      by[...]nal people's Dreaming. In doing so, he to the white cliffs of Dover, and erected the
      reputation as an Aboriginal rights activist is[...]re an Aboriginal nation's flag for all the world to take
      controversial and he has been accused of being valuable insights into Aboriginal people's make note. The international community
      too conservative and too[...]listened as well, as Burnum Burnum declared
      of the substantial evidence, those accusations I had the privilege of meeting Burnum Burnum that he wished no harm to the natives of Britain,
      are grossly unfair and unreasonable, and have two years ago at a South Coast Environment but rather, that he sought a new start (a
      probably resulted from any number of narrow Day in Gerroa. I still vividly possess the lingering `Komparoo') to Aboriginal / Anglo rela[...]tic ideologies. sensation of enchantment which I received from In his lifetime, Burnum Burnum strengthened the
      Burnum Burnum was born beneath a sacred him that day. Burnum Burnum had magnificent lives of his people and countless other
      tree upon the banks of Wallaga Lake, on NSW's eyes and beautif[...]eard. Upon individuals from as many walks of life. His
      south coast. His mother died shortly a[...]mmediately reluctant and endearing style of leadership
      birth. He was taken from his people, when only taken by the depth of caring human character enchanted the life of anyone whom noticed him
      three months of age, to a mission in Bomaderry. which he extended t[...]Dreaming,
      From there, Burnum Burnum was sent to a somehow aware of an incredible range of Burnum Burnum has left us with a lasting legacy
      `reform school' and went on to become one of courage and reluctance, happiness and of an unique leadership style, which achieved
      the first Aboriginal people to matriculate and[...]in harmony within Bumum Burnum's life. His the reconciliation process of Aboriginal people's
      three years (before leaving,[...]num has subtly
      become an Englishman) and entered the Public we exchanged deep and meaningfu[...]demonstrated to each any every Australian, a
      Service. `Burnum Burnum', also the name of his of the weather, the surf, dolphins and my new path that is ours for the walking. Let's walk that
      grandfather, means `Gre[...]path together.
      Burnum Burnum was well ahead of his times. He another.[...]- Andy Cochran
      successfully campaigned for the removal of the Bunum Bunum's most recent project was to[...]criminatory Aboriginal Welfare Act
      and served as the Deputy General Manager of

      " I am a stolen child and quite frankly I am sick and[...]M M H i
      tired of the first people o f this country always coming[...]" Of course we treated Aboriginals very, very badly in the
      last." p a s t... but to tell children whose parents were no[...]that maltreatment... that we're all part of a sort o f racist,
      Shirley Lomas, telling her story at to the National Inquiry into the
      Separation of Aboriginal and Torres-Strait-lslander Children.[...]The Prime Minister, John Howard[...]
      [...]T ia t im

      The Tertangala was saddened, shocked and m ildly horrified to receive this e-mail
      posting from America the other day. As our country publicly and m essily attempts to
      come to terms with the consequences of our brutal, racist past, other nations are
      becom[...]cist present. This posting is, as it states, part of a
      broader international campaign to boycott the 2000 O lym pics because of the
      government of this nation's failure to adequately address recon[...]ople. It is being co-ordinated by Lorenzo Ervin,
      the American civil rights activist, who was imprisoned and deported by the Australian
      government when he brought a speaking tour to Queensland in July. The header o f the
      email bore the addresses of civil rights organisations and individuals across the globe
      - and it is this hideous picture of our nation with w hich we m ust now contend.

      i[...]-i----
      'S o y c o t t ^ R a c is t / A u s t r a lia .'[...]n s 2000?
      In 1993, after fierce bidding, the year 2000 Olympic Games officer and resis[...]ist cops
      were awarded to AUSTRALIA over China by the from despoiling Abo[...]
      [...]promotion

      Make uni life easier withl,ave mofeu!a n $ 400.00cffthe already discounted pricin[...]
      The sweetest sight that e'er I've seen[...]t hanging there...
      and the way she copes with mucous flows,
      a right royal finger right up royal nose.

      - A Poem by John Howard[...]- The Queen

      If a picture does indeed equate to a thousand words then Australia Policy and the Ku Klux Klan. Now it's legitimising for Labour.
      this column could possibly be expressed in a single racism, all dutifully claimed as the right to Freedom of 7. A clampdown on Student Protesters a la anti-Vietnam
      cartoon, a caricature of John Howard as Mr Peabody, a Speech. Urn, that doesn't seem to include Gerry Adams, Protests. At the sit-in at UTS earlier this year the dog
      disbelieving nation as Sherman, and a raft of policies, the leader of a political party in Ireland which happens to[...], Martin Bryant didn't even
      indecisions and lack of commitment to form the body of the be anti-British, or Lorenzo Ervine, a once jailed speaker for get the bloody dog squad. They didn't react too well to[...]e. the Black Panthers. Nor does it embrace those who wish constructive criticism in the fifties, either. Remember
      Australia has been dra[...]can't be too far away, now. Amanda
      kicking, all the way to the fifties. Policies and concepts to free speec[...]s big chance.
      we've grown up to believe are part of our birthright- such 2. John Howard thinks h[...]opportunity for more autocratic, with none of the style usually associated hand John Howard a towel and a pair of togs and point him
      all - are being removed, just when one could be forgiven with such behaviour. The number of issues and questions in the direction of Portsea, as attractive as such an option
      for thi[...]on expanding. W e're may be, but the smart money is betting on the fact that
      Australia is being criticised by the U.N. on its attitude witnessing an era of Cricket Diplomacy - on his recent given enough rope, the Libs will eventually wrap
      towards women, its ind[...]any themselves up like kittens with a ball of twine, trip over the
      environmental direction. The nation was previously a criticism of his little junket, and his visit to the cricket, as edge of the precipice, and strangle themselves on the way
      leader in such things - perhaps this is a reminder of the being what any right-minded decent sports loving down. A few, David Prosser for example, have made the
      dangers of complacency.[...]towards have creamed himself when he met the queen. lead to a stronger and more galvanised opposition.
      a dangerous area where the fifties are viewed as some 3. The Olympics are due soon. This happened in the mid Hopefully it will be able to learn from its mistakes and take
      kind of iconic good time, where all was well and the nation fifties as well. the reins firmly, leading us into a new age where the status
      prospered in peace, if a little sleepily. Well, except if you 4. It's likely the Queen is going to open the Olympics. Well, of our country and its inhabitants is not measured i[...]. Haven't we managed to obtain our of credit ratings, but in the value the citizens find in living
      driven from your lands a[...]e our society
      preparing meals for your man after a hard day's yakka, 5. The ABC is going to have to broadcast in Black and is.
      ironing his hankies and polishing the Mixmaster was White any day now. This[...]hen economic rationalism has become passe and out of
      probably the high point of your aspirations. Or if you were unfortunatel[...]ABC fashion, we might be finally able to leave the Wayback
      an artist, in which case you had to work[...]staff members will in all likelihood be driving the same cars machine, and enter a new era. And the sixties should be a
      to find enough money to buy a ticket to Europe, to then find their forebears[...]d new ones. - Simon Luckhurst
      The problem with the fifties is that it is only the images 6. The Opposition are divided and deluded. In the fifties
      which are so clean- the reality was very different. Not that the ALP was split by the formation of the DLP, became "John
      stabilit[...]ess until Gough came
      be for everyone, and not at the expense of some members along. Today the Labour Party has a similarly low Howard
      of society. chance of seeing power while Kim Beazley and his
      If you think we're not all stepping into the wide open portals minions continue arguing about what really went wrong thinks he's
      of the Wayback machine as Mr Peabody ushers us at the last election. The ALP betrayed its heartland, it's Bob
      forward, consider the following scenarios: as simple as that, and until that lesson is learned, or
      1. The rise of the Ips-Witch. In the fifties it was the White John Howard really fucks up badly, nothin[...]you just
      get hip with a return
      to o u tm o d e d 1950s[...]creamed
      you a hairdo like[...]he met the[...]
      If a n yth in g sym b o lize s the * Plastic siphon tubing m a d e mass irrigation possible in the
      1940s a n d 1950s, thus co n trib u tin g to th e Green
      irresponsible c o rp o ra tio n in the Revolution th a t increased agricultural productivity and[...]elim inated fam ine in m uch o f the world. In th e 1960s,
      m inds of m a n y theorists, it is the plastic pipes be g a n to replace other forms o f piping for[...]n and drainage, because they were
      m anufacturer of that epitom e of lighter and easier[...]such com panies as Phillips Petroleum, Union C a rb id e .a n d
      plastic. Shell Chem icat have m a d e possible such life-saving and[...]l organs, com fortable
      Typically m ade from oil, a nonrenewable resource, plastic prosthetics,[...]personnel,
      has com e to represent everything th a t is w rong with unbreakable b u t light[...]autom otive parts.
      But is plastic really a significant environmental problem ? ' Cheap,[...]ty or high-impact-resistant plastic parts m a d e the first home
      the environment that need to be weighed? com puters --m anufactured by A pple C om puter and
      William Rathje, a professor of archeology a t the University Tandy -- viable products.
      o f Ari[...]Lingering environmental controversies such as the risks of
      patterns. His excavations o f landfills have found that dioxin -- w hich m any view as a p o te n t hum an
      plastics make up ab o u t 7 pe[...]resolved by plastic designers
      percent by volume of the typical landfill -- m uch less than w ho, just in the past few years, have de ve lop e d products
      pape[...]e. Polystyrene plastic, used in drinking th a t reduce or elim inate these real or perceived
      c[...]e,
      McDonald's abandoned, makes up only 1 percent of developed a new flam e-retardant product that doesn't
      landfi[...]ckaging amounts to no more produce dioxin a n d th a t is also easier to m ake and costs
      than one-third of 1 percent, Of course, environmentalists no more than the plastic it replaces. A pple C om puter is
      fault plastic for much more than taking up space in using the p ro d u c t in its M acintosh line o f personal
      landfills. They point out th a t plastic m anufacturing relies computers. Waste-to-energy plants, w hich dispose of
      on extracting and transporting oil. But since less than 2 a b o u t 60,000 tons o f refuse e a c h d a y a n d supply
      percent of the world's petroleum is used to produce electricity to nearly a million Americans, also em ploy a
      petrochemicals o f all kinds, from fertilizers to plastics, the series of technologies th a t reduce dioxin emissions to
      im pa ct on[...]
      [...]he w hipped together phenol (a poisonous
      Plastic.[...]form aldehyde (a pungent, irritating gas) an d out
      WITHIN A FIVE-DAY STRETCH this year, w e lost be[...]clay is w et, it's plastic; w hen p o p p e d a blackish substance he modestly
      three people who gave the word plastic much granite is inside a volcano, it's plastic too, But in nam ed Bakelite, It w asn't particularly pretty, bu t it
      of its meaning: the discoverers o f polyurethane, its larger sense, plastic describes a substance had tw o redeem ing qualities: first, it could be
      nylon, and Styrofoam all kicked the injection- th a t ca n be m anipulated and, ideally, turned[...]. 4. into something useful. While th a t ca n be easily hand; second, it was highly resistant to decay.
      Was it chance? Or were they, like the repeating done with clay, other materials are more Plastic had arrived.
      molecules th a t make up all polymers, linked in resistan[...]kelite's lead (and sometimes
      an endless chain th a t led straight into the turned into a building, b u t it had to be infringing on Baekeland's patents), dozens of new
      hereafter?[...]ntainsides and laboriously plastics d a n ce d out of the lab during the next 20
      William Hanford, Julian Hill, and Ray Mc[...]oiled in anonym ity and d ied en w h a t the planet would give us, w e were always as pens, buttons, and combs. When the stock
      masse, but their works and those of other looking for something better.[...]It took us until 4000 B.C. to co m e up with the them irresistible; given the choice betw een a
      lives. Just think of World 4 Kids: where would first plasticl[...]could be $5.95 tortoiseshell bracelet and a 15-cent Lucite
      that com pany be without the materials that m ade brittle or supple and, more important, one, a laid-off worker couldn't grab the plastic
      make up the Frisbee and the Superball? Can w hen heated it was c[...]. Besides, it ca m e in flamethrower
      you imagine a world without Tupperware, could b[...]s -- not just one red and was so ch e a p th a t you d id n 't have to
      floppy disks, crack vials, c o n ta c t lenses. Barbie spearhead for the best hunter, but spearheads worry if it broke -- you could just buy a dozen
      dolls, plastic explosives, CDs, Scotch ta p e , for everyone. Bronze was not the end of the more.
      videocassettes, disposable diapers, and Teflon- line, o f course. During the next 5,000 years we As the G reat Depression ground on, plastics
      co a te d cop-killer bullets? discovered a host of new materials. First w e g o t started to be seen as a miracle solution, the one
      In some ways, the plastics th a t Hanford, Hill, and the ones that melted a t relatively low substance that co[...]e expensive natural materials and usher in a
      can be soft or hard, they w o n 't rust or rot,[...]efining tin and steel and dazzling world of low-cost plenty.
      they can assume an infinite num ber o f forms. coaxing aluminum from the earth. This drive to One problem intruded on this dream : while
      You w ant a shag rug-covered nightstand in the improve w h a t nature had given us b e ca m e so plastic goods could be produced cheaply,
      shape of a hippo? Nylon to the rescue. An arm ingrained th a t we codified it into a philosophy: developing new plastics was expensive. Without
      to replace the one you lost to the lawnm ower alchemy, the quest for a means of transmuting a well-equipped laboratory and a stable of
      last summer? Polyurethane will d o the trick, base metals into gold, extending life, and Ph.D.s with a thirst for toxic chemicals, you
      What other subst[...]oard wheels and artificial hearts? From the Renaissance right up to the industrial the gam e to the truly big competitors, ones not
      "The body sees it as a very friendly material," revolution, we ceaselessly cast about the globe noted for their selflessness: Du Pont, Dow
      Dr. Stanley C. Israel, chair of the chemistry for new and improved substanc[...], and Union C arbide, am ong others.
      departm ent a t the University o f Massachusetts rubber, and p[...]in ships and These com panies thought a b o u t the
      a t Lowell, told the New York Times, caravans, and still the search continued. No expensive materials th a t plastics could replace --
      Plastic's usefulness[...]to deny, b u t its longer could materials from the natural world and the profits th a t could be m ade -- and w ent
      "friendliness" m ay be in the eye o f the satisfy us -- iron and steel were heavy and rust- on a binge of "pure research." Here Hanford, Hill,
      beholder. M[...]nd silk were expensive and Mclntire ascend the stage in their lab
      from petrochemicals, so produ[...]ats, bearing pipettes and steely gazes.
      requires the constant extraction o f oil, coal, manufacturers, and the newly anointed Insulated from the chaos of the outside world,
      and natural gas. Repairing anything m a d e of consumers w anted was something light an[...]ntists swiftly
      plastic is nearly impossible, and the notion o f c h e a p th a t would resist the importune unleashed polystyrene, nylon, polyvinyl chloride,
      recycling it is a robust fallacy a t best, The advances of nature, something warm to polyurethane, and Styrofoam on a grateful
      Styrofoam container your lunch ca m e i[...]public.
      probably end up in a landfill, along with your The crucial m om ent ca m e in the mid-1800s. It was a heady time. There w asn't anything we
      frayed polyester shirts, worn cassette tapes, The Am erican empire was growing -- co uldn't do with a batch of alcohol- and
      battered toys, old milk jugs, and broken lawn imperialism really looked like the w ay to g o -- carbon-based molecules. World[...]e, steadfastly resisting and throughout the world brawny patriots were cam e along and we kicked up the pace, turning
      biodegradation, they'll all rest until the Second digging, unseating potentates, spout[...]rhetoric a b o u t G od and country, and, to relax, airpl[...]playing a lot of billiards. Billiard balls were then for the atom ic bomb. Now plastic was more than
      Time in a bottle m a d e o f ivory, and so the needs o f pool- useful -- it was essenti[...]playing men a t home and abroad could be even bet[...]one way: by relieving thousands out of the U.S. arm ed forces, plump with cash
      everything we w anted it to be. The search for of elephants of their tusks. This was a modern, and entranced by technology. In a postwar
      such a substance -- one th a t was infinitely scientific empire, however, and so the idea that world, plastic becam e ubiquitous. It did the jo b
      malleable yet immensely strong -- started l[...]pended on an animal for our recreation of dozens of materials with ease and could be
      before our thre[...]to hairbrushes as easily as it could be
      burners. The term plastic is derived from the need for an artificial ivory, in 1869 J[...]t could be
      Greek and simply denotes something th a t can Hyatt invented something h[...]
      [...]out Plastic, (continued).

      designed to outlast the customer w ho bo u g h t it or m a d e to be thrown aw ay after a single
      use.
      You d id n 't have to worry a b o u t where you were going to g e t your raw materials because
      they all cam e out of an oil well. What's more, plastic goods were born to b e m a d e by
      machine. Give your workers the day off -- heck, m ove them and the entire plant to California,
      It was tim e to go play in the oce a n on a foam -core surfboard, or start working on those plans
      for a one-piece personal helicopter.
      "There is no 'en d' in engineering," read an a d in the September 1946 issue of Fortune
      magazine. "Each step forward simply lays the foundation for another step; ea ch height scaled
      becom es but the basis for further achievem ent." Indeed, in 1979 th e plastics industry reached
      a new pinnacle: it outstripped the steel industry's annual production. Needless to say, steel
      has yet to make a com eback.

      To be real

      The de b a te th a t once surrounded plastic -- will it free us or s[...]letely died out. Even Jeffrey Meikle's new book,
      A m erican P lastic: A C u ltu ra l H istory, sidesteps all the big questions. Sweeping from the first
      days of celluloid straight into the Disney era, Meikle concludes by stepping into the arms of
      William Gibson: "Fulfilling our dreams has b e co m e ever easier through the deformations and
      extrapolations of chem ical and electronic synthesis." Yes, b u t where does th a t leave all o f us
      back here on earth?
      We are now so com fortable with plastic th a t we a re n 't even aw are of it. Today plastic is just
      another material, and a pretty g o o d one a t that: we snap up polyester sheets, polyurethane[...]ets w ithout thinking, and why not? They're c h e a p , and it's often hard to
      find anything else.
      "O nce plastic products filled the stores, p eople had no ch o ice but to consume w h a t they
      were offered," Meikle writes of the 1950s, A field trip to the supermarket in 1996 reveals that
      that's even more the case today: see if you ca n buy soda, yogurt, or[...]er than plastic. After you've failed, try to talk the clerk out of double plastic-bagging your
      groceries; you w o n 't have m uch luck there, either, Want a CD player or a com puter
      in anything other than plastic? You'll have to have it custom -made.
      C a n 't we recycle our way out of this synthetic Hades? Unfortunately not: plastic m ay be
      reusable, but it isn't recyclable. The plastics industry spends $20 million a year to tell you
      otherwise, of course; it's in their interest to d o so. But while an old plastic bottle ca n be
      shredded and turned into a lunch tray, it will never be a bottle again; and w hen th a t
      lunch tray is discarded, there's nowhere for it to g o b u t the landfill.
      The world in w hich William Hanford, Julian Hill, a n d Ray Melntire were born knew no plastics....
      These dutiful servants of industry invented them to fill real needs, b u t[...]lfill them had spun out o f control -- all within the space o f their
      lives. As Hill said in a 1988 interview,"The human race is going to perish by being smothered[...]arts and space probes. For most everything else,
      the best material to use probably isn't the ideal one w e invented.
      - Leighton Klein[...]Mm... The fashion[...]of tomorrow -[...]haustion"?

      Do you recycle? Sure you do; you're a child of the the tray that holds them and an outside overall wrapper. th a t sticker (a p a rt from one
      nineties and you care a b o u t the p lanet (even if the At the Supermarket...[...]renegades, but there
      governm ent doesn't). Thing a b o u t recycling is th a t it's a A t the supermarket, exercise your consumer power and[...]you go) - probably because
      very small step - one of the major things we d o to o p t for not only the above "tw o rule", but also the jute (at least on the ones we have)
      reduce our rooting o f the environment as best w e ca n is ba g rule. Jute bags are those string b a g things, and the they com e with a little cute
      to eliminate the amount of waste we create before we waste they[...]possum picture and w ho could disrespect a possum,
      shove it into the recycling bin thing. with you shopping is a real winner; no more crappy, really?
      85% of all garbage is reusable or recyclable. strap-snapping plastic bags. If you (like me) are the Americans threw away 31 billion aluminum cans in 1993,
      Experts are now questioning the cost versus the benefits haphazard kind who never plans[...]ild our entire com m erical air fleet four times
      of recycling. And, in some cases, they say the costs of somehow kinds just ends up a t Woolworths after Uni, see over.
      recycling far outweigh the benefits, As these experts how many g[...]an g et into your backpack
      agree and disagree on the solutions, we still d o w h a t we before you o p t for a plastic bag. You'll probably find it a The fourth thing you ca n d o to help reduce our wast[...]ent representatives to support levying
      ourselves a little rub on a nice p la ce because w e think two tons of junk mail. Crazy shit![...]ge cans and bottles to reduce
      w e 've just saved the planet. Third,[...]conserve energy. They do this in South
      Over 55% of solid waste that goes to landfills is paper, satisying. Every tim e you g e t a piece o f junk mail, take Australia, it should be done here (I a in 't gonna be
      paper board and yard waste. down the address of the com pany w ho have distributed w hupp[...]alian, no sir!).
      It is im portant to remember th a t before w e recycle, there it to you, or, if th a t does not appear, the c o m p a n y whose Recycling, of course, is important, but let's rem em ber to
      are several things we ca n d o to help reduce the p ro d u ct or service is being advertised. Write them a start a t the beginning by reducing our waste stream. We
      creation of waste. First, refuse to a c c e p t over-packaged sharp and nasty note,[...]move you would do well to remember the following old "We lived
      products. Use the "two rule": if a p ro d u ct has more than from their mailing list or stop shoving things into your letter through the Depression, my word" proverb:
      tw o layers of packaging, do not buy it. Cereal is a g ood box. Something a friend o f mine did was to c o lle c t up all Use it up.
      example. One larger box of cereal with an inside the junk mail and mail it back to the c o m p a n y (satisying, Wear it out.
      w rapping and an outside box fits the tw o rule. but expensive) Anothe[...]ing ten small individual-size boxes does the Wilderness Society and buy one o f their "NO Do without.
      not fit the tw o rule. That product will have 22 wrappings:[...]- Van Badham, with bits ripped off from the Internet.
      inside and outside w rapping for e a ch box times ten plus letterbox. Am[...]
      [...]Cops and

      L o ggers

      the funtha* adventures of tw o W ollongong
      girls w ho arc only trying to save the
      w orld

      Jodie: W elcom e back to G oolengook. Since the first article the m em ory, o f how much this place feels like home...

