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TIME OFf= June 28th, 1979 work and which explores bAr{Rtt:KHtJlt\m-b^. cattions so that the said THE BIG STRIKE expert could secure the job his recurring themes of magic which earlier had called for myth and ritual m locations WcU, the Big Strike has The Barrier Reef Author­ as far afield as Egypt. come and gone and all the ity recently called for applica­ "Lucifer" features the acting press have been able to tion* to fill the position of of Marianne Faithfull, harp about is the incon­ senior journalist. But after amongs others, and an venience that the union mterviewing applicants and O evocative soundtrack by ^ action has caused the public preparing a shortlist of Jimmy Page. whose interests they seem candidates at considerable Anger is currently maku^ to liave 80 much at heart. expense the authority de- a film about one of his But what about the reason cid«l to drop the position major concerns - the great behind the strike? Doesn't altogether. picture palaces around the that deserve an airing in the Then Ben Humphreys, world. Thus his news? Seemingly not. So federal member for Griffith, expertise in marine biology disappointment at arriving in what that in Westem raised the issue in the par­ - qualifications that the Brisbane only to find liament and the Queensland Australia a person must have expert does not possess? demolition ofthe Regent well branch of the AJA jumped underway. in too. mm "' y ^ " '^ • ^..^ »^ "ACABeiVII.BEMI C GAWGSTERS BRITAIN'S AND REGENT CONSERVATIVES Visiting American film­ STRIKE! maker Kenneth Anger didn't minch words when he des­ The new Margaret cribed the Unwersity of Thatcher Conservative (^d's wreckmg of^ the government have struck the Regent Iheatte as the act first blow for the restoration of "gangsters". of the ailing UK economy. 46 year old Anger is Her crew have assured the permission of the pohce investors that the new govern­ commissioner to address a currently touring Australia ment will look after their gathering of three or more And Voila! suddenly the with assistance from the persons. Technically even a position is on agahi. National Fihn Theatre, who football coach or even a Rumour has it that the ate screening a season of minister of religion in a position was dissolved when his films in each major public place. Or even for the short list was found to capital city. Included in this that matter the publican contain some people who season are "Fireworks" vrfio says at 10am 'Time mi^t be a little reluctant (made at age 15) "Scorpio I1ease\ to suppress information Rising" (a very popular fdm Or what the hell that it about the reef that was based ona Brooklyn bikie has been shown that the thought to be not in the gang) and "Lucifer Rising pditical purpose of the law is interests of a certam group. Part 1", his most recent discrimination against one sector of the cpnrniunity - EXPLOiJiVb ATTITUbb^ ' an example of using the law interests to the best of its as a weapon rather than And while on the subject of the reef authority, is it ability. having the law as an hnpartial Right in lme with that regulator of human true that a certain explosives expert will head the reef decision is last week's behaviour. authority? And is it also decision to increase the . Most newpapers preferred tme that the position ad­ nation's 635 lip's salaries to talk about left/right wing vertised then withdrawn to be from $13,000 to nearly )Iitics. It an easier can to advertised with less quaUfi- $24,000 over the next two Bck. ••;• 1

years - a wage increase of Utah has now decided that inward openmg doors with no he satirises television's nearly 100%. its biggest PR problem was detriment to the community, tonight show comperes. ^Wonder what the unionists the name Utah itself. Con­ roral or otherwise." A traveller who. just think of that after Mine sequently it is now employing The conference called for arrived here from the United Thatcher's strong words a team of sign writers all Australians to be forced States, reports that in about outrageous union painting over the word Utah to have and canry at all times a perfect twist of fate none demands for 15% wage in­ wherever it appears, even on identity cards. other than Eric himself is creases? those huge draglmes on the now compering his own mines. They are stendllmg eWERGY SENSE JOH THE BOOKWORM tonite show, coast to coast in over the word the title America. . UP IN SMOKE Central Queensland Coal In the last issue of Time Jimmy Carter from the US Associates. Off we carried a special has recently had installed in report which documented the the White House a $20,000 Qld Govemment's habit of Brisbane radio station ^IP solar energy unit. He also keeping the research and recently promoted the movie announced that American publicity facilities (and thus "Up In Smoke", starring thiit builders who installed solar the effectiveness) of the State dopey duo Cheech and equipment in new homes Opposition down to an Chong, with a special would receive a 20% taeks absolute minimum. screening for its listeners. credit. Since then we have learnt Tlieir plug for the night out that now even the Parliament­ stated "4IP gives you ',a ary Library, which formally Better Deal", a pun equal to 4ZZZ's "Joint Effort." A recent book of poetry was responsible only to carried this little gem: Parliament (through tlie "A Quote for April 20th: Speaker), has been placed My brother Adolf is a mad­ under the control of the man Premiers Department. The and a murderer and should be change was announced in the loclced up before he does Qld Govt. Gazette. any more harm." Paul Hitler One wonders how long it 1931 wUl be before our august leaders get their brains (?) The recent State Con­ together to do somethuig ference of the Country similar as an effort to utilise Womens Association in Vic­ Makes one wonder lipw the abundant amounts of toria moved that lavatoiy far Triple. Zed's influence " sunshine this country has doors should open outwards has extended into the ojae-, every day. not inwards and that the time wasteland of lofial relevant authorities should commercial radio. Triple, UTAH DIRTY WORD? enforce this rule stringently. Zed's good showings in the • A leading architect, reported 18-25 age group ia the receiit' Utah Development m the Melbourne Age said; Let's hope the change ratings were followed by.,;a J company following its multi- "for safety reasons normal broadens Joh's mind. programming upheaval at IP^; • million dollar advertising practice is to swing doors All power to the Peanut! RUSH JOB ' ^ campaign found that the TV in because it stops passersby :• ...r r-; ads only generated suspicion from being hit. Whatever the lERIClSFARFROM, Sydney's new $168 'm' about what it was trying to reasons for the CWA motion, IDLE TONITE Eastern Suburbs rftUway hide. Having much to hide lots of motions have been passed m lavatories with Monty Python fans would opened a couple of weekends have seen the many sketches ago and 300,000^ 'people involving Eric Idle in which tumed up to take-a ride. One of the ' persons attending was Mr. "Ed Buckey, who was once' ordered by his boss^ in the ^ Woids department to do'• overtime on the resumption of the land for the new} railway. The order "was' regarded as an urgentvjob. The order came thifbugh in 1916. And Buckley is how 81.

ME OFF June 28th. 1979 3^ Media Action Research Letters intended for publico- DRINK DRIVING tion should be addressed to: Center as a Television Aware­ Letters Page, Time Off, University AN OPEN LETTER TO THE R.A.C.Q. ness Training Leader and seek of Queensland Union, St. Lucia, to draw into our Graduate Qld. 4067. Concerning the R.A.C.Q.'s position on drink driving and processes as much insight They should not be longer from everywhere as I can. than 250 words so that as many the potential mtroduction of random breathalyser testing outlined m the June issue of the "Road Ahead", I would like Please advise how I can letters as possible can be get a reprint of this article published and as great a variety to put forward an alternative perspective on what is recog­ and any related information. of topics covered. Otherwise nised by all citizens as bemg a deep and serious problem. editing, which we do not wish to JULES D'HEMECOURT apply to what should be an open For starters, as long as to upgrade the public trans­ Asst. Prof., Journalism jbrum, may be necessary. a substantial proportion of port facilities. School, Louisiana State Letters must be signed and an the Australian public A specific proposal here University, Baton Rouge, address (and if possible telephone continue to have a social woijd be to see if special number) supplied. Letters lacking desire to drink (which I services could be arranged P.S. 1 enclose a copy of such communication of the consider they always will), to pick up drinkers from the writer's bona fides wiU not be a letter to the editor from then the problem of how hotels after closing time. the Christian Science Sentinel published. they are going to get home An even more fundam­ The Editors of Time Off for your info. welcome any form of comment will arise. ental way of tackling the on the magazine or its contents Given that the public problem would be to request We are sending Mr. D' (or an issue of your own transport system in Brisbane that the Government's Hemecourt backcopies of choosing) in the interests of is one of the worst to be Licensing Commission dis­ Semper (1978) containing promoting dialogue on important found in any major city in courage the growth and de­ our articles on television and issues. tlie world, with buses few velopment of a massive, cen­ communication. Below we and far between on most tralised "shoppingtown" routes and inadequate ser­ reprint the said letter from hotel complexes such as exist the U.S. magazine. vices provided late at night at Femy Grove and Jindalee, after the pubs close, the Intemational notoriety at MASS MEDICATION and instead promote a return last. transport alternatives are to the "corner pub" concept (Eds) reduced to either taxis or by granting many more The article by Calvin private vehicles. tavern style licenses within The article "Television - Noack, "Rmg of Confidence Smce many people fmd each suburb. kiUs", 31 May 1979, was Why We Should Eliminate It" taxis too expensive, (par­ By adopting this more sen­ which was reprinted in ihe brief but mformative. I must ticularly if they enjoy August 16 edition of Semper sible approach residents could has been brought to my commend you, for bringmg drmking quite regularly and easily find their way home to levels beyond that set attention. to light one of the com­ \\ithout resorting to driving. The article made reference to munities more serious prob­ down as non-dangerous for This would also have the the religion known as Christian lems, Mass Medication. driving), it is almost in­ added advantage of Science. An incorrect statement evitable that they will con­ was made and other comments Widespread knowledge of promoting a stronger sense of template travelling in their were misleading. the facts about Sodium community within different own cars. Christian Science is not a Fluoride will hopefully mean parts of our city. "nature-based" religion. It is a Australia following the ex­ Partial proof that this is -BRUCE DICKSON Christian teaching based on the worship of a single, all-powerful ample of the many other an accurate picture lies m R.A.Ca Member, the growing trend towards God and on the saving and healing countries who consider Indooroopilly. work of His Son, Jesus Christ, Sodium Fluoride as too dan­ hotels providing huge parking I am sure no Christian denomina­ gerous. lots on their premises. tion puts more emphasis than Let us hope that I woidd like to suggest Christian Science does on the to the R.A.C.Q. that a more U.S. T.V. FEEDBACK "highly-defined characteristics" Australia's Union of Students of the God who is both the will bring pressure to bear fundamental way of solvmg Father and the Mother of all of the question of drink driving, I see a reference to your on the govemments before it us. than just getting tough on article "Television - Why /is too late. -IAN GUNN those \yho breach the present We Should Eliminate It". -RICHARD BRYAN Committee on Publication Thornleigh, NSW system of laws, would be to This is my area of study -^nd request the Government concern. I represent he contraceptives. VIBRATORS with your inane ramblings Mrs. Holmes would be of INFALLIBLE & SPORTS as Dave says 'If you far more help to young think I'm talking shit you PUNTING SYSTEMS people by stressing the im­ don't belong in this land.' portance of sexual relations To Martin Armiger of It would be easy to In response to your ad­ within marriage rather than Sports (Time Off June 1), summise as to your identity vertisement of cash to inject I'd sooner hear Vibrators using verbal condolences such if it were true, because your into existing venture or 'new than Rose Royce any day, as "accidents of loving". views on sexism appears to idea', I am willing to mei^e or Sports for that matter. She concludes that be one of SHOCK, A. CANNUDDLEBURGER abortion should be available HORROR. This requires no my incredibly productive m- Sunnybank while unman-ied giris achieve sympathy whatsoever and teilect with a person of fore* adulthood. perhaps an education for you sight and cash. The filed of How many abortions will would be to attend a few venture is the punting circuit HAVING A BABY it take before this is attained? rock venues with your eyes (dogs, gallops and trots) in -DONNA LACEY open and a realistic approach. which you may or may not Windsor As you did not review the Commenting on the article have had any confidence album, and only patronised previously. "Sex Education Kept in the tlie man for his beliefs, I Dark" which appeared in I will state quite openly SUBURBIA will not attempt to point out that I am a mastermind in Time Off (31.5.79), one is SUPPORTS respective themes, songs etc. this field and my method of struck by Mrs. Holmes* DAVE WARNER Only to say that his songs operation is absolutely in­ naivety and lack of insight. have an identity with us, the fallible. people. I don't believe you Mrs. Holmes is spokeswoman To condone Mr/Mrs/Miss/ What's that you say?? No will ever get across to THE for an abortion referral method of systematic turf Ms Bradshaw's review of PEOPLE when this approach agency. speculation is absolutely Dave Warner's album "Free is totally pseud pretensious infallible? Correct, up until What can only be called Kicks" would be hypocritical bullshit. fatuousness on the subject Brian Cribbens that is!! to myself and urban society. -JOHN MURRAY of "human relations" is seen Because of the highly un-* Never before has naivete for Ben, Mark, Bev and Kevin by her being a well-known believable claims which I been blatantly exposed via and other suburban soldiers. protagonist of the idea that make to you (thougli un­ Leichardt, Ipswich. "unwanted" pregnancies are literacy than this apathetical believable only to the un­ "accidents of loving". attempt of a review. The initiated or ignorant) I am Mrs. Holmes decries what said review would prepared to offer you up to she lists as the risks of preg­ undoubtably be the most a three week trial period nancy. No mention is made bias, pretensions attempt at of the extensively serious joumalism to grace documented complications of the pages of your magazine SHOP 13 CITV ARCADE 52 QUEEN STREET the abortions which occur so far. SHOP 3 ELIZABETH ARCADE CITY m Australia, namely Dave Warner has more PHONE 221 2713 2291836 infection, bleeding and relevance within our society, venous thrombosis. Less im­ with his realistic approach of mediate complications suburban life in the middle include the danger of mis­ class structure. Too long we carriage in future pregnancies. have been exempt from any Yet she promotes abortion social grace; as Dave states as a "supportive measure". *too hip for the straights and It is well known that too straight for the hips'. unmarried giris deprived of To occupy a lower love through unhappy home position withm our social lives seek this through having structure is condescendmg a baby which she can call her enough, but to take this own. They do not realise crap from you is outrageous until later that a baby will prejudism. You are ob­ only create needs and is in­ viously unaware of social capable of retuming love. class structures because you Mrs. Holmes believes this, are not totally aware of HANDMADE ASIAN CLOTHES & ARTIFACTS - yet again cries "abortion!" yourself and your sur­ HANDMADE LOCAL SHOES & CLOTHES - as the answer to these girls' roundings. JEWELLERY - ALTERNATE & NEW AGE BOOKS - psychological needs. Either that or you live INCENSE - CANDLES - PARAPHENALIA - Contraception and sex in an entirely alien society education — the panacea of to the one which Dave POSTERS - MAGAZINES - COMICS society's moral ills. Of un­ Wamer affixes his songs oil (lollir.s loi (• /.rd (.11(1 married American giris havmg around, which would exemp­ abortions, 70.1% weren't on lify your naivete together L TIME OFF June 28th. 1979 -5. as the product of inflation dominently lowrise housing since then. development. I was subediting on an And is it inevitable that English language daily in Iran future development will at the time of the price rise, result in the 'trendification' working on the financial of the area with the existing pages - which meant that I socio-economic group being displaced by the affluent (30 meetings) to completely Your journalist, Calvin came into daily contact with the oil story from both the middle-class? and utterly convmce you of Noack, (Time Off, Vol. 49, This is certainly a real my wisdom and honesty. No. 6) just sunply has his OPEC and the cartel side. It was generally accepted problem which has taken During this trial period facts wrong in his article by all I made contact with place in many cities mvolved I ask of you only $1,000 entitled "Oil: The US. in urban renewal projects, and your faith m me. You at that time that the oil Pipeline". His argument was cartel bosses were secretly but it is one which the will naturally be present Brisbane City Council will at all meetings with . me, that a cartel of big furms pleased with the Arabs for seek to avoid through a sen­ and you may also hold the such as Standard Oil and raising the price so drastically cash. Should you accept my Royal Dutch are ripping the for the opportunity the sitive plannmg approach. This offer of a trial period I have action brought the cartel to was achieved in Tom Uren's West off. Ths argument is restoration of the Glebe area NO doubts whatsoever that simply at variance with the increase profits. you would wish to merge It is still true that the oil in Sydney. facts Both the City Council and with me on a 50/50 basis It is in fact the OPEC cartel controls over 95% of of all profits. the westem world's oil dis­ private developers have a role cartel (mainly Arab nations) to play in restoring and re­ Now hold onto your hat who are ripping the West tribution. That includes those for my fmal statement as to nasty Arabs'oil too. developing Spring Hill as your off. For example on January article stated. But there is the enormity of wealth v^ich 1, 1973, the price per barrel -CALVIN NOACK will be ours if we become also a real need for Common­ of Saudi crude was $2.12 wealth/State funding, to pro­ partners. With a $10,000 (U.S.), the Saudi Govern­ investment on your part I ALDERMAN ARDILL vide welfare housing at a ment takmg $1.52. ON FUTURE OF price that working people will double the principle On January 1, 1974, the every ten weeks, building to SPRING HILL can afford - both for the price was $7.61, the Saudi purchase and rental of an the magnificent crescendo Government takmg $7.01. of ONE MILUON acceptable standard of On January I, 1975, the I read your article oii housing which should be DOLLARS on UNDER TWO price was $10.50, the Saudi YEARS. Spiing HiU m the June 1-14 designed and built to blend Goverrunent takmg $10.12. issue of Time Off with with the scale and charm of Never before have such The big bad oil com- bold statements been put great interest. It was pleasmg existing housing. panies received absolutely to see a magazine article In the "Sleeman Blue­ forth with the very real less, the profits ofthe goody- print" released last year, the purpose of fulfillment such goody Arabs mcreased enor- taking a close look at an as I offer. mouSy. Calvin Noack, you issue which is of such hn­ Lord Mayor said that he From $1,000 to $1,000, were simply wrong, and gul­ portance to Brisbane. The intends approaching relevant State and Federal Govern­ 000 in less than two years. lible also. illustrations by Wendy ment Ministers to discuss This, in a nutshell, is what P.S. I am not remotely Cemak were superb. 1 am offering and can ful- mvolved m the Oil Industry. urban renewal projects in However, it is unfortunate inner-city suburbs, after de­ fdl. It won't cost you any­ -J.R. CHAPLIN that some of the conclusions tails (of Development Control thing to give me a hearmg, Ashgrove so I await your reply in reached in this article do Plans) have been worked out, not accurately represent the earnestness. iMr. Chaplin's letter and property owners and resi­ mtentions ofthe City Council dents consulted. -BRIAN CRIBBENS arguing that the Arabs did Administration on the future Involving local residents, Holland Park raise the price of crude oil of Spring Hill, although you by such a large amount in state that they are based on interest groups and property Any readers interested in 1973 and the figures that he information outlined by a owners has been one of the investing $1,000 in the produces are correct. Well, Council Officer. primary ahns of the Council. Cribbens scheme are invited Although the plan for Spring correct enough for the pur­ For instance, it is correct to contact us and well pass poses of his argument. Hill has only recently com­ on his address. As for Time that the attitude of the menced and much more work However, he does not Council towards the suburb Off, Sony partner, ow budget follow through and examine has to be done, the Council is already earmarked It's in is to make it an attractive has distributed an ffte disproportionately high area to live in, but I do not the hands ofa trusting assoc­ profits that the oil cartel information brochure to all iate who has gone to Wrest agree that this must mean made as a windfall fiom the high-rise apartment buildings residents and invited them to Point Casino. price rises. These profits are make comments and sugges­ (Eds). with good facilities and land­ way above those being made scaped surroundings. tions m return. Further con­ prior to the quadrupling of I believe that the Council's sultations will take place as ihe crude prices in 1973 intention to encourage a the plan develops. OIL RIPOFF? and are certainly much larger higher residential population By usmg this process of than can be explained away can be achieved by pre- consultation, the finished plan will not be just a pretty, - Drawing by Cemak ofthe oldest building in Spring Hill

TIME OFF June 28th. 1979 7 It is a documentajy and as that of '*Pumping Iron". such has no neces^ty for It was biased, ujrioundeji plot, characterisation,, or a and showed the author s lack social comment. of knowledge on an esoteric As for remarics of sexism, subject. His attitude one must reaHse that this (probably a majority one sport has not developed m amongst the unmitiated) was the female sphere, other academic document, but a the film. shown clearly in the state­ than as a method of exercise practical plan to guide future His criticism contmues by ment, "Anything that might for women mterested m development, so that it will declaring the film has no have been slightly interesting attaining or retainmg an be ui the best interests of "characterisation or social such as the homosexual m- attractive and physically existing and future residents. comment", a strange volvement. . .were treated firmer figure. What, anyway, utterance when even he called oidy very vaguely if at all." ! The Council will use its is sexist in showmg a ballet die film a documentary. Per­ The inference here, that the influence and what powers it mstrugtress, or models, in haps he would like the film­ proportion of homosexual theh uivolvement with the Has to encourage the preser­ makers to invent people and participants is larger than vation of old buildings which bodybuHchng business? plot to suit him. Mr. Whyte's other sports, is totally m- A racist film? Well, no are worthy or capable of suggestion that the fdm accurate as there is no evi­ preservation. indepth case history of the should "have some sense of dence to suggest this, and "Blacks" Robert Whyte -LEN ARDILL responsibility to its audience" some to the contrary. : Alderman for Sunnybank mentioned was given. This is ironically amusing. The suggestion that only bemg due mahdy to the fact and Chairperson Planning "Pumping Iron" is a docu­ "boneheads" and "meat- 8t Traffic Committee that Robby Robinson was mental promoting film for heads" participate m this given Utfie chance of bodybuilding, the people in art is also erroneous. The matching Arnold or Lou it and the sequence of the "pamfully shy bonehead" PUMPING IRON Ferrigno, while Serge Nubret, plot can be checked with (poUtely known as Mike althou^ second to Arnold A PROMOTION FOR other material and found to Katz) mentioned by Robert and edgmg Lou to thurd m BODY BUILDERS be correct. Although I could Whyte is a high school the "Heavies" was a last see little mterest" for non- teacher, while Doctor Franco mmute entrant and surely bodybuilding oriented Columbo is a chiropractor, • After reading Robert sue a situation excuses die people, there is no reason for Mike Mentzer and C.F. Smith producers oversight. The Whyte's ignorant pseud-analy­ an attack on the film or are both doctors and Frank sis of the movie **Pumping contrast between the ex­ bodybuilding. Zane is a high school teacher. perienced Arnold (5 times Iron", I feel compelled to If anybody is "as dumb Admittedly, Arnold i.e. Olympic wmner at that attempt to right the wrongs as a coot and as cunnmg as "Kmg Meathead" has no such stage) and the novice I^u lie may have set. a shithouse rat", and reUes academic qualifications, and was also an mteresting The first 7 or 8 paragraphs heavily on "cold tablets", to many people appears to be angle, which could not have of his review try to condenm, and "masturbation" for a bastard, but in this simple been taken m the context criticise, make inferences and "mmdless euphoria", 1 hope fact alone he is a "regidar of giving like histories of smug suggestions about body- he at least has the ability to guy". As for his intelligence Robby or Serge. re-read a movie review arid and cunnmg, that remains a buildmg and the people that If Robert Whyte had not engage m the sport. As almost give an honest account of it. matter of opmion, and on the If he can, hell have a sur­ evidence of film versus realised that this and many no conunents are made about others "sports are sexual sur­ the movie, what reason could prise. review, ^ Robert Whyte's This is defmitely not overall remarks suggest he rogates he obviously has there be for such a tamted P.S. oidy experienced "mindless format? I would suggest this meant to be an attack on would have a hard time Whyte, merely an keepmg up with Arnold, euphoria" throu^ 'taking , man's mferiority complex is Robert cold tablets and assault on his uneducated hi general the fdm must ,j transferred, unfortunately, to masturbation". The physiolo­ his review. A disastrous review on "Pumpmg Iron". be looked at in context; it -PAULWYBORN is a promotion film for the gical reaction is far more result, as far as his pennmg is than just this. If the film concemed. Nundah sport and as such is generally an advertisement. In the were of a "teach yourself Robert Whyte declares nature, then no doubt bodybuildkig as "totally NOT WHYTE AGAINI claim that the film "should have some sense of respon­ Robert Whyte could do ludicrous and vaguely obs­ with as many "thmgs to cene". His support for such I commend you on the sibility to its audience" Robert ^ Whyte apparently do with no IQ" as could a statement, you'll have to standard generaUy main- possibly be produced. The read it for yourself, I can fails to realise that for its tamed by your magazine, al­ mtended audience, die fUm film was mtended for, and find Uttle. though it has not, as yet, should be viewed by, an He tags all bodybuilders had this. Also as a promo­ reached the pinnacles ob- tional fdm it had a small mitiated audience. as either "boneheads" or tauied hy Semper and Gamut One final remade: "meatheads", and has the budget from which it suf­ m previous years. However, fered greatly in cinematic although your mag is good, crudeness and seemmg lack whatever happened to a of upbrmghig to direct this the inferior and execrable techniques, by comparison type of a label to specific reviews penned by Robert with fihns in the present "University Paper"? Whyte reached a low with "big budget" cmema world. -DAVID WALKER individuals that appear hi Wavell Heights

