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April 01, 1995

Men’s Business

Desert
by Gavin Strawhan

Red Shed Company
Cardwell St.

Reviewed by Murray Bramwell

Mention the Men’s Movement and in no time flat someone will make a joke about hugging a tree. All those bollocky jokers running with wolves, listening to the mythopoeic beat of a different drum. But, the apologists insist, women have their rituals, their secrets, their Fun- so why not men ? Never mind Lodge, the RSL, the footy club and the communion rails of the front bar …

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A Life of Bryan

Filed under: Archive,Music

Bryan Ferry
Paramount Theatre
Entertainment Centre

Reviewed by Murray Bramwell

When they first appeared Roxy Music represented an outbreak of style. Even their name was confidently generic. Amidst the singing cowboys of California and the remnants of psychedelia had come a definite change of paradigm. Roxy Music, with their quiffs, their leopard skins, their gilded platforms and their beguiling, shuffling rhythms promised to deliver us from all those grievous angels and ladies of the canyon, the singer songwriters and pedal …

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