      Bee and Carl and I wrote on East Gippsland, a hell o f a lot Th ere was a makeshift camp set up where the blockade had[...]anger, w h o ' d driven up from Melbourne. A ll the old structures that[...]had taken fo rever to build w ere gone, the tripods and the
      the w hole kit and caboodle. Here's a b rief summing up o f the huge m onopole on the bridge - apparently the police had[...]smashed everything up and thrown it in the river. Th e first
      situation facing G oolengook at the moment. thing I did was make m y self w alk up the track into the coupe
      to see what devastation the loggers had wrought since last
      * The forest is being logged extensively, despite the boggy time. It was nothing less than van[...]the leaf-strewn, m eandering sunlit path and com plet[...]vines, everything lay crushed on the ground, and amongst it
      * O f the 8 coupes set aside to be logged at G oolengook , at all the toppled crowns and huge hacked stumps o f thousan[...]e
      last count one had been com pletely logged and the second the forest had suddenly gone horizontal. There was a hell o f
      a lot m ore sky. Standing there I suddenly fu lly realised the
      was nearing the end o f its resources.[...]h e concept o f " never" is very very
      * Despite the fact that claims are often made that no East hard to comprehend. The v ie w from the top o f the track from[...]last tim e now existed on ly in the photos w e 'd taken... it was
      Gippsland timber is being woodchipped, in the immediate unbelievable and bizarre a[...]in the scar left by the bulldozer it felt like every step 1 took
      area ar[...]there are 4 woodchipping plants. hurt the damaged earth further; I could fe e l the heat from the
      wound rising through the soles o f m y boots; I was numb and
      * One tree t[...]... A n d I made a promise to the forest, that w hatever I could
      * O f the 12,000 cubic metres o f G oolengook being logged[...]So, at 5:30 on Tuesday morning, I " locked on" to the top arm
      being burnt because exporting woodchips at the rate o f 20c o f a log loader in the coupe, about 12 feet o f f the ground. I
      was attached by means o f a concrete pipe, either end o f
      per tonne is not e[...]which I ' d put an arm through and locked on to a bar in the[...]centre. Th e pipe was bent and hooked o v er the hydraulic arm
      * 40% o f loggin g jobs have been lost since the introduction o f the m achinery above m e, so I was lyin g b elow it w[...]p in everything warm I could find, and apart from the fact
      o f woodchipping. that m y hands inside the pipe w ere fucking freezing, it was[...]actually quite com fortable. I got to see the sunrise over
      * Because the bridge put over G oolen gook 's W orld Heritage-[...]the best possible vantage point. I ' d been a bit iffy about
      class river by the Dept, o f Natural Resources and being up so high - to be perfectly honest the exact words I ' d
      used the night before when scoping out the equipment w ere
      Environment (equivalent o f Dept[...]as not wide " There is N O F U C K IN G W A Y I 'm getting up there " - but it[...]really was the best place in terms o f degree-of-difficu lty-for-
      enough to allow bulldozers easy access, the dozers sim ply Police-R escue. and it r[...]t up there, and, hell. I said to m yself, in fo r a penny, in for
      drove straight through the river to get to the log g in g coupe. a pound.
      I was up there fo r six hours. A fte r the first hour I started
      * Police, loggers and representatives o f the Dept, o f Natural getting restless, after the second hour I really really needed[...]to g o to the toilet (the cold in m y hands plus four hours o f
      Resources and Environment now sleep in the loggin g busting fo r a piss are m y standout m em ories o f the[...]), and after that 1 got used to it; it was almost a
      coupe to try and deter further action by protest[...]the ground to keep me entertained, what with paddy wa[...]ily (people locking on zoom ing up and down the track by the dozen, people being
      shooed out o f the coupe (on ly one person, Fiona, w ho was
      to equi[...]acting as police liaison, was a llow ed to stay to make sure that[...]and Keith (w h o were locked on to each other
      * The safe house where most o f the protesters are staying is underneath another d ozer) and I w ere O K ), the loggers
      down b elow me keeping up a steady stream o f comments and
      attacked daily by[...]enagers w ho throw m edia people from the Herald Sun trying to photograph[...]everything from the optimum angle. I got the feelin g very
      rocks at the house. Greenies walking in Orbost (the town strongly that I wasn' t alone up[...]something to do with being on the same level as the treetops,
      nearest the blockade and " Victoria's Prem ier Tim ber T o w n " ) but I felt the forest supporting me, being there fo r me while[...]T h e most dramatic thing that happened was that the ch ief
      logger, a charmer called Wayne, tried to start the log loader
      spitting and worse. W alking alone wearing a l-shirt that says w hile I was chained to it telling me " I ' m goin g to low er the[...]but firm ly that I was less than thrilled with the plan,[...]onsidering m y head w ou ld 've been crushed like a walnut,
      * Greenies appearing in court after being arrested for and when he jumped in the cabin and started the engine I
      c o o -e e ' d at the top o f m y lungs and the police cam e running.
      " obstructing police" or " obstructing a legal forest operation" He was only trying to put the wind up me, the bastard - it's a[...]gular source o f entertainment to them (som e o f the loggers
      are now receiving a $1000 fine per offen ce fo r pleading N ot had even brought their kids as a fam ily outing to see the[...]eads kicked in), and it was scary to see
      Guilty. The first person to receive this was a student from how chummy the cops and the loggers were...
      T o cut a long story short, they had to get a crane in from
      Melbourne, who on his first ever blockading experience fell Orbost, the nearest town, to get me down. It took them an

      asleep on the road to the logging coupe in G oolen gook and

      awoke to being charged with "obstructing a legal logging

      operation". Formerly, a Not Guilty plea would incur a $300

      fine. The idea seems to be "Since 165 people so far have[...]I;: some of n,

      can stand up for what they believe in."[...]the loggers[...]G oolengook. Senator Bob Brown got arrested fo r the cause,[...]< **

      as did Brigitte Muir, the woman who recently clim bed the i! kids as a family[...]outing to see the
      seven highest mountains on seven continents. Bri[...]ne Tyres, im m ediately after this. Could that be a[...]AN

      Bee:
      On Wednesday w e got the Red A lert: the blockade had been
      broken up and support was needed IM M E D IA T E L Y . Within
      24 hours w e had a crew o f 18 people together. I wasn' t
      particularly into it, what with assessments due and the end o f
      session being tw o weeks away, but the call had gone out and
      I felt a duty to answer. M ore than being caught up in the Uni-
      thing though. 1was scared o f what was going to happen. The
      first time w e'd gone down to the blockade I hadn't had much
      o f an aim in mind, just to look and be in the forest, but this
      time it was crucial: the cops had busted, loggin g had begun,
      I was going with the express purpose o f " doing something"
      and I won[...]was doing was good and right; what scared me
      was the thought o f being hurt. (I had some vague mental[...]ice brutality and I ' m no good with
      conflict at the best o f times...) A t any rate, w e did a midnight
      run on Friday night, and when w e entered G oolen gook at 6
      o ' clock in the morning I got out o f the car and smelt the
      forest and remembered why I 'd com e: you get so caught up
      with the bullshit o f living in the city that it's easy to misplace
      hour and a half. I was quite proud o f that. Unfortunately m y wrists are skinny so, rather One was the realisation that I was actually putting m yself physically on the line fo r this 0
      than having to get a handsaw and cut through the concrete pipe, the cops sim ply shoved forest, which was[...]t 1 had sub-consciously blocked from entering my
      a pair o f pliers in there and snipped the hooks attaching me. I was chucked in the back blockade equation sim ply because I am a big pansy and violence just doesn't exist in 0 (ft
      o f a paddy wagon with C olin and Keith (w h o 'd been cut o f f a couple o f hours before Jodietopia. It took a fairly dramatic event fo r this actuality to impress itself upon me: a
      me) and Tony who had done the nicest thing anyone's ev er done fo r me: shimmied up a long, curvy, bumpy, slushy, scary drive on a very dark, windy, d rizzly night in a forest tr 0
      hastily-erected tripod on the bridge and locked on to stop the crane getting into the where you knew there w ere people w[...]e to cut me down. It w ou ld' ve worked, too, i f the tripod had been a little bit higher, would gladly murder you f[...]people) and people w ho w ere just on a pow er trip, so you should try and avoid them at[...]ops). W e had to w alk in silence on this road on a reconnaissance mission o f 10
      done very w ell and it was a lovely gesture.[...]f it was friend or fo e w e could hear talking in the forest. On
      D on't believe the hype - getting arrested is not much m ore than a process ( I ' d been quite discovering that it was actually a car fu ll o f loggers, w e then had to run back up the road G
      curious to see if they actually do the " anything you say can and w ill be used against you" to the car and drive very quickly away, in the fu ll realisation that w e didn't know where[...]bit like on "T h e B ill" and they really d o !) A fte r a hell o f a bumpy ride into Orbost, we the loggers had gon e o r what they w ere g oin g to do to us (w e assumed without question
      were put in a cell with beds and a hot shower and air conditioning (after 6 hours up a that they w ere g oin g to do S O M[...]g loader, jail is positively luxurious) and given a vegetarian m eal (not a bad one, weak Jodie Martire, w ho deliberately forgets there is such a thing as violence because
      either). One by one we were taken out fo r "processin g", which fo r the four o f us took she is a pacifist so w ho w ould want to hurt her?, ideali[...]w e were let go. I was charged with " obstructing a forest with the unsavoury prospect o f a burly and irate logger, in the dark, in the forest, away
      operation" and " delaying p o lice" and the case goes to court in August, along w ith those[...]se I 'd done what understand why this was " the com in g o f fear to Jodie" .
      I'd set out to do. that time. 1 had taken the strongest stand I knew how to; I'd earned m y Th e second seminal incident o f the journey happened when 1 tried, and failed, to get 0
      stripes as a stinking fucking greenie; I'd given the forest six hours m ore o f existence, arrested. 1was sleeping underneath the log-loader, where I had been since am. ready to[...]lock-on at the merest hint o f police, lo g g er or forestry. I awoke at 7.30. basking in the rt* 0[...]silence around m e, looking at and sm elling the beauty 1 could see/smell from my
      ludie:[...]secluded position under a w hopping hunk o f metal, and thinking that m aybe the 0
      I went to G oolengook after the horror o f end-of-session " l i f e " finished, and I didn't have[...]o bad. 1 hadn't actually seen what they'd done to the forest yet, you
      as many exciting moments as Bee did. I in fact spent tw o days at the safe house drinking, see. I looked to the mountains at the west, musing on the id y llic vie w o f thickly-treed h
      [...]t Hatter lands:

      an interview with a

      Fun Loving

      EA R[...]today. To start with, the very hot topic of
      the supposed `Pauline Hanson factor',[...]balance of payments deficit?[...]mouth moved stereo and pushed play on the CD[...]up and down, followed by a blowing on playing)[...]just because there is `walk in the park'[...]Humphrey: (He grabbed a fake[...]less while looking wistfully out of the window.)[...]undergone a `serious correction', worth Tert: Don't be naughty[...]and kisses to me again, but I swear, I saw a[...]udent, I want to go

      good to finally see you in the fur, it's been out and play now and that's that'.)

      a life-long ambition of mine to shake your Tert: What Hum[...]rt: Okay Humphrey, we

      shook my hand with a surprisingly firm mouth. can go out to play with all of the birdies,

      g rip .)[...]and smell all of the lovely flowers. [Under[...]t don't expect me to push

      Tert: You're one of Australia's jumped around clapping and blowing you on the bloody swings.

      most successful television pers[...]INTERVIEW ENDS

      door' and avoided the axe where others Tert:[...]What's that Humphrey,
      have not. Two of your friends, Mr Doo- you want to go out to
      the park?
      Bee and Fat Cat, have been removed,

      while Mr Squiggle [Mr Squiggle is only a

      puppet and thus cannot be regarded as

      a friend of Humprey's] only appears in Humphrey:[...]th President Clinton no Humphrey, this is a

      during his visit and held the prized place very important

      on [the late] Princess Di's dance card at interview, we can go out

      the Hilton. You are obviously a very and play later.

      influential member of our society. It is

      this fact that has incited[...](He walked over to a
      you, to ascertain your esteemed opinion[...]
      [...]s achieved (or not achieved, as BERRY
      the case may be).
      SRC
      I have been on the SRC for two years now and have PRES[...]e learnt alot during this time - and o f the pollution o f heavy industry is an issue o f
      especially this year, being SRC President. A question im portance for many students.
      wh[...](especially after observing and being involved in the I was embarrassed on that day because w e[...]ision-making process and organisational structure of people to com e and speak and many students who
      the University) is how do things get done (changed, w ere sitting in the bar carried on their conversations
      improved, etc..)? Well, the answer is obvious but the and it was hard to hear what the speakers were saying.
      elements that lead to it are quite fascinating to consider I got a sudden rush of contem pt and thought about the
      in many respects - especially as w e are supposedly `age o f self interest' with a horrible feeling in my
      living in an age o f self[...]and will work to improve or disrespectful.
      the situation - either because they care about it at[...]d by an information forum. If I had felt
      off. As a result an individual will either speak to other[...]eople about it and get their support or will take the som ewhere else. We had to put the speakers in the bar
      problem or issue up with som eone w ho they[...]e to do something about it. Sometimes this the forum on the lawn. I personally thought that
      may seem confronting or a waste o f time, and people w ouldn't mind it for just a one off situation. If I
      sometimes it may be (par[...]). But ultimately, have sat there and carried on a loud conversation -
      society needs individuals to be thinking critically and especially considering what the speakers were talking
      creatively about personal[...]about. One speaker, Olive Rodwell, w ho is a m em ber o f
      society also needs people to be wor[...]selves, their environment and their and a Port Kembla resident, has lost her husband and
      community in a considered and respectful way - in othe[...]this. was caused by emissions from the copper smelter and[...]heavy industry.
      An information forum about the reopening of the Port
      Kembla Copper Sm elter was organised by the SRC and Unfortunately I think this incident was the most
      was held over lunchtime in the bar on the Tuesday of significant thing that has happened to me in my
      Environment Week.There were a number o f speakers capacity as SRC President since my last report.
      about the issue and there were quite a number of
      people in the bar. The SRC organised this forum Carol Berry
      because of the significance of this issue locally and
      because of the fact that the reopening of the smelter
      [...]For those o f you w ho underm ine the

      You'll note that this edition's "On Campus" of the Terfangala is m ight have been very kind of
      not the thick and friendly volume, packed to bursting with the
      relevancy and accountability of reports and Investigations, to fooled by the "treat people
      which yo[...]rbrushed blonde hair as people"
      the dogs, rather that it's computer system has. That'[...]t two hard drives lost a n d body, it is indeed politics which[...]say either myself (Van the fa ce of our former causes students
      the Editor) nor Stuart (the News Editor) have been at all happy
      chappies trying to deal with the realities of our missing-half-the- M in istre ss-w ith -th e -[...]king-paper situation - especially as since we got the two sick
      computers fixed up, they promp[...]graces the back page Fu r t h[...]o f this T erfangala. The probably[...]origin o f this p a g e and w o rn[...]from the m edia experienced[...]earlier in the year from where they[...]Liberal MP for Lindsay, dismissed out of[...]Jackie Kelly, th a t poor hand for no other hundred of people[...]given a hard time by "failed" a totally which are already[...]students because of superficial assessment creating a clim ate[...]th e w ay th a t she looks. of an imposed ideal where only the

      As a student w ho gave standard of feminine wealthy gain access

      Well known[...]the dum ped visual appropriateness to higher education

      up on the graduation stage and WE'VE GOT A NEW CHANCELLOR... Education Minister a (usually by some and everyone else is

      famous for the quote " I'm glad[...]wants to heal his own off.

      become a real university", the lovely name a few. Interestingly, he worked in the th a t Ms Kelly to o k this eg o by hurting a girl). So A m a n d a , anyone

      Chancellor Bob Hope has resigned ("Thanks Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet tack, becau[...]This p ictu re exists to picks on your

      for the Memories") and a new Chancellor is on for 23 years, under both Liberal and Labor eve r have I, nor any make the point that a p p e a ra n c e , tell us

      his way in. The Chancellor is supposed to be governments, as well[...]elligence person whom I know the b od y-a ttack line of and we'll com e after

      the extreme authority of a university, much in and security functions in the Defence portfolio", w ho has been Ms Kelly's is absolutely them.

      the same way the G overnor General is which sounds very much like headkicking for involved in any of the crap. Am anda could As for you. C ount Yorga

      supposed to be the supreme authority in ASIO. "He is currently conducting a further student cam paigns have had the body of Kem p,our new Minister

      Australia. That means that they basically attend review in the Defence portfolio, and an inquiry against the cuts, a three-toed sloth and for Education, screw

      a lot of functions, do a lot of representing, sit on for the NSW Government as a Commissioner sackings, HECS it w ould be irrelevant; with higher education,

      a thousand committees, shake a lot of hands under the Environment Protection Authority" increases, the point is th a t she and w e'll screw you

      and occasionally belt the Vice-Chancellor (who according to the press release. Having worked, Austudy/Abstudy[...]was (and remains) an back.. Your
      does the day-to-day stuff) in the face if he/she originally, as a statistician, the Tert has him[...]nt, short appearance ain 't

      is getting a bit stroppy. picked as an economic[...]chael H. Codd, AC. ability (or networks) to scare the living Christ Ms Vanstone, a tta cke d individualist, whose Van

      Mr Codd's CV reveals that, although only 58, out of some very powerful people. Of course, her on the basis o f her changes to universities

      he is in a good position to take out the "I have we could be wrong. If we aren't, we'd like the a p p e a ra n ce . To d o so and student benefits in

      s[...]yone else 15% cuts to departments to be reversed, the w ould be to this[...]ve lost

      ever" international prize; he's sat on the board student loans reinstated, Fred Nile off the ABOUT THE COVER:

      of everything from IBM, to C&L, to Qantas, University Council, the Southern Copper

      Telstra, MLC, ANSTO, Spencer Stuart, the smelter shut down and peace in our time,

      Menzies Foundation, the Asia-Australia please.

      Institute, the Constitutional Centenary

      ARE YOU A PISSEl) OFF CREATIVE
      ARTS STUDENT?

      IT MAY BE LACK OF IRON.........

      THEN AGAIN, IT MIGHT BE OVER-CROWDED CLASSES, MISSING SUBJECTS,
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      (THAT JUST MIGHT SAVE THE WOULD)[...]Disturbing reports have reached the[...]ly concerning w h at
      60 million people depend on the Mekong River and its tributaries for food,
      water, transport and many other aspects of their daily lives. The construction appears to be an oversight in the
      of up to 60 dams on this river system will jeopardise this. university's reportage of attacks which[...]have happened on cam pus in the past
      WORKSHOP AT WOLLONGONG couple of months. Aside from a mugging
      UNIVERSITY[...]which took place near the ITC building,

      Topic: Foreign Aid: For C[...]students regarding the apparent
      Place: Wollongong University, Kmira Rooms 1 & 3 abduction of a female student from[...]Building 19 a month ago. The facts on
      OPENING OF PHOTOGRAPHIC record is that a man app ro a ch e d library
      EXHIBITION & PANEL DISCUSSION[...]his missing daughter. Crime scene
      Presenting: A Night on the Mekong | ta p e was seen around the front entrance |
      Chairperson: Paul Matters, Sec[...]APHEDA who use that area of the building were
      Bruce Adam, photogr[...]questioned by police. Presumably, the
      Time: Lee Rhiannon, Director AID/WATCH[...]edia to draw attention to an
      Foyer of W ollongong City Council, Burelli Street[...]followed by panel discussion and refreshments in the library Also, it is worth knowing th a t a p a rt from
      theatrette.
      the mugger and abductor floating
      HEART OF THE MEKONG around the place, the university is not
      PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIO[...]I short on thieves, either. In the last month, 4 1[...]| cars and 11 bicycles were reported stolen |
      A series of 16 black and white photographs from Laos a nd C am bodia will be
      on display in the foyer of W ollongong City Council betw een 13th a nd 19th from our friendliest of campuses.
      O ctober 1997. Given the concerns students have with[...]| feeling safe on campus, the SRC, Campus |
      For more background on these events and this issue contact Zoe Nathan on
      (02) 9387 5210 or email aidwatch@peg.a[...]Security and the administration are[...]awareness campaigns. The SRC-initiated[...]with a neck-whistle as both a safety[...]eyes open for you, to make sure th a t you[...]Let's just hope the administration doesn't[...]do anything silly, like cutting the numbers
      of the security staff.

      FLEXIBLE DELIVER[...]cutting environment that the form of smaller classes, studnt
      Flexible delivery is the new federal[...]than one
      been given to any process of worried about keeping their jobs lecturer or even just a university
      providing teaching to students and see means of electronic where academics could
      which deviates from the delivery of educational material research and teach with[...]tor-talking-in- the budget-conscious being shafted o[...]administration as a way o f saking meetings where they were forced[...]them and replacing them with to swallow a lot o f C hicago
      W hat's the deviation? machinery. Sounds a bit lilke Dr School of Economics modern
      Well, instead o f[...]must have some
      might watch them on a video No, a lot of academ ics are rather advantages...[...]ideo, or diehard fans of the old Yes.it does. As a te aching a id .
      com m unicate via a web page or educational model which the use of electronic resources
      lots o f emails, or hear them on a a p p ro a ch e d teaching as a form would be a great way to
      tape or a CD - maybe even on of com m unication which was supplant the teachings given in
      an interactive[...]face-to-face classes, or to
      Why is the word " depressed"[...]instead of just shoving wads of material. Fiopefully.that is w h a t it
      It's understandable th a t information a t p eople and saying will be used for a t this university.
      academ ics arou[...]ting has not
      might be depressed by the idea These people would like to see affected teaching quality a t this
      of flexible delivery. In the cost- "flexible delivery" to take the university one iota yet - has it?
      "i f i t 's p o litic a l,

      in the long run is the Therefore, any separation of critical inquiry from[...]vocational training will only further entrench the
      I 'm not in te r e s te d " worth of the individuals[...]inequality of access to higher education. Moreover, the[...]composing it. I wonder if across the board funding cuts to the sector have posed[...]in the Australian context an especial threat to regional campuses of metropolitan[...]pressure to identify areas of activity which can be[...]sacrificed to the "greater vocational good' - risking an
      b[...]overall erosion of quality. In addition, the proposed[...]introduction of a voucher system in higher education,[...]leads one to question the capacity o f regional[...]In short the role of universities as a well-spring of[...]social critique is being undermined through a process
      National Union o f Students, NSW[...]o f "vocationalisation' and "niche marketing" of[...]with the National Union[...]iversity students often ask me what m y role with of Students (NUS), Students' Representative Council[...]An associated point o f contention is the almost[...]universal faculty separation of politics and economic
      NUS entails. When 1reply, people usually run a mile or (SRC), or any other group on campus. On a[...]majors throughout NSW. The exception is the BEc[...](SocSci) at Sydney University. What impact would the
      make some sort of apologetic confession to being most Sydney univer[...]fostering of broad-based political critiques o f economic[...]theory have on established methods of wealth
      "apolitical". Quite a perplexing response! 15% o f the[...]To allow myself an indulgence of the Conspiracy
      As 1understand it, NUS - with all it'[...]Theory kind, I"m sure the splitting of these once-[...]combined disciplines has something to do with
      the questioning of power, and those who posses it; there; once elect[...]too, don't you think?! Much safer also, for the majority[...]of the student population to remain apolitical!
      structu[...]A Rachael Wilson.[...]nce writing this article, Rachael Wilson has left the
      doesn"t affect each and every one of us! Nothing issue or that, yet how many act upon[...]National Union of Students to complete her university[...]studies at UWS Macarthur.
      occurs in a political vacuum.: every aspect o f our too preoccupied with getting a job ticket? Action

      society operates within a power structure, albeit doesn't have to mean storming the VC's office - simple

      hierarchical or equal. Do "apolitical" responses communication is a good place to start!

      indicate a lack of concern in one"s own identity? Or The current "debate" - headed by the Higher

      perhaps the old adage "ignorance is bliss" is more the Education Review Committee - over the minor matter

      point! o f the future o f our universities has opened a

      People frame their actions and inactions within a Pandora's box on student issues. For example, the

      political context. H ow can I get what I want? How Chair o f the "Committee" (Rod West) has been known

      much inf[...]beral education should be separated

      can"t 1do? A ll these questions are politically-charged. from Vocational training. This "separation" has been a

      Sorry, folks - but there"s no getting away fro[...]has

      Aversion to politics generally relates to the impacted on regional universities particularly ha[...]itutionalised variety, nevertheless, even at this the government's own admission:

      level, everyday li[...]fected by political

      decision-making. This kind of politics has always been "The Coalition also recognises that rural and regionally

      a dirty business. Contemporary performances tend to[...]lagued by self-interest and factional fighting at the Australia's higher education sector. The role o f regional

      expense of democratic representation and equality universiti[...]ly

      John Stuart Mill once wrote that Othe worth of a state im portant."[...]BUST

      In what can only be described as a blatant show o f force and power, a large armed force o f Canberra police[...]UP
      closed down all access to a building at the Australian National University, then entered the building and
      kicked out, with physical force, all students and academic staff - many of whom were midway through
      classes - on thursday August 28. The police force were called onto campus by A.N.U.'s Dean, who earlier in
      the day got wind of intentions by students to stage a protest on campus to protest cuts to the university's
      funding, particularly the intented cutting of the Classics department.