§: Brisbane's Regent Theatre is fmished. FoUowmg a five display of horsetradmg the would not sell the strip and year battle by preservationists, the 50 year old buflding in Senate has acceded to die go elsewhere. Then a sop Queen St, will go under the demolisher's hammer to make demands of the cinema com­ to those forces that way for a new four cinema complex to be built by Hoyts pany for construction of a clamoured for the preservmg Theatre Ltd. four theatre complex on the of the whole building the Only the foyer, lobby and staircase, which are owned block in return for the university owned sections rental and the sale to would be maintamed in by Queensland University through the Mayne Trust, and the Trust for a hefty, sum original condition and some some of the more notable features of the main auditorium, of that section of the land parts of the Hoyts owned (owned by Hoyts) wUl remain of the 2,400 capacity theatre owned by Hoyts. auditorium would be incor­ which has played such a dommant part in cultural Ufe m The Hoyts film company porated in the new loWer Brisbane for the past half century. owned a 15' strip of land lobby and one of the lower On June 7 die govemmg running along one side of tiieatres. . body of the Queensland Uni., ups the rent substantially and the auditorium and it was The university senate the Senate, reaffirmed its the new building is expected this strip that complicated decided on this course of desire to have the four to be fmished next year. the dealings over the use of action at its June 7 meeting cinema complex built on the The Senate, m takmg its the site. with virtually no debate,'and site rather than restore the decision, has demonstrated No doubt Hoyts had the from what the senators I've building as a^ seemmg that it places financial con­ right to veto any activity talked to have said, little majority of the Brisbane siderations before all others that took place in the block real understanding. public had desired. And it mcluding cultural heritage that included its land. This Hoyt's proposal was pre­ has appeared candid in its and aesthetic values. Its veto would have applied to sented in a welter of com­ reason for its choice. It wants concern for money has over­ the use of the Regent as mutations, percentages and the money offered by Hoyts shadowed claims made by "a large scale venue for live jargon m which the first for the rental ofthe complex. the National Trust of Qld productions" as proposed by formal figures presented by The real estate controlled and the Australian Heritage the Save the Regent groups. the company to the Senate by the Mayne Trust in and Commission both of whom So the likely scenario on November 30 last year around Brisbane earns money have included die building m that would have evolved in were reiterated and elabora­ for the University's medical their "worth preserving" lists. "negotiatmg" on the matter ted on. school. The Regent, before it But even this squalid pre­ goes something like this: The submissions made by dosed last year to packed occupation with money Hoyts Theatres Ltd gets its die Save the Regent groups houses, earned the trust and (under these special con­ four cmema complex in were dismissed witlj a com­ the school soriie' $ 15,000 ditions) is not the full reason return for the sale of die ment from the deputy vice annually.,, for the demolition of part strip of land it owns to chancellor Mr. J.E. Ritchie The liiew deal with Hoyts of Brisbane's past. In a fme the estate. But the company about the "smcerity" of th e TIME OFF June 28th, 1979 people involved and raised after a considerable somewhat suprious Unkmg hassle by the senate finance of the Save the Regent group committees to cover the cost with an MLC statement that of the buildmg are "sensitive" it was not interested m to the rate of borrowmg the purchase of the Regent terms which wiU be reviewed property. after five and ten years, One of the senators said and to the cost of construc­ to me that he and the others tion and/or the period of present at the meetmg were construcfion. told that the conservationists' It is significant that proposals would "not even the loans were secured from cover overheads", a fact hody the Bank of NSW, a band denied by the conservation­ for whom the present head ists who stated diat the of the senate subcommittee owners were offered $60, Mr. Jack Barton was once 000 per annum last year for Queensland manager. It was die rental of the theatre as told to me that university a live venue last year. proponents of the re­ The Hoyts proposal calls development scheme had for the rental of the site for a hawked the idea round hefty sum over 30 years and several fmancial bodies before I yriOO to 3.00pm the cost of the building of coming up with the Wales 1 ,11 & from 6.30pm (Tuesday to Sunday) the complex to be home deal. One person said that by the trust which the fdm Barton had "bailed out the J c6mpany would pay off over university" even though it the 30 year period. In return was not in a tight spot. the trust would buy die Yet at least one of the company's parcel of land for senators contacted said that a sum reported to be around he knew nothmg of the $200,000, thus getting full financial arrangements that control ofthe site. were made. And added that UGH

The rent diat the film he diought it proper that he company would pay was a should not. BOOTS flat rate raised at ten years Conservationists have intervals by $100,000 each lambasted the deal caUmg it time. And to top it off, a "stupid decision". They UNDER the trust would own die argue diat the complex would whole box and dice at the be much better served by end of the 30 year period being put in the Paris theatre souiewhere m 2010 AD. in Albert Street round die It aU seems so cosy comer. Albert Street is on the surface. But when regarded as die Movie Street $20 one considers that the of Brisbane already and the annual mfiafion rate in complex would fit well m the AustraUa is running at old Paris site where diere AT 7 LOCATIONS around 8%, what costs $100 would have been no need in 1980 costs $199.86 in for complicated preservation [CITY: Discount Gity Arcade, 166 Queen Street 1990. So that the rental schemes. An argument was paid is worth in real terms advanced that Albert Street LUTWYCHE: 572 Lutwyche Road HALF at the end of each with the four new cmemas CANNON HILL: Save City, 1177 Vlynnum Road ten year period that it was would have livened up the wortti at the start. And die city in mudi the same way MOUNT GRAVATT: increments each ten years do as the eight cinema Hoyts jlfV^S 1380 Lofan Road not even keep pace with this complex m George street m rate of inflation. So the fdni Sy(hiey has brightened that TARINGA: company is paymg less at the city. etid: of the 30 years than at . What we have now is the 123 MoggiH Road the start. needless demoUtion of part These fixed rates that of Brisbane's history for the lUT IPSWICH Hoyts have to pay contrast dubious advantage of owner­ and TOOWOOMBA vividly with those the trust ship of some land and a less wiU be subject to. The laons than steady financial return. rtIO . LQ Rue: The Man Behind The Masccxra

"The Danny La Rue Show'* which opens in Brisbane next month, brings to town a man who has made a fortune out of the glamour business — by wearing it all himself DAVID WHEA TLEYgives an appraisal of the man behind the make-up.

On stage she is the epitome of show­ biz glamour - die costumes, the poses, the make-up. the wigs - a commentary that rolls them in the aisles. Yes, there's no business like show business - and she shows you it's so. And, as Irving Berlin said, everything about it is appealing. But once the show is over, any gentieman who is plannmg to enjoy a little more of that appeal is more than likely to end up with a bunch of fives planted where it hurts most. For Danny La Rue, the image ends when the make-up comes off, and so does the feminmity. Offstage, the fuU masculine bit is the big deal. And this m itself puts him m a class outside many of die internationally known female hnpersonators, many of whom make a ^oint of playing up their high camp image. Craig Russell, for example, whose film "Outrageous" is currently screening in this country, has gone on record describing himself as God's chosen drag queen, as a nomad travelling with a satchel of dresses on his back. As Russell says: "How camp can you get?" Danny La Rue has opted for glamour - both in movement, and in costume. He works hard promoting hhnself as a serious entertainer - not a drag queen. This is not to say that La Rue doesn't have a large camp foUowing. There is every indication amongst a certain section of the Brisbane scene, that when the show opens at Her . Majesty's on July 10, there is certain to be a strong element of fahyland about the whole affair - and most of itwon'tbeonstage.

TIME-OFF June 28th, 1979 .iulli And certahdy most of Brisbane's drag laides would give a year's supply of estlogen to look even one half as STRICTLY LIMITED SEASON COMMENCES convhicing as fiie beautiful La Rue. TUES JULY flth - HER MAJESTY S But then, few of Uiese local ladies SmUUM PM • MAIS WED » SAT »t 2 PM would be prepared to work as long and as hard for perfection as has Daniel SMUIR BROS. INTCRNtTIOHAL Patrick CarroU. For many years he rilOUOlY PRESENT has perfected his craft to become one of Britam's most popular, and certainly best known, entertainers. La Rue's career began m the Royal Navy where he was involved in concert party entertamment. The foUowed years in rep and variety ~ die kmd of trainmg tiiat took hhn out into the provmces and aUowed hhn to work alongside some ofthe best stars of the day. He spent ten years in intimate revue on London's West End, tiien, m 1964, opened his own nightclub and immediately became the darlmg of the royalty-HoUywood set. "The Danny La Rue Show", however, was ^at took him right to SHOlf tfie top. It played m London's Prince of Wales Theatre for 15 montiis, and ^^ Starring took 1 miUion pounds at the box- office - tiie sort of tiring tiiat gives promoters and artists a kmd of com­ mmuum fortable feeUng. La Rue tends to put his money to IN THE GLAMOUR STAGE good use, even if his choice of residence SHOW OF THE DECADE ! I is as flambbyant as his taste in dresses. OVf ff COUNTER BOOKINGS In 1976 he purchased "Walton HaU" one of the stately homes of England NOW OPEN near Stratford-Upon-Avon. He then FOR THE FIRST SIX DAYS spent half a miUion pounds to bring it up to his requirements. PRICES — EVENINGS $9.90 Then, as a change to tfie guided-tour MATINEES — $7.90 laric, he opened tiie place up as a 76- PENS & STUDENTS $5.50 bedroomed hotel. Probably tiie most interesthig aspect PHONE ENQUIRIES 221 2777 of La Rue's career is that he has become an entertauier who appeals to the mBmrnssmiiiPtH^ masses through entertainment rather tiian freak v^ue. will tsfiPO Box 326, niSIMIE, TraditionaUy drag shows tend to I bikiifteMiiiitf-iMMllrfiiMlflM attract tiie curious. "You know, you'd never beUeve they were boys; they aU (ENaiHISPiyiTTnSCNWTS looked just Uke girls." Ahd often tiie (20irian)fllK&19IM drag lady strips down to the bare 004030 essentials, showhig off her silicone implants, and removing the G-string to play *plck tiie penis' witii the audience. La Rue goes ui the other direction - with beautiful gowns wpm witii a flam- to July 28. An incredible time for a ' So it wiU be a case of enjoy die , boyance tiiat few ladies could match - visitmg company to be resident m Her Ulusion - but remember when the and a series of quick changes that are Majesty's. curtain comes down, don't try to steal definitely not hi Une witii traditional Yet such is the reputation of the a kiss backstage. Bear m mind Daniel thoughts on what female dressing is nian behmd the mascara that it seems Patrick CarroU's early navy trainmg - aU about. certain to be a success even before the sailors tend.to be rather deadly in The Danny La Rue season in reviews come out. hand-to-hand combat. . Brisbane is a long one- from July 10 leaving them out m the easily. streets wUl expose them to One social worker went KIDS AT RISK "moral danger". These kids as far as to say that he knew are from then on unemploy­ nearly aU the dealers of any able. No one wants to have drug you could name m anythmg to do with them, Brisbane. And that some even though the kids have received pohce protection for the street view done nothmg that would favours m the form of money warrant the label of Child Welfare. Last issue TIME OFF took a and/or sex. "crunmal". The kids regarded the look at Wilson "fair and the double standards So the kids have two stories that appeared m the of the official child welfare, agencies toward tbe alternatives. They go to the straight press from time to plight of kids at risk. That is, kids who found understaffed overcrowded time as jokes. The mfor­ themsleves in a world where they could either and all too few sympathetic mation m them was sketchy youth centres m Brisbane and never got to the basis go on and make something useful of their lives where they wiU get useful or fall into the many levels of crime. of the whole issue i.e. of mformation and a place to drugs and sex and crrnie This time CALVIN NOACK takes up the story stay. Or they find their ways and these kids. from the kids* side. What he finds is a picture of into the massage pariours and A case that was men­ misunderstanding, parental abuse, petty and not the drug trade. The either/or tioned was that of a 15 year situation m a nutshell. old giri who went into the so petty crime, and contentment, happiness, The people I spoke to exuberance and joi de vivre. A seemingly prostitution busmess and was were aU trying to get out so good that she worked impossible conflict in behaviour that is reconciled of the WUson-crime-WUson two parlours. In the course in many kids by humanity and mutual respect. spiral and were mvolved at of her jobs she took up the various centre where they heroin. And ahd a $180 a could make somethmg satis­ day habit. When she decided fying of their lives. Before I to kick it she mentioned it Kids at risk. The either/ even murder. go any further I should or kids. Either you stop All this is the stuff of to a friend who madver- enlarge on the wilson-crime- tenily told someone else. running and make as good sensational headlines, JVilson spiral. a job as you can with what increased paper sales and During the numerous you've got or you let go much pubUc breastbeathmg. mterviews with people con­ and slide mto the descending 'Responsible" citizens callmg nected with the youth ceiitres spiral of crime and police for "crackdowns" on the I did not hear ONE good " You are told there where the REAL criminals "situation". And when the work spoken for WUson live. periodic huUabuUoo dies "hospital". But I heard are upwards of 300 ' Melodramatic? Not to the down nothing has changed repeatedly that kids who kids roaming the kids who are in this position. for the kids. went mto WUson came out streets of Brisbane And there are a lot more of Righteous mdignation is with a giant chip on their every day, ** them m Brisbane than you satisfied. The poUce are now shoulders and wanted just to think. If you trouble to find on the job. As if they weren't kick back at the system them these kids wiU, once before. The kids are a Uttie that could have put them they trust you, tell you the smarter at staying out of the in such a hateful place. most amazmg thmgs. At first clutches of the system that So they stole cars to The local friendly cop who you wiU be sceptical; You'll has no time for theh prob­ getaway from the place or doubt what you heard. Then lems, just to shut them away looked after that scene made nuisances of them­ panicked when he learned confirmation comes in from in a place Uke WUson "jail". selves by some petty device totaUy unexpected quarters. And there are real that the giri was going to Uke fighting, which attracted go to a cliiuc to straighten GraduaUy the pieces fall problems for tiiese kids. the attentions of the poUce together and the picture that Ones created by the system. herself out and made sure and so they return to WUson. that she got a capsule of . emerges is not the best face Once they have been in Where they can leam more of civUisation you've seen. WUson it is extremely diffi­ pure smack instead of the tricks of the crime trade if usual 10% potency. I You are told that there are cult for them to gain employ­ they want. upwards of 300 kids roaming ment because the employers The kids I taUeed with So she shot it up, over­ the streets of Brisbane eveiy know that Wilson is not a at the centres aU knew of dosed and died. Just another night. Sleepmg where they "hospital" but a "jail". So some peison who had taken statistic in the files on can. Eating when they get the kids who come from there are the crinunal road and given dangerous drugs. No in­ opportunity and thats not therefore crhninals. Not to be up on the straight worid. formation passed her Ups every day. Kicked out of trusted. Certainly not to be They spoke of 15 year old about the scene she was in. home or run away from rni- employed. ghls and boys mvolved in The case was an extreme possiblc situations usually Yet the large majority of prostitution and they said one but it was and stUl is mvolving sex and/or booze. kids who are adnutted to that if you wanted to score indicative of the mvdvement Official blindness or cor­ WUson, especiaUy tiie ghls, some smack aU you had tb of kids and the cops in a too ruption. ChUd prostitution are there because the ^p was to go to the right littie taUced of relationship. • male and female. Herom. "authorities" (who should brothel or talk io the kids Nor does the exploitation of ' TheJft. Violence. Sometimes know better) thmk that , who could get it for you this sick situation stop-theie;;. TJME.aFXJune_28th,J.979 4^ These centres are snowed One social worker des­ disadvantaged kids (who A society that receives cribed a situation where she come largely from the lower state fimding and has power­ under by the avalanche of young people needing help was expected to teach un­ classes) are angels. On the ful contacts m the state legis­ employed kids job securmg contrary. They wUl openly lature is rippmg these kids but they have managed to collate some mterestmg arts when the children quite talk about their lawbreaking off. Puttmg them out on the often had not eaten for two activities and are quick to streets m Fortitude VaUey to statistics from tiieir father or a father figure, 88% from or three days. She changed defend themselves in any way beg. Making them seU hand­ the direction of the programs tiiey see fit. kerchiefs m the suburbs. mother or mother figure, 95% unemployed, 66% not to providing them with a Wouldn't you if you had Takmg their dole cheques meal a day then was rapped been subjected to the im­ and giving them back hardly eligible for the dole or the dole is not enough for all over the knuckles for it. So personality and institutional­ enough to meet their daUy she quit. needs. Uving on it, and 64% have ised violence they had? There done tune in Wilson. is no sense in prettying up Qainmig the $35 a week a situation that is ugly. for each bed m the society's A word on the dole: And she is not the only Of makmg sweet thmgs of dog houses and takmg $25 a large number of kids are one. Another worker had a from each kid a week who not able to get on the dole fareweU party after only two kids who have found that lives m them. Makuig enough because they do not have months work. The reason violence is the best method money to open another doss any identity papers and they advanced for the resignation of defence. house shortiy. are not able to get them was the mability to do any­ But these kids are en­ And that threat, without going back to their thing really constructive for titled to fair treatment even for the kids who know about parents who in most cases tiie kids that the department from this sytem that has Wilson, works only too weU. kicked them out in the first agreed with. As Time Offs written them off as lost In the meantime, the place. photographer Nick Udovic causes. Hence the anony­ weWare mmister Sam So the situation has arisen said after the mterview "a mity of the sources of the Doumany and the premier where the kids have to rely friend of mine is teaching mformation. Because there BjeUce-Petersen lend their on a friend who is luclq^ those kids the art of photo­ is the everpresent complica­ names to tiie society's ac­ enough to be able to get the graphy. What a waste of tion of cops. And sensat­ tivities. dole. There are then as many time and money. They're ionalism by the media of Another girl I spoke with as four kids living on one never gomg to be able to use conditions that the kids have said that ^e had been taken dole cheque - this sure helps that. The whole thing's so to live in. If there are any off the streets when she was Malcolm and his tax deficit far from reality..." sceptics they are advised to 14 and put into a ceU with but doesn't do much for No reflection on his look for themselves. another giri who had kiUed the recipients. And remember friend. Just the system that Away from the suburban someone. The next night she that tiie kids cannot find Fraser inflicts on people in security of the average life was m a cell with another woric once they have been order to minimse the un­ tiiere is a world that mere girl who was pregnant and through Wilson. Some kids employment figures. description on paper can who started bleeding that have been out of work for This article is not written never capture. Have a look. rught. The two ghls were in­ two years and more. to give the impression that Better get involved. carcerated fox neariy two They flock to these hours before the wardens centres because they fmd came to find out what the others in simUar straits and problem was. know they won't be hassled Is it any wonder then that by bureaucratic nonsense. As these people turn away from a result the centres have a the ofilcial world of desks, much more accurate picture filing cabuiets and unper- of what reaUy goes on m the sonjdity to find a way out of subculture of Brisbane's dis­ the mire of WUson and possessed kids than the so- crime. They turn to the few called "child welfare" depart­ referral and accomodation ments. centres that can be found m And so too do the inner the city. . .if you look hard city Commonwealth Youth enough. Support Scheme groups that The centres are maudy are thrust by the situation backed by reUgious groups mto deaUng with these kids. which generaUy are run by Several of the workers concemed young people. involved with the CYSS have There are about half a expressed displeasure at the dozen centres in Brisbane. misdirection of funds that They are the Brisbane Youth that system represents. Com­ Service, KaUnga Lodge, Teen mon comments were that the Challenge and a couple of federal govenmnent is more others. The CYSS offices in concern^ with keepmg kids off the dole and so lowering tiie city have also found they the numbers of unemployed ihust respond to the needs than with genuuie attempts of the kids. to help them get jobs.

