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1. Much too nice

   Johnson Musical Director: Michael Morley Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane Until June 10 Reviewed by Dave Riley ... burlesque that chose to be as crude as the bawdiest of cabarets. But shock was not its only mark. ... Weill's musical score, with its mixture of jazz and sometimes atonal melodies, complemented a modern ...

2. Laugh, and the ratings go up

   By Dave Riley As new flavours go, the taste of the TV '90s is short courses in Australian ... very good — is sometimes like being locked in a toilet with a shoulder-high pile of Mad magazines. Why ... (Channel 7) is more undergraduate than most. Its lexicon is satire and smut. The satire — much of which is ...

3. Making much with little material

   1988 By Andrew McGahan Allen and Unwin, 314 pp., $14.95 Reviewed by Dave Riley I like Andrew ... life. No doubt there is space for fiction here, but the two novels seem written up versions of a life ... weather station exciting material for a novel. But 1988 registers enough intensity — albeit of frustration ...

4. Successor to a certain dog

   Williams, Linda Larkin Reviewed by Dave Riley You know the story, of course: everyone knows the story. The ... Successor to a certain dog Aladdin Directed by John Musker and Ron Clements With voices of Robin ... tale of Aladdin's lamp was good oil long before petrol or BP. This three wish wonder has been ...

5. Goodes' stance may upset racists, but it is needed

   Riley wrote of her experiences at the game, criticising the nature of some fans’ comments. In return, ... enjoyed a positive place in the public psyche. It has managed to perpetuate an image of an ... in the popular imagination with “soccer”. The AFL has messages recorded by the captains of each club ...

6. Famous puppeteer arrested in Philadelphia

   [This week's Life of Riley column defers to this profile of one of the great puppeteers of ... convention in Philadelphia last week. — Dave Riley.] The arrest of Gepeto took many by surprise. The famous ... puppet-maker is perhaps best known for creating Pinnochio in the Disney movie of the same name. This former ...

7. Our Common Cause: What do we do next?

   media, none of this extravagant attention addresses the question of what "we" do next? Like ... For the Socialist Alliance, the business of change never closes. Dave Riley [Dave Riley is a member of ... it then follow that our one course of action is that advocated by Carmen Lawrence — to now plan to ...

8. Hello. Is there anyone in there?

   Comment by Dave Riley Roger Clarke's brave attempt in the pages of 91������̳ Weekly to ... — like Roger Clarke — who have given up the project of building an alternative to laborism and now cover ... Riley's advice by absorbing the experiences of at least a few months before renewing this discussion.] ...

9. German cabaret between the wars

   By Dave Riley The German revolution of 1918 was as vigorous and perhaps more spontaneous than its ... Satire was its weapon: in song, poem and monologue. Of all the great writers for the Kabarett, like Kurt ... flourished between the still active interventions of the constabulary, venues like Die Katakombe, ...

10. West Papua: Australian gov't backs Indonesian atrocities

    Indonesia's occupation of West Papua reached absurd levels on September 12. Labor and Coalition senators voted ... down a Senate condolence motion for late refugee advocate and Papuan solidarity activist Vikki Riley on ... September 13 that Country Liberal Senator Nigel Scullion told the mover of the motion, John Madigan of the ...

11. A history lost in the fanfare

    20 Reviewed by Dave Riley After a life in the shadow of my parents' memories of "the ... keen to tell it like it was. The evocation of the period blends individual lives into the larger scheme ... marks this year's 50th anniversary of the end of the conflict leaves me very ambivalent. Us baby ...

12. Making love again!

    begins with the initial step of acknowledging that you — like thousands of others — suffer from ... Dave Riley The good news is that fast and effective treatment is now available. Sadly though, for ... the millions of people in this country who presently suffer from election problems, no more than 10% ...