      As the culmination of the campus-wide rally, a group of students had intended to enter the A. D. Hope
      building, where the Classics department resides, and stage a peaceful sit-in to voice their opposition to the
      cuts. Upon hearing of this, the Dean pushed The Red Button and called in the wallopers to shut down the
      entire building and prevent anyone from entering. A t first, the cops 'only' cordoned off all entrances, on
      suspicion that there might be an attempt to stage a protest. One student whom I spoke to had a tutorial
      presentation to give, but was told he couldn't enter the building until he could prove he had the authority
      to do so [which he eventually managed to do]. However, this was only the beginning o f the trouble he and
      others were to endure. Midway through his presentation, a swarm of police entered classrooms and told all
      occupants that they had to get out. The students and teachers, of course, asked what was going on; their
      r[...]ask questions, do as you're told,
      we're the police" responses, threats, and offensive, derogatory language. Some lecturers who protested the
      treatment and refused to leave their offices were physically removed - manhandled out o f the building, still
      protesting, as all they[...]ying to carry out their teaching jobs.

      The sudent I spoke to was indignant, saying: "I pay HECS; it's my right to be in the classroom when I have
      a class. Who does the Dean think he is calling the cops in to stop us doing what we're at uni to do?". He
      called the show of force by the Dean and the police proof that we still live under colonialism[...]ce, and protests against such arbitrary empoyment of
      force against people [who hadn't even done anything!] by the Authorities are met with "shut up and do as[...]told, or w e'll arrest you."

      Following the deployment o f attack dogs on pyjama'd students a[...]ion, it's hard not
      to worry that this is the new tactic authorities are now going to use to head off the dissenting voice, indeed,
      the mere threat of a dissenting voice. A rum our o f an intention to stage a peaceful sit-in, as the students chose
      to voice their opinions, was met not just with university security, but a large number o f armed police. The
      police acted before anything had even ha[...]mentality, it is difficult to see this act of "pre-need" order enforcement as anything but a show o f force, to
      send the message that "w e're not flexible, w e're in char[...]ou'll be violently forced to shut up and comply." A t risk o f going cliche, the future o f this "free
      country", t[...]
      [...]problems we have created for our planet and
      h a p p e n e d during the mid year break in ourselves. Environm[...]I am already finding it hard to put symptom of a fatal disease called greed and in our
      them into words. But thats hardly a d e ce n t search for a cure all aspects of this condition must
      excuse for a feeble rendition of the occurences be examined. With such a diversity of people a t the
      of S&S '97. So here goes. conference we were in an ideal situation to do just
      The S & S conference of 1997 was my first and in this. Consequently the wider issue of social change
      many ways it changed my life, well in the short was a deep running motif to the conference.
      term a t least. Enjoyable, informative and awe Indicative of such social problems, was the hostility
      inspiring are some words that com e to mind we received from the local anglo saxophones of
      when I think back to all the wonderful people Townsville and the surrounding area. Obviously not
      who I shared the experience with and all the impressed with an influx of energised hippies
      daring things we did. A month later I still c a n 't socialising and working with the natives, we
      think of a better group of people or a better way received hostility in the streets, police harassment
      to spend the mid year break. (which only occurred on the one night that the
      The pilgrimmage to destination Townsville began local Murri people partied on with us a t the
      with the highly succesful fundraising campaigns campsite) and worse than bad press from the
      organized with the cooperation of the Townsville Bulletin who com pa[...]sight and
      Wollongong Uni Environment Society and the smell" to the hippies of the 1960's and labelled the
      students of this great campus. The Two Moons conference a "Guerilla training school". We soon
      Festival and the Vibelicious Dance Party, were realised that Far North Queensland was not the
      both heaps o f fun and succesful in raising[...]tom ed to in
      enough money to send 15 ambassadors of Wollongong. These sad occurences were also a
      Wollongong to the conference. For this we have grim reminder of the problems confronting us in our
      to thank the organizers, the venues, the bands goal for collective environmental responsibilty.
      and Dj's as well as all the people who decided to Nevertheless we took all the abuse on the chin and
      com e along and enjoy the wonderful and could only empathise with the friendly Murri people
      diverse musical sounds of Wollongong. who have to cope with such intolerance on a day
      Before I begin to recount some of my to day basis.
      experiences a t Townsville this year. I'd like to try Despite all the fuss we covered heaps of ground
      and explain the concepts behind the annual including cam paigning again[...]onference. These multinationals, using the media as a means of
      yearly gatherings involve not only students a t cam paign support, nonviolent direct a[...]sustainability and on
      activists and anyone from the wider public with a more practical level; permaculture, alternative[...]ush regeneration and
      sustainability. Recognising the im portant landcare,hemp as an alte[...]with waste treatment. Workshops run by the 'Gong
      the natural environment, and their exclusive people included a discussion on the punk
      spiritual and physical proximity with the land, the movement and how lyrics can influence people's
      involvement of local aboriginal communities is ideals as well as a presentation and discussion on
      also a priority. This year, for the first time, a large the cam paign against the reopening of the
      group of Papua New Guinean students were also Southern C opper Smelter. Both were huge
      welcom ed to the conference. It was this diversity successes with the later generating a lot of inter
      in cultural groups as well as the awesome campus support and the formulation of lots of new
      enthusiasm, friendliness and overpowering[...]igning strategies! Great! We also managed
      energy of everyone involved that m ade the to see many of the local sites including Magnetic
      entire experience[...]. Anyway, Island, Paluma rainforest, the Barrier Reef, the
      before I totally lose focus and try to express i[...]rook channel and
      words how emotionally inspiring the whole thing adjacent island. The latter was the location for a
      was, I must restrain myself and get back to the 700 strong protest march against the resort and
      hard facts. The S&S forum is a week of plenary residential development of the World Heritage site.
      sessions, workshops, discus[...]It still amazes me that we did n 't even make the
      nocturnal recreation in the nam e of national news. Why?
      environmental protection and sustainability. It is Anyway, the whole thing was incredible fun from
      one week of the year when people from all over start to finish, beginning with the Two Moons Festival
      Australia, (as well as Papua New Guinea), and the Vibelicious Party and ending with the crazy
      congregate in a chosen campus to contem plate train trip back to our respective homes. It is an
      the protection of our natural environment. This experience that I w on't forget for a long time and
      gathering of fine people enables cross campus you can bet you'll see me doing the same thing
      networking, cam paigning, education a[...]and do some kick arse fund raising next
      although the focus is on the environment, wider year we could send an even bigger crowd! so if
      issues th a t plague our society were also closely you'[...]ho
      looked at. Although often seen as separate to the looks green in environment week (it's goin[...]n Tasmania!
      specieism are all highly relevent to the mess of * Andrew Stanton
      The Plastic Welfare Report

      THIS report will be a short one so as to disadvantaged students and all due to the fa c t th a t they usually rely
      not to bore you poor, stressed, little the atte n d e n t services implied, it on a spouse for household income,
      souls. There are a number o f welfare doesn't really look th a t good does most of the tim e they cannot
      issues that are taking shape or it? Perhaps th e negative press the receive Austudy.Thus they find it very
      r[...]l receive if this scheme goes hard to find the money to transport
      point in time. a h e a d will c h a n g e its mind...lets themselves to uni. I guess[...]e. question of access for various
      #ln about Week 11 the SRC, in authorities to ponder. The SRC is
      conjunction with some elements of If you w ould like to know w h a t is looking into this problem and will try
      the University, will be holding a going on c o n ta c t the SRC on the and let you know w h a t is going on.
      Cultural Awareness week or day. I[...]below and someone will
      will probably be over by the time soon fill you in.[...]d o u b t aware, the SRC elections are
      problems in the TERT office. Never #Quite a few students have being held in Oc[...]have fun and if approached/com plained to the not be standing a t all (or helping
      this does reach you before week 11 SRC regarding the issuing o f Bus anyone for that matter) but I do urge
      and you w ant to help, c o n ta c t the Passes. A t this point if you are a g e d you to h a ve a lo o k a t ALL th e
      following bodies: CAROL BERRY OR 30 and over, you are not ab le to get ca n d id a te s fo r ALL positions. Since
      ANDREW HAAS (that's me...) a t the a pass. If you think this smacks of the SRC spends your m oney it is
      SRC (phone numbers[...]you are absolutely im p o rta n t th a t you have a say w ho
      correct.... Considering a sizeable governs th a t spending. So please
      #The DISABILITIES SERVICES UNIT is portion of students are mature age HAVE YOUR SAY AN[...]and are indeed oider than 30 years,
      position in the library to up near the it does not seem to be a smart idea Anyway, I will leave this report a t
      Dean of Student's hidey hole in the of the government's to not allow that. If you have any queries ring the
      Unicentre building. What this means them[...]ould it help SRC on (042) 214201 and leave a
      s that access to this unit for those keep cars off the roads, it would help message for m e or, alt[...]tudents with disabilities will be increase the use o f an under utilised mail me at: aeh01@[...]otiate lifts and w hatnot. be noted that many of these people STAY COOL<BE CAREFUL<BE MERRY,
      For a uni th a t prides itself on access are no longer in the workforce and. -ANDREW[...]endearing sense of humour. Students would like to
      THE UNIVERSITY of W ollongong's Chancellor has take[...]success of their future personal endeavours and a
      retired after twenty-two years of continuous service. peaceful and re[...]the longest serving University C hancellor in Austral[...]was not something he necessarily The great new-look graphic, w hich adorns the
      I'm just back from the National Resso Conference, w anted t[...]staff from given both his long period of service and his belief th a t UniCentre buildings and staff, is an a p t representation
      student organisations across[...]someone else could bring further benefits to the of the Aboriginal expression "W ollongong"*, w hich is
      people whom I work with via phone a n d email every University in this position. The retirem ent o f the taken here to mean "land between the ocean and
      week, but whom I'd never met. Chancellor will also m ean th a t his wife June will also sky", The graphic is not all th a t is new for UniCentre
      The conference included workshops and papers on: play a lesser role in the University community. Students w hich was on ce The Union. The chan ge has been
      privatisation of Universities; corporatisation, non wil[...]principally and controversially driven by a perceived
      government incom e and profits in tert[...]need for the Union to "incorporate" within the structure
      international students; student poverty; international Robert Hope earned the respect of many of the University of Wollongong.
      perspectives on higher education; ethical and liability students. He is the typ e of person to w hom students
      issues; access and equi[...]elicate and During 1996, a d e b a te took p lace on cam pus as to
      Queer students; The C om m on Youth A llow ance; controversial issues. His judicial wisdom was am ply the nature of the perceived need and real intention
      undergrad and[...]supervision; illegal dem onstrated and a p p lie d in m any volatile situations behind the change from supposed "free association
      fees whic[...]having thrust some largely of carefree and loving Union members" to supposed
      finances; distance e d u c a tio n ; O A utonom ous slanderous m aterial into his h and in 1995 the "evil and incorporated UniCen[...]sations Chancellor entertained me with a brief address which should be adm itted. (1) The Vice Chancellor could
      and anti-student organisation legislation; sexual amply demonstrated the paradoxes of both my have introduced the need for chang e with a little
      harassment; HIV/AIDS issues and other general issues behaviour and th a t o f the V.C.'s, a t the tim e (I'm more diplom acy than by st[...]confident he was not patronising me), During the in effect the need for a more professional board of
      It was a pretty full-on three days, b u t I have arrived inaugural anti-Rev. Fred Nile demonstration outside of m anagem ent given the restrictive practice of students
      back with more ideas and enthusiasm than you could Uni. Council Chambers, the C hancellor (having this taking turns a t improving their vested Party interests
      poke se[...]Students, some fresh out
      I will be implementing a survey within the next month the flowers) dem onstrated his am ple ability to handle of diapers, are generally in little relevant position of
      or so, which will ask the student population to give any sensitive is[...]responsibility to constructively give e ffe ct to the
      suggestions as to w hat you think the SRC should d o or sym pathetically to the concerns raised by students, susta[...]or financial
      be doing, Your help will be greatly a p p re c ia te d in the however, w ith o u t com prom ising th e Rev. Nile's m anagem ent of a multifaceted service-provider such
      completion of these surveys. Look around on the appointm ent to Council.[...]er need any help with Over the past year, I have enjoyed the privilege Incorporation of the UniCentre as a legal and
      Austudy/ Abstudy , if you have a te n a n cy problem , a (granted by students) of being the Student Member of financial entity of the University o f W ollongong means
      problem with your Uni work or anything, the only w ay W ollongong Uni Council. During Council meetings, I a step froward for the University, the UniCentre, its staff
      that the SRC can do anything a b o u t it is if you com e observed that Robert Hope was unquestioned as the and all students. Students reta[...]l us. If I'm not there, Pat or Bart will leave me a "Chair" and th a t he contributed concisely and[...]question (contributing as an invaluable source of retain their normal em ploym en[...]in informal conversations with the Chancellor. I found a n d the University is fully a n d unequivocally
      th a t Robert Hope possessed a great w ealth of a ccou ntab le for UniCentre outcomes.[...]humanitarian insight into the trials and tribulations of[...]g anecdotes, Additionally, the UniCentre is not in poor financial[...]with sound m anagem ent, will ultimately profit the
      invaluable and revitalising source of intelligent humour University, it"s st[...]as he subtly dem onstrated a reserved co n te m p t for sweeping rhetoric of "student control" of the[...]UniCentre is baseless w ithout heed to an issue of[...]effective "student responsibility". In the case o f any
      The University o f W ollongong is now a t a serious loss desperate retention o f the word "unio n",take a strong[...]laxative; if symptoms o f rom antic allusion to the word
      the new Chancellor has a big pair of warm, well-worn "union" persist, then join the blue-collar work-force and[...]boots to "fill". Students c a n only live in faith, for now, experience the paradoxes o f a substantial reality!
      that the new Chancellor w o n 't march into the fray
      with a stiff new pair of "right-wing rationalist's", " 1"ve -A[...]g o t a jo b to do'V'head-kickers" on.[...]* An alternative A boriginal translation for[...]d June as warm "Wollongong" is "See, the monster com es!''. - Van.[...]
      [...]IES I The Missionary[...]This a rticle was inspired by, and So d o n 't[...]borrows from the I.C.I.S. (Illawarra intim idated into lis[...]can be found on the ground floor of
      Week is now over. For those both entertaining, and the Unicentre building (11), near the Remember if you are hassled or[...]out) intim idated by missionaries, people
      of you w ho missed it...You informative. W hether the[...]As most of you are aware, there are general (including other students and
      missed out on heaps of Sexual Revolution as we a number of groups on campus that academ ics), c o n ta c t any of the
      actively a pp ro a ch students in order to following:
      fun! The Post Feminist were debating, has been[...]d to do 'Security (042) 214555
      Forum was a huge and gone,never existed, or[...]national Student Adviser (042)
      success, covering a wide is still w ea ving its p a th freedom. However they can becom e[...]overzealous in their enthusiasm and
      range of definitions of throughout the world becom e a nuisance. A number of 'D ean of Students (042) 213667[...]ternational Students have expressed
      feminism and a great today, one thing was clear, t[...]Student Advisers a b o u t such
      discussion on the life to d a y holds heaps approaches - particularly appr[...]sometimes you can engage in very
      relevance of feminism more promise for an open,[...]If you are a p p ro a ch e d by a person people and they often have
      today. This provoked quite diverse and a c c e p tin g on campus and you are not intere[...]in w h at they have to say or sell, be
      a bit of discussion which society somewhere in the polite and firmly state th a t you are not The abo ve was w ritten a b o u t a[...]you in the first pla ce they are making students as has Campus Security. As
      interested in this topic, the Whilst b o th Blue the same judgem ent (eg. are they stated a[...]our rights to state your non money buying a publication if you're
      currently holding a series Sexuality Week lasted only intere[...]p on trying and start to buying it in the hope of getting them
      o f forums on the role of one week on cam pus, it is becom e a nuisance, making you feel off your back.[...]ions. If you
      feminism,past, present and not a sign th a t the issues ab o u t them to Security, the Dean of have friends who are acting in this[...]students, th e SRC a n d the manner it may be worthwhile point[...]NOBODY a t all is allow ed to a c t in this improve their images on cam pus if[...]way on campus and can be removed they a c te d a little more friendly.[...]if they cause to many problems.
      the last forum and put asi[...]about starting until the same

      the ball rolling tim e next

      for a new year. It seems

      wave of to m e, it is

      feminism to fit im portant to

      the next remember

      century... This th a t these

      is a really weeks exist

      interesting because

      a nd puzzling fundam en[...]flaws exist in our society,

      you have on the to pic is and until the inequalities

      always welcom e. We in the and injustices which these

      office are a little...shall we weeks seek to question

      say[...]we need to

      this prospect, and are very tre a t every w eek as

      interested in discussing it W om en's W eek a n d as

      with anybody who may Sexuality week.

      have ideas on ways OK, th a t is my spiel over

      forward...So com e in and with. Keep your eyes

      talk to us, or leave a peeled for the whistle

      message in mine or safety ca m p a ig n w e will

      Rebecca and Jodie's be running in th e next

      pigeon holes in the SRC c o u p le o f w eeks...3,000

      offi[...]whistles will be floating

      I c a n 't say I had around the p la ce for all

      anything to do with the people on campus, and

      organisation of Sexuality will be given aw ay free for

      w eek,but I was at heaps of YOUR SAFETY!!!

      the events and enjoyed it Keep safe and stay

      no end. Michael asked me happy!!!

      to be a part of the

      Sexuality Week d e bate -Erin Cahi[...]Representative
      held on the Wednesday,
      [...]s p e c is a il

      CD SOUNDTRACK CORNER[...]jittery theme that belongs to the bad[...]soundtrack/Randy guy of the piece - this time, a giant
      For those of you who asked for it (repeatedly so, I might add[...]snake. Tension sets in and mounts
      for the interest), this month we're debuting our "Soundtr[...]and as our heroes journey
      Herein you will find a wide range of soundtracks reviewed, from the (Shock) upriver the music takes on an almost
      big commercial releases and compilations right down to the palpable heaviness - as thick as the
      instrumental stuff - you know, the actual score of the films. This latter Despite the fact that I thought mists of the Amazon itself, it would
      category is one which is all-too-often ignored, and we here at the Anaconda was one of the worst films seem. There are even times when the
      Tert are trying to do a little something towards rectifying that. this side of Showgirls, I really enjoy score sounds uncannily like the
      The material reviewed in this column was kindly provided by the listening to the score. The fact that the creaking hull timbers of the riverboat.
      lovely people at Brashs Wollongong.[...]ly CD runs for only 36 minutes while the There's even a brief interlude and a
      Melissa for being so damn funny, and extra-spe[...]with it. for the anaconda's theme to resurface.
      And now - read on. If this column gets a positive response, we'll It's also because composer Randy We are regularly lulled into a false
      keep it up, and possibly let it grow. An[...]o puns about Edelman, whose credits include The sense of security only to be thrust back
      how great a "score" it was. Last of the Mohicans and Gettysburg, into suspense and[...]has succeeded at creating a compact into full-blown orchestral terror as the
      IF IT'S score that perfectly captures the action begins. It's formula and it's[...]atmosphere of a pulp adventure predictable, but there[...]l. That's basically what allure to this kind of enthusiastically[...]Anaconda was, although the director produced and performed music. The
      W E HAND LE IT. Luis Llosa (who also made the tunes tell the tale - and in this case,[...]atrocious Stallone flick The Specialist)
      Brashs[...]core the film
      soundtrack/various escorts us into the depths of the its[...]Amazon. There's a rollicking sense of -Harris[...]adventure before the music shifts[...]gears into the more ominous tones[...]that foreshadow the horrors to come.[...]We're introduced soon enough to the campus

      We've received a lot of mail and comment here at the Tert SPEED 2 - Jon B[...]theme. Needless to say,
      complaining about the lack of jazz reviews in our music[...]soundtrack/vari basically it lets the scrotum slammed in a
      particular gap in our repertoire.[...]studios slap a couple of drawer than listen to it
      And a glaring gap it is; jazz is a unique form of musical ous hit songs from a film onto again.
      expression, and one of the greatest of American art-forms. a disc, fill the rest of the The rest of the album has
      I'm a jazz fanatic myself, and so I was more than eager[...]Polygra space with crap that no- a fairly reggae tone to it,
      listen to the score from Robert Altman's moody film Kansas[...]one would listen to which I guess suits the
      City. Actually, it was more like a re-listening, as I m)[...](predictably, UB40
      remembered it from when I saw the film itself, but like all millions of marketing and Maxi Priest both pop
      good[...]ive without being intrusive; in To me, a real soundtrack dollars off of it. up somewhere amongst
      short, I needed to really listen to the music on its own. is one that contains the The only actual nod to the mess), but I really
      This score, produced by Hal Willner, functions not only as a actual score of the film Mark Mancina's score for can't imagine anyone
      supplement to the film but also stands very well on its own. and not just a slip-shod Speed 2 on this CD actually buying this
      It's an hour-plus of solid jazz, running the gamut from dark compilation of songs. The comes in a techno/dance album, much less
      and brooding to more up-tempo pieces, and all of it Speed 2 soundtrack is version of the main enjoying it.
      gorgeous. There are officially twelve tracks on the disc (with one of the latter, theme, re-mixed in the -Harrison J. Chadd
      such terribly jazzy names as "Blues in the Dark", "Yeah, unfortunately.[...]don't be wastin' moula on
      Man" and "Pagin' the Devil"), but they flow together so I can't figure out how they ghastly dance version of dis one, mon
      seamlessly that you'd swear th[...]k Show's X-Files
      breaks. This is not to say that the tracks are all identical; it's enough songs to fill out a
      just that jazz musicians have always been masters of the full album. They must \
      transi[...]and tempo without have included the full
      pausing for breath, and generally with such skill that you version of that reggae 5* ..
      don't even consciously[...].
      beautifully untidy segments, and yet it forms a perfectly stereo as they drove past
      co[...]t to be experienced, not 7, as well as the
      studied. extended dance mix of / / - / / / / / /- / / / /> / s ? / / / /
      There's a great line-up of musos on this album. The talented the love song that Sandra
      trumpets of Nicholas Payton and James Zollar are stand[...]to in
      outs, but my greatest love has always been the sax, and on Scene 35, plus the three
      Kansas City they used seven of 'em. There's also three guys songs that played over
      on bass, a couple of soulful trombones, and the beautiful the end credits.
      clarinet of Don Byron (also a featured saxophonist). Kevin Hell - this[...]ls that are as smooth as his one of those pathetic
      namesake; it's very easy to fall in love with him on the basis excuses for a soundtrack
      of his humming alone. Throw in the piano, drums, cornet, that contains "s[...]ents, and you have an and inspired by the
      album that will remind jazz lovers of exactly why they love motion picture". Th[...]let's face it - we all know that jazz lovers are the coolest started way back in the
      people.[...]
      [...]o it!"
      It seems that I've been complaining about the idea of "retro" a lot this
      month. I understand that fashion and ar[...]urring SLING BLADE - The opening tracks are and it's extremely effe[...]ious quirky compositions, which The songs included are a
      paraphrase someone famous: those of us who forget the mistakes of (Isla nd /P o lyg ra m ) are quite appropriate to the nice touch, as they add
      the past are doomed to repeat them. If this is true,[...]quirky film that they that touch of Southern
      Paris and Milan must have real short memories, because they've This is a strange but accompany. There's some flavor to the album, and
      been resurrecting fashions from the seventies for years now, and kind of quivering sound provide a break from the
      most of these clothes were a big enough mistake the first time compelling little hovering throughout, and building tension of the
      around.[...]I'll be hogtied and lynched score. They make the
      And as if the re-animation of disco wasn't enough of a degradation, compilation of sounds from if I can figure out what in album as a whole
      the powers-that-be (I hope they suffer horribly painf[...]are (probably some weirdo It's not a casual listen, this
      That means Kylie and Madonna, and all of the horrid crap that Stock,[...]hink I got their names right) assaulted our a number of sleepy songs are lighter moments too, Blade itself, the score
      ears and insulted our minds with. It's a little known conspiracy theory which capture the friendly, requires a bit of attention to
      that the eighties pop scene was nothing more than one huge testing on this album, all of them funnier side of the fully appreciate. It's a bit
      ground for the US government's first cloning program. Fortunatel[...]character Billy Bob like riding the Mississippi in
      us, most of the initial subjects failed to survive.[...]dwiched between Thornton played in the film a rowboat - you're easily
      Eighties retro even hit[...]- but these spots are lulled by the sleepy
      Hutcheon, unwittingly working for the forces of darkness, organised chunks of the film's original merely precursors to the scenery, but there's
      the Retro dance party.[...]aitin'
      There are even retro computer games - see the computer game score by Daniel Lanois. the guts of this music. Like jus' `round the bend....
      review section of this very paper if you don't believe me. the (excellent) film itself, -Harrison J. Chadd
      How[...]in times when retro can be appropriate, and The score itself is Sling Blade's score is all ridin' shotgun on your
      the soundtrack of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion is one[...]olence, musical experience
      such example. For a start, the music is perfectly in context because intriguingly different. At first
      of the film's setting; the high school reunion of a class that graduated
      in the mid-eighties. listen I thought it owed a lot
      There are some real classics on the album (well, as close to classic
      as a song from the eighties can get). Culture Club's ubiquitous[...]akes an appearance, as does Bananarama's
      version of "Venus". The Go-Gos cheerily proclaim that "We Got The Nitzsche's twangin' score
      Beat", Belinda Carlisle claims that "Heaven is a Place on Earth",
      Wang Chung reminisce about "Dance Hall Days" and Naked Eyes to The Hot Spot, but this
      mourn that "There's Always So[...]ast long.
      even though it featured prominently in the film, but they did include
      Tears For Fears' excellent "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". The There's more of a palpable
      song that I was really hanging out for, though, was The Vapors'
      "Turning Japanese". I've been searching for that damn tune for years sense of tension to this
      now, ever since some guy convinc[...]oing squinty from his efforts. After listening to the song
      (repeatedly) I think the jury's still out on the actual meaning of the downright black-hearted.
      lyrics.
      Rumor has it, though, that Pauline Hanson is thinking of adopting
      "Turning Japanese" as the official party song of One Nation, to be
      used at their planned Beer Hall Putsch of 1998. If this is indeed the
      case, I would be willing to concede that wanking[...]Lens on Loud Competition