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,••.-.'• TRIPLEZED: Is The Medium The Message7 1

One of the definitive chal­ There is no doubt about it, Brisbane's 4ZZZ-FM comment on the "yobbo" lenges facmg community is tbe most listenable, innovative radio station in iiature of the bulk of ZZZ's media today is listener/reader Australia, setting precedents in stereo/political listeners, but diese are tiie attitudes to "words", given listeners. 4ZZZ is a rock the lobotomizmg affects of media by sheer consistency and momentum. station first and anything TV saturation, the lessenmg At the same time, 4ZZZ faces radical decisions of else second but try and teU of people's concentration direction. What to do with a three year metro­ Brisbane that. spans and a generation of politan non-commercial license now that it's Another problem is lack joumaUstic sensationalism. secure, the 1980 competition of Brisbane of application witiim 4ZZZ. The broadcast packaging commercial FM, should 4ZZZ play the ratings The grind of churnmg out of political ideas for the repetitive programs each day public is not easy. 4ZZZ game or step up its political/talk component? certainly does nothmg for is consciously aware of the Is there an incompatibility between these two joumaUsts/announcers having difficulties mvolved but has goals? the time and energy to work not succeeded in intro­ out fresh and incisive con­ ducing journalistic cepts. mnovation. Apart from that though, m a loosely stmctured auto­ By ROB CAMERON nomous workplace Uke 4ZZZ, the individual can Why? A lack of media achieve whatever s/he wants. precedents m Australia In other words it's a ques­ tion of energy, perception, doesn't help, in fact, through­ «1vi^^ out- the worid only a few imagination. A matter of politically motivated radio employing the right people stations produce conceptually at the right time. fresh programming. Or is itl 4ZZZ full time Only in non-commercial journalist Eff doubts the deg­ (where there is no pursuit ree of autonomy in her work. of the buck guaranteemg Major decisions are based on "safe" programming) media is a majority vote of workers. is there a continuous Does Eff think it's a good breathmg space for experi­ structure whereby the overall menting. Note how ABC station has a say on what she T.V, have introduced ex­ produces as a journalist? pensive drama, live , sports "Yeah I do, but I wish coverages etc, only to be it woriced in aU areas. . .1 taken over on a larger scale think the newsroom should by commercial TV after it's be more involved in what found to have audience comes out of other areas as acceptance. weU, and that doesn't happen. We need more of a 4ZZZ therefore has the Breakfast announcer JOHN WOODS two-way accountabiUty." task, for instance, of pre­ relaxes on his favourite couch. senting palatable current Does the newsroom come affairs. They are in a posi­ thereby proving it commer­ the general anti-establishment under more scrutiny than tion to spearhead policy cially viable. on-air manner, but often other areas of the station? changes m commercial radio One gauge of the effec­ whine about the "left wing" Eff: "Yes it does. It's m the long run. tiveness of ZZZ's talk com­ bias in the news or the constantly criticised. If an This they may be doing ponent is listener feedback. tedium and boredom of inter­ announcer is feeling slack, like I feel today, if I was an on the musical front by Most conmion responses rave views. Only occasionaUy is '"i carving ; • out a new about the music, the honesty, there positive feedback. announcer I could go on- air and just play recbri^i' audience':with album music. the anti-hype informality, This is probably more a •••t.''M.f.i;/-. . I'd be right. TIME-OFF: June-28th. 1979 W4 "People get thrown in the "Whereas with the news­ deep end and they either room you can tiy your swim or sink and most sink hardest all day to get because they don't have any­ interviews and if you can't thing to relate to. You can't get them you get criticised relate it to 2JJ in Sydney, because you haven't got nor 3CR and 3RRR in any programming for that Melbourne. night. And that fuckin' "We're domg a unique stinks!" (Eff is referring to tiimg m the world here and die putting together of four that's why it blows so many or five production pieces people out. People used to which are played in Bill woiking in print fmd it Riner's show Monday to difficult to adapt to radio, Thursday from Spm to 7pm). people working m tangibles No doubt there are cannot work in radio be­ uitemal antagonisms based cause they cannot see any­ around workloads within BILL RINER : "4ZZZ will become thing for theh work. 4ZZZ, but they're not the more a people's radio station." ^ .-— "A journalist will hammer ego-wrenching "professional" ments more. Maybe well be saymg, oh, we better do out a news stoiy for half competitive jealousies com­ more mnovative like playing, something. 1 mean there wiU an hour and it takes a minute monly found in most sections say, rock from.Iceland for an be a plan, there wiU be a to read. You do that for six of the media. hour on Sunday night and group attitude towards the months or a year then you being more stimulating and thmg. . it seems the closer COMMERCIAL FM woricing harder with our news it gets, you finally take action say, 'Oh, shit, at least if I sources. on it. worked at Time Off I could The federal government "There's one thmg a "For instance last night I have a stack of magazines (Posts and Telecommunica­ commercial station can't spent about three hours going to look at in my old age'." tions minister Tony Staley) compete witii 4ZZZ. If we through old radio ideas and over the next few months work correctly, we should trymg to come up with new MUSICAL PROGRAMMING will be granting one commer­ have a vast array of human ones and doing a littie think Program . Co-ordinator cial FM license to Brisbane, beings ui our listening area session with myself and a Haydn Thompson believes What a moneyspinner! Pos­ who want to contribute to friend and kicking ideas 4ZZZ to be one of the last sible contenders include the the radio station, who can around." free form stations in die ex-owners of 4IP (before help, out with thmgs like world. they sold it to 2SM), Mur­ nev;s tips. Tiiose who work INNOVATION "Announcers select their doch, Packer, Ansett at 4ZZZ are the Usteners, own music. . .they under­ (through Channel 0 m "Commercial FM wiU be a Living in an innovative lot more insular and a lot vacuum doesn't help either. stand when they come here Brisbane). tiiat ZZZ has an album rock In fact, every media more trendy and wUl be There is a lack of precedents workmg as a small group m Australian media. format with certain areas mogul and budding power presenting to a large group. such as blues, jazz and 50s . monger around who comp­ BUI Rmer believes this is 4ZZZ wUl become more a a major cause of the lack of rock 'n' roU. . .announcers lies with the ownership people's radio station." are encouraged to thmk in , restrictions in the legis­ talented volunteer workers BiU ^ Riner's projections terms of how the audience lation. at 4ZZZ, are probably spot-on. What is will react to playing cer­ 4ZZZ announcer Bill mteresting is the way 4ZZZ tam slabs of music. Riner: '*a commercial FM sees it. Again the big chal­ "It's a matter of inter­ station m Brisbane will lenge is seen m a reactive spersing several types of force 4ZZZ to reasses itself way, it's an external threat. music so Usteners are hearing and become much more Similarly witii the federal famUiar music or at least avant-garde and innovative government licence problems music they wouldn't be and more interesting. . .1 before the Mount Cootha turned off by." : think that's a good sign." transmission site was reached Brisbane airwaves are . "1 have a feelmg that the and with a never-ending lack commercial station on the beiiig opened up a littie with of station finances. It will be 4MBS FM classical music and ; FM dial here wUl be low a reaction from withm 4ZZZ. talk, very Joe Cool, lots of ethnic radio. So 4ZZZ could .music. . .then 4ZZZ wdl BiU Riner: "hi tiie face become hiore specific in •stand out as being much of adversity that's tiie thmg their audience profile. • more radical because people that makes people move Haydn Thompson: will be able to go down around here. It's Queensland, "talking about different age -'the dial and compare with it's our style of life." groups is. misleadmg. Perhaps ' tills commercial quasi4BK "We're a reasonably com­ a more accurate picture can placent people apart from a ; format, be gauged using psychograph- few who are agitatmg and ics rather than demographics. • "If we can gaui a 5% or that's fine. : 10% audience well be vcty Journalist EFF shows Instead of a profde based on "When commercial FM where people live, >^hat sex ludcy because with more starts . here, ^ won't he her touch typmg skills [stations the audience frag- they are^ age group hreak- downs, you look at a taste was one person more than in the 18-24 age group long, maybe five minutes for a particular programming any other responsible for behind 4BK and 4IP). I at midnight. Because it style. . .it's a cultural atti­ 4ZZZ getting a licence back asked Jim Beatson if a would be quite interesting. tude or mterest which cuts m 1975, that person would certain ratings level should be "Also we should pioneer across different age groups." be Jim Beatson. Three and a aimed for. new forms of broadcastuig, half years later Jhn has left **I think people do need a thmg I listened to m TITULAR HEAD NEEDED? 4ZZZ with written sugges­ to work for a specific ob­ Italy, which I thought was an tions on its future. Sadly, jective. . .the reality is that extremely hmovative develop­ Although 4ZZZ operates his document caused littie 4BK ate speakmg to ten ment m radio was their as a worker's coUective, the or no response from fellow times as many people than use of talkback radio which position of station co­ workers. we are. . .they are com­ is caUed ^direct conversation.' ordmator has always been On 4ZZZ weaknesses Jim municating maybe bad ideas That is, you can have two operated as an mstigating, beHeves the station fulfdls to more people." or three people talkuig, public relations position from two major roles in Brisbane. On the compulsory need arguing or discussing with Jim Beatson in 1975 on­ One, as an adjunct to the for more volunteers I thmk each other at the same time, wards. recording and hi-fi in­ and there are absolutely no Jim left 4ZZZ for a long dustries, essentially selling Umits or censorship. This is period, then came back last records and stereos for those at Radio Radicale ud Turin. October as station co­ industries which churn out "Max Harris said in The ordmator and left again a even better big toys for Australian the other day that week ago. Whether he be the market. Two, 4ZZZ acts taUcback radio should be replaced or not is a per­ as a radical reinforcing agency axed. His experience and tinent question m the light for a substantially already most people's experience of it of further collectivisation committed audience, is taUcback radio Haydn mside 4ZZZ, Sargent style, excruciatmgly Haydn Thompson, one­ **4ZZZ does less than one boring, and you only have time station co-ordinator: tenth of the investigative to listen for half a minute "we stUl have to continuaUy joumalism of the Courier to understand why. deal with bureaucracies, Mail, Today Tonight or "People ring Haydn govemments, universities, Nationwide." Sargent, they're not as lucid funding. . .1 don't thmk "Our musical prog­ as Haydn Saigent, they're there'U be any smooth sailing ramming may be slightly too scared that if they swear from here on. esoteric, our chatter between theyII get bleeped, they're "A coUective can work records often is." seated about being on the with ; some of the jobs "4ZZZ has an already well radio in the first pkce. but it needs someone to be defined image as a not very responsible. In my book, innovative music oriented and this is just a cliche, station playing a role not often coUective responsibiUty dissimilar to ZIJ or Rolling Bill Riner : "I'm not opposed to sponsorship is no responsibUity." Stone. A rather agreeable perse, but the people I would like to support input in a very disagreeable in that yrianner don't have the money to give society," us anyway. I woxddn'i like big business to get **A volunteer system that involved in 4ZZZ at all. " works poorly at best. , . only the most determined stick with us and actually get their names remem­ bered, . ^volunteers should the 16 fuU time staff can They've made so many acts be given more narrowly never "take on the enormous of self-censorship before defined fobs, total respon­ role of a major media outiet they've even rung up, that sibility for implementation, which promotes mtelligent there's almost nothing makes a meeting structure that understanding of what's gomg it to air. enables group participation," on m this state." It seems Jim Beatson *«i "Above all else 4ZZZ 'Whereas in Italy people desires 4ZZZ to be more needs to re-establish its wiU say anytiung they like, of an access station. they use any language, they radical credentials. We were "When I argue a greater talk m coUoquialisms, and involved in a struggle to get involvement in 4ZZZI don't the fact is that no matter a licence and niost of us think that means we turn now unsophisticated m felt that once we got to the microphone over to syntax and in vocabulary, Mount Cootrtha that would whoever wants to wander in lots of workmg class people be the beginning of the HAYDN THOMPSON anytime of the day or night, might be, what they're saying in the record library station, whereas in fact what although I tiimk say, late on ui pub conversation is every it has turned out to be is a m the night for half an hour bit as sophisticated and continuation of the same," BEATSO.NjSM. a night or an hour a night, mteUigent as a normal person, it wouldn't be a bad idea and that only comes across It's not the healthiest 4ZZZ currentiy has about to let anybody say anythmg when people can use radio thing to say, but if there 60,000 listeners (ratmg third they liked. Probably not that as freely as they do iii TIME OFF June 28th. 1979 19£ ^ eveiyday conversation." Jim has had long periods over the last 3^ years both working fuUtime at ZZZ and being outside the station. Being fuUtime you can get a distorted view of ZZZ, and find it difficult to see tiie station m a proper perspective once you're inside. Jim Beatson: "Yes, it's very mcestuous. . .you reaUy Promotions co-ordinator PETER do start to not even know WILLIAMSON signs a cheque. what's going on m the rest of the media. Listening to newsroom should concentrate ZZZ after AM makes you exclusively on Queensland realise how incredibly paro­ and Brisbane dirt digging and chial ZZZ is," providing an intemational Parochial? perspective on global issues. "We talk about Australian We should forget national politics and we talk about news because we've got no British politics. We don't talk direct source of information about the nature of global and aU we're doing essentially power, what transnationals is repeating what we've picked up from the Courier JIMBEA TSON: " 4ZZZ acts as a radical reinforcing agency are up to. for a substantially already committed audience. "I would think that ZZZ's Mad, ABC, etc," New York band The Talking Heads have just toured Australia and certainly left an impression. The night before their Brisbane concert TONY GILSON from ''Time Off and BILL RINER (4ZZZ) spent an hour and a half talking to bass player Tina Weymouth and husband-drummer Chris Frantz, As you can read below, Tina and Chris covered such topics as Brian Eno, New York, Sex Pistols, Roxy Music, work methods and, of course, themselves. What prompted you to tour Garden in 1977. We were the Australia? opening act for the Ramones. CF: WeU it was a business Eno came backstage and the offer really, Kevin Jacobsen's next day we had lunch with him. office called up our manager We developed a friendship and said "We'd like to oKei with him which lead to a working you X amount of dollars to relationship. come to Australia." It wasn't a phenomenal amount. How important was he to the end result of your second album? It wasn't a promotional CF: Well, he along with the motive then? engineer mixed the record, so he Well, we've always been open was responsible for the way the to the idea of going places outside songs sound. of the US. We'd never been to the Pacific except for California, so He played on some of the it was a chance for us to see part tracks didn't he? of tiie world we hadn't seen. CF: Using a synthesizer he has Naturally we'd like to see our­ his own track in the control selves become big stars in room. He'll put the drums Australia. We do it mostly for the through it, or the piano, the bass, made ihe first record there was Who would you cite as your fun of it. the guitar or the vocals or what­ no way that we could put them individual influences? ever. So that's really his instru­ all on it. CF: I think it was mainly Have you been surprised by ment. The band goes out and songs we'd hear on the radio die extent of your popularity in plays and he fiddles with the What direction wfll the new because none of us had stereos Australia? dials and gets these wild and album be taking? when we were . children or Well, we were pleasantly sur­ crazy sounds. He'll then say CF: There's some more of the collected records m the way prised that we sold out the State "how do you like this sound" same, but I thmk we've made kids do today. It just wasn't theatre in Sydney for two nights and if we like it he'll mix it into some improvements. Obviously done until the advent of the in a row, because it's a big place, the record and if we don't he can we're playing better because Beaties. people sit up and take notice leave it out we've been playing a year longer, when you do that. The audience There are some songs which are What areas do the individual was re^ demonstrative. They How do you think the first terribly, terribly uncommercial members of the band come showed that they were enjoying and second albums compare to and we've got some which could from? themselves. each other in retrospect? possibly be hit singles. CF: I'm originally from just CF: Well, we were more outside Lexington in Kentucky. You've been recording a new excited about the second one and How do vou feel about being Tina was bom in CaUfomia. album. How are you goingon that we still are. We feel that we made placed In tne same category Jerry grew up in Milwaukee, project? a big jump from the first to the as bads like XTC and DEVO? ^Wsconsin and David was born CF: The recording is second. TW: Well, they're our peers. in Scotland but grew up in finished. David (Byrne) and They are maJcing music which Baltimore, Maryland. Tina, possibly Jerry (Harrison) are You were reportedly unhappy is reflective of the times, the David and I met when we were going back to New York after with Tony Bongiovi's production same as we are. But there are students in college and that's we finish in Perth. They're going on Talking Heads 77. differences. XTC are a really how our association began. to participate in the re-mbcing CF: WeU, it's true we weren't young band, of some of the songs with Eno, happy with it. But he's a good DEVO, on the other hand, When was the first time that But for all intents and purposes producer. It wasn't like he did a had been together for 6 years you felt you had a big break as the album is finished. bad job or anything. It'sjust that untH they got to make their a band? we didn't have much fun with first album. TW: When we first played. The firsftime we opened for Brian Eno Is your producer him. There wasn't much of a again? What do you think of that the Ramones and we went home sense of accomplishment with with $10 each in our pockets CF: Yes, him. album? TW: I diink it's fme. I think and we thou^t "God, that's success". We got paid for our How did you get involved Some of the songs on the it's a good album. with Eno m the fiist place? My favourite band is the first job and the next week second album were written before we were on the cover of Village CF: Well, he got in touch B52'S who you've probably never the first album as even recoided Voice. with us by coming badcstage weren't they? heard of, but you will. They're at our furst show in London at CF: That's right. We had such ftom Adiens, Georgia and they're WTTeo werweree ver veryy lucky. We were a tiny dub called die Rock a big body of songs when vve real country kids. in the right spot at the tight time. TIME OFF June 28th, 1979 2T -*'*•* 3v • • . >4*.H' David or somebody Would get an tiie MUDD Club which is a loft in TW: Yeah, she said about us Soho. It only opens up around tfiat it seemed that we'd been idea for a song. Sometimes it would work and sometimes it midni^t and tiie action gets locked m a closet witii Sam & going around 4am and stays open Dave for ten years (laughs). wouldn't. Like "Psychokiller" was until the sun rises. Whose Mea was it to use the It's like tiie Studio 54 punks. photomosaic for tiie secojid written not so much Alfred Hitchcock as Alice Cooper. It It's really a great club and they cover? play all this great music. A lot TW: That was David's idea. doesn't come out sounding like an Alice Cooper song but to get of Ramones, a lot of new wave Actually, tiiat's not an original stuff and they've been playing idea. Andy Warhol has used it the ball rolling we would say tiiat this is the kind of idea tiiat the Ferry version a lot. It's read before and a lot of people have popular. done it for fine arts but nobody we^ie working witii. Accidents has ever done it for anytiiing as Will Happen and those things are usually the most interesting. I read tiiat Bowie tirinks that accessible or commercial as a New York is the capital of the record cover. But we've found Tliat's probably one of the arts at tlie moment? out tiiat album art doesn't sell TW: It has been since 1974 albums. similarities between Eno and yourselves. but a lot of people didn't realise Could you explain what the TW: Yeah, well tiiat's tiie until the so caUed new wave song "Thank you for Sending tiling about Brian. We had no broke. We never thought of it Me An Angel" is about? idea that he was a really meti­ as new wave. We were all bands TW: Well, I went away for culous worker like ourselves and in die same boat playing down a weekend and David and Chris we were really pleased to find at CBGB's. We felt like the had written tiiree songs over out that he isn't a lazy person. boat was really leaking. The reason for that v/as because Jerry was in the Modem tiiat weekend. They were meant He really works hard. of tiie New York Dolls, Because Lovers. Were any of you in bands to be throwaways. In fact, David no record companies would touch prior to the formation of the didn't even want us to perform Who.se idea was it to do the any new bands after the Dolls. Talkinj? Heads? them, he wanted to sell them to cover version of "Take Me To CF: Well, David and I were other people, 'Tlie Rim"? CF: The Modem Lovers in bands but none of them are TW: They were meant to be TW: Chris and David had a unfortunately were another wortii mentioning because they like bubble gum songs. People band called The Artistics in art example of the prototypical new wave group that disintegrated never made records. They never kept writing about how school and they did "Love & • "minimal" or intellectual we Happiness" by Al Green. It before tiiey had a chance to achieved anything but small local make their first record. success. were. We started to think that didn't sound anytiiing like Al we had to show people that we Green but it was a good version. Now, of course, the record Do you think it's valid to were into beat music. So that So we tiiought that we should companies have done an about incorporate political content into was tiie idea behind tiiose songs. do another song by him. David face and they're signmg up all lyrics such as Tom Robinson? Some times you feel real serious, tiiought that he'd like to do tiiese new'wave bands right and CF: That's kind of a personal sometimes you love everytiimg "Take Me To The River". So left. Because they realise that thing. David's our main song­ and sometimes you hate every­ we did our own version and got Blondie's had a platinum single writer. We do have poUtical thing. It depends on your to be a hit. There's so many and nobody ever dreamed that statements in our songs but mood. other versions. Lee Von Helm did that would be true, not 3 or 4 ftey're morelike observations one, Bryan Ferry did one years ago. rattier than a manifesto. We're What is the songwriting and Fi^at did a heavy metal TW: It's uonic that Malcohn not trymg to give all the faggots situation within the band? version. McLaren managed the DoUs at in die worid a lot of glory or TW: Well, let me tell you a tiie end of their career just before anyttiUig like diat. We're more Uttle bit about our working What do you think of Ferry's they broke up. But he and his interested in sound tiian politics. process. Ill use tiie analogy that version? wife Vivienne wanted to form TW: I drink something hap­ Lou Reed once used in talking to TW: You know what I an English band that was pened in die States after Water­ us. When we first started playing tiiought about that.. .He used modelled on the New York Dolls, gate that tumed everybody away he was one of the first people all the same session guys on that and they did. They made the Sex hojti politics and towards disco to give us encouragement. He sort record as Linda Ronstadt uses. Pistols which followed suit in and oolivJon. of fancied himself our mentor We always felt that Linda itself destruct policy. and he taught us a littie bit about Ronstadt was a great smger but Some bands seem to be songwriting and dynamics. He she takes these fabulous songs The song {"New York" was .turning towards disco. .. said to David: "Your lyrics are by Buddy Holly and destroys and ode to the DoUs, wasn't good, man, but you don't want to them. Aside from country songs, itl IW; Who are you thinking which I think she does really of? have just a sketch. Why don't TW: Theyll probably never you make it a painting?" That's well I tiiink "Blue Bayou" is admit tiiat but those guys really Ian Dury perhaps. exactly how we work. In the past. a beautiful song, but most of did look towards New York. TW: I don't think he's disco, her pop & rock songs, she just In fact, that's what is really but I guess Blondie maybe. You murders them, different about the new wave in know, we use disco elements a CF: These musicians have a England now. It's not like the lot in our songs. There's good tendency to play everything too British invasion, it really started disco and bad disco, smoothly. These guys play flaw­ simultaneously in at least 3 CF: I dihik tiiat anytiiing lessly and they never make a different large cities. One was anybody can do in the music mistake. They can play whatever New York, the other was London business to have a hit record . you want tiiem to play in their and the otiier was Toronto, is great If it takes disco to do sleep. So what you get is tiiis Canada of aU places. But both U, fabulous. Who cares? That's slick record, which to my way London and Toronto were a stylistic question and style is of thkiking is insipid. looking to New York. a penonal thing. TW: Like witii Ferry's version, it really served him ri^t. That's Did you have any encounters Debbie Harry was quoted in why Roxy Music broke up. with any members of the Sex the Parsons-Burchill book as He was always saying 'just wait Pistols? saying that tha only decent thing till I get some real musidans". Well Sid Vidous was tiie about touring in Australia was He just dismissed his band and only one who wasn't afraid to the smack. She's since denied it. thought he was going to be a big talk to us because he was so TW: Julie BurchiU is a leaUy star getting Linda Ronstadt's plastered. I had these bloodied fUnny girL She reaUy cracks us session men to back him up. fingers from playing without a I. She*s about 19 and 1 tidnk But it's still a good song. In fact pick and he'd say "Oh, you Se'l writing about rock and roU in New York the big scene at should try playing witii a pick. like it*i her thesis. She takes it the moment is this placed caUed You can play much faster with aU very seriously.

