The Living Daylights 2(14)

Vol.2 No. 14 April 9-22 1974

Pissweak on principles but!.

End of term report Friday and monday are our key production days, which makes an easter Daylights impossible.

This issue must suffice fo r a fo rtn ig h t, t ill april 22, then we're back every tuesday.

What a week. It's only politics, b ut if the terrible twosome get in . . . TH U D !

People in this o ffice are rushing around tryin g to get on an electoral roll — prefer­ ably in an electorate w ith a swinging seat. A nd anarchist 18 year olds, d on t YOU forget to re g ister. . . ju st this once.

N aturally Mungo IViacCallum has weighed in w ith a blast from Canberra, where the long knives are already flashing, (see opposite) and even notorious non-voter Harry Gumboot is threatening to fig h t them in the polling booths, page 7.

It was business as usual in her majesty's prisons. Sick o f being misled by devious authorities, Piotr Olszewski and others sneaked into Pentridge and spoke to a victim o f the system, page 9. Over the page (10) a reader fro m NSW recounts his own experience inside.

Cracking Pentridge was easy, compared to acquiring admission to Frank Theeman's ball, a spectacular shindig at his horrible Rose Bay mock hacienda, in which stink bombs sizzled, lavatories overflowed and policewomen waltzed in evening attire. What went wrong? O ur society colum nist gushes; page 6.

Fijians are still being flung o u t o f the country, de­ spite A l Grassby's assurances to the contrary, as Grant Evans makes clear (page 4) and as the launching o f the Long March to the US bases comes closer, we report the latest strategies, page 5.

As the sands drain away from Surfers, it is still possible to go north and have fun, according to Willy Young who has just return­ ed fro m wallowing among the jaffas, pages 18 & 19.

Incidentally, a reader has offered a Brisbane Brightlig h ts: how many o f you up there want one?

So that's about all (not to mention several regulars, a new reviews spread, 22 £. 23).

This week our friends from the land got lost in the crush, how about sending some reports over easter? Keith and Irene from Earth garden have promised a column and we're still waiting to tune into Tuntable . . . what's happen­ ing up there?

See you next fo rtn ig h t — eds.

a plagiarised p otpou rri o f new s, view s and trivia w ith MIKE MORRIS

Fowl power SOME POLITICIANS have their prior­ ities in the right place, I’m pleased to learn. While Canberra was in utter tur­ moil last week, G ordon Bryant, minister |fo r the ACT, stayed in his own back­ yard and announced he was “ deter­ mined to fight” fo r an increase in the quota o f hens for the ACT. A t present the capitol territory is allowed only 85,000 chooks which, according to the minister, just arent enough.

iOn the Saigon mainline WE’VE all heard o f bum trips, but the I author o f a letter in the recent P ent­ house magazine must be riding one o f the lowest. He tells how he left New Y ork and headed for South Vietnam to feed his lungs with the good, cheap marijuana he puffed on when he was there as a soldier in the war (in those days no one bothered about stoned |GIs). But times change and so d o attitudes and laws. The authorities (US and South Vietnamese) have in the past three years put the clampers on grass and there’s a drought . . . But not on heroin which is as cheap and easy as marijuana was in the good old days.

He’s now a smack junkie, and no one seems to care about THAT.

Paradise lost READERS looking for cheap holiday accom m odation over the easter break should lo o k no further than the recently classified ghost town, Surfers Paradise.

Thanks to 20 years o f scalloping o f the coastline b y eager developers the beach at Surfers n ow catches the full brunt o f the prevailing cyclones. The golden sands have been swept away, the beach has vanished and the foreshore is now propped up with ugly boulders. If you dont mind acting like a crab fo r a few days the low rents (as low as $2.50 a night in some motels) are very enticing.

Socialist siblings MOTHERS against Marx. Ronald Fish­ er, a delegate to a Victorian Country party conference on child care centres, told the gathering the centres could be used to indoctrinate the toddlers in marxism, and that children if taken from their mothers would fall under the “ evils o f socialism” . The meeting ignor­ ed his warnings.

I’m too tired to rock THE KNOCKERS said it would meet a

short and welcom e demise and I wish in a way they’d been right. The announce­ ment that last Sunday was the 20th birthday o f R o ck around the clock, and o f rock and roll set my joint a’creaking and m y hair a’falling. Twenty years!

(Croak.) The tw o decades o f rock have seen many unfortunate casualties, most recently claimed was Slade’ s guitarist Dave Hill who fractured his leg when he fell from his fou r inch soles.

Bombs away GEORGES Pompidou, president o f France, described by Richard N ixon as “ a man o f vision, constraint, con ­ sistency and enormous strength o f char­ acter” ; the man responsible for pol­ luting the Pacific ocean with atomic fallout, died in the same week that gave news o f the death o f Edward Condon, nuclear physicist and developer o f the first atom ic bom b.

Live fast, die young and have a smiling corpse SHARES in vegetarian restaurants, bean canneries and the simple life took a

nosedive when a 120 year old Greek woman who had spent a life o f poverty, living on beans, leeks and fear claimed she had spent not one day in her life in happiness.

Mao has the good sense to ban him BUT THE fate o f modern literature I looked cheerier this week when Richard I Bach, author o f the unbelievably banal] Jonathon Livingstone seagull, announc-j ed he was hanging up his typewriter.

Farewell mud guts ONE MUST bear a grudging respect fo r | former leader o f the DLP, Vince Gair. f The press last week called him one o f I the craftiest politicians in the country, f But it’ s not his bargaining “ talent” that earns my admiration for the old sot, it I was for his miraculous ability to keep a | set o f ill fitting dentures in his mouth I after a rollicking 37 years o f political] cynicism. I sense he takes to Ireland] with him a not unsubstantial piece of| Australian legend.

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This man is lying!

• / by MUNGO MacCALLUM

V E R Y so often the Liberals drop the mask, and we can catch a glimpse o f the beast that walks like a man. Beneath the well manicured eyebrow s, the eyes turn stony, and the eyeballs becom e dollar signs. Tentacles appear out o f the laundered cuffs and, with a sound not unlike the tightening o f the screws on a rack, the thing that believes it was born to rule us all fo r ever loom s up to darken the sun.

We blink, and o f course it wasnt like that at all, it was just you r friendly, oh-so-reasonable, Liberal party member, explaining oh-sopersuasively that, really, these Labor chappies can’t be trusted to d o the right thing, and, o f course, it’ s all very regrettable, but w e must admit that we made a mistake voting them in just 18 m onths ago, and it’ s really the sacred duty o f our benevolent guardians to take any course o f action at all to make sure that th ey’ re not allowed to d o any o f the things we elected them to d o, because after all we just didnt know.

His voice changing slightly as he deftly switches the small unmarked nptes he has received from an anon­ ym ous foreign capitalist into the hands o f a cynical and venal pub­ licity man, he warns us that Labor will d o unspeakable things to us, particularly the w om en am ong us, visions o f orientals and africans reducing our television sets and electric can openers to rubble be­ fore the eyes o f our weeping daughters are freely conjured.

Then there is the bribe: the Liberals, he explains, will give us all real m on ey in the form o f tax concessions, which, he tells us with breathtaking audacity, will be anti

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inflationary. A nd now , are you ready for the big lie? The Liberals d on t want to spit in you r face, and that o f the government y ou elected, just because th ey ’ re after power, oh, perish the thought. T hey are doing it all from selfless idealism, to save you and the cou n try from yourselves.

T hey are also (he doesnt say) doing it this way because they can’t engineer a military cou p . This man is lying: he wants you r vote, and he doesnt care what happens to y o u after he gets it. “ The private sector” , said Billy Mackie Snedden in his tryout fo r a p o lic y speech last thursday, “ must be allow ed to grow because the private sector creates the wealth in this cou n try so that it can be distributed throughout the com ­ m unity.” “ The p rofit o f enterprise” , said John Douglas A n th on y o n the same day, “ is the source o f all forw ard m ovem ent and is the basis o f any dem ocratic society .”

A t least we k n ow w hom they claim to represent, and w hom they w ould lo o k after if they got back into pow er, and it w ould be the g ood citizens o f Nimbin, which happens to be in A n th on y ’ s elec­ torate.

Early on thursday afternoon, long b efore the public at large knew o f the Libs plans, Thom as F. Conlan, the political counsellor at the United States embassy in Canberra, rang the o ffic e o f the clerk o f the senate. “ Has the senate rejected supply y e t ? ” he asked excitedly.

G od on ly know s w h o else was in o n the deal; perhaps we m ay learn when the Liberals deign to release what th ey loosely call their p olicy ,

a bland list o f thoughts aimed at instilling a feeling o f con fiden ce in the non selective reader.

But what they w ould really d o is just what th ey’ve always d on e: let things drift, lo o k after their friends, and let the masses lo o k after them ­ selves. A nthony, especially, having conn ed the dithering leadership o f the Liberal party into a position where they are almost certainly stuck with an election they dont want, has a long list o f things to d o for his friends in primary industry - bounties, subsidies, tax lurks, and so on.

A nthony, it will be recalled, is the on e w ho keeps saying things like “ we will tell the people that we believe that the best way fo r them to achieve satisfaction and purpose in their lives is to shun the handout m entality” . That is, w e’ll tell the unem ployed, w e’ ll tell working mothers, w e’ll tell aboriginals: but w e're buggered if w e’ll tell the farmers and the miners.

A ll right, so whoever y ou vote for, a politician always gets in; all right, so the Whitlam government has made a lot o f mistakes, and has occasionally allowed its frustration with the reactionaries in the senate to get the better o f it. But, it’s you r life, and this w eek the opposition has shown to what desperate lengths they're prepared to go to get con trol o f it. A nd if they get back, they’ ll paint all the flowers grey and they'll paint y ou khaki.

V o te early and vote often : and if y o u ’ve got any doubts, recall that on ly last Sunday the Labor govern­ m ent gave an award to a d o cto r P. F. Crapper fo r his w ork in fluid dynamics. H ow could y o u not vote fo r a party that did that? ^ — | T H E L I V I N G D A Y L I G H T S — april 9-22, 1 9 7 4 — Page 3

Screw Snatch

Wordless relief

P IO T R O L S Z E W S K I G IL L Y C O O TE HE National Health & Medi­ cal Research Council has put together a Guide to the adver­ tising o f proprietary medicines and therapeutic appliances which is going to cut down on misleading claims for various drugs, including analgesics and vitamins, when and if it is incorporated into the NSW Therapeutic G oods and Cosmetics Act. (Copies can be got from PO b ox 100, Woden, ACT.) Contrary to Sydney rumors, it w on ’t happen for some time yet.

But the word is going around that the amendment will be the first step in the eventual m on opoly o f institutionalised medicine, and chiropractors and homeopaths are busy signing petitions and sending letters to state health minister Waddy. Most o f the lobbying so far is coming from the National Health Federation o f Australia, but others are beginning to join it.

Blackmores (the herbal remedy people) are having a meeting next week to organise their objections, but a spokesman said he agreed with the advertising regulations in most cases. His main “ expressed concern” was that advertisements o f vitamins w on’t be allowed to state that soil depletion is robbing fo o d o f nutriments, and that pro­ cessed fo o d is less nutritious, or that “ natural” vitamins are better than synthetic ones.

A homeopathic pharmacist told me that “ natural” vitamins were made from minerals just like “ synthetic” vitamins, but that they cost twice as much to the gullible genpub. To suggest that "natural” drug manufacturers are less concerned with dollars and cents than straight drug com ­ panies is naive, but the health department should realise that more and more people are bypassing ordinary doctors and drugs.

If the regulations are accepted you w on ’t be able to wander into your chemist or health fo o d shop and find some pills labelled E f­ fective relief fo r slack pricks, but it’s hard to see anything too sinis­ ter in the proposals . . . unless y ou ’re a manufacturing chemist whose sales may be affected, j j

NEW NEWSPAPER launch­ ed in Queensland calls on readers to “ join us and speak out before Queensland becom es mere­ ly a government department o f centralised bureaucracy in Can­ berra".

The paper, Queensland calling, is produced by a group calling themselves Save Our State and 20,000 copies were distributed free. The paper claims that “ There is no big organisation, no large scale financial backing, no govern­ ment handout behind it. Like Topsy it ‘just growed’ .”

However, to produce the issue the SOS called on assistance from the Australian League o f Rights which the paper says, “ has built up a nationwide network o f co n ­ tacts and supporters through the years” .

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U N IO N delegate K entw ell waits fo r m anagem ent to hand over th e keys of th e tankers in the early hours of m onday m orning dow n at P u lp it P oint. N o keys, no petrol deliveries. B u t plenty o f danger. Risk o f explosions in petrol tankers is so high th a t keys are to be le ft in th e trucks at all tim es. P u lp it P oin t has already had one stupendous _________________________________ _______ blaze w hich threatened to b low up H un ter's H ill, NSW .

The Fijian heave-ho GRANT EVANS

NIL SINGH, a Fijian Indian, “ They treat us here like told us when we spoke with criminals” , said Michael. “ Aus­ him in Melbourne last thursday: tralians dont get treated badly “ We Fijians are having a hard time when they go to Fiji.” A number in Australia right n ow ” . o f Fijians have been harassed by Both he and his friend Michael the com m onwealth police. Anil Maharaj have been out in got angry at this point; tw o weeks Australia fo r six months now. ago he had been visited b y the They both came under the “ easy police to loo k at his papers and to visa” system which means that check that he wasnt working. The they can stay up to 12 months cops, in fine style, got heavy with with extensions provided at three him. They refused to believe monthly intervals. During this that he had not been working. time they are considered to be “ A nd what about other Fijians,” tourists and are not supposed to they asked, “ surely they’ve been work. The present hassle blew up working.

Remember we can when the immigration department charge you with harboring people discovered a number o f Fijians w ho have broken the conditions working. As a result the “ easy o f their visa,” the cops said with visa” system has been suspended their ow n special sort o f flatand the Fijians that are in footed charm.

Michael, the Australia are being hustled by quieter o f the two, said the cops police. just wouldnt believe him. “ Tell them one thing and they keep firing the same question at you trying to force you to say the opposite o f what you want to say.”

W Neither Anil nor Michael have M .eU w iirtie p resen ts.. been working in Australia. Both are ex-students, and coming from w ell-off families in Fiji, they are CAPTAIN^ROCH CAPTAIN MATCHBOX supported from hom e. Never­ Ross Hannafcra 4 frie n ds theless, they are both acutely Cardinal 5 p e llb in c k r aware o f the double standards N ia g ra 4 Mons-ignor La Rouge being applied by the Australian Jbe. Duke*<-Pada madman.

Jane Conway 4 Gjteonrrwi government on all issues relating to Fijians.

APRIL 141 ORMOND For instance, white Fijians can enter Australia extremely easily.

If a colored Fijian wants to emigrate to Australia then it would only be really possible if such a person had a degree or A n a u to b io g ra p h y b y A L A N W A T T S ($ 2 .4 5 ) and fro m th e same s h ip m e n t: some skill or other. Both Michael P S Y C H O T H E R A P Y E A S T & W E S T A la n W atts ($ 1 .3 5 ) - W H Y A D U C K ? visual & verbal gems fro m th e film s o f T h e M a rx Bros. ($ 3 .9 5 ) — O PEN and Anil made the point that in M A R R IA G E George & N ena O 'N e ill ($ 1 .9 5 ) - M IN D G A M E S Masters & contrast to many European H o u sto n ($ 6 .2 5 ) — B A C K T O E D E N a u thorise d Kloss F a m ily ed. J e th ro Kloss immigrants Fijians can speak ($ 2 .2 5 ) - W E A R E E V E R Y W H E R E J e rry R u b in ($ 1 .9 5 ) - P S Y C H E D E L IC English and in their opinion are P L A Y E R S T im o th y Le ary ($ 2 .5 0 ) — F O X F IR E 2 ed. E lio t W ig g in g to n ($ 4 .5 0 ) potentially better migrants. But — T H E G A Y L IB E R A T IO N B O O K G insberg, B urrough s, L e n n o n , W a tts, V id a l what really annoyed both o f them et. al. ($ 3 .9 5 ) - IN T H E N IG H T K IT C H E N M aurice S endak ($ 1 .1 5 ) and concerning the fuss being made V E D A N T A F O R T H E W E S T E R N W O R L D ed. Ishe rw ood . A d d ,2 5 c postage about Fijians earning m oney while on each ite m . they were in Australia is the fact that Australia dominates the Fijian econ om y and is continually 317 Swanston Street, Melbourne 3000. Ph. 663.1777 ripping loads o f cash out o f Fiji.

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IN MY OWN WAY

SPACE AGE GCOKS

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ICTORIAN drug police and narcotics agents have in­ creased their undercover activities on Victorian university and ter­ tiary college campuses.

Several students have been “ busted” on the Swinburne T ech ­ nical College grounds — “ narcs” asked students to sell them dope and if they did, they were arrest­ ed. These incidents are being hushed up so that police activities on campus can go on undetected.

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Some people would call it imperialism.

There are very few Fijians in Australia at present and what particularly pissed Anil o f f was the fact that immigration minister Grassby and others have been carrying on as though Fijians in Australia were a major problem.

He felt that all the fuss was designed to get all Fijians ou t o f the country, and the claim by Grassby that he knew nothing about what happened to the Fijians thrown out o f Queensland a lot o f bullshit.

Both of them felt that Australia’s immigration policy was still racist.

They had only encountered a little overt racism during their visit - Michael once made a foray into the Victorian backwoods and found that a Mildura barman refused to serve him.

Both Michael and Anil agreed that probably most Fijians worked when they came to Australia. But they also pointed out that the n o work clause in the visa was allowing landlords to blackmail Fijians into paying higher rents under threat o f notifying the immigration depart­ ment. This was particularly so in Sydney they claimed.

Anil’s visa ran out a week ago and Michael’s is due to run out in 10 days. Anil had applied fo r an extension but a guy down at the immigration department told him that they werent handing out any more. He has contacted the aboriginal legal service and AUS who have said that they will kick up a fuss if he gets thrown out.

He said that this interview with us may jeopardise his chances o f staying in Australia for the full term o f his visa: “ Anyway the way things are at the m om ent it’s better at h om e,” he flashed. But if it helped break down the discriminatory policies o f the government then it would be worth it.

EMBERS o f the South L on ­ don Gay Liberation Front have “ squatted” in a partially empty building in South London.

The centre aims to provide a place where gay men and women and the community at large can meet.

A statement o f the GLF reads, “ As gay people we wish to be seen as part o f the comm unity we live in.”

Opposition to the GLF’ s illegal residence has com e from a nursing agency which occupies one o f the building’s fou r floors.

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ELBOURNE’S trotskyist/ p om bookshop, the Third World, was raided again last tues­ day, april 2. At 11.30 am Sergeant King and tw o other police entered the shop and confiscated about $500 to $1000 worth o f porn books, magazines and newspapers.

The name o f a bookshop assistant was taken and it was claimed that he sold tw o porn papers to p olice in the previous week.

According to Les Carr o f Third World the shop has been raided “ once a month for the last six months” . Carr thinks this is be­ cause the shop acts as Victorian agent for Ribald and Screw. Police have not been harassing news­ stands and other purveyors o f porn.

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SPECIAL Melbourne Herald drug probe has revealed that one in nine schoolchildren have used illicit drugs. The “ probe” featured interviews with various users and hooked “ junior junkies” , the victims o f a network o f peddlers in schools.

Mr Barrie Miller o f the Austin Hospital (where methadone is used as “ treatment” o f addicts) tipped Herald readers that unless the actual joint or tablet is found, it’s very hard to get substantial drug evidence. He then recom ­ mended “ But, call it gestapo tactics if you like, if I suspected my child was using drugs, I would have no hesitation in searching them or their room .”

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Public service hush-up

Onto the bases

Trauma at the tea trolley

PETER GALVIN OST people are aware that military bases such as Pine Gap, Nurrungar and North West cape, owned and controlled by America, exist in Australia. A lot o f people also are moving into action against these US military bases in Australia.

A “ long march” to North West cape is taking place in may, in which about 500 people will travel in a con voy o f cars, trail bikes and hired buses, right across Australia to protest against the American base. Over easter, a warm-up demonstration will take place at the R A A F base in Rich­ mond, New South Wales.

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BRIAN JOHNSTONE H arold gets a peppercorn fro m M r Ed

West cape, and retaking possession o f the land.

The “ long march” departs Sydney and Melbourne on may 4 (a short or quick march departs on may 11) and will arrive in North West cape, Western Austra­ lia, on may 19, the day after the senate (and possibly general) elec­ tions. The “ long marchers” antici­ pate considerable difficulties with the authorities — particularly the n ew p ro -A m e r ic a n Liberal/ Country party government in Western Australia — but say that they will be prepared to handle "all situations” .

THE PEPPERCORN IN 1967, when the US navy base at North West cape was opened, in a ceremony attended by many leading representatives o f the local political and industrial traitor class, Ed Clark, then the US am­ bassador to Australia, handed to the prime minister Harold Holt RICHMOND PROTEST one peppercorn as rental for the land. Under the terms o f the AS a preliminary to the long march, North West cape agreement the the Richmond protest loom s as an US is “ Liable to rental o f one important activity and it will be peppercorn per annum, for the interesting to see how the author­ use o f the land at Exmouth till ities and the mass media relate to 1988, payable on demand” . it. The Richm ond base is the Activists in Melbourne have home o f a detachment o f the US secured a major coup, and have air force Military Airlift C om ­ gained possession o f the original mand (M AC) and is used to ferry peppercorn from the department men, supplies and equipment be­ o f foreign affairs. They have tween American bases in Hawaii, mounted it in perspex and have it Christchurch, Pine Gap, North on a mulga w ood stand. They West cape and Guam (and Diego intend returning it to the US Garcia soon?). commanding officer at North Anti US bases organisations

feel that to hold a demonstration there before the "lon g march” would be an excellent way o f raising the issue and building sup­ port fo r the long march.

The Richm ond protest will take the form o f a R ock and Protest Festival, and people should bring their ow n rocks. The festival is being' held on easter m onday, april 15, at one pm, outside the main entrance to the base. Richm ond is 25 miles north­ west o f Sydney, and about 600 people are expected to take part in the protest.

Many musicians, street theatre groups and folk artists are con­ tributing their services at the fes­ tival. Organisers say that the US air force hangar is “ just a stone’s throw away from the main en­ trance, and should make a real and identifiable target fo r the protest. It is planned to halt the landing or take-off o f USAF Starlifter transport planes.

For further information people should contact the Campaign Against Foreign Military Bases in Australia, PO b o x J73, Brickfield Hill, NSW 2000. (Phone Sydney university SRC (02)660.5052. )j— j

SECTION o f that burgeon­ ing block o f bureaucracy known as the Australian public service is under heavy fire in Adelaide.

As this edition o f Daylights is being read, the public service board and legal counsel from the crow n law department are hearing evidence at an inquiry into allegations o f corruption in the local branch o f the PS. Eight people have been sum­ m oned to appear before com m is­ sioners Inns, Tattersall and Stevens follow ing a report from a public service investigator which contains allegations that at least tw o private surveying firms have bought inside information from officers in the land titles office o f the registrar-general’s department.

Commissioner Inns, chairman o f the public service board, said last week the board had received claims from a number o f sources that some service officers had been conducting private business in official hours and had under­ taken other outside employm ent w ithout appropriate permission.

(The Public Service A ct prohibits officers from taking a second job without official approval.)

Mr Inns went on to say that

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Kiwis to invade North West cape From DAVID HARCOURT in Christchurch LEVEN New Zealanders have signed up so far for a “ long march” (by bus) in may from Sydney to Western Aus­ tralia’s Northwest cape naval communications base. Organised here by a group called CAFMANZ (“ Committee Against Foreign Military Activities in New Zea­ land” ) and b y counterpart groups in Sydney and Melbourne, the proposed protest involves a trip o f 3000 miles.

The New Zealanders taking part will have to put up about $300 each to cover their fares and expenses during the four week cavalcade. What will they get for their money? A leaflet distributed here promises: " . . . a guided tour right across Australia — the sort o f trip nor­ mally only the middleaged, mid­ dle class tourist can afford. But it w on ’t be just the usual tourist sights you see — besides North­ west cape we will visit several other o f the 30 odd US military and aerospace installations in Aus­ tralia, plus several examples o f multinational corporations strip­ ping Australian natural resources . . . and, o f course, you will have a month o f en route dialogue with some o f Australia’s well seasoned radical activists.”

Some o f us would be prepared to pay $300 to forgo the last m en tion ed opportunity, but there’s been considerable interest in the proposal here. Among those w ho’ve signed up is Owen Wilkes, New Zealand’s leading campaigner against military installations (he’s the fellow whose articles in Canta,

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the local university student news­ paper, in 1968 eventually led to the rightwing National party gov­ ernment being forced to withdraw its invitation to the Americans to build an Omega base here); Mur­ ray Horton, the editor o f Canta; several members o f Resistance, the radical organisation; and “ Fat Jim” Anderson, a 70 years old candyfloss maker from Nelson w h o’s “ done everything” (most notably, I’ m told, bootlegging in the Depression and during the second world war). * *

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HE LEADER o f the opposi­ tion National party, Jack Marshall, declared last week that Labor had lost much o f the p op u ­ larity which w on it the november 1972 election. " I ’m convinced we can win the next election,” Mar­ shall said. Labor, which has a parliamentary majority effectively five times as large as Whitlam’s, doesnt seem greatly troubled by Marshall’ s prognostication.

And Marshall’s deputy, the hugely unlovely R obert “ Piggy” Muldoon, has been making some predictions o f his own. All the signs, he says, point to a “ world depression” in which New Zea­ land will suffer a disproportion­ ately large share o f hardship.

Over the week after M uldoon’s statement, prices on the New Zea­ land stock exchange slipped back — most financial writers agreeing that the National party deputy leader’s statement was the princi­ pal cause o f the decline. Next week the National party will blame Labor for the “ current setback to business confidence” .

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N WELLINGTON, the court o f appeal has upheld the right o f principals to suspend or expel kids fo r refusing to have their hair cur; and in Auckland Richard John Dallimore, 22, builder, has been convicted on charges which included burglary o f the Auckland central police station. Dallimore broke into the offices o f the drug squad in an attempt to recover drugs which had been seized from him earlier.

He was sentenced to a year’s imprisonment.

e t u r n i n g from a tour o f South Africa, members o f the Petone club rugby team gave interviews about their experience. “ I was surprised by the lack o f apartheid in South A frica,” team captain A ndy Leslie said. “ We were told it was everywhere, but we saw virtually none.” Another player declared: “ There wasnt a white line dow n the middle o f the road, or anything like that.”

The South African government will have been delighted with that publicity, o f course, but not so happy with the news that the pope (during an audience in R om e with the New Zealand minister for overseas trade) has congratulated the Labor government here on its opposition to apartheid and, in particular, on its decision to prevent a proposed tour by the South African Springbok rugby team.

On the other side o f the ledger, however, is the United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid’s attack on New Zealand for per­ mitting a representative surf life-

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saving team to participate in championships in South Africa.

N A REPORT to the parlia­ mentary select committee on the status o f women, members o f the National Organisation o f Women have attacked New Zea­ land’s grossly inadequate provi­ sion fo r child minding centres.

NOW found that in many cases such services are being provided b y totally unsuitable people. Here in Christchurch, for example, a three year old was found to be in the “ care” o f a form er mental patient o f subnormal intelligence and with a record o f violence.

The com m ittee hearings will probably lead to such people b e­ ing put out o f business, but whether any thorough program o f government assistance for proper­ ly run centres will be embarked on is another story.

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HAD hoped to give news this week o f the release o f Margaret Matheson, one o f two people convicted and jailed last year on charges arising from the firebombing o f the US consulate in Christchurch. (The attack took place just before the US ended its bom bing o f Cambodia.)

The magistrate in the Matheson case had recommended that she be paroled “ at the earliest possible tim e” , and last week a parole board heard her application for release. Declining Matheson’ s ap­ plication, however, the board postponed further consideration o f her case until the end o f the year.

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the investigation by the board had shown sufficient basis for an inquiry in the "p u blic interest” .

With typical authoritarian a loof­ ness, Inns then said the inquiry would n ot be open to the public.

Inns “ qualified” the statement by saying that a report would be prepared fo r the attorneygeneral’s department which would then decide whether or not to release its contents.

Shades o f that familiar Catch 22 or are we attaining new heights in the traditional farce o f redtape covering red faces?

Questioned on this piece o f wisdom Inns said there was no usual procedure for such a hearing. It was the first ever heard in the history o f the SA public service. The board had absolute discretion to decide on a private or public hearing. A private hearing would protect some o f those summonsed who might be innocent parties. Ho hum . . .

It’s believed allegations o f improper conduct by officers o f the service first came to the surface from sources inside and outside the PS in 1972. Nine government department heads received a circular in july 1972 from M. L. Dennis, then chairman o f the board. It stated that the public service board had reason to believe that certain officers in the drawing offices o f some depart­ ments o f the public service were engaging in preparation o f plans other than in connection with their official duties and were receiving payment.

It instructed the department heads to advise all officers o f their departments that this action was contrary to Section 119 o f the Public Service A ct and continuation o f such activity could lead to disciplinary action.

It said attention should also be drawn to the terms o f Section 58 which prevented the use o f knowledge gained in official positions for private purposes.

Inns says the decision to circularise all nine departments was in no way an admission that the improper practices were being conducted in more than one department.

Despite the board’s suspicions it was felt all departments should receive the circular to prevent one particular department being singled out. After the warning was circulated indications were that the payola had stopped.

However, late last year the practices were again brought to the notice o f the board. It was then that the investigator was put on the scent and as a result eight people are on the mat and much huddled conversation is heard around the tea trollies.

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Dancing with the developers r a n k t h e e m a n had a party. He held a beautiful charity bail. It was on last friday.

All had a terrific time.

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Everyone couldnt help admir­ ing Frank’s splendidly authentic reproduction o f a m ock Spanish hacienda-style villa. Y ou ’d think it was the real thing, except for it being in the heart o f Sydney's Rose Bay. And it’s so tasteful. A real dream home. Even that lovely Mr Willis, you know, that teacher fellow , even he thought it was the

But, unfortunately, social co n ­ nections are one o f the axes around which econom ic and polit­ ical power revolves. So if you start slipping o ff the social register, well — you rediscover your w ife’ s interest in opera and - bella!

Our plan was to arrive at the ball as if we were part o f the Sydney social scene, and then casually disrupt with the purpose o f embarrassing Theeman within h is , own circle o f friends and political usefuls.

Some people did raise the ob-

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F R A N K & THE “ B O Y S " arrived!; Under con crete and glass S yd n ey’s disappearing fast; and (m y fav­ orite) E veryone dances or n o on e dances — a slogan written up b y U ru gu ayan r e v o lu tio n a r y Tupamaros after they had burnt dow n a dance hall poor people could not afford to go to.

Our cou p for the evening, h ow ­ ever, was to be an odoriferous hydrocarbon that smelled like 1000 cats bums wiped in old chuck.

The beauty o f this substance was its safety: it would send you heading for the exit while being com pletely non toxic.

HE ENTRANCE was most harrowing.

Not knowing what to expect, we all thought o f false names, in case we were intro­ duced. But it all turned out to be easy. Couple by couple we to o k a deep breath, walked through the gate, showed our tickets and were directed to our table (“ Y ou can take any table in the bottom tent” - later to be referred to b y upstairs guests as “ that tent dow n th ere"). Each woman was given a lovely sachet o f Juvenance Mois­ ture Base fo r all types o f skin by Juvena. So touching.

Tw o o f the party decided to “ case” the place, and within min­ utes had bumped into Theeman,

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"h om e o f the year” . And the views! Enough to take one’s breath away — forever. Everyone was nearly turning green with envy (although - there was this really funny smell around).

T o be truthful, there was one person who didnt thoroughly en­ jo y it. She was spotted spewing all over the front fence, azaleas and all. But that was an isolated in­ cident. Everyone else was en­ chanted. Pure Elysium (that’ s what Frank says too).

Even the woman who got lock ­ ed in the bog for 20 minutes and missed the water ballet (“ you wouldnt believe how synchronised those girlies were” ). Well, even she had to agree that it was worth $30 a couple. In fact, despite her misadventure, she was distinctly heard to mutter as she went back to her table: “ G ood old Frank he’ll go far.” “ Tonight’s social ball has a nasty twist. Along with the usual network o f politicians, judges, de­ velopers; other capitalists, opera lovers (sic) and their police and security men (bouncers minus crowbars), you have us - eight ex-squatters and tw o builders laborers. The person sitting next to you might be a squatter!”

And so it was that the bar­ barians decended upon Rome.

HE Victoria Street Action Group got wind o f Theeman’s La Bella Italia ball about four weeks ago. There was a spon­ taneous consensus that some form o f protest should be planned to coincide with this social do.

Then, through one o f the ac­ tion group’s many friends, came an unexpected surprise - they had received an invitation to “ form a party” and wondered if we would be interested.

O f course! We decided to send 10 people — five couples — to unhinge the party slightly from the inside. As well we would have a supportive protest going on outside in order to divert atten­ tion.

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OW FRANK, old buddy, isn-t exactly the most loved o f people around Sydney town. In fact, opinion has it that he’d come pretty close to being the opposite.

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T H E belladonna o f th e ball w ith guests

W A L L F L O W E R squatters, dazzled by glitter

It w as a glittering o cca sio n on friday night w h e n the bu tch er o f V ictoria street, Frank T h eem an, held a grand gala charity ball at his sp aciou s R ose Bay hom e. A num ber o f u n ex p ected guests arrived. Stink b o m b s filled the air. Scream s p ierced the night. SASHA SO LD ATO W reports from the d an ce flo o r was positioned at the front door, and who could resist walking into the house for a geek after having had their portrait done?

The ex-squatters certainly couldnt. In full reverence they cautiously trod on that sacred carpet. (Where are the toilets?)

Walking into the dining room was like entering a cathedral: multi­ colored marble on the floor, mahogany glistening with precious stone inlays. (But where’s the toilet?) Ah, the toilet.

One b y one the toilets were leafleted. One by one the toilets were clogged up. Operation one complete.

And then the unexpected hap­ pened. Fire? No . . . “ Mr Theeman always has a fog machine at his party.” We raced back to our table to confer with one another: a fo g machine . . . yes . . . terrific . . . we can . . . y es . . . mind that man com ing over here, he's a D . . . so I said to him that I ’d buy his horses i f . . . he's g o n e . . .

Bugger. The waitress came around with the food . So we took a small interlude and had some prosciu tto and some mortadella, and a bite o f canelloni. And watched confusion developing at the gate as the demonstration arrived.

That was our cue.

One person got ready to spread the odoriferous hydrocarbon. The rest prepared themselves for leafleting. Then we began. “ What’ s the dreadful smell?” one o f us was asked. Quite casual­ ly she replied “ Oh, it’s that awful fog machine. The wind’ s been blowing the smoke over here and it’s all collected under the tent.”