      CONSIDER yourself a budding young The deadline for the AGFA disposable Black[...]her plus you'll
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      for each theme.The themes are: capture images that refle[...]be paid the regular rate o f a
      [...]r element Greater Union and Tertangala have a pile of[...]ble passes to Face/Off to give away.
      John Woo is a god. fun taking the piss out o f each other, but they each To win one, you simply have to answer the[...]vious moments o f genuinely touching drama. The script Q. Is John W oo a god?
      from the respectful hush that fell over the crowd as allows them to basically play tw o roles each, and Correct entries will win a free pass.
      the credits started that I was surrounded by fellow they both rise to the challenge with unerring Incorrect entries will earn a death mark for
      Woo-Nuts.[...]the person responsible.[...]Put your name, student number and contact
      The Western Branch o f the Woo-Cult started about a And then w e have the god himself. phone number,[...]bmit it to
      John W oo's films made their way into the western John W oo directs Face/Off with h[...]Harrison J. Chadd c/o Tertangala, SRC, or
      world. The K iller and Hard Boiled made such an energy and flair, but it's in his handling o f the drop into the media room in Building 11
      unexpected impact on a market that was already character's relationships that he lifts the film above (w e 're just behind the bar, you bunch of
      glutted with action films that they had Hollywood run-of-the-mill-action and into the realms o f the alcoholics) and stuff them into our
      shakin[...]ces
      O f course, Hollywood has always believed in the are all the more powerful once he's made you care[...]can't beat `em ,get `em to join you."You about the people involved; and it's in these set-
      could almost hear the cries o f studio heads around pieces that the almighty Woo really struts his stuff. GRRTR UNION TOW N
      the world screaming "Bring me the head o f Johnny
      W o o !'The rest, as the man wrote, is history. Comparing an Arnie action film to a John Woo film CINCMRS[...]is like comparing a bar brawl to the Bolshoi Ballet.
      Today, Mr. Woo has been elevated[...]he HERCULES - Disney's newest animated
      the top o f the heap.After last year's excessively loud choreographs it. His shootouts are literally like a "classic" (preordained as such by the
      action spectacular, Broken Arrow , Johnny has dance o f death - a lovingly filmed ballet o f violence almighty Di[...]fly, glass smashes, scenery explodes - and all the in-jokes to keep the adults happy as well[...]uides his camera gracefully through as the kids; but beware Donald
      He started by pulling together one o f the best crews the carnage, capturing the intensity o f the conflict Wildmon's Religious Right, who are
      in Hollywood. The cinematographer was Oliver with inst[...]e-by-frame in
      Wood, who started his career under the tutelage o f placement and a sixth sense for editing such as his search[...]and filth
      another action guru, Michael Mann, on the TV series are few and far between.[...]A SIMPLE WISH - More kid's fare, with
      sharpening his action claws on Term inal Velocity There's a special style in the physical staging o f his Martin Short as a doofus fairy godfather
      and D ie Hard 2. He's als[...]ms action scenes, too. Whether he's filming a Mexican and Kathleen Turner as the evil witch
      like Mr. H olland's Opus, as well as shooting music stand-off in a church, intercutting with shots o f (September 25).
      videos for The Cranberries. Production/costume franti[...]s were veterans Neil Spisak and Ellen a massive gun battle in a loft apartment, shot in GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE - Take-off erf
      Miroj nick. The score was composed by ex ad-man gloriously anguished slow-motion and cut to the Tarzan - just the trailer has already made
      John Powell, under the talented producership o f strains o f "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", there's me want to take up serial killing
      Hans Zimmer, who has composed scores for a long always something unusual about it.[...]EVENT HORIZON - Relatively un-hyped
      Black Rain, The Lion King, True Rom ance and o f the emotional impact o f a good score - again, sci-fi thriller about the first spaceship to
      Crimson Tide.The editor, who must have known he trademar[...]travel faster-than-light beyond the
      was in for one helluva job, was Christian Wagner[...]bounds of our galaxy; the ship returns
      got his start on Tony Scott's Revenge, before But that's not all - in the midst o f such explosive minus lifeforms, but it sure ain't empty.
      becoming a Scott-brothers favorite and editing Days violence, Woo keeps the focus firmly fixed on the Laurence Fishburne and Sam Neill star
      o f Thunder, The Last Boy Scout, True Rom ance and characters involved. He shows the anguish on their (October 9).
      The Fan, as well as tons o f ads for Tony and Ridley faces, the blood from their wounds, the terror in CONTACT - Relatively over-hyped[...]keeps reminding us that with Jodie Foster as the scientist who[...]le up there.... translates the first ever transmission
      The plot o f the film (and there is one - a definite[...]eceived from deep space. This message
      novelty in the action genre), revolves around an Except[...]y contains instructions for building a
      intensely personal conflict between FBI agent Sean watching a movie. Ah-hah! N ow you understand ma[...]John Travolta) and his criminal nemesis, the pow er o f a John Woo film - he makes you well as typically) the scientists do so.
      Castor Troy (Nicholas Cage). I[...]believe. He draws you in, shakes you around by the Flaven't these guys ever seen Species?
      any more plot details than the trailer has already throat for two hours,[...]'s just say that they end up swapping He's a world-class story-teller and dream-weaver,[...]lives. And let's just also add that, o f course, the fit and I, for one, am honored to be part o f hi[...]rather than her clothes, and tries to make
      hits the shan. audience. a comeback after a long line o f stinkers -[...]and with Bladerunner director Ridley
      The scriptwriters (Mike Werb & Michael Colleary)[...]dd Scott at the helm, she just might stand a
      have taken this not-totally-original idea and ru[...]g chance (October 23).
      away with it.They exploit the humor and tension o f your local Woo-Nut representative
      the o f "swaperoo" situation to its fullest, but they[...]seems to have
      overlooked; they've really tackled the emotions o f[...]TO W N CINEMAS
      the characters involved. There's a real bond (not a
      happy one, but a bond nevertheless) developed
      between the two protagonists, and the fact that
      they get to live life in each other's shoes lends an air
      o f sympathy to both o f their roles. The bonds o f
      family are also strongly apparent on both sides o f
      this conflict, and provide much o f the motivation
      for the escalation o f hostilities.

      O f course,[...]
      [...]THE TRAVEL RORTS[...]
      [...]pay

      F F A IR[...]"The Prime Minister, in the[...]most brutal hours of his[...]two of his senior personal[...]staff - including the man[...]GET A JOB///[...]Oh, th a t's rig h t;[...]there a ren 't any.

      business In conflict with the S # p te
      [...]at I d on 't w atch too specialised section o f the TV WONDERS[...]. If astronom y isn't one von UNIVERSE
      OF THE avid in teres[...]astronom ical. That, coupled with the narrator's voice alone will
      UNIVERSE[...]ence particular tape to be a highly System, then don't miss out on[...]joyable this docum entary. Lovers of
      e[...]docum entary on being able to retain, And, on a final note - if you've
      mins, $29 95[...]would credit this to the realism of esteem to a point where you
      This is another enthralling creation the com puter simulations, which think you're actually im portant,
      of the Discovery Channel, depicting, vastly improved on, and added a new Wonders o f the Universe will
      as the title states, the many wonders dimension to, the grainy images p rom ptly d estroy all that by
      of the universe. There are four w e've ha[...]lores in Voyager II. Also impressive was the -Troy Douglas
      elaborate detail: cosm ic collisions, narration on the possibility o f life
      star formation, the sun, the nature of existin g elsew h ere in the Solar Next Week from The Discovery
      moons in our Solar System, and the System - it had an ambiguity that C hannelTM : "The Origins and
      possibility of life proceeding and appealed to me. M eanin g o f the Universe and
      existing throughout the galaxy. Overall, the presentation was a bit Existence - Your Questions[...]Discovery channel programs) at a

      GREAT ROOKS: Am erican - H the sub-ed] considering it 's a made-for-TV ANCIENT[...]documentary - FI the sub-ed] if anyone's interested in the blood,
      FRANKENSTEIN telling the "chilling" story o f it becomes farcical to a cynical UIRRRIORS[...]here at the Tert for details.
      Writer/Producer: Frankenstein. It is cut away Anyway, it's on the Discovery VOLUME THREE:[...]pointed out in reviews o f the earlier
      Roadshow, PG with fo[...]SSICAL UIRRRIORS volumes, the re-enactm ents are[...]occasionally a tou ch too "A m erica's
      rated, 50 mins, momen[...]ter Nicholson Most W anted", and the narrator is really
      $24.95[...]Highly educational and not as dry as a
      the world giving their tw o[...]cents worth on the value o f see exactly what it was that a viewing. I wish they'd had a D iscovery[...]insulted P h il's intelligence, 1-3 in a boxed set) Channel when I was d[...]competition. See the details This is the final volume in a three-part I have to go now - one of my co
      Admittedl[...]ow, and you could he in set that covers a wide range of warrior w orkers is making som e crack abou[...]the running to earn yourself cultures through[...]trivia: for one o r o u r freebie copies o f the US cable-based D iscovery Channel, history[...]this volume details the Macedonians, to give him a taste o f my steel.
      instance, the docum entary the Spartans and the Romans. -Hannibal J. Chadd[...]arriors to my banner
      I want you to think back to the discusses S h elley's instalment in the series; Fve always had[...]a bit of a soft spot for the Romans. The We have a couple o f boxed sets o f
      documentaries that scr[...]from my dim and dusty days of budding historians (read: nerds) who
      channel 9 o r 7 in the philosophy, and the way she schooling were always the highlight of m ay be reading. See below fo r[...]ilderingly early-morning became obsessed with the fascinated by the com p lex political and[...]military histories of both the Spartans
      time-slots. You know the ones idea o f re-animation after her and the Romans. Plus, I thought that the[...]the uniform appearance o f their legions
      Tells All, or UFO Mysteries, or after its birth. The doco also[...]long before I becam e a radical, anti-
      Great Mysteries o f Dapto. analyses the theory that[...], Great Hooks: Frankenstein acts as a[...]ent society, and participated
      Frankenstein is in the same metaphor for the pow er o f[...]exhilarating battles with a few dozen
      vein. N ice titles build an science and the disaster it other armed and armored loonies. The[...]abstract sense that something creates (w ith the help o f the fun, but they really made me develop a[...]heartfelt respect for the legionnaires
      eerie is go in g on, violins Scary Legislative Act, the the[...]rribly uncom fortable arm or and
      scream all over the place and producers have included[...]to win wars, make sure that your troops
      the Scary Legislative Act 1934. al). Flowever, in the end, you[...]My w a rrio r's days are ov er now,
      In short its a clich ed and feel a little uninspired and[...]laughter). We have a medieval re

      American voice [actually, b[...]it's

      actor Donald Sutherland because the program is so

      doing the narration, and we conventional, with its[...]fried) pet? K 9 travel to the world Argolis.
      Here they get involved with a radioactive
      THE LEISURE HIVE planet, a dying people, scientific[...]Director: Lovett Bickford with the usual BBC low budget special
      Wr[...]considering the time and co st) it retains
      Starring: Tom Baker & Lalla Ward the w onder and enjoym ent that it first had
      Roadsh[...]Much o f the pleasure is in w atching Tom
      Another release from the BBC's massive Baker's e cce n tric time lord, resplendent in
      archive of Dr. W ho episodes. For the legions coat, floppy hat and 10 m eter scarf.
      of fans there are only a few places that you Rontana is slightly stuffy at this stage but
      can catch the time lord's exploits. O nce a that plays off well against the chaos around
      mainstay of the ABC in the afternoons and her, while K 9 is atypically[...]ideo it's there. Unlike many seen today, this is a
      or through some o f the Sci Fi clubs around `cu lt' sci-fi TV show from an age w here the
      Oz. Roadshow has been releasing them on emphasis was on the characters and story
      video for some time now, but there is still rather than the special effects. Go get it
      much to be seen, and[...]is up.
      up since last year's US/UK tele-movie o f the -Guru
      d o cto r's latest incarnation.
      This tape com es from a later season in the We have two copies 0/"D octor W ho: Leisure
      career of the fourth and most popular Hive to g ive aw[...]d contains all four be lurking out there in the shadows. See
      parts of The Leisure Hive. Beginning on a below f o r the competition details.
      wintry beach in Brighton (UK), the Doctor,
      his com panion Romana and (recently
      [...]write hateful letters attacking w orld of netw ork TV new s, w hich[...]provides a few hints of political statement
      CENTURY:[...]of humor. The script, adapted from the
      VOLUME ONE[...]semi-factual (I think) novel The Golden[...]Girl, uses this background as just that - a
      Directors/Producers:[...]background. Wise m ove, that - the
      Jonathan Lewis (episode 1);[...]O f cou rse, in my defence, I had the
      William T. Jones[...]to carry the film on their
      (episodes 2 & 3)[...]( Fried Green Tomatos). The[...]Redford and Pfeiffer - on their
      There are a million wonderful things I[...]m ore attractive in a wom an[...]. IOm really going out on a limb here. I than confidence. Re[...]ould be h im self is also quite a Eeek! You see w hat IOm
      enactm ents"; the entire series is bagging this f[...]to now? Gushing,
      compiled from real footage o f the Instead, IOm going to admit tha[...]myself further.
      I been so impressed with the depth of vulnerable to your derision and ha[...]arrison J. Chadd
      research that has been put into a[...]in Wollongong
      documentary series, and rarely is the
      outcome as powerful as it is in People's[...]These tw o are the main
      Century.
      This first volum e con tains th r[...]strength of Up Close A n d
      episodes, which co v er the first ten
      years of this century, World War One[...]Personal. T he film is
      and the Russian Revolution, through to
      Stalin's rise.[...]basically a star vehicle, and
      Quite simply - brilliant.
      -Ha[...]Pfeiffer and Redford have a
      losing my literary elephantitis[...]respectable amount of star
      Ifyou want y o u r ow n copy o f this, the
      most brilliant docum enta ry series[...]power. They also have a
      since The World At War, see the
      competition box below f o r details o f[...]and this lends an air of volatile[...]The backdrop to the story is the energetic[...]spelling your name right), drop your entry into the Tertangala[...]need a landmark, w e're right behind the bar (w e 're sure you[...]name, your name, your student number and a telephone number Our thanks go to Road[...]silly com petition this Cameron, who exhibit a great deal of patience with the Faceless-
      time. No questions regarding the color of your underwear or Voices-On-The-Phone from the Tertangala) for their continuing[...]and provision o f box-loads o f goodies. And, as a final
      spell your name right (o f course, considering the illiteracy note, w e specifically want t[...]o f these details, send them to com petition a few months back. His answ ers to the question[...]"W ho would win if X ena and Hercules had a biffo?" w ere fairly[...]amusing, but the reply of "Ten's ratings" took first prize (and a[...]copy of the video).

