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Letter Blitz Magazine: Telephone: 02 9385 7715 Fax: 02 9313 8626 Address: PO Box 173, Kingsford 2032 by Rob Gascoigne Level 1, Blockhouse, Lower Campus [email protected] nd so, 29 issues into 2006, our time Web: www.source.unsw.edu.au at Blitz ends. For me, this final issue marks the end of two years’ work Blitz Advertising: on the magazine – as a reporter Advertising Artwork 12 days prior to Aand as editor – and the end of my time at publication. Bookings 20 days prior to Island Dreaming 6 UNSW. It is also, thankfully, the last time I publication. Rates and enquiries should will have to see that fucking Editor’s Photo. be directed to Charlotte O’Brien What can I say? The camera hates me. Phone: 9385 7331 Email: [email protected] I hope the magazine has meant something to all of you this year. At the least, I pray Contributions: that it kept you abreast of the great things Letters, articles, photos and other happening on campus. I took on this printable matter are welcome. Please job because I thought I could benefit the contact the editor to discuss suitability. magazine in a particularly troubled time in Publisher: the Source’s history. I hope that I have done Blitz is published each Monday of credit to that intention and I hope that I have session by UNSW Source. done my best in getting the most out of Blitz Dirty Laundry 11 to give you, the students, all that you deserve. The views expressed herein are not necessarily the views of UNSW Source, I believed then, and I believe now, that VSU unless as expressly stated. UNSW Source (at least in its current form) is a mistake. It’s accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of an attack on a range of extremely important any of the opinions or information contained services that I fear we will not get back in this issue of Blitz. Any complaints should once they are gone. Even if you don’t take be addressed to the Communications advantage of every service, I suspect you’re Manager, PO Box 173, Kingsford 2032 aware of how important they can be to fostering a sense of community on campus. Printing: Printed by Agency, Seven Hills. During my first years at University, I too Rates and Enquiries should be directed to rarely took advantage of the opportunities 8825 8900. New Student Organisation extended to me. If I picked up a copy of Blitz, it was the exception, rather than the rule. But Blitz Team 2006: Interim Board 16 I have always been aware of the wonderful Editor: Rob Gascoigne importance of student media. Student Reporters: Alex Serpo, Flick Strong media – no matter what its forms – gives Designer: Jason Treanor President’s Report 4 us a superb resource. It fosters a sense of campus community; it is the greatest Cover Design: Jason Treanor The Hidden Advantages of Failing 5 bulwark between the vibrant student life we Communications Manager: now enjoy and the cold, faceless spectre Marina Spurgin, 02 9385 7731 of a degree factory. I hope that, whatever Snapshot 8 our weaknesses and strengths may have Advertising & Sponsorship Coordinator: been, Blitz 2006 has made you all aware Charlotte O’Brien The Joy of Writing 9 of this wonderful resource. I hope you will 02 9385 7331 each cherish this community, especially its Marketing Manager: Puzzles 10 publications, and take it for all it’s worth. Donna Wiemann Thank you to everyone who read the What’s On 12 magazine over this year. Even if you only picked up one issue, I hope that, reading Comics 15 Blitz, you felt like you were part of the New South community. I’d also like to Blitz 2006 Says Goodbye give a special shout out to everyone “So long, and thanks for all the fish” who helped us over the year. Whether 18 it was submitting an article, giving us suggestions or racing to get material to us by the deadlines, we appreciated it. Reviews 20 Now, to more immediate matters, this Robots! 21 Thursday night in the Roundhouse, the Source is throwing its Tropicana End of Classifieds22 Session Party. To get you thinking about golden beaches and azure seas, Alex Vox Pops 23 has put together some material on island getaways. Take some time away from the books and have a few laughs. You’ll thank yourself for clearing your head. Enjoy Thursday, good luck with exams and have a happy and safe break.

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As you would be aware from The University and the Governing computer labs. The Source also previous President’s reports, there Bodies of the current student has cheap printing, copying and are some big changes happening organisations (Source, UNSW binding in the Blockhouse. on campus over the summer, Guild, PGB and COFASA) have including the creation of a New resolved to dissolve the current Finally, for some pre-exam fun, Student Organisation. As such, structures and provide student don’t forget the end of session this is the last Blitz to be run by the services, programs and facilities party at the Roundhouse this Source (previously UNSW Union). for the longer term under the Thursday. In readiness for There will be a Blitz magazine new student organisation, the summer, the theme is Tropicana! Can you believe it is the end next year, but it will be run by Board of the Source (Union) is Have a wonderful holiday of session already? This year the New Student Organisation. recommending that members period, and see you next year! has absolutely raced past! It approve a more practical feels like just last week I was The New Student Organisation approach to achieving a sensible, Kate Bartlett helping First Years find their will have a new name and brand. effective and definitive winding Source President way around UNSW and make It will still be a student controlled up of this organisation. new friends. Now it’s almost organisation. There is information Summer again and the dreaded on the members of the Interim As it is the end of session, and exam season is upon us! Board in this week’s Blitz. exam time is fast upon us, I The Interim Board of this new thought I might also run through Firstly, a big thank you to everyone organisation will be working hard some of the services the Source who made Oktoberfest a success over the Summer months to ensure provides to help students study. this year! I wasn’t able to mention UNSW has a vibrant campus The Source has a number of it in the Week 13 Blitz so I’m going community from 2007 onwards. student study spaces including to thank everyone now. It was an Source outlets (you don’t have to The Source is holding a General awesome evening and everyone, buy food to stay) and rooms for Meeting on Wednesday from the volunteers to the venue free hire in the Blockhouse. There 1 November at 1.15 in the staff, worked hard to make it are free computers in the library, Roundhouse to consider amending happen. I hope you all enjoyed 36zero, Coffee Republic, Eats@ the dissolution clause in the Source the party as much as I did. TheRound and the Blockhouse (UNSW Union’s) constitution.

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 Blitz Magazine The Hidden Advantages of Failing By Sarah Webster

With exams coming up, there are fewer of You can be a wise sage to those new kids who’ve You’ve already bought the textbook. Hopefully. your friends at the Unibar on a Thursday never done it before. Chicks flock to men with If you haven’t, you should. Ditto for taking lecture night, and your pile of reading is looking wisdom. And flashy cars, funky hairstyles and notes, actually being in lectures, and looking at less like a phone book and more like a open wallets. But I like to think that wisdom is something on the recommended reading list. At census-collectors nightmare. Before you more important. Beauty fades ladies. the very least, you can use the notes from your cave in and start doing some work, let us snobby friends who actually passed the course Since the material is the same, this time it’s remind you of some of the real advantages first time around. all about making new friends. There’s a fresh of failing. collection of happy faces that you’ve never met. Everyone looks so young! Reminisce about Next time around, just imagine what it will be like More friends means more parties and more your youth, spot the people that aren’t paying to relive all those great memories again. You’ll nights at the Unibar, unless, of course, that’s attention and are buying a ticket for the return probably know more than your lecturer or tutor. what landed you back for the second round in the session. Shake your head in disappointment, So, picking up on their mistakes will be so much first place. But be careful not to become stuck in and admonish their foolishness. Then easier this time. Or maybe you should choose a one of those infinite loops, going to lecture after start paying attention to the lecture. lecture after lecture, forever. different tutor. So as you can see, apart from costing twice You can see the whole picture. You’ve been to You can’t plagiarise yourself. Those assignments the price, delaying graduation and eating up the lectures already and you know how it all fits look so much easier after a second glance. It’s your summer, there are some advantages in. Everything makes sense now and it becomes not cheating if you quote those great chunks to failing that course. Just don’t fall into more like a refresher course. You might even of prose you used in the assignment last time. the trap of thinking: third time lucky. learn something new and interesting. Sounds Assuming that you completed the work last time. kinda easy, doesn’t it?