Theeman’s esthetic ingenuity was with us.

The pamphlets went out. “ T o ­ night’ s social ball has a nasty twist ft Some people actually did read the leaflet that was handed out.

But Frank is a past master at

jection that we were wrong in entering a person’s private resi­ dence with the purpose o f fucking up his private life. But after a great deal o f discussion we agreed that a man’s home is his castle only if the man is rich and in the public eye. All o f us had seen Theeman disrupt tw o com m un­ ities in Victoria street, and most o f us knew o f many other cases where people’s personal lives had been radically disrupted b y “ re­ development” .

On friday morning a couple o f us went shopping, and it blew our minds. Here we were buying all those things we had forgotten how to use: nail polish, hair spray, lipstick, eyeshadow, after shave lotion, pantyhose, b o w ties, eye liner, brilliantine, false beards, makeup foundation. As well as six white mice (we didnt get them finally because they were sure to be killed), chewing gum (to drop on the dance floor), wetchex, (after unrolling tv > dozen, we forgot them and left them behind) and glue (never used). Next we printed o ff a few hundred leaflets explaining our position, and made up a number o f calling cards reading: Victoria Street A ction Croup called - will call again; Bellevue Hill doesnt need a green ban - Victoria street does; I f you think this demonstra­ tion is disruptive y o u should have been in Victoria street when

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apologised, and moved on without being recognised. So far so good.

Our disguises were okay.

Oh, did that party swing. Ex­ tracts from M oscow nights and Those were the days, m y friend, we thought th ey ’d never end . . . were enchantingly played by a genuine real life gipsy ensemble.

H ow it stirred the memories as friends rediscovered their voices and sang in perfect harmony. (The bottom tent ran out o f scotch at this p oin t.)

Women went around giving away cigarettes - actually giving them away. And then they return­ ed flogging a raffle at tw o bucks a pop.

And you could get your por­ trait painted b y a genuine artist, in full evening gear, o f course. She

Th e sweeping entrance to Theem an's sum ptuous hacienda

H IG H L IG H T o f th e evening - the conga dance

handling difficult social situations and, besides, he has access to so many powerful people - they com e to all his parties. So when you go to Frank’s you just na­ turally expect that his security arrangements will be perfect. And discreet.

For example: tw o o f the many security people mingling with guests were recognised as Krahe and Kelly, ex-cops who work for Theeman. They approached tw o o f the women handing out leaflets and inform ed them that “ Mr Theeman wants you to leave” .

One o f them continued leafleting, was grabbed and forcefully carried out, screaming, while chief secretary Willis, guest o f honor, casually watched on. Some o f the women sitting at the tables started clapping.

The other woman ex-squatter managed to dash through the kit­ chen tent and almost escaped.

When Krahe and Kelly grabbed her, they refused to let her go till she had given them her name and address. She gave them a false name and was let go.

T w o other people, an ex-squat­ ter and a builders laborer, were approached b y ’ two members o f the 21 Squad, a plainclothes divi­ sion o f the NSW police force assigned to "special duties” . When told to leave, the BL asked to know who they were. “ Constable O ’Sullivan,” replied one o f them. “ All right, I’ ll go,” said the BL (he was carrying a bottle o f stink in his pocket and wanted to avoid being searched). “ Well I’m not leaving,” the woman with him responded. “ What?” said the constable. “ I’m not leaving," she c o n ­ tinued. “ I’ve paid my 15 dollars, I’ve got a ticket, so you can’ t arrest me under section 50 o f the Summary Offences A ct. I’ve got reasonable cause for being here, so I’m staying.”

In some confusion, the con ­ stable turned to the BL and in­ quired: “ Y ou going to leave this young lady in the lurch?” “ Sure am,” he replied and left.

The woman then insisted she would not leave; that Theeman would have to tell her personally to go; and if he did so, she would want her money refunded.

Theeman was called, told her to leave and refused to give her her m oney back.

The woman was then picked up and physically ejected from the party. She screamed protests all the way, then joined the dem­ onstration outside.

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e r b e r t s a c h s e is dead — the humble Australian who dished out sensual gratifi­ cation to inestimable numbers throughout the world since 1935 with his invention o f the pavlova.

At the mere mention o f the word, one dribbles with desire. A fear that has always deterred me from taking the final, armed step to total revolution is that the pavlova recipe would get lost in the chaos. It is so decadent, and utterly immune from health food substitutes. I’m sure Mao would be shocked if he were ever to see one, until he tasted it, and then he would realise the error o f his stoicism.

Most pavlovas on public sale are m ock horrors and should be avoided, although there are one or two outlets in the big cities that can water the mouth . . . known to addicts. I salute and farewell you, Herbert Sachse, the Cassanova o f the Palate.

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UM BOOT is thoroughly [cross with A nthony & Snedden7 whose kill-Oz policies com pel me to com e out o f the closet and into the polling b ooth for the first time in a lifetime. Suffrage in our society, so far from signifying participation in the political p ro­ cess, actually annuls our respon­ sibility. We depend on others to do our politicking for us. Each vote endorses a system which is contemptible, obsolete and in­ adequate to our dreams. So, like ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ future, try to suffocate knowledge that would rock the boat o f Mam­ mon. It is an intriguing mini scandal that will probably get lost in the welter o f rival outrages.

Incidentally, what are you r Nixon predictions? Gum boot believes he will be down and out well before Christmas, maybe soon after easter. * * * ET IT be known that H. Gum boot fully supports the warders o f HM prisons in their lightning strikes for a royal com ­ mission into the administration o f the NSW department o f corrective services. Whatever the sicknesses o f warder/prisoner relationships, the corruption at the core o f the prison system com es from the top, filtering slowly downwards.

Tackling prison justice by prosecuting a few warders (as in the current Long Bay case) is like putting the blame for Dachau on the man from the gas board. What is required is an innovative, imagi­ native and humble approach to criminality, justice and punish­ ment. There may always be need to isolate antisocial sadists from the rest o f society, but that in itself is punishment enough, with­ out imposing a humiliating and degrading lifestyle. Oh that there were some spare South sea (isles . . .

Which reminds me. I was dis­ appointed to read in last week’ s Swotlights, in an illuminating re­ port from Grant Evans, that the La Trobe SRC lost its m otion o f a cco m m o d a tio n for escaped prisoners. One weeps for students.

Although adventuristic, the m o­ tion stood as an inpertinent chal­ lenge to the prison system, forcing students to come to terms with their own responsibilities in this area and highlighting the whole damned mess. Try again, La Trobe. * * *

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HANNELING this paper’s dope input through the sm oky typewriter o f J. J. McRoach has added sparkle to Day­ lights, especially when he quotes myself, as he did last week. Let me return the compliment with some news for him from those historic days o f his free seed offer.

I understand from my own peccable sources that a letter to an inquiring youngster from the philanthropic McRoach was inter­ cepted by the lad’s father and its alleged contents turned over to the drug squad. The situation is quite serious, as I’m sure Mc­ Roach understands. The father has committed a grave offence under the post offices act — inter­ fering with another person’s mail — and it is only to be hoped that the son will set a humane ex­ ample and refrain from taking the matter further (eh J. J.?). * * * A M constantly assailed by doubts as to my own sanity.

Is this normal?

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HERE’ S nothing new under the sun except ways o f harnessing its energy, but even in this innocent field, skulduggery insinuates itself. According to a US senator, the Atom ic Energy Commission (AEC) is “ withhold­ ing evidence that solar energy can be developed far more cheaply than had been known” . The sena­ tor (James Abourezk o f South Dakota) suggests that a secret AEC report which details solar breakthroughs is being suppressed.

End o f news item. A sudden source o f almost free fuel would be catastrophic for industrialised society and it is not surprising in this Watergate age, that powerful people try and stamp out the

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untold thousands, I have neve” bothered to enrol.

But now the Sned-heads would capsise the fragile ship o f state, turn back time, replant prejudice, bolster big business and make us all miserable again. They want to put this Rip van Winkle o f a continent — only recently awoken — back to moral slumber. They want to bring back the overseas bankers, devastate the landscape, build mightier jails, stop the wogs, setback the blacks, slash welfare, disarm unions and all the rest.

Who knows?

Perhaps they’ll round up draft dodgers and put China back on that silly island.

Whatever the gaffs o f Gough and his gang, nothing could be worse than the return o f yesterdays pigs.

So Daylighters, if a double dis­ solution is really at hand, put yer voting shoes on, even if it huurrrrts . . . ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

as shooting people in the back.

(Yes, another two victims for the force last week, ages 18 and 2 2 .) * * * OPE some o f you caught the H ollyw ood Academy awards, com plete with streaker, recorded “ live” with averted camera; an essay in planned spontaneity, convincing no one but the merchants o f fantasy themselves.

Liz Taylor appeared shaken, probably as much by the exuber­ ance o f her reception from an audience who love her because she behaves as a star should . . . clusters o f diamonds, fabulous parties in foreign capitals, matri­ monial melodrama, a bosom that heaves and a genuine screen pres­ ence. Brando got thumbs down.

Every time Last tango was men­ tioned it was with obvious distaste and the applause was pointedly faint.

Oscars simply dont go to but­ ter-fingered sodomites. Jack Lem­ mon was bound to get best actor.

The tanned comedian with a heart o f tears who com es from the long line o f tanned, dry cleaned mid­ dle-of-the-roaders (Grant, Peck, Van Dyke, Heston . . .) who subliminally symbolise an America o f yesteryear, gone now forever, weep.

Jack Lemmon sneered at wom ­ ens lib and gushed over the magic o f Oscar — an award con cocted by an unrepresentative handful o f in­ dustry pros to tickle the box office. Sure, they’ ve all made great films, but the ones which endure are rarely the Oscar win­ ners. * * * HE US government’ s latest year b o o k o f national sta­ tistics reveals that on average, American women watch over four hours o f television per day. And you wonder why Patricia Hearst joined the SLA?

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Whatever the drawbacks o f rev­ olution, boredom is not one o f them.

HE father thinks Patricia has been brain bullied. The FBI suspect, absurdly, that she was an accom plice from the begin­ ning. Neither party can believe she may be telling the truth. Sudden conversions to radical ideologies are not uncom m on . . . Surely we all know people w h o’ve been struck by a movement, as though by lightning. Jane Fonda began life on a merry-go-round with Roger Vadim, now she sleeps on the barricades with Tom Hayden.

Was she kidnapped? Yes, by an idea.

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ELF-IMAGINED progres­ sives are soon going to have to com e to terms with their own true feelings about this country’s continued touting for migrants, very many o f whom are being kicked in the face b y Australia. As soon as one questions the wisdom o f continued ballyhooing abroad for factory fodder, one is immedi­ ately open to the charge o f xenophobia. O f course, let the whole world flow freely through each other’ s borders, abolish all immigration, controls, customs and the rest o f the childish para­ phernalia, but let’s look at the present situation with open, unpartyline minds. Migration is a glorified kanaka system, involving the rottenest jobs, racism, aliena­ tion. While salami sausage has slid com fortably into middle class saucepans, absolutely no provision is made — except grudgingly — at grassroots levels o f assimilation.

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return rate o f migrants is high — and I’ve often wondered why their consumer protection body hasnt prosecuted our immigration department for false advertising.

An infants school in Stanmore (NSW) is now on strike — with the full support o f migrant parents — because o f the mess o f the educa­ tion department. In Victoria 80 percent o f pupils in inner schools are foreign, some playgrounds bubble away in 18 strange lan­ guages and their teachers can’ t understand one o f them. Five hundred foreign speaking teachers are needed urgently, but the edu­ cation department can’ t meet a tenth o f this. (See the Australian april 3) Maybe the state bu­ reaucrats imagined only the Brits were going to send their kids to school and all the rest would be sent to work in the family green­ grocery. I suppose the Oz em­ bassies in Athens, Rome and the Philippines show queues o f future assemblyline workers pictures o f the Kings school and talk about scholarships. I dont know. Welfare agencies lack interpreters, as do the courts.

Radio & TV thinks it’s reflect­ ing aspects o f migrant’s culture by playing Nana Mouskouri records and having a folksy delicatessen in No. 96.

Lately I’ ve been meeting Polish and Yugoslav kids in their 20s, who tell similar stories o f their father’s reception in this country.

Doctors, lawyers, teachers, aca­ demics and others with qualifi­ cations from east european uni­ versities who came here after the war, were put to work on the railways, because their credentials did not confirm to Oz stereo­ types.

Instead o f spending more money on international cam­ paigns, why not train interpreters, integrate the existing members o f various migrant cultures into the Australian mainstream — as little or as much as they desire — but let’s not abet our earlier exploita­ tion o f the blacks, by creating new ghettoes, building racism and class antagonisms into the system.

For what purpose? T o make busi­ nessmen fatter.

Cheap labor means more money circulating, more speculation, more Qantas flights, more growth, growth, growth for that hungry great God, GNP. It is typical o f the priorities o f the press that when Julius Nyerere o f Tanzania was here recently, attention focused on guessing who wasnt coming to dinner. Little interest was express­ ed in what we might be able to learn from Tanzania.

Tanzania is virtually alone in formally renouncing the GNP as a national objective, substituting instead a declaration concerning the quality o f life. At a time when Oz is floundering with its own constitution, it would have been helpful to hear Nyerere elaborate on these and other themes.

Oh well, if no one delved deep, at least he was given lunch. The Libs wouldnt have let his plane land. (If they do win the next dice throw the carpets will be rolled out for Nixon.) * * * APPY easter, Gum boot can’t wait for his last surf o f summer, saying goodbye to the sea for another season, then checking out the Blue Mountains, currently being pummelled by de­ velopers, but still epic and silent in places, with trails yet un­ discovered by the dreaded scramble bikes — another mod villain which we will all have to wipe out sometime . . .

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Continued from page 6 were staying despite the stink.

Funny people these nouveaux riches.

Outside, the demonstration was in fuE swing, with about 60 people marching around chanting slogans against Theeman and call­ ing for green bans.

Joe Owens, NSW secretary o f the BLs was walking up and down carrying a sign reading Homes before p h on y culture, re­ splendent in his hired tux. His coiffure was slightly greyed for the occasion, and he was wearing it brushed back in the continental manner - a feat that to o k over an hour to achieve. One could easily have mistaken him for Aristotle Onassis’ Roman counterpart.

However, the scene outside was less restrained and less elegant than inside. The Film Australia crew had their lights deliberately smashed by the cops. And as the police tried to move the dem on­ strators on, they provoked un­ necessary conflicts, with the result that eight people were arrested.

They were all later released on $200 bail each. The charges were assault and resisting arrest, and unseemly words.

But the story I really love is this one. One o f the ex-squatters w ho had been asked to leave by the back gate walked around to the front gate and returned to the party. When asked b y one o f the security men who he was and where he'd been he bluffed his way back by saying he’d just popped out for some more cig­ arettes.

Once inside he made straight for Theeman.

For those w ho dont know, Theeman has a few warts on his face, so this ex-squatter, having some medical knowledge, ap­ proached Frank with an ominous: “ Oh, heavens.” “ What?" responded Frank. “ Oh heavens, I hope you ’re going to have those cysts attended to !” “ Why?” inquired Frank. “ Well y ou should have them removed. I mean you dont want secondaries in your throat, do y o u ?" They’re a form o f mel­ anoma. Very dangerous. Very dangerous.”

Frank looked worried. Cancer?

D oes it spread?

Secondary growths?

But just at that moment anoth­ er security man appeared, recog­ nised him, and chucked him out for a second time.

G o o d n ig h t Frank.

Sweet dreams. It was a beautiful party.

True Elisium.

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E cology - that’s the stuff that tells us we are a part o f our environment not apart from it. Ecological awareness is what happens within us when the penny finaUy drops and we really understand what this phrase means. But like so many other sophisticated technologies, it still remains an esoteric term. Lake Pedder is getting flooded. Som e fish died in a river the other week from some industrial spillage. Some detergent packets boast o f being bio-degradable. What does it aU really mean? What has it got to d o with Ettle ole me? Why should I obey rules if I dont know how to play the game?

If only academia would throw us more than a few meagre crumbs maybe w e’d understand something about our eco­ system. Maybe we could at last see ourselves fitting like a hitherto missing piece into that jig saw puzzle they’re aU raving about.

Well, I’m gonna try and d o just that teU you some basic facts about how the thin green mantle covering this globe works. This thin green mantle, b y the way, is caUed the biosphere. It’s where aU the living processes o f this planet occur, where you and all the other species Eve. And it’s a very, very thin mantle. If the globe were a metre in diameter, the b io­ sphere would be less than a millimetre thick. When you lo o k at it that way, we havent got much to play with, have we?

E cology is the study o f the dynamic processes going on in the biosphere that aUow it to perpetuate itself sm oothly and without chaos eon after eon. The word ecology is derived from the Greek “ o ik os” meaning house. And the biosphere is like a house or better, Eke a giant machine with lots and lots o f interrelated com p on ­ ents.

One com ponent o f the machine can be caUed an ecosystem , a word referring more to a system bound b y function rather than any physical parameters. It can be a woodland, a lake or a city. Beinq a machine, you can put whatever labels on it you like as long as it functions more or less on the products o f its own industries.

There are three essential industries necessary for a weE balanced ecosystem.

They are caEed the producer, consumer and detritus industry. Each requires an input and after a lot o f work, produces an output. But the input o f each indus­ try is directly dependent on the output from the other industries. Not on ly is the availability o f material from the other industries important but the flow rate between them must be regulated.

There are tw o beautiful examples o f how western man and his ecosystems has failed to recognise the importance o f regulating the flow rate. As producers o f goods we have been a bit to o voracious in our demand from the detritus industry and we’ve gobbled up fossE fuel faster than it can be made. Thus the present energy crises. On the other hand, we have given the detritus industry to o much to cope with in to o short a time so our junk is pEing up.

This detritus industry is a fascinating one. O f aE the industries it is the least well understood yet it seems to be the first to give the flashing Eghts indicating ecological overload. It wasnt until rivers and air began to be polluted that we paid any attention to it at aU. Anyway, in nature the detritus indus­ try consists o f a whole world o f wogs, bugs, fungi and it gets a helping hand from the weather. In man made eco­ systems, it’s the rag ’n ’ bone men, bottlos, junk car dealers, etc. That we place these professions at the very b ottom o f our social scale indicates just what Ettle value we have assigned to this industry. According to ecological rules, the detritus industry should be given its due and proper status as equals with the producers and consumers.

New York city apparently is appreciat­ ing this fact a little to o late. Word has it that through seepage, their mammoth rubbish tip is starting to creep towards the city at some incredible rate o f knots.

The mind boggles at the image o f a seething mass o f filth engulfing in am oe­ boid fashion the entire empire and all it stands for. With this going on, who needs sci fi?

Little reaUy needs be said about the producer and consumer industry.

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Is it a load of vile garbage ?

Is it a kiss of death for the eco-system?

Yes! It’s that and more,

It’s Supermart!

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We’re pretty aware that with energy, producer converts raw materials from the detritus industry into products. These can be anything from milk to m otor cars, vegies to skyscrapers. Consumers con­ sume and give o f f junk for the detritus industry and so the cycle continues.

N ow that we have some idea o f what an ecosystem is, how it is designed to run harmoniously, and where we have run amok with our hitherto egocentric n o­ tions about it, let us see how Ettle ole you and me can help to put things right.

In essence it just involves consuming less and either throwing less away or getting more use out o f something before we do throw it away. F or instance, do you really need this year’s m odel car or fridge? Try and spin the old one out for just one more year. On a larger scale it cuts consum ption dow n a lot and should make prices more competitive thus yield­ ing you a better bargain in the long run.

Dont buy appliances and gadgets that really duplicate the jo b o f one y o u ’ve already got. A griller makes just as good toast as does a toaster. And why not take up sewing? It’s a creative sport for both blokes and birds. Besides it’s a cheaper way o f clothing your b od and it cuts down the demand on the producer indus­ try (cotton, w ool and synthetics).

On the day to day running o f things, there’s a million and one ways o f helping to regulate the flow between industries.

Forming car pools, using public transport or your own thumb to get yourself around is something y o u ’ve heard o f before. But restating it in this light might get you actually doing it.

Let’s take a quick trip around the supermarket wearing our new ecological awareness caps and see what goodies we can find.

Do you really need to buy so many tins? This habit lays a heavy burden on the earth’s resources fo r their production and an even heavier burden on the detritus industry fo r they dont break down easily. If you must buy tins, there are producers interested in re-cycling them. According to a magazine called V ictoria’s resources (V ol. 15, No. 2), there are over 60 re-cycling centres in Australia for the collection o f used cans.

They’ve been set up b y a group called the Steel Can People. One such centre is at 240 Geelong road, West Footscray.

Maybe TLD will print the list o f addresses if anyone is interested.

Y ou can dump clean whole cans at these centres but it is better if you give the can an extra twist on the can opener to remove both ends then stomp on it to make it flat and put it in a special bin for tins. Then take an odd sunday drive with the kids to the re-cycling depot on your way to the bottlos and local paperdrive.

It can be fun and besides your kids will be braggingly proud o f their ecologically aware parents.

Paper deserves a mention. There is nothing drastically wrong with it, but if the product boasts that it’s been re­ cycled, all the better: and for goodness sake, buy it to encourage more o f the same. When it com es to demanding fuchsia pink floral designs to match the co m ­ mode, however, you are not considering the ecosystem. The dyes used to keep you modern also pollute waterways (to say nothing o f the dyes in TLD - eds). So from now on buy only white paper — and brag to your friends that you are doing your bit to save some poor fish in the stream outside the Kleenex factory — it’s probably true. And w ho knows, h e’s probably a valuable member o f the detritus industry.

Then there's plastic. This is horrible stuff because when it burns it gives o ff PCB molecules which are toxic. Dont breathe in if y ou ’re burning it yourself and give a little shudder at the thought of how much goes up into our air every day at the tip. The answer here is try not to buy plastic or goods packaged in it.

Choose sandwich wrap over Cling, ice cream in paper cartons over plastic bowls and fresh vegies over the plastic wrapped (and therefore usually m ouldy) variety. If you can’t get out o f buying stuff in plastic, try and get some extra use out of it before you chuck it. This is the idea behind concentrated dish detergent and look at how successful it’s becom e.

Lastly, we must, in the cause o f awareness, stop for a moment and ponder detergents. In an average supermarket, at least tw o whole rows are devoted to what boils down in the end to be soap, that good old organic stuff made out o f soda, fat and ash to which Lever & Kitchen have added endless giant synthetic m ole­ cules which supposedly whiten, brighten, shine, make you tingle and your hair sparkle. Honestly, if you were confined to one cake o f Sunshine for your b o d and one packet o f Persil for your clothes and dishes per week, you would com e out just as clean and bright and tingly. Y ou would also save yourself gobs o f m oney and the headache o f having to make multiple decisions over brand names.

If you can cut down on the variety o f cleansing agents you use, both the pro­ ducer and detritus industry would be eternally grateful. Perhaps more than anything else, our waterways are being choked to death with detergents. Appar­ ently it has a very high phosphate content and although it is bio-degradable, mean­ ing the detritus industry can start to work on it straight away, this super abundance o f phosphate is causing great bloom s o f algae that use up all the stream oxygen to the demise o f all else that Eves there.

These are only a few suggestions o f the little but meaningful ways you can help restore the balance o f that thin green mantle you Eve in. A handy paperback caEed Household ecology is riddled with tons o f other ideas. It’s well worth a read.

I hope you wEl give these suggestions a go. Just think o f the impEcations to the ecosystem o f your purchases before you buy and you wEl be amazed at just how ecologicaEy minded you really are.

N W e d n e s d a y , march 27, a delegation led by La Trobe university SRC president Peter Saulwick confronted Victoria’s so­ cial welfare minister Vasey Hough­ ton. The purpose o f the visit was to point out to Houghton that a Pentridge prisoner, Peter Gardner — who recently underwent surgery for a ruptured stomach is being held in H (H for Hell) division despite the fact that he is medically unfit; is being held in solitary confinem ent even though this has supposedly been abolish­ ed; and is being subjected to drugs against his wishes.

Houghton replied that he had a written request from Gardner stat­ ing that he wished to remain in H division; that Gardner was not being forced to take drugs, that “ he can refuse them but it’s in his own interests to take them” .

Houghton added that the prisoner has expressed dissatisfaction with the actions o f university students and the PAC because they are causing him more harm than good.

Saulwick asked Houghton if Gardner’ s signed statement was available for examination. This request was refused because the p a p ers were "confidential” .

Houghton was then asked if a delegation led by Saulwick could visit Gardner and personally ask him if he signed such a statement.

Houghton replied that under no circumstances could such a delega­ tion visit Gardner. Saulwick then requested Houghton to agree to an interview with Gardner in the presence o f legal counsel. This to o was refused.

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INTO THE JAWS OF THE MONSTER AST Sunday morning, a delegation led by Saulwick and including Gardner’s fiancee, her m other Ms Donovan, and myself, arrived at Pentridge and requested permission to visit Gardner in compliance with nor­ mal prison visiting terms.

Sunday morning is an extreme­ ly busy time fo r visitors and in the confusion the “ unofficial” delega­ tion had no problems in gaining entry - a warder escorted us through the confines o f Pentridge, past the Pentridge gardens and the church, and into the small dismal block o f cells that constitutes H division.

We entered and stood in front o f a metal grille. Seconds later Gardner appeared, escorted b y two warders, and stood behind another metal grille (approximate­ ly four or five feet away from the visitors grille).

When asked, he denied the “ statement” but said he instead had signed an application saying that he wished to go to G division because he could not tolerate con ­ ditions in H. A warder moved over to Gardner and warned him not to make any more statements about Pentridge and to limit his con ­ versation to personal matters. The warder then remained standing im m ediately behind Gardner while another warder tried to hide behind a partition.

Conversation soon steered back to prison matters. Gardner was again warned and became agitated stating that his views on Pentridge constituted “ personal conver­ sation” .

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freaking into Pentridge W hen the authorities ban action groups from co m m u n ica tin g with prisoners from outside Pentridge w h at else can b e d on e? Sim ple,go inside and talk to the inm ates fa ce to fa c e .Piotr Olszewski reports. objected to student action and what he thought o f the PAC’s role in penal reform. Gardner said, “ I think it’ s a really great jo b .” He then became agitated once more.

He appealed to Ms Donovan and said that prison officials stated that he would be moved to G division on monday, but added, “ They’ve got me over a barrel, if I dont continue to take their drugs they say I w on’t go to G .”

Gardner then said in a loud voice: " I ’m sick o f them pushing me around in here; I’m sick o f telling lies about what goes on in Pentridge; I just want to tell the truth. I’ve got a lot to say when I get out o f here. I’m going to tell people what really goes on .”

Ms Donovan, worried because she had heard that prisoners who “ misbehave” during visiting times are later bashed, cautioned Gardner against speaking out, tell­ ing him to wait until he was released.

Ms Donovan then apologised to the warder ex ­ plaining that she was the cause o f Gardner’ s outburst and not to hold him responsible for it.

GETTING SCREWED UP ETER GARDNER, now 24, has spent half his life in reform and penal institutions — he’s been “ in and o u t” since the age o f 11 and is currently serving a tw o year, nine month sentence for larceny, illegal use and forgery. However, he has already spent three years in jail on these charges and has another three months to go. Why? The media is told that he is as “ mad as a two bob watch” , but he has never been certified and the mental hygiene superintendent, Dr Murray White, states that he has no history o f violence in his records. Yet, apparently, This day tonight were going to d o a story on Gardner but dropped it when they were told about his “ mad­ ness” .

When Gardner entered Pent­ ridge to com m ence his current sentence he spent time in various divisions and was eventually m ov­ ed to Mont Park mental home. His psychiatrist, Dr Lewis, at the time told relatives that Peter was co m ­ ing along well and was able to relate to people. A week after that

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A fter a week in J, Gardner report a prisoner escaped from Mont Park. That night Gardner received visitors who reported was told to put all his clothes in a that “ he looked like a man o f 55, storeroom. He was suspicious and he shuffled instead o f walking and asked the warder what was going his speech was slurred” . A woman on and was informed they were visitor said that she “ cried and only tidying up the place. The cried to think that som ebody next morning he was given a would so such a terrible thing to a “ drink” which knocked him out. young man” .

When Gardner’s psychiatrists He w oke up 126 miles from Pentridge, at Ararat, outside the asked Bartholomew (the prison gates o f the infamous J ward, an psychiatrist w h o sent him there) institution fo r the criminally why he had been sent to Ararat, insane, said to be the worst penal Bartholomew replied, that it was institution in the state. He was “ to give him some fresh air” . The dragged inside, shoved in a chair psychiatrists were shocked and and his head was shaved. A l­ asked Bartholomew to repeat the though not certified he spent four statement, which he did. However, when Gardner was returned to months in this division.

Narc exposed DAVID BLUE NARCOTICS agent admit­ ted that a recent Melbourne drug raid may have been set up b y informers and pimps acting with the knowledge o f the narcotics bureau.

N a r c o t ic s agent Richard O ’Donovan made the admission under a scathing cross examina­ tion b y top criminal lawyer Jack Lazarus in Prahran court that a man seen near the scene o f a bust shortly before the raid was an “ agent provocateur” .

O ’Donovan told magistrate Maloney that drugs worth $3870 - including 98 Buddah sticks, 10 pounds o f hash, three bags o f opium and seven grams o f heroin - were fou n d in the South Yarra flat o f fisherman Neil David Ben­ nett.

O ’Donovan told the court he found the dope in a bag labelled “ Kingaroy Peanuts” .

When questioned about Ben­ nett being “ set up” fo r the raid, he said “ he may have been” .

Further questions about framing and being set up revealed some strange answers from O ’Donovan.

We reprint some o f them.

Lazarus: “ Do you believe he was set up for these charges?”

A fter a lengthy silence Lazarus quipped: “ The silence is getting pressing,” and rephrased the ques­ tion: “ What d o you understand ‘framing’ to mean?”

A : “ T o d o with picture fram­ ing.”

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Q: " Y o u are being quite seri­ ous, are y o u ? ” A : “ Yes.” Q: “ Other than the sense o f the defendant being put in a picture frame, was the defendant fram ed?”

A : “ N o .”

Q: “ Other than the sense o f setting up a house, was the defendant set up for these charges?”

A : “ He may have.”

Q: “ He was set up by some informers and pim ps?”

A : “ I can’t discuss any area o f the functions o f the narcotics bureau.”

Q: “ He was set up by inform­ ers and pimps with the knowledge o f the narcotics bureau?”

A: “ He may have been.”

Q: “ Y ou know he was?”

A : “ I don t.”

Q: “ He may have been . . . what d o you mean?”

A : “ It is possible he may have been set up without my knowl­ edge.”

Lazarus persistently asked O ’Donovan about a man named Russell, present at the raid, whom Lazarus alleged was an informer.

The prosecution objected to the name o f a possible informer being aired.

But O ’ Donovan admitted that Russell may have been an “ agent provocateur” who was never charged b y the narcotics bureau.

Bennett was sent for trial at the Melbourne county court.

Pentridge’s G division Barthol­ om ew and White confronted him and told him he was sent to J be­ cause he had helped in the escape o f prisoner Stevens from Mont Park.

Warders harassed Gardner. One night they burst into his cell and said they were going to search it.

Gardner argued, was hit over the head with a bunch o f keys and retaliated by punching a warder in the mouth. Security was called and six warders bashed him. He was then taken to governor Grindley who told him that he had fallen down a flight o f stairs.

Gardner replied, “ Yeah, y o u ’d know what happened.”

Gardner, dressed only in his underpants, was then dragged to H division. Later he was transferred to A division but not for long.

Head warder Taylor accused him o f lighting a fire in the workroom and told him he was going into C division. The prisoner refused to go and swallowed pieces o f metal. He was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital and operated on for a ruptured stomach. After tw o days the hos­ pital discharged him but informed prison authorities that he should be kept in the prison hospital.

Gardner was driven to Pen­ tridge and, in a wheelchair, was wheeled to the entrance gates.

Once inside he was told to “ get up” . He stumbled and was half carried to his cell in H DIVISION - the notorious solitary confine­ ment unit which isnt supposed to exist. He’s been there since.

I saw his cell. It measures nine feet by six feet, however a grille running alongside his “ bed” gives a total living space measuring the width o f the bed and the length o f the room. His bed is a rubber mat on the floor. He has tw o canvas blankets which stiffen when it’ s cold and offer no warmth.

His “ toilet” is a bucket, emptied once a week. Former inmates o f the cell have gone “ o f f ” and kicked the bucket around leaving the floor covered in a layer o f old shit. R ecently a warder “ took pity” on Gardner and roughly swept the cell out for him.

His diet consists o f a slice o f bread, a slice o f meat and tea three times a day. His drinking water is kept in a one gallon container and is changed once every eight to ten days.

In the two months he’s been in solitary he has had two showers, brushed his teeth four times and his weight has dropped from eleven stone eight to nine stone eleven.

Because o f his “ suicidal ten dencies” he is “ on drugs” , mainly Flihenzine which causes hal lucinations, confusion and with­ drawals.

When the delegation visited Gardner last Sunday he was obvi­ ously drugged and he complained that when he woke up he thought it was night; he gets his days and weeks confused and his eyes can't focus properly, so he can’t read his mail.

Recently they let him out o f his cell for exercise. The sunlight sent him reeling and he had to be returned.

Last week prison officials have been “ lenient” with him He’ s been given a radio, is allowed to smoke and he’s been told he’ll be going to C division - providing he doesnt ob ject to his drug treat­ ment.

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Your prisons,working for you Tw entieth century prisoners are h eld b y nineteenth century institutions,being con trolled b y a m entality that has no right to exist, ever.

B A R R Y CADE It is n o longer the revolutionaries who are making the world's tremendous revolution; it is the tyrannies that have set it going, it is the actual technique o f the modern world that is bleaking brutally with the past and throwing p eop le . . . into the necessity fo r starting life afresh on new foundations VICTOR SERGE, Memoirs o f a Revolutionary AFFLED by the latest outbreaks o f prison unrest in NSW (at Bathurst and Goulburn jails) some observers have been quick to advance a conspiracy theory. According to the local minister o f justice, Mr Maddison, the most recent — the Goulburn incident, february 10 - was “ inspired by communists and activists” .

Echoing this line was the Sydney afternoon paper the Sun (february 11) which rhetorically editorialised that two outbreaks in tw o weeks were just “ too much o f a coincidence to be put down as (spontaneous ‘portests’ by prisoners against conditions” . Others have explain­ ed the unrest by hypothesising the exist­ ence o f a nameless subversive internation­ al organisation o f prisoners intent on wrecking the prison systems o f the west­ ern world. Indeed this was Mr Maddison’s initial explanation follow ing the Bathurst outbreak.

