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And now for something completely different WE HAVE been running just to stand still in recent weeks, at last the whole enter­ prise is now beginning to seem almost not impossible. Copy flows fulsomely, pro­ duction neuroses have diminished and an atmosphere o f reader interaction insinu­ ates itself . . . So what’s inside this week? As we go to press, all communications with Greece have ceased, with the tele­ phones cut and the army tightening its grip. It seems like Mr William Humphreys flew out just in time — his diary o f what he saw in Athens appears on the back page. John Grissim, who is to be one o f our irregular US correspondents, conducts an absorbing interview with Timothy Leary in Folsom prison (p. 5). Y et again, we have to revise opinions o f this enigmatic sorcerer. In the context o f Watergate, the US government’s kidnap of Leary in Kabul, Afghanistan, seems only a foot­ note, but it’ s no less an outrage for that. Undeveloped Australia, the centre spread, is just an excuse for showcasing pretty pics o f the wide open spaces. Contributions invited. The paper shortage means we can’ t get fatter immediately. In this issue, several pages were held over at the last minute, for lack o f space. We have been asked to advise that returns are being trimmed to a minimum and determined readers are invited to place a regular order at news­ agents. Merely because o f its current bonanza, many people are closed o ff about Kung Fu. It is not an attack weapon; nor a synonym for violence. It’s more to do with dancing than damage. Any Kung Fuer can be knocked down by a back alley gun. Kung Fu is fascinating because o f its weaving together o f logic and poetry, the external and internal, the mental and physical. It’s an imaginative trigonometry o f the body, most beauti­ fully and precisely applied, invented by a woman and brought to popularity through the virtuosity o f the late Bruce Lee and the still-around Angelo Mao. It is truly a martial art, not blood and guts, so dig it. Finally, the guru. First we had Albie Thoms’ Thumbs down ( TLD 5 ) , then last week an inundation o f defensive letters from the Divine Light Mission, plus an interview with Rennie Davis at Houston. Foolishly we misprinted that only 500 premies turned up, hence our surprise at non coverage. Actually it was 50,000. Anyway, some weeks ago we asked Mike O’ Rourke to check out the Divine Light organisation as a way to get him out o f the office. This plump troubadour approached it like a real investigative journalist, except that he went not in search o f the facts, but the Knowledge (see page 9). Our Christmas issue (december 18) will be devoted to anarchy. The word stems from the Greek anarchos, meaning with­ out a ruler. Despite its horrendous image, it’s mankind’s purest political expression o f generosity, good will and optimism. If you have anything to say on the subject o f anarchy, and Australia today, in the arts, society or imagination, contributions close for that issue monday, december 10. Until next week.

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Richard Beckett beats up the week’s news

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T IL L G RABBING THE HEAD­ LINES: Prime minister Gough : Whitlam admitted at his weekly press •conference that chocolate eclairs were j not provided for cabinet meetings. In j answer to a particularly stupid ques: tion and in an equally stupid answer, i Mr Whitlam said: “ I have my problems I; and I dont want to admit any more :■weaknesses than I have to. However, ■:you have mentioned to cabinet, and •: while its proceedings are secret, I can assure you that chocolate eclairs are I not provided under this government.” <A t this week’ s press conference we are I; going to abandon the usual “ state of S the nation" approach and instead coni centrate on lamingtons, pavlovas, Vic•: toria sponges, and that most famed of • all Australian dishes — chocolate • crackles.

o t t h a t it m a tte rs , we ARE SLID IN G TOW ARDS THE : YE LLO W PE R IL: Professor Peter j Angus-Lappin, head o f the Depart: ment o f Survey at the University of : New South Wales, has stated that in a : mere few million years time Australia : will slide underneath Indonesia and : become the Himalayas o f the South : Pacific. This perhaps will be unfortun­ ate for our newly acquired Indo: nesian neighbors as they themselves : prefer warm weather. But perhaps : then the Dali Lama may find his true ■spiritual home.

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AM THE GHOST OF CHRIST­ MAS PAST: A biography of former United States president Harry Truman has revealed that the middle American draper who managed himself to give the order to use the atomic bomb, did not like his johnny come lately counterpart in global terror, namely Richard Nixon. O f Nixon, the man from Missouri said: “ He is a shifty eyed goddammed liar and people know it.” Warming to the theme be; fore his death Harry added: “ They say i young Kennedy deserved a lot more credit for licking him, but I just can’t ; see it. I can’ t see how the sonofabitch even carried one state.” God bless each |and every one o f us, cried Tiny Tim.

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h e y d o s m e ll d iff e r e n t : Mrs Betsie Verwoerd, widow o f •:j: the late great prime minister o f South Africa, Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, claimed as the country’s architect o f apartheid, •:§: writing in the Taalgenoot, the official journal o f the Afrikaans Language and Culture Association, said it would be far better for the country’s whites if :•$: they couldnt have black servants. Homing in on working white mothers who hopefully left their white offspring in charge o f black nannies, she ::•> said: “ Even a characteristic smell, which is normally repulsive to a white person, will become associated in the child’ s mind with the person with :•£ whom it spends most o f the time. Can this later repel him when he is grown up?” With this sort o f diatribe in mind Si one can only assume that the good old S: Betsie uses a vaginal deodorant spray.

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TIN K IN G FISH REVISITED: Marjorie Wallace, age 19 from the United States, has been crowned as Miss World. She is white.

ELL T H E Y ’ RE ALM OST W H ITE : Pope A1 Grassby, other­ wise known as the minister for im­ migration, admitted in a setup ques­ tion that latin Americans from Colom­ bia were being smuggled into the country. The smuggled will probably be allowed to remain. One wonders what would have happened to them if they had been o f a different color.

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O DOWN MOSES (CHAPTER 2): The government owned T A A airline has declared a lock out on striking pilots. Federal transport min­ ister Jones, in stating that he will not be held to ransom, or “ stood over” , said: “ An airline cannot be run on the basis o f selling tickets on the o ff chance that the pilots will decide to fly on a given day.” Although Mr Jones’s personal morality over the whole affair, in that it is related to air safety, is most commendable, one regrets that the word “ lock out” has to be used in connection with a semi socialist government. The ghost of George Orwell is with us still.

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U T IF T H E Y ’RE BLAC K TH E Y MUST BE C A N N IB ALS: Chief minister o f Papua New Guinea, Michael Somare, in a rough and ready attack on most Australian newspapers, said he was sick and tired o f his constituents being represented as a mob o f feathered and decorated eaters o f human flesh. Perhaps i f Mr Somare wanted to encourage enlightenment in the outside world, he should invite travel agencies to cease publication o f his country by means o f a series o f picturesque blacks posed in primitive attitudes. He should also stop the holding o f the highland shows which

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are specifically designed to promote the idea o f Papua New Guinea as a cannibal kingdom where all the blacks wear feathers. I f Tanzania’s Nyerere can manage it, so can Somare.

DLE NOTES FROM A N U N­ T ID Y MIND: The following events and statements give living proof that God is in heaven and all is right with the world. Senator D. Jessop, a South Australian Liberal, told his peers (not to mention his elders and betters) that the federal government’s decision to pay an allowance to un­ married mothers under the age o f 16 would encourage promiscuity; South Australia’s homosexual reform bill was defeated in the legislative council in error; Queensland premier Joh BjelkePetersen has given his state cabinet sweeping power to oppose the federal prices and incomes referendum next month and one o f the good citizens o f Cobar (at present immersed in a rather unsavory tale o f hospital maladmin­ istration) and has taken time out to poison a dog o f one o f the witnesses to the inquiry.

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N THE BRIGHT SIDE: British parliament will consider a new bill o f childrens rights next year fol­ lowing recent revelations o f bat­ tered tiny tots. The bill has been hastened on its way by the revelations that between 600 and 700 children are beaten to death by their parents each year and a further 300 suffer perma­ nent brain damage.

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LID IN G V E R Y SLOW LY BACK TO W ARD S DEM OCRACY: Greece’s armed forces have risen once again and overthrown the government o f Papadopoulos. The new leaders are said to be a little less addicted' to electrical novelties than the members o f the former regime.

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tion first. There was a delay o f two weeks and during that time Voight had to go o ff to Brisbane. Annoyed by the delay, the Voight was seriously bashed strippers went to the Current af­ and injured by bouncers recently fair program to tell o f their work­ when he went to the Pink Panther ing conditions. As a result four o f to investigate working conditions them got the sack. There was a feeling that the N THE dispute o f strippers there. Such standover union had sold them out and the that has blown up tactics are used against entertain­ around the two ers working in the Kings Cross internal solidarity o f the group Kings Cross strip area, and as the entertainers are began to look fragile. They were also very worried about violence. clubs, the Pink generally unorganised these tactics A t first the union was unsympa­ Panther and the pay off. thetic to this and felt that the S ta c c a to , there Following the assault on strippers were being a little hys­ remains one mys­ Voight, however, these tactics terical. tery - at least pub­ have backfired and prompted By the time Voight got back licly. People are ask­ wide public concern. The NSW another nine strippers had been ing who’ s the big State Labor Council placed a sacked. The strippers had picketed black ban on the two clubs and the clubs and a boyfriend o f one wheeler and dealer John Ducker, acting secretary o f o f the pickets had been bashed. behind it all, who is the council, said all supplies and The picket began because Far“ Mr Sin” ? While services to the clubs would be rudia was using non-union stripp­ nobody’ s really stopped until their management prepared to say, accepted certain industrial stand­ ers from Adelaide. It has been suggested that these “ scab” strip­ fingers are starting ards for employees. The ban will pers came from clubs owned by to point in the cut o ff all services and goods Saffron. direction o f including water, electricity, mail, The working conditions in the big wheel food, drinks and cigarettes. clubs are bad. Dressing room and around When he was bashed, Voight safety facilities are almost non­ the Cross, was assisting a strike by 16 stripexistent. The strippers have to do 'Abe Saffron. pers at the clubs who are seeking at least six spots a night, moving Th The front higher wages and better condi­ back and forth between the clubs. n at one o f tions. They get $2.30 per spot and are the clubs is a ■ One o f the strippers, Janine on call from 6.30 pm to 4 am. guy called Gair, who has been a member o f Working six nights a week the Farrugia. “ A Actors Equity for some years, most the strippers can earn is discovered a little while back that about $108 per week. The Stac­ the union had decided to accept cato and the Pink Panther pay the strippers. She encouraged the lowest rates in the Cross. But now that the union move­ £ other strippers to join the union. ment has swung in behind the The strippers strippers they stand a good chance 1 f l w a n t e d o f winning back their jobs, and 1% ■ ■ to act on with better working conditions. 1 1 % I I improving Janine Gair was delighted by 1 1 \ 1 I their working the union movement’s support. | W Jk conditions She said that “ it will force the mnmm — immediately club’s management to realise that but the trade unions are not to be laughed union a t The management needs to be wanted taught a lesson. In the past any­ to gather body has been allowed into the more Staccato and the Pink Panther.” informa­ She said she believed that the strippers would get their jobs back. And she added: “ We hope for a management change.” A strong feeling o f warmth and friendliness has grown amongst the strippers during the struggle, and possibly one o f the most important effects o f their militant action is that it shattered the crude image o f them as sex ob­ jects. Their fight against standover tactics for better conditions should benefit all entertainers in the Cross. What remains to be done is the cleaning out o f the big crims who pull all the strings.

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common Brooklyn type hood,” in the words o f Actors Equity organ­ iser Colin Voight. Not the stuff big crims are made of.

* * * Friday night the strippers led a march into the Cross and fronted the clubs where, outside the Pink Panther, a shoving duel took place between the demonstrators and the heavies. Enter the lumpy shape o f the ever popular Far­ rugia: after shoving a demonstra­ tor from the steps o f his club he elbowed his way through the crowd and headed o ff to more tranquil sanctums. The march moved on to nearby El Alamein park where Jack Clancy, NSW secretary o f the Builders Workers Industrial Union took the mike and told the meeting that he would ask the ACTU to support black bans on the clubs. However, to prove that sexism is not the sole prerogative o f strip club owners, one member o f the BWIU said: “ . . . even though the people who are strik­ ing are girls, they have been courageous, even more courageous than many men in such strikes.”

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Riders on the storm

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larly from the 1600 metres start. The false rail is used by race club N S A T U R D A Y in Sydney officials to protect certain sec­ no small men in silk tunics tions o f the track and what it does were admitted to hospital; the in effect is increase the acuteness meeting scheduled to be held at o f the turn. Warwick Farm was cancelled Thoroughbred race horses are When the jockeys went out on stupid animals at the best o f strike. times. Generations o f inbreeding Hundreds o f thousands o f washes any semblance o f intel­ punters spent a gloomy weekend carrying around unrequited coin­ ligence from the beasts — they get age — bread laid aside each week themselves stuck in stalls at the to feed into TAB agencies. Punt­ start o f races, get horny mid race, ers can understand when meetings shie at phantoms, pig root, buck, are called o ff when the tracks are run wide at turns, turn savage, bite and kick. It’s mad to put washed out — that’s an ACT OF GOD. But when the day’s gambl­ money on them, even more hair­ ing is fucked up by some per­ brained to ride the bastards. With 22 horses thundering flat nickety little jockey, that's too as a strap, clustered thicker than much! For some time now a con­ flies around a fresh turd, coming frontation has existed between to a turn which Jackie Stewart the NSW jocks and the turf god­ wouldnt take in higher than first head, the Australian Jockeys (!) gear, the chances o f a pile up are Club, an archaic gaggle o f crusty pretty good. All's needed is one horse to clip the heels o f the one colonial throwbacks. Things began last week when in front and . . . kerblam! Tear up the hoops refused to ride in a field tickets and call the ambulance, o f 22 starters while the “ false Sam. When the false rail is used for rail” was being used. They claim­ ed it was too dangerous, particu­ the 1600 at Randwick it is even

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On november 13 the chairman o f the Australian College of Health Surveyors, B. Hicks, said that cartoned milk was making people sick without them suspecting the source. In the Victorian legislative assembly on november 14 Alan Scanlan, minister for health, side-stepped the issue by saying that it was subjudice as a writ had been taken out against Hicks. Hicks has received no writ and searches at the supreme court do not disclose one. Incidentally, the speaker o f the legislative assembly, Kenneth Henry Wheeler, is a former general manager o f Croftbank Dairies. Whilst the police inquiry into the “ signed blank search warrants” proceeds slowly, Ed Flannery o f the Victorian Council o f Civil Liberties has charged Sergeant Michael Bell o f the drug squad and Arthur L. Smith, justice o f the peace, with conspiracy to pervert the course o f justice. The case is listed for Carlton Court on december 4. * * * Queensland member o f parliament Colin Hinze (Country party) called for the reintroduction of the death penalty, stating that he preferred the firing squad as, “ hanging and electric chairs are just exhibitionism” . He continued with his ideas on sexual offenders by saying that, “ the only problem with castration is that they can still get an erection, so we should cut the bloody thing o ff” . It is rumored that ex-nazi war criminals and mass murderers feel that he would have been dismissed from the Gestapo for cruelty, but Richard Nixon may invite him to be his next attorney-general. * * * Last wednesdav a small demonstration greeted US ambassador Marshall Green when he arrived to speak to the Melbourne press club at the Hotel Australia. In a book to be published shortly, a chapter is devoted to outlining Green’s insidious complicity in coups ranging from Korea, Indonesia, Cambodia, to Vietnam. The book, which is being compiled by Mike Richards and Ron Whitton will be titled The Australian connection * * *

On november 21 an appeal to the county court by Paul Osmond against five months iail for assaulting police at an anti-nazi demonstration was successful. Osmond’s father is the Canadian consul general, K. S. Osmond o f Toorak. The deputy headmaster o f Geelong grammar school, Donald McLeod Miles, told the court that Osmond was “ a young man o f high principles, integrity, and sound character” . In placing him on 14 months probation, judge Rapke said, “ I dont think a fellow with this background needs jail” . The Melbourne Herald, having prophesised doom for private enterprise under the Labor government, announced a record profit of $12.3 million. THE F O X Page 4 — T H E L IV IN G D A Y L IG H T S , november 27-december 3 , 1973

more hazardous; the horse has to be practically cranked around the bend. When the AJC held a meet­ ing on Saturday to discuss the rail business and the hoops claim for more money, the jockeys werent invited - a typical situation. The jockeys are demanding a five dollar increase in riding fees from $13 a race to $18 and an increase from five percent o f prize money to ten percent. The AJC in turn say they are doing better than jockeys in other states. I telephoned Billy Burnett, president o f the NSW Jockeys Association, on Sunday and was told by his bodyguard (death threats were made upon Burnett over the weekend) that no further statements were forthcoming, but a meeting between association and the AJC would take place this week. I then spoke with Victorian jockey Peter Bakos, president o f the Victorian Jockeys Association and what he told me considerably altered my previous views on jock­ eys. There are 205 registered jocks in Victoria. O f these only 15 are able to earn enough from riding to support themselves; the rest have to rely on other work to get by. One drives a bus and when he came a cropper in a race his wife had to take the wheel while he was on the mend. Although they are able to claim workers com­ pensation they only get the flat rate, no more. They get no sick pay, no holiday pay and no super­ annuation.

In Victoria the rate for jockeys is $12 a ride, whether it be a hick race at Wangaratta or the Mel­ bourne cup. Peter said: “ In Ire­ land, where the standard o f living is lower, jockeys get the equiva­ lent o f $20 race.” He went on to tell me how he has to travel all over the state, all week, riding everything he can throw a leg over. Next week he goes to a two day meeting at Warrnambool, then back to the city to ride at Sandown, then o ff to central Victoria to ride at Tatura, then back to Melbourne to ride on the Saturday. He must pay all his own expenses. Jocks ride track work six days a week, clambering out o f bed when dawn cracks to get to the track for four hours riding to the stop watch. They dont get paid for this work; they do it as a “ favor” to the stables, the trainers and the owners - people whose patronage is essential to their sur­ vival. The hoops rely heavily on the whims o f trainers and owners and often find themselves riding 100 to one hayburners on the chance that in a later race they may have the honor o f wearing the owners colors on better horses. After a brief and broken term at school, jockeys begin their “ career” at the age o f 14-16 and commence a miserable six year apprenticeship, to learn their trade and the meaning o f the word “ subservience” . Very few make the bigtime; the chances o f getting the good horses seems to

depend largely on a lot o f skill, a lot o f guts, a lot o f work, and a lot o f luck. Around the stables at Flemington, Canterbury and Caulfield the failed hoops spend their lives at the end o f a shovel, cleaning the shit from the stalls. Many are there because they werent good enough, because they werent tough enough, because o f perma­ nent injuries from riding, because they grew up unexpectedly and are now too big to ride under the weight scale, or because they took some “ advice” from one o f the many hoods and touts around the track, got caught on the steward’s film and were rubbed out. Be­ sides, the job market doesnt have that many opportunities to little men who know only how to throw a leg over the saddle. So, things are desperate in the jockeys room. If they dont ride winners they dont get the money, and if they dont get the m oney they dont get the horses. Th ey head for the country where com ­ petition is less fierce, where the prizemoney makes their five per­ cent even more ludicrous. But it ’ s something. .. So, the hoops ride like dem ent­ ed sons o f the devil, but few find themselves in the winner’s circle. They put more into the race game than any o f the. racing clubs, owners, breeders, trainers, the government, bookmakers and para­ sites who rake o ff the cream. They are (apart from the small punters, I guess) the most malign­ ed sector o f the “ racing industry” .

