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Blues, bluegrass and classical

Blues, bluegrass and classical Peculiaroso Leo Kottke BMG Records, Private Music Label Reviewed by Jill Hickson Leo Kottke, billed as one of the most innovative steel-string guitarist of all time, has produced an album of beautifully

More women MPs?

By Roger Clarke BRISBANE — A public meeting of the Labor Women's Organisation on May 25 was addressed by a panel of speakers concerned about the low proportion of women among Labor MPs. The speakers were: Joan Kirner (former Premier of

What's so radical about postmodernism?

By Lisa Macdonald Iain Aitken, in "The use-value of postmodernism" (GLW May 25), falls squarely into the trap set by postmodernism which has caught so many, often well-intentioned, leftists before him. This is the illusion that postmodernism is

3CR on the move

By Alex Cooper MELBOURNE — This year's 3CR Radiothon will be held June 13-26. The station has been broadcasting for 18 years, providing a voice for many groups and interests which find it hard to gain access to the establishment media.

For sale

By Ignatius Kim Everyone knows that when applying for a job you have to "sell yourself". Selling yourself is like selling any other product: the packaging must be appealing and the price attractive enough to make the purchaser feel that he/she

A share in the future

Have you ever thought about who owns Green Left? Did you think perhaps it might be part of the Packer stable, or the Murdoch empire? With practically every other newspaper or magazine in the country, if you answered that way, you'd probably be right.

Radio highlights

Introducing Asian Studies — Political Economy in Postwar Eastern Asia — This series begins with a look at the differing policies and rates of growth in the region from China to Japan. Part one of a 13-part series. ABC Radio National, Friday, June

Loose cannons

The family that plays together ... "There is a big misunderstanding between parents and kids. If parents just took the time to be more active with their kids in playing video games, they would understand it more and would be able to participate in

Shoalwater sand mining dumped

Shoalwater sand mining dumped By Bill Mason BRISBANE — In what the mining industry has described as its biggest setback since the banning of mining at Coronation Hill in the Northern Territory, a federal government inquiry has recommended

Looking out: Meet the Taylors

Meet the Taylors By Brandon Astor Jones On May 22, Precious enjoyed teething on my eyeglasses case; and while she has now gone back to Chicago Heights, Illinois, her scent permeates that case. She was a full eight months old yesterday.

Indonesia, US miners plunder West Papua

By Jon Land Situated 4000 metres above sea level, amongst the glaciers and tropical alpine valleys of the central highlands of West Papua, is Indonesia's biggest and most controversial mine, the Freeport-McMoran copper and gold operation at

Study finds pollution of Tasmanian waters

By Ray Smith HOBART — The 1992 honours thesis of Alexandra de Blas, which studied the impact of the Mt Lyell Mining and Railway Company on Macquarie Harbour and Strahan, was published last week. Its appearance was delayed 16 months by threats