      Return to the rediscovery - and one w hich points up not only play a seriousness and a profundity that play o ff does both the strengths o f the actors and the
      Undiscovered the roots o f the present, but also the continuities in tonally and thematically interesting ways pleasures, nuances and p o w er o f the text. She[...]ements. takes us, with the cast, on the journey o f
      Country the future. The Shakespeare reference (from Hamlet , discovery on which w e have the benefit o f their
      The setting is W ollongong during the years o f dontcha k n o w !) also opens up the use o f the communal exploration o f this n ew w ork from
      UNDISCOVERED the Second W orld War, but the focus is not on the w ell-w orn conceit o f the play-within-a-play', w orkin g draft to perform ance text[...]A heroics o f the men fighting, nor on the big P ' w hich is deployed here (as custom[...]international political issues involved, but on the provide parallels intended to deepen the informative and affecting journey,[...]personal narratives o f a group o f w om en significance o f and as a casting light on the worthwhile and to be recomm ended.
      WRIT[...]workers w h o had been `m anpowered' (a primary text, as w e ll as provid[...]in However, as w ith others on other occasions, the
      BADHAM DIRECTED BY delicious term from a feminist perspective), that this case, ente[...]n drafted into com pulsory industrial It's a potentially effective dramatic device, but I unsympathetic space o f the auditorium and the
      JANYS HAYES war-work' in the national interest' . found the scenes o f the rehearsal and playing o f inhospitable, bleak[...]One o f the several plot-lines follow s the a parody Hamlet by a group o f second-rate only (veil resourced technical and scenic
      SOtiie wag said one time that the best v iew o f resistance o f the w om en to the exploitative and travelling players stranded in the Gong jarred production can solve. A t times the action - and
      unsafe w ork practices spawned by such a som ew hat. Sure, th ey w e re fun and w ere the attempted scenic solution o f the modular
      Wollongong was through the rearvision mirror system, resonating with echoes o f the w id er relevant to the primary characters, plot and truck as central set d evice - looked a little lost,[...]g-class struggles, but these themes, but the undergraduate level o f the and as a consequence there was some loss o f
      of the car as you left tow n via Mt. Ousley. O f iss[...]ries com edy distracted this review er from the main focus for the audience.
      o f the social relationships and emotional game: perhaps retaining the original text and The production probably would have been
      course, w e w h o live here know better and d on 't experiences o f the group and their milieu: relying on the ineptitude o f the playing for the better served by the (sadly unavailable)
      history brought alive, giving the past a required humour cou ld have stiffened this Performance Space, the natural hom e o f such
      have to dignify that opinion with a riposte. And recognisable human face, individ[...]act. perform ances, but w h e n w ill the FCA/[...]However, 1 did enjoy enormously the notion o f University fund such showcase theatrical events
      besides, there's a lot to be seen - and seen from Undiscovered Country recuperates and the disreputable and opportunistic thespians as as these to the level they demand and deserve?!
      revivifies a history largely ignored or even a version o f die rude mechanicals' from A Other comparable institutions do so, with
      a different and fascinating perspective - in a repressed but not totally forgotten, for the Midsummers Night's Dream, which added[...]source material for Badham was the rich seam o f another level to the com pany's shenanigans. professional) b[...]rview mirror. the oral history o f the period and the region T h e W hich leads m e to the acting and the staging. Even so, the performance w ork ed w e ll and, I
      stories o f the workers themselves becom e the O nce again the young FCA students impressed trust, w i[...]tre, reworked for dramatic and me not only in the vigour, the vitality o f their performance, i f the w riter and com pany are[...]s - something w e 've com e to expect given the opp ortu n ities they require and
      death Vanessa[...]authenticity, ringing true. And, as in a number o f from this source - and this partic[...]com parable texts, the oral narrative counter or what I 've seen. But I was also impressed by the It is a paly about and f o r W ollongong that takes
      Undiscovered Country (com m issioned as the subverts the official, the received' history. technical com petence o f the majority o f them, its place with those o f[...]But there's another line taken in the play as well, especially as the play demanded that they had to Aronson and[...]m,
      1997 FCA graduation play) holds ( as tw ere ) a one im plicit in the double conceit o f the title, for m ove to and from several dramatic modes quite incidentally, she ow es no debts), a play in which
      the `undiscovered country' is not only the past often - naturalism, parody, burlesue, stylization - the w ord country begins to have the resonances
      mirror to the city's past to reflect a b rief but (as Bill Shakespeare would have[...]eller reurns" - death! comedy, to pathos, to the truly tragic. those o f Dorothea MacKellar - o r Pauline
      moment in its history, a special m om ent The action o f the play is framed by the concept And because this was effective ens[...]o f deatli and the fact' o f a death, with recurring (a tribute both to direction and to their previous at a certain historical m oment in this particular
      re[...]his references and resonances that keep it as a'' co-operative efforts) I am loathe to[...]ctions, what plot turns, what fun and The staging was another mat n r As implied[...]games, what issues take our attention. It is a above, the direction o f the acting by janys Hayes her sincerely, passiona[...]spine o f irony - and o f tragedy - that lends the deserves accolades, bringing out as it manifestly responses to to a past she has recreated[...]dramatically, bringing the past to confront the
      For w c have much to gain, much to learn from[...]It was a big ask for a young plat right and
      the problem s and pleasures o f the[...]performers and a neat trick i f you can do it - and[...]Vanessa Badham, Janys Hayes and the cast just
      contemporary world as to have a[...]
      circular pieces of plastic[...]cause. For fans of the featured artists this is a (Shock)
      must-have. The same goes for those socially[...]aware individuals who love a good cause. For me This is a seven track EP to try to elicit interest in
      and the other two people who like music just for their forthcoming CD release. Full of fairly typical[...]music's sake, it's worth no more than a passing neo-punk/thrash[...]on the new CD, `You Say' and the next single[...]inferior cover of a They Might Be Giants' song.
      BEN HARPER - The Will to Live BLUES TRAV[...]`Clout' is a speed/thrash studio track only for this
      (Virgin) (A&M/Polygram) release - probably the best of the lot. A Demo track[...]of `Alone At Last' is utter crap with indecipherable
      This latest effort from Ben Harper is without a These days the distinction between a CD single screeching vocals. A message follows denying that
      doubt one of the best albums you'll be able to get release an[...]etting more and more the band actually performed the track, but the
      for yourself this year. Harper is a really interesting blurred, so I'm going to call "Carolina Blues" a press release (written by the band) states that the
      guy, and chooses to express himself through that[...]track "had our drummer banned from the studio."
      classic medium of singer/songwriter. His accomplished - and Blues Traveller deserve all the `Windsok' and `Glossy Books' were recorded live at
      influences are many, the various tracks covering a credit we can throw at them! The four tracks on the CBGB's in New York. The recording of these is
      lot of musical styles from jazz and funk to folk and[...]still with exceptional for a live gig.
      ballad. However, he does sound a lot like Cat that distinguishable blues flavour. At a low price it's good value for those fans and
      Stevens, not only in the particular tunes he sings, This selection of tracks are lifted from the A&M lovers of the style.
      but also vocally. There is a real sense of searching album "Straight On Till Morning," an[...]us that he feels very is anything to go by, the album would make a great
      passionately about his subject matter.[...]over's collection. THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES - You are the
      Harper is a real down-to-earth kind of guy, and is What more can I say? The music is great, the Universe
      mainly concerned with the more painful aspects of vocals have a unique combination of traditional (London Reco[...]blues-rock style, injected with enthusiasm, the
      "Widow of a Living Man", Harper pours out his soul rhythms are of the toe-tapping variety, and overall Probably the funkiest British band of the 1990's.
      on such issues as street kids and child abuse. Yet "Carolina Blues" is a short taste of things to come This, their latest single, is highly polished and very
      as a man with Christian beliefs, Harper still has a from Blues Traveller. Not only do I recommend typical of the band's style. It's an open, warm, sing-
      sense of hope. He admits that he is more afraid of getting the EP or album, but I suggest you set your a-long happy-vibed tune; certainly toes will tap and
      living than he is of dying, but believes in making stereo to "rep[...]hips will swing to this song.
      the most out of his short time on earth. The -Bell the Red Head The CD single features five good mixes including a
      appropriately titled "The Will to Live" is a very couple by the famous "fingers-in-all-pies" (that's
      inspiration[...]- all `biggies' in the London dance scene [Bridget's
      "Hope is alive[...]a pom import, so she's an expert on these things -[...]H]). Track three is the slowest, funkiest with a
      Break the chains that hold us down[...]serious element of swing fused in. Tracks four and
      And we shall be[...]five are the most up-tempo, definitely for getting up[...]A typically outstanding track from the Heavies, with[...]the remixes as an extra bonus; expect this - and
      * i[...]better - on the full album.[...]Abhinanda is out of Sweden, and have just
      Last year Gig For World Pe[...]It seems to be so typical of Hollywood to spend so
      After donating ten grand t[...]-titled. After much money on a film to pay for the set, the action
      Resistance (?), and $357 to Buddhist Monk[...]t seems to me that and the biggest names in the business to produce
      sponsorship the team got together and after much they're part of that re-emerging punk rock scene. the biggest movie we've ever seen, and yet totally
      deliberating produced a CD with a bunch of the With a number of tours, two other albums and a forget the simplest elements to a making film -
      artists that played at the Gigs. The majority of the couple of band restructurings behind them, they[...]t I'm
      material is live and ranges in styles from the funk- seem to have finally hit their speed. afraid of is that the general public is getting used to
      hungry Bliss, the darkwave of Reckoning, and onto Although I'm not a real punk rock listener, this these big budget flicks and are only turning up to
      the world sounds of Ruby Fruit Jungle and the album seemed a bit tame; it just doesn't quite the movies because of the name of the actors and
      guitar heavy Testeagles. Sandwiched between all make it as a punk rock album. And overall, directors that appear in bold on the poster. And
      that are stints from Snout's Ross, the `Hamburger' although the album contains a few okay songs, I now it seems that Hollywood is applying this same
      ditty from the Whitlams and other Australian rock would only class it as a "maybe" to buy. marketing to their music, the latest casualty being
      sounds.[...]the Batman and Robin soundtrack. Some of the
      Unfortunately, good causes often equal very[...]biggest names in the pop music scene have come
      ordinary CD "soundtrac[...]together to produce a very ordinary pop album. My
      unfortunately, this[...]guess is that by simply having bands such as The
      Whilst I love the myriad of styles, they've focused[...]Smashing Pumpkins, Jewel, and Underworld the
      too much on genre-grouping (ie; all the funk bands ' , - ' -r; ps[...]to sell as many records as
      together, followed by the guitar bands, and so
      on...). This is a prime candidate for liberal usage of .\
      the "random play" function on your CD player. The
      actual recordings are quite good considering the[...]i) Ii m iW H -H t
      obvious shoestring budget, and the packaging is
      possible and follow up on the success of the hairs' [this term is also often used to describe the JEAN MICHEL JARRE - Oxygene 7-13
      movie. The sad thing is that the names that appear culture sub-editor of this very magazine - hi]. After (Epic/Sony)
      on this album are just that - names. The quality of just one minute of listening I found her art form to
      the music is just not there. I mean the Smashing be in no way rough or even hairy, but perhaps this Mr. Jarre certainly is one of the fathers of modern
      Pumpkins song "The End is the Beginning is the is intended as a metaphor for the intertwining of synthesised music. He has had many imitators but
      End" is a catchy little number, but after the third many strands. The album is highly complex - each never an[...]it boring. There are definitely no poem contains a story/dream/comment regarding heard in music today. This 20-bit remastering of
      surprises to be had listening to this album, such as her perceptions of woman/man and the cycle of some of his most seminal works makes for
      the joy of discovering an unknown band who totally birt[...]ainful, gorgeous listening, and reasserts the fact that his
      cream the bigger name on the record. All the displaying a level of maturity that only comes from greatest wor[...]ged. Oxygene 1-6
      bands and artists are known and the result is fair. experience.[...]so recently re-mastered and re-released)
      Perhaps a change in heart from the execs may see Preston is already known for her short stories and contains some of Jarre's more famous and
      a different creative result and perhaps an album performances at art festivals like The Fringe and recognisable tunes, but I hav[...]in, that's who Next Wave. Her aim is "to blur the boundaries the second album. There are echoes of the earlier
      we wanted to hear: the Smashing Pumpkins, between low and[...]pieces throughout, and some of the parts are
      Underworld, Jewel - all of them artists of the An incredibly compelling album accessibl[...]like an extended symphony - the whole is so much[...]t others, fully exploits
      Oh gods - if only I had a dollar for every black (Shock) the capabilities of modern digital technology.
      female R&B trio out t[...]ered" re-
      Sometimes I think that these women are the For those who have had the unique pleasure of releases are a great idea or just a money-spinning
      second generation results of the cloning program witnessing this crusty fiv[...]k, you have to appreciate that Jarre's work
      that the CIA perfected back in the eighties with the of another album would be particularly pleasing. was screaming out for an update. The man wrote
      Minogue experiments.[...]Not so pleasing (unless you enjoy violence) is the far ahead of his time, and now that technology has
      There's no[...]vocals that swirl with an hear them with the kind of crystal clarity and
      floats your boat, you'll fin[...]e processing that I'm sure he always
      unpleasant. The three (that's 3) girls have those occasionally) the quintet will slow for some kind of envisioned.
      typically sexy/husky voices, a[...]well, I guess. Don't expect any surprises in The Song', but the crux of the tunes (?) is - in the -Harrison J. Chadd
      the lyrics, however; and I dare you to try and count words of vocalist Richard Kelly - Total Chaos. all mellowed out
      the number of times they say "baby" (though I bet Similar in style to early Napalm Death, Nuclear
      you it's a number that's divisible by three). Even Assa[...]anflipper CORDS - Hear! See! Feel! Taste!
      the cover of the CD looks completely familiar - soft encapsulat[...](Shock)
      sepia tones and stylish photos of the gorgeous trio questioning and (of course) humour. Once again
      of girls. drummer Matt Harrod rides the graphic seat and Totally indie[...]
      broom. I had a friend in high school who would ask are not[...]experience. We all heard Radiohead's hugely
      all the girls if they wanted to play pup tent. They[...]ong "Creep" back in 1994, which
      always said no." The words of lead root me" and "They took my guns away/What's a thrust this Oxford quintet into the limelight (I
      singer/songwriter/guitarist Dean Wa[...]thought it was creepy that so many of us could
      taken me a long time to be able to write this review. Basically the Cosmic Psychos think that they are relate to the song). Radiohead earned for
      I've had to listen to this album about seven times the only band in the world who is really, truly cool themselves the reputation of a band very keen to
      before I could put some words together - not and not a bunch of try-hards. Obviously to be end this li[...]hing better,
      because I'm bowled over by any kind of stunning really, truly cool you have to[...]nd their anxiety
      is quite hard to 'box' this but the genre of the music how you really feel - H the sub-ed]. Good luck to soon became magnified by the very thing that
      is nothing that you won't have h[...]Radiohead wanted not to be a part of - popularity.
      Musically/technically it is very g[...]heavy, light, off-hand and in places beautiful. The (Shock) an oustanding achievement, the songs coming
      lyrics are essentially surreal, app[...]from all areas of discussion and imagination, as
      poems full of angst, love, desire, voyeurism, Although I personally had never heard of Paradise well as being a superb effort from a band that felt
      obsession and paranoia.[...]CD, it is in fact their sixth so insecure with the whole phenomenon of being
      For me the third track is the best. Maybe it's album, following in the wake of the immensely known globally.
      because I like the idea of the vocal being recorded successful "Draconian T[...]do Radiohead sound like in 1997? Well to
      through the microphone in a toy robot. had sold half a million copies world wide. be hones[...]been compared to Garbage, fronted by the complex character of Thom Yorke,
      produced by the same guy (Pat McCarthy). Luna Depeche Mode and the Smashing Pumpkins, but who draws on his experiences of a tough life
      (they're American - in case anyone cares) have when I listened to the first track, I couldn't help but growing up in Oxford. Yorke on "O.K. Computer"
      been around for a while and have produced three think of Metallica during their recent "transition" continues to express his feelings of insecurity and
      albums to date, the last one being "Penthouse". period. Yet somehow as you progress through the self-consciousness; this is very evident in the tone
      "Pup Tent" is better, more refined, though[...]their individuality begins to shine through. I of their first single release `Paranoid Android'.
      m[...]that makes this Almost schizophrenic in style, the subject flicks
      are still their main charm. This album is cool. I can a good "mood" or "background" album, but it's[...]tages it is
      see this band becoming BIG (but then of course, I probably got something to do with the "weaving of quite introspective, at other stages a loud
      may be wrong - you have to consider the hard rock with Gothic melodrama....atmospheric expression of frustration.
      fickleness of the music industry). I don't think "Pup rock" that the press release waffled on about. Musically, the album isn't really that thrashy or
      Tent" is the type of album that will ever end up The lyrics are melancholy and the melodies angry, but rather tears at the soul in a very different
      getting dusty at the back of your CD collection. haunting. Nick Holmes[...]occasionally becoming lost within the harmonies. from the volume dial. Aurally, the music is more
      MEREDITH BROOKS - Blurring The Edges As the words float in and out of the music it's easy plaintive, more melancholic,[...]ur mind float along in day-dream paralleling the searching and pensiveness in[...]ound
      Well it had to happen sooner or later. With the Paradise Lost's "One Second" will most l[...]Pink Floyd, and yet it wouldn't surprise
      success of prominent female artists like Alanis amongst my "CD's for studying to", the ones that me if someone violently disagre[...]t years, it was can be listened to with out a great deal of have their own sound, a sound that that has
      only a matter of time before the imitators began concentration, yet still infiltrate the mind and the already proved to be popular, but this time r[...]has also proven to be capable of producing more
      hasn't gone unnoticed in her home country, having -Bell the Red Head. th[...]"O.K.Computer"; it's a great sounding album, and
      nominated for `Best New Artist' at the MTV Awards. FRONT END LOADER - Pulse[...]gives you something to think about long
      Sporting a distorted Telecaster and singing songs (Shock) after the CD has spun its final revolution. This
      like `Bit[...]record will be one of the top 10 for 1997.
      would appear as though Brooks i[...]new -Stephen Foxe
      `Bad Girl' image. Yet, the CD booklet has pretty single "Pulse" is no exception to this rule. The
      little pictures of her as a school girl to match the world-shaking bass guitar that makes Front En[...]Too
      song `My Little Town'. Nevertheless, she is a Loader so unmistakeable and so wonderf[...]r/guitarist and you'll find there, and so are the vocals which manage to be
      yourself singing along to the catchy choruses. If so blokey yet so harmonious at the same time, but Never judge a CD by its cover. I originally thought
      you still love Alanis and are looking for more of the there is also something a little different which adds this CD was yet another substandard heavy metal
      same then get your hands on a copy of `Blurring some spice.[...]D, but on closer inspection realised that it was
      The Edges'. However, if you are in search of Front End Loader fans will love this song, but even the new Howie B single. Howie B, being one of the
      something new and fresh, then steer clear of if you have never heard the band before you most prolific (and probably profitable) remixers of
      Meredith Brooks.[...]oubtedly want to hear late (he remixed most of the latest U2 stuff),
      -Mark Galbraith more. Never fear, they have a new album due out returns with a single in its own right. But what[...]y it! about the single? Its alright - not exactly mind-
      COSMIC PSYCHOS - Oh What a Lo ve ly Pie -Alison Turner blowing or a breakthrough, but its an okay tune. It
      (Shock)[...]led'. In one corner `dancey' is like Stretch and
      The first time I heard the Cosmic Psychos I threw (Parlophone/EMI) Vern and in the other corner there is `chilled' with
      up. Granted[...]phat beats such as The Orb or Death In Vegas.
      sculled a whole bottle of Miranda Spumante, but I Be wary of the band that makes it big very quickly. While D[...]ng around
      listening to their new album, "Oh What a Lovely will be very bitter for having gone through the wondering what's missing. Sorry Howie, but I
      Pie", I managed to vomit copiously without the aid know you can do so much better.
      of any intoxicating sparkling white wine.[...]-Phil Hutcheon
      The title should be enough of an indication, but for
      the stronger-stomached among you I shall go on.[...]GERS-WRIGHT - Survival
      Every song sounds exactly the same so I can't tell[...](ABC Jazz)
      you which song is musically the best, but there are
      some lovely track names such as "Can't Keep a If you ever listen to ABC Classic FM on a Saturday
      Good Man Down" (with obvious innuendoes[...]ou'll know that
      "Satan's Undies" (lyrics include the classic: "We they have a jazz segment. You may have heard[...]
      [...]id record and release it! Originally hailing from the McGlashan, this guitar quartet from New Z[...]too late. I cannot imagine anyone giving this CD a
      UK, where she was once married to Joe Jackson, has continued with a pop music idiom that has good review; it[...]Day has
      Rogers-Wright feels she truly belongs in the jazz certainly been around for a while. It is a style that made a good career out of producing other
      category. It was through Joe Jackson that she met is reminiscent of past definitive groups such as the people's stuff, so why does he need to release[...]k Fitzgibbon, who joins her Beatles, the Chills and Elvis Costello. The Mutton dated and frankly uninspiring songs li[...]hen they even try to Pixies-out with "Easyrider"
      a talented songwriter, but something is lacking on music in a no-frills, down-to-earth kind of way. (probably the best song on the CD), I feel
      this album. For one, it is more like an EP with only They put more of an emphasis on soulful melodies embarrassed for them. In fact, if there was one
      six songs and the voice just doesn't cut it in the and intriguing harmonies, rather than[...]sts will quite easily have trodden a career in poetry or them, embarrassing that most of the world have
      appreciate the gifted Fitzgibbon on piano - who, for s[...]oved on, leaving our high school memories
      me, is the highlight of this recording. The overall reflecting the sublime and the everyday. It also distant and happy. Ratcat have unearthed a
      sound is similar to that of Sade and the Latin- helps that McGlashan has such a great voice. He sacred memory that should have been left well
      sounding rhythms also help to give the songs is backed up well by the rest of the group: Ross alone, and I for one cannot for[...]n Gregg on guitar and David note: this is the band that supported INXS back
      if you're daring e[...]Long on bass. Their songs are catchy; the then too. Coincidence or not?
      -Mark[...]However what makes the Birds so satisfying is SAM IAM - You Are[...]their choice of chords. Just when you think you (Shock)
      THE JAZZ MASTERS; VOLUME II - Paul know where the piece is headed harmonically,
      Hardcastle there will be a slight change to the chord My ears perked up from the very first song, "Full
      (GRP Records)[...]progression. It upsets the expectation, yet it is On". By the second song, "She Found You" (which[...]to see them I will be singing to myself for the next million years
      Smooth, sensual, soulful sounds for the senses' - through to the end of the song. because it's so bloody catchy), I was pretty much
      a quote from the album cover of -Stephen Foxe sold. The first two tracks are the best, but the rest
      producer/composer/multi-instrumentalist Pau[...]of the album is still worth more than a passing
      Hardcastle's latest project. This rather[...]when they formed out of the ashes of various East
      music. Well known for his dance com[...]Bay punk rock bands. Despite having a huge chip
      the 1980's, Paul Hardcastle has written, arranged On first glance this CD cover is deceiving. The on their shoulder because Green Day made i[...]-style) some sweet and picture of four cute guys gave me the impression they didn't, Samiam have a groovy - albeit
      soulful R&B. Don't be fooled by the `Jazz Masters' that I would be listening to a `boy-band' tune. unoriginal - sound. The blurb that came with the
      title. Although there are jazz overtones throughout, Surprisingly, the four tracks featured are not at all album described their music as "sensitive
      this music has more of a 90's flavour to it. in that gen[...]uch I know emotional tunes" that touch "the fine line between
      Hardcastle teams up with vocal[...]punk, and alternative sounds" but I
      who creates a cosy warmth for that post-midnight Tonic is an American rock band who incorporate a personally think that's going a bit too far. Don't get
      atmosphere, in some respe[...]milar to groups heavy base line, loads of guitar, good melodies me wrong, this is a good album, and lots of the
      like Zhane and Groove Theory, but it offers more and a depth and feeling to all tracks. songs have a real kick to them. Great for dancing
      with classy instrumentals such as `Walkin' To The songs are well balanced with a huge variety of to or playing loudly on your bedroom stereo while
      Freedom' and `Smooth Groove', which include the influences, including Irish folk ballads (which, you mime the words into your hairbrush (not that I
      unique sounds of the flamenco guitar and haunting apparently, the lead singer/guitarist Emerson Hart would ever[...]brator is perfectly acceptable, isn't it, Al? - H the
      you in at night and inspire peaceful and romanti[...]al boundaries, from sub-ed]).
      dreams (in a funky/jazzy kind of way), then this is alternapop - ie. The Pixies - to a new-wave sound -Alison Turner.
      the album for you.[...]the tunefulness outweighs the need to thrash my (Shock)
      [Sub-editor's n[...]. Intense and wholesome, this band
      Galbraith was the piece of writing submitted to me this are definitel[...]ound three hundred words to
      month which required the least number of spelling -Bridget Davis review a CD. For the Satanic Surfers I need just
      corrections, grammat[...]ys come from Sweden and sound nothing
      aguitar as a "flamingo" - something we'll forgive him, since[...]MG) like the brilliant Wannadies. As you can probably
      there's been a rise in the number of flying pink guitar[...]eir name, they're Hard Core Punk. I
      sightings in the last few months. Marky-Mark is hereby Ratcat were huge at one stage, and in a sense mean they're probably pretty tough, although they
      awarded the Tertangala Merit Badge for Literary Prowess, they were a band that took everyone in Australia have a good sense a humour, which is the part you
      and is extended a very heartfelt thankyou from the staff here by surprise. They hit number one back[...]I mean, here was a young three-chord band from Should Do With Our Bodies, You Filthy Bastards"
      The Mutton Birds - E n v y of Angels Sydney blitzing Michael Jackson - or whoever - the songs are predictable and boring. Punk is not
      (V[...]out of the charts. However, it is now 1997, and dead, and is still riding strong within the ranks of[...]Epitaph and such, but I can't see the point of
      At a particular time in musical history, when a lot of[...]bringing out an album which sounds this dated -
      the stuff heard on the radio has either been[...]although I am sure that it would sit well in a 14 year
      sampled with a passion or been attacked with[...]old's stereo (I'm only generalising for the group of
      distortion, The Mutton Birds have gone against the[...]order
      tide by releasing their third album, "Envy of[...]can I be the first to say that Punk, to me, is like[...]Agatha Christie - a real mystery. You disagree? -[...]Filthy Bastards.- Phil (bastard)