\ a pick." I took his advice. CF: It's fairly unlikely because ^ CF: I'm trying to leam how the last time he suffered a coOap^ ; to play drums with a pick. sed lun^. I wouldn't call him. a frail pers'bn but he's fragilerhft • • It seemed to me that it was gets so nervous in front of. an' the En^ish press that broke up audience. > > bands hke Television. Tft': No, 111 tell you why From what I can gather, ; they broke up. They broke up he doesn't seem to Hke tiie for a lot of the same reasons rehearsal nature of presenting that disillusioned and broke up a concert. Roxy Music. Television went TW: I thmk the Roxy Music '• on tour witii Peter Gabriel and tiling left a bad taste in his .• . night after night, they would be moutii. In fact the first time he; . tiie support band in front of this came to see us he said: "You've huge audience who'd come to see actmlly inspired me. 1 think Peter Gabriel and didn't want to I'm going to go back on tour." hear Television or any otiier But then of course that didn't^ support band. come true. He's now discovering Television were really a good that it's very hard to work ail group live. I can't say the same by yourself. about their records, but Ihre they were really intense. They Jump aboard for 1984. Ah-Oh, Talking Heads come to He seems to have that same got tilings thrown at them etc. family of musicians around him. It was the same thing that hap­ town. A sheer wave of ecstacy swept over Brisbane that mght when Mr. Byrne and Co. presented one of the best JW: Yeah, but they're all pened to Roxy, they got booed doing their solo things to and off the stage m front of 20,000 shows ever seen in this town (Festival Hall June 11) they all have their own ideals, people. That just demoralises Opening with ''The Big Country" the Talking Heads ril tell you, one of the hardest people. were m control right from tke start. Following this with tilings in this business is to get MMWaming Sign" and "Love Goes to Building on Fire", a band to hold your hand and give What's the feeling in New the Heads couldn't have done better to relieve the star­ you loyalty. York at the moment? vation ofthe hungry masses. Actually, we've been TW: WEU now every otiier They presented a good cross section of material from discussing the idea quite seriously band gets signed before they've that we should be his backup got a chance to develop. It's the first two albums, and the soon-to-be released "Fear band on whatever records he does an unfortunate thing but in of Music". in the future, if he wants to. another way you just hope for Particularly impressive from the old material were "The the best and hope that some of Book I read", "Stay Hungry " and a mighty rendition of Is Eno keen on the idea tiiese new bands are going to "Psycho Killer". It was during this song that Byrne went himself? make it through. They're so TW: Yeah, he tikes working anxious to get their songs on into a strange little dance which did much to amuse both the audience and the band. with us. He taught us some new vmyl. They have no idea tiiat techniques on this record. This once they're signed to a record Suddenly after what seemed about ten minutes (but in record was made in a very company tiiat that's when the reality was about 75) the band had left the stage. The different way from the first two. ; real work begins. It gives them audience immediately sprang to its feet and demanded the Most of these songs had gone no time to develop. return of the foursome in the standard tedium of encores through the test of performance. • which has become compulsory. But Brian taught us a new Have you heard the second They returned to the stage, and launched into Take technique. DEVO album yet? Me To The River". Slow, tumbling, mesmerizing and This technique is very simple. CF: Yes. It sounds very good You get about 6 basic tracks to me. A lot of the songs are menacing. Once again the band left the stage but were soon returned. an horn this way. (Laughter). longer. It's a good record I think. You get the musicians feelmg "Thank-you for sending me an Angel" was the encore comfortable, a little bit drunk, Did Eno have anything to second time around. For this song Tina left behind her tell them to get an idea for a say about the production of the bass and took the helm at the keyboards while ferry part in tiieir heads. The tempo first DEVO album? werit over to guitar. A great song but still not enough to will be such and such and tlie TW: He paid for all their satisfy the audience. It started chanting for a third encore tune signature will be 3:4. So studio work and then he pro­ but the house lights came on. everybody starts playing their •• tected the tapes when there was part and you're not supposed this big argument about which I left Festival Hall feeling exhilarated, excited, happy and any other positive emotion you care to think of. to tell anybody aliead of time record company would get the what your part is going to be and album. Next time these four people grace our shores, hopefully it's a complete surpirse. Some He was very protective and they will receive the mass recognition they so richly of it is disastrous. But you can ' very good to them. But in tiie deserve. come up with some really good studio, he found that they like -TONY GILSON basic tapes. to fight a lot - this made him very uncomfortable. He's a very What's the name of tiie new - polite person and gets upset and album? emotional when people are having CF: It's called "Fear of arguments. Music" and it'll be out in August. TW: Brian said that the mixing was excruciating and incredibly Is that a worldwide release? complicated on that record. CF: That's worldwide except " He just got to the pomt where we're giving the premier to he wouldn't say anythmg. They Japan this time. Tliey said that v described him as a mere tech­ the only way we could go to their nician. It's very unfair to call country was if we gave them the Brian Eno "A mere technician." album first. ; He's an artist of the first degree. Have you got any immediate plans? V Is there any chance of seeing . I want to get my tits squeezed' Eno back on stage? by a prehensile koala, I heard TW:No. that that's what happened to -i ": Linda Ronstadt. . ;>- { TIME OFF June 28th, 1979 ^'23 People's Palace?

The 70 year old People's Palace on the comer of Edward and Ann Streets in the city is now closed. And it is up for sale or lease. But it will not be demo­ lished. This was the assurance Brisbane's Brigadier Bert given last week by Colonel Palmer last week expressed WilUam Cairns at the Sydney reservations that the building Eastern Australian head­ was fit for present day use quarters of the Salvation in Brisbane's heart. Army (which group owns While depracating the need the building). for demolition lie stated that The building, which went the building had 'served its onto the lists of the National time" and was an ''old style Trust of Queensland about place" with a "parking prob­ four weeks ago has served lem" and "only fit for country visitors and lower scrap '. income people for all of its He thouglit that it would history. It was built in be six months before there 1911. would be any firm decision Last week the National on the fate of the building Trust announced that it sliould there be no buyer would be getting in touch But Colonel Cairns was with the Salvation Army optimistic tiiat the building soon concerning the preser­ would be sold and used vation of the building facades "as it is". and die main dining room We hope so too, Tiiere has which are the sections of the been altogether too much building the trust has listed. demolition of Brisbane's past It might be just as well. this year already.

All of those arrested were the performing group "The released on bail. Some of this Leftovers". He was charged bail money was raised at the with obscene language. dance. Some scuffles broke out as Punk Arrests Tlie uniformed police the police led the singer arrived at the hall at 9.45pm, through the crowd. Some The Colossus Hall in West End was the venue for another following alleged noise time later a window was poUce versus punk clash which ended whh 21 arrests on the complaints from nearby res­ smashed. However, more night of Friday, June 15th. Tliis is the latest in a series of idents. Police then warned serious violence was averted patrons drinking outside the as the police maintained a police raids on punk dances. hall to move inside as they fairly low profile inside the The occasion this time was a new wave concert hosted by were breaching the law. The hall afterwards. radio station 4ZZZ, music volume was also tumed 4ZZZ faced a total dam­ down at the request of the ages bill of $278, almost half police. of which was needed to cover By A Staff Reporter Soon after, crowd dis­ the cost of replacing the content reached breakmg broken window. Twenty-eight charges were offences, but one charge was point when two members of A spokesperson for the laid all told. Obscene laid for spitting on a police the special plainclothes police station, peter Williamson, language, and drinking in car (against a policeman's son division, known as the Task stressed that none of the public were the standard incidentally) and another for Force arrested Warren damage occurred until after assaulting a policeman. Lamond, the lead suiger for the first arrests were made. HENRY SALES-SECONDHAND CLOTHES At Henry Sales you can buy Second-Hand Clothes - "the best prices in town" at "Henry Sales" I Standish St, Salisbury North, Brisbane. . 24 _^ : MUSIC Reviews of New LP's, plus profiles of XTC, Mi Sex, and John McLaughlin

FILM IVladame Rosa, Steppenwolf, Tiie Warriors, Love and Anarchy, and Nosferatu

BOOKS Comics from Birmingham, a sketchbook of Brisbane's Heritage, and iVlargaret Trudeau's autobiography

FOOD The Penny Farthing, Jubilee Snack Bar the Clansman and "Phoebe's", the new creperie in Paddington.

THEATRE Travesties, Gone With Hardy, and A TRAVESTIES IVIan For All Seasons

TIME OFF June 28th, 1979 25 in saymg that I liked them. created "April Sun in Cuba" or "This Time". The B- My origmal interest in this side is a disposable instrumen­ band stemmed from their tal called "Four Short Solos". performance on the Beseric- As a band of significance, ley Chartbusteis album. Dragon are now dead, but One song in particular, diey won't Ue down, there's "GoriUa", displayed a cer­ StUl many old Dragon fans tain bentness remmiscent of willing to spend money. Berserkley headhnes Jona- The Thom Bell Sessions dian Richman and the 77 is die latest release from Modern Lovers. Elton John. It is the first It seems at diis time that new material to be released the independent Berserkley smce the patchy "A Single label were making a con­ Man" album but it is really certed effort to foster some- not so new (as the title would tiling new and different in suggest). the United States just as This 3 track EP was Stiff was doing in England. conceived under the The Berserkley story has guidance of producer Thom not turned out to be a BeU in mid-77 but has only happy one. From all just surfaced. accounts, they seem to have Eton John goes disco is gone bust. At the very least the only way to describe it their busmess affairs seem to I suppose. Although not so be far from being in good much disco as funk (it shape. sounds like some of the Local bands The Go Bet- material from "Rock of the weens who singed a contract Westies"). with them some tune ago, It is characterised by are findmg this out, much punchy bass lines, strings, to their disappointment. and lots of synthesizers. The The Rubinoos second vocal however sounds a bit album "Back to the Drawing DANCE AWAY: too laid-back for the dy­ Board" is a classic example Roxy Music (Polygram) namics of the backing track. of innocuous rock. In what I can only see as a blatant BOYS KEEP SWINGING: Elton diehards might find something of value in it but attempt at popularism, they David Bowie (RCA) he'U win no new fans. try to combine the various LOVE'S NOT ENOUGH: -TONYGILSON pop styles of American West I Dragon (CBS) Coast, Bubblegum, Mersey THOM BELL SESSIONS 77: Beat with a dash of Beach Boys style harmony, aimmg Elton John (Rocket) I suppose only for chart Taken from the exceUent "Manifesto" album, "Dance success. Away'* is the second smgle to be Ufted from that album. It The album is chockablock is probably the most commercial song on the album and verges with "loving and losing" on disco. songs. I can understand why The flip side "Cry Cry Although a good song, it people keep writing those Cry" is another good track is hard to recommend buying same old Unes because I which bounces along to a it when the song has been suppose, everyone has those Memphis-like horn soimd taken from an album of same old experiences. But from Andy Mackay. It pro­ such a high quality. Buy the 111 never understand why bably won't be a hit in this album not the smgle. people don't tire of listening country, but that's the way it "Love's Not Enough" is to them. usually goes. the first release from Dragon Absolute trash. "Boys Keep Swinging" is to feature the voice of new BACK TO THE -LEE BRADSHAW the first single to be Ufted frontman Billy Rodgers and DRAWING BOARD: from Bowie's "Lodger". Per­ the violin of Richard Lee. The Rubinoos (Berserk- sonally, I thought something The one thing that becomes ley) like "D.J." or "Red SaUs" immediately apparent is the Two years ago if some^ would have been obvious shnUarity between the new choices for singles, but the Dragon and the Dragon of one had asked me what I powers that be aren't of the old. They seem to have thought about the Rubinoos same opiruon. lost none of tiie magic that I would not have hesitated

26 Ramones (Sire 2 SPK 6074) This is the album that with Hunjer) and "Just Suburbs" for Virgin, Both are was supposed to be released Another Night" (which he reproduced on this album. between "Rocket to Russia" co-wrote). This is not, as the As for Hunter himself, and "Road to Rum", Un­ title suggests, a live album. fortunately certain events there seems to be little one With the exception of can say. He's still singing took place which prevented "Chelsea Nightclub" (which its release until now. with the same archaic was in fact recorded in a Cockney accent and shows Chelsea nightclub) it is a "It's Alive" is a double no desire to change. studio album and a very well- album and was recorded at He handles his vocal work produced one at that. London's Rainbow Theatre satisfactorily but there's on 31.12.77. It contains nothing here to measure up The Members present a YOU'RE NEVER A- good solid bass and drum 28 tracks. All of them have LONEWITHA to the tension of pieces like been lifted from die first "It Aint Easy When You beat combined with fast SCHIZOPHRENIC; Fall" or "I Get So Excited" chunky guitar sound. Ob­ tiiree studio efforts. Ian Hunter (Chrysalis from "Ian Hunter". vious influences are die Clash Obviously tiiere cannot be L36827) All in all hov.'ever, it's and the Jam, botii musically a great deal done to change not that bad a package. and lyrically. Also in evidence a Ramones song, but these "You're Never Alone With is the indigenous reggae beat tracks are even higher on A Schizophrenic" is Ian It has a few good rock songs and it is interesting to which continues to be very tiie energy quota than dieir Hunter's fourth solo album popular in English music. studio counterparts. but only the second to show see what Mick Ronson has been doing widi himself of This comes in "Stand up All the favourites are to any consistency of ambition late. It certainly obliterates and Spit". Tlieir lyrical bent be found on "It's Alive". or execution. While not the pretentious bullshit that is towards a narrative style There's "Rockaway Beach", measuring up to the debut masqueraded as his last two using fairly standard themes "BUtzkreig Bop", "Sheena", "Ian Hunter" album, it cer­ albums but I'll still hang on by British standars e.g. life "Surfin' Bird", "Chainsaw" tainly betters the laidback to my copy of "Ian Hunter" in the big city, poverty, and "Judy is a Punk". It features Tommy Ramone on funk of "All American Alien for a while longer. loneliness, oppression and drums, the album being Boy" and the morbid miasma -TONYGILSON alienation. Shades of Tom Robinson recorded before Tommy was of heavy metal shit that was Band style "social comment" replaced by Marcy Ramone. "Overnight Angels", surface in "Don't Push". Every song on the album The title is a piece of I'm enjoying "At tiie opens with the mtro "1-2-3- toilet wall grafitti that gui­ Chelsea Nightclub" each 4". Bland perhaps, but still tarist Mick Ronson time I listen to it. This is fun. I mean, how do you (ex-Bowie, Dylan etc.) picked no hasty flash in the pan criticise tiie Ramones. You up in his travels. The number but a well conceived, either love em or hate em. album is a crosscut of rocky carefully planned and exe­ The Ramones are nothing ilumbers ("Just Another cuted piece of work. If you're new. They make no pretence Night", Cleveland Rocks" the type of person who likes about creating anything inno­ etc.) and ballads ("The Out­ the Clash, the Rezillos and vative. They are just a bunch sider" & "Ships"). the Jam, I'm sure you'll of guys domg what they do ". . .Schizophrenic" cer­ like this one. weU. tainly measures up in the -LEE BRADSHAW "It's Alive" is a must for credits department. One can anybody who owns the find three members of Spring­ AT THE CHELSEA studio waxings but it also 'serves another purpose. For steen's E-Street Band in as NIGHTCLUB: well as Roy Bittan, Max tiie unmitiated tiiis live album Weinberg and Gary Tallent, The Members (Virgin) will serve as a good intro­ Mick Ronson, John Cale and At last, an album that duction to the fun to be Mearioafs backup singers. isn't wall-to-wall love songs. found m die Ramones' music. The band does measure up The Members, a five piece -TONYGILSON to its credentials but the combo from London, formed show is stolen by the in 1977 and this is their stunning Mick Ronson. Ac­ first album. They aheady tually the album's two finest have to their credit two moments involve Ronson in a big way. There's "When smgles, "solitary Confine­ the Daylight Comes" (on ment" for Stiff Records (now which he shares lead vocals deleted) and 'Sound of the IT'S ALIVE:

TIME OFF June 28th, 1979 27 rr but a coUection of some of Dury's energetic vocal and 101 otiiers. Davey Payne's sax work The best of diis lot are the best tracks off three of M>rr YOURSELF (which sounds perilously "Roman Roman", "Brave his previous works; "Heroes" close to his work on Exhibitions" and "The "I'm Bad" and the previously "Rhytiim Stick). Voice" (which is the one unreleased "Automatic" p IAN DURY As for the rest of it, track to contain a hint of album. soriy seems to be the approp­ the band's future dhection). The albums span the early '^ BDDCKHEAPS riate word. "Lullaby for On turnmg over to die career of Fowley with a Francis", "Uneasy Sunny second side, one can find majority ofthe tracks coming Day Hotsy Totsy", uggh, die band showing their true from, ironically, his last •» take them away please. worth. Musically the Boys Australian released LP (if my Blondie were able to make Next Door are nothing memory serves me correctiy) a successful transition to special, but Nick Cave's "Heroes". die disco area but Ian Dury voice is stunning. It com- "Visions" also represents falls flat on his face. The bmes a sense of tragedy, three of Fowleys styles, with DO IT YOURSELF: fact that itll go down great loss and decay into one die soft ballads of "Heroes" Ian Dury and the Block­ at General Jackson's says it entity. to the raucous style more heads (Stiff L36918) all. These new songs are per­ commonly attributed to -TONYGILSON Disappointing. Very dis- fectiy suited to Cave's vocal die kmg of trash rock on style. They are slow mena- appomting indeed. 'Do It "I'm Bad". This album is cmg numbers which can by no means a classic in die Yourself reeks of compro­ either repulse or endear them­ vein tiiat "Outrageous" and mise. Dury and Blockheads selves to you. "Living in tiie Streets' were, have jumped on the disco My personal favourite is probalby because it is a bandwagon and seem to have die final track "Shivers". collection of tracks each had all theu- creative un- It opens with die words: taken out of their context pulses nuUified in the process. "I've been contemplating from what they were origi­ Witii his debut "New suicide/ But it reaUy doesn't nally intended. Boots and Panties", Dury suit my style." This song Although, to be honest, presented himself as a ref- really does send a shiver his last two albums have also reshmg figure to emerge out down my spine. been collections, but Sandy of the putrid pletiiora of "Door Door" is a fine Robertson that time preser­ punk banality that plagued album. WhUe the tracks on ved enough integrity to keep the recording industry at the the first side are good but a sort of uniformity when time. unspectacular the final four puttmg the albums together. There was an honesty and DOOR DOOR: tracks are stunning. However this album does sincerity about that album Boys Next Door (Mush­ Buy, buy. feature some unmistakcable that made it so endearing. room L36931) -TONYGILSON Fowley classics such as the There was something very The Sports recently stated very melodic ballad of "ESP sick and perverted about the Reader", and a typical man tiiat made you feel that that the Boys Next Door are Fowley track witii "Visions you had to feel for hun. AustraUa's only surviving new of the Future", and yet Unfortunately no such wave band. This seenr^ to be another trash rock classic qualities are to be found on a reasonably correct assump­ witii "Forbidden Love". "Do It Yourself. There's tion, He has a very distinct none of die lunacy of "What "Door Door" is their and unique vocal style a Waste" or the energy of debut album. The first side which can be adapted to any "Hit Me With Your RhyUim consists of six tracks that style of music which, like Stick" to be found here. were to be included on an his chamellion character, is Instead one can find a album to be released last evident on this LP. hotch-potch coUection of year called "Brave Exhibi­ I have been a Kim Fowley mediocre disco songs. There tions", The second side is 'disciple' for a long time, are only two tracks which inade up of four songs that enough to realise that I would I can honestly say I lUced. were recorded early this year. be very biased when it There's the openmg track The difference between VISIONS FOR THE comes to reviewmg a Fowley "Inbetweenies" with its the two sides is strUcing, high- FUTURE: 'classic' but with this album suggestive lyrics being a slight lightmg the progression and it does have its shortcomings throwback to "New Boots development of this young Kim Fowley -- not in quality but in and Panties". Australian band. The six "Visions for the Future" content, tiiis is probably not The otiier is "Dance of die tracks on side one are maudy represents for Kun Fowley the best indication of what Screamers". Although a slight up-tempo numbers. They are his first Australian release for the man can do. He's feel of disco creeps mto the good songs but they do not a long, long tune actuaUy, probably better known for distinguish the band from bass, the song is saved by it's not reaUy a *new' aUium die man who was the guiding

28 Cf light and the creator of tiie Runaways. Russell Maei handling vocals. The production, and a Yet, despite the time lapse mwmws majority of the songwritmg, between recordings and tiie on this album is superbly assorted collection of tracks, absurdly sentimental Fowley carried it off with flair but done by the disco king him­ this album does stand the test on "Mom and Dad" and they're making lots of money self. of time. Who would have "ESP Reader". whilst they are doing it. The titie track, "Number thought that Kim Fowley The "Go West" album is die One Song in Heaven" is the would have been able to This album tells all and only true disco album I best cut on the album and .change from the manic on is one that I could honestly would claim to own because for probably the first time, "Forbidden Love" and say deserves a listen. it succeeds where others have the album has an overall "Great to be Alive" to the -PETER MILLER failed, just by being strength about it. Many of humourous and briUiant, their eariier reseases feU into m "In cars it becomes a hit In your homes it becomes advertisements And in the streets it becomes children singing