Blitz Magazine  Island Dreaming This Thursday night is the Source’s End of Session Tropicana Party. It’s a small taste of what we all have in front of us, warm, lazy Summer holidays. To get you in the mood, Alex Serpo takes you inside his own island daydream, because, if ignorance is bliss, then delusion is paradise.

Ah, the last week of session. Despite that small skip of a hurdle (exams), New Caledonia Hawaii we’ve got a couple of months of sun, People from remote pacific islands Hawaii is actually the fiftieth state Pick a sea and sand stretching out in front are known for their physical beauty, of the USA, so you may be strip of us. Many of us will spend this final as are French people. When you searched on arrival to check you week of session lost in expectation: put the two together, you get New aren’t hiding terrorists. The official Holiday yawning, procrastination and Caledonia. Part of Melanesia, languages of Hawaii are American chronic boredom. Well, to tide you located in the Western Pacific, it (A bastardised, pigeon form of Persona over, I’ve done a little meditating has one main island and several English) and Hawaiian (A rich and on a summer by the beach. Join smaller ones, being in all about half complex language with a long me in my island dreaming. the size Taiwan. Just try and find cultural history). Apparently, when a picture of New Caledonia that Captain Cook first arrived in Hawaii, doesn’t contain a really good looking some islanders thought he was person smiling on a beach. That’s an immortal Deity, but they soon perhaps why the beaches are a killed him to test their hypothesis. The popular attraction in New Caledonia. Hawaii is composed of four islands, To add to your bewilderment, the and is located 3700km west of Islands sexy people of New Caledonia Mainland USA. Surfing is the Bad Taste Tourist all speak French, adding to their sport in Hawaii, but be careful, the Got a Hawaiian shirt that combines already irresistible allure. waves are as big as the natives. every revolting colour known to man Jamaica in a cringe worthy pattern? A pair Jamaica is the birthplace of of shorts two sizes too small? Do Rastifarianism, quite possibly the Fiji you have a desperate need to buy a coolest religion in the world (hey, it’s If you feel like getting your feet wet, whole lot of nasty plastic ‘authentic’ good enough for Sinead O’Connor). Fiji is the place for you. Composed cultural memorabilia? You’re a bad Jamaica was under British rule of over 322 islands, Fiji is the taste tourist and you’ll have a great from 1655 until 1958, so English ultimate archipelago. In addition, time. You love it cheesy and that’s is commonly spoken, along with if you need to start your own tax what you’ll get. You’ll see the locals Spanish. However there is much haven or need space to worship dressed up to look like natives local lingo you must get used to. Lord Satan, there are over 500 dancing in grass skirts, and go on Many of the pristinely manicured uninhabited outcropping ocean tours of fake native villages and go lawns in Jamaica are not cut, but rocks, known as islets. For every snorkelling in the local aquarium. ‘smoked’. Likewise the word ‘sir’ two Fijians, there is one tourist. You’ll pay five times the price when is substituted for ‘mon’, and any Traditional tribal culture is strong in shopping compared to the locals, word at all can be substituted with Fiji, and the local religion, Rugby, but you’ll enjoy it ten times as much. ‘cool’. To find a beach, pick any is taken very seriously. If you get in direction and continue walking in with the locals, you may be invited a straight line until you find one. to drink the native tea, Kava, which is controlled in Australia under the Narcotics and Drugs act. The Tropicana End of Session Party will be held this Thursday night in the Roundhouse from 5pm ‘til late. Featured Acts include: Dirty Laundry, Stick Figures and DJ Static. Entry for UNSW Source members is free, Non-UNSW Students $5 and adults $10.

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Global explorer by the pool, in bars, on buses, 58 Abercrombie St, Chippendale, NSW 2008 in your room or maybe even in Tel: 02 9318 2614 Email: [email protected] You’re here for the real cultural someone else’s. You’ll avoid experience. No five star hotels those stressful holiday activities for you. You’re going to sleep in like walking around the resort or backpacker barns and eat fried shopping. On your way home, you grasshoppers with the locals. You’ll will feel great, if not a little tired. even have a hack at learning the local language, and despite the locals understanding you better Corporate Escapee with their limited English, you will You’re holiday is all about you. continue to try unrelentingly. You That’s why you think you should will visit local temples, ruins, dives do what you want in your ‘you- and lots and lots of train stations. time’. You may even meet another You may come home with a tropical corporate escapee and can then 2006 Blitz Contributer disease or two, or maybe even a take turns talking about yourselves wife, but you will always remember in the five star restaurant before the place for what it truly was. having completely impersonal sex. Prize Winner Since every minute away from the scheduled life is important, you Beach Bum begin by writing an hour-by-hour You will spend your entire holiday day plan. You will give yourself two Congratulations to doing, well, nothing. However you hours and fifteen minutes each Edmond Tran will substitute the word nothing for day to get the perfect tan in your winner of the 2006 Contributor’s Prize of $150 ‘chilling’, ‘relaxing’, ‘Hanging out’ and designer swimsuit before doing maybe even ‘chillaxing’. In fact, all of every activity offered at your five for his article This is not the Future. these are euphemisms for sleeping. star resort. In between, you will take But your sleep is adventurous. You’ll work calls and spend the evening sleep on beaches, in hammocks, typing up long overdue work reports. Articles shortlisted were:

• Why Fidelity by Associate Reporter Tom Hogan • The Indies are coming by Associate Reporter Jonno Seidler • Corrupt and Inept: A tale of Moroccan law enforcement by Tom Lowe The Tropicana End of Session Party • The Winning Formula by Kris Tansiri will be held this Thursday night in the Roundhouse from 5pm ‘til late. Featured Acts include: Dirty Laundry, Stick Figures and DJ Static. Entry for UNSW Source members is free, Non-UNSW Students $5 and adults $10. wishes to thank all Blitz contributors for 2006