FIRST, what I ’d like to know is . . . who is Tim othy Leary , . . who is he as a person? I ’m a philosopher. I’m a psychologist, who has been studying the nervous sys­ tem for the past 30 years. I ’ve written ten books and hundreds o f articles. I prob­ ably know as much or more about how the nervous system works - the far galactic outposts o f awareness and the range o f human experiences — than any scientist around. You also happen to he a person in prison. Well, yes, I ’m in prison, and that may seem odd . . . a philosopher in prison. But I have to say this about my profession. The best philosophers often end up in prison. If you’re a good baseball player, you often end up in the major leagues. If you’re a really successful politician, you end up in Washington, I ’m sorry to say. If you’ re really a good philosopher, if you’re coming out with new ideas about the seven great destiny questions that are gonna rattle the walls o f the social institu­ tion .. . Most o f the men that I model myself after have been lucky if they got away with just being in prison for their ideas. As far as the general public's concern­ ed y ou ’re probably best known for your views on drugs. When did you really get started working with drugs? Uh, starting in 1960 at Harvard uni­ versity . . . Wtiat role? How? Well, for many years before that as a psychologist and once studying the nerv­ ous system and knowing that the nervous system is the key to all human knowl­ edge, I had been looking for instruments to see how the mind and nervous system works. And in the 1960s, as we all know very well, drugs came along as modes o f expanding consciousness, just like tele­ scopes and microscopes. I f you are gonna study the nervous system drugs are one o f the major tools. You were looking at it from a research vieW; did you ever go away from that view, or every time you worked with drugs were you looking at it from re­ search? Well, the philosopher is looking not just at the narrow research aspects, but for the implications; the great questions like — Where «to-,we come from? Where are we going? We are on this planet, this spaceship Earth. How are we gonna get along with each other? How can we use our heads? So I ’ve always been interested in finding ways o f using our nervous system as an instrument to answer the basic questions o f life. I think any scient­ ist who really gets to the frontier o f his science gets to these basic questions, gets kind o f mystical, gets philosophic. It’ s inevitable and I ’ve accepted that responsi­ bility. I think we need at this time a new philosophy. Are you ahead o f your time? Is that why you havent been accepted totally yet? Yes, I ’m in a kind o f a time warp. I’m definitely ahead o f it and it’s a question whether I may be o ff in the right direc­ tion. Perhaps the great centre movement o f society and science won’t follow me. These are the risks that the far-out scientist takes. But I have the certain, empirical, experimental proof that I ’m not entirely wrong, because most every­ thing that I ’ve said in 1962-63, my testimony before senate committees about how we could avoid a drug prob­ lem in this country; in those days I was almost alone as a voice saying this is

Gan you hear me? asks Leary, not weary, who has taken 500 tri better than ever behind bars I JOHN GRISS1M talks to Timothy Leary in Folsom prison, California.

TIM O TH Y L E A R Y was sent to Folsom prison to suffer the official wrath o f a fearful citizenry, but instead o f languishing in despair has risen to a level o f immense vitality and productivity. He follows a rigorous routine o f exercise and physical yoga, counsels prisoners, writes several hours daily, devours information from every media input available, and carries on a voluminous corres­ pondence. He’s doing exactly what a lo t o f cretinous bureaucrats, Chicken Little rightwingers, politicians and power addicts dont want him to do — he’s broadcasting again. I f only because o f his vitality and optimism I think Tim is on to something. I ’m not sure what it is but it seems a lot o f people in various ways are quietly reaching out fo r it. Just as important, I feel, is that a lo t o f what Tim is saying makes sense. I dont know what role history will eventually confer on him, but I ’ve got a feeling that many generations hence people will remember a trio o f unorthodox seekers at Harvard in 1960 — Leary, Richard Alpert and Ralph Metzner — and describe them as occidental advance men fo r a new age which saw a giant stride forward in human con­ sciousness. I mention this trilogy o f visionary madmen because I ’ve long viewed Tim as being part o f a kind o f alchemical process begun when those three first turned on. They became new faces in the old Tarot. Ralph Metzner, the Gentle Scholar, went on to spread the good word with his pen (viz.. Maps o f consciousness); Richard Alpert, the Cosmic Before and A fter Man, metamorphosed wonderfully before us and became Baba Ram Dass; and Timothy Leary, the Divine Fool, put on his glad rags and danced down the media midway to proclaim you can be any­ thing you want this time around.

gonna happen and beware, dont let it happen, and I was considered pretty radical; for example — saying that mari­ juana should not be criminalised, LSD should be turned over to the government, to be treated like fissionable material, like atomics. In the subsequent years most o f my prophesies have come true and many very conservative organs like the American Medical Association, American Psychi­ atric Association, the American Bar As­ sociation, even William Buckley, the con­ servative writer and television star, they’re all coming around to positions that I was considered radical in espousing in the 1960s. I believe you said ten years ago that you wanted to change the spiritual level o f the Unitedi States. Did you consider yourself a drug messiah in a sense? You started your own church. Well, if you hadnt asked me about drugs today, I wouldnt have brought it up. I talk about the nervous system, I talk about how we can use our Knowledge to make this country a better place. I talk about how to reduce crime and that sort o f thing. I want to point out that you’re the one who’s asking questions about drugs. Now, I know I have to answer ques­ tions about drugs because I ’ve been label­ led, as they say in prison, “ it's on my jacket” . But, I ’ve no more to do with drugs than Einstein has to do with the atomic bomb. Now, n o w . . . A ll the way through . .. You never did ten years ago? Well, when I was lecturing, if you read my books, less than ten percent o f any book I ’ve ever written, or ten or fifteen percent o f any lecture I’ve ever given, is on drugs, and usually the drug question came up in the question and answer periods afterwards. N ow when Albert Einstein got to the particular heaven at Folsom prison, hell or wherever his destiny led him, and he began talking about the equations of space-time and the relativity theory, I know that there’ s a reporter or a tele­ vision man saying: “ Yeah, Albert, but what about the atomic bomb?” And he’ll say, “ Yeah, it’s true that it’s those crazy mixed up kids who got ahold o f the atomic bomb on the base o f my theories and blew up Nagasaki and Hiroshima . . , ” So I have to take the responsibility for drugs as being one part o f the philosophy that I ’ve been teaching and studying and working on. Did you not advocate LSD? . . . the use o f it? No, I never advocated drugs. I defend­ ed drugs, different drugs, against unscien­ tific charges. But as soon as you start saying marijuana is not a killer drug, whqo, you become an advocate . . . Ten years ago you were giving advice. What kind o f advice do you give young people today? Well, you know I ’ve been o ff the air for three and a half years and I havent given any advice. I’ve been letting other people take over to see how good the advice is they could pass on. My main advice to everyone is to . . . we got to learn how to use our heads. We got to realise that the nervous system can be used as an instrument to help us understand why we’re here and where we’re going. I think we’ve got to change. In 1976, America is going to be 200 years old. We’re proposing that we organise a political party, but not a party

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e r r a c e houses, as we know, are all the rage, as they used to say in the according to Robert Graves, any­ way. Well he didnt say terrace houses were, although they might have been, he said all the rage was. In fact terrace houses probably were, although not renovated ones because they would have been new then. You can tell a reno­ vated one easily because it has no walls inside, it’s painted blue out­ side, and it costs more. There are usually afghan hounds in renovated terrace hous­ es, and they (the dogs) are big and yellow and dont say much. Not only because dogs can’ t talk but because if they were to, afghans couldnt because they are dumb. You also get poodles which are neurotic and even afgoodles or poogans which are dumb and neurotic, as well as being uneasy on the eye. But they seem to get on well with the owners, possibly because they have something in common, which is not to say the owners are dogs, not by any means.. . T o press on, perhaps the most

significant terrace house renova­ tions have been carried out by the Housing Commission, who knock 20s, down not only the inside walls, but also the outside walls (this leaves in fact a sum total o f no [0 ] walls, or a general wall deficiency) causing the roof to fall in. Then the commission pours concrete 30 storeys high, hollows out the middle and throws people down it, and these are called flats, because they rise high. They differ from real renova­ ted houses in several ways: (a) they are not blue; (b ) there are no afghans because animals arent allowed; (c) there are more suicides; (d) the people in them are poorer, sadder and ruled by a fascist landlord; (e) etc. However, the Victorian Housing Commission is trying to overcome its bad image ( “ lets not say the image is bad, lets just say the image could be better” ) and has em ploy­ ed the services o f the architect who has renovated half o f Carlton, to work on the high-rise flats. Therefore they may well be colored blue, instead o f concrete grey, and he may bash the inside

walls out, turning the flats into silos. But the Housing Commission should really be doing somethinq constructive, perhaps providing targets in the concrete garden for suicidees on the top floor. No, something more constructive, to show they care for people. Per­ haps they could install lifts, or pipe the barks o f afghans and poodles through a P A or show slides o f gardens, perhaps hang photographs (black and white) o f flowers in the stairwells. Hand out pictures o f the Opera House, because the Opera House is fo r the people, you know. Still, there’ s probably a lot o f fuss over something little, as they say, because what with television and drugs, now children dont really need gardens and lawns these days, and at least they dont get bee-stings inside the house, and they can probably fit in a bit o f reading, and maybe have a very good chance to educate them­ selves, even further than the very good education program supplied by the state. And as for the other folk in the

/Leary continued . . . o f one against the another . . . a birthday party. We’d like to see the United States move into its third century with the same spirit we have 200 years ago. Now, as I look around since I ’ve been back, I dont see that Nixon or the Democrats have a program that’s going to lead us into the third century with this vigor that we need. We’ll limp or crawl or kind o f stagger into the third century, which I think is a tragedy. So I dont have any advice for anyone. I ’m just simply saying that we’re going to be broadcasting our ideas o f hope and o f confidence and o f courage .. . and we dont say we’re right, but God knows we’re about ready for a new philosophy. It’ s going to come. Would you give advice on the use o f drugs, nowadays? Yeah, I should do that, and I’ll look right into the eyes o f everyone that’s reading this and say that I dont urge you to take LSD in particular. LSD is the most powerful substance that the human being has ever developed for influencing the mind. I've used the comparison of nuclear energy or fissional material. I think that in the right hands, the scien­ tific and disciplined and hopeful people, it will bring about changes. But for, uh . . . I dont want anyone reading this to get any other message, that I’m telling you to stay away from LSD. In the first place, 99 percent o f what’s called LSD, isnt LSD. And 99 percent o f the things that are said about LSD are totally lies or fabrications. The whole thing is so confused now that I'll flatly make that statement. You also said in the past that you are afraid o f heroin. You dont like heroin? Personally I dont like heroin at all. It’s a down trip. It’s an escape trip, and, although Thi an escape artist, I like to escape into life, not escape from life. I think that heroin addiction is like dia­ betes or it’s likeepilepsy. There are certain people that just physiologically end psychologically are so wired up that they’re going to be attracted to this mode o f escape. And heroin addicts, there would probably be 60 or 100 thousand if we’d kept the money thing out o f it. It could be handled by physical prescrip­ tions, by doctors, just the way diabetics now use insulin. But if you passed a law against insulin, immediately the price of insulin would go up, like the price o f heroin, and you’d have diabetics going around robbing and stealing to get their fix. But for me, heroin is no trip. You ’re sitting here in prison and what are you doing productively? The main thing I ’m doing is taking

advantage o f this opportunity to study society, from this very interesting vantage point. I’m talking to prisoners, I ’m listen­ ing to them, then I ’m doing some writing. This is where it’s happening. It’s a micro­ cosm, you got all the raw essence o f human society here, this is where you can really see it coming down. And in some ways it may seem a cop-out for me to say this, but I dont really trust any philos­ opher who hasnt been on the other side o f the system and somehow seen it from the perspective o f the alienated, or the blacks, or those who’ve been pushed down in society. It’ s a rare experience. It’s nothing I want to make a career of. It's very easy to get institutionalised but, uh, see, it’ s my ambition to really liberate the world. Why not? Why settle for anything less? I have a sense o f humor about it .. . I know that the odds are against me. But we have only a few years here. L et’s try to leave this spaceship a better place and all the models and all the philosophers and all the men that I think have really liberated humanity have all done their time, on the outside. I want to get back in. I think that a society that imprisons its philosophers is playing with very bad magic. You just can’t imprison ideas. And the one thing that we can see in societies that become constricted and repressed is that the life flow goes out o f it. It’ s a scandal, a national scandal that I’m here, and I ’m going to make it clearer and clearer that, uh, you know, about this magic, two days after I was kidnapped, by presidential order, to bring me back to this country, that was january 18. Jan­ uary 20, Watergate- started to blow. So that Nixon, at that moment when I came back to the country, was at his peak. Look where he is today. And the king o f Afghanistan, who had invited me there and could have protected me but was o ff for a weekend, was kicked out recently. Now I ’m gonna be around as long as they are, and the ball game’s far from over, when you’re dealing with philosophical ideas. Three hundred o f the eighteen hun­ dred people in this prison are here for drug use or sale, or whatever. You said that you have to accept some responsi­ bility fo r the drug revolution. D o you accept the responsibility fo r them being here? Why, no, because if the government had followed my suggestions ten years ago when I testified before congress, we wouldnt have had this drug problem. I predicted exactly what would happen,

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laid it all out, warned them against it, and we created a new class o f criminals. You know, in 1969, before Nixon took over, the Narcotics Bureau had a budget o f $20 million. Today it’s $240 million. It’s an army o f narcs going round knock­ ing down people’s doors, as you well know . . . And the drug use is going up. I could solve the drug problem in this country in six months. How? Well, it depends how much leeway I had. What I ’d really like to do to elimin­ ate all crime in this country would be to eliminate cash money. Now, I think you’re very well aware that the drug problem, much to my horror and to my anguish, in the past few years has become very closely connected with money. In the early days, 1960, ’62, ’65, it was only a free, voluntary grouping o f people who were looking for new ways to use their heads and to find a new way o f life. But in the past five years, to my horror, a money situation has developed. N ow when they bust a big heroin dealer they dont say: “ Well, it could have ruined a few hundred lives . . . ” Mostly they say, “ Five million dollars, ten mil­ lion dollars” . I think if we eliminated cash money, eliminated personal cheques, and had everything on the basis on personalised dockets, all money trans­ actions would be computerised in your bank. You could only cash money in your own bank this way. If there wasnt all this free, anonymous money floating around you wouldnt have dope dealing, most o f the crime would be knocked out. You wouldnt have Watergates because you couldnt have all those little White House people with their bags full o f this cash running around. What about brain damage by the use o f drugs? D o you think that you've suffered any brain damage whatsoever? Am I insane? O f course, that’ s a very tricky question for anyone to answer. I ’ve lived through the 30s and 40s, and the 50s, and the 60s, and I think that anyone who’s still erect after those years has had his sanity tested. I ’ m 52 years old, facing the problems o f maturity and getting old. I’ve been through a lot of rough times in the past few years. My career has been ruined, they took my credit card away at Harvard and I’ve been harassed by the United States government pretty heavily. And I’ve been in four prisons, all without committing any crime that I know of. I ’ve been in solitary confinement for four months. In addition to all o f these pressures

flats, well how can they be lonely with so many other people above and below and around them. It would possibly give a secure feeling. And it’s not too bad up there, about 20 storeys. Oh sure it gets a little chilly out on the stairwells, and what with the corridors open to the air. But they provide a good view, and sometimes if you stand there long enough, a breeze will flit along the concrete pas­ sage. And on cold nights i f you look out and down, you can see where, not far away, the real terrace houses, the renovated ones, with trees in the backyards, and dog kennels, and maybe a little gar­ den, well there’s smoke coming out o f the chimney. Well, up in the flats you put on another coat and know you’re just as warm, and watch the telly, because you get the same channels, well basically you’re living the same life, and the universe must have some integrity, as the lit tie fella might have said as he checked the time from the set o f watches running up his arm.

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I’ve probably pushed my nervous system as much as any human being living. I ’ve taken LSD over 500 times, I have experi­ enced a wide range o f these bio-chemical and neurological possibilities. I think I'm the strongest, sanest person around. I ’ve written two books in the past few months and the book Hope fiend got a quarter o f a million dollars advance. So somebody at Bantam Books didnt think it was insane. But, perhaps one o f the most comforting things that I can think about as I wonder where my head is at, is that I know I’m in prison because they’re afraid to let me go around and express my ideas. If I were free from prison I would go back lecturing at colleges; you know, I always used to draw the largest crowds in the history o f college. I could go on the platform with any psychiatrist, or philos­ opher, or government agent, and debate them, my ideas against their’ s. And you know, if I am insane, my government should be happy to let me out and let my insanity be apparent to everybody. N ow there’s something very ominous about this tendency to call anybody that you dont agree with insane. A hundred years ago they said you were possessed by the devil, or you were a heretic. Twenty years ago, they said you were a communist. The really sophis­ ticated totalitarian method now is to say that someone is a dissenter, that is against the society, is insane. In Russia now, very smooth, they take their philosophers and their dissenting poets and they dont put them in Siberia any more, they put them in an insane asylum. Maybe it is insane to be against what’s happening in the United States today; maybe it’ s insane to try to have hope that something could be done about it. So, if that’ s insane, count me in. But, other­ wise, make up your own mind. What do you think o f your future? Do you think you’re going to walk out o f Folsom prison a free man one day? I think my future is very intensely connected with the future o f this coun­ try. You just can’t keep your philos­ ophers in prison. If I am kept in prison, it’ s going to be a very bad symptom for freedom and for hope and for union. After all, in a way, I ’m a spokesman for millions o f Americans, and how’re you going to bring the country together if you’ re going to be locking up people that are saying things that many people be­ lieve in. It’s never worked before.