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HE ACTUAL causes o f prison un­ rest are many and varied. I can only speak o f m y experience in one prison in NSW, a minimum security institution (n ob od y over 30, all first offenders) that is recognised by screw and prisoner alike as a refuge when compared with the barbarous situations existing in places like the n ow burnt out Bathurst and the hell o f Long Bay. T o comprehend prison unrest one should realise that the bashings w e’ve heard so much about are only part o f a whole system o f institutionalised brutal­ ity and revenge. The whole antique con ­ cept o f a NSW prison, based as it is upon environmental and emotional deprivation, is a brutal one.

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divided com m unity o f tw o social classes, “ them” and “ us” , the “ screws” and the “ crims” . It is the form er w ho make a great contribution to prison unrest.

The majority o f screws are men with minimum educational qualifications and many seem to harbor a grudge against the inmates they’re in charge o f, a grudge they take every opportunity o f express­ ing, seeing themselves as some, sort o f avenging angels. As the wife o f one screw said to me in justification o f the Bathurst shootings: “ A fter all it’s not as if they (ie. the prisoners) had done nothing to get into prison” - which apparently justifies the medicine dished out.

For a crim, survival in a NSW prison means preserving some measure o f indi­ viduality, self-respect and dignity. The worst screws I’ve met realise this subcon­ sciously, if not consciously, and they chip away at the crims, forever trying to reduce a bloke to a manipulatable, docile blob.

There are innumerable ways o f taking it out on a prisoner without resorting to physical violence. One favorite is the reading o f prisoners mail, especially co r­ respondence to/from loved ones, particu­ larly wives, de factos, girlfriends etc and making lewd taunting remarks to the prisoners concerned afterwards.

Or there are the periodic raids on the prisoners huts and the seizing o f girlie photographs etc, clipped out from maga­ zines, books, newspapers, that mean so much to men prevented from living their usual sexual lives, men fearing hom osexu­ ality, men therefore forced to live sexual­ ly in their hands and the worlds o f the past and that o f fantasy.

The Sunday night m ovie is a favored time for inflicting punishment. The crims line up to enter the hall; the movie is sure to have been look ed forward to during the past week. Then along comes a screw, reads out the names o f the chosen few who have to return to their huts — no explanation given, merely the exercise o f authority, to show w h o’s boss. This pun­ ishment is given to prisoners w ho showed a bit o f spirit during the week - like not shaving for a couple o f days, or having the regulation tie o ff when it should have been on.

Or take last year when the record player (a vital recreational item) had essential parts removed b y a screw and replacements took more than a month before turning up.

Then there was the advent o f a new head screw with a penchant for military discipline. Before, the crims were allowed to have their hair dow n to their collars; but no, he wanted it “ institution short” , and “ yes sir” this and "n o sir” that, and drill, and parades, and marching, and uniforms spic and span . . .

The sins o f the children are apparently visited upon their parents. Thus on visit­ ing day it’s not uncom m on fo r screws to treat the parents o f prisoners like shit, eyeing them over, speaking to them in a belligerent manner, ordering rather than requesting etc. It’s as though a screw doesnt know how to treat people as human beings.

And what grates is the double morality o f the bastards. The screws buy the fo o d for the prison kitchen - and they take a bit on the side. A couple o f them have a cosy scene going — they over order, or take the good stuff (especially g ood cuts o f meat) home fo r themselves and let the crims eat shit. T h ey ’re not above stealing from the crims either.

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Beyond these sorts o f obvious abuses there are other factors making for prison­ er dissatisfaction. All prisoners have ex­ perienced the antiquated system o f re­ mand, which creates great bitterness be­ fore the actual jail sentence begins, while the parole system is also objected to many prisoners prefer to serve extra time in jail rather than face freedom on parole with its chance o f parole violation (real or otherwise) and an ensuing heavy sen­ tence.

HE PUBLIC tends to regard prison­ ers as uncouth, crude, ignorant psychopaths. However, as Harry Gum boot correctly observed (Daylights, No. 12) they are merely mortals “ whose most out­ standing characteristic is ordinariness” .

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prisoners matriculate has introduced me to some outstanding intellects, some ex­ tremely sensitive personalities. Indeed matriculation passes gained each year by NSW prisoners are among the best in the state.

And this is where the system is coming unstuck. There’s an antique prison system coupled with victorian attitudes to penal reform. But the crim o f today is not antique, and often as not brings with him into the concrete jungle not on ly the simple basic human needs for dignity and freedom but a working knowledge o f the tactics that have been used to secure these in recent decades - tactics borrow ­ ed from the peace movement, the black power movement, the movement for workers con trol etc.

In the prison where I work, the follow ­ ing magazines circulate clandestinely: The living daylights, Rolling stone, and Dig­ ger. Books by R. D. Laing, Tim othy Leary, Franz Fanon, Angela Davis, Eldridge Cleaver circulate openly — after all as far as the usual screw is concerned it’s a matter o f “ Eldridge w h o?”

As far as music is concerned Dave Bowie, Alice Cooper, and the Rolling Stones were popular last year and parents/friends managed to keep up a steady inflow o f the latest albums. Per­ haps not standard fare in all NSW prisons, but indicative o f a coming change? |~j

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The mind factories chug and wheeze... a weekly student roundup HE PRISON offensive at La Trobe swung into a slightly less spectacular m ode this week, with an absence o f deputations to council etc. However, Rabelais, the student newspaper, gave co n ­ siderable coverage to the issue, and the Prisoners A ction Commit­ tee called fo r another rally outside Pentridge last Sunday (see p. 9).

Several forums on the subject have had good audiences.

La Trobe students were also at the forefront o f exposing the dilemma o f the Australian owned oil com pany, IOC, that has been battling for its life against the multinationals. Rabelais was the first student paper to get the story and this was com plem ented by a

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demonstration initiated b y RSM (the Radical Student Movement).

A number o f other issues continue to generate interest among “ activ­ ists” . For instance, the recent SRC motions calling for the intro­ duction o f black and womens s tu d ie s as interdisciplinary courses; the SRC report on the proposed purchase o f land to be used for experimentation with

eco-orientated projects; and the alternate university cum “ de­ schooling” La T robe group. On the environment, students have brought the issue close to hom e b y demanding the responsibility fo r keeping clean a key section o f the campus - the Agora - with­ out reliance upon official cleaners.

Last week saw the La Trobe

Low funds is sociology’s trouble the final say; the part “ outside contingents" play in university politics; and the effect all these factors have on our education * * *

THE question o f what part stu­ dents play in determining their education was raised in a lunch­ time debate outside the library last week.

Professor Thornton (history and philosophy o f science) and George Shipp (political science) assured the students that "m ean­ ingful dialogue” can result from consultative committees between staff and students. Such discus­ sion, they said, should be suffi­ cient representation.

George Molnar (philosophy Sydney university) pointed out that students have tried these methods before with few results.

Consultative committees were no more than a safety valve, which help perpetuate the administrative bureaucracy. Direct action such as the philosophy strike at Sydney university is a more effective way o f satisfying student demands.

Thornton argued that the nat­ ural science was an “ objective b od y o f knowledge which can only be taught in a teacher/pupil classroom basis” . So there!

M A R K STEVENS

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FTER many years o f com ­ ments and complaints from womens liberationists about the lack o f female representation in student government, it appears that the trend is changing. Caul­ field has just becom e Victoria’s third CAE to have a female presi­ d e n t The other tw o are Warrnamb o o l and Gippsland. These elec­ tions were held last year. The trend is also true o f our univer­ sities where Melbourne and Monash have been reigned over b y females for some time, although the MAS chairperson has recently resigned.

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night o f Australian vaudeville. Our new activities officer, L ibby Har per, deserves a lot o f the credit for getting this together.

Finally, readers o f the recently published S ex survey o f Austra lian women may be interested to know that its author is strongly rumored as being in line fo r the professorship o f La T robe’s so­ ciology department. The not so trendy (except among very small circles!) marxist anthropologist L e v i-S tra u s s u n f o r t u n a t e ly couldnt make it despite the mad reading-up o f his work b y staff members anticipating his appoint ment.

STEVE WARNE

OPEN LETTER TO LA TROBE STUDENTS

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HE University o f New South Wales was originally an institute o f technology. To achieve university status it was necessary to have an arts faculty.

But since a good deal o f the funds fo r the university com e from big business (there is a dispropor­ tionate number o f businessmen on the university council) , it is not surprising that the distribution o f funds leans heavily towards the science and engineering faculties rather than arts.

One school that suffers because o f fund distribution is sociology.

What used to be a progressive, innovative subject is now hamper­ ed by an 80:1 student/staff ratio.

This fact limits the ability o f staff in employing radical teaching methods and limits the scope o f options in the course itself.

Professor Sol Encel is at pres­ ent trying to prom ote sociology as a science. If he can d o that then perhaps the funds for the school will be raised (as happened when psychology was accepted as a sci­ ence).

The inclusion o f the m ethodol­ ogy course in sociology tw o is a result o f this attempt to promote sociology as a science. It would appear from student dissension and from staff dissatisfaction (professor Congalton, who took over from last year's course direc­ tor, John Ray, has resigned after four weeks) that m ethodology in its present state is more trouble than it’s worth in regard to having a fluid teaching set up.

Recent dissatisfaction included the lifting o f the first m ethodol­ ogy assignments by students call­ ing themselves the “ Sociology Federation Group” , and an im­ promptu meeting during one o f the lectures between Encel, staff members and students which re­ sulted in a m otion being passed voicing dissatisfaction on the method o f assessment fo r the m ethodology course.

If dissension continued then the m ethodology course could be moulded into a form more accept­ able to all. More importantly it raises the issue o f fund distribu­ tion among the faculties; who has

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Market well under way. Held each thursday, it provides the op p or­ tunity fo r people to com e and sell their wares, as well as for mem­ bers o f the nearby suburbs to enter the sacred “ com m unity o f scholars” . A n added side benefit is the chance for jailbirds (or poten­ tial ones) to take full advantage o f the notorious "prison haven” by selling their “ h ot” wares or raping the od d fresher!

A “ mini” arts festival, held last week, was quite successful. Featur­ ed were Pram Factory (Australian Performing Group) antics; clas­ sical music recitals; brilliant films like R eich’s Mysteries o f the organism; jazz from the US band, Heilman’s Angels, and a special

The only question this whole thing raises is whether this is a form o f tokenism or not. It would seem to be the case in Warrnamb o o l where a strong executive seems to dominate the president.

At Caulfield and Gippsland though it would appear that the persons were elected on their merits and not on their sex. It seems unlikely, incidentally, for any other wom en especially at places like Swinburne and Footscray.

Talking o f Swinburne, we hear that a copyright association in Sydney is trying to rip them off.

The association is demanding a percentage o f the u nion’s total expenditure on live performances o f music. Not surprisingly the union is rather dubious about the idea.

A com m ent on the Palestine

debate . . . most CAE’s where they could and where they felt there was enough interest, organ­ ised general meetings on the mat­ ter; some like Preston and Footscray didnt because o f lack o f in­ terest. But at RMIT where interest was very high (due to the jewish population) they refused to put on a meeting. Both AUJS and AUS people have com m ented on this matter and are rather dismayed at the RM IT’s SRC’s lack o f action.

It is rather sad that at Melbourne’s largest CAE the student bod y was not able to be informed or express its opinion on the matter. RM IT’s SRC answered that as the elected representatives o f the students they should decide. We wonder if any o f the reps included Middle East policy in their campaigns?

YOU reactionary fucking slobs! H ow fucking ignorant can you get? Y ou squashed the move to give sanctuary to prisoners. Why? Pathetic reasons like a “ rapist" might get me.

Y ou stupid cunts! There’s n o such] thing as a rapist. This is the sort of| superstitious thinking the crir ' andpunishment system is designed to up-i hold. If you fuck someone against theirj will now, does that mean as from tom orrow you are a rapist?

By treating a select few people prisoners — like dogs, we make the myth that the evils in society are caused b y a nasty few . . . the “ rap­ ists” , “ thieves” and “ murderers” .

If you at the university are seeking enlightenment, you ought to provide sanctuary for prisoners: and examine for yourselves the “ difference” be­ tween a convict and a man.

Do I have to spell it out for you ? If rape” is pushing your cock into som e­ one w ho doesnt want it, it happens thousands o f times a day all over Australia, mostly against w om en w ho are econom ically dependent on the “ rapist” . The law is drafted in such a way that only a few, politically insigni­ ficant, working class boys get convict­ ed o f it.

And their feeble, uncool, isolated attempts are met with an utterly crush­ ing reply, “ punishment” — the name for violence when it is done by the most powerful agency around at the time — such as several years in jail.

Ho hum! And if “ stealing” is taking money or effort or other valuables without due recompense, it is rife everywhere in our society. Getting something-for-nothing is the motive power o f our whole econom y. Those who take the most in unearned rip-off (excessive profits and profits from dud goods and services) are not jailed — they are honored.

Again, only the small, inefficient operators — working class burglars — are ground into the dust. They are scapegoats for the great, institutional­ ised Rip-Off which is our society.

As for “ murderers” , oh b o y ! While we pin badges on the highly organised cold-blooded, mass killers, we throw people in jail w ho have usually killed someone in a family fight or for doing the dirty over some person-to-person deal. Hardly justification for the lawmedia-prison conspiracy to dress up these impotent naughty boys as so-| ciety’s real baddies.

Wake up, you stupid cunts! Y ou ’ re not going to learn the relevant truth in lectures. If you ’ve com e for enlighten­ ment, offer La Trobe sanctuary to everybody whom society has defined as a baddie.

Unpick the lies! Discover the truth.

WILLIAM WALLACE.

PHIL O ’ CARR O LL,1 A lb u ry , NSW I

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SWOTLIGHTS

Armidale

From the Seminary to the C M F

T WAS a month ago last Wednesday that the semi­ nary in Armidale was occupied by students and others. But tuesday, april 2, at 7.15 am, 10 cops in five squad cars arrived and evicted ’em. “ It’s private property,” they kept saying as a kind o f reaffirming catechism. They had com e from as far as Tamworth, it was quite an operation.

They had com e under the flag o f the minister o f education, Mr Willis, and they pointed to his autograph at the end o f an order made under section 50 o f the Summary Offences Act. Willis, in an earlier ministerial role, was the architect o f that particularly nasty anti people piece o f law, and, dazed and barely awake, the students guessed he meant business, so they complied with the 15 minutes to quit order and packed their gear. The cops helped by loading it into their patrol cars and they carried it for ’em up the path to where they dumped it - woks, guitars, drums, provisions, clothes and all beside the highway.

A man in a grey suit was the leader o f it all. His name was on the order too. He was Ron Davis the property officer o f the Armidale CAE. R on is a con ­ cerned sort o f guy. He is a major in the local Hunter River Lancers, a CMF unit. He told the squatters that he was obliged to d o what he was doing because Willis, his employer, had ordered him. He did not seem to think that accepting this order from Willis in any way augered ill for the autonomy o f his new baby CAE. And he was pleased the operation had suc­ ceeded without messy arrests.

There had been no resistance. It was not within the style o f the people of the self-managed, living-learning community that had developed and was developing at the seminary. They had very quickly dispensed with locking o f doors for they found the paranoia poisoning. The cops had walked right in and woken them in their beds.

At that stage there had been 10 more or less permanent seminary dwellers. They had not arranged for the power connection because the local supply authority started hassling. Besides they came to prefer candle lit meals in the dining room and nights rapping and singing around the open fire.

Theirs was lifestyle politics, making means end.

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They had com e to love the seminary as a home and had taken to mowing the vast lawns and restoring the gardens. It had developed a g ood feeling and things were beginning to happen there. Academics would visit for fireside chats and a co-counselling workshop happened there one Sunday.

A fter the cops had gone the squatters and their gathered friends reentered the seminary to clean up, wash dishes and so on.

They talked to the tw o carpenters who had com e from the CAE. They didnt know what it was about but they were busy replacing or installing locks on all the doors, internal and external.

The doors were cedar and some had bolts put on them to o and some windows were nailed up.

Official vandalism it was and when the carpenters left the seminary was a corpse again. It was costing the education depart­ ment $105 a week and they were keeping it empty.

The squatters talked about reoccupying it but argued for stirring some sympathy as fore­ play. The seminary had becom e a symbol, a heavy one, a Pork Chop hill. Willis could not afford to lose it and yet his vulnerability was obvious. But lifestyle politics has the flexibility o f guerrilla warfare.

They could afford to lose it for the very flow o f their honesty and living would certainly produce more dramatic conflicts and symbolic victories. They had the ability to choose battle grounds, the symbols on which to fight.

They cast the Ching before they left. Gathering together (massing) was the hexagram and they read “ . . . if you are sincere, but not to the end, there will sometimes be confusion, some­ times gathering together. If you call out, then after one grasp o f the hand you can laugh again.

Regret not. Going is without blame.”

From the seminary the squat­ ters m oved to the Bakery, another Armidale scene. They got the support o f the university SRC and contacted the cheerful Joe Owens o f the Builders’ Laborers, and Mike Hourihan o f the Teachers’ Federation and both rocketed o f f telegrams o f protest. They got sympathetic press and they began to hassle the university fo r alternative accomm odation.

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T Melbourne, the row about the ID cards (see TLD, 1 9 /3 ) has blow n up a bit.

A student general meeting was called on the subject last thursday to work out what could be done to get rid o f the invidious p h oto­ graphs added to the cards by the administration this year.

Objections to the photos range from accusations o f 1984 type classification to the more concrete point that it stops secondary stu­ dents, social workers and inform a­ tion freaks o f all sorts from bor­ rowing a card to use books from the library. Closing up the univer­ sity from com m unity use was, in fact, the stated aim o f the intro­ duction o f the cards.

Under pressure from Mel­ bourne’s SRC the administration made the photographs voluntary, but then proceeded to persuade 85 percent o f students to accept them by a few judicious posters

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and it is in the process o f drawing up a submission to the AUC fo r the next triennium in the hope that they’ll be able to d o something about housing all the students w ho they have caused to com e to town. Besides, it was due to personality disputes between the two admins — university and CAE — that blocked the univer­ sity using the seminary for accom m odation this year. A fter a day o f conscience-struck searching an o ffer was made o f accom m oda­ tion in the campus CMF building.

For one week they were told.

Wot a delite, the squatters said.

The CMF com pany, a detachment o f Sydney University Regiment, has a fine new building. It includes an equipped kitchen and dining hall, classrooms, showers and fou r different toilets in the same corridor with doors marked Women, Officers, Sergeants, and R and F. The campus CMF is an attempt b y the army to tap the production line o f technocratic elites and make sure it has representatives in the officer caste. But they are a bit in the dumps at present - only 12 recruits and a strength o f 65 compared to 100 plus in the heyday o f the conscription lark. “ Still I’d rather have 65 blokes willing to work and learn than dead w o o d ,” said one o f the officers.

There was a little official freaking when it was discovered that this family o f squatters was a m otley crew o f wom en, men and a child all sleeping in the one room. There were telephone calls until one captain Baker said, “ W elcome to the m otel CMF” .

That night they had hot showers, and were entertained at the bar o f the soldiers club. Honest raps with fellow students in uniform.

It was an extraordinary event.

A living learning experience.

On entering the CMF they cast the Ching again. This time it gave The family as the reading and it said amongst other things “ . . . the family is a society in em bryo; it is the natural soil on which performance o f moral duty is made easy through natural affec­ tion, so that within a small circle a basis o f moral action is created and this is widened to include human relationships in general.”

That sums it up. What next?

Why dont you ask and cast your own Ching?

GRAEME DUNSTAN

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Fun and with the

on the enrolment stands and a lot o f fast talking by the clerks issu­ ing cards. Obviously they'll do the same thing every year; otherwise there is no point in them having the cards at all.

Thursday’s meeting was poorly advertised by the SRC student bureaucrats (they’re preoccupied mainly with infighting). The meet­ ing was mentioned in the daily activities sheet but its subject wasnt. Anyway 80 turned up and had a good discussion on the issue, ending with a strong m otion opposing both voluntary and com ­ pulsory cards. This is not suffici-

Anywhere Everywhere O R the record, the AUS council sponsored resolu­ tions supporting Palestine Libera­ tion were soundly beaten through­ ou t Australia. Not one campus voted “ yes” to the major motions, though La Trobe came close, only pro-zionist “ stacking" defeating them there. AUS will now support the re-admission o f the Israeli stu­ dents union at the Asian Students Association conference later this year. However, the AUS fee rise has met a more sympathetic re­ sponse. The increase from $1 to $1.50 per student has been back­ ed b y more than the required tw o thirds o f affiliated campuses.

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A T MONASH, the latest head­ cou nt o f the professorial board (if y o u play the system y o u ’ve got to have the numbers) shows that the much maligned semesters could be defeated when they go up for the vote on april 10. * * *

A T ANU there was a black take­ over o f the radio uni a couple o f weeks ago. T w o whites struck back at midnight the next Satur­ day, dubbing it “ Radio South A frica” and playing dixie music.

Swotrags

National U getting better

AST week’ s issue o f Na­ tional U was much better the layout has been improved about 400 percent by the addition o f more graphics. It still looks a bit like the Sydney Sun, unfor­ tunately. Lead article is on the continuing American “ non-pres­ ence” in Vietnam.

Woroni (A N U ) knows its read­ ership. The lead article in the latest issue was on the spread o f dope smoking in the US, where it’ s three times the 1973 figure; “ American devotees inhaled some five billion joints last year” the article says, so it will be 15 billion this time. N ow work that out per head.

Arena (Macquarie) is much pre­ occupied with the Middle East in its first couple o f numbers; it also has a broad spectrum o f kulture in its reviews section. Visually it is neat, sparse and rather dull - the paper looks vaguely like Mac­ quarie’s administrative staff bul­ letin.

Sydney’s Honi Soit published an interesting report o f what’s

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happened in the philosophy de­ partment there. Since it was split into tw o courses after hopeless wrangling between the conserva­ tives and the rest, the depart­ ment's new General course has proved far more popular with students.

This course includes b oth tradi-

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W H A T ’S ON IN THE BIG CITIES - A LIFT-OUT GUIDE.

HIGHLIGHTS SYDNEY

★ Tommy the Seal bounces balls on his beak, easter show, now open.

★ Self conscious charm with Truffaut & new Nimrod offering by Alex Buzo, all week. ★ Grand reunion of Oz astrologers, friday.

MELBOURNE ★ Capt. Matchbox makes whoopee with glittering cast, Sunday. ★ Fellini double, Wednesday & premiere of Los Olvidados, monday.

ADELAIDE ★ Brassy, raspy Blood, Sweat and Tears sound off, thursday. ★ The whole gamut of Brando’s sexuality, Tango & desire at once, Saturday

& Sunday. ★ Horror movie marathon on telly, friday.

ALL WEEK

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MELBOURNE THEATRE m o re in fo , Princess th e a tre , ♦ O n Y e r M a rx : aussie M a rx S p r in g s tre e t, c ity , B ros, s till tr u c k in ’ on. m on-sat, 8pm , m at sat P ra m F a c to ry , 325 2 p m , $ 5 .5 0 , $ 6 . 5 0 , $ 8 , chn D ru m m o n d s tre e t, C a rlto n , and pens h a lf price, tu e s -s u n , 8pm , $ 2 .5 0 , 6 6 2 .2 9 1 1. $ 1 .5 0 stu, 3 4 7 .7 1 3 3 . ♦ T a b u or not? w ith th e M U S IC S e s s io n s gang: Back ♦B eaudeshaw F a m ily , T h e a tr e , P ram F a c to ry , | C o m ic E n te rta in e rs : F ly in g ab o v e address, th u rs , fr i, T ra p e z e C a fe , B ru n s w ic k sat, 1 0 .3 0 p m . street, F it z r o y , tues-thurs. ♦ T h e Glass C u rta in : T a it ♦ Y a r ra Y a rra J a z z B an d: th e a tre , 107 Leicester B e n ja m in C e lla r, O ld stre e t, C a r lto n , fri-s u n , M e lb o u rn e M o to r In n , 8 .1 5 p m , $ 2 .5 0 , $ 1 .5 0 stu, m on-sat, eve.

3 4 7 .1 5 1 5 . ♦ T h e Im p o rta n c e o f Being T V , R A D IO E a rn e s t: O scar W ild e ’s A B V 2, 6 .3 0 p m , classic c o m e d y , S t M a r tin ’ s ♦ G T K : m o n -th u rs. th e a tre , S .Y ., m on-sat, ♦ L a te lin e : A R , 1 0 .1 5 p m , 8 .1 5 p m , p re -d in n e r sat, m o n -th u rs.

5 .1 5 p m , season tic k e ts a v a ila b le , 6 5 4 .4 0 0 0 . ♦ M a g ic F lu t e , To sca, POETRY B arber o f S eville (8 p m ), ♦ D ia l-a -P o e m : r in g T a n n h a u s e r ( 7 p m ): O p era 3 2 9 .6 0 3 9 . season, c o n ta c t th e a tre fo r

F IL M S ♦T h e se m ay change at a m o m e n ts n o tic e , so please check w ith c in em a to be sure. ♦ L a d y Sings th e Blues and U lz a n a ’s R a id : B u rt L ancaster, C a rlto n c inem a, F a ra d a y s treet, thurs-sun, 7 .4 5 p m , 9 0 c , 3 4 7 .5 5 2 4 . ♦ T h e K in g B o x er ( t il w e d ), S n o w b a ll E x p re s s , c h ild r e n ’ s s p e c ia l: F o o ts c ra y G ra n d , Paisley road, m on-sat, 7 .4 0 p m , $ 1 .4 0 , 6 8.1 1 3 8 . ♦T ra v e ls W ith M y A u n t and E ng land M a d e M e: G ra h a m G re e n e d o u b le , D e n d y M a lv e rn , G le n fe rrie ro a d , 7 days, $ 2 .5 0 , 5 0 9 .0 5 5 5 . ♦ B la z in g Saddles: W estern spo o f, fr o m w e d , D e n d y B rig h to n , C h u rc h street, n ig h tly 7 .4 5 p m , sat 3 .3 0 p m , sun 1 .4 5 p m ,

$ 2 .5 0 , $ 1 .4 0 stu, 9 2 .8 8 1 1. ♦ T h e Sensualist: T r a k , 4 4 5 T o o ra k ro a d , n ig h tly 6, 8 .3 0 p m , sat 2 .3 0 p m , sun 5 p m , $ 2 .5 0 , $ 1 .2 0 stu, 2 4 .9 3 3 3 . ♦The Young and th e D a m n e d : (L o s O lv id a d o s ) B unu el m asterpiece, Palais, Ir Esplanade, St K ild a , n ig h tly 8 .1 5 p m , sat 4 .1 5 p m , $ 2 .5 0 , $ 1 .5 0 stu, 9 4 .0 6 5 1 . ♦D ay F o r N ig h t: R iv o li T w in 1, C a m b e r w e ll J u n c tio n , n ig h tly 7 .4 5 p m , sat, sun 4 .1 5 p m , $ 2 .2 5 , $1 stu, 8 2 .1 2 2 1 . ♦ L o v e : R iv o li T w in 2, above address, n ig h tly 8 .1 5 pm , sat, sun 5pm , $ 2 .2 5 , $1 stu, 8 2 .1 2 2 1 . ♦ L iv e and L e t D ie : o r 0 0 7 s trik e s a g a in , H o y ts M a lv e rn , c n r G le n fe rrie & D an d e n o n g rds, n ig h tly , 8 p m ; sat 2 , 5 , 8 p m ; sun 5 , 8 p m . 5 0 .3 1 9 3 .

ADELAIDE F IL M S ♦T h e se m a y change at a m o m e n t’s n o tic e , so check w ith c in e m a to be sure. ♦ A D o lls H ouse: G len elg c inem a 1, tu e s -th u r, 7 .3 0 pm , 2 9 4 -3 3 6 6 . ♦The H ire lin g : G len elg c in e m a 1, s a t-m o n , 2 9 4 -3 3 6 6 . ♦ A D o lls H ouse: G len elg c in e m a 2, fr i-m o n , 2 9 4 -3 3 6 6 . ♦ A T o u c h o f Class: H o y ts c in em a 3, m o n -s a t, 1 1 .0 0 a m , 2 .0 0 p m , 5 .0 0 p m , 8 .0 0 p m , sun 5 .0 0 pm , 7 .4 5 p m , 8 7 - 5 5 8 2 . ♦Jesus C h ris t S u p ers ta r: F o ru m , tu e s -fri, 8 .1 5 , 2 6 7 -1 5 0 0 . ♦M a rn e : F o ru m , s a t-m o n , 2 6 7 -1 5 0 0 .

T h e E r o tic M a n : V illa g e , f r i-m o n , 2 9 5 - 4 1 6 6 . ♦The O th e r C a n te rb u ry Ta le s : V illa g e , tu e s -th u r, 8 .1 5 p m , 2 9 5 - 4 1 6 6 . ♦ B lu m e in L o v e : V o g u e , 8 .0 0 p m , also th u r 1 1 .0 0 a m , sat, sun 5 .0 0 pm , 7 4 -2 3 3 3 . ♦ T h e N o to rio u s D a u g h te r of Fanny H ill: C ap ri, 2 7 2 -1 1 7 7 . ♦ S u b u rb a n W ives: M a rio n , tu e s -th u r, 2 9 6 -1 1 5 7 . ♦B en H u r: M a rio n , fr i-m o n , 2 9 6 -1 1 5 7 . ♦ T h e W a y W e W e re : F a ir L a d y , m on-sat 1 1 .0 0 a m , 2 .0 0 p m , 5 .1 5 pm , 8 .1 5

p m , sun 2 .1 5 p m , 7 .3 0 p m , 5 1 -7 7 7 7 . ♦The S o v ie t Song and D an ce E n s e m b le : W a rn e r, m on-sat, 1 1 .0 0 a m , 2 .0 0 p m , 5 .0 0 p m , 8 .0 0 pm , 8 7 -5 6 6 5 . ♦The E x o rc is t: Wests, m o n -th u r 1 1 .0 0 a m , 2 .0 0 p m , 5 .0 0 p m , 8 .0 0 p m , f r i and sat 1 0 .4 5 a m , 1 .4 5 p m , 4 .4 5 p m , 7 .3 5 pm , 1 0 .1 5 p m , sun 2 .0 0 p m , 5 .0 0 pm , 8 .0 0 p m , 5 1 -4 4 1 1. ♦ T h e M a n W h o L o ve d C at D an cin g : S ta te m on-sat, 1 1 .0 0 a m , 2 .0 0 p m , 5 .0 0 p m , 8 .0 0 p m , sun 5 .0 0 p m , 8 .0 0 pm , 5 1 - 2 6 2 1 . ♦ M a id in S w e d e n : M e tro , m on-sat, 5 1 - 3 3 4 4 . ♦ P a p e r M o o n — d ir. P eter B o g d a n o v ic h : S tu rt, 5 1 -2 5 5 2 . ♦ L iv e and L e t D ie : H o y ts c in e m a 1, m on-sat, 1 1 .0 0 a m , 2 .0 0 p m , 5 .0 0 pm , 8 .0 0 pm , sun 5 .0 0 pm , 7 .4 5 p m , 2 2 3 - 2 2 3 3 . ♦ A lv in P u rp le : H o y ts c in em a 2 , m on-sat, 1 1 .0 0 a m , 2 .0 0 p m , 5 .0 0 pm , 8 .0 0 pm , sun 5 .0 0 p m , 7 .4 5 p m , 2 2 3 - 6 1 0 0 .

p m , 8 .1 5 p m . ♦ H e r F irs t False S te p — m e lo d ra m a : O ld e Kings M usic H a ll, 318 K ing W illia m s treet, w ed-sat 8 .3 0 p m , $ 8 .5 0 , $ 7 .5 0 (in clu d e s fo o d ). ♦O n e For th e P ot — c o m e d y : R o y a lty th e a tre , 6 5 A ngas stre e t, tues-sat 8 .1 5 p m , also sat 2 .0 0 pm . ♦ F id d le r on th e R o o f: C o t t a g e t he at re , D e q u e tv ille te rra c e , tues-sat, 8 .3 0 pm .

A C T IO N ♦ A d e la id e S c h o o l o f Y og a — classes d a ily , also s p iritu a l and ph ilo so p h ic aspects, non p r o f it : 64 G a w le r p lace, in fo 4 2 .1 8 6 4 .

4 2 -1 6 8 4 . ♦ Z e r o P o p u la tio n G r o w th — w a tc h w o rld p o p u la tio n increase on p o p u la tio n c o u n te r: E liz a b e th cen tre lib ra ry . ♦ D o ro th y P lak, C reative c ra ft w o rk s h o p — d ro p in fo r advice on all crafts: 57 M a g ill ro a d , S t Peters. ♦ F ric k e rs F o o d C onspiracy — org a n ic fo o d : C en tra l M a rk e t, m a rk e t days.

THEATRE ♦C le a r L ig h t B azaar — ♦B ig B ad M o u se — c o m e d y organic fo o d , sundried, J im m y E d w a rd s , E ric u n r e fin e d fo o d : 201 S ykes: H e r M a je s ty s , tues R u n d le street.

8 .1 5 p m , w e d 2 .1 5 p m , ♦ A n t i F r u it F ly S p ra y in g — d ro p in at 51 M a n n te rra c e, 8 .1 5 p m , th u r 8 .1 5 p m , fri N o r t h A d e la id e , if 5 .4 5 p m , 8 .3 0 p m , sat 2 .1 5 in terested .

♦A u s tralas ia n S u rf L ife S a v in g C h a m p io n s h ip s : G len elg , th u r-s u n .

E X H IB IT I O N IS M ♦ L le w e lly n G a lleries — m ix e d e x h ib itio n : 88 Jern in g h am stre e t, N o r th A d e la id e . ♦ S ta te L ib r a r y — e x h ib itio n o f a n th ro p o lo g y books: N o r th te rra c e. ♦A rt G a lle ry of S o u th A u s tr a lia — m ix e d e x h ib itio n : N o r th te rra c e. ♦ B u n d illa S a n c tu a ry — W i l l i a m R ic k e tts sculptures: 11 6 W a lk e rv ille te rra c e, W a lk e rv ille .

BOOK NOW ♦ A L it t le N ig h t M usic — m u s ic a l com edy: H er M a je s ty ’s, fro m a p ril 19. ♦T he S c o ttis h B a lle t — M a rg o t F o n te y n and Ivan N ag y: F e s tiv a l th e a tre , a p ril 15 to 2 0 . ♦S am m y D avis J u n io r: Festival th e a tre , a p ril 2 3 . ♦ C o n fe re n c e fo r people in te r e s te d in teaching m ig r a n ts , in c lu d e s d is c u s s io n of m igrant c u lt u r e s and teaching m e th o d s , in q u ir ie s M a l c o l m Connel l 2 2 3 -2 3 3 9 . ♦ E d u c a tio n A c tio n W eek: a p ril 19 to 2 6 .