Blitz Magazine  Before most readers were born, Dr Why did you stay at UNSW for so long? It’s a question of taste. Some people like travelling, Ron Haines was lecturing in UNSW’s other people prefer to get on with the job. It’s a question School of Chemistry. He began as a of how you see your career developing. I always saw student in 1974, and by 1978 he had myself as doing teaching. I enjoy it immensely. received First Class Honours and What is rewarding about teaching? Getting students to understand things. If I have a student the University Medal in Chemistry. come up to me and say, ‘I understand something He went on to do his PhD at UNSW, because of something you said’, that’s great. It may be then became a tutor, then a lecturer a bit philosophical but I think that’s why we’re here; to understand the world around us. I think people who Dr Haines discusses his 32 years at don’t do that haven’t reached their full potential. the University with Alex Serpo. Why chemistry? I started being interested in chemistry when I was in How has UNSW changed since the 1970’s? primary school. It always struck me as more colourful There is much more of a work culture outside University. and more interesting than pure physics. Mathematics has There is much more pressure on students to have a job, always interested me. It’s so necessary; it’s the language when I was a student, it was rare for students to have a job of science. Some of the results in maths are really elegant. outside studying. You didn’t have too many things to spend For example, think about the equations that govern the money on and most families could afford to spend the propagation of light; so much stuff comes from just a few money to get a student though an undergraduate degree. simple equations. You really think, ‘I wonder what it was like I came from a working class family in the Bankstown area, when Maxwell discovered those equations’. Did he really we didn’t have a lot of money but we could afford enough know how much of modern science would flow from that? to pay the rent to get me through. We had Commonwealth Scholarships that gave us a bit of money every week. I think you will also find today that academics spend less time dealing with undergraduate students than they did in my time. Back in the 1970’s there were just so many academics around. Back then, for example, one of the courses I did as an undergraduate was not run in the conventional way, it was run on the Keller Plan. You would go off and do your own study, and then you would have an interview with one of the lecturers. They would quiz you for 20 to 25 minutes, and if they thought you were ok, you would go onto the next topic. Basically, you didn’t go to lectures at all, it was all self study.  Blitz Magazine When I was a shy little thing in First Year, I saw an advert in the back of Blitz calling for contributors and inviting them to meet the editor. This was scary for me, but I thought it might be my first step to writing fame. The Joys of Writing By Clairie Ormiston

The only problem was, the first article they expectation that I might enjoy something new. few buddies who actually have kept that Blitz suggested I write was a basic introduction I didn’t. But it was okay. I asked them all to through the years as a lasting testament to to different types of coffee. Coffee? I hated describe the experience and took little notes my greatness…and my dislike of coffee. coffee. The smell. The taste. The sad sad in my little journo-notepad and I felt ready. memories of my parents making me brew it for Travelling home that night, I was on that them and the scolding slosh over the mug as I turned on my computer. Then it crashed. joyous journey on the 891 and, of course, I walked down the hall to ‘their space’. It was Surely not a good sign of things to come. Still, I I was standing, squashed against people an altogether disturbing assignment for me. powered on. Word opened flawlessly and I began whom I did not know. As I looked around me However it was only supposed to be 300 words to type away. Ah the joy! Soon I had 300 words for something to distract my senses, my eyes long and that couldn’t be that hard, could it? and some pictures scanned in. It was done. landed on someone reading Blitz; the page my article was on nonetheless. I followed her So I spoke to the coffee cart guys (back then, I sent it off and about two weeks later there eyes as she read the story and I actually saw they were truly the kings of coffee on this were my words in print. My words. In print. her smile at the funny bits! This girl, a total dear land of ours we call ‘New South’), went I showed my friends around me and we stranger, unaware of my stalker-like gaze upon to Gloria Jeans and tried a sip of anything laughed, we cried (seriously? – ed.) and we her, was enjoying my story! It made her smile. that was placed in front of me by caffeinated all felt bonded by the experience. This may be And, in turn, it made my world a better place. friends whose eyes gleamed in the joy at the a little bit of an exaggeration but I still have a

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Melbourne group Dirty Laundry is on the bill for Thursday’s End of Session Tropicana party, bringing their unique, cool sounds here to campus to ease you into your summer. Flick Strong caught up with DJ Dean Cherry to chat about washing, sleeping next to speakers and families.

Why Dirty Laundry? Who’s you’re favourite Australian talent? Finding the right name nearly destroyed the band It’s hard to say. There’s so much great before it began. We had another incarnation for music being produced at the moment in a night that we weren’t comfortable with, “Phat all genres. I think Modular Records have Catz”, but after our first lack-lustre performance a great stable of local artists such as The we decided on a fresh start and after much Presets, Wolfmother, Van She and Cut Copy, to-ing and fro-ing Dirty Laundry was born. all of which are pushing boundaries. 2007 will be the fifteenth year of the Big Do you guys wash during tours? Who are your major influences? Day Out. Over that time we have witnessed Of course! We’re disco not rock! Sean sweats Family, we’ve all been greatly influenced amazing performances from artists ranging like a paedophile at a Wiggles concert and needs by our parents. Musically, anything from from the obscure to the megastars. And, of to shower immediately after a performance, Parliament Funkadelic to George Benson course, the organisers intend to continue while JJ and I are a little more restrained and and Al Jarreau to Lenny Kravitz – the that tradition. In fact, they felt it was can wait til we get back to the hotel...and common thread is a funky DNA! time to turn up the volume for 2007. Miss P – well she always smells like roses! What’s in the pipeline for Dirty Laundry? The Sydney show will be held How did you get started? We’re currently mixing the next “Pacha” CD with January 25 at the Sydney Showground Sean had been MCing at my bar (on the Gold Bodyrockers (due out early December) which The lineup includes Tool, Jet (pictured), Muse Coast) for about a year and, in 2003, when he will also contain our first single “Jump”. Summer (pictured), Violent Femmes, Scribe, The Killers moved back down to Melbourne, he spoke is looking a little crazy with gigs all over the (pictured), Eskimo Joe, My Chemical Romance, to JJ and myself who had independently country in the lead up to New Year, then, Peaches & Herms, Evermore, Spank Rock, The begun working with different musicians once the mayhem and dust settles, we hope Sleepy Jackson, The Herd, The Spazzys and in an attempt to stand above the ever- to try and knock over our artist album. more. If you still haven’t bought tickets, we increasing throng of DJ’s. We sat down and What’s the weirdest thing have bad news, good news and great news. sifted through some music and put a set you’ve seen at a gig? together....and the rest is dirty, filthy history! The bad news is that 45,000 tickets for the Sydney A guy asleep with his head in a massive Big Day Out sold in a few hours. The good news You guys are from Melbourne. Do bass speaker bin, I couldn’t believe is that it is still possible to get tickets. The last you find there’s rivalry between that anyone could be that messy. remaining 10,000 tickets have been held back for Melbourne and Sydney acts? What can the punters expect from your sale over the next ten weeks in ballot form. Each Not really, we love going north and playing with week 1000 tickets for the 2007 Sydney BDO will show at the end of session party? other DJ’s and MC’s who are doing similar stuff. be made available on the Big Day Out website In Melbourne, we perform as a six piece with Before the ‘Electro’ sound took off in Sydney (www.bigdayout.com) via an online, randomly drawn live sax and percussion. Unfortunately, due earlier this year there was such a different ballot. The weekly ballot ticket limit is 2 tickets to the cost of transporting six people around sound being played there, it was far more per person. You only need to register once. the country, we are unable to justify bringing ‘Jackin’ House’. We’ve been inspired by DJ’s Steve (sax) and Cisco (percussion) on the Now, the great news is that Blitz has a double like Illya and Matt Roberts and built up great road. It’s a real shame because these guys pass – that’s two tickets, valued at $125+bf relationships with people like MC Losty from are awesome musicians and really add to the each – to give away to a lucky reader. Nu Boogie and the Double D crew who are whole DL experience. A lot of people who have To win, tell us which Australian doing their own take on DJ/MC live hybrid. seen us interstate that come to Melbourne city Jet comes from. One place to keep an ear out for is the are amazed at how different the show is with Email your answer, along with your full name and Gold Coast, that seems to be a breeding Steve and Cisco. But to answer your question, surname, student number and contact phone ground for great ideas as well. I guess people should expect, “good times, number to [email protected] with tight rhymes and funky ass bass-lines!” the subject “Big Day Out”.