      Have you got a bottom?[...]
      One of the first things I ask about when I called Nod'[...]iece Matter . Since that play songs off the Big Backyard'
      before is where the band is from; a then they have changed drummers [the CDs [which are compilations of Custard have a new single out. It's called
      reaction almost as a[...]icking current drummer Ryan has been with the contemporary Australian rock music] but[...]n you think no one is band for about a year now] and just have not made any r[...]anning, however, to venture across (always a good marketing ploy), and you
      but it at least fe[...]s Tandem' on their growing label Candle the oceans some time in the month of end up really liking it. It has a fairly basic
      though the answer will give me greater Records. Their other releases include the August. Which brings us to the topic of structure and it's silly - two things that have
      insight to the band and its style, when Singles Crash Out' and 'Light A Candle' promotion and accordingly the always worked for Custard before. I
      generally it only helps conjure up names from the albums Matter and Tandem aforementioned base location. Being of assume it will be big for them.
      of other bands from the same place. In respectively as well as a new EP called their own labei, The Simpletons with the I spoke to the band's guitarist, Matthew
      this delightful commer[...]aid of their manager Chris [the fifth Strong, about the new single. He's pretty
      which music has become a profession *F member of the band] who tours with happy with it b[...]try, it would seem more revealing to During the interview with Brad and Ryan, their own app[...]ld me, "you'd have to ask him." He
      inquire where the band bases itself. Yet I asxed the standard question about who the label itself by distributing flyers and couldn't even remember the lyrics so that
      for some bemusing reason, when jo[...]ences might be. putting mail order forms in the CDs they we could analyse its poetical and[...]ir response was that they consider sell. The label is effectively a collective of philosophical contextuality together. Oh
      interview the Simpletons I felt more themselves stylistically eclectic with a friends and musicians between The well. The single is recognisable by it's
      inclined to ask where they came from wide range of influences but no staple Simpletons and two other bands [one of horrifically "low-fi" computer graphic[...]ey base themselves. I listening diet of any particular artist or those being the Lucksmiths who support illustrations on the cover. This was
      guess the impression I got from their group. There are very few musical styles The Simpletons on tour] that works to designed by the band's new drummer,
      playful folk rock music and lyrics was of a they actually dislike so they aim for a promote Its musical product. It could also Glenn, who must have just bought a new
      band more concerned with playing good[...]proach in their playing which be described as a small business. This is computer.
      music to[...]ive audience than becomes apparent after a good listening where the band's base becomes a point Custard recorded their new single[...]to their music. They certainly don't write of note. Most bands locate themselves in latest album, which is called "We Have
      out that the band known as The songs for a particular audience. Most of a single city where they try to play gigs The Technology", at Easley Recording in
      Simpletons f[...]solute legends
      ironically it also turns out that the band's Shane as the main source of ideas for The Simpletons, although originating have recorded, including the late Jeff
      base [or lack thereof] is in fact the point new songs. They will put together one of from and operating their label from Buckley. The album was mixed by Eric
      of greater interest. Shane's concepts for a song just before a Lismore, do not base themselves in a Drew Feldman who has played for (among
      The Simpletons first realised they were a set and then often commence the set city. Rather than having to wait to gain others) Frank Black, and recorded a Pixies
      band `way back' when they played in and[...]t as they go. enough popularity and money in a album. (The interview was held up for a
      won the first regional heat of the National Because they are constantly touring, the particular city to enable themselves to[...]gushed over
      Campus Band Competition in Lismore, a band does not have to routinely get[...]ly as most bands are how much we love the Pixies.) The band
      pretty good effort seeing it was their firs[...]to practice or jam, but instead forced to, The Simpletons gained their met Frank Black, and even smoked "a big
      ever gig. Shane, the guitarist and lead keeps itself in shape[...]y by playing gigs Their base is thus the Australian national Frank Black isn't really the rude,
      songs on guitar [he was a drummer regularly. The poetic lyrics that I regard band circuit. egomaniacal prick that the media and his
      before he went overseas says the bassist as the centrepiece of the music of The The Simpletons played an energetic, publicity manager have built him up to be.
      Brad] and the band had not been Simpletons come mainly from the lead crowd-pleasing and thoroughly enjoyable "He's actually a really nice guy," Matthew
      together all that long[...]to lose positive writing style shows he has a session [on the third of July to be exact]. out all his guitars to the studio in Memphis
      the following final, but retained the perceptive and critical eye, and gives the The set included a bunch of songs from so that Custard could play them on the
      passion and desire to keep playing music much of its meaning. their new album Tandem, a few off their album. (The interview was interrupted
      together. The next year they re-entered The band also has a fairly open policy first album and a cover of a song by again while we gushed over the fact that
      the uni band competition, and this time when[...]thing again] Matthew had actually touched a guitar that
      with a little more success; not only did rarely have a set list of songs for a show, band Monga Patrol about Ned Flanders. the Pixies played with.)
      they win the regional finals but continued preferring to play to the moment. By this It was good to see a group of young Anyway, Custard are touring the nation
      on to take out the whole thing. Before they mean attempting to gauge the musicians fulfilling their desires a[...]th their new single and are even coming
      they had a moment to contemplate what crowd and the atmosphere on the night earning a living doing in doing so. without to our beloved University. GO AND SEE
      winning the National Campus Band and play to i[...]mpetition could possibly mean they out a bunch of songs like a frozen integrity to a record company. It was also
      found themselves org[...]dinner. Every set they do has good to see a bunch of `unkempt' former -Alison Turner
      their first nation-wide tour. This was the the potential to be entirely different from university students whose vocation was
      prize for winning the band competition; a the last, depending on where they are not purely determined by their degree
      sponsored national tour of universities performing and what sort of crowd they qualifications but also by the[...]id doing - Jules Fyfe
      arranged shows. Many of the universities covers of songs, occasionally throwing in
      on the tour schedule had not even heard one or two into a set, often when they
      of The Simpletons and it was left up to can't think of what to play. In the delivery
      the band members to explain their of a song live they generally try to stick to
      circumstances to these unis and a set structure of hooks and riffs and
      convince them of the band's apparent improvise around them by playing
      standing. It basically ended up being a around with licks, fill-ins and solos.
      crash course in lining up gigs while on In the studio, The Simpletons mostly
      tour, also referred to as adva[...]ently on tour. Any new songs are
      Upon completing the tour, the group had rehearsed a couple of days beforehand
      come to the conclusion that the touring and refined during recording sessions.
      life was a good one and decided to use They insist on making recordings of
      the connections they had made during songs[...]le live
      their travels to establish themselves as a and hence avoid employing special
      touring band'. The band, originally a production effects. Occasionally,
      three piece, soon picked up a new however, they will borrow or hire
      member to become a rock quartet and equipment such as percussion and drum
      start recording some material. The line pieces, and different instruments to
      up now consisted of Shane, Brad and the expand on their limited equipment
      original drummer, plus a new guy on resources and experiment w[...]they are generally
      and recording contract-free, the band set able to produce the sounds they want
      about creating their own label[...]ibute their first equipment situation as 'a shambles';
      recording, the EP `Smother'. With their most of their stuff is old and falling apart
      popularity gradually rising thanks to radio and they have not a single road case for
      exposure on Triple J, The Simpletons their instruments.
      were beginning to make a name for Until now, The Simpletons have only
      themselves. They produced a second EP experienced Australian crowds[...]are yet to toss themselves into the[...]
      [...]f
      Sony Playstation you play a league game you'll[...]dshow, find yourself fighting a long[...]ow,
      string of successively tougher[...]enough credits to purchase a Are you obsessed with the sight of blood?
      Twelve months of playing the faster and sexier tank. It's this Do you get a kick out of kicking a recently
      savable league aspect of the severed head like a soccer ball? Is killing
      most cutting-edge, up-to[...]with the most devastating weapon possible
      games on my con[...]clone that gives you the opportunity to
      me kind of jaded and snobbish earning enough to buy the engage in all of the above social activities.
      biggest and best tank in the As in Doom, Blood gives the player a first
      (refer to my Xevious review for a league.[...]person, 3D perspective, with the only visible[...]part of the player being their hands that
      windy example of this). note is the suitably enthusiastic operate the various weapons. I found that[...]Blood dealt with this format very well. The
      I'm baffled, then, by the fact that authentic that you'd swear a real[...]sportscaster had provided the[...]me mildly addicted to voice, and his cries of "Ooh, past a baddie when turning to find them.[...]One interesting detail was the way that you
      Battlesport. The graphics and appropriate.[...]pitchfork into a wall, pitchfork marks appear.
      sound are distinctly it's certainly a whole heap of fun. If you throw a bundle of dynamite at a tree -
      The most gorgeously rendered the tree shatters into a million pieces (my
      unimpressive, and the idea animations and most[...]
      WIPEOUT The control interface is pretty simple, and[...]2097 a time, Wipeout 2097 doesn't even require[...]that you use all of the pad's buttons. This is Playstation[...]Apparently, there's a particularly Wipeout 2097 This is a typical arcade-style beat-em-up game, and there's[...]enomena that can overcome you once a horrid lack of anything even resembling originality and
      at Psyg[...]t and aggressive pal at Psygnosis was the first In Real Bout: Fatal Fury you are required to choose one of
      forced me to review it (I mean that literally -[...]sixteen martial artists and then defeat all of the other
      she turned up on my doorstep with a gigantic mental state, which she calls "in the van, opponents in order to earn the right to challenge the current
      pair of pliers, which she used to jam the disc man." After a while, the track edges start to champion - a guy with the unlikely name of Geese Howard.
      deep into my oesophagus. I'm trying to be blur, the Chemical Brothers soundtrack starts Does that plot sound familiar to anybody?
      tolerant of her though, because she's an ex to merge[...]nk that becomes clear. That's when you're "in the van, relatively enjoyable for a short period of time, it quickly
      she hears little voices in her[...]l her man." It's then that you'll descend into a becomes repetitious and static in its ga[...]tormented fit of racing apoplexy, emerging over you find yourself doing exactly the same thing, with the
      But I digress. After I retracted Wipeout 2097 only when you've won a gold medal on every same surroundings, in the same atmosphere. This not only
      from my bowels and actually played the damn track, sweating and drooling like a rabid created intense boredom but gave[...]experience uncontrollable urge to punch the "off" switch.
      I've never really been into racing games. The this particular sensation, but I find it v[...]hat when I first received this game I was
      thrill of driving in circles has never really to believe that my good friend at the company relatively keen to play it. I did so for a number of days but
      caught on with me, and even the greatest has achieved it (Mins is such a nice girl). have since stopped altogether[...]en't enough to make me want As is usually the case with Psygnosis the aforementioned repetitiveness. The quality of the
      to twiddle my joystick. This game, however, is products, the graphics and sound are both graphics is also fairly poor in comparison to the standard of
      awesome. top-draw (and that's not a transparent attempt other Playstation games,[...]pad's
      You can race in about five different types of at crawling to the company - 1actually mean it. life expectancy has decreased considerably due to the
      hovercar, on tracks that are increasingly (and,[...]each
      I might add, obscenely) more difficult than the very first Amiga computer, I was heartily character's specialised moves.
      previous ones. But, oh joy of joys, you also get impressed by the games that bore the I guess the combat aspects of the game were fairly
      weapons. There are rockets, hom[...]ly wouldn't mind playing it every
      mines and even a special attack that makes my Amiga up to a stereo system, I was totally now and then. I think it will appeal more to the 11-17 year-old
      the entire road whiplash upwards, tossing your blown away by the quality of sound. It was kind bracket, though.
      opponents into any handy nearby scenery, of like a hint of things to come). Wipeout 2097 All in all, Real Bout: Fatal Fury was a disappointing effort on
      such as bridges, walls a[...]s beautifully rendered scenery, without any the part of Sony - 1think we've all come to expect a bit more
      effectively) tunnel ceilings. These weapons of the clipping problems that seem to plague from them.
      come along in the form of single-use pickups games of this ilk (including this very game's -Brenn[...]ns successor, Wipeout, if I recall correctly). The
      of the track. There are non-offensive pickups veh[...]tailed too. HOLLYWOOD Wizard of Oz, there character, called "If I
      as well, including anti-weapon shields, speed The audio effects, as well as the techno GOSSIP & will be a new Only Had A
      boosters and even a five-second auto-pilot. soundtrack (including Prodigy and the already addition to the cast - Backbone".
      The cars themselves all have different[...]ILM Plastic Man. Alan Rumors that the
      specialties, tending to be stronger in the beautiful, particularly in surround sound. The TR IV IA ..... Menken and Tim[...], Oscar TM Dorothy will be
      departments. The one thing they all have in impressive, and well worth watching. Yes, it's true; in the nominees for Aladdin played by Pamela
      common, however, is the fact that they're all The one complaint I have is that the replay 1998 remake of The and Pocahantas, Anderson-Lee are as[...]there are have written a new yet unsubstantiated.
      you'll get heart p[...]g for this source: Rooters
      scream into a corner, clipping walls and gold on ea[...]got nowhere else to
      kicking up impressive gouts of hot sparks as go. I think there are some[...]s that let
      you go. And that's before you pick up the you get bonus tracks, but I don't know them
      boosters. If you're ever silly enough to use the yet. That would greatly increase my
      boosters, you'll probably find yourself belting enthusiasm for the game.
      into the nearest wall before you even realise All i[...]hunting for the van, man

      X-MEN: CHILDREN OF drawback, because we both suffered from the those ninja jumps and flips were awesome to see
      THE ATOM same ha[...]Against the computer, however, I didn't stand a Wolverine a lot. The characters were all fairly
      PC CD-[...]e in hell. I basically had to hang faithful to the comics, both in their appearances[...]on for dear life, frantically typing in a completely and their special abilities. The backgrounds were
      Acclaim/Roadshow, M rated, random sequence of commands in the desperate pretty good too (not that you[...]hope that I could just keep out of harm's way. After time to pay attention to details like this when a
      $69.95 an hour or so of suffering humiliating defeat at the Sentinel starts pounding on your head). The
      hands of the computer, I came away with nothing Danger R[...]impressive,
      How many one-on-one fist-em-ups can the more than a bad case of RSI. I haven't had hands as the holographic scenery around the
      computer game market bear? It seems as if every[...]ickered from deep sea scenery to
      other week sees the release of yet another sequel obtained my first contraband copy of Penthouse. jungle backdrops and then into outer space.
      to Mortal Kombat, Streetfighter, Tekken or one of My friend had moderately more luck, but even[...]ep buying them, I couldn't figure out any of the special moves. on this one, and the really obsessed among you
      guess, and as long as[...]ucky and pulled one off by may even perfect a few of the special attacks.
      game designers will keep pumping them out. mistake. We even looked some of them up in the Just make sure that you invest in a tube of Deep
      There also seems to be a sense of one- book, but a special glowing sword attack that Heat, `[...]h these games, as each new fist- requires a keyboard command sequence of right, it.
      fest becomes slightly more violent and just a little right down diagonal, down, left down diag[...]ong punch and then still reeling from the blows
      there's not just this escalation of the on-screen regular punch is just about impossible to achieve
      hostilities to contend with - there's also a - especially when the enemy is being so terribly
      noticeable increase in the complexity of the inconsiderate and keeps kicking you in the face.
      controls.[...]turn on auto-guard, which
      That's what struck me the most about X-Men - the makes your character automatically attempt to
      fact that I had to play Twister with the keyboard to block any incoming attack, as long as you're not
      get anything to happen. The basic commands are performing any other ma[...]ty straightforward; directional arrows for The graphics and sound on this game are a tad
      movement, and six different keys for three better than a lot of the fist-em-ups I've seen. If
      different types of both punches and kicks. That you're a fan of the X-Men comic books you'll
      was all well and good,[...]ned if I could probably love it. Trying 4tit all of the different
      manage to achieve any of the special moves. characters is always part of the fun with these
      Against another player this wasn't too much of a games, and you'll probably end up favoring[...]certain ones. I was particularly fond of Psylocke -
      [...]his game up my jaw literally dropped - and not in a particularly

      positive sense.

      In fact, if I hadn't just seen and heard the famousPlaystationsignature, I

      would have sworn[...]there was an award for most

      inappropriate use of the word "Master", the Sega would win it hands-down),

      and then evilly slotted a copy of the Action

      Fighter shoot-'em-up. I think they heard my

      wails of dismay in Bangladesh. This game is * 9 8H*[...]shoot-em-up, in which

      you fly your jet against a veritable horde of

      baddies. There are actually four different

      versions of Xevious on the one disc,

      including the so-called "3D" version, and all

      of them are identically poxy. In this way, I

      think Xevious compares to any number of

      bad techno EPs on the market - five COMING SOON TO A

      indistinguishable remixes of the one lame[...]M PUTER MONITOR

      song, all hyped up to give you the feeling that[...]breath in anticipation of the imminent release of
      It's not so much the style of game that I both Tomb Raider 2 and Resident Evil: The[...]s Cut, PC owners have some
      object to, but rather the graphics and sound -[...]s.
      or relative lack thereof. Your jet looks like a First off, there's Dark Reign, which is in the[...]arcraft
      two-dimensional rectangle with genitals, the LOOKOUT FOR THOSE[...]t staffers have
      backgrounds are very reminiscent of pre WASHERS - THEY'RE been invited to the National Premiere of this
      school level crayon drawings, and the bad new strategy game at the Village cinema
      guys resemble nothing more intric[...]the goings-on in next month's issue.
      rubber washers.[...]Also for the PC is Constructor, the newest[...]"Sim" game. It's going to be like Simcity with a
      In the early eighties I probably would have been raving over this game; the sense of humor. In Constructor you not only[...]design and build a city, but you decide on the
      frenetic pace of the action would have really put the zap on my head. Last kinds of people you want to inhabit it. You can[...]purposefully attract a high percentage of
      time I checked, though, it wasn't 1982 anymore.[...]have handled Xevious if they'd tried to update it a little. I Buzz opponent's progress.[...]picket factories, set up raves, and all of those
      mean, if you're going to release games on the Playstation, which is really the WORDS other things that we uni students are so fond of.[...]Cool game - it appeals to the Right-wing
      most superior console the market has ever ZTY[...]from October 3rd, with a Playstation version
      seen, you might as well use the system to its |[...]
      DEADLANDS: The cover blurb as "The Spaghetti Western - With
      Weird West[...]In Deadlands, "the year is 1876, but the history
      Roleplaying Game is not our own". The American Civil War is still[...]ntertainment Group onto the Presidency of the CSA, and Ulysses S.
      Hardcover, $47.50 Grant leading the Union. The Sioux and various[...]erican tribes have reclaimed
      I haven't looked at a new roleplaying game in their tribal lands (a la Shadowrun). Ghostly
      ages. Vampire and Shadowrun have been my magics have sunk most of the state of
      California. Evil spirits stride the land, hunting for
      favorites for souls and trying to avoid the wrath of the Texas
      Ranger anti-supernatural posses. In the wild
      mm-- n magic/horror[...]ght ugly. Tumblebleeds roll NOW T H A T 'S W H AT I C A LL
      ANYONE GOT A with 1930's pulp across the wastelands, eager for fresh blood. A GHOSTTOW N[...]scientists build equally mad steam-
      TUBE OF detective thriller powered en[...]some fantastic color plates inside. The western
      barons fight a never-ending war over the fonts and cowboy lingo used make it a nicely
      M O IS TU R IS ER (very Cast A almighty dollar, each side recruiting the most atmospheric read, and there's a tongue-in-[...]abominations into their ranks. cheek sense of humor present throughout.
      HANDY?[...]Town" has come There's no index, but the table of contents is
      you sa[...]now why I fell for Deadlands There are a couple of expansions due out soon
      HBO film). Part straight away? The possibilities in a cross or already out. The makers of Deadlands are[...]also publishing monthly/bi-monthly $9 booklets
      of the West EndGames generic RPG system writing genre conventions is the biggest thrill (called, of course, "dime novels"), in which they[...]imagination running overtime. Imagine the (this has been tried on many other R[...]ots in having Wyatt Earp varying degrees of success - we'll have to see
      unfortunately died a dusty death on the back possessed by an evil spirit. Picture the impact if Pinnacle can keep up the good work).
      of typically western images when you throw in a There's also a miniatures game just out, and a
      shelves of most game stores, along with its gory slice of pulp horror - now the mask- collectible card game due late this year. Of
      wearing bandits who rob a train can pull off their course, you can also[...]diana Jones, kerchief disguises to reveal the maggot-ridden computer games will follow[...]rotting flesh of a zombie gang. And what about gaming's big business these days.
      Species and Tales From The Crypt. a lynch mob riding skeletal horses? It's a great idea, Deadlands. There's a wealth of
      The system for character creation and combat potential stories lurking between the covers of
      It's poignant, then, that the next new RPG to is based, of course, around dice rolls (although this book. Like all good RPGs, it sets up a[...]my attention was another cross-genre a regular deck of playing cards is used to your own ima[...]enhance the process (Pinnacle has marketed a turn to roleplaying as an outlet for my[...]or storytelling - it's limited only by the imagination,
      the really fanatical). Basic achievement of any and that gives me a lot of exploring to do.
      style pulp horror with wild wes[...]action in this system depends on rolling a -Harrison J. Chadd
      number of dice equal to your skill rating and warm[...]ed and written by Shane picking out the highest scoring die. This is Walter Bre[...]compared to a GM-assigned difficulty number, imperson[...]ley, is described in its own back and the more you succeed by (or fail by) is how[...]The combat system is a touch heavy, and H B mm*.: '' m m a
      potential GM's should either improvise a lot or
      be prepared for a lot of paperwork. I prefer to[...]anyway, so the weightiness of the combat[...]No - I'm into this game for the mood. The book
      is gorgeously printed, with a great cover and

      Deadlands: The Weird West Roleplaying Game was provided to the Tert by Neil at Tin Soldier Wollongong. Tin Soldier is the best
      gaming store this side of Middle Earth, and has just about everything the nerdy gamer could possibly desire (apart from blow-up
      dolls of Jessica Rabbit). Roleplaying, card gaming, miniat[...]ies and even
      chess sets (although they have less of these than usual since the last break-in). If they don't have it, they can get it, usually in just
      a few shakes of a lamb's tail (or a few wiggles of Jessica Rabbit's butt, if that image float[...]
      [...]UCTION TO COLLECTIBLE CARD GAMES

      VAMPIRE: THE Just about everybody has played poker. And snap. And maybe even bridge. But a lot of readers out there STAR WARS
      ETERNAL are probably completely unaware of the existence of a newer, cooler type of card game. There are dozens Players take the side of
      STRUGGLE and dozens of these new games on the market, ranging widely in style, genre and tactic[...]It all started in 1993, when a little-known Seattle-based company called Wizards of the Coast set up a
      In this game you play booth at GenCon. Gen Con is the biggest annual gaming convention in the world, held in Wisconsin each about to control the
      ancient vampires who August and sponsored by TSR (producers of the original Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game). Up to Force. The aim is to
      battle for domination. 25,000 people have been known to attend this convention, and in `93 a sizeable proportion of these drain your opponent of all
      You manipulate mortal visitors were[...]of their Force, and this
      society and control lesser The founder of Wizards of the Coast, Peter Adkison, had conceived of a new type of fantasy game. He'd can be achieved[...]ic minions, all in put his head together with a professor of combinational mathematics named Richard Garfield, and the end several different ways;
      an attempt to bleed your result was Magic: The Gathering. Elegantly simple in mechanics but load[...]k their
      opponents dry. Heavy on Magic took the gaming world by storm. The aim of the game was to take the role of a wizard/ruler, and to resources or try to[...]exile your opponent by achieving mastery over the magical and economic resources of the land. The an all-out battle, or a
      V:TES is dark, complex theme and objectives of the game weren't exactly anything new; it was the format that caught people's combo of both. Great for
      im[...]and designed playing cards were used to represent the lands that the SW fans and newcomers
      and intellectually players fought over, and the resources that were at their disposal. Each card played affected gameplay in
      satisfying. a different way, with the details of such described on the card itself; this in effect made the basic rules alike.[...]SHADOWRUN
      This CCG involves of different cards in the basic set, and collecting them all was part of the fun. The cards were distributed Cross-genre blending of
      beating up the other into three different categories of rarity: common, uncommon and rare. The rarest cards had an inherently cyberpunk[...]'s simple, but higher trading value as well as a substantially more powerful impact on the game itself. Trading sessions players take on the roles
      it's fun - and the card became all the rage, but instead of just trading for collector's value, players were trading for more powerful
      graphics, all of which cards to enhance their decks. Trading in this way had a greater sense of achievement to it; obtaining a of shadowrunners,
      depict a pretty young girl Tom Glavine for your baseball card set paled in comparison to the thrill of trading for a spell that you could people with no official
      in various aggressive actually use in a game to flatten your opponents skeletal hordes.[...]identities. You travel the
      poses, are mildly Not long after Magic debuted, other companies jumped on the trading card game bandwagon and soon mean streets of 2058
      disturbing. The photos, the market was inundated with countless new games. Ea[...]d playable on any Seattle, taking on the
      shot in dirty sepia and handy floor, table or counter, card games have become big business. Wizards of the Coast are no longer dirty jobs that no-one
      looking like the Millenium a basement operation in Renton - they're a booming company that just recently bought out TSR, the else wants to do, trying
      opening credits, are the gaming giant at whose 1993 convention they made their first tentative steps out of anonymity. to gain enough reputation
      highlight of this game. Magic: The Gathering has been reprinted and revised innumera[...]urrently in its fifth to become King of the
      edition. There are heaps of expansion sets, which expand on the basic game by introducing new locales,[...]
      SHADOWRUN: THE dangerous and unforgettable faces of the people

      TRADIHG CARD GAME who inhabit this fictional world, but also the sense

      FASA Corporation - 70 card Starter of gloom and decay that so pervades the society

      decks $14.95; 15 card Booster packs[...]this world is like seeing it in surround sound

      The following is (pardon the apparent paradox); the design is so
      from the
      Shadowrun total, the attention to detail so precise, that it isn't
      TC[...]hard at all to get a tangible sense of the streets of
      "The year is[...]able to blend with computers and travel through
      the virtual reality known as the Matrix. No longer could step through the surface of one of these
      mere flesh, many humans have turned to art[...]to become more cards and materialise on a Seattle street, circa
      than human. Together, thes[...]have made modern man stronger, 2058. The ultimate craftspeople at FASA have
      faster and smarter than ever before. But even
      more astonishing is the return of magic to the taken a leaf out of Bladerunner director Ridley
      world. Elves, dwarve[...]spells and Scott's book, and realised that the best way to
      spirits serve those with the talent for controlling
      this legendary force. The balance of power has hook your audience is by making[...]er than
      political superpowers) now rule much o f the your world. Ridley managed it with Blad[...]amage
      Moving through this world like whispers in the by touching every prop and every costume with before dying (on the sample card, Attack and
      night are the shadowrunners. Though they can't[...]Body values are represented on the lower right by
      be found on any database and no one publicly his vision of the future. The people at FASA, who the two numbers 5/6). This process continues
      admits their existence, they are a reality in 2058, until the Runners are all dead, decide to pull out,
      for no[...]secret work. list Bladerunner as one of their major influences, or successfully defeat all the Challenges and
      Shadowrunners do the jobs that are too dirty for reach the Objective.
      corporations to do themselves, too hopeless for have applied the same tactics, with startling That's basically all of the rules. The cards
      legitimate investigators or too dangerous[...]steal data, retrieve success. Brush-strokes of rust over the canvas of basic structure, but that's where the strategy of
      magical relics, "transfer" personnel and other[...]building a great deck and playing it well comes in.
      assets[...]ic that Things are especially complicated by the Specials
      assassinate inconvenient rivals, start[...]and Stingers, which have a varying range of
      wars, guard property and employees - anything[...]someone's Runner diarrhoea or a hangover, right
      to have done. Sometimes, shadowrunners even The physical design of the cards themselves is up to attempting a drive-by shooting on them or
      change the world for the better. " even putting a bounty on their head.
      This brief synopsis barely scratches the surface also quite superb. Rust-stained, steel-blue backs, One of the other benefits of the game mechanics
      of the world of Shadowrun, but I'm working with[...]is that any number of people can play. In fact, it's
      limited space.[...]metallic-looking fronts, and easy to read text. The definitely a case of The More The Merrier; I've
      The Shadowrun trading card game is based on[...]played a number of four-player games that
      FASA's successful roleplaying game of the same skill symbols used are elegantly conceived and absolutely ripped.
      name. The political, economic and social issues[...]I don't think I could have possibly gushed about
      of the game are impossible to translate into an illustrated - like most things with this game, the this game any more than I have without beginning
      abbreviated format such as card gaming, but the[...]minor gods (and that
      atmosphere is still there. The artwork, game designers have built it so that you can find out a really would have convinced The Anti-Gaming
      mechanics, game goals, tech and char[...]all gamers are satanists).
      very much Shadowrun. The unique cross-genre lot of information from a quick visual scan (on the Of course, I did describe John Woo as a god in
      feel of cyberpunk/fantasy, "man meets machine[...]my Face/Off review, so I might as well go the
      meets magic" is very much alive in the TCG, and sample card, "Cherry Bomb", the skills of entire swine....
      it has such vib[...]Oh, let's face it - the creators of Shadowrun are
      hard-core fans like myself, as wel[...]g. by the three circular symbols on the upper right- leave the office tonight, and so this may be the
      Card games being the visual art form that they[...]last thing I ever get published. If that's the case,
      are, it's extremely important that a game has hand side). Cumbersome chunks of rules text are you'd better horde copies of the Tert, because my
      aesthetic appeal. Shadowrun sco[...]ork's value will sky-rocket.
      this category. Most of the artists are veterans of kept to a bare minimum or completely eliminated, Anyway - I highly recommend the Shadowrun
      the extensive range of Shadowrun books,[...]TCG (duh!). If you know the books and
      including Timothy Bradstreet, Joel Biske, Jeff and this adds to the overall high-energy pace of roleplaying game already you'll love it,[...]if you don't, the card game is a great entry to the
      Berry. The talents of these people immerse us gameplay.[...]world. Go play it.
      totally in the unique experience that is[...](And if you're looking to trade rares, drop me a
      Shadowrun, as they capture not only the weary, The rules are[...]simple and the FASA's[...]to earn the[...]number of[...]forty points. The total amount of rep needed to

      win depends on the players; the higher you set

      the goal, the longer and harder the game will be.[...]in Nuyen (the currency of 2058 - this is shown on

      the sample card in the upper right corner; a

      crossed letter "Y" for Nuyen, and a number "7" for

      the amount). Gear, such as Matrix programs,[...]This is where the other players come in.[...]Objective in play. Runners attempting the

      Objective must face each Challenge in the

      stack. If they have the number and types of[...]evade) the Challenge, it is discarded and

      they move onto the next one. If they can't[...]sleaze, they must fight. This is done with a

      straight comparison of Attack values;

      Shadowrun: The Trading Card Game was provided to the Tert

      by Neil at Tin Soldier Wollongong. Tin Soldier is a groovy little

      place, and Neil can fulfil just about every wish or desire a

      gamer's mind could possibly have (well, except for those kind

      of games, but there is a Venus just four doors down the street).