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T HAS become almost fash­ ionable to put down exams and yet each november comes around and the traditional exam quietitude descends. Radicals re­ treat to Ritalin and cramming. Your studious mediocrity submit to the examination yoke and meekly accept their exam num­ ber, exam paper and the symbolic triumph o f the self-perpetuating authority system that the modern university has become. The vice-chancellor, professor But it didnt happen that way Alec Lazenby, was not impressed this year at the University o f New with the demonstration, o f course. England. The exams there were challenged by an anti exam Initially Lazenby’ s attitude was to campaign, which in a series o f treat the protest as a prank to de student actions and administra­ escalate the threat posed because tion over-reactions gave rise in­ at exam time the university is very stead to the experience o F ‘ a most vulnerable to disruption. Papers enjoyable upheaval” as one o f the are printed, timetables are pre­ flood o f pamphlets put it. The pared, staff employed etc, it is an enormous administrative task and eruption has seen not just exams questioned as a means o f assess­ very tightly scheduled. There is ment, but also assessment itself just no room for mass postpone­ ments because that would muck questioned and the authority structure o f the university ridicul­ up the enrolment and course preparation for the next year. If ed for its ineptness and its total irrelevance to the learning experi­ mass assessment doesnt happen in november then it just doesnt ence. On sunday, november 11, as the happen. Taking no chances Lazenby peasants were being yarded for their annual culling out and dip in increased security staff and, fear­ ing, disruptions as recommended the rituals o f arbitrary authority, a group o f students met and de^ by the Student Action Commit­ tee, had exam staff check o ff the cided to have a peasants revolt in examinees before they entered the the last week o f term. An anti exam rooms. This caused late exam march was proposed for the starts. The fear o f disruptions following thursday. The march resulted in 200 created disruptions and the tenstudents taking control o f the jion s escalated. The easily pro­ voked administration invited. administration building for 24 hours. The students then decided to continue their activity during the exams. —^ 7

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tuesday the main exam hall was put out o f action by stink bombs. The light switches were epoxy glued off. A girl came to an exam wearing a sign “ Exams rape minds” and was pounced on by the supervisors who tore o ff the sign thereby demonstrating the truth o f the slogan. Tuesday was also the day o f the marxism exam. Marxism is a student option course that was obliged by arts faculty regulations to have a three hour closed book final exam like all other subjects. The marxism students argued that exams engender competitiveness and bourgeois individualism. They demanded the right to do their

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OMETHING utterly dreadful happens to people when they become converted to a system o f thought. They become boring. Their cherished system acts as a factory o f readymade opinions, and predictability becomes the key note o f their thinking and talking. To an alarming extent, the counterculture is a victim of its own conformities. Many readers and writers o f this paper have a broad pattern o f consistent postures and opinions. And havent you noticed the deadly decline in dinner table conversation? Marxist bores are the most merciless, though avoid­ able. The dope bores have so multiplied as to have made venturing into polite society a mental health hazard. Especially if they double as music bores (the latter category at least acknowledges its own dreariness, by accompanying conversation with a stereo amplifier turned loud). Boringness is basically congenital, but as life trundles along, many ease the burden o f thinking originally and individually by embracing an ism. Proudly they model their new mental straight jacket. Perhaps privately they are administering self-medication for depression. Group thinking acutely afflicts today’s radicals. Many people who smoke dope and dont call women chicks any more and who like to think o f themselves as politically hip, have set speeches on a diverse range o f subjects — all derived from the same rigid assumptions. Today is the day o f the party line; o f one dimensional personalities. I hope this newspaper will tolerate a multiplicity of^ points o f view, unlike many other utopian sheets. That tone o f' sanctimonious superiority, that more-revolutionary-than-thou-ism has already entered the Daylights letters page and one thanks heaven that such people are not yet running the politburo on your block.

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The stench o f mental confusion which pervades the twilight o f the youth movement is even worse in the late middle age generation, but they have their compensating eccentrics. Where are ours? Or are we all? Surely the great individualists are on the decline, or am I meeting the wrong people? The nearest thing to Francis James this side o f 68

exam collectively. Their demands created pandemonium in the exam room for they insisted on having meetings to consider demo­ cratically all the whispered de­ mands and compromise offers. They had taken their books to the exams and in every other way flouted the exam rules but, faced with their united front, the administration was powerless — the proverbial paper tiger. Eventually, after extracting written permission from the dean o f arts to allow them to take the paper home to complete in a week in essay form, they left the exam room. There they found ten cops lined up. Lazenby’ s final card was in hand for he was prepared to

room. It was plain that the administration’s cool was blown. On Wednesday, the administra­ tion flipped when Lazenby issued injunctions against five students to prevent them from coming on campus. At 6 pm one was laid but the other students went under­ ground. The point o f the injunc­ tions was to isolate the anti exam leaders, but their effect, o f course, was quite the opposite. The injunctions isolated the admin­ istration from students and staff. And the fumbling zealousness o f the registrar and his cohorts in their attempts to deliver the in­ junctions, de authorised in their very attempt to exercise their au­ thority. On friday, Lazenby backed down. At 9 am the injunctions were withdrawn and no reasons were given. And now the university is in delightful turmoil. People are talking to each other, standing in groups arguing about exams, about how they really only test the ability to do exams, about the possibility o f a self-assessment uni­ versity, about visions o f a univer­ sity that is not a fodder maker for the capitalist production machine but a genuine centre for inquiry, learning and community rele­ vance. The administration cries chaos, but the students are getting a sense o f self-direction and sense o f university. For them the university is working. Once there was a breed o f graduates who learned by accepting the authority structure o f the university, now the most influential graduates learn by rejecting it.

is A. J. Weberman who lives in New York — a dylanologist, garbologist, and Crazy Cat, hardly known outside the underground press. Another aspect o f today’s mind conformity and conversational paraplegia is the gruesome twosome. More people are coupling than ever before, then splitting up and coupling again. While many have bravely rejected the myth of romantic love and all forms o f permanent commitment, they nevertheless cling to the concept o f close companionship with another individual. People are afraid to live alone. What of? Perhaps the tedium of their own company. I am not launching a Hermits Liberation Front. It’s just that this society makes us, our egos and our bodies, into consumer products. A relentless dependence on another individual is no less than dependence on cigarettes or hamburgers — artificially induced by the prevailing mores. “ Just as you can tell a good lover by the aftershave he is wearing so . . . ” — Abigail. Oh I know, we all want to be a Bogart to a Bacall, and vice versa, but this society never gives encouragement to live alone, to exist alone, because you aint such a good market. I f you are alone, you don’ t give yourself presents or take yourself out to swish dinners. Alone people are increasingly discriminated against. It’s getting much harder to buy a small can o f baked beans. Ever seen a butcher’s face when you ask for half a pound o f rolled sirloin? Packaging will soon make it impossible to buy one lavatory roll. But solitude has its benefits and the threat o f aloneness is dramatised out o f proportion by a culture which desperately needs to fill our days and nights with marketable distractions. The true crime o f capitalism is not in its oppressions — all political regimes are oppressive (okay, smart alec, piss o ff to Havana) — this one has addicted us to THINGS and it’s merged this addiction with our natural love for one another, bastardising the result. It’s not only that people have become sex objects, they have become objects per se and sadly, this applies no less to ourselves than to those whose heads we are trying to blow. T H E L IV IN G D A Y L IG H T S , november 27-december 3, 1973 — Page 7

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D IV IN E L IG H T MISSION: Guru Maharaj Ji (322 Brunswick street, Fitzroy etc) - THIS religion is the latest release in a series o f Indian export productions which, taken cumulatively, have been a serious threat to the comparative prestige o f Rom e and Canterbury in world markets. While our own Western productions play to a slowly decreasing number o f packed houses throughout the world, these shows from India are steadily gathering hard-core devotees, and Divine Light Mission, with its slick production and often intelligent script, may well turn out to be a real blockbuster at the box office. Even if the sight o f a Krishna consciousness fan in his (o r her) madcap uniform turns you blue with rage, DLM may well be what y o u ’ve been waiting for. Full-bodied, robust, and possessing a good nose, this is certainly one o f the better available religions and may well turn out to be one o f the all-time greats if given a reasonable time to mature. It travels well and may even be able to compete successfully with the more established brands now that consumer loyalty is passe.

HEN I first heard about the Divine Light Mission, I immediately con­ ceived a strong dislike for the organisa­ tion and its Perfect Master, Guru Maharaj Ji. I was already fed up to the back teeth with Indian persons who claimed to be Lord o f the Universe, and this one was only 15 years old. (A t least he was at the time. Contrary to popular belief, he has been getting older ever since at the same rate as the rest o f us.) I strongly incline to distrust anyone under the age o f 20, because such youths and maidens generally think either that they know something or that somewhere there is someone who does know some­ thing and that one day they will find out who it is and whatever it is that this person knows; whereas I find it impos­ sible to believe that, apart from gross physical manifestations, anybody knows anything about anything. There is only one statement that might be universally true, and here it is; any process or event not only implies but exists only by virtue o f its opposite or negation. So the good news that at last we have an adolescent Perfect Master who knows at least a great deal about many impor­ tant matters did not fall sweetly on my ears. I strenuously denied the mere pos­ sibility and told the boys to warm up the tar and get in a good supply o f feathers. A t last, I thought, a change from the same old round o f beating up Krishna devotees and stealing their incense. Before long I discovered that several people I numbered among my friends and acquaintances had fallen victim to this new and deadly strain o f Eastern mysti­ cism; m y hostility perceptibly increased.

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Stronger In the light What on earth was happening to them? They were cutting o ff their hair, wearing clean underwear and getting jobs. Had they lost their senses? Was everybody around me slowly going gaga? Would I be the last human being left on Earth? Fear o f being left all alone to be drearily and boringly human while every­ body else was becoming angelic compel­ led me to hastily assemble a rational and easily explicable argument against these new doctrines. I was not in the least deterred by the fact that I had no idea o f what the doctrines o f the Divine Light Mission actually were. Ironically enough, I based my attacks on the teachings of the well known Zen school o f buddhism, which alone o f all religions is dear to my heart, mainly because when taken to its logical conclusion it refutes itself entirely, as follows: Q: Why do you want to be enlighten­ ed? A: So I ’ll feel better. Q: Who is it that will feel better? A : Why, nobody. Q: Then what’ s the point o f feeling good if there's nobody there to feel good? A: ★x \W\ 'iiw It has long been my contention that the Krishna Consciousness movement has two use­ ful social functions: first in that it lessens the strain on our meagre resources for taking care o f the mentally ill, and secondly that it provides a viable and reversible alternative to suicide for those who would be inclined to kill themselves through sheer carelessness or desperation rather than in the fierce pride o f their hot intellects. But in the course o f adding this idea to my anti DLM armory, I chanced on the rather horrible idea of the Persua­ sive Revenant. What if people who killed themselves could still manifest themselves in some way and went around trying to persuade others to take the same step? Really, you can’ t imagine how beautiful it is to be dead. I ’ve never been so happy in all my life. Suddenly one seems to be in tune with the whole universe. Why dont you try it? (N ot a bad parallel, actually, except for two important factors: any genuine way o f liberation is suicide o f the ego, not o f the body, and suicide o f the ego may in fact be a consummation devoutly to be wished.) I was right in the middle o f my battle with the forces o f darkness when it was suggested to me that I should investigate the DLM and write an article on it, for which I would receive a certain amount o f money. I agreed with feigned reluc­ tance. A t last, a platform from which to harangue, revile and vituperate. I could — dare I say it? — save the world from creeping determinism! But my hopes were dashed when I found that I was discarding almost all o f my useful and attractive prejudices. I was, despite my own earnest desires, becoming objective in the best traditions o f journalism. It was not long before a plausible friend took me to a satsang. A satsang is more like a committee meeting than a religious service, and probably more like a pork chop than either. On the other hand it is not like eating chocolate. We took o ff our shoes (this made me nervous right from the start) and after a great deal of walking up stairs we entered a large room shaped like a fat U. Directly in front of the door was a dais on which were flowers, fruit, and a red velvet chair which held a color photograph o f Guru Maharaj Ji sitting on a chair. My guide prostrated himself before this photo­ graph, causing me a few more anxious moments. When he had finished we sat on the floor under a large wall-hanging or banner which bore a portrait o f Guru Maharaj Ji and the legend LORD OF THE UNIVERSE._____________________________

The speakers, all premies, varied in quality from the reasonable to the ridicu­ lous, from calm understatement to absurd hyperbole. Something for everyone. One remarkable thing about their oratory is that most o f them have been greatly influenced by the persuasive speaking styles o f the Indian persons they revere, the Guru, his family, and his mahatmas. Thus many o f the premies have a tendency to lapse into broken English when excited. They have in effect learned to speak English with a slight foreign intonation, which does wonders for the immediacy o f their communication but can make comprehension difficult, (cf. the indiscriminate use o f the word nice by the members o f the Krishna cult, native speakers all, which is closely paralleled by its use on Greek and Italian hamburger shops: Sam's nice food, or Food nicely cooked.) And like all preach­ ers, they like to use parables and extend­ ed metaphors when in pursuit o f the unspeakable. Freely rendered, it goes something (but only something) like this: “ Guru Maharaj Ji has put us all on an express train and he is the conductor. But this is no ordinary express train, no indeed it is not.” Knowing chuckles from other premies. "This express train is not headed for an earthly destination, as if it were a train that goes from Melbourne to Sydney. No. This is a different kind o f express train altogether. This express train has a heavenly destination. And Guru Maharaj Ji is the conductor. Get aboard, he is saying. And we are getting aboard. But the incredible thing is that we are already at the destination! And we are already at every station along the w ay!” A look o f pain and bewilderment crosses the speak­ er's face as she senses the metaphor giving way beneath her, rather in the manner o f the Forth bridge giving way beneath an express train with an earthly destination. “ So we are going at very great speed, by the grace o f our Perfect Master, to­ wards a destination which we have al­ ready reached while simultaneously stop­ ping at every station along the way. Such joy, such bliss. Perhaps you cannot under­ stand how this is possible, but I am telling you that Guru Maharaj Ji makes all things possible. I will now ask you to imagine that the whole world is asleep in this room. Most o f the people are sound asleep, they are dead to the world. The premies are nearly awake, they are rolling over and grunting.” Precisely, m y dear girl. “ The mahatmas are sleepwalking. And in the middle o f the room is Guru Maharaj Ji, who is clapping his hands and saying ‘ Come on, everybody, wake up! wake up!’ Conspiratorial giggling. “ Really it is scarcely possible for you to understand the transcendental grace o f the Guru Maharaj Ji which allows me to get up in front o f you and talk intelligibly about this fantastically marvellous grace o f Guru Maharaj Ji which is - ah - which — which is so very blissful. Ah. Thank you very much.” Thus: Taking Knowledge does not put anything in your head that was not there to start with. While those whose minds are confused may achieve clarity and directness o f thought, those whose minds are o f inferior quality will not receive appreciable intellectual benefits. Who in­ deed would expect otherwise? Premies do not appear to automatically acquire wisdom. In fact they probably do not

acquire anything at all. As Gautama Buddha so succinctly put it: “ I obtained not the least thing from unexcelled, complete awakening, and for that very reason is it called unexcelled, complete awakening.” The important thing that seems to happen to them is that they lose anxiety, which is a nice thing to happen to anybody. Anxiety is a sort o f alarm system which we all have installed in the process o f our socialisation. With most o f us it has an unfortunate tendency to feed and thus paralyses the whole system. This is not a very good thing because one then becomes unable to deal with whatever is causing the anxiety. On the whole it appears to be bad installation that causes the feedback problem. Meanwhile, back at the Ashram . . . By the end o f my first satsang, my disquiet had already begun to congeal into opposition. This was natural, I sup­ pose, since m y assumption o f objectivity, while honest enough in intent, was mere­ ly a necessary part o f my new role as observer and commentator. While much o f what was said made sense, a greater proportion amounted to nothing more than a load o f old codswallop, and the nonsense tended to discredit the sense my making it seem accidental. I was not repelled, as I had been by the Krishna cult, but I did feel that in all probability the premies did not know what they were doing, and in fact could not tell their own arses from large marshmallows. Nevertheless I went out to Tullamarine the next day to catch a quick glimpse of Mahatma Ji as he passed through Mel­ bourne on his way to Auckland or some such barbaric place. Mahatma Ji is the mahatma into whose care Guru Maharaj Ji has entrusted Australia and New Zea­ land. He seemed like a nice fellow, though he appeared to me to be sunk in a debased state o f gravity and self-esteem. But perhaps he was only tired after the trip. Each passenger on the crowded flight had to pass out between two rows o f premies who were grinning and singing a little song about Guru Maharaj Ji. The tune used was Hey ho, nobody home, a circumstance which could easily be inter­ preted in an unkind light. The other passengers behaved very well under fire and did not make loud remarks or rain blows on the heads o f the premies. When everybody was settled in an NVIP lounge at the airport, the effete Mahatma Ji cast his discerning eye over many public relations matters, publicity being his foremost concern. Then he proceeded to give the premies a pep talk, a condensed and heightened version o f which I give below. “ Look at you, ah? I wake you up, I go away, you go back to sleep again. What a lot o f dull clods you are, eh?” Premies nod and smile tremulously. “ How many o f you have been writing letters as I told you?” One or two hands raised. “ Ha! I tell you to write letters and you do not write letters. N ow listen, scum. I tell you to write letters, you damn well better write letters, okay?” Their eyeballs are wet and glistening, can they take much more o f this? “ Ah, how easy it is to go to sleep again, how easy.” He claps his hands and laughs delightedly. The premies join in without much conviction. “ Ah, my friends, my dear, dear friends. I am your slave. I live only for you. But you do not understand enough. You are still half asleep. You must write letters. Write,

Nigel had Taken Knowledge two weeks ago and it had turned his mind into a finely-honed razor which he was using to dismember me. My fears were being realised. He was as sunk in the iniquity of pride in his enlightenment as was I in the de­ lusion of pride in my ego, __________________

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write, write. You just cry. Cry, cry, cry. You must cry from the heart, and he will come. I f you do not cry, then how will he come? Many other places cry, cry, cry to see the lotus feet. They will only come if you cry. Remember, seeing Him is not like eating chocolate. How many times must I tell you.” The chastened premies cast deprecat­ ing glances at their own very inferiorlotus feet. “ Now I must go away again, after being here for so short a time. I will fly. Fly, fly, fly. I fly everywhere. And why? Because I am your slave. And you are taking good care o f me, such good care o f this little child who cannot even take care o f himself.” A t this point I was overcome by boredom and left the room. I will not try to hide from your puissant understanding the fact that I was not favorably impress­ ed. The above discourse may well appear to you, as it did to me, to not possess quite the clarity and depth o f a mountain lake fed by crystal streams. Perhaps it will not be so opaque to your comprehension if I point out that much o f it had to do with the much advertised Second Com­ ing, a show supposedly starring Guru Maharaj Ji himself. As everybody knows by now, he did not actually turn up for this, no doubt because he did not receive sufficient fan mail. This divine sort o f activity, fucking around with other peo­ ple and generally confusing them in an ill mannered way, is dignified by the name of lila, or the game playing o f God, in which he (or It) deliberately forgets that he is One and pretends to be Many in order to play silly games with himself. “ Looks like he might not come,” said my amiable guide later. “ You might not have a story after all.” “ I have already got a story,” I replied obliquely, averting my face. As it turned out, I was wrong. And so was he. The next satsang I attended was graced by the presence o f the revered Mahatma Ji. Heroically I went along even though two W. C. Fields movies were playing in opposition. Can you picture my chagrin? I hardly think so. My face was set against the Divine Light Mission and I did not intend to honor the institution with the benevolence o f my smile. This time I sat in one o f the chairs provided for the aged, the infirm, and the incredulous. Sitting on the floor causes the lower part o f my body to pass into a state o f numbness. The first few speakers were premies, including one middle aged man who looked more or less like a garden gnome. He held up a gold ring. “ If I take away the gold” , he said mischievously, “ is there any ring left?” Maybe, I thought cautiously. “ N o,” he answered. “ And if I take away the ring, is there any gold left?” Yes, probably, I thought. " N o again,” he said triumphantly. Curses, foiled, cursed Oil-Can Harry O'Rourke, foiled. “ There you have it,” he continued. “ Do you understand now?” The premies did, anyway. They laugh­ ed appreciatively, even though they had not been able to answer his difficult questions any better than I. I’m gonna get youse guys, I thought, baring my teeth. The gnome now proceeded to intro­ duce Mahatma Ji, which had been his purpose from the start; but he had been unable to resist giving a short sermon himself before relinquishing the floor. Many o f the premies have this fault, that while freely confessing in their more lucid moments that they can tell you nothing o f importance about the experience o f Taking Knowledge, yet do they talk at great length about it. A seemly reticence is more attractive to me. Having gloried in (or been the victim o f) the most intemperate praise I have ever heard lavished on any visiting over­ seas performer, Mahatma Ji began to speak in a fairly aimless way. It was