Remember, a big show also means you need to take The Tropicana End of Session P extra care of each other, pace yourself, play safe and Thursday night in the R arty get home in one piece. Please don’t forget about oundhouse from 5pm ‘til late. Featured Acts include: Dirty Laundry, Stick Figures and DJ Static. the getting home safely part of the day. Good luck. Entry for UNSW Source members is free, Non-UNSW Students $5 and adults $10. Blitz Magazine 11

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November form which incorporates acrobatics, Poker Tournament rhythm, music and self defence in Tuesday 4pm Who wants to play poker at uni? 5 an alternative martial art. Dance Studio 1 31 October Prizes for winner. Rego 3:30pm, Individual lessons are $10 start 4pm. For any enquires contact or Three lessons are $23 Thoughtful Foods Andrew on 0405698161 Food Cooperative Squarehouse rm 215 10:30am–4:30pm (Opening Hours) Free for members, Time Management Session Yummy, ethical and organic goodies $5 annual membership 4-6pm Backyard of the Roundhouse, (Youth for Christ New Catholic next to Eats@theRound Monday Club) Assessments piling up? Anti-Racism Collective meeting Free 30 October Procrastinating? Meet new friends, 4pm de-stress, be inspired and learn ARC discusses current issues how to manage your time. Ping Pong and brainstorms campaign ideas Ping Pong Quad 1001 11am Guild Meeting Room 11am Free Roundhouse Free Roundhouse Free Free Happy Hour Happy Hour 5–6pm Thoughtful Foods 5–6pm Queerplay The happiest hour of the day! Food Co-operative; Unibar, Roundhouse 1–3pm Unibar, Roundhouse Training Session Scintillating conversation 12-1pm and 3-4pm Pool Comp Info and training session

October - Sunday - Sunday October and the occasional game Momentum Dance Studio: 5pm Queer Space about the food co-op and Hip Hop/Funk Class Unibar, Roundhouse Applied Sciences Building 920 what working there involves. 5–7pm 30 Free Backyard of the Roundhouse, For more info next to Eats@theRound Tuesday Night Roast www.momentumdancestudios.com.au Free 5:30pm Learn the Lingo Coffee Meetings Casual Class $10, Clems, Roundhouse 1-2pm Dance Card (10 Classes) $80 $5 Improve your English, make new Dance Studios Behind Chess friends and learn more about Australia! Io Myers (Gate 2) 12-3pm ISS Lounge, Level 1, Want to learn better positions? Theatre: Last Post East Wing, Red Centre Website: www.unswchess.org 8pm Momentum Dance Studio: Free Goldstein Rm G05 Nuts proudly presents an all singing, Classical Ballet Class Free for members. all dancing dramatic exploration of 6pm $2 for non-members grief and World War One. Showing Students for Social Equality For more info – Monday – Monday all week at Studio One.

Inaugural General Meeting www.momentumdancestudios.com.au Studio One 1-3pm Casual Class $10, Queer Boys

4 $5 / $8 / $10 The Students for Social Equality Dance Card (10 Classes) $80 1–3pm Inaugural General Meeting All Dance Studios Behind Free food and drinks and Welcome Guild Room 1001 Io Myers (Gate 2) some brilliant company. Queer Space Wednesday Applied Sciences Building 920 UNSW Student Representative 1 November Free Forum Meeting 1pm Thoughtful Foods Are you a student representative Sydney Morning Herald Trivia Food Cooperative

Week 1 Week at UNSW? If so, you are invited to 1pm } 10:30am–4:30pm (Opening Hours) attend the second UNSW Student Beat smart people at their own game. UNSW Debating Society: Backyard of the Roundhouse, next to Representative. This forum is an Unibar, Roundhouse Watch a Debate! Eats@theRound opportunity for student representatives Free 6-8:15pm Free at UNSW to meet with other See a debate about a topical issue representatives and discuss relevant in ‘British Parliamentary’ style. It’s a Women’s Collective student issues. For more information, Ping Pong great time for new debaters to join 1–2pm please call 9385 7781 11am as we all learn this more interactive Come and meet other wonderful Council Chambers Roundhouse style of debating! For more details: women committed to enacting Free www.debsoc.unsw.edu.au change! Old Law Tower Foyer for walking group Women’s Room, Blockhouse Free Free

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Environment Collective Circus Burgers INFINITUS Chess 12-1pm 1-3pm Life Coaching workshop 1-3pm A space to talk about environment Fundraising for Circusoc’s upcoming 6-8pm It’s a mating game. issues, plan events, campaigns production “Kerros” Delicious home Book now! www.unswchess.org/ and generally work towards a more made burgers will be on sale. Call Igor on 0405 164 116 or email Goldstein Rm G02 environmentally sustainable world. $4 for a burger, [email protected] Free for members. Quad 1001 (or Quad lawn if nice $5 for burger and drink Drawing Room, Roundhouse $2 for non-members. weather)

Library Lawn Free 4 Free Learn the Lingo Coffee Meetings Learn to Massage

3-4pm – Monday 7-8:30pm Thoughtful Foods CASS End of Session Mass Improve your English, make new Learn the skills and benefits that Food Cooperative; 1-2pm friends and learn more about Australia! come with power of knowing how Training Session Come to the End of Session Mass Coffee Republic, Blockhouse to massage. 12-1pm and 3-4pm hosted by CASS and YFC. Free UNSW Lifestyle Centre Backyard of the Roundhouse, Quad1001 next to Eats@theRound Students / Staff $100 UNSW Ultimate Frisbee Club Free Free used stationery distribution Training Ultimate Frisbee 2-3pm 4-5:30pm Eastern Suburbs League Pottery Studio Inductions Come and get your Freebies. Beginners are always welcome. 7-9pm 12:30-1pm Quad lawn Village Green The UNSW Ultimate Frisbee Club runs Learn how to use the Source Pottery Free Free for members 30 Studio from our Potters in Residence. a weekly league for players - beginner The studio is free for student use. or advanced. UNSW Go Club meeting Pottery Studio, Level 2, Blockhouse Village Green October - Sunday 2-6pm Free $35 for the session Strengthen your skills and stimulate your learning in this challenging oriental Theatre: Last Post Source board game. Beginners and advanced 8pm players welcome. General Meeting Nuts proudly presents an all singing, Quad 1001 1:15pm all dancing dramatic exploration of Free for members Come along and have a grief and World War One.