      If you drop into[...]Tin Soldier Gaines quite rudely ejected from the premises. Neil can be a rather

      grumpy old c[...]
      [...]ght found me standing alongside Remember the Rec Centre offers something for everyone
      the Uni synthetic hockey field, waiting for and is not just a gym, but - oh so much more!
      the rest o f my team mates to arrive for
      training (a[...]populations,
      about that) when my eye wandered to the -belly dancing[...]tc) by fully qualified instructors
      young man o f the Uni rugby team. I hadnOt -tai chi[...]-yoga -the latest and greatest equipment
      fitness training c[...]ded, free weight equipment, electronic
      look like a packet o f licorice allsorts.6 -golf[...]equipment
      1 refocussed my eyes and realized that the -surfing[...]-learn to swim
      and the odd few in block colours - did[...]n bike riding
      scientific experiment, and getting the guys to -white water canoeing Other features include
      line up for a taste test, when a few practical -scuba diving[...]-badminton
      numbbed brain. The two convincing factors -windsurfing[...]-rock-climbing gym
      a football field for the last half-an-hour they[...]-cricket nets
      when worn correctly, but the very nature o f -basketball[...]shower facilities
      football requires that not all the team are tall, -touch football
      or on the lighter side and somewhat gangly, -oztag[...]beginners to the experienced!
      tend to Obulk upO a personOs appearance. -volleyball
      Nor is a successful team based soley on -athlet[...]Gym Programs
      consequently better suited to the vertical -personalised weights programs (ie weight loss,
      stripe variety o f football jersey.
      The decision facing teams is a difficult one -
      stripes across or down? Either w[...]dmittedly isnOt
      much - Superleague has abandoned the
      traditional stripes, opting forVOs, and blocks[...]with other
      non shape-specific designs. Regarding the
      actual game, well, 1 donOt have a clue how
      rugby works, but in the fashion stakes, I
      support Superleague all the way!
      - Belle the Redhead
      The Latest in

      H ealth,

      Fitness

      [...]men (especially when you see a C[...]"destroy the visual pleasure
      November[...]( the book) fascination w ith the human
      i[...]form " (p 86),and which
      I saw this show on the second day[...]t was absolutely view er gaze). W hile one o f the offsh[...]Pisoletto's Mirror Diptych
      the last[...]Gauguin, Miro, Males" - contained images o f the maint[...]using a mirror to reflect the
      Bellmer, Dix, Balthus, Pollock, Bacon, nude /s[...]nthony Bond image o f each view er into the
      Neel, and the list goes on and on and[...](Exhibition Curator and frame o f the artwork.
      on. Due to both the quality and the adequately catered for female visual Editor), Philippe Grand, The title o f Sarah Faunce's essay
      number o f the artworks, a show like[...]aunce, J ill could almost have been
      this is a must see. The 160 works in pleasure. The only thing that saved Beaulieu and M ary Rob[...]Spite o f Him self" . However, the
      the show are on loan from 60 me from scre[...]Bennett, D avid Brom jield and content o f the essay was new to[...]Charles Merewether. me. Courbet a feminist? After
      national and international galleries. creating a scene was a drawing by (Catalogue accompanying being reminded o f his infamous
      According to the complimentary exhibition o f the same name remark to Prudhon, "Woman,
      flyer, this is the biggest exhibition Egon Schiele. Amongst the meagre fea tu rin g at the A rt w ho has neither aesthetic nor
      ev[...]12 dialectic faculties, must be
      devoted to the "representation o f collection o f images o f the male September - 16th Novem ber subject and faithful to man", I
      the naked body in Western art'' .Tony[...]1997) thought the task Faunce had set
      Bond - the curator - had to make body was Schiele's[...]Schwartz M elbourne and the she put forward a strong
      which artworks to select for this Portrait Masturbating), 1911. This A rt Gallery o f New South argument conce[...]attempts to undermine the
      Although this is the first exhibition image stood out as an honest[...]distinction between subject and
      in a long time to get my heart racing,[...]viewer, with artworks like Origin
      I have a few gripes about it. First o f humble image o f the male o f the World and The Sleepers in
      all, where was the Kahlo? Press[...]mind, I believe the feminism
      releases and the exhibition body/psyche.[...]sensed may be the author's
      publication both advertised Frida[...]ahlo's 1939 painting, "Tw o Nudes W hile on the subject o f W hen Alan Krell's essay, "Fearful
      in the Jungle ". Not only was it not in[...]Desires: Embodiments' in Late
      the show but none o f the masturbating, did anyone know that[...]Manet's Olympia I was almost
      The build up o f tension for seeing a relieved to be freed from the
      Kahlo in the flesh was transformed, him masturbating? Not[...]Krell investigates the means by
      disappointment. missing a head, but his hand is[...]dily desires and sexual
      My second gripe rests in the lack o f[...]ments are embedded by
      male bodies represented in the grasping his erect penis. While I was[...]visually peripheral aspects of
      show.[...]artworks. Krell departs from the
      Now, if you are a woman, o f course left wondering what the artist was other essayists by reserving a[...]vaguely remember being told discussion o f the male nude, and[...]draw your own conclusions. about the com ing o f this primarily on representations of[...]masculinity. Nonetheless, the
      No exhibition concerned with the exhibition last year, looking back predominance o f the female[...]representation o f the human body I know I was only half-listenin[...]"Kama and Eroticism: The Five
      wo[...]as I see that tw o o f my ex Senses in the Work o f Francesco[...]cturers are major contributors Klossowski" is the title o f Jill[...]Bennett's essay. This uses (as a
      video documentation of to the BODY exhibition starting point) the observation[...]the senses o f touch, taste and[...]by scheduled live performances. The catalogue is introduced by smell, preferring the sense that[...]exhibition distance (these becom ing the[...]ic
      with a strong stomach should curator and cat[...]explores the ways in which the
      attempt to spend a substantial with "Embodying the Real".This art o f the titling artists attempts[...]-inflicted-bodily mutilation is one overview o f the artworks

      o f the main features. included, and informs the reader

      This show, however, represents far o f the exh ibition 's physical

      more than a few blokes

      masturbating and a number o f structure - which is based on

      images o f the female body which arbitrary groupings. An[...]verge on pornographic. Split into the exhibition would be a

      thematic sections, the show raised history o f the artistic

      many issues regarding the body, and predominance o f the nude, I was[...]ll, gender. Whatever you do, pleased to find the focus o f the

      don't miss it. exhibition is the relationship

      -Heidi Hillier betw een the view er and the[...]there was to be a select group o f[...]major' artworks within the[...]B a iq u e 's simulation of[...]Baique's `reproduction' o f the[...]originality is not a pet belief o f[...]mine I did wonder whether the[...]have that Australians as a whole,[...]"Just Looking? The Body, The[...]Best looked at the repercussions[...]Pleasure and the Narrative
      the Question: Rodin's Iris and the traditional art forms towards

      Modern Body" states that the more con tem por[...]racteristic o f consideration o f the body.

      representations o f the m odern' Disappointingly, this inter[...]ody is m ovem ent. One more a superficial history o f

      weakness o f this essay is that Parr's art rather than a

      Bromfield fails to articulate the deliberation on its relation to the

      time period o f his theory: has this phvsicality o f the body. The fact

      'modern body been superseded that the alliance between

      by a `post-m odern' body? performance art and the body is

      Bromfield claims the point at assumed and considered u[...]ins is is certainly questionable. The

      Rodin's Iris, a sculpture o f a latter part o f the interview

      female nude which needs to be concerning the association

      propped up. suggesting a betw een his performances an[...]e movement. interesting.

      "The Unspeakable Condition o f Although I appreciated the re-

      Figuration", by Charles[...]embodiment, Dissolution and leaving the rest freer to explore

      Abandonment, discussing Frida the artwork o f less w ell known

      Kahlo, Ana Mendieta and Doris artists. However, this is the only

      Salecdo repectively. This essay[...]int 1 have in regard to

      focuses essentially on the the catalogue. Each o f the essays

      affiliation between the feminine presented an original point[...]view, often running

      nature, the potential for contradictory to accepted beliefs

      motherhood being the and consequently shaping a new

      connection between the two. understanding o f the body

      An interview with Australian[...]e Parr -Jackque Atchison

      turns the attention from the[...]bare

      HEADLAND How much o f the hillside The Simple World of Mr Green See he[...]atch
      With fold up chair Without reducing the white In the morning, Mr Green walks[...]oe,
      And eager hand crashing waves to a small through the garden. He stands tall and strong[...]froth amongst the trees. He raises his arms and touches clouds. Slice it off.
      to the shore He feels the dampness on his fingertips.
      -another attempt The scale defeats me[...]ff home When Mr Green goes to the shopping centre, he shuffles scars
      escar[...]ple and colours fragment. like the pits on a half
      If only I could afford a They float past his eyes.[...]He is walking through a kaleidoscope. Twist the out.
      and its dazzling white
      reflection dancing on the -Craig Davison In a window, a mannequin wears A blackened sole is
      sea[...]Mr Green taps on the w indow posing for a waltz. the top seems so much
      Random Incidents of Bu[...]Outside the cinema, Mr Green stops. the rough red blister.
      thighfiesh pressed against cold m osaics, He remembers a movie `Fried Green Tomatoes'.
      the touch of polyester fur, the pub He had felt important and sat in the front row. You could cut it, watch it
      bellowing for our distance, the interstate He rubbed his neck. It had been a mistake. bleed.
      phonecail -[...]Does the knife feel
      In the park, he watches the children playing. skin, or only
      the chemical perfume o f clean hair, suede[...]When Mr Green walks through the park, the grass springs back. where its red stains come
      ankle, tw o pairs of the same-coloured He leav[...]In the evenings, two little pills roll Bare foot, watch for the
      lip-kiss of gin, kebabs, and cok e - air not >from a paper cup into his hand. Mr Green sleeps shards-
      too cool for skin, the glass bottle rolling peace[...]they're shiny they glint in
      on the ashphalt (I've kicked it tw ice), the A picture o f a rainforest hangs over his bed. the sun.
      length of my leather boots.[...]Little crystals in the dirt.[...]They may hurt but you
      we remain an enigma; the second song[...]can usually spot them in
      never cam e, the French movie on the Th e third winning poem in the 1997 time.
      wall had the subtitles out o f focus....[...]-Jo Clay (= lst, UniCentre
      and the last taxi, you took it, not me. by Erica Lewis - will appear in the next poetry competition)[...]edition of Tertangala
      - `Kristin (Thompson
      [...]LIVING ON THE DARK
      by Melvyn Bragg
      Hodder and Soughton[...]'Never judge a book by its cover' they say. After reading The Dark
      I have scoured my mind for another way to d[...]book'. After reading this book you would imagine the author to be a
      anything less then an epic is to do it injustice. Credo is essentially a tall, lean, mysterious gentleman with Spock eyebrows and a
      love story skilfully interweaved into the violent times of the 600's, when Transylvanian accent. A meeting with him would be entirely shrouded
      the Celtic church was under attack - both intellectua[...]cally, in shadows, with him speaking ominously of his plans for the
      by the all domineering Roman Catholic Church, whilst trying to destruction of the universe before laughing maniacally and
      continue converting the local heathen. The violence is often garish and disappearing in a puff of smoke.
      shocking, yet essential to the essence of the story, providing an insight Actually the author is our very own Richard Harland; the lovable ex-
      into the dark days of medieval Celtic society.[...]lish lecturer who liked to sing twisted folk
      Not a story for the weak-hearted (or stomached) Credo follows the songs to his vulnerable first years. But be warned! A dark imagination
      path of Padric and Bega. He is a Celtic Noble of Rheged (who were lurks beneath that disarming exterior. The Dark Edge contains some
      overrun by the invading Teutonic tribes) who returns to Britain from a of the most graphic, violent, blood-and-guts splattered murder scenes
      self imposed exile to raise a defence of his friends and kin in an I have ever re[...]. She is an Irish Princess, tutored by The story follows the futuristic adventures of Central Inspector Eddon
      Padric while in exile, a[...]t, Vail ev Vessintor,
      Once back on British soil, the two are separated as Bega is enveloped as they attempt to solve a murder case on Independent Planet P-19.
      by the church, and Padric goes in search of supporters for the final Within the first few pages it is painstakingly obvious that there is
      attack. Bragg cleverly follows the action between these two characters going to be lots of fiery sexual tension between the two, but this is the
      as their lives draw them further apart, their individual convictions only predictable part of the book. The rest of the story will blow your
      suppressing their love for[...]nd. It is very tightly written, with every aspect of the plot neatly
      As a Christian I found the novel very challenging as it subtly asks the interwoven, making the story fall together slowly but perfectly. There's
      reader to take a side in the Celtic-Roman debate, to judge Bega's loads of action, big guns, big scientific words, treachery[...]sting that this book is and death. Definitely a space-age thriller with a difference.
      only suitable for devout Christians, but Non-Christians may find it an It took Harland a bit over a year to write this book, but before he even
      unusual read as the story is driven by Christian faith. I found it ve[...]o
      affronting and having read it though much more of the way in which I wonder. This is one of those books that seems like it must have been
      re[...]written backwards; the plot is so amazingly complex, yet upon
      All the more intriguing is the afterword included by Brag, detailing finishing you still slap your forehead and say "of course!" as all is
      those characters and events which are adaptations of actual revealed. It turns out that the murder that our heroes have been sent
      characters in Celtic history - in the author's own words "many of the to solve suddenly becomes much more complex when another
      historical events of the second half of the seventh century are used in similarly gruesome murder is committed after the capture of the initial
      the book," and a number of the characters "are freely based on guilty party. I won't give the ending away, but more murders follow,
      historical[...]something much more sinister
      Credo is truly one of those books that you can't put down, providing all behind this than a couple of axe-wielding maniacs on a field day. We
      the essentials of a good story - romance and heroes, conflict and are treated to such stomach-churning details as "a writing pen had
      violence, intellectual debate an[...]flicts. been driven through the left eye socket and into the brain...she had[...]been pierced and slashed on all parts of the body...leading to profuse
      -Belle the Redhead bleeding....shoe was found forced down into the victims gullet" and
      "The bath was filled with a murky slop, dark red with bits of pink and
      r browny-purple. The pink bits were segments of human flesh, the
      4[...]browny-purple were human organs....He got into the bath with the[...]dismembered body. He wallowed around in the blood and slop. And[...]et late-night urges. Harland says there is always a[...]r element in everything he writes. Apparently his previous book,
      The Vicar of Morbing Vyle, is even more grisly. Of course, he realises[...]his luck in that the sci-fi/horror/thriller genre is popular at the moment,[...](thanks to such television shows as The X-Files,) and therefore[...]annoyed by Who Weekly's review, which gave the story away.
      Actually, knowing the ending doesn't make that much of a difference.
      The book is so complex you have to read it in its ent[...]His greatest challenge is to write a book that people just can't put[...]down, and he hopes that The Dark Edge achieves this. One of his
      visions for the future is a certificate that can be presented to an[...]were reading a book that they couldn't put down. Being an avid[...]reader myself I heartily agreed that this was a fantastic idea that[...]on his writing; a decision that was very difficult for him. He enjo[...]immensely, his old students remember him as being a[...]have the time to both teach and write seriously. He now has a[...]on a sequel to The Dark Edge which promises to be equally as gory.[...]Here's a tantalising glimpse: Eddon and Vail's adventure c[...]their spacecraft is hijacked by a gang of brutal marauders. While[...]Harland plans to write a continuing series of Eddon and Vail books,[...]and has at least another eight stories in the works. The sequel, as[...]
      [...]verything that was regulated rebellion in the games deserves to be read by anyone
      prostituted to the 14 year old hall. She meets the headmistress who used to actually think that[...]Blyton (I don't think that that Enid Blyton was a good writer.
      by R.E.Warfe Nancy Drews, Dolly Fictions and can be a coincidence), and her Even if you didn't r[...]risten her Ziggy because her up to look at the images of 1950s
      Val[...]ig schoolgirls with snappy 1990s
      This book is a jolly good, rip- anyone tried (or perhaps, manages to survive the school quotes like OGood Lord, do you[...]y these gems term in blissful ignorance of the think they've found they're
      roaring, spiffing whizz-bang of a of adolescent fiction until now. illicit dru[...]adventures and madcap you'll have a top-hole and simply
      laugh. It is a spoof of all those flair. New girl Janet arrives at[...]s teatime
      dodgy girls boarding school the traditional mould, what with involving mo[...]vels that always seem to monitors and the odd bit of well- This is absolutely hilarious, and

      moulder away in every primary

      school library, like the ones Enid

      Blyton wrote titled "The

      Naughtiest Girl is Monitor". And

      yes, I fra[...]O r Sex Scandal A t Greyfriars[...]R.E.(Elizabeth)Warfe

      Cast the First Stone - claims he's only protecting his `A naughty schoolgirls' story'
      family from the persecution he is
      Jane Adams suffering because he holds a "Itwaswhenthespace
      crucial piece of evidence for an alienledmetohisbed
      Pan Macmillan upcoming criminal appeal. The chamberthatIrealised
      $14.95[...]destroyed shortly before the
      A crime novel like most, it takes a initial trial, and tarnishes the
      few chapters to fully understand name of many powerful figures,
      the story forming in Cast the First people who want Eric Pearson
      Stone, and as the focus shifts kept quiet.
      from one scene to another there Adams successfully taps into the
      is the required dropping of all the mistrust held for those in control,
      clues that will be essential later in support for the underdog, and
      the story. Enviously enduring my empathy for the young mother of
      boyfriend looking up every two, Elli[...]like
      chapter or so and commenting that of her neighbours - has been
      "You know, you'd really like this turned upside-down by the local
      book," I ploughed through the reaction to the arrival of the
      first few chapters, instinctively Pearsons.
      knowing that it would all start to I found it a great holiday read,
      take on some meaning soon. keeping the mind guessing at
      Set primarily in a quite suburban who did what and who to believe,
      cul-de-sac, Cast the First Stone and I was surprised when I
      involves the Pearson family (ex realised this was only[...]second novel.
      up trouble wherever they go. The
      head of the house - Eric Pearson

      House Guest[...]experiences, although it is stated at the one of those books where you cannot guess
      beginning of the novel that "...the characters how it will really end, as well as be[...]ralia and events in the novel are fiction and that frighteningly astute in its observation of the[...]o real persons, living or innermost workings of the human psyche. In
      $16.95[...]purely coincidental." Anyway all it is a very clever and original novel.[...]his motivation for this novel, it
      After reading the blurb, which contains makes for a very good read. Although it wasn't like the novels that I
      comments on Hugh Mackay first nove[...]Lies' (such as "accomplished, highly readable The novel itself is set in the inner city of have picked off the bookshelf in a book store,
      and blackly funny" - Canberra Times; "deftly Sydney, where Alice - a working professional it really captured my int[...]nd adroitly managed" - Australian Book in the marketing business - is at home at her that not[...]ian has created apartment relaxing when she gets a knock on all good novels should do. In short, I would
      an original novel" - Sunday Mail) I am not the front door. On opening the door she recommend it to anyone at all who likes
      scared to say I expected a bit from his meets Max - the other main character - for psychological dra[...]newest creation `House Guest', and it the first time. At first, Max's seemingly psychological students interested in a way
      delivered.[...]arch survey allows him to enter NOT to conduct a survey. I personally give it
      Alice's apartment. Then for the next forty- three and a half out of five, but don't take my
      `House guest' is Hugh M[...]k eight hours Alice and Max are involved with a word for it - buy the book and develop your
      but only his second publis[...], in which Alice own opinion.
      Hugh Mackay is a Fellow of the Australian must answer and confront some ha[...]- -Jason Ronczka.
      Psychological Society, and a researcher,
      broadcaster, columnist for the Weekend
      [...]and m o re

      Anne Hilton a tie-it-all-together ending. b ook s

      Bruce[...]I just can't resist starting this review with the warning that
      suspicious o f a newish confronts in the opening couple o f pages o f Gypsy Hearts:
      writer who is compared to example, trying to include a "This book is a lie, a confidence trick, a wicked jab in the
      a relatively high profile[...]your own risk. Those with high
      established one. The blurb gay couple into the blood pressure, heart problems, weak nerves, and
      on the cover (from[...]HIS
      Cosmopolitan) states that narrative as the BOOK NOW. Management will not be[...]ce is the consequences!"
      "Shaping up as the parents/illegal guardians of Hmm. American Psycho set in Prague perhaps? T[...]hink so (if you completely
      Clark". Now obviously the a young boy who is bypassed the humour inherent in it). It is a nice ironic
      prospective reader base is touch actually - as most o f the novel is made up o f the
      defined in this simple abducted. Unfortunately, serious musings and machinations of a character called
      quote - those who are fans "N ix" who is both a pathological liar and obsessive
      o f Higgins Clarke (or the plot gets too messy compulsive - who spends most of the book compulsively
      perhaps those who are fans obsessing about a stunning young scam artist called
      o f female wri[...]d names?) The novel is essentially a "love" story involving two very
      and those who may also guardianship o f the boy, a mixed up Europeans who thrive on control, power, and
      read that bible of the left what happens to people when teetering on the edge of
      over-80 s-po w e r-d rive n- pedophile ring and a shaky madness and socially acceptable behaviour (well the two
      woman myth, Cosmo. I fall[...]o one o f those past in one half o f the shortcomings, a supremely likeable character, and Monika
      categor[...]is beautiful and damaged - great attributes for a scammer.
      guessing which one. couple[...]te in such an amazingly bizarre yet
      I must admit the Higgins believable world - full of murder, deception, and lies - and
      Clarke reference did get me must admit any mild the ending seems almost pre-ordained, definitely
      cur[...]have included me in her association o f the terms Eversz certainly knows his stuff.
      a[...]ategory. Not The only criticism I would level at the novel is when
      that I remember any o f the "gay" and "child molesters" different fonts are used to indicate N ix 's part
      titles of her novels though fantasies/script musings. The use o f various font shifts
      hold on, there was o[...]ext makes my seem somehow unnecessary as the flow o f prose itself
      about "And the Cradle will conveys the fact that these sections are not essentially
      Fal[...]ues,
      and Boon novels to relax,
      get caught up in a good but within the context o f
      yarn and have a smattering
      of tantalizing bits thrown in the story I just seemed to
      to keep them happy (in
      Mills and Boon I imagine it cringe at the link, even
      is ultra-soft-pretend-porn, in
      thriller novels it's the though it was dealt with
      suspense & viole[...]cted no less from this tactfully (in terms o f the
      novel - a flawlessly
      constructed thriller, with ficti[...]wo-dimensional employed).
      characters with the
      possible exception o f the However, leaving my
      main protagonist, nice
      pacing of the action as it subjective irritations aside,
      progresses and a clueing
      the plot seemed

      in[...]being coaxed via the

      characters (except the boy

      obviously, w ho was the

      intended victim character

      throughout the whole of

      the story).