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SOUNDS ♦ J e rry B ro w n — f o lk : O ld Push, G e o rg e s treet, 8 . 0 0 - 1 2 . 0 0 pm . ♦ A l H ead — c o n te m p o ra ry : R ed R ile y ’ s w in e bar, S u rry H ills , 8 .0 0 - 1 2 .0 0 p m ♦Sound L ik e Today — J o h n n y N ic o l T r io , th e D en nis S u th e rla n d M o d ac M a c h in e : O p era House, 8 .0 0 pm , $ 4 .0 0 , $ 2 .0 0 , in fo 2 1 1 -2 6 4 6 . ♦G re g L a w rie and Ian W in te r B and: R ock, F re n c h ’ s ta v e rn , O x fo r d street, 7 .4 5 - 1 0 .0 0 pm. ♦ Ia n M aso n: ja z z , piano, S ta g e Door ta v e rn , C a m p b e ll stre e t, S u rry H ills . ♦ T im B ro w n : ja z z , pian o, N o r th b r id g e h o te l, 7 .3 0 -1 0 .0 0 p m ♦E c lip s e A lle y F iv e -T ra d Jazz: V a n it y F a ir h o tel, C a m p b e ll stre e t, 7 .3 0 pm. ♦ A b b y Jazz B an d: L o rd D u d le y h o te l, P addo , 8 .0 0 pm .

B o o th m a n ♦ P e t er E n sem b le: ja z z , L im e ric k Castle, A n n stre e t, S u rry H ills , 7 .3 0 -1 2 .0 0 pm. ♦H om e: ro c k , D en nison h o te l, Bondi J u n c tio n , 8 .0 0 pm . ♦ S h e rb e t F o x : hard ro c k , C hequers.

A C T IO N ♦R odeo: b u ck ju m p in g , bull dogging, bare back.

R o y a l E aster S h o w , 4 .4 0 pm , $ 1 .8 0 , kids 4 0 c . ♦S w am i M u k ta n a n d a Param ahansa is in to w n : G re a t H a ll, S y d n e y un i, 8 .0 0 pm . ♦T he G re a t M oscow Circus: W e n tw o r th Park, last d a y , 8 .3 0 pm , $ 6 .2 0 , $ 5 .2 0 , $ 4 .2 0 .

TV ♦ W ild life S a fari to th e A rg e n tin e : th e H ig h A ndes, C h 2, 6 .0 5 pm. ♦ T h e C h ild M e nders: doco o n n e w surgical tech n iq u e s, C h 1 0, 7 . 3 0 pm. ♦G unm an’ s W a lk : Van He fl in , T a b H u n te r , James Darren, all fa ll a litt le in lo ve w ith an a ttra c tiv e herd of c a ttle — arg um en ts f o l l o w , Ch 7, 9 .0 0 pm . ♦ L i b e l : a c o u rtro o m dram a wherein D ir k B ogarde h o l d s th e jo in t in suspense, Ch 9, 1 0 .3 0 p m F IL M ♦ H i st o ry o f th e C in e m a: G e o r g e M elies e arly tric k films , F ilm m a k e rs c inem a, 6 . 0 0 , 1 0 . 0 0 pm, m em bers o n l y $ 1 . 0 0 , jo in at d o o r $3.00. ♦ N F T A ’s O p huls-P abst sea­ s o n : fe a tu rin g this w e e k , at great expense to th e m an ag em ent, B o zo th e film m a k e r .

N o , a jo k e .

R e a lly i t ’s Secrets o f a soul, plus C a u g h t, A M P th e a tre tte , C irc u la r q u ay , 7 .1 5 pm sharp, $ 1 .2 0 , studs 8 0 c , m em bers o n ly (jo in a t d o o r $ 3 .0 0 ). ♦ M y N ig h t at M a u d ’ s: plus C osta G avros’ s Z , U n io n th e a tre , S y d n e y u n i, 7 .3 0 pm , studs $ 1 . 0 0 . ♦ A W in te r ’ s T a le : surf ’ n fo a m ’ n f ib r e g la s s sandw iches, M a n ly Silver S creen, 8 .0 0 pm, $ 2 .0 0 . ♦A g a in st th e W in d : plus P o lan sk i’ s M a c b e th , U n io n th e a tre , S y d n e y un i, 7 .3 0 pm , studs $ 1 . 0 0 .

WEDNESDAY SOUNDS ♦ B o b B ern a rd : m ain s tre a m ja z z , O ld Push th e R o c ks , 8 . 0 0 - 1 2 . 0 0 pm . ♦C h ris T a p p e ra l and D ave F u r n is s : ja z z , Forest Lo dge, 7 .3 0 - 1 0 .0 0 pm . ♦ P e t e r B o o th m a n E n sem b le: ja z z , L im e ric k C astle, 7 .3 0 - 1 1 .3 0 pm. ♦G re g L a w rie and Ian W in te r B an d: ro c k , ja z z , blues, F re n c h ’ s T a v e rn , 7 .4 5 - 1 0 .0 0 pm . ♦ Ia n M aso n: p ian o , Stage D o o r ta v e rn , 7 .3 0 pm . ♦ M e rv A ch eson T r io : ja z z , B ellevue h o te l, P addo, 7 .3 0 - 1 0 .0 0 pm . ♦D on M o rris o n : kool k a rm a k u m in g fr o m kairns, Red R ile y 's , 8 .0 0 -1 2 .0 0 pm . ♦ A y e rs R o c k , F itz : hard ro c k , c h e q u e rs . ♦H om e: ro c k , D en n is o n h o te l, Bondi J u n c tio n , 8 .0 0 pm . ♦ W is p e rs : o ld ro d k , B rig h to n h o te l. ♦ D a rts K e lim o c u m p r e s e n t s R o b i n C o n a u g h to n , R a y an d P h y l D u rh a m , Jane H e riv e l, M c C lu s k y , A n d y and T o n i:

E liz a b e th 80c.

h o tel, 8 .0 0

Prepared by Stephen W all, w h o also acts as T LD outpost and copy host, Tuesdays to T h u rs d a y s , at 18 A rth u r street, Surry H ills, 6 9 8 .2 6 5 2 . pm ,

A C T IO N ♦ C o m m u n ity H e a lth or C o m m u n ity III H e a lth : discussion w ith Dr P. F in la y s o n , a bo d fr o m NSW h e a lth e d u c a tio n .

H u m a n is t house, 10 S h e p h e r d s tre e t, C h ip p e n d a le , 7 .4 5 pm . ♦ S e x u a l i t y and C o m m u n ic a tio n : S cience ho use, G lo u c e s te r s tre e t, c ity , 7 .4 5 pm, $ 1 .0 0 , presented b y A b o r tio n law repeal assoc, discussion fo llo w s film . ♦ R o d e o : fin d th e tr u e grit c o n te s t, bu ck ju m p in g , steer rid in g , R o y a l Easter S h o w , 9 .3 0 pm , $ 1 .8 0 , kids 4 0 c .

D IS T R A C T IO N S ♦ E n c o re : th e b o rd e r o f b a r b a rity , rad io th r ille r, A B C R a d io 1, 1 1 .0 0 am. ♦ T h e O ffic ia l op en ing of th e 1974 R o y a l Easter S h o w b y S ir Paul H aslu ck, no ted c a ttle ru s tle r: plus highlights o f th e grand parade, n o t to be missed, C h 2 , 6 .0 0 pm. ♦S u n s c o rc h e d : m o v ie chock f u ll of c ru e lty , r u t h le s s n e s s , th re a ts , k illin g s , p illa g in g , a d v e rtis e m e n ts , Ch 7, 1 0 .5 5 pm . ♦Access: p u b lic access prog ram , v ery good last w e e k , C h 2 , 1 0 .1 5 pm. ♦Persp ective: on e p a ir of eyes, Russell B ra d d o n weeps over o u r slackening ties w ith B rita in , C h 2, 8 .5 0 pm .

a m an w it h s h o rt legs, has a lo b o to m y , C h 9 , 1 0 .3 0 p m ♦ M id d le o f th e N ig h t: K im N o v a k and F r e d r ic M a rc h have a lo ve a f f a ir o f th e . . . b u t w h a t w ill p e o p le t h in k , genre, C h 7 , 9 .0 0 p m F IL M ♦ A W in te r ’ s T a le : M a n ly S ilv e r S c re e n , 8 .0 0 pm, $ 2. 0 0 . ♦ M ir k k a , S k in d e e p , The J o u rn e y : by Paul C o x , F ilm m a k e r s c in e m a , D arlin g h u rs t, 1 0 .0 0 pm , $ 1 .5 0 . ♦ N F T A ’s P a b s t-O p h u ls sea­ son: S ecrets o f a S o u l plus C au g h t, A u s t g o vt c e n tre th e a tre tte , $ 1 . 2 0 , studs 8 0 c , 7 .1 5 p m sharp, m em bers o n ly (jo in a t d o o r $ 3 .0 0 , o r tw o c h o c o la te frogs, w h ic h e v e r is th e less). ♦ G o d a rd ’ s W e e k e n d plus 2 o r 3 things I k n o w a b o u t her: S cience house, un i o f N S W , 7 .3 0 pm , fr e e to m em bers o n ly (jo in at d o o r, $ 2 . 0 0 ). ♦ L if e o f M o z a r t: O p era house, $ 3 .0 0 , kids, d a y shows o n ly $ 1 .5 0 , 1 1 .0 0 am, 2 .0 0 pm , 5 .4 5 p m 8.0 0 pm . ♦ A F e llin i D o u b le , 8 V2 plus R om a: U n io n th e a tre , S y d n e y un i, 7 .3 0 pm , studs $ 1. 0 0 . ♦The P la y b o y of th e W estern W o rld : b y Jo h n M illin g to n S yn g e , O p era house, in fo 6 6 3 -6 1 2 2 , $ 5 .5 0 , 8 .0 0 pm .

FRIDAY ♦ G o o d fr id a y — n o th in g m uch happ en ing , check events f o r yourselves. G o o d frid a y ? ♦ A ll T a lk in g , A ll Singing, A ll D an cin g : 5 0 years of W a rn e r B ro th e rs film s , IV 2 hours o f e a rly U S c u ltu ra l p ro p ag an d a , should be g o o d , A B C R a d io 1, 1 1 .0 0

F IL M ♦Is a d o ra : w ith Vanessa R edgrave, F ra n k o N e ro , Orange D o o rs , c n r O x fo r d and R eg en t streets, P addo, 7 .3 0 pm, $ 1 .0 0 incls c o ffe e , bickies. ♦ A W in te r's T a le : M a n ly S ilver S creen, 8 .0 0 pm , $ 2.0 0 .

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♦M y ra B r e c k in r id g e : T u rn e r h a ll , N S W IT , B uildin g 4 , 1 2 .1 5 , 5 .1 5 pm , 4 0 c . ♦ M ir k k a , S k in d ee p , T h e J o u rn e y : by Paul C ox, F ilm m a k e r s c in e m a , D a rlin g h u rs t, 1 0 .0 0 pm, $ 1 .5 0 . ♦W h a t's U p D o c ? : U n io n th e a tre , S y d n e y uni, 2 .0 0 pm, 5 0 c . ♦H ig h Plains D r ifte r : C lin t E a s tw o o d , S cience th e a tre , uni o f N S W , 1 .3 0 pm , $ 2 . 0 0 , fre e to m em bers. ♦L es E n fa n ts d u Paradis: Opera house, 7 .3 0 pm, $ 2 .0 0 , in fo 21 2 -2 3 1 3 .

♦ C le o L a in e , John D a n k w o r th , B ria n M a y in th e firs t o f several ja z z s p e c ia ls f o llo w e d by h ig h lig h ts fro m B y rd , K e s s e l, E llis Sydney c o n c e rt: A B C R a d io 1, 7.1 5 pm . ♦ S w itz e rla n d : B B C d o co , A B C T V , 7 .1 5 pm . ♦M iss T e le v is io n Quest 1 9 7 4 : ‘ ‘ T w e lv e g lam o ro u s fin alis ts w ill b e in tro d u c e d p rio r to th e a n n o u n c e m e n t o f th e judges dec is io n and th e c ro w n in g of Miss T e le v is io n 1974".

You havent com e a lo ng w a y , b a b y , C h 1 0 , 7 .3 0 pm . ♦O n c e U p o n a W in te r ’s Eve: Y u g o s la via n snow sports exposed to th e e ffe c ts o f m u c h G lu w e in , Ch 7 , 7 .3 0 pm . ♦S t Jo h n Passion by B ac h , P hilo m u s ic a of London, K in g ’ s college c h o ir: A B C R ad io 2 , 7 .5 0 pm . ♦ L ig h t in th e P ia z z a : m o v ie w ith O liv ia d e H a v illa n d , Y v e tte M im ie u x and G eorge H a m ilto n , is it divine?, C h 9 , 9 .0 0 pm . ♦ T h e Song o f B e rn a d e tte : a you n g peasant g irl trip s in a sm all g r o tto , C h 7, 9 .0 0 pm .

THURSDAY SOUNDS ♦S h e rb e t: ro c k , R evesby W o rkers c lu b , 8 .0 0 -1 1 .0 0

pm.

♦S o u n d F a c to r y , F lak e , S ebastian H a rd y , S tevie W rig h t: ro c k , H o rd e rn p a v ilio n , 7 .0 0 -1 1 .0 0 pm, $ 1. 2 0 .

♦ E ig h t D a y C lo c k : 7 piece ja z z ro c k , K ea to n s restau­ ra n t, O x fo r d . ♦A y e rs R o c k : in n o v a tio n a l ro c k, Science th e a tre , uni of NSW , 1 .0 0 -2 .0 0 pm, 50c. ♦ U n ity Jazz E nsem ble: tra d itio n a l ja z z , O ld Push, 8 . 0 0 - 1 2 . 0 0 pm. ♦ J u n io r and th e G o ld To p s : blues, ro c k, F re n c h ’ s ta ve rn , 7 .4 5 - 1 0 .0 0 pm. ♦ D ic k Hughes: ja z z , Stage D o o r ta ve rn , 7 .0 0 -1 0 .0 0 pm. ♦Pe te r B o o th m a n Ensem ble: ja z z , L im e ric k C astle, 7 .3 0 -1 1 .3 0 pm. ♦ D o n D e S ilva: tra d ja z z , M a cq u a rie h o te l, th e ’ L o o , 7 .3 0 - 1 0 .0 0 pm. ♦ D o n M o rris o n : f o lk , R ed R ile y ’ s, 8 .0 0 -1 2 .0 0 pm.

C L A S S IC S ♦ T h re e G u ita r C o n c e rto s w ith B ra zilia n classical g u ita r is ts Sergio and E d u a rd o A b re u : O p e ra house, $ 3 .7 0 , $ 4 .7 0 , $ 5 .7 0 , 8 .0 0 p m A C T IO N ♦ V illa g e C e n tre C ra ft M a rk e t: N ew com be and O x fo r d streets, Paddo, 3 .0 0 - 9 .0 0 p m ♦N S W u n i fo o d freaks m a rk e t: f r u it , veg, tou rists, c ra ft, nuts, e tc, 1 0 % m ark up o n ly .

Round H ouse la w n , 1 0 .0 0 am to 4 .0 0 pm , cheap. ♦R odeo : R oyal Easter show , 9 .3 0 pm , $ 1 .8 0 , kids 40c.

TV ♦T h e M an W ho C ould C heat D e a th : m ovie a b o u t

C L A S S IC S ♦ S t M a tth e w Passion, J.S. Bach, th e O ria n a Singers w ith St Jam es Singers: Sydney to w n h a ll, 6 .3 0 pm , $ 4 .0 0 , $ 3 .0 0 .

A C T IO N ♦ F e d e r a tio n o f A u s tra lia n A s tr o lo g e r s : N a tio n a l easter c o n v e n tio n , starts to d a y , in fo 6 1 - 7 4 3 2 , fla t e arth re-u n io n e rs to w ear u n ifo rm s. ♦ F o lk , R o c k , J a z z , H o n k y T o n k , etc: O ra n g e D oors, cnr O x fo r d and R eg en t streets, P addo , 8 .0 0 pm , $ 1 .5 0 .

SATURDAY SOUNDS ♦ N o r th b r id g e J a z z B and: S tra ta h o te l, C re m o rn e , 3 .0 0 - 6 .0 0 pm . ♦ M e rv A c h e s o n : ja z z , Stage c lu b , 4 .0 0 - 7 .0 0 pm . ♦E c lip s e A lle y F iv e : tra d ja z z , V a n it y F a ir h o tel, 4 .0 0 - 7 .0 0 pm . ♦D ave S te p h e n s , M e rv A ch es o n : ja z z , B ellevue h o te l, Paddo, 3 .0 0 - 6 .0 0 pm ♦ D ic k H ughes Q u in te t: A B C T V ta p in g a u dien ce needed, ring 4 3 - 0 4 3 3 e x t 4 7 7 7 , f o r fr e e tic k e ts , 3 .3 0 pm ♦N oel C r o w ’s S to n e d C ro w s: ja z z , R ed N e d ’ s, 25 S prin g stre e t, C h a ts w o o d , 8 .3 0 - 1 1 .3 0 pm .

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This covers from Tuesday April 9 to Monday April 15. N ext B R IG H TLIG HTS is April 23. Hope you survive.

♦D on De S ilva: ja z z , M a c q u a rie h o te l, th e 'L o o , 7 .3 0 - 1 0 .0 0 pm . ♦ U n i t y J a z z E n s e m b le : O ld Push, 8 .0 0 - 1 2 .0 0 pm . ♦ D o n D e S ilv a : ja z z , Lo u is ta ve rn , P a d d o , a fte rn o o n . ♦ U n ity Jazz E n s e m b le : tr a d ja z z , O ld Push, C irc u la r q u a y , 8 .0 0 pm . ♦John B u rk e : blues, L im e r ic k C astle, S u rry H ills , 7 .3 0 - 1 2 .0 0 pm . ♦ D e e p B a y o u : blues, ro c k , ja z z , Stage D o o r ta ve rn , 2 1 1 - 0 4 1 1 , 7 .0 0 - 1 2 .0 0 pm , $ 1. 0 0 .

♦ F o u r D a y R id e rs: ro c k, F re n c h ’ s ta ve rn , O x fo r d stre e t, 7 .4 5 - 1 0 .0 0 pm . ♦ S h e rb e t, Ross R yan, O rm s b y B ro th e rs : H o rd e rn p a v ilio n , 1 .0 0 , 4 .0 0 , 7 .0 0 pm, $ 1 . 2 0 . ♦H om e: m o re ro c k, G re e n a cre y o u th c lu b . ♦ W is p e rs : o ld ro c k, B rig h to n h o tel. ♦ A u d iu m , W a rre n W illia m s , B la z e : h a rd ro c k , C hequers. ♦ F o lk , R o c k , J azz, H o n k y T o n k , etc: O ra n g e D o o rs , c n r O x fo r d and R eg en t streets, P a d d o , 8 .0 0 pm , $ 1 .5 0 . ♦ M o r o c c o : s o ft f o lk , R ed R ile y ’ s, all arvo and free. ♦A l H ead: R ed R ile y ’ s, 8 . 0 0 - 1 2 . 0 0 pm , free . ♦D an Johnson, D oug R ic h a rd s o n , T e r r i W elles, and oth ers: T h e S hack, en tra c e to W a rin g ah m a ll, B ro o k v a le , 8 .3 0 pm , $ 1 .5 0 , cancel if p e tro l s trik e continues.

A C T IO N ♦ V illa g e C e n tre C ra ft M a rk e t: 9 .0 0 a m -3 .0 0 pm , O x fo r d and N ew com be streets, Paddo. ♦ R o d e o : b u ll dogging, hot d o g g in g , R oyal E aster sh o w , 1 0 . 0 0 p m , $ 1 . 8 0 , kids 4 0 c .

TV ♦ T h e S p le n d o u r F a lls: th e P o w er o f S to n e , do co on P om castles, C h 2 , 9 .3 0 pm F IL M ♦N ew Aust C in e m a : M a rin e tti b y A lb ie T h o m s , F ilm m a k e rs c in e m a , 6 .0 0 pm , $ 1 .5 0 . ♦S w an L a k e b y Le n in g ra d K iro v B a lle t: O p era house, 2 .0 0 pm , $ 2 . 0 0 , kids half price. ♦ C ry s ta l V o y a g e r: a great surf f ilm , O p e ra house, 4 .0 0 , 7 .0 0 , 9 .0 0 pm , $ 2 .5 0 . ♦ R a fa e ls o n ’s A S a fe Place, plus G o d a rd ’ s W e e k e n d : U n io n th e a tre , S y d n e y un i, 7 .3 0 pm , studs $ 1 .0 0 . ♦ A W in te r ’s T a le : M a n ly S ilve r S creen, 5 .0 0 , 8 .0 0 pm , $ 2 . 0 0 . ♦ M o n ty P y th o n ’ s F ly in g A c a d e m y tw in , 1 1 .3 0 pm . ♦ A M o v ie M a ra th o n : 4 0 film s u n d e r th e title , T h e T e c h n ic o lo u r D re a m : S o u n d c h e m i c a l , F ilm m a k e rs c inem a, “ a 12 m id n ig h t to d a w n t r ip " , $ 1 .5 0 .

THEATRE ♦The P la y b o y of the W estern W o rld b y J o h n M illin g to n S y n g e : O pera house, in fo 6 6 3 -6 1 2 2 , $ 5 .5 0 , k id s , studs $ 2 .2 5 , fo r m a tin e e , 2 . 0 0 , 8 .0 0 pm . ♦The E m p ir e B uilders: N ew t h e a t re , in fo 5 1 9 -3 4 0 3 .

K ID S ♦ D a v id C o p p e rfie ld : M a n ly S ilve r S creen, 2 .0 0 p m , 60c , $ 1 . 2 0 . ♦ H e y , H e y , I t ’ s S aturday w ith D a r y l S om ers and Ossie O s tric h and why not?: 8 .0 0 a m , C h 9. ♦ T h e F iv e Pennies, plus s e r ia ls : F ilm m a k e r s c in e m a , D a rlin g h u rs t, 2 .0 0 pm , $ 1 .0 0 , kids 5 0 c . ♦ T h e M agic T ra v e l B o x : kids th e a tre , N e w th e a tre , 5 1 9 - 3 4 0 3 , 2.1 5 pm . ♦ A d v e n tu re s in F o l: In d e p e n d e n t th e a tre , N o r th S y d n e y , 2 .0 0 pm .

SUNDAY SOUNDS ♦ K e v in Johnson plus special guests: selected deviates, good vibes, m usic, orange ju ic e , K ir k G a lle ry , 8 .0 0 p m , $ 1 .5 0 . ♦ R a y P rice Q u in te t: A B C T V ta p in g a u d ien ce needed ring 4 3 - 0 4 3 3 e x t 4 7 7 7 f o r fre e tic k e ts , $ 3 . 3 0 p m . ♦ P ira n a : hard ro c k , T h e D iffe r e n t D ru m m e r, S u rry H ills , 5 .0 0 - 1 2 .0 0 pm . ♦ A y e rs R o c k , K aruas, J u te , 69e rs , B u ffa lo : H o rd e rn p a v ilio n , 2 . 0 0 p m , $ 1 . 2 0 .

V ID E O ♦B ush V id e o presents tapes fr o m N im b in , London, Sydney, e tc : re c e n t A u s tr a lia n v id e o a rt, v o r te x ia , v id e o o c e a n , v o rte x ia v id e o oce a n , F e u tr o n b u ild in g , 31 Bay street, U lt im o , $ 1 . 0 0 , 8 .0 0 pm .

TV ♦ T h a t ’ s M y W ife : L a u re l and H a r d y m ov ie , C h 2 , 3 .0 0 pm . ♦ T a lk o f a R u n n in g M a n : new d ra m a series, o rig in a l te le v is io n p la y a b o u t love, C h 2 , 8 .3 0 pm . ♦T he U n s in k a b le M o lly B ro w n : s ta rs D e b b ie R e y n o ld s , v ie w as o p tio n to b o re d o m o n ly , C h 7, 8 .3 0 pm .

F IL M ♦ L a t in A m e ric a n c in e m a : T u p a m a ro s (L u n d q u is t), W h e n th e P eople A w a k e (T r ic o n tin e n ta l film s ), F ilm m a k e rs c inem a, D a rio , 3 1 - 3 2 3 7 , 4 .0 0 , 6 .0 0 pm , $ 1 .5 0 . ♦Robert R aym ond’s W ild life film s : O p era house, c o n tin u o u s screening, 1 0 . 0 0 am to 6 .0 0 pm , $ 2 . 0 0 , kids $ 1. 0 0 .

♦ F e llin i’ s T w o Best: J u lie t of th e S p irits , plus S a ty ric o n , U n io n th e a tre , S y d n e y un i, 7 .0 0 pm , studs

ADELAIDE

TUESDAY

SOUNDS ♦M o o n s h in e Jug and S tring B an d: M o d b u r y h o te l, 8 .0 0 pm , 60c .

C L A S S IC A L M U S IC ♦ L u n c h H o u r C o n c e rt — S c h u b e rt and M e n d e ls s o h n : E ld e r h a ll, A d e la id e un i, 1 . 1 0 pm , free . ♦South A u s tr a lia n S y m p h o n y O rc h e s tra F re e c o n c e rt — M o za rt and B e e th o v e n — M ic h a e l G o o d w in c o n d u c to r: M a tth e w F lin d e rs th e a tre , F lin d e rs u n i, 1 .0 5 pm , free.

F IL M ♦ T h e G e ta w a y — d ir. Sam P e c kin p a h : U n io n hall, A d e la id e un i, 1 2 .0 0 am, 60c . ♦H usband s — d ir. Jo h n Cassavettes: NFTA O ff H o lly w o o d season, S ta te govt t h e a tr e tte , S ta te a d m in b u ild in g , V ic to ria square, 7 .4 0 pm , m em bers o n ly (jo in at d o o r $ 3 .0 0 — o ver 1 8 years), program $ 1 . 2 0 , studs 80c .

THEATRE ♦C an’ t You H ear Me T a lk in g T o Y o u and Best Sellers — tw o com edies: Q th e a tre , 89 H a lifa x street, 1 .0 0 pm , $ 1 .5 0 , studs $ 1. 0 0 .

$ 1. 0 0 .

NFTA W om en Series: Som e L ik e I t H o t plus N ia g a ra , O p e ra house, 7 .1 5 pm , sharp, $ 1 .6 0 , m em bers o n ly (jo in at d o o r $ 3 .0 0 ) . ♦ A W in te r ’ s T a le : M a n ly S ilv e r S creen, 2 .0 0 , 5 .0 0 , 8 .0 0 pm . ♦ F ilm and m a k e r w o rld h arm o nics w ith L in d s a y B o u rk e : F ilm m a k e r s c in e m a , 8 .0 0 pm , $ 1 .5 0 .

K ID S ♦ T h e M a g ic T ra v e l B o x : kids th e a tre , N e w th e a tre , 5 1 9 - 3 4 0 3 , 2 .1 5 pm . ♦T he F iv e Pennies, plus s e r ia ls : F ilm m a k e r s c in e m a , D a rlin g h u rs t, 2 .0 0 p m , $ 1 . 0 0 , k id s 5 0 c .

MONDAY SOUNDS ♦ N a tio n a l Iris h C o n c e rt: fo r th e Iris h c iv ilia n relie f assoc, O p era house, in fo 7 7 2 - 1 6 5 5 , $ 1 0 .0 0 , $ 5 .0 0 , $ 3 .0 0 , 8 .0 0 p m . ♦J e rry B ro w n : g u ita r, vocals, percussion, O ld Push, C irc u la r q u a y , 8 .0 0 pm . ♦J o h n E w b a n k : old film fa v o rite s , oh yes , R ed R ile y ’ s, 8 .0 0 - 1 2 .0 0 pm . ♦ T e r r y B ro w n : O ld Push, 8 . 0 0 - 1 2 . 0 0 pm . ♦ B ilb o R a z z : m od ja z z , L im e r ic k C as tle , S u rry H ills. ♦M e rv A cheson M a in S tre a m e rs : tra d ja z z , B ellevue h o te l, P addo, 7 .3 0 - 1 0 .0 0 pm . ♦ F o u r D a y R id e rs: ro c k, blues, F re n c h ’s ta ve rn , O x fo r d s tre e t, S u rry H ills , 7 .4 5 - 1 0 .0 0 pm . ♦ H o t C it y B u m p B an d , A rm a g e d d o n : h a rd r o c k , Chequers. ♦ S h e rb e t, B an d o f L ig h t, P irana, D e C as tro : ro c k , H o rd e rn p a v ilio n , 2 .0 0 , 7 .0 0 p m , $ 1 .2 0 .

T V , R A D IO ♦ D o n ty P y th o n ’ s F ly in g C ircus: Biggies gets th e tr e a tm e n t to n ig h t, Ch 2, 9 .2 5 . ♦ R o o m to M ove: progressive ro c k w it h C hris W in te r, 8 .0 0 pm .

F IL M S ♦L e s P aren ts T e r r ib le by John C o c te a u , and R e m o rq u e s : O p e ra house, 7 .1 5 pm , $ 1 .6 0 studs $ 1 . 2 0 , m em b e rs o n ly (jo in at d o o r $ 3 . 0 0 ) . ♦ R o c h a ’s B la c k G o d , W h ite D e v il: S cie n c e house, uni of NSW , 6 .0 0 pm , m em bers o n ly fre e (jo in at d o o r $ 2 . 0 0 ).

THEATRE ♦The P la y b o y of W e s te rn W o rld : th u rs d a y .

th e see

A N IM A L A C T S ♦R o d eo : no pig r id in ’ t o n ig h t , R oyal E aster show , 8 .5 0 p m , $ 1 . 8 0 , kids 40c.

Listings are FREE and open to ail.

Contact B R IG H TLIG HTS monitor in your city.

A C T IO N ♦ T ra n s c e n d e n t a l M e d ita tio n : 11 F re d e ric k street, W e llan d , 7 .3 0 pm, free , in fo 4 6 - 4 0 9 1 . ♦ T ra n s c e n d e n t a l M e d ita tio n : L le w e lly n gal­ leries, 88 J ern in g h am st, N o r th A d e la id e , 7 .3 0 pm , fre e , in fo 4 6 . 4 0 9 1 . ♦ C h in a S in ce T h e C u ltu ra l R e v o lu tio n — sem inar w ith M y ra R o p e r: S o u th D ining ro o m , A d e la id e un i, 1 .1 0 pm. ♦ N a tu r a l D an ce class — all w e lc o m e : cnr W illia m and Q u ee n streets, N o rw o o d , 1 . 0 0 pm. ♦ P rim itiv e D an ce classes — all w e lc o m e : E liz a b e th D a lm a n school o f dance, 2 1 2 G ays arcade, 5 .4 5 pm, in fo 2 2 3 - 3 4 6 9 . ♦ A b o rig in a l Legends and Paintings — D r. H . A u s te n : C e n tra l M e th o d is t M ission, 7 .4 5 pm , 2 5 c .

T V , R A D IO ♦ W ild A u s tra lia — The D im in is h in g R ain F o re s t — c o m m e rc ia l e x p lo ita tio n of A u s tra lia ’ s rain fo re s t: A B S 2 , 6 .0 0 pm . ♦ D a n te ’ s In fe r n o — S pencer T ra c y : S A S 1 0 , 1 .3 0 pm. ♦H ansel and G re te l — H u m p e r d i n c k 's op era: S C L , 7 .3 0 pm. ♦ W o m e n — O u r Bodies, O ur S e I ves: R a d io u n iv e rs ity , 1 0 . 0 0 am. ♦ M a jo r A u s tra lia n Poets: R a d io u n iv ers ity , 1 1 .3 0 am and 8.0 0 pm.

WEDNESDAY SOUNDS ♦ C o lo n e l Bogies — ja z z : In g le w o o d in n , lo w er N o rth East ro a d , In g le w o o d , 8 .1 5 pm , free. ♦C a tac o m b s — fo lk , open n ig h t w elc o m e to p lay : 1 H a c k n e y road, H a c k n e y , fre e . ♦ B illy B u n te r s — fo lk : 1 6 8 G o u g e r s treet. ♦S a lv a tio n A ir F o rc e — ro c k : P o o ra k a hotel, B rid g e ro a d , P ooraka (c o u rte sy C e n tra l B ookin g A g e n c y ). ♦Brass C arnival — rock: U n c le S a m ’ s W h ite h o u se disco, D o n P olski cen tre , 2 3 2 Angas s treet, 8 .0 0 pm, $ 2. 0 0 . ♦ T h e W o m b a t: H ig h la n d e r h o te l, 647 N o r th East road, G ille s Plains.

C L A S S IC A L M U S IC ♦ M o z a r t F lu te Q u a rte ts — A d e la id e S trin g Q u a rte t: U n io n ch u rc h , Flin d ers street, 1 . 1 0 pm.

F IL M ♦The Om ega M an — C h a rlto n H e s to n Bragg le c tu re th e a tre , A d e la id e un i, 8 .0 0 pm, 5 0 c . ♦ L a B ohem e — P u ccin i — La Scala opera co: Festival th e a tre , 8 .3 0 pm, $ 3 .0 0 , $ 2 .2 5 . ♦ E v e ry th in g You E ver W a n te d T o K n o w A b o u t S ex: U n io n hall, A d e la id e un i, 1 2 . 0 0 am , 6 0 c .

THEATRE ♦C a n ’t You H ea r Me T a lk in g T o Y o u and Best Sellers: see tuesday.

K ID S ♦ Y o u n g W o rld : S C L , 4 .3 0 pm.

A C T IO N ♦M e d ia R esou rce C e n tre — M e etin g fo r all m edia fre a k s : L le w e lly n g alleries, 88 J e rn in g h a m s treet, N o r th A d e la id e , 7 .3 0 pm . ♦ T h e S cie n c e o f C re a tiv e In t e llig e n c e and Its R elevance to E d u c a tio n — tra n s c e n d e n ta l m e d ia tio n le c tu re : N a p ie r le c tu re th e a tre 5 , A d e la id e u n i, 8 .0 0 pm , fre e . ♦O rg an M usic S o c ie ty o f A d e la id e — t a lk on leading E u ro p e a n organs: B a p tis t church h a ll, T y n t e street, N o r th A d e la id e , 8 .0 0 p m ♦ E c o lo g y and th e G e n e ra l Crisis o f C a p ita lis m — Jean C hesn au x, p rofesso r at S o rb o n n e u n i: N a p ie r b u ild in g , A d e la id e un i, 3 .0 0 pm . ♦W o m e n s S tu d ie s M e e tin g — all w e lc o m e : 1 W illia m s treet, N o rw o o d , 8 .0 0 pm .

T V , R A D IO ♦ B ria n C add in C o n c e rt: live at C o m e d y th e a tre , M e lb o u rn e , A D S 7 , 7 .3 0

pm.

