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January 01, 1989

Reich and Roll

Filed under: Archive,Music

Schnell Fenster
Adelaide University Union

It is the sacred duty of university unions to promote bands before their time. In 1975 an unknown band called Split Enz played to thirty-seven people in the Matthew Flinders Theatre and in December 1988 Schnell Fenster, presently the wrong half of the Enz, played to little more than a hundred punters at the Adelaide Uni Union.

None of this would ruffle the confidence of Phil Judd, composer, singer, guitarist, trumpeter and photo- realist painter. …

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Cabhooray

Filed under: Archive,Cabaret,Comedy

The Castanet Club
Space Cabaret

The Space Cabaret is back on deck for its summer season with the Castanets new show, Santa goes Nude, followed this week by the Melbourne hit Wogs out of Work. The Castanets, ambassadors of culture from Newcastle, first wheedled into the hearts of Adelaide a Fringe or two ago but like all celebs they have suffered those heartaches of success that shape any mature performer.

In Santa Goes Nude, the Castanets are in …

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Another festive season

Filed under: Archive,Festival

The Adelaide Festival Centre Trust is gearing up for a sort-of off-peak festival next month. After all the debate about whether the Adelaide Festival should be an annual or biennial fixture, Trust administrator Rob Brookman is packaging a series of performances plucked from the Sydney and Perth festivals for those sybarites tired of January’s excess and those committed enough to music and dance not to notice the near-molten state of their credit cards.

The three main events being presented are …

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Kelly Country

Filed under: Archive,Music

1989

Paul Kelly and the Messengers
Thebarton Theatre

Reviewed by Murray Bramwell

Paul Kelly has to be one of our most eclectic songwriters. The influences crowd in from all directions. Irish folk, American country, Dylan, Guthrie, Costello, even bands like UK Squeeze- they all seem to be in there somewhere. Not that there is anything derivative about Kelly, it’s just that he has such good attennae for all the sounds that sound good.

He has been making great pop music …

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