13. Rethinking in Ireland

    Irish left, like elsewhere, is peopled by a significant milieu of ex-members of any number of now almost ... alternative to the politics of surrender. While outfits like the Irish Republican Socialist Party have tried ... of the last thirty years of factionalism within the republican left hangs like a pall over prospects ...

14. Write on: Letters to the editor

    Johnson, I would like to respond as a member of the ISO. Firstly, I think that the future development of ... Socialist Alliance I The value and necessity of a united response from the left on key issues has ... public profile. It is a valuable structure to increase both the profile and impact of the organised left ...

15. Darwin refugee advocates condemn “heartless” Nauru plan

    we lost Father Paul Webb and Vikki Riley. Both worked closely together, inside and outside of ... announced on September 10 people would be transferred at the end of the week. Peter Robson from DASSAN spoke ... of the inhumane "lottery" asylum seekers face. Since the new laws were passed, more asylum ...

16. Joys for the sedentary naturalist

    The Trials of Life Channel 2 The Life Revolution SBS Reviewed by Dave Riley When someone allocates ... credit for the widespread resistance to logging of old growth forests, some of it must fall to the ... bred a multitude of highly skilled — and one would assume — highly dedicated wildlife photographers. ...

17. Feedlots are greed lots

    By Dave Riley Australia is home to 17 million people and 24 million cattle. On a cowpat ratio, ... that's one of the highest proportions of cattle to people in the world. In Queensland, beef cattle ... outnumber humans by more than two to one. In the meat cattle industry, the top 10% of producers contribute ...

18. Racism the big winner in NT elections

    protest". Nelly Riley, an independent candidate in Denis Burke's former seat of Brennan told 91������̳ ... 2001, has been thrown into disarray. It now looks like winning only four seats in the 25-seat parliament ... — with its leader, Denis Burke, losing his seat of Brennan. Traditionally the realm of the CLP, the race ...

19. On the box

    characterisation. Murphy Brown is an issue-oriented series in the tradition of US liberalism (like M*A*S*H, The Mary ... On the box By Dave Riley Murphy Brown Channel 9 Many situation comedies are built around one ... central character who retails the best lines and carries the show. Most of these lucky stars are men. For ...

20. A plot as thick as pathology

    Glenn Reviewed by Dave Riley Here's something that will haunt you longer than the taste of popcorn. ... later sew them together patchwork-like into a skin of his own. Once in motion, the story goes elsewhere ... The Silence of the Lambs Directed by Jonathan Demme Starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott ...

21. Write on: Letters to the editor

    Riley emphasised the pointlessness of cable TV. The equally pointless commercial channels do all they ... and Co. The number of illiterate Australians is likely to sharply increase. Add excessive beer and ... the reports of imprisonment, sterilisation and slaughter of Tibetans are being noticed by the world. ...

22. Everything changes

    DAVE RILEY At the mere mention of dialectical materialism there's sure to be some groans. Diamat ... of what we are taught as self-evident truths relies on rigid thinking. A lot of science is like that ... is that part of Marxism that is supposedly the most difficult to comprehend and is usually left off ...

23. The ALP: Swapping deckchairs on the Titanic

    deckchairs on the Titanic. Like a broken record this time around, there's nothing of the excitement that ... the election — let alone win it. Dave Riley [Dave Riley is a member of the Socialist Alliance] From ... After the debacle that was Mark Latham's exit from politics, the decline in the fortunes of ...

24. Adrian Moles' new diary

    REVIEW BY DAVE RILEY Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction By Sue Townsend Michael ... It's people like me who made Sue Townsend one of Britain's best-selling authors of the 1980s. When ... life, such as it is — is all too familiar. Like a twig on the shoulder of a mighty stream, the consumer ...

25. South east tollway opposed

    South east tollway opposed By Dave Riley BRISBANE — More than 7000 people rallied in the Daisy ... eastern border. The rally was the culmination of a four-year campaign led by local residents and ... supporters. In an attempt to divide the local community along NIMBY lines, the Department of Transport ...

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