characteristic o f all the speaking that I heard at satsangs that it was addressed to those present who were uncertain or uninformed rather than to the premies. With only half an ear open to the mahatma, I entered the overgrown paths o f a subtropical reverie, being determined to work out to my own satisfaction what was afoot. There was plainly something fishy about this business. Firstly, there was some kind o f con going on. Lord o f the Universe, eh? A deranged appellation. I spit on it. No enlightened person would so exalt himself above others as this Guru has been exalted. I gazed at the photograph o f this bloated spiritual plutocrat and writhed. And what about this business o f the Holy Family? Is not an abundance o f reverence closely akin to slavery? The premies have surely given them­ selves into bondage. Listen to your man up there. Open your hearts, empty your hearts and let Guru Maharaj Ji fill them, he says. Okay, W HAT WITH? Fill them with himself? Polymorphous perversity if ever I saw it. But hold on a minute there, said a still small voice which I recognised as that o f my effete and execrable conscience. Fair go, it said. Just consider for a moment the consequences if everything you have so far concluded is true, and if it is also true that Guru Maharaj Ji is truly an enlightened person who meets every re­ quirement o f your high standards for enlightened persons? What then? GO A W A Y , I muttered, breaking out in a heavy dew scented with honey and roses. CONSIDER, it rejoined remorselessly. I considered. I f Guru Maharaj Ji, I reasoned slowly and reluctantly, enjoins his followers to empty their hearts in order to find the way, then, he being (as agreed upon as an over-the-table concession) a truly enlight­ ened person, his own heart must be empty. How then can he fill their hearts with anything? It has often occurred to me that experience is like standing under a pelting shower. (Adjust temperature as you pre­ fer.) We are not content to let the water flow past; we cup our hands to hold as much o f it as possible. Thus we have a store o f past experiences to contemplate which comes to seem precious, irreplace­ able, unique. This corresponds with the ego. To put the metaphor right out on a limb, we can see our reflection in the water we hold in our cupped hands and think that what we hold is a picture o f our Self. To persist in this deluded activity results in painful cramps in our hands, which is the image o f anxiety. (Had enough? In extenuation o f my further use o f this metaphor, I would like to plead extreme provocation.) The en­ lightened person is he who can open his hands and let the water escape. With water streaming down over our heads, over our bodies, why bother? Thus when the premies open their hearts and let the Guru fill them, they are being filled up with what must really be Void. (Perhaps I should point out that I use the word Void because no other word seems to suit as well. It does not mean nothingness or emptiness, but on the other hand it does not mean any kind o f somethingness either.) I think it was at this point that a sort o f explosion went o ff in my head and my body suddenly filled with rushing gases. I was staring at a photograph o f Guru Maharaj Ji, but he no longer appeared strange and loathsome to me. The Mona Lisa smile he wore, that had once seemed hypocritical and smug, now held a welcome. You crafty little bugger, I thought, grinning all over my face. Where previously there had sat merely a fat Indian youth, I now saw an incarnation o f the Void. I had been right. There WAS a con going on. Internally rocking backwards and forwards, I closed my eyes, and was treated to several

tenuous visions. When 300,000 years had passed, Mahat­ ma Ji concluded his melodious discourse, and another o f the premies got up to speak. I was immediately stricken with a feeling o f claustrophobia. The essence of the trick after all is that one must never let on that it is a trick, and I knew that this low grade devoted premie would probably succeed in talking me out o f my high by filling my head with a plethora o f nonsense. I fled downstairs, and start­ ed to walk out into the street barefoot. Returning, I stood amid the massed ranks o f shoes, having not only forgotten where my sandals were, but being also uncertain o f where I was and what I was doing there. I had not been prepared for this. Leaning my forehead against the wall, I became inert. “ Are you all right?” inquired the young lady who stood at the foot o f the stairs. “ I am very confused and disoriented,” was my reply. "Oh yes” , she said with an understand­ ing smile, “ I understand.” “ I have just had A Certain Experience O f A Kind,” were the words that I then uttered. “ What was it like?” she wanted to know. “ It’s all a trick,” was the first explana­ tion to spring to mind. She was horrified at the mere suggestion. I explained my chain o f thought, and we reached some kind o f agreement. Neither did she ap­ prove o f my suggestion that Guru Maharaj Ji was an empty vessel, but it turned

out to be a matter o f definition. (See Void, above.) Perhaps she was just humoring me, though it did not seem so at the time. They must get all kinds o f crazies and desperates at that place. She told me that Mahatma Ji would be available the next morning at the DLM’s Cardigan street building, and I readily consented to go. I was hooked. There’s nothing like a needle in the brain. C A U T IO N A R Y TALES, CHAPTER TWO: FU RTH ER EXPERIENCE OF A CRAZED L IB E R A T IO N ADDICT. Giggling, laughing and nudging each other, my deranged friend and I trucked on down to the Union Hotel, an obscure watering-place in Amess street, North Carlton whose major attractions are a beautiful landlady and a late licence on todays. We could n o t control our sphinc­ ter muscles and could fall down 32 flights o f stairs and feel no pain. We had permanent huge erections, could leap tall buildings at a single bound, and found our perceptions o f time and space strangely distorted. It is my painful duty to record that I started preaching almost at once. For­ tunately I retained enough sense to con­ fine my remarks to such as: “ He certainly seems to have something there,” or “ It’s not what you think it is,” both o f which statements I am still willing to stand by without embarrassment. Strange to relate, I found that alcohol, friend o f mine and constant companion, actually brought me down that night. I arose at the unwonted hour o f seven o’clock the next morning, and headed for

Cardigan street. The euphoria o f the night before had worn off, and I was afraid. What if the experience I had been through had nothing to do with the reality o f the illumination the Guru offer­ ed? I had seen the whole structure o f the mission as an elaborate play or game, designed to mould itself to your secretest heart’s desire and entice you to the treasures within. What i f the premies saw it as being the outward visible form o f the true reality? Was it to them Mother Church? And for that matter, what if the mask was intended to be penetrated? That would mean that I would have to go through with it and eventually Take Knowledge. O f this in particular I was scared shitless. It took me about five minutes to work up enough courage to knock on the door. Finally it was opened by a young man. I took a deep breath and said nothing. I could not think o f anything to say except maybe “ Help” . “ Yes?” he said. There was a long pause. I must have looked strange. I suspect that my eyes were staring and my jaw may have been slack. " I want to see Mahatma Ji,” I said softly but unmelodiously. There seemed to be a certain amount o f consternation caused by my arrival. What will we do with him, we can’t put him in the best parlor his boots are dirty, should we send him around to the trades­ man’s entrance, who is he anyway, etc etc; none o f this spoken o f course but I was feeling particularly sensitive. Even­ tually I was shown into a kind o f loungeroom or office, where I was left to cool my heels. Mahatma Ji will see you in a while, they told me. For perhaps 10 minutes I sat in a sweat o f terror. What was I doing here? The enemy had me where they wanted me! Then Nigel the premie came in, sat down and engaged me in kindly conver­ sation. Nigel is not his real name, but should he read this and recognise himself, I want him to understand that I bear no malice and appreciate his friendly over­ tures, though as will transpire I did not at the time. He asked me a few things about myself, unwittingly giving me the para­ noiac suspicion that he had been sent in to check me out In response to his questions, I told him o f my experience o f the night before. “ Good heavens,” he said. “ It’ s nothing like that at all.” My heart sank. I ventur­ ed my idea that the Guru was an empty vessel. “ Ah,” said Nigel, “ you only think that because you have reached the place where your inner self should be and you have found it empty. This body is only a vehicle for your true inner self, that guides your body around the way you drive a car. .You must realise that you have this beautiful place inside yourself and that Guru Maharaj Ji can take you there.” I stared aghast. What was this trans­ cendental idiocy? “ N o,” I said. “ You are what you do. Movement is truth and the little man inside you is illusion." “ N o no,” he replied. “ You havent understood.” Stab me, I thought helplessly. The conflict o f two religions after all. This witless youth was being unkind enough to play the game o f I-am-more-enlightenedthan-you with me, and I was not suf­ ficiently enlightened or at ease to refuse to play. So I explained to him my inferior and unfortunate delusion that the DLM was itself a game or play. I was desperate to find common ground with him, to agree with him about something. “ Good heavens no.” With words to this effect did Nigel greet my suggestioa “ You musnt think that.”

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Stranger in the light Nigel had Taken Knowledge two weeks ago and it had turned his mind into a finely-honed razor which he was using to dismember me. My fears were being realised. He was as sunk in the iniquity o f pride in his enlightenment as was I in the delusion o f pride in my ego. I put it to him that I had once before had a similar experience, and I knew that it was a genuine experience o f liberation; indeed how could it be otherwise, for could he in reason claim that there was such a thing as a false experience o f liberation, this surely being in itself a laughable con­ tradiction? Yes he could. “ This experience o f yours,” he said. “ What was it like?” “ I am unable to say.” “ Did you see a brilliant white light in your head, did the whole universe seem to be filled with light?” (Some time ago I had spoken o f my previous Experience O f A Certain Kind to a friend who was heavily into acid. It was like being totally new, I said, as if I was the first member o f the human race and contained all human potential. Nah, he said with contempt. It isnt like that at all. The true transcendental experience is like being a leaf on a tree.) “ I had no actual visual sensation o f a blinding white lig h t” “ Ah,” said Nigel, leaning back in his armchair and smiling. "T h e brilliant white light is only the beginning. You havent even reached the beginning yet." Did I, dear reader, spring from my chair and with a hoarse scream o f rage punch Nigel right in the face? Did I tear his skin o ff in ragged strips? Did I lean forward and with low intensity utter the following malediction, Fuck, suck, tongue in cunt? Did I violently tear o ff his nether garments and thrust a photo­ graph o f Guru Maharaj Ji up his arse? (I see that your understanding partakes of many o f the qualities o f a brilliant white light.) No, I did none o f these things. “ You do not appear to have interpret­ ed my remarks correctly,” I said with a great weariness stealing over me. I could read his mind. Poor fellow, he was think­ ing, he doesnt understand me, for how could I possibly fail to understand him? “ Then try to tell me,” he urged. “ N o,” I said. “ I must decline your kind invitation. You are intent on talking me out o f having had any experience at all, no matter how low ly and o f poor quality. I will not say any more to you and I suspect that had I asked the venerable I Ching for its opinion on my visit here, it would have said: It is a waste o f time to talk, because what is spoken will not be heeded.” Nigel soon left, but his parting words were strangely moving. “ I am just beginning to understand who you are,” he said. “ You are a human being and it is a wonderful thing to meet a person and reach out your hand to him. I want to know that you have made me feel very uplifted.” Certainly, Nigel. You put yourself up by putting me down. But naturally it is not that simple. Who was Nigel? Was he an agent o f a Greater Power? Perhaps he was just what he claimed to be, a human being. No wait a minute, he said that I was a human being. Then what was Nigel? Within a few minutes I was politely ushered upstairs to the room where Ma­ hatma Ji would be holding his questionand-answer session. I had wanted to see him alone for a short while, so that I could be reasonably certain that his re­ sponses would not be theatre designed for someone else. But after all, who was I, and how did I rate? Frankly, pretty low. It should be obvious by now to the least skilled intellect that there was something wrong with my attitude. A lone premie sat in the room, absorb­ ed in wistful meditation. I settled myself on the floor and tried to control the

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taught from early childhood to internalise the expectations o f others, and then to build our own expectations on this con­ struct, which then starts performing operations on itself, and, most curious o f all, investing itself in objects and ideas. It is intended to be a stabilising system, but like all such systems it becomes more unstable as its control becomes broader and stronger. Our egos are as much a failed social experiment as our police forces, and are very nearly as difficult to get rid of. If you move a piece o ff the board in chess it has nowhere to go. It is “ liberat­ ed” but has become useless. It can only go back on to the board again because it moves only by virtue o f the rules under which it is moved. Without the rules, without the game o f chess, it ceases to be a “ chess piece" and can only be some­ thing else if you establish a new set o f rules for it. Thus the illuminated man can do nothing but go back into the game, unless o f course he wants to play fulltime the game o f being an illuminated man. Roles do not impede socialisation any more than the restrictions on the movement o f the various chess pieces impede the game o f chess. Socialisation is not possible without roles. The game o f living must be played wholeheartedly, or else it is not worth playing, just as an actor cannot be effective as long as he is detached from the part he is playing. The premies seem to lose anxiety about which role they play, as well as the real killer, anxiety about whether one is playing one’ s role properly.

difficult for me to convey the extent o f my confusion. I had tried a frontal assault when I should have realised that skilful and subtle means would have had more chance o f success. A few more people entered, among them a mint-fresh premie who commenced immediately to talk about Taking Knowledge with all the loathsome cheer and familiarity display­ ed by ladies who sit in doctors waitingrooms and talk about their operations. On and on he prattled, while my head slowly turned into a block o f ice. Finally, with deep regret and poignant relief, I got to my feet and stumbled out on to the street, not forgetting my shoes on the way out. I dont know where I would be now had I stayed. Sometimes I wish I had, but mostly I was glad I didnt. Now I suppose that you will be wanting some answers, so I will interview myself and see if I can get them. Q. What is the Divine Light Mission? A. Whatever you want it to be. Noth­ ing about it is simple and explicit except the mere fact o f its existence and the Knowledge it offers. It exists as a service organisation to supply Knowledge, and is beautifully designed for the purpose, in that its philosophies and doctrines are so unformed and contradictory that they admit not only all interpretations, but all interpretations at once. It would be fo ol­ ish to expect order and logic, because philosophies and doctrines are o f course true only by virtue o f the fact that they are false. Universal truth is self-negating

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because there is nothing to oppose it. The Knowledge is not so much truth as technique. Q. What does the Knowledge, to your limited and defeated understanding, seem to be? A. The Real Thing. It is not like eating chocolate. Q. Who is Guru Maharaj Ji? A. A reincarnation o f James Dean, Buddy Holly and Marilyn Monroe. Q. Are you sure he isnt the Antichrist? A. No. Q. Where did you go wrong? A, Pride and fear. Let only one person stand forth and say that he (or she) has never been proud or fearful, and then I will consent to be ashamed. This com­ petition is not open to Guru Maharaj Ji or his relatives. Q. Do you confess to being dreary and boring? A. I freely confess to that and also to innumerable other crimes too awful to mention. Q. Why do the premies change so much? A. It seems that they become “ liberat­ ed” , “ illuminated” , or “ awakened” , whichever suits your taste. This process can be rationalised in many ways, but perhaps the most fruitful explanation is that the ego is dissolved, broken up or at least radically altered to eliminate the feedback problem caused by an acute sense o f self-consciousness, as when an amplifier tries to amplify itself. The ego is a social implant. We are

Q. Is it, in your humble opinion, a Good Thing? A. Who knows? Wait around and see. Who can tell what it will become in the long run? The premies have not yet had time to really settle down with the Knowledge. There are many possibilities; some of them are frightening, others heartening. Perhaps this is going to be the next great step forward in social evolu­ tion. Dont underestimate the D LM ; it is not impossible that it could become the world’s major religion, though it is not really a religion at all in the usual sense. “ A ll opposition” , said Mahatma Ji, “ turns into propagation.” Alvin Toffler, in his book Future shock, talks about a “ superindustrial rev­ olution” that has already begun. It seems significant that the impacted ego seems to be the major agent o f future shock. And that is not the only thing that seems significant, buddy. There is more to the DLM than meets the eye, though it is not necessarily what anyone says it is. And remember that, barring accidents like crucifixion, or gross physical man­ ifestations like aeroplane crashes, the Guru Maharaj Ji is going to be around for maybe another 80 years, that is unless he turns out to be immortal. Time enough. Q. Are you going back? A. I dont know. I doubt that I will for a very long time. I hope that it has not been hidden to the reader’s perception that this pilgrim’s progress was not in­ tended to be the last word on the DLM, or indeed on anything. Got that, scum? I was trying to give an honest account o f the various stages o f an encounter or search as they happened in my head. I may not have made much sense out o f it all, but then, never mind. Nobody’ s per­ fect. Q. Why do you want to be enlighten­ ed? A. To feel better. Q. Who is it that wants to feel better, rat? A. Nobody. Ho hum. Q. Then why do you want to feel better if there’s nobody really there to feel it? A. Why not?

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t^ A V IN G recently returned to the city from Nimbin, I was disappointed to discover that various rumors o f a failing Nimbin had caused people to believe that all is not well on the Nimbin scene. Allow me to say a few words to clarify the situation. Graham Dunstan (T L D 3) seems put o ff by the fact that no one displayed organic vegetables at the agricul­ tural show, nor put on an exhibition o f arts and crafts. Agricultural shows are a bit of an ego trip - everyone trying to show o ff and prove that they produce the biggest and best o f a certain commodity. The food co-op in Nimbin provides organic food, to eat, and is on display every day in the Tomato Sauce Factory, as are the numerous arts and crafts produc­ ed by the new Nimbin society. These arts and crafts range from fine arts, candles, batik, silk screening, leatherwork, weaving and pottery, to anything anyone has a mind to create - and there are some beautiful creations. T U N T A B LE F A L L S : The focal point o f interest at the moment in Nimbin is the Tuntable falls land project. What exactly is happening? The Tuntable falls property is 1000 acres o f lush, green country consisting o f 300 acres o f cleared land previously used for dairy farming and being volcanic soil is ideal for cultivation o f a variety o f garden produce. The remaining 700 acres is virgin bush and rain forest. Tuntable creek runs through the property all year round providing ample water - apart from the 100 inches per year that falls out o f the sky. The head o f the creek and the head o f the valley are Tuntable falls, 300-400 feet high, providing a spectacular sight for those who feel like a ramble along the rocky creek bed winding through dense rain forest. Being at the head o f the valley and being almost completely sur­ rounded by state forest, the property is ideal for our purpose. That is, to create a community free from the hassles and pressures o f modern society, free from pollution, where we can eat good organically grown food and live as close to the earth as possible. In harmony with nature. We hope to be as self-sup­ porting as possible, any com­ modities which need to be obtain­ ed from the outside world being acquired by means o f trade with the various arts and crafts and any surplus garden produce. It sounds like a dream but if you look at the way the world is going and has been going for countless ages, you can see that ours is the way it ought to go. Since we are part o f this modern world there are various obstacles to overcome before we can achieve our ideals. The main obstacle is that all this land is owned by one person. To take possession o f the land we have to

give this person a certain amount o f hard cash in exchange. The cost o f the property is $100,000. C O O R D IN A T IO N CO -O PERA­ TIV E LTD. On October 19 this year there was formed a legal organisation known as Coordination Co-opera­ tive Ltd., which is basically a group o f people with the interests o f natural loving at heart, who have contributed upwards o f $200 per head to raise the money to buy the land. This contributing o f money in the language o f the world is termed “ buying shares” and the people who have so contributed become “ Share Holders” . Thus, anyone who is interested in living a natural life in harmony with nature, now or at some time in the future, can become part o f a community with such aims by contributing to the co-operative, (ie. buying shares in Coordination Co-operative Ltd.). Unfortunate­ ly, as I said earlier, this is a financial obstacle which, because o f society as it is, can only be overcome in this way. The community realises that things have to be done, they know certain people who have a knowl­ edge o f this particular aspect and so they seek his advice. Groups o f people get together and discuss the right and wrong ways, reach a conclusion, and act. This way there is no need for figureheads and power trips. Maybe thats why certain people who want to organise everybody are disillusion­ ed; because everyone gets them­ selves organised. There’s no one saying, “ It’s about time the compost was dug.” “ How about someone cleaning the place up?” . . . “ It’s time someone else fetched the water!” People see that something needs doing - and do it. Other people notice them do it, make a mental note, and next time it needs doing, they do it. Some people go out to the garden. On the way they take the water containers to be filled and carry back to the house when they come back. They return at the end o f a tiring spell o f gardening and remember: “ Shit! I ’ve got to cart those heavy water containers back up the hill.” But there’s no need. Someone has passed by the empty containers, filled them and taken them to the house. Coordination. Before moving on to the prop­ erty, people are renting farm houses for a few bucks.a week and

living there communally. One day someone produces a box Farmer N olan’s harmony tonic. The rent. The box is displayed, people contribute, the money accumulates, farmer Nolan is paid. Harmony. No hassles about “ w ho’s not paid rent this week?” No one knows how much the rent is. Not even farmer Nolan knows how much is owed. There are many such instances where people and things get done. There is a general air o f togetherness and friendship. Everyone is anxious to get on to the property and really get things started, but in the meantime there are other things which can be done. The present owner is permitting the land to be garden­ ed in preparation for moving in, and the gardens are growing both in size and in produce. And there’ s work to be done in other directions like the food co-op, the arts and crafts, housework, cook­ ing and other everyday chores. N ow and again people drop by to have a look at things and are immediately at home. They leave feeling invigorated by the general atmosphere to return to the city to earn bread to become part o f the community and tell their friends o f the beautiful Nimbin Thing. And it is beautiful. The atmosphere, the town, the coun­ tryside, the people, the culture, are all conducive to harmonious living. Anyone who was there for the First Co-operative meeting on december 20 will bear witness. Everyone was really together in friendship and happiness. The picnic in the property’ s natural ampitheatre (complete with swimming hole) was a raging success — people jamming along with whatever instruments they could lay their hands on. This type o f thing happens all the time in Nimbin. I remember one night we had playing together — one guitar, one guitar (tw o strings missing), a sitar, three jews harps, bongos, drum sticks, numerous voices and hand clappings — the result was tremendous. Another night a squeeze box was produced, some­ one played spoons, rhythm sec­ tion was a sledge hammer played with two hammer shafts. Real bush music. The food which someone got together both at the meeting and at the picnic was a fine example o f the good healthy food that is eaten in Nimbin. Beautiful feasts are not an uncommon occurrence in Nimbin — someone feels like cooking they cook. Anyone feels like eating — they eat. Nimbin is a living organism not a ten day festival that dwindled into noth­ ing. The people are alive and raring to go to make the Nimbin Thing work. The Buddha said: “ Make what is right, become.” Nimbin is right. Footnote: Anyone interested in further details o f the Co-operative con­ tact: Melbourne, Chris Stoney: 51.8214/51.7524; Sydney, Tony Furniss: 82.1291.