♦ W ild A u s tra lia — T h e Seal W a tc h — seals in Bass s tra it: A B S 2 , 6 .0 0 pm . ♦A ccess — m in o r ity groups a ir th e ir v ie w s : A B S 2 , 9 .4 5 pm. ♦ T o o H o t T o H a n d le — J ay n e M a n s fie ld : N W S9,

12.00 am.

THURSDAY SOUNDS ♦ B lo o d , S w e a t an d Tears: Festival th e a tre , 8 .1 5 pm. ♦ M o o n s h in e Jug an d S tring B an d: H o te l F in s b u ry , 8 .0 0 pm , $ 1 . 0 0 . ♦O c to p u s , Susan B ro w n — ro c k : P o o ra k a h o tel, B rid g e road, Pooraka (c o u rte s y C e n tra l B ookin g A g e n c y ). ♦ S o u th e r n Jazz B an d: F la g s ta ff h o te l, S o u th ro ad , D a r lin g to n , 70c, studs 5 0 c . ♦ J u d ith C r o s s le y — w o rk s h o p — S c o ttis h and n o rth e rn E nglish f o lk songs: C a ta c o m b s , 1 H ackney ro a d , H a c k n e y , 8 .0 0 pm , free .

F IL M ♦W om an of th e Year (K a th a r in e H e p b u r n , S p e n c ­ er T r a c y ) and T h e A fric a n Q u een (K a th a r in e H e p b u rn , H u m p h re y B o g a rt): N F T A T h e W o m e n S easo n, S tate govt th e a t r e t t e , S ta te a d m in b u ild in g , V ic to ria square, 7 .4 0 pm , m em bers o n ly (m e m b e rs h ip $ 3 .0 0 — o v e r 1 8 years — jo in at d o o r ), p ro g ra m $ 1 .20, studs 8 0 c . ♦O n L ’A p p e lle Fra n c e : N a p ie r le c tu re th e a tre 5, A d e la id e u n i, fre e . ♦ S c o r p io : U n io n hall, A d e la id e u n i, 2 .0 0 pm , 60c . ♦ D ie F le d e r m a u s — J o h a n n Strauss — c o m ic op era: Festival th e a tre , 8 .3 0 pm, $ 3 .0 0 , $ 2 .2 5 .

A C T IO N ♦ G ro w th M e e tin g — C e n tre f o r th e real a p p ro a c h to peop le: 1 W illia m street, N o r w o o d , 8 .0 0 pm . ♦ W h y M a rx ? — L e c tu re — J o h n M o ra n : S o u th din in g ro o m , A d e la id e u n i, 1 .1 0 pm. ♦ T h e o s o p h ic a l S o c ie ty le c tu re — The P ath: T h e o s o p h ic a l S o c ie ty lib ra ry , 3 3 4 K in g W illia m street, 7 .4 5 pm.

T V , R A D IO ♦ W a r and Peace — BBC serialisation o f T o ls t o y ’ s novel: A B S 2 , 8 .0 0 pm . ♦ G re a t Parks o f th e W o rld — B ayerisch er W ild — E u ro p e a n w i ld l if e in G e rm a n y as in p rim itiv e E u ro p e : A B S 2 , 6 .0 0 pm . ♦ A M e rr y Progress— S o rry th e D a y I Was M a rrie d — tra d itio n a l fo lk songs and p o e try : 5 C L , 1 0 .4 0 pm . ♦The D esert Song — K a th e rin e G ra y s o n : N W S 9 , 1 2.00 am.

FRIDAY SOUNDS ♦S m o k e s ta c k L ig h tn in g — blues: E agle h o te l, H in d le y street, 7 .3 0 pm , $ 1 .0 0 . ♦ D ic k F ra n k e l and th e D isciples — ja z z : S om erset h o tel, 1 9 7 P u lte n e y street, 9 .0 0 pm , 8 0 c . ♦ M ile E nd H o te l — F o lk : 30 H e n le y Beach road, M ile E n d , 8 .0 0 pm , free .

M erran and John, P.O. Box 135 Upper S tu rt 5 1 5 6 . Phone: 2 7 8 -1 8 1 1 .

C L A S S IC A L *S t.

J o h n 's Passion — A d e la id e H a r m o n y c h o ir: A d e la id e to w n h a ll, 7 .3 0 pm , $ 2 . 0 0 , $ 1 .6 0 , $ 1 . 2 0 .

THEATRE * C a n ’t You H ear Me T a lk in g T o Y o u and Best Sellers: see tuesday.

A C T IO N ♦ R a d ic a l Lesbians M e e tin g : W om ens c e n tre , B lo o r c o u rt ( o f f C u rie s tre e t), 8 .0 0 pm . ♦ G a y L ib M e e tin g — guys: ring 5 1 -6 5 5 1 fo r d etails. ♦ C re a tiv e D an ce classes — B ob B esw ick o f A u s tra lia n D an ce Co: U n io n h a ll, A d e la id e un i, 1 .0 0 to 2 .0 0 pm.

T V , R A D IO ♦ H o r r o r M o v ie M a ra th o n — H ouse o f D ra c u la , H ouse of F ra n k e n s te in (B oris K a r lo f f ) , T o r t u r e G a rd e n , S on o f K o n g : A D S 7 , 1 .0 0 to 5 .3 0 pm . ♦Lavender H ill M ob — C o m e d y — A le c G u inn ess, S ta n le y H o llo w a y : N W S 9 , 4 .0 0 pm . ♦ L it t le W o rld of Don C a m illo — C a th o lic priest b a ttle s th e c o m m u n is ts — c o m e d y : S A S 1 0 , 2 .1 5 pm . ♦ C r y T h e B eloved C o u n t iy — Sydney P o itie r — a p a rth e id in S o u th A fric a : S A S 1 0 , 9 .3 0 pm . ♦ A ll T a lk in g , A ll Singing, A ll D a n c in g — firs t 50 years o f W a rn e r B ro thers film s : 1 0 .3 3 a m , 5 A N .

SATURDAY SOUNDS ♦ F lig h t, N a n tu c k e t: P oo raka h o te l, B rid g e road, P oo raka (c o u rte s y C e n tra l B o o k in g A g e n c y ). ♦ G ra h a m Lane G ro u p : C ro w n h o te l, V ic to r h a rb o u r. ♦ S m o k e s ta c k L ig h tn in g — blues: E agle h o te l, H in d le y street, 7 .3 0 pm , $ 1 .0 0 . ♦S o m erset h o te l — fo lk , a n y o n e w e lc o m e to p lay : 1 9 7 P u lte n e y street, free.

F IL M ♦ L a s t T a n g o in Paris and S tre e t C ar N a m e d D esire — M a rlo n B ra n d o : Rom a c in e m a , 2 1 A G ilb e r t place, c o n tin u o u s sessions, $ 2 . 0 0 , $ 1 .6 0 , studs $ 1 .0 0 , $ 1 .4 0 . ♦ D illin g e r is D ead (d ir.

F e rre ri) and P u n is h m e n t Park (d ir. P eter W a tk in s ): U n io n th e a tre , A d e la id e uni, 8 .0 0 pm . ♦I Am A D ancer — R u d o lf N u re y e v and M a rg o t F o n te y n : F estival th e a tre , 4 .0 0 p m , 6 .0 0 pm , 8 .1 5 pm , $ 3 . 0 0 , $ 2 .2 5 . ♦ T h e G e ta w a y (d o r. Sam P e c k in p a h ): W in d s o r , W a lk e rv ille te rra c e , 8 .0 0 pm.

A C T IO N ♦R o d e o : S m o k e y B ay.

T V , R A D IO ♦ R o c k 'N R o ll Live s — R o c k and R o u g e — clips fro m th e g litte r ro c k scene: N W S 9 , 5 .0 0 pm . ♦ F a b u lo u s F o rtie s — nostalgia show on m usical film s o f fo rtie s : S A S 1 0 , 7 .0 0 pm . ♦ T h e W o rld o f Jazz — E ric C h ild : S A N , 9 .5 5 am . ♦ P ic k o f th e G o o n s : 5 C L , 1 1 .3 0 a m .

SUNDAY SOUNDS ♦C a tac o m b s — f o lk :

H ackney road, pm , 8 0 c .

H ackney,

MELBOURNE

8 .0 0

TUESDAY

F IL M ♦S o u l to Soul (Ik e and T in a T u rn e r) and Z a c h a r ia h : W in d s o r , B rig h to n , 8 .0 0 pm . ♦ L a s t T a n g o in Paris and S tree t Car N a m e d D esire: see Saturday. ♦ V a lp a r is o V a lp a r is o (F re n c h com edy) and A n to n io D e La M o rta s (d ir.

G la u b e r R o c h a ): U n io n th e a tre , A d e la id e uni, 8 .0 0 pm. ♦The G e ta w a y : see Saturday. ♦ F e llin i’ s 8 V2 and D riv e H e Said (d ir. Jack N ic h o ls o n ): W in d s o r, B rig h to n , 12 m id n ig h t, $ 1 .2 0 , studs $ 1 .0 0 .

SOUNDS ♦B lu e s to n e : C o u n c il C lu b h o tel, Preston. ♦M ississipp i: C ro x to n Park h o te l, Preston. ♦B ig Push: G e o rg e h o te l, S t K ild a . ♦N e ls o n : P o p p a 's Pizza P a rlo r, S o u th Y a rra . ♦ V a r io u s fo lk : C o m m u n e c o ffe e lo u n g e , 5 8 0 V ic to r ia street, N M e lb o u rn e . ♦ P h ilip D ay: F ra n k T r a y n o r ’ s, 1 0 0 L t L o n s d a le street, C ity . ♦ P a n th e r: P rospect H ill h o tel, H ig h s tre e t, K e w . ♦ W ile y R eed S h o w : N o r th C o u rt, M e lb o u r n e u n i. ♦ R e d s y n : P olaris In n h o te l, 551 N ic h o ls o n stre e t, N .

C a rlto n .

A C T IO N ♦C am p D isco: A rk a b a h o tel, F u lla rto n road, 8 .0 0 pm, $ 3 .5 0 single inc m eal. ♦D ru g s , Uses and Abuses — lecture: T h e o s o p h ic a l hall, 3 3 4 K ing W illia m street, 7 .0 0 pm . ♦ S o u th East C o rn e r G ro u p M eeting — urban prob lem s: 21 H u r tle square, 8 .0 0 pm .

F IL M ♦ M a d a m e D e : w it h C harles B o y e r, D a n ie lle D a r r ie u x , V it t o r ia de Sica, S im o n e S ig n o re t and La R o n d e: A n t o n W a lb ro o k , S im o n e S ig n o re t: D a n ie lle D a rrie u x and o ld -s ty le h e a rth ro b G e ra rd P h ilip e , N F T A, D e n ta l th e a tre tte , G ra tta n stre e t, cnr F le m in g to n ro a d , C a r lto n , 7 .4 0 pm , $ 1 . 2 0 , stu 8 0 c . ♦ F r i t z th e C at and P anic in N e e d le P ark: A le x a n d e r th e a tre , M onash un i, C la y to n , 1 .3 0 p m and 7 .3 0 p m .

T V , R A D IO ♦C h e q u erb o ard — I’ m a M a rk e d C rim in a l N o w — e ffe c t o f im p ris o n m e n t on a m an and his fa m ily : A B S 2 , 1 .4 5 pm . ♦ T h e B a re fo o t Contessa — Ava G a rd n e r, H u m p h r e y B ogart: N W S 9 , 8 .3 0 pm . ♦D esiree — M a rlo n B ra n d o in love w ith Jean S im m o n s in th e N a p o le o n ic wars: S A S 1 0 , 8 .3 0 pm .

MONDAY DANCE ♦T he S c o ttis h B alle t — M a rg o t F o n te y n and Ivan N a g y : F estival th e a tre .

F IL M ♦ T e rra A m T ranse (d ir.

G la u b e r R o c h a ) and D ream L if e (c o m e d y ): U n io n th e a tre , A d e la id e uni, 8 .0 0 pm. ♦The G e ta w a y : see Saturday.

A C T IO N ♦W o m en s L ib m eeting: W om ens cen tre, B lo o r c o u rt (o ff C u rie stre e t), 8 .0 0 pm . ♦Gay Pride Week Organising C o m m itte e — all w e lc o m e : S h a n tilly coffee lounge, 4 K en s i n g t o n road, N o rw o o d , 8 .0 0 pm .

T V , R A D IO ♦ A n E vening w ith R ic h a rd N ev ille and R ic h a rd Walsh — w o n d e r b o y reporters fro m L ivin g D ay lig h ts and N a tio n R ev ie w b o th ap p a r­ e n tly hate this flo p recorded ages ago. (See pan this issue, ). A B S 2 . 1 1 .0 0 pm . ♦ L a u re l and H a r d y ’s L aug hin g T w e n tie s — clips fro m L a u re l and H a rd y m o v ie s : A D S 7, 1 .3 0 m o rn in g . ♦ A D a y at th e Races — M a rx B ro th e rs : ADS7, 3 .0 0 m ornin g. ♦ K in g R a t — G eorge Segal, Tom C o u rte n a y , James F o x : A D S 7 , 9 .0 0 pm . ♦ A f t e r th e F o x — Peter Sellers: N W S 9 , 7 .3 0 pm . ♦ W o m e n — O u r Bodies, O ur S e lv e s : R a d io u n iv e rs ity , 8 .0 0 pm . ♦C h in a S in c e C h a irm a n M ao: R a d io u n iv ers ity 8 .3 0 pm .

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G A T H E R IN G S ♦Group M e d ita tio n : A n a n d a M arga, 141 B a rk ly stre e t, C a rlto n . ♦ M ig r a n t P roblem s in th e S choo ls: M rs G le n Barns, 3 rd flo o r , East T o w e r , 151 F lin d e rs G a te , F lin d e rs s treet, C ity .

OUTDOO RS ♦ T r ib u te to G & S : F la g s ta ff gardens, 1 2 . 1 0 pm , 1 . 1 0 pm. ♦ B la c k T h e a tr e : T re a s u ry gardens, 1 2 . 1 0 pm , 1 . 1 0 pm.

TV ♦ B ru m b ie s R u n : f o r all you b r u m b ie s lovers, 7 .3 0 p m , C h 0. ♦ T h e Pigeon: m o v ie d ra m a , w ith S a m m y D avis J nr, Pat B oon e. ♦B rid g e o f San L o u is R e y : 1 9 4 4 film a d a p ta tio n o f T h o r n to n W ild e r’ s novel a b o u t fiv e p e o p le m eetin g th e ir d o o m in th e ageless L im a -P e ru b rid g e , C h 7, 1 1 .2 5 p m . ♦ W a r and Peace: carries on Ch 2 , 8 pm. ♦ A u s tra lia n C o n c e rt H a ll: visiting C zech c o n d u c to r W a lte r Susskind d ire c ts th e M e lb o u r n e Sym phony O rc h e s tra , T c h a ik o v s k y ’ s S ym phony No. 5 in E M in o r, C h 2 , 9 .4 5 p m .

R A D IO ♦H ansel and G re te l: opera by H u m p e rd in c k , AR, 8 pm , w ith D ie tric h F isc h e r-D ie sk a u , and K u r t E ic h h o rn c o n d u c tin g th e B avarian R a d io orc h e s tra .

WEDNESDAY SOUNDS ♦ M iss is s ip p i: W h ite h o rs e h o tel, N u n a w a d in g . ♦ C h a in : C r o x to n P a rk h o tel, P reston. ♦ H o t C ity B u m p B and: S u n d o w n e r, G e e lo n g . ♦B ig Push: G e o rg e h o tel, S t K ild a . ♦A zte cs : S o u th s id e S ix, M o o ra b b in . ♦ R o c k G ra n ite : S w in b u rn e Tech (lu n c h ). ♦ F o lk : Polaris In n h o tel, 551 N ic h o ls o n stre e t, N .

C a rlto n . ♦ S k y lig h t: P rospect H ill h o tel, K ew . ♦ F r a n k T r a y n o r : B eaum aris h o te l, Beach road. ♦J a zz C o n c e rt b y M onash Jazz club : ring 5 4 4 .5 4 4 8 fo r d etails. ♦ D u tc h T ild e rs : F ra n k T r a y n o r ’ s, C ity .

F IL M S ♦ F o u r F ilm s b y A u s tra lia n Women F ilm m a k e r s : E w in g G a lle ry , M e lb o u rn e U n i U n io n , 1.1 0pm . ♦R ed D ust, D in n e r at E ig h t: Jean H a r lo w d o u b le to e x c ite you, NFTA, D e n ta l th e a tre tte , G r a tta n s treet, cnr F le m in g to n road, C a rlto n , 7 .4 0 p m , $ 1 . 2 0 , 8 0 c stu. ♦ T h e R ag m a n ’ s D a u g h te r and Hom e S e c re ta ry (1 .3 0 p m ) and F e llin i double, Rom a and S a ty ric o n : a h ig h lig h t to be sure, A le x a n d e r th e a tre , M onash U n i, C la y to n , 7 .3 0 p m . ♦P u n is h m e n t P a rk : A gora th e a tre , L a tro b e U n i,

TTTTT

B u n d o o ra , h ig h lig h t.

8 pm ,

a n o th e r

M E E T IN G S ♦Issues and D ire c tio n s fo r th e S choo ls C om m ission: Dr K. McKinnon, Australian S c h o o ls C o m m is s io n , L e c tu re T h e a tre R 1 , M on ash U n i, 7 .4 5 p m . ♦ E a s te r Eggs and th e Czars o f Russia: L e c tu re w ith slides b y L . C h ra m z o v , Iw r th e a tre , B ab el (sch ool of la n g u a g e s ? ), M e lb o u rn e U n i.

OUTDOO RS ♦ T r ib u t e to G & S : T re a s u ry gardens, 1 2 . 1 0 pm , 1 . 1 0 pm. ♦B la c k T h e a tr e : F la g s ta ff gardens, 1 2 . 1 0 pm , 1 . 1 0 pm . ♦L a s t d a y fo r h itch in g to N a tio n a l F o lk F e s tiv a l, B risbane: a go od blast.

TV ♦Access: in d iv id u a ls or groups presen t th e ir views, C h 2 , 1 0.1 5pm . ♦The L o ved O ne: cast in cludes L ib e ra c e , J ayn e M a n s fie ld in a satire a b o u t th e m o r tu a ry business, Ch 7, 9pm (c h e m ic a l show, d e fin ite ly ). ♦The Long D a rk H a ll: M y s te ry d ra m a w ith R ex H a rris o n an d L ili P a lm e r, C h 9 , 1 1 .1 0 p m ♦ C lif f R ic h a rd S pecial: recorded in S y d n e y , Ch 0, 7 .3 0 p m . ♦The W h o le W o rld is W a tc h in g : dram a a b o u t a c am pus r io t, e tc, C h 0, 9 .3 0 p m .

R A D IO ♦ T h e B o rd e r o f B a rb a rity : ( re fe r r in g to th o s e c o m m u n is t bastards) L O , 1 1 am, (sounds lik e one of th o s e 'd e vio u s y e llo w p e o p le ’ plays). ♦ G o o n s : L O , 7 .3 0 p m .

TH U R S D A Y SOUNDS ♦ M a d d e r L a k e : St A lb a n s h o te l, S t A lbans. ♦ D in g o e s : M a tth e w Flin^ ders h o te l, C h a d s to n e . ♦Skyhooks: E p p in g M e m o ria l hall, E p p in g . ♦ T a r k io : W a u rn Ponds h o te l, G e e lo n g . ♦H ot C it y B u m p B and, S un rise: W h ite h o rs e ho tel, N u n a w a d in g . ♦Jig saw : C ro x to n Park h o te l, Preston. ♦ M is s is s ip p i, S h a rk s: Wa lt z in g Matilda, S prin gvale. ♦ A z te c s , A tla s : S u n d o w n e r h o te l, G e e lo n g . ♦ C lo u d N in e : G ro v e d a le h o te l, G e e lo n g . ♦B ig Push: M a tild a ’ s. ♦ M a riju a n a A c tio n G ro u p dance w ith C a p ta in M a tc h b o x , Poor T o m ’s P o e try B an d, F a t A lb e r t, E b o n y : L a tro b e un i, 8 pm , $ 1 o r less, action? ♦ F o lk : D a n O ’ C o n n e ll, cnr C an nin g street and Princess stre e t, N . C a r lto n , 8-1 2 p m . ♦ D u t c h T i l d e r s : T a n k e r v ille A rm s , cnr John so n and N ic h o lso n streets, C a rlto n , 8 - 1 0 p m . ♦John C ro w le : F ra n k T r a y n o r ’ s, C ity . ♦ B e tty R o b b tin k le s th e iv o r ie s : Poppa’ s Pizza P arlor, S o u th Y a rra . ♦ D a v e R a n k in ’ s J azz B an d: A lm a h o te l, 32 C hapel s tre e t, S t K ild a . ♦ O w e n Y e a tm a n : P rospect H ill h o te l, H ig h street, K ew . ♦ F ra n k T r a y n o r : E x change h o te l, C h e lte n h a m . ♦ M a x i m u m Load: B eaum aris h o te l, Beach road. ♦The R eb o p p ers : Polaris In n h o te l, N ic h o ls o n street, N . C a rlto n .

C L A S S IC A L ♦ K in g O e dipus: rep eat o f th e ir s ell-o u t p e rfo rm a n c e , M o n ts a lv a t G re a t H a ll.

POETRY ♦ P o e tr y W o rk s h o p : all w e lc o m e , Saxon hall, Saxon stre e t, B ru n s w ic k (b e h in d Town H a ll), 7 .3 0 p m , free .

F IL M ♦ P u n is h m e n t Park an d T h e G la d ia to rs : b o th d ire c te d b y P e ter W a tk in s , heavy, but worth s e e in g , A le x a n d e r th e a tre , M onash U n i, 1 .3 0 p m .

G A T H E R IN G S ♦ C r e a t i v e D an ce Workshop: A n g lic a n C h u rc h h a ll, c n r G eorge and M o o re streets, F it z r o y , 8.30pm, beginners w e lc o m e , free . ♦ L a tro b e Uni M a rk e t: fresh fo o d , vegies, ju n k .

Chris & Eva 5 1 .9 5 6 3 or leave messages 5 1 .7 4 2 5 , w rite F la t 8 , N o . 7 Irving avenue, W indsor, 3 1 8 1 .

p lan ts, band , fre e , 5 0 c fo r stall, 1 2 .3 0 p m . ♦ C a re of P s y c h ia tric Patient in G e n e ra l Hospital: Medical S o c i o l o g y Group, c o n fe re n c e r o o m , gro u n d f lo o r , A lf r e d ho sp ital m ed ic a l school, th o u g h t w e’d let you a n ti-p s y ­ c h ia tris ts k n o w .

TV ♦ A fte r T h e T e a rs : an in -d e p th re p o rt of th e o rg a n isa tio n o f th e R o y a l C h ild re n ’ s h o s p ita l, C h 7, 9pm . ♦ M a rle n e A tc h e s o n : my ow n k in d of m usic, C h 2, 9 .4 0 p m .

R A D IO ♦ A Y o u n g M a n ’s C o n c e rto : B e n ja m in B ritte n , G e o ffr e y T o z e r s olo ist, A R , 8 pm .

FRIDAY SOUNDS ♦Fat A lb e r t, T e rry H anagan, and guests: F r a n k T r a y n o r ’ s, C ity . ♦ B ria n B ro w n Q u a rte t: C o m m u n e , Nor th M e lb o u rn e .

G A T H E R IN G S ♦ C r u c ifix io n : St Paul's C a th e d ra l, C it y , 8 pm . I t ’ s a b o u t th e o n ly th in g on, so we th o u g h t w e ’d b e tte r p u t it in.

HOpm.

♦W h is tle D o w n th e W in d : b r illia n t dra m a o f th re e c h ild re n who fin d an escaped m u rd e re r and believe him to be C h ris t, C h 0 , 8 .3 0 p m . ♦That M an fr o m R io : a d v e n tu re com edy w ith Jean -P au l B e lm o n d o , C h 0, 1 0 . 2 0 pm .

R A D IO ♦ A N ig h t o f J azz: C leo La in e, John D a n k w o r th and B ria n M a y and th e ABC M e lb o u rn e Show B and, L O , 7 .1 5 p m , fro m th e ir M e lb o u rn e c o n c e rt. ♦ C h a rlie B y rd , B a rn e y Kessel and H e rb E llis : L O , 8 pm , fro m th e ir great guitars ncert. ♦B lo ssom D e a rie : ta lk in g to P e te r Y o u n g , L O , 9 p m .

SATURDAY SOUNDS ♦H enchm en : W h ite h o rs e h o tel, N u n a w a d in g . ♦B ig Push: C ro x to n Park h o te l, P reston . ♦C lo u d N in e : S u n d o w n e r h o tel, G e e lo n g . ♦S h o o d : G e o rg e h o te l, St K ild a . ♦ U p p : S o u th s id e S ix (a f t ) . ♦ M is s is s ip p i: B rig h to n T o w n H a ll. ♦ M is s is s ip p i: F ra n k s to n P C Y C , g e tit on . ♦M add er Lake: T e a z e r, 3 55 E x h ib itio n street, C ity . ♦D in g o e s , B u s ter B ro w n : Chelsea C it y hall. ♦S id Rum po: M a tth e w F lin d e rs h o te l, C h a d s to n e . ♦ F o lk : D an O ’ C o n n e ll, C a rlto n , 3 -6 p m . ♦ J im C a n tw e ll, B ruce M c N ic h o l: C om m une, N o r th M e lb o u rn e , 1 0 .3 a m . ♦G ra h a m L o w n d e s , L o ve and Kisses: O u tp o s t In n , C ity . ♦J o h n C ro w le , J u lie W ong, D a n n y S p o o n e r, G o rd o n M a c I n t y r e : Frank T r a y n o r ’s, C ity . ♦ E a s t e r Saturday S p e c ta c u la r : 3 great flo o rs h o w s (n o not at once, s illy ), F ly in g T ra p e z e cafe, B ru n s w ic k street, F it z r o y , b o o k 4 1 .3 7 2 7 , $ 8 . ♦ D a v e R a n k in ’ s Jazz Band:

F IL M ♦ S o m e th in g f o r E v e ry o n e : hilariously fu n n y ? , A t h e n a e u m , City, 1 0 .3 0 p m , $ 2 .2 5 , $ 1 .1 0 stu.

K ID S ♦W h a t d id th e E aster B u n n y brin g you? ♦ P r o fe s s o r Ziggle and R a in b o w , Esq: C la re m o n t th e a tre c e n t re , 149 R ic h a rd s o n stre e t, M id d le P ark, 2 p m , a sequel to P ro f. Z ig g le ’s travels. ♦ H o w m a n y eggs did y ou get?

TV ♦ C o u r t Jester: D a n n y K aye c o m e d y , C h 0 , 7 .3 0 p m .

F IL M ♦Alice’s R e s ta u ra n t: m ay b e a b it d a te d , b u t good fu n and good songs, T r a k , 4 4 5 T o o r a k road, T o o r a k , 1 1 .4 5 p m , $ 2 , yes, fo lk s , a good stoned rave never dies.

TV ♦ T h e B ells o f S t M arys: m e llo w s e n tim e n ta lis m fro m B ing C ro sb y and In g rid B erg m a n , Ch 2, 12.1 5 p m . ♦ L o v e in B lo o m : m usical com edy w it h G eorge Burns, G ra c ie A lle n , C h 9 ,

Lem on T re e h o te l, 10 G r a tta n s treet, C a rlto n , 3 -6 p m . ♦P la n t w ith M if f y : Polaris In n h o te l, C a rlto n . ♦ S k y lig h t ( a f t ) . J u n c tio n C ity J a z z B an d: Prospect H ill h o te l, K ew . ♦ T h e A le x a n d e r Q u a rte t and th e D o o de B o o Jug B an d: M a n o r H ouse ho tel, C ity . ♦ C o u n try Fever: K ing sto n ho tel, R ic h m o n d , 2 -6 p m .

R A D IO ♦ A ll ta lk in g ! A ll singing!

A ll d a n c in g !: L O , 11am . ♦ N e th e rla n d s C h a m b er O rc h e s tra : A R , 7 .3 0 p m . ♦ D a y s in th e Trees: ab o u t tho se fo rtu n a te ch ild ren w ith tre e h o u s e s , no d o u b t? , AR, 8 .3 0 p m , R oyal Shakespeare w ith D a m e Peggy A s h c ro ft.

SUNDAY SOUNDS ♦ F a t A lb e r t, J u lie W ong, John C ro w le : O u tp o s t In n , C ity . ♦ D a n n y S p o o n e r, G o rd o n M a c I nt y re : Frank T r a y n o r ’ s, C ity . ♦Churchbells over ro o fto p s g e n tly tin k lin g th e sounds o f E aster. ♦Melbourne Artist W o rk s h o p presents C ap tain M a tc h b o x , Ross H a n n a fo rd and frie n d s , C ap tain R ock, Janie C onw ay and her lovely voice, and G le n r o w a n , N IA G G R A , and special appearance of C a rd in a l S p e llb in d e r and M o n sig n o r L a R o u g e , Jas D u k e , th e dada bo m b sh ell: A u s t r a lia n e x p e rim e n ta l film s , all happ en ing at O rm o n d H a ll, M o u b ra y street, P rah ran , fro m 7 p m , $ 2 a ll inclusive. ♦F a n ta s y : C ro x to n Park h o tel, Preston. ♦ M a c e: G eorge h o tel, St K ild a , i t ’ s a gas. ♦ M i s s is s ip p i: Icelands, R in g w o o d . ♦ E b o n y : S t A lb a n 's Sacred H e a rt C h u rc h hall. ♦ M is s is s ip p i: also at T e a ze r.

TV ♦The Cross and the S w itc h b la d e : stars Pat B oon e, th e exp losive story o f a yo u n g m a n ’ s crusade against th e v iolen ce and racial hatred in th e N e w Y o r k slum s, C h 0 , 8 .3 0 p m . ♦The R o a rin g T w e n tie s : James C agney and H u m p h re y B ogart classic, Ch 0 , 1 0 .3 0 p m . ♦ L ig h t in th e Piazza: te a rje rk e r w ith Rossano B ra z z i, th e scenery m ig h t be in teresting, Ch 9, 8 .3 0 p m . ♦T o w a rd s th e Y e a r 2 0 0 0 : b ro th e r can you spare

$ 1, 0 0 0 ,000,000?

E c o n o m is t John K. G a lb r a ith poses th e q u es tio n : is c o n tin u e d e c o n o m ic g ro w th good or bad? C h 9 , 1 0 .3 0 p m . ♦The S m all M ira c le : a s to ry by Paul G a llic o , a b o u t a 1 0 y ea r old b o y ’s n a iv e te , C h 7 , 8 .3 0 p m .

R A D IO ♦W e all co m e to it in th e end: lo n e ly youn g m an looks f o r fa th e r fig u re , A R , 4pm . ♦ R e tu r n to D u rs fo rd : P eter Russel l , LO , 8 pm , rig h t-w in g fa th e r s r*w » d on by alcoh ic e x -g irlfrie n d and realises

th e tru e m eaning o f life. ♦S u n d a y N ig h t R a d io 2: A R , 7 .3 0 p m .

F IL M ♦ T h e R o b e : a classic f ilm I a b o u t C h ris t, w ith R ic h a rd ] B u rto n , Jean S im m o n s , F o o ts c ra y G ra n d .

M U S IC T H E A T R E ♦ C h o irs, cerem onies, papal I k nig hts, mass singings, I serm ons, p o n tific a tio n s : St P a t r i c k ’s C a th e d r a l, 1 1 . 0 0 a m , go trip p in g , fe el | th e vibe.

M E E T IN G S ♦ F o o t Falls: p it fa lls on th e b o u n d a ry o f th e n e x t w o rld , Mr H al S teele, T h e o s o p h ic a l S o c ie ty , 1 88 C o llin s s tre e t, C it y , 7pm , free .

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OUTDOO RS ♦ A G ra n d F in a le : to th e I six m o n th s e n te rta in m e n t [ in th e pa rk w ith Big Bands, D an cin g , an Aussie m eets I S hakespeare, and Massed I C hoirs, F it z r o y g a rd e n s ,] 3pm .

MONDAY SOUNDS ♦ T ra x io n : G eorge h o te l, S t I K ild a . [ ♦M adder Lake, M a tt T a y lo r : R upanyup O v a l, I R upanyup. ♦ S id Rum po, Tanas!

M a n d a la : Chelsea C ity !

H a ll. ♦C h a in : Teazers. ♦B lu e s to n e : P rospect H ill h o tel, K ew . ♦ D a v e R a n k in ’ s Jazz B an d: L L e m o n T re e h o te l, C a rlto n . | N E W M U S IC ♦ N IA G G R A : La M am a, I 205 F a ra d a y s t r e e t ,] C a rlto n .

POETRY ♦P o o r T o m ’ s P o e try B an d: | C o m m u n e , North] M e lb o u rn e . f il m

♦L os O lvid a d o s (o r T h e ] Y o u n g and th e D a m n e d ) [ A u s tra lia n p re m ie re , plus I 1 0 0 a d a y (w o m e n s f i l m ) : j B en efit fo r L in k -U p , Palais, L o w e r E splanade, S t K ild a , I 8 pm , $ 2 .2 5 , $ 1 .7 5 , $ 1 .2 0 I students, ace film a b o u t | deadend kids and p o v e rty I b y B unu el. ♦ M o n ty P y th o n ’ s F ly in g I C ircus: T r a k , 12 m id n ig h t.]

D R A M A W ORKSHOP ♦Claremont T h e a tre l c en tre : 149 R ic h a rd s o n ] s treet, M id d le Park.

G A T H E R IN G S ♦G ala C h a rity P rem iere at I th e Palais: dress as y o u f w ish, superb e n te rta in ­ m en t, all w e lc o m e , b rin g ] y o u r frie n d s , bring y o u r ] enem ies, grease, grease.

M U S IC T H E A T R E ♦K in g O e dipus: a d a p ta tio n ] of f a m ed myth,] M o n tsa lv a t.

OUTDOO RS ♦ G re a t thron gs in queues o u t s id e th e P a la is : w a tc h in g th e G ala C h a rity P rem iere C eleb ritie s a rriv e .

Be prepared f o r a massive in flu x , and ho ld tig h t y o u r p a rtn e r’ s hand f o r fe a r o f sep aratio n.

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TV ♦A n E vening w ith Don | D u n s ta n : C h 2 , 1 0 .0 5 p m . ♦ D in o : w ith Sal M in e o , a I 17 y ea r o ld d e lin q u e n t tr ia l | in life , Ch 7, 11.1 0 p m . ♦ T h u n d e r R o a d : a d v e n tu re | d ra m a w ith R o b e rt M itc h u m , G e n e B a rry , C hJ 0, 9 .3 0 p m .