Giorgio Moroder's sound­ a trap of one or two out­ track/theme music for Mid­ standing tracks but the rest night Express won hun an fell by the wayside. academy award, however it's This album has tiie mark his involvement with the new of the Sparks indelibly Sparks' album that has caused stamped on it, from the a mild sensation. opening bars of "Tryouts The album, 'Number One for the Human Race" to tiie in Heaven", stUl retains that closmg bars of the titie track. indefinable Spatks' magic and Probably more to the point, madness, even thought this is the sort of album you DISCO FOR MUTANTS ONLY?: Moroder has brought a new can have in your collection Village People: Go West perspective to the band. The and people won't laugh. Sparks: No 1 in Heaven. Sparks have gone disco, but You can't judge this Although generally speaking disco has not been known to they have done it in typical album by previous Sparks standards because this is a be a very creative form of music there are two people who Sparks fasion, and they have carried it off. totaUy new dimension to have, perhaps, brought a new perspective to that otherwise which the Mael brothers have uninovative form. Those two being; Jacques Morali and They are the sort of band that could have gone disco taken their sound into. Giorgio Moroder. and still retained their cre­ Although I loathed Moroder's Morali is the man behind resents their "technical" dibiUty, mainly because, to eariier works (disco), I feel the ViUage People while peak witii "In the Navy", me, the Sparks (Ron and that he enhances the album Moroder's latest claim to which in all fairness is Russell Mael) are a bizarre which, had they used anyone fame are the soundtrack for probably one of the best and eccentric band that can else (except maybe for Midnight Express and the disco singles ever released. use any medium to put Jacques MoraUi), this ex­ Sparks. Morali has succeeded across their messages. cursion mto the realms of the disco worid would have Both of these men have where tohers would have, The interesting pomt been disastrous. made disco at least bearable, and have, failed. He has about the group is that it is if not interesting. injected a sense of humour now a three piece band with This is not your eveiyday Moralis outrageous Village into the disco scene without Giorgio Moroder and Ron disco album, it's a Sparks People bring a fresh appeal going overboard. Mael on Synthesisers and version of disco. to the scene with a deviation At times it's almost -KIM TURNER from the mainstream disco. verging on pop in much the His production and same way that Blondie did songwriting is only with "Heart of Glass". The outstripped by Moroder but band's four singles have not nevertheless it's brilliant. dealt with the usual disco Uin CYCLE SCOP Witii the Village People he theme of love and/or boy has opted for a very sopis- meets giri etc., but instead #j StLnda ticated, soft approach and Morali and the band's lead li'''' gi'AUn' cvcuis

tiieir latest album is a prime vocalist, Vic Willis, have -.. ^^^.xsKMtMn.%.\txnm.striu«.s example. focussed on institutions such TAK>:<;raiM:T(iii>:AKi "Go West" is a Httle toned as the YMCA and the H IT'S IIKAI.IIIV. M'N&MlCMllVICM. IKANMi>NI down after their earlier American Navy. INI. »i «iiJi iM«N MiorriNci AI»C:AII» singles and probably rep- Not only have they flHJSI J70IS1J '. V TIME OFF June 28th, 1979 29 Some ten months ago New Zealand band, MI-SEX came the early days. Altiiough they ActuaUy the only thing that to Australia in search of fame and fortune, Uke many of their don't claim to be a punk is holding the band back fellow compatriots, they have made iruoads into the Aust­ band Murray admits that tiie from touring here in Qld is raUan music scene, especiaUy Sydney, accumulating m a record new wave scene has made the ttie distinct lack of suitable contract with CBS records and the support bill for the Talking band more easily accessible venues. Heads tour. to the public. However, with the release Yet despite their success mto one of the punk rock So how does MI-SEX of their debut album they have been at the venues by which Murray says describe themselves? Well, "Graffiti Crimes", tiiey are receivuig end of more than "was a silly thmg to do be­ they sum up their own style to embark on a national tour theh share of misleading cause it gave people tiie of music as being very lyrical around August and they have press. Many critics described wrong idea about the band." orientated band with a tentatively pencilled in the group as a punk band, "We're not,a punk rock leanmg towards a (distmctiy)'. Brisbane for the end of that and although keyboards group", MI-SEX's manager. English sound. month depending upon player Murray Burns, jokes Bob Yates said, "we don't Whatever the case, MI- whether the situation here about it, it's a comparison pretend to be anything other SEX are one of the best new has changed. which they emphatically than a really good rock and bands in Australia today. The band has just released refute. roll band." Ironically, after their their debut Australian SJ. gle Not because they dislike This popular misconcep­ initial success here they re­ titled "But You Don't Cire" punk but because tiiey just tion about the band probably turned to New Zealand for a which is one of the be?* aren't a punk group. A stems from their name which short tour and they went debut singles I have hear"., typical example was when was taken from an early down like a storm with in a long time by an Aust­ MI-SEX made a tour to Ultravox song, a number the sold out gigs in most of ralian/New Zealand artist. Adelaide and were booked band used to do on stage in. the places they went. -KIM TURNER John lUcLaughlin John McLaugldin and "The One seeing the man who's been heralded musical mspiration and encouragement Truth Band" will tour AustraUa in as one of the greatest musicians of tiie from his mother, an amateur violmist, July, appearing m Brisbane Thursday, late 60s and of tiie 70s. and began studymg classical piano at July 12, FoUowers of jazz, jazz-rock Bom m Yorkshire, England m die age of nme. Two years later he and the guitar won't want to miss 1942, McLaughUn received early

30 'ii'.riii"'!'"'''''' *' ; piM' (?, became interested in blues music and that music can create. on violm, keyboards Stu Goldber, at tiiirteen he feU under tiie speU of After three years of touring and bassist/vocalist Fernando Saunders, flamenco music. recording with Shakti, John reaUsed drummer/vocalist Tony Smith and per­ In tfie early sixties, John worked his jazz roots and plugged his electric cussionist Alyrio Lima Cova and have witii a variety of jazz, rock and R&B guitar m again (now witii a re-designed recorded the album "Electric Dreams" bands. He also did some studio work, (soon to be released in Australia by but as tiie decade wore on John became scalloped fretboard to capture the tonal CBS)L mcreasingly involved in experimental possibUities of Indian instruments such jazz. as tiie Vina). The 1978 album "Johnny It is a true electric album but John McLaughlin: Electric Guitarist" doesn't restrict hhnself to the electric He started workmg with die Miles heralded his return to electric music, guitar ~ he can also be heard on six Davis Sextet - a "dominant uifluence" featuring John with a variety of all- and twelve-string acoustic guitars, m his career. John deeply admired star groups of such former associates thirteen string acoustic and banjo. Miles Davis and played on a number as Carios Santana, Tony Williams, Of his new band John says "the of his influential jazz-rock albums. Jack Bruce, Chick Corea, Stanley whole thing is very exciting to me. John first came to tiie attention of Qarke, Jack DeJohnette, Jerry Good­ I want to play electric guitar more, intemational audiences in 1969 when man and Billy Cobham. and I want to get back on the road. he went to tiie United States from Now John has formed the One That's where 1 belong," England to jom tiie Tony Williams Truth Band, comprising L. Shankar lifetime, but he was already estab­ -INGRID lished m his native countiy as a force to be reckoned with. After two years witii Lifetime, Jdin went off on his 4ZZZ and Au§lralian Concert Entertainment present; own, recording the all-acoustic album "My Goal's Beyond". In 1972 he formed the Mahavishnu Orchestra. The Mahavishnu Orchestra, tiirough its devastating concert performances and its albums '*The Inner Mounting Flame", "Birds of Fire" and "Between Nothingness and Eternity", brought new meaning to the fusion of jazz and rock and exposed John's unique music to an ever-widening audience. At the same time, John's affinity for the teachmgs of Sri Chinmoy and for die music of India became mcreasingly evident. Carios Santana, a feUow Chmmoy disciple, collaborated with John on the "Love, Devotion and Surrender" album of 1973. A second edition of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, featuring Jean-Luc Ponty on electric violin and string trio, debuted in 1974 with "Apocalypse", recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael TUson Themas. After tiie album "Visions of the Emerald Beyond", John scaled the Orchestra down to a quartet, recorded tiie album "Inner Worids", and then dissolved die group. In the next phase of McLaughlm's musical Hfe was Shakti (which means "creative mteUigence, beauty and power"), which contmued to bridge the gap between East and West on "A Handful of Beauty" and "Natural Elements". John has always felt close to Indian music and culture, and has seriously foUowed it since 1969, He has now dropped his reU^ous name MaRavishnu, but not his intense concern witii the spiritual elevation

TIME OFF June 28th, 1979 rr 1\ It is from tius pomt tiiat conflict XTC: The name suggested everything started developing within tiie band. we were ~ sparse and punny". This is Partridge's interests were m direc die best one can do to try to classify contrast to Barry Andrew's meticulous die enigmatic music of this English approach to recording dirou^ layers foursome. of sounds. Partridge went as far as to XTC defy most definitions. They're say diat he didn't like Andrew s two not a pop band, not an art-rock band, songs on "Go 2", and after his not an electronics band but what they It is from here tiiat one can find tiie departure admitted to never having conflicting elements and influences are is one exciting bamd producing liked Andrew's keyboard sound. witiiin XTC. Andy Partridge is very some of the most exciting music around Andrews has since left XTC and is much into strong rhydimic music while currentiy pursuing a solo career. Enter at the moment. Andrews had a strong classical The closest sound that they approxi­ Dave Gregory. He plays mainly guitar influence. Moulding cites Rory but also contributes keyboards on a mate is the work of band such as Devo Galla^er as a major influence, while and the Talking Heads. In fact while few of the older songs. The reason Chambers considers die Pink Fairies tiiat the band didn't replace Andrews in Brisbane the Talking Heads cited his greatest influence. botii Devo and XTC as tiieir peers. with just a keyboards player was that Witii such diversity something sub­ The band are made up of four tiiey wanted to avoid any comparison stantial had to emerge. Their first to tiie new man's predecessor. people, Andy Partridge on guitar and release was the '3D" EP but U wasn't vocals, Colin Moulding on bass and until the releaseo f their debut "White The first recordedproduc t to emerge vocals, Terry Chambers on drums and Music" album that a coherent XTC with tiie new line-up is then new suigle Dave Gregory on guitar and keyboards. sound began to emerge. Theh songs "Life Begins At the Hop". It has been Dave Gregory is only a recent addition are characterised by nervous, jerky hailed as the best tiimg done by the being a replacement for the recently rhythms and infectious melodies. band to date whUe recent concert reviews have shown XTC to be a totally departed Barry Andrews. There were two singles to be Ufted The band originate from Swindon from diis album. The first of these revived outfit. in England. Before evolving into XTC was "Statue of Liberty" and the second The band alrady have an album's tiiey used to play under names such was "This is Pop". Botii were pop wordi of material which they intend as Star Paric and the Helium Kids. masterpieces but neither manged to to record in July-August. The original XTC was made up of achieve significant chart success. Such XTC are playing in Brisbane on Partridge, Moulding and Ciiambers along August 28 at Cloudland. Having already witii several othershort term members is life. witnessed the majesty of the Talking With their second album, the band but tiie line up was concreted with the Heads on stage recently, XTC will have started to develop and build on the inclusion of Barry Andrews. to work hard to equal their supposed ideas suggested on the first album. Called "Go 2" it showed a strong peers. But I hold high hopes for their progression fiom "White Music" with chances. a distinct move towards Partridge's -TONYGILSON interest in rhytiimic music. This was »#•••• • • • • • ***** •••••• particularly evident in songs like 'life - i****%%%%*% • •••••• • a • • ••••' is Good in die Greenhouse" and • • • t • • • • • "Jumping in Gomotrah". • • • '. • • « • ••••• •_• • • • • • • • • • ••••••••••••••••a ,",•«• ••••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • t • •••••••••••• ••••_•- •••••••••• ••••••••••••••• •.•.•_•-• _••••••••••••••• ••.•.*. • ••••••••••••••• •*_•** • •••••••••••••• * •^* *.' • ••••••a *^ar •.•.•.•.•.•/.•.•.•••.••v.v.*.« f •:•:•:•:•;•:•;• ••:•;•:•:•;•:••:•:•;•:•-Xv ^ ^ •'\*:%vvv:v

w '_' « V V « V ' •••••••• • •••••••••• .^^^^m .... .x"" • • • • •J'J* • •• '••••• •^t • • • . •••••••• • • • • • ••!•"• I • • • ••j»'i * >v.v.v.y • •••••• ••.•.v.y i •••••••v m m 1 «•:•:• '•••V :•:•:•:• • • • • • Kv • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • I • • • • I - - •:• ^ •.«vn'- •' KOTO 32 a few highpomts which deserve special mention. The first of these is "Triumph of tiie WUl". With this piece, Devo have achieved a cross- reference of cultures which is quite stunnmg (sunilar to the effect of Bowie's "Red Sails"). The piece almost sounds like Japenese folk (if there is such a thmg), but this is countered with a hefty bulk of syntheseized sounds. One can almost picture Kraft- werk's Florian Schneider doing a duet with a Japanese Geisha lady. The second highpoint of the album is to be found in "The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprise" (the new single). To me it sounds very sunilar Are they reaUy men? One can't be sure. These five Devos to a Lene Lovich song (which hail from Akron, Ohio. Duty Now For The Future is their is quite a compliment) but second album, bemg the foUow-up to their Eno produced Devo are even higher in the Q: Are we not Men? A: We are Devo. lunacy department. It is a great commercial song (prob­ This tune around Mr. Eno task virtually impossible. ably one ofthe best singles of has been replaced by Ken These problems however ,' the year) and if any justice Scott.(Supertramp,Bowie etc) have been ironed^ out for exists in this worid we might This band is quite a "Duty Now for tlSPFuture". see Devo at the number one phenomenon. From the time spot before long. Of course, this occurrence is subject to that Bowie gave his seal of The band now seem to have a the approval of Ian Meldrum. approval to Devo the band firm grasp of the direction rapidly rose the ladder of they wish to take and show There is only one real dud stardom. no sign of letting go. on the album, which is "Red Their debut album caused From ihe opening bars of Eye". It is an undefined mass quite a stir. Many critics "Devo Corporate Anthem" canned it (especiaUy the Eng- one can sense this feeling of of nothingness. Being the ish press) but there were an purpose that the band now closing track it leaves quite equal number of people who has. Being Devo's national the wrong impression on the found some redeemmg qualit­ anthem, the piece evokes a listener. This is exactly what ies m the record. sense of loyalty (if that's the happened on the first album Personally I liked it, but I word) in the Ustener. Right where the final track was was also able to understand from the start you get the "Shrivel Up" (also the worst the grounds on which it was feelmg that you're going to song on that album), criticized. The major criticism like the record (a good "Duty Now For the Fut­ was to be found m Eno's sign). ure" is an inspiring album. production. Most people The album is a cross-cut The band have now produced could not understand the dir­ of old material such as the goods which wUl stand up ection that Eno had taken "smart Patrol/Mr. DNA" and to even the most harsh critics with the band's studio sound. "Wiggly Worid" and newer (eg, BurchUl, Parsons). Devo It just wasn't devo. material such as "The Day are one band to make a succ-> Apparently the watery My Baby Gave Me a Sur­ essful fusion between the sound wasn't altogether Eno's prise". One can find many comical and serious elements responsibUity, It seems that influences in the songs (both of modem music. It's not there was a lot of in-fighting in the old and the new). only a duty for the future, within the Devo ranks at the "Blockhead " sounds remm­ they're a must for the pre- time of recordmg (see Talk­ iscent of Kraftwerk whUe ^"*- -TONYGILSON ing Heads interview). The "Mr. DNA" is in a similar band would not narrow down vein to the areas explored by All of the songs on "Duty theh thoughts to one coher­ bands such as Throbbing Now For the Future" have a ent idea, thus makmg Eno's Gristle. raison d'etre, but there are 33«L-ssaak-;

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with clever combmations of Directed by Fred Haines, starring Max von Sydow, Yet, in s spite of this I personally feel it is an animation and photography. Dominique Sanda, Pierre Clementi and others. excellent film. The most Those involving Harry and outstanding feature was the Goethe are particuarly enter­ Having read all of Hermann Hesse's novels and likmg most actmg. Dommique Sanda was taining. of them I find it difficult to judge this film impartially or for as usual "Dommique Sanda", OveraU the film has a quality that appealed to me, its own sake. but she suited the part per­ but which may bore some "Steppenwolf" was Hesse's last novel, written when in his fectly. Max von Sydow and Pierre Clementi were both people, and tiiis no doubt fifties. It is an allegory of himself and as such is a very personal superb in a subtle, incon­ is part of tiie reason why story. It is about Harry, (played in the film by Max von spicuous way. so many people walked out Sydow), an aging mteUectual, who despises the bourgeois Looking at tiie mmor die night I was there. Because worid he lives in, but can't bring himself to leave it. characters (all of whom were of its European style you A Ufe of contemplation intellectual indoctrination. very good), Goetiie in par­ either lUce it or you don't. has 'tamed the steppenwolf It is not a fdm for eveiyone. ticular stood out and rep­ For those who haven't m him' and he feels trapped In fact the subject matter resented the best choice of read Hesse and who like a witiiin his own cultivated is better left to the intimacy casting I have seen m a long touch of tiie surreal I recom­ morality. Unable to accept of the novel. Therefore for time. (Combined widi a first mend you tiie film. VisuaUy the spiritual worid and unable it is excellent, and as a piece tiiose who have read and rate script, tiiis character to release the steppenwolf liked Hesse 1 do not recom­ of quality cinema in its own and succumb to a life of alone would make tiie film right, it is weU worth a mend it, as you probably worthwhile). physical pleasure he has hold your own ideas about viewing. The final scenes inside the allotted his forthcoming SOth the nature of the Magic -MARGARET WERTHEIM Magic Theatre are weU done birthday as the day on which Theatre. he wUl kUl himself . . .That is until he meets Hermione (Dominique Sands) and Pablo (Pierro Clementi), and is introduced to the Magic Theatre. I will not attempt an explanation of tiie Magic Theatre as I do not believe Hesse meant it to be anything in particular. Many people when they see the film, and no doubt some who have read the book, wiU take it as a drug induced fantasy or perhaps even as a real place. In the novel Hesse merely asks you to accept that it is there, and it is easy to do so. However when it is pre­ sented as something tangible, on film, this is not so easy to do and consequently it becomes confusing. . Steppenwolf is basically a film about a man trying to resolve the conflict between his desires and his

34 Directed by Walter Hill starring Michael Becker at the Valley Twin. The Warriors is a kmd of New York slums gang-warfare version of Watership Down minus the symbolism and rabbits idiosyncracies in enduring strife and hardships in getting from one warren to another. You might even want to extend the comparison even further to West Side Story sans musique and without the highkicks dovm 42nd street. Nevertiieless it is some­ Warriors are wrongly accused what more realistic than of tiie crime and are chased either; and none of the and ambushed aU the way characteristics of the film, from the Bronx to Coney such as violence or use of Island. Tiiese various en­ language, are driven to counters with enemy gangs excess, but rather emerge constitute the basis of the as a requisite in successfully stor>'. inspired by the desire to find value - but rest assured portraying a sleazy under­ Aldiough Walter Hill was sometiiing better in this-life. tiiat tiiere is very littie bram- ground worid where the responsible for some good I would by no means stretching material to get in emphasis is on physical touches in tiie direction, call this a mmdless movie - tiie way ofthe brawn, strength and prowess. tiiese do not compensate for it is good entertainment -TIM CROSS The Warriors is not a his uninspired use of charac­ great film, but there are some terisation; and the result is neat directorial touches. Tlie a rather shaUow film. There fUm's plot unravels througli- IS hardly any depth, let alone out the screening of tiie development, of character credits - a rather wise among any of the main parts touch;after all, nobody really - althougli Swan, the gang's wants to know who exactiy wariord is able to muster assisted Wendy Jederman in up some sort of philosophy making the costumes for the on 'Life' at the end of tiie darn tiling. The gang from film: this consists of bemg Coney Island is heading up on able to judge the relative the subway train one night values of Coney. towards the Bronx - the Before that night, it had far northern extent of New been symbolic of refuge; but York City - to a mass now, in the light of day and meeting of all the main experiences of the night. gangs of N.Y. These are Coney appears a squalid exhorted by Cyrus - a jumble of houses and, as it satanic version of Billy turns out, not even safe. Graham - to join forces At the end of the fdm, tiie in order to run the city. gang walk off into the sun­ This, tile weakest scene in tiie rise (not sunset - sorry, whole film is ended by tiie Westem lovers) having sur­ assassination of Cyrus. Hie vived their ordeal and now

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TIME OFF June 28th, 1979 35 • •-*.'» .rtai' yvisTTT^-: • a'JiP£i»i!*irtT.«t»*» 'i^ixtXjmrnsamiBiCKifimsf'MtauasiummvvimiiJ stitute one significanit \ LINA WERTMULLER'S portion of the Mediterranean machismo belt. (It is interest­ ing to consider whether the question of survival is a dom­ inant theme in the countryas well. As the old Italian says tov01 Am^ffy m Catch 22, "Yesterday I loved the Nazis and Fascists, being). today I love the Americans, The film is set in Italy in but at least I'm stiU here.") the 1930's and the idealist is Another problem is that a peasant called Tunin her persistent humour and (played by Giancario jokes are again very Italian Giannini) whose sense of out­ and any significant nuances rage over the kiUing by of meaning within them fascists of an anarchist friend could quite easily escape us. compels him to want to How much of her content is assassinate the then dictator, satirical? How much tongue Bernito Mussolini. m cheek? His contact in Rome is One weU known actor Salome (Mariangela Melato), (whose feminist credentials a prostitute in one of the may be dubious to some) city's better known bordellos. who is annoyed by criticisms As a result of his of Lina's attitude to women LOVE AND ANARCHY: Written and Directed by staying at the brothel he falls is Sophia Loren. She has in love with Tripolina (Lina stated that on the basis of Una Wertmuller, Starring Mariangela Melato, Polita), one of the many her experiences working with Giancarlo Giannini, Lina Polita and others, Schonell women working in the Wertmuller, the opposite is Theatre, St. Lucia. establishment. true because Lina is support­ Then as the day of the Lina Wertmuller has a genius for filmmaking matched by ive of women and sensitive to assassination attempt draws their position m society. few other directors. However she is a somewhat "cerebral nearer, it is for both Tripolina So why does she often filmmaker" with the resuU that many of her productions are and Salome that the central portray women as whores? In found to be relatively inaccessible by mass audiences outside moral dilemma arises - wiU Love And Anarchy at least, her native country Italy, they let him go through with her portrayal of whores is not Love And Anarchy, a film made in 1973 is one of her best the attempt on Mussolmi stereotyped - in fact Salome features, yet has taken six years to reach Brisbane. "The when it means certain death comes over as the strongest Seduction Of Mimi", "Swept Away", "Seven Beauties", and for the anarchist himself. and most assertive character "A Night Full Of Rain" all of which were made after "Love Tlieir answer is to let him in the film, being both rebell­ And Anarchy", were released here eariier. sleep in on the day the shoot­ ious and individualist in a Now that I have had the opportunity to see all of these ing was to take place, which society under immense as it eventuates wasn't a satis­ productions, I still regard "Seven Beauties" as her most fascist pressure to conform. factory answer either. But brilliant film. Yet in theme it is closely linked to "Love And that's for you to see for your­ Anarchy" which I also enjoyed immensely. selves. One of the major critic­ survival by any means is the ''Notions of right new 'moral' path and that isms directed at Lina any former ideals/principles Wertmuller by feminists is and wrong have sliould take second place. tiiat her fdms convey an anti- little meaning or Tlie thematic Imk-up Notions of right and wrong woman sentiment. It is diffic­ relevance when your exists because in both movies have little meanmg or relev­ ult to assess the accuracy of very existence is in she challenges our prevaiUng ance when your veiy exist­ this claim because with her question." codes of morality. ence is in question. (It's a style of cinema there are so In Seven Beauties, she pity someone doesn't many factors to take into gives us the opportunity to examme the history of the account before making a graphically experience what it Australian aborigine in this judgement. means to have your human light). For one thing her films are There is a richness in the identity reduced to the level definitely more meanmgful so caUed vulgarity and loose of the sub-human, to a level Love And Anarchy again to Italians than they are to language present in the where despair is the order of highliglits the conflict non-Italians, because they bordello sequences which the day. between idealism and life (or very directly explore themes contributes greatly to the And by so doing, she "living" as personified in our of importance to their own film's success and seems forces us to appreciate that love relationships which are cuUure and history. And as consistent with other Italian situations do exist where fundamental to our sense of we all know Italian men con­ directors' (such as FeUini and