      6 poin[...]and I'll

      keep a look out for her later[...]suggest you do the same.

      -Mary-An[...]A
      The 1998 Sandman Diary (The last two quotes have
      Illustrations by Michael Be[...]no relevance to
      Text by Sandman the aforementioned point I
      ABC Books/Allen & Unwin[...]ehehehehehehehe even severely stretching the
      heheheh...hahahahahahahah relevance o f the first two.
      ...oooooooh.` holding Gawd, it's the Sandman
      sides*ohohohohohoh. ,*wipi effect[...]yes*. feeling guilty about the
      irrelevancy o f[...]Yup, that's about all I can He must have had a catholic
      say for this Diary. It's upbringing too.)
      bloody hilarious. If you From the bizarre notes
      don't know about the non under certain dates (for
      exploits o f Sandy (The example, New Year's Day is
      Sandman toTripleJ listeners) labeled and so is the
      then don't even bother following day - as "The Day
      picking this up. I mean, you After New Year's Day") to
      CAN pick it up, but what's the almost unbearably
      the point? As Sandy would humorous cartoons of
      and does say, in this diary in magpies, icy po[...]y if
      just depressed folk." you've got a plain face."

      "If you spit after every[...]reeze
      swear word you appear
      tougher."

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      fic tio n

      THE FURTHER A D V E N T U R E S OF There is a dead man in our shrubbery. He Strokes[...]has grey hair and a yellow shirt and his "Forget it," I tell the receiver, and
      COMMANDER X, shoes are full of money- $75,000, to be exact.[...]in our house is late for Uni and throw the phone into the bushes. "Hello," 1
      AND HIS INTREPID somebody has to catch a plane; we are all say to the man. His eyes are blue but all[...]running around caught firmly in the grip o f swirly and vacant, as if he is r[...]IN first-thing-in-the-morning-mayhem and He blinks a couple of times to clear them[...]E. who have had the bad fortune, not to you." I have[...]mention the considerable bad manners, to[...]He his feeling all around him on the
      shrubbery. Chris, however, does take a grass. "Fuck," he mutters to himsel[...], we left our heroes trundling moment to remove the man's shoes, and shoes...my shoes..." It sounds strange to
      across the desert in a 4-wheel drive designed by God because some[...]hear an old man swear. I assume it is the
      and General Motors. This week they're somewhere else, take it upon myself to phone for the police. $75,000 he is concerned about having
      higher, colder, and, er whiter, than the Sands of Time. misplaced and not so much the shoes, which
      Now, read on...[...]"Excuse me," I say, "we live in a big were brown leather lace-ups and quite[...]brown terrace house, the floors are made of unremarkable. It seems unkind and
      All s[...]long ago, pledged an oath. An oath wood and the roof is caving in and there is a somewhat inappropriate to tell him that
      that became the very cornerstone o f their lives. An oath dead man in our shrubbery." The woman on Chris has taken the money (as well as
      that amassed the complete resources o f their minds the other end turns into a man and then into possibly dangerous to o[...]y who goes around dropping dead in
      Meanwhile, at a rage in Kashmir, Agent Orange's in mu[...]d like gravy and people's shrubbery with a ludicrous amount
      birthday.[...], really wild. How'd you get here?" a word any o f them are saying it soon[...]o climb some Godawfully becomes clear that the police have no idea thought you were...[...]their bare Sherpas, so what to do about the dead man in the
      we bludged a lift up the South Col o f Everest, and rode shrubbery. Neither do I. I take the phone He seems surprised. "Oh," he says,
      a couple of avalanches down the other side." outside to have a closer look at him: the first "you noticed". Slowly, unsteadily, and via the
      "F..a..r..o..u..t," breathed Orange in a very twisted way. time I saw him I really hadn't wanted to see aid of the rhododendron bush, he rises to his
      The Commander paused for a moment, perusing the his face in case it was decomposing o[...]zedly around, then climbs down
      room, filled with the pulsating and gyrating energy o f a something gross like that, but it seems that out o f the shrubbery and ambles o ff in his
      hoard o f people going completely wild to the live the most obvious thing to do is to try and socks down the road. I watch him go, and the
      ambience of John Lennon and Elvis Presley as they i[...]further down the street his figure recedes,
      launched into a truly evil version of "Roadhouse Blues." the brighter the sun shines and the bluer the
      In a corner Jim Morrison kissed Janis Joplin, possibly[...]s sitting bolt upright and sky looks and the stranger the whole thing
      oblivious to all external stimuli, only a tiny shamanistic rubbing his eyes. His hair is all mussed up seems. The more I think about it, he really
      beat of his left foot to indicate he could even hear what and his socked feet are placidly resting in the wasn't the sort of man you would expect to
      was going on.[...]s yet?" X wondered. a dignified and kindly-looking one, despite the fact that he was wearing a somewhat
      "No, but wow, who are, like, all these other people?" having the air of a little boy who has been garish yellow sh[...]they have something to prematurely woken from a long nap. He reminiscent of "Hawaii-Five-O". It was
      do with that full page ad you took out in every major looks a bit like the father from "Diffrent obviously a crime o f fashion.
      metropolitan newspaper on the planet."
      "At least I wasn't being excessive. Wha[...]."
      "Something like: All secret agents invited to a party. concluded in a slight starry haze. of the sky and exploded inside the minds of
      Drugs, bongs and sundry medical aids available at the "OK, Mr Brain-O-Matic, where's my 20 bills those who knew how to listen. A message was
      door.'" for the stuff we bought in Denver?" asked writ[...]epeated. Durbin, a light bulb coming on in his head. nice hash oil, giant Chinese characters that
      "A word o f advice, old man," whispered X to his tru[...]wes me for an ounce!" filled half the sky.
      companion.[...]usting o ff his debt Three people, having a slight
      "What's that?"[...]misunderstanding somewhere in Kashmir
      "Don't let the Dervishes get started. The mess is "Hey, don't you want to hear about our next saw and heard the message.
      unbelievable." mission?" asked the Commander, suddenly "Looks like it's going to be one of those
      Thanks, X. I'll try and remember."[...]ce party? Fuck! Last time I was over there it was a "It's a really good adventure," pleaded X. "Look, what about the sign?" reminded X.
      debauched depraved orgy of all vices known to the "Fuck the mission. Where's my money?" "The jeep's got a flat. We ll have to take the
      human race," said Orange, astonished.[...]heli-jet," said Durbin, now in total control of
      "Yeah, well, that as well," conceded Durbin.[...]y more nibbly things?" wondered explained X in a voice that trailed off into noth "You can't read Chinese you stupid bloody
      the Commander. "W h a t? !" inc[...]in the toilet for the whole flight. It was very "Well, how do you know what the message
      "God, I thought it was the Dervishes," explained good gear," he a[...]"Yes, old chap," asked X, interested, and not a
      "I especially liked those little cheesy things. Where do brought you over on a frigging boat. You little thankful for the divine, if hard to
      you think I would I find some[...]e them, add them up, invert and Just then the heavens opened the windy lofts "Oh," said X and Orange.
      multiply the little rascals, divide them by four and
      subtract them from the number they first thought of,
      and generally swap them about to suit themselves.
      Besides being a hell of a bunch o f nice people, they're
      also devious arse[...]ell," explained his leader, "I actually projected the
      thought about this party into Orange's head- so we
      could meet." X sounded efficient. "It's a little trick I
      picked up in Chad."
      "What[...]
      A Plastic Portrait[...]1have reservations about the suitability of
      f the Artist[...]plastic as a fashionable material. For

      as a Young Man[...]has a versatility that no other medium
      by[...]appears to offer, certainly not as

      Once upon a time I woke up at eight o'clock in the morning, constant setbacks to the social prerequisites for a peaceful inexpensively. 1mean, letOs start with the
      threw my plastic alarm clock across the room, cleaned my planet which include: equality of the sexes, abolition of basics - dancing with a guy whoOs had a
      teeth with a plastic tooth brush and wrapped my meagre prejudice and the removal of the extremes of both wealth and few, his arms flail madly and break the string
      sandwiches in plastic wrap. I then caught the bus to Uni with poverty. While humankind has developed materially, of pearls that you are wearing, scattering the
      my plastic concession pass, paying with a (plastic) five dollar technologically and culturally the story so far has been one of small, white beads of perfection all over the
      note. On the bus I thought of the plastic television I had elastic history, recurring problems. World War One was hailed
      watched the night before - Plastrek 'The First Generation' as 'the war to end all wars', there was dancing in the streets, dancefloor no worries, they were just
      where the evil Bakelite along with an army of Mattel
      W o rk e rs The Workers Inquiry has finally completed the 10 month investigation into cancer and it's link[...]pollution in the Wollongong area. This is the first time that an inquiry into this matter has b[...]q u iry with out the involvement and input of official authorities. The independent Workers Inquiry has been[...]organised and commisioned by the working class itself, involving steel workers, re[...]scientists and health workers. Also for the first time ever, an inquiry into the link between cancer and
      and Cancer Crisis,[...]ncluded that industry is directly responsible for the elevated number of
      leuk[...]30pm Tuesday w eek Findings of the inquiry include:

      12, - Residents living in the suburbs surrounding the Port Kembla industrial complex are up to 10 times[...]14 GO 1 those living near the coke works at Corrimal and Coal Cliff.

      - BHP steelworks and the Port Kembla Copper Smelter are responsible for the rising cancer and leukaemia[...]- The Illawarra Public Health Unit leukaemia report, (which concluded that the leukaemia rate among 15-[...]was organised by the labour government to protect BHP and other corporate interests, as well as the
      gove[...]- The Cancer Council and the EPA, among other government agencies, have been i[...], suppressing vital evidence connecting cancer in the area to industry.

      The scientific and statistical research of the inquiry is based on postcode by postcode data supplied by the
      NSW Central Cancer Registry. On the other hand, the Health Unit report was based on data supplied by[...]f.

      The statistics used showed an inverse square relationship of incidence of cancer with proximity to the
      indu[...]O n the 21st o f October, the Tuesday o f week 12, the Commissioners o f the Workers In qu iry w ill be presenting the
      findings, conclusions and recomendations o f the report in 14 G01. I f you live in the area, take an interest in y o u r health[...]and wellbeing and place these above the corporate interests o f industry then you have a responsibility to fin d out about
      the health risks we are exposed to everyday, the official coverup organised by the government to protect B H P and also
      how we can act to recover a safe liv in g environment.

      The published findings of the Workers Inquiry are also available in the SRC office.

      M use:

      Plastic Jesus

      We were resting on the fringes of the guy with a beard and a shepherd's Christian tradition speaks of this same Have a T a s t e f u l D a y !
      forest, sitting on a fallen log and crook that lights up at ni[...]God interacting with individuals and
      snacking on the usual museli bars and company. If you think it's scary now, communities, of maintaining caring C A R P H O N E -*-1020
      dried fruit that you eat on a bushwalk. you should try it when you're twelve! relationships. Most importantly the
      We had come a long way and were Needless to say I didn't really find the Christian tradition recognises that our[...](Hallelujah) friends, yes you too can
      feeling the toll of the distance we had bedside lamp comforting or helpful. experience and interaction with the own one, for only a dollar and ninety-
      covered. After finishing our[...]ht cents (no C O D 's, please), Del Rio,
      checked the map and began to enter it didn't quite fit. It certainly didn't fit spirituality is part of all our lives. Texas. (Hallelujah) And friends, if you
      the Pencil Pine forest. An eerie world with my existing images of Jesus from Whether we come to awareness of our A song by the Gold Coast send in this w eek two dollars and
      of stunted trees, cropped grass, moss. the stories I had grown up with, as I spiritu[...]smanian Wilderness, Singers, found on the ninety-eight cents, you 'll get, in[...]ew older it continued to clash with or on the steps of the Esplanade Hotel Internet addition to your Pink and Pleasant
      the Mirkwood Forrest in Tolkien's "the my spiritual experience. The lamp in St. Kilda, God seeks connecti[...]Plastic Icon, you'll get a gen-u-ine,
      Hobbit", we decided. As we walked now stands at home as a proud us.[...]
      [...]atholics are to have theirs - but any extreme end of worst form, is equally as aggressive, and[...]the scale, be it matriarchal or patriarchal, is not g[...]y lend itself to true equality. I don't even have a I have no solutions to the social inequalities that have
      problem with the worship of nature; hell, my own been pointed out by the men's movement, but I do
      Recently, I had another close encounter with the men's personal belief system is founded on the very ideal of know this: inequalities arise through the abuse of
      movement. nature as the one and only true "god" - but I do object po[...]its core, has nothing to do with
      For years, the only exposure that I'd had to "The to the identification of nature and the earth in the gender. The abuse of power is all about politics and
      Movement" was via talk shows like Donahue, where a feminine aspect. "The entire world is a womb, from economics, which have always been the archenemies
      bunch of long-haired and bearded hippies held hands which we are all born." If this is the case the I'd like to of freedom.
      and whined about the inequalities in society. Some of believe that shooting stars are just cosmic balls of The larger social issues can only be solved by a united
      them were even wearing skirts. This c[...]t in an effort to get Mother Earth front of people; a group that is not divided into two
      because I[...]essing had to do knocked up. According to the hippie branch of The antagonistic genders. We all live in this society, and
      with the men's movement. Movement, I will only become a truly equal man by we're all responsible for it. We can only free ourselves
      Then there were the "spiritual" types that I met a few accepting the wonder of the womb. I must accept my with a lot of hard work and complete co-operation.
      years back. They were from a different branch of The place in the dust as a product of the Cosmic Cunt, and What I'd like to see is the men's movement and the
      Movement, but they were proclaimed equalists[...]ssness - feminists sit down together for a peace summit. The
      nevertheless. They were touchy-feely nature types - because I'm male, and I therefore have a completely blaming has to stop and the healing has to begin. I
      tree-huggers of the first degree. Not that's there's expendable role in the creation of life. Hmm. I'm want the men's movement to quit wearing skirts, quit
      anything wrong with greenies, but these guys had the afraid that me and the male seahorses are going to worshipping[...]t. about the men who died in Vietnam. What would be
      her e[...]I infinitely more productive is to find a way to stop
      crawling in the dust on our bellies." Now, as much as reall[...]at no-one has to be senselessly
      I agree with the basic theme behind that statement, I new branch of The Movement. These guys wear suits, slaughtered. And instead of turning a divorce into a
      couldn't get into these guys' style of living. Some of carry mobile phones, have degrees in business and custody battle and an issue of gender politics, maybe
      them had personal hygiene that left quite a bit to be communications, and are entirely articulate about the we should all remember that it's not the parents who
      desired - I think they took the "crawling in the dust on inequalities that they perceive to exist in our society. suffer most from it all, it's the children.
      our bellies" bit too literally. They also had an obsessive These new proponents of The Movement fight the And that's where our greatest hope[...]o with native people. When they courts for the custody of their children, and object to children. The next generations have to be educated to
      found out that I had a set of beliefs that are based on the fact that women are favored in custody battles ju[...]ity. They need to be raised to believe
      those of the Lakota Sioux, they got really interested in because they carried the kids for nine months. that they're[...]nge
      me. When they then discovered that I had a totem According to these guys, a womb does not the world. If we don't do this, if we don't stop[...]atshops, they automatically make someone a better parent. encouraging the victim mentality, then we'll never
      started t[...]call me brother. That These men object to the practice of minority quotas in move forward.
      was u[...]annoying, because it took employment - the fact that some companies employ or Over the past six months I've found that this rambling
      weeks to wash and air the hippie smell out of my promote a woman (or a member of another so-called column of mine has brought me back to the same
      clothes. From that point on, the guys started giving me "minority") over a better-qualified man, purely to point over and over again - the fact that we need to
      presents every time they saw me; things like leaves, appease the equalist movement.[...]ly -
      sticks, flowers and little pebbles. For a while there I And then there's the depiction of men in the media; in everything we are and everythi[...]tion
      thought they were expecting me to build a nest or the trend in sitcoms to portray fathers as insensitive, is the one key to survival.
      something. incompetent clods, the objectification of men in And so there's my point, after a whole lot of
      However, the thing that most bugged me about my advertising, the general social contempt that is complaining; the evolution of the men's and women's
      "earth-brothers" (aside from the excessive drug use, displayed towards mens' genitals every time a guy movements is long overdue. We've all got a lot of
      and their tendency to wear so many goddamn gets a boot in the balls and the audience roars with growing up to do.[...]Harrison J. Chadd
      walked with a slouch) was their attitude towards This new branch of The Movement says that society is
      women. Their version of equality seemed to involve emasculating[...]ociety doesn't
      obsequious fawning. With some of them it was a respect its men, that in an effort to bring
      genuine respect and awe, with a few others it was about equality all we[...]. swing the scales in the other direction.
      After some time of observing these creatures in their These me[...]d and lost;
      natural habitat, I theorised that the hippie branch of they believe that they have no voice and
      The Movement could be broken down into two[...]did.
      distinct sub-species. First, there were the guys with Women's emancipation took far too long,
      vagina-envy. Second, there were the guys who but according to the men's movement,
      pretended to be in the first category, but who were the male half of the population is still
      really there because they figured it was a good way to imprisoned.
      meet girls and[...]I don't know about the rest of you guys,
      The reason for all of this woman-worship was clear; but I know[...]new-age hippie beliefs are totally matriarchal. The don't mean disenfranchised or voiceless
      biggest giveaway is the fact that the god of this (I have this column, at least); I mean I'm
      religion is a woman - Mother Nature. Christians have lost because I don't know what to believe
      a boy god and consequently a patriarchal society; it or who to listen to. I guess I don't like the
      naturally (pun intended) follows, then, that a group of fact that male soldiers have been dying
      people who worship a girl god will develop a by the millions in wars throughout
      matriarchal society. I don't have a problem with their history, but I also know[...]beliefs - they're just as free to have them as the want women to have to slog through the
      trenches at their sides. The men's
      movement tells me that this is a natural
      instinct to protect the childbearers, but[...]the women's movement argues that it's a[...]society is responsible for wars in the first[...]That's the crux of what I'm trying to say,[...]the only one, either. I think that there are
      a lot of people out there who aren't sure
      of exactly how they're supposed to act.
      The simplest solution for me has always[...]as an individual. In the truly cosmic[...]I purposefully avoid The Movement - it's
      just too one-sided. The men's movement,
      in particular the suit-wearing incarnation
      of it, focuses too much on an adversarial[...]
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      P la s s 'i c[...]ed Barbies to choose from: really fit Oke a uniform? She's wearing it[...]cute young Russian to "Ken sold out at the end of the summer," unending youth.
      take me home. Ju[...]be girl-next-door says Lena Yakushenkova, a Ksenia Vishnevskaya: Four,[...]eak German and English, no salesperson at the store. "We expect to KV: Four.
      Russian.[...]old do you think I am? KV: Four.
      She has been a stewardess, a doctor, a get more Kens sometime in the future." Yes, she is glamorous, she is
      skin diver, an astronaut, a fashion editor, fashionable, she is gorgeous. But one
      and a rock star, among other Poor Barbi[...]console thing shd is not: cheap. In any sense of
      occupations. the word.
      Born in New York City on March 9, herself by climbing up to the sunroof on The least expensive Barbie in the I'm just
      1959, she has 129 ou[...]Nevsky Prospect Barbie store (and the eyecandy - what
      for her every year. Her[...]d only Barbie priced in roubles -- the rest would I know?
      Mattel. Inc. is "Our Lady of Perpetual[...]Deutschemarks) is Bedtime
      Income." She drives a Porsche 911 watching her specialty-designed hair Barbie, who at 27,800 roubles is a steal
      Cabriolet.[...]compared to Gymnastics Barbie
      She, of course, is Barbie, and she is develop sunstreakS. Or maybe a spin in (81,200r.) and Doctor Barbie
      sweeping through Russia like a latter-[...]d Doctor Barbie will
      day Genghis Khan. Unlike the great the Barbie Glamor Van would help. But hopefully not be pressured into
      invader from the East, however, she is[...]her Barbie there is another side to Barbie, a side she expects to
      Luxus Trailer and Ho[...]be able to afford either the Barbie
      well (in her Barbie Yacht with a real that is rarely seen. The very Porsche (148,000r.) or the Barbie Yacht
      working blender you can make[...]uld any sensitive Russian
      But is there really a market for Barbie[...]ts through
      here in Russia? Will she appeal to the professional makeovers and has sold the agony of spending the equivalent of
      tastes of the first post-Soviet generation[...]two weeks' salary on Doctor Barbie
      of doll buyers? To find out,we went to 900 million outfits worldwide, the very when there are all sorts of Barbie
      the source: four-year-old Ksenia[...]knockoffs from China up for grabs in the
      Vishnevskaya, Barbie owner, voice of a same Barbie who Ksenia Vishnevskaya[...]a pretty brunette in a cocktail dress;
      Who do you love more, Barbie[...]e than her pink-booted Susana (6,500); a
      your mother? Ksenia Vishnevskaya:[...]nameless blonde with a feather boa and
      Barbie. mother, is leading a dual life as... no shoes (3,500r.) -- all with the same
      Who do you love more, Barbie or[...]rbie. Mercenary Barbie. By the entrance to eyes as Barbie.
      Who do you[...]"Children know Barbie," says Lyudmila
      else in the whole world? KV: Mama. Peter and Paul F[...]tands (or, Pushkaryova from her perch inside a
      Barbie may be made of plastic, but she[...]estate: first more correctly, sits) guard at a table can tell the difference between a real
      St Petersburg store, which opened last[...]Barbie and a fake Barbie right away.
      April, is located at[...]ov. She is You can't fool them. They want the real
      next to Mayakovskaya Metro station.[...]Barbie."
      Inside, there is a whole crowd of tanned, wearing a Red Army uniform, complete

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