By Adam Hanieh
ADELAIDE — One of the most exciting musical projects to be launched here in recent times is Live on the Dial. It aims to recreate the traditional atmosphere of live-to-air radio and takes the form of a cabaret that combines live
Culture
The Last BattleBy John PilgerABC TVThursday, October 12, 8.30pm (8 SA)Previewed by Allen Myers This documentary was made for the 20th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in April, and it contains a good dose of the real history of the war —
The Serge-Trotsky Papers: Correspondence and Other Writings between Victor Serge and Leon TrotskyEdited by David CotterillPluto Press, 1994. 275 pp., $44.95 (pb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon Victor Serge and Leon Trotsky, two of the most outstanding and
Munna Point, Wednesday
Dear Green Lefties,
Thanks for the assignment. Since arriving here, I haven't let the Pacific Ocean out of my sight for so much as a moment — but it is bigger than you led me to believe. I've watched numerous waves
AfterglowDr JohnBlue Thumb Records through GRP/MCAReviewed by Norm Dixon Dr John, born Malcolm John Rebennack Jr in 1941, personifies the musical and cultural treasure trove that is New Orleans. The unique melting pot of disparate influences —
By Bronwen Beechey
Over the next two weeks Sydney and Melbourne will host the White Gloves National Film Festival, the only silent black and white shoot-to-show film festival in the world. First held in 1989 to mark the centenary of the
A
You walk into uni
faced with angry posters
calling on subdued students to rally.
"No fees for degrees
in overcrowded
underfunded universities."
"Fees are bad for all
— worse for women."
In the lift
— packed to capacity —
no one is smiling.
You jerk as someone steps on you.
You are suffocating.
You drop off those books
and go back down again.
Same story with the lift.
You walk into uni
faced with angry posters
calling on subdued students to rally.
"No fees for degrees
in overcrowded
underfunded universities."
"Fees are bad for all
— worse for women."
In the lift
— packed to capacity —
no one is smiling.
You jerk as someone steps on you.
You are suffocating.
You drop off those books
and go back down again.
Same story with the lift.
ZeldaBy Zelda D'ApranoSpinifex, 1995. 408 pp.Reviewed by Trish Corcoran "Working-class women very rarely write books because of our inability to write at the level required by male established literary standards. Nor are many books written about the
From dream to reality
that's the prison life
You sleep and dream
to awake and find reality
inside a prison cell
thinking why you're here
you need not hide
it's clear now it's Genocide
fight the feelings
Political PrisonersiNsuRgeThrough Warners MusicReviewed by Jen Crothers Those who are at all interested in hardcore music will be interested in the latest offering from iNsuRge. Political Prisoners is a five-track EP with a radical message —
CluelessParamount PicturesWritten and directed by Amy HeckerlingReviewed by Roslyn Moloney "Sex. Clothes. Popularity. Is there a problem here?"
This is how 16-year-old Cher (Alicia Silverstone) confronts the world. But the question really at
The Cutting Edge: The RaidSBS TelevisionTuesday, October 3, 8.30pm (8 SA)Reviewed by Jenny Long The debate around flag burning, and the implicit questioning of the rights of East Timorese to demonstrate against the Indonesian occupation of their
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