Let the children in PH IL O ’C A R R O LL dumped his job as lecturer in philosophy at ANU and took to the road in horse and cart with his daughter Jesus and her mother Jewel ( T LD 4). A t present he is odd jobbing up the Murray, picking peaches and jotting down notes. “ adult” affairs. Why are we so UR society desperately lacks folk wisdom, or simp­ scared o f the children? They can­ ly a custom o f thinking-for-yournot assault us. Physically. But self. they are honest - until we teach Society today is so super­ them by example to lie - and organised that a real change in any confident - until we teach them part entails a change in the whole. by example to disbelieve in them­ (One example: to change from selves, to deny their own minds. So we must swallow our stupid our competition system o f educa­ tion we must change the whole pride. Our children have so many system by which money is dis­ powers that we have lost. Children tributed throughout society.) So can accept reality - until we while we know that change is teach them, by inculcating our necessary, we are terrified o f it. myths, to fear it. I f you stop and We can’ t handle it. We are terri­ think for a moment you will fied because we do not dare to realise that your child has the think for ourselves, to answer for capacity to become a caveman, a ourselves, to act for ourselves on Roman, a hindu, or a man o f the the basis o f what we rationally year 3000 — until we socialise him our way. decide is the best action. Do we adults have such pow­ I believe that our society would make an evolutionary leap ers, and does “ our” way work forward in one generation if we anymore? Is our way o f life going abolished school and allowed our to be liveable, worth living, worth children safe conduct throughout imposing on these new people? our society for 20 years, to see And just as your child could what we are doing: In our offices, become, with different socialisa­ factories, army camps, bedrooms tion, a Roman soldier or what­ . . . . Furthermore I believe that ever, he could become whatever it this is the only way o f restoring takes to cope with western society tomorrow: socialised by judging rationality or responsibility-forself as a way o f life; to release our for himself a world that he is free children from our schools and let to perceive, allowed to be the them be educated by reality itself. rational animal that he naturally We in adult society have been is. so long divorced from the very Let everybody be responsible for the world our children will positive self-motivating way o f life inherit. o f the unschooled child, that we dont know our children. Some L et the children know the world they have to live in. adults are so alienated that they believe that children are by nature Let the children out: reality is the only security. inactive and would not do any­ thing unless forced to. We see Let everybody be responsible to the children. them as trouble, they are too embarrassing to have around in Let the children in.

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DO IT YOURSELF RUNG FU 9 Continuing our exhausting introd u cto ry guide to the m artial a rt of Kung Fu.____________________________________

(48) Begin to ro ta te y o u r hand in a clo ckw ise m o tio n again. (4 9 ) W hen y o u r palm faces th e flo o r, start to make a fis t.

(56) S top th e ro ta tin g m ove m en t w hen the th u m b p o in ts to w a rd y o u r chest and th e palm faces to the le ft. (5 7 ) B rin g y o u r rig h t e lb o w to w ith in three inches o f y o u r b o d y .

(58) Relax y o u r w ris t. (59 )*K e ep th e e lb o w in to w a rd y o u r b o d y d u rin g every fo rw a rd m o tio n . W ith the w ris t s till relaxed , begin to straig hten y o u r arm u n til it is a b o u t th re e q u arters exte nde d.

(5 2 ) O pen y o u r rig h t hand w ith th e palm facin g up, fo rm in g th e palm -up b lo c k . Begin m oving y o u r hand o u tw a rd fro m th e cen ter o f y o u r chest. (5 3 ) E x te n d y o u r arm o n ly three qu arters. D o n o t stra ig h te n it.

(54) R otate y o u r hand c o u n te rc lo c k w is e , w ith youi* fing ers p o in tin g to w a rd y o u r chest. (5 5 ) Keep the elbow s s ta tio n a ry as y o u c o n tin u e the ro ta tin g m ovem ent. Page 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; T H E L I V I N G D A Y L I G H T S , november 27-december 3, 1973

(6 0 ) K eeping th e e lb o w in place, start ro ta tin g y o u r hand co u n te rclo ckw ise . (6 1 ) S to p th e ro ta tin g m ove m en t w ith the th u m b facing y o u r chest and the palm fa cin g to w a rd th e le ft.

(62) B rin g the e lb o w back to w ith in three inches o f y o u r b o d y . (6 3 ) Repeat the sequence in figu res 58 th ro u g h 61 three tim es before going on to 64.

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(6 4 ) P e rfo rm a rig h t-h a n d slap b lo ck to th e le ft. R em em ber n o t to go past the le ft shoulder. (6 5 ) R e tu rn y o u r hand to the m id dle o f y o u r chest.

(72 ) W ith the le ft hand, begin a palm s trik e to w a rd th e flo o r . (7 3 ) O pen y o u r hand and e xte n d y o u r arm .

(66) E xecute th e ve rtica l palm s trik e b y e xte n d in g y o u r arm , w ith th e palm facin g aw ay fro m y o u , to an area d ire c tly in f r o n t o f y o u r nose. (6 7 ) T u rn y o u r palm up to fo rm tan sao (pa lm -up b lo c k ).

(74) Begin a rig h t palm s trik e to w a rd th e flo o r . (7 5 ) B o th arms are now f u lly exte nde d and b o th palm s are fa cin g th e flo o r.

(68) R o ta te y o u r hand c o u n te rclo ckw ise w ith o u t m oving y o u r arm o r e lb o w . (69) W hen y o u r palm faces the flo o r, begin to fo rm a fis t.

(76) L i f t b o th hands, palm s d o w n , to w a ist level and to w a rd the rear. (77) E xecute a d o u b le pa lm s trik e to th e rear.

(70) R e tra ct y o u r fis t to (71) the rig h t side o f y o u r chest, in the basic sil lim tao p o s itio n .

(7 8 ) Raise y o u r hands and b rin g th e m to th e f r o n t at ab o u t chest level. (79) E xecute a d o u b le palm s trik e in f r o n t o f y o u r g ro in . T H E L IV IN G D A Y L IG H T S , november 27-december 3, 1 973 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Page 1 7

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(80) L i f t b o th hands and begin to cross th e le ft over th e rig h t. (8 1 ) Raise the le ft arm to shoulder level and h o ld the rig h t arm b e lo w and p a rallel to the le ft. T h e palm s are faced to w a rd the flo o r.

(8 8 ) A f t e r e xe c u tin g th e fin g e r ja b , d ro p b o th arms, palm s d o w n , in f r o n t of y o u r g ro in in defense against a g ro in k ic k . (8 9 ) S till exte n d e d , move y o u r arm s up, w ith th e palm s fa cin g y o u and fingers p o in tin g to w a rd th e flo o r.

(90) F o rm y o u r hands in to fists as y o u re tra c t them to y o u r chest. (9 1 ) T u rn the palm s up so th a t y o u are again in th e basic sil lim tao p o s itio n . (8 2 )S im u lta n e o u s ly swing b o th arms o u t, and e xte n d th e m to y o u r sides in sol jee (ou tside sweep o r sweeping fing ers). (8 3 ) R e tu rn y o u r arms to the o rig in a l p o s itio n (an inside eye sweep) in f r o n t o f y o u r chest. T h is tim e , place th e rig h t arm above th e le ft.

(92) P e rfo rm th e le ft slapping b lo c k (pak sao) to the rig h t, b u t do n o t move .yo u r hand past th e rig h t sho ulder. (93) R e tu rn y o u r hand to the m id d le o f y o u r chest, keeping the e lb o w th re e inches fro m y o u r b o d y and the fingers p o in te d to w a rd th e ceiling.

(84) T o execute a sin king e lb o w b lo c k , raise b o th forea rm s so th e y are parallel, w ith th e palm s fa cin g each o th e r. (8 5 ) W ith o u t m oving th e elbow s, execute a pa lm -up b lo c k (tan sao) b y tu rn in g th e tw o palm s up.

i 94 (94) E xecute a le ft, sidew ard palm s trik e (woang jeong) b y th ru s tin g y o u r palm stra ig h t o u t at face level. (9 5 ) T h e n ro ta te y o u r hand to the palm -up p o s itio n .

NEXT WEEK: Sil Lim Tao continued (86) T u rn th e palm s aw ay fro m y o u and je rk th e m d o w n w a rd ( ju t sao). (87) Q u ic k ly e xte n d b o th hands in a d o u b le ja b to th e eye (bil je e). Page 1 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; T H E L IV IN G D A Y L IG H T S , november 27-december 3, 1973

T H IS supplement is extracted from the book Wing Chun Kung Fu by J. Y im m Lee, Ohara Publications, Los Angeles, California. The book is available in some city bookshops.

£ r fl ALBIE THOMS ACH century seems to have its mode o f thought. In the 19th it was romanticism; the 20th is surrealism. It is easy to think o f surrealism as an old art movement, or as the “ funny” pictures o f Salvador Dali. But really it is the grid in which most o f us see the world. “ That’s a bit surreal” is quite a common saying and is not limited to es­ thetes and art connoisseurs. It’s the Harbor bridge and the Opera House, the man in the kaftan walking down George street, the commercial in the middle o f the murder scene on TV. Surreal vision is part o f our everyday lives, just as romantic vision dominated a century ago as part o f the wake o f the French revolution. I suppose we owe sur­ real vision to the first world war and its total destruction o f any imagined order in the world. But it grew from a reaction to roman­ ticism and was fostered by the poet maudits o f the fin de siecle. Apollinaire invented the word in 1903. He coined it in his introduction to his play Tireseas's breasts which took surrealist thea­ tre one step beyond Jarry’s King Ubu. Apollinaire pointed out that when man wished to imitate the action o f walking he invented the wheel rather than mechanical legs. This he claimed was an exercise in surrealism - the human vision extending beyond what is seen, and creating what is imagined. His successor Andre Breton seized upon the surrealism o f dreams and for a long time people associated surrealism with the night time imaginings o f our minds. But Breton also defined another kind o f surrealism - pure psychic automatism — in which man acts freely beyond the con­ straints o f learning or knowledge. In this he picked up on the Italian futurist Marinetti who had shout­ ed “ Let us reach out into the un­ fathomable reservoirs o f the absurd” Absurdity is no longer some­ thing o f mystery, or even surprise. The Theatre o f the Absurd point­ ed to the absurdities o f everyday life, and the cross-cultural fertil­ isation o f the global village has juxtaposed so many contradictory elements that we now accept that what is absurd to one person appears quite normal to another. For someone who allows himself to see it so a walk in the street is as surreal an experience as one could wish, as all those drug con­ sumers in our society know quite well. Breton and his friend Max Ernst made such urban per­ ambulations a feature o f their lives, walking thru the movie go­ ing on all around them. In many respects movies are all surreal, reconstituting people and places in time with all the dexter­ ity o f the fabled magicians. This was after all their source o f origin, in the fairgrounds, as part of the sideshows, the flickering pictures on the nickelodeon, the pres­

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tidigitation which makes still pic­ tures into movies. One o f the great fathers o f movies was Georges Melies, and for him movies were merely extensions o f his stage conjuring act. But there exists an extensive body o f explicitly surreal movies, many made by the artists associat­ ed in the textbooks with surreal­ ism. The National Film Theatre o f Australia is currently showing some o f them in capital cities around Australia, and for those interested in trying their minds on something a little harder (or easier) than whether Guru Maharaj Ji is God, they are well worth the visit. * * * IN ONE o f the best programs assembled by any cinema this year, the N F T A is showing Picabia & Claire’s E n tr’acte (1924), A r­ taud & Dulac’s Seashell and the clergym an (1928), Dali & Bunuel’s Andalusian dog (1929) and Jean Cocteau’s Blood o f a poet (1932). A nice night’s enter­ tainment, as Barry Humphries might say, but also a collection o f the most powerful cinema

And Andalusian dog, famed yet created. These films date from the for its image o f a razor slitting an height o f surrealism, when the eyeball, but more amazing for its movement in Paris was young and compounding irrationality as one vigorous, and avant-garde artists image piles on another in a approached cinema with a sense dynamic demonstration o f the o f freedom and anarchism only surrealism o f “ the chance meeting recently recovered by our con­ of an umbrella and a sewing machine on an operating table” . temporary avant-garde filmers. Finally, for those with a Take E n tr’acte for instance. Originally shown as an interlude perverse interest in the effects o f in a ballet called Performance drugs on the mind, Blood o f a postponed, it featured Picabia, poet, recording a junkie’ s vision o f Duchamp, Man Ray, Satie and the few seconds it takes for a others looning round in Paris loca­ brick chimney to fall to the tions in a quick-cut tempo with ground, here extended for over and filled with extreme camera movements that half-an-hour even today would have the judges visions o f paranoia and despair. Unfortunately, the NFTA in the Benson & Hedges film competition poohbaahing about hasnt been able to get hold o f confusion o f purpose or lack o f Bunuel’s Age o f gold, his towering consistency. Or Seashell and the masterpiece and the greatest ex­ clergyman, once banned by the ample o f an aspect o f surrealism British film censor who claimed it that Dali has defined as “ paranoid was “ so cryptic to be almost criticism” or “ critical paranoia” . meaningless. I f there is a meaning Essentially this has to do with the it is doubtless objectionable.” The mind’ s ability to associate any one copy in the National Film Library image with another, to see in­ comes with a psychologist’ s warn­ finitely receding associations be­ ing to be read to audiences before tween ideas and objects, with as­ suming everything relates to the screening.

everything else while at the same time entertaining that nothing relates to anything. Bunuel’s films generally ridi­ cule religion and authority, deny­ ing the assumed power o f insti­ tutions while positing individual freedom which is never free be­ cause o f the mysterious manifesta­ tions o f the human spirit. While the N F T A season is not intended as a Bunuel season, his work dominates the programming, tho his ever-present surrealism is often overshadowed in such works as Nazarin, Viridiana, Belle de jour and Tristana by his mastery o f the conventions o f classical narrative filmmaking. Only in The exterminating angel (1962) does a patently absurd situation take over the plot and make possible the extremes o f irrational be­ havior that are the essence o f cinematic surrealism. Other films being sljown test the full range o f surrealism, from the poetic fantasy o f Cocteau’s Orphee (1950) to the recent Paris does not exist (Robert Benayoun, 1969), with its modish surrealism induced thru hashish ingestion. There are also films admired by the orthodox surrealists. (Who, it must be remembered, were an exclusive Paris club ruled over by Andre Breton who by divine right pronounced some works surreal and others not.) In this category are the great German expressionist works The cabinet o f Dr Caligari and Nosferatu, and the giant American fantasy King Kong. Then there is the Marx Bros Animal crackers and W. C. Fields’ You're telling me, as well as two American films that I am un­ familiar with — Peter Ibbetson (Henry Hathaway, 1935) and Pandora and the flying Dutchman (Albert Lewin, 1951). One o f the most enjoyable films in the series is Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Man on (1949). Never a surrealist, and responsible for such diverse cinema classics as Wages o f fear and The Picasso mystery, Clouzot teamed with surrealist writer Jules Ferry to adapt the Abbe Prevost’s 18th century novel o f love, fate and death Manon Lescaut. Clouzot and Ferry seized upon the irrational turns o f fate o f this classic o f French literature, and in updating it to contemporary times (ie. 1949) have rendered it surreal in the manner o f many o f Rene Clair’s later works. Seeing it now, 25 years later, time has rendered it even more surreal. I first saw this movie about 15 years ago and in my adolescence identified with Manon's free spirit at the mercy o f irrational fate. Her death in the desert at the hands o f arabs then had con­ temporary relevance, coming as it did after the second Palestinian war. Now seeing it after the fourth Palestinian war it seemed just as relevant and the situation even more surreal.

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Clouzot shows no sympathy for either the arabs or the jews, but is pointed in revealing the promised land as a desert, and suggesting the American western in the raid by arabs on camels coming over the hills to attack the jewish refugees. Like all surrealist films, Manon can be read as a critique o f society, with its incidental treatment o f the humiliation o f women who had socialised with the wartime German occupants, postwar blackmarketeering and exploitation o f jewish refugees, and the jewish colonisation o f Palestine. But as is usual with surrealist films, the narrator (ie. the filmmaker) stands aside from these events and in depicting them allows the absurd­ ity o f most human endeavor to show thru. In doing so he invokes critical paranoia and a lot o f humor besides.