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Brandan Gallagher Judo Room, Unigym Featuring D irty Laundry, Stick Thursday 1pm Figures, D eepchild, D J Static, Come hear Karma County’s front Garden Beats: 2 November Adam Bozzetto, and D efunkto. man strum some cruisy tunes. Free for Source Members, Justin Mile Library Lawn Non-UNSW Students $5, Thoughtful Foods Adults $10 5pm Food Cooperative Roundhouse Learn the Lingo Coffee Meetings Like Brittany and K-fed… 9am–6pm (Opening Hours) 1-2pm 5 beer and music are Backyard of the Roundhouse, Improve your English, make new meant to be together. next to Eats@theRound COMPEC AGM friends and learn more about Australia! Beergarden, Roundhouse Free 6pm November Esme’s, Upper Campus Commerce and Economics Postgrad Free Free Ping Pong Executive Council AGM. All welcome. 11am Quad Room G021 Bar Bingo Roundhouse 1pm Sydney Morning Herald Trivia Free Buddhism Talk in Chinese Unibar, Roundhouse 5pm 6-8pm Free Like a test…with beer, and prizes. Contact Boon at 0422 866 515 or visit Unibar, Roundhouse Lunchtime Meditation www.unibuds.unsw.edu.au for details. Free 12:15-12:45pm UNSW Bridge Card Club Contact Susan at 0433 946 550 Level 3 Squarehouse 1-2pm or visit www.unibuds.unsw.edu.au Free! Beginners absolutely welcome. Happy Hour for details. Bring your friends! 5–7pm Level 3 Squarehouse Chinese Student Association Webster 301 Unibar, Roundhouse Free AGM 6-8pm Education Action Group Pub Grub Queer Girls There will an election for a new 1pm 5:30pm 1–3pm committee for the Chinese Student Come along to catch up with the Clems, Roundhouse Come along for some free food, drink Association for 2007 and also a latest campaigns and get involved. and excellent conversation! general report done by the President. All welcome. Queer Space – Applied Sciences Quad 1001 Student Guild Building 920 Free Free

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4 Theatre: Last Post Friday Arvo Sessions Last Post 8pm with DJ Cadell 8pm Nuts proudly presents an all singing, 4:30 pm Nuts proudly presents an all singing, all dancing dramatic exploration of Dragonfly, Roxy, and all dancing dramatic exploration of grief and World War One. Showing Soho regular DJ Cadell grief and World War One. starting your weekend all week at Studio One. Studio One Congratulations to off right Studio One $5/$8/$10 Beergarden, Freda Vuong $5 / $8 / $10 Roundhouse

Week 1 Week Free winner of a $500 Saturday Bank account Friday Happy Hour 4 November 3 November 5–6pm with the compliments of our ANZ on campus branch. Unibar, Roundhouse Ping Pong Ping Pong 11am 11am Spocksoc Battlestar Galactica Roundhouse Roundhouse Screening Free Free 5-11:30 We will be showing new episodes of Battlestar Galactica. $5 for half a pizza Pottery Studio Inductions Pottery Studio Inductions and a drink. 12:30-1pm 12:30-1pm Goldstein G07 Learn how to use the Source Pottery Pottery Studio Learn how to use the Source Pottery Free for member, $5 for Studio from our Potters in Residence. Studio from our Potters in Residence. annual membership Pottery Studio, Level 2, Blockhouse Pottery Studio, Level 2, Blockhouse Free Free Buddhism Talk in English Christmas 7-9pm UNSW Go Club meeting UNSW Go Club meeting Contact Adeline at 0404 637 818 or 2-6pm 2-6pm visit www.unibuds.unsw.edu.au for Quad G022 Sale Quad G022 details. Free for members Free for members Robert Webster Building Rm 256 10am - 4pm Free Harmony Film Festival Sir John Clancy Auditorium All this week Tickets $10 pre-booked. $15 door. Ground Floor [email protected] Blockhouse

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Blitz Magazine 15 New Student Organisation Interim Board

A New Student Organisation is being formed to run student services at UNSW from 2007. The organisation will be a single incorporated legal company, but will have three Kate Bartlett Angela Barrett “branches” - a Representative Interim Chair Angela is a PhD candidate in the Branch, a Clubs and Activities Kate started at UNSW in 2003 School of Chemical Sciences and studying Politics and Economics Engineering. Over the past eight and has been heavily involved years, she has volunteered for Branch and a Central Services with UNSW student life since many programs and been a student First Year. She has been on the representative on many boards at Branch - dedicated to providing Executive of the NSW University UNSW. She was a member of the Theatrical Society (NUTS); is a Student Guild Council for six years, different services to students. four-time Yellow Shirt; and has serving as the Clubs and Societies volunteered for many programs, Director for two years. She was including Contact and Hypesmiths. a member of the Postgraduate She has worked on the Board Board for over two years. She is The Interim Board is excited of the UNSW Union (trading presently in her second two-year at UNSW Source) as its Vice term as the postgraduate student to be working to ensure the President in 2005/06 and, most member on the University Council. recently, as its President. Kate has Angela is proud to be a member new organisation is up and been a member of the mediation of the New Student Organisation group that started working to Board, securing student ready for O-Week 2007. To build the new organisation back representation and enhancing the in 2005, and is excited to be “student experience” for current help you get acquainted with serving as its Interim Chair. and future students at UNSW. the new organisation, here are its board members.

Stephen Mok Greg Moore

Stephen is a Digital Media student Greg has extensive experience with at UNSW’s College of Fine Arts a variety of student organisations. campus in Paddington and is the While studying law at UNSW, he current President of the COFA was a director and President of Students’ Association. He has the Source (UNSW Union) and he served on the COFA SA Committee was also a member of the UNSW since 2004. He has also represented Student Guild Council and served students on various University and as the undergraduate member of Faculty committees. He has worked University Council. He also sat on as a volunteer during O-week and the executive committee of the has been an active campaigner National Union of Students. Since against Voluntary Student then, Greg has been working in Unionism. Stephen is excited to be the entertainment industry, both contributing to the future of student at UNSW and around Sydney, services and representation across mainly in a technical production UNSW, even if it means taking capacity. He is a current Life another year to finish his degree! Member Director and the Honorary Treasurer of the Source. 16 Blitz Magazine New Student Organisation Interim Board