R A D IO ♦ P e te r N e ro : fa m e d jazz-classical pian ist, L O , 9 .3 0 p m . ♦ M a lc o lm W illia m s o n : sonata fo r tw o pieces, Pas de Q u a tre , S in fo n ia C o n c e rta n te , ne w m usic, A R , 8 . 2 0 pm . ♦R oom to M ove: LO , 8 . 0 0 pm .

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IBOSCO BOMBERS cROACH received a brief note from several smokers , who sign themselves as messrs R, i Rabbit, Albie and Steve. They ! said: “ We, like you, prefer a well Jprepared joint or a well cared for 1hookah, but the other night, havj ing nothing better to do, we i decided to try your Bosco Bomb 1and all we can say is . . thank y o u !” “ The pleasure was all mine” , said McRoach.

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BANG THEY‘RE BUSTED I J. McROACH . . . well alJ most. Seems that one o f J. J’s little seed envelopes was “ in­ tercepted” by the nosy father o f a Sydney grammar student. Mc­ R oach cannot bear to discuss the sordid seedy details. On the sub­ ject o f Sydney grammar, another student, who was involved in the recent headline making bust, sent M cRoach an interesting letter some excerpts: “ During march 18-22 there was a major inquiry into the smoking o f marijuana at lunchtime by several students o f our school.

Subsequently, seven students, in­ cluding myself, were at first sus­ pended and then asked to leave.

This unfortunate state o f affairs evolved following a fellow school­ mate telephoning inform ation to the Telegraph newspaper. Miracu­ lously the Telegraph didnt use the inform ation but the tuesday Mir­ ror (march 19) managed to pub­ lish the “ news” in a front page article exposing the scandal, and, among many other nasty things, misquoted our headmaster. The tuesday Sun also used the story but presented it more accurately.

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users” , and, in five other cities in the state with populations over 100,000, 25 percent o f high school students were estimated to be drug users. Perhaps these fig­ ures piayed a part in bringing about the toughest anti drug laws in America late last year. $A 500,000 advertising campaign publicised the new laws and their aims.

The New York penalties fo r marijuana are now : “ The unlawful sale o f any amount o f marijuana, or the unlawful possession o f one ounce or 100 cigarettes, carries a penalty ranging from one to 15 years. Probation will usually be available for first offenders.”

By way o f contrast the US state o f Oregon has introduced a law that drastically reduces the penalty for possession and use o f marijuana. Under the new law, anyone caught with less than an ounce o f marijuana (enough for about 20 cigarettes) will face a maximum penalty o f $100 (about $A 67). The offence will no longer even be a crime, but will be treated as a violation - the same legal category as a traffic offence.

The Oregon legislature, h ow ­ ever, has maintained a maximum 10 years prison, $US2500 fine for trafficking and adults who furnish marijuana to minors (under 18 years o f age) face a 20 year prison sentence.

bloke. Where they moved me I cou ld hear slapping sounds coming from next d oor where they were holding a Victorian guy. “ T w o lawyers rang the DS o f­ fice looking for me; but they said I was not in the offices at the time. I repeatedly asked to see m y private d octor as I was suffer­ ing nervous asthma attacks at the time; these requests were denied, as was our request to speak to a lawyer. “ We were all charged and put in the watchhouse overnight. A lawyer finally got to see me, but after we had been charged. Next morning the pigs asked for a remand.” “ At the house during the bust, the DS had waved guns at us and threatened to blow our heads off, they pushed a girl with bike acci­ dent wounds into a door, causing her considerable agony, tried to plant everyone in the house, and ended up taking me away ‘because I was the only able-bodied person at hom e’ .”

ACTIVISTS Sth. Australia HE SA d op e campaign has now swung into action - 16 letters, containing activists aims and a relevant section from the US congress commission report, were sent to the judiciary, politi­ cians, police and the press. A joint, with an invitation to try it, accompanied each letter.

An “ education campaign” will follow — every tw o weeks a dope report will be sent to 41 public figures as well as the press. Short­ ened extracts will be handed out in the city.

During second term dope forums will be held and will in­ clude a smoke in, in sympathy with imprisoned smokers. A dem onstration at parliament house, the supreme court, and police headquarters will also be held.

For the demonstration smokers are requested to “ bring a seed” - an apt, easy to conceal symbol. Theoretically all will be guilty o f possession.

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ORRESPONDENCE from one Smoker McHash, a dope activist, who advises M cRoach “ to be a little fair in your shit sling­ ing” and goes on to say: “ I feel that it's about time one o f ‘those’ LaTrobe activists said something about what is, and what has been going on. Firstly, about tw o months ago a few o f us decided to get a campaign around dope going. We talked a while, smoked a lot, talked about a march, a demonstration, a hunger strike, a vigil, you name it, we did talk about it. “ However, all o f us being with­ out bread decided that until we got some o f that together we could d o fuck all. “ So the marijuana group-action benefit concert came out o f that.

What happened after that is that the six o f us who worked for the first concert were just not enough to get together a vigil, apart from the fact that some o f us were unavailable on the date. “ The main problem with dop e activity is the non activity o f a lot o f smokers. T oo many people decide to leave any sort o f work to a few non existent experts. “ Things like the benefit con ­ certs can be got together fairly easily b y a few people - you dont need large financial backing or promoters. “ Finally, the LaTrobe D ope union has got together the Mari­ juana Benefit concert No. 2 to be held at LaTrobe union, 8 pm, april 11. Bands will include Cap­ tain Matchbox, Fat Albert, Poor T om ’s Poetry band and Ebony.

Costs a buck, bring yer ow n d ope.”

NOTE: Activists Korner is here to relay information between activists and to gain activists sup­ port from the smokers o f the land. Consequently reports from activists anywhere are more than welcome.

THE BASHERS CLUB cROACH, faced with the inevitability o f drug squad members taking ou t the Fink award honors each week, has decided to give these police a little colum n o f their ow n in which they can see their name clearly printed, can cut the clipping out, show it to friends they want to impress, and finally place it in their scrapbooks.

First officer o f the law to get life membership to the club is a Queensland drug squad detective.

Here's a quote from a letter which won the award. " . . . A t the DS offices we were interrogated - I was quite sick with fright at the time and avoided any rough treatment by m y sickly appearance. I was allow­ ed to pick whichever smoking de­ vice I wanted from their haul at our place, but on declining to d o so I was awarded a hash pipe that had been found in full view o f the four other residents o f the house. “ I could see the other resident w h o had been arrested in mistake fo r a dealer, being heavied by one o f the DS goons because he refus­ ed to acknowledge that the hash was his. The goon yelled to the guy who was interviewing me (a senior detective in the squad) to ‘get him out o f h ere!!’ The detainee yelled to me, ‘T h ey ’re going to get heavy with me because I w on ’t admit to owning the hash!’ I was taken from the o ffice and tw o o f those cops stayed behind with the other

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DOPE FINK OF THE WEEK OES to Hobart this week, to a magistrate, H. J. Solomon, who defined cannabis seeds as a raw narcotic and hence dangerous drugs. Solom on sentenced a South Australian, Christopher Dennis Morah, 23, to pay fines o f $100 on each o f tw o charges — one o f importing a dangerous drug and one o f possessing a dangerous drug. Morah was initially arrested fo r having 90-100 seeds in a small bag. Solom on, during a lengthy ruling, said this: “ It seems to me that clearly cannabis seeds are part o f the dried flowering or fruity top o f the plant, at least until they are planted and in a subsequent life­ cycle becom e the bottom o f a new plant.”

Morah’ s defence argued that the seeds could not possible cause addiction in any person, being unsuitable for smoking and con ­ taining no resin.

Solom on replied: “ Although under no circumstances could they d o so, they carry the potential. Under one treatment they could produce a substance

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which could cause such an addic tion in any person.”

S olom on also said that a “ dan­ gerous drug” is on e declared to be such b y the governor for the purpose o f the acts and, if it’s so declared, "n o amount o f evidence, scientific or otherwise - can re­ move the stigma” . * * *

HIS quote popped up at the Library Association o f Aus­ tralia’ s seminar on alternate litera­ ture. Point o f the day was to improve librarians understanding o f things “ counterculture” so that youth can be lured into b o o k dens en masse.

Bob Gould o f Third World Bookshop fame had the answer: “ I f you want to get kids into libraries y o u ’ve got to put in books on how to grow d o p e .”

Incidentally, the Victorian state library already has informa tion on growing dope, even run­ ning it as a cash crop. It’s all in a US agriculture bulletin dated 1911. Interstate libraries will probably have similar interests.

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D ope — as much mediocre marijuana as you wish to convert.

METHOD Fill tube “ C” with dope. Heat flask “ A” — hot alcohol fumes will then saturate dope. Resin/alcohol collects in flask “ D ” , gently warm to remove alcohol by evaporation. The system is openended so if the procedure is follow ed carefully there will be no danger o f explosion. It is advisable to take temperatures o f flasks “ A ” and “ D” to determine “ optimum system thermal balance” .

NOTE: If you’re looking for cheap thrills consume a small amount o f unevaporated alcohol and resin from flask “ D” — but ph ew !!! it scrambles your head.

ADDED NOTE: Mutha McRoach will accept free samples o f converted resin.

(But n ot through the post — only if you bump into him sometime — EDS.)

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ple: 1. Send dope news, informa­ tion, clippings etc. to McRoach C/- TLD. 2. Write on the top o f your

letter “ yes I'd like seeds” or some­ thing to that effect.

3. A gentle shuffling o f entries will take place and those names drawn get the seeds. I f you dont require seeds do still write in.

Stoned raves are welcome.

games i Identity Cards ent for the official quorum (2 0 0 ) needed to make any decision binding on the SRC, so another meeting has been called for to ­ morrow.

At last week’s meeting it was also decided to send a delegation up to see the vice-chancellor, David Derham, to tell him o f the students attitude to the ID cards and take his comments back to tom orrow ’s meeting.

Eleven students, both student bureaucrats, freaks and various combinations o f the tw o, accord­ ingly trucked along to the glass and concrete administration build­

ing. After pressing the button and whizzing up the fastest lift on campus (w ho said technology wasnt worth it) they arrived ou t­ side Derham’s office.

The man was p retty busy but he sent one o f his eager assistants, Bob “ 5 o ’clock shadow” Fels (as­ sistant registrar), out to d o the negotiations.

Meanwhile there were sounds o f doors shutting and locking dow n the corridor behind secretaries as they scuttled to safety. The strident delegation just sat round on the thick carpet smiling and laughing.

A longwinded series o f argu­ ments follow ed. Derham was will­ ing to see tw o people for 60 seconds while he received the meeting m otion against the cards.

Meanwhile, the vice-chancellor came out to go to a meeting, which involved walking past the crowd o f students.

So, Derham bore dow n on the

students, twitching and shaking.

He look ed really pissed o ff. One student picked up a polaroid camera and started taking p h o to ­ graphs fo r Farrago. Derham grab­ bed him b y the arm and spoke: ‘ ‘Y ou wouldnt like that camera smashed, would you ? What’s your name.” “ Charley Brown.”

Derham seemed unimpressed.

Amid the laughter, someone pointed out to him that p h oto­ graphs bothered them too, which was why they’d com e up to see him . . . Derham’s expression re­ mained the same. He refused to discuss anything except to say that everyone had no authorisa­ tion to be there; he said that he would only deal through the SRC (the president never gives him trouble). Finally he grabbed hold o f his files and marched o f f to the meeting.

SIMON M ARCINSON

Forces of light win through

S o f last thursday the Pan­ try issue at Monash (Day­ lights, No. 13) has been resolved in favor o f the forces o f ecological light.

A meeting o f the Monash uni­ versity union board decided to re-establish the Pantry — it’ s a whole earth food s shop — as a place where good fo o d is sold, without cellophane, supermarket supersell or Sunicrust bread. At least that’s what should fo llo w if the new organisation o f the shop is fo r real.

The controversy - which start­ ed when the union tried to make the shop “ commercially viable” and found that m oney and eco l­ ogy dont mix - was brought to a head when a group o f whole earth dem onstrators protested last thursday week b y unpackaging all the fo o d in the place.

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At the board meeting the war­ den o f the union, Sweeney, at­ tempted to pass a m otion to discipline the demonstrators if they did not give an abject apol­ ogy post-haste.

With an inexplicable change o f attitude, the board did not see things the same way as the ward­ en. In fact, they did precisely the opposite to what he wanted.

They removed the control o f the Pantry from the jurisdiction o f the commercial officer - which was what started the hullabaloo in the first place - and placed it under a subcommittee comprised o f three o f the demonstrators.

Before the warden had time to recover from this reversal, the board added insult to injury b y appointing him as a non voting member o f the subcommittee.

The warden was not amused.

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tional studies (logic, ethics, etc) and new ones such as linguistics, marxism and feminism. It is also the on ly department in the univer­ sity where anything like a dem o­ cratic structure exists. Decisions on departmental policy and dayto-day problems are taken in meetings where staff and students jne

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The irony is that the original decision to split the philosophy department was actually intended as a move to isolate such radical impulses in order to get rid o f them. Rightwing academic profes­ sor David Armstrong and four others petitioned the vicechancellor to do so in the hope that the new course set up, lack­ ing “ academic respectability” would eventually perish from dearth o f interest. It looks like their department - heavily con ­ servative in subject matter, meth­ od o f assessment, and internal government - will be the one to go first.

Farrago (Melbourne U) has a lead on the fight between Charles Compagnac, director o f IOC, and the multinational oil producers trying to crush him. AUS will probably campaign soon around this issue, calling on R ex Connor to nationalise the oil industry which will be interesting . . .

The other main feature in the latest Farrago is a supple­ ment on Urban Australia. The paper is doing a whole series on national themes; the next one, to be published after easter, will deal with Australian sexuality.

SIMON M ARGINSON

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F Y O U 'R E ou t near Ken­ sington in Sydney and y o u ’re interested to see how a fo o d co o p works, go through the main gates o f U/NSW near the R ound House till you see a gaudily-painted little temporary shed with OUR HOUSE scrawled over the door.

Inside the goodies are packed on shelves in brown paper bags, and a couple o f people are doing a speedy line in Vogel sandwiches.

The hut is bursting with people doing their marketing, checking out the prices on the daily board and filling up containers with cheap juice and honey. The prices are low and the quality is good wholemeal flour seven cents a pound, honey 36 cents a pound, and a gallon o f orange juice for $1.50. And outside on the lawn, boxes o f fruit are on sale straight from the markets.

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IN 1972 some students at the University o f NSW started to sell fruit every lunchtime. The fruit was bought from the markets, sold at cost price and stored in various places.

It happened because o f the fruit prices in the university union.

In 1973 it was expanded to vegetables and a thursday bazaar with other people joining in. All this led to the idea o f a fo o d coop which would be communally run selling goods as close to cost as possible, and at the end o f july, a mass meeting o f several hundred students decided to set it up.

O f course there were hassles getting it going; the university union which runs catering felt threatened and tried to kill the idea by stalling their demand for space. There was a successful occupation o f one o f the union rooms in the Round House before the administration promised per­ manent accom m odation in 1974 and the use o f the old hut in the meantime. One o f the conser­ vative students who wanted to con duct feasibility studies and set up committees to examine the

idea o f a fo o d coop actually walked into the hut in the middle o f marketing and walked o f f with the m oney box, to prove that the honor system cannot operate.

A t first it was staffed com ­ pletely voluntarily. We marked up 10 per cent on everything to cover the running costs, and at the end o f 1973 found there was enough m oney to pay wages.

The coop has been expanding more and more and is now starting to com pete with the union’s services. We now have fruit, vegetables, grains, all types of nuts, fruit juices, eggs, margarine, oils, cheese, figs, dates, sugar, skimmed milk, bread, honey, peanut butter, vegemite, coffee, flour, lentils etc. It is open from 12.30 to 2.30 and 4 .30 to 5.30 each day.

One o f the main difficulties that arose last year was whether the coop should limit itself to “ health food s” or should offer the usual supermarket range. Sticking purely to the limited health fo o d range would cut out a great mass o f students who have been brought up on the old pie and chips diet, but some people felt that they would not want to put their energy into helping to provide things that they thought were a disaster for the body.

But others felt that people should be free to choose what they eat. This difficulty will arise again this year and there will have to be some compromise on both sides, as happened this year - for example, we kept on selling doughnuts but we didnt sell soft drinks.

Lately, we’ve been talking about setting up an alternative to the various cafeterias round the campus, a place where you could get a cheap, healthy meal and some friendly music. Once again our major problem will be the union’s paranoia and a shortage o f space but there’s enough energy around to make it happen.

G ILL Y C O O T E , BRONWYN VAUGH, MIKE H AR O LD

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N Wednesday night, april 3, Mark Tier (see last week’s colum n) and his supporters posed a threat to the existence o f the Australian National University Student Union. Tier, through his supporters, proposed to make membership of the Students Association voluntary. The accep­ tance o f this proposal would have destroyed the association, and therefore ended all forms o f student radicalism on campus.

Fortunately, the campus vibe was such that the m otion was dispensed with in the manner that it deserved.

As a side aspect to all o f this it was refreshing to see the "o ld bull” o f ANU politics, Richard Refshauge, launching a vitriolic attack on Tier and his supporters.

In a churchillian speech he accused them o f the most unspeakable crimes such as ignoring the very com m unity o f ANU. It was one o f Richard’ s finest hours.

What seems to have happened at ANU is that the right wing translated the defeat o f the Palestine motions as being indica­

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tive o f their popularity. They third world studies group) want to blitz the economics department. were, as was borne out on the night, wrong! What did happen The general feeling around is that was that the Palestine motions committees aggravate the matter were defeated due to an and what is needed is some form emotional reaction to what was o f mass action. interpreted to be support for arab One o f the new groups that has terrorism, plus a general gut appeared on campus is MAG reaction against shoddily worded (Marijuana A ction Group) and not motions. The general feeling now before time, too. The aims o f this is that all the problems incor­ group are similar to that o f the porated with the Palestinian affair larger dope smokers union, are over and that the campus namely to push for the legislation should return to what appears to o f laws legalising dope, plus the be the major issue o f the year . . . advocating o f the good, honest to namely EDUCATION. god, not to mention natural The education campaign pleasure o f tucking into several buzzing around assessment and neatly roEed joints. course content — is now in full * * * swing. Support for the campaign ONE OF the virtues o f living in is coming from all sections o f the the nation’s polly headquarters is campus; from groups as far apart that little tidbits about politicians as the Liberal Club and the seep back through the populace.

R e v o lu t io n a r y C om m unists. One o f these delightful tales Interesting are the differing concerns our esteemed leader, cliques. The wom ens group on Gough Whitlam. As you probably campus, while vocal in their know, Gough keeps popping in disapproval o f forced assessment, and out o f hospital. Let it be are mainly concerned with the known that he suffers from lack o f wom ens study courses in nothing terminal nor even con­ the philosophy, history and politi­ tagious . . . just a very painful case cal science departments. The o f PILES. Even the great suffer.

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A ven turer stri S u n sh in e C oast an d finds m o re th an just a brilliant surf b e a c h . . . .

WILLY YOUNG N THE road north o f Brizziea large bus surprised me b y pulling up, unthumbed, beside me. Buses never give lifts to hitch-hikers. A pretty girl opened the door. I asked: “ Where are you going?” (Previous lifts had been short and I was thinking only in distances o f ten miles.) “ Townsville? Darwin?”

I laugh at the limitation o f my expec­ tations. “ I’m only going to Maroochydore.”

Inside the bus were n o seats, a bearded driver, a kitchen, a double bed, domestic articles, ornaments o f oriental design, a small child and a dog. A cassette played loud rock music which was only faintly heard above the throb o f the engine, but soon I got into the rhythm o f the sound.

Sitting on a bean bag and gazing out o f the huge windscreen was like living in Cinerama. We smoked some o f their Afghanistan hash oil, it was lousy, so I gave them a packet o f dried lychee nuts as a primer to their Indonesian epic, and we departed at the Caloundra turnoff.

For the benefit o f southern readers, the Sunshine Coast (where I was headed) should not be confused with the Gold Coast o f Surfers Paradise fame. The for­ mer is north o f Brisbane and includes the towns o f Caloundra, Mooloolaba, A lex­ andra Headland, Maroochydore and Noosa Heads (what wonderful names!).

Despite the tons o f boulders that line the top o f the beach to stop the sand from disappearing, Noosa Heads is still one o f the most beautiful breaks on the eastern coast; the national park there is still filled with Kombivans with NSW and Victorian number plates, and when the surf runs at Noosa, word miraculously spreads down the coast on the cosmic telephone.

The Sunshine Coast is less “ progres­ sive” than the Gold Coast and although this may be its temporary salvation, it is still touched and no doubt will be more heavily touched by the same themes o f corruption that have made the Gold Coast the plastic commercial paradise

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that it is. Since the government has invited the Japanese to invade Y eppoon and build million dollar tourist hotels, Sunshine Coast businessmen have been working ou t ways to open up the relative­ ly virgin areas between R ockham pton and the airport at M aroochydore. A t the airport, miles out o f the town, there already exists a huge motel, Surf Air, sticking out like the proverbial d og ’s balls in the landscape, and if there was a scenic road north, developers figure that interna­ tional tourists could fly into M aroochy­ dore, stay at Surf Air, then proceed b y airconditioned car to the Y ep poon hotels and then fly out - the ultimate holiday: tourists need not expose themselves to the locals or the climate.

Most o f the locals are middle aged verging on "retired” which generally im­ plies that they are limited, uptight and suspicious. So far the main development in the area has been confined to three storey blocks o f flats (ordinary accom­ m odation is scarce), and shopping centres o f a unique architectural crispness — clean but somewhat lacking in character, and generally less vulgar than its southern counterpart. There has been an absence o f development in terms o f “ nightlife” and entertainment — a very Queensland trait. Amusement is confined to the pictures (at the drive-in or the local) and the pubs. However, even within this framework, delights abound . . . * * *

THE BUILDING resembled every picture theatre I’ve ever seen built before 1950.

The outside was carelessly lit, casting sinister shadows and giving no idea o f the entertainment inside. On entering one saw the projected image o f mediocre French com edy, and sensed a great gath­ ering o f people (not in any way related to the m ovie) from a constant buzz o f voices. Canvas seats! H ow civilised! Walk­ ing down the aisle one passed the older members o f the audience sitting at the back o f the theatre, then the young adults, then the teenagers (furgling each other) and finally the audience got

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younger and younger until, in the seats o f our choice, we were surrounded by quite small people, dropping jaffas, rolling b ot­ tles, crawling over seats. The gradation from old to young was absolutely smooth.

The feature, Bogdanovich’s What’s up doc, was sophisticated enough for the kids to enjoy and the constant buzz decreased in decibels. Their appreciation o f the movie was astute — they laughed in the same places as I did. The sequence involving the hero and heroine on a bicycle, tw o chasing cars, a San Francisco street, a man on a ladder and tw o men carrying a huge pane o f glass, held the audience in silence for its duration. A fter the climax the audience yelled, whistled, clapped and stamped their feet while short trousered ushers ran dow n the aisles and flashed torches. The flashers seemed ineffectual but nevertheless the screaming ceased. The other incident which appeal­ ed to the audience was the one where Ryan O ’Neal undresses to his briefs. This also made them yahoo in excitement, and the flashers ran dow n the aisle again.

Certainly they were the most wriggly, alive and humming audience I have ever encountered, and I look forward to seeing Fist o f fury with them next Saturday night!

My other delight was an encounter with the members o f the p o o l club who play at the Hotel M aroochydore. Pubs o f the coast have a characteristic design. The public and saloon bars are fairly small and cater fo r regular and serious drinkers. The lounges, which often contain a beer gar­ den, are vast in area to accom m odate the Christmas crowds. In off-season, drinking there is like sitting in the city square in Canberra on a Sunday. The ju k ebox o c ­ cupies one end o f the lounge and the p ool players operate at the other end. They are c o o l guys. I’d just seen High plains drifter and kept getting flashes o f them as the Clint Eastwoods o f the east coast (in retrospect rather an exaggerated com ­ pliment). They have an assurance which com es from the structure o f the group (perhaps this is the same with all groups)

and one gets the impression that they do live outside normal social conventions and dont give a fuck about the rest o f society.

Earlier in the night I had seen a young fuzzy haired aboriginal guy play a flam­ boyant game o f p ool, popping his hands, snapping his fingers, whistling birdcalls throughout and boasting that he could beat any man in the room . He might as well have played on his head and shot with his feet for all the attention they paid him. I found them an impressive group and I wanted to relate to them but the prospect o f engaging them in con ­ versation was ridiculous, so instead I started by photographing them playing pool. This stunned them, and despite a few wisecracks I continued to photograph meticulously, and eventually they seemed to dig it, and so we related.

That night was com petition night and they showed their style. W ow! They were artists! First prize was a carton o f beer and a bottle o f scotch and the winner had to have the party at his house. Runner-up with a brace o f stubbies was a better prize. I noted that the group had a hierarchy when they had a meeting to elect officers although the positions didnt seem to carry much status.

As I waited in the beer queue, one o f the girls from the players table talked to me. “ Why were you taking ph otos?” “ I just record life about me. I've been taking them for nine years.” “ I can see that now. I didnt while I was watching y o u .” “ What do you d o here?” “ Just sit around, then go to the party.

It’s very chauvinist.” (laughs) “ I’ve got it on celluloid. The guys at the p ool tables and the wom en sitting in the background.” Then I realised that we were standing in the queue and that the women also brought their ow n drinks.

The party was orderly and the house comfortable. Music was loud, reproduc­ tion good and selection basic. Girls arriv­

ed with guys or by themselves in pairs and were shown cursory attention. I found out that most o f the guys worked as builders laborers, surfed on days o ff and were happy enough to have enough m oney to pay rent, buy booze and dope.

I’m oversimplifying o f course. One person grew orchids up in the mountains. Con­ versation at times was witty. Single earings were in evidence. A roulette wheel appeared and we played in the kitchen. In the dining room a game o f blackjack with higher stakes was played. The win­ ner won $62 - it seemed a lot to me. It was a great party and I wish I could remember more but I was drunk - a pleasant and dulling sensation and un­ avoidable under the circumstances.

The following night was also a com ­ petition night, this time against neighbor­ ing inland town o f Palmwoods. The Palmw oods team numbered 12 and looked rural. Most had short hair and their ages ranged from teenage to middle aged.

(M aroochydore players were in their 20s.) A blatant hierarchy existed: more experienced players told younger players what shots to play, and moral support was given to poorer players involving much back slapping. I felt that they had carefully worked out manoeuvres before the game. In short, Palmwoods played as a team, in stark contrast to the M aroochydore players. Although there was a structure in the group (the presi­ dent had numerous organisational duties to perform ), the Maroochydore players managed to retain a loose individualism: it was impressive. Each player played his own game, they never gave each other advice, and there was never pressure applied in the area o f letting dow n the side. They picked the team from whoever turned up that night. On another level, the com petition was a game between “ straight” and “ non straight” .

The teams were even, both had their heavy players. The tournament consisted

o f singles and doubles, and the meeting o f opponents had a simple elegance. They met, exchanged names and handshakes, and proceeded to know each other through the playing without resorting to words. The actual skill o f a player could not be predetermined from his appear­ ance. Some o f the styles were eccentric and I’ll describe one as “ sm ooth as

Brylcreem” .

Palmwoods fielded a surprise. A wom­ an on their team! She was attractive, long dark hair, and wore makeup and three strands o f pearls. All eyes were upon her when she played her first shot. She sunk tw o balls. Tension eased, at least she could play. Palmwood.heavies were posi­ tively paternal as they coached her, and

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T has com e to my attention over months o f faithful reading that Daylights is a very sexist male supremacist paper.

Whatever its virtues, from the first issue cover with vision o f a new world popula uy a sole heroic male with rippling suntanned muscles and mighty growth o f face hair streaming in the wind, to the article on people getting to ­ gether in which the (woman) writer addressed us readers as “ every guy reading Daylights” and the sexist ads in the back, it describes a world populated al­ most entirely by men, in the musty traditions o f Australian publishing.

This has been mentioned to the editors. I’ve found their reply something like: “ G o away there’s n obod y in here but just us men.” * * *

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The only trouble is that al­ though it’ s distributed by Gordon and Gotch it’s almost impossible to find anywhere, and G&G can’t really say where they send it because o f the way their filing is done. If you find it, it’ll cost 55 cents a c o p y ; otherwise send three

pounds to Spare Ribs Ltd, 9 Newburgh street, L ondon W 1A 4XS. * * * WOMEN AND FILM is another goodie. Very sharp reviews o f the work o f such legends-in-theirown-time as Godard and Bergman, plenty o f interviews with wom en

filmmakers, and examinations o f the social myths reflected in film A year’s sub is $3.30 (o f three issues) from Women and Film, 2802 Arizona avenue, Santa M oni­ ca, California, 90404, USA. There are also a lot o f films being made b y Australian wom en: you know, films about peoples lives and other things that people make films about, but reflecting different ways that various women see things. Y ou can find out what is available and where to get them b y writing to Martha Kaye w ho helped organise a w eek­ end o f womens films last year, at the Filmmakers Co-op, St Peters lane, Darlinghurst, NSW, enclosing a stamped self-addressed envelope for the reply.

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ON ANOTHER subject: We have bugger all — the Kulaluk story by Cheryl Buchanan, aboriginal field worker from Australian Union o f Students. It’s a short vivid history o f the land rights struggle o f the Larrakia tribespeople near Dar­ win.

It takes the struggle from the form ation o f the Gwalwa Daraniki in 1970 and its first land rights claim made in may 71 for the strip o f land along the sea at the back o f Darwin’s Woolworths, through numerous battles with the local council, federal govern­ ment, land developers, police and white attitudes, to the strong united group working n ow to take back control o f their lives and land.

The introduction sets ttie scene thus: “ N ow B obby Secretary is Lar­ rakia and the Larrakias inhabited Darwin for some 30,000 years, could be forever for all we know.

G e o g r a p h ic a lly his district stretches out to Finnis river to Mananbar to Koolpinya station; it covers at least 100 square miles o f ground. The Larrakia people are a salt water people; their totem is the crocodile and they would be lost living inland. As always, the white fellas showed their total disregard for aborigin­ als and granted the Larrakia 14 square miles and called it the Larrakia reserve. Only one thing was wrong; it was 40 miles IN­ LAND. In any case, they were shifted. Not to the reserve, but to the Kahlin com pound, from there to Bagot reserve, to a short stay at Berrimah, then back to Bagot again. The Larrakia did not want to live on Bagot so they came a mile or so out to Kulaluk.”

whether this was a help or not, she won the game. Her opponent actually blushed as he left the table to suffer further humiliation from his friends.

Despite the effects o f the previous night, M aroochydore won.

I've been fishing and watching rain­ bows between the gaps between cyclones.

Dont look back JAN RIDDELL OVE has becom e guilt.

There are many reasons. T o ­ day, strangely, because you can sleep in in the cosy morning while he must rise and work. Seven thirty and barely light outside as he joins that stream o f sealed up faces and you think o f the m oney you could be earning. Y ou roll over and wonder just when it was that The Ethic finally won you back.

Y ou can feel the rings o f grey around your eyes from last night’s long drive to see Dylan on screen.

It was a going back. The magic was still there. The ideals were still true. But most o f the others were kids wearing jeans and In­ dian shirts who came to hear the hard rock. They seemed a bit impatient with the old idol who didnt gyrate and shout and sang the old songs. Y our Dylan fix ­ ation was out o f place. There were a few other thirtyish types, hair not so long anymore, dress neater, lighting up nicotine outside while the others smelt o f pot. Looking recharged and nostalgic, proving they were still the same really, while the others just enjoyed it.

Perhaps you should get right away, into the country. That block o f land is beautiful and isolated and there's plenty o f trees and bushflowers and, o f course, a creek at the bottom . It’s only small, but you could hide away among the trees and pretend you dont know that in less than five years it will be pulled into the suburban ring with a school and shops nearby, and the Value rising rapidly as you knew it would. If he sticks with it a bit longer perhaps you could even build a house. Guilt again.

Y ou, a landowner. What a laugh. But you worked for it. For three years you fought to get what they conceded was pretty

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good money for a woman. At least it’s all yours. It gives some sense o f independence, lifts the burden o f you o f f him, gives some sense o f freedom. A spurious free­ dom . Y ou sold your soul for it didnt you ? And pretended it was only temporary. Y ou said you hated poverty, particularly your own. But it was security you worked for and security is a never ending upward spiral.

Three years ago, remember?

Y ou were free then. And you were at home on the streets with the smell o f gas in your nostrils, down your throat, in your chest.

The cop who looked like your uncle kicking at you with black boots was worth the coffee and shared last bottle o f port and the warmth o f him afterwards. And there were sad shaken trips home to mother for a meal you couldnt afford; sad because she wouldnt even try to understand. Y ou were quite clear about it all then. Y ou were shouting against all this.

Your stomach surges upwards and dow n again, you move obedi­ ently on to your back. The pain comes again, across your swollen navel in a line around your hips and down. Breathe deeply. It feels different now and you realise it wont be long. Y ou smile in antici­ pation — and wonder at it. The Full Catastrophe, that was the phrase back then when you knew this was all a nasty joke and you knew your turn would be differ­ ent. But will it be the same after all? You, a 60s radical in the year 2000, with Dylan and Vietnam your RSL, killing your children because you too made them vomit ideals you wouldnt live up to and a morality you were afraid of; because you too became a h y p o­ crite?

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NJOY the present b rief respite fro m overseas tours, because b rie f it w ill be. A c t 1 International is bringing Suzi Quatro in may, so if Slade turned you o ff keep well away. Cat Stevens w ill be o u t fo r D ainty early in june — th e best news o f th a t to u r being th a t Linda Lewis, the West Indian vocalist, w ill be along as the support act. A pparently she could make it all w o rth w h ile . The D ainty C orporation are concerned about th e ir Adelaide venue. In a rem arkably short sighted move the A p o llo has banned ro ck con­ certs, because o f the behavior o f T Rex's fans, so D a in ty is arguing th a t Stevens isnt rock. I th in k I agree w ith him.

D ainty d e fin ite ly has Van Morrison fo r later this year but isnt saying much about the Stones, w ho are rumored to be due in September. Also rum ored b u t n o t confirm ed are Yes. Melanie may be o u t before to o long fo r the Uni A rts Festi­ val in m ay, b u t no c o n firm a tio n on th a t either. One ru m o r w hich can be fa irly firm ly knocked on the head to date is Pink Floyd: th e y care a little to o much about th e ir music and image to p u t up w ith the poor sound and lighting facilities available to them o u t here. So fo r all o f you w ho froze at Festival hall in '7 2 fo r Floyd, it looks like th is ju st isnt y o u r year. Robert Raym ond, w ho a fter the B.B. King to u r is becoming a rival prom otions force fo r D ainty and M ille r, is said to have signed an agreement e n titlin g him to to u rin g rights to A sylum artists — perhaps w e'll see Joni Mitchell before the year is o u t. The Supremes (as opposed to Diana Ross) look certain fo r june.