WHEN I started making films 11 years ago I followed the surrealist banner, and the first two that I made were from scenarios by sur­ realists, I t droppeth as the gentle rain (by Jacques Prevert) and The spurt o f blood (by Antonin Artaud). The first was banned, showing the fear surrealism still held for authorities in 1963. The response at that time dif­ fered little from that o f the Brit­ ish censor banning Dulac’s film o f another Artaud scenario. While I was making those films there was another surrealist filmmaker working in Adelaide. He was Dusan Marek, and in his purity o f vision must be acknowledged Aus­ tralia’ s most important film sur­ realist. Unfortunately his films (dis­ tributed by the Sydney Film Co­ op) rarely get shown, and o f course were not considered for the N F T A season (which is based on foreign textbooks on the sub­ ject). But in his Cobweb on a parachute, Marek has created a surreal film heavy with psycho­ analysis that stands as a consider­ able demonstration o f critical paranoia. Regrettably, the finan­ ciers o f this film were shocked by what they saw and never allowed the film to get beyond the editing stage. But the film can be seen today (in black & white rather than its original color) ably dem­ onstrating the grip surrealism still has on the contemporary con­ sciousness.

SURREALISM is not a dead movement (even tho Pope Breton has passed on), but has transcend ed the confines o f art and has entered the everyday world. In trying to understand the machina­ tions o f a Nixon mind one has to see it within the context o f this everyday surrealism, the critical paranoia integral to the workings o f the mind, and the irrationality o f our own behavior that results in or from those unaccountable twists o f what the ancients called fate. Those men up there in Skylab watching Kohoutek are having a real experience, yet to me, sitting down here and looking up into the sky it is patently surreal, an episode from a Georges Melies movie or something that Salvador Dali dreamed up. As Eugene Ionesco once said, “ Reality is the only unreality” . j~~j Page 20 — T H E L IV IN G D A Y L IG H T S , november 27-decem ber 3, 1973

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Built on solid foundations TU DENT government, or perhaps more appropriately the lack o f it, is an interesting subject. As a student who has been involved with the establish­ ment o f an SRC and its activities, I have too often heard the cry from student activists that SRCs are not representatives o f the stu­ dent body, but mere puppets o f the school's administration. This may well be true in many cases. But the fault lies not with the SRC system but with those be­ hind it. Take, for example, my school, a typical suburban high school in the outer suburbs o f Melbourne. During my six years o f attend­ ance, two SRCs have failed be­ cause the school’ s administration crushed them into extinction. A t the beginning o f this year a few students decided that a school o f 1000 students should be able to achieve some form o f student government. Behold, the magic question arose, how to do it? This time we avoided the death trap o f going to the school’s administration, but wisely called on the assistance of parents. They responded and from this point we have grown into an effective student body. The reas­ on, I suppose, was that the school’s administration was not prepared to enter into conflict with the parents that were behind us. Democratic elections were held and the SRC as such existed. Throughout the year meetings were held every week during which any student could express his opinion. Some may claim that an organised meeting is a repres­ sive atmosphere but the ad­ vantages o f having an organised meeting cannot be overemphasis­ ed. Many o f you will say, so what, you sound pretty much like any other SRC. Well to show you that we are different I should list some o f the results o f our existence. • Forum committee (equal numbers o f students, teachers and parents): This committee has been extremely useful in creating links between the various groups o f the school. In fact this body has enabled the SRC to gain the much needed support o f teachers. • Student newspaper, run by a subcommittee o f the SRC: This paper is completely free o f censor­ ship and is completely controlled by students. • Use o f school facilities: That is, being able to communicate to students by means o f PA system, duplicated notices and being able to hold special form assemblies. • Social activities, such as stu­ dent dances which had previously been out o f the question until the SRC was able to exert some pres­ sure. The SRC also has a subcom-

HE ANNO UNCEM ENT o f a politics o f the school page brought a minor avalanche o f cor­ respondence from diverse areas o f the education system, and not only from kids. The numbers o f totally disillusioned teachers in the system seems to suggest the future possible inauguration o f a

Just us teachers page. However, for this week we restrict the discussion to two re­ ports on SRCs at outer suburban Melbourne high schools. The sec­ ond is from AND REW M A C LE AN o f Mitcham who seems to wonder in the end whether the whole ques­ tion is not perhaps some kind o f

cosmic joke. The first is from JOHN SOUTHERN o f Templestowe who is considerably more optimistic, and who mentions in an introductory note that he can see the possibility o f a widescale student organisation, a project perhaps for the holidays. - ROB KING.

Correspondence etc fo r the M elbourne School Kids Page can be sent to Rob King, "L od g e R alph", David road, Lilydale.

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mittee to organise visitors to ad­ dress the student body. Again the SRC has complete power over who it invites. Perhaps one o f our most con­ structive achievements was our financial foundation; we organised an SRC week in which the various forms throughout the school rais­ ed the funds for the union. Over $300 was raised and with this money we have been able to

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extend the range o f our involve­ ment to various activities, such as clubs. An example o f this is the film group which was granted money to buy equipment neces­ sary for filmmaking. Overall the SRC this year has achieved the most important thing o f all in student government: it has established itself amongst stu­ dents, parents, teachers and the administration. From here we can

progress with the fulfillment of our aims and goals in an independ­ ent way that otherwise could not have been possible. To achieve effective student government one must build upon solid foundations. I believe that properly run SRCs are indeed this foundation. JOHN SOUTHERN

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HE SRC at Mitcham high school has been established for approximately six months. During the first four months it went through natural birth pains. However, over the past eight weeks the students, the admin­ istration, the PCA, the parents, the advisory council and some o f the teachers have been prepared to accept it as a group o f students trying to bridge the gaps that exist at present between staff and the student body. This remarkable change was brought about by an event o f seeming insignificance: the necessity to stand for the national anthem. The SRC supported a move by some students who couldnt see the purpose o f standing for a tune that meant nothing to them. It is important to note that it was played friday morning, as it states quite clearly in the handbook o f Rules and Regulations published for the Victorian Education De­ partment; that a very elaborate ceremony including the national anthem be performed on monday morning before the school week begins. The protest by the SRC took the form o f a sit-down. This unim­ portant and by now common oc­ currence throughout our dem­ ocratic world aroused a surprising degree o f emotion, and tempers were rather frayed at times, but there were no suspensions as the headmaster admitted the numbers were far too great. However, the SRC was accused o f being ir­ responsible; o f not knowing the extent o f support it had through­ out the school; o f not informing the school o f its intentions and o f failing to communicate with all members o f the school. Numbers have now been in­ creased so that every form is represented, and that representa­ tive reports back to their form every week. An interested group o f teachers have organised them­ selves so that at least two are present at each SRC meeting and the PCA have invited six SRC members to attend its monthly meeting. A fter much enthusiasm was generated by the above initia­ tives our hope in humanity was rather daunted when the SRC proposed that it have a representa­ tive on staff meetings. This request will be denied, but, as one staff member said: “ We’re still discussing it,” which does show some glimmer o f hope, “ but nearly all the staff is against it,” which does not show any glimmer o f hope. It seems that staff members feel that it might lead to a loss o f teachers "united facade” ; interstaff gossip might become interschool gossip; stu­ dents might lose their respect and their image of their teacher if the truth be known. .— . AND REW M A C L E A N | ___|

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and original. U nion build­ TV ing, M elbourne uni. Closes “ M elbou rne” : *23: A city nov. 30. 10-6. gone M ad” — docum entary o f the p olice strike. 7.30, Channel O. “ Y es” : R eferen du m talk, 9.20, Channel 2.

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TH E ATRE “ W altzing M atilda — a national pantom im e with tom ato sauce” : Pram Fac­ to ry, 325 Drum m ond s tre e t, Carlton, 8.30, $2.50, $1.50, $1.20. “ A ll in a F am ily” : P o w e r­ house, Lakeside drive, A lb e rt Park reserve, 8.00, l $ 1 .00. ‘ F IL M S f ftU m berto D .” (G ): FesI tival of famous film s, | DeSica. . “ H eat Wave Island” (M ): I Kane to Shindo, both at 1 8.00, M elbourne university J U nion theatre, Parkville, [$ 1 .7 0 , $1.20. ■“ E x te rm in a tin g A ngel” la n d “ Dead o f N ight” : SurI realist film s at Carlton Icin em a, 7.40, Faraday ■ street, Carlton. TV ‘ A dvance N ew Guinea: ! Where?” A T V -O , 7.30. R A D IO *73 Bayreuth Festival: Rh eingold , 3 A R , 7.30. “ N o ” : Referendu m talk b y Hamer, 3LO , 6.40. GALLERY “ Ceramics” : E xh ibition at the Ew ing gallery is diverse

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J e ff Bull: Stage D o o r Tav­ ern. A b b e y Jazz Band: L o rd D u dley hotel, Paddington. Eclipse A lle y F ive: V a n ity F air hoteL Merv A cheson T r io : Bistro, 123 A v o c a st, Randwick. D on De Silva’ s Jazz Band: O ld Push. D ick Hughes S o lo Piano: French’ s Tavern, Darlinghurst | C L A S S IC A L N H K S ym ph on y Orchestra — Stravinsky, Isnn, Tchai■kovsk y: Opera House con| cert hall, 8 pm. “ War and Peace” , Prok o­ fie v: Opera House, 7.30 pm . F IL M S N F T Surrealism — “ Anim al Crackers” , “ Y o u ’ re Telling M e” : Aust. Govt. Centre Th eatrette, 7.30 pm. H en drix: Village Twin, D ou ble B ay, 1.30, 5.30, pm, 7.45 pm. Perform an ce: Village Tw in, Double Bag, 1.30, 5.30, 8.15 pm. Film ore — Santana, Grate­ ful Dead, H o t Tuna, Quick Silver: M anly S ilver Screen, 7.30 pm. THEATRE “ The Th reep enny O pera” B erthold Brecht: Opera House, 8 pm. T V , R A D IO “ A Big C ou ntry” , a docu­ m entary on m o to r bikes: A B C T V , 8.35 pm. “ Su rvey” : a Dylan Thom as m em oir” : A B C T V , 10.05pm. ^“ Travels w ith C harley” , Steinbeck, R o d M cKuen,

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FO LK P e te r P a rkhiU, Frank Traynors: 100 £ ittle Lon s­ dale street. JAZZ H ot C ity Bump Prospect Hill, Kew.

MELBOURNE MONITOR: Chris & Eva 51.9563 or 51.8214, write Flat 8, No 7 Irving Ave, Windsor, 3181.

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ROCK Bushwhackers and Bul- Carnival, H o t C ity Bump lockies: Polaris Inn. Band: C roxton Park. Mississippi: W hitehorse. A r ie l, Tank, W altzing JAZZ M atilda, M yriad: M atthew Frank Traynor: Beaumaris Flinders. hoteL M ighty K o n g : Penthouse Skylights: Prospect Hill. C ou ntry R adio: Station hoteL TH E ATRE FO LK “ W altzing M atilda” : Pram F actory, see tuesday. John C r o w le , Frank “ A Bunch o f Ratbags” : Traynors, Steve Ellis, Th e 8.15, Viadu ct theatre, 27a Ram blers, M ike O ’R ourke, C rom w ell road. South Dan O ’ C onnell: Carlton. Yarra, $2.50, $1.00. M arg Roadknight, Tanker“ A ll in a F am ily” : P o w e r ­ ville Arm s: Carlton. house, see tuesday. JAZZ F IL M S O w en Yeatm an: Prospect “ O ctober” (G ): Eisen- Hill. stein’ s famous film, 8.00, Dave Rankin Jazz Band: M e lb o u r n e u n iv e rs ity , A lm a hotel, 32 Chapel U nion theatre, see tuesday. street, S t Kilda. “ F ive Fingers o f Death” and “ B illy Jack” : FootsTH EATRES cray Grand,.see tuesday. “ A p o llo 17” , “ Mariner- “ W altzing M atilda” : Pram Mars 69” , “ Clouds o f F actory, see tuesday. Venus” , “ E xploration o f “ A Bunch o f Ratbags” : th e a tre , see the Planets” : By Monash V i a d u c t A s t r o n o m ic a l Society, Wednesday. “ M y Sister Eileen” : 8.15, Monash university, 8.00, M alvern Th eatre C o., 29 Lecture room hall. Free. Bourke street. East M al­ vern, $1.40, $1.00, 70c. O TH ERS F IL M S Wind in the Woods, A lex “ M o th er Joan of the Greave Chamber Players: Angels” (M ): Polish film,, F la g s ta ff gard en s, better than the Devils. 12. 1 0 - 1. 1 0 . 8.00, M elbourne univer­

sity, U nion theatre, see L eic es te r street, Carlton, tuesday. $2.50, $1.50. “ F ren ch C o n n e ctio n ” : F ootscray Grand, see tues­ F IL M S day. “ K w a id a n ” (N .R .C .): Ghost stories. M elbourne TV university. U n ion theatre, “ Man o f Straw ” : BBC see tuesday. dramatisation o f H einrich “ Marat Sade” and “ Flash Mann’ s novel. Part 1, 9.20, the Sheepdog” : F o r kids at Channel 2. L a T rob e university. A go ra “ M O R G A N — A suitable theatre, $1.50, 50c kids. case fo r treatm ent” : D on t miss it! 9.00, Channel 0.

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H o t C ity Bump Band, Tank, International, M att Ta y lor, Dingoes, M adder Lake: Chelsea city halL Mississippi: Rem brandt re­ ceptions. FO LK Bushwhackers and Bullockies: Pollaris Inn. John C r o w le , M ik e O ’R o u rk e, Christy C oon ey, Frank Traynors. St A ndrew s N ight, Richard L eitch , Hugh M cEwan, Phil Day, P e te r Parkhill, S cot­ tish Pip er, Tavern F olk, U nion, N. Carlton. JA ZZ R e d O nion Jazz Band: Prospect H ill, Kew . Dave Rankin Jazz Band: R ailw ay Club hotel, P ort M elbourne. Storyville Jazzm en: Manor House.

FO LK C ountry radio, Dingoes, M atthew Flinders. Henchm en, Whitehorse. Big Push, C ro x to n Park. M adder Lake, U pp, Blaises. M ackenzie T h eory, Atlas, M elbourne to w n hall. Fat A lr o y , John Brownrigg. M adder Lake, Teasers Pendulum, Essendon fo o t ­ ball chib. P eter Parkhill, phis C o lo ­ nial dancing w ith Chris Wendt, Dan O ’ Connell, Carlton, 3 pm. Bruce M cN icol, Graham L o w n d e s, Marg R oad­ knight, O u tpost Inn. Peter Parkhill, John G ra­ ham, P e te r Parkhill, plus m ore! Frank Traynors. R o g e r Anderson, M ike Gal­ lagher, Com m une Folk, University hoteL Jackson M cQ uade, guitar, plus Fusion, Joannas Carl­ ton (so on to m ove to greener pastures). JAZZ

TH E ATR E “ W altzing M atilda” : Pram F actory, see tuesday. “ A Bunch o f Ratbags” : V ia d u c t th e a tr e , see Wednesday. “ H appy Birthday Wanda June” : A ctors theatre, 8.30, 196 Church street, Richm ond. “ S h o w b iz-7 3 ” : Review , 8.15, T a it theatre, 107

Dave Rankin Jazz Band, L em on ir e e , Carlton, arvo. Skylight, Prospect Hill, K ew , arvo. Yarra Y arra Jazz Band, Prospect H ill, n ig h t The Plant, Polaris Inn. TH EATRES “ W altzing M atilda” , Pram F actory. “A Bunch o f Ratbags” ,

V iadu ct theatre, see wed. “ M y Sister Eileen” , Mal­ vern Th eatre C o, see thur.j “ H appy Birthday, Wanda June” , A ctors theatre, see fr i “ Show biz 73” , T a it the­ atre, see fri. “ A F lea in her Ear” , Pum p­ kin Players, 8.15, 314 Church stree t Richm ond, $1.50. F IL M S “ S h o ot the Pianist” (M ) by T ru ffa u t, and “ Kanal” (M ) Polish, about a par~ tisan group in the Warsaw uprising, see tuesday. L A T E N IT E , Athenaeum , 10.30, $2.00, $1.00. R A D IO “ Valerius” , 8.30.

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K ID S “ G eorge and D ragon 1” at the C larem ont theatre is a short play that w ill appeal to old er kids at various levels. W hile G eorge goes snail hunting, his people starve and the apothecary solves all. Th e Dragon is w orth seeing. 2 pm, 50c kids, $1 adults, Clarem ont stree t S.Y.

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FO LK C ou ntry R a d io : Teasers. Fantasy: C roxton Park. Tank: Icelands. M a tt T a y lor, Mackenzie T h eo ry : A yers R o ck , St V in cen ts Church Hall, Strathm ore. M adder L a k e: Teasers. Danny S pooner plus G or­ don M cIntyre, Frank Tray­ nor, Marg Roadknight, John C row le: Outpost Inn. JAZZ Fusion, Joannas: Carlton.

ROCK Flake: Chequers. Finch: Brighton hoteL Magic: Oceanic hoteL C O N T E M P O R A R Y , etc. P o rt Jackson T rio : Stage D o o r Tavern. Traditional F olk: Elizabeth hoteL Merv Acheson T r io and Guests: Bellevue hotel, Paddington. D ick Hughes Quartet: Stage D o o r Tavern. J e ff Bull’ s Band: O ld Push. C L A S S IC A L Sonatas by M ozart, Bach: Conservatorium o f Music, 1.10 pm to 1.50 pm. Free. N H K Sym. Orch. — Takemitsu, M ozart, Tch aikov­ sky: Opera House concert hall, 2 pm , matinee. N abucco: Opera House, 7.30 pm. Nathan Waks, cello; G or­ don Watson, piano — Bee­ thoven, B rideoake, D e­ bussy, etc: Opera House, 8.15 pm. F IL M S “ Hendrix” : see tues. “ Perform ance” : see “ Fillm ore” : see tues.

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TH EATRE “ Th e Th reep enny O pera” , O pera House, 8 pm. T V , R A D IO D avid F rost w ith H arold Wilson, A B C T V , 8.50 pm. “ Man’ s Th um b on N atu re’s Balance” — co n trol and preservation o f w ild life: A T N 7 . 11.15 pm. “ Sex and the single g irl” — Miss W orld 1973: T C N 9 , 7.30 pm. EVENTS Biennale o f Sydn ey: see tues. Prices R eferendu m C o n fer­ ence: Teachers Federation Auditoriu m , 9 am to 4.30 pm. P o e try W orkshop: St John’ s church, Darlinghurst road, Darlinghurst. In fo 455.1414. Puppetm aking W orkshop: Old Church, 6.30 pm. Y o g a : V illage church, Pad­ dington, 5.30-7.00 pm.

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Omnibus: 1 G lebe Point Rd, G lebe, 8 pm. Bank o f L ight: Chequers. Pirana: M anly V ale hotel. Tantrum : Brighton hoteL T epois: Oceanic hotel. D iz zy and the Heroes: Black Bull Wine Bar. Francis Butler's 69ers: Hakoah Soccer Club.

T V , R A D IO “ Shanghai Express” — Mar­ lene D ietrich: T C N 9 , 11 pm. OTH ERS Biennale o f S yd n ey: see tues. Tea H ouse and L ibra ry: O ld C h u rc h , tues-fri. 31.6270.