Betty Chow Hamish Collings-Begg Tony Cinque Hayden Daley Sarah Long

Betty Chow is the Associate Hamish Collings-Begg is in his Tony has been the Chief Executive Hayden Daley currently holds Sarah has worked at UNSW for Director of International third year of a Commerce (Actuarial Officer of the UNSW Union (trading the position of treasurer on the the past five years in a number of Student Services at UNSW. Studies)/Law degree. In 2006, he as UNSW Source) since April 2002 COFA Students’ Association student support and organisational has served as a Director on the and previously worked as the Committee. He is in the third year governance roles, and is currently Board of the UNSW Source as an General Manager of Sargents Pty of a BFA / BA combined degree an Executive Officer to the Deputy Ordinary Member. He has served Ltd. At NSW Mitre 10, he worked his majoring in Photomedia and Vice-Chancellor (Academic). She as President of the Actuarial Society way up from Assistant Accountant English. Typically creative in his has been appointed as a University of UNSW (ASOC) in 2006 and was to CEO Designate over thirteen approach his weapon of choice representative on the Board of the and on the Marketing Executive years. He also spent two years is irony. Hayden feels strongly new student organisation. Sarah is of ASOC in 2005. He is also a at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic about student representation. also a postgraduate student at the member of Lawsoc, Comsoc, Games as Finance Director. Tony University of Southern Queensland, Medical Revue Society and Law is committed to the success of where she is completing a DipEd by Revue Society. Hamish has also student services and student distance education. She is excited been a Yellow Shirt squad leader organisations and looks forward to to be part of a new organisation and a Hypesmith and he hosts trivia working as a member of the Interim for students at UNSW which will in the Roundhouse. His extensive Board to build the new organisation. bring together the strengths of the involvement in UNSW campus Guild, the Source and COFASA. life has given him a great sense of the importance of volunteering programs, clubs and societies on campus, and campus life at UNSW.

Xavier O’Halloran Michael Pratt Andrew Wells Jesse Young

Xavier O’Halloran is the President Michael is a Fourth Year student Andrew Wells was appointed as Jesse is a second year Aviation of the UNSW Student Guild and studying Science and Arts, UNSW University Librarian in 2001. student and presently serves as the a Fourth Year Social Science majoring in Chemistry and In this role, he leads a staff of 175, Activities Director of the Student student. He is also the Convenor International Relations. He is responsible for the delivery of Guild. He is also the President- of the Postgraduate Board and is currently one of two undergraduate information resources and library elect of the Student Guild. The on the Executive of the National student representatives on the services to the UNSW community. new organisation will continue Union of Students. In 2005, he was Academic Board and its Standing Andrew was a former employee of to provide many great services an assistant editor of Tharunka Committees. He was the Vice- UNSW Library in the early 1980s. to students, even under the (despite never learning grammar at President (Education and Welfare He has worked in many libraries in pressures of the Commonwealth school). Xavier hopes to keep the Officer) of the Student Guild in senior positions around Australia, Government’s Voluntary Student NSO serving the needs of all UNSW 2005 and a Councillor in 2006. including the National Library of Unionism (VSU) legislation. students and ensuring the survival He has been the Presiding Australia and the State Library of of student representation at UNSW Member of the Student Guild New South Wales. Andrew joined and in the broader community. Council since October 2005 and the Source Board as a UNSW continues to occupy this position. Council appointee in 2004.

Blitz Magazine 17 So long,“ Alex r eporter

Dear Reader, Firstly, the most important thank you of all must go to you. That’s right, you out there, and the Blitz reader. I appreciate everyone who has taken the time to read my work this year as, without you Blitz is nothing. Now permit me some brief indulgences. Special thanks to Rob, the Blitz Editor who proved I don’t know everything about journalism, or writing. Or anything for that matter. Rob is a character that is so intelligent yet paradoxically, thinks so little of himself. Give it up Rob, I think you’re great. thanks Thanks to my fellow writer Flick for the company and showing me how to put intimacy in writing. Thanks to Justin, Blitz Designer, who made my world just a little bit bigger, and who made me look good. Thanks to Jason for being positive, upbeat and enjoyable company. Thanks to Donna for being The Samurai, and for making our work better for it. Thanks to Marina for the support, endless enthusiasm and the Neil for Gaiman tickets. Thanks to Charlotte who, through her endeavours, provided the funding to allow us to do what we love. Lastly, I would like to thank anyone who provided me with an interview, information or an image or a feature. Most people don’t have time to waste on two-bit hack student journalists like me, I appreciate those who did. Student media faces an uncertain future. To all see it go would be a tragedy. In the age of the Murdochs and Packers, student media is one of the last vestiges of free speech. It is a media source that reflects a community, and the voice of youth and students. What will save student media is the continued willingness of students to support it and participate in it. I hope Blitz this year has inspired you to do so. I have made a genuine effort this year not to be self-indulgent in my writing. I have tried to find topics that might the interest the reader rather than myself, and have attempted as much as possible to keep myself out of my writing. I feel that as long as a student magazine is about you and not us, then we can use it to build communities, and promote equality and social justice. I would encourage everyone to continue to participate in and support student media as, in the words of the fish” Buddha, ‘with our thoughts we make the world’.