On the recording scene: Barry Sullivan, Phil Manning, Greg (Sleepy) Lawrie, Graham Morgan, Warren (Pig) Morgan — an illustrious session band? They've been helping o u t M att Taylor w ho has been recording his second LP M usic at TCS studios. A single called (believe it o r not) F a ir d in k u m aussie blues w ill be released sometime in m ay. If yo u to o have been w aiting im pa tie n tly fo r the Dingoes LP, then hang on.

Both the LP and the as yet unchosen single w ill be released the firs t week in may. Fox, a new M elbourne band creating a lo t o f interest have been signed by EMI and have ju s t finished recording th e ir firs t single Who Do at Armstrongs. Also recently signed by EM I, Skylight have been at Arm strongs recording th e ir firs t LP. It seems th a t EMI is th e o n ly in te r­ national record company w illin g to come to M elbourne to look fo r bands.

Kamahl looks to have it made. In the biggest contract ye t signed by an a rtist in Australia, he has been contracted by Phonogram fo r five years fo r a cool $1 m illio n . Who says the mums d o n t pull th e ir w eight in the record business?

It is disappointing to see A rie l jo in th e long list o f broken bands and go the way o f M ig h ty Kong and so m any others. It sometimes seems th a t A ustralian bands have a b u ilt in safety guard against success.

Remember the Flying Circus? They le ft A ustralia w hile th e going was good back in 1969 and since then have made a healthy living fo r themselves in Canada. N ow e x-F lying Circus members Terry Wilkins (bass) and Sammy See (keyboards) have joined one o f Canada's to p big brass bands: Lighthouse.

Circus leader Doug Rowe and drum m er Colin Walker have got together w ith three Canadian musicians to make up the new Circus.

You follow ers o f Australian music w ill all be th rille d to hear th a t Sister Janet Mead's Lord's Prayer was No. 10 last week on the Cashbox Top 100, and w a it fo r it — it had a red bullet. So if you keep yo u r fingers crossed . . .

D aylights Cherry Ripe is o ff to check on just what's gone w rong w ith Am erican music tastes and she'll be w ritin g fro m Los Angeles fo r the next few weeks.

A fte r weeks o f haggling and confusion, Festival has fin a lly emerged w ith the local d is trib u tio n rights to Michael Old­ field's T ubular Bells, and the rest o f V irgin Records.

A fte r all M elbourne "A rc h ie & Jughead's" pro m o tio na l w o rk .

Festival w ill be releasing the single soon, so th e y seem set to cash in on A &J's groundw ork. To com plicate the TB a ffa ir fu rth e r, bootleg copies have recently turned up in V ic , NSW and SA. Slipped Disc o f the Week Award goes to Gary Glitter, w h o 'll be in Australia again in ju ly . A t the m om ent though he's laid up on a plank o f wood somewhere — he fell o ff stage and sustained "back in ju rie s"! „„

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Local lad cuts a corker M ARGARET MacINTYRE S U R V IV A L ’S A SONG: Graham he’ll seek out music as a means o f Lowndes (A lbert Productions — self-expression. And from their vantage point on the outer rim o f APLP 004). society, musicians are often in a SHOCK is in store fo r those better position to observe what is w ho like their musicians happening than those happily safely labelled under neat head­ involved.

Lowndes takes the ings like rock, folk, etc, when trouble to look around him. Town they hear oft-called folk singer o f fear with its opening lines: Graham Lowndes’ first LP. A ny Last Saturday I was ablaze with real barriers between rock and time out folk are torn dow n b y this So fo r time in I did what they brilliant LP - in my opinion the all did do finest album Australia has yet is a vision o f the present - a sad produced. and lonely picture o f sixteen year Graham is a familiar figure to old gladiators striking out in many Melbourne music lovers chicken deeds at their world. It is who have follow ed him in pubs, a frighteningly real picture and clubs and concerts and the fact Lowndes’ voice is the sort that that it has taken all these years fo r makes you feel icy at the words someone (in this case Albert and I heard the children scream.

Productions) to finally get his Bundeena sands is a light rocky music d o w n -o n record is quite track with a very nice guitar solo frightening.

Because Graham from Mark Punch. One o f the Lowndes really stands out — not outstanding features o f this album only as a heart-rending vocalist, is that it is never mundane. Each but also as one o f Australia’s most musician seems to excel himself, talented songwriters. Mike McClel­ the solos are interesting and lan’s album is blessed with exciting, the production from Lowndes’ Susie get m e o f f this Chris Gilby is such that for once train and Jeannie Lewis handles there is a decent bass sound, the the superb Till time brings change acoustic guitar sounds like just with much love and class on Free that and the drums are there, not fall through featherless flight. lost somewhere under layers o f Lazybones (Survival’s a song), tape. the single from the album, opens S w eet sunny world has the the first side with a blast from the only lyrics on the album not brass. If you missed Graham on written by Lowndes - and it is R oom to m ove y o u ’ve probably easy to see why they were never heard him with a big band included.

Bernard Hartman's . . . oh, what w e’ve been missing lyrics evoke sunny days gone by, for all these years! This is one o f dreams o f love passed over and those punchy songs which is that teardrop world, that impossible to keep still to - it unknown girl/calling to yo u from pushes the listener before it as som ewhere, sung by Lowndes to a Graham sings a musician’s answer wistful, yearning m elody. to any mere m ortal’s criticisms: The musician’s plight is dealt Friends say I lack ambition and with in Visions from the gallery drive with the man from M exico who T hey say I ’ve n o will to survive brings his music from a shore so But th e y ’re wrong far, to com e and play fo r you : Survival’s a song.

H ow could it be from It is a perfect ch oice fo r a som ew here single - infectious (in the best That a man like this can be possible sense) and raunchy . . . ignored pray fo r airplay!

Nor even wanted?

Town o f fear follow s, a gentle It’s a hard question to answer but acoustic track: less a statement it happens all the time. and m ore a sad observation.

The opening track on side two Graham Lowndes is one o f the is one o f the loveliest tracks on few songwriters who successfully the album and one o f the loveliest crosses the barrier from the songs I’ve heard. In an interview deeply personal statement to Lowndes said o f Till time brings acute and thoughtful observation. change: “ It means more to me The songwriter is rarely your than any other song because it is average “ man on the street” ; if he about my personal relationship is a contented well-adjusted with m y wife Ginny, and I think it even now sums up my member o f society it is unlikely

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relationship with her . . . it’s very hard to talk about it because m y song says everything.” Undoubt­ edly it will not be programmed b y commercial radio, it is dubious if even the single will be, yet it is the sort o f song which could mean a great deal to many people who will possibly never hear o f Lowndes. It is rarely that you see a future standard on a first album (Joni Mitchell did it on her second with Both sides n ow ) but Till time will surely be taken up and recorded b y many artists if they have the good fortune to hear it.

Few will surpass this version however, with its urgent brass and beautiful piano solo from Ian Mawson.

The rising o f the tide burns along with some extraordinary bass playing from Dave Ellis, and some bitingly pessimistic lyrics: The law that rules the land is getting harder And the lawless are the ones who make the rules . . .

The night will rule fo r quite awhile longer B efore we see the rising o f the tide.

Like Sweet sunny world, To Rosalind looks to the past with its message Just keep in mind I’ve not forgotten you/please dont forget me, while The house is burning brings us straight back into the present. It is a beautifully sane song exhorting a friend to let go o f the past, to give up sacred vows and blind faith so love can grow and grow and grow. Perhaps the band knew this would be the final track on the album because they pull out all the stops, weaving in and out o f the m elody, holding the listener till the last fading note.

There is a danger with performers like Graham Lowndes - who have been around for a few years, who have built up a firm following among a small group o f people - that their first LP will be treated b y outsiders like a cult offering. This album is not just for the Lowndes freaks, it is for everyone who loves music. Dont let it be a clique album, hidden away on the shelves o f your local record shop by record dealers who wont spare the time to listen.

Y ou might not see it on display, so ask for it - you will be rewarded with one o f the best albums to surface this year.

Let’s hear it for Ayer’s Rock JANE STEPHENSON IRST time I heard o f A yer’s R ock was on a dissolving afternoon at Sunbury when their energy reached right through the tiredness, sunshine and dust. This same outward going musical jo y was with them on a midnight at Teazer’s, Melbourne. Since then I’ve had a rave with the "R o c k ” and found its members serious musicians, enthusiastically involv­ ed with the development o f the Australian music scene.

Over the past ten years the five members o f the group have had plenty o f working experience: on the road with different bands, playing all over Australia, and long stints abroad. Jim Doyle (gui­ tar) worked as music director on tour with Winifred Atwell. They: have a strong commitment to music, strong enough to be happy to work six nights a week, and lots o f laughter to get through the hassles. They get a lot out o f playing. They’re doing what they want, and they like the people they meet — in fact, Ayer’s R ock really dig Australian audiences.

They write their own music: Colin Loughnan (reeds) writing melodies, Chris Brown (vocals and guitar) and Duncan McGuire (bass) writing lyrics. Chris likes to com e up with something different every time.

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(D o we have to end up with Advance Australia fair?) Three di­ mensional music was the phrase that stayed in m y head listening to that com position, three guitars, amazing Marc (the hand is quicker than the eye) Kennedy on drums and Colin on sax, clarinet and flute. The reed music wove and wound and flirted through the guitars and drums, and crystallised on its way out o f the musical labyrinth as the wind went back on the rack and the tambourine rocked. A new Dreamtime.

So they’re magical musicians, but they’re also seriously concern­ ed with aspects o f the media which they have found to be retarding the development o f the Australian pop industry. The first premise is that there’s plenty o f talent in this country. Logically it ought to be given a hearing. But here in Australia, where distance and the problems o f com m unica­ tion are everyday concepts, what­ ever has happened to R A D IO ???

In October 1973, before Ray Burton (an original member o f the group and who wrote Grammy award I am woman with Helen Reddy) went back to the States, A yer’s R ock recorded a single called The great Australian bitch.

Well, it was returned to their manager from the radio stations with "p olite instruction” to change the name o f the record, and to shorten the playing time o f that side. This is censorship and perhaps even blackmail, but they wanted to be heard so they co m ­ plied with the requests - now tell me, how many o f you have heard Ayer’s R ock singing R o ck and roll fight (going on) on the radio?

So there you have it, A yer’s R ock is a group o f fine musicians with a strong follow ing built up from personal appearances alone.

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Galapagos Duck addle egg A LLA N WATSON EBONY QUILL: Galapagos Duck (Philips 6357015).

T T ’S rather unusual for a - I rmajor company to show an interest in an up and coming jazz group in Australia, but Philips have a release o f E bon y quill, by the Sydney based “ soul-jazz” group Galapagos Duck.

In the past year this group has proved to be very impressive. In Sydney they have established a strong follow ing at The Basement at Circular Quay, and their two recent appearances in Melbourne went over extremely well. As the supporting group for the Nina Simone concert they proved that Australian groups dont have to be boring or just plain embarrassing.

More recently they made a n o th e r appearance at the M oom ba jazz concert, where they managed to liven up an otherwise stolid evening. What was really striking was the age difference between the G-Duck and the other groups.

Most o f the M e lb o u r n e m usicians were products o f the 50s jazz scene and are now well into their 30s.

H ow ever, G-Duck is much younger, mostly in their early 2 0 s and their youth shows in the music they play. While the Melbourne musicians all tend towards the more com plex “ modern jazz” style that they grew up with, G-Duck play a simpler, more driving form o f music. Very simply they are out to please; their frank enthusiasm bursts through in their stage presence - they emanate a sort o f esprit de corps . . ., something that’s sadly lacking in their older Melbourne brothers.

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However, their debut album shows up their deficiencies. In concert they d o sound very good indeed. But live performances, particularly if some o f the lead instruments play well, can hide the weaker aspects o f a group. In the recording studio the reverse seems applied.

At the Bowl, G-Duck seemed om nicom petent musicians, ex­ changing instruments readily to obtain different voicings. Willie Qua often surrendered his drums to his brother, Chris, or to saxophonist T om Hare, so as to play flute. Tom also blows on trumpet and flugelhom , while the other saxophonist, Mart Mooney, also plays bass. A t various times all members o f the group do percussion work. Much the same thing happens on this album, but here is the crunch . . . most o f the musicians are particularly good on on e instrument but they are often only adequate on others. Willie Qua is the exception. Both his drumming and flute work are very good. But one o f their major problems is the bass. Chris Qua handles the bulk o f the work on this, and sometimes sounds fairly good, but for the type o f music they are into, they need a bass that is consistently fluent and powerful. T oo often Chris cannot sustain this, and sometimes is reduced to rather inept cliches.

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Willie then has a bash on timbals demonstrating that while a tight, ■ crisp, ensemble drummer, he’s a bit o f a bore as a soloist. The idea behind this track is good, but plainly G-Duck just havent developed enough yet to take on something as demanding as this.

They sound clumsy and awkward, performing a series o f gimmicks rather than getting into anything o f real substance.

They sound much more effective on shorter versions o f standards like The lo o k o f love and Grazing in the grass, or on their own com position - based on a very nice soul riff — Mr Natural.

Their horns are their main strength and both T om Hare and Mart M ooney play some very fine stuff. T om ’s alto sax on The lo o k o f love, in a sort o f Grover Washington Jnr vein is very good indeed, and Marty M oon ey’s tenor work throughout the album shows him to be the type o f tenor that used to be called “ muscular” : big toned, very attacking, he knows his R&B sax licks and pulls them o f f with verve and polish.

On th is album G-Duck overstretched themselves; they havent got enough to say for 40 minutes o f album time. It’ s a pity that the old 45 rpm four track EP is n o longer fashionable for they could have done this sort o f thing extremely well, giving us an impressive recording debut instead o f the rather disappointing 12 inch album [— |

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D A Y FOR NIGHT: Rivoli, Cam­ berwell. Village twin, Paddington.

Two Dicks drone on

Cinematic self consciousness BAZIL CAREY HIS is a film with every­ thing working against it.

It is a film about filmmaking b y a French director (Francois Truffaut) obsessed with the techniques o f cinema. Even the title refers to the camera trick o f shooting through filters in day­ time to produce night scenes.

Truffaut, what’s more, has always run the risk o f self-indulgence.

From his beginning as the first o f the “ new wave” directors he hasnt hesitated to be autobiographical.

Les mistons (1957) nostalgically evoked his adolescence, just as Les quartre cent coups did less sentimentally. Tirez sur le pianiste (1960) was a melange of cinematic devices — an elaborate and dubious reminder that Truf­ faut began as a film critic. First films, he once said, are an amorous game with the camera.

Late films? (H e’s 42 and Day fo r night his tenth feature film).

When they too are about filmmaking the stage does seem set for a laborious and incestuous exercise.

Day fo r night is littered with minor conceits. Truffaut is one o f the stars and tells the camera that a director-should not be seen on film. He’s an animated abrupt little man with intense, impec­ cable charm who dreams about films and his b oy h ood days when he pinched posters o f Citizen Kane. He works the film crew like marionettes; is only interested in people in so far as their lives affect the production. Everything works fo r the director: gadgets, stuntmen, even the weather (with the help o f a snow machine).

These details would be very irritating if they did not also give such a well oiled impression o f the workaday business o f filmmaking.

For the film does run along with all the charm o f a Mr Hulot on holiday. It is unquestionably a pleasant experience, with a connoisseur blend o f bitter and sweet which carries us along delightfully from beginning to end. It is so pleasant, in fact, that

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it invites no hard, which is to say passionate, response at all. Like the perfect lem on souffle, it melts in the mouth, then leaves one wondering whether it might not, after all, have really been intended for passive appreciation. It is as if we have been seduced into liking the essence o f the inconse­ quential.

The fun pivots about the frolics and foibles o f a most pedestrian film crew. We have the fading star, Severine (Valentine de Cortesa), a flirtatious, aperitif nipping beauty who forgets her lines and opens the wrong doors on the set, as she melodramati­ cally does in life. The younger lady is Julie Baker (Jacqueline Bisset) a fresh beauty with disturbed past, her ex-d octor and older husband, determinedly pro­ fessional actress on the way back.

Alphonse is a male lead (Jean Pierre Leaud); vain, fickle, the epitome o f latin infantilisms, his own little tragedy who never stops asking “ Is love more important than work? Is life more important than m ovies?”

It is a very starrish cast and everyone plays their parts within parts very well, the plot o f their film overlapping their real lives being filmed in real life . . . or something like that. Truffaut is at his sardonic, and elliptical best.

Briefly the p lot runs: Severine finally manages, but returns to R om e after the death o f an old love; Alphonse threatens to walk out when he’s abandoned b y the delectable script girl who runs o f f with the English stuntman: Julie prevents this b y sleeping with him, putting marriage at risk but affirming her professionalism. The show must go on.

It almost breaks dow n when petulant Alphonse tells her husband.

Julie is distraught, aghast at the prospect o f marriage (and film ) collapsing. Truffaut (strategically? empathetically?) com forts her with “ when your husband knows what has hap­ pened he will understand” . So it is. Shooting resumes. Art, in other words, keeps the lead.

At this point the remarkable fruit o f Truffaut’s cinematic grace is fully recognisable. For it is the very lightness, charm, delectability o f Day fo r night which has made us party to Truffaut’s conviction that “ art is more important than life” . He has made a film which in itself (and like its ironical title) signifies the victory. (Assuming, o f course, that we permit such dichotom ies as art/life, love/w ork, illusion/reality.) It is when we pause to see what exactly Truffaut is saying about "life ” that the victory becom es tenuous.

The serious point o f Day for night seems to be that, like film crews, we manufacture the arti­ facts o f our lives, and that like actors, our relationships flounder (however inconsequentially) as soon as we wonder which parts are real. It is a very self-conscious — I’m tempted to say French view. It is certainly the most persistent cliche propagated by artists o f stage and screen, and one usually expounded by roman­ tics w ho pose as realists. In Stolen kisses Truffaut rescued the point — demonstrating a wonderfully warm regard for illicitness — by focusing on three characters o f some interest. In Day fo r night, however, there are simply too many people flitting about. So, in the end, they are figurines playing second fiddle to the camera, and the cliche.

From the very beginning their lives d o not really count. “ When I look at a picture” , Truffaut says, “ what I try to spot is whether the man who made it was violent, calm, happy, angry, and I lo o k at it scene by scene and in this way I try to get back to the source, to the beginning, to the character, the personality o f the director. I can almost sense, for instance, whether in such and such a scene the director was happy with his actors or was angry with what they were doing.

I now look at films almost in the way one would examine a temperature chart at the fo o t o f a hospital b ed .”

This is a fine statement on the self-confinement o f cinema. Day fo r night shows Truffaut happy with his actors, angry about nothing important, an ironic romantic w ho thinks that scene b y scene a film can just about answer fo r itself. The result is therefore charming, but trivial. It is tempting to see the failure as the inevitable result o f cinematic self-consciousness - except that Heavy traffic (see Albie Thoms), is also a parody upon filmmaking and yet superlatively goes beyond matters o f style.

STU HAWK on the spot in Hobart

Sunbury goes to Hobart. Rain falls T STARTED o f f looking like a rehearsal for the end o f the world, and then it got worse. John Fowler, commercial high priest o f Sunbury, staged the greatest airlift o f Australian bands in history, to a hillside site at Baskerville some 20 miles from Hobart. The site, overlooking the Baskerville raceway, was pleasant enough as W oodstock hills go, dotted here and there with hotdog, hamburger, donut and cok e stands, and a few people.

The crowd depending on whose estimate was believed, varied from 300 to 3000, but was probably around 1200 people.

Tickets were $5, and the weather was as gloom y as most o f the hardy fans. The crowd embraced all festival-attending factions.

Skinheads and booze, freaks and dope, and assorted weekend hippies, back-to-the-landers, kids, dogs and blues. A heavy con ­ tingent o f police patrolmen was augmented by tw o drug squad detectives (w ho stood out like syphilis in a convent) and a karate army.

The show began with local Launceston band Jody playing to

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those who know and love them and the faces began to brighten, but the weather got worse. Then A yer’s R ock featured music which is bordering on a sort o f Zappa brilliance. The crowd seemed stunned, but recovered sufficient­ ly to applaud an encore. A yer’s R ock are displaying the realised potential the band, with the calibre o f musicians it contains, was expected. Col Lachlans, one man brass section, had added another level to an already multilayer superstar sponge. The setting was perfect for Matt Taylor, his rustic ramblings raves and songs. The dots o f people merged into knots and sang along.

Mississippi finally arrived, rock and rolled and harmonised as well as they ever have, pretty faces all.

That was the general pattern o f the day. The bands played excellently, and the relaxed, albeit cold and wet, atmosphere o f the mini Sunbury seemed to help their playing.

Daddy C ool donned their Mousketears, and to quote Ross Wilson “ They were pretty dead to start with, but we whipped them into a frenzy . . . all fou r hundred

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o f them” . Close to the truth too, with all the old favorites, and a jam entitled Big shake with Wilson and Hannaford, leaping and humping and jumping like extras from a William Peter Blatty vision.

It was a hard task to ask Ross Ryan ("Australia’s most famous singer/songwriter” ), to keep up the animation. The crow d were unimpressed to start, but b y the end o f his noteworthy perform ­ ance were in tw o sections helping him sing his latest creation Connie.

Mackenzie Theory set up after an eternity, and were into the first number, when local group "the five streakers” , presented the mandatory mime and dance routine. The stage was rushed by blues, who searched hi and lo for the criminal quintet . . . safely hidden in a van. When at last three were caught, the OC delivered a stern reprimand. Inspector T. C. Hoodless had been quoted in the Saturday evening m ercury as saying he would charge anyone caught streaking. “ My sense o f humor does not run that far.” The blues even lectured Ian Meldrum for inciting the display. Heavens.

And finally the Aztecs. After half o f the known musical equipment in Oz was moved on to the stage Billy opened up . . . with You can’t go round saying fu ck onstage. Immediately, like flies to shit, a large gathering o f policemen appeared backstage, and word b igan to spread Billy was to be busted yet again. His manager Mike Browning and Odessa Promotions solicitor Graham Reece-Jones (distinguished) co n ­ fronted the police and it was confirm ed. Billy was to be busted.

Billy w ho had been warned o f the impending ‘happening’ stayed behind his amps and went on for the demanded encore. He asked the crowd if they were offended . . . N o o o o o o o . And then proceed­ ed to conduct a chant o f the word ‘fu ck ’, in time with the bashing cans etc. This incensed the cops to the point where it looked as if the b oy would be hauled bodily from the stage. But he was allowed to finish the crow d’s favorite per­ formance, then offstage to be grabbed, to change, be charged and released on $20 bail.

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G ILLY COOTE HERE’ S a series on ABC late on monday nights that you may have missed if you were lucky. I found it hard to believe I was in the 20th century when I saw m y first An evening with . . .

There were these ageing men, smiling idiotically at a selected audience and reading precious little poems and hearty prose and telling everybody how influential these bits and pieces had been in their formative years. No film inserts, no music, no dancing, no bumps and strange noises (which are probably much m ore for­ mative), and n o relationships.

We had just had a particularly insane M onty Python experience.

Fire brigades never answered the phone but examined shoe sizes; Everest was assailed and a salon was set up.

Total anarchy prevailed. Then we noticed two familiar names on the tellie program - Richard Neville ( T LD ) and Richard Walsh (N R) old friends and men o f reputed wit and vision. Gotta watch it even though y o u ’re tired.

The opening credits roll up.

Paddington NSW they tell us. The tw o Richards sit together before a kneeling bevy o f adoring claque o f mostly ladies (and one dog) and look embarrassed. They shuffle their pieces o f paper, clear their throats and launch into their recitations. Not only is their reading drab and uninspired, so is the material they’ve chosen. Age old bits out o f Oz that once aroused campus chortles now die a million deaths. Richard W reads while the other sits looking intense except when the dog tries to mount R. Neville who is into being COOL WITH DOGS and instead o f pushing it away fiercely tries to pretend it’s not there. A mostly musty, zestless and irrele­ vant program.

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WHICH BRINGS me to A ccess, where low ly non-experts can play at being television producers. The first five minutes o f the program attempted to clarify what “ access” means. R obert Moore told us not to compare it to proper TV and then the A d Hoc Anti Expressway people took over. They had done a lot o f work, mostly in the film research library, and provided their case with terrific visual illustrations.

Commentary over film was read with passion and urgency and it was relaxing to sit and hear them lay their rave on you freely, hear them put dow n developers, roadmakers, governments without some pipsqueak leaping up to give the other point o f view. When a commentator dried up on camera, no one minded. Why should they?

The second half o f Access was hilarious. A poet ran on flashing glimpses o f something stuck on his fly. Insane. It turned out to be a neo-parnassian poet called T ony who read some o f his words before cutting to an aged couple in front o f their TV scratching their heads. Like the studio audience. There was another poet who was addicted to alliteration, and a shy girl with a poem about abandoned rocks. The neo-parnassians think there’s a place on TV fo r poetry as entertainment and tried to move it like a pop group from time to time, in identical Kerouac plaid shirts.

Although they were too earnest it was a gas that they could d o what they wanted.

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ALBIE THOMS

V ID EO TAPES: A rt Gallery o f NSW.

H E A V Y T R A F F IC : M etro Bourke Street, Melbourne

A way out bunch of tapes ACK in 1967 when Harry Holt was going all the way with LBJ and Australia was per­ forming as the Pinnochio o f US imperialism, an exhibition o f post­ war American art toured Aus­ tralia, symbolising our break with european colonial traditions and the emergence o f neo-colonial American cultural allegiances.

With that show came a selec­ tion o f US postwar avant-garde movies, then touted under that magic appellative “ underground” , which amounted to a major retro­ spective o f recent film develop­ ments. Because the NSW art gal­ lery at that time did not have its ow n cinema few people who saw the painting and sculpture exhibi­ tion were able to see the movies, so that while Australian painting and sculpture was to some extent "colon ised ” by the exhibition, Australian film continued in its anachronistic sycophancy to the Golden Years o f H ollywood.

Now the yanks are back with an exhibition o f recent art, show­ ing the developments in painting and sculpture since 1967, but significantly omitting the recent developments in American avantgarde film. Instead there is a selection o f recent video art by nine artists, ones who made their reputations as painters or sculp­ tors before tuning into video. The massive developments in video art taking place outside the art museum context in the USA are ignored in this selection.

Despite their obvious limita­ tions, the videotapes included in the recent American art exhibi­ tion are o f interest, if only as a demonstration o f the sort o f video research that is being subsidised within the US art milieu. Few show the sort o f sophisticated awareness o f videotechnology de­ scribed b y Gene Youngblood in Expanded cinema and seen here previously in Terry Riley’s Music with balls, shown by A Z Music.

Lynda Benglis’s N ow ( ’73) util­ ises instant playback to investigate a performance relationship be­ tween live performer and replayed image with multiple level sound mixing to create an interesting work that combines conceptualis­ ation with esthetic development.

Keith Sonnier’s works T V in & out (’72) and Mat k e y radio track (’72) use multi camera mixes with keying/matting and polarity re­ versals, showing some o f the p o ­ tential o f color TV at present denied to us. (His two recent works Animation 1 & 2, not exhibited in the present show, demonstrate even more sophisti­ cated techniques, with computer matting and random information mixing, including a very powerful Watergate synthesis.)

Richard Serra’ s Television de­ livers p eop le (’ 73) is straight­ forward hardcopy printout o f political epigrams pertaining to the video medium in the postM c L u h a n /R a d ic a l S o ftw a re mould, differing somewhat from his earlier work in medium investi­ gation, though still functioning within a strong conceptual struc­ ture o f statement art.

Bruce Nauman’s A rt make up: black ( ’6 8 ) is a primitive concept­ ual work, not living up to this artist’s reputation, and not par­ ticularly significant in its use o f the video medium.

Robert Morris’s Exchange ( ’73) is a com plex video work, explicit­ ly derived from the medium’s potential for conceptual feedback

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processes. It is the end result o f something like seven retapings o f recorded inform ation taped over a period and interfaced within a 32 minute timescale with narrative referents "explaining” the audio­ visual content. (It forms an inter­ esting contrast with Dave McCul­ lough’s film Docum entation o f R obert Morris showing in a p ro­ gram o f LA films at the Film­ makers cinema last week.)

John Baldessari’s Walking fo r ­ ward - running fast ( ’71), while a video work, refers to the origins o f cinematography in its presenta­ tion o f sequences o f still p h o to ­ graphs showing developing m ove­ ment. It is very similar to the work o f structuralist filmmakers o f Xscreen in Cologne in that it takes a still photograph as its basic information input and uses the real time o f video to structure the perception o f the photographs.

Vito A ccon i’s Waterways ( ’71) and F ace-off ( ’73) docum ent per­ formance activities, not particular­ ly dependent on the video pro­ cess, but emphasising its useful­ ness as a longterm feedback device recording moments in time for indepth perception at later dates.

Lawrence Weiner’s long A first quarter (’72) seems to have a similar purpose, the audio-refer­ ents suggest a parody o f some recent conceptual art activities (Dave McCullough’s films form another parallel here), though the use o f realtime recording is the most apparent feature (providing a marked contrast with viewing assumptions o f the broadcast TV familiar to most Australians as the only kind o f TV).

William Wegman’s Selected works (incom plete) utilise a simi­ lar process, though includes much direct audio content (statement art), contrasting verbal perform ­ ance with certain visual perform ­ ances involving a dog.

It all adds up to a pretty way-out bunch o f videotapes that would blow a few minds if ever let loose in peak viewing time on broadcast TV. (Or even fo r that matter if included in the A B C ’s A ccess series.) But they were de­ signed fo r the art museum con ­ text, and they nestle there fairly unobtrusively among the paintings and sculptures.

With the exception o f the Son­ nier & Benglis tapes, none show any evidence o f advanced technol­ ogy not already available in Aus­ tralia, nor d o they show advanced esthetic concerns not already touched upon by the small band o f video artists practising in.Aus­ tralia in the last five years. H ow ­ ever, this exhibition does intro­ duce large audiences to alternate uses o f video and may awaken them to the potentials that exist in their midst. Already many schools and institutions possess video facilities and soon public access video centres will be open­ ed in key locations around Aus­ tralia. Without complementary cables or broadcast systems to make the products o f these video centres available to the public, art galleries and museums d o offer an important viewing facility. Unfor­ tunately these facilities are still tied to elitist concepts o f art and seem to have ignored most o f the democratising principles inherent in the post-object art movement and integral to recent develop­ ments in American art.

If we use the artworks available to us in this exhibition o f recent American art as a means to dia­

logue between peoples o f tw o nations then perhaps something can be gained from the vast ex ­ pense involved in staging the e x ­ hibition here. A n immediate recip­ rocal showing o f recent Australian art in New York might help put the dialogue on an equal footing.

Unlike the 1967 American show, there seems little here that (in a conceptual sense at least) our own artists are not doing. An inter­ national art language seems to have been achieved in which Aus­ tralians are participating on qual­ ity basis with equal distinction.

I hope this is understood by the visual arts board which contri­ buted to the expense o f this im ­ ported exhibition. A t present our video artists are caught in the middle o f the confusion o f re­ sponsibilities o f the media depart­ ment, film & TV board and the visual arts board. Video is o f course covered in all their chart­ ers, though so far very little o f their assistance has gone to Aus­ tralia’s video artists. Perhaps some sort o f demand will result from the exhibition o f these American videotapes________________________

Where American cinema is at MEANWHILE there’s some Amer­ ican art being shown around the country that’ s not your old elitist art museum heavy shot, but some good old commercial art capitalist movie heavy traffic. It comes from the amazing American Inter­ national Pictures, is directed by Ralph Bakshi and is called - for reasons obvious when you see it — Heavy traffic. It’s pretty much a definitive statement about the porno-politics o f contemporary American life, and in terms o f filmcraft, comm ercial art design and synthesis o f diverse styles it is about the ultimate in where American cinema is at. It parodies most o f the m ythic archetypes o f American life as seen through the movies, in a variety o f styles and techniques that run the full range from Melies through Walt Disney to S. Clay Wilson, R. Crumb and beyond. It’s beautiful while being ugly, crazier than Krazy Kat alongside Marcel Duchamp, and in

terms o f pinball wizardry leaves Tom m y for dead.

Ever since the Bauhaus days commercial art has been running neck and neck with fine art for imagination and talent, and Heavy traffic, though something more o f a sleeper, is the Sergeant Pepper o f recent movies in its application o f avant-garde skills to good straight folksy storytelling. What's more it’s by far the m ost explicit sex movie yet shown publicly here, no doubt permitted because the sex scenes are drawn rather than performed. It moves like a rocket, changing continuously from real-life photographed images to drawn and synthesised ones, depicting a few moments in the imagination o f a pinball player hanging loose in New York city.

Rumors are that it’s a b ox office flop in Australia, so catch it while you can. It’s recent American art o f a high order.

Review gets streamlining T SEEMED this is an important b o o k so Day­ lights comm issioned a review from a woman who wished to remain anonymous. When the review came in it was about twice as long as the space reserved fo r it. This left Daylights with a dilemma: h ow does one cut such a politically worthy piece without being accused o f gross bias and sacrificing message fo r the cheap aims o f journalistic readability.

After much debate in the editorial offices we have decided on a course that is both original and cuts across the problems presented to us. We print the review WITH E V E R Y SECOND LINE DELETED.

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FROM TWEEDLEDUM TO TWEEDLEDEE THE NEW L A ­ BOR GOVERNMENT by Robert Catley and Bruce McFarlane (ANZ Press).

This impartial method o f editing ensures that revisionist deviation does not creep in through the editorial hand.

Second, readers will agree that the political spirit triumphs over this setback and com es plainly through thus attesting to the righteousness o f what the author has to say.

N ow read on: Anarchists and marxists have never. . . ever since the inception o f class society . . . state particularly o f its coercive, executive . . . ruling class wealth, power and privilege . . .

O f the means o f production have never sufficed . . . their expectation and domination. So i t . . .

Marx’s characterisation in the Manifesto o f . . .

State agency remains funda­ mentally co r r e c t . . .

State’s role as dependant agent ___ for the . . .

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stim u la te s th e flo w o f energy th r o u g h o u t th e b o d y , and it also gets y o u in to u c h w ith th e g ro u n d in g o f y o u r heels so th a t y o u can feel

muscles o f th e legs. S ta n d u p against a w a ll, and d o th e P elvic l i f t in th is p o s itio n . C o c k y o u r pelvis ba ck as y o u ta ke a b re a th in a n d , as y o u le t y o u r b reath o u t, (th ro u g h y o u r genitals, re m em b er) push fo rw a rd w ith y o u r p u b ic area; y o u r b a ck w ill com e o f f th e w a ll a u to m a tic a lly vertebrae b y vertebrae u p fro m th e ta ilb o n e . If yo u push hard enough y o u w ill fin d th a t the e xte nsor muscles o f y o u r legs have to com e fo rw a rd t o catch y o u r fo rw a rd m o ve m e n t.