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ROCK Omnibus: 8 pm. L a De Das, Pirana: A valon com m u nity hall. L a De Das, Hush: Caringbah Y M C A . C O N T E M P O R A R Y , etc. Band o f L ight: Taren Point Dick Hughes T r io : Stage Y ou th Centre. D o o r Tavern. Pirana: M anly V ale hotel Pact F o lk : Y W C A , Liver- Tantrum : Brighton hoteL p ool st. Tepois: Oceanic hoteL Sydney F o lk Song Club: D iz zy and the Heroes: Elizabeth hoteL Black Bull W ine Bar. Cellar F o lk Club: L iv e r ­ Hush, H o t R o c k e t: R o ck ­ p o o l st. dale Masonic HalL Bill Haesler’ s Jazz Band: C O N T E M P O R A R Y , etc. Cricketers Arm s hotel, The C olonials: Stage D o o r Surry Hills. Tavern, 211.0411. D oc Willis and the Dukes ROCK Men: A lbu ry hotel, D ar­ Pact F olk : Y W C A , L iver­ Flake: Chequers. linghurst. p o o l street. Finch: B righton hoteL Sydney F o lk Song Club: J e ff Bull: U n ity Hall hotel, Magic: Oceanic hoteL Elizabeth hoteL Balmain. Francis Butlers 69’ers: Traditional F o lk : Edin­ Black Bull Wine Bar, The White C om pany: V il­ lage Centre theatre, Pad­ burgh Castle hotel. Haberfield. Bill H aedeF s Band: C rick­ dington. C O N T E M P O R A R Y , etc. eters Arm s (a ftern oon ). C L A S S IC A L Blue Grass and Traditional: “ War and Peace” — P ro­ M erv A cheson T r io : Belle­ vue hotel (a ftern oon ). R e d L in e hoteL Eclipse A lle y F ive : V an ity P o rt Jackson Jazz Band: k o fiev: Opera House. Recital: O pera House R e ­ Fair h otel (a fte rn o o n ). Stage D o o r Tavern. D oc W illis: A lb u ry hotel, U n ity Jazz Band: Old cording Hall, 8.15 pm. Darlinghurst (a ftern oon ). Push. F IL M S D oc W illis : Beresford C L A S S IC A L “ H en drix” : see tues. hotel, Surry Hills. Puccini: O pera House, 7.30 “ Perform an ce” : see tues. U nity Jazz Band: Old pm. “ F illm ore” : see tues. Push. “ China’ s R e d Sons” : Film J e ff Bull: U n ity hall. F IL M S Makers Co-Op, 8.15 pm. The White C om pan y: V il­ N F T Surrealism: see tues. lage church, Paddington. TH E ATRE “ H endrix” : see tues. C L A S S IC A L “ Perform an ce” : see tues. “ What if you died T o m o r­ A N igh t o f O pera — Faust, r o w ” — David W illiam son: “ Film ore” : see tues. Traviata, H offm an , Car­ “ China’ s R e d Sons” : Film Opera H ouse, 8 pm. m en: F ederation A u d ito r­ “ T ric k y N ick — A live and Makers C o-op, 8.15 pm. ium, 300 Sussex st. W e ll” — a Christmas plav: Mosm an town hall, 8 pm N abucco: O pera House, 1 THEATRE “ T h e Threepenny O pera” , (in fo 61.9243). Pm F IL M S O pera House, 8 pm. “ W ick in W ickedness” : Pil­ “ H en drix” : see tues. < grim theatre, Pitt st. Perform an ce” : see tues. Y V

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F IL M S “ M oana” , and “ Sarre Bique” , F itz ro y Film S o ­ ciety , 124 N ap ier street F itz ro y , 8 pm, $1 plus donation. “ French C on n ection ” still at F ootscra y Grand. “ S how boat” , 2 pm, Trak cin em a R A D IO A lberts Bridge, T o m Stopparch: 3 L O , 8 pm. O TH ERS ‘ ‘ C h r is tm a s C a r o l’ ’ , A d elp h i Players, 12.00 noon, part o f a Com m un­ ity D ay Spectacle in the F it z r o y gardens. Con­ tinuing w ith “ On the M ove” , Jazz B a lle t A t the same time displays o f p o t­ tery, painting, ju do and wrestling. D on t miss P o or T o m ’ s Poetry Band.

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JA ZZ T ed V ining T r io : Prospect Hill. PO E TR Y AND ROCK P o o r T o m ’ s P o etry Band:] Commune. E X P E R IM E N T A L : N .I.A .G .G .R .A .: L a M a m a ' Faraday street, Carlton. F IL M S “ F ren ch C o n n e ctio n ” : Footscray Grand. R A D IO L a in g ’ s “ Madness, the F a m ily and S o c ie ty ” : 3 A R , 10 pm.

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SYDNEY MONITOR: Stephen Wall 698.2652, P. O. Box 23, Surry Hills. Glenn Yarbrough, Henry Fonda: A T N 7 , 11 pm. “ The Couch” , psycho-sus­ pense stu ff from the guy who w rote “ Psycho” : A T N 7 , 8.30 pm. EVE NTS Biennale o f Sydney — exhibition o f paintings and sculpture by aussie and fo r­ eign manipulators: Opera H ouse exhibition hall, 10.30 am-7.30 pm. Free. Lunchtim e Ferry Trips: W harf 4/5, ask fo r 20 cent excursion ticket. Take you r ow n tucker and ring 27.5276 fo r departure de­ tails — all week.

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TH E ATRE “ W altzing M atilda” , Pram | Factory, see tues. “ H appy Birthday, Wan dal] June” , A ctors theatre, see | fri.

“ F illm ore” : see tues. “ China’ s R e d Sons” : Film Makers Co-Op, 6 pm, 8.15 pm. TH EATRE “ M y Aunt the U nicorn’ John H ep w orth ’s com edy: Studio 228, Kings Cross (in fo 43.0433, ex t 677). “ T ric k y N ic k ” , see fri. “ T in y A lic e ” b y Edward A lb ee : T h e Old Church, cnr. Palmer & Stanley stre e ts . East Sydney (31 .6 270 ), 8.15 pm. T V , R A D IO “ Raiders o f the Seven Seas” — Swashbuckling pirates and a bit o f you r old treachery on the high seas: A B C T V , 10.30 pm. Ghost Story: A T N 7, 10 pm. Sigley on S a tu r d a y — un­ reality on T C N 9 , 9.30 pm. E VE NTS T h e Great Kung Fu Show — Packaged Pow er Puffs: H ordern Pavilion, $5.20 (in fo 29.7949). Biennale o f Sydn ey: see tues. W om ens Electoral L ob b y — “ M on ey fo r Mum” con­ ference: G lebe tow n hall, 2 pm. V illage Bazaar: Village church, O x fo rd st, Pad­ dington, 9 am onwards.

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F IL M S “ M illhouse” and “ B attle o f Algiers” : Mosman Classic, 2 pm. W. C. Fields, “ T illie and Gus” ; Marx Bros “ M onkey Business” : S.U. Union, 4.30 pm. W. C. Fields “ I t ’s a G ift; Marx Bros “ Horse Feath­ ers” : Syd. Uni. U nion, 8 pm. N F T 30s musicals — “ One H ou r With You” and “ 42nd Street” : Opera House Music Room . “ H endrix” : V illage Tw in, 5.15, 7.45 pm. “ P e rfo rm a n c e ” : Village T w in, 5.30, 8.15 pm. “ China’s R ed Sons” (6 p m ); experim ental film s (8 .3 0 ): Film Makers Co-op. THEATRE Street theatre N im rod “ Kaspar” 8.30 pm . tuessun. T V , R A D IO “ U F O ’s Fact or F ic tio n ” : A T N 7, 11 pm. “ The Joker is W ild” : TC N 9, 8.30 pm. EVENTS See “ M illhouse” at Mosman Classic then, Bar-bque, A .I.C .D . B en efit — $3.00. Steak, salad, slops (in fo 26.1701). Kung Fu: see fri. Biennale o f Sydn ey: see tues.

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C O N T E M P O R A R Y , etc. ROCK N ina Sim one: State the­ Fair Dinkum : Chequers. atre, 8.15. Omnibus: Blues, Folk. C O N T E M P O R A R Y , etc. The C liqu e: 559 C row n st, U nity Jazz Band: 729Surry Hills. Club, St Leonard’ s. [ G eorge G olla, East Neas- D on De Silvas: O ld Push. don Spasm Band, M eadow EVENTS 4 ^0 Band, Frank Walsh: Kirk Kung Fu: see fri. gallery, 8 pm. Biennale o f Sydn ey: C L A S S IC A L tues. Classical music on the hour D ru g Referral Centre: from 10 am-3 pm : Sydney a O pen meeting. O pera House. f Y oga: Village church, P a d j ABC C oncert — Syd. dington, 5.30, 7.00 pm. Sym p. Orch: Sydney town hall. Free. 8 pm.

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-Notices T w ig g y types especially w elcom e. I promise to be gentle and co n fi­ dential. N o pros please. IN C b o x 6181.

box 6187. M elbourne. Short g u y ,- 30, late starter, just discovering jo y s o f sex, needs enthusiastic, under­ standing, experienced teacher. A n y fem m e willing to take the chance in return fo r gentle friend­ ship? U tm ost discretion. IN C box 6188.

Brisbane. G o o d looking, lonely, gentle bi-guy, 26, would like slim, young guy or fem m e, fo r friend­ ship and mutual satisfaction. P h oto appreciated, returned. IN C box 6182.

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Adelaide. M ale, 45, fit, tall, slim, would like to m eet younger lady fo r day o r evening dalliance. Dis­ cretion assured. IN C box 6179.

Brisbane. Shy b o y, 18, seeks friendship and fun w ith teenage b o y. Discretion assured and re­ quired. IN C box 6183.

M elbourne. L o n e ly male, 24, gentle interests, desires corre­ spondence w ith like fem ale, age unim portant; before loneliness drives him crazy. IN C box 6189.

Rockham pton. R ecen t arrival, camp guy, straight appearance, late 20s, fair looking, seeks m eet­ ings with similar. First ad. IN C box 6184.

M elbourne. Slim, in telligen t but inexperienced bi-girl, 25, seeks instruction or relationship and friendship w ith experienced bi-girl or lesbian. IN C bo x 6190.

Canberra. Where is there a ravish­ ing, bright, patient friend fo r a young gay guy who wants to spend evenings and weekends talking, enjoying Bach, laughter, walks at night and make m yself felt by someone? A n yon e? IN C box 6185.

M elbourne. H o w about all o f us gay guys (u niversity or younger) getting it togeth er a fter the ex­ ams? M y place w ill be open house. IN C b o x 6191. M elbourne. Bi-guy, 31, seeks sim­ ilar fo r friendship and travel weekends. IN C bo x 6192.

Canberra: T w o outgoing, fun-lov­ ing guys with own house are looking fo r chicks to dally w ith! D-fee refunded. IN C box 6186.

Brisbane. Camp male, genuine, seeks active, sincere com panion fo r outings, trips etc. T o 35 pre­ ferred. A ll replies genuinely ans­ wered. IN C box 6180.

M elbourne. Business gent, 47, dis­ creet, sincere, needs warm hearted fem m e to share weekends o r eve­ nings. IN C b ox 6193.

Canberra. Intelligent male, late 30s, acceptable appearance, varied interests, dom estically inclined, like to hear from genuine, intelli­ gent fem ale to similar age. Friend­ ship and V M if com patible. IN C

N orth Queensland. Married man, 30s, travelling S ydn ey early new year, like to correspond w ith girl with secret yearning fo r anal sex.

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M elbourne. I f you are a female and wish to en jo y beau tifu l meetr ings, music, and massage, I am at y ou r service. A ge unim portant, sincerity and discretion assured. A ll letters answered. IN C box 6194. M elbourne. Frustrated fem m e, 32 years, seeks dalliance w ith well hung frustrated m ale; virile, good look in g, affectionate. R e p ly with p h o to a must. Frank and genuine letters only answered. IN C box 6195. Melbourne. Male, young 37, eager to learn about horses, seeks in­ fo r m a tio n from experienced horsem en; possibly lessons. In ter­ ested all other things these pages. IN C b ox 6196.

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versity graduate, travelled, inter­ ested politics, Spanish dancing and guitar, w orld citizen, wants sensitive, liberated fem ale, 25-35 fo r uninhibited , open-ended, gen­ uine relationship. IN C box 6198. M elbourne. A ttractive bi-male, 38, seeks camp or bi to same age. O n lv ve ry masculine typ e like me. IN C bo x 6199.

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S ydney. G ay wom an, 21, likes p oetry, music, going out, talking, listening, and nice people, wants a gentle friend. IN C bo x 6 207.

Perth. Masc. swinging guy seeks similar to 28 years, fo r discreet relationship. N o kinks or efferhs please. IN C box 6201.

Sydney. T w o masculine, fun lo v­ ing, camp guys, lo w 20s, seeking tw o camp and/or adventurous chicks same age. H ave wheels, speedy boat and unique water bush setting. IN C box 6208.

S ydn ey. Educated English unm ar­ ried couple, 30, childr seek heterosexual girl, m oth er or single, in b elief that three can attain greater happiness and con­ tentm ent than two. Permanent relationship envisaged. IN C box 6202.

M elbourne. Professional woman, 28, seeks intelligent, sincere, p ro ­ fessional man, under 40, fo r last­ ing relationship. Interests: the­ atre, photography, music, politics, outdoors. IN C bo x 6200. M elbourne. Journo-w riter (m a le ) im possibly dreams of fem ale critic/collaborator also “ d iffe r ­ en t” , socially rebellious, idealistic, sensitive, sensual, sentimental, sin­ cere, loyal, ambitious, travelled, fem inine. IN C box 6125.

Sydn ey. G u y 20 would like to m eet slim, hung guys fo r dalli­ ance. I ’m slim and g ood looking. Y o u n g er guys preferred. IN C box 6203. Sydn ey. Bachelor, 40, wants to m eet p o te n t man look in g for special m ate to dally and keep life sweet, IN C b o x 6 204.

M elbou rn e. Sensuous, warm, gentle male seeks attractive fe­ male fo r beautiful massage and love. B oth satisfied to the heavens and happiness any tim e to suit you. Indiscreetly w rite to IN C box 6126.

Sydn ey. Is there a guy under 31 (m y age), interested in m eeting a butch hirsute genuine guy to see i f som ething could be started. IN C box 6205.

M elbourne. I f you are female, betw een 25 and 30, feel that to man honesty, sex and love are vital, and that loneliness almost unendurable, please w rite to me. Philip. IN C bo x 6127.

Sydn ey. I f you are a warm, intelli­ gent, interesting, life loving, atr tractive fem ale, 23-35, seeking similar quiet, considerate male, 36, fo r sharing love and life, write to IN C box 6206.

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S ydn ey. Cam p guy, 26, interested music, arts, seeks similar, p refer­ ably active and bearded. V iew perm anent affection ate relation­ ship. IN C box 6210. S ydn ey. A w om an who relishes pain to help satiate her abounding appetites m ay find here a young man w orth y o f her lust’ s desire. IN C box 6211. Sydney. Y ou n g camp guy, 22, seeks other young guys to 25. Have boyish straight looks, lone­ ly, w ant friends. IN C b o x 6212. Sydney. Mere male wishes m eet other guys vie w dalliance. S ydn ey to Newcastle. IN C box 6213. Sydn ey. Girls! I ’ ve beaten the system and n o longer have to pawn all m y beautiful golden hours o f day m erely to live. I ’ ll help you too, i f you w ill help me en joy m y diesel ketch, w aterfron t weekender and 35 ft cruiser. Free holidays offere d also interstate to com patible open air types. N e w Australians especially w elcom e. Phone Sydn ey 455.1542. IN C box 6214. Pleasant looking, trim ly built gentleman, w ould be passive bed m ate to businessman or grazier in Mudgee o r Inverell districts, dis­ creet. IN C box 6215. A rm idale, NSW. Camp guy, early 30s. Tired o f straight fro n t. Pas­ sive. L ik e to m eet active non uptight guys to 40, m y house. Dinners, dalliance, friendship. N o fem a F ee refunded if necessary. INC box 6068.

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Sydn ey. Camp guy (2 4 ), sick o f the “ scene” , like to m eet similar camp girl fo r com pany. Digs music, being stoned, travel and g ood people. A m n o raving queen. Genuine answers please. IN C box 6209.

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M e lb o u rn e. U r g e n t Single m oth ­ er-to-b e, due d ecem b er. o f in d e­ pendent mind if n o t means, and cat, n e ed cheap house and garden, o r share eq u a l rights hou seh old w ith in t e llig e n t gentle human. In n e r suburbs. IN C b o x 6170. M elb o u rn e. G u y , 30, E u ropean graduate, p a rttim e student, plays the flu te, pleasan t ch aracter, n on sm oker/drinker, w o u ld like to ren t w ith a n oth er person (g u y , g ir t m o th e r ), n ice 2 b e d ro o m flat close t o c ity . W rite PO b o x 152, S t K ild a 3182. M e lb o u rn e. Y o u n g m an, liberated o r o th erw ise , to share furnished N th F it z r o y house w ith t w o oth ­ ers. O w n fu rnish ed ro o m . $ 1 2 p w , gas, e le c tr ic ity inclu d ed. 48.3 670 . S y d n e y , G leb e. R e n o v a te d fu r­ n ish ed fo u r b e d r o o m terrace close to uni and transport. R in g 8 2 .4 756 .

Departures S y d n e y . T w o guys, 20s, travelling b y ca r t o Cairns in decem b er. A re th ere any fem ales in terested in jo in in g us. IN C b o x 6174. M e lb o u rn e. G u y , 21, g oin g o v e r ­ la n d t o E n gla n d in approx 6 m on th s, w o u ld lik e to m ee t girl w an tin g to d o same. W rite K e ith B ald w in , 2/18 F o lle t t road, C hel­ tenham 3195. Squarish but radical socialist S y d n e y co u p le, fo rty ish , plannin g se co n d big trip E u ro p e n e x t m arch o r so. N e e d p e o p le sim ilar in ten tio n s w ish in g e c o n o m is e to share h e a rt o f L o n d o n a ccom ­ m o d a tio n base. IN C b o x 6173. M a gic bus fu n tra vel P e rth (fr o m o r t o ) M e lb o u rn e $ 4 9 ; A d e la id e $37; Sydn ey $ 5 5 ; M elb ou rn e ( fr o m o r t o ) A d e la id e $ 8 ; S y d n e y $ 1 0. P O b o x 230, M iranda, N S W 2 2 2 8 . 5 2 5 .6 8 1 3 . A U S M elb ou rn e 3 4 7 .8 4 6 2 . Q u aterm ain es P erth 3 5 .5 811 .

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S y d n e y . T w o grea t film s — “ T h e B attle o f A lgie rs” and “ M ill­ house” : a w h ite c o m e d y . 1.30 pm , Sunday, d e ce m b er 2, at M o s­ m an Classic, S p it Junction, $2.00. F o llo w e d b y h arborside barbecu e at C r e m o m e . Steak, salad, w in e fo r $3 .0 0. Details, tick e ts fro m A IC D . 26.1701. W est H ea d c o m m u n ity (s e c o n d ­ a ry ) sc h o o l — m eetin g to discuss c it y ex ten sion prop osals — Birchgrove (B a lm a in ) C rea tive L eisu re cen tre Ballast P o in t R o a d , 8.30 pm, tuesday, d e ce m b er 4. P h on e S y d n e y 4 4 9 .1 9 5 0 fo r in fo rm a ­ tion. C .A .M .P .’ s Christmas dance w ill be the B IG G E S T Y E T — g a ie ty and the usual garish gaggle at B alm ain to w n hall, frid a y , d e ce m b er 14, 8 pm , $2 ($ 1 .5 0 m em b e rs). P O R Y J p la ys the m uzik. Sydn ey. W e ek e n d en c o u n te r group th ird w eek en d in jan u ary S ch u ltz in spired m eth od s. Call G o rd o n M e g gs o n 6 6 5 .9 2 8 0 or w rite PO b o x 229, C o o g e e 2034.