18 Blitz Magazine Flick Justin Rob r eporter Graphic Designer Editor

As the cliché goes, this year has flown by. The Blitz, time always seems to go faster there, I Without the help of so many people, Blitz other day I calculated that I managed to put don’t know why. I’d come in, tired as all hell from 2006 would have been impossible. out an average of 1500 words a week which, a night of debauchery, grab a convenient cup of over 28 editions, equals a whooping 42,000! coffee and convene with my computer and cozy First, our amazing reporters. Flick Strong, That may be more words than I churned out desk. I would look at my bubblegum triceratops already an institution on campus, brought with during my degree. Still, Blitz has been fun. It’s toy, blink, and it would be lunchtime. I’d get my her an impressive knowledge on all things, been a good way to end my final year at uni, Rosie’s Chicken, confess to Father Rob my black as well as her many contacts. The only girl sharing my knowledge after six(!), years at uni. light sins and become a puddle of meat and in the office, she put up with three rowdy bones on the office’s bean bag. I would tell a 20-something guys and the thankless job of As the only girl in the office I think I’ve joke, listen to Rob talk about India just one more compiling What’s On with customary grace and been a well needed boost of oestrogen, time, make fun of him (because I didn’t realize he candid charm. We all of us loved her for it. and, sometimes, the only voice of reason. was actually my boss) and it would be time to go Alex Serpo demonstrated a ceaseless dedication Working with three boys in their twenties, the home. Somewhere in that snippet of a work day, conversations were, well, interesting! Even so, to his craft. Always ready to take on another we managed to pull together a 24 page magazine interview, Serpo would sometimes stay in it’s been fun working in an office with a big every week and make it look pretty damn good. bunch of geeks, Alex with his Park Or (what the office long past the rest of us. He also the?), Rob with his music (so glad you had Maybe I don’t remember the long hours brought us his unique humour; after hearing headphones), and Justin, despite his cool because…well…I’ll let the forehead shaped some of his jokes, I will never be clean again. exterior, is just as big a geek as the rest of us. imprints on the wall next to my desk tell the story. Next, our designers. Justin Theng’s vision Maybe it was that crescendo epiphany I had I can tell you right now I won’t miss compiling made every issue amazing. ‘The Tang’ spent whilst there that I would never have to work a day hours in the office getting it all just right and, What’s On. That’s right, I was the bitch who in my life. The joy it brought me as a creative, to laid down the law if you missed the What’s On honestly, I would have gone insane without see copies of my work (the good kind of copies) his company. When Justin was enticed deadline. If you got a grumpy email about a late in the hands of the mini-city UNSW audience, submission, chances are it was me – sorry. away, Jason Treanor stepped into the void. was elating. What was once on my computer Perpetually upbeat (except when it comes to Working in the Blitz office has certainly been a screen bruised and battered, is now out in the his computer) and effortlessly talented, Jase learning experience. From learning to hold my world, like mini 24 winged butterflies. I fell in love always kept up the magazine’s high standard. tongue when Rob starts his daily and, may I with it and could never imagine this as a chore. Thank you to all our contributors and cartoonists, point out, entirely undeserved self-deprecation; In fact, I learned a lot. It was at Blitz that the to trying to concentrate and understand what especially Sandra Audi, Karen-Anne Coleman, makings of my visual style started to emerge, Selena Gordevich, Mariko Lawson, Tom Lowe, the hell Alex actually studies. After a whole with guidance from the design oracle, Jason year, I have managed to grasp that he works in Anthony Moustacas, Edmond Tran, Iain Murray, Treanor. When a new professional opportunity Dave Carter and Rocky Chau. Extra special a lab, which is way more impressive than Arts. presented itself and I felt it was time to move And Justin, please come back, we miss you. thanks to Tom Hogan (reviewer extraordinaire) on, Donna Wiemann, even though I was leaving and Jonno Seidler, the first port of call for a string So, a huge thanks to everyone who made her in a pickle, encouraged me to follow my of articles and interviews. Hilda Cheng saved my year easy and fun: Imo, Shell and Daz dream and leap to bigger things. Does that not us all from Vox Pops in our hour of greatest in the Roundhouse; AJ, Eddie, Sanger and speak volumes of the kind of people at Blitz? need and Korshi “Destination Space” Dosoo Clare in S Club; the reception gals who let In a way, I felt like I was adopted into the Blitz produced some of the best comics I have seen. me hide when I didn’t want to write and family. At first it was like I was the odd one little Kate B for all the coffee and chats. And Thank you to all the people behind the scenes. out. At the Source’s black tie ball, I wore a Marina Spurgin kept us all organised and up-to- Hilda, you beautiful thing, thanks for saving white suit and no tie. When everyone in the me from Vox Pops for a while, you rule! date. Spurgs advised and instructed me and, office was discussing the world, I donned my on occasion, bailed me out. Blitz would not be Of course the Blitz team wouldn’t be able to do massive headphones and went into a world here without her. Donna “Three Shots” Wiemann anything without Marina, Donna and Charlotte, of my own. When the office went Mexican brought a wealth of experience to the magazine who actually know how to publish a magazine! jumping beans, I went to the bean bag. But then and held us all to a higher standard than we held But my biggest thanks go to the fabulous Jason, I realized one day that we were all rather odd. ourselves. She taught us what publishing is all our graphic design god who stepped in at the Like some prerequisite, everyone was quirky in about. Charlotte O’Brien’s hard work ensured we last minute after Justin got headhunted. their own little, tormented genius kind of way. had the funding to continue the magazine. Mollie And that includes the photocopy machine. Qiu rapidly got the magazine online. Thanks to So that wraps up another year of Blitz. I hope I chuckle inside knowing that the second everyone at the Roundhouse. Finally, thanks to you enjoyed it. I certainly will miss the free films, Kirstin for lending us the (much needed) beanbag. and self indulgence of a weekly(ish) column. sentence of my opening paragraph here (with all the unnecessary alliteration) will niggle at Anyone I’ve forgotten, consider me grateful. Oh, and by the way, I managed to quit smoking! the editorial sensibilities of Rob, Donna and I hope you all have enjoyed Blitz this year. Marina Spurgin. I can see the three of them now, Without you, there’s no magazine. To twitching, ready to axe it with a quick red pen, absolutely everyone who helped make but still hesitant because it’s my parting words. Blitz all it could be: thank you. You rock. Hehehe. At least I know Alex will think it’s funny. Blitz Magazine 19 CD: Gomez CD: Red Riders CD: Pomomofo Book: 365 Ways Five Men Replica Replica Pomomofo EP to Change the

