Bloodlines
Michael Hill's Blues Mob
Alligator Records through Festival
Reviewed by Jenny Long
For any person doubting the relevance of blues today and for the future, Michael Hill's Blues Mob will make you think again. Combining a varied
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The Slouch of Vietnam
By Denis Kevans
Why should I wear the new slouch hat, the slouch of Vietnam,
Why should I share the napalm-guilt of blundering Uncle Sam,
Why should I hunt down peasant kids, who fight for rights and rice,
Why
Karma Zoo
Karma Zoo
Through Disculture
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
When the six major multinational record companies which dominate the Australian recording industry were under pressure to justify the high prices consumers are forced to pay for
HAVANA – "The epidemic of the century", as the HIV virus has sometimes been referred to, continues to spread like wildfire throughout the world without anyone being able to state with certainty how it can be controlled.
Nostradamus' Media Watch
By Craig Cormick
Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across
Tank Girl
A Rachel Talalay film
Reviewed by Jen Crothers
In the future of Tank Girl, the world is struck by a comet, turning the whole planet into a desert. It hasn't rained in 11 years, and water is power. The Water and Power Company just
By Michelle Armstrong and Tony Iltis
CANBERRA — The French government's decision to resume nuclear testing in Moruroa Atoll has met an angry response here.
A rally on June 18 at the French Embassy attracted 1000 people. The crowd marched
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Queensland Labor Premier Wayne Goss is running scared in the state election announced for July 15. He said in launching the poll on June 20, with a minimum 26-day campaign period, that "people are going around and
Protest at award to Alatas
By Belinda Craig
The Australian-East Timor Association has written to recipients of the Order of Australia, urging them to take a stand against the award having been presented to Ali Alatas, Indonesia's foreign
Loose cannons
The marketplace
"We have a government which is fumbling and lurching its way through the corridors of business. It does not know how the marketplace works." — NSW Liberal leader Peter Collins, on the state Labor government's
News briefs
Record profit for BHP
NEWCASTLE — Mining and steel production giant BHP is set to reach record profits again this year, announced within days of the confirmation that more jobs are to be slashed in the Hunter area Rod and Bar
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — The parallels with Russia in 1993 were uncanny. As the economy crashed, the president demanded a speeding-up of free-market reforms as the only solution. And if these reforms were to be implemented, an essential
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