36 iBHa MADAME ROSA MADAME ROSA: Written and directed by Moshe Mizrahi, starring Simone Signoret, Sammy Ben Youb and others. Schonell Theatre, St Lucia (371 1879). Season continues through most of July. It is possibly a bit of a cliche to say so (which is unfortunate because some films deserve such recognition) but "Madame Rosa" really is "a celebration of life". . .and for exactiy the same reasons that Dersu Uzala and Storm Boy have been described in the same glowmg terms. This French made 1968 to make mroads into her Academy Award winner has normally clear mind. deserved every rave review it All of the main charac­ has received, among them: ters lives are full of interest, "A picture full of basic hardship and suffe rmg wisdom, tolerance and op­ (Madame Rosa was sent to a timism presented simply and concentration camp during without pretensions" - SUN the war) exist side by side Pasolini) obsession with the ions are superb, the sound­ HERALD; "The triumph of with affection and laughter. bawdy and the bizarre in tracks excellent, the acting beauty of character over age" Simone Signoret and Samy Italian society. Incidentally devastating and her personal - NATIONAL TIMES; "Tra­ Bon Youb deliver superlative Wertmuller was Fellini's sense of pathos, compassion, gedy without mawkishness, performances. They are assistant on "8H". humour and earthiness out­ compassion without saccha­ both eminently believable. More recently A Night standing. rine, seediness without sor- The film also challenges Full Of Rain directly takes up She has total control over didness, tender flashes of many of the unfortunate issues of feminism in Lina's how she handles the elements humour without comedy and lies we come to accept about first, and in my opinion not of suspense, romance, brutal­ the discreet charm of the meaning of death and veiy exciting, American ity and sadness. Like aU great Signoret" - THE SUN. old age. feature. filmmakers she introduces Madame Rosa is the story Sadly, one possible out­ many subtle levels mto her of an elderly Jewish woman 'a ..-'V come of the debate over her films, so that different (played by Signoret) who, ^ /.•:> 5 A treatment of women is that members of the audience can since retiring from prostitu­ the deeper issues she raises respond to the content on tion, has become a "wet '\^.; •^'^••' :*•-•>.' •J'A about love, death and more than one level if they so nurse" for the multi-racial '•-• •'• :'*• .••' ^^ morality wUl not be given the desire. children of other hookers. full appreciation they deserve. As is obvious from her She protects them from the welfare people and shapes ..J She must be sensitive to scriptwriting, Lina has a *^«te... their development as they the problem, because if a thorough understanding of ,*»«•• definite risk existed in Love most of her subject matter. In grow up in a classroom Vs'«^ . And Anarchy that she could symbolically equates the without waUs. Their be accidently stereotyping aU machismo sexual fantasies of education is achieved by h^ anarchists as nothing but the fascists with their observation, experience and bomb throwers, a quote she undoubted ideological brutal­ asking questions of their includes at the end of the ity and inhumanity. At one custodians. . ."Very littie is film clarifies the situation. stage Spatoletti, who is the able to be hidden from the The words quoted are on this head of Mussolini's security kids as they already know occasion from Malateste and service sings the praise of what they're not told." state that "Assassins harm the D Duce by saying "He has a The magic of the film Madame Rosa has rejected very cause they support, but pair of balls big enough to however lies in the loving God (for ignoring what their ideals at least have to be screw the whole world." exchanges of experiences occurred at Auschwitz) and. admired." Yet even in her treatment which occur between welcomes a peaceful death, of Spatoletti she doesn't Madame Rosa and her not wishing to be forced Regardless, I'll say it once totally caricature him, but favourite charge Momo or to stay alive in a hospital. again without quaUfication, instead shows that even Mohammed (played by Samy All in all, this film would Una WertmuUer is a brilliant though he is despicable, he Ben Youb). He is a beautiful have to be one of the most filmmaker. contains some elements and Algerian boy who changes sensitive and powerful I have The imagery, camera work contradictions which can be roles from "cared for" to the ever seen. It is valuable for and editmg in her product­ found in all of us. "caring" as Madame Rosa many reasons, one of the -BRUCE DICKSON gets older and senUity starts more important being its

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However it is done whh humanity rr special quality I found in her ability to break down stereo­ compassion, humour and i -tmui^t worid. types and open our minds to, above all a strong sense of the world. I have no reservations in . It. has been said that "out recommending this of the most wretched dung production to aU filmgoers. Its content directly or heaps grow the most indirectiy concerns all of us beautiful roses" and even if and it deserves a long season this saying isn't totally in order that we may all appropriate to the life and TRAVESTIES benefit from its purpose. story of Madame Rosa, it is -BRUCE DICKSON TRAVESTIES: Written by Tom Stoppard, Directed , StUl- in a way suggestive of the by John Milson, prdoduced by the TN company, now playing at the Twelfth Night Theatre. A FILM BY I first saw "Travesties" at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin in XAAERNER HERZOG 1977 I'm glad I had this to compare with the TN company s production for it highlighted the imaginativeness of John Milson, TN's artistic director. The greatest difficulty of the play is its wordiness. I feel Tom Stoppard has bombarded the audience with too much, too succinctly expressed, so the audience concentration moves m waves. The people who will enjoy it most are the people who have plenty of background knowledge of the history of art and the politico-social movements of the early 190O's. hi short, it's grossly elitist. in the play as a man who always wears unaniatching suits of. clothes and writes on midwifery. This had the One of the centralthemes Dublin audience in fits. 1 of the play is a discussion felt Bruce Parr made an NOSFERATU: of dada art, Dadaism was an excellent Joyce for TN, A film by Werner Herzog, coming to the Schonell art-intellectual movement with less of an idolic air. theatre. Season commences July 29, which was a revolt against One of the most inter­ SMALL CHANGE: language and logic. It esting parts of the play was followed an era of Scientific the sparring of Tzara and Directed by Francois Truffaut, also coming to the Rationalism in Victorian Joyce on their styles of Schonell. 4pm Sat 29 July and Sunday 30 July. Times. Literature. Not having seen "Nosferatu" I can't reaUy review it, but I hi "Travesties", the It was an hUarious would like to inform those who haven't heard of Werner mouthpiece for Dada is didactic. Herzog that most (but not all) of his films should not be Tristan Tzara, who was Many of the scenes were missed. indeed a founding dadaist. didactic situations of opp­ .This is the ftnst fUm scenes within the jungle are It's a wonderful role in osing points of view between ;niade by the German director immensely rich). which Malcome McCaffrey the two characters. One of 'to. be released commercially I would recommend seemg exceUs. McCaffrey is well the finest "tricks" of die oin. Brisbane and 1 gather "Nosferatu" because of the known for excellmg bul play is that there is no more may be coming in the established reputation of this characterization is out­ synthesis. Stoppard suggests near future. (Tlie Schonell is Herzog for diversity in standing. the outcome of such planning a retrospective approach and content. He Tzara is a dada coUage. He situations is to become season which wUl include undoubtedly possesses great makes poetiy by snipping up more extreme in whatever "A' Guerre" and "Kasper control over the medium of paper with words on and direction each character s Hauser" amongst others). film. pulling these from his hat. argument is going. This is a "A' Guerre" I have seen "SmaU Change" has been "Whisper, ill oomparah, eel, blow to the philosophical and it so brilliantly recreates screened once already at the nut, daisy, day,"(For more, textbook version of thesis die traumas of a disastrous Schonell and is well worth see the play.) and antithesis producing Soutii American Spanish seemg too. A timely produc­ Tzara, through fictional synthesis;! loved it. expedition that hi some tion for the Intemational Ucense, goes to the same The political portions of scenes you literally believe Year of tiie ChUd, it exhibits library in Zurich as James the play are cleverly cynical. you are there, (e.g. The a great sensitivty towards Joyce and Lenin. What a wild Exposed by the play are camera work on tiie river the worid of children and combination it is. James Lenin's attitudes to art. scenes involves gomg through the difficulaties they often Joyce, the expatriate Irish which by the report are very Irapids at higli speed and the endure. novelist is wittily summarized narrow. For instance, "we are ^ '^MUt 38 mn>m

good revolutionaries but with hisclothing. He takes the rather than the TN handUng After the first two TN good revolutionaries but we leading role in "The of it. I hope that is clear from productions, "Happy End" seem to be somehow obliged Importance of Being Earnest" the description above that and "Travesties" it seems that to keep up with modern art.. which Joyce is producing in "Travesties" is a dangerous a high quality, innovative I get no pleasure from them Zurich. The venture ends play to produce. It requires company has been created. (Expressionism, Futurism, in court with Carr suing Joyce a great deal of skill and fine La Boite is fading and TN Cubism)". for the cost of his stage judgement. It is done well. is certahdy outpacing d\l Lenin not surprisingly trousers. John MUson is a wonderful expectations. thought dada was "nonsense "The Importance of Being asset to theatre in Brisbane, - BARBARA ALLEN and affectations". Earnest" is parodied in the Lenin had seen a dadaist, final scene as the two ladies Mayakovsky, at a Kremlin of the play, Carr's sister concert shouting ftactured (mary Haire) and the lib­ lines in a yellow blazer rarian (Suzanne Roylance) witii blue roses painted on his discover the importance of cheeks. Narrowness in the being Tristan Tzara. Left is not a usual theme. It's a witty moment The main scene of Lenin because Cecily beUeves Tzara (Rod Wissler) and his wife is "hangmg up his hat fro (played by Pat Thompson) die proletariat". Gwendolen was excellently performed. believes he "delectates (i.e. The script divides the dia­ delights in) his art for its logue into Nadya Lenin own sake". "• ,'' '• ;'.' explaining the experiences of '."I- .-.'• '.'. her husband and Lenin speaking the documented statements he has made in letters and speeches. I think such a scene shows "Stoppard's Trav­ V.'••••-,•-.v,:^:) ;,:;••." Tom Stoppards briUiance at esties IS not a case doing outiandish things for either the radical within a play and having or the conservative. them come off. Their work­ He treats both with GONE WITH HARDY: Produced by the Queensland ing is also a tribute to the cynicism." Theatre Company at the S.G. 1.0. Theatre. acting abUities of Wissler and Thompson; Gone With Hardy has been performed in capital cities The Imking of the total around Australia, Nowhere have people walked out because of play is through the character the language or the rawness of the vaudevUle show scenes. One of the Tzaras they Yet in Brisbane the audience for the Q.T.C's production character of Henry Carr. He know is really Henry Carr; is recalling all the events. His walked out, sometimes in large numbers during the neither are what these women performance. character is the antitiiesis think. Carr hasn't converted to all three men; Carr is to radical politics and Tzara I was really entertained by a bourgeoise, conservative proscribe that Australian hasn't converted to "Gone With Hardy", it was from the British consulate plays be produced. traditional art theory. snappy and interestmg. The in Zurich. Carr, played by Brisbane can expect about play may have lacked depth Geoff Cartwright, and s his Stoppard's "Travesties" two AustraUan plays a year but the performances of the from tiie QTC. The royalties servant, played by Alan is not a case for either the three actors were detailed and to Australian playwrights Endicott, run through die radical «or the conservative. energetic. I particularly lUced help filter the fmancial grants socialist revolution. The He treats both with cynicism, the "Little Theatre" set, to tiie companies Uke QTC to servant grows m knowledge Tzara and dadaism, the which made the SGIO audit­ other parts of AustraUan and fervour and Carr persists anarchistic movement, is the orium a little more mtmiate. theatre. m his conservative stance. most attarctive of the options During this scene the action presented to the audience. When I rang QTC to ask The Director, John is restarted several times Finally, the set for TN is for a comment on the Krummel, was shocked by with "I have put the news­ really excellent. It is a audience reaction to the play the reaction from Brisbane papers and the telegrams on dadaist construction of lop­ I was frankly surprised. The audiences to "Hardy". tiie sideboard. Sir" with the sided bookshelves, tables wUh Company acknowledged that On a personal level some­ reply "Is there anything of feet and cheese block piano their subscribers and times I feel, in disgust, that interest?" This emphasises stools. members expect the classics Brisbane treats theatre lUte tiie contmuity of the Carr Jennifer Carseldine was to be produced, but they they would an old and and servant situation whUe the designer for "Travesties". would however continue to famous restaurant. A place to defining a new time period, The set is based on the put on shows like "Gone be seen at, where you order memory of Henry Carr of With Hardy". the same meal off tiie same Carr's greatest concern is dadaism in Zurich, The reason is that the ancient menu. with hisclothing. He takes the I have discussed the play funding bodies of the QTC - BARBARA ALLEN

TIME OFF June 28th, 1979 39 contrast, the season for diis Although we do not see play is a long one. If the two much of Greg Toohey as the can continue to develop King, he managed very weU within tiieir roles, they show tiie many changes of mood a potential for exciting per­ tiiat his short performance formance. demands. One of the major Robert Woodland who functions of an amateur plays Richard Rich managed dieatre company is its role 10 get below the super­ in tiie development of young ficial shaUowness of the role yOlimforMSeasonstalent . And from this play and to breathe some measure come three performances that of Ufe into his performance- Brisbane Arts Theatre production, directed by Ian put the actors playing them sufficient enough to make me into the 'keep watching' look forward to his next Thomson, continues Wednesday and Saturday until appearance. July 28.. department. Leon Hutchinson's per­ "A Man For All Seasons" Robert Bolt's modem classic based on the rise and fall of formance as Wniiam Roper is not the most exciting Sir Thomas More is a difficult play for a competent pro­ had some very good flashes show on the current fessional cast - when tackled by an amateur company, these of characterisation. There tiieatrical scene, but it is a difficulties present obstacles that are almost insurmountable. were moments when he came very competent and honest The current production very close to matchmg attempt at a great play. by Brisbane Arts Theatre is Thomson's More. -DAVID K.WHEATLEY an example of a truly valiant effort that manages to mini­ mise some of these prob­ lems without ever completely overcoming them. The major difficulty is tiiat this is a play of words weeks before the play was STOPPARD'S BRILLIANTn - it was originaJly written due to open. for radio - and the tran­ He plays it well, and of COMEDY.. sition to the stage has given the major characters, his is a script where the actors the only truly rounded per­ must StiU rely heavily on formance. Thomson's More the voice to create charac­ is truly a man for all seasons. ter. There is not a great By contrast, Ian Grealy TRAVESTIES deal of opportunity for as Thomas Cromwell, doesn't until July 7 Only 'business' to keep the quite make it. He seems too Tues '^ -^ audience involved. Tuesday to Saturday 8.15 pm much involved with deUvery PLUS! Sat.Matinees Spm The set, designed by of the words to get beneath Peter Erdmann, is .stark and die skin of his character - Stttnt^-^M^o BOOK ON 527622 simplistic - very effective, to bring out tile cruelty, but again throwing aU of the the cunning, the driving am­ STUDENT RUSH (after 8 pm) $2.50 emphasis back on the actors. bition that lies lurking in the Their only help was the rich script. SEXUAL PEVERSITY • colourful constumes designed Two performances that fit by Ian Thompson. into tiie 'almost' mark are The whole production be­ those of David Robinson as IN CHICAGO comes almost a one-man The Duke, and Judith Browh- Friday and Saturday 11.30 pm vehicle _for Ian Thomson, Sundays 6.30 pm Beresford as Lady Alice. IJunc 29 - July 22 Not only does he design the There are definite signs of Adults $3.50 Students $2.50 costumes and direct the play, good characterisation coming BOWEN HILLS he also plays the key role tiirough their performances - UNDERGROUND of Thomas More, filling in particularly in the second act. UNDERGROUND ENTRANCE for an actor who was trans­ Altiiough there is still the via Gar Park at back of Theatre ferred out of town two need to shade m a little more BOOK ON 52 5888 ^S^

The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust presents •- Athol Fulgard's "STATEMENTS" AFTER AN ARREST UNDER THE IMMORALITY ACT Starring.OLIVE BODILL —ANTHONY WHEELER— Geoff Parry CEMENT BOX THEATRE - OPENS 26th JU^E Limited Seasoi Book at Her Maj esty's Theatre'and Students Union, tJnivcrsity of Queensland

40 S\ (on wings) buUied by a another. I tell you, readmg couple of seraphims and these comics is an experience cherabims, led into a more horrific than all the shower block, and told to Belsens and Auschwitz's put clean up before a sign, together. In anotiier frame "cleanliness is next to a moose is gingeriy tugging godliness". The door slams at a tuft of grass weighted PAPER DOLL HEROINE: and the shower fittings hiss on the spring bar of a Giant by Suzy Varty Collage & Comix with a white vapour. "Moose Trap". It's sick! DOOWOP COMIX: Coughing is heard from down The product of a mind die hall. "Where's tiie soap", by Bonk treading the thin edge of asks our unfortunate victim. disaster. CATASTROPHE COMICS, NEIL HISSUM COMICS: "Are you sure those are by Damien Ledwich. shower fittmgs?" asks -ROBERT WHYTE Arts Lab Press, 11 Goast Green, Birmingham, B4 Ter U.K. s Of these four Uttie comic books, the genius of Damien Ledwich makes up for the disappomtment of the other two. Nihilism is not the word. I hadn't properly appreciated Damien Ledwich's cartoons before, seeing them only in Radio Times and without the intimate and identifiable format which the comic book provides. They (the cartoons) work Nemo" will be sickened by together brilliantly, and seize "little NevUle". Cream of tiie brain m the grip of a Elephant soup and "the horrible uncertainty. Tlie sword is mightier tiian die startiing incongruities pen" both cripple the ima- : Ledwich has chosen for his gnation. I liked best tiie subjects virtually devour the morbid tale of the ascension brain raw! Readers of "littie to heaven of a young man ANM:(;RI:K\

NOT TO BE TRUSTED: Boolarong Publishers, drawings of Brisbane's Heri­ tage by Anne Green. Don't let the titie fool you. This is not a tear-jerker epic about a "powerful hardworking Premier who gives you real value for money" being betrayed by a "Uberal Party guaran­ teed to contain no spinal columns". When I saw the title, I Anne Green has drawn thought it HAD to be another the Brisbane of Paddington, book about JOH. Not so! Red HiU, Spring HUl, "Not to be Trusted" is a HamUton, New Farm; the sketchbook of Brisbane's second string housing in dis­ Heritage with drawings by tricts where it plays an Anne Green and poems by integral part of the vUlage Jack Murphy. The titie of atmosphere of the Inner City the book is an allusion to Suburbs. Her drawmgs are die National Trust and the technically brUliant, mdeed, preservation of Brisbane's some seem like architectural buildings. The buUdings and renderings m which case they scenes Anne Green has ui­ are a littie lifeless. Her cluded in her book are not technique is definite, while protected by the National remainmg delicate, and Trust, nor are they lUcely dramatic, without being too to be. Some of the houses stylised. represented have already been Jack Murphy's poems in demolished, with none of die book are fantastic, the the outcry attached to the works of genius: demolition of the BeUevue, or tiie plans for St. Martins. (continued next page)

;:,:i IME OFF June 28th, 1979 413^ "A mind treading the thin edge of disaster "see review section for Damien Ledwich's , cartoons, Neil Hissum and Catastrophe Comics. 42 ^\ hampton 1953, has had two Trudeau widi the necessary nowledged. The story is warm one-person sell-out shows and style and manners, but and humorous in parts, has won the Rockhampton without interference in her showing an appreciation of City Art prize. This year private life. This, of course, the people die meets - THE GARDEN Anne is committed to ex­ is not easy given the endless Castro, Nixon, Queen A garden is a lovesome thing, hibitions ui Brisbane, Sydney, round of social engage­ Elizabetii, Margaret Whitiam God wot! Christchurch and America. ments, travel and accompany­ (described as a feminist) - Thus the poet said in days The book costs $12, in a ing overemphasis on security. rather than an analysis of gone by. Umited edition of one As the wife of the the strict political views different politicians rep­ One tiimg's for certain, gar­ tiiousand copies, published Canadian Prime Minister, resent. dener he was not. by Boolarong Publishers and smoking dope probably Not with die bloody weeds avaUable at the QBD. wasn't correct protocol. It Fairly informal photo­ up to his eye. could be noted here, tiiough, graphs of the politicians and that a number of American 'personalities' accompany her Anne Green, born Rock­ -ROBERT WHYTE. political wives were alcoholics anecdotes. These are interes­ including former First Lady tmg in the main because they Betty Ford. Thus Mrs. reiterate that she at least Trudeau's drug dabbUng is made an effort to get to hardly outrageous, merely know the person behind the "illegal". politics. I recommend 'Beyond Not many years after we Reason' to those interested married, in a mood of des­ peration about the life I was falling uito, I had defied Pierre and gone back to the occasional joint It wasn't much, and I took great care never to get caught It wasn't long before I had my knuckles rapped. A nice young policeman rang our bell one day. I went down to see who it was. He handed me a little packet T brought some incense for you,' he said, smiling 'Sometimes when I patrol the house I can smell it coming from the windows so I know you must like it' It was a waming, a friendly waming, but a waming alright I took more care after that, on occasion even having to resort to shutting myself into cup­ boards for a quick smoke." BEYOND REASON: Margaret Trudeau, Paddington Press Ltd, New York After six years of ti-ying & London, 1979. to come to grips witii tiie I had no intention of readmg this autobiography. The press politics of being a First attitude to Margaret Trudeau - "outrageous" etc. - had Lady, Margaret Trudeau rubbed off on me, and I was prepared to believe her auto­ called it quits in a blaze of publicity. Her supposed in political Ufestyle, and how biography would be just another dull stor>^ about a "spoUt an 'ordinary' person, un­ promiscuity (remember the little rich gul". prepared for this lifestyle, famous 'RoUing Stones' copes witii it (or doesn't, So I was pleasantly sur­ her adolescent teeth on die incident?) is refuted in this prised to find 'Beyond hippieism of tiie late sixties, as it turns out). There is a book, where she claims that Reason' entertaining; a marihuana, Marakesh and all, minimum of bitterness/back- seemingly honest account of she was faced with the pros­ much of die mcident was stabbing - Margaret Trudeau the problems a "child of tiie pect of bemg the worid's misinterpreted by the press. is mtent only on setting tiie sixties" faced as a political "youngest First Lady" in The book is weU-written record straight. wife of the seventies. 1971. and pacey, probably due to -MARIE BLANCH Margaret Trudeau's story At 22, she wanted to live some rewriting by Caroline is hardly sensational. Cutting her life as tiie wife of Pierre Moore, who is duly ack-

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neonline: prose by Tom she was talking about. books, (Ratz, Adrenaline Thompson, Second Back Joanne Burns has recentiy Flicknife) and her more Row Press, P.O. Box 197 published some amazing recent work. "I'll send you Nortii Sydney, NSW 2060. prose poems, dealing with a postcard of my throat Price not listed. Approx. shopping, food, daily life, after I've lit tiie first fire." $2.50. These vamped up told in a banal, understated, and "if I hadn't sent my adolescent sexual fantasies detailed way, paying best friend around to your strung together with more attention to minutia and kitchen of guitar strings" recent vignettes about their so creating an impression of are two examples of her main characters "Sam" and unreality, or sur-reality. In ability to express a true "Mariene" and concluding Correspondences, her work poetic spirit and a caustic, with some more cleveriy is somewhere between fiery, entertaining wit. handled pieces dealing with imagistic style of her previous -ROBERT WHYTE Bali and Soutii East Asia don't work at all well as a book m the way that "The Book of the FUm" should, IN 44 GALLON DRUMS The Eye's Habit: a journal judging by Tom Thompson's of contemporary religious ex­ recently published ex­ 90% of the population has decided to pression, autumn edition. 33 cerpts from that titie. I change homes, they go next door and the Lancaster Ave, Melrose Park, can understand a writer neighbours move in where they left, then NSW 2114, $5 for four issues. seizing an opportunity to some people strike neighbours that are Cheques payable to 'Hexagon publish eariy prose, and for disagreeable or simply refuse to change and Press'. a number of reasons, doing they have to return disappointed, they are This magazine's claim that so is worthwhile. On tiie confused, with distorted feelings and there exists a connection bet­ otiier hand I stUl believe it's perceptions, they believe theyare wrapped ween the "religious and better to "leave well enough artistic impulses" is soundly alone". These prose pieces in plastic bags, and that they will die, some based. The function of poets have had their day, and tiie of them believe they have been trapped for centuries was to my- new stuff is much better. in tin cans, or encased in 44 gallon drums. thologise religious secrets, It is later at night. . .the lights have and in fact poetry was one changed again, from grey-blue into silver of the few avenues open blue, the same people are all out, on their to heretics. Being lieretical way to dancing competitions, they fade is not, however, what this tn, and fade out, and cling in each others magazine is about. They are arms, it is. nothing that they whisper to not "about" much at all, it seems, and like many each other when they are close like this, others provide a selection they discuss ecology and feel threatened of contemporary writing with by the heightening possiblity of leakage a couple of poems with of toxic waste products, it is morning, 'religious' overtones thrown passing the newsagents on their way home in for good measure. No. in- the grey morning light they see in the 2 includes a weird and in-, New Posters *5 suspected spies sent from triguing piece by rae jones; Bank ok to Hanoi." Flanellette. Tlie selection and production of the magazine -ROBERT WHYTE shows botii die editors' good intentions and their naivity. Correspondences: Poems by Pamela Brown and prose- poems by Joanne Burns. Red Press, P.O. Box 197 North Sydney, NSW 2060 $2. Pamela Brown's poems con­ sist of a series of plamtive, urging, anecdotal reminis­ cences of Ufe with "you", whoever "you" is. They lack die briUiant, startiing images of Joanne Bums' work, but nevertheless have a direct lucidity which would be charmmg if we knew w^o

44 into the Paddo and get I'm gettmg out of here another one before my and coming back earlier when chocolate moose arrives. there'll be fewer people Oh no! Bruce Dickson around - order the entire has grabbed my seat menu over a fortnight and and is polishing off the drink all my TuUoch 76 bin last of my (99 percent out of sight of that lush proof) gariic bread! Nick of a waitress! Udovic is taking surrep­ titious photos of the clients Crepes approx $4-00 from behind his place mat Quiche approx $3-50 and 1 know where those will end up!