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S m o k e r requ ires q u a lity m akings. N o shit o r rip -offs. N o d eviou s drug squad tactic. G en u in e replies on ly please. IN C b o x 6176.

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I t ’s a guide to poisonous plants that you m ay b e unlucky enough to fin d in your garden — nice pickies and a little n ote on each variety. F o r instance, the Papaver som niferum w ill cause “ drows­ iness, confusion and insensibility” . A s the Papaver is better know n as the opium poppy, it probably has other results n o t m entioned in this useful guide. E ntry N o . 36 is a knockout. The premier state o f Australia advises that the marijuana you m ight find in your backyard causes “ hallucinations, excit­ ability then depression” ; in that order I suppose. Mushrooms, on the other hand, cause “ drowsiness, dizziness, hilarity and vom itin g” . A great com bination you m ight say, just like Saturday night at the club. T h e y really should have sent the proofs over to the experts at the drug squad fo r checking; they en joy a chuckle n o w and then. I hope the b oo k let gives m ore accur­ ate in fo on the other plants to be fou n d in your garden. W rite or ring the . Division o f Health Education, 9-13 Youn g st, Sydney. 28.2244. * * *

H A V E seen an almost nauseating flo o d o f ecology propaganda over the past fe w years. BHP, Shell and the p etrol companies are “ into it ” , and n o w I suspect, "g ettin g out o f it ” . They have built up their images as corporations w h o C A R E . “ Lead line your lungs fo r Christ­ mas” doesnt d o much fo r m y sense o f environmental balance, but in m y heart I kn ow that oil spillages in Bass strait are actually go o d fo r the little seals d ow n there. I sleep w ell at night knowing that Esso and BHP are pro­ tecting the ecology o f this corner o f Australia. M y guess is that eco lo gy doesnt sell much these days. The P R boys must be as tired o f their glossy trash as w e are. I ’ ll put m y m on ey on the w ord E N ­ E R G Y fo r '74. I can’t see h ow the b oys w ill make it sell, as yet, but I am sure th ey w ill find a way. * *

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m etic jobs. O ne o f F O E ’s publications, the Whale campaign manual, is particu­ larly w o rth having. It is a really detail­ ed study o f the whaling industry, put togeth er in Australia with the aid o f a grant fro m the Standard O il Corp o f California. It con vin cin gly demon­ strates that whales w ill soon cease to exist i f the whaling industry remains as nearsighted as it is at present. What is Standard O il doing in there? Well, they have developed a whale oil substitute, you see, and are quite in­ terested in selling it to the market . . . Read it fo r yourself, send $1.40 to FO E , 72 Studley Park rd, K ew , 3101. * * *

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R E F L E C T IN G upon the first six bad­ ly registered editions o f The Living Daylights, I felt that the most applaudible remark one could utter w ou ld b e “ interesting” . . . I suppose. Within the lim ited sphere o f your sociological interests, I fou n d the w ork m ost indicative o f any direction at all was the follow -up article by “ Joseph­ ine Turner” (T L D 5) from “ John H oylan d ’ s” revelations (T L D 1). It is interm inably less corrupt than a high percentage o f other writing in your paper. In accordance with a d is c e r n ib le philosophy rampant amongst “ alternate” publications, many o f your writers fo llo w a kind o f smartarse technique, pioneered in Na­ tion review. This I believe is merely a garrulous cover-up job fo r the usual hackneved reporting. I was led to believe from your editorial in the initial issue that the paper w ould n ot becom e a forum for small time, political chest-thumping; that perhaps it w ould rather strive somewhat savagely fo r some measure o f truth. I had even expected you to seek out something progressive o f Austral­ ian writers (artists). Unfortunately, m y expectations were dashed almost at once, and have been blighted even m ore with each subsequent edition. So many situations that you deal with have been dealt the death-blow years ago. W ithout avast and intense upheaval o f conceptual initiatives, I envisage the L ivin g daylights remaining a secure anchor for many bored, afraid-of-thedark dissidents.

A m on g the m any things I find depressing about your trite non-toetreading journal (m ore aptly described as a ferret’s afterbirth, perhaps?), n ot the least is the insulting treatment you have handed ou t to the film Dalmas The article which poked its snotty nose out o f a back corner in (T L D 3 ) in which one R ob ert K ing takes the op ­ portunity to display his pow ers o f superficiality and his crude con­ temporary anthropology (Y U K ! ) is, in fact, sym ptom atic o f your apparently condescending attitude to cellu loid in any o f its forms. Y o u r choice o f articles over the first five issues can o n ly be branded as tokenism. R ob ert K ing writes: “ It is fo r these people (th e remnants o f Australia’ s ubiquitous counterculture? Y U K !), and fo r the others who might join them, that the film Dalmas was made.” M y dear sir, I am n o t part o f any culture which you could have been describing in your five paragraph pre­ amble o f pseudo-anthropological his­ to ry (Y U K !), nor would I join such a group, but Dalmas was made F O R M E! Even in the unlikely event that Bert Deling made Dalmas fo r himself and his peer group, once he submits to showing it to the w ider world, he creates ripples which he must acknowl­ edge w ill reach all p eople; not just some cultural backwater. C IN E P H IL E o f M ordialloc, V ic

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Not what it seems Dear Daylights, R e your advert in T L D 2. The com pany is M & P Parking where I was em ployed fo r as long as m y gall allow­ ed, and during that time made investi­ gations in to the conditions o f the w o men em ployed. H o w ever, at the

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Risdon inmates “smeared” TH E publication o f m y article on Risdon prison (T L D 1 ) caused ques­ tions to b e asked in the Tasmanian

house o f assembly and legislative council. This prom pted that rightwing rat pack o f Lab or fakers know n as the state governm ent to hold y e t another o f their farcical departmental in­ quiries. A ctin g in the best traditions o f this kind o f fiasco, attorney-general M erv E verett w rote a “ D o ro th y D ixer” to Big Dan H om ib rook , controller o f prisons, asking his opinion o f m y allegations. Danny B oy (born in C ork but nevertheless an ex-R oyal Marine, ex colonial prison governor in Malaya, and staunch supporter o f British im ­ perialism) naturally was indignant that anyone could say such things about his establishment. End o f inquiry. Everett issued a press statement claiming that the “ Pink Palace” was the victim o f a malicious smear campaign. Everett claimed that the article smeared not o n ly his precious prison and his turnkeys but also, m ind you, the “ inmates” ! H o w gallant and chiv­ alrous o f this upholder o f la w and order! I w ou ld suggest that if Everett is so concerned w ith the welfare and reputation o f the p oor devils at Ris­ don then he should take a long, hard lo o k at his position as administrator o f the system which breeds criminals. Does M r Everett really believe that you can rehabilitate a man b y dragging him away from his fam ily and subject­ ing him to the m on oton y and mean­ inglessness o f life behind bars? Does Mr Everett really believe that incar­ ceration o f criminals together day after day, in the custody o f men w ho were never trained to be anything other than guards, can rehabilitate them? Does he really believe that in such a social stewing pot, the smaller and weaker prisoners are n o t bullied? I retract nothing in m y original article. - A F O R M E R IN M A T E .

VD success IN R E P L Y to some o f the points raised b y Fed up w ith idiots (T L D 5 ), who obviously displays an unbounded ig­ norance o f the fie ld o f natural medicine and drugless healing. I am a second year student at a college o f osteopathy and a final year student at the University o f Sydney. Regarding syphilis: R ational bacter­ io lo g y states that a naturopath, McDonagh, “ has also rendered syphilitics w ith positive Wassermans (examina­ tions fo r V D ) quite negative sim ply by

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diet and colonic irrigation — no drugs at alL " I n monkeys, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal and intravenous inocula­ tions even o f the m ost virulent material, are without effect, but cultaneous inoculation, particularly upon the eyebrows and genitals, is usually fo llo w e d b y typical primary lesions.” (Jordan) This is a rather clear w ay o f saying that it is on ly a specific “ nerve stimulus” . I kn ow an osteopath w h o has had considerable success w ith V D and many hom eopathic preparations which are also effective. T o v ie w going to a doctor as the on ly alternative is typically chauvinistic. The average life expectancy in­ crease since 1870 is not so much due to medical im provements but a greater availability o f fo o d and simple, basic cleanliness and im proved sanitation. A recent article in the N ational times showed that although antibiotics and immunisation were considered a dramatic breakthrough against in fect­ ious disease, m ost o f the reduction in m ortality had already occurred before they were introduced. On the question o f the use o f technologic medicine, w ith its incred­ ible investments in intensive cardiac care units and “ wonder drugs” the article stated that an English research project, in 1971, fou n d the proportion o f recovery rates, deaths and other results were alm ost identical fo r hom e treatm ent and expensive hospital inten­ sive care. The conventional medical therapy is n o t and never has been orientated to what causes such degen­ erative diseases. R O B E R T B O W D E N, K tr ib illi, NSW. References: Rational bacteriology, p80. Verner, Weiant, Watkins, U S A . N ation al times, novem ber 12.

Right on Kevin T H A N K S for Kevin G ilb ert’ s White poison 's gonna kill yuh kids — it was (to m e) angry, just, lucid, concise, solemn, funny and in a word, brilliant! M ay we see m ore such articles. I ’m kind o f amazed that there can be any charge or court proceedings at all w ith ou t there being some evidence. H o hum, please let us k now the outcom e o f K evin ’ s hassles if possible. The little y e llo w taxi was also good. D o you use fu ll page graphics to fill space? Sometimes it appears so. SHARON, Eastwood, NSW.

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NE COULD be forgiven for expecting that a writer al­ located as much space in your november 20 issue as Margaret MacIntyre would have at least checked the basic facts prior to launching into her diatribe against me. As it is, she gets just about everything possible wrong in her story about the first Chuck Berry concert. It is true that I expressed a reaffirmation that jazz men are easier to handle. For one thing they have integrity — and they certainly do not believe in going on stage with musicians whom they had never even rehearsed one bar, even though the local boys did a great job and were complete­ ly faultless by the third concert. Berry advised, two weeks prior to his departure from the USA, that he would do one — and one only — press conference in Aus­ tralia. I had to then nominate in advance the time and the place. M y PR girl, Jo Spencer, chose 10.30am Wednesday, november 14, at his Melbourne hotel. When he arrived at Tullamarine, a number o f photograph­ ers and reporters were on hand. Having been warned o f Berry’ s incendiary attitude towards any­ thing not previously approved, I said to him that he could speak with them or allow himself to be photographed just as he felt in­ clined, but that the scheduled press conference was, as previous­ ly advised, the next morning. I then handed him the typewritten itinerary in which this conference was clearly shown in black capi­ tals. The next day when he finally was persuaded to make an appear­ ance before the increasingly dis­ gruntled gathering, some 20 min­ utes after the nominated starting time, he refused to be photograph­

ed or interviewed on T V because he had not done his hair — which was because, he claimed, the pro­ moter had not bothered to men­ tion the press conference to him This, after demanding extra money above and beyond his con­ tract to even make an appearance at all! I certainly did not stage the first Australian concert so soon after his scheduled arrival by choice. He demanded eight con­ certs in eight days. I f we were not prepared to agree, other promo­ ters would — as witness the be­ hind the scenes activities that tried to sabotage the New Zealand contract as it was. It was un­ fortunate that the only flight from Christchurch to Melbourne was late in arriving. That customs refused to release his amps from Tullamarine until just 15 minutes prior to the scheduled starting time o f the concert. That they would not release the Jands sound equipment also aboard the same plane, as at least the first half o f the concert could then have com­ menced on time. As it was, the sound equipment takes about one and a half hours to set up and Mississippi said that they would not perform either with only the resident sound system. I f MM really thinks that the Buddy Guy tour was such a finan­ cial success, good luck to her. I can assure readers it was a loser. But she is obviously so biased that nothing I could say would con­ vince her otherwise. The facts are that after two busy years o f con­ cert promotion in 1971 and 1972 I brought nothing here in 1973 until the Berry concerts were o f­ fered less than three weeks prior to the date o f his arrival in Aus­ tralia. My contract with the New Zealand promoter, despite MM’s statement to the contrary, specifi­ cally nominated that I would not be responsible for Australian tax. These contracts must be submit­ ted for approval to the Reserve Bank. Such an undertaking would be illegal and disapproved by the Reserve Bank. The Los Angeles “ go between” who negotiated the contract had advised that Berry would pay his taxes himself. The very day o f departure from Cali­ fornia for New Zealand, Berry not only demanded his total money in advance, but also threatened that if his Australian and New Zealand taxes were not covered, he would accept engagements in America rather than make the trip down under. He was told that “ we would do what we could to avoid taxation” . Thereafter he demanded extra money in Australian and New Zealand notes before he would agree to go on stage, knowing the audience was waiting outside in the halls and despite the fact that he had already received everything in his contract - and more. We had to agree to pay first class return air fares for himself and his wife. His wife did not come, so he cashed in her ticket and pocketed the money. He failed to honor many o f his off-stage oblications. He held his promoters to ran­ som. On the night o f his last concert in Sydney he demanded a very large sum o f money in cash to cover his taxation in America on his Australian earnings, despite the fact that any tax paid in Australia under the Reciprocal

Tax Agreement would have given him a credit on American tax. These are but a few o f the many unpleasant incidents which made up three o f the longest days I can remember in 20 years o f concert promotion. I certainly have no beef about Berry’ s actual performances, but am still naive enough to believe that a man’s word should be his bond. We agreed to pay a certain sum for certain services and then we fulfilled our obligations to the letter only to be confronted by an artist who puts his promoter in such a position that he cannot deliver what he has promised, not only to his audiences but also to the media, unless financial de­ mands (which were illegal any­ way) are met at the very last moment. Yes — most jazz men ARE easier - and nicer and more hon­ orable too. And I defend my rights as a promoter to advise my audience o f what I have coming up, especially if it is only to fill in a few moments o f time before the concert is ready to commence anyway. It is possible that even MM might be interested in hearing of the coming o f musicians like

Charlie Byrd, Barney Kessel, Herbie Mann, Gary Burton, Stephane Grappelli and the Brubeck family - and even enjoy the music that they will make. K YM BONYTH ON Jazzart Concert Prom otions

Feeding a brother In these days o f cosmic bullshit and pseudo brotherly love it was beautiful to see some o f Australia’s finest enter­ tainers help feed one o f their brothers and his fam ily b y donating their time and services in giving a concert at M elbourne’s Leggetts ballroom in Greville street, Prahran. T h e y gave a benefit fo r Chris Stockley, guitarist and lo o n ey from Dingoes, w ho was shot in the name o f alcohol. I t w ou ld be nice to see some token o f appreciation expressed b y the m edia in the hope that the brotherly attitudes shown b y the people w ho put o n the show and the people w ho donated bread might be further enthused amongst us all. Though n ot through such drastic horrors as Stockley was reduced to, it would be interesting to see much o f the togetherness displayed on that day by Sydneysiders whom , to me, seem pretty freaked out even b y a smile. B I L L Y T H E K ID

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'T 4o o e M tfie n 1 7 “ rT , O D A Y revealed, the full exX tent o f the government’ s con­ cern over the “ nihilist threat” . Mar­ tial law was imposed at 11am and curfew at 4pm. Banks, shops and offices closed by midday, traffic disappeared from the streets, and tanks - after a field day terrorising the populace — surrounded the parliament in Syntagma (Constitu­ tion) Square and occupied Omonia (Concord) Square. “ Helicopters flew overhead like horrific primordial birds. News­ papers reported four deaths from the night before (students who had climbed on to the roof o f the pre­ fecture) and 150 casualties, o f whom 38 were officers o f the Taw’. “ According to an arab acquaint­ ance, the army opened fire on a mass o f students demonstrating in Syntagma, killing 15. He showed me blood stains on his trousers from a wounded girl whom he had tried to help “ I missed this event, being en­ gaged at the ministry o f foreign affairs where I was handing back my scholarship. The liaison officer, not understanding why I should choose to involve myself in an ‘ internal matter’ , assured me the tanks were only firing blanks to show the rioters that the army was behind the government. “ Earlier I had witnessed a large congregation o f dissenters near Syntagma, taunting tanks to shoot at them and making the open palm gesture o f contempt. Groups o f youthful onlookers in the sidewalk cafe’s around Syntagma were ap­ plauding the demonstrators and en­ couraging them with cheers. Fool­ hardy tourists took snapshots o f the scene for boastful slide-evenings back home. But most foreigners huddled together in the foyers o f luxury hotels and tried to put on a brave face. Many citizens continued wandering brazenly about the streets; others congregated in door­ ways watching silently, some weep-

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<<-r|ESPITE day two o f martial ■i-^law and the 4pm curfew, it looked as if we were in for a day o f rest. A t Syntagma, the tanks guard­ ing parliament had circumspectly withdrawn into laneway s allowing the free passage o f traffic along Venizelou. And traffic was brisk. Tourists and locals were out in force, but despite the fine weather, fewer cameras were clicking. So far no shooting and no fever amongst the ubiquitous packs o f police. “ But down at Omonia, things were more familiar: the polytechnic in October 28th street was block­ aded by tanks. You couldnt get within tw o blocks o f it. Police on street comers bawled at pedestrians to move on. Tw o police cars with captured youths in the rear seats

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Cross o f Athens) where I noticed the streets were beginning to look the worse for tank tracks and that several other trolley wires had been downed. “ I returned to the hotel to learn that the curfew had been post­ poned until 7pm. I have remained within: sporadic machine gunning is still going on at 11pm. “ American Forces Radio quotes the death toll at five. The radio o f the Greek armed services continual­ ly broadcasts the umpteen dos and donts — your guide to staying alive until tomorrow. “ The mood o f the man in the street is generally calm and cheer­ ful. He accepts police self-exertion with a shrug o f the shoulders: not an easy thing to do, for the Hel­ lenes are a proud race. Some o f the older folk chat agreeably to soldiers and policemen; but between the youth o f Greece and the defenders o f the status quo passes nothing but glares o f loathing and mistrust.

< < T AW reigns: not a single shot I i was fired in Athens today. In fact the army and the police have felt secure enough to be polite to citizens. The tanks have been few and far between. Traffic and pedes­ trians jostled for supremacy o f the roads. Banks and Turkish baths reopened? Latest figure: nine dead. “ On the suggestion o f my progovernment Greek friend I visited the Polytechnic and saw the other side o f the coin. The Polytechnic is a modem Greek ruin. Daubed with slogans, littered with broken glass from nearly every window, with tw o demolished automobiles in its forecourt, it is a testimony to the student revolt. Around the corner, a bus with its windows shattered and its tail end battered in, waited to be hauled away. Opposite, the smashed glass doors o f a bank were being replaced. Traffic lights had already been repaired, but no one had swept away the glass from the sides o f the road. Outside one shop, a weighing machine had been over­ turned. | “ The latest news is that a five year old boy was killed on the terrace o f his house by a rampaging tank. Are we to blame ‘student vandalism’ for this? Does the action o f some hundreds o f students per­ mit the police to bully the general­ ity? *‘ As fo r the students, what nave they achieved? A few o f them have been killed and many wounded. They have given Papadopoulos his chance to put o ff discussion about the restitution o f democracy. They have lost their appeal for academic self-determination and a shortening o f military service. “ Not that it wasnt a valiant try: it takes inordinate courage to stand in front o f a tank and dare a nest of trigger happy soldiers to shoot at you.”