W hen y o u ta k e a step fo rw a rd th o se muscles a ctiva te th e pelvis, and y o u get th e fe e lin g o f fo rw a rd m o tio n . S tep o u t fiv e tim e s w ith each f o o t. T h is exercise can be p ra ctise d a n y tim e w h ile w a itin g fo r a bus, o r be tw een p ro je c ts at w o rk to keep th e fe e lin g o f m o vin g o u t and d o w n in m in d .

PRELIMINARIES FOR WORKING WITH A PARTNER S Y O U m ove in to th e exercises fo r w o rk in g w ith a p a rtn e r, y o u r m a jo r task is to b rin g th e energy y o u 'v e achieved th ro u g h w o rk in g alon e in to th e new re la tio n s h ip . T h e exercises in E x e rc is in g a lo n e are a m p le fo r g e ttin g y o u in to u c h w ith y o u r e x c ite m e n t and tea ching y o u h o w to b re a th e and m o ve so yo u can experience th e s m o o th f lo w o f y o u r b o d y in orgasm . N o w th e task is to keep th a t e x c ite m e n t in th e presence o f a n o th e r person . . . in fa c t, to increase i t th ro u g h m a k in g c o n ta c t and sensing a n o th e r's presence. W hen y o u w o rk w ith a n o th e r pe rson, th e m a jo r th in g to be conscious o f is y o u r fe e lin g a b o u t th e re la tio n s h ip , fo r it is in th e fe e lin g re alm th a t y o u s h u t o f f y o u r e x c ite m e n t a n d y o u r plea­ sure.

It is a b s o lu te ly necessary in w o rk in g w ith a pa rtn e r to establish th e u n d e rsta n d in g th a t th e re s p o n s ib ility fo r sexu al e x c ite m e n t re m ains w ith each p a rtic ip a n t. A s soon as y o u begin to t r y to tea ch so m e b o d y else to to le ra te e x c ite ­ m e n t, o r as soon as th e m o tiv a tio n and the energy fo r these exercises com es fro m o u tsid e y o u rs e lf ra th e r th a n w ith in , y o u are a u to ­ m a tic a lly defeated. Y o u ca n n o t get so m e b o d y else to e n jo y a n y th in g . Y o u can do som e th in g s to fa c ilita te it, b u t y o u ca n n o t m a k e a n y b o d y else e n jo y som ething.

When y o u w o rk w ith a p a rtn e r, i t is im p o r­ ta n t th a t b o th o f y o u p u t o f f im m e d ia te g ra tific a tio n fo r th e sake o f possible longrange g ra tific a tio n . A lth o u g h it do esnt happen ro u ­ tin e ly , y o u m ay becom e s e xu a lly aroused d u r­ ing th e exercises, and m en m a y have an e re c tio n . T h is w ill give y o u an o p p o r tu n ity to p ra ctice spreading y o u r e x c ite m e n t th ro u g h o u t y o u r b o d y instead o f fo c u s in g it on y o u r genitals. Keep m o vin g and b re a th in g .

Th ere is no ru le th a t says i f y o u are s e xu a lly aroused y o u have to s a tis fy th a t urge im m e d i­ a te ly . E n jo y y o u r e x c ite m e n t a n d le t it add charge to y o u r exercises. I t is im p o rta n t to discuss th is p o s s ib ility fr a n k ly w ith y o u r pa rtn e r in advance and to establish y o u r fee l­ ings a b o u t y o u r sexual e x c ite m e n t w ith y o u r pa rtne r b e fo re h a n d .

R em e m be r, these are exercises to increase y o u r to le ra n c e to e x c ite m e n t. I f y o u are n o t w illin g to d o th e w o rk , if y o u get charged up and go on to an orgasm b e fo re y o u are able to to le ra te th e charge f o r a n y le n g th o f tim e , th e n y o u are going to decrease y o u r p o s s ib ility o f w o rk in g w ith th e exercises su cce ssfu lly. F o r th is reason, I re com m e nd th a t w h e n y o u w o rk w ith a pa rtn e r y o u d o n o t go to orgasm . L a te r o n w e w ill ta lk a b o u t th e use o f th e exercises fo r increasing th e e x c ite m e n t o f fo re p la y and o f th e orgastic cycle. T h a t is th e p ro p e r tim e to th in k a b o u t releasing y o u r charge, in an orgasm, These exercises fo r w o rk in g to g e th e r are to be done v e ry s lo w ly , and b o th pa rtne rs have to be w illin g to c o m m it them selves t o th e p ro je c t.

I t is re a lly b e tte r to w o rk alo n e th a n t o w o rk w ith an u n co o p e ra tive o r im p a tie n t p a rtn e r.

T h is w o rk ca n n o t be h u rrie d o r rushed th ro u g h in a n y w a y. T h e same areas o f tig h tn e ss have to be exp erien ced again and again b e fo re y o u w ill begin to le t th e m go. T h is m ay sound a b it d if f ic u lt and discou rag ing, b u t th e m u scular pa ttern s th a t d e fe n d y o u r b o d y w ere n o t developed o v e rn ig h t, and it w ill ta k e tim e to p a tte rn n e w responses. I f y o u can w o rk t o ­ gether th is w ay, y o u m ay fin d a new k in d o f pleasure, a k in d o f sharing in th is s itu a tio n th a t n e ith e r o f y o u m ay have been able to achieve before.

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T o ta l orgasm b y Jack Lee R osenberg, c o -p u b lis h e d b y R a n d o m H ouse In c, N e w Y o rk a n d The B o o k w o rk s , C a lifo rn ia .

T H E B E L L Y R E ST. A n e x c e lle n t exercise to re lie ve te n s io n in th e ingu in a l area is to tu r n over a nd lie w ith y o u r head o n th e flo o r, b u tto c k s up and knees a p a rt. A llo w y o u rs e lf t o ju s t b reath e in th is p o s itio n fo r a w h ile and re la x a b it.

g ivin g th a t area a chance to le t go. T h is is p a rtic u la r ly c o m fo rta b le to a w o m a n , fo r if her uterus is s lig h tly tilte d (p rolap sed), it w ill rig h t its e lf in th is p o s itio n . T h e p o s itio n also relaxes ten sions in th e b e lly .

A n o th e r place te n s io n appears fre q u e n tly is in th e in n e r thig hs, fro m th e stress o f h o ld in g y o u r legs to g e th e r. T a k e a b re a th , ro c k in g y o u r pelvis b a c k , and th e n as y o u let y o u r breath o u t, open y o u r legs and im agine y o u 're exh aling th ro u g h th e g e nital area. P a rtic u la rly im p o rta n t here is th e idea o f be in g receptive, o f le ttin g air com e in as y o u inh a le and th e n im ag ining le ttin g som eone " p e n e tr a te " (p a rtic u la rly , b u t n o t o n ly , fo r w o m e n ). R elax y o u r stom ach muscles as y o u d o th is exercise. Repeat a b o u t 1 0 -15 tim e s, b re a th in g s lo w ly and easily.

K N E E C IR C L E S . Here is an exercise th a t is

useful t o he lp y o u in le ttin g go o f y o u r legs and stom ach muscles. P u t y o u r hands o n y o u r b e lly to m ake sure th a t y o u 'r e n o t using th e stom ach muscles t o d ra w y o q r legs up. N o w , d ra w y o u r legs up v e ry s lo w ly , drag y o u r heels, so th a t y o u r legs com e up over y o u r b o d y . A llo w y o u r legs to fa ll a p a rt and open, and th e n b a c k d o w n o n th e g ro u n d . D o th is six o r seven tim e s. Pay a tte n tio n to y o u r b re a th in g .

T H E " L I T T L E B IR D " . T h is is an a lte rn a tiv e exercise. M a ny o f us have spent years b u ild in g o u r " m o r a lit y " m uscles, th e in n e r muscles o f o u r legs th a t we use to keep o u r legs to g e th e r.

Th e " l i t t l e b ir d " is a yoga exercise th a t can be ve ry useful fo r o p ening th e muscles on th e insides o f th e legs, f o r a llo w in g th a t o p ening to ta k e place. Y o u sit w ith th e soles o f y o u r feet to g e th e r, d ra w in g th e m as close to y o u r b o d y as possible; h o ld y o u r fe e t w ith b o th hands. N o w raise and lo w e r y o u r legs in a fly in g -ty p e

m o v e m e n t, v e ry m u ch as a b ird w o u ld f ly . Do th is a b o u t 15 tim e s.

y o u r fe e t and y o u r en ergy flo w a t th e same tim e . A ll o f th is is d o n e w h ile y o u are s till b re a th in g r h y th m ic a lly . R e m e m b e r th a t the b re a th in g is th e m o s t im p o r ta n t th in g . Y o u sh o u ld have a steady p a tte rn o f b re a th in g going on w h ile y o u are d o in g th is an d eve ry exercise.

S tay in th is p o s itio n fo r a t least th re e m inu tes.

B IO E N E R G E T IC B E N D S . Here is a basic b io e n e rg e tic exercise w h ic h helps get y o u r energy s tre a m in g th r o u g h o u t th e b o d y . Stand and tu r n y o u r toes s lig h tly in w a rd , p u t y o u r fists on th e sm all o f y o u r b a ck, an d lean ba ck as fa r as y o u can; y o u 'll f in d th a t y o u r legs begin to v ib ra te and shake in a v e ry s h o rt tim e . Feel th e g ro u n d un der y o u r fe e t. A s th e en ergy gets going, p u t y o u r head b a c k w a rd , w h ic h w ill he lp to p u ll y o u r chest ba ck. C o n tin u e b re a th in g d eeply.

T h e n lean over, e xh a lin g , and t r y t o p u t y o u r head on to y o u r fe e t. T h is stretches th e " m o r a lit y " m uscles in be tw een th e legs, and also stretches th e neck and ba ck. R epeat th is sequence a t least th re e tim e s.

T H E V A G IN A L S Q U E E Z E . T h is is an exercise m a n y w o m e n have fo u n d useful fo r increasing fe e lin g in th e ge n ita l area; it is fre q u e n tly prescribed fo r w o m e n w h o have ju s t had babies, to re tu rn to n e and f le x ib ilit y to th is area.

T h e p u b o co ccyg e u s m uscle is a b ro a d band o f m uscle th a t su rro u n d s th e vagina. I t is ric h in sensitive nerve endings, w h ic h are s tim u la te d b y pressure fro m inside th e vagina, such as occurs in sexual p e n e tra tio n . O b v io u s ly th e m o re fir m and b e tte r-to n e d th is m uscle is, th e m o re pleasure i t can give y o u as i t is s tre tch e d b y p e n e tra tio n ; a fla c c id , fla b b y p u bococcyg eus w o n 't a ffo rd y o u m u ch fe e lin g a t a ll.

T o locate th is m uscle, t r y s to p p in g y o u r u rin e flo w ; y o u use th is m uscle to d o th a t.

T h en t r y c o n tra c tin g th e m uscle a t o th e r tim e s.

By inserting a fin g e r in y o u r vagina, y o u sh o u ld be able to feel th e c o n tra c tio n s .

T o d o th e exercise, lie d o w n and s ta rt y o u r b re a th in g p a tte rn . N o w c o n tra c t y o u r muscle w h ile in h a lin g , p u llin g th e m uscle in w ith the in ta k e o f y o u r b re a th , and as y o u exhale, relax th e m uscle. Y o u m ay n o tic e th a t y o u c o n tra c t y o u r stom ach muscles w h e n y o u c o n tra c t th e pu bococcygeus m u scle ; w ith practise y o u w ill learn to c o n tra c t it w ith o u t c o n tra c tin g th e stom ach m uscles. N o w bear d o w n lik e y o u 're try in g to push s o m e th in g o u t o f y o u r vagina, or try in g to u rin a te in a h u rry . C o n tin u e to breathe re g u la rly. D o these exercises 10 tim es each, w o rk in g up t o 2 5 tim e s each in tw o or th re e weeks. T h is is an exercise y o u can p ra c tic e a n y tim e o r place y o u choose; stan ding in lin e fo r a m o vie , o n a bus — n o b o d y w ill ever k n o w . Just c o n tra c t and re la x th e m uscle; th e n c o n tra c t it and h o ld it fo r th e c o u n t o f three.

Do th is several tim e s w hen ever y o u th in k o f it.

Y o u and y o u r sexual p a rtn e r w ill b o th reap the b e n e fits !

T H E JA P A N E S E T E S T I-P U L L . T h is exercise is a Japanese massage te c h n iq u e f o r th o se men w hose testes and penises are h e ld up tig h t m o st o f th e tim e . I t is a means o f b rin g in g re la x a tio n and awareness to th e s c ro tu m and testes and it helps loosen ge nital te n s io n . I t can be do ne in a n y p o s itio n and a n y tim e te n s io n is present.

T a k e one teste in each hand and g e n tly p u ll d o w n o n th e m one tim e fo r each year o f y o u r life ( if y o u are 35, p u ll each te ste 3 5 tim e s).

P ull d o w n , h o ld fo r a c o u n t o f th re e , th e n let go. T h is exercise is n o t re co m m e n d e d fo r those men w hose testes hang q u ite fre e ly .

S Q U A T T IN G . S q u a ttin g helps to place th e organs o f th e b o d y in a g o o d p o s itio n and to open up an d re la x th e ge n ita l area. S om e tim es th is is d if f ic u lt fo r p e o p le w h o are n o t used to d o in g these kin d s o f exercises; if y o u 'll place a b o o k u n d e r y o u r heels it w ill m ake th e exercise m u ch easier. P ut y o u r arm s in b e tw een y o u r legs to add pressure to th e in sid e o f th e legs.

T h en reach o u t in fr o n t o f y o u w ith y o u r arms.

Y o u m ay w a n t to g r a b 'h o ld o f s o m e th in g to he lp y o u m a in ta in th is p o s itio n . T h is exercise

N o w lean ove r w ith y o u r arm s da n g lin g to th e g ro u n d .

H ere is th e in c o r re c t p o s itio n : th e person's w e ig h t is to o fa r b a c k o n his heels; leaning m ore fo rw a rd in th e p ro p e r m a n n e r w ill a llo w th e energy to flo w b e tte r. Y o u can d o th is exercise a b o u t th re e tim e s b a c k w a rd and fo rw a rd , h o ld in g fo r a t least one m in u te in each p o s itio n .

T h is exercise, lik e m o st o f th e o th e rs, ten ds to encourage th e release o f fee lin gs, so it is im p o rta n t th a t y o u a llo w and even encourage th is release. F o r e x a m p le , if in th is exercise y o u sh o u ld feel anger w h ile in th e b a ck p o s itio n , exaggerate th e exp ression o f anger b y s tic k in g y o u r c h in o u t o r g ro w lin g ; snarl lik e a dog w h o is m a d. T h is w ill fa c ilita te th e fe e lin g .

NEXT ISSUE S T E P P IN G O U T . T h is is a useful exercise fo r g e ttin g in to u c h w ith th e fe e lin g o f m oving

Genital breathing . . . eye dialogues . . . pelvic liftings . . . and other joys of w orking w ith your partner.

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W e c a n ’t run ’em if w e c a n ’t read ’em. Do ’em neat.

KELLY

Flies & spiders THEY COME buzzing and crawling into our homes. They have n o prejudice w ho they share their life with — just go about doing their good work and we go and call Rentokil and the Mortein Man. Zap, one flick and they’re gone.

Shit doesnt anybody care about the delicate balance o f nature.

Yeah but!! Y ou can’ t share your life with things like flies and spiders in your new shiny, plastic, laminated house.

THE EAST ST FREAK, Perth, WA

Tisdell wrong

politics, and thus on Pelican, the main vehicle o f expression for w ould-be demagogues.”

Great stuff Tisdell! — when were you last in WA? For the past tw o years Pelican obviously changed its bias and became increasingly critical of university politics and politicians, both student and administration. I defy the author to mention the name o f one political demagogue w ho has had any influence on Pelican in the years 72, 73.

One final example o f the authority with which this article was written: “ Which makes one wonder h ow two names — Le Miere and Sutherland — hogged the spotlights last year” .

I wonder too, Tisdell, seeing the I WRITE to complain about an article spotlight “ hogging” Sutherland left in Swotlights b y one Bruce Tisdell.

A s an ex editor o f the WA university in 1971 and his name did University paper Pelican, it is nice to not appear once last year.

The tw o co-editors last year were Le see it mentioned but not when the author hasnt the faintest fucking idea Miere and Hudson. One takes it that the ill-informed Mr Tisdell was what he is talking about.

Tisdell blames the sacking o f Quinn referring to the latter.

It’ s apathy like yours Tisdell, not on “ the infighting between the cliques which have a stranglehold on student bothering to check the facts, that has

helped to bring Pelican to this sorry state.

DO BE NEWTON, Carlton, Vic.

Open press W ARM feelings for Phil O ’ Carroll and his idea for an open press. It has been on my mind for years. Keep at it because it has to com e and bring the other media in too.

H.G. CLEMENTS, Perth, WA.

Shit power SOMETIME ago I wrote a letter saying your paper was full o f crap and bull­ shit. I wasnt wrong. In fact, lately, you appear to be very keen on subjects like garbology and shit. But this is the sort o f shit which I like and apparently other readers seem to be interested in this matter to o — especially those w ho understand the ecology problem and are trying to find an alternative way o f life on a self-supporting agricultural basis.

Tolkienmania strikes again A FT E R reading “ Guess w ho’ s discover­ ed Tolkien” (Daylights, N o. 12), I ’ve found out there are other Tolkien freaks around. Maybe we could set up a Tolkien club or something.

I’ve foun d that reading the Hobbit, Lord o f the rings, The adventures o f Tom Bombardil is the cheapest trip out.

Tolkien readers dont be disappoint­ ed about his death: He was working on a com plete history o f the first and second ages o f the Middle Earth. These are not to be confused with the his­ tories in the appendix o f Lord o f the rings — and the histories will be releas­ ed shortly.

BEORN, PIPPIN, SAWWISE, M ERRY * ¥* IN VIEW o f the recent letters concern­ ing book s by J.R.R. Tolkien (D. Rossiter, B. Anderson, etc) I would like to put forward my opinion (humble though it may be).

I w ould like to know have these guys ever ventured into another realm o f literature — science fantasy. Not being a very literate person I can’ t speak with any authority but I would like to kn ow if anyone has read what I class as science fantasy — Lord o f the light b y Roger Zelany.

I have read books by Heinlaw, Asimov, Farmer, etc, and none o f them com e up to Zelany’ s class. Could some­ one write into Daylights and offer an opinion for or against my views.

DON THOMPSON, Mt Waverley, Vic.

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must have been short o f marbles to have gone through with it. There can be only tw o reasons for reading such a “ masterpiece” ; the one mentioned above, or as practice for a speed reading course.

This facile literature tells you noth­ ing, widens your ou tlook not at all and leaves you with an enormous feeling o f “ so-what” .

As for style, the only criterion must have been length. H ow anyone can pad such an elementary yarn to such ab­ surd lengths, using entirely predictable sequences o f events through dozens o f sickeningly similar “ different” in­ cidents, boggles the mind. * * * It must have been done for a bet, or TOLKIEN SHMOLKIEN. Really, isnt more probably, money. My padmate it about time that Tolkien was return­ and I had no hesitation in correcting ed to the dusty shelves o f antiquity, the title to the more appropriate one and removed from the forum o f m od­ o f “ Fuck-ups in Fairyland” . ern literature, where an amazing num­ K. WILLIAMS, ber o f unfortunate people w ho were Hurstbridge, Qld obviously deprived o f Little Red Rid­ * * * ing H ood are attempting to place him ALL I can say to David Rossiter Recently I wasted three weeks o f (Daylights, No. 12) is y o u ’ve taken a spare time reading Lord o f the rings on fucking long time to read this piece o f the recommendations o f several ac­ unsurpassed brilliance. I have read the quaintances, and can only say that I Lord o f the rings 15 fucking times and

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I still cry in parts. It is undoubtedly the greatest b o o k ever written. N ow listen to a few songs b y a band called Led Zeppelin, especially a song called Battle o f everm ore from their fourth album.

Read the Lord o f the rings again and also a little b o o k called Tree and leaf especially the story at the end called L eaf b y niggle. Tolkien’ s other brilliant works, Farmer Giles o f Ham, The adventures o f Tom Bombadil and The Smith o f W ooton Major are also worth reading.

Does anyone know if there is any truth to the rumors that Tolkien had written another b o o k before he died?

It’s a pity that he had to die for he took so much folklore and things that are good with him. Long live Gondor, the shire, Rivendell, Lothlorien, Mirkw ood , the lonely mountain and middle earth.

A TOLKIEN FREAK, Townsville, Qld PS. Tell the NSW education depart­ ment to cut their cocks o f f so they can’ t fuck anymore for all the nasties they poured on Penny Short.

So I’ m glad that at least you gave us good shit.

Because o f the peculiarity o f this mat­ ter people are only now beginning to feel the problem because there has not been much publicity about it. I’m sure that the m otor industry and the big oil companies have been making an effort to keep people unaware o f many real facts that can actually solve our pres­ ent pollution and power problems.

I have got good inform ation regard­ ing this subject that will make Veronica Parry very happy.

When I was living in England, I foun d ou t that dow n in the tiny village o f Blackawton in Devon there was a man called Mr Harold Bate, 65, who invented a magical device in 1957 that he n ow calls an “ Autogas converter” .

His invention changes chicken and pig manure into a potent non pollutant methane gas.

He says: “ Manure is the only alternative, the w orld is running out o f secondary fuels, oil supplies are diminishing and dom estic use o f nuclear power is still donkey's years away. But as long as we have humans and animals there will always be methane gas.”

The inventor distils his gas in what he calls “ a digester” , a metal cylinder into which he puts a com bination o f pig manure and chicken droppings. It also helps to add a little water and some straw.

The heat, controlled at about 75 degrees, releases the bacteria and creates the gas. A n y kind o f manure will do, though human waste is less effective because o f the chemicals contained in the sewerage systems and the vast quantities of artificial chemicals in our fo o d .

A b ou t 100 lb. o f pig manure will produce a volume o f methane gas equivalent to about eight gallons o f normal gasoline.

It’ s very high performance stuff, about 127 octane (compared with the 100-110 you get from “ super” ).

It’ s odourless, you can start o ff in high gear, you can get 30 miles to the gallon as com pared to a little more than 20 in the average car, and is cheaper than petrol. Using this system Mr Bate drove his 1955 Hillman up to speeds o f 78 miles an hour. As if this were n ot enough, he also contends that the residue o f the manure makes highly potent fertiliser; when sterilised and dried it is also pleasant to smoke; and because there is so much corn in the daily diet o f chickens and pigs, he has even created a passable whisky.

During his experimental days, Mr Bate inadvertently spilled the liquid manure on his hands — a few days later he noticed that the hair on the back o f his hands was growing at a phenomenal rate.

He has sold about 5000 converters, particularly to ecology groups and American communes, w ho use them for heating, cooking and lighting purposes. A ll this fortunately is not a “ utopia” because you can buy the “ converter k it” and a full set o f instructions for about $14.

So let's start a new era, replace the old crappy society with our ow n good shit. Evolve new ideas for the com m on good and in the interest o f everybody start a new generation and a new

propaganda: MAKE POO, NOT WAR. P.S. I wonder w hy y o u are wasting the Things space in the paper to publish the fucking life o f an unsatisfied woman. There are so many unsatisfied people in this world. That “ chick’ s” story doesnt make any sense, the only thing that story shows is a bit o f racism and I’ m very disappointed to find your paper racist. I’d like to know the nationality o f the husband in “ Trapped o f W odonga” ?

P.P.S. I suggest you read carefully the letter by Phil O ’Carroll (Daylights, No. 12) Letters to the people.

Y our Wog mate, NINO MARTINETTI East Melbourne, Vic.

No Hare A COMMENT on the Hare Krisna article in Daylights 13, seems to me not only dutiful but necessary in that the media and especially that which caters to the “ non-establishment” may someday serve as spokesman for and impetus to a higher and more god ly consciousness.

As a member o f this non-sectarian “ sect” , follow ing the teachings o f Swami Bhaktiuedanta (the only humble man left), I threw it all away, so to speak, or at least I thought I did, (little did I know that material con ­ sciousness in the matter o f attachment and possession cannot be all thrown away in one m om ent o f zealous (renun­ ciation), fo r a life o f simple austerities and cumulative surrender.

I earnestly replaced the time spent feverishly inhaling marijuana b y softly and sometimes loudly chanting the sublime names o f G od. M y neopolitanhippie days are past but that same social by-product seems to resurface on my consciousness but this time as opposition. Cleanliness and self-control are somehow unnatural. As is celibacy, wearing a uniform is playing the estab­ lishment game, and m oney is capital­ istic.

The biting words and slanted com ­ mentaries speak o f enviousness and divisiveness. Why fight like dogs? There is something to life and something very dear to everyone. Can w e put aside all material conceptions, hankering, lusts, pride and prestige? It’ s absolutely necessary to get it together. Because a world crisis is gradually coming.

We arent trying to push our religion over everyone else, though I suppose at first it looks that way, what we do want is a race o f men intoxicated with G od. That leads to peace, harmony with nature, happiness and sane leader­ ship.

A newspaper heralding and contri­ buting to the development o f such a divine life is sorely needed. Y ou have intelligent writers so w hy not direct their minds towards an ultimate goal.

Surely everyone wants it. Y ou can change the whole country if you want but please try to see the reasons why were put into this material w orld and next the means o f getting beyond the mundane trap o f illusion.

Anyway, your cartoonist is a gas. If I dont see some o f you please chant the holy name o f G od, and your newspaper which reflects your con­ sciousness will be sublime.

UPANANDA DASA, __________________________St Kilda, Vic.

from the sun.

Times vary fo r picking (9.00am is usual but that depends on the country and amount o f trees). The old railing (w ood ) stockyards and cattle dams usual­ ly are the best and there can be hundreds o f goldtops growing in a small area. More open paddocks with taller grass require more looking - spread out and com b the whole paddock continually crisscrossing it.

Refrigeration is OK for a while, but they are perishable and a jar o f honey (natural preservative) provides the an­ swer. Wash your find and pour ou t half the jar into a cup and insert them either whole or in pieces and cover them with the honey. A paraffin wax seal is an added extra if you want to stash it for a dry spell and it keeps ants away.

Mushroom saga continues ONTINUING on with the mushie saga here’s a few more bits and pieces o f information gained by experi­ ence, hearsay and literature. While your tw o previous pieces contained various truths, some was plain bullshit.

The tw o most com m only ingested mushies are o f course the Goldtops and the Blue Meanies. They are found in fields all along the east coast, especially up north where it’s a paradise for the heads.

Their advantages are numerous. They are not as freaky as acid but are soft and mellow (other adjectives — colorful, pleasant, warm). That is they dont tend to beat your brain around. They give you a general feeling o f well-being, clarity, visual distortions, mild to heavy halluci­ nations, etc. Some people prefer them because they’re (a) cheap (free), (b ) ac­ cessible (after rain), (c) happy.

There are quite a few books in circula­ tion on the subject but with more refer­ ence given to Amanita Muscaria (Don Juan’s three books, A yaqui way o f knowledge, Separate reality, and Journey to Ixtlan; also Allergo The sacred mush­ room and the cross and numerous others which mention psylocybin). Psylocybin is similar or is identical to Lysergic Acid (man-made).

OK you jump in the car with your friends and head for the bush. L ook around first for fields but it is important to stay out o f sight from the farmer’s house or road or y o u ’ll get an arse full o f salt (as we almost did before a bust). The cops in tow ns like Townsville and Bris­ bane (and I imagine elsewhere) have tipped o f f the farmers either to look out for the ‘hairies’ or to spray the fields thus eradicating the ‘problem ’ straight off.

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LUE MEANIES are slender-stem­ med with a more rounded hollow cap. T hey’re a bluish-whitish-grey and hide in the grass and cowshit. A bout 25 small ones is a g ood number to take. Use your ow n discretion. Som e people can OD and get strychnine poisoning, while others can ingest a great deal and it only increases the length and/or heaviness o f the trip.

Eyes are a dead giveaway when trip­ ping but shades can make you look normal if y o u ’re a daytripper and all to o obvious if it's night.

Select the people you like to trip with and y o u ’re flying. Like acid it can be OK to trip alone but mushies are a safe bet.

Lengths o f trips vary from 4-6 hours to all night. The strength varies from mild stones to wild hallucinations. Sometimes a smoke can bring on a slow trip some­ what jerkily.

The m oon can also induce lunar mad­ ness (pleasant) when full. If you want to drink alcohol I’d say dont but a rum toddy can be the best thing out - again up to you.

B

OLDTOPS can be the size o f a 10 cent piece — average 1-3” diameter to platesize (which I saw once, 9 ” dia­ meter and 1” thick oozing purplish-black just in front o f the car — we didnt see it till we were leaving). Also young fleshy ones are phallic-shaped until the cap opens out. Their description has already been given — gold in the centre then white to purplish on the fringe.

As they age the grass around them turns black and withering occurs. These are potent if n ot to o dry and can be c o o k ­ ed into what y o u ’re having fo r dinner.

These reasonable-sized ones are the usual amount to take — but it varies with the individual.

They usually hit you in the eye when you see them and can be seen from the road or at a distance in the field. Damp­ ness is the factor in their growth and the shit (whether dairy, beef or horse) only gives the extra richness to the soil.

Clumps o f grass give them protection

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As for food , fasting before could relieve some o f the squeamishness in your stomach, and give a cheaper, longer trip.

Talk is usually babble and a waste o f time — better to switch over to the senses.

Things taste really good and can be very enjoyable.

Beaches are great as are sunsets, fields, mountains. But rooms and houses can be restrictive, the night sky usually can be quite fantastic and cloud form ations etc, brilliant - all else is induced by unlocking you r unconscious — so feed you r uncon­ scious with books, experiences and movies, etc, and naturally your trip per­ ceptions will increase with your state o f mind. Be strong and this lessens the chance o f bad trips. * * *

USHIES have the advantage o f be­ ing the one quality - obviously you get different potencies with the amount taken but there are no impurities. Farm­ ers sometimes spray them so the further away from civilisation you pick the bet­ ter.

Psylocybin also has a smell peculiar to it. Sixteen varieties o f fungi in Australia have psylocybin in them but only tw o are illegal — makes you think doesnt it?

The ‘white ladies’ ( o f death) or somesuch are more like toadstools — poison­ ous. The amount o f psylocybin in them isnt worth a “ trip” to hospital, so stay with the goldies and meanies and Amanita Muscaria (if you can get hold o f them).

Mushrooms then can be preferable to acid and mescaline because o f their rela­ tive softness and a lot o f people I know prefer them for that.

Apart from the necessary precautions dont get blase in your picking habits and give your system and mind time to right itself before the next trip (up to you).

Remember, anything in quantity becomes a poison so dont overdose yourself. And get some good rest afterwards.

FRIEND IN QUEENSLAND

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The truth about farts I. FAITHFULL A RTIN G has for some time been unacceptable to soci­ ety in general and obvious farters have been frow ned upon especial­ ly when their offerings are not tastefully scented.

Apart from the assault on the senses by some farts it is difficult to see w hy farting, which is such a basic part o f human digestion, is frow ned upon by the establish­ ment. Can you imagine a 40 year old “ average” businessman sud­ denly jumping up in a crowded train and yelling at the top o f his voice “ everybody shut up, I’m going to fart” or an interruption in parliament, “ Order, Order.

Would the honorable member for Corangamite please refrain from entertaining the members in the back o f the house with his anal wind passing displays?"

No, the fart is totally repressed by contemporary society and is tending to becom e an under­ ground and teenage pastime with a good farter being praised just as highly as a good guitar player or a good roller o f joints.

But this was not always the case. Early in this century a fan­ tastic Frenchman used to draw large audiences from high society to his shows in respectable night­ clubs in Paris. He was called “ Le Petomane” , French for “ the fart­ er’ . This wonderful performer could actually play a tune on a trumpet through his anus. A mar­ vellous achievement!

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Blowing bubbles in a bucket o f water was another one o f his fortes (fartes), as was his super­ fart which he could sustain fo r up to a minute (I think). “ Le Petomane” , however, was no ordinary farter (hadnt you already guessed?). He actually had complete control o f the lower portion o f his digestive system, especially the muscles o f the bowel, where he could hold large quantities o f gas and release it at will. The gases were not a product o f digestion though, but rather were taken into the digestive system b y the gulping o f air or something similar (I’m not sure about this).

There is some contention if this makes him a real farter or not. Som e say farts must contain certain gases produced in diges­ tion, but then some dictionaries give no reference to this at all. I choose to ignore the question here as it is to o academic for such a general article as this. Neverthe­ less, the uncom m on control o f Le Petomane over his insides provid­ ed for him a profitable occupation and the doubtless distinction o f being the first professional farter.

The practice o f fart-lighting is, perhaps, one o f the most spectac­ ular manifestations o f the farting phenomenon. The farter lies back on a chair, or on the floor, with his/her buttocks up, his/her legs in the air and his/her pants pulled up hard against his/her crutch. A light­

ed match is then held directly over the anus and the farter pushes his/her farts out with as much power as he/she possibly can.

Many different things can hap­ pen, depending on the volume o f gas given out, and the force with which it comes, the types o f gas, the positioning o f the flame and so on, but a really good exponent o f the art will invariably get the well known “ blanket effect” , a beautiful sheet o f blue flame

which travels right up his legs and covers an area o f perhaps a foot square. A totally darkened room will improve the “ blanket effect” , as well as fart-lighting in general, to an immeasurable degree.

Inexperienced people often find they can manage only a slight flaring, a jum p in the flame or nothing whatsoever. As experi­ ence grows they may learn such tricks as extinguishing the match, scorching their pants, hanging (the

retention o f flaming gases around the anal regions and between the legs) and explosive farting. The latter occurs on ly rarely, though when it does, the noise produced can vary from incendiary whoofs to near sonic boom s. The pinnacle o f farting is the com bination o f a reall good blue “ blanket” effect with a loud “ p o o o f” .

The noise o f a fart as it exits from the anus is the most obvious manifestation o f a fart besides the smell. The noise can, o f course, be enhanced or controlled depending on the circumstances. In the co m ­ pany o f straight or semi-straight people stifling is generally neces­ sary. This is achieved in a number o f ways. The muscles o f the bowel can be pulled inwards in the o p ­ posite way to how they are push­ ed out when seeking to enhance the power o f the fart.

Different people have different methods which they use to keep their farts inside themselves until an opportune chance to release them, but many o f us are just content to let them seep out noiselessly - silent but deadly an oft used schoolboy saying.

There are incredible possibil­ ities for the farter o f the future.

How about a fart-symphony, am­ plified farts, pressure pack farts, smell enhancement diets for fart­ ers, no-fart food - the list is endless. The average person farts one litre o f gas per day (yes, a whole coke bottle o f it) so why not experiment a little and let your gas flow free. Who knows you could be Le Petomane II.

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