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Yul Brunner, I'm sure it was Yul Brunner across the room talking to Linda Rondstatt, and it was only the first night the place had opened! Word has got around. Damn! Damn! Everyone wUI know about it, damn! Oh Gods below here comes that tedious bore Danny la Rue, I knew he was going out with her did you see what she was wearmg on her Nose? PHONE: 367 397 I was just about to get into a steaming aromatic heavily into my table copy of -gasp- gariic ChUcen crepe. PHOEBE'S CREPE AND QUICHh RHSTALRAM "The Press" thinking I'll just ignore this blasted hub and Oh no, if St. Rita spreads A new Restaurant.on the comer of Great George and pretend I'm the first one to the word up at the Charlotte Streets, ' Paddington, serving a variety have discovered this mouth­ Community Centre I'll never of savoury crepes and quiches as main courses. watering spinach and mush­ get a table after midnight room crepe -sigh- when who here again 4ZZZ Subscribers get a 20% discount during the should I recognize over by first week (from Tuesday 26th June) and tO"o the Chariotte St side, in dark Blast «and damn that wait­ discount thereafter. glasses, but that astonishing ress just quaffed of half my Open from 6 pm to Midnight Tues - Sunday BYO woman St Rita, the TuUoch 76, never mmd, I'll alderman's wife, tucking right just dash up Great George

1 TIME OFF June 28th, 1979 fr-irmminsstKtrr'SM-AtiamMx^MvxamKammtmk fvmm THE PENNY FARTHING •INRII FF .SNACKBAR Pavilion Building, Cnr Queen and Albert Sts, phone 83 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley telephone 229 2355. Mon-Thurs 5.30-9, Fri-Sat 5.30-10 52 4228 Lebanese food open Thurs Fri & Sat 6-10pm. (dinner) supper 10-midnight. Sunday 7.30-11.30pm. The Penny Farthmg is a restaurant I've looked at several times, both from the point of view of theh a-la-carte menu, and their smorgasbord, and in aU cases I have been impressed, not only with the value of theh food, but with the service. Looking at tiie smorgas­ interesting was the Penny bord first, I would challenge Farthmg Eye FUlet at anyone to beat the value $6.95 ~ fillet wrapped in being offered here for $5. bacon with sliced mango and What impressed me most topped with a sauce of mango was the very wide range and brandy. (quite fiankly I'm getting On Friday and Saturday bored with a salad bar that tiie Penny Fartiimg features offers beetroot, beans and a disco for which there is no tomato - the deal that seems cover charge for those dining

Adaptmg my sexual phUosophy (that men and women are like buses - another one comes along sooner or later), to the pleasures of eating out, I have eaten contentedly for the last few years enjoymg the gradual emergence of many fine and inexpensive restaurants throughout Brisbane. Gastronomes can no die surroundings is a good longer sigh melancholically foU for tiie hospitdity of when hearing of delightful die owner/waiter/host/racon- dining m other climes, teur Tony Davis, and die countries or states, because food is, for the most part, at last our range of res­ excellent. taurants has become truly Having given our order varied and cosmopolitan, and havmg poured our own particularly in the lower wine (no BYO pseudo wme price bracket. A newcomer service here) we were brought to make up the bulk of die in the restaurant (for those to this selection is "Jean- plates of olives, cheese and salad selections around town) who do not care to dine, ette's Room", an adjunct home-pickled raw carrot to together with a good range the cover charge is $3 which to ihe Jubilee Snack Bar. ward off pre-entre starvation of both hot and cold dishes. includes supper). I too have friends \yho pangs - tiiese are "on tiie I tried a selection from If you dined from die have jeopardised their future house" mcidentally, so no bodi the hot and cold platters smorgasbord selection, you entries in my social calendar complamts to restaurant or (virtually two complete main could manage an evening out by inflictmg on me gas­ editor please, if tiiey fail to courses) and found little to (food, disco and drinks) for tronomic displeasure, in­ appear. weU under $10 a head. complain about. different service and open- I ordered baba ghanouj If you dmed from the a-la- heart surgery on my waUet, The a-la-carte features a carte, you'd possibly go for ($1) for entree ~ pureed witii tiieir cries of "You must baked eggplant witii garlic, good range of seafood (basic $15. eat tiiere - It's fantastic '. price from $4,50 to $9) served cold, and Good Sort Judged on quality and so I set off quite cautiously ordered tabouli ($1) - a together with some service, to me that represents witii Good Sort in tow, interesting meat dishes. freshly dressed salad of good value for money. to sample what I believe may cracked wheat, tomato and One I found particulariy -DAVID K.WHEATLEY be the first Lebanese food enough parsley to satisfy m Brisbane. The restaurant Linus Paulmg, presented att­ itself is smaU and unpre­ ractively on a large lettuce tentious - remember tiiese leaf. words, for when you eat A basket of unleavened there you wUl realise my bread was served alongside powers of understatement. and Good Sort enjoyed his However tiie starkness of tabouU so much he had not - rr" ^r^'UKa-ffxsMf^mnatmsBuvaiSii only wiped his plate with dishes that feature duck, and bread, but forgot his party CHINA FOODS several more that feature manners and mopped my quails eggs. plate too. Otiier entrees I was very impressed with mclude homus bi tahini ($1) the spring rolls that came as — a chickpea and sesame oil one of our entrees; very crisp, puree, wellseasoned with with a beautiful filling. gariic, and sambouski ($1) - Equally tasty were the a fried meat pasty made with Shamoi, a mixture of mixed a combmation of minced prawn and pork in a liglit lamb and beef, reminiscent dumpling. of the Russian piroshki. From the seafood section, Loubye ou riz ($3) was we tried Lobster TaUs in the my choice for main course chefs special sauce which was and is simply a dish of both delicious, and very superbly cooked beans with generous as far as lobster tomato, served with rice. A meat was concemed. Then similar dish on the menu sweet and sour pork - after is butinjan ou riz, made all, there's not a Chinese with eggplant. Good Sort restaurant that doesn't have had laham mishwi ($4.95) - that one on the menu, so pieces of lamb, cooked there is plenty of room for kebab-style but served off comparison. I'm happy to tiiose tonsil-spiking tooth report that the China Foods picks, seasoned and served Wickham St, Valley. Chinese foods, open 11.30- version came through with with homus bi tahini. 2,30 and 5-10pm. Mondays to Saturdays. Phone flying colours. Other main course dishes 52 4166. China Foods is licensed - include koubbe falafel and a fairly middle of the road There are several Chinese restaurants in the Valley, but salata ($3.95) - basically selection, but certainly not minced lamb and beef with for my money, you'd find it hard to go past China Foods, overpriced. crushed wheat cooked as far as value and quality of food are concerned. Our meal, with a bottie 'burger' style and accom­ They are in Wickham St, tion, but there's a of Hardy's White Burgundy, panied by chickpea and broad just near the railways station tremendous range of other cost $19 for two - so you bean puree and a tomato escalators, opposite Myers. dishes as well to give you a can count on about $8 to salad, and a dish entitled variety in flie menu tiiat does $10 a head for food and mixed plate, which has China Foods specialises in not happen often - for wine. stuffed cabbage roles, seafood in the Chinese tradi­ example there are several -DAVID K.WHEATLEY tabouli, homus, kafta, kibbee and perhaps chicken cooked with rice. printed on them - obviously Small cups of what must THE CLANSMAN female heads are not meant be the best coffee in Brisbane to worry about such things). followed (40c), made 35 Waldheim St, Annerley. Open Mon-Sat 6.30- The wine list is also Lebanese-style, deliciously midnight. Phone 48 1935. interesting - it takes in only tiiick and strong but with tiie white wmes. If your no bitter aftertaste. There When you review a restaurant that works out at between preference is for reds, you is a selection of Lebanese $20 and $30 a head for food and wine, it just has to be good. are welcome to browse in cakes and pastries on the There must be no room for any miumur of complaint. the ceUar and select your menu. I could only manage Happily the "Clansman we really did not notice the own, with a waiters' coffee, but Good Sort chose Restaurant" at Anneriey fits passage of time. At all times assistance if your knowledge a sweet rich pastry layered into this category - happily we were conscious of ex­ of reds is a littie shal^. with chopped almonds and at any rate for whoever gets cellent service, yet it did And now to the basics - soaked in honey syrup (80c). to pay the bill. Tliis old not overwhelm us to tiie the food. As a general run­ Our bUl, when presented, colonial home, renovated and extent of making us feel down on the menu, the was urider $12 - reasonably turned into a gracious res­ uncomfortable. entrees ranged between $2 by any standards, but in this taurant, is one with very There were the superb and $5, main courses $6.50 case, very good value for few causes for unhappy touches - the carnations to $8.50 (except lobster) money. "Jeanette's Room' murmurings - in fact, our that arrived m the ladies' and sweets at $3 to $3.50, is a welcome addition to the party for four went away menus, to be placed in bud cheese $2.25 and coffee, Brisbane eating scene which more than satisfied. vases on the table until it shortbread and dinner mints I can thoroughly recommend, At tills price, dining out was time to go home. for 90c. and books, as yet, are un­ should fiU the entire evening, (Incidentally, the menus We found our entrees necessary. and from our arrival at 8 presented to the gentiemen particulariy good — camem- -ASHRAF BANOUSHE until our departure at 11, are the only ones with prices bert roUs were mterestmg.

TIME OFF June 28th, 1979 •47! *KM5>' the oysters were plump, the sweets section, I must praise dinner is served. lobster bisque weU served and die Chocolate Basket ($3.50) MoonUghts is the bramchild of three energetic local ladies delicious. Yet out of all which featured a basket of them tiie hlghUght had to moulded from chocolate, Lynne Kennedy, Jenny Kirby and Sally McConnachie, This be a serving from the Laird's filled with fruit salad, and ice mtmiate Uttle coffee house cum restaurant:: is situated in Noosa troUey - four very pleasant cream, Junction which some would call a bit oif a backwater to tiie selections at $4, I must also commend the trendier Hastmgs Street of Noosa Heads. Inspired rather than when ordermg this dish and daunted by this, the giris your individual taste wUl be have worked something short catered to. of a miracle in transforming Other mains avaUable that a totaUy unmteresting i rrow night were Rump Steak and space into a friendly meeting Salad ($4.50) and Salmon place for those who shop, Vegetable Casserole with work or just hang out at the Salad ($3.50). Junction. Choice of dessert posed Avid cooks aU, the giris a weighty problem, so numer­ take the greatest care with ous the dishes and so food preparation and presen­ temptmg the tities. These tation, featuring different sweets are aU avaUable during dishes each night and makmg the day with coffee or other use of fresh garden beverages and range from a vegetables, prime cuts of fanciful Buttered Banana meat, local fish and imagina­ Fruit Loaf (65c) and mouth­ tive home made sweets. On watering Rhubarb and Apple Sundays they offer a Crumble with Cream, Ice­ specialty - roast dinner with cream and Yoghurt ($1.75). all the trimmings. The latter was highly For two we ordered recommended by the giris tomato soup ($1) which had and has won them many a that distinctive homemade regular. Our cheesecake freak flavour and left Big Red for was completely beaten by the dead, French bread roUs and Chocolate Cheescake ($1.20) butter cost 25c, For mains and I found the Tropical we ordered Vegetable Pie Pavlova devastating ($1.50).

The mahi course came coffee, shortbread and mints with an exceUent selection - tiiat at 90c is exceUent of fresh vegetables - cauli­ value. flower mornay, candied While I realise tiiat this cartoys, buttered beans and type of restaurant is outside potato croquettes. Particular the price range for tiie normal mention must be given to two night on the town, for a of tiie dishes - FiUet Steak special occasion, I do feel Aberdeen, with a chefs "The Clansman" is hard to aird Salad ($1) for two and A Mocha Slice witii Cream special sauce, and Duck with beat. I have eaten at some ChUi Con Came with (75c) was shared around by cherries, which featured a of the other higher priced Cucumber and Sour Cream the others and was pro­ very mteresting sweet cherry restaurants in this city, but Dip ($2.75) for three. nounced exceUent, sauce. Both were beautifuUy for my money, I feel it is The Vegetable Pie won For as Uttle as five or cooked and exceUently pre­ weU spent here, us with its unusual cheesy sented. six dollars a head you can -DAVID K.WHEATLEY pastry and a large assort­ get a three course meal In a brief mention of the ment of non-mushy vege­ at MoonUghts, Usten to local tables. The Salad was fresh, musos tiU one m the mornmg, big and beautiful right down talk over endless coffees or MOONLIGHTS COFFEE HOUSE to the last alfalfa sprout. muU over a back copy of The Chili Con Came was Time Off from tiie well Sunshine Beach Road, Noosa Junction. Open week­ thought to be too mUd stocked magazme rack. One- days 10am-3.30, 6.30pm-1am. Saturday and Sunday by one and too hot by the visit should be enough to 6.30-8.30pm. BYO between 6.30 and 8.30 when others. The giris now suggest win you, you mention your preference -ELIZABETH DIMES

48 It is, on the surface, behaviour. When his would- funny, in the way that all be seductress asks for a littie American comedies would wine, he obliges by whinmg be funny if they only could. at her, a mUd moment com­ Jokes flood through the plot pared with the sentence after and, surprisingly more often sentence compUcationsofthe than one expects on tele­ bulk of the humour. FAMILY TV GUIDE: vision, there is enough fresh There are several things Supermarkets and non-newsagent outlets, 35cents material to wash away tiie re­ tiiat grate m this show, and weekly. hashed silt that inevitably at least one of them Since television was first mtroduced the best we have had shouldn't. Someone in­ m the way of television guides were publications Uke "TV fiuential within the Week" and "TV Times" which in reality were only pubUc production team has come across the concept of social relations exercises for the stations. comment within entertam­ The fare they served up was totally predictable - full page ment. Consequentiy, we see photos of "peisonaUties", loads of rubbish about the stars an episode on the loneliness private lives, but nothing which critically examined what of elderly people, another television was doing to us or the standards ofthe programmes on our lack of mutual trust, themselves. another on violence, and Now we have "FamUy left or right) and came up yet another educating the TV Guide" a publication with his own well founded masses on the meaning of which is closely styled on its democracy. American counterpart - Theoretically, it is a both being published clogs up comedy series. Mork humour is delivered great step forward for by the New York Times American TV, but it has Company. in the form of verbal and visual slapstick; like Laurel struck problems. Obviously The U.S. edition is rela­ and Hardy brought up to the producers have had little tively critical and does date, played at superfast experience at handling it, include the odd anti-estab­ speed, and trapped in the one as often its appearance could lishment article. What of body that somehow retains be accompanied by trumpets, tiie TV Guide in Australia? innocence within flags, and flashing signs The very first edition criticisms and suggestions. eccentricity, reading "social comment" showed promise. A major The article epitomised Mork's reactions attempt and not be more blatant. article by PhUip Adams what we should expect from to highlight the absurdities Actor Robin WiUiams as on chUdren's television a truly mdependent or of common expressions and Mork seems to be the major caught my attention. Adams radical thinker, because it reason for the show's exis­ possesses a rare 'intellectual' did away with all the crap. tence, and it must be ad­ insight (not intellectual a la Regrettably the rest of mitted, he's good. He could academia but intellectual in that issue of "TV Guide" have added dimentions to the the true sense of the word). as weU as the subsequent "Monty Python" concept. Whereas the average 'prog­ editions did not measure up His major drawback is that ressive' media critic would to the same high standards. America has no popular tradi­ have adopted a "correct TTie personality game is stiU tion of this kind of comedy; Une" approach to what is being played but on a slightly this series was the best they wrong with television and more sophisticated level. could offer him. It's not what kids supposedly need, Nonetheless even one infallible, but it could be Adams was stimulating article per issue by Adams worth missing "Mash" repeats because he cut straight (or his counterpart) would for an episode or two, through aU the normdly keep me buying. Am I being -NELLETYCHO accepted ideas and chiches too hopeful? about TV, (Whether from the -BRUCE DICKSON A BIG COUNTRY: ABC Television MORK AND MINDY: COUNTRYWIDE: QTQ 9, Monday to Friday, 7pm, ABC Television, 12 noon Sundays Mork Original? Is the Pope Polish? SUNDAY SPECTRUM: "Moric and Mindy" has been around long enough to avoid ABC Television, 3.30pm Sundays. the necessity of explainmg m depth that Moric is an alien In a personal sense, television for me is mindless and come to Earth'to study our primitive society. In reaUty, idiotic, but that is also its essential attraction. Moric comes to American screens to guest star witii the Fonz As I sit there lost m its reveUing in its undemanding m the longrunning "Happy Days", whose audiences greeted dream world after a hard lunacy, . .television as him so warmly he was given a series of his own. day's work, I am literaUy therapy.

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However there is the odd occasion when I come very close to discovering an alter­ native side to the medium, the side heralded and lauded so strongly when television was first being introduced,., television as education. Enter the ABC. "Education" and the "ABC" are synonymous or at least During its eariiest weeks used to be, but most of the it has put to air stories public still haven't woken up rangmg from the politics of to the fact that nowadays poppy growing (the opium Auntie chases the ratings. variety) m Tasmania, to the Yet despite the death of demise of the smaU farmer informative programmes such dairy industry, to a possible as This Day Tonight, Monday future shortage of shearers, Conference and Chequer- a report on why vast areas board, a few briUiant docu- of once arable land m Aust­ emntaiy series stUl survive. ralia have been turning to Strangely enough it is the salt. rural department of the ABC Countiy Wide also which produces some of the includes a regular "Bright THE SCHONELL GALLERY: most exceUent results in this Ideas" section in which new field. mventions and products are David Hamilton Prints, By now most Australians reviewed. A significant event in Brisbane's art worid this week was should be conscious of the The programmes' sensit­ the opening of the Sir Fred Schonell Art Gallery, St. Lucia, contribution to top quality ivity to some of its viewers viewing made by "A Big at the gallery include a collec­ is demonstrated in its 12 tion of photographs cartoons Country". This weekly noon timeslot on Sundays, programme has not only done an hour when many rural and drawings featured in much to break down mis­ people are taking a breather The gallery opened with past editions of Time Off, understandings between from their normaUy heavy a selection of David Hamil­ Artists who feel their city and countiy people, work schedules. ton prints direct from work needs s showing may but has also made us more Also screening on Sundays London. These photographs contact the management for aware of the diverse nature but at the later time of 3,30 epitomise the antiquity and information on the reason­ of Australia, and in the pm is a new show called timelessness of Hamilton able and hi^ly attractive process challenge some long Sunday Spectrum, Hosted by work. They represent a exhibition arrangements the standing prejudices. It is easy Tanya Halesworth it covers variety of moods and styles Schonell offers. The ad­ to believe that a new toler­ music, reUgion, art as well of his single theme - the vantage of havmg the gallery ance and respect for the as the phUosophies under­ fragUe but fascinating beauty situated withm tiie Theatre multitude of different races lying these. of young girls. complex and the subsequent and lifestyles within tiie The most impressive This one theme has been benefit of havmg an average countiy has slowly buUt up of 2000 per week viewing during the seventies, then episode. I saw was that responsible for over $8 which featured an interview mUUon spent throughout the the exhibitions is self- "A Big Countiy" has played evident. a part in the change. The witii PhUip Adams. (TIME worid on Hamiltons books OFF hopes to be able to alone. (However to put this It is hoped that m the idtimate compUment to this years to come, the opening show is that it has always publish the transcript of this slightly into perspective the programme in a future issue). starting price for a HamUton of the SchoneU Art Gallery been good entertaining tele­ will be looked on as playing vision in its own right In a broadrangmg dis­ photographic book is $25). cussion Adams talked of the The David Hamilton ex­ an important role in the But now die stables of meaning(less) of life and hibition showing at the promotion of the arts m tiie ABC have bred yet proved once more that if SchoneU Art Gallery wUl Brisbane. another pedigreed show. . , lUce me you believe there are appeal to all who -PAUL COMINO the newcomer races under the very few genuine intellectuals appreciate his delicate, soft name Country Wide but is in this countiy, then he at focus approach to adolescent ^^ David Hamilton's film more newsy than a Big least gives cause for hope. beauty of young women. Bilitis" will be retuming to Country, but just as down to -MORTON REEVESBY It closes m the 1st July. the Schonell Theatre on earth and good humoured. Forthcoming exhibitions Sunday 12th August. Eds.