In A Hut Buy this album! Do it now. Every Pomomofo has exploded onto World (Singles 1998 – 2004) moment you wait to buy this Sydney with their sexy, funny and disc is another moment you’ve surreal sounds. Hell, even the Michael Norton’s book contains a staggering amount of information Five Men In A Hut is an epic 36- spent missing out on some of Lord Mayor of Sydney has listed about how to begin advocating track retrospective from indie- Sydney’s best music. From the them as one of the three ‘must changes in global issues. It provides blues band Gomez. Currently first explosion of hard guitars on see’ bands in this country. the reader with a different activity creating new material under C’mon to the final transcendent With ball-bouncing beats, gliding for each day, as well as some a new label, this seemingly shimmer of Daylight, Red Riders keyboards and clean guitars, excellent ideas for a better future. premature ‘best of’ album is a takes you on an amazing ride this is the sound of a messy but Most importantly, the book lists compilation of A sides, B sides through a vast aural landscape. glorious Saturday night. You know the contact details for a whole and unreleased singles recorded The quartet has clearly drawn on that feeling you get at 3am when host of NGOs that you can get while under their former label, a huge range of influences. There you’re nicely toasted and tired but in touch with, as well as a range Virgin. The album features a are the obvious homages. The you know the night is only just of websites and information mish mash of classics such as album’s first singleSlide in Next starting? Well, they’ve managed to campaigns to let you know Get Myself Arrested, Whippin’ to Me has a driving bass line that put it down on a five-track disc. more about what’s happening Piccadilly and Rhythm and is subterranean and sexy and in certain areas of activism. Blues Alibi, together with very What They Say About Us bounces There’s a self-conscious sense of average singles such as ZXY and like a harder reinterpretation of fun in Pomo’s music. After all, what However, although there are M57 which erstwhile remained Elvis Costello’s earliest releases. can you say about a dance act that some excellent ideas here, there unreleased and probably A.S.P.I.R.I.N. (the album’s lists Bret Easton Ellis as one of their is no order to their listing. Ideas or should have remained so. second single) pays its due to major influences? You get the feeling strategies are thrown in wherever. that they’ve created this music with You’ll have to read through every For the uninitiated, Gomez the grungy powerhouses of the tongue planted firmly in cheek. day until you find one that appeals burst into the 1990s music late ‘70s. That song could get a At least it would be, if it wasn’t to you. Moreover, it would be stratosphere with the debut coma patient up and moving. already in someone else’s mouth. impossible to achieve most of these album Bring It On. They provided But there are also some amazing in a day. Can you really organize a a radio-friendly alternative to But don’t be fooled into thinking experiments that work out community advocacy group in 24 the Brit-pop which dominated that the band is simply a novelty particularly well. In My Sleep – quite hours? In addition, some of these the period, mixing soulful blues act. Their sound is never that possibly the album’s standout track strategies just seem ineffectual with pop sensibilities. As virtual simple. Back at the Club is a body- – has flashes of U2 but also You and stupid. What is a sex strike or unknowns, they won the highly shaking opus with a relentless, Am I. Daylight recalls more than a cycling naked going to achieve? coveted Mercury Music prize in little of the alt-rock of the early ‘90s, smashing beat. It’s the best song the UK for their debut album. especially Smashing Pumpkins The Pop Will Eat Itself never wrote. In short, Norton’s book is Sound familiar? The Arctic (think Siamese Dream). You’ll be Late Night City Skyline occupies interesting as a reference text but Monkeys recently pulled off the amazed at the layered sounds the space between Gary Numan it is badly structured, his ideas are same feat, which might give you you can get from a six string. and Brotherhood-era New Order. unmanageable and his politics an idea of the impact the band Been Around Town adds some are far too simplistic. Consult it if had in the music world. Like Clearly, unlike so many Scene Rock Lobster-esque surf guitars you have some free time that you many of their contemporaries, Queen Indie acts pouting their into the mix. In fact, much of want to dedicate to a higher cause such as The Strokes, Coldplay or way through Sydney’s bars, their sound is built up from the but do not live your life by it. Jet, the critical and commercial these boys are in it because they ruins of mid-80’s New Wave. success of their first album love the music. After so many You’ll wish you had a moog. If you want to start off with placed a lot of expectation on years of pretty bands exalting something similar but simpler, Sometimes camp and sometimes their later work. Subsequent style over substance, this act have a look at True Green by dark and jolting, this is a confident albums include Liquid Skin, brings something new and Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin. beginning for the three-piece. which is probably as solid as meaningful into the world. And This lists 100 ways to be more Suffice it to say, they’re going their debut, the experimental In that is so completely refreshing. environmentally friendly, the ideas to be huge. Our Gun and the unashamedly there are a lot more manageable. Rob Gascoigne pop Split the Difference. Rob Gascoigne Rob Gascoigne Five Men In A Hut is a tasting menu of all of these albums but it is overly long and probably unnecessary. Serious fans might appreciate the inclusion of the unreleased material, but if you’ve never heard of the band, listen to their other albums and give this one a miss. Mariko Lawson

20 Blitz Magazine RobBy Paulo Verhoeven ts!

Robots. Is there anything cooler? Apart from perhaps pirates, I’d say no. But we live in an exciting new age, an age where every year Japanese boffins coagulate and show off various up-and- coming billion dollar robots which talk, walk, play musical instruments, or even do the robot.

he reason I’m discussing classified as “human”. Apparently. could exceed that of humans. “He’s a goddamn robot!” I robots is because there Therefore it cannot be appearance They could develop a conscience say, as my wife throws my seems to be a really which defines our humanity. and a motivation to take over belongings out onto the street. prevalent phenomenon or destroy the human race. Temerging in society today: In fact, the real fear started to “So what!”, she yells back. “He’s technofear. Let’s say, for example, spread when Isaac Asimov (and Are we worried because we’re more man than you’ll ever be!” other authors) began to muse upon stupid and lazy? After all, it wouldn’t you’re called Dave and are And there it is; where all this robotic walking down the street. Then the nature of a newer variant on be hard for an even moderately Frankenstein’s monster: the robot. intelligent toaster to do what we hatred stems from. That, and the a calculator jumps up and bites fact that I’m totally freaked out you. “Holy crap, a calculator!” you In I Robot, Asimov invented the laws can’t do. I know I feel inferior when of robotics, which are as follows: someone asks me to make a piece my daughter will run off with a might exclaim. Might you develop robot, probably to a mixed dance, this “fear”? Possibly. I’m not a of bread golden-brown and I have A robot may not harm a human to either tell them I can’t do it, or where robots and humans sidle specialist, though I do like the 1being, or, through inaction, allow up close to one another and try idea of calculators with teeth. stand there breathing on it for an a human being to come to harm. hour, which does little other than to get to second base, provided Regardless, since Mary Shelley make me look like an idiot. It’s they don’t get badly electrocuted A robot must obey the orders in the process. And even if I do wrote Frankenstein, we’ve started 2 given to it by human beings essentially like the simulacra theory. questioning exactly what it means If something resembles us so much try and tell my daughter how I except where such orders would feel, she’ll most probably storm to be human. Is it the way we conflict with the First Law. that the distinctions between us look? I’d venture a categorical begin to blur, we begin to question out melodramatically, yelling “I “no”, given the fact that at least A robot must protect its own our role in society, our worth and love him, daddy!” And then they’ll half the people I meet are ugly 3 existence, as long as such our identity. I’m not saying robots move west, and my wife will never and, according to Darwin, if two protection does not conflict look anything like us – at least not forgive me, and when I’m in my of these ugly people happened to with the First or Second Law. those of us who haven’t been in fifties my editor will replace me make ugly love the babies would (in horrific car accidents – but the with some young, eager robot and A robot will not talk I’ll have to rob a bank using my theory) be at least twice as ugly. about fight club. fact that a mixture of steel, plastic 4 and wires might be able to do shoe, hidden under my coat to look This is what’s known as Hemstein’s The idea behind these laws was anything better than us fills many like my gun. And when I leave I’ll theory of ugly, which can be to safeguard humanity, on the of us with righteous indignation go down in a hail of gunfire, and summed up with a simple equation. offchance a robot decided to (or, if your partner is a terrible everyone laughs when they see If x is the ugly person and y is strike back against his oppressors. lover, it might fill you with a very I was using a shoe for a gun. another ugly person, you’ll invariably These stories served as a thinly different feeling. You sick bastard). “You can’t shoot someone with a end up with xy, or “ugly ugly”. Whilst veiled critique on the burgeoning Hemstein was later discounted as The problem with any of these shoe”, they’d all say. And I wouldn’t civil rights movement, which might say anything, because I’d be dead. both an alcoholic and a recreational explain why so many rednecks creations is that they mock us seal-clubber, his work made a opposed the idea of robotic by their very existence (so the And that is why I don’t like robots. tremendous impact on the field. humanoids working with/for them, argument goes). If a robot can We know now that we should at or stealing their women-folk. be a better lover than me, is he least grudgingly extend rudimentary The prevailing fear is that their going to steal my wife, leaving human rights to ugly people, so it “intelligence and ability to act” me alone and feeling impotent? follows that they can, in fact, be Law Revue Society AGM: Boules Artistes Petanque CSE Revue AGM: Walk Against Warming Thursday November 2,6pm, Club Competition: Come and choose the executives Organised by the Nature Conservation D10-G01 (behind Studio One). 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