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ZR Rifle: The Plot to Kill Kennedy and Castro By Claudia Furiati Melbourne: Ocean Press, 1994. 183 pp., $22.95. Reviewed by Allen Myers Conspiracy is not the cause of history, but history often creates conspiracies. In the three decades

Kind Hearted Woman Michelle Shocked Self-produced Reviewed by Jen Crothers Michelle Shocked has not had an easy road in the music business. It started with the unauthorised release of what she now calls the "Texas Campfire Thefts" (The

Passion in DarwinOn the eve of Good Friday, Club Q, Darwin's new queer dance club, presented Passion, its most spectacular and well-attended night so far. By 1am, when Erica and her Disciples were ready to perform, 300

The things that happen on Yungaburra RoadSYDNEY — Death Defying Theatre's Yungaburra Road, written by Noelle Janaczewska, provides an examination and voyage into all forms of violence: individual, community, national

Aboriginal voices SYDNEY — A new book, Voices of Aboriginal Australia: Past Present Future, will be launched on Tuesday, May 9, 6:30pm, at the Glebe Town Hall, 160 St John's Rd, Glebe. The date is the fourth anniversary of the final report of

Two unnervingly hawkish Pentagon documents prepared for the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and acquired recently by Greenpeace under the Freedom of Information Act, positively seethe with gung ho enthusiasm for a nuclear brawl,

Shelley: The Pursuit By Richard Holmes Harper Collins, 1995. 830 pp., $49.95 (hb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon In 1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley was collecting his mail from England at a post office in Rome. When his name was called out, a

Higher Learning Starring Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Jennifer Connelly and Ice Cube Written and directed by John Singleton Screening at Hoyts cinemas Reviewed by Sean Moysey The bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City on April 18

The Butterfly CD Produced and distributed by Stand Against Sexual Assault (SASA), Perth Featuring 12 contributing bands Reviewed by Kath Gelber This compilation has been put together by a group of young people in Perth who are campaigning

Fallen from GraceToday I saw a lyrebird, Magnificent, supreme. I listened to its music Like a sweet, fulfilling dream. As it played in filtered sunlight On a mossy forest bed With a fine array of feathers Proudly

Nomad Nomad (Adam Plack) with Robert Mirabal and Mor Thiam Australian Music International Reviewed by Norm Dixon The term "world music" came into being in 1987, when a number of small labels specialising in African, Latin American and

Green It Up features Pinkenba caseBRISBANE — Green It Up, a weekly musical night at the Shamrock Hotel, Fortitude Valley, featured the Pinkenba case on Thursday April 6. Sponsored by Resistance, Green It Up is a regular