50 'laemMrms^afom Ktw The Eagle Street Artists ROBERT WHYTE In an area of the city which has seen the demise of Uve music (The Queens, The Exchange) and the stagnation of the (dormant) Community Arts Centre, a group of earnest Artists and Art-Teachers have struggled against all odds to keep an Art School aUve. Originally part of the Part of the Art School Australian Flying Art School, area is taken up by a large the Brisbane Eastaus Art Gallery, whUe offices and School has been operating classrooms take the independently since August remainder of the space. '77, when the Flying Art Downstairs on the 4th floor, School was taken over by the studios are rented to Artists Kelvin Grove CoUege of (at a nominal fee) and Advanced Edudaction. although there is no official "It was a smk or swim connection between the situation, says SheUa Mee, School and the studios, three the present Director of the of the artists "downstairs" School, "tiie Flymg Art (SheUa Mee, Michael School sunply left us here. Richards, and Robin Bauer) The fact that we survived at also teach at the school. all is an amazement to every­ one, and probably an The Gallery, now showing embarrassment to the Flying paintings, drawings and Art School who expected us photographs by Michael to smk without a trace." Richards, exhibits the work of up-and-coming artists Eastaus Art School has whose work is not well now approximately 250 enougli known to command pupUs. Unlike many other showings at the commercial organizations in the Arts, the galleries. school is m no way assisted As John Buckley has by any funding body, either noted, (Director, histitute state or federal, and only of Modem Art) Brisbane des barely keeps functioning desperately needs a gallery of with the money earned by this kind, both to assist the art classes. young artists, and to break The school have rented the stranglehold of conservat­ the 5tii floor of a mostly ism. vacant buUding m Eagle St. The Eagle ST Gallery and (67-72 Eagle St., City), Studios don't set out to be avant-garde, per se, but the fact that they provide an alternative to the commercial galleries makes for an exciting creative spiri. I predict that over the coming years the Eagle St Artists wUl become the nucleus of artistic activities in Brisbane. Being involved with a number of artistic organizations, (since defunct) I know it's almost impossible to keep up any sort of avant- garde activity alive in the sun sunshine state. Most people STANDING SCULPTURE either give up in disgust or move to the greener pastures

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Robin Bauer, who showed Michael Richards began tiie school which holds it of Sydney and Melbourne. her "freeway painting" with parachuting m 1969 and together. Photographing Marit Hegge's recent using a helmet mounted artists and their work, he Marit Hegge, bom in exhibition, is a young painter camera became one of the contributes towards a Sydney m 1951 of Nor­ of great promise, exercising few Australians practising growing iconography which wegian parentage, paints in a a complicated mteUectual free-fall photography. Also identifies the School as a super-realist style drawing approach to represent the a writer, Michael Richards significant artistic group. attention the personalities city of Brisbane. has provided a service for of the pwople she pamts The least "painterly" of constructmg larger than Ufe the Artists at the school, her studies working from work shows the greatest photographs and models. mteUectual depth and the Her method, which is most consistent use of unage sometimes called and metaphor. "photographic" uses the subject of the paintmg to SheUa Mee, born and dominate the work. educated in the UK, came to • •••• Australia in 1954. She joined Others working at the Mervyn Moriarty at the "downstairs" studios include Kangaroo Point Studio in Jimmy Edwards, an eccentric 1969. Sheila's main Maharaji Ji Devotee who pre-occupations at the paces around the studios moment are with sculpture writing poetry and paintmg and drawing, at which she from a background of travels works in between taking to Rome, England and the classes m drawmg and USA on the Guru traU. painting on the 5th floor. MICHAEL RICHARDS

GONE WITH HARDY: vUle fashion. Ifs a real Trevor Kent cleverly Queensland Theatre Company at SGIO Theatre; 'out-and-at-'em' approach evolves the personality of which works weU, and ex­ Stan Laurel from a run-of- directed by John Krummel, continues until June 30, tracts every drop of potential die-mill performer to the The fact that the QTC have taken to advertising their latest from the script. comic character tiiat made it production, "Gone with Hardy" with the tag: "For Mature Supporting this is a very in the movies. Audiences Only" gives some mdication of the ripples the play 'theatrical' set by Fiona But the show really be­ is sending through the estabUshment theatre audiences. Redly - all gold and gUt longs to Reginald GUlam as Certainly those at the first and footiight and coloured a completely repulsive, very night, where a goodly por­ bulbs, built around 'Mr Piano much has-been, purveyor of tion of the audience tradi­ Man' who stays out of sight bawdy ballads with a Scot­ tionally tends to be as cons­ in the pit. tish flavour (or considering cious of social position as of far from it. The plot is based Out of sight", but definitely tiie continual state of m- the content of the play, on what is an interesting not out of hearing. Eddie toxication, that could be a found the whole thing more piece of theatre gossip, an Trueman sits at the piano, Scotch flavour). than a trifle overwhelming. up-and-coming vaudeviUe appearing only as a bowler There's a flash of bare "Gone witii Hardy" is comic, Stanley JepL .son, hat, but ripplmg across the backside (could tiiis, I bawdy - and whUe the more teams up with a soubrette stage with a tmkle of notes wonder, be the seat of the explicit four letter words are from Australia, Kate Laurel. tiiat consist mainly of the current scandalised rumour not in evidence, there are Together they develop an act, good old tunes of music going round town tiiat the sufficient 'bastards' and quite botii on the stage and ui the hall. QTC is floggmg pom?) and enough 'shits' to make tiie bedroom. In, around, and through enough mnuendo to keep a more genteel squhm - even Kate goes on to become tills setting, the three actors slightly soUed mmd workmg to the extent of several mat­ a piece of human garbage to set out to assault the audi­ overtime. rons walkmg out in tiie be disposed of as painlessly ence. "Gone witii Hardy" is middle of the second act - as possible, whUe Stanley Judith Fisher gives a one of die plays you either (curious, that - most of the goes on to partner Oliver briUiant performance as Kate love or hate - personally, I rough stuff was m the first Hardy and make aU those Laurel - ambitious, cal­ loved it. I found it very half, so they'd .seen it aU Laurel and Hardy movies. culating, yet vulnerable. I»d funny, I wasn't offended, anyway). In approaching tiie play, go so far as to say the best and I enjoyed tiie perfor­ \ In "Gone witii Hardy", John Krummel has gone for aU-round female performance mances of three exceUent David AUen has not written an all-out, fuU-frontal I've seen m Brisbane this actors. the Great AustraUan Play - attack in the grande vaude- year. -DAVID K.WHEATLEY

52 THE QUEENSLAND OPERA: Now a major force.

One of the major prob­ Ball's performance came so lems that aU state opera and close to those that have dance companies face is that been recorded permanently they tend to be over­ on disc that it does not shadowed both m scope and matter, abiUty by their national PhyUis Ball was only one counterparts. of several exciting voices in This year, the Queensland the production New Zealand Opera set itself a particularly tenor, Anthony BenfeU, also difficult chaUenge to meet in shone in his performance as its opening season. It Edgar, while Paul Neal was foUowed hard on tiie heels exceUent both vocally and of the Australian Opera - dramaticaUy as the wicked and that company had played brother. the difficulty of handling an the company has developed a trump card by brmgmg to Praise should also go in English translation of what a pride in i^ own identity — Brisbane "La Stupenda" her­ the direction of the chorus. was a complicated German that it is prepared to go self — the one and only Joan The Australian Opera has score to begin with proved before audiences without any Sutheriand. buUt a formidable reputa­ just a Uttle too difficulty. trace of apology. That And to make the chaUenge tion in this department - attitude alone promises weU a Uttie more interesting, die Queensland Opera seems Possibly the most pleasing for the company's future. Queensland Opera chose to set to follow close behind. aspect of this season was Given its present stan­ present Donizettie's "Lucia The production by John clear evidence of a contmuing dards, the Queensland Opera di Lanunermoor", an opera iVfilson and sets by James rise in standards. Possibly seems set fair for another which Sutheriand has made Ridewood were particularly there is stUI some distance excellent run when it opens her own since Februaiy 1959, mteresting ~ swhls of to be covered before the at tiie SGIO tiieatre for a when she first set the operatic Scottish mist, towering sets Queensland Opera reaches short season on September worid ablaze with her per­ designed to crush m on the the pinnacle of its own 20. formance at Covent Garden, hapless Lucia, and carefuUy Everest, but it cannot be Those who enjoy good The fact that the chaUenge muted costuming that create denied that the company has voices, good music, and who was not only met, but carried the feeUng of inevitable progressed to great heights are also wise, wiU mark that off m triumph, must surely disaster. on its upward climb. date in their diaries now. establish the company as a The second opera for die There is also evidence that -DAVID K.WHEATLEY major force, certainly in the season was an admirable piece field of regional opera. of contrast - Hansel and PhyUis BaU, who took the Gretel by Englebert Humper- title role, is a soprano who dinck (No, Victoria, we are has been around Brisbane for not taUcmg about the modern a long time - so much so recordmg artist). that 3ie tends to be taken Here Producer John very much for granted. Yet Thompson and designer Peter her performance, particularly Cooke went for a complete in ^e famous Mad Scene, fantasy effect with Ulumma- fairly bristled witii highlights. ted mushrooms, twmklmg Sutheriand devotees who stars, and a truly deUghtful are completely addicted to gingerbread cottage. La Stupenda's interpretation Agam, there were of the role would have gone examples of excellent singing, away disappointed - wisely, particularly tiie delightful PhyUis BaU did not try to mezzo voice of Margaret emulate a second-rate RusseU in tiie pants role of Sutiieriand. VocaUy, the pair Hansel, and Arthur Johnson are a complete contrast in as the father. style,' and Miss Ball was wise Johnson's baritone was enough to recognise this. not only rich, his diction was Yet this opera has a exceUent. Of aU tiie cast, wealth of set pieces tiiat have he alone managed to handle been recorded by many die words perfectiy. For the different artists. VocaUy, Miss rest, there were times when

TIME OFF June 28th, 1979 Telegraph in case venue is changed as the hall booking has not been confirmed yet. THE BARLEY NOW FOLK 4IP WRANGLER CONCERT: CAR NAMED DbSIHt by Ten­ directed by Jane Atkins, will CLUB: Have a folk dance every will be held at New Farm Park nessee Williams, directed Rick be staged at the Gallery Theatre. Friday noght at the Caledonian on July 8, commencing 12 noon Billinghurst designer Peter Cooke, Jordon Terrace. Bowen Hills, Special performances on Fri 13 Club, O'Connell St, Kangaroo to 4.30pm . Bands playing will from Monday 9 to Saturday 14 be Sports, Cold Chisel, Jo Jo July at 5.30pm & 8.30pm Tues to Point. Admission is $1. For July, at Spm, with a 5pm Zep plus one other band as Sat Bpm; Matiness, Wed at further information ph 391 7309, yet unconfirmed. The concert 10.30am & Sat at 2pm - normal Saturday matinee. Adults $3, will be absolutely FREE, and earlybird performances students/pensioners $2. Reser­ 4ZZZ: this month will be having prices. Youth and pensioners vations Margaret Hickey, 52 a number of great bands playing concessions - bookings at theatre 7559. at their various venues. At Sally's (221 5177) Wed 11 July to "Was He Anyone?" ts on Sat 4 August. Coffee Lounge 170 Ipswich Rd one hand a mad comedy, whilst EAGLE STREET GALLERY: Woolloongabba local bands such BRISBANE ARTS THEATRE: on the other, it protrays a broad 72/76 Eagle St, Brisbane ph 210 Petrie Tee, Brisbane. A MAN as the Apartments, Footloose, social comment on society today, 229 2140. Portrait printing by White Lightning, Heedon Sye plus FOR ALL SEASONS by Robert great stuff for the students to Cathy McLeod and Pottery by Union Blues Band, Cadillac Bros.. Bolt directed Ian Thomson Wed tackle. We feel it is vital for our Jim Taylor. Gallery hours are Sally's is open every Wednesday, to Sat, 8pm adults $4, students students to experience a cross Tues-Fri 10am-5pm, and Sat Thursday, Friday Saturday and and pensioners $3 bookings 36 fertilisation process with other Sunday nights with 2 bands 2344 Wed 4 to Sat 28 July. 10am-12 noon. playing on weekends. Admission students of drama - i.e., watching RAGGEDYANNE childrens show INSTITUTE OF MODERN prices Includes supper. BYO. by Jay McKee and Jan Bates each other performing and being ART: 24 Market St, Brisbane ph Surfair Hotel Coolum playing Saturdays at 2pm adults $2,50, able in an open forum situation 229 5985. Photographs and on July 4 Jo Jo Zep and the to discuss their own particular Props by Robert Cumming. His Falcons plus news and Mel­ children $1.50 bookings 35 2344 points of view. We would be photographs demonstrate that bourne group. July 11 Split Sat 7 July to Sat 11 August. delighted to organise discussion Enz, July 18 Skyhooks, July CAMERATA THEATRE: Avalon reality is something which Is 25 Dragon, and July 27 XTC. Theatre, Sir Fred Schonell Drive, groups after performances. filtered through our own parti­ Playing at Joint Effort 7 St. Lucia. GOLDEN OLDIES by cular perceptions. will be Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons Dorothy Hewett directed Jeremy Also eight works by David plus news. Joint Efforts No 8 Ridgman Thurs to Sat at 8.15pm Troostwyck who has been & 9 will both be held at Cloud­ adults $3, students & pensioners concerned with textual infor­ land, Split Enz supported by $2 bookings 372 4917 Thurs 19 BALE-EM-UP-BUSH-BAND: mation and its presentation, local groups is the line up for July to Sat 11 Auau.st. June 30 Bush Dance at Kin Kin which is often extended into No 8. THE YOUNG TN COMPANY: Hall. 99th anniversary of Capture various forms such as painting, At Joint Effort No 9 will be 4 Cintra Rd, Bowen Hills ph XTC, Flowers plus local bands. of Ned Kelly, July 7 Bush Dance posters, signs, audio works and 52 7559. The Young TN 4ZZZ also has live rock and at Hampstead Hall, Hampstead projection. roll playing at the Cleveland Company is quite unique in taht we are a training wing attached Road. Between Vulture Street His work makes no claim Sands Hotel and the Hotel and Brighton Road, West End. to be or not to be art. It is Brisbane. For further information to a professional company, Functraising night to help not heavily or privately coded: phone 371 5111. resident in a professiona! theatre complex. As a result of this the E.C.H.O. Organised by Darryj it simply is - wht you see and ultimate aim of the Young TN Bellingham. Admission $2 I think. what's there for you. Company's Artistic Director, July 14 Bus Trip to Bundaberg. DESIGN ARTS CENTRE: 102 Jane Atkins, is to establish a Folk Club Bush Band! Edwart St, Brisbane. Young Company similar to the Bale-Em-Up are chartering a bus Combined exhibition of new CEMENT BOX THEATRE: under National Youth Theatre in that leaves Brisbane Town Hall, works by regular artists and a Schonell Theatre, Universityof London, which is totally pro­ Friday 13, 6pm returns to small exhibition by Wendy Queensland, for a limited season. fessional and not dependent on Brisbane Sunday 6pm. North Cernak. Exhibition opens June Athol Fugards "STATEMENTS" parents and friends of the cast to bound passengers stops can be 26th. Gallery hours are Tues- starring Olive Bodill, Anthony provide an audience, but who arrnaged for people along the Sat 10am-4pm. Wheeler, Geoff Parry and is have a following of their own route (Bruce Hgihway). Tocket directed by Gillian Owen. because of the consistently high cost $15 return. This play is a dramatic love standard of work achieved. Bring tent and sleeping bag or cwt^a story between a white South What the Young TN Com­ stop with friends if you know pany is trying to achieve. No African woman and a half-caste someone in Bundaberg. Book student is permitted to take part BRISBANE CINEMA GROUP: South African man - a love early. Phone Russell in Brisbane in production until they have 2nd floor, 303 Adelaide St, which is forbidden by law under 399 7641; or Glenine in Brisbane IVAN THE TERRIBLE completed our Beginners and the Immorality Act of 1957 Bundaberg (071) 79 3300. July PARTS 1 & 2 (Eisenstein) in Advanced Creative Drama in South Africa. Any couple 21 Bush Dance at EudIo Hall for approaching the subject of Ivan, Workshops. Having completed contravening this law face Eisenstein's initial Idea was to this basic training the student is the Chen Reizig Institute in the arrest, imprisonment and social rehabilitate the much-maligned then encouraged to take part in Nambour District, For disgrace. It is said by Fugard to Tsar, whose barbarous acts of a production in whatever capa­ information phone Russell 399 cruelty had been painted in such be based on a true incident. city they desire - acting, assisting 7641 (Brisbane) or Lindsay Pratt lurid tones as to obscure the, The play opens June 26th the director, stage management, (071)459 047. single, gigantic passion that at 8.30pm. Bookings available motivated him. July 3 Tuesday, technical, costume and props July 28 Bale-Em-Up's FIRST through Her Majesty's Theatre 7.30pm, design, or front of house manage­ DANCE ANNIVERSARY ph 221 2777. or Students Union ment. The productions are PARTY. Location probably BRISBANE CINEMA GROUP: University of Queensland, ph mounted in a fully professional Alliance Hall, Taringa. If you're 2nd floor, 303 Adelaide St, Brisbane THE CRUEL SEA 371 1611. manner, with fully professional a friend of hours, turn up, bring (Charles Frend) July 17 7,30pm. QUEENSLAND THEATRE directors. some food and drink and lets COMPANY: S.G.i.O. Theatre, The next production, N,F. have a rage night. NFTA (National Film Theatre of Turbot St, Brisbane. A STREET­ Simpson's "Was He Anyone?" Austraha): Contact American Keep your ear to the Bush Bookshop or ph. 36 6958 details. . y r^ CAXTON STREET COM­ Community Centre, 2 Gresham of awareness in our society today, exhibition. MUNITY CENTRE FILM St, East Brisbane ph 391 7116. even/ Friday night at 7pm. Each afternoon, you will CLUB: Will be showing films Topics of awareness in our develop and print the morning's every Friday night at Spm. society today, every Friday night photographs. at 7pm. The Centre also has POTTERY: tutor Michael Menibership is $1.50 and WOMEN BEHIND BARS: agi­ weekend workshops in the field Walker. The course will consist membership is available at the tating for better conditions for door. A light supper Is served of personal awareness through of making pots, making glazes women in prison. Groups need to healing etc. at no extra cost and drink re­ assistance both personal and and firing of the pots. The group freshments will be on sale. financial. Open to anyone in­ ADVENTURERS CLUB: will prepare their clay, make terested in improving conditions BRISBANE JAZZ CLUB and their own pots and glaze them. for women in jail. Contact Mary- RIVERSIDE FOLK CLUB the We will then make our own Miiiiiijff Therese, c/- Womens House, ph Ciub Is opened four nights a kilns and everybody will be 229 5922. week. involved in the firing of their THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST We have many varied activities own pots. NUCLEAR POWER: in Qld has extended and weekend trips, Each person should wear old CHILDREN BY CHOICE: 97 well over 1000 paid up memebers courses and social functions. clothes. No tools are required Moggill Road, Taringa. Pregnancy and many thousdan supporters Age group is 18 years and over unless you have specific Ideas and Abortion advice every week­ throughout the state, but this and the cost of membership is in mind. Any ice-cream containers day morning and Monday, concern is not always reflected $25. We have over 1,000 members will be greatly appreciated. Tuesday and Thursday evening. in anti-nuclear activity. in the 3 clubs. Phone 371 5477 for an appoint­ IMLCOLM C. COOKE & ASSOCIATES We urge all people wishing Clubs are at 1 Annie St, AND HAYOEN PRICE AHRACTIONS ment. nrV.lTO. QUITE INNOCENUY to STOP nuclear power and Kangaroo Point. If all of this PRESENT... PREGNANCY CONTROL: Abor­ uranium mining to attend information has left you a little tion referral centre, incorporating meetings held on the third confused then come along any ENGLAND'S MANIACAL pregnancy help and advice. Mon, Tuesday of each month at Wednesday, Thurs, Fri or Sat COMEDY MADMAN Tues Thurs and Friday 9am- 147 Ann St, City or ph 221 night. For further information 5pm also Wed 4pm-8pm and 0188 for further Information. phone 371 4088 398 7025. Sat 9am-12pm. Focalpoint PROJECT JONAH: 25 Leich­ ACTIVITIES, UNIVERSITY OF Arcade, 249 Brunswick St, ardt Street, Spring Hill meet on QUEENSLAND: Has organised a Fortitude Valley. Phone 52 1444. the first and third Wednesday series of winter workshops which WOMENS HOUSE: 31 Bartley of each month to organise aim to give people a painless St, Spring Hill. Services include functions and disseminate in­ and hopefully enjoyable intro­ SUKRMAN shelta accommadation, support formation about Whales and duction to the skills of photo­ and advice for women in violent Dolphins. Anyone interested In graphy, pottery or screen- domestic situations. Phone 229 becoming involved in the Jonah printing. 5922. Project please phone Mai Cox The programme will run UNEMPLOYED WORKERS on 379 9436. screen printing and pottery the UNION: If you're unemployed LIBERTARIAN SOCIALIST first week (July 9-13) and and live in the Milton-Rosalie ORGANISATION: L.S.O. believe photography the second (July area, the Rosalie-Milton self help in direct democracy based on a 16-20), beginning at 10am and employment cooperative meets federation of workers and com­ finishing at 3pm Monday to every week to discuss problems munity councils with equal Friday of those weeks. and share any jobs they get. decision making and equal wages All materials are included in For information phone Mai for each person. If you'd like the fee which Is $25 for students McKenna on 36 5119 or U.W.U. to find out more about the and $30 for non-students, 221 3190. Libertairan Socialist on the 28th SCREEN PRINTING: tutors WOMENS COLLECTIVE July they are getting together Brian Doherty and Hollie UNEMPLOYED WORKERS with the Friends of the Earth Charlton. One day will be spent UNION: Directs Its energies and other Libertairans for a on the process of building a towards the needs of women free manifestation or you can screen frame, stretching it with YOU'LL BEUEVE A MAN whose only source of income is write to them at P.O. Box 223, silk and preparing it for printing; CAN STAND ON ONE LEG! state benefit, includes students, Broadway 4000. along with the care and main­ supporting mothers and all pen­ SELF MANAGEMENT tenance of screens and the whole HIS OUTRAGEOUS sioners. They meet every Thurs. ORGANISATION: Is an prlntshop organisation. During NEW ONE-MAN SHOW! at 10am on the 1st floor, Trades anarchist, communist group the rest of the week, you will Hall. For Information phone aimed at forming a grassroots be taken through the various Kathy on 52 4866 or U.W.U. struggle outside any government stencil methods of silk screen The second coming of England's funniest 229 3190. framework. They claim not to be printing. comic. One Man UNIVERSITY LEGAL AID a political party. You can write PHOTOGRAPHY: tutors Show for Adults - SERVICE: Open to non-students to them at P.O. Box 332, North Paul Hannah. Morning session Don't miss it. as well as students, Mon, Wed Quay 4000. Although they have will be devoted to earner work, and Fri 10am-4pm. Phone 371 not printed literature for sale, for which you will need a 35ml commencing Jul SOth 161 task for Legal Aid. they promote and support anar­ camera. (Borrow one if you don't at Twelfth Ni{^t CAMPUS LESBIANS: meet every chist literature at the Red and own one). Theatre, 4 Cintra Rd., Thursday at 1pm and 7pm In Black Bookshop. Each day a specific ex- Bowen Hills the Women's Rights Room, Uni­ psoure and/or location problem versity of Queensland. For info, •M will be tackled, covering special PARTY phone 371 1611 (Business hours). effects, indoor and outdoor BOOKING TARINGA GROWTH CENTRE: CONCESSIONS SELF HELP GROUP: for families 24 Moorak St, Taringa ph 371 available light, studio lighting for of prisoners meet every Thursday 5576. The Taringa Growth Centre portraits and still-life, plus a at 10am in the East Brisbane has lectures on various topics one-